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 Thank you. I'm excited to preach for you guys today from God's infallible word as we continue

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 on in our sermon series in the book of Exodus. So today's passage is going to be from Exodus 34,

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 chapters, or Exodus 34 verses 29 to 35. 34, 29 to 35. If you don't have a Bible and would like a

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 hard copy, which I definitely recommend using, you could just raise your hand and one of our

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 members will be happy to get you a Bible. And that's our gift to you. You can keep it and take

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 it home and you could use it for this time as well. And we are also going to spend some amount

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 of time in our sermon today in Paul's excursus in a New Testament passage in 2 Corinthians 3,

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 because it's closely related. So if you just want to bookmark that somehow, if you have that little

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 ribbon thingy in your Bible or just want to keep your finger there, we're going to spend time there

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 towards the end of the sermon. So let's bow our heads in humble prayer as we ask for God's help

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 in understanding and being transformed by his word.

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 Father, we pray that you would address us by your word and by your spirit's power.

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 We know that this can only be done by your help.

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 We pray that like Moses, we would grow in our desire, in our ability to gaze at your glory,

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 and that we would see that that's everything that we've been looking for in our entire lives.

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 I pray you would anoint me, help me keep my eyes on you, God, not on myself, not on these people,

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 but on you, that I would behold, we would all behold your majesty.

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 You are perfect, you are beautiful, you are more than enough for us, so we want to glorify you.

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 In Jesus' name I pray, amen.

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 If you're able, please stand for the reading of God's infallible, inerrant word.

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 From Exodus 34, 29 to 35.

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 When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand,

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 as he came down from the mountain, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone,

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 because he had been talking with God.

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 Aaron and all the people of Israel saw Moses, and behold, the skin of his face shone,

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 and they were afraid to come near him.

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 But Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him,

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 and Moses talked to them.

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 Afterward, all the people of Israel came near,

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 and he commanded them all that the Lord had spoken with him in Mount Sinai.

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 And when Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil over his face.

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 Whenever Moses went in before the Lord to speak with him,

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 he would remove the veil until he came out.

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 And when he came out and told the people of Israel what he was commanded,

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 the people of Israel would see the face of Moses,

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 that the skin of Moses' face was shining.

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 And Moses would put the veil over his face again until he went in to speak with him.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 You may be seated.

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 In a film that I've actually haven't seen personally,

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 but I think it's a fitting introduction,

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 in Andrei Tarkovsky's dystopian film noir sci-fi film called Stalker,

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 he presents these two main characters.

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 One's called the writer,

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 and he's searching for the next big inspiration for his work.

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 And the second is called the professor.

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 He's looking for inspiration for his next big scientific breakthrough.

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 And these men are led by a character called the Stalker,

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 and they're trying to get through the barren wasteland

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 to get to this place called the zone.

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 And in the zone, there is a particularly special room.

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 A room where it grants a person's innermost, deepest desires.

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 So that thing that you've been waiting for your entire life,

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 that thing that you've been working for,

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 for years on end,

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 it's just at your fingertips if you can enter into that room.

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 Sounds great, right?

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 But once the professor and writer get there,

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 they start to slowly question,

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 what if I don't actually know what I want?

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 What if the thing that I most deeply want

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 doesn't match the thing that I say

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 or the thing that I think I want?

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 It doesn't matter.

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 The room only gives you what you most deeply desire.

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 What about you?

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 Would you go in?

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 What do you think you would see in that room?

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 If we're honest and take a hard look at ourselves,

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 many of us, me included,

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 we might be surprised at what we would see in there.

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 We know all the right answers as Christians,

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 but we confess that our deepest desires,

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 they don't match what we say or what we think.

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 While we are called to be the light of the world,

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 to be set apart for God,

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 to love the things that he loves

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 and hate the things that he hates,

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 to be a representation of God's glory here on earth,

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 we struggle, don't we?

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 We struggle to be conformed to God's image

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 because instead we are conformed into the world's image.

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 Because it's a well-known fact

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 that we human beings,

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 we're creatures of imitation.

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 As babies and toddlers,

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 it's of vital importance

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 that they mimic and copy the faces,

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 the words, the sounds of their parents.

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 As they get a little bit older,

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 we teach them the importance

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 of choosing your friends wisely

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 because we know just how much influence

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 they have on someone's life.

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 Even now,

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 I find myself adapting the way that I talk,

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 the way that I think.

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 I feel like I've copied

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 your little idiosyncrasies

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 as I build relationships with you.

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 And I see myself changing

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 just from the influence

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 from the people around me.

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 I've gained new hobbies

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 and new interests

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 just because I've seen a friend love this thing.

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 Seeing someone else love something

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 makes me want to love it too.

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 So,

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 it's really a well-known fact

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 that you become what you behold.

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 Or in other words,

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 what you behold shapes what you love.

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 And while we may understand

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 that our deepest loves

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 don't match what we say,

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 our passage today in Exodus 34

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 and that closely related New Testament passage

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 in 2 Corinthians 3,

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 it shows us the way,

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 how to build that bridge

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 between head and heart.

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 That is,

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 to become glorious,

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 to become more like God,

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 we must behold the glory of God

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 by the unveiling of Christ.

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 That's my main point of the sermon today.

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 So first,

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 we're going to see first

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 how Moses beholds God's glory

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 and how that transforms him.

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 Then we're going to compare that

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 to how Israel responds

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 to seeing God's glory.

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 And then finally,

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 we'll see how we,

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 as the New Testament church,

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 as new covenant believers,

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 how we are able to behold God's glory

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 truly by the unveiling of Christ alone.

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 So let's first start with Moses.

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 Now with the remade tablets

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 of the Ten Commandments in hand,

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 Moses returns to the people

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 from Mount Sinai

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 after spending 40 days and nights

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 in the presence of God

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 without food or drink.

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 And after spending all that time

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 in God's presence,

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 we read that his own face

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 miraculously starts to shine.

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 As Paul tells us

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 in 2 Corinthians 3,

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 this is remarkable

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 because this is more than just

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 physical light emanating

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 from his face.

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 But this shining reflected

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 God's own glory.

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 His face didn't shine his own light,

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 but it was God's.

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 Like the full moon,

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 you all know this,

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 the full moon doesn't emanate

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 its own light,

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 but it's just reflecting

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 the light of the sun.

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 Moses, like this,

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 Moses mirrors

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 the blazing hot glory of God.

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 Many times throughout Scripture,

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 when the image of God

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 is shown to man,

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 it's surrounded

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 in this amazing glory,

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 this bright light.

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 So much so that authors,

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 if you just read through Ezekiel

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 and other examples,

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 they don't even have the words

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 to accurately describe

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 what they're seeing.

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 God is so unlike anything

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 in all creation

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 that his image

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 is utterly indescribable.

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 And his appearance

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 is always surrounded

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 by this amazing,

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 bright glory.

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 So consistently

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 and frequently

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 throughout Scripture,

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 whenever this blazing glory

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 is recorded,

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 it's directly emanating

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 from God himself.

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 Therefore,

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 in our passage today,

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 it is quite remarkable

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 that God would be

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 so gracious

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 to let this

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 initially stumbling,

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 bumbling man in Moses,

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 if you've been with us

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 all the way through Exodus,

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 that he allows this

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 weak man

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 to reflect his glory.

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 And how does

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 Moses' face shine?

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 The text makes it clear

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 for us.

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 It's because

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 Moses

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 was talking

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 to God.

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 Later in Numbers 12,

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 after Miriam and Aaron,

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 his siblings,

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 foolishly oppose Moses,

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 God speaks

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 of his interactions

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 with Moses

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 in this way.

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 He says,

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 If there is a prophet

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 among you,

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 I, the Lord,

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 make myself known

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 to him in a vision.

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 Not so with my servant Moses.

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 With him I speak

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 mouth to mouth,

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 clearly,

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 and not in riddles.

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 And he beholds

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 the form of the Lord.

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 You see,

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 by interacting

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 with God

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 and gazing

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 at his form,

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 really like a sponge,

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 Moses soaks

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 in God's glory

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 and becomes glorious

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 and becomes more

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 and more like him.

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 Moses is our prime example

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 in our text today

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 that to become like God,

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 to become glorious,

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 we must behold

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 God's glory.

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 And

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 you might be wondering,

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 but why now?

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 After all,

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 if you've, again,

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 followed us throughout Exodus,

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 God has been speaking

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 with Moses

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 for quite a while now.

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 At the burning bush,

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 during the plagues,

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 even throughout

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 the thunderous,

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 mighty presence

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 of Mount Sinai,

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 Exodus makes no mention

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 of his shining face before.

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 So,

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 why now?

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 Well,

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 we'd be wise

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 to read today's passage

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 in the context

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 that God,

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 or Moses asked of God

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 just two things

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 before this.

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 If you remember

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 where we've been

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 in the narrative

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 of Exodus,

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 Moses,

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 while he was up

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 Mount Sinai,

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 receiving the law,

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 the stiff-necked people

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 led by Aaron,

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 they made and worshipped

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 a golden calf.

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 As Sean has been teaching,

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 this was a terrible,

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 heinous thing to do.

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 It was like a wife

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 who would cheat

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 on her husband

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 on their wedding night

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 while he was out

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 preparing their future life

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 together.

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 And in response

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 to their sin,

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 God justly states

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 that he would not

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 go up with them anymore.

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 but Moses knew,

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 he knew how critical

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 it was

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 for God

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 to go up with them.

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 It was the only thing

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 that would set them apart

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 as a nation.

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 Therefore,

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 he intercedes

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 on behalf

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 of his stiff-necked people

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 that God

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 would go up

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 and that God

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 would pardon

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 their egregious sin.

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 And amazingly,

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 God graciously

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 accepts

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 Moses'

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 pleas.

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 and truly

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 as a sign

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 that he will

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 go up with them,

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 Moses' face shines

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 with God's own glory.

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 He becomes

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 a representation,

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 really a conduit

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 of God's presence

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 itself.

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 God didn't have

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 to let Moses' face shine,

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 we all know this,

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 but as a loving father,

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 he graciously reassures

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 Moses and the rest

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 of Israel

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 that he is committed

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 to them,

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 that he will go up

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 with them,

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 that his glory

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 will dwell among them.

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 And it's a curious thing,

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 really,

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 that Moses writes

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 in verse 29

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 that he had no face.

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 He had no idea

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 that his face was shining.

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 He did have a face.

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 He had no idea

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 his face was shining.

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 Given how long

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 Moses fasted,

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 perhaps it might not

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 be surprising

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 that he had no idea.

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 Fasted for 40 days

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 and nights.

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 Could make sense.

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 But I think

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 the more likely reason

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 that Moses had no idea

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 was simply because

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 Moses wasn't paying

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 attention to himself.

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 He was completely

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 lost in God,

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 enthralled in God's presence.

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 When you're on the peak

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 of Mount Everest,

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 when you're on

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 one of the cliffs

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 of the Grand Canyon,

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 it's the sign

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 of an arrogant fool

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 who is more absorbed,

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 more enthralled

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 in his own reflection,

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 in his own image.

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 when you listen

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 to a transcendent

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 musical performance

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 that deserves

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 a standing ovation,

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 it's right and natural

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 for you to give

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 all your attention

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 to the musician,

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 to the act,

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 not pay attention

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 to yourself.

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 The church has much

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 to learn from

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 Moses' example

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 because,

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 truly,

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 if you're anything

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 like me,

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 you can struggle

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 with excessive

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 self-introspection

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 and fear of man.

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 That mode

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 when you get into

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 and you're thinking

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 about me,

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 me, me,

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 all you're thinking about,

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 what you sound like,

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 what you did,

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 who you are,

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 you question,

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 am I good enough?

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 I don't like

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 the way God made me.

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 I'm such a failure.

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 I have little use.

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 Every time

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 someone more impressive

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 comes along,

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 someone who's more loved

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 than you

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 comes along,

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 then you doubt yourself

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 and wonder,

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 why did God

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 make me this way?

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 You know,

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 I confess,

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 when I was younger,

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 I used to grade

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 my prayers

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 when I prayed

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 in public,

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 when I felt

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 like I was eloquent

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 and I could quote

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 scripture from this

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 obscure minor prophet,

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 I would pat myself

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 on the back

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 and say,

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 Ed,

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 you got an A today,

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 good job.

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 And if I stumbled

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 and bumbled

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 and forgot

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 my train of thought,

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 it's just a bad prayer,

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 I don't know,

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 then it would just be

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 a big fat F for me.

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 And I'm pretty sure

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 I spent

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 entire prayer meetings,

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 entire prayer meetings

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 thinking about myself,

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 thinking about

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 what I was going to say,

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 what I said already,

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 what people might

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 think about me.

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 And simply put,

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 that's pride.

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 David Powelson

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 once explained

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 that our sinful nature

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 has a centripetal force

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 that pulls us inward

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 rather than

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 a centrifugal force

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 that pushes us outward.

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 Because this is

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 the harsh truth

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 that the natural condition

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 of the human ego

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 are these four things.

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 It is empty,

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 painful,

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 busy,

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 and fragile.

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 Empty,

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 painful,

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 busy,

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 and fragile.

