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 So we're reading from verse 16, just to give a bit of context.

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 So Romans chapter 8, verse 16.

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 The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.

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 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.

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 For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God.

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 For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God.

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 For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now.

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 And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.

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 For in this hope we were saved.

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 Now hope that is seen is not hope, for who hopes for what he sees?

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 But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

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 Likewise, the Spirit helps us in our weakness.

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 For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.

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 And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

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 And we know that for those who love God, all things work together for good.

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 For those who are called according to his purpose.

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 For those whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son,

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 in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

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 And those whom he predestined, he also called.

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 And those whom he called, he also justified.

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 And those whom he justified, he also glorified.

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 Well, will you pray with me as we come to God's Word?

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 Let's pray together.

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 Lord, your Word to us today is weighty.

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 It carries all cancer and wars and the death of children.

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 Lord, it's weighty.

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 It is profoundly soaked in your sovereign will in all things.

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 Not just in the good things.

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 Lord, its scope is all of history, even before history and into forever.

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 And incredibly, tying it all together is your purpose to give undeserving sinners an eternal weight of glory in your Son.

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 Lord, I am not sufficient for teaching this.

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 We are not sufficient for hearing and understanding and believing.

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 And so my prayer is that you would help us humble ourselves before your Word.

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 To take off our shoes as we stand on holy ground.

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 To prostrate our assumptions and thinking before you.

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 I pray this in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Well, you all know that voluntary assisted dying laws came into effect in New South Wales this week.

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 I was looking at the New South Wales Health website and as well as having a terminal illness, one of the eligibility criteria reads that the illness must be causing the person suffering.

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 Cause the person suffering that cannot be relieved in a way they consider tolerable.

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 Now, I'm not in this situation myself.

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 But can I suggest that pain and suffering is utterly intolerable if it seems meaningless.

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 If there's no point to it.

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 If at the end of the struggle there's no light, there's no freedom at the end.

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 That makes suffering intolerable.

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 A girl, Joni, she was 17 years old and in a diving accident she was left paralysed for the rest of her life.

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 Now, I can't even begin to imagine the daily suffering that brings.

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 I haven't experienced that.

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 I get these emails from these email blogs.

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 I don't know, some people here might be getting them as well from a guy called Tim.

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 Tim's son Nick died suddenly when he was at university.

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 And Joni reached out to comfort Tim in his grief.

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 And Joni didn't know this but 40 years earlier she'd also reached out to Tim's grandma when she lost her daughter.

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 Now, despite her own suffering, Joni has spent her pain-filled years seeking to comfort people in the love of God.

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 She likes to say, apparently, that when she reaches the goal of seeing Jesus, she will finally leap to her feet.

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 Only to fall on her knees in worship.

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 Hope is the theme of our passage.

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 You can't live without it.

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 But with it, you can love people and love God even in deep darkness.

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 So as we come to God's enormous, enormous promises in Romans 8, can I simply ask you to reflect on yourself.

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 Do you have this hope?

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 Not hope that you've created, but this hope.

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 And if you do, is this hope filling you and directing you in every inch of your life?

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 We've had some lofty claims so far in Romans 8.

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 No condemnation whatsoever.

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 Peace with God.

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 We're living a transcendent life in the Holy Spirit, if you're a Christian.

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 The Spirit is living in you.

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 You don't have to fear God that he'll punish you at all, but we can see him as Father.

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 Full status as sons and daughters.

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 Sharing the privileges of Jesus himself.

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 That's pretty lofty, is it not?

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 If God didn't say it, that's pretty arrogant to think these things.

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 If it's not based on grace, it's pretty arrogant to think these things.

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 Now, instead of suffering causing us to doubt the reality of our adoption,

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 this passage says,

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 we can stand firm in the love of God,

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 knowing we're sharing the same pathway to glory as the Son.

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 So, in the face of the onslaught of living this broken world,

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 the remainder of Romans 8 gives us such enormous grounds

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 to persevere with confidence that we really are loved by God.

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 As sons and daughters.

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 So, I've got two pretty simple questions

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 that I'm not probably going to satisfactorily answer,

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 but what is our hope?

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 And how do we know we'll make it?

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 What is our hope?

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 How do we know we'll make it?

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 So, have your Bibles open, verse 19, or 18 to 25.

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 Verse 24a sums up our status as God's children.

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 In this hope, we were saved.

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 Interesting phrase, isn't it?

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 Saved.

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 Past tense.

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 Current.

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 We're saved in Jesus.

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 But hope is faith in Jesus in the future tense.

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 We often talk about, I often preach about,

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 that we can be satisfied in God's love.

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 That if we set our eyes on Jesus,

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 we can have joy and peace and purpose no matter the circumstances.

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 Now, that's true.

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 But the Christian experience is awfully incomplete.

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 Not incomplete as we look around at our neighbours thinking,

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 I don't have what they have,

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 but incomplete precisely because we take the promises of God seriously.

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 We should have a holy discontentment.

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 I'm not full.

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 I think to live a meaningful life,

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 we must have this holy discontentment.

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 But sharing in Jesus' life means the present suffering

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 isn't worth comparing to the glory that's coming.

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 What?

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 Wow.

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 That must be a lot of glory.

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 So what is our hope?

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 We're told we know,

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 verse 22, this section,

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 we know creation is groaning.

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 So on the 6th of February this year,

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 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Turkey and Syria,

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 1.5 million people homeless.

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 The population bigger than Port Macquarie killed.

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 Groaning.

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 This groaning is a weighty groan.

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 In Sri Lanka,

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 Sri Lanka topped Lonely Planet's best country to visit in 2019.

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 2022,

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 they had that severe famine.

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 Why does John Hunter Hospital need a children's ward?

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 So verses 19 to 22,

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 it pictures all of creation,

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 not including human beings,

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 but all of creation.

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 And one person describes it,

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 I read this week,

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 a symphony of sighs.

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 It's just groaning.

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 It's longing forward.

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 It's eagerly longing.

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 It's straining its neck forward in anticipation.

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 It's currently in bondage to corruption.

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 It's been subjected to futility.

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 In other words,

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 it can't produce the abundant life that it was made for.

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 It can't.

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 It's futile.

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 It always ends in futility.

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 It just ends in corruption.

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 And creation just longs to be free.

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 Now,

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 it wasn't Satan that subjected it.

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 It wasn't Adam.

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 It must be God in this passage,

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 because it was subjected,

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 verse 20,

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 in hope.

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 So it must be recalling Genesis 3,

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 that God cursed creation because of sin.

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 When sin is removed,

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 so too the curse on creation will be removed.

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 I think this is a wonderfully positive picture of the world,

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 compared to a closed, materialistic...

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 I've got to be careful.

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 I'm careful of my words here.

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 I think this is very hopeful.

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 It's saying that the present situation is not how it will stay.

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 So why personify creation like this?

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 This has kind of been bugging me this week.

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 Why?

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 I think it prepares for the analogy in verse 22.

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 We know that the whole creation has been groaning together

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 in the pains of childbirth.

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 So imagine you're in a hospital,

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 and outside a room,

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 and you hear cries of agony.

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 And it's so loud that everyone in the hallway

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 is just looking in that direction,

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 just in concern.

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 And it's piercing.

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 And nurses are rushing in and out,

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 and some of them are holding linen that's soaked in blood.

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 And the alarms are going off.

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 Doctors are running in, in a hurry.

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 The person sitting next to you

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 believes this life is all there is,

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 believes this world as it is now

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 is the only one we've got.

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 They tremble as they say to you,

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 I think that lady is going to die.

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 She's going to die.

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 But from where you're sitting,

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 you see a glimpse through the door

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 when the nurse opens,

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 and you see what's going on.

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 And you're filled with hope,

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 and you can turn to your friend and go,

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 no, no, she's not dying.

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 Unspeakable joy is coming.

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 Yes, there's blood.

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 Yes, there's trauma.

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 Yes, there's crisis.

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 But it'll be worth it.

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 What massive different perspectives on life.

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 What's creation waiting for?

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 It's waiting for the revealing

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 of the sons and daughters of God.

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 We're waiting for creation to be made new.

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 Creation's waiting for us.

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 I just find it staggering

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 how central God's children are

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 to his purposes.

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 Creation is waiting for...

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 It's even described

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 the freedom that creation wants

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 is to share in our freedom.

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 I'm not sure I've got to the bottom

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 of what that means

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 in my preparations this week.

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 So I invite you to think on that.

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 That seems profound,

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 and I don't know what it means.

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 I've got to be honest with you.

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 Creation wants to enjoy our freedom

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 of the children of God.

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 Perhaps not being under condemnation.

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 So there's at least one very good implication

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 for knowing that creation

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 is in the pains of childbirth.

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 God is waiting to draw more people

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 to his son.

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 He's bringing in all his adopted children.

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 There's a very good purpose,

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 and there's a great outcome.

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 And we who already right now

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 have the status of adoption

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 because we've put our hope in Jesus,

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 we're described we too are groaning.

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 Now, I don't think this is complaining

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 at our present circumstances.

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 This is that future-looking groaning.

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 It's precisely because we have

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 the first taste,

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 the first installment of the Spirit

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 that we want the whole thing.

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 It's by the Spirit that we groan.

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 We want to be in this new physical earth

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 God has promised.

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 Yes, there's joy calling God Father, Abba,

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 but it's not full yet.

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 We want the redemption

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 of our sin-infested, weak, corrupted body.

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 We read Genesis,

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 and we know the goal is rest.

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 God being in his creation with his people.

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 We want that full adoption.

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 So we're adopted status.

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 We want the full experience of it.

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 So we're groaning for that.

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 So, to whatever degree we're trying to get glory

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 in this world,

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 in this creation,

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 in this life,

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 in a creation that's groaning to be made new,

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 and yet we're trying to get glory now,

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 that can only end in futility.

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 It's trying to claim now

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 what has only been promised when Jesus comes back.

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 If we do that,

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 really that's just impatience.

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 It's not trusting God's good purposes

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 for our present suffering.

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 But we must groan.

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 So there's a bad way to groan,

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 is what I'm trying to get across.

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 There's a groaning because we want more of this life.

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 That's ungodly.

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 But there's a good way to groan,

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 trusting his promises.

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 We must groan in this hope of this embodied,

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 not this airy-fairy spiritual,

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 there's nothing wrong with the term spiritual,

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 we just don't understand it,

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 but embodied glory in the new earth.

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 How do we know this is coming?

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 Because God's the creator.

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 He's going to get the goal for his creation.

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 How could he not?

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 Is he going to let sin or Satan or anything defeat him?

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 He's the creator.

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 Of course he's going to get the goal.

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 He would not be God

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 if he didn't achieve his purposes.

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 That eternal rest is coming.

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 And as we look at the Son of God

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 walking on the earth,

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 nothing constrained him.

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 Nothing.

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 Exactly when his alarm went off,

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 three days,

00:19:07.599 --> 00:19:08.219
 he got up,

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 folded his pyjamas,

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 and walked out.

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 He's the first fruits of this full harvest.

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 He died to redeem all things,

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 including the creation.

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 Jesus died to redeem us,

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 body and soul to God.

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 So that's our hope.

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 It's a pretty massive hope.

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 It's a wonderful hope.

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 So our second question is,

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 how do we know we're going to make it?

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 How do you know you're going to make it?

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 Now when a Christian,

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 when a believer dies,

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 it is a horrible and sad time.

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 And I think of our church's loss of Margaret and Rose this year.

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 But it's also an incredible testimony

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 to the safekeeping grace of God.

00:20:06.180 --> 00:20:07.039
 They made it.

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 They've fought the good fight.

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 They've finished the race.

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 One year closer to death.

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 One year closer to glory.

