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 I do pray for this church, and I do pray for Sean regularly.

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 So to be here with you is a great joy.

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 I seek Sean out when I can.

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 I always make sure we spend time together at the conference,

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 I try to connect to the regional assemblies because I have an immense respect for him.

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 And I think our family of churches is greatly served by having him as a leader

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 and a growing influence in our midst.

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 And so to just be here, spend some time with you,

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 this particular topic, I did not choose it,

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 but it is one of great importance to me.

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 And I'll talk about that in some of the other sessions, a little more biographical.

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 But this is a very meaningful subject for me.

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 Give ourselves some background thinking about joy.

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 Who can complain about a conference on joy?

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 It seems about as safe a subject as you could possibly have.

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 Joy, however, it's important we don't think of it as a side issue

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 or kind of a garnish on Christian life.

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 You know, joy is a nice thing.

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 We all should have joy.

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 And who would argue with that?

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 And I'm not sure we think about joy as something central and fundamental to Christian life.

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 And yet it is.

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 The Bible is emphatically clear that joy is central to Christianity.

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 Joy is actually at the heart of what it means to live before God.

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 Joy describes in Scripture how the heavenly host declared the birth of our Savior joy to the world.

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 Joy describes how the disciples responded when Jesus was raised from the dead.

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 Joy describes the believers when they were filled by the Holy Spirit.

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 Joy describes how we should receive the commandments of God.

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 Joy describes how heaven responds every time a sinner is saved.

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 Joy describes what our attitude should be when we pray for fellow believers.

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 Joy describes the effects of the Spirit or the fruit of the Holy Spirit.

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 Joy describes us when we will gather for the marriage feast of the Lamb.

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 In all of these areas, as the Bible speaks of them, it speaks of joy rejoicing taking place.

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 Joy, and this is a fundamental thought.

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 I want to grab it and take with us through the weekend.

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 Joy is meant to be the natural condition of those who know God, those who love Him and are in a relationship with Him.

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 That should be our natural framework if we truly know and love God.

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 Not just what it will be like when we are in heaven and all the imperfections and everything that bothers us is removed.

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 But even in the midst of the grittiness of this earth.

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 In Romans 14, verse 17,

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 That's what the kingdom, he says, is about.

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 Philippians 4.4

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 Rejoice in the Lord.

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 How often?

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 Always.

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 That should be our demeanor.

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 Rejoice in the Lord.

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 Always.

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 Again, I'm going to say it again.

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 Rejoice.

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 Psalm 211.

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 Serve the Lord with fear and rejoice with trembling.

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 I won't get into it in this session.

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 Michael Reeves, if anyone's familiar with him, anything he writes, read it.

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 Michael Reeves recently wrote a book, Rejoice and Tremble, which is talking about the fear of the Lord and what actually is biblically the fear of the Lord.

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 And the conclusion, as he walks carefully through Scripture, the fear of the Lord is to be filled with an overwhelming love for and rejoicing in God.

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 That is most fundamentally the fear of the Lord.

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 That Rejoice and Tremble by Michael Reeves would be a book worth reading.

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 Yet, with all of this, joy doesn't always describe us, does it?

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 Perhaps, joy rarely describes you.

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 It's something that pops in every once in a while.

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 But it's not a regular part of life.

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 We're going to look at the value of joy and how it can grow in us.

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 And since we typically don't need lessons on joy when life is going smooth and we're happy,

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 we're going to spend a significant amount of our time looking at joy when life is hard.

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 That's when it's a challenge.

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 And I believe that's when it's most honoring to God and glorifying of him.

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 And as we do this, I will be preaching to my own soul.

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 Just in the last two days, just Wednesday and Thursday, conversation with a woman who came to us because her brother stalked and murdered a woman.

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 And she's, how do I process my brother?

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 My neighbor, the ambulance is at their house and go over and the wife, probably a stroke, is being rushed to the hospital.

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 The husband's upset and, you know, trying to minister.

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 They're not believers.

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 They never go to church.

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 Trying to connect with them.

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 Spent several hours yesterday morning with a woman and her husband.

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 She had been sexually abused for years by her stepfather.

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 Stepfather, we were together with the stepfather and her mother trying to mediate in some way.

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 It was not a pleasant conversation in any way.

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 I had a call from a church because I serve on the Response Committee for Sexual Misconduct for Sovereign Grace.

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 So, you know, another call.

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 You never get a call dealing with sexual abuse.

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 They're never good calls.

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 A church, a pastor trying to work through that.

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 We had an accusation of a man in our church who's a member by his wife saying that he said that he had molested her when she was younger.

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 That's 48-hour span.

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 Joy wasn't my natural response.

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 Joy wasn't my natural response.

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 And I had to labor and work at trying to find some semblance of joy.

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 And each of you have your list of struggles, of burdens, of what gets in the way.

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 And so we preach to all of our souls because this is something we need.

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 And it is something very good.

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 So we begin in 1 Peter 1, our first session.

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 You've got just those blank pages just waiting for notes to be written down.

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 If you're a note taker.

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 1 Peter 1, we're going to read verses 3 to 12.

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 Joy is easiest when we can clearly see and experience the grace of God.

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 When we're very aware of what God is doing.

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 It's much easier to be joyful.

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 I've found over the years that it's not just hardship that interrupts joy.

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 Because I think we all recognize hard things will come.

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 We're not surprised that we have hardships.

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 We realize that's part of life in this world.

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 I think what is more difficult and challenging for us in this than that a hardship comes.

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 Something difficult is uncertainty.

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 Life's uncertainties, if they last, wear on us more than hardship.

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 The unknowns of getting settled in life.

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 Where am I going to be?

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 Where am I going to work?

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 What is my life career going to be?

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 Who am I going to be with?

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 How is life going to work?

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 The whys of loss.

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 The whys of betrayal.

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 The whys of abuse.

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 The uncertainty of where this world is headed.

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 The news is never joy-inducing.

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 And just looking at trajectories of the world.

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 The question of how your specific problems and burdens will turn out.

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 What's going to happen with this?

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 What is the truth?

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 What is the truth?

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 All of those can make meaningful joyfulness difficult.

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 So here's the main point for this session.

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 God gives us surpassing clarity that should bring us surpassing joy.

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 God gives us surpassing clarity.

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 God gives us surpassing clarity that should bring us surpassing joy.

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 Which brings us to our text.

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 God gives us surpassing joy.

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 The apostle writes,

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 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 According to his great mercy,

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 he has caused us to be born again to a living hope

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 through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead

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 to an inheritance that is imperishable,

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 undefiled,

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 unfading,

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 kept in heaven for you,

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 who by God's power are being guarded through faith

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 for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

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 In this you rejoice,

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 though now for a little while necessary,

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 you have been grieved by various trials,

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 so that the tested genuineness of your faith,

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 more precious than gold that perishes,

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 though it is tested by fire,

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 may be found to result in praise and glory and honor

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 at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

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 Though you have not seen Jesus Christ,

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 you love him.

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 Though you do not now see him,

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 you believe in him

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 and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible

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 and filled with glory,

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 obtaining the outcome of your faith,

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 the salvation of your souls.

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 concerning this salvation,

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 the prophets who prophesied about the grace

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 that was to be yours,

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 searched and inquired carefully,

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 inquiring what person or time

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 the spirit of Christ in them was indicating

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 when he predicted the sufferings of Christ

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 and the subsequent glories.

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 It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves,

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 but you.

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 In the things that now have been announced to you,

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 through those who preach the good news to you,

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 by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven,

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 things into which angels long to look.

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 Our heavenly father,

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 I thank you for each one here,

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 for what this represents,

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 their desire to be here,

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 to know you,

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 to deepen in how they think of you

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 and experience you,

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 how they deepen relationships with each other.

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 And Lord,

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 you who are abundant in grace,

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 I ask that you would multiply that grace

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 and grant these desires,

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 that you would fill their hearts

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 and refresh them and deepen them.

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 May we see Christ wondrously before us.

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 May our love abound for he who is worthy,

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 and may our love for one another abound

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 as your love for us abounds.

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 And so in this time,

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 help us.

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 We ask of you.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 God's people have always known

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 that he promised to deliver,

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 a deliverer to them.

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 They just weren't sure how.

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 As soon as Adam brought the curse of sin

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 upon himself and humanity,

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 God immediately began promising

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 a deliverer.

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 And these promises saturate

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 the history of God's people

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 and the message of the Old Testament.

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 They're found throughout.

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 And all that is taking place

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 in the Old Testament,

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 even if it was recognized or not as it,

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 it was God pointing his people

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 to the deliverer to come.

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 There were consistent themes

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 that came up over and over again

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 that God's people clung to for centuries,

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 that God's deliverer would bring

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 true and lasting righteousness

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 to his people,

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 that he would bring relief

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 from suffering,

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 that he would vanquish their enemies,

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 that he would be a great king

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 who would reign over

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 an everlasting kingdom,

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 and that the peoples of the world

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 would be drawn to him.

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 All of these were truths and themes

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 that the people of God believed

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 and looked toward.

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 And obviously, people being people,

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 they wanted to know when,

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 how, who.

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 All of these were on their mind.

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 Verse 10 emphasizes how earnestly

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 they searched.

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 They searched and inquired carefully.

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 The searching was searching

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 through scriptures,

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 seeing if there were any clues,

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 anything they were missing

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 concerning the promises of God.

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 The inquiring, they were calling out to God,

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 Lord, make your way clear.

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 But what did become clear to them

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 is that they would not live

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 to see the fulfillment of it.

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 Verse 12,

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 it was revealed to them

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 that they were serving

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 not themselves,

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 speaking the prophets

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 and the words that they uttered

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 about the deliverer.

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 Now, why does Peter bring this up here?

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 He's talking about the prophets

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 and people centuries before,

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 searching, inquiring.

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 Peter's speaking to an audience

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 in a very different context.

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 He's speaking to people

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 who know exactly

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 who the deliverer was.

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 They know who, when, how.

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 And they're living in the reality

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 of knowing who, when, and how.

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 And that's really why

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 Peter brings this up.

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 Because we do see

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 these promises fulfilled.

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 He brings this up

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 over and over in verse 12.

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 He says,

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 it was revealed to them

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 they were not serving themselves,

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 but you,

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 and things that now

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 have been announced

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 to you

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 through those

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 who preach the good news

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 to you.

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 And so Peter

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 wants the people

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 to know,

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 for

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 the major theme

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 of this letter

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 is suffering.

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 Every chapter

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 deals with suffering.

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 That will be

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 the most central theme

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 of this letter.

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 People who will face suffering.

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 And all the uncertainties,

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 all the difficulty of it.

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 And he wants them to know,

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 even in their struggles,

00:19:27.299 --> 00:19:28.759
 the certainties

00:19:28.759 --> 00:19:30.740
 that they had,

00:19:30.839 --> 00:19:33.319
 the certainties we have,

00:19:33.919 --> 00:19:35.799
 far outweigh

00:19:35.799 --> 00:19:37.599
 any uncertainty.

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 There are things

00:19:39.539 --> 00:19:40.219
 we don't know

00:19:40.219 --> 00:19:42.539
 about life.

00:19:43.279 --> 00:19:44.539
 There are some things

00:19:44.539 --> 00:19:45.159
 we don't know

00:19:45.159 --> 00:19:46.439
 about God's

00:19:46.439 --> 00:19:47.740
 specific plan

00:19:47.740 --> 00:19:48.699
 in our lives.

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 But the certainties,

00:19:50.199 --> 00:19:50.740
 the things

00:19:50.740 --> 00:19:52.039
 we do

00:19:52.039 --> 00:19:52.980
 know

00:19:52.980 --> 00:19:54.099
 clearly

00:19:54.099 --> 00:19:54.980
 are

00:19:54.980 --> 00:19:56.159
 so

00:19:56.159 --> 00:19:57.539
 wondrous,

00:19:57.799 --> 00:19:58.379
 so

00:19:58.379 --> 00:19:59.679
 huge

00:19:59.679 --> 00:20:00.459
 to us

00:20:00.459 --> 00:20:01.639
 that those

00:20:01.639 --> 00:20:03.079
 certainties

00:20:03.079 --> 00:20:05.299
 should overwhelm

00:20:05.299 --> 00:20:06.419
 the things

00:20:06.419 --> 00:20:06.919
 we

00:20:06.919 --> 00:20:08.359
 are not

00:20:08.359 --> 00:20:09.279
 certain about

00:20:09.279 --> 00:20:10.500
 that tend

00:20:10.500 --> 00:20:11.159
 to bring

00:20:11.159 --> 00:20:11.639
 so much

00:20:11.639 --> 00:20:12.579
 angst to us

00:20:12.579 --> 00:20:13.659
 and that at times

00:20:13.659 --> 00:20:15.019
 become magnified

00:20:15.019 --> 00:20:16.159
 in our mind.

00:20:21.899 --> 00:20:22.939
 Good wife,

00:20:23.139 --> 00:20:23.799
 a good friend

00:20:23.799 --> 00:20:24.559
 of my wife,

00:20:25.299 --> 00:20:26.319
 a few months ago,

00:20:26.460 --> 00:20:26.799
 her

00:20:26.799 --> 00:20:28.460
 adult son

00:20:28.460 --> 00:20:29.079
 committed suicide

00:20:29.079 --> 00:20:31.299
 suddenly,

00:20:31.619 --> 00:20:32.419
 shockingly,

00:20:34.099 --> 00:20:34.619
 a believing

00:20:34.619 --> 00:20:35.220
 home.

00:20:36.899 --> 00:20:38.339
 And the theme

00:20:38.339 --> 00:20:39.359
 that comes from them,

00:20:39.539 --> 00:20:40.980
 they're trying to

00:20:40.980 --> 00:20:41.879
 figure it out.

00:20:44.599 --> 00:20:45.740
 Their life is

00:20:45.740 --> 00:20:46.460
 suddenly just

00:20:46.460 --> 00:20:47.579
 filled with questions.

00:20:47.579 --> 00:20:50.519
 So,

00:20:50.720 --> 00:20:52.000
 if there's

00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:52.720
 anything that

00:20:52.720 --> 00:20:53.839
 questions

00:20:53.839 --> 00:20:54.500
 uncertainty

00:20:54.500 --> 00:20:55.939
 for them,

00:20:56.980 --> 00:20:57.659
 something that

00:20:57.659 --> 00:20:58.079
 big,

00:20:58.259 --> 00:20:58.679
 and yet,

00:20:59.279 --> 00:21:00.240
 what we can

00:21:00.240 --> 00:21:00.839
 be certain

00:21:00.839 --> 00:21:01.240
 about,

00:21:01.339 --> 00:21:01.859
 even with

00:21:01.859 --> 00:21:02.599
 something as

00:21:02.599 --> 00:21:03.419
 brutally hard

00:21:03.419 --> 00:21:04.199
 as that,

00:21:05.399 --> 00:21:08.419
 what we

00:21:08.419 --> 00:21:09.139
 can be

00:21:09.139 --> 00:21:10.079
 certain of

00:21:10.079 --> 00:21:10.819
 is greater.

