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 I'm stunned, shocked. You're all sitting down within about 15 seconds. It normally takes

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 about 15 minutes. I don't know what happened. I don't know what to do or say. I'm going

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 to ask Chris to come up. She's going to read for us from God's Word. So thanks, Chris.

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 Two readings this morning. The first one is from Matthew chapter 6, beginning at verse

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 19, and that's on page 971 of the Church Bible. It's Matthew chapter 6, beginning at verse

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 19. Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth where moth and rust destroy and where

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 thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven where moth and

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 rust do not destroy and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure

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 is, there your heart will be also.

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 The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full

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 of light. But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the

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 light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness? No one can serve two masters.

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 Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise

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 the other. You cannot serve both God and money. And the second reading is taken from 1 John

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 chapter 2, verses 15 to 17, and that's on page 1226 of the Church Bible. That's 1 John

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 chapter 2, beginning at verse 15.

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 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father

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 is not in him. For everything in the world, the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes,

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 and the boasting of what he has and does, comes not from the Father, but from the world.

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 The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever.

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 Thanks very much, Christine, for that. So keep your Bibles open there at that section in 1 John

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 chapter 2. We have a small section, but there's a lot that's contained in it, so we're just

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 going to look at three verses this morning. And all this is part of a wider series. Just

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 as I say all of this, if you wouldn't mind handing out the pens and the...

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 So there's a piece of paper for you to take notes on and a pen. If you'd like a pen, just

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 keep your hand up and one can be given to you. So this is all part of our series on confident

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 fellowship. Fellowship is simply our relationship and our partnership with God the Father and

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 God the Son. So that's the big theme and the big heading of this series. And this morning

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 we're looking at protecting our fellowship with God from 1 John chapter 2 verses 15 to 27.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Father, for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Father, please would you

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 help us this morning to see where the treasure that we set our heart is. And to do all things

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 possible to make sure that the Lord Jesus Christ is our ultimate treasure. That he would consume

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 consume us. That we would gaze at his beauty, at his greatness. That we would love the treasure

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 of the Lord Jesus. We pray that we would do everything possible to make you centre of our lives.

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 Lord Jesus Christ. And therefore we ask that you would use the teaching of your word to bring that about. May your Holy Spirit

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 bring us to a place where we can say that you are our all and our everything. We ask this in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Well, Fort Knox is perhaps the most secure building in the world. To break in, you would have to scale four fences,

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 two of which are electrified, and then sneak past the armed guards lining the perimeter.

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 If you've gone that far, you then have to get through the granite walls, which are four foot thick, and reinforced with 750 tons of steel.

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 Once you've managed to get inside, you have to find your way through a maze of locked doors, armed guards, and then open the 22 tonne vault door.

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 That's quite simple. All you have to do is bring with you all the members of staff who each have a piece of the code and get them to key it in in the right order.

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 And then once you've got inside and robbed it, all you have to do is get past the 30,000 troops that are now alerted and stationed outside.

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 Why so much security at Fort Knox?

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 Well, inside is 5,000 tons of gold bullion, which is worth about $380 billion.

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 And that's just the gold.

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 It's treasure worth guarding.

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 Now, we have a treasure that is worth guarding and protecting.

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 That treasure we've been learning is fellowship with God.

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 Remember back in chapter 1, verse 3, it tells us there that we have been invited into fellowship with God.

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 Through faith, we get to share in and participate in the love that the Father has for the Son and that the Son has for the Father.

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 We get to join in and experience that love.

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 And it's in this fellowship that our joy is made complete.

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 This is where we are fulfilled and satisfied in this fellowship with the Father.

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 So the big message of the text this morning from chapter 2, verses 15 to 17 is this.

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 Secure the treasure.

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 Protect your fellowship with God.

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 But what are we protecting our fellowship from?

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 Well, the threat comes from the world.

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 Look at verse 15.

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 He says, it's a command.

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 Do not love the world or anything in the world.

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 Now, the world in this context is not the material world.

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 It's not the created planet all around us.

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 The material world, we're told, is good.

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 It's like God's playground that has been given to his children, people like you and me, to enjoy.

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 So things like music and work and creativity and food and friendships,

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 all of these are good gifts from God that is meant for us for our pleasure and to enjoy.

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 But in verse 15, the world we are not to love is the world that stands opposed to God.

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 So the world in this context is the pattern of behaviour.

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 It's a particular outlook on life that rejects God's ways.

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 Let me show you.

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 There's a very helpful verse in 1 John chapter 5 verse 19.

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 Just turn to that.

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 1 John chapter 5 verse 19.

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 I think this will help us get a grip on what we mean by the world.

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 1 John 5 verse 19.

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 It says,

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 You see, it's as if the world has declared war on God with the evil one, the devil himself leading the charge

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 and all the people kind of following up behind.

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 And it's the world is making their stand against God, saying,

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 We oppose you.

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 We don't want you.

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 And they oppose God by ignoring him and disobeying him.

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 That is what is meant by the world under the control of the evil one.

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 Back to verse 15.

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 So when he is encouraging us, or commanding us rather,

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 Do not love the world or anything in the world.

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 He is saying, do not love the world's values and attitudes because they are in opposition to God.

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 In other words, do not love each other's sinful behaviours.

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 Do not love them because the world is in opposition to God.

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 Now the reason, and this is important,

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 the reason we are not to love the world is, yes, it's in opposition to God,

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 but because the world robs us of our joy.

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 It robs us of our joy.

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 Look at verse 15 again.

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 Do not love the world or anything in the world.

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 Why?

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

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 You see, you simply cannot enjoy the love of the Father and at the same time love the world.

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 You can't mix and match.

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 They don't go together.

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 You can't enjoy the love of the Father and at the same time love the world.

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 It's a little bit like having an affair.

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 If I came home with a young lady on my arm and I sat down in my living room to watch television together

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 and Kirsty walks in and says,

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 Who's this?

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 Oh, don't worry.

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 She's just my new girlfriend.

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 No.

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 It can't work.

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 You either love one or you love the other.

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 To enjoy the love of your spouse, to experience that deep, intimate relationship,

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 you cannot give your love to another.

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 And that's what he's saying here with our love with the Father.

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 To love the world is opening up your heart to a thief that is going to come in and rob us of that deep,

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 personal and relational joy that we have with the Father.

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 So we need to be very careful of where we focus our loves.

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 Because wherever we focus our loves, that's where our treasure will be.

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 And love for the world will rob us of our joy.

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 Love for the world will rob us of our joy.

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 So let's have a look at what this love of the world looks like.

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 The danger is, every one of us in this room has the capacity to love the world.

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 Instead of protecting the love with the Father,

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 instead of enjoying that rich relationship with Him

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 and making sure we do all things possible to enjoy that relationship,

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 we begin to look to the world for our pleasure and our joy.

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 So look at verse 16.

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 For everything in the world,

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 the cravings of sinful man,

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 the lust of his eyes,

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 and the boasting of what he has and does

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 comes not from the Father,

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 but from the world.

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 So what we're going to do now is

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 we're going to look at the three ways in which

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 we can love the world that are listed here in verse 16.

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 Now we're going to take a bit of time to go through it

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 and look at each one individually.

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 And it's going to be quite heart-searching for us.

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 So let's look at the three ways we love the world.

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 Again, let's read the beginning of verse 16.

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 Number one.

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 For everything in the world,

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 The Cravings of Sinful Man.

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 You know what it's like to be sitting down watching the TV.

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 I'm sure you all do that.

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 And all of a sudden,

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 as you're watching your favourite programme,

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 you have this sudden craving for chocolate.

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 Or is it just me?

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 You put it off for a while,

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 but the desire for that rich, smooth, galaxy chocolate,

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 or whatever your favourite bar is,

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 consumes you so much

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 that you can't help but to get up out of your seat

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 and go to the cupboard or the fridge

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 and get that chocolate.

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 And it's never just a bite, is it?

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 You scoff the whole lot.

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 You see, craving something means

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 you have to have it.

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 It consumes you.

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 It masters you.

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 Rather than you being able to control the desire,

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 the desire controls you.

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 So, shaped by the values of the world

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 and driven by our sinful hearts,

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 we crave material wealth.

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 We crave sexual gratification.

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 We crave success.

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 We crave the perfect body.

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 We crave...