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 More than this,

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 the famous theologian,

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 C.S. Lewis,

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 astutely observes

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 in Mere Christianity,

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 and I think I have

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 this quote up here,

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 pride gets no pleasure

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 out of having something,

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 only out of having

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 more of it

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 than the next person.

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 We say that people

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 are proud of being rich

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 or clever

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 or good looking,

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 but we are not.

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 We are proud

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 of being richer

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 or cleverer

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 or better looking

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 than others.

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 If everyone else

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 became equally rich

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 or clever

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 or good looking,

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 there would be nothing

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 to be proud about.

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 So what we're really

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 beholding then

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 in unhealthy introspection

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 is not just ourselves.

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 We then deeply gaze

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 and study our fellow man,

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 our sinful man.

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 If it's true

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 that we become

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 like what we behold,

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 we'll just become

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 more like each other,

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 more like sinful men.

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 As long as we are

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 beholding man,

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 we will never become

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 like God.

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 We'll just be spinning

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 our wheels

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 on the long,

00:17:53.039 --> 00:17:54.160
 treacherous path

00:17:54.160 --> 00:17:54.620
 to heaven,

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 to the celestial city.

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 We just become

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 the blind

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 following the blind.

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 To become glorious,

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 holy,

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 and happy,

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 we cannot look

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 at our fellow peers

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 alone to think

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 that'll lead us anywhere.

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 I'm not denigrating

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 having mentors

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 or imitating others even,

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 but truly,

00:18:19.320 --> 00:18:20.759
 that only goes so far

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 as long as they point us

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 to Christ.

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 Like Paul,

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 we should all say,

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 imitate me,

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 yes,

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 as I imitate Christ.

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 Maybe,

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 actually,

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 you're on the other side

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 of the spectrum

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 and need to,

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 in fact,

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 frankly,

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 need to examine yourself

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 more.

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 Just as Scripture

00:18:43.619 --> 00:18:45.720
 prescribes in Lamentations 340

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 and 2 Corinthians 13.5,

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 because,

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 indeed,

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 self-examination

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 is,

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 in fact,

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 good.

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 It's only when

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 it detracts away

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 from our faith

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 instead of fueling it

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 does it become unhealthy,

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 does it become toxic.

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 If you're on this side

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 of the spectrum,

00:19:02.700 --> 00:19:03.660
 you may struggle

00:19:03.660 --> 00:19:04.800
 with not thinking twice

00:19:04.800 --> 00:19:05.519
 about your words

00:19:05.519 --> 00:19:06.200
 or your actions

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 because you feel

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 like you're always right.

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 You may be blind

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 to your sin

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 and blind

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 to your need

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 for forgiveness.

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 Your confidence

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 is not in God,

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 but it's in yourself

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 and what you know

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 and what you believe.

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 And while these two symptoms

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 might seem like opposites,

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 both the disease

00:19:30.700 --> 00:19:31.860
 and cure

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 are still the same.

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 The disease is pride

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 and the only lasting cure

00:19:39.720 --> 00:19:41.580
 is gazing deeply

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 at God's glory.

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 both persons

00:19:46.220 --> 00:19:47.680
 look at themselves,

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 their own image,

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 too deeply,

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 too intently,

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 too frequently.

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 While one is encouraged

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 and the other discouraged,

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 the only cure

00:19:57.580 --> 00:19:58.480
 is to experience

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 the freedom

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 of self-forgetfulness.

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 The classic quote

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 by Robert Murray McChain

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 is famous for a reason,

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 right?

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 You guys all know it,

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 for every look

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 at yourself,

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 take ten looks

00:20:10.920 --> 00:20:11.400
 at Christ.

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 He helpfully

00:20:13.300 --> 00:20:14.660
 highlights the contrast

00:20:14.660 --> 00:20:15.600
 between the number

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 of looks

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 that you should take.

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 But if I could be so bold,

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 I would add one word

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 to that quote.

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 For every look

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 at yourself,

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 take ten looks

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 at Christ

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 quickly.

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 Quickly.

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 Brothers and sisters,

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 whenever Satan

00:20:32.700 --> 00:20:33.620
 tempts us

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 to draw our attentions

00:20:35.180 --> 00:20:37.180
 away from Christ,

00:20:37.180 --> 00:20:39.660
 we must learn

00:20:39.660 --> 00:20:40.299
 to take that thing

00:20:40.299 --> 00:20:41.460
 that you're distracted by

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 and truly just flip it

00:20:42.880 --> 00:20:43.519
 on its head.

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 Maybe you're discouraged

00:20:47.720 --> 00:20:48.880
 by your impatience.

00:20:49.940 --> 00:20:51.620
 Maybe you're puffed up

00:20:51.620 --> 00:20:53.000
 by your self-perceived

00:20:53.000 --> 00:20:53.519
 intelligence.

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 So you keep looking

00:20:55.720 --> 00:20:56.660
 at yourself.

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 Let these thoughts

00:20:59.660 --> 00:21:00.840
 trigger all the ways

00:21:00.840 --> 00:21:02.740
 that Jesus is better.

00:21:02.740 --> 00:21:05.859
 when you're discouraged

00:21:05.859 --> 00:21:07.140
 by your impatience,

00:21:08.140 --> 00:21:10.259
 reflect on Jesus'

00:21:10.519 --> 00:21:11.640
 patience and kindness

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 towards you.

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 When you're tempted

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 to be proud

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 in your intelligence,

00:21:16.620 --> 00:21:17.240
 humble yourself

00:21:17.240 --> 00:21:18.259
 by reflecting on

00:21:18.259 --> 00:21:18.599
 Jesus'

00:21:18.859 --> 00:21:19.900
 infinite wisdom

00:21:19.900 --> 00:21:21.099
 that his ways

00:21:21.099 --> 00:21:21.620
 are higher

00:21:21.620 --> 00:21:22.480
 than our ways.

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 Then our hearts

00:21:24.620 --> 00:21:25.220
 quickly turn

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 from discouragement,

00:21:27.380 --> 00:21:28.079
 sullenness,

00:21:28.559 --> 00:21:29.180
 and pride,

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 and turns to awe,

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 wonder,

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 and worship.

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 For example,

00:21:35.079 --> 00:21:36.360
 my own tendency

00:21:36.360 --> 00:21:38.360
 is to feel discouraged

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 by what I see

00:21:39.220 --> 00:21:39.620
 in the mirror.

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 When I feel like

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 I fall so short

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 of being a loving,

00:21:46.079 --> 00:21:46.400
 patient,

00:21:46.799 --> 00:21:47.360
 kind husband

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 to my wife Christine,

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 my proclivity,

00:21:51.279 --> 00:21:51.539
 honestly,

00:21:51.680 --> 00:21:52.819
 is just to stay there

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 in that sullenness,

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 just to beat myself up.

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 But quickly looking

00:21:58.779 --> 00:21:59.460
 at how faithful

00:21:59.460 --> 00:22:01.519
 of a husband

00:22:01.519 --> 00:22:02.500
 Jesus is,

00:22:02.799 --> 00:22:03.779
 both to me

00:22:03.779 --> 00:22:04.940
 and to Christine,

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 that transforms

00:22:06.019 --> 00:22:06.759
 my marriage,

00:22:07.079 --> 00:22:07.840
 that transforms

00:22:07.840 --> 00:22:09.200
 my outlook in life,

00:22:09.559 --> 00:22:10.380
 that transforms

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 my ability to love.

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 We must be people

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 who have the biggest views

00:22:16.500 --> 00:22:16.920
 of God

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 and smallest views

00:22:17.980 --> 00:22:18.860
 of self.

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 Would Trinity Cambridge Church

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 be filled with people

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 who need truly

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 the smallest reminders,

00:22:26.819 --> 00:22:28.399
 the smallest triggers

00:22:28.399 --> 00:22:30.359
 to think about Jesus,

00:22:31.119 --> 00:22:32.720
 that we would just be

00:22:32.720 --> 00:22:33.980
 a hair trigger away

00:22:33.980 --> 00:22:35.740
 to ponder the beauty

00:22:35.740 --> 00:22:36.460
 of Christ.

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 Because,

00:22:40.740 --> 00:22:41.819
 frankly speaking,

00:22:41.879 --> 00:22:42.899
 not everybody has

00:22:42.899 --> 00:22:44.799
 that opportunity

00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:45.480
 to gaze

00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:46.539
 at Jesus' beauty.

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 because now let's observe

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 the juxtaposition

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 between Moses

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 and the rest of Israel

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 and how they respond

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 to God's glory.

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 When Aaron

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 and the rest of Israel

00:22:56.599 --> 00:22:57.159
 beheld

00:22:57.159 --> 00:22:58.859
 Moses' shining face,

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 they cowered away

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 in fear.

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 Verse 30 says,

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 if you look down,

00:23:04.619 --> 00:23:05.539
 Aaron and all the people

00:23:05.539 --> 00:23:06.039
 of Israel

00:23:06.039 --> 00:23:06.960
 saw Moses

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 and behold,

00:23:07.879 --> 00:23:09.099
 the skin of his face

00:23:09.099 --> 00:23:09.500
 shone

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 and they were afraid

00:23:10.759 --> 00:23:11.599
 to come near him.

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 In some sense,

00:23:14.180 --> 00:23:15.240
 this is an appropriate

00:23:15.240 --> 00:23:16.660
 response, right?

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 This is an appropriate

00:23:17.799 --> 00:23:19.420
 response of a sinful nation.

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 Time and time again

00:23:21.019 --> 00:23:21.779
 throughout Scripture,

00:23:22.079 --> 00:23:23.519
 when we see

00:23:23.519 --> 00:23:24.779
 that man is shown

00:23:24.779 --> 00:23:26.000
 the image of God,

00:23:26.460 --> 00:23:27.400
 the appropriate response

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 is fear and trembling.

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 This happened

00:23:30.819 --> 00:23:31.740
 just earlier

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 in Exodus 19.

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 All the people

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 in the camp

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 trembled

00:23:34.700 --> 00:23:35.640
 at the smoke,

00:23:36.120 --> 00:23:36.579
 thunder,

00:23:36.880 --> 00:23:37.259
 roaring,

00:23:37.420 --> 00:23:37.740
 lightning

00:23:37.740 --> 00:23:39.059
 of the mountain.

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 Take Isaiah

00:23:41.099 --> 00:23:41.640
 in his book

00:23:41.640 --> 00:23:42.720
 in chapter 6.

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 Once Isaiah

00:23:44.279 --> 00:23:45.640
 sees in the vision

00:23:45.640 --> 00:23:47.420
 the mighty glory

00:23:47.420 --> 00:23:47.779
 of God,

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 he understands

00:23:48.559 --> 00:23:49.539
 how undeserving

00:23:49.539 --> 00:23:50.819
 he is to be there

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 and declares,

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 I am a man

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 of unclean lips.

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 Given the biblical

00:23:58.579 --> 00:23:59.640
 precedent then,

00:24:01.100 --> 00:24:01.920
 Israel's response

00:24:01.920 --> 00:24:02.299
 to fear

00:24:02.299 --> 00:24:03.220
 only makes sense.

00:24:03.819 --> 00:24:04.140
 Therefore,

00:24:04.779 --> 00:24:05.759
 Moses needs to call

00:24:05.759 --> 00:24:06.460
 and coax

00:24:06.460 --> 00:24:07.339
 first Aaron

00:24:07.339 --> 00:24:07.839
 and the leaders

00:24:07.839 --> 00:24:08.740
 and then the rest

00:24:08.740 --> 00:24:09.200
 of Israel

00:24:09.200 --> 00:24:10.039
 to come back

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 to hear the word

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 of God.

00:24:12.180 --> 00:24:12.740
 Then after,

00:24:12.900 --> 00:24:14.200
 to protect Israel,

00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:15.799
 Moses veiled

00:24:15.799 --> 00:24:16.940
 himself

00:24:16.940 --> 00:24:18.000
 to nullify

00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:19.000
 the effect

00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:20.340
 of his shining face.

00:24:21.299 --> 00:24:21.840
 Much like

00:24:21.840 --> 00:24:22.700
 the fencing off

00:24:22.700 --> 00:24:23.720
 of Mount Sinai,

00:24:24.340 --> 00:24:25.140
 the veil was meant

00:24:25.140 --> 00:24:26.460
 to shield its effects

00:24:26.460 --> 00:24:27.480
 from sinful people,

00:24:28.100 --> 00:24:29.200
 namely death.

00:24:30.820 --> 00:24:32.180
 And while the narrative

00:24:32.180 --> 00:24:33.480
 is not clear on this,

00:24:33.600 --> 00:24:34.539
 it seems from

00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:35.920
 verses 34 to 35

00:24:35.920 --> 00:24:36.680
 that this cycle

00:24:36.680 --> 00:24:37.779
 kept continuing

00:24:37.779 --> 00:24:39.000
 without end.

00:24:39.000 --> 00:24:40.819
 unveiled,

00:24:41.539 --> 00:24:42.279
 Moses would commune

00:24:42.279 --> 00:24:42.759
 with God,

00:24:43.259 --> 00:24:44.119
 hear from him directly,

00:24:44.440 --> 00:24:45.200
 and then he would

00:24:45.200 --> 00:24:46.099
 go out to the people,

00:24:46.539 --> 00:24:47.359
 still unveiled,

00:24:47.619 --> 00:24:48.619
 with his face shining,

00:24:49.079 --> 00:24:50.079
 to share that direct

00:24:50.079 --> 00:24:51.059
 message from God.