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 We're given two reasons why we can be sure

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 we're going to make it home.

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 And in between these two massive reasons,

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 we're given enormous comfort

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 being told what God is doing

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 with our suffering now.

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 Now I want us to notice

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 that as we go through this,

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 you have no part to play.

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 You've got no part to play

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 in what we're about to hear.

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 Nothing.

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 If you believe this,

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 it'll motivate you to enormous action.

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 But the grounds of actually knowing

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 you're going to make it,

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 you've got no part to play.

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 It's all on God,

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 Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

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 So what's going to help us

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 keep our eager longing

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 knowing we're going to make it home?

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 Well, the first thing we're told is

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 just like knowing our hope

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 sustains us in our present suffering,

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 so too the Spirit comes to help us.

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 We know creation is groaning.

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 We don't know what to pray for.

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 I don't know if you've ever experienced

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 someone genuine in their concern for you

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 who takes the time to pray for you

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 and maybe you're unable to pray for yourself

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 because of what you're going through

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 and their words are just,

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 they capture your heart's longing.

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 Yes, the pain,

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 but also your longing to trust God

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 in this situation

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 and they're sincere

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 and they care about you

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 and it's like you're in the presence of God

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 as they pray for you

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 and they have insights into God's word

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 that just seems to connect

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 to your current experience.

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 They draw you into the comfort

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 of God's person and his promises

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 and when they say amen,

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 you're just like,

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 to describe it,

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 I think it's just,

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 you know you're not alone.

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 It's like their prayer brought you

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 into the very presence of God.

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 It's a wonderful blessing

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 to pray for one another.

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 Now imagine having that all the time

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 and these verses say we do.

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 We do.

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 Not just in other believers praying for us

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 but the Spirit interceding for us,

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 praying for us.

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 The promise in verse 26 and 27

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 is that the Holy Spirit in our hearts

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 is always interceding on our behalf.

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 The love of the Spirit for the Father's will,

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 always praying in line with what God wills

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 and the Father's love for the Spirit

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 always effectually answering

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 the Spirit's intercession

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 because Father and Spirit

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 are working towards the same thing

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 so that we will be conformed

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 to be like Jesus, like the Son.

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 Now we imagine prayer

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 as entering the throne room of heaven

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 and rightly so.

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 Like we've got those pictures in scripture

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 and Christ gives us full access

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 into the throne room of heaven.

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 The picture here

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 is that it's going on inside our hearts.

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 That's incredible.

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 The Father is answering the prayers

00:23:51.799 --> 00:23:53.339
 of the Spirit in our hearts.

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 Now I don't think

00:23:57.019 --> 00:23:59.659
 we should take this promise as meaning

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 that if you have a gut feeling

00:24:01.420 --> 00:24:02.779
 that God is telling you something

00:24:02.779 --> 00:24:05.200
 that he's saying anything to you,

00:24:05.259 --> 00:24:07.279
 your intuition can be dead wrong.

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 This is not the promise here.

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 And I don't think we should take this

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 as speaking in tongues.

00:24:15.580 --> 00:24:16.900
 That spiritual gift

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 is for some Christians.

00:24:19.140 --> 00:24:20.680
 This promise is for all Christians

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 all the time.

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 In fact,

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 this groaning of the Spirit

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 is too deep for words.

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 We wouldn't know this is going on

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 unless God told us.

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 I'm tempted to think

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 that God is fed up with my weakness.

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 When I'm not motivated to pray,

00:24:43.960 --> 00:24:45.000
 when my prayer is about

00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:46.860
 often getting things from God,

00:24:46.920 --> 00:24:47.720
 not God himself,

00:24:47.720 --> 00:24:50.519
 when I'm trying to seek God's will

00:24:50.519 --> 00:24:52.400
 but life's just too complex,

00:24:52.559 --> 00:24:53.220
 I don't know what

00:24:53.220 --> 00:24:54.759
 I'm praying about.

00:24:58.079 --> 00:24:59.700
 Like, is God fed up with our weakness?

00:24:59.920 --> 00:25:00.740
 No, he's not.

00:25:01.180 --> 00:25:02.559
 The Spirit is helping us

00:25:02.559 --> 00:25:03.240
 in our weakness

00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:05.600
 and interceding on our behalf.

00:25:07.579 --> 00:25:09.120
 Christ is interceding in heaven,

00:25:09.360 --> 00:25:10.600
 which we're going to come to next week.

00:25:10.980 --> 00:25:12.480
 The Spirit's interceding in our hearts.

00:25:13.539 --> 00:25:13.779
 Wow.

00:25:13.779 --> 00:25:13.860
 Wow.

00:25:13.859 --> 00:25:19.659
 That's a pretty good ground of confidence

00:25:19.659 --> 00:25:20.419
 we're going to make it.

00:25:20.939 --> 00:25:21.719
 The Spirit's praying

00:25:21.719 --> 00:25:22.719
 and the Father's answering

00:25:22.719 --> 00:25:23.500
 the Spirit's prayers.

00:25:25.679 --> 00:25:26.759
 Even though we're weak.

00:25:28.479 --> 00:25:30.219
 It's a great grounds to pray.

00:25:31.919 --> 00:25:33.879
 That it's the Spirit prompting us to pray.

00:25:35.219 --> 00:25:37.899
 When my prayers are just mixed motives,

00:25:38.059 --> 00:25:39.299
 I can trust that the Spirit

00:25:39.299 --> 00:25:40.839
 is sanctifying my prayers.

00:25:40.839 --> 00:25:42.679
 It's kind of getting,

00:25:42.859 --> 00:25:45.159
 just getting rid of all the self-centered

00:25:45.159 --> 00:25:46.339
 side of it,

00:25:46.359 --> 00:25:47.699
 which is probably 95%.

00:25:47.699 --> 00:25:49.059
 And we can trust

00:25:49.059 --> 00:25:50.759
 that he's actually directing

00:25:50.759 --> 00:25:52.359
 to God's will.

00:25:54.019 --> 00:25:54.779
 You can even believe

00:25:54.779 --> 00:25:55.279
 he's praying

00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:56.319
 when I don't want to pray.

00:25:57.439 --> 00:25:58.539
 Or I can't pray

00:25:58.539 --> 00:25:59.419
 because I'm just too

00:25:59.419 --> 00:26:00.740
 in pain.

00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:05.019
 So how do we know

00:26:05.019 --> 00:26:05.599
 we're going to make it?

00:26:05.639 --> 00:26:06.339
 Because the Spirit

00:26:06.339 --> 00:26:07.679
 is interceding to the Father

00:26:07.679 --> 00:26:08.419
 on our behalf.

00:26:08.420 --> 00:26:11.320
 And the second reason

00:26:11.320 --> 00:26:12.279
 is because we know

00:26:12.279 --> 00:26:13.580
 we know God's promise.

00:26:13.740 --> 00:26:14.560
 We know creation

00:26:14.560 --> 00:26:15.279
 is groaning.

00:26:15.480 --> 00:26:16.680
 We don't know what to pray for.

00:26:16.820 --> 00:26:17.740
 The Spirit's praying for us.

00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:19.300
 But we know

00:26:19.300 --> 00:26:22.039
 that for those who love God,

00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:25.220
 all things work together

00:26:25.220 --> 00:26:25.900
 for good.

00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:28.500
 I challenge you

00:26:28.500 --> 00:26:30.519
 to add anything

00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:31.880
 to that phrase

00:26:31.880 --> 00:26:32.660
 to make it better.

00:26:32.660 --> 00:26:36.680
 all things

00:26:36.680 --> 00:26:39.000
 work together

00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:41.320
 for good.

00:26:44.320 --> 00:26:44.880
 Whoa.

00:26:47.720 --> 00:26:48.960
 Okay, what is the good?

00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:53.519
 Now,

00:26:53.660 --> 00:26:55.600
 I don't know.

00:26:55.700 --> 00:26:56.540
 Do you have

00:26:56.540 --> 00:26:57.900
 sufficient awareness

00:26:57.900 --> 00:26:58.940
 of yourself

00:26:58.940 --> 00:27:00.500
 and insight

00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:01.460
 into other people?

00:27:01.460 --> 00:27:03.819
 Do you have

00:27:03.819 --> 00:27:05.440
 sufficient wisdom

00:27:05.440 --> 00:27:06.240
 and knowledge

00:27:06.240 --> 00:27:07.259
 to know the complexities

00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:08.059
 of life

00:27:08.059 --> 00:27:09.620
 and the eternal

00:27:09.620 --> 00:27:10.900
 purposes of God

00:27:10.900 --> 00:27:11.960
 and the wisdom

00:27:11.960 --> 00:27:12.840
 to know how that

00:27:12.840 --> 00:27:13.779
 fits all together,

00:27:13.940 --> 00:27:14.539
 the timing,

00:27:15.360 --> 00:27:15.799
 the manner,

00:27:16.519 --> 00:27:17.200
 the outcomes

00:27:17.200 --> 00:27:18.440
 for everyone involved,

00:27:18.840 --> 00:27:19.539
 that you can even

00:27:19.539 --> 00:27:20.640
 look at a simple

00:27:20.640 --> 00:27:21.660
 situation and go,

00:27:21.960 --> 00:27:22.840
 I know exactly

00:27:22.840 --> 00:27:23.380
 what good.

00:27:24.539 --> 00:27:25.519
 I'm not sure

00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:26.579
 I can claim that.

00:27:26.579 --> 00:27:31.139
 at the start

00:27:31.139 --> 00:27:31.980
 of a family holiday

00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:33.559
 at my parents'

00:27:33.659 --> 00:27:33.919
 house,

00:27:35.159 --> 00:27:36.299
 as a thank you

00:27:36.299 --> 00:27:37.319
 for having free

00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:37.839
 accommodation,

00:27:38.439 --> 00:27:39.159
 I mowed their

00:27:39.159 --> 00:27:39.720
 lawns

00:27:39.720 --> 00:27:42.960
 and at the end

00:27:42.960 --> 00:27:43.399
 of mowing them,

00:27:43.460 --> 00:27:44.299
 just before I was

00:27:44.299 --> 00:27:44.659
 finished,

00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:46.960
 I hit an

00:27:46.960 --> 00:27:47.859
 irrigation pipe

00:27:47.859 --> 00:27:50.899
 and I created

00:27:50.899 --> 00:27:51.619
 a water feature

00:27:51.619 --> 00:27:52.339
 for my parents,

00:27:52.639 --> 00:27:52.799
 which,

00:27:53.460 --> 00:27:54.339
 just as a thank you,

00:27:54.339 --> 00:27:59.259
 now moments

00:27:59.259 --> 00:27:59.779
 like that

00:27:59.779 --> 00:28:00.480
 are humbling

00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:02.099
 because it's

00:28:02.099 --> 00:28:02.779
 something I felt

00:28:02.779 --> 00:28:03.639
 so confident

00:28:03.639 --> 00:28:04.939
 in

00:28:04.939 --> 00:28:07.339
 and yet

00:28:07.339 --> 00:28:08.980
 I didn't have

00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:09.759
 enough insight

00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:10.659
 to see that

00:28:10.659 --> 00:28:11.679
 irrigation pipe.

00:28:13.339 --> 00:28:14.539
 It just challenges

00:28:14.539 --> 00:28:15.240
 my ability

00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:15.779
 to control

00:28:15.779 --> 00:28:16.240
 the world,

00:28:16.500 --> 00:28:17.459
 those little

00:28:17.459 --> 00:28:17.980
 moments.

00:28:17.980 --> 00:28:20.120
 Now,

00:28:20.440 --> 00:28:21.079
 how much

00:28:21.079 --> 00:28:21.519
 deeper

00:28:21.519 --> 00:28:22.000
 the things

00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:22.860
 of relationships

00:28:22.860 --> 00:28:23.579
 and my own

00:28:23.579 --> 00:28:24.579
 character development

00:28:24.579 --> 00:28:26.079
 and God's

00:28:26.079 --> 00:28:26.599
 church?