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 You fill in the blank.

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 What is it that you crave?

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 What is it that I crave the most?

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 We have to have it.

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 Because the world says

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 you will not be satisfied or fulfilled

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 without it.

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 So, we crave it.

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 Now, that doesn't mean to say

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 any of these things that we crave

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 are necessarily wrong.

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 The problem is

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 the attitudes to them

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 have become distorted.

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 We are controlled

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 and mastered by them.

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 You see, what we crave

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 becomes more important to us

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 than the deep personal joy

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 we have with the Father.

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 In fact, our cravings

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 for something else

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 begin to replace

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 our fellowship with God.

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 So, rather than looking

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 to the Father's love

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 to be satisfied and fulfilled,

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 we begin to look to other things

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 and other people.

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 Rather than looking

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 to all that the Father

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 has given to us

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 and the immensity

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 of his love to his children,

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 we take our focus of that

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 and we begin to love

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 other things

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 and look to be filled

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 with that.

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 You see, the point

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 is very simple.

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 We can't enjoy

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 the love of the Father

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 and at the same time

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 love the world.

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 You cannot mix

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 and match.

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 So, that's the first love.

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 The second,

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 let's read verse 16 again.

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 For everything

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 in the world,

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 the cravings

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 of sinful man,

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 the lust

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 of his eyes.

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 Now, I have a confession

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 to make.

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 I have a lust problem.

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 I was walking around

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 B&Q the other day

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 and I saw a beautiful

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 set of screwdrivers

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 made by

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 Stanley.

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 Not B&Q Stanley,

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 the real Stanley.

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 Now, the problem is

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 I've got lots of screwdrivers.

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 I've got a whole toolbox

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 full of screwdrivers.

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 But what I saw,

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 I wanted

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 and I said to myself,

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 I want that.

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 and I came home

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 with another box

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 of more screwdrivers.

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 You see,

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 lust

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 is just like

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 a craving.

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 Shaped by

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 what we see

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 and what we look at,

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 we say to ourselves,

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 I want that.

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 And so,

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 we take it

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 regardless

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 of the consequences

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 to our fellowship

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 with God.

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 And the world

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 constantly tell us

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 through the media,

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 and through

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 every other means,

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 that if you

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 see something

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 and you want it,

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 take it.

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 You deserve it.

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 You're worth it.

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 Take it for yourself.

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 So,

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 fuelled by the values

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 of the world,

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 we take all sorts

00:19:51.240 --> 00:19:51.740
 of things.

00:19:53.039 --> 00:19:54.799
 We swap our wife

00:19:54.799 --> 00:19:55.680
 or husband

00:19:55.680 --> 00:19:58.120
 for the virtual image

00:19:58.120 --> 00:20:00.200
 on our computer screen

00:20:00.200 --> 00:20:01.480
 and gaze

00:20:01.480 --> 00:20:02.779
 at endless images

00:20:02.779 --> 00:20:03.660
 and videos.

00:20:04.980 --> 00:20:06.700
 We see what our friend

00:20:06.700 --> 00:20:07.240
 has

00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:08.519
 and,

00:20:08.600 --> 00:20:09.680
 driven by envy,

00:20:09.680 --> 00:20:11.920
 we go to the shops

00:20:11.920 --> 00:20:13.039
 and buy one too.

00:20:14.539 --> 00:20:15.660
 We're enticed

00:20:15.660 --> 00:20:16.960
 by that new gadget

00:20:16.960 --> 00:20:18.220
 that's just come out

00:20:18.220 --> 00:20:19.680
 and we convince ourselves,

00:20:19.680 --> 00:20:21.420
 I really can't operate

00:20:21.420 --> 00:20:21.980
 without it.

00:20:22.160 --> 00:20:23.200
 I need it.

00:20:24.680 --> 00:20:25.180
 So,

00:20:25.259 --> 00:20:26.400
 instead of looking

00:20:26.400 --> 00:20:27.400
 and gazing

00:20:27.400 --> 00:20:28.799
 at the goodness

00:20:28.799 --> 00:20:30.080
 and the beauty

00:20:30.080 --> 00:20:31.080
 of God,

00:20:32.080 --> 00:20:33.160
 we begin

00:20:33.160 --> 00:20:33.820
 to focus

00:20:33.820 --> 00:20:34.720
 our eyes

00:20:34.720 --> 00:20:36.440
 and turn our eyes

00:20:36.440 --> 00:20:37.560
 to other things

00:20:37.560 --> 00:20:38.600
 and other people

00:20:38.600 --> 00:20:39.840
 and we convince

00:20:39.840 --> 00:20:40.320
 ourselves

00:20:40.320 --> 00:20:40.700
 and say,

00:20:40.900 --> 00:20:42.400
 if I have that,

00:20:43.400 --> 00:20:44.680
 I'll be satisfied

00:20:44.680 --> 00:20:46.460
 and I'll be fulfilled.

00:20:47.880 --> 00:20:48.900
 And all we're doing

00:20:48.900 --> 00:20:50.279
 is replacing

00:20:50.279 --> 00:20:51.500
 that love

00:20:51.500 --> 00:20:52.380
 of the Father

00:20:52.380 --> 00:20:54.440
 with something else.

00:20:55.660 --> 00:20:56.220
 You see,

00:20:56.500 --> 00:20:58.519
 we can't enjoy

00:20:58.519 --> 00:20:59.460
 the love

00:20:59.460 --> 00:21:00.340
 of the Father

00:21:00.340 --> 00:21:02.320
 and at the same time

00:21:02.320 --> 00:21:03.799
 love the world.

00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:05.259
 We cannot mix

00:21:05.259 --> 00:21:06.400
 and match.

00:21:08.259 --> 00:21:09.019
 You see,

00:21:09.100 --> 00:21:09.720
 this is a really

00:21:09.720 --> 00:21:10.880
 deep-rooted problem.

00:21:12.759 --> 00:21:13.660
 Let's have a look

00:21:13.660 --> 00:21:16.019
 at the third love.

00:21:17.019 --> 00:21:17.800
 Let's read

00:21:17.800 --> 00:21:18.920
 verse 16 again.

00:21:19.920 --> 00:21:20.840
 For everything

00:21:20.840 --> 00:21:21.900
 in the world,

00:21:23.320 --> 00:21:24.519
 the cravings

00:21:24.519 --> 00:21:26.340
 of our sinful hearts,

00:21:27.240 --> 00:21:28.120
 the lust

00:21:28.120 --> 00:21:29.920
 of our longing eyes

00:21:29.920 --> 00:21:31.840
 and the boasting

00:21:31.840 --> 00:21:33.860
 of what we have

00:21:33.860 --> 00:21:35.259
 and we do

00:21:35.259 --> 00:21:36.720
 comes not

00:21:36.720 --> 00:21:37.460
 from the Father

00:21:37.460 --> 00:21:39.259
 but from the world.

00:21:41.900 --> 00:21:42.700
 Have you ever

00:21:42.700 --> 00:21:43.480
 watched the TV

00:21:43.480 --> 00:21:44.000
 series,

00:21:44.160 --> 00:21:44.920
 The Apprentice?

00:21:46.480 --> 00:21:47.579
 All those people

00:21:47.579 --> 00:21:48.279
 who go on

00:21:48.279 --> 00:21:48.920
 to be

00:21:48.920 --> 00:21:50.059
 Alan Sugar's

00:21:50.059 --> 00:21:51.039
 Apprentice?

00:21:51.839 --> 00:21:52.460
 If you listen

00:21:52.460 --> 00:21:52.799
 to them,

00:21:52.880 --> 00:21:53.339
 they talk

00:21:53.339 --> 00:21:54.380
 non-stop

00:21:54.380 --> 00:21:55.039
 about their

00:21:55.039 --> 00:21:55.599
 achievements,

00:21:56.279 --> 00:21:57.180
 their academic

00:21:57.180 --> 00:21:58.019
 qualifications,

00:21:58.559 --> 00:21:58.980
 the money

00:21:58.980 --> 00:21:59.660
 they've earned,

00:22:00.000 --> 00:22:00.640
 the businesses

00:22:00.640 --> 00:22:01.660
 that they've set up,

00:22:01.900 --> 00:22:02.519
 the awards

00:22:02.519 --> 00:22:03.339
 that they've won.