00:24:52.079 --> 00:24:53.160
 And then he would

00:24:53.160 --> 00:24:54.259
 veil himself

00:24:54.259 --> 00:24:55.180
 to protect

00:24:55.180 --> 00:24:56.319
 the people

00:24:56.319 --> 00:24:57.319
 from standing

00:24:57.319 --> 00:24:58.240
 in God's glory

00:24:58.240 --> 00:24:58.859
 for too long.

00:25:01.059 --> 00:25:02.279
 But while the initial

00:25:02.279 --> 00:25:03.119
 reaction of fear

00:25:03.119 --> 00:25:04.019
 may make sense,

00:25:05.119 --> 00:25:06.000
 the reality is,

00:25:06.079 --> 00:25:06.480
 still,

00:25:06.640 --> 00:25:07.680
 something is not

00:25:07.680 --> 00:25:08.820
 right here.

00:25:10.460 --> 00:25:11.880
 In chapter 19,

00:25:12.299 --> 00:25:13.060
 God reveals

00:25:13.060 --> 00:25:13.840
 his intentions,

00:25:14.019 --> 00:25:14.759
 his desires,

00:25:15.140 --> 00:25:15.820
 that Israel

00:25:15.820 --> 00:25:16.519
 would be

00:25:16.519 --> 00:25:17.320
 a kingdom

00:25:17.320 --> 00:25:18.100
 of priests

00:25:18.100 --> 00:25:19.340
 and a holy nation.

00:25:20.360 --> 00:25:21.019
 But here,

00:25:21.100 --> 00:25:21.820
 it's only Moses

00:25:21.820 --> 00:25:22.920
 who can speak

00:25:22.920 --> 00:25:24.000
 to God face to face.

00:25:24.420 --> 00:25:25.380
 The rest of Israel

00:25:25.380 --> 00:25:26.220
 can't even bear

00:25:26.220 --> 00:25:26.860
 to stand

00:25:26.860 --> 00:25:27.880
 in Moses' presence,

00:25:27.940 --> 00:25:28.700
 who's just reflecting

00:25:28.700 --> 00:25:29.700
 a fraction

00:25:29.700 --> 00:25:30.799
 of God's glory.

00:25:32.299 --> 00:25:33.740
 Even the high priest,

00:25:33.940 --> 00:25:34.220
 Aaron,

00:25:34.640 --> 00:25:35.840
 he is veiled off

00:25:35.839 --> 00:25:37.559
 from seeing God's glory.

00:25:37.619 --> 00:25:38.399
 How can you expect

00:25:38.399 --> 00:25:39.799
 the entire nation

00:25:39.799 --> 00:25:40.699
 to be full of priests

00:25:40.699 --> 00:25:42.599
 if Aaron can't even

00:25:42.599 --> 00:25:43.319
 commune with God

00:25:43.319 --> 00:25:43.699
 directly?

00:25:46.419 --> 00:25:47.419
 Brothers and sisters,

00:25:47.559 --> 00:25:48.099
 we know that

00:25:48.099 --> 00:25:48.779
 in the beginning,

00:25:49.059 --> 00:25:50.959
 God created everything

00:25:50.959 --> 00:25:52.299
 we see and know

00:25:52.299 --> 00:25:53.339
 in six days

00:25:53.339 --> 00:25:53.899
 and rested

00:25:53.899 --> 00:25:54.720
 on the seventh.

00:25:55.379 --> 00:25:56.659
 From dust,

00:25:56.779 --> 00:25:57.599
 he created man

00:25:57.599 --> 00:25:58.319
 in his image

00:25:58.319 --> 00:25:59.059
 and he breathed

00:25:59.059 --> 00:26:00.000
 life into him.

00:26:01.339 --> 00:26:02.059
 There in the Garden

00:26:02.059 --> 00:26:02.500
 of Eden,

00:26:03.199 --> 00:26:04.699
 God dwelt with man

00:26:04.700 --> 00:26:06.059
 without barriers,

00:26:06.299 --> 00:26:07.440
 without veils.

00:26:09.019 --> 00:26:11.140
 But once our representative

00:26:11.140 --> 00:26:12.420
 of Adam,

00:26:12.559 --> 00:26:13.200
 he fell.

00:26:14.160 --> 00:26:15.640
 He brought the entire world

00:26:15.640 --> 00:26:17.740
 in darkness and sin.

00:26:19.920 --> 00:26:21.120
 And because of our sin,

00:26:21.420 --> 00:26:22.840
 without his intervention,

00:26:23.080 --> 00:26:24.299
 our relationship with God

00:26:24.299 --> 00:26:26.519
 will never be the same.

00:26:27.620 --> 00:26:28.420
 So this question

00:26:28.420 --> 00:26:29.080
 has loomed

00:26:29.080 --> 00:26:30.039
 since the fall.

00:26:32.039 --> 00:26:33.319
 Will God dwell

00:26:33.319 --> 00:26:34.639
 with his people again?

00:26:35.559 --> 00:26:36.579
 Can we get back

00:26:36.579 --> 00:26:37.159
 to the Garden?

00:26:39.500 --> 00:26:40.339
 We have read

00:26:40.339 --> 00:26:41.159
 of God's mercy

00:26:41.159 --> 00:26:41.720
 and grace

00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:42.279
 in forgiving

00:26:42.279 --> 00:26:43.740
 this egregious idolatry

00:26:43.740 --> 00:26:44.619
 of the golden calf

00:26:44.619 --> 00:26:45.439
 in weeks past.

00:26:45.659 --> 00:26:46.319
 And even today,

00:26:46.399 --> 00:26:47.399
 we heard of God's

00:26:47.399 --> 00:26:48.179
 graciousness

00:26:48.179 --> 00:26:49.240
 and his willingness

00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:50.079
 to go up

00:26:50.079 --> 00:26:50.799
 with his people.

00:26:51.859 --> 00:26:53.339
 But in the end,

00:26:53.419 --> 00:26:53.980
 the picture

00:26:53.980 --> 00:26:56.039
 in today's passage

00:26:56.039 --> 00:26:57.899
 falls incredibly short

00:26:57.899 --> 00:26:58.539
 of the intimacy

00:26:58.539 --> 00:27:00.179
 shared in the Garden.

00:27:00.180 --> 00:27:03.799
 We do well

00:27:03.799 --> 00:27:04.259
 to remember

00:27:04.259 --> 00:27:05.279
 that this passage

00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:06.240
 is in the context

00:27:06.240 --> 00:27:07.320
 of covenant renewal.

00:27:08.060 --> 00:27:08.680
 After all,

00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:09.660
 Moses has brought down

00:27:09.660 --> 00:27:11.500
 the freshly remade tablets

00:27:11.500 --> 00:27:12.759
 of the old covenant.

00:27:14.100 --> 00:27:15.460
 And while there may be

00:27:15.460 --> 00:27:16.340
 hope in the air

00:27:16.340 --> 00:27:17.140
 that everything

00:27:17.140 --> 00:27:18.539
 might be picture perfect

00:27:18.539 --> 00:27:20.160
 and right between God

00:27:20.160 --> 00:27:21.200
 and his people again,

00:27:22.460 --> 00:27:23.460
 Moses' veil

00:27:23.460 --> 00:27:25.279
 is that ominous sign

00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:26.039
 that something,

00:27:26.420 --> 00:27:27.420
 something's off.

00:27:27.420 --> 00:27:30.200
 And if you know

00:27:30.200 --> 00:27:30.940
 your Old Testament,

00:27:31.259 --> 00:27:31.960
 you know that

00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:32.940
 this covenant renewal,

00:27:33.340 --> 00:27:34.300
 this second try,

00:27:34.740 --> 00:27:35.500
 this wasn't it.

00:27:36.120 --> 00:27:37.519
 This wasn't the solution.

00:27:37.640 --> 00:27:38.539
 This wasn't the way

00:27:38.539 --> 00:27:39.560
 back to the Garden.

00:27:41.200 --> 00:27:42.580
 Israel cyclically

00:27:42.580 --> 00:27:43.800
 and habitually

00:27:43.800 --> 00:27:44.500
 ends up

00:27:44.500 --> 00:27:45.539
 in heinous sin.

00:27:46.960 --> 00:27:47.920
 Not much later

00:27:47.920 --> 00:27:48.960
 in the book of Deuteronomy,

00:27:49.940 --> 00:27:50.960
 after yet another

00:27:50.960 --> 00:27:51.720
 covenant renewal

00:27:51.720 --> 00:27:53.180
 and a plea for them

00:27:53.180 --> 00:27:54.240
 to choose righteousness

00:27:54.240 --> 00:27:54.779
 in life,

00:27:55.100 --> 00:27:56.019
 Moses declares

00:27:56.019 --> 00:27:57.700
 that he in fact knows

00:27:57.700 --> 00:27:59.240
 that they will choose death,

00:27:59.740 --> 00:28:01.460
 that they will perish,

00:28:01.639 --> 00:28:02.799
 that they won't last long

00:28:02.799 --> 00:28:03.859
 in the promised land.

00:28:05.480 --> 00:28:07.259
 Ever the inspirational speaker,

00:28:07.519 --> 00:28:07.740
 Moses,

00:28:08.180 --> 00:28:08.579
 that guy.

00:28:10.160 --> 00:28:10.559
 But hey,

00:28:10.799 --> 00:28:11.859
 credit to him,

00:28:12.079 --> 00:28:12.339
 right?

00:28:12.660 --> 00:28:15.019
 He was 100% right.

00:28:16.759 --> 00:28:17.920
 This is exactly

00:28:17.920 --> 00:28:18.680
 what Paul says

00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:21.259
 in 2 Corinthians 3, 6,

00:28:21.440 --> 00:28:22.139
 where he teaches

00:28:22.139 --> 00:28:23.039
 that the letter

00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:24.539
 or the old covenant,

00:28:24.539 --> 00:28:25.720
 it kills.

00:28:25.859 --> 00:28:26.779
 The letter kills.

00:28:27.119 --> 00:28:28.259
 But the spirit

00:28:28.259 --> 00:28:29.059
 gives life.

00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:30.599
 That life

00:28:30.599 --> 00:28:31.059
 is given

00:28:31.059 --> 00:28:32.180
 in the new covenant

00:28:32.180 --> 00:28:32.960
 alone.

00:28:35.039 --> 00:28:35.619
 You see,

00:28:35.680 --> 00:28:36.519
 this is the problem

00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:38.659
 with second chance-ism.

00:28:39.960 --> 00:28:40.879
 In my pride,

00:28:40.980 --> 00:28:41.680
 I used to be

00:28:41.680 --> 00:28:42.700
 a second chance-ist.

00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:44.799
 So subscribe

00:28:44.799 --> 00:28:45.639
 to this theology

00:28:45.639 --> 00:28:46.440
 of second chance-ism.

00:28:46.899 --> 00:28:47.940
 And what is that?

00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:49.019
 What is second chance-ism,

00:28:49.099 --> 00:28:49.480
 you ask?

00:28:50.399 --> 00:28:51.299
 Let me demonstrate.

00:28:51.299 --> 00:28:52.299
 Lord,

00:28:53.480 --> 00:28:54.940
 I know I just

00:28:54.940 --> 00:28:56.740
 did that thing

00:28:56.740 --> 00:28:57.200
 that I said

00:28:57.200 --> 00:28:58.139
 I would never do again.

00:28:59.259 --> 00:29:01.659
 I said that thing.

00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:02.799
 I went to that place.

00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:04.599
 I watched that thing.

00:29:05.539 --> 00:29:06.319
 But Lord,

00:29:06.460 --> 00:29:07.519
 in your grace,

00:29:08.159 --> 00:29:09.619
 please give me

00:29:09.619 --> 00:29:10.460
 a second chance.

00:29:12.200 --> 00:29:13.000
 And if you've been

00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:14.119
 caught up in that cycle,

00:29:14.319 --> 00:29:15.399
 you know that

00:29:15.399 --> 00:29:16.180
 it doesn't stop

00:29:16.180 --> 00:29:17.059
 at second chances.

00:29:17.059 --> 00:29:18.599
 Just like the Israelites,

00:29:18.819 --> 00:29:19.379
 we'll end up

00:29:19.379 --> 00:29:20.879
 asking for five,

00:29:21.019 --> 00:29:21.279
 ten,

00:29:21.419 --> 00:29:21.759
 fifty,

00:29:21.919 --> 00:29:22.879
 a hundred chances

00:29:22.879 --> 00:29:23.879
 with no hope

00:29:23.879 --> 00:29:25.059
 of changing.

00:29:25.679 --> 00:29:26.720
 What we end up needing

00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:27.799
 is not more chances,

00:29:28.099 --> 00:29:29.399
 not more internal willpower,

00:29:29.500 --> 00:29:30.259
 not more time.

00:29:30.700 --> 00:29:31.460
 We need

00:29:31.460 --> 00:29:33.279
 a completely new heart,

00:29:34.899 --> 00:29:36.179
 an external intervention

00:29:36.179 --> 00:29:36.960
 in our lives.