00:21:12.079 --> 00:21:13.039
 And that

00:21:13.039 --> 00:21:13.960
 should affect

00:21:13.960 --> 00:21:16.159
 the joyfulness

00:21:16.159 --> 00:21:17.039
 of our hearts.

00:21:17.579 --> 00:21:18.439
 So,

00:21:18.579 --> 00:21:18.759
 let's

00:21:18.759 --> 00:21:19.379
 kind of

00:21:19.379 --> 00:21:19.779
 dig into

00:21:19.779 --> 00:21:20.259
 that a little

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 bit.

00:21:21.159 --> 00:21:21.859
 First,

00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:22.500
 we have

00:21:22.500 --> 00:21:23.579
 clarity

00:21:23.579 --> 00:21:25.259
 about

00:21:25.259 --> 00:21:25.899
 God's

00:21:25.899 --> 00:21:26.419
 plan

00:21:26.419 --> 00:21:26.639
 and

00:21:26.639 --> 00:21:27.240
 promises.

00:21:28.539 --> 00:21:29.720
 We have

00:21:29.720 --> 00:21:30.500
 clarity

00:21:30.500 --> 00:21:31.159
 about

00:21:31.159 --> 00:21:31.899
 God's

00:21:31.899 --> 00:21:32.519
 plan

00:21:32.519 --> 00:21:32.859
 and

00:21:32.859 --> 00:21:33.099
 his

00:21:33.099 --> 00:21:33.659
 promises.

00:21:34.000 --> 00:21:34.699
 We know

00:21:34.699 --> 00:21:35.179
 the great

00:21:35.179 --> 00:21:35.699
 extent

00:21:35.699 --> 00:21:36.220
 of our

00:21:36.220 --> 00:21:36.859
 salvation.

00:21:37.740 --> 00:21:38.099
 That it's

00:21:38.099 --> 00:21:39.259
 not just

00:21:39.259 --> 00:21:40.199
 about getting

00:21:40.199 --> 00:21:40.759
 a better

00:21:40.759 --> 00:21:41.439
 swing at

00:21:41.439 --> 00:21:41.899
 life.

00:21:42.179 --> 00:21:42.539
 Our

00:21:42.539 --> 00:21:43.119
 salvation

00:21:43.119 --> 00:21:43.699
 is that

00:21:43.699 --> 00:21:44.379
 our

00:21:44.379 --> 00:21:45.359
 souls

00:21:45.359 --> 00:21:46.559
 are set

00:21:46.559 --> 00:21:47.079
 free.

00:21:47.579 --> 00:21:49.559
 our guilt

00:21:49.559 --> 00:21:49.980
 has

00:21:49.980 --> 00:21:50.879
 disappeared.

00:21:51.259 --> 00:21:51.819
 The Lord

00:21:51.819 --> 00:21:52.220
 is the

00:21:52.220 --> 00:21:52.619
 one who

00:21:52.619 --> 00:21:53.079
 says,

00:21:53.539 --> 00:21:53.779
 I have

00:21:53.779 --> 00:21:54.899
 cast it

00:21:54.899 --> 00:21:55.639
 behind my

00:21:55.639 --> 00:21:56.759
 back and

00:21:56.759 --> 00:21:57.899
 see it

00:21:57.899 --> 00:21:58.799
 no more.

00:21:59.119 --> 00:21:59.699
 I have

00:21:59.699 --> 00:22:00.859
 cast it

00:22:00.859 --> 00:22:01.220
 to the

00:22:01.220 --> 00:22:01.720
 depths of

00:22:01.720 --> 00:22:02.240
 the sea.

00:22:02.539 --> 00:22:02.859
 It

00:22:02.859 --> 00:22:03.919
 cannot be

00:22:03.919 --> 00:22:04.639
 found.

00:22:05.699 --> 00:22:06.299
 Our

00:22:06.299 --> 00:22:07.119
 guilt

00:22:07.119 --> 00:22:08.019
 in Christ

00:22:08.019 --> 00:22:08.980
 is

00:22:08.980 --> 00:22:10.139
 erased

00:22:10.139 --> 00:22:11.179
 forever.

00:22:11.180 --> 00:22:11.500
 ever.

00:22:12.700 --> 00:22:13.259
 Our

00:22:13.259 --> 00:22:14.380
 guilt

00:22:14.380 --> 00:22:15.920
 simply

00:22:15.920 --> 00:22:17.460
 doesn't

00:22:17.460 --> 00:22:18.320
 exist

00:22:18.320 --> 00:22:19.140
 anymore.

00:22:22.279 --> 00:22:23.380
 And so

00:22:23.380 --> 00:22:24.200
 all

00:22:24.200 --> 00:22:24.840
 separation

00:22:24.840 --> 00:22:25.720
 from God,

00:22:25.920 --> 00:22:26.640
 that's

00:22:26.640 --> 00:22:27.060
 gone.

00:22:28.160 --> 00:22:28.640
 We are

00:22:28.640 --> 00:22:29.440
 joined in

00:22:29.440 --> 00:22:30.380
 who,

00:22:30.580 --> 00:22:30.980
 what can

00:22:30.980 --> 00:22:31.759
 separate us

00:22:31.759 --> 00:22:32.080
 from the

00:22:32.080 --> 00:22:32.440
 love of

00:22:32.440 --> 00:22:32.840
 God and

00:22:32.840 --> 00:22:33.140
 grace

00:22:33.140 --> 00:22:33.560
 Jesus.

00:22:34.779 --> 00:22:35.500
 Evil

00:22:35.500 --> 00:22:36.080
 has been

00:22:36.080 --> 00:22:36.680
 defeated.

00:22:36.680 --> 00:22:37.519
 defeated.

00:22:37.519 --> 00:22:38.500
 Satan

00:22:38.500 --> 00:22:39.180
 has been

00:22:39.180 --> 00:22:39.920
 defeated.

00:22:40.820 --> 00:22:41.580
 Death

00:22:41.580 --> 00:22:42.500
 itself

00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:43.779
 has been

00:22:43.779 --> 00:22:44.759
 defeated.

00:22:46.279 --> 00:22:47.700
 And this

00:22:47.700 --> 00:22:48.360
 salvation

00:22:48.360 --> 00:22:49.019
 isn't

00:22:49.019 --> 00:22:50.259
 something that's

00:22:50.259 --> 00:22:50.900
 for the rest

00:22:50.900 --> 00:22:51.620
 of our lives.

00:22:51.740 --> 00:22:52.700
 It's for

00:22:52.700 --> 00:22:53.680
 all

00:22:53.680 --> 00:22:54.720
 eternity.

00:22:55.720 --> 00:22:56.120
 These

00:22:56.120 --> 00:22:57.360
 are all

00:22:57.360 --> 00:22:58.360
 certain

00:22:58.360 --> 00:22:59.740
 truths.

00:23:00.019 --> 00:23:00.440
 These are

00:23:00.440 --> 00:23:01.180
 certain

00:23:01.180 --> 00:23:02.259
 realities.

00:23:02.259 --> 00:23:02.559
 believers.

00:23:04.619 --> 00:23:05.500
 Believer,

00:23:06.500 --> 00:23:07.299
 you

00:23:07.299 --> 00:23:08.460
 know

00:23:08.460 --> 00:23:09.180
 the

00:23:09.180 --> 00:23:09.839
 gospel.

00:23:11.839 --> 00:23:12.839
 And the

00:23:12.839 --> 00:23:13.319
 gospel

00:23:13.319 --> 00:23:14.339
 overshadows

00:23:14.339 --> 00:23:15.200
 everything you

00:23:15.200 --> 00:23:15.980
 don't know.

00:23:17.099 --> 00:23:17.759
 The

00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:18.359
 gospel

00:23:18.359 --> 00:23:20.180
 is

00:23:20.180 --> 00:23:20.980
 infinitely

00:23:20.980 --> 00:23:22.180
 greater

00:23:22.180 --> 00:23:23.200
 than

00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:23.759
 everything

00:23:23.759 --> 00:23:24.480
 you

00:23:24.480 --> 00:23:25.539
 don't

00:23:25.539 --> 00:23:26.039
 know

00:23:26.039 --> 00:23:26.319
 and

00:23:26.319 --> 00:23:26.940
 understand.

00:23:28.420 --> 00:23:29.180
 You

00:23:29.180 --> 00:23:29.720
 not only

00:23:29.720 --> 00:23:30.799
 know,

00:23:31.379 --> 00:23:31.879
 clearly

00:23:31.880 --> 00:23:32.620
 know the

00:23:32.620 --> 00:23:33.560
 extent of

00:23:33.560 --> 00:23:33.820
 our

00:23:33.820 --> 00:23:34.380
 salvation,

00:23:34.640 --> 00:23:35.480
 we also

00:23:35.480 --> 00:23:35.960
 know the

00:23:35.960 --> 00:23:36.780
 great glory

00:23:36.780 --> 00:23:37.560
 of who

00:23:37.560 --> 00:23:37.940
 this

00:23:37.940 --> 00:23:38.980
 Savior is.

00:23:39.280 --> 00:23:39.880
 For God

00:23:39.880 --> 00:23:40.420
 did not

00:23:40.420 --> 00:23:41.120
 raise up

00:23:41.120 --> 00:23:41.720
 a wonderful

00:23:41.720 --> 00:23:42.480
 man.

00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:44.940
 He

00:23:44.940 --> 00:23:46.520
 became

00:23:46.520 --> 00:23:47.280
 man.

00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:48.140
 God

00:23:48.140 --> 00:23:48.720
 in

00:23:48.720 --> 00:23:49.760
 flesh.

00:23:50.620 --> 00:23:51.320
 Not

00:23:51.320 --> 00:23:52.020
 just for

00:23:52.020 --> 00:23:52.440
 a period

00:23:52.440 --> 00:23:52.940
 of time,

00:23:53.060 --> 00:23:53.320
 God

00:23:53.320 --> 00:23:54.200
 popping

00:23:54.200 --> 00:23:54.760
 into the

00:23:54.760 --> 00:23:55.140
 world,

00:23:55.940 --> 00:23:56.540
 pulling a

00:23:56.540 --> 00:23:57.520
 body upon

00:23:57.520 --> 00:23:58.520
 himself for

00:23:58.520 --> 00:23:58.800
 a little

00:23:58.800 --> 00:23:59.340
 while until

00:23:59.340 --> 00:23:59.900
 he could get

00:23:59.900 --> 00:24:00.840
 this cross

00:24:00.840 --> 00:24:01.620
 thing done.

00:24:01.880 --> 00:24:05.180
 when God

00:24:05.180 --> 00:24:05.820
 became

00:24:05.820 --> 00:24:07.080
 incarnate,

00:24:07.680 --> 00:24:08.140
 God,

00:24:08.420 --> 00:24:09.100
 the Son,

00:24:09.260 --> 00:24:09.980
 from that

00:24:09.980 --> 00:24:10.540
 moment

00:24:10.540 --> 00:24:11.980
 forever

00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:13.100
 will be

00:24:13.100 --> 00:24:13.900
 God in

00:24:13.900 --> 00:24:14.560
 flesh.

00:24:14.560 --> 00:24:15.740
 He will

00:24:15.740 --> 00:24:16.760
 forever have

00:24:16.760 --> 00:24:17.720
 human nature,

00:24:18.580 --> 00:24:19.460
 a human

00:24:19.460 --> 00:24:20.020
 body.

00:24:21.100 --> 00:24:21.740
 Forever

00:24:21.740 --> 00:24:22.880
 he did

00:24:22.880 --> 00:24:23.340
 that

00:24:23.340 --> 00:24:25.300
 to save

00:24:25.300 --> 00:24:25.700
 us.

00:24:25.700 --> 00:24:28.059
 God

00:24:28.059 --> 00:24:28.420
 did not

00:24:28.420 --> 00:24:28.860
 come

00:24:28.860 --> 00:24:30.019
 to

00:24:30.019 --> 00:24:31.039
 intimidate.

00:24:32.080 --> 00:24:33.019
 He came

00:24:33.019 --> 00:24:33.440
 to draw

00:24:33.440 --> 00:24:34.039
 us near.

00:24:36.039 --> 00:24:36.920
 And the

00:24:36.920 --> 00:24:37.680
 practices

00:24:37.680 --> 00:24:38.380
 of Jesus,

00:24:38.640 --> 00:24:39.360
 who Jesus

00:24:39.360 --> 00:24:40.200
 pursued,

00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:41.640
 and how

00:24:41.640 --> 00:24:41.920
 the

00:24:41.920 --> 00:24:42.559
 gospels

00:24:42.559 --> 00:24:43.240
 portray,

00:24:44.160 --> 00:24:44.700
 how he

00:24:44.700 --> 00:24:45.440
 interacted

00:24:45.440 --> 00:24:47.019
 with those

00:24:47.019 --> 00:24:47.680
 no one

00:24:47.680 --> 00:24:48.440
 cared about,

00:24:48.559 --> 00:24:49.460
 how he

00:24:49.460 --> 00:24:50.519
 seemed to

00:24:50.519 --> 00:24:51.640
 specifically

00:24:51.640 --> 00:24:53.759
 engage with

00:24:53.759 --> 00:24:54.299
 those who

00:24:54.299 --> 00:24:55.339
 are outcasts,

00:24:55.339 --> 00:24:56.460
 is meant

00:24:56.460 --> 00:24:58.259
 to enforce

00:24:58.259 --> 00:24:59.119
 to us.

00:24:59.379 --> 00:25:00.559
 He came

00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:01.480
 to bring

00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:02.059
 near.

00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:02.759
 He didn't

00:25:02.759 --> 00:25:03.400
 come to

00:25:03.400 --> 00:25:04.099
 be an

00:25:04.099 --> 00:25:04.759
 elitist,

00:25:04.940 --> 00:25:05.400
 though he

00:25:05.400 --> 00:25:05.839
 certainly

00:25:05.839 --> 00:25:06.420
 could have.