00:28:31.200 --> 00:28:32.180
 Do we really

00:28:32.180 --> 00:28:32.839
 know good?

00:28:38.360 --> 00:28:38.900
 Now,

00:28:38.960 --> 00:28:39.259
 I don't think

00:28:39.259 --> 00:28:39.779
 this wisdom,

00:28:40.059 --> 00:28:40.900
 this lack of wisdom

00:28:40.900 --> 00:28:41.920
 should be

00:28:41.920 --> 00:28:42.500
 paralysing

00:28:42.500 --> 00:28:43.640
 because we

00:28:43.640 --> 00:28:44.120
 can trust

00:28:44.120 --> 00:28:44.880
 this promise.

00:28:44.880 --> 00:28:47.700
 lean not

00:28:47.700 --> 00:28:48.240
 on your own

00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:48.820
 understanding,

00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:50.040
 submit to God's

00:28:50.040 --> 00:28:50.820
 word and we

00:28:50.820 --> 00:28:51.420
 learn,

00:28:51.680 --> 00:28:52.200
 chapter 12

00:28:52.200 --> 00:28:52.600
 tells us,

00:28:52.740 --> 00:28:53.540
 learn what

00:28:53.540 --> 00:28:54.260
 pleases God.

00:28:57.400 --> 00:28:58.340
 We're urged

00:28:58.340 --> 00:28:58.780
 in scripture,

00:28:59.180 --> 00:29:00.180
 use the agency

00:29:00.180 --> 00:29:00.920
 God's given

00:29:00.920 --> 00:29:01.120
 you,

00:29:01.220 --> 00:29:01.980
 make a decision.

00:29:03.380 --> 00:29:03.780
 Yes,

00:29:03.960 --> 00:29:04.860
 it's chaos,

00:29:04.980 --> 00:29:05.580
 you don't know

00:29:05.580 --> 00:29:05.940
 what you're

00:29:05.940 --> 00:29:06.300
 doing,

00:29:06.300 --> 00:29:08.600
 but make a

00:29:08.600 --> 00:29:09.060
 decision,

00:29:10.180 --> 00:29:12.060
 trusting me

00:29:12.060 --> 00:29:13.820
 to sort out

00:29:13.820 --> 00:29:14.360
 your mess,

00:29:14.880 --> 00:29:15.640
 and even

00:29:15.640 --> 00:29:16.160
 use you

00:29:16.160 --> 00:29:16.580
 for good.

00:29:17.320 --> 00:29:18.180
 It's because

00:29:18.180 --> 00:29:18.500
 of this

00:29:18.500 --> 00:29:19.020
 promise that

00:29:19.020 --> 00:29:19.440
 we can

00:29:19.440 --> 00:29:22.320
 seek to

00:29:22.320 --> 00:29:22.900
 please God,

00:29:23.180 --> 00:29:23.640
 knowing that

00:29:23.640 --> 00:29:24.260
 he will use

00:29:24.260 --> 00:29:24.760
 it for good,

00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:26.020
 even when

00:29:26.020 --> 00:29:27.280
 we don't

00:29:27.280 --> 00:29:27.880
 actually intend

00:29:27.880 --> 00:29:28.360
 it for good.

00:29:30.060 --> 00:29:30.900
 So we don't

00:29:30.900 --> 00:29:31.620
 know the exact

00:29:31.620 --> 00:29:31.900
 good,

00:29:32.800 --> 00:29:33.820
 but we are

00:29:33.820 --> 00:29:34.380
 told the

00:29:34.380 --> 00:29:35.100
 overarching

00:29:35.100 --> 00:29:36.180
 meaning of

00:29:36.180 --> 00:29:36.400
 good,

00:29:36.520 --> 00:29:37.020
 what everything

00:29:37.020 --> 00:29:37.540
 is working

00:29:37.540 --> 00:29:38.140
 for.

00:29:38.140 --> 00:29:50.100
 God is

00:29:50.100 --> 00:29:52.800
 committed to

00:29:52.800 --> 00:30:06.100
 giving his

00:30:06.099 --> 00:30:06.500
 sons and

00:30:06.500 --> 00:30:07.000
 daughters the

00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:08.019
 full experience

00:30:08.019 --> 00:30:09.099
 of being

00:30:09.099 --> 00:30:09.659
 his child.

00:30:11.779 --> 00:30:12.719
 Thinking like

00:30:12.719 --> 00:30:13.179
 Jesus,

00:30:14.539 --> 00:30:15.379
 valuing what

00:30:15.379 --> 00:30:15.919
 he values,

00:30:16.079 --> 00:30:16.740
 rejecting what

00:30:16.740 --> 00:30:17.359
 he rejects,

00:30:17.539 --> 00:30:18.099
 loving like

00:30:18.099 --> 00:30:18.799
 Jesus does.

00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:21.799
 Life,

00:30:22.480 --> 00:30:23.199
 in other words.

00:30:23.200 --> 00:30:28.180
 when I first

00:30:28.180 --> 00:30:29.000
 bought my

00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:30.720
 Subaru Forester

00:30:30.720 --> 00:30:32.000
 back in 2012,

00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:34.400
 it was parked

00:30:34.400 --> 00:30:34.880
 out on the

00:30:34.880 --> 00:30:35.180
 street,

00:30:35.440 --> 00:30:35.880
 and while I was

00:30:35.880 --> 00:30:36.380
 inside the

00:30:36.380 --> 00:30:36.720
 house,

00:30:37.059 --> 00:30:38.259
 I was watching

00:30:38.259 --> 00:30:38.680
 TV,

00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:40.120
 I can't remember

00:30:40.120 --> 00:30:40.319
 what I was

00:30:40.319 --> 00:30:40.539
 watching,

00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:41.200
 it doesn't

00:30:41.200 --> 00:30:41.519
 really matter

00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:41.960
 for the story,

00:30:42.279 --> 00:30:43.900
 but I heard a

00:30:43.900 --> 00:30:45.240
 smash outside,

00:30:45.600 --> 00:30:46.400
 and I jumped

00:30:46.400 --> 00:30:46.680
 up,

00:30:46.740 --> 00:30:47.220
 I jumped on

00:30:47.220 --> 00:30:47.559
 the seat,

00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:48.259
 I pulled

00:30:48.259 --> 00:30:48.660
 open the

00:30:48.660 --> 00:30:49.080
 curtains to

00:30:49.080 --> 00:30:49.519
 look at my

00:30:49.519 --> 00:30:50.860
 new car,

00:30:50.859 --> 00:30:51.879
 it wasn't

00:30:51.879 --> 00:30:52.299
 my car.

00:30:54.979 --> 00:30:55.639
 I sat

00:30:55.639 --> 00:30:56.079
 down,

00:30:56.419 --> 00:30:58.399
 and instead

00:30:58.399 --> 00:30:59.019
 of relief,

00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:01.259
 I was then

00:31:01.259 --> 00:31:01.679
 convicted,

00:31:01.859 --> 00:31:02.039
 it's like,

00:31:02.139 --> 00:31:02.839
 why do I

00:31:02.839 --> 00:31:03.639
 care so much

00:31:03.639 --> 00:31:04.079
 about my

00:31:04.079 --> 00:31:04.379
 car?

00:31:06.219 --> 00:31:07.619
 And then I

00:31:07.619 --> 00:31:08.019
 prayed,

00:31:08.979 --> 00:31:09.319
 I prayed,

00:31:09.399 --> 00:31:10.019
 God help me

00:31:10.019 --> 00:31:10.859
 to love you

00:31:10.859 --> 00:31:12.579
 more than

00:31:12.579 --> 00:31:13.279
 this car.

00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:13.939
 It was

00:31:13.939 --> 00:31:14.379
 something along,

00:31:14.419 --> 00:31:15.000
 I can't remember

00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:15.519
 the exact words,

00:31:15.579 --> 00:31:16.240
 something about

00:31:16.240 --> 00:31:16.479
 that.

00:31:17.159 --> 00:31:17.419
 Now I was

00:31:17.419 --> 00:31:17.959
 about to go to

00:31:17.959 --> 00:31:18.759
 bed that night,

00:31:18.839 --> 00:31:19.279
 and I heard

00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:20.059
 another smash.

00:31:20.859 --> 00:31:23.899
 And someone's

00:31:23.899 --> 00:31:24.740
 vandalised my

00:31:24.740 --> 00:31:25.019
 mirror.

00:31:27.639 --> 00:31:31.479
 And I

00:31:31.479 --> 00:31:32.159
 could smile

00:31:32.159 --> 00:31:33.000
 because I

00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:33.839
 saw it as

00:31:33.839 --> 00:31:34.479
 God answering

00:31:34.479 --> 00:31:35.039
 my prayer.

00:31:36.459 --> 00:31:36.919
 And like

00:31:36.919 --> 00:31:38.819
 $400 later,

00:31:38.899 --> 00:31:39.019
 it was

00:31:39.019 --> 00:31:39.779
 something ridiculous

00:31:39.779 --> 00:31:40.479
 for a mirror,

00:31:41.639 --> 00:31:42.819
 like $400

00:31:42.819 --> 00:31:43.459
 later,

00:31:43.939 --> 00:31:44.679
 an inconvenient,

00:31:44.899 --> 00:31:45.240
 I don't know,

00:31:45.299 --> 00:31:46.019
 it took a day,

00:31:46.339 --> 00:31:46.839
 a Saturday,

00:31:47.079 --> 00:31:47.599
 a morning to

00:31:47.599 --> 00:31:48.019
 go get it

00:31:48.019 --> 00:31:48.299
 fixed,

00:31:48.419 --> 00:31:48.919
 and my

00:31:48.919 --> 00:31:49.959
 flatmate was

00:31:49.959 --> 00:31:50.419
 with me,

00:31:50.859 --> 00:31:51.339
 he's just

00:31:51.339 --> 00:31:51.500
 like,

00:31:51.579 --> 00:31:51.899
 why are

00:31:51.899 --> 00:31:52.439
 you angry?

00:31:52.679 --> 00:31:52.839
 Like,

00:31:53.199 --> 00:31:53.559
 someone's

00:31:53.559 --> 00:31:54.279
 vandalised,

00:31:54.359 --> 00:31:54.859
 it's costing

00:31:54.859 --> 00:31:55.199
 you this

00:31:55.199 --> 00:31:55.500
 money,

00:31:55.659 --> 00:31:55.919
 it's,

00:31:57.199 --> 00:31:57.619
 and I

00:31:57.619 --> 00:31:57.919
 told him

00:31:57.919 --> 00:31:58.139
 what I'm

00:31:58.139 --> 00:31:58.500
 telling you,

00:31:58.579 --> 00:31:59.319
 I see it

00:31:59.319 --> 00:31:59.759
 as an

00:31:59.759 --> 00:32:00.240
 answer of

00:32:00.240 --> 00:32:01.079
 prayer.

00:32:03.740 --> 00:32:04.219
 God

00:32:04.219 --> 00:32:05.779
 giving me

00:32:05.779 --> 00:32:06.339
 himself

00:32:06.339 --> 00:32:07.079
 rather than

00:32:07.079 --> 00:32:07.699
 the things.

00:32:11.319 --> 00:32:11.799
 Now,

00:32:12.059 --> 00:32:13.279
 I wish I

00:32:13.279 --> 00:32:13.619
 had that

00:32:13.619 --> 00:32:13.959
 kind of

00:32:13.959 --> 00:32:14.439
 trust more

00:32:14.439 --> 00:32:14.740
 often.