00:22:03.640 --> 00:22:04.720
 They are God's

00:22:04.720 --> 00:22:05.319
 gift to

00:22:05.319 --> 00:22:06.240
 everybody.

00:22:07.259 --> 00:22:07.799
 It's just

00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:08.620
 one boast

00:22:08.620 --> 00:22:09.799
 after another

00:22:09.799 --> 00:22:10.819
 and they talk

00:22:10.819 --> 00:22:11.420
 non-stop

00:22:11.420 --> 00:22:12.380
 about themselves,

00:22:12.380 --> 00:22:13.220
 how great

00:22:13.220 --> 00:22:13.700
 they are.

00:22:14.700 --> 00:22:15.400
 Now the thing

00:22:15.400 --> 00:22:15.840
 is about

00:22:15.840 --> 00:22:16.440
 watching The

00:22:16.440 --> 00:22:17.140
 Apprentice,

00:22:17.560 --> 00:22:18.400
 it's actually

00:22:18.400 --> 00:22:19.080
 like watching

00:22:19.080 --> 00:22:20.000
 a mini-series

00:22:20.000 --> 00:22:20.600
 of our own

00:22:20.600 --> 00:22:21.140
 lives.

00:22:22.840 --> 00:22:23.600
 Not that we

00:22:23.600 --> 00:22:24.360
 necessarily have

00:22:24.360 --> 00:22:24.780
 the same

00:22:24.780 --> 00:22:25.260
 academic

00:22:25.260 --> 00:22:26.040
 qualifications

00:22:26.039 --> 00:22:26.899
 or business,

00:22:26.899 --> 00:22:29.559
 but do we

00:22:29.559 --> 00:22:30.079
 ever kind of

00:22:30.079 --> 00:22:30.539
 take that

00:22:30.539 --> 00:22:31.379
 little moment,

00:22:31.480 --> 00:22:31.879
 that little

00:22:31.879 --> 00:22:32.819
 moment of

00:22:32.819 --> 00:22:33.259
 pride,

00:22:34.339 --> 00:22:34.639
 and we

00:22:34.639 --> 00:22:35.119
 look at our

00:22:35.119 --> 00:22:35.779
 careers and

00:22:35.779 --> 00:22:36.059
 say,

00:22:36.259 --> 00:22:37.359
 I've got a

00:22:37.359 --> 00:22:37.920
 really good

00:22:37.920 --> 00:22:38.240
 job.

00:22:38.639 --> 00:22:39.899
 I earned

00:22:39.899 --> 00:22:40.359
 this.

00:22:40.740 --> 00:22:41.859
 I got this

00:22:41.859 --> 00:22:42.299
 through my

00:22:42.299 --> 00:22:43.200
 hard work at

00:22:43.200 --> 00:22:43.519
 college.

00:22:43.720 --> 00:22:44.440
 I earned

00:22:44.440 --> 00:22:45.159
 those points

00:22:45.159 --> 00:22:46.799
 and I did

00:22:46.799 --> 00:22:47.559
 well and

00:22:47.559 --> 00:22:48.279
 look where I

00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:48.899
 am today.

00:22:50.539 --> 00:22:51.279
 Or we get

00:22:51.279 --> 00:22:52.039
 in our car

00:22:52.039 --> 00:22:52.680
 and we

00:22:52.680 --> 00:22:52.899
 say,

00:22:53.139 --> 00:22:54.279
 I earned

00:22:54.279 --> 00:22:54.799
 this,

00:22:55.799 --> 00:22:56.460
 as we put

00:22:56.460 --> 00:22:56.899
 the boot

00:22:56.899 --> 00:22:57.559
 down a little

00:22:57.559 --> 00:22:58.159
 bit more.

00:22:58.799 --> 00:22:59.579
 I bought

00:22:59.579 --> 00:23:00.279
 this with my

00:23:00.279 --> 00:23:00.960
 hard-earned

00:23:00.960 --> 00:23:01.259
 money.

00:23:02.399 --> 00:23:03.159
 Or we walk

00:23:03.159 --> 00:23:03.720
 around our

00:23:03.720 --> 00:23:04.379
 house and

00:23:04.379 --> 00:23:05.039
 sit down in

00:23:05.039 --> 00:23:05.500
 the comfort

00:23:05.500 --> 00:23:05.879
 of our

00:23:05.879 --> 00:23:06.339
 living room.

00:23:06.599 --> 00:23:07.139
 We look at

00:23:07.139 --> 00:23:07.839
 our possessions

00:23:07.839 --> 00:23:09.259
 and we take

00:23:09.259 --> 00:23:09.819
 that moment

00:23:09.819 --> 00:23:10.399
 of pride

00:23:10.399 --> 00:23:10.720
 and go,

00:23:11.639 --> 00:23:12.700
 I own

00:23:12.700 --> 00:23:13.500
 all of

00:23:13.500 --> 00:23:13.899
 this.

00:23:15.200 --> 00:23:16.039
 And inside

00:23:16.039 --> 00:23:16.539
 we might

00:23:16.539 --> 00:23:17.159
 necessarily

00:23:17.159 --> 00:23:18.299
 broadcast it

00:23:18.299 --> 00:23:18.899
 to the world,

00:23:18.900 --> 00:23:20.600
 but we

00:23:20.600 --> 00:23:21.800
 boast inwardly

00:23:21.800 --> 00:23:22.759
 of all we

00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:23.380
 have and

00:23:23.380 --> 00:23:23.880
 all we

00:23:23.880 --> 00:23:24.259
 do.

00:23:25.860 --> 00:23:26.460
 You see,

00:23:26.540 --> 00:23:27.259
 the subtle

00:23:27.259 --> 00:23:28.420
 and destructive

00:23:28.420 --> 00:23:29.420
 attitude of

00:23:29.420 --> 00:23:29.880
 the world

00:23:29.880 --> 00:23:30.560
 says,

00:23:31.360 --> 00:23:31.960
 I don't

00:23:31.960 --> 00:23:32.720
 need God.

00:23:33.640 --> 00:23:34.860
 Every boast

00:23:34.860 --> 00:23:35.900
 that we make

00:23:35.900 --> 00:23:36.700
 about ourselves

00:23:36.700 --> 00:23:37.100
 says,

00:23:37.300 --> 00:23:37.980
 I don't

00:23:37.980 --> 00:23:38.700
 need God.

00:23:39.140 --> 00:23:39.820
 I can

00:23:39.820 --> 00:23:40.620
 manage without

00:23:40.620 --> 00:23:41.060
 God.

00:23:41.300 --> 00:23:42.280
 I can live

00:23:42.280 --> 00:23:42.960
 life without

00:23:42.960 --> 00:23:43.420
 God.

00:23:43.860 --> 00:23:44.280
 And our

00:23:44.280 --> 00:23:45.120
 love for the

00:23:45.120 --> 00:23:46.060
 world leads

00:23:46.060 --> 00:23:46.840
 to live

00:23:46.840 --> 00:23:48.120
 independently.

00:23:48.900 --> 00:23:49.519
 from God.

00:23:50.480 --> 00:23:51.420
 So instead

00:23:51.420 --> 00:23:52.100
 of turning

00:23:52.100 --> 00:23:52.780
 to God

00:23:52.780 --> 00:23:53.200
 as the

00:23:53.200 --> 00:23:53.780
 source of

00:23:53.780 --> 00:23:54.360
 all that

00:23:54.360 --> 00:23:55.000
 is good

00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:55.620
 and right

00:23:55.620 --> 00:23:56.300
 and beautiful,

00:23:56.680 --> 00:23:57.259
 instead of

00:23:57.259 --> 00:23:57.820
 turning to

00:23:57.820 --> 00:23:58.160
 the one

00:23:58.160 --> 00:23:59.040
 who gives

00:23:59.040 --> 00:23:59.780
 the gifts,

00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:01.340
 we look

00:24:01.340 --> 00:24:02.740
 to ourself

00:24:02.740 --> 00:24:03.460
 as the

00:24:03.460 --> 00:24:04.000
 means of

00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:04.860
 getting all

00:24:04.860 --> 00:24:05.220
 that we

00:24:05.220 --> 00:24:06.200
 want and

00:24:06.200 --> 00:24:06.720
 desire.