00:25:06.559 --> 00:25:06.960
 He had

00:25:06.960 --> 00:25:07.619
 the mind,

00:25:07.759 --> 00:25:08.839
 and someone

00:25:08.839 --> 00:25:09.200
 who can

00:25:09.200 --> 00:25:10.180
 perform miracles

00:25:10.180 --> 00:25:10.900
 can put

00:25:10.900 --> 00:25:11.519
 himself in

00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:12.019
 an elite

00:25:12.019 --> 00:25:12.799
 situation.

00:25:14.559 --> 00:25:15.619
 He came

00:25:15.619 --> 00:25:16.420
 to engage

00:25:16.420 --> 00:25:17.680
 with those

00:25:17.680 --> 00:25:18.259
 who needed

00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:18.680
 him.

00:25:20.019 --> 00:25:20.900
 He came

00:25:20.900 --> 00:25:21.259
 to bring

00:25:21.259 --> 00:25:21.900
 us near.

00:25:23.759 --> 00:25:24.740
 And now,

00:25:24.980 --> 00:25:25.460
 through

00:25:25.460 --> 00:25:26.340
 Christ,

00:25:27.060 --> 00:25:27.800
 now,

00:25:28.080 --> 00:25:28.420
 for the

00:25:28.420 --> 00:25:30.000
 first time,

00:25:31.400 --> 00:25:33.420
 humanity

00:25:33.420 --> 00:25:34.360
 was able

00:25:34.360 --> 00:25:35.800
 to see

00:25:35.800 --> 00:25:37.460
 what is

00:25:37.460 --> 00:25:38.060
 the full

00:25:38.060 --> 00:25:38.680
 measure

00:25:38.680 --> 00:25:39.820
 of the

00:25:39.820 --> 00:25:40.240
 love of

00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:40.640
 God.

00:25:44.640 --> 00:25:45.360
 He

00:25:45.360 --> 00:25:46.160
 demonstrated

00:25:46.160 --> 00:25:46.780
 his love

00:25:46.780 --> 00:25:47.440
 for us

00:25:47.440 --> 00:25:48.920
 while we

00:25:48.920 --> 00:25:49.460
 were yet

00:25:49.460 --> 00:25:50.080
 sinners.

00:25:50.079 --> 00:25:51.220
 Christ

00:25:51.220 --> 00:25:52.199
 died for

00:25:52.199 --> 00:25:52.519
 us.

00:25:52.899 --> 00:25:53.379
 We knew

00:25:53.379 --> 00:25:54.039
 something of

00:25:54.039 --> 00:25:54.379
 the love

00:25:54.379 --> 00:25:54.879
 of God.

00:25:55.379 --> 00:25:55.659
 It was

00:25:55.659 --> 00:25:56.619
 not until

00:25:56.619 --> 00:25:59.460
 he held

00:25:59.460 --> 00:26:01.059
 himself on

00:26:01.059 --> 00:26:01.659
 the cross.

00:26:01.720 --> 00:26:02.139
 He could

00:26:02.139 --> 00:26:03.039
 have come

00:26:03.039 --> 00:26:03.500
 down at

00:26:03.500 --> 00:26:04.199
 any moment.

00:26:05.039 --> 00:26:05.379
 Love

00:26:05.379 --> 00:26:06.839
 kept him

00:26:06.839 --> 00:26:07.599
 there,

00:26:07.699 --> 00:26:08.159
 and it was

00:26:08.159 --> 00:26:09.079
 demonstrated

00:26:09.079 --> 00:26:10.019
 to a degree

00:26:10.019 --> 00:26:10.740
 that had

00:26:10.740 --> 00:26:11.740
 never been

00:26:11.740 --> 00:26:12.579
 known.

00:26:13.839 --> 00:26:15.240
 The majesty

00:26:15.240 --> 00:26:15.859
 of his

00:26:15.859 --> 00:26:16.539
 grace,

00:26:16.899 --> 00:26:17.879
 how magnificent

00:26:17.879 --> 00:26:19.000
 is the grace

00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:19.539
 of God.

00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:19.579
 God,

00:26:19.659 --> 00:26:20.220
 it is

00:26:20.220 --> 00:26:21.480
 now in

00:26:21.480 --> 00:26:21.879
 Christ

00:26:21.879 --> 00:26:22.220
 of the

00:26:22.220 --> 00:26:22.879
 gospel

00:26:22.879 --> 00:26:24.639
 that we

00:26:24.639 --> 00:26:25.519
 see these

00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:26.159
 things

00:26:26.159 --> 00:26:28.079
 in degrees

00:26:28.079 --> 00:26:29.359
 that simply

00:26:29.359 --> 00:26:30.240
 hadn't been

00:26:30.240 --> 00:26:30.639
 seen,

00:26:30.799 --> 00:26:31.500
 couldn't have

00:26:31.500 --> 00:26:32.319
 been known.

00:26:33.899 --> 00:26:34.759
 Believer,

00:26:35.680 --> 00:26:36.480
 you know

00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:37.599
 Jesus,

00:26:38.599 --> 00:26:40.879
 and he

00:26:40.879 --> 00:26:42.879
 overshadows

00:26:42.879 --> 00:26:44.940
 everything that's

00:26:44.940 --> 00:26:45.420
 fearful,

00:26:45.420 --> 00:26:47.360
 everything that's

00:26:47.360 --> 00:26:47.920
 uncertain.

00:26:50.680 --> 00:26:51.680
 So our

00:26:51.680 --> 00:26:52.759
 certainties

00:26:52.759 --> 00:26:53.440
 involve the

00:26:53.440 --> 00:26:54.039
 fact that we

00:26:54.039 --> 00:26:55.120
 have clarity

00:26:55.120 --> 00:26:56.740
 about the

00:26:56.740 --> 00:26:57.519
 plan of God,

00:26:57.580 --> 00:26:58.279
 the promises

00:26:58.279 --> 00:26:58.960
 of God.

00:26:59.100 --> 00:26:59.620
 We have

00:26:59.620 --> 00:27:00.960
 clarity now

00:27:00.960 --> 00:27:01.840
 about the

00:27:01.840 --> 00:27:02.860
 person of

00:27:02.860 --> 00:27:03.460
 God, the

00:27:03.460 --> 00:27:04.100
 heart of

00:27:04.100 --> 00:27:04.580
 God.

00:27:04.579 --> 00:27:05.179
 God, we

00:27:05.179 --> 00:27:05.980
 know these

00:27:05.980 --> 00:27:08.240
 things in a

00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:08.799
 way that those

00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:09.579
 before us

00:27:09.579 --> 00:27:10.279
 didn't.

00:27:11.659 --> 00:27:12.679
 Those in the

00:27:12.679 --> 00:27:13.379
 old covenant

00:27:13.379 --> 00:27:15.519
 saw shadows.

00:27:16.079 --> 00:27:17.139
 We've seen the

00:27:17.139 --> 00:27:18.220
 living reality

00:27:18.220 --> 00:27:18.799
 of it.

00:27:20.460 --> 00:27:21.059
 And secondly,

00:27:21.259 --> 00:27:22.259
 we had the

00:27:22.259 --> 00:27:23.379
 beginning of the

00:27:23.379 --> 00:27:24.220
 fulfillment of

00:27:24.220 --> 00:27:24.839
 these things.

00:27:25.019 --> 00:27:25.740
 The plan and

00:27:25.740 --> 00:27:26.460
 promises of

00:27:26.460 --> 00:27:27.179
 God, the

00:27:27.179 --> 00:27:28.139
 fulfillment now

00:27:28.139 --> 00:27:29.000
 is in

00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:29.879
 motion, and

00:27:29.879 --> 00:27:31.539
 it has caught

00:27:31.539 --> 00:27:33.019
 us up in the

00:27:33.019 --> 00:27:33.559
 fulfillment.

00:27:34.180 --> 00:27:35.299
 It's now our

00:27:35.299 --> 00:27:35.859
 story.

00:27:36.059 --> 00:27:36.879
 It's now our

00:27:36.879 --> 00:27:37.240
 life.

00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:38.279
 It's now part of

00:27:38.279 --> 00:27:39.160
 our reality.

00:27:39.500 --> 00:27:40.359
 It is in

00:27:40.359 --> 00:27:41.220
 part now.

00:27:41.379 --> 00:27:41.740
 There are

00:27:41.740 --> 00:27:43.259
 aspects of our

00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:44.759
 salvation still

00:27:44.759 --> 00:27:45.700
 in part.

00:27:47.139 --> 00:27:48.400
 Hence, life

00:27:48.400 --> 00:27:49.160
 is not always

00:27:49.160 --> 00:27:49.519
 easy.

00:27:51.200 --> 00:27:53.400
 But all of

00:27:53.400 --> 00:27:54.039
 these things in

00:27:54.039 --> 00:27:54.660
 part are

00:27:54.660 --> 00:27:56.740
 certain of

00:27:56.740 --> 00:27:57.279
 how they will

00:27:57.279 --> 00:27:57.940
 end up.

00:27:58.960 --> 00:27:59.839
 What will

00:27:59.839 --> 00:28:00.359
 happen?

00:28:00.359 --> 00:28:02.839
 do you

00:28:02.839 --> 00:28:03.639
 realize that's

00:28:03.639 --> 00:28:04.339
 the purpose of

00:28:04.339 --> 00:28:04.719
 the book of

00:28:04.719 --> 00:28:05.139
 Revelation?

00:28:07.199 --> 00:28:07.799
 Contrary to

00:28:07.799 --> 00:28:08.719
 popular opinion

00:28:08.719 --> 00:28:09.359
 among many

00:28:09.359 --> 00:28:10.119
 believers, the

00:28:10.119 --> 00:28:10.500
 book of

00:28:10.500 --> 00:28:11.359
 Revelation was

00:28:11.359 --> 00:28:12.299
 written so

00:28:12.299 --> 00:28:12.919
 that Christians

00:28:12.919 --> 00:28:13.539
 would have one

00:28:13.539 --> 00:28:14.079
 more thing to

00:28:14.079 --> 00:28:15.159
 fight about in

00:28:15.159 --> 00:28:15.740
 case they ran

00:28:15.740 --> 00:28:16.279
 out of other

00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:16.779
 things.

00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:18.419
 Let's just

00:28:18.419 --> 00:28:19.539
 have one book

00:28:19.539 --> 00:28:20.719
 that we can

00:28:20.719 --> 00:28:21.959
 argue about

00:28:21.959 --> 00:28:23.859
 for centuries.

00:28:23.859 --> 00:28:28.119
 the book of

00:28:28.119 --> 00:28:29.019
 Revelation has

00:28:29.019 --> 00:28:31.079
 places where

00:28:31.079 --> 00:28:33.399
 okay I'm

00:28:33.399 --> 00:28:34.059
 trying to

00:28:34.059 --> 00:28:34.740
 figure that

00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:35.959
 out but the

00:28:35.959 --> 00:28:36.419
 book of

00:28:36.419 --> 00:28:37.179
 Revelation is

00:28:37.179 --> 00:28:37.939
 actually very

00:28:37.939 --> 00:28:39.279
 direct and

00:28:39.279 --> 00:28:40.159
 its purpose is

00:28:40.159 --> 00:28:40.799
 very clear.

00:28:40.799 --> 00:28:42.079
 It was given

00:28:42.079 --> 00:28:43.279
 to the church

00:28:43.279 --> 00:28:43.740
 which would

00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:44.959
 suffer to make

00:28:44.959 --> 00:28:45.819
 two things

00:28:45.819 --> 00:28:46.959
 certain to us.

00:28:47.179 --> 00:28:48.019
 What will

00:28:48.019 --> 00:28:49.139
 happen to

00:28:49.139 --> 00:28:49.879
 all who

00:28:49.879 --> 00:28:50.859
 deny Christ

00:28:50.859 --> 00:28:51.959
 and reject

00:28:51.960 --> 00:28:53.700
 the rule of

00:28:53.700 --> 00:28:54.319
 God or their

00:28:54.319 --> 00:28:54.539
 lies?

00:28:54.980 --> 00:28:55.360
 What will

00:28:55.360 --> 00:28:55.960
 happen to

00:28:55.960 --> 00:28:56.539
 all who

00:28:56.539 --> 00:28:56.900
 are in

00:28:56.900 --> 00:28:57.220
 Christ?

00:28:57.360 --> 00:28:57.920
 That's the

00:28:57.920 --> 00:28:58.420
 purpose of

00:28:58.420 --> 00:28:58.799
 the book.

00:28:59.759 --> 00:29:00.680
 To give us

00:29:00.680 --> 00:29:01.200
 certainty.

00:29:01.620 --> 00:29:02.039
 What's going

00:29:02.039 --> 00:29:02.640
 to happen?

00:29:03.660 --> 00:29:04.620
 We know.

00:29:05.840 --> 00:29:06.900
 We know how

00:29:06.900 --> 00:29:07.759
 it ends up.

00:29:08.160 --> 00:29:09.220
 When you read

00:29:09.220 --> 00:29:10.559
 the pictures in

00:29:10.559 --> 00:29:11.460
 chapters 4,

00:29:11.600 --> 00:29:12.500
 5, 7,

00:29:12.600 --> 00:29:13.799
 19 where it

00:29:13.799 --> 00:29:14.779
 shows us these

00:29:14.779 --> 00:29:15.500
 pictures of

00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:16.400
 worship of

00:29:16.400 --> 00:29:16.920
 what will be

00:29:16.920 --> 00:29:17.460
 going on.

00:29:17.680 --> 00:29:18.240
 Do you realize

00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:19.340
 you're in that

00:29:19.340 --> 00:29:19.700
 picture?

00:29:19.700 --> 00:29:20.000
 If you

00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:20.380
 could just

00:29:20.380 --> 00:29:22.100
 keep zooming

00:29:22.100 --> 00:29:23.640
 in, eventually

00:29:23.640 --> 00:29:24.559
 you would get

00:29:24.559 --> 00:29:26.059
 to your face

00:29:26.059 --> 00:29:29.240
 because you

00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:31.240
 will be part

00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:33.080
 of that vast

00:29:33.080 --> 00:29:34.120
 throng.

00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:35.740
 That's us.

00:29:42.160 --> 00:29:43.100
 There are

00:29:43.100 --> 00:29:43.620
 things still

00:29:43.620 --> 00:29:46.500
 in part, but

00:29:46.500 --> 00:29:46.900
 it's all

00:29:46.900 --> 00:29:47.319
 certain.

00:29:47.319 --> 00:29:48.799
 we are

00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:50.679
 becoming more

00:29:50.679 --> 00:29:51.439
 like Jesus.