00:32:14.740 --> 00:32:15.839
 I could

00:32:15.839 --> 00:32:16.279
 tell you

00:32:16.279 --> 00:32:16.740
 a hundred

00:32:16.740 --> 00:32:17.519
 stories where

00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:18.259
 I didn't

00:32:18.259 --> 00:32:18.660
 trust.

00:32:20.420 --> 00:32:20.960
 But in

00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:21.480
 that moment,

00:32:21.620 --> 00:32:21.839
 something

00:32:21.839 --> 00:32:22.480
 deeply

00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:23.339
 satisfying in

00:32:23.339 --> 00:32:23.819
 my soul

00:32:23.819 --> 00:32:24.259
 was going

00:32:24.259 --> 00:32:24.620
 on,

00:32:25.160 --> 00:32:26.920
 because I

00:32:26.920 --> 00:32:28.339
 was valuing

00:32:28.339 --> 00:32:29.000
 God more

00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:29.299
 than the

00:32:29.299 --> 00:32:29.700
 things I

00:32:29.700 --> 00:32:30.000
 could get

00:32:30.000 --> 00:32:30.480
 from God,

00:32:30.559 --> 00:32:30.940
 and in

00:32:30.940 --> 00:32:31.559
 doing so,

00:32:31.680 --> 00:32:32.160
 in trusting

00:32:32.160 --> 00:32:32.460
 him,

00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:33.400
 even when

00:32:33.400 --> 00:32:34.099
 he smashes

00:32:34.099 --> 00:32:34.880
 the things

00:32:34.880 --> 00:32:35.359
 I love,

00:32:36.779 --> 00:32:37.599
 I was,

00:32:37.900 --> 00:32:38.400
 my friend

00:32:38.400 --> 00:32:38.839
 could see,

00:32:38.940 --> 00:32:39.160
 I didn't

00:32:39.160 --> 00:32:39.960
 have to

00:32:39.960 --> 00:32:40.559
 blurt out

00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:41.000
 the gospel,

00:32:41.139 --> 00:32:41.559
 he asked

00:32:41.559 --> 00:32:41.759
 me,

00:32:42.960 --> 00:32:43.500
 why aren't

00:32:43.500 --> 00:32:44.099
 you angry?

00:32:46.460 --> 00:32:47.319
 I was

00:32:47.319 --> 00:32:48.039
 reflecting the

00:32:48.039 --> 00:32:48.519
 character of

00:32:48.519 --> 00:32:49.099
 Jesus because

00:32:49.099 --> 00:32:49.899
 I was trusting.

00:32:50.059 --> 00:32:50.179
 Now,

00:32:50.779 --> 00:32:51.440
 I know I

00:32:51.440 --> 00:32:51.839
 don't do

00:32:51.839 --> 00:32:52.159
 it as,

00:32:52.879 --> 00:32:54.179
 I hate

00:32:54.179 --> 00:32:54.500
 being the

00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:54.919
 hero of

00:32:54.919 --> 00:32:55.359
 the story,

00:32:55.919 --> 00:32:56.440
 but I

00:32:56.440 --> 00:32:56.720
 just want

00:32:56.720 --> 00:32:57.059
 to say,

00:32:57.319 --> 00:32:57.899
 it was so

00:32:57.899 --> 00:32:58.799
 satisfying,

00:32:59.059 --> 00:32:59.599
 that moment,

00:32:59.740 --> 00:33:02.619
 because I

00:33:02.619 --> 00:33:02.980
 think it's

00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:03.259
 what we're

00:33:03.259 --> 00:33:04.039
 created for,

00:33:04.700 --> 00:33:05.679
 to know

00:33:05.679 --> 00:33:06.779
 God for

00:33:06.779 --> 00:33:07.220
 his own

00:33:07.220 --> 00:33:07.559
 sake,

00:33:08.119 --> 00:33:08.460
 and by

00:33:08.460 --> 00:33:08.980
 doing so,

00:33:09.079 --> 00:33:10.079
 we learn to

00:33:10.079 --> 00:33:10.539
 reflect his

00:33:10.539 --> 00:33:11.019
 character.

00:33:15.779 --> 00:33:16.579
 That's what

00:33:16.579 --> 00:33:17.619
 sonship is,

00:33:17.920 --> 00:33:18.460
 what being a

00:33:18.460 --> 00:33:19.099
 child is,

00:33:19.159 --> 00:33:19.700
 is to

00:33:19.700 --> 00:33:21.480
 enjoy the

00:33:21.480 --> 00:33:21.819
 father,

00:33:22.579 --> 00:33:23.180
 reflect his

00:33:23.180 --> 00:33:23.579
 character,

00:33:23.740 --> 00:33:24.839
 and we're

00:33:24.839 --> 00:33:25.279
 told that

00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:25.859
 everything is

00:33:25.859 --> 00:33:26.879
 working together

00:33:26.879 --> 00:33:29.619
 so that we

00:33:29.619 --> 00:33:30.220
 would have

00:33:30.220 --> 00:33:30.819
 that joy

00:33:30.819 --> 00:33:31.819
 forever,

00:33:32.399 --> 00:33:33.299
 and full.

00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:38.460
 So this

00:33:38.460 --> 00:33:39.039
 brings us to

00:33:39.039 --> 00:33:39.539
 what all

00:33:39.539 --> 00:33:40.339
 things is,

00:33:40.539 --> 00:33:42.159
 the good

00:33:42.159 --> 00:33:42.579
 is being

00:33:42.579 --> 00:33:43.259
 conformed to

00:33:43.259 --> 00:33:43.659
 the image

00:33:43.659 --> 00:33:44.139
 of Jesus,

00:33:44.279 --> 00:33:44.559
 what is

00:33:44.559 --> 00:33:45.139
 all things?

00:33:45.639 --> 00:33:45.759
 Now,

00:33:45.819 --> 00:33:46.159
 the damage

00:33:46.159 --> 00:33:46.680
 to a car,

00:33:46.839 --> 00:33:47.139
 that is

00:33:47.139 --> 00:33:48.559
 nothing compared

00:33:48.559 --> 00:33:48.859
 to,

00:33:49.019 --> 00:33:49.359
 that is

00:33:49.359 --> 00:33:49.779
 absolutely

00:33:49.779 --> 00:33:50.519
 nothing compared

00:33:50.519 --> 00:33:50.779
 to,

00:33:51.779 --> 00:33:52.460
 I don't have

00:33:52.460 --> 00:33:52.879
 to tell you

00:33:52.879 --> 00:33:53.039
 that,

00:33:53.559 --> 00:33:54.799
 the other

00:33:54.799 --> 00:33:55.440
 sufferings in

00:33:55.440 --> 00:33:55.680
 life.

00:33:58.599 --> 00:33:59.359
 The problem

00:33:59.359 --> 00:34:00.200
 with the

00:34:00.200 --> 00:34:01.379
 health,

00:34:01.619 --> 00:34:01.839
 wealth,

00:34:01.920 --> 00:34:02.500
 and prosperity

00:34:02.500 --> 00:34:02.940
 gospel,

00:34:02.940 --> 00:34:03.000
 gospel,

00:34:03.380 --> 00:34:04.420
 if we have

00:34:04.420 --> 00:34:05.000
 enough faith,

00:34:05.600 --> 00:34:06.080
 isn't that

00:34:06.080 --> 00:34:06.539
 God hasn't

00:34:06.539 --> 00:34:07.100
 promised these

00:34:07.100 --> 00:34:07.400
 things,

00:34:07.740 --> 00:34:08.200
 he has,

00:34:08.720 --> 00:34:09.280
 it's the

00:34:09.280 --> 00:34:09.659
 timing,

00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:11.880
 it's not

00:34:11.880 --> 00:34:12.220
 now,

00:34:12.960 --> 00:34:15.780
 it's not

00:34:15.780 --> 00:34:16.099
 yet,

00:34:17.519 --> 00:34:18.079
 we will

00:34:18.079 --> 00:34:18.380
 have

00:34:18.380 --> 00:34:19.360
 unimaginable

00:34:19.360 --> 00:34:19.780
 wealth,

00:34:20.340 --> 00:34:20.880
 and health,

00:34:21.099 --> 00:34:21.639
 and prosperity,

00:34:21.639 --> 00:34:23.860
 when we share

00:34:23.860 --> 00:34:24.240
 in Jesus'

00:34:24.440 --> 00:34:24.780
 inheritance,

00:34:25.119 --> 00:34:25.599
 it's just,

00:34:26.079 --> 00:34:26.599
 it's the

00:34:26.599 --> 00:34:27.559
 cross now,

00:34:27.559 --> 00:34:29.920
 that's the

00:34:29.920 --> 00:34:30.380
 problem with

00:34:30.380 --> 00:34:30.920
 that gospel.

00:34:35.719 --> 00:34:36.460
 A man

00:34:36.460 --> 00:34:36.960
 named John

00:34:36.960 --> 00:34:37.239
 Owen,

00:34:37.739 --> 00:34:38.539
 whose teachings

00:34:38.539 --> 00:34:39.860
 we probably

00:34:39.860 --> 00:34:40.779
 all rely on,

00:34:40.840 --> 00:34:41.099
 we just

00:34:41.099 --> 00:34:41.519
 don't know

00:34:41.519 --> 00:34:41.739
 it,

00:34:42.320 --> 00:34:42.940
 because he's

00:34:42.940 --> 00:34:43.699
 influenced so

00:34:43.699 --> 00:34:44.239
 many Bible

00:34:44.239 --> 00:34:44.659
 teachers,

00:34:45.920 --> 00:34:46.380
 now he

00:34:46.380 --> 00:34:46.739
 wrote a

00:34:46.739 --> 00:34:47.340
 book called

00:34:47.340 --> 00:34:48.079
 Communion

00:34:48.079 --> 00:34:48.619
 with God,

00:34:49.179 --> 00:34:50.199
 and in

00:34:50.199 --> 00:34:50.559
 this book

00:34:50.559 --> 00:34:51.239
 he describes

00:34:51.239 --> 00:34:51.599
 how a

00:34:51.599 --> 00:34:52.159
 Christian can

00:34:52.159 --> 00:34:52.900
 commune with

00:34:52.900 --> 00:34:53.279
 the three

00:34:53.279 --> 00:34:54.219
 persons of

00:34:54.219 --> 00:34:55.199
 the Godhead,

00:34:55.880 --> 00:34:56.599
 we can relate

00:34:56.599 --> 00:34:57.539
 to and

00:34:57.539 --> 00:34:59.559
 enjoy God

00:34:59.559 --> 00:35:00.099
 the Father,

00:35:00.259 --> 00:35:01.019
 the love

00:35:01.019 --> 00:35:01.559
 of the

00:35:01.559 --> 00:35:01.840
 Father,

00:35:02.039 --> 00:35:02.300
 and the

00:35:02.300 --> 00:35:03.119
 grace of

00:35:03.119 --> 00:35:03.519
 the Son,

00:35:04.019 --> 00:35:04.300
 and the

00:35:04.300 --> 00:35:05.099
 comfort of

00:35:05.099 --> 00:35:05.420
 the Holy

00:35:05.420 --> 00:35:05.800
 Spirit.