00:29:37.960 --> 00:29:38.579
 Take again

00:29:38.579 --> 00:29:39.019
 the example

00:29:39.019 --> 00:29:39.960
 of Isaiah 6.

00:29:40.379 --> 00:29:40.679
 Yes,

00:29:40.859 --> 00:29:41.740
 Isaiah's right

00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:43.799
 to respond

00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:44.759
 in fear

00:29:44.759 --> 00:29:45.279
 and trembling

00:29:45.279 --> 00:29:46.339
 before God's glory.

00:29:46.339 --> 00:29:47.879
 But what does God

00:29:47.879 --> 00:29:48.459
 then do?

00:29:49.179 --> 00:29:50.779
 He cleanses Isaiah

00:29:50.779 --> 00:29:51.819
 of his sin

00:29:51.819 --> 00:29:53.659
 so that he can stand

00:29:53.659 --> 00:29:54.699
 in the presence of God.

00:29:55.919 --> 00:29:56.980
 Compare that to here.

00:29:57.740 --> 00:29:58.919
 What happens after

00:29:58.919 --> 00:29:59.779
 Moses shares

00:29:59.779 --> 00:30:00.619
 the commands of God?

00:30:01.459 --> 00:30:02.679
 No cleansing of sin,

00:30:02.959 --> 00:30:04.319
 but it's a veiling off.

00:30:06.899 --> 00:30:07.399
 So here,

00:30:07.980 --> 00:30:09.779
 there is a dual purpose

00:30:09.779 --> 00:30:10.319
 of Moses

00:30:10.319 --> 00:30:11.099
 to veil himself.

00:30:11.799 --> 00:30:12.019
 Yes,

00:30:12.139 --> 00:30:12.799
 it is Moses'

00:30:13.139 --> 00:30:14.480
 gracious concession

00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:15.939
 to protect the nation,

00:30:15.940 --> 00:30:17.080
 but it's also

00:30:17.080 --> 00:30:18.680
 an act of judgment

00:30:18.680 --> 00:30:20.779
 on their unfaithfulness,

00:30:20.980 --> 00:30:21.840
 on their sin

00:30:21.840 --> 00:30:23.700
 that caused,

00:30:23.920 --> 00:30:24.820
 that spawned

00:30:24.820 --> 00:30:25.480
 that fear.

00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:27.700
 Take a moment

00:30:27.700 --> 00:30:29.340
 to flip to 2 Corinthians 3

00:30:29.340 --> 00:30:30.299
 and hear Paul

00:30:30.299 --> 00:30:31.320
 explain the motive

00:30:31.320 --> 00:30:32.600
 of Moses' veiling

00:30:32.600 --> 00:30:34.279
 in verses 12 to 14.

00:30:36.480 --> 00:30:37.299
 Verse 12,

00:30:37.299 --> 00:31:02.740
 Paul is saying that

00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:04.559
 his ministry is different

00:31:04.559 --> 00:31:06.200
 because Moses,

00:31:06.559 --> 00:31:07.559
 he was helpless,

00:31:08.039 --> 00:31:09.319
 helpless to do anything

00:31:09.319 --> 00:31:10.839
 about the people's

00:31:10.839 --> 00:31:11.940
 hardened condition,

00:31:12.380 --> 00:31:13.880
 whereas Paul's ministry,

00:31:14.460 --> 00:31:14.980
 through Christ,

00:31:15.160 --> 00:31:16.440
 veils are removed.

00:31:18.240 --> 00:31:19.380
 Some have interpreted

00:31:19.380 --> 00:31:20.319
 verse 13

00:31:20.319 --> 00:31:21.180
 to read

00:31:21.180 --> 00:31:22.000
 that Moses wanted

00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:23.039
 to hide the fact

00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:24.819
 that his glowing face,

00:31:24.920 --> 00:31:25.400
 his glow,

00:31:25.519 --> 00:31:26.960
 was his only temporary,

00:31:26.960 --> 00:31:28.420
 so he veiled himself

00:31:28.420 --> 00:31:29.700
 off for whatever reason.

00:31:30.620 --> 00:31:32.220
 But I actually think

00:31:32.220 --> 00:31:32.900
 a more compelling

00:31:32.900 --> 00:31:33.600
 interpretation

00:31:33.600 --> 00:31:35.380
 is simply confirming

00:31:35.380 --> 00:31:35.980
 that Moses

00:31:35.980 --> 00:31:37.980
 had to veil himself

00:31:37.980 --> 00:31:39.940
 so that Israel

00:31:39.940 --> 00:31:40.500
 might not gaze

00:31:40.500 --> 00:31:41.440
 at the outcome,

00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:42.700
 the telos,

00:31:42.940 --> 00:31:43.600
 or in other words,

00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:44.940
 the death-dealing

00:31:44.940 --> 00:31:46.240
 judgment

00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:47.039
 of God's glory

00:31:47.039 --> 00:31:47.620
 on sin

00:31:47.620 --> 00:31:49.900
 so that

00:31:49.900 --> 00:31:52.299
 they would not die

00:31:52.299 --> 00:31:53.919
 and that

00:31:53.919 --> 00:31:55.460
 the veil

00:31:55.460 --> 00:31:56.299
 would nullify

00:31:56.299 --> 00:31:56.940
 that effect.

00:31:57.919 --> 00:31:58.180
 Therefore,

00:31:58.440 --> 00:31:59.480
 he veils himself

00:31:59.480 --> 00:32:00.680
 off to cut off

00:32:00.680 --> 00:32:02.240
 access to God's glory,

00:32:02.359 --> 00:32:02.700
 again,

00:32:02.859 --> 00:32:04.079
 both as a mercy

00:32:04.079 --> 00:32:06.059
 and as a judgment.

00:32:07.440 --> 00:32:08.139
 Just like Paul

00:32:08.139 --> 00:32:09.279
 teaches in Romans 1,

00:32:09.419 --> 00:32:11.299
 it's really a fearful

00:32:11.299 --> 00:32:12.200
 thing when God

00:32:12.200 --> 00:32:13.500
 gives up sinful men

00:32:13.500 --> 00:32:15.059
 to their sinful desires,

00:32:15.779 --> 00:32:16.740
 their spiritual blindness,

00:32:16.859 --> 00:32:18.220
 because he allowed

00:32:18.220 --> 00:32:18.919
 the veil

00:32:18.919 --> 00:32:20.019
 over their hearts

00:32:20.019 --> 00:32:20.740
 to last.

00:32:22.299 --> 00:32:23.220
 So literally,

00:32:23.480 --> 00:32:24.180
 the veil was on

00:32:24.180 --> 00:32:25.119
 Moses' face,

00:32:25.579 --> 00:32:26.659
 but it was only

00:32:26.659 --> 00:32:27.559
 because spiritually

00:32:27.559 --> 00:32:29.000
 it was on their hearts.

00:32:31.299 --> 00:32:32.299
 Brothers and sisters,

00:32:32.399 --> 00:32:33.419
 that same veil

00:32:33.419 --> 00:32:35.240
 was on our hearts,

00:32:35.720 --> 00:32:37.419
 but praise be to God

00:32:37.419 --> 00:32:38.500
 that he has done

00:32:38.500 --> 00:32:39.399
 something new,

00:32:39.919 --> 00:32:41.220
 something new

00:32:41.220 --> 00:32:42.379
 in Christ Jesus,

00:32:42.500 --> 00:32:42.899
 his son.

00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:45.159
 Now that we are

00:32:45.159 --> 00:32:45.940
 on this side

00:32:45.940 --> 00:32:46.779
 of biblical history,

00:32:46.919 --> 00:32:47.379
 we know that

00:32:47.379 --> 00:32:48.559
 many times

00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:49.980
 God foreshadowed

00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:51.419
 what he was doing.

00:32:51.420 --> 00:32:52.500
 He foretold of it

00:32:52.500 --> 00:32:54.320
 most early

00:32:54.320 --> 00:32:55.960
 after the fall

00:32:55.960 --> 00:32:57.360
 to Eve

00:32:57.360 --> 00:32:58.460
 that her son

00:32:58.460 --> 00:32:59.420
 would crush

00:32:59.420 --> 00:33:00.140
 the serpent's head.

00:33:00.700 --> 00:33:01.539
 Most clearly

00:33:01.539 --> 00:33:02.940
 in Jeremiah 31

00:33:02.940 --> 00:33:04.259
 and 36,

00:33:04.380 --> 00:33:05.259
 we also read

00:33:05.259 --> 00:33:06.720
 that God intends

00:33:06.720 --> 00:33:07.539
 on stopping

00:33:07.539 --> 00:33:08.200
 the futile,

00:33:08.440 --> 00:33:09.440
 endless cycle

00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:10.720
 of renewing

00:33:10.720 --> 00:33:11.519
 the old covenant,

00:33:11.720 --> 00:33:13.080
 but to initiate

00:33:13.080 --> 00:33:15.060
 to start

00:33:15.060 --> 00:33:15.900
 a permanent,

00:33:16.100 --> 00:33:17.200
 more glorious

00:33:17.200 --> 00:33:18.340
 new covenant.

00:33:18.339 --> 00:33:20.259
 this is what

00:33:20.259 --> 00:33:20.639
 he promised

00:33:20.639 --> 00:33:20.939
 to do

00:33:20.939 --> 00:33:22.019
 from Jeremiah 31.

00:33:23.019 --> 00:33:23.819
 I will put

00:33:23.819 --> 00:33:24.279
 my law

00:33:24.279 --> 00:33:24.939
 within them

00:33:24.939 --> 00:33:25.519
 and I will

00:33:25.519 --> 00:33:26.579
 write it

00:33:26.579 --> 00:33:27.259
 on their hearts

00:33:27.259 --> 00:33:29.339
 and I will

00:33:29.339 --> 00:33:30.019
 be their God

00:33:30.019 --> 00:33:30.859
 and they

00:33:30.859 --> 00:33:31.319
 shall be

00:33:31.319 --> 00:33:31.959
 my people

00:33:31.959 --> 00:33:33.859
 and no longer

00:33:33.859 --> 00:33:34.779
 shall each one

00:33:34.779 --> 00:33:35.579
 teach his neighbor

00:33:35.579 --> 00:33:36.259
 and each

00:33:36.259 --> 00:33:36.720
 his brother

00:33:36.720 --> 00:33:37.119
 saying,

00:33:37.579 --> 00:33:38.279
 know the Lord

00:33:38.279 --> 00:33:39.379
 for they shall

00:33:39.379 --> 00:33:40.599
 all know me

00:33:40.599 --> 00:33:41.619
 from the least

00:33:41.619 --> 00:33:41.980
 of them

00:33:41.980 --> 00:33:42.799
 to the greatest

00:33:42.799 --> 00:33:44.000
 declares the Lord

00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:45.019
 for I will

00:33:45.019 --> 00:33:46.259
 forgive their iniquity

00:33:46.259 --> 00:33:47.259
 and I will

00:33:47.259 --> 00:33:48.700
 remember their sin

00:33:48.700 --> 00:33:49.700
 no more.

00:33:52.579 --> 00:33:53.220
 However,

00:33:53.359 --> 00:33:54.599
 being a perfectly

00:33:54.599 --> 00:33:55.420
 just God,

00:33:55.740 --> 00:33:56.359
 he couldn't just

00:33:56.359 --> 00:33:57.079
 have snapped

00:33:57.079 --> 00:33:57.619
 his fingers

00:33:57.619 --> 00:33:59.000
 and willed

00:33:59.000 --> 00:33:59.980
 himself to forgive.

00:34:00.420 --> 00:34:01.339
 He needed

00:34:01.339 --> 00:34:02.779
 to send

00:34:02.779 --> 00:34:03.839
 his eternally

00:34:03.839 --> 00:34:04.799
 begotten son,

00:34:05.519 --> 00:34:05.799
 Jesus,

00:34:06.099 --> 00:34:07.420
 the second person

00:34:07.420 --> 00:34:08.860
 of the triune

00:34:08.860 --> 00:34:09.500
 Godhead

00:34:09.500 --> 00:34:10.360
 with whom he

00:34:10.360 --> 00:34:11.179
 shared perfect

00:34:11.179 --> 00:34:12.360
 love and intimacy

00:34:12.360 --> 00:34:14.320
 for eternity's past

00:34:14.320 --> 00:34:15.760
 to take on flesh

00:34:15.760 --> 00:34:17.360
 to die

00:34:17.360 --> 00:34:18.780
 and to

00:34:18.780 --> 00:34:19.600
 resurrect

00:34:19.600 --> 00:34:20.720
 as a substitution

00:34:20.720 --> 00:34:21.660
 for sinners.

00:34:23.420 --> 00:34:24.460
 Understand his

00:34:24.460 --> 00:34:25.700
 great condescension

00:34:25.700 --> 00:34:26.200
 for you

00:34:26.200 --> 00:34:27.120
 for it is in

00:34:27.120 --> 00:34:27.500
 Jesus

00:34:27.500 --> 00:34:30.100
 we find the

00:34:30.100 --> 00:34:30.660
 radiance

00:34:30.660 --> 00:34:31.880
 of the glory

00:34:31.880 --> 00:34:32.440
 of God

00:34:32.440 --> 00:34:33.360
 and the exact

00:34:33.360 --> 00:34:34.040
 imprint of his

00:34:34.040 --> 00:34:34.220
 nature.