00:29:53.939 --> 00:29:54.879
 Even though

00:29:54.879 --> 00:29:56.480
 we're not

00:29:56.480 --> 00:29:57.259
 fully there,

00:29:57.960 --> 00:29:58.779
 and as you're

00:29:58.779 --> 00:29:59.299
 well aware,

00:29:59.579 --> 00:30:00.019
 no one else

00:30:00.019 --> 00:30:00.519
 in your church

00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:01.000
 is either.

00:30:03.759 --> 00:30:04.659
 We have

00:30:04.659 --> 00:30:05.359
 peace with

00:30:05.359 --> 00:30:05.899
 God,

00:30:06.619 --> 00:30:07.779
 even though

00:30:07.779 --> 00:30:08.279
 we're not

00:30:08.279 --> 00:30:08.779
 always at

00:30:08.779 --> 00:30:09.359
 peace with

00:30:09.359 --> 00:30:09.919
 one another

00:30:09.919 --> 00:30:10.599
 and certainly

00:30:10.599 --> 00:30:11.159
 not with the

00:30:11.159 --> 00:30:11.480
 world.

00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:14.380
 we are

00:30:14.380 --> 00:30:15.460
 born again

00:30:15.460 --> 00:30:15.819
 of the

00:30:15.819 --> 00:30:16.420
 spirit,

00:30:17.099 --> 00:30:18.440
 even though

00:30:18.440 --> 00:30:19.180
 these bodies

00:30:19.180 --> 00:30:19.680
 do no

00:30:19.680 --> 00:30:20.420
 sickness and

00:30:20.420 --> 00:30:20.740
 death.

00:30:21.980 --> 00:30:23.180
 We are

00:30:23.180 --> 00:30:23.720
 blessed

00:30:23.720 --> 00:30:24.559
 citizens of

00:30:24.559 --> 00:30:25.019
 Christ's

00:30:25.019 --> 00:30:25.380
 kingdom,

00:30:25.900 --> 00:30:27.279
 even while

00:30:27.279 --> 00:30:27.940
 we live

00:30:27.940 --> 00:30:28.880
 in a world

00:30:28.880 --> 00:30:29.440
 that has

00:30:29.440 --> 00:30:29.900
 misery.

00:30:32.059 --> 00:30:32.279
 The

00:30:32.279 --> 00:30:33.059
 already not

00:30:33.059 --> 00:30:33.420
 yet,

00:30:33.640 --> 00:30:34.039
 there are

00:30:34.039 --> 00:30:37.220
 things we're

00:30:37.220 --> 00:30:37.980
 a part of

00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:39.079
 being

00:30:39.079 --> 00:30:39.779
 completed,

00:30:40.559 --> 00:30:41.419
 but the

00:30:41.419 --> 00:30:42.299
 fulfillment has

00:30:42.299 --> 00:30:42.919
 begun.

00:30:44.319 --> 00:30:45.339
 So don't

00:30:45.339 --> 00:30:45.960
 let what is

00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:46.539
 still in

00:30:46.539 --> 00:30:49.119
 part overcome

00:30:49.119 --> 00:30:49.779
 what is

00:30:49.779 --> 00:30:50.259
 certain,

00:30:50.919 --> 00:30:51.740
 because what

00:30:51.740 --> 00:30:52.359
 is certain

00:30:52.359 --> 00:30:53.500
 is too

00:30:53.500 --> 00:30:53.960
 wonderful.

00:30:55.039 --> 00:30:56.159
 And Christ

00:30:56.159 --> 00:30:56.939
 who makes

00:30:56.939 --> 00:30:57.619
 it certain

00:30:57.619 --> 00:30:58.619
 is too

00:30:58.619 --> 00:30:59.559
 worthy

00:30:59.559 --> 00:31:01.139
 that we

00:31:01.139 --> 00:31:03.359
 not keep

00:31:03.359 --> 00:31:04.460
 looking to

00:31:04.460 --> 00:31:05.419
 the fulfillment.

00:31:05.420 --> 00:31:05.539
 fulfillment.

00:31:06.240 --> 00:31:07.019
 He's too

00:31:07.019 --> 00:31:07.380
 worthy.

00:31:07.720 --> 00:31:08.160
 What he has

00:31:08.160 --> 00:31:08.840
 done is

00:31:08.840 --> 00:31:09.700
 too wondrous.

00:31:13.160 --> 00:31:13.880
 Emmanuel,

00:31:14.580 --> 00:31:16.000
 God with

00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:16.440
 us.

00:31:17.160 --> 00:31:17.779
 Emmanuel's

00:31:17.779 --> 00:31:18.100
 here.

00:31:18.400 --> 00:31:18.660
 He has

00:31:18.660 --> 00:31:19.039
 come.

00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:20.779
 And our

00:31:20.779 --> 00:31:21.740
 life and

00:31:21.740 --> 00:31:22.500
 our destiny

00:31:22.500 --> 00:31:23.960
 will never

00:31:23.960 --> 00:31:25.440
 be the

00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:25.800
 same.

00:31:27.580 --> 00:31:28.279
 Jesus,

00:31:28.640 --> 00:31:29.300
 he has

00:31:29.300 --> 00:31:29.920
 died.

00:31:30.620 --> 00:31:31.300
 The blood

00:31:31.300 --> 00:31:32.060
 was shed.

00:31:32.560 --> 00:31:33.279
 The body

00:31:33.279 --> 00:31:33.940
 dead,

00:31:34.680 --> 00:31:35.180
 buried.

00:31:35.420 --> 00:31:36.779
 And so

00:31:36.779 --> 00:31:37.300
 the price

00:31:37.300 --> 00:31:37.920
 has been

00:31:37.920 --> 00:31:38.620
 paid.

00:31:39.500 --> 00:31:39.880
 And the

00:31:39.880 --> 00:31:40.400
 prisoners,

00:31:40.960 --> 00:31:41.940
 they are

00:31:41.940 --> 00:31:42.860
 released.

00:31:43.519 --> 00:31:44.140
 It is not

00:31:44.140 --> 00:31:44.840
 just the

00:31:44.840 --> 00:31:45.680
 guilt of

00:31:45.680 --> 00:31:46.759
 sin that

00:31:46.759 --> 00:31:47.340
 has been

00:31:47.340 --> 00:31:48.220
 broken.

00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:48.940
 It is

00:31:48.940 --> 00:31:50.500
 the bondage

00:31:50.500 --> 00:31:51.000
 of sin

00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:51.640
 as well.

00:31:53.400 --> 00:31:54.039
 We who

00:31:54.039 --> 00:31:55.420
 will quickly

00:31:55.420 --> 00:31:55.920
 say we

00:31:55.920 --> 00:31:56.279
 believe,

00:31:56.400 --> 00:31:56.560
 yes,

00:31:56.580 --> 00:31:57.060
 our sins

00:31:57.060 --> 00:31:57.700
 are forgiven,

00:31:57.860 --> 00:31:58.840
 then act

00:31:58.840 --> 00:31:59.200
 as though

00:31:59.200 --> 00:32:00.200
 we're trapped

00:32:00.200 --> 00:32:00.840
 by our sin.

00:32:00.980 --> 00:32:01.680
 We cannot

00:32:01.680 --> 00:32:02.400
 get free

00:32:02.400 --> 00:32:02.680
 of it.

00:32:02.680 --> 00:32:03.820
 that's

00:32:03.820 --> 00:32:04.620
 just the

00:32:04.620 --> 00:32:05.600
 deceiver

00:32:05.600 --> 00:32:06.299
 and the

00:32:06.299 --> 00:32:06.799
 fact that

00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:07.140
 we have

00:32:07.140 --> 00:32:08.240
 well-run

00:32:08.240 --> 00:32:09.000
 tracks in

00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:09.500
 our life.

00:32:09.560 --> 00:32:10.100
 And we

00:32:10.100 --> 00:32:10.860
 do have

00:32:10.860 --> 00:32:12.700
 patterns and

00:32:12.700 --> 00:32:13.299
 habits.

00:32:13.680 --> 00:32:14.440
 And there's

00:32:14.440 --> 00:32:15.460
 deception,

00:32:15.740 --> 00:32:16.400
 but we

00:32:16.400 --> 00:32:17.080
 are free.

00:32:17.080 --> 00:32:17.400
 It's

00:32:17.400 --> 00:32:21.680
 it's as if

00:32:21.680 --> 00:32:22.920
 we're going

00:32:22.920 --> 00:32:23.500
 back in

00:32:23.500 --> 00:32:24.560
 our cell

00:32:24.560 --> 00:32:26.980
 because it's

00:32:26.980 --> 00:32:27.680
 a place we

00:32:27.680 --> 00:32:28.280
 know and

00:32:28.280 --> 00:32:28.700
 we're there

00:32:28.700 --> 00:32:29.360
 so long.

00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:29.960
 We're going

00:32:29.960 --> 00:32:30.720
 back in

00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:31.440
 and as

00:32:31.440 --> 00:32:32.080
 though the

00:32:32.080 --> 00:32:33.200
 door has

00:32:33.200 --> 00:32:33.640
 been ripped

00:32:33.640 --> 00:32:34.240
 off the

00:32:34.240 --> 00:32:34.660
 hinges.

00:32:34.660 --> 00:32:35.120
 Jesus

00:32:35.120 --> 00:32:36.100
 didn't open

00:32:36.100 --> 00:32:36.320
 it.

00:32:36.440 --> 00:32:37.400
 He ripped

00:32:37.400 --> 00:32:37.800
 it off,

00:32:37.920 --> 00:32:38.380
 cast it

00:32:38.380 --> 00:32:38.700
 aside.

00:32:38.800 --> 00:32:39.500
 We go

00:32:39.500 --> 00:32:40.040
 back in

00:32:40.040 --> 00:32:40.440
 the cell

00:32:40.440 --> 00:32:41.160
 old ways

00:32:41.160 --> 00:32:41.740
 and we're

00:32:41.740 --> 00:32:42.300
 picking up

00:32:42.300 --> 00:32:43.000
 the chains

00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:43.440
 and trying

00:32:43.440 --> 00:32:44.000
 to, oh,

00:32:44.080 --> 00:32:44.680
 I can't

00:32:44.680 --> 00:32:45.200
 help myself.

00:32:45.279 --> 00:32:45.700
 The chains

00:32:45.700 --> 00:32:46.400
 are falling

00:32:46.400 --> 00:32:46.800
 because they're

00:32:46.800 --> 00:32:47.360
 not even in

00:32:47.360 --> 00:32:47.820
 the wall

00:32:47.820 --> 00:32:48.120
 anymore.

00:32:48.279 --> 00:32:49.180
 They're broken

00:32:49.180 --> 00:32:50.240
 and we stand

00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:50.920
 there, see,

00:32:51.060 --> 00:32:51.660
 I can't help

00:32:51.660 --> 00:32:52.180
 it, I have

00:32:52.180 --> 00:32:52.720
 to sin.

00:32:55.160 --> 00:32:55.600
 No.

00:32:59.080 --> 00:33:00.080
 The chains

00:33:00.080 --> 00:33:01.560
 and bondage

00:33:01.560 --> 00:33:02.360
 of sin

00:33:02.359 --> 00:33:03.419
 are broken

00:33:03.419 --> 00:33:04.139
 as is

00:33:04.139 --> 00:33:05.019
 the guilt

00:33:05.019 --> 00:33:07.639
 because

00:33:07.639 --> 00:33:08.299
 Christ

00:33:08.299 --> 00:33:09.399
 has died

00:33:09.399 --> 00:33:10.679
 and the

00:33:10.679 --> 00:33:11.079
 tomb

00:33:11.079 --> 00:33:12.339
 is empty

00:33:12.339 --> 00:33:14.719
 and the

00:33:14.719 --> 00:33:15.240
 throne

00:33:15.240 --> 00:33:16.759
 it is

00:33:16.759 --> 00:33:18.279
 occupied

00:33:18.279 --> 00:33:20.459
 by one

00:33:20.459 --> 00:33:21.159
 worthy

00:33:21.159 --> 00:33:22.559
 to rule

00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:23.579
 who knows

00:33:23.579 --> 00:33:24.019
 how

00:33:24.019 --> 00:33:25.099
 to rule.

00:33:26.139 --> 00:33:27.039
 We can't

00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:27.519
 say that

00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:28.119
 about all

00:33:28.119 --> 00:33:28.479
 of our

00:33:28.479 --> 00:33:29.399
 rulers here.

00:33:29.979 --> 00:33:30.799
 We can

00:33:30.799 --> 00:33:31.240
 say it

00:33:31.240 --> 00:33:31.899
 about Jesus.

00:33:32.359 --> 00:33:32.719
 He

00:33:32.719 --> 00:33:33.519
 knows

00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:34.039
 how

00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:35.399
 to rule

00:33:35.399 --> 00:33:36.339
 to rule

00:33:36.339 --> 00:33:36.799
 well.

00:33:37.299 --> 00:33:37.799
 He

00:33:37.799 --> 00:33:38.599
 understands

00:33:38.599 --> 00:33:39.519
 justice

00:33:39.519 --> 00:33:41.139
 and goodness

00:33:41.139 --> 00:33:42.439
 and mercy.

00:33:44.279 --> 00:33:45.339
 Who is

00:33:45.339 --> 00:33:45.839
 the one

00:33:45.839 --> 00:33:46.899
 who reigns

00:33:46.899 --> 00:33:47.319
 who is

00:33:47.319 --> 00:33:47.779
 sovereign?

00:33:48.859 --> 00:33:49.500
 Our

00:33:49.500 --> 00:33:50.019
 king.

00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:52.379
 The one

00:33:52.379 --> 00:33:53.000
 that knows

00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:53.500
 us.

00:33:54.039 --> 00:33:54.500
 That's

00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:55.799
 the one

00:33:55.799 --> 00:33:56.740
 who reigns.

00:33:58.279 --> 00:33:58.559
 And so

00:33:58.559 --> 00:33:59.339
 verse

00:33:59.339 --> 00:34:00.179
 12

00:34:00.179 --> 00:34:01.459
 presses

00:34:01.459 --> 00:34:02.439
 this point

00:34:02.439 --> 00:34:03.220
 about our

00:34:03.220 --> 00:34:04.379
 advantage

00:34:04.379 --> 00:34:06.419
 compared

00:34:06.419 --> 00:34:07.039
 to

00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:08.960
 those

00:34:08.960 --> 00:34:09.159
 who

00:34:09.159 --> 00:34:09.579
 believed

00:34:09.579 --> 00:34:09.960
 in God

00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:10.400
 over the

00:34:10.400 --> 00:34:10.860
 centuries

00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:11.159
 in the

00:34:11.159 --> 00:34:11.360
 old

00:34:11.360 --> 00:34:11.739
 covenant.