00:24:08.360 --> 00:24:09.180
 And it's

00:24:09.180 --> 00:24:09.720
 back to the

00:24:09.720 --> 00:24:10.320
 same issue.

00:24:11.160 --> 00:24:12.280
 We can't

00:24:12.280 --> 00:24:13.680
 enjoy the

00:24:13.680 --> 00:24:14.440
 love of

00:24:14.440 --> 00:24:15.080
 the Father

00:24:15.080 --> 00:24:16.500
 and at the

00:24:16.500 --> 00:24:17.360
 same time

00:24:17.360 --> 00:24:18.400
 love the

00:24:18.400 --> 00:24:18.700
 world.

00:24:18.700 --> 00:24:19.519
 we cannot

00:24:19.519 --> 00:24:20.980
 mix and

00:24:20.980 --> 00:24:21.519
 match.

00:24:22.400 --> 00:24:22.880
 It's

00:24:22.880 --> 00:24:23.640
 serious.

00:24:28.019 --> 00:24:28.980
 Now can

00:24:28.980 --> 00:24:29.600
 we begin

00:24:29.600 --> 00:24:30.319
 to see

00:24:30.319 --> 00:24:32.220
 how dangerous

00:24:32.220 --> 00:24:33.559
 and how

00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:34.539
 destructive

00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:35.860
 love for the

00:24:35.860 --> 00:24:36.700
 world is?

00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:38.360
 Loving the

00:24:38.360 --> 00:24:38.980
 world might

00:24:38.980 --> 00:24:39.680
 seem at one

00:24:39.680 --> 00:24:40.480
 level innocent

00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:41.039
 enough,

00:24:41.700 --> 00:24:42.680
 but the

00:24:42.680 --> 00:24:43.840
 world is

00:24:43.840 --> 00:24:44.759
 not our

00:24:44.759 --> 00:24:45.519
 friend.

00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:46.960
 world will

00:24:46.960 --> 00:24:47.700
 only rob

00:24:47.700 --> 00:24:48.259
 us of

00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:48.920
 our joy.

00:24:49.339 --> 00:24:49.879
 It takes

00:24:49.879 --> 00:24:50.619
 that deep

00:24:50.619 --> 00:24:51.200
 rich

00:24:51.200 --> 00:24:51.720
 fellowship

00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:52.160
 that we

00:24:52.160 --> 00:24:52.720
 have with

00:24:52.720 --> 00:24:53.339
 the Father

00:24:53.339 --> 00:24:54.220
 and it

00:24:54.220 --> 00:24:55.259
 ruins us.

00:24:55.839 --> 00:24:56.539
 It takes

00:24:56.539 --> 00:24:57.019
 it away

00:24:57.019 --> 00:24:57.900
 from us.

00:24:58.900 --> 00:24:59.279
 And we

00:24:59.279 --> 00:24:59.740
 do not

00:24:59.740 --> 00:25:00.519
 experience

00:25:00.519 --> 00:25:01.279
 the love

00:25:01.279 --> 00:25:01.759
 of the

00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:02.099
 Father.

00:25:02.099 --> 00:25:03.099
 God

00:25:03.099 --> 00:25:04.379
 love the

00:25:04.379 --> 00:25:04.919
 love of

00:25:04.919 --> 00:25:06.539
 the

00:25:06.539 --> 00:25:07.099
 Father.

00:25:07.099 --> 00:25:08.119
 Let me

00:25:08.119 --> 00:25:08.539
 ask us

00:25:08.539 --> 00:25:08.980
 all this

00:25:08.980 --> 00:25:09.319
 searching

00:25:09.319 --> 00:25:09.919
 question.

00:25:10.639 --> 00:25:11.279
 Do you,

00:25:11.779 --> 00:25:12.799
 do I

00:25:12.799 --> 00:25:14.659
 experience

00:25:14.659 --> 00:25:16.079
 the love

00:25:16.079 --> 00:25:16.579
 of the

00:25:16.579 --> 00:25:16.959
 Father

00:25:16.959 --> 00:25:18.339
 in my

00:25:18.339 --> 00:25:18.740
 life?

00:25:19.919 --> 00:25:20.679
 Are you

00:25:20.679 --> 00:25:21.599
 experiencing

00:25:21.599 --> 00:25:22.339
 the love

00:25:22.339 --> 00:25:22.819
 of the

00:25:22.819 --> 00:25:23.199
 Father

00:25:23.199 --> 00:25:24.079
 in your

00:25:24.079 --> 00:25:24.459
 life?

00:25:24.460 --> 00:25:27.200
 if not,

00:25:28.100 --> 00:25:30.039
 if not,

00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:31.600
 then everything

00:25:31.600 --> 00:25:32.120
 we are

00:25:32.120 --> 00:25:32.880
 living for,

00:25:32.960 --> 00:25:33.440
 look at the

00:25:33.440 --> 00:25:33.759
 end of

00:25:33.759 --> 00:25:34.519
 verse 16,

00:25:35.340 --> 00:25:36.120
 comes not

00:25:36.120 --> 00:25:36.539
 from the

00:25:36.539 --> 00:25:36.900
 Father,

00:25:37.720 --> 00:25:38.220
 but from

00:25:38.220 --> 00:25:38.680
 the world.

00:25:39.940 --> 00:25:40.640
 If we do

00:25:40.640 --> 00:25:41.620
 not experience

00:25:41.620 --> 00:25:42.279
 the love of

00:25:42.279 --> 00:25:42.840
 the Father

00:25:42.840 --> 00:25:43.279
 in our

00:25:43.279 --> 00:25:43.779
 lives,

00:25:44.140 --> 00:25:44.620
 it's because

00:25:44.620 --> 00:25:44.960
 we are

00:25:44.960 --> 00:25:45.779
 looking to

00:25:45.779 --> 00:25:46.440
 other things

00:25:46.440 --> 00:25:46.799
 and other

00:25:46.799 --> 00:25:47.240
 people,

00:25:48.559 --> 00:25:49.680
 instead of

00:25:49.680 --> 00:25:50.340
 the source

00:25:50.340 --> 00:25:51.299
 itself.

00:25:51.299 --> 00:25:54.539
 it's

00:25:54.539 --> 00:25:55.139
 dangerous

00:25:55.139 --> 00:25:55.779
 and

00:25:55.779 --> 00:25:56.359
 destructive

00:25:56.359 --> 00:25:57.700
 to love

00:25:57.700 --> 00:25:58.319
 the world.

00:25:59.559 --> 00:25:59.940
 So,

00:26:00.259 --> 00:26:01.980
 last point,

00:26:02.940 --> 00:26:03.599
 how do we

00:26:03.599 --> 00:26:04.079
 protect

00:26:04.079 --> 00:26:04.759
 ourselves

00:26:04.759 --> 00:26:06.259
 from loving

00:26:06.259 --> 00:26:06.740
 the world?

00:26:07.579 --> 00:26:08.119
 How do we

00:26:08.119 --> 00:26:08.539
 protect

00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:09.079
 ourselves?

00:26:10.059 --> 00:26:10.460
 Well,

00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:10.899
 there's two

00:26:10.899 --> 00:26:11.440
 ways we

00:26:11.440 --> 00:26:12.059
 can protect

00:26:12.059 --> 00:26:12.680
 ourselves.

00:26:13.059 --> 00:26:13.419
 If you

00:26:13.419 --> 00:26:13.740
 like,

00:26:14.099 --> 00:26:15.220
 two security

00:26:15.220 --> 00:26:15.919
 systems

00:26:15.919 --> 00:26:16.919
 that we

00:26:16.919 --> 00:26:18.019
 must download

00:26:18.019 --> 00:26:19.419
 or install

00:26:19.419 --> 00:26:20.339
 into our

00:26:20.339 --> 00:26:20.859
 lives

00:26:20.859 --> 00:26:21.639
 so that

00:26:21.639 --> 00:26:22.439
 we protect

00:26:22.439 --> 00:26:23.439
 and enjoy

00:26:23.439 --> 00:26:24.159
 our fellowship

00:26:24.159 --> 00:26:24.839
 with God.