00:35:08.039 --> 00:35:08.360
 Now if

00:35:08.360 --> 00:35:08.679
 you think

00:35:08.679 --> 00:35:09.259
 those terms

00:35:09.259 --> 00:35:10.059
 are wishy-washy,

00:35:11.279 --> 00:35:11.739
 John Owen

00:35:11.739 --> 00:35:12.380
 would outdo

00:35:12.380 --> 00:35:13.119
 I think anyone

00:35:13.119 --> 00:35:13.840
 in this room,

00:35:14.380 --> 00:35:15.059
 these are

00:35:15.059 --> 00:35:16.139
 solid truths

00:35:16.139 --> 00:35:16.659
 he's talking

00:35:16.659 --> 00:35:16.980
 about,

00:35:18.500 --> 00:35:19.599
 but the

00:35:19.599 --> 00:35:20.099
 depth of

00:35:20.099 --> 00:35:20.759
 knowing God

00:35:20.759 --> 00:35:21.539
 wasn't just

00:35:21.539 --> 00:35:22.239
 born out of

00:35:22.239 --> 00:35:23.199
 study for

00:35:23.199 --> 00:35:23.779
 God's Word,

00:35:23.980 --> 00:35:24.519
 it was,

00:35:25.659 --> 00:35:26.360
 but it was

00:35:26.360 --> 00:35:27.059
 also born out

00:35:27.059 --> 00:35:27.639
 of suffering.

00:35:29.820 --> 00:35:30.759
 John married

00:35:30.759 --> 00:35:31.159
 Mary,

00:35:32.000 --> 00:35:32.619
 and they

00:35:32.619 --> 00:35:33.239
 had 11

00:35:33.239 --> 00:35:33.759
 children,

00:35:35.920 --> 00:35:37.759
 10 died

00:35:37.759 --> 00:35:38.539
 in infancy.

00:35:45.079 --> 00:35:45.679
 The

00:35:45.679 --> 00:35:46.159
 daughter who

00:35:46.159 --> 00:35:46.860
 made it to

00:35:46.860 --> 00:35:47.719
 adulthood died

00:35:47.719 --> 00:35:48.779
 of tuberculosis.

00:35:48.780 --> 00:35:48.980
 Jesus,

00:35:49.980 --> 00:35:53.460
 when this

00:35:53.460 --> 00:35:54.100
 promise says

00:35:54.100 --> 00:35:54.840
 all things,

00:35:55.880 --> 00:35:57.640
 it means

00:35:57.640 --> 00:35:58.360
 all things.

00:35:58.360 --> 00:36:13.940
 so who is

00:36:13.940 --> 00:36:14.400
 this promise

00:36:14.400 --> 00:36:14.920
 for?

00:36:17.920 --> 00:36:18.660
 We're given

00:36:18.660 --> 00:36:19.539
 two answers,

00:36:19.960 --> 00:36:20.900
 one is looking

00:36:20.900 --> 00:36:21.480
 at a human

00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:21.800
 level,

00:36:22.220 --> 00:36:22.740
 what we can

00:36:22.740 --> 00:36:23.019
 see,

00:36:23.800 --> 00:36:24.380
 the other

00:36:24.380 --> 00:36:24.960
 at a heavenly

00:36:24.960 --> 00:36:25.320
 level,

00:36:25.740 --> 00:36:26.300
 only what we

00:36:26.300 --> 00:36:26.900
 can accept

00:36:26.900 --> 00:36:27.539
 by faith.

00:36:28.740 --> 00:36:29.139
 So I'm

00:36:29.139 --> 00:36:29.300
 going to

00:36:29.300 --> 00:36:29.680
 start with

00:36:29.680 --> 00:36:30.039
 the heavenly

00:36:30.039 --> 00:36:30.380
 level,

00:36:32.840 --> 00:36:33.180
 heavenly

00:36:33.180 --> 00:36:33.860
 perspective.

00:36:34.340 --> 00:36:34.960
 In my

00:36:34.960 --> 00:36:35.480
 second year

00:36:35.480 --> 00:36:36.880
 of my

00:36:36.880 --> 00:36:37.240
 teaching

00:36:37.240 --> 00:36:37.680
 degree,

00:36:39.960 --> 00:36:41.480
 it was

00:36:41.480 --> 00:36:41.780
 in the

00:36:41.780 --> 00:36:42.400
 first semester

00:36:42.400 --> 00:36:43.099
 of second

00:36:43.099 --> 00:36:43.400
 year,

00:36:43.500 --> 00:36:43.880
 we did a

00:36:43.880 --> 00:36:44.300
 four-week

00:36:44.300 --> 00:36:44.619
 prac,

00:36:45.099 --> 00:36:46.119
 and after

00:36:46.119 --> 00:36:46.720
 that prac,

00:36:47.160 --> 00:36:47.660
 I think

00:36:47.660 --> 00:36:48.980
 it was about

00:36:48.980 --> 00:36:50.119
 40 of my

00:36:50.119 --> 00:36:51.059
 peers dropped

00:36:51.059 --> 00:36:51.460
 out,

00:36:52.119 --> 00:36:53.400
 once they

00:36:53.400 --> 00:36:53.660
 actually

00:36:53.660 --> 00:36:54.440
 experienced

00:36:54.440 --> 00:36:54.920
 teaching.

00:36:57.720 --> 00:36:58.200
 They

00:36:58.200 --> 00:36:58.440
 didn't

00:36:58.440 --> 00:36:58.900
 turn up

00:36:58.900 --> 00:36:59.280
 the next

00:36:59.280 --> 00:36:59.760
 semester.

00:37:00.720 --> 00:37:01.039
 Where's

00:37:01.039 --> 00:37:01.500
 this person?

00:37:03.320 --> 00:37:03.579
 Now,

00:37:03.700 --> 00:37:04.480
 from God's

00:37:04.480 --> 00:37:04.900
 eternal

00:37:04.900 --> 00:37:05.619
 perspective,

00:37:06.579 --> 00:37:06.880
 there's

00:37:06.880 --> 00:37:07.900
 no drop

00:37:07.900 --> 00:37:08.260
 outs,

00:37:08.900 --> 00:37:09.260
 none.

00:37:14.900 --> 00:37:15.880
 Each state

00:37:15.880 --> 00:37:16.159
 of the

00:37:16.159 --> 00:37:17.240
 process of

00:37:17.240 --> 00:37:17.740
 salvation,

00:37:18.880 --> 00:37:19.500
 from

00:37:19.500 --> 00:37:19.960
 eternity

00:37:19.960 --> 00:37:20.500
 past,

00:37:20.599 --> 00:37:20.760
 the

00:37:20.760 --> 00:37:21.099
 Father

00:37:21.099 --> 00:37:21.900
 foreknew,

00:37:21.900 --> 00:37:22.000
 you.

00:37:23.180 --> 00:37:23.400
 Now,

00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:24.160
 to

00:37:24.160 --> 00:37:24.700
 foreknow

00:37:24.700 --> 00:37:25.300
 does not

00:37:25.300 --> 00:37:25.720
 mean he

00:37:25.720 --> 00:37:26.220
 looked into

00:37:26.220 --> 00:37:26.760
 the future

00:37:26.760 --> 00:37:27.200
 and he

00:37:27.200 --> 00:37:27.780
 saw who

00:37:27.780 --> 00:37:28.340
 would respond

00:37:28.340 --> 00:37:28.900
 in faith

00:37:28.900 --> 00:37:29.240
 and then

00:37:29.240 --> 00:37:29.460
 go,

00:37:29.639 --> 00:37:29.860
 okay,

00:37:30.780 --> 00:37:31.460
 I choose

00:37:31.460 --> 00:37:31.760
 you.

00:37:31.940 --> 00:37:32.139
 No,

00:37:32.340 --> 00:37:32.840
 foreknow in

00:37:32.840 --> 00:37:33.220
 the Bible

00:37:33.220 --> 00:37:33.740
 is a very

00:37:33.740 --> 00:37:34.240
 intimate

00:37:34.240 --> 00:37:34.680
 term.

00:37:35.360 --> 00:37:35.860
 It's

00:37:35.860 --> 00:37:36.280
 used

00:37:36.280 --> 00:37:37.519
 even as

00:37:37.519 --> 00:37:38.000
 a man

00:37:38.000 --> 00:37:38.480
 knowing

00:37:38.480 --> 00:37:39.139
 his wife.

00:37:41.099 --> 00:37:41.599
 For God

00:37:41.599 --> 00:37:42.280
 to foreknow

00:37:42.280 --> 00:37:42.980
 is that he

00:37:42.980 --> 00:37:44.160
 freely chose

00:37:44.160 --> 00:37:44.860
 to set his

00:37:44.860 --> 00:37:45.519
 love on

00:37:45.519 --> 00:37:46.820
 you in

00:37:46.820 --> 00:37:47.240
 eternity

00:37:47.240 --> 00:37:47.740
 past.

00:37:48.500 --> 00:37:48.980
 I'm

00:37:48.980 --> 00:37:49.180
 going to

00:37:49.180 --> 00:37:49.500
 love

00:37:49.500 --> 00:37:50.500
 you.

00:37:51.900 --> 00:37:54.039
 before

00:37:54.039 --> 00:37:54.340
 you'd

00:37:54.340 --> 00:37:54.539
 done

00:37:54.539 --> 00:37:55.039
 anything

00:37:55.039 --> 00:37:55.360
 good

00:37:55.360 --> 00:37:55.519
 or

00:37:55.519 --> 00:37:55.860
 bad,

00:37:56.720 --> 00:37:57.019
 before

00:37:57.019 --> 00:37:57.220
 the

00:37:57.220 --> 00:37:57.440
 world

00:37:57.440 --> 00:37:57.700
 even

00:37:57.700 --> 00:37:58.320
 existed,

00:38:01.800 --> 00:38:02.000
 he

00:38:02.000 --> 00:38:02.740
 selected

00:38:02.740 --> 00:38:04.440
 to

00:38:04.440 --> 00:38:05.280
 love

00:38:05.280 --> 00:38:05.880
 you.

00:38:06.900 --> 00:38:07.139
 There's

00:38:07.139 --> 00:38:07.380
 no

00:38:07.380 --> 00:38:07.639
 drop

00:38:07.639 --> 00:38:08.000
 outs.

00:38:08.780 --> 00:38:09.000
 From

00:38:09.000 --> 00:38:09.460
 those

00:38:09.460 --> 00:38:09.980
 who he

00:38:09.980 --> 00:38:10.519
 foreknew

00:38:10.519 --> 00:38:11.559
 to love,

00:38:12.500 --> 00:38:12.639
 he

00:38:12.639 --> 00:38:13.240
 predestined

00:38:13.240 --> 00:38:13.500
 to be

00:38:13.500 --> 00:38:14.019
 conformed

00:38:14.019 --> 00:38:14.220
 to the

00:38:14.220 --> 00:38:14.460
 image

00:38:14.460 --> 00:38:14.760
 of his

00:38:14.760 --> 00:38:15.019
 son

00:38:15.019 --> 00:38:15.800
 and

00:38:15.800 --> 00:38:17.139
 will

00:38:17.139 --> 00:38:17.280
 be

00:38:17.280 --> 00:38:17.880
 glorified.

00:38:19.039 --> 00:38:19.800
 Verse

00:38:19.800 --> 00:38:20.280
 30 is

00:38:20.280 --> 00:38:20.539
 this

00:38:20.539 --> 00:38:21.119
 golden

00:38:21.119 --> 00:38:21.619
 chain

00:38:21.619 --> 00:38:21.799
 of

00:38:21.799 --> 00:38:22.279
 salvation.

00:38:22.679 --> 00:38:22.880
 There's

00:38:22.880 --> 00:38:23.139
 no

00:38:23.139 --> 00:38:23.440
 weak

00:38:23.440 --> 00:38:23.739
 link.

00:38:24.299 --> 00:38:24.519
 We're

00:38:24.519 --> 00:38:24.839
 as good

00:38:24.839 --> 00:38:25.559
 as glorified

00:38:25.559 --> 00:38:26.179
 because God

00:38:26.179 --> 00:38:26.539
 knows the

00:38:26.539 --> 00:38:26.859
 end from

00:38:26.859 --> 00:38:27.319
 the beginning.