00:34:34.320 --> 00:34:34.700
 That's what

00:34:34.700 --> 00:34:36.080
 Hebrews 1 tells us.

00:34:37.560 --> 00:34:38.040
 In fact,

00:34:38.300 --> 00:34:39.260
 Moses' earlier

00:34:39.260 --> 00:34:39.560
 prayer,

00:34:39.700 --> 00:34:40.480
 that part 2

00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:41.040
 of his prayer,

00:34:41.880 --> 00:34:42.780
 to see God's

00:34:42.780 --> 00:34:43.180
 glory,

00:34:43.320 --> 00:34:43.760
 it was only

00:34:43.760 --> 00:34:44.920
 partly answered

00:34:44.920 --> 00:34:45.700
 in Exodus

00:34:45.700 --> 00:34:46.400
 because God

00:34:46.400 --> 00:34:46.900
 only showed

00:34:46.900 --> 00:34:47.460
 his back,

00:34:47.780 --> 00:34:48.180
 if you remember.

00:34:50.700 --> 00:34:51.519
 But it was

00:34:51.519 --> 00:34:52.340
 answered in

00:34:52.340 --> 00:34:54.340
 full in Luke 9

00:34:54.340 --> 00:34:55.940
 where Peter,

00:34:56.220 --> 00:34:56.599
 John,

00:34:56.760 --> 00:34:57.119
 and James,

00:34:57.200 --> 00:34:57.579
 they go up

00:34:57.579 --> 00:34:58.099
 to the mountain

00:34:58.099 --> 00:34:59.240
 with Jesus

00:34:59.240 --> 00:35:00.340
 to see him

00:35:00.340 --> 00:35:01.639
 transfigured

00:35:01.639 --> 00:35:02.860
 into full

00:35:02.860 --> 00:35:04.380
 resplendent glory.

00:35:06.360 --> 00:35:07.139
 Luke writes

00:35:07.139 --> 00:35:08.500
 that the appearance

00:35:08.500 --> 00:35:09.539
 of Jesus' face

00:35:09.539 --> 00:35:10.139
 was altered

00:35:10.139 --> 00:35:11.259
 and his clothing

00:35:11.259 --> 00:35:12.420
 became dazzling

00:35:12.420 --> 00:35:12.819
 white.

00:35:13.480 --> 00:35:14.339
 And who is

00:35:14.339 --> 00:35:15.219
 there next

00:35:15.219 --> 00:35:15.779
 to Jesus?

00:35:17.299 --> 00:35:18.359
 It's Moses.

00:35:19.099 --> 00:35:19.739
 It's Moses

00:35:19.739 --> 00:35:20.839
 seeing all

00:35:20.839 --> 00:35:21.879
 of God's glory

00:35:21.879 --> 00:35:23.339
 in his son.

00:35:24.400 --> 00:35:25.299
 So we too

00:35:25.299 --> 00:35:26.299
 find the full

00:35:26.299 --> 00:35:27.279
 glory of God

00:35:27.279 --> 00:35:28.019
 when we gaze

00:35:28.019 --> 00:35:28.859
 upon Jesus'

00:35:29.199 --> 00:35:29.940
 face.

00:35:30.519 --> 00:35:31.199
 There is no

00:35:31.199 --> 00:35:32.319
 greater sight,

00:35:32.440 --> 00:35:33.539
 no greater beauty

00:35:33.539 --> 00:35:35.059
 or treasure

00:35:35.059 --> 00:35:35.719
 than our

00:35:35.719 --> 00:35:36.359
 glorious

00:35:36.360 --> 00:35:37.099
 Jesus.

00:35:38.880 --> 00:35:39.400
 And this

00:35:39.400 --> 00:35:39.900
 perfect

00:35:39.900 --> 00:35:40.440
 Jesus

00:35:40.440 --> 00:35:40.900
 was

00:35:40.900 --> 00:35:42.200
 beaten,

00:35:42.760 --> 00:35:43.180
 bruised,

00:35:44.019 --> 00:35:44.980
 and bloodied

00:35:44.980 --> 00:35:46.440
 so that we

00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:46.780
 would be

00:35:46.780 --> 00:35:47.340
 forgiven of

00:35:47.340 --> 00:35:48.120
 our iniquity

00:35:48.120 --> 00:35:49.320
 and that God

00:35:49.320 --> 00:35:49.860
 would remember

00:35:49.860 --> 00:35:50.680
 our sins

00:35:50.680 --> 00:35:51.559
 no more.

00:35:52.019 --> 00:35:52.760
 He did

00:35:52.760 --> 00:35:53.160
 for us

00:35:53.160 --> 00:35:53.539
 what we

00:35:53.539 --> 00:35:54.200
 could never

00:35:54.200 --> 00:35:54.940
 ever do

00:35:54.940 --> 00:35:55.800
 for ourselves.

00:35:56.800 --> 00:35:57.820
 It's only

00:35:57.820 --> 00:35:58.360
 by this

00:35:58.360 --> 00:35:59.500
 far more

00:35:59.500 --> 00:36:00.019
 glorious

00:36:00.019 --> 00:36:00.660
 permanent

00:36:00.660 --> 00:36:01.099
 ministry

00:36:01.099 --> 00:36:01.680
 of the

00:36:01.680 --> 00:36:02.059
 spirit

00:36:02.059 --> 00:36:02.700
 and righteousness

00:36:02.700 --> 00:36:03.519
 can we

00:36:03.519 --> 00:36:04.200
 be freed

00:36:04.200 --> 00:36:05.079
 from this

00:36:05.079 --> 00:36:05.780
 endless cycle

00:36:05.780 --> 00:36:06.380
 of second

00:36:06.380 --> 00:36:06.840
 chances

00:36:06.840 --> 00:36:08.400
 and step

00:36:08.400 --> 00:36:09.500
 into glory

00:36:09.500 --> 00:36:11.019
 as God's

00:36:11.019 --> 00:36:11.600
 children who

00:36:11.600 --> 00:36:12.360
 reflect his

00:36:12.360 --> 00:36:12.760
 image.

00:36:14.320 --> 00:36:15.800
 How do

00:36:15.800 --> 00:36:16.560
 we reflect

00:36:16.560 --> 00:36:17.200
 his image?

00:36:17.940 --> 00:36:18.660
 Because we

00:36:18.660 --> 00:36:19.380
 know that

00:36:19.380 --> 00:36:20.340
 yes,

00:36:20.460 --> 00:36:21.040
 as Christians

00:36:21.040 --> 00:36:21.600
 we have been

00:36:21.600 --> 00:36:22.060
 given new

00:36:22.060 --> 00:36:22.420
 hearts,

00:36:22.560 --> 00:36:23.080
 we are born

00:36:23.080 --> 00:36:23.440
 again,

00:36:24.700 --> 00:36:25.820
 but desiring

00:36:25.820 --> 00:36:26.280
 Jesus,

00:36:26.620 --> 00:36:27.480
 looking like

00:36:27.480 --> 00:36:27.880
 Jesus,

00:36:28.080 --> 00:36:28.540
 it isn't

00:36:28.540 --> 00:36:29.060
 automatic.

00:36:31.080 --> 00:36:31.740
 So again,

00:36:31.880 --> 00:36:32.620
 I belabor

00:36:32.620 --> 00:36:33.180
 the point.

00:36:33.740 --> 00:36:34.580
 We become

00:36:34.580 --> 00:36:35.200
 what we

00:36:35.200 --> 00:36:35.760
 behold,

00:36:35.780 --> 00:36:36.580
 and what

00:36:36.580 --> 00:36:37.820
 we behold

00:36:37.820 --> 00:36:38.580
 shapes

00:36:38.580 --> 00:36:39.040
 what we

00:36:39.040 --> 00:36:39.380
 love.

00:36:41.680 --> 00:36:42.200
 At the

00:36:42.200 --> 00:36:42.540
 end of

00:36:42.540 --> 00:36:43.260
 chapter 3

00:36:43.260 --> 00:36:44.100
 in 2 Corinthians,

00:36:44.320 --> 00:36:44.920
 Paul affirms

00:36:44.920 --> 00:36:45.380
 the same

00:36:45.380 --> 00:36:46.000
 truth in

00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:46.660
 this way.

00:36:48.740 --> 00:36:49.640
 Verse 17

00:36:49.640 --> 00:36:50.060
 says,

00:36:50.180 --> 00:36:50.860
 Now the

00:36:50.860 --> 00:36:51.460
 Lord is

00:36:51.460 --> 00:36:51.980
 the spirit,

00:36:52.340 --> 00:36:52.660
 and where

00:36:52.660 --> 00:36:53.220
 the spirit

00:36:53.220 --> 00:36:53.460
 of the

00:36:53.460 --> 00:36:53.880
 Lord is,

00:36:54.000 --> 00:36:54.560
 there is

00:36:54.560 --> 00:36:55.380
 freedom.

00:36:55.380 --> 00:36:57.180
 And we

00:36:57.180 --> 00:36:57.660
 all with

00:36:57.660 --> 00:36:58.220
 unveiled

00:36:58.220 --> 00:36:58.680
 face,

00:36:58.800 --> 00:36:59.360
 beholding

00:36:59.360 --> 00:36:59.880
 the glory

00:36:59.880 --> 00:37:00.180
 of the

00:37:00.180 --> 00:37:00.380
 Lord,

00:37:00.460 --> 00:37:00.820
 are being

00:37:00.820 --> 00:37:01.440
 transformed

00:37:01.440 --> 00:37:02.519
 from the

00:37:02.519 --> 00:37:03.380
 same image,

00:37:03.380 --> 00:37:04.720
 from one

00:37:04.720 --> 00:37:05.240
 degree of

00:37:05.240 --> 00:37:05.840
 glory to

00:37:05.840 --> 00:37:06.240
 another,

00:37:06.240 --> 00:37:07.140
 for this

00:37:07.140 --> 00:37:07.720
 comes from

00:37:07.720 --> 00:37:08.039
 the Lord

00:37:08.039 --> 00:37:08.519
 who is

00:37:08.519 --> 00:37:09.039
 the spirit.

00:37:09.559 --> 00:37:09.880
 Man,

00:37:09.960 --> 00:37:10.700
 I love

00:37:10.700 --> 00:37:11.380
 these verses.

00:37:12.460 --> 00:37:13.099
 Compared to

00:37:13.099 --> 00:37:13.619
 the veiled

00:37:13.619 --> 00:37:14.140
 Israelites,

00:37:14.680 --> 00:37:15.260
 we have

00:37:15.260 --> 00:37:17.079
 full access

00:37:17.079 --> 00:37:18.559
 to gaze upon

00:37:18.559 --> 00:37:19.220
 the glory

00:37:19.220 --> 00:37:19.860
 of God

00:37:19.860 --> 00:37:21.000
 by Jesus

00:37:21.000 --> 00:37:21.880
 with unveiled

00:37:21.880 --> 00:37:22.480
 face.

00:37:23.019 --> 00:37:23.660
 Like Paul,

00:37:23.740 --> 00:37:24.320
 the scales

00:37:24.320 --> 00:37:24.960
 have fallen

00:37:24.960 --> 00:37:25.420
 off our

00:37:25.420 --> 00:37:25.840
 eyes,

00:37:25.840 --> 00:37:27.120
 and God

00:37:27.120 --> 00:37:27.760
 has lifted

00:37:27.760 --> 00:37:28.160
 up the

00:37:28.160 --> 00:37:28.600
 veils of

00:37:28.600 --> 00:37:29.300
 our hearts

00:37:29.300 --> 00:37:29.920
 so that

00:37:29.920 --> 00:37:30.440
 we are

00:37:30.440 --> 00:37:31.059
 free,

00:37:31.420 --> 00:37:31.800
 we have

00:37:31.800 --> 00:37:32.260
 freedom

00:37:32.260 --> 00:37:33.960
 to behold

00:37:33.960 --> 00:37:34.420
 God,

00:37:34.480 --> 00:37:35.019
 and we are

00:37:35.019 --> 00:37:35.640
 free to

00:37:35.640 --> 00:37:35.880
 become

00:37:35.880 --> 00:37:36.380
 glorious

00:37:36.380 --> 00:37:37.360
 ourselves,

00:37:37.940 --> 00:37:38.980
 just like

00:37:38.980 --> 00:37:39.320
 Moses.

00:37:41.680 --> 00:37:42.480
 Only when

00:37:42.480 --> 00:37:43.180
 we behold

00:37:43.180 --> 00:37:43.660
 his glory

00:37:43.660 --> 00:37:44.019
 are we

00:37:44.019 --> 00:37:45.059
 then progressively

00:37:45.059 --> 00:37:45.860
 sanctified,

00:37:46.519 --> 00:37:46.840
 are we

00:37:46.840 --> 00:37:47.300
 transformed

00:37:47.300 --> 00:37:48.039
 from one

00:37:48.039 --> 00:37:48.559
 degree of

00:37:48.559 --> 00:37:49.200
 glory to

00:37:49.200 --> 00:37:49.660
 another.