00:34:11.739 --> 00:34:12.739
 It

00:34:12.739 --> 00:34:15.639
 was

00:34:15.639 --> 00:34:16.059
 revealed

00:34:16.059 --> 00:34:16.759
 to them

00:34:16.759 --> 00:34:18.099
 that they

00:34:18.099 --> 00:34:18.739
 were serving

00:34:18.739 --> 00:34:19.360
 not themselves

00:34:19.360 --> 00:34:20.119
 but you

00:34:20.119 --> 00:34:21.400
 and the

00:34:21.400 --> 00:34:21.920
 things that

00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:22.159
 had been

00:34:22.159 --> 00:34:22.579
 announced

00:34:22.579 --> 00:34:23.360
 to you

00:34:23.360 --> 00:34:24.440
 to those

00:34:24.440 --> 00:34:24.880
 who preach

00:34:24.880 --> 00:34:25.360
 the good

00:34:25.360 --> 00:34:25.900
 news to

00:34:25.900 --> 00:34:26.300
 you

00:34:26.300 --> 00:34:27.079
 by the

00:34:27.079 --> 00:34:27.760
 Holy Spirit

00:34:27.760 --> 00:34:28.820
 sent from

00:34:28.820 --> 00:34:29.119
 heaven

00:34:29.119 --> 00:34:29.860
 things into

00:34:29.860 --> 00:34:30.900
 which angels

00:34:30.900 --> 00:34:32.039
 long to

00:34:32.039 --> 00:34:32.480
 look.

00:34:34.079 --> 00:34:34.619
 Peter's

00:34:34.619 --> 00:34:35.280
 telling us

00:34:35.280 --> 00:34:36.760
 these realities

00:34:36.760 --> 00:34:37.340
 are so

00:34:37.340 --> 00:34:37.740
 wondrous

00:34:37.740 --> 00:34:38.880
 even angels

00:34:38.880 --> 00:34:39.760
 are amazed.

00:34:39.760 --> 00:34:43.860
 now I

00:34:43.860 --> 00:34:44.300
 don't know

00:34:44.300 --> 00:34:44.700
 what the

00:34:44.700 --> 00:34:45.360
 experience

00:34:45.360 --> 00:34:45.880
 of angels

00:34:45.880 --> 00:34:46.560
 is

00:34:46.560 --> 00:34:48.560
 but I

00:34:48.560 --> 00:34:48.920
 think we

00:34:48.920 --> 00:34:49.400
 can all

00:34:49.400 --> 00:34:49.940
 agree

00:34:49.940 --> 00:34:52.340
 it has

00:34:52.340 --> 00:34:52.540
 to be

00:34:52.540 --> 00:34:52.740
 pretty

00:34:52.740 --> 00:34:53.240
 wondrous.

00:34:54.260 --> 00:34:54.880
 It's

00:34:54.880 --> 00:34:55.480
 better

00:34:55.480 --> 00:34:56.360
 than what

00:34:56.360 --> 00:34:56.560
 we

00:34:56.560 --> 00:34:57.360
 experience.

00:34:57.780 --> 00:34:58.420
 The angels

00:34:58.420 --> 00:34:59.620
 with all

00:34:59.620 --> 00:34:59.960
 that they

00:34:59.960 --> 00:35:00.420
 know and

00:35:00.420 --> 00:35:00.760
 see

00:35:00.760 --> 00:35:01.980
 are

00:35:01.980 --> 00:35:02.780
 amazed.

00:35:04.120 --> 00:35:04.720
 The

00:35:04.720 --> 00:35:04.940
 Old

00:35:04.940 --> 00:35:05.280
 Testament

00:35:05.280 --> 00:35:05.860
 prophets

00:35:05.860 --> 00:35:06.480
 had a

00:35:06.480 --> 00:35:07.060
 hazy

00:35:07.060 --> 00:35:07.540
 view

00:35:07.540 --> 00:35:08.020
 of our

00:35:08.020 --> 00:35:08.680
 salvation.

00:35:08.679 --> 00:35:11.019
 even as

00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:11.819
 they're

00:35:11.819 --> 00:35:12.539
 giving

00:35:12.539 --> 00:35:13.059
 the

00:35:13.059 --> 00:35:13.639
 prophetic

00:35:13.639 --> 00:35:14.119
 words

00:35:14.119 --> 00:35:14.480
 God

00:35:14.480 --> 00:35:14.940
 gave

00:35:14.940 --> 00:35:15.139
 them

00:35:15.139 --> 00:35:15.339
 that

00:35:15.339 --> 00:35:15.579
 we

00:35:15.579 --> 00:35:15.899
 look

00:35:15.899 --> 00:35:16.079
 at

00:35:16.079 --> 00:35:16.399
 now

00:35:16.399 --> 00:35:16.539
 and

00:35:16.539 --> 00:35:16.679
 go

00:35:16.679 --> 00:35:16.899
 well

00:35:16.899 --> 00:35:17.319
 that's

00:35:17.319 --> 00:35:17.579
 pretty

00:35:17.579 --> 00:35:18.039
 obvious

00:35:18.039 --> 00:35:18.480
 what it

00:35:18.480 --> 00:35:18.859
 is.

00:35:18.980 --> 00:35:19.199
 To

00:35:19.199 --> 00:35:19.500
 them

00:35:19.500 --> 00:35:19.679
 it

00:35:19.679 --> 00:35:19.940
 was

00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:20.819
 hazy

00:35:20.819 --> 00:35:21.019
 it

00:35:21.019 --> 00:35:21.279
 seemed

00:35:21.279 --> 00:35:21.940
 confusing

00:35:21.940 --> 00:35:22.500
 what's

00:35:22.500 --> 00:35:22.739
 going

00:35:22.739 --> 00:35:23.059
 on

00:35:23.059 --> 00:35:23.359
 here.

00:35:24.980 --> 00:35:25.359
 And

00:35:25.359 --> 00:35:25.779
 yet it

00:35:25.779 --> 00:35:26.019
 says

00:35:26.019 --> 00:35:26.219
 they

00:35:26.219 --> 00:35:26.919
 desired

00:35:26.919 --> 00:35:27.259
 it.

00:35:27.799 --> 00:35:27.919
 They

00:35:27.919 --> 00:35:28.139
 were

00:35:28.139 --> 00:35:29.000
 searching

00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:29.659
 they

00:35:29.659 --> 00:35:30.539
 knew

00:35:30.539 --> 00:35:30.819
 it

00:35:30.819 --> 00:35:31.000
 was

00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:31.319
 good

00:35:31.319 --> 00:35:31.480
 it

00:35:31.480 --> 00:35:31.679
 was

00:35:31.679 --> 00:35:32.559
 wondrous.

00:35:33.779 --> 00:35:34.379
 Angels

00:35:34.379 --> 00:35:34.859
 are not

00:35:34.859 --> 00:35:35.319
 like the

00:35:35.319 --> 00:35:35.719
 prophets

00:35:35.719 --> 00:35:36.359
 angels

00:35:36.359 --> 00:35:36.799
 see

00:35:36.799 --> 00:35:37.399
 clearly

00:35:37.399 --> 00:35:37.980
 they know

00:35:37.980 --> 00:35:38.619
 exactly

00:35:38.619 --> 00:35:39.019
 what's

00:35:39.019 --> 00:35:39.299
 going

00:35:39.299 --> 00:35:39.739
 on.

00:35:41.199 --> 00:35:41.900
 And it

00:35:41.900 --> 00:35:42.980
 astonishes

00:35:42.980 --> 00:35:43.480
 them.

00:35:45.279 --> 00:35:45.940
 Think of

00:35:45.940 --> 00:35:46.619
 these

00:35:46.619 --> 00:35:47.819
 magnificent

00:35:47.819 --> 00:35:48.699
 beings

00:35:48.699 --> 00:35:50.099
 of mind

00:35:50.099 --> 00:35:51.019
 and experience

00:35:51.019 --> 00:35:51.539
 that we

00:35:51.539 --> 00:35:51.859
 cannot

00:35:51.859 --> 00:35:52.539
 comprehend.

00:35:54.539 --> 00:35:55.359
 And they

00:35:55.359 --> 00:35:56.279
 are watching

00:35:56.279 --> 00:35:58.380
 the gospel

00:35:58.380 --> 00:35:59.500
 unfold.

00:36:01.500 --> 00:36:02.779
 Thinking

00:36:02.779 --> 00:36:03.539
 how

00:36:03.539 --> 00:36:04.759
 could it

00:36:04.759 --> 00:36:05.119
 be

00:36:05.119 --> 00:36:06.119
 be

00:36:06.119 --> 00:36:06.619
 the

00:36:06.619 --> 00:36:07.259
 creator

00:36:07.259 --> 00:36:07.539
 of

00:36:07.539 --> 00:36:08.420
 existence

00:36:08.420 --> 00:36:09.819
 has

00:36:09.819 --> 00:36:10.179
 become

00:36:10.179 --> 00:36:10.500
 one

00:36:10.500 --> 00:36:10.679
 of

00:36:10.679 --> 00:36:10.960
 them.

00:36:12.139 --> 00:36:12.359
 How

00:36:12.359 --> 00:36:13.519
 could it

00:36:13.519 --> 00:36:13.940
 be

00:36:13.940 --> 00:36:15.019
 that he

00:36:15.019 --> 00:36:15.199
 is

00:36:15.199 --> 00:36:15.880
 born

00:36:15.880 --> 00:36:16.199
 of

00:36:16.199 --> 00:36:16.659
 them?

00:36:17.980 --> 00:36:18.599
 How

00:36:18.599 --> 00:36:19.019
 could it

00:36:19.019 --> 00:36:19.299
 be

00:36:19.299 --> 00:36:19.599
 that

00:36:19.599 --> 00:36:20.079
 the

00:36:20.079 --> 00:36:20.900
 majesty

00:36:20.900 --> 00:36:21.239
 of

00:36:21.239 --> 00:36:21.639
 heaven

00:36:21.639 --> 00:36:22.759
 allowed

00:36:22.759 --> 00:36:23.359
 himself

00:36:23.359 --> 00:36:24.299
 to be

00:36:24.299 --> 00:36:25.059
 crucified?

00:36:25.059 --> 00:36:28.059
 Jesus

00:36:28.059 --> 00:36:28.719
 said he

00:36:28.719 --> 00:36:29.239
 could just

00:36:29.239 --> 00:36:29.940
 speak and

00:36:29.940 --> 00:36:30.840
 legions of

00:36:30.840 --> 00:36:31.400
 angels would

00:36:31.400 --> 00:36:31.980
 have come.

00:36:32.980 --> 00:36:33.519
 Imagine

00:36:33.519 --> 00:36:37.460
 imagine

00:36:37.460 --> 00:36:41.059
 the

00:36:45.059 --> 00:36:45.820
 destructive

00:36:45.820 --> 00:36:46.739
 force

00:36:46.739 --> 00:36:48.659
 that would

00:36:48.659 --> 00:36:49.139
 have taken

00:36:49.139 --> 00:36:49.980
 place

00:36:49.980 --> 00:36:51.659
 on that

00:36:51.659 --> 00:36:52.280
 mount

00:36:52.280 --> 00:36:54.199
 if legions

00:36:54.199 --> 00:36:55.059
 of angels

00:36:55.059 --> 00:36:56.460
 had descended

00:36:56.460 --> 00:36:57.539
 in the

00:36:57.539 --> 00:36:58.420
 fury

00:36:58.420 --> 00:36:59.400
 that had

00:36:59.400 --> 00:36:59.679
 to have

00:36:59.679 --> 00:37:00.519
 been in

00:37:00.519 --> 00:37:00.760
 their

00:37:00.760 --> 00:37:01.519
 hearts

00:37:01.519 --> 00:37:03.139
 that the

00:37:03.139 --> 00:37:03.699
 Savior

00:37:03.699 --> 00:37:04.719
 that Christ

00:37:04.719 --> 00:37:05.480
 was being

00:37:05.480 --> 00:37:06.179
 crucified

00:37:06.179 --> 00:37:07.219
 was being

00:37:07.219 --> 00:37:08.039
 mocked

00:37:08.039 --> 00:37:08.920
 shamed

00:37:08.920 --> 00:37:09.880
 tortured

00:37:09.880 --> 00:37:11.240
 imagine

00:37:11.240 --> 00:37:12.079
 if the

00:37:12.079 --> 00:37:13.539
 full force

00:37:13.539 --> 00:37:14.219
 they had

00:37:14.219 --> 00:37:15.639
 was unleashed

00:37:15.639 --> 00:37:16.420
 upon that

00:37:16.420 --> 00:37:16.860
 hill.

00:37:16.860 --> 00:37:21.599
 and they

00:37:21.599 --> 00:37:22.099
 are there

00:37:22.099 --> 00:37:22.960
 not

00:37:22.960 --> 00:37:23.720
 called for

00:37:23.720 --> 00:37:24.340
 restraint

00:37:24.340 --> 00:37:24.640
 just

00:37:24.640 --> 00:37:25.860
 watching

00:37:25.860 --> 00:37:26.880
 it all

00:37:26.880 --> 00:37:27.840
 happen.