00:38:30.099 --> 00:38:30.619
 There's

00:38:30.619 --> 00:38:30.779
 no

00:38:30.779 --> 00:38:31.019
 drop

00:38:31.019 --> 00:38:31.339
 outs.

00:38:33.239 --> 00:38:33.759
 If

00:38:33.759 --> 00:38:34.059
 you

00:38:34.059 --> 00:38:35.119
 look to

00:38:35.119 --> 00:38:35.299
 the

00:38:35.299 --> 00:38:35.539
 death

00:38:35.539 --> 00:38:35.699
 of

00:38:35.699 --> 00:38:35.980
 Jesus

00:38:35.980 --> 00:38:36.299
 as

00:38:36.299 --> 00:38:36.480
 your

00:38:36.480 --> 00:38:36.920
 only

00:38:36.920 --> 00:38:37.779
 possible

00:38:37.779 --> 00:38:38.179
 way

00:38:38.179 --> 00:38:38.319
 of

00:38:38.319 --> 00:38:38.599
 being

00:38:38.599 --> 00:38:38.779
 at

00:38:38.779 --> 00:38:39.019
 peace

00:38:39.019 --> 00:38:39.179
 with

00:38:39.179 --> 00:38:39.480
 God,

00:38:41.480 --> 00:38:42.079
 even

00:38:42.079 --> 00:38:42.319
 if you

00:38:42.319 --> 00:38:42.519
 don't

00:38:42.519 --> 00:38:42.819
 feel

00:38:42.819 --> 00:38:43.299
 terribly

00:38:43.299 --> 00:38:43.779
 hopeful,

00:38:45.779 --> 00:38:47.619
 if

00:38:47.619 --> 00:38:47.759
 you

00:38:47.759 --> 00:38:48.139
 want

00:38:48.139 --> 00:38:48.440
 this

00:38:48.440 --> 00:38:49.019
 salvation,

00:38:49.019 --> 00:38:49.119
 salvation,

00:38:50.119 --> 00:38:50.519
 then you

00:38:50.519 --> 00:38:50.840
 can know

00:38:50.840 --> 00:38:51.159
 that this

00:38:51.159 --> 00:38:51.699
 promise is

00:38:51.699 --> 00:38:52.059
 for you.

00:38:52.159 --> 00:38:52.300
 It's

00:38:52.300 --> 00:38:52.619
 speaking

00:38:52.619 --> 00:38:52.860
 about

00:38:52.860 --> 00:38:53.059
 you.

00:38:54.579 --> 00:38:55.019
 You

00:38:55.019 --> 00:38:55.259
 may not

00:38:55.259 --> 00:38:55.820
 feel it,

00:38:56.440 --> 00:38:56.759
 but if

00:38:56.759 --> 00:38:57.159
 you want

00:38:57.159 --> 00:38:57.400
 it,

00:38:58.400 --> 00:38:59.039
 it's

00:38:59.039 --> 00:38:59.500
 for you.

00:39:02.780 --> 00:39:03.340
 There's

00:39:03.340 --> 00:39:03.500
 no

00:39:03.500 --> 00:39:03.719
 drop

00:39:03.719 --> 00:39:04.019
 outs.

00:39:06.659 --> 00:39:07.179
 Now,

00:39:07.300 --> 00:39:08.219
 if you're

00:39:08.219 --> 00:39:08.659
 stumbling

00:39:08.659 --> 00:39:09.159
 over the

00:39:09.159 --> 00:39:09.480
 justice

00:39:09.480 --> 00:39:11.119
 of God

00:39:11.119 --> 00:39:11.599
 in this,

00:39:12.039 --> 00:39:12.320
 that he

00:39:12.320 --> 00:39:13.019
 selects

00:39:13.019 --> 00:39:13.599
 some to

00:39:13.599 --> 00:39:13.880
 love

00:39:13.880 --> 00:39:15.079
 and not

00:39:15.079 --> 00:39:15.440
 others,

00:39:15.440 --> 00:39:17.099
 can I

00:39:17.099 --> 00:39:17.380
 urge you,

00:39:17.400 --> 00:39:17.599
 don't

00:39:17.599 --> 00:39:18.000
 think of

00:39:18.000 --> 00:39:18.500
 people as

00:39:18.500 --> 00:39:18.840
 morally

00:39:18.840 --> 00:39:19.280
 neutral.

00:39:19.440 --> 00:39:19.659
 If you

00:39:19.659 --> 00:39:19.860
 want

00:39:19.860 --> 00:39:20.440
 justice,

00:39:21.900 --> 00:39:22.700
 then we

00:39:22.700 --> 00:39:23.079
 all should

00:39:23.079 --> 00:39:23.619
 be consigned

00:39:23.619 --> 00:39:24.039
 to hell.

00:39:25.539 --> 00:39:25.940
 Give

00:39:25.940 --> 00:39:26.139
 me

00:39:26.139 --> 00:39:26.639
 mercy,

00:39:26.920 --> 00:39:27.220
 please.

00:39:33.220 --> 00:39:33.700
 I

00:39:33.700 --> 00:39:33.880
 don't

00:39:33.880 --> 00:39:34.240
 think this

00:39:34.240 --> 00:39:35.099
 insight is

00:39:35.099 --> 00:39:35.599
 given to

00:39:35.599 --> 00:39:36.300
 solve all

00:39:36.300 --> 00:39:36.519
 our

00:39:36.519 --> 00:39:37.079
 philosophical

00:39:37.079 --> 00:39:37.880
 questions.

00:39:40.440 --> 00:39:40.900
 Like,

00:39:40.940 --> 00:39:41.220
 I can't

00:39:41.220 --> 00:39:42.240
 even mow

00:39:42.240 --> 00:39:42.639
 the lawn

00:39:42.639 --> 00:39:42.980
 without

00:39:42.980 --> 00:39:43.559
 hitting an

00:39:43.559 --> 00:39:43.920
 irrigation

00:39:43.920 --> 00:39:44.300
 pipe.

00:39:44.400 --> 00:39:44.760
 How am

00:39:44.760 --> 00:39:45.039
 I going

00:39:45.039 --> 00:39:45.380
 to work

00:39:45.380 --> 00:39:45.659
 out?

00:39:46.460 --> 00:39:47.019
 How God's

00:39:47.019 --> 00:39:47.300
 sovereignty

00:39:47.300 --> 00:39:48.039
 relates to

00:39:48.039 --> 00:39:48.940
 my free

00:39:48.940 --> 00:39:49.400
 choosing.

00:39:50.179 --> 00:39:51.000
 Good luck.

00:39:53.019 --> 00:39:53.719
 I don't

00:39:53.719 --> 00:39:54.059
 think this

00:39:54.059 --> 00:39:54.480
 is given

00:39:54.480 --> 00:39:55.199
 to solve

00:39:55.199 --> 00:39:55.500
 our

00:39:55.500 --> 00:39:55.960
 philosophical

00:39:55.960 --> 00:39:56.440
 questions.

00:39:56.559 --> 00:39:56.880
 Look into

00:39:56.880 --> 00:39:57.380
 those things.

00:39:57.500 --> 00:39:57.820
 I think

00:39:57.820 --> 00:39:58.380
 there are

00:39:58.380 --> 00:39:59.019
 some answers

00:39:59.019 --> 00:40:00.300
 that God

00:40:00.300 --> 00:40:00.759
 gives us,

00:40:02.039 --> 00:40:02.380
 but not

00:40:02.380 --> 00:40:03.199
 total answers.

00:40:04.279 --> 00:40:04.800
 It's given

00:40:04.800 --> 00:40:05.300
 to us for

00:40:05.300 --> 00:40:05.579
 us to

00:40:05.579 --> 00:40:06.059
 build our

00:40:06.059 --> 00:40:06.639
 life on.

00:40:09.259 --> 00:40:10.019
 To know

00:40:10.019 --> 00:40:10.739
 that people's

00:40:10.739 --> 00:40:11.119
 love is

00:40:11.119 --> 00:40:11.619
 fickle,

00:40:12.159 --> 00:40:12.539
 God's

00:40:12.539 --> 00:40:13.639
 love is

00:40:13.639 --> 00:40:14.199
 literally

00:40:14.199 --> 00:40:14.820
 eternal.

00:40:15.039 --> 00:40:16.039
 God's

00:40:16.039 --> 00:40:16.380
 love is

00:40:16.380 --> 00:40:16.980
 because it

00:40:16.980 --> 00:40:17.639
 springs out

00:40:17.639 --> 00:40:18.179
 of himself.

00:40:18.759 --> 00:40:19.079
 In the

00:40:19.079 --> 00:40:19.239
 end,

00:40:19.619 --> 00:40:20.000
 he's not

00:40:20.000 --> 00:40:20.440
 responding

00:40:20.440 --> 00:40:21.000
 to you.

00:40:23.360 --> 00:40:24.380
 It sprang

00:40:24.380 --> 00:40:24.679
 out of

00:40:24.679 --> 00:40:25.239
 himself

00:40:25.239 --> 00:40:27.059
 before you

00:40:27.059 --> 00:40:27.539
 existed.

00:40:29.539 --> 00:40:30.199
 That's how

00:40:30.199 --> 00:40:30.719
 deep the

00:40:30.719 --> 00:40:31.440
 ground is

00:40:31.440 --> 00:40:32.019
 of his

00:40:32.019 --> 00:40:32.440
 love for

00:40:32.440 --> 00:40:32.599
 you.

00:40:33.719 --> 00:40:34.659
 You can't

00:40:34.659 --> 00:40:35.039
 mess it

00:40:35.039 --> 00:40:35.360
 up.

00:40:35.360 --> 00:40:40.019
 believing

00:40:40.019 --> 00:40:40.320
 this.

00:40:40.320 --> 00:40:41.079
 It's a

00:40:41.079 --> 00:40:41.599
 wonderful

00:40:41.599 --> 00:40:42.820
 insight

00:40:42.820 --> 00:40:43.140
 into

00:40:43.140 --> 00:40:44.320
 salvation

00:40:44.320 --> 00:40:45.280
 because if

00:40:45.280 --> 00:40:45.800
 we believe

00:40:45.800 --> 00:40:46.019
 this,

00:40:46.200 --> 00:40:46.760
 nothing can

00:40:46.760 --> 00:40:47.539
 shake you.

00:40:47.700 --> 00:40:47.980
 Nothing.

00:40:49.019 --> 00:40:49.780
 It's such a

00:40:49.780 --> 00:40:50.039
 deep

00:40:50.039 --> 00:40:50.640
 foundation.

00:40:55.079 --> 00:40:56.000
 I like the

00:40:56.000 --> 00:40:56.440
 illustration.

00:40:57.860 --> 00:40:58.480
 I'm

00:40:58.480 --> 00:40:59.280
 stealing this

00:40:59.280 --> 00:40:59.700
 from someone.

00:40:59.800 --> 00:41:00.200
 I don't know

00:41:00.200 --> 00:41:00.920
 who it is,

00:41:00.920 --> 00:41:02.200
 but if you

00:41:02.200 --> 00:41:02.700
 picture a

00:41:02.700 --> 00:41:03.539
 large cross

00:41:03.539 --> 00:41:04.200
 so big

00:41:04.200 --> 00:41:04.519
 that there's

00:41:04.519 --> 00:41:04.980
 a door,

00:41:06.380 --> 00:41:07.019
 on the one

00:41:07.019 --> 00:41:07.480
 side of the

00:41:07.480 --> 00:41:08.519
 cross is a

00:41:08.519 --> 00:41:09.240
 sign above it

00:41:09.240 --> 00:41:09.960
 saying whoever,

00:41:10.380 --> 00:41:11.220
 whoever may

00:41:11.220 --> 00:41:11.599
 come in.