00:37:52.240 --> 00:37:52.800
 Friends,

00:37:52.940 --> 00:37:53.579
 I ask,

00:37:53.700 --> 00:37:54.000
 do you

00:37:54.000 --> 00:37:55.820
 know the

00:37:55.820 --> 00:37:56.460
 amazing

00:37:56.460 --> 00:37:57.400
 privilege that

00:37:57.400 --> 00:37:57.960
 you have

00:37:57.960 --> 00:37:58.599
 now in

00:37:58.599 --> 00:37:59.539
 the unveiling

00:37:59.539 --> 00:38:00.360
 of Christ?

00:38:02.059 --> 00:38:02.760
 Have you

00:38:02.760 --> 00:38:03.579
 experienced the

00:38:03.579 --> 00:38:04.179
 intimacy of

00:38:04.179 --> 00:38:04.519
 the garden

00:38:04.519 --> 00:38:04.980
 that Jesus

00:38:04.980 --> 00:38:05.559
 has bought

00:38:05.559 --> 00:38:06.000
 for you?

00:38:07.460 --> 00:38:07.900
 Do you

00:38:07.900 --> 00:38:08.239
 have that

00:38:08.239 --> 00:38:08.699
 now?

00:38:10.980 --> 00:38:11.619
 Can you

00:38:11.619 --> 00:38:12.179
 remember a

00:38:12.179 --> 00:38:12.559
 time when

00:38:12.559 --> 00:38:12.860
 you were

00:38:12.860 --> 00:38:13.420
 just in

00:38:13.420 --> 00:38:14.199
 awe of

00:38:14.199 --> 00:38:14.780
 God,

00:38:15.980 --> 00:38:16.500
 basking

00:38:16.500 --> 00:38:17.199
 in his

00:38:17.199 --> 00:38:17.780
 glory?

00:38:18.920 --> 00:38:19.800
 When that

00:38:19.800 --> 00:38:20.280
 time when

00:38:20.280 --> 00:38:20.860
 there were

00:38:20.860 --> 00:38:21.619
 no distractions,

00:38:22.079 --> 00:38:22.599
 all that

00:38:22.599 --> 00:38:23.119
 mattered was

00:38:23.119 --> 00:38:23.659
 just you

00:38:23.659 --> 00:38:24.079
 in him?

00:38:25.239 --> 00:38:25.779
 That time

00:38:25.779 --> 00:38:26.159
 when your

00:38:26.159 --> 00:38:27.359
 heart burned

00:38:27.359 --> 00:38:28.799
 with zeal

00:38:28.799 --> 00:38:30.279
 and with

00:38:30.279 --> 00:38:30.819
 passion?

00:38:32.500 --> 00:38:32.899
 Friends,

00:38:33.079 --> 00:38:33.480
 if that's

00:38:33.480 --> 00:38:34.399
 not you

00:38:34.399 --> 00:38:34.819
 now,

00:38:35.679 --> 00:38:36.559
 I urge

00:38:36.559 --> 00:38:36.859
 you to

00:38:36.859 --> 00:38:37.299
 fight,

00:38:37.619 --> 00:38:38.779
 to fight

00:38:38.779 --> 00:38:39.199
 for your

00:38:39.199 --> 00:38:40.000
 first loves

00:38:40.000 --> 00:38:40.559
 if you've

00:38:40.559 --> 00:38:41.239
 lost them.

00:38:42.920 --> 00:38:43.559
 I'm not

00:38:43.559 --> 00:38:44.019
 saying that

00:38:44.019 --> 00:38:44.639
 this is just

00:38:44.639 --> 00:38:45.399
 about an

00:38:45.399 --> 00:38:45.779
 emotional

00:38:45.779 --> 00:38:46.079
 high,

00:38:46.139 --> 00:38:46.259
 or it's

00:38:46.259 --> 00:38:46.659
 just about

00:38:46.659 --> 00:38:47.259
 emotions,

00:38:47.819 --> 00:38:48.420
 because we

00:38:48.420 --> 00:38:49.000
 all express

00:38:49.000 --> 00:38:49.500
 our emotions

00:38:49.500 --> 00:38:50.059
 differently,

00:38:50.559 --> 00:38:51.399
 but if your

00:38:51.399 --> 00:38:52.559
 love for God

00:38:52.559 --> 00:38:53.840
 is flat,

00:38:54.699 --> 00:38:56.079
 if it's

00:38:56.079 --> 00:38:56.779
 lifeless,

00:38:56.860 --> 00:38:57.500
 then something

00:38:57.500 --> 00:38:58.500
 has to be

00:38:58.500 --> 00:38:59.179
 wrong there.

00:39:01.559 --> 00:39:02.340
 Note that

00:39:02.340 --> 00:39:02.759
 in our

00:39:02.759 --> 00:39:03.480
 passage today,

00:39:03.599 --> 00:39:04.059
 the Israelites,

00:39:04.279 --> 00:39:04.920
 they still

00:39:04.920 --> 00:39:05.579
 heard the

00:39:05.579 --> 00:39:05.940
 word of

00:39:05.940 --> 00:39:06.299
 God,

00:39:06.860 --> 00:39:08.059
 but their

00:39:08.059 --> 00:39:09.099
 access and

00:39:09.099 --> 00:39:10.299
 willingness to

00:39:10.299 --> 00:39:11.219
 gaze upon God's

00:39:11.219 --> 00:39:11.719
 glory was

00:39:11.719 --> 00:39:12.900
 short and

00:39:12.900 --> 00:39:13.480
 limited.

00:39:14.960 --> 00:39:15.539
 Compare that

00:39:15.539 --> 00:39:16.360
 to the long

00:39:16.360 --> 00:39:17.860
 40 days and

00:39:17.860 --> 00:39:18.380
 nights Moses

00:39:18.380 --> 00:39:19.360
 spent in the

00:39:19.360 --> 00:39:19.820
 presence of

00:39:19.820 --> 00:39:20.080
 God.

00:39:21.920 --> 00:39:22.620
 In the

00:39:22.620 --> 00:39:23.260
 busyness of

00:39:23.260 --> 00:39:23.680
 life,

00:39:24.180 --> 00:39:24.860
 and living in

00:39:24.860 --> 00:39:25.440
 Boston and

00:39:25.440 --> 00:39:25.900
 Cambridge,

00:39:26.700 --> 00:39:27.519
 how often

00:39:27.519 --> 00:39:28.559
 we're like

00:39:28.559 --> 00:39:29.360
 the Israelites,

00:39:29.680 --> 00:39:30.740
 who just for a

00:39:30.740 --> 00:39:31.640
 moment hear the

00:39:31.640 --> 00:39:32.240
 word of God,

00:39:32.940 --> 00:39:33.720
 but are not

00:39:33.720 --> 00:39:34.600
 transformed.

00:39:34.940 --> 00:39:35.320
 We're not

00:39:35.320 --> 00:39:36.039
 transformed from

00:39:36.039 --> 00:39:36.580
 one degree of

00:39:36.580 --> 00:39:36.960
 glory to

00:39:36.960 --> 00:39:37.220
 another.

00:39:37.480 --> 00:39:37.820
 We're not

00:39:37.820 --> 00:39:38.680
 transformed in

00:39:38.680 --> 00:39:39.200
 our loves.

00:39:39.440 --> 00:39:39.740
 We're not

00:39:39.740 --> 00:39:40.519
 transformed in

00:39:40.519 --> 00:39:41.019
 our heart.

00:39:44.019 --> 00:39:44.559
 Here,

00:39:44.660 --> 00:39:45.320
 Charles Spurgeon,

00:39:46.200 --> 00:39:47.080
 the famous

00:39:47.080 --> 00:39:47.900
 17th century

00:39:47.900 --> 00:39:48.860
 preacher,

00:39:48.860 --> 00:39:50.760
 we snatch

00:39:50.760 --> 00:39:51.840
 a hasty

00:39:51.840 --> 00:39:52.200
 minute of

00:39:52.200 --> 00:39:52.440
 prayer,

00:39:53.220 --> 00:39:53.940
 we afford

00:39:53.940 --> 00:39:54.539
 a hurried

00:39:54.539 --> 00:39:55.059
 quarter of

00:39:55.059 --> 00:39:55.599
 an hour for

00:39:55.599 --> 00:39:56.140
 Bible reading,

00:39:56.480 --> 00:39:57.300
 and we think

00:39:57.300 --> 00:39:58.000
 we have done

00:39:58.000 --> 00:39:58.380
 well.

00:39:59.940 --> 00:40:00.700
 But if for

00:40:00.700 --> 00:40:01.380
 minutes we had

00:40:01.380 --> 00:40:02.380
 hours, the

00:40:02.380 --> 00:40:02.880
 gain might

00:40:02.880 --> 00:40:03.800
 increase in

00:40:03.800 --> 00:40:04.240
 proportion.

00:40:05.160 --> 00:40:05.840
 Oh, for

00:40:05.840 --> 00:40:06.760
 nights of

00:40:06.760 --> 00:40:07.840
 prayer, oh,

00:40:07.880 --> 00:40:08.300
 for the

00:40:08.300 --> 00:40:09.079
 close shutting

00:40:09.079 --> 00:40:09.440
 of the

00:40:09.440 --> 00:40:10.099
 closet door,

00:40:10.360 --> 00:40:10.660
 and a

00:40:10.660 --> 00:40:11.620
 believing drawing

00:40:11.620 --> 00:40:12.160
 near to

00:40:12.160 --> 00:40:12.519
 God.

00:40:13.360 --> 00:40:14.200
 There is

00:40:14.200 --> 00:40:15.120
 no limit

00:40:15.120 --> 00:40:15.500
 to the

00:40:15.500 --> 00:40:16.019
 power we

00:40:16.019 --> 00:40:16.620
 might obtain

00:40:16.620 --> 00:40:17.240
 if such

00:40:17.240 --> 00:40:17.780
 were the

00:40:17.780 --> 00:40:18.160
 case.

00:40:18.860 --> 00:40:20.340
 Though our

00:40:20.340 --> 00:40:21.039
 faces might

00:40:21.039 --> 00:40:21.660
 not be lit

00:40:21.660 --> 00:40:22.140
 up with

00:40:22.140 --> 00:40:22.539
 splendor,

00:40:22.640 --> 00:40:23.840
 our lives

00:40:23.840 --> 00:40:24.519
 would shine,

00:40:24.620 --> 00:40:25.360
 our characters

00:40:25.360 --> 00:40:26.160
 would become

00:40:26.160 --> 00:40:26.760
 more pure

00:40:26.760 --> 00:40:27.700
 and transparent,

00:40:28.059 --> 00:40:29.320
 and our

00:40:29.320 --> 00:40:30.000
 whole spirit

00:40:30.000 --> 00:40:30.620
 would be so

00:40:30.620 --> 00:40:31.220
 heavenly that

00:40:31.220 --> 00:40:32.140
 men would

00:40:32.140 --> 00:40:32.880
 regard with

00:40:32.880 --> 00:40:34.380
 wonder the

00:40:34.380 --> 00:40:35.039
 brightness of

00:40:35.039 --> 00:40:35.460
 our being.

00:40:37.700 --> 00:40:38.620
 Because what

00:40:38.620 --> 00:40:39.300
 else are we

00:40:39.300 --> 00:40:39.900
 beholding in

00:40:39.900 --> 00:40:40.579
 place of the

00:40:40.579 --> 00:40:40.800
 Lord?

00:40:41.539 --> 00:40:42.059
 What else are

00:40:42.059 --> 00:40:42.440
 we letting

00:40:42.440 --> 00:40:43.340
 shape our

00:40:43.340 --> 00:40:43.780
 loves?

00:40:43.780 --> 00:40:43.900
 love?

00:40:43.900 --> 00:40:46.900
 I fear that

00:40:46.900 --> 00:40:47.560
 we can be

00:40:47.560 --> 00:40:48.920
 oblivious to

00:40:48.920 --> 00:40:49.720
 our surroundings,

00:40:50.220 --> 00:40:51.660
 much like

00:40:51.660 --> 00:40:52.800
 these fish.

00:40:53.360 --> 00:40:53.700
 In this

00:40:53.700 --> 00:40:54.180
 opening of

00:40:54.180 --> 00:40:54.800
 David Foster

00:40:54.800 --> 00:40:55.200
 Walls'

00:40:55.320 --> 00:40:55.700
 commencement

00:40:55.700 --> 00:40:56.500
 address in

00:40:56.500 --> 00:40:56.740
 Kenyon

00:40:56.740 --> 00:40:57.940
 College, it

00:40:57.940 --> 00:40:58.380
 goes like

00:40:58.380 --> 00:40:58.800
 this.

00:40:59.660 --> 00:41:00.019
 There are

00:41:00.019 --> 00:41:00.320
 these two

00:41:00.320 --> 00:41:00.860
 young fish

00:41:00.860 --> 00:41:01.300
 swimming

00:41:01.300 --> 00:41:02.880
 along, and

00:41:02.880 --> 00:41:03.220
 they happen

00:41:03.220 --> 00:41:03.660
 to meet an

00:41:03.660 --> 00:41:04.200
 older fish,

00:41:05.260 --> 00:41:06.380
 and the

00:41:06.380 --> 00:41:06.760
 older fish

00:41:06.760 --> 00:41:07.140
 says to

00:41:07.140 --> 00:41:07.360
 them,

00:41:07.440 --> 00:41:07.720
 says,

00:41:08.060 --> 00:41:08.280
 morning

00:41:08.280 --> 00:41:08.680
 boys,

00:41:09.420 --> 00:41:09.940
 how's the

00:41:09.940 --> 00:41:10.200
 water?

