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 Father, thank you, Father, that we can meet in the presence of Jesus and think about his word.

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 We acknowledge before you, Father, that it's Jesus' word.

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 Jesus is the Savior. Jesus is the Lord.

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 And I ask, Father, for myself that you help me to bring glory to you and serve this people

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 as I try to lead us in reading and thinking and applying your word,

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 that you might help all of us, Father, to be good soil so that we will hear your word

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 and receive your word and bear fruit in our lives to your glory through hearing and receiving your word.

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 So, Father, pour out your Holy Spirit upon us gently but deeply.

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 And this we ask in the name of Jesus, your Son and our Savior. Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 I was once the model for the Antichrist.

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 I don't want you to stop.

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 This isn't some type of dramatic conversion story.

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 But it was when I was in my 20s and I went to church this one Sunday.

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 And so I was a visitor in the church.

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 And I didn't realize that I didn't know much about the church.

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 I was just going to go to church on a Sunday morning.

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 And they were having a prophecy conference with a special speaker.

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 And the speaker had like a flip chart.

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 He was doing drawings to illustrate things.

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 And it was a prophecy conference.

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 And back in those days, I used to have hair down to here.

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 And I had a big beard.

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 And I was dressed in a really, really rumpled shirt and jeans.

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 And it looked like everybody in the church looked like they could have been Mormon missionaries or the parents of Mormon missionaries.

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 And so I looked a little bit different than everybody else.

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 And I still remember the guy up in the front.

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 He's talking and talking.

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 He said, we're going to drive the Antichrist.

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 Looks around.

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 Let's make him a hippie.

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 So he made him with long hair and a beard.

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 I wonder where any of them are in this congregation other than me.

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 Anyway, people all moved a little bit away from me in the seats.

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 No, I'm just making that up.

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 I think a lot of people felt really embarrassed that he went ahead and did it.

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 That was one of those take no prisoner types of churches.

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 And that was sort of an interesting thing.

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 I know a fellow who fervently believes that the pope is the Antichrist.

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 So that when the pope dies, he says, well, I guess that wasn't the pope that's going to be the Antichrist.

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 I wonder if this next pope will be the Antichrist.

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 And he's very, very firmly convinced of that from his reading of the Bible that the pope is the Antichrist.

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 And we all know that the book of Revelation attracts kooky people.

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 It's probably before most of your times.

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 But a very, very early in terms of media sensation serial killer was a guy by the name of Charles Manson.

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 And he was completely and utterly besotted with the book of Revelation and actually put phrases from it in the blood of his victims after he and his followers butchered people in a house and sort of wrote it, some of the things from the book of Revelation on the walls.

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 And so it's a very, very controversial book.

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 In fact, I was just talking to a person from the congregation who said that when they heard that I was going to be preaching through the book of Revelation,

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 that they were wondering if they would go to a different church for the next three or four months.

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 Because I guess in some ways they didn't think that much good would come out of it.

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 It's a very difficult book.

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 And, you know, one of the things, and this is going to be something that you're going to maybe learn about yourself,

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 a lot of Christians don't read the book at all because it's just like, whoa, whoa, what on earth does that mean?

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 And others read it lots and lots and lots and listen to lots of tapes on it and everything like that.

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 And without realizing it, they always hear people who basically say the same type of way of reading the book.

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 And so we believe that we're very biblical in reading the book this way.

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 And if somebody reads the book or interprets it in a way that's outside of this way, then they get very upset.

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 And they'll end up thinking that that person maybe isn't taking the Bible very seriously, doesn't believe the Bible or whatever else.

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 So it arouses strong emotions.

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 It's a confusing book to read.

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 And we're going to read it together over the next few months.

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 Bit by bit by bit, there'll be a few weeks where we take off ramps and look at other texts.

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 I mean, we're Christmas.

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 We're going to talk about the Antichrist on Christmas Eve.

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 Although that might be interesting to do.

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 I don't know.

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 So we'll have different off ramps.

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 So just pray for me week by week by week that as we as a congregation open the Bible,

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 and we're just going to look at it.

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 We're going to begin at Revelation 1, verse 1.

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 And week by week, we're going to go verse by verse throughout the Bible.

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 We're going to study this book, which either is completely and utterly neglected and abandoned by Christians,

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 or is almost like a fixation for Christians.

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 And it seems like there's very few of us who can sort of find somewhere in between where we can read the book.