00:26:25.419 --> 00:26:25.779
 So,

00:26:25.859 --> 00:26:26.459
 every time

00:26:26.459 --> 00:26:26.939
 there's a

00:26:26.939 --> 00:26:27.519
 temptation,

00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:28.539
 every time

00:26:28.539 --> 00:26:28.959
 there's a

00:26:28.959 --> 00:26:29.839
 drawing away

00:26:29.839 --> 00:26:30.539
 from the

00:26:30.539 --> 00:26:31.019
 love of

00:26:31.019 --> 00:26:31.539
 the Father

00:26:31.539 --> 00:26:32.419
 to love

00:26:32.419 --> 00:26:33.019
 the world,

00:26:33.219 --> 00:26:33.740
 there's like

00:26:33.740 --> 00:26:34.359
 an alarm

00:26:34.359 --> 00:26:34.979
 that goes

00:26:34.979 --> 00:26:35.359
 off in

00:26:35.359 --> 00:26:35.979
 our lives

00:26:35.979 --> 00:26:36.699
 and we're

00:26:36.699 --> 00:26:37.419
 drawn back

00:26:37.419 --> 00:26:37.979
 again to

00:26:37.979 --> 00:26:38.659
 gaze at

00:26:38.659 --> 00:26:39.259
 the beauty

00:26:39.259 --> 00:26:39.979
 and the

00:26:39.979 --> 00:26:40.279
 love of

00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:40.819
 the Father

00:26:40.819 --> 00:26:41.959
 instead of

00:26:41.959 --> 00:26:42.939
 turning to

00:26:42.939 --> 00:26:43.359
 the world.

00:26:44.359 --> 00:26:44.659
 So,

00:26:44.719 --> 00:26:44.919
 what's

00:26:44.919 --> 00:26:45.579
 these security

00:26:45.579 --> 00:26:46.299
 systems that

00:26:46.299 --> 00:26:46.859
 we download?

00:26:47.299 --> 00:26:47.539
 Well,

00:26:47.559 --> 00:26:47.859
 they're very

00:26:47.859 --> 00:26:48.279
 simple.

00:26:48.279 --> 00:26:50.539
 here's the

00:26:50.539 --> 00:26:51.079
 first one.

00:26:51.619 --> 00:26:52.259
 It's called

00:26:52.259 --> 00:26:52.660
 What the

00:26:52.660 --> 00:26:53.480
 World Offers

00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:54.460
 is Temporary.

00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:55.759
 Download

00:26:55.759 --> 00:26:57.000
 this into

00:26:57.000 --> 00:26:57.619
 our memory

00:26:57.619 --> 00:26:58.160
 system.

00:26:58.599 --> 00:26:59.059
 Make it

00:26:59.059 --> 00:27:00.220
 your security.

00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:01.339
 Verse 17.

00:27:03.119 --> 00:27:03.819
 The world

00:27:03.819 --> 00:27:04.619
 and its

00:27:04.619 --> 00:27:05.399
 desires

00:27:05.399 --> 00:27:06.559
 pass

00:27:06.559 --> 00:27:07.599
 away.

00:27:08.660 --> 00:27:09.359
 It's

00:27:09.359 --> 00:27:09.700
 simple.

00:27:11.759 --> 00:27:12.480
 The lie

00:27:12.480 --> 00:27:12.779
 of the

00:27:12.779 --> 00:27:13.139
 world

00:27:13.139 --> 00:27:13.740
 says,

00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:14.859
 love me

00:27:14.859 --> 00:27:15.480
 and I

00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:16.200
 will satisfy

00:27:16.200 --> 00:27:16.799
 you and

00:27:16.799 --> 00:27:17.480
 fulfil you.

00:27:17.880 --> 00:27:18.500
 Love me,

00:27:18.660 --> 00:27:19.039
 says the

00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:19.360
 world,

00:27:19.460 --> 00:27:20.120
 and everything

00:27:20.120 --> 00:27:20.519
 will be

00:27:20.519 --> 00:27:20.860
 good.

00:27:21.180 --> 00:27:21.420
 Well,

00:27:21.440 --> 00:27:21.980
 the truth

00:27:21.980 --> 00:27:22.319
 is,

00:27:22.500 --> 00:27:22.940
 what the

00:27:22.940 --> 00:27:23.640
 world offers

00:27:23.640 --> 00:27:24.279
 is all

00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:24.860
 temporary.

00:27:25.140 --> 00:27:25.759
 It doesn't

00:27:25.759 --> 00:27:26.319
 last.

00:27:26.600 --> 00:27:26.900
 Look at

00:27:26.900 --> 00:27:27.580
 verse 17

00:27:27.580 --> 00:27:27.920
 again.

00:27:28.259 --> 00:27:28.880
 The world

00:27:28.880 --> 00:27:29.559
 and its

00:27:29.559 --> 00:27:30.200
 desires

00:27:30.200 --> 00:27:31.559
 pass away.

00:27:32.940 --> 00:27:34.019
 Just like

00:27:34.019 --> 00:27:34.720
 the lush

00:27:34.720 --> 00:27:35.720
 flourishing

00:27:35.720 --> 00:27:36.620
 leaves in

00:27:36.620 --> 00:27:37.080
 summer,

00:27:37.539 --> 00:27:38.080
 so they

00:27:38.080 --> 00:27:39.000
 wither and

00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:39.640
 they die

00:27:39.640 --> 00:27:40.220
 and they

00:27:40.220 --> 00:27:41.259
 fall in

00:27:41.259 --> 00:27:41.759
 autumn.

00:27:42.940 --> 00:27:43.600
 The things

00:27:43.600 --> 00:27:44.220
 and people

00:27:44.220 --> 00:27:44.620
 of this

00:27:44.620 --> 00:27:45.039
 world,

00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:45.960
 they simply

00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:46.759
 do not

00:27:46.759 --> 00:27:47.480
 last.

00:27:49.180 --> 00:27:49.839
 So,

00:27:49.960 --> 00:27:50.460
 sorry to

00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:51.000
 burst your

00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:51.339
 bubble,

00:27:51.639 --> 00:27:52.099
 but your

00:27:52.099 --> 00:27:52.680
 beauty

00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:53.740
 fades.

00:27:54.319 --> 00:27:54.579
 Your

00:27:54.579 --> 00:27:55.259
 strength

00:27:55.259 --> 00:27:56.119
 fails.

00:27:56.599 --> 00:27:56.779
 Your

00:27:56.779 --> 00:27:57.180
 loved

00:27:57.180 --> 00:27:57.659
 ones

00:27:57.659 --> 00:27:58.460
 die.

00:27:58.819 --> 00:27:58.980
 Your

00:27:58.980 --> 00:27:59.460
 money

00:27:59.460 --> 00:28:00.019
 gets

00:28:00.019 --> 00:28:00.619
 spent.

00:28:00.960 --> 00:28:01.119
 Your

00:28:01.119 --> 00:28:01.720
 possessions

00:28:01.720 --> 00:28:02.659
 break.

00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:03.139
 Your

00:28:03.139 --> 00:28:03.619
 careers

00:28:03.619 --> 00:28:04.480
 end.

00:28:05.119 --> 00:28:05.659
 Everything

00:28:05.659 --> 00:28:06.480
 is

00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:07.500
 temporary.

00:28:08.680 --> 00:28:08.960
 It

00:28:08.960 --> 00:28:09.740
 will not

00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:10.920
 last.

00:28:10.920 --> 00:28:13.480
 You

00:28:13.480 --> 00:28:13.720
 see,

00:28:13.800 --> 00:28:14.180
 when we

00:28:14.180 --> 00:28:14.700
 crave

00:28:14.700 --> 00:28:15.340
 something,

00:28:15.680 --> 00:28:16.279
 when we

00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:17.320
 lust after

00:28:17.320 --> 00:28:17.920
 something,

00:28:18.240 --> 00:28:18.860
 when we

00:28:18.860 --> 00:28:19.779
 get it,

00:28:20.120 --> 00:28:20.720
 we're not

00:28:20.720 --> 00:28:21.600
 only realising

00:28:21.600 --> 00:28:22.039
 that the

00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:22.779
 happiness that

00:28:22.779 --> 00:28:23.220
 it brings

00:28:23.220 --> 00:28:23.700
 is only

00:28:23.700 --> 00:28:24.800
 short-lived,

00:28:25.300 --> 00:28:26.060
 but our

00:28:26.060 --> 00:28:26.820
 fellowship with

00:28:26.820 --> 00:28:27.320
 God is

00:28:27.320 --> 00:28:28.480
 broken and

00:28:28.480 --> 00:28:28.960
 the deep

00:28:28.960 --> 00:28:30.100
 personal joy

00:28:30.100 --> 00:28:31.240
 is lost.