00:41:10.199 --> 00:41:10.279
 water.

00:41:11.519 --> 00:41:12.299
 And the

00:41:12.299 --> 00:41:12.939
 two fish

00:41:12.939 --> 00:41:13.539
 swim on

00:41:13.539 --> 00:41:13.819
 for a

00:41:13.819 --> 00:41:14.139
 little bit,

00:41:14.819 --> 00:41:16.480
 and eventually

00:41:16.480 --> 00:41:17.399
 one of them

00:41:17.399 --> 00:41:17.980
 looks over to

00:41:17.980 --> 00:41:18.319
 the other,

00:41:18.679 --> 00:41:19.399
 and he asks,

00:41:20.039 --> 00:41:20.960
 what the heck

00:41:20.960 --> 00:41:21.379
 is water?

00:41:22.679 --> 00:41:23.679
 Sometimes we

00:41:23.679 --> 00:41:24.460
 can be so

00:41:24.460 --> 00:41:25.519
 oblivious to

00:41:25.519 --> 00:41:26.319
 our surroundings

00:41:26.319 --> 00:41:27.039
 and its

00:41:27.039 --> 00:41:27.699
 influence that

00:41:27.699 --> 00:41:28.539
 it has on

00:41:28.539 --> 00:41:29.019
 us, because

00:41:29.019 --> 00:41:29.559
 that's all

00:41:29.559 --> 00:41:30.059
 we're used

00:41:30.059 --> 00:41:30.299
 to.

00:41:31.519 --> 00:41:32.339
 We forget

00:41:32.339 --> 00:41:32.679
 how much

00:41:32.679 --> 00:41:33.679
 influence the

00:41:33.679 --> 00:41:34.019
 things that

00:41:34.019 --> 00:41:34.799
 we behold

00:41:34.799 --> 00:41:35.639
 shape our

00:41:35.639 --> 00:41:37.319
 characters and

00:41:37.319 --> 00:41:37.879
 our loves.

00:41:37.880 --> 00:41:40.640
 in what

00:41:40.640 --> 00:41:41.500
 areas of

00:41:41.500 --> 00:41:42.160
 your life

00:41:42.160 --> 00:41:42.820
 do you

00:41:42.820 --> 00:41:43.460
 find your

00:41:43.460 --> 00:41:44.280
 loves, your

00:41:44.280 --> 00:41:44.960
 goals, your

00:41:44.960 --> 00:41:45.860
 thought patterns

00:41:45.860 --> 00:41:47.059
 more influenced

00:41:47.059 --> 00:41:47.920
 by the

00:41:47.920 --> 00:41:49.420
 world than

00:41:49.420 --> 00:41:50.000
 by scripture?

00:41:52.099 --> 00:41:52.800
 Then does

00:41:52.800 --> 00:41:53.280
 that make you

00:41:53.280 --> 00:41:54.160
 look, honestly,

00:41:54.300 --> 00:41:55.180
 more like a

00:41:55.180 --> 00:41:56.099
 non-believer

00:41:56.099 --> 00:41:57.420
 than a

00:41:57.420 --> 00:41:57.640
 believer?

00:41:59.119 --> 00:41:59.920
 I'd encourage

00:41:59.920 --> 00:42:00.400
 you to take

00:42:00.400 --> 00:42:01.140
 some time this

00:42:01.140 --> 00:42:01.660
 week and

00:42:01.660 --> 00:42:02.320
 reflect on the

00:42:02.320 --> 00:42:03.160
 different areas

00:42:03.160 --> 00:42:03.880
 of your life

00:42:03.880 --> 00:42:04.240
 where you've

00:42:04.240 --> 00:42:04.660
 made it a

00:42:04.660 --> 00:42:05.400
 habit to

00:42:05.400 --> 00:42:05.940
 turn to the

00:42:05.940 --> 00:42:06.940
 world, to

00:42:06.940 --> 00:42:07.440
 turn to

00:42:07.440 --> 00:42:08.460
 Google, to

00:42:08.460 --> 00:42:08.820
 turn to

00:42:08.820 --> 00:42:09.440
 Reddit, whatever

00:42:09.440 --> 00:42:09.960
 it is, for

00:42:09.960 --> 00:42:11.119
 advice, rather

00:42:11.119 --> 00:42:12.260
 than conforming

00:42:12.260 --> 00:42:13.000
 your life to

00:42:13.000 --> 00:42:13.559
 scripture.

00:42:15.380 --> 00:42:16.220
 Because I

00:42:16.220 --> 00:42:16.760
 recently had a

00:42:16.760 --> 00:42:17.679
 conversation with

00:42:17.679 --> 00:42:18.440
 a close brother

00:42:18.440 --> 00:42:19.460
 who confessed

00:42:19.460 --> 00:42:20.440
 his idolatry of

00:42:20.440 --> 00:42:21.659
 money to me.

00:42:22.679 --> 00:42:23.480
 He shared

00:42:23.480 --> 00:42:24.960
 how only

00:42:24.960 --> 00:42:26.000
 until recently

00:42:26.000 --> 00:42:27.159
 he was so

00:42:27.159 --> 00:42:27.840
 used to taking

00:42:27.840 --> 00:42:29.019
 financial advice

00:42:29.019 --> 00:42:30.639
 from CNBC,

00:42:31.059 --> 00:42:31.639
 from Nerd

00:42:31.639 --> 00:42:32.920
 Wallet, that

00:42:32.920 --> 00:42:33.460
 we'll tell you

00:42:33.460 --> 00:42:33.760
 all these

00:42:33.760 --> 00:42:34.760
 benchmarks, right?

00:42:35.200 --> 00:42:35.880
 Save this

00:42:35.880 --> 00:42:36.460
 much money by

00:42:36.460 --> 00:42:37.820
 30, have

00:42:37.820 --> 00:42:38.460
 four times

00:42:38.460 --> 00:42:38.960
 that much by

00:42:38.960 --> 00:42:40.480
 40, your

00:42:40.480 --> 00:42:41.119
 housing cost

00:42:41.119 --> 00:42:41.639
 should be only

00:42:41.639 --> 00:42:43.079
 a fraction of

00:42:43.079 --> 00:42:43.960
 your total gross

00:42:43.960 --> 00:42:44.500
 income, all

00:42:44.500 --> 00:42:44.960
 these different

00:42:44.960 --> 00:42:45.380
 benchmarks.

00:42:46.559 --> 00:42:47.240
 But he

00:42:47.240 --> 00:42:47.760
 confessed that

00:42:47.760 --> 00:42:48.539
 he let those

00:42:48.539 --> 00:42:49.300
 pieces of

00:42:49.300 --> 00:42:50.400
 advice rule

00:42:50.400 --> 00:42:50.960
 how we thought

00:42:50.960 --> 00:42:51.400
 about money

00:42:51.400 --> 00:42:52.320
 rather than

00:42:52.320 --> 00:42:53.440
 scripture.

00:42:55.000 --> 00:42:55.740
 That the

00:42:55.740 --> 00:42:56.260
 blessed are

00:42:56.260 --> 00:42:56.579
 those who

00:42:56.579 --> 00:42:58.260
 give, not

00:42:58.260 --> 00:42:58.659
 those who

00:42:58.659 --> 00:42:59.780
 saved 5x their

00:42:59.780 --> 00:43:00.300
 income by

00:43:00.300 --> 00:43:00.679
 40.

00:43:00.679 --> 00:43:02.339
 money, that

00:43:02.339 --> 00:43:02.980
 God knows

00:43:02.980 --> 00:43:03.440
 what we

00:43:03.440 --> 00:43:04.379
 need and

00:43:04.379 --> 00:43:04.980
 he loves

00:43:04.980 --> 00:43:05.519
 to provide

00:43:05.519 --> 00:43:06.619
 for us as

00:43:06.619 --> 00:43:07.139
 a loving

00:43:07.139 --> 00:43:09.139
 father, not

00:43:09.139 --> 00:43:09.759
 that we need

00:43:09.759 --> 00:43:10.159
 to set up

00:43:10.159 --> 00:43:10.859
 multiple sources

00:43:10.859 --> 00:43:11.500
 of passive

00:43:11.500 --> 00:43:12.379
 income to

00:43:12.379 --> 00:43:12.759
 make sure that

00:43:12.759 --> 00:43:13.199
 we're okay.

00:43:14.079 --> 00:43:14.699
 He said that

00:43:14.699 --> 00:43:15.719
 obsessively checking

00:43:15.719 --> 00:43:16.579
 his net worth

00:43:16.579 --> 00:43:17.539
 and looking at

00:43:17.539 --> 00:43:17.960
 the stock

00:43:17.960 --> 00:43:18.699
 markets, it

00:43:18.699 --> 00:43:19.639
 only made his

00:43:19.639 --> 00:43:20.299
 love for money

00:43:20.299 --> 00:43:21.419
 grow and

00:43:21.419 --> 00:43:21.779
 grow.

00:43:22.859 --> 00:43:23.519
 Because it

00:43:23.519 --> 00:43:24.599
 boils down to

00:43:24.599 --> 00:43:25.359
 this one

00:43:25.359 --> 00:43:25.839
 question.

00:43:25.840 --> 00:43:27.380
 Christian, what

00:43:27.380 --> 00:43:28.140
 do you want?

00:43:30.019 --> 00:43:30.900
 What do you

00:43:30.900 --> 00:43:31.340
 love?

00:43:33.360 --> 00:43:34.260
 Going back to

00:43:34.260 --> 00:43:34.900
 earlier, what

00:43:34.900 --> 00:43:35.760
 would you see

00:43:35.760 --> 00:43:36.559
 in that room?

00:43:38.260 --> 00:43:39.240
 Christian, if

00:43:39.240 --> 00:43:39.960
 it's anything

00:43:39.960 --> 00:43:40.660
 less than

00:43:40.660 --> 00:43:41.820
 Christ, we

00:43:41.820 --> 00:43:42.740
 must continue

00:43:42.740 --> 00:43:43.820
 to gaze long

00:43:43.820 --> 00:43:44.420
 at Jesus'

00:43:44.700 --> 00:43:45.600
 face until

00:43:45.600 --> 00:43:46.180
 our hearts

00:43:46.180 --> 00:43:47.579
 understand what

00:43:47.579 --> 00:43:48.200
 it should most

00:43:48.200 --> 00:43:48.559
 want.

00:43:50.280 --> 00:43:51.440
 After all, this

00:43:51.440 --> 00:43:52.260
 question is truly

00:43:52.260 --> 00:43:53.019
 an accurate

00:43:53.019 --> 00:43:54.260
 stethoscope of

00:43:54.260 --> 00:43:54.900
 our spiritual

00:43:54.900 --> 00:43:55.559
 heartbeats.

00:43:55.840 --> 00:43:57.920
 more than how

00:43:57.920 --> 00:43:58.600
 many ministries

00:43:58.600 --> 00:43:59.440
 you serve in,

00:44:00.019 --> 00:44:00.559
 more than how

00:44:00.559 --> 00:44:01.019
 many mission

00:44:01.019 --> 00:44:01.500
 trips you've

00:44:01.500 --> 00:44:02.660
 been on, even

00:44:02.660 --> 00:44:03.480
 if you work in

00:44:03.480 --> 00:44:04.440
 full-time ministry,

00:44:05.220 --> 00:44:06.980
 the measure of

00:44:06.980 --> 00:44:08.000
 true spirituality

00:44:08.000 --> 00:44:09.079
 is love.

00:44:10.260 --> 00:44:11.200
 Your love for

00:44:11.200 --> 00:44:12.360
 Jesus and a

00:44:12.360 --> 00:44:13.320
 desire for him

00:44:13.320 --> 00:44:14.680
 to be glorified.

00:44:15.320 --> 00:44:16.100
 We never

00:44:16.100 --> 00:44:17.079
 graduate from

00:44:17.079 --> 00:44:18.760
 growing in

00:44:18.760 --> 00:44:19.220
 that desire

00:44:19.220 --> 00:44:20.380
 because beholding

00:44:20.380 --> 00:44:21.620
 Jesus, that

00:44:21.620 --> 00:44:22.579
 reorders our

00:44:22.579 --> 00:44:23.519
 faulty loves.

00:44:24.180 --> 00:44:24.860
 And we begin to

00:44:24.860 --> 00:44:25.400
 see everything

00:44:25.400 --> 00:44:26.240
 else as

00:44:26.240 --> 00:44:26.740
 rubbish.

00:44:29.619 --> 00:44:30.340
 If you are

00:44:30.340 --> 00:44:32.579
 here and

00:44:32.579 --> 00:44:33.039
 you don't know

00:44:33.039 --> 00:44:33.460
 who Jesus

00:44:33.460 --> 00:44:34.760
 is, haven't

00:44:34.760 --> 00:44:35.440
 put your faith

00:44:35.440 --> 00:44:35.920
 in him, don't

00:44:35.920 --> 00:44:36.340
 know his

00:44:36.340 --> 00:44:37.280
 surpassing worth,

00:44:37.800 --> 00:44:38.820
 I also ask

00:44:38.820 --> 00:44:41.079
 you, what do

00:44:41.079 --> 00:44:41.639
 you want?