00:37:29.880 --> 00:37:30.960
 How

00:37:30.960 --> 00:37:31.440
 could it

00:37:31.440 --> 00:37:31.860
 be

00:37:31.860 --> 00:37:34.740
 that

00:37:34.740 --> 00:37:35.340
 those

00:37:35.340 --> 00:37:35.840
 who were

00:37:35.840 --> 00:37:36.780
 defiled

00:37:36.780 --> 00:37:37.860
 and

00:37:37.860 --> 00:37:38.599
 unworthy

00:37:38.599 --> 00:37:41.360
 those

00:37:41.360 --> 00:37:41.920
 who even

00:37:41.920 --> 00:37:42.360
 in that

00:37:42.360 --> 00:37:42.920
 moment

00:37:42.920 --> 00:37:43.599
 were

00:37:43.599 --> 00:37:44.400
 rejecting

00:37:44.400 --> 00:37:45.840
 and mocking

00:37:45.840 --> 00:37:47.000
 Christ

00:37:47.000 --> 00:37:50.420
 are now

00:37:50.420 --> 00:37:51.039
 the

00:37:51.039 --> 00:37:51.519
 beloved

00:37:51.519 --> 00:37:52.240
 of God

00:37:52.240 --> 00:37:54.480
 loved

00:37:54.480 --> 00:37:55.780
 the

00:37:55.780 --> 00:37:56.120
 word of

00:37:56.120 --> 00:37:56.300
 God

00:37:56.300 --> 00:37:56.960
 tells us

00:37:56.960 --> 00:37:58.079
 we are

00:37:58.079 --> 00:37:58.680
 loved

00:37:58.680 --> 00:38:00.380
 just

00:38:00.380 --> 00:38:01.440
 as

00:38:01.440 --> 00:38:01.960
 the

00:38:01.960 --> 00:38:02.400
 father

00:38:02.400 --> 00:38:03.160
 loves

00:38:03.160 --> 00:38:03.600
 the

00:38:03.600 --> 00:38:04.100
 son

00:38:04.100 --> 00:38:05.800
 we're

00:38:05.800 --> 00:38:06.140
 loved

00:38:06.140 --> 00:38:07.780
 how much

00:38:07.780 --> 00:38:08.059
 does

00:38:08.059 --> 00:38:08.680
 the father

00:38:08.680 --> 00:38:09.100
 love the

00:38:09.100 --> 00:38:09.360
 son

00:38:09.360 --> 00:38:11.100
 we can't

00:38:11.100 --> 00:38:11.760
 measure that

00:38:11.760 --> 00:38:12.340
 whatever it

00:38:12.340 --> 00:38:13.000
 is he

00:38:13.000 --> 00:38:13.620
 loves us

00:38:13.620 --> 00:38:14.300
 just

00:38:14.300 --> 00:38:15.420
 as much

00:38:15.420 --> 00:38:19.200
 so how

00:38:19.200 --> 00:38:19.800
 should all

00:38:19.800 --> 00:38:20.059
 this

00:38:20.059 --> 00:38:20.820
 clarity

00:38:20.820 --> 00:38:23.280
 all

00:38:23.280 --> 00:38:23.539
 this

00:38:23.539 --> 00:38:24.320
 fulfillment

00:38:24.320 --> 00:38:26.159
 all

00:38:26.159 --> 00:38:26.460
 this

00:38:26.460 --> 00:38:27.300
 certainty

00:38:27.300 --> 00:38:28.860
 how

00:38:28.860 --> 00:38:29.500
 should it

00:38:29.500 --> 00:38:30.000
 affect

00:38:30.000 --> 00:38:30.220
 our

00:38:30.220 --> 00:38:30.700
 lives

00:38:30.700 --> 00:38:33.300
 sure

00:38:33.300 --> 00:38:33.860
 we could

00:38:33.860 --> 00:38:34.280
 come up

00:38:34.280 --> 00:38:34.760
 with many

00:38:34.760 --> 00:38:35.280
 ways

00:38:35.280 --> 00:38:36.360
 the one

00:38:36.360 --> 00:38:37.340
 central to

00:38:37.340 --> 00:38:38.119
 our purpose

00:38:38.119 --> 00:38:38.760
 this weekend

00:38:38.760 --> 00:38:39.680
 is how

00:38:39.680 --> 00:38:40.059
 it affects

00:38:40.059 --> 00:38:40.260
 our

00:38:40.260 --> 00:38:40.780
 joyfulness

00:38:40.780 --> 00:38:43.780
 with a

00:38:43.780 --> 00:38:44.480
 salvation

00:38:44.480 --> 00:38:46.000
 this

00:38:46.000 --> 00:38:46.580
 great

00:38:46.580 --> 00:38:48.260
 this

00:38:48.260 --> 00:38:49.060
 certain

00:38:49.060 --> 00:38:50.580
 the

00:38:50.580 --> 00:38:51.220
 fulfillment

00:38:51.220 --> 00:38:52.300
 in motion

00:38:52.300 --> 00:38:53.860
 has caught

00:38:53.860 --> 00:38:54.260
 us up

00:38:54.260 --> 00:38:54.860
 in it

00:38:54.860 --> 00:38:57.060
 with

00:38:57.060 --> 00:38:57.900
 such a

00:38:57.900 --> 00:38:58.140
 great

00:38:58.140 --> 00:38:58.800
 salvation

00:38:58.800 --> 00:39:01.019
 our

00:39:01.019 --> 00:39:01.540
 hearts

00:39:01.540 --> 00:39:02.220
 should

00:39:02.220 --> 00:39:02.780
 overflow

00:39:02.780 --> 00:39:04.320
 with joy

00:39:04.320 --> 00:39:07.000
 verses

00:39:07.000 --> 00:39:07.660
 six and

00:39:07.660 --> 00:39:07.980
 eight

00:39:07.980 --> 00:39:10.119
 in this

00:39:10.119 --> 00:39:11.099
 you rejoice

00:39:11.099 --> 00:39:12.860
 now

00:39:12.860 --> 00:39:13.400
 though for a

00:39:13.400 --> 00:39:13.820
 little while

00:39:13.820 --> 00:39:14.500
 if necessary

00:39:14.500 --> 00:39:15.000
 you've been

00:39:15.000 --> 00:39:15.460
 grieved by

00:39:15.460 --> 00:39:16.440
 various trials

00:39:16.440 --> 00:39:19.599
 he is saying

00:39:19.599 --> 00:39:20.940
 this

00:39:20.940 --> 00:39:22.900
 you rejoice

00:39:22.900 --> 00:39:23.539
 in which

00:39:23.539 --> 00:39:24.260
 the context

00:39:24.260 --> 00:39:24.719
 is the

00:39:24.719 --> 00:39:25.260
 gospel

00:39:25.260 --> 00:39:26.659
 is so

00:39:26.659 --> 00:39:27.199
 wondrous

00:39:27.199 --> 00:39:28.460
 even though

00:39:28.460 --> 00:39:28.780
 you have

00:39:28.780 --> 00:39:29.320
 trials

00:39:29.320 --> 00:39:30.740
 we still

00:39:30.740 --> 00:39:31.240
 rejoice

00:39:31.240 --> 00:39:31.920
 because

00:39:31.920 --> 00:39:32.659
 this

00:39:32.659 --> 00:39:33.740
 is far

00:39:33.740 --> 00:39:34.139
 better

00:39:34.139 --> 00:39:37.400
 we'll

00:39:37.400 --> 00:39:37.819
 look at

00:39:37.819 --> 00:39:38.519
 that

00:39:38.519 --> 00:39:38.920
 more

00:39:38.920 --> 00:39:39.440
 in the

00:39:39.440 --> 00:39:39.659
 next

00:39:39.659 --> 00:39:40.079
 session

00:39:40.079 --> 00:39:41.319
 verse

00:39:41.319 --> 00:39:41.659
 eight

00:39:41.659 --> 00:39:43.359
 speaks

00:39:43.359 --> 00:39:43.799
 of this

00:39:43.799 --> 00:39:44.639
 default

00:39:44.639 --> 00:39:45.219
 setting

00:39:45.219 --> 00:39:45.799
 for our

00:39:45.799 --> 00:39:46.299
 soul

00:39:46.299 --> 00:39:47.159
 you

00:39:47.159 --> 00:39:47.599
 haven't

00:39:47.599 --> 00:39:48.000
 seen

00:39:48.000 --> 00:39:48.659
 Jesus

00:39:48.659 --> 00:39:50.119
 but you

00:39:50.119 --> 00:39:50.480
 love

00:39:50.480 --> 00:39:50.799
 him

00:39:50.799 --> 00:39:52.779
 by the

00:39:52.779 --> 00:39:53.099
 grace

00:39:53.099 --> 00:39:53.739
 of God

00:39:53.739 --> 00:39:54.559
 you

00:39:54.559 --> 00:39:54.900
 love

00:39:54.900 --> 00:39:55.259
 him

00:39:55.259 --> 00:39:57.379
 no

00:39:57.379 --> 00:39:57.559
 you

00:39:57.559 --> 00:39:57.739
 do

00:39:57.739 --> 00:39:57.980
 not

00:39:57.980 --> 00:39:58.239
 see

00:39:58.239 --> 00:39:58.440
 him

00:39:58.440 --> 00:39:58.859
 now

00:39:58.859 --> 00:39:59.519
 you

00:39:59.519 --> 00:40:00.019
 believe

00:40:00.019 --> 00:40:00.239
 in

00:40:00.239 --> 00:40:00.679
 him

00:40:00.679 --> 00:40:03.619
 you

00:40:03.619 --> 00:40:03.839
 who

00:40:03.839 --> 00:40:04.079
 think

00:40:04.079 --> 00:40:04.339
 maybe

00:40:04.339 --> 00:40:04.579
 your

00:40:04.579 --> 00:40:05.119
 faith

00:40:05.119 --> 00:40:05.299
 is

00:40:05.299 --> 00:40:05.659
 weak

00:40:05.659 --> 00:40:06.779
 we

00:40:06.779 --> 00:40:07.039
 tend

00:40:07.039 --> 00:40:07.179
 to

00:40:07.179 --> 00:40:07.899
 how

00:40:07.899 --> 00:40:08.299
 often

00:40:08.299 --> 00:40:08.500
 do

00:40:08.500 --> 00:40:08.679
 you

00:40:08.679 --> 00:40:09.039
 speak

00:40:09.039 --> 00:40:09.179
 to

00:40:09.179 --> 00:40:09.319
 a

00:40:09.319 --> 00:40:09.619
 Christian

00:40:09.619 --> 00:40:09.799
 who

00:40:09.799 --> 00:40:09.919
 says

00:40:09.919 --> 00:40:10.259
 yeah

00:40:10.259 --> 00:40:10.579
 my

00:40:10.579 --> 00:40:10.899
 faith

00:40:10.899 --> 00:40:11.079
 is

00:40:11.079 --> 00:40:11.539
 strong

00:40:11.539 --> 00:40:13.179
 great

00:40:13.179 --> 00:40:13.579
 faith

00:40:13.579 --> 00:40:14.339
 they

00:40:14.339 --> 00:40:14.500
 may

00:40:14.500 --> 00:40:14.759
 think

00:40:14.759 --> 00:40:15.419
 Christians

00:40:15.419 --> 00:40:15.679
 don't

00:40:15.679 --> 00:40:15.919
 say

00:40:15.919 --> 00:40:16.139
 that

00:40:16.139 --> 00:40:16.359
 too

00:40:16.359 --> 00:40:16.619
 often

00:40:16.619 --> 00:40:17.519
 we're

00:40:17.519 --> 00:40:17.719
 thinking

00:40:17.719 --> 00:40:18.019
 our

00:40:18.019 --> 00:40:18.279
 faith

00:40:18.279 --> 00:40:18.440
 is

00:40:18.440 --> 00:40:18.659
 kind

00:40:18.659 --> 00:40:18.759
 of

00:40:18.759 --> 00:40:19.019
 weak

00:40:19.019 --> 00:40:19.440
 because

00:40:19.440 --> 00:40:20.480
 we're

00:40:20.480 --> 00:40:20.679
 aware

00:40:20.679 --> 00:40:20.799
 of

00:40:20.799 --> 00:40:20.960
 our

00:40:20.960 --> 00:40:21.460
 struggles

00:40:21.460 --> 00:40:22.599
 have

00:40:22.599 --> 00:40:22.779
 you

00:40:22.779 --> 00:40:23.359
 considered

00:40:23.359 --> 00:40:24.519
 as a

00:40:24.519 --> 00:40:24.839
 believer

00:40:24.839 --> 00:40:26.980
 how

00:40:26.980 --> 00:40:27.500
 easily

00:40:27.500 --> 00:40:27.799
 you

00:40:27.799 --> 00:40:28.359
 believe

00:40:28.359 --> 00:40:29.379
 that

00:40:29.379 --> 00:40:29.699
 baby

00:40:29.699 --> 00:40:30.099
 Jesus

00:40:30.099 --> 00:40:30.379
 was

00:40:30.380 --> 00:40:30.599
 God

00:40:30.599 --> 00:40:30.680
 in

00:40:30.680 --> 00:40:31.000
 flesh

00:40:31.000 --> 00:40:34.200
 that

00:40:34.200 --> 00:40:35.059
 he

00:40:35.059 --> 00:40:35.200
 was

00:40:35.200 --> 00:40:35.420
 born

00:40:35.420 --> 00:40:35.539
 of

00:40:35.539 --> 00:40:35.680
 a

00:40:35.680 --> 00:40:35.960
 virgin

00:40:35.960 --> 00:40:38.579
 that

00:40:38.579 --> 00:40:39.460
 he

00:40:39.460 --> 00:40:39.680
 really

00:40:39.680 --> 00:40:39.920
 did

00:40:39.920 --> 00:40:40.320
 die

00:40:40.320 --> 00:40:40.800
 and

00:40:40.800 --> 00:40:40.960
 now

00:40:40.960 --> 00:40:41.119
 he's

00:40:41.119 --> 00:40:41.539
 alive

00:40:41.539 --> 00:40:42.840
 and

00:40:42.840 --> 00:40:43.019
 he's

00:40:43.019 --> 00:40:43.160
 up

00:40:43.160 --> 00:40:43.280
 in

00:40:43.280 --> 00:40:43.519
 heaven

00:40:43.519 --> 00:40:44.000
 and

00:40:44.000 --> 00:40:44.220
 when

00:40:44.220 --> 00:40:44.340
 you

00:40:44.340 --> 00:40:44.680
 talk

00:40:44.680 --> 00:40:44.940
 he

00:40:44.940 --> 00:40:45.260
 hears

00:40:45.260 --> 00:40:45.460
 and

00:40:45.460 --> 00:40:45.900
 he

00:40:45.900 --> 00:40:46.220
 actually

00:40:46.220 --> 00:40:46.820
 speaks

00:40:46.820 --> 00:40:47.000