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 So this week and all weeks, hopefully you bring your Bibles.

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 And there's always extra Bibles up here.

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 You're welcome to always come and take a Bible.

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 Keep it if you want or return it afterwards.

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 And it would be a great help to me now if we begin to see whether, in fact, the Pope is the Antichrist

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 or whether the rapture is going to come in 10 minutes and all of those other topics,

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 if you would join with me in looking at Revelation 1, verse 1.

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 And the book of Revelation is an easy book to find in the Bible.

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 It's the very, very last book.

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 Just turn to the end, and there it is.

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 And let's read the first three verses.

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 I'll read them, and you can listen.

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 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place.

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 He made it known by sending his angel to his servant, John,

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 who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw.

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 Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy,

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 and blessed are those who hear and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near.

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 We're just going to pause here, and we're going to spend some time looking at these three verses,

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 which open the book, which introduce the whole book and the topic of the book to the reader.

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 One of the things which is really important to remember when we read a book,

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 a book of Revelation, is that it, in fact, was a book.

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 It is a book.

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 But if you could go back in a time machine and see John as he wrote it,

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 he probably wrote it on something like a scroll,

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 and he would have started up here, and it was, and then he would have just, you know,

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 he couldn't cut and paste and click and do all those things we do with the internet,

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 you know, with Word today, and he would have just kept on rolling it,

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 and then rolling it, and rolling it, and rolling it,

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 and just keeping writing, and writing, and writing until he was finished.

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 And so it begins a certain way, and the way it begins is very important.

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 And here's the first thing that we have to understand about the book of Revelation.

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 The first thing for us to understand about the book of Revelation is that Jesus reveals himself to me.

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 Now, by the way, normally when I do my notes, I put it,

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 Jesus reveals himself to me so that if you're making the notes and you're reading it,

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 then you're to take it that Jesus reveals himself to me.

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 But in other words, to you, I try to avoid plural words often

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 just to try to make it so that it becomes very, very specific to you.

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 But that's how the book begins.

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 It's going to be a book about Jesus, and ultimately by Jesus.

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 And that comes, it's not obvious when we read it in English,

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 but the very, very opening five words in English,

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 the revelation of Jesus Christ,

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 in the original language,

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 it could be the revelation of Jesus Christ,

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 the revelation from Jesus Christ,

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 or the revelation by Jesus Christ.

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 grammatically in the original language,

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 all of those are completely valid possibilities.

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 And so I would take it that John,

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 under the inspiration of Jesus and the Holy Spirit,

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 after the angel speaks to him or comes to him,

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 that John specifically wrote that type of ambiguity into the text.

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 Not to be ambiguous,

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 but to have something which is a very, very rich phrase

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 which only uses a couple of words.

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 So, even though,

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 if you went back in the time machine,

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 and you were able to find John,

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 on the island of Patmos,

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 you would see him there writing,

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 it's his hand,

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 the claim that John is making,

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 that the ultimate person responsible for the writing of the book

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 is Jesus.

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 And that the topic of the book

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 is Jesus.

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 This is a bit of a surprise to a lot of us.

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 We probably expected,

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 many of us expected,

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 it's going to begin,

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 you know,

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 this is the revelation of all the things

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 that are going to come in the future.

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 The revelation of the rapture,

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 and the tribulation,

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 and the millennium,

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 and the,

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 you know,

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 and all that.

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 And,

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 and actually the rapture isn't in the book of Revelation,

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 but many,

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 he's going,

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 there's going to be a whole lot of things

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 that are going to be talked about in the book,

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 but the book just says at the beginning,

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 the way we have to understand the book,

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 whenever we're reading it,

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 whatever chapter we're in,

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 is that it's,

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 it's something that Jesus,

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 right,

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 has ultimately caused to be written for us,

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 and it's going to be about him.

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 It's going to be about what he's done,

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 what he's doing,

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 and what he will do.

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 But you see,

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 here's one of the things,

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 one of the things that's really struck me in my,

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 it's one of the things in my summer,

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 that time,

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 sort of,

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 during the summer,

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 it's something that's really struck me in a new way.

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 I know it's old hat for a lot of you folks,

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 and,

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 you know,

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 but a lot of times in the Christian life,

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 you sort of forget things,

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 and then it really comes home to you again.

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 And one of the things that's really struck me this summer,

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 is that God has an assignment for each of us.