00:28:32.300 --> 00:28:32.720
 And in

00:28:32.720 --> 00:28:33.460
 its place,

00:28:34.360 --> 00:28:34.900
 we're left

00:28:34.900 --> 00:28:35.620
 with guilt,

00:28:36.800 --> 00:28:37.360
 disappointment,

00:28:37.359 --> 00:28:38.759
 and

00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:39.339
 emptiness.

00:28:41.179 --> 00:28:41.979
 So,

00:28:42.099 --> 00:28:42.539
 security

00:28:42.539 --> 00:28:43.039
 system

00:28:43.039 --> 00:28:43.339
 number

00:28:43.339 --> 00:28:43.719
 one.

00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:45.199
 What the

00:28:45.199 --> 00:28:45.939
 world offers

00:28:45.939 --> 00:28:46.819
 is temporary.

00:28:47.879 --> 00:28:48.240
 Remember

00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:48.719
 that.

00:28:50.219 --> 00:28:51.019
 Security

00:28:51.019 --> 00:28:52.240
 system

00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:52.579
 number

00:28:52.579 --> 00:28:53.019
 two,

00:28:53.740 --> 00:28:54.679
 that we

00:28:54.679 --> 00:28:54.959
 must

00:28:54.959 --> 00:28:55.500
 download.

00:28:56.279 --> 00:28:56.679
 Here it

00:28:56.679 --> 00:28:57.000
 is.

00:28:57.559 --> 00:28:58.159
 What God

00:28:58.159 --> 00:28:58.719
 offers is

00:28:58.719 --> 00:28:59.179
 eternal.

00:29:00.279 --> 00:29:00.639
 Let's

00:29:00.639 --> 00:29:01.139
 read all

00:29:01.139 --> 00:29:01.500
 of verse

00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:02.099
 17.

00:29:03.039 --> 00:29:03.279
 The

00:29:03.279 --> 00:29:03.719
 world

00:29:03.719 --> 00:29:04.599
 and its

00:29:04.599 --> 00:29:05.179
 desires

00:29:05.179 --> 00:29:05.699
 pass

00:29:05.699 --> 00:29:06.119
 away.

00:29:06.119 --> 00:29:08.039
 But the

00:29:08.039 --> 00:29:08.619
 person

00:29:08.619 --> 00:29:09.500
 who does

00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:09.859
 the will

00:29:09.859 --> 00:29:10.439
 of God

00:29:10.439 --> 00:29:11.559
 lives

00:29:11.559 --> 00:29:12.599
 forever.

00:29:13.899 --> 00:29:14.399
 You see,

00:29:14.479 --> 00:29:14.959
 the promise

00:29:14.959 --> 00:29:15.479
 of God

00:29:15.479 --> 00:29:16.319
 is life

00:29:16.319 --> 00:29:17.399
 now and

00:29:17.399 --> 00:29:17.979
 life for

00:29:17.979 --> 00:29:18.839
 all eternity.

00:29:19.419 --> 00:29:20.079
 That life

00:29:20.079 --> 00:29:20.539
 as we've

00:29:20.539 --> 00:29:21.219
 been seeing

00:29:21.219 --> 00:29:22.219
 is fellowship

00:29:22.219 --> 00:29:22.839
 with the

00:29:22.839 --> 00:29:23.719
 Father and

00:29:23.719 --> 00:29:24.139
 with his

00:29:24.139 --> 00:29:24.379
 Son.

00:29:24.619 --> 00:29:25.099
 This is

00:29:25.099 --> 00:29:25.519
 where we

00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:26.059
 experience

00:29:26.059 --> 00:29:26.779
 life in

00:29:26.779 --> 00:29:27.199
 all its

00:29:27.199 --> 00:29:27.559
 fullness.

00:29:27.939 --> 00:29:28.159
 It's

00:29:28.159 --> 00:29:28.699
 sharing in

00:29:28.699 --> 00:29:29.299
 that deep

00:29:29.299 --> 00:29:30.139
 relationship

00:29:30.139 --> 00:29:30.859
 that will

00:29:30.859 --> 00:29:31.939
 never fail

00:29:31.939 --> 00:29:32.219
 us.

00:29:32.500 --> 00:29:33.019
 Entering

00:29:33.019 --> 00:29:33.539
 into the

00:29:33.539 --> 00:29:34.000
 love the

00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:34.599
 Father has

00:29:34.599 --> 00:29:34.919
 for the

00:29:34.919 --> 00:29:35.319
 Son and

00:29:35.319 --> 00:29:35.739
 the Son

00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:36.279
 has for

00:29:36.279 --> 00:29:36.779
 the Father.

00:29:37.220 --> 00:29:37.700
 And in

00:29:37.700 --> 00:29:37.980
 this

00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:38.420
 fellowship,

00:29:38.640 --> 00:29:39.059
 in this

00:29:39.059 --> 00:29:39.660
 relationship,

00:29:39.920 --> 00:29:40.700
 we find

00:29:40.700 --> 00:29:41.759
 joy in

00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:42.160
 all its

00:29:42.160 --> 00:29:43.079
 fullness and

00:29:43.079 --> 00:29:43.539
 all its

00:29:43.539 --> 00:29:44.140
 completeness.

00:29:44.500 --> 00:29:45.380
 This is

00:29:45.380 --> 00:29:46.079
 life.

00:29:47.960 --> 00:29:48.380
 And if

00:29:48.380 --> 00:29:48.859
 we are to

00:29:48.859 --> 00:29:49.380
 know this

00:29:49.380 --> 00:29:49.859
 life,

00:29:50.259 --> 00:29:50.640
 look at

00:29:50.640 --> 00:29:51.440
 verse 17,

00:29:51.799 --> 00:29:52.460
 it says,

00:29:52.859 --> 00:29:53.240
 we must

00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:54.240
 do the

00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:55.140
 will of

00:29:55.140 --> 00:29:55.559
 God.

00:29:56.839 --> 00:29:57.680
 We must

00:29:57.680 --> 00:29:58.120
 do the

00:29:58.120 --> 00:29:58.480
 will of

00:29:58.480 --> 00:29:58.839
 God.

00:30:00.059 --> 00:30:00.880
 So what

00:30:00.880 --> 00:30:01.539
 is God's

00:30:01.539 --> 00:30:01.799
 will?

00:30:02.440 --> 00:30:03.099
 What must

00:30:03.099 --> 00:30:03.819
 I do

00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:04.599
 to have

00:30:04.599 --> 00:30:05.279
 this

00:30:05.279 --> 00:30:05.700
 life?

00:30:07.139 --> 00:30:07.599
 You may

00:30:07.599 --> 00:30:08.139
 be remembered

00:30:08.139 --> 00:30:08.539
 to what

00:30:08.539 --> 00:30:09.200
 Ralph said

00:30:09.200 --> 00:30:09.759
 as he

00:30:09.759 --> 00:30:10.279
 introduced

00:30:10.279 --> 00:30:10.519
 the

00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:10.859
 songs.

00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:12.980
 We don't

00:30:12.980 --> 00:30:13.399
 have to

00:30:13.399 --> 00:30:14.339
 do anything

00:30:14.339 --> 00:30:14.939
 because it's

00:30:14.939 --> 00:30:15.279
 all by

00:30:15.279 --> 00:30:15.519
 grace.

00:30:15.599 --> 00:30:15.879
 So what

00:30:15.879 --> 00:30:16.039
 do you

00:30:16.039 --> 00:30:16.319
 mean we

00:30:16.319 --> 00:30:16.659
 have to

00:30:16.659 --> 00:30:17.240
 do

00:30:17.240 --> 00:30:18.079
 something?

00:30:19.000 --> 00:30:19.299
 Well,

00:30:19.399 --> 00:30:19.639
 have a

00:30:19.639 --> 00:30:19.939
 look at

00:30:19.939 --> 00:30:20.679
 chapter 3

00:30:20.679 --> 00:30:21.599
 verse 23.

00:30:22.319 --> 00:30:22.839
 It's just

00:30:22.839 --> 00:30:23.259
 over the

00:30:23.259 --> 00:30:23.659
 page.