00:44:44.440 --> 00:44:45.700
 Because what

00:44:45.700 --> 00:44:47.180
 you want and

00:44:47.180 --> 00:44:48.519
 love is really

00:44:48.519 --> 00:44:49.000
 what you

00:44:49.000 --> 00:44:49.500
 worship.

00:44:49.980 --> 00:44:50.920
 Whether you like

00:44:50.920 --> 00:44:51.440
 it or not,

00:44:51.519 --> 00:44:52.160
 whether you know

00:44:52.159 --> 00:44:52.839
 it or not,

00:44:52.940 --> 00:44:53.980
 we all worship

00:44:53.980 --> 00:44:54.819
 something.

00:44:55.420 --> 00:44:56.199
 Hear again from

00:44:56.199 --> 00:44:57.339
 David Foster Wallace

00:44:57.339 --> 00:44:58.279
 later on in that

00:44:58.279 --> 00:44:58.639
 speech.

00:45:00.259 --> 00:45:01.379
 In the day-to-day

00:45:01.379 --> 00:45:02.319
 trenches of adult

00:45:02.319 --> 00:45:03.420
 life, there is no

00:45:03.420 --> 00:45:04.339
 such thing as

00:45:04.339 --> 00:45:04.859
 atheism.

00:45:05.319 --> 00:45:06.259
 There is no such

00:45:06.259 --> 00:45:07.219
 thing as not

00:45:07.219 --> 00:45:07.819
 worshiping.

00:45:07.940 --> 00:45:09.659
 Everybody worships.

00:45:10.519 --> 00:45:11.739
 The only choice we

00:45:11.739 --> 00:45:13.379
 get is what to

00:45:13.379 --> 00:45:13.639
 worship.

00:45:14.739 --> 00:45:15.399
 Worship your own

00:45:15.399 --> 00:45:16.639
 body and beauty

00:45:16.639 --> 00:45:17.719
 and sexual allure

00:45:17.719 --> 00:45:18.420
 and you will always

00:45:18.420 --> 00:45:19.000
 feel ugly.

00:45:19.000 --> 00:45:20.760
 And when time

00:45:20.760 --> 00:45:21.480
 and age start

00:45:21.480 --> 00:45:22.139
 showing, you will

00:45:22.139 --> 00:45:22.940
 die a million

00:45:22.940 --> 00:45:23.960
 deaths before they

00:45:23.960 --> 00:45:24.960
 finally plant you.

00:45:26.300 --> 00:45:27.079
 Worship power.

00:45:27.800 --> 00:45:29.099
 You will feel weak

00:45:29.099 --> 00:45:29.980
 and afraid.

00:45:31.219 --> 00:45:31.760
 Worship your

00:45:31.760 --> 00:45:32.320
 intellect.

00:45:32.480 --> 00:45:33.119
 Being seen as

00:45:33.119 --> 00:45:34.579
 smart, you will

00:45:34.579 --> 00:45:35.239
 end up feeling

00:45:35.239 --> 00:45:37.300
 stupid, a fraud,

00:45:37.619 --> 00:45:38.239
 always on the

00:45:38.239 --> 00:45:38.960
 verge of being

00:45:38.960 --> 00:45:39.539
 found out.

00:45:41.480 --> 00:45:42.239
 I think a lot of

00:45:42.239 --> 00:45:43.539
 us have heard that

00:45:43.539 --> 00:45:44.400
 before, but I think

00:45:44.400 --> 00:45:45.079
 this next part is

00:45:45.079 --> 00:45:45.760
 really where this

00:45:45.760 --> 00:45:46.820
 quote shines.

00:45:46.820 --> 00:45:49.000
 The insidious

00:45:49.000 --> 00:45:49.860
 thing about these

00:45:49.860 --> 00:45:50.480
 forms of worship

00:45:50.480 --> 00:45:51.180
 is not that they

00:45:51.180 --> 00:45:52.600
 are evil or sinful.

00:45:52.960 --> 00:45:54.120
 It is that they

00:45:54.120 --> 00:45:55.300
 are unconscious.

00:45:56.300 --> 00:45:57.440
 They are default

00:45:57.440 --> 00:45:58.120
 settings.

00:45:58.880 --> 00:45:59.480
 They are the kind

00:45:59.480 --> 00:46:00.059
 of worship you

00:46:00.059 --> 00:46:01.240
 just gradually slip

00:46:01.240 --> 00:46:02.280
 into day after

00:46:02.280 --> 00:46:02.559
 day.

00:46:05.360 --> 00:46:06.500
 Consider this a

00:46:06.500 --> 00:46:07.420
 plea and an

00:46:07.420 --> 00:46:08.920
 invitation to break

00:46:08.920 --> 00:46:10.160
 out of this

00:46:10.160 --> 00:46:11.360
 unconscious worship,

00:46:11.480 --> 00:46:13.180
 to take time this

00:46:13.180 --> 00:46:14.500
 week, today, to

00:46:14.500 --> 00:46:15.820
 reevaluate what do

00:46:15.820 --> 00:46:16.460
 you love.

00:46:16.559 --> 00:46:17.140
 What do you

00:46:17.140 --> 00:46:17.539
 worship?

00:46:18.480 --> 00:46:19.460
 Ask yourself if

00:46:19.460 --> 00:46:20.320
 that thing is

00:46:20.320 --> 00:46:21.620
 really what you

00:46:21.620 --> 00:46:22.500
 want, and if you

00:46:22.500 --> 00:46:23.300
 think that will

00:46:23.300 --> 00:46:24.740
 really satisfy you.

00:46:26.860 --> 00:46:28.660
 Please, look us

00:46:28.660 --> 00:46:28.920
 up.

00:46:29.600 --> 00:46:30.559
 Look Christians up

00:46:30.559 --> 00:46:31.539
 when we say that

00:46:31.539 --> 00:46:32.960
 Jesus is the

00:46:32.960 --> 00:46:33.960
 greatest treasure.

00:46:35.600 --> 00:46:36.620
 He's the best

00:46:36.620 --> 00:46:37.300
 thing that we can

00:46:37.300 --> 00:46:38.320
 find in this life.

00:46:39.760 --> 00:46:41.039
 Please, don't just

00:46:41.039 --> 00:46:42.000
 let this go one

00:46:42.000 --> 00:46:42.559
 ear and out the

00:46:42.559 --> 00:46:44.100
 other, because what

00:46:44.099 --> 00:46:45.239
 David Wallace is

00:46:45.239 --> 00:46:46.119
 missing in this

00:46:46.119 --> 00:46:47.539
 speech is the

00:46:47.539 --> 00:46:48.019
 truth, that you

00:46:48.019 --> 00:46:48.779
 have eternity

00:46:48.779 --> 00:46:49.819
 after this life.

00:46:51.099 --> 00:46:51.860
 What you worship

00:46:51.860 --> 00:46:53.179
 here will affect

00:46:53.179 --> 00:46:53.940
 your eternity

00:46:53.940 --> 00:46:54.500
 forever.

00:46:55.940 --> 00:46:56.940
 Only if you

00:46:56.940 --> 00:46:57.860
 treasure Christ

00:46:57.860 --> 00:46:59.059
 will you get a

00:46:59.059 --> 00:47:00.719
 glorious eternity

00:47:00.719 --> 00:47:01.940
 after this life,

00:47:02.420 --> 00:47:03.319
 in your future.

00:47:05.960 --> 00:47:07.000
 Therefore, brothers

00:47:07.000 --> 00:47:08.239
 and sisters, we

00:47:08.239 --> 00:47:10.259
 must not take our

00:47:10.259 --> 00:47:11.159
 eyes off our

00:47:11.159 --> 00:47:12.039
 greatest inheritance

00:47:12.039 --> 00:47:13.019
 and treasure Jesus

00:47:13.019 --> 00:47:13.480
 Christ.

00:47:14.679 --> 00:47:16.099
 Only when we fill

00:47:16.099 --> 00:47:17.059
 our eyes with

00:47:17.059 --> 00:47:18.259
 Jesus' light can we

00:47:18.259 --> 00:47:20.480
 be a royal priesthood,

00:47:21.119 --> 00:47:21.960
 a holy nation.

00:47:22.820 --> 00:47:23.860
 Jesus has called

00:47:23.860 --> 00:47:25.219
 you to be the

00:47:25.219 --> 00:47:26.320
 light of the world.

00:47:27.880 --> 00:47:28.840
 Only when we

00:47:28.840 --> 00:47:30.179
 continually gaze at

00:47:30.179 --> 00:47:31.320
 Jesus' light can we

00:47:31.320 --> 00:47:33.119
 obey his command in

00:47:33.119 --> 00:47:34.139
 Matthew 5, 16.

00:47:34.539 --> 00:47:36.679
 Let your light shine

00:47:36.679 --> 00:47:39.039
 before others, so

00:47:39.039 --> 00:47:39.719
 that they may see

00:47:39.719 --> 00:47:41.299
 your good works and

00:47:41.299 --> 00:47:42.419
 give glory to your

00:47:42.419 --> 00:47:43.299
 Father who is in

00:47:43.299 --> 00:47:43.519
 heaven.

00:47:45.319 --> 00:47:47.259
 Because after all, we

00:47:47.259 --> 00:47:47.939
 are creatures of

00:47:47.939 --> 00:47:48.359
 imitation.

00:47:49.959 --> 00:47:52.019
 Sometimes, someone

00:47:52.019 --> 00:47:53.079
 just needs to see your

00:47:53.079 --> 00:47:55.579
 light, hear about your

00:47:55.579 --> 00:47:57.819
 love for God, to love

00:47:57.819 --> 00:47:59.559
 him or herself.

00:48:01.439 --> 00:48:02.739
 Let's let our light

00:48:02.739 --> 00:48:04.839
 shine in this world

00:48:04.839 --> 00:48:05.939
 with and for God's

00:48:05.939 --> 00:48:06.299
 glory.

00:48:06.300 --> 00:48:06.340
 glory.

00:48:07.220 --> 00:48:08.440
 And as much as we

00:48:08.440 --> 00:48:09.920
 bask in Jesus' glory

00:48:09.920 --> 00:48:11.760
 now and are all of

00:48:11.760 --> 00:48:13.360
 him now, the

00:48:13.360 --> 00:48:14.180
 incredible thing,

00:48:15.100 --> 00:48:16.280
 friends, is that this

00:48:16.280 --> 00:48:17.039
 is still just a

00:48:17.039 --> 00:48:17.560
 foretaste.

00:48:19.100 --> 00:48:20.400
 We're getting back to

00:48:20.400 --> 00:48:20.800
 the garden.

00:48:22.360 --> 00:48:23.060
 And as Scott

00:48:23.060 --> 00:48:24.120
 Hafeman, New

00:48:24.120 --> 00:48:24.760
 Testament scholar,

00:48:24.880 --> 00:48:26.600
 writes, the final

00:48:26.600 --> 00:48:27.660
 result of being,

00:48:28.140 --> 00:48:29.039
 becoming more and

00:48:29.039 --> 00:48:30.240
 more like him in

00:48:30.240 --> 00:48:31.380
 anticipation of the

00:48:31.380 --> 00:48:32.460
 final consummation of

00:48:32.460 --> 00:48:33.960
 this age is that we

00:48:33.960 --> 00:48:34.840
 will one day

00:48:34.840 --> 00:48:36.240
 participate in his

00:48:36.240 --> 00:48:38.139
 glory in all its

00:48:38.139 --> 00:48:38.460
 fullness.

00:48:40.179 --> 00:48:41.360
 Our life with God

00:48:41.360 --> 00:48:43.260
 begins and ends by

00:48:43.260 --> 00:48:45.000
 entering into his

00:48:45.000 --> 00:48:47.199
 glorious presence, now

00:48:47.199 --> 00:48:49.139
 in the spirit, then

00:48:49.139 --> 00:48:50.119
 face to face.

00:48:51.860 --> 00:48:54.500
 Soon and very soon, with

00:48:54.500 --> 00:48:56.079
 unveiled face, we will

00:48:56.079 --> 00:48:56.880
 see Jesus.

00:48:58.019 --> 00:48:59.619
 And it will be far more

00:48:59.619 --> 00:49:00.440
 glorious than we can

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 imagine.

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 I can't wait.

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 Let's pray.

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 Lord, would you

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 transform us as we

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 look at your face,

00:49:13.719 --> 00:49:14.099
 Lord Jesus.

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 Help us to be

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 everything that you

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 called us to be, to

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 be the light of the

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 world, to let our

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 light shine.

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 Only by your grace,

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 only by your power,

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 can you do this.

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 transform us.

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 Help us to see what

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 incredible treasure we

00:49:35.179 --> 00:49:38.099
 have in Christ, that

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 everything else would

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 fall away as rubbish,

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 and we see you as

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 supremely satisfying,

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 supremely glorious,

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 that nothing else would

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 be in that room but you,

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 Jesus, alone.

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 Transform us.

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 Help us.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.