 to

00:40:47.000 --> 00:40:47.160
 your

00:40:47.160 --> 00:40:47.460
 soul

00:40:47.460 --> 00:40:47.640
 and

00:40:47.640 --> 00:40:48.200
 you

00:40:48.200 --> 00:40:48.480
 get

00:40:48.480 --> 00:40:49.360
 it

00:40:49.360 --> 00:40:49.700
 but

00:40:49.700 --> 00:40:50.340
 if

00:40:50.340 --> 00:40:50.780
 you

00:40:50.780 --> 00:40:51.320
 say

00:40:51.320 --> 00:40:51.500
 that

00:40:51.500 --> 00:40:51.599
 to

00:40:51.599 --> 00:40:51.780
 other

00:40:51.780 --> 00:40:52.180
 people

00:40:52.180 --> 00:40:52.340
 and

00:40:52.340 --> 00:40:53.640
 they're

00:40:53.640 --> 00:40:58.140
 kind

00:40:58.140 --> 00:40:58.240
 of

00:40:58.240 --> 00:40:58.619
 whacked

00:40:58.619 --> 00:40:59.840
 and

00:40:59.840 --> 00:41:00.140
 yet

00:41:00.139 --> 00:41:02.719
 those

00:41:02.719 --> 00:41:02.940
 things

00:41:02.940 --> 00:41:03.119
 aren't

00:41:03.119 --> 00:41:03.339
 hard

00:41:03.339 --> 00:41:03.599
 for you

00:41:03.599 --> 00:41:03.759
 to

00:41:03.759 --> 00:41:04.119
 believe

00:41:04.119 --> 00:41:05.000
 when

00:41:05.000 --> 00:41:05.199
 you're

00:41:05.199 --> 00:41:05.339
 in

00:41:05.339 --> 00:41:05.699
 Christ

00:41:05.699 --> 00:41:06.639
 Jesus

00:41:06.639 --> 00:41:06.940
 is

00:41:06.940 --> 00:41:07.159
 born

00:41:07.159 --> 00:41:07.299
 of

00:41:07.299 --> 00:41:07.420
 a

00:41:07.420 --> 00:41:07.699
 virgin

00:41:07.699 --> 00:41:08.879
 okay

00:41:08.879 --> 00:41:11.079
 God

00:41:11.079 --> 00:41:11.420
 became

00:41:11.420 --> 00:41:11.940
 flesh

00:41:11.940 --> 00:41:13.279
 it

00:41:13.279 --> 00:41:13.440
 was

00:41:13.440 --> 00:41:13.839
 God

00:41:13.839 --> 00:41:14.139
 in

00:41:14.139 --> 00:41:14.579
 flesh

00:41:14.579 --> 00:41:15.480
 and

00:41:15.480 --> 00:41:15.579
 he

00:41:15.579 --> 00:41:15.719
 was

00:41:15.719 --> 00:41:15.960
 dead

00:41:15.960 --> 00:41:16.139
 now

00:41:16.139 --> 00:41:16.299
 he's

00:41:16.299 --> 00:41:16.619
 alive

00:41:16.619 --> 00:41:16.940
 and

00:41:16.940 --> 00:41:17.319
 you

00:41:17.319 --> 00:41:17.559
 go

00:41:17.559 --> 00:41:18.519
 yep

00:41:18.519 --> 00:41:19.739
 okay

00:41:19.739 --> 00:41:21.319
 how

00:41:21.319 --> 00:41:21.539
 is

00:41:21.539 --> 00:41:21.679
 it

00:41:21.679 --> 00:41:21.839
 that

00:41:21.839 --> 00:41:22.039
 we

00:41:22.039 --> 00:41:22.500
 believe

00:41:22.500 --> 00:41:22.779
 those

00:41:22.779 --> 00:41:23.039
 things

00:41:23.039 --> 00:41:23.359
 so

00:41:23.359 --> 00:41:24.259
 actually

00:41:24.259 --> 00:41:24.599
 so

00:41:24.599 --> 00:41:25.139
 easily

00:41:25.139 --> 00:41:27.839
 because

00:41:27.839 --> 00:41:28.979
 your

00:41:28.979 --> 00:41:29.359
 faith

00:41:29.359 --> 00:41:29.759
 truly

00:41:29.759 --> 00:41:30.339
 is

00:41:30.339 --> 00:41:31.299
 a

00:41:31.299 --> 00:41:31.759
 miraculous

00:41:31.759 --> 00:41:32.439
 work

00:41:32.439 --> 00:41:32.639
 of

00:41:32.639 --> 00:41:32.979
 God

00:41:32.979 --> 00:41:34.059
 it

00:41:34.059 --> 00:41:34.279
 is

00:41:34.279 --> 00:41:34.459
 the

00:41:34.459 --> 00:41:34.759
 power

00:41:34.759 --> 00:41:34.959
 of

00:41:34.959 --> 00:41:35.219
 God

00:41:35.219 --> 00:41:35.519
 in

00:41:35.519 --> 00:41:35.739
 you

00:41:35.739 --> 00:41:38.519
 and

00:41:38.519 --> 00:41:38.739
 so

00:41:38.739 --> 00:41:39.059
 you

00:41:39.059 --> 00:41:39.259
 do

00:41:39.259 --> 00:41:39.859
 believe

00:41:39.859 --> 00:41:41.099
 and

00:41:41.099 --> 00:41:41.279
 we

00:41:41.279 --> 00:41:41.479
 do

00:41:41.479 --> 00:41:42.179
 rejoice

00:41:42.179 --> 00:41:42.639
 he

00:41:42.639 --> 00:41:43.199
 says

00:41:43.199 --> 00:41:45.379
 joy

00:41:45.379 --> 00:41:46.439
 inexpressible

00:41:46.439 --> 00:41:46.779
 filled

00:41:46.779 --> 00:41:47.000
 with

00:41:47.000 --> 00:41:47.459
 glory

00:41:47.460 --> 00:41:48.940
 not in

00:41:48.940 --> 00:41:49.119
 full

00:41:49.119 --> 00:41:49.599
 measure

00:41:49.599 --> 00:41:50.579
 but

00:41:50.579 --> 00:41:50.740
 it

00:41:50.740 --> 00:41:51.240
 comes

00:41:51.240 --> 00:41:52.800
 and

00:41:52.800 --> 00:41:53.039
 although

00:41:53.039 --> 00:41:53.340
 we

00:41:53.340 --> 00:41:53.720
 have

00:41:53.720 --> 00:41:55.579
 inconsistency

00:41:55.579 --> 00:41:55.780
 in

00:41:55.780 --> 00:41:56.059
 these

00:41:56.059 --> 00:41:56.519
 things

00:41:56.519 --> 00:41:57.679
 joy

00:41:57.679 --> 00:41:58.460
 can

00:41:58.460 --> 00:41:59.460
 increasingly

00:41:59.460 --> 00:42:00.119
 be

00:42:00.119 --> 00:42:00.659
 our

00:42:00.659 --> 00:42:01.320
 natural

00:42:01.320 --> 00:42:02.320
 disposition

00:42:02.320 --> 00:42:06.539
 and

00:42:06.539 --> 00:42:07.000
 as we

00:42:07.000 --> 00:42:07.480
 live in

00:42:07.480 --> 00:42:07.880
 the joy

00:42:07.880 --> 00:42:08.079
 of

00:42:08.079 --> 00:42:08.559
 Christ

00:42:08.559 --> 00:42:10.980
 our

00:42:10.980 --> 00:42:11.440
 lives

00:42:11.440 --> 00:42:12.199
 glorify

00:42:12.199 --> 00:42:12.599
 him

00:42:12.599 --> 00:42:19.480
 and

00:42:19.480 --> 00:42:19.839
 isn't

00:42:19.839 --> 00:42:20.099
 that

00:42:20.099 --> 00:42:20.339
 what

00:42:20.339 --> 00:42:20.500
 you

00:42:20.500 --> 00:42:20.819
 really

00:42:20.819 --> 00:42:21.119
 want

00:42:21.119 --> 00:42:21.279
 to

00:42:21.279 --> 00:42:21.480
 come

00:42:21.480 --> 00:42:21.679
 from

00:42:21.679 --> 00:42:21.819
 your

00:42:21.819 --> 00:42:22.239
 life

00:42:22.239 --> 00:42:25.000
 that

00:42:25.000 --> 00:42:26.579
 Christ

00:42:26.579 --> 00:42:27.059
 really

00:42:27.059 --> 00:42:27.420
 is

00:42:27.420 --> 00:42:28.199
 glorified

00:42:28.199 --> 00:42:28.579
 that

00:42:28.579 --> 00:42:29.299
 somehow

00:42:29.299 --> 00:42:30.639
 your

00:42:30.639 --> 00:42:31.239
 life

00:42:31.239 --> 00:42:33.019
 brings

00:42:33.019 --> 00:42:33.360
 honor

00:42:33.360 --> 00:42:33.599
 to

00:42:33.599 --> 00:42:33.940
 him

00:42:33.940 --> 00:42:35.980
 isn't

00:42:35.980 --> 00:42:36.239
 that

00:42:36.239 --> 00:42:36.539
 what

00:42:36.539 --> 00:42:36.759
 we

00:42:36.759 --> 00:42:37.119
 really

00:42:37.119 --> 00:42:37.719
 want

00:42:37.719 --> 00:42:39.079
 that

00:42:39.079 --> 00:42:39.599
 somehow

00:42:39.599 --> 00:42:42.539
 our

00:42:42.539 --> 00:42:43.099
 life

00:42:43.099 --> 00:42:44.539
 brings

00:42:44.539 --> 00:42:45.079
 honor

00:42:45.079 --> 00:42:46.619
 to

00:42:46.619 --> 00:42:47.139
 God

00:42:47.139 --> 00:42:48.219
 and

00:42:48.219 --> 00:42:48.500
 lists

00:42:48.500 --> 00:42:48.679
 up

00:42:48.679 --> 00:42:48.839
 the

00:42:48.839 --> 00:42:49.039
 name

00:42:49.039 --> 00:42:49.239
 of

00:42:49.239 --> 00:42:49.779
 Jesus

00:42:49.779 --> 00:42:52.639
 being

00:42:52.639 --> 00:42:53.659
 joyful

00:42:53.659 --> 00:42:53.980
 by

00:42:53.980 --> 00:42:54.759
 disposition

00:42:54.759 --> 00:42:55.119
 and

00:42:55.119 --> 00:42:55.839
 we'll

00:42:55.839 --> 00:42:56.159
 look at

00:42:56.159 --> 00:42:56.339
 what

00:42:56.339 --> 00:42:56.579
 that

00:42:56.579 --> 00:42:57.000
 means

00:42:57.000 --> 00:42:58.980
 that

00:42:58.980 --> 00:42:59.339
 is

00:42:59.339 --> 00:43:00.059
 glorifying

00:43:00.059 --> 00:43:00.299
 to

00:43:00.299 --> 00:43:00.639
 him

00:43:00.639 --> 00:43:01.219
 because

00:43:01.219 --> 00:43:03.420
 happiness

00:43:03.420 --> 00:43:04.199
 is

00:43:04.199 --> 00:43:04.679
 directed

00:43:04.679 --> 00:43:04.960
 to

00:43:04.960 --> 00:43:05.779
 circumstances

00:43:05.780 --> 00:43:08.200
 you

00:43:08.200 --> 00:43:08.460
 get

00:43:08.460 --> 00:43:08.660
 a

00:43:08.660 --> 00:43:09.080
 new

00:43:09.080 --> 00:43:09.600
 car

00:43:09.600 --> 00:43:11.120
 and

00:43:11.120 --> 00:43:11.300
 you're

00:43:11.300 --> 00:43:11.760
 happy

00:43:11.760 --> 00:43:13.560
 with

00:43:13.560 --> 00:43:13.840
 all

00:43:13.840 --> 00:43:14.060
 the

00:43:14.060 --> 00:43:14.480
 new

00:43:14.480 --> 00:43:17.320
 drives

00:43:17.320 --> 00:43:17.900
 itself

00:43:17.900 --> 00:43:18.519
 I

00:43:18.519 --> 00:43:18.740
 haven't

00:43:18.740 --> 00:43:18.920
 had

00:43:18.920 --> 00:43:19.080
 one

00:43:19.080 --> 00:43:19.120
 of

00:43:19.120 --> 00:43:19.260
 those

00:43:19.260 --> 00:43:19.519
 cars

00:43:19.519 --> 00:43:19.760
 yet

00:43:19.760 --> 00:43:20.019
 but

00:43:20.019 --> 00:43:20.660
 I

00:43:20.660 --> 00:43:20.940
 watched

00:43:20.940 --> 00:43:21.120
 the

00:43:21.120 --> 00:43:21.519
 commercials

00:43:21.519 --> 00:43:21.900
 they

00:43:21.900 --> 00:43:22.120
 tell

00:43:22.120 --> 00:43:22.260
 me

00:43:22.260 --> 00:43:22.380
 it

00:43:22.380 --> 00:43:22.700
 drives

00:43:22.700 --> 00:43:23.140
 itself

00:43:23.140 --> 00:43:23.780
 parks

00:43:23.780 --> 00:43:24.320
 itself

00:43:24.320 --> 00:43:26.280
 has

00:43:26.280 --> 00:43:26.460
 all

00:43:26.460 --> 00:43:26.740
 kinds

00:43:26.740 --> 00:43:26.880
 of

00:43:26.880 --> 00:43:27.140
 cool

00:43:27.140 --> 00:43:27.880
 gadgetry

00:43:27.880 --> 00:43:28.300
 a

00:43:28.300 --> 00:43:28.580
 new

00:43:28.580 --> 00:43:28.940
 car

00:43:28.940 --> 00:43:29.320
 you're

00:43:29.320 --> 00:43:30.300
 happy

00:43:30.300 --> 00:43:31.500
 you

00:43:31.500 --> 00:43:31.800
 haven't

00:43:31.800 --> 00:43:31.960
 made

00:43:31.960 --> 00:43:32.120
 the

00:43:32.120 --> 00:43:32.360
 first

00:43:32.360 --> 00:43:32.920
 payment

00:43:32.920 --> 00:43:33.220
 yet

00:43:33.220 --> 00:43:33.680
 you're

00:43:33.680 --> 00:43:34.180
 happy

00:43:34.179 --> 00:43:35.679
 you

00:43:35.679 --> 00:43:35.919
 don't

00:43:35.919 --> 00:43:36.259
 know

00:43:36.259 --> 00:43:36.500
 yet

00:43:36.500 --> 00:43:36.679
 what

00:43:36.679 --> 00:43:36.759
 it

00:43:36.759 --> 00:43:36.879
 will

00:43:36.879 --> 00:43:37.219
 cost

00:43:37.219 --> 00:43:37.339
 you

00:43:37.339 --> 00:43:37.599
 you're

00:43:37.599 --> 00:43:38.419
 happy

00:43:38.419 --> 00:43:40.759
 and

00:43:40.759 --> 00:43:41.079
 then

00:43:41.079 --> 00:43:42.699
 your

00:43:42.699 --> 00:43:43.239
 wife

00:43:43.239 --> 00:43:45.699