00:30:25.019 --> 00:30:25.279
 Okay,

00:30:25.439 --> 00:30:26.480
 here's what

00:30:26.480 --> 00:30:27.259
 God's will

00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:27.759
 is.

00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:28.579
 This is what

00:30:28.579 --> 00:30:29.200
 we have to

00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:30.039
 do to

00:30:30.039 --> 00:30:30.680
 experience

00:30:30.680 --> 00:30:31.539
 this life

00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:31.900
 in all

00:30:31.900 --> 00:30:32.100
 its

00:30:32.100 --> 00:30:32.440
 fullness.

00:30:33.180 --> 00:30:34.039
 Chapter 3

00:30:34.039 --> 00:30:35.620
 verse 23.

00:30:36.700 --> 00:30:37.360
 And this

00:30:37.360 --> 00:30:37.799
 is his

00:30:37.799 --> 00:30:38.299
 command.

00:30:38.680 --> 00:30:39.140
 So this

00:30:39.140 --> 00:30:39.900
 is God's

00:30:39.900 --> 00:30:40.240
 will.

00:30:41.420 --> 00:30:41.799
 Here it

00:30:41.799 --> 00:30:42.100
 is,

00:30:42.860 --> 00:30:43.840
 to believe

00:30:43.840 --> 00:30:44.960
 in the

00:30:44.960 --> 00:30:45.299
 name of

00:30:45.299 --> 00:30:45.779
 his son,

00:30:46.360 --> 00:30:46.620
 Jesus

00:30:46.620 --> 00:30:47.180
 Christ.

00:30:48.660 --> 00:30:49.259
 That's

00:30:49.259 --> 00:30:49.840
 his command,

00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:50.640
 that we

00:30:50.640 --> 00:30:51.340
 would simply

00:30:51.340 --> 00:30:52.420
 believe,

00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:53.120
 that we

00:30:53.120 --> 00:30:53.740
 would simply

00:30:53.740 --> 00:30:55.880
 trust in

00:30:55.880 --> 00:30:56.240
 the Lord

00:30:56.240 --> 00:30:56.620
 Jesus

00:30:56.620 --> 00:30:57.180
 Christ,

00:30:57.180 --> 00:30:58.539
 that

00:30:58.539 --> 00:30:59.100
 everything,

00:30:59.519 --> 00:30:59.920
 that all

00:30:59.920 --> 00:31:00.279
 we should

00:31:00.279 --> 00:31:00.900
 ever want

00:31:00.900 --> 00:31:01.700
 or imagine

00:31:01.700 --> 00:31:02.660
 is in

00:31:02.660 --> 00:31:02.960
 him.

00:31:03.759 --> 00:31:04.400
 God's

00:31:04.400 --> 00:31:04.779
 will is

00:31:04.779 --> 00:31:05.060
 that we

00:31:05.060 --> 00:31:06.080
 would believe

00:31:06.080 --> 00:31:08.360
 that God

00:31:08.360 --> 00:31:09.200
 loves us

00:31:09.200 --> 00:31:10.259
 and gave

00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:11.060
 himself for

00:31:11.060 --> 00:31:11.560
 us.

00:31:12.560 --> 00:31:13.220
 So my

00:31:13.220 --> 00:31:13.779
 encouragement

00:31:13.779 --> 00:31:14.560
 to us all

00:31:14.560 --> 00:31:15.220
 this morning

00:31:15.220 --> 00:31:17.240
 is to

00:31:17.240 --> 00:31:18.820
 readdress

00:31:18.820 --> 00:31:20.580
 the cravings

00:31:20.580 --> 00:31:20.920
 that we

00:31:20.920 --> 00:31:21.400
 have.

00:31:22.140 --> 00:31:23.220
 Crave a

00:31:23.220 --> 00:31:23.560
 deeper

00:31:23.560 --> 00:31:24.560
 understanding

00:31:24.560 --> 00:31:25.720
 of God's

00:31:25.720 --> 00:31:26.100
 love for

00:31:26.100 --> 00:31:26.279
 you.

00:31:26.440 --> 00:31:26.820
 How do

00:31:26.819 --> 00:31:27.139
 we do

00:31:27.139 --> 00:31:27.439
 that?

00:31:27.799 --> 00:31:28.460
 Pray for

00:31:28.460 --> 00:31:28.639
 it.

00:31:28.939 --> 00:31:29.639
 Ask God

00:31:29.639 --> 00:31:30.059
 for a

00:31:30.059 --> 00:31:30.480
 hunger

00:31:30.480 --> 00:31:31.179
 and a

00:31:31.179 --> 00:31:31.700
 desire

00:31:31.700 --> 00:31:32.279
 to know

00:31:32.279 --> 00:31:32.879
 more of

00:31:32.879 --> 00:31:33.220
 God

00:31:33.220 --> 00:31:33.799
 and to

00:31:33.799 --> 00:31:34.720
 experience

00:31:34.720 --> 00:31:35.700
 his love

00:31:35.700 --> 00:31:36.379
 in your

00:31:36.379 --> 00:31:36.799
 life.

00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:38.859
 Look at

00:31:38.859 --> 00:31:39.500
 the beauty

00:31:39.500 --> 00:31:40.139
 of God

00:31:40.139 --> 00:31:40.700
 instead of

00:31:40.700 --> 00:31:41.279
 looking at

00:31:41.279 --> 00:31:42.059
 other things.

00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:43.000
 Look at

00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:43.559
 the beauty

00:31:43.559 --> 00:31:44.179
 of God

00:31:44.179 --> 00:31:45.059
 in all

00:31:45.059 --> 00:31:45.439
 that he

00:31:45.439 --> 00:31:46.079
 is and

00:31:46.079 --> 00:31:46.559
 all that

00:31:46.559 --> 00:31:46.839
 he has

00:31:46.839 --> 00:31:47.460
 done for

00:31:47.460 --> 00:31:47.779
 us.

00:31:48.240 --> 00:31:48.779
 Gaze

00:31:48.779 --> 00:31:49.399
 at his

00:31:49.399 --> 00:31:50.059
 mercy and

00:31:50.059 --> 00:31:50.559
 grace as

00:31:50.559 --> 00:31:51.139
 you open

00:31:51.139 --> 00:31:51.500
 up your

00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:52.119
 Bible and

00:31:52.119 --> 00:31:52.819
 read about

00:31:52.819 --> 00:31:53.399
 God and

00:31:53.399 --> 00:31:54.099
 all that

00:31:54.099 --> 00:31:54.359
 he has

00:31:54.359 --> 00:31:54.659
 done.

00:31:54.660 --> 00:31:55.700
 Just marvel

00:31:55.700 --> 00:31:56.259
 at his

00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:56.900
 mercy and

00:31:56.900 --> 00:31:57.340
 grace.

00:31:57.980 --> 00:31:58.400
 Let the

00:31:58.400 --> 00:31:59.140
 goodness and

00:31:59.140 --> 00:31:59.900
 greatness of

00:31:59.900 --> 00:32:00.560
 God begin

00:32:00.560 --> 00:32:01.380
 to control

00:32:01.380 --> 00:32:02.140
 you and

00:32:02.140 --> 00:32:03.080
 consume you

00:32:03.080 --> 00:32:04.019
 and direct

00:32:04.019 --> 00:32:04.779
 your passions

00:32:04.779 --> 00:32:05.259
 and your

00:32:05.259 --> 00:32:06.360
 desires to

00:32:06.360 --> 00:32:06.980
 the Father

00:32:06.980 --> 00:32:07.840
 who loves

00:32:07.840 --> 00:32:08.220
 you.

00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:10.340
 And boast

00:32:10.340 --> 00:32:11.100
 not in

00:32:11.100 --> 00:32:11.720
 ourselves

00:32:11.720 --> 00:32:13.620
 but boast

00:32:13.620 --> 00:32:14.000
 in the

00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:14.840
 cross of

00:32:14.840 --> 00:32:16.220
 Jesus where

00:32:16.220 --> 00:32:17.200
 we find our

00:32:17.200 --> 00:32:18.400
 all and our

00:32:18.400 --> 00:32:18.920
 everything.