00:41:12.000 --> 00:41:12.639
 Scripture says

00:41:12.639 --> 00:41:13.079
 it, whoever,

00:41:13.320 --> 00:41:14.880
 come, come

00:41:14.880 --> 00:41:15.059
 in.

00:41:16.400 --> 00:41:17.360
 But those who

00:41:17.360 --> 00:41:19.619
 come in, once

00:41:19.619 --> 00:41:20.079
 they go through,

00:41:20.159 --> 00:41:20.860
 they look back at

00:41:20.860 --> 00:41:21.619
 that door and

00:41:21.619 --> 00:41:22.019
 there's another

00:41:22.019 --> 00:41:22.539
 sign on the

00:41:22.539 --> 00:41:23.119
 other side,

00:41:24.340 --> 00:41:24.800
 which Scripture

00:41:24.800 --> 00:41:26.700
 says chosen for

00:41:26.700 --> 00:41:27.519
 the foundation of

00:41:27.519 --> 00:41:27.920
 the world.

00:41:30.739 --> 00:41:31.519
 You're not to

00:41:31.519 --> 00:41:32.320
 work out whether

00:41:32.320 --> 00:41:32.960
 you're chosen or

00:41:32.960 --> 00:41:33.500
 not before you

00:41:33.500 --> 00:41:33.759
 come.

00:41:33.920 --> 00:41:34.159
 Come.

00:41:34.980 --> 00:41:35.500
 But once you

00:41:35.500 --> 00:41:37.280
 come, wow,

00:41:37.619 --> 00:41:37.920
 there's a

00:41:37.920 --> 00:41:39.280
 wonderful assurance

00:41:39.280 --> 00:41:40.039
 of God's love.

00:41:43.619 --> 00:41:44.239
 So this

00:41:44.239 --> 00:41:44.780
 promise is

00:41:44.780 --> 00:41:45.559
 yours if

00:41:45.559 --> 00:41:45.820
 you've

00:41:45.820 --> 00:41:46.380
 tasted

00:41:46.380 --> 00:41:50.699
 the hope

00:41:50.699 --> 00:41:51.039
 and the

00:41:51.039 --> 00:41:51.559
 peace that

00:41:51.559 --> 00:41:53.039
 comes only

00:41:53.039 --> 00:41:53.480
 through the

00:41:53.480 --> 00:41:54.059
 death of

00:41:54.059 --> 00:41:54.400
 Jesus.

00:41:57.519 --> 00:41:59.360
 it's for

00:41:59.360 --> 00:41:59.860
 those who

00:41:59.860 --> 00:42:00.559
 are called.

00:42:03.880 --> 00:42:05.239
 Called means

00:42:05.239 --> 00:42:05.960
 summoned.

00:42:08.239 --> 00:42:09.420
 It's not

00:42:09.420 --> 00:42:10.539
 called as in

00:42:10.539 --> 00:42:11.420
 just open

00:42:11.420 --> 00:42:12.219
 invitation, it's

00:42:12.219 --> 00:42:13.079
 called as in

00:42:13.079 --> 00:42:14.780
 Lazarus, come

00:42:14.780 --> 00:42:15.099
 out.

00:42:17.539 --> 00:42:18.840
 It's the very

00:42:18.840 --> 00:42:20.320
 call that

00:42:20.320 --> 00:42:20.940
 creates the

00:42:20.940 --> 00:42:22.099
 life and

00:42:22.099 --> 00:42:23.599
 creates hearing

00:42:23.599 --> 00:42:24.280
 with faith.

00:42:25.539 --> 00:42:26.460
 It's an

00:42:26.460 --> 00:42:27.139
 effectual

00:42:27.139 --> 00:42:29.279
 call, the

00:42:29.279 --> 00:42:29.940
 command to

00:42:29.940 --> 00:42:30.379
 come to

00:42:30.379 --> 00:42:30.779
 Jesus.

00:42:32.799 --> 00:42:33.579
 We come

00:42:33.579 --> 00:42:34.719
 because he

00:42:34.719 --> 00:42:35.440
 set his

00:42:35.440 --> 00:42:36.079
 love on us

00:42:36.079 --> 00:42:37.159
 before the

00:42:37.159 --> 00:42:37.699
 world began

00:42:37.699 --> 00:42:37.980
 and he

00:42:37.980 --> 00:42:38.579
 calls us.

00:42:40.579 --> 00:42:40.960
 Those who

00:42:40.960 --> 00:42:41.339
 are called

00:42:41.339 --> 00:42:41.719
 will have

00:42:41.719 --> 00:42:42.239
 faith in

00:42:42.239 --> 00:42:42.579
 Jesus.

00:42:43.619 --> 00:42:44.179
 We are

00:42:44.179 --> 00:42:44.659
 justified

00:42:44.659 --> 00:42:46.179
 and we're

00:42:46.179 --> 00:42:46.619
 as good as

00:42:46.619 --> 00:42:47.159
 glorified.

00:42:49.099 --> 00:42:49.779
 We can't

00:42:49.779 --> 00:42:50.219
 stuff it up,

00:42:50.259 --> 00:42:50.559
 there's no

00:42:50.559 --> 00:42:51.079
 dropouts.

00:42:51.079 --> 00:42:51.199
 We can't

00:42:51.199 --> 00:42:51.279
 stuff it up,

00:42:51.279 --> 00:42:52.460
 there's no

00:42:52.460 --> 00:42:53.199
 dropouts.

00:42:57.139 --> 00:42:57.679
 I want

00:42:57.679 --> 00:42:57.859
 to say

00:42:57.859 --> 00:42:58.179
 one more

00:42:58.179 --> 00:42:58.500
 thing on

00:42:58.500 --> 00:42:58.940
 this point

00:42:58.940 --> 00:43:01.420
 and let's

00:43:01.420 --> 00:43:01.980
 not think

00:43:01.980 --> 00:43:02.339
 of this

00:43:02.339 --> 00:43:03.119
 golden chain

00:43:03.119 --> 00:43:03.679
 of salvation

00:43:03.679 --> 00:43:04.299
 as this

00:43:04.299 --> 00:43:04.920
 mechanical

00:43:04.920 --> 00:43:05.980
 process.

00:43:05.980 --> 00:43:06.699
 Once you're

00:43:06.699 --> 00:43:06.879
 on the

00:43:06.879 --> 00:43:07.460
 conveyor belt

00:43:07.460 --> 00:43:08.000
 it just

00:43:08.000 --> 00:43:09.799
 occurs.

00:43:12.480 --> 00:43:13.500
 It's all,

00:43:13.619 --> 00:43:14.219
 it's all

00:43:14.219 --> 00:43:14.819
 in Jesus,

00:43:15.079 --> 00:43:15.579
 it's all

00:43:15.579 --> 00:43:17.799
 received in

00:43:17.799 --> 00:43:18.239
 Jesus,

00:43:18.619 --> 00:43:19.099
 personal

00:43:19.099 --> 00:43:19.799
 connection to

00:43:19.799 --> 00:43:20.139
 Jesus.

00:43:20.139 --> 00:43:20.239
 Jesus.

00:43:23.139 --> 00:43:24.359
 I really

00:43:24.359 --> 00:43:25.039
 love how

00:43:25.039 --> 00:43:26.960
 a Scottish

00:43:26.960 --> 00:43:27.460
 teacher,

00:43:27.599 --> 00:43:27.920
 Sinclair

00:43:27.920 --> 00:43:28.400
 Ferguson,

00:43:29.139 --> 00:43:29.779
 he helps

00:43:29.779 --> 00:43:30.779
 us feel the

00:43:30.779 --> 00:43:31.199
 wonder of

00:43:31.199 --> 00:43:31.359
 this,

00:43:31.420 --> 00:43:31.579
 so I'm

00:43:31.579 --> 00:43:31.739
 going to

00:43:31.739 --> 00:43:32.139
 quote him.

00:43:33.480 --> 00:43:33.699
 Our

00:43:33.699 --> 00:43:34.480
 union with

00:43:34.480 --> 00:43:35.019
 Christ,

00:43:35.900 --> 00:43:36.379
 which we

00:43:36.379 --> 00:43:37.159
 experience

00:43:37.159 --> 00:43:37.839
 through faith,

00:43:37.940 --> 00:43:38.359
 is not

00:43:38.359 --> 00:43:39.119
 first of all

00:43:39.119 --> 00:43:39.839
 grounded on

00:43:39.839 --> 00:43:40.559
 my faith.

00:43:42.019 --> 00:43:42.379
 Our

00:43:42.379 --> 00:43:42.759
 faith

00:43:42.759 --> 00:43:43.420
 falters,

00:43:44.039 --> 00:43:44.940
 but that

00:43:44.940 --> 00:43:45.839
 doesn't mean

00:43:45.839 --> 00:43:46.359
 our union

00:43:46.359 --> 00:43:46.960
 with Christ

00:43:46.960 --> 00:43:47.400
 falters,

00:43:47.500 --> 00:43:47.980
 because our

00:43:47.980 --> 00:43:48.539
 union with

00:43:48.539 --> 00:43:49.359
 Christ is

00:43:49.359 --> 00:43:50.079
 grounded in

00:43:50.079 --> 00:43:50.400
 God's

00:43:50.400 --> 00:43:50.980
 eternal

00:43:50.980 --> 00:43:51.559
 purpose,

00:43:52.259 --> 00:43:52.759
 to think

00:43:52.759 --> 00:43:53.199
 that before

00:43:53.199 --> 00:43:53.900
 the foundation

00:43:53.900 --> 00:43:54.199
 of the

00:43:54.199 --> 00:43:54.460
 world,

00:43:54.579 --> 00:43:54.980
 that whenever

00:43:54.980 --> 00:43:55.559
 he saw

00:43:55.559 --> 00:43:56.039
 the coming

00:43:56.039 --> 00:43:56.519
 work of

00:43:56.519 --> 00:43:57.079
 the Lord

00:43:57.079 --> 00:43:57.519
 Jesus

00:43:57.519 --> 00:43:58.079
 Christ,

00:43:58.719 --> 00:43:59.000
 he would

00:43:59.000 --> 00:43:59.599
 never think

00:43:59.599 --> 00:44:00.079
 of Jesus

00:44:00.079 --> 00:44:00.719
 Christ without

00:44:00.719 --> 00:44:01.360
 thinking of

00:44:01.360 --> 00:44:01.679
 me.

00:44:05.599 --> 00:44:06.299
 And that

00:44:06.299 --> 00:44:06.539
 he would

00:44:06.539 --> 00:44:07.019
 never think

00:44:07.019 --> 00:44:07.699
 of me

00:44:07.699 --> 00:44:08.699
 without

00:44:08.699 --> 00:44:09.500
 thinking that

00:44:09.500 --> 00:44:10.500
 one belongs

00:44:10.500 --> 00:44:11.139
 to my

00:44:11.139 --> 00:44:11.679
 son,

00:44:11.920 --> 00:44:12.159
 Jesus

00:44:12.159 --> 00:44:12.659
 Christ.

00:44:15.679 --> 00:44:17.039
 We receive

00:44:17.039 --> 00:44:17.619
 it all in

00:44:17.619 --> 00:44:17.940
 Jesus.

00:44:20.079 --> 00:44:23.900
 on the

00:44:23.900 --> 00:44:24.539
 human side,

00:44:24.639 --> 00:44:24.980
 what we

00:44:24.980 --> 00:44:25.400
 see,

00:44:26.019 --> 00:44:26.579
 those who

00:44:26.579 --> 00:44:27.119
 are called,

00:44:27.519 --> 00:44:27.799
 what we

00:44:27.799 --> 00:44:28.940
 see is

00:44:28.940 --> 00:44:30.440
 those who

00:44:30.440 --> 00:44:30.920
 love

00:44:30.920 --> 00:44:32.039
 God.