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 God has an assignment for our church.

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 And that,

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 the way that we get to know God,

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 is as we keep the assignments he gives us.

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 And that we are to understand that the assignments that God gives us,

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 will always be assignments that are beyond our strength,

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 beyond our wisdom,

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 beyond our resources.

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 And therefore,

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 part of the way that we get to know who God is,

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 is that as we keep the assignments,

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 as we walk into the assignments that he gives us,

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 we realize that we can only walk into those assignments,

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 if we get the wisdom,

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 and the strength,

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 and the resources that only he has.

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 And so it is here,

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 that in the book of Revelation,

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 it's ultimately a revelation of Jesus,

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 from Jesus,

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 and as we're going to see,

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 it's about the things that Jesus has done,

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 is doing,

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 and will do.

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 It's about what Jesus is doing,

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 and how he changes lives.

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 And,

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 and,

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 and that's what the book is always going to be about,

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 no matter what else it's talking about.

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 And,

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 and,

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 and,

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 and the other thing about this,

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 well,

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 some of you might say,

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 George,

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 if,

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 if Jesus is revealing it,

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 then why on earth is it so weird?

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 Like,

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 are you saying that Jesus is weird?

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 Like,

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 why is it so weird?

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 Now,

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 maybe some of you,

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 if you've never read the book,

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 let me tell you right now,

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 the book of Revelation is weird.

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 Okay?

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 But,

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 but here's the thing.

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 I have a friend,

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 I am not making this up.

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 One of his hobbies is reading canon law.

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 If I was to send him an email and say,

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 whoa,

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 this denomination or this church just posted their whole canon law online,

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 and you can read it,

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 it would be as if I gave him the best Christmas present he'd had all year.

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 He would probably play hooky from work,

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 because he couldn't resist the temptation to go and read canon law.

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 He's weird.

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 Yeah,

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 I know.

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 If he was here in the room,

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 he would acknowledge that he's weird,

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 you know?

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 You know,

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 he'd even have a Bible verse to support it.

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 You know,

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 God loves peculiar,

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 you know,

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 God's calling us to be a peculiar people.

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 It's from the King James Version of the Bible.

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 And,

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 but,

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 you know,

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 there's all sorts of different people.

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 Some of us,

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 we love poetry.

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 Some of us,

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 we love stories.

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 Some of us,

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 we like law.

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 Some of us,

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 we like,

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 I like more philosophy.

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 And some of us,

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 no,

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 philosophy.

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 Just go to sleep.

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 Law,

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 sleep.

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 But then I say,

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 I'm going to tell you a story that have dragons,

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 talking birds,

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 angel armies,

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 seal,

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 seal things,

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 eating scrolls,

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 birds that fly in the heavens and announce doom,

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 and your ears pick up.

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 Dragons?

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 Talking birds?

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 Strange beasts?

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 Angel armies?

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 Demons?

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 Whoa!

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 Now we're talking.

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 And you see,

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 if the Bible as a whole is always,

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 you see,

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 what is always about God revealing Jesus,

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 and what,

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 in the case of the Old Testament,

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 it's about what Jesus is going to do.

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 You know,

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 but for us,

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 it's after the crucifixion,

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 the resurrection,

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 it's what Jesus has done,

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 what he's doing,

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 and what he will do.

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 If God wants to speak to all of us,

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 and for those of us

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 who just love the symbolic,

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 you know,

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 those of us who are more mystically inclined,

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 or who are painters,

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 or into theater,

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 you know,

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 or into sculpting,

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 or those who love fantasy novels,

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 the book of Revelation is going to really speak to us

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 in a very,

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 very powerful way.

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 Jesus will become more real to us

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 by reading such a book.

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 So it's not that Jesus is weird,

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 it just is that Jesus wants to speak to all sorts of people,

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 even those of us who just,

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 the idea of dragons is really,

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 really fantastic.

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 Now,

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 there's another thing about this book,

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 is that these three verses that I just read,

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 you might not realize it,

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 but it's actually,

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 it's bringing up a perpetual revolution

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 that the Bible brings into the world.

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 And it's going to continually talk about

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 very,

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 very controversial subjects,

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 but we might not realize it.

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 For instance,

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 verse three,

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 which I'll read again in a moment,

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 has a lot to say about

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 same-sex marriage ceremonies in churches,

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 and same-sex blessing