00:32:18.920 --> 00:32:22.880
 so install

00:32:22.880 --> 00:32:24.279
 these two

00:32:24.279 --> 00:32:25.019
 security

00:32:25.019 --> 00:32:27.019
 systems into

00:32:27.019 --> 00:32:27.680
 your life.

00:32:28.259 --> 00:32:29.240
 Every time

00:32:29.240 --> 00:32:29.840
 we're drawn

00:32:29.840 --> 00:32:30.539
 to love the

00:32:30.539 --> 00:32:31.940
 world the

00:32:31.940 --> 00:32:32.720
 alarm will

00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:34.200
 sound, it

00:32:34.200 --> 00:32:34.940
 will bleep

00:32:34.940 --> 00:32:35.560
 and it

00:32:35.560 --> 00:32:36.080
 will tell

00:32:36.080 --> 00:32:37.500
 us and

00:32:37.500 --> 00:32:37.840
 we will

00:32:37.840 --> 00:32:38.300
 remind

00:32:38.300 --> 00:32:40.259
 ourselves that

00:32:40.259 --> 00:32:40.860
 what God

00:32:40.860 --> 00:32:41.860
 offers is

00:32:41.860 --> 00:32:43.720
 eternal but

00:32:43.720 --> 00:32:44.100
 what the

00:32:44.100 --> 00:32:45.000
 world offers

00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:46.680
 is temporary.

00:32:46.680 --> 00:32:48.920
 do not

00:32:48.920 --> 00:32:49.340
 love the

00:32:49.340 --> 00:32:49.640
 world.

00:32:50.700 --> 00:32:51.620
 If anyone

00:32:51.620 --> 00:32:52.240
 loves the

00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:53.620
 world, the

00:32:53.620 --> 00:32:54.600
 love of the

00:32:54.600 --> 00:32:56.320
 Father is

00:32:56.320 --> 00:32:56.860
 not in

00:32:56.860 --> 00:32:57.120
 them.

00:32:58.860 --> 00:32:59.840
 Let's pray

00:32:59.840 --> 00:33:00.500
 together.

00:33:00.500 --> 00:33:22.359
 as for

00:33:22.359 --> 00:33:24.099
 man, his

00:33:24.099 --> 00:33:24.980
 days are

00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:25.859
 like grass.

00:33:26.799 --> 00:33:28.259
 He flourishes

00:33:28.259 --> 00:33:29.259
 like a flower

00:33:29.259 --> 00:33:29.940
 of a field,

00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:31.940
 the wind

00:33:31.940 --> 00:33:32.700
 blows over

00:33:32.700 --> 00:33:33.720
 it and

00:33:33.720 --> 00:33:34.059
 it is

00:33:34.059 --> 00:33:36.099
 gone and

00:33:36.099 --> 00:33:36.900
 its place

00:33:36.900 --> 00:33:37.940
 remembers it

00:33:37.940 --> 00:33:38.819
 no more.

00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:41.119
 But

00:33:41.119 --> 00:33:42.579
 from

00:33:42.579 --> 00:33:43.420
 everlasting

00:33:43.420 --> 00:33:43.960
 to

00:33:43.960 --> 00:33:44.819
 everlasting

00:33:44.819 --> 00:33:46.180
 the

00:33:46.180 --> 00:33:46.759
 Lord's

00:33:46.759 --> 00:33:47.339
 love

00:33:47.339 --> 00:33:48.640
 is with

00:33:48.640 --> 00:33:49.119
 those

00:33:49.119 --> 00:33:50.200
 who fear

00:33:50.200 --> 00:33:50.579
 him.

00:33:51.920 --> 00:33:52.599
 Our

00:33:52.599 --> 00:33:53.240
 Father God,

00:33:53.339 --> 00:33:54.220
 it is our

00:33:54.220 --> 00:33:54.720
 desire

00:33:54.720 --> 00:33:56.859
 that you

00:33:56.859 --> 00:33:57.460
 would be

00:33:57.460 --> 00:33:57.859
 our

00:33:57.859 --> 00:33:58.579
 treasure

00:33:58.579 --> 00:34:00.240
 that you

00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:00.639
 would be

00:34:00.639 --> 00:34:01.439
 our all

00:34:01.439 --> 00:34:02.139
 and our

00:34:02.139 --> 00:34:02.659
 everything.

00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:05.019
 And so we

00:34:05.019 --> 00:34:05.779
 pray and ask

00:34:05.779 --> 00:34:06.119
 that you

00:34:06.119 --> 00:34:06.439
 would give

00:34:06.439 --> 00:34:06.779
 us a

00:34:06.779 --> 00:34:07.399
 hunger for

00:34:07.399 --> 00:34:07.699
 you,

00:34:08.699 --> 00:34:10.860
 that our

00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:11.599
 passions and

00:34:11.599 --> 00:34:12.319
 our desires

00:34:12.319 --> 00:34:12.759
 would be

00:34:12.759 --> 00:34:13.699
 directed to

00:34:13.699 --> 00:34:14.000
 you,

00:34:14.699 --> 00:34:15.960
 that we

00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:16.539
 would long

00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:17.019
 for your

00:34:17.019 --> 00:34:17.759
 spirit to

00:34:17.759 --> 00:34:18.219
 work in

00:34:18.219 --> 00:34:18.860
 our lives

00:34:18.860 --> 00:34:20.559
 to see

00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:21.059
 that the

00:34:21.059 --> 00:34:21.539
 Father's

00:34:21.539 --> 00:34:22.940
 love is

00:34:22.940 --> 00:34:23.440
 sufficient

00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:24.940
 and is

00:34:24.940 --> 00:34:25.360
 enough.

00:34:26.760 --> 00:34:27.220
 Please

00:34:27.220 --> 00:34:28.079
 forgive us

00:34:28.079 --> 00:34:29.139
 for the

00:34:29.139 --> 00:34:29.679
 times we

00:34:29.679 --> 00:34:30.079
 look to

00:34:30.079 --> 00:34:30.639
 the world

00:34:30.639 --> 00:34:32.099
 instead of

00:34:32.099 --> 00:34:32.599
 looking to

00:34:32.599 --> 00:34:32.860
 you.

00:34:34.300 --> 00:34:34.920
 And we

00:34:34.920 --> 00:34:35.440
 pray that

00:34:35.440 --> 00:34:35.760
 you would

00:34:35.760 --> 00:34:36.200
 help us

00:34:36.200 --> 00:34:36.700
 to see

00:34:36.700 --> 00:34:38.240
 that everything

00:34:38.240 --> 00:34:38.900
 around us

00:34:38.900 --> 00:34:39.599
 is temporary

00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:41.579
 whereas you

00:34:41.579 --> 00:34:41.980
 and your

00:34:41.980 --> 00:34:43.539
 son are

00:34:43.539 --> 00:34:43.980
 eternal.

00:34:45.740 --> 00:34:46.519
 Help us

00:34:46.519 --> 00:34:47.179
 to walk

00:34:47.179 --> 00:34:48.420
 closely with

00:34:48.420 --> 00:34:48.780
 you, we

00:34:48.780 --> 00:34:49.099
 pray.

00:34:50.039 --> 00:34:50.720
 In Jesus'

00:34:50.720 --> 00:34:51.179
 name.

00:34:51.179 --> 00:34:52.759
 Amen.

00:34:59.899 --> 00:35:00.659
 As we

00:35:00.659 --> 00:35:01.279
 finish, we're

00:35:01.279 --> 00:35:01.679
 going to

00:35:01.679 --> 00:35:01.980
 sing

00:35:01.980 --> 00:35:04.859
 When I

00:35:04.859 --> 00:35:05.519
 Survey the

00:35:05.519 --> 00:35:05.980
 Wondrous

00:35:05.980 --> 00:35:06.519
 Cross.

00:35:07.719 --> 00:35:08.319
 And as we've

00:35:08.319 --> 00:35:08.819
 been thinking

00:35:08.819 --> 00:35:09.460
 about where

00:35:09.460 --> 00:35:10.399
 we place

00:35:10.399 --> 00:35:11.099
 our gaze,

00:35:11.219 --> 00:35:11.559
 where we

00:35:11.559 --> 00:35:12.739
 look, what

00:35:12.739 --> 00:35:13.759
 consumes us,

00:35:13.859 --> 00:35:13.980
 what

00:35:13.980 --> 00:35:21.159
 consumes us,