 accidentally

00:43:45.699 --> 00:43:46.960
 gets too

00:43:46.960 --> 00:43:47.440
 close to

00:43:47.440 --> 00:43:47.919
 the mailbox

00:43:47.919 --> 00:43:48.519
 as she

00:43:48.519 --> 00:43:49.199
 goes out

00:43:49.199 --> 00:43:53.039
 you're

00:43:53.039 --> 00:43:53.219
 not

00:43:53.219 --> 00:43:53.719
 happy

00:43:53.719 --> 00:43:55.059
 you're

00:43:55.059 --> 00:43:55.899
 not

00:43:55.899 --> 00:43:56.779
 happy

00:43:56.779 --> 00:43:58.619
 I'm

00:43:58.619 --> 00:43:58.799
 just

00:43:58.799 --> 00:43:59.059
 saying

00:43:59.059 --> 00:43:59.679
 for instance

00:43:59.679 --> 00:44:00.139
 if something

00:44:00.139 --> 00:44:00.539
 like that

00:44:00.539 --> 00:44:00.719
 ever

00:44:00.719 --> 00:44:01.139
 happened

00:44:01.139 --> 00:44:01.599
 you just

00:44:01.599 --> 00:44:03.399
 you wouldn't

00:44:03.399 --> 00:44:04.019
 be happy

00:44:04.019 --> 00:44:07.039
 joy

00:44:07.039 --> 00:44:07.679
 is something

00:44:07.679 --> 00:44:08.019
 very

00:44:08.019 --> 00:44:08.619
 different

00:44:08.619 --> 00:44:09.139
 joy

00:44:09.139 --> 00:44:10.239
 is not

00:44:10.239 --> 00:44:10.880
 dependent

00:44:10.880 --> 00:44:11.239
 on

00:44:11.239 --> 00:44:12.019
 circumstances

00:44:12.019 --> 00:44:12.579
 at all

00:44:12.579 --> 00:44:12.820
 it

00:44:12.820 --> 00:44:14.519
 all those

00:44:14.519 --> 00:44:15.340
 circumstances

00:44:15.340 --> 00:44:16.759
 can be

00:44:16.759 --> 00:44:17.179
 very

00:44:17.179 --> 00:44:17.960
 unhappy

00:44:17.960 --> 00:44:19.119
 and joy

00:44:19.119 --> 00:44:19.759
 is

00:44:19.759 --> 00:44:20.679
 there

00:44:20.679 --> 00:44:21.659
 and so

00:44:21.659 --> 00:44:22.139
 that's

00:44:22.139 --> 00:44:22.960
 what makes

00:44:22.960 --> 00:44:23.259
 it

00:44:23.259 --> 00:44:24.639
 the world

00:44:24.639 --> 00:44:25.960
 how

00:44:25.960 --> 00:44:26.420
 why

00:44:26.420 --> 00:44:26.699
 this

00:44:26.699 --> 00:44:27.239
 doesn't

00:44:27.239 --> 00:44:27.579
 make

00:44:27.579 --> 00:44:28.320
 sense

00:44:28.320 --> 00:44:29.099
 and it

00:44:29.099 --> 00:44:29.440
 points

00:44:29.440 --> 00:44:29.759
 to

00:44:29.759 --> 00:44:30.599
 it

00:44:30.599 --> 00:44:31.000
 makes

00:44:31.000 --> 00:44:31.460
 sense

00:44:31.460 --> 00:44:32.039
 if

00:44:32.039 --> 00:44:32.639
 you

00:44:32.639 --> 00:44:33.340
 know

00:44:33.340 --> 00:44:34.059
 him

00:44:34.059 --> 00:44:35.820
 it

00:44:35.820 --> 00:44:36.360
 makes

00:44:36.360 --> 00:44:37.039
 sense

00:44:37.039 --> 00:44:38.679
 if

00:44:38.679 --> 00:44:39.079
 he

00:44:39.079 --> 00:44:40.139
 isn't

00:44:40.139 --> 00:44:40.800
 here

00:44:40.800 --> 00:44:42.179
 it

00:44:42.179 --> 00:44:42.579
 makes

00:44:42.579 --> 00:44:43.259
 sense

00:44:43.259 --> 00:44:44.019
 when

00:44:44.019 --> 00:44:44.420
 he

00:44:44.420 --> 00:44:44.960
 uses

00:44:44.960 --> 00:44:45.380
 your

00:44:45.380 --> 00:44:45.960
 life

00:44:45.960 --> 00:44:47.960
 and that

00:44:47.960 --> 00:44:49.039
 that honors

00:44:49.039 --> 00:44:49.759
 him and

00:44:49.759 --> 00:44:50.219
 even if

00:44:50.219 --> 00:44:50.860
 no one

00:44:50.860 --> 00:44:51.659
 sees it

00:44:51.659 --> 00:44:52.639
 but him

00:44:52.639 --> 00:44:54.219
 it honors

00:44:54.219 --> 00:44:54.519
 him

00:44:54.519 --> 00:44:56.119
 the truth

00:44:56.119 --> 00:44:56.480
 is

00:44:56.480 --> 00:44:57.559
 there's a lot

00:44:57.559 --> 00:44:58.159
 more seeing

00:44:58.159 --> 00:44:58.719
 these things

00:44:58.719 --> 00:44:58.980
 than we

00:44:58.980 --> 00:44:59.400
 think

00:44:59.400 --> 00:45:01.219
 anyone

00:45:01.219 --> 00:45:02.539
 who

00:45:02.539 --> 00:45:03.059
 observes

00:45:03.059 --> 00:45:03.280
 you

00:45:03.280 --> 00:45:03.639
 can be

00:45:03.639 --> 00:45:04.119
 impacted

00:45:04.119 --> 00:45:04.679
 by you

00:45:04.679 --> 00:45:06.039
 and if

00:45:06.039 --> 00:45:06.340
 you're

00:45:06.340 --> 00:45:06.880
 all alone

00:45:06.880 --> 00:45:08.579
 all the

00:45:08.579 --> 00:45:08.880
 angels

00:45:08.880 --> 00:45:09.460
 see you

00:45:09.460 --> 00:45:10.480
 and all

00:45:10.480 --> 00:45:10.940
 the demons

00:45:10.940 --> 00:45:11.639
 see you

00:45:11.639 --> 00:45:16.340
 there are

00:45:16.340 --> 00:45:16.840
 plenty of

00:45:16.840 --> 00:45:17.400
 people who

00:45:17.400 --> 00:45:17.840
 can fill

00:45:17.840 --> 00:45:18.400
 the role

00:45:18.400 --> 00:45:18.780
 of

00:45:18.780 --> 00:45:20.000
 complain

00:45:20.000 --> 00:45:20.579
 nag

00:45:20.579 --> 00:45:21.019
 grumble

00:45:21.019 --> 00:45:22.619
 we don't

00:45:22.619 --> 00:45:23.119
 need more

00:45:23.119 --> 00:45:23.639
 people to

00:45:23.639 --> 00:45:24.199
 do that

00:45:24.199 --> 00:45:25.619
 lots of

00:45:25.619 --> 00:45:26.260
 people sign

00:45:26.260 --> 00:45:26.820
 up every

00:45:26.820 --> 00:45:27.119
 day

00:45:27.119 --> 00:45:30.839
 accuse

00:45:30.839 --> 00:45:31.900
 threaten

00:45:31.900 --> 00:45:33.639
 people of

00:45:33.639 --> 00:45:33.920
 joy

00:45:33.920 --> 00:45:34.839
 stand out

00:45:34.839 --> 00:45:36.559
 they are

00:45:36.559 --> 00:45:37.659
 attractional

00:45:37.659 --> 00:45:39.659
 they are

00:45:39.659 --> 00:45:40.619
 impactful

00:45:40.619 --> 00:45:44.380
 you do

00:45:44.380 --> 00:45:45.000
 want the

00:45:45.000 --> 00:45:45.579
 power of

00:45:45.579 --> 00:45:45.900
 God

00:45:45.900 --> 00:45:46.880
 at work

00:45:46.880 --> 00:45:47.299
 in you

00:45:47.299 --> 00:45:49.119
 you want

00:45:49.119 --> 00:45:49.599
 the power

00:45:49.599 --> 00:45:50.000
 of God

00:45:50.000 --> 00:45:50.420
 to be at

00:45:50.420 --> 00:45:50.699
 work

00:45:50.699 --> 00:45:51.299
 through

00:45:51.299 --> 00:45:51.699
 you

00:45:51.699 --> 00:45:54.319
 a place

00:45:54.319 --> 00:45:55.579
 to start

00:45:55.579 --> 00:45:57.440
 is to

00:45:57.440 --> 00:45:58.000
 have

00:45:58.000 --> 00:45:58.699
 a joyful

00:45:58.699 --> 00:45:59.179
 heart

00:45:59.179 --> 00:45:59.840
 to be

00:45:59.840 --> 00:46:00.039
 an

00:46:00.039 --> 00:46:00.699
 increasingly

00:46:00.699 --> 00:46:01.779
 joyful

00:46:01.779 --> 00:46:02.819
 person

00:46:02.819 --> 00:46:05.199
 and I'll

00:46:05.199 --> 00:46:05.559
 speak

00:46:05.559 --> 00:46:06.179
 more

00:46:06.179 --> 00:46:06.699
 of

00:46:06.699 --> 00:46:07.519
 that

00:46:07.519 --> 00:46:08.159
 process

00:46:08.159 --> 00:46:08.659
 for me

00:46:08.659 --> 00:46:09.139
 and of

00:46:09.139 --> 00:46:09.940
 impact

00:46:09.940 --> 00:46:11.679
 and so

00:46:11.679 --> 00:46:12.259
 when

00:46:12.259 --> 00:46:13.400
 uncertainties

00:46:13.400 --> 00:46:14.219
 disrupt

00:46:14.219 --> 00:46:15.420
 your soul

00:46:15.420 --> 00:46:17.559
 answer

00:46:17.559 --> 00:46:18.039
 them

00:46:18.039 --> 00:46:19.340
 with the

00:46:19.340 --> 00:46:20.019
 certainties

00:46:20.019 --> 00:46:20.719
 of Christ

00:46:20.719 --> 00:46:21.279
 the

00:46:21.279 --> 00:46:21.840
 certainties

00:46:21.840 --> 00:46:22.099
 of the

00:46:22.099 --> 00:46:22.579
 gospel

00:46:22.579 --> 00:46:23.779
 let's

00:46:23.779 --> 00:46:24.039
 pray

00:46:24.039 --> 00:46:26.400
 our

00:46:26.400 --> 00:46:26.719
 heavenly

00:46:26.719 --> 00:46:27.219
 father

00:46:27.219 --> 00:46:29.639
 we give

00:46:29.639 --> 00:46:30.579
 you praise

00:46:30.579 --> 00:46:30.860
 for

00:46:30.860 --> 00:46:32.619
 what we've

00:46:32.619 --> 00:46:33.460
 spoken of

00:46:33.460 --> 00:46:34.199
 of Christ

00:46:34.199 --> 00:46:34.579
 and

00:46:34.579 --> 00:46:38.259
 Lord I've

00:46:38.259 --> 00:46:38.840
 tried to

00:46:38.840 --> 00:46:39.819
 lift him

00:46:39.819 --> 00:46:40.440
 up and

00:46:40.440 --> 00:46:40.759
 yet

00:46:40.759 --> 00:46:43.360
 the greatness

00:46:43.360 --> 00:46:44.179
 and the glory

00:46:44.179 --> 00:46:44.940
 is so much

00:46:44.940 --> 00:46:45.460
 more

00:46:45.460 --> 00:46:48.159
 than can be

00:46:48.159 --> 00:46:48.940
 portrayed or

00:46:48.940 --> 00:46:49.460
 understood

00:46:49.460 --> 00:46:49.699
 good

00:46:49.699 --> 00:46:50.579
 but

00:46:50.579 --> 00:46:51.920
 the

00:46:51.920 --> 00:46:52.159
 Holy

00:46:52.159 --> 00:46:52.539
 Spirit

00:46:52.539 --> 00:46:53.019
 gives us

00:46:53.019 --> 00:46:53.440
 some

00:46:53.440 --> 00:46:54.320
 unspeakable

00:46:54.320 --> 00:46:54.780
 sense

00:46:54.780 --> 00:46:55.240
 of it

00:46:55.240 --> 00:46:56.659
 deep

00:46:56.659 --> 00:46:57.220
 in that

00:46:57.220 --> 00:46:57.840
 sense

00:46:57.840 --> 00:46:58.659
 for us

00:46:58.659 --> 00:47:00.220
 that

00:47:00.220 --> 00:47:00.639
 Christ

00:47:00.639 --> 00:47:01.179
 would be

00:47:01.179 --> 00:47:01.619
 greater

00:47:01.619 --> 00:47:02.559
 and what

00:47:02.559 --> 00:47:02.960
 he has

00:47:02.960 --> 00:47:03.320
 done

00:47:03.320 --> 00:47:03.900
 for us

00:47:03.900 --> 00:47:04.300
 would be

00:47:04.300 --> 00:47:04.639
 greater

00:47:04.639 --> 00:47:05.159
 what is

00:47:05.159 --> 00:47:05.599
 true

00:47:05.599 --> 00:47:05.900
 now

00:47:05.900 --> 00:47:06.380
 of us

00:47:06.380 --> 00:47:06.800
 would be

00:47:06.800 --> 00:47:07.260
 greater

00:47:07.260 --> 00:47:08.760
 so help

00:47:08.760 --> 00:47:09.119
 us to

00:47:09.119 --> 00:47:09.420
 work

00:47:09.420 --> 00:47:09.960
 through

00:47:09.960 --> 00:47:10.579
 all of

00:47:10.579 --> 00:47:10.940
 that

00:47:10.940 --> 00:47:11.480
 in these

00:47:11.480 --> 00:47:12.079
 days

00:47:12.079 --> 00:47:12.800
 so that

00:47:12.800 --> 00:47:13.240
 we can

00:47:13.240 --> 00:47:13.860
 live it

00:47:13.860 --> 00:47:14.059
 out

00:47:14.059 --> 00:47:14.480
 the rest

00:47:14.480 --> 00:47:14.760
 of our

00:47:14.760 --> 00:47:15.260
 lives

00:47:15.260 --> 00:47:15.760
 in the

00:47:15.760 --> 00:47:15.980
 name

00:47:15.980 --> 00:47:16.179
 of

00:47:16.179 --> 00:47:16.480
 Jesus

00:47:16.480 --> 00:47:17.159
 we pray

00:47:17.159 --> 00:47:18.559
 amen

00:47:18.559 --> 00:47:20.179
 for

00:47:20.179 --> 00:47:20.699
 you