00:44:34.039 --> 00:44:34.779
 Now the

00:44:34.779 --> 00:44:35.639
 context here

00:44:35.639 --> 00:44:36.380
 is about

00:44:36.380 --> 00:44:37.139
 believing we

00:44:37.139 --> 00:44:37.759
 are children

00:44:37.759 --> 00:44:38.619
 loved by the

00:44:38.619 --> 00:44:39.000
 Father,

00:44:39.400 --> 00:44:40.299
 not after,

00:44:40.519 --> 00:44:40.980
 but even

00:44:40.980 --> 00:44:41.599
 while we're

00:44:41.599 --> 00:44:42.019
 suffering.

00:44:44.219 --> 00:44:44.779
 Later,

00:44:45.119 --> 00:44:45.719
 as we'll see

00:44:45.719 --> 00:44:46.219
 next week,

00:44:46.219 --> 00:44:46.639
 it talks

00:44:46.639 --> 00:44:46.859
 about

00:44:46.859 --> 00:44:47.639
 tribulation,

00:44:48.339 --> 00:44:48.959
 distress,

00:44:49.879 --> 00:44:50.539
 persecution,

00:44:51.359 --> 00:44:51.739
 famine,

00:44:52.739 --> 00:44:53.379
 nakedness,

00:44:53.519 --> 00:44:53.879
 danger,

00:44:54.099 --> 00:44:54.500
 sword,

00:44:54.619 --> 00:44:54.939
 we're like

00:44:54.939 --> 00:44:55.500
 sheep to

00:44:55.500 --> 00:44:56.219
 be slaughtered.

00:45:00.839 --> 00:45:01.719
 And those

00:45:01.719 --> 00:45:02.379
 love God.

00:45:05.959 --> 00:45:06.679
 It's like

00:45:06.679 --> 00:45:07.179
 John Owen,

00:45:07.980 --> 00:45:08.359
 who can

00:45:08.359 --> 00:45:09.419
 look at

00:45:09.419 --> 00:45:10.039
 God giving

00:45:10.039 --> 00:45:10.599
 his own

00:45:10.599 --> 00:45:11.219
 son to

00:45:11.219 --> 00:45:11.639
 give us

00:45:11.639 --> 00:45:12.299
 this hope

00:45:12.299 --> 00:45:12.919
 of glory,

00:45:14.119 --> 00:45:14.459
 and I'm

00:45:14.459 --> 00:45:14.619
 going to

00:45:14.619 --> 00:45:14.959
 quote a

00:45:14.959 --> 00:45:15.339
 song here,

00:45:15.340 --> 00:45:15.680
 and can

00:45:15.680 --> 00:45:16.260
 sing,

00:45:17.820 --> 00:45:18.440
 though you

00:45:18.440 --> 00:45:19.260
 slay me,

00:45:20.640 --> 00:45:21.620
 yet I

00:45:21.620 --> 00:45:22.160
 will praise

00:45:22.160 --> 00:45:22.400
 you.

00:45:24.160 --> 00:45:24.920
 Though you

00:45:24.920 --> 00:45:25.600
 take from

00:45:25.600 --> 00:45:25.880
 me,

00:45:26.519 --> 00:45:26.880
 I will

00:45:26.880 --> 00:45:27.360
 bless your

00:45:27.360 --> 00:45:27.680
 name.

00:45:29.019 --> 00:45:29.480
 Though you

00:45:29.480 --> 00:45:30.120
 ruin me,

00:45:31.240 --> 00:45:32.000
 still I

00:45:32.000 --> 00:45:32.600
 will worship,

00:45:33.920 --> 00:45:34.680
 sing a song

00:45:34.680 --> 00:45:35.360
 to the one

00:45:35.360 --> 00:45:36.100
 who's all I

00:45:36.100 --> 00:45:36.460
 need.

00:45:38.079 --> 00:45:38.860
 With my

00:45:38.860 --> 00:45:39.400
 eyes,

00:45:39.460 --> 00:45:39.940
 I'll see

00:45:39.940 --> 00:45:40.500
 the Lord

00:45:40.500 --> 00:45:42.180
 lifted high

00:45:42.180 --> 00:45:42.500
 on that

00:45:42.500 --> 00:45:42.840
 day.

00:45:43.880 --> 00:45:44.420
 Behold,

00:45:44.539 --> 00:45:44.980
 the land

00:45:44.980 --> 00:45:45.260
 that was

00:45:45.260 --> 00:45:45.679
 slain,

00:45:46.679 --> 00:45:47.019
 and I'll

00:45:47.019 --> 00:45:48.119
 know every

00:45:48.119 --> 00:45:49.440
 tear was

00:45:49.440 --> 00:45:49.900
 worth it

00:45:49.900 --> 00:45:50.139
 all.

00:45:52.360 --> 00:45:52.980
 It's for

00:45:52.980 --> 00:45:53.320
 those who

00:45:53.320 --> 00:45:53.940
 love God

00:45:53.940 --> 00:45:56.219
 because he

00:45:56.219 --> 00:45:56.679
 so loved

00:45:56.679 --> 00:45:57.059
 us.

00:46:00.260 --> 00:46:00.780
 Trusting

00:46:00.780 --> 00:46:01.280
 that not a

00:46:01.280 --> 00:46:03.880
 drop of

00:46:03.880 --> 00:46:04.300
 our pain

00:46:04.300 --> 00:46:04.599
 will be

00:46:04.599 --> 00:46:05.000
 pointless.

00:46:05.659 --> 00:46:06.420
 It's all

00:46:06.420 --> 00:46:07.199
 preparing us

00:46:07.199 --> 00:46:07.559
 for this

00:46:07.559 --> 00:46:08.679
 weight of

00:46:08.679 --> 00:46:09.179
 glory,

00:46:10.179 --> 00:46:11.179
 the full

00:46:11.179 --> 00:46:12.179
 experience of

00:46:12.179 --> 00:46:12.900
 sharing in the

00:46:12.900 --> 00:46:13.300
 life of

00:46:13.300 --> 00:46:13.720
 Jesus,

00:46:14.180 --> 00:46:15.880
 in the

00:46:15.880 --> 00:46:16.079
 new

00:46:16.079 --> 00:46:16.619
 creation.

00:46:20.860 --> 00:46:21.579
 Brothers and

00:46:21.579 --> 00:46:21.880
 sisters,

00:46:22.099 --> 00:46:22.980
 in this

00:46:22.980 --> 00:46:23.579
 hope we

00:46:23.579 --> 00:46:24.200
 were saved.

00:46:27.160 --> 00:46:28.099
 And if we

00:46:28.099 --> 00:46:29.139
 patiently,

00:46:30.420 --> 00:46:31.920
 eagerly wait

00:46:31.920 --> 00:46:32.320
 for this

00:46:32.320 --> 00:46:32.619
 hope,

00:46:33.280 --> 00:46:34.460
 that's when

00:46:34.460 --> 00:46:35.760
 we will show

00:46:35.760 --> 00:46:36.780
 that Jesus

00:46:36.780 --> 00:46:37.960
 is better

00:46:37.960 --> 00:46:38.559
 than life.

00:46:38.559 --> 00:46:40.559
 he's more

00:46:40.559 --> 00:46:41.340
 precious than

00:46:41.340 --> 00:46:41.820
 what this

00:46:41.820 --> 00:46:43.539
 creation that's

00:46:43.539 --> 00:46:44.199
 groaning and

00:46:44.199 --> 00:46:45.079
 is futile can

00:46:45.079 --> 00:46:45.380
 give.

00:46:45.980 --> 00:46:46.480
 That's when

00:46:46.480 --> 00:46:48.219
 we honour

00:46:48.219 --> 00:46:48.519
 him,

00:46:50.519 --> 00:46:51.340
 when we

00:46:51.340 --> 00:46:51.900
 eagerly

00:46:51.900 --> 00:46:54.699
 await the

00:46:54.699 --> 00:46:55.539
 full experience

00:46:55.539 --> 00:46:56.159
 of being sons

00:46:56.159 --> 00:46:56.659
 and daughters,

00:46:56.840 --> 00:46:57.340
 and we know

00:46:57.340 --> 00:46:57.619
 we're going to

00:46:57.619 --> 00:46:58.119
 make it.

00:46:58.119 --> 00:47:02.699
 to quote

00:47:02.699 --> 00:47:03.359
 another song

00:47:03.359 --> 00:47:03.659
 we all

00:47:03.659 --> 00:47:03.960
 know,

00:47:05.380 --> 00:47:06.000
 through many

00:47:06.000 --> 00:47:06.719
 dangers,

00:47:08.119 --> 00:47:08.719
 toils,

00:47:09.559 --> 00:47:10.380
 and snares,

00:47:10.480 --> 00:47:10.940
 I have

00:47:10.940 --> 00:47:11.639
 already come.

00:47:13.239 --> 00:47:14.119
 Tis grace

00:47:14.119 --> 00:47:14.699
 that's brought

00:47:14.699 --> 00:47:15.359
 me safe

00:47:15.359 --> 00:47:16.219
 thus far,

00:47:17.359 --> 00:47:17.960
 and grace

00:47:17.960 --> 00:47:18.400
 will bring

00:47:18.400 --> 00:47:18.739
 me home.

00:47:22.199 --> 00:47:22.799
 Will you

00:47:22.799 --> 00:47:23.159
 pray with me?

00:47:23.259 --> 00:47:23.619
 Let's pray.

00:47:23.619 --> 00:47:23.719
 Amen.

00:47:23.719 --> 00:47:23.739
 Amen.

00:47:23.739 --> 00:47:23.779
 Amen.

00:47:23.779 --> 00:47:23.799
 Amen.

00:47:23.799 --> 00:47:23.819
 Amen.

00:47:23.819 --> 00:47:23.839
 Amen.

00:47:23.839 --> 00:47:23.880
 Amen.

00:47:23.880 --> 00:47:23.900
 Amen.

00:47:23.900 --> 00:47:24.339
 Amen.

00:47:24.339 --> 00:47:24.420
 Amen.

00:47:24.420 --> 00:47:24.779
 Amen.

00:47:24.779 --> 00:47:24.799
 Amen.

00:47:24.799 --> 00:47:25.739
 Amen.

00:47:25.739 --> 00:47:25.779
 Amen.

00:47:25.779 --> 00:47:28.099
 Amen.

00:47:28.119 --> 00:47:32.880
 Amen.

00:47:32.880 --> 00:47:33.059
 Father,

00:47:33.279 --> 00:47:34.739
 even this

00:47:34.739 --> 00:47:35.480
 hope is a

00:47:35.480 --> 00:47:35.799
 gift.

00:47:36.699 --> 00:47:37.119
 Forgive us

00:47:37.119 --> 00:47:40.699
 for our

00:47:40.699 --> 00:47:41.579
 commitment

00:47:41.579 --> 00:47:43.079
 to this

00:47:43.079 --> 00:47:45.000
 futile,

00:47:45.159 --> 00:47:45.900
 broken,

00:47:46.179 --> 00:47:46.599
 groaning

00:47:46.599 --> 00:47:48.279
 world that

00:47:48.279 --> 00:47:48.880
 makes us

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 not see the

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 beauty of

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 this hope

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 that you've

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 purchased for

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 us with

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 the blood

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 of your

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 Son.

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 Lord,

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 I pray

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 that you'd

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 fill us

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 more,

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 with this so that we might live lives that are leaning forward

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 in eager expectation so that we live lives that honour you.

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 And I pray for any who don't know this hope yet,

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 I pray that you would use your word, not mine,

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 but your word to call them to yourself.

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 And I pray this in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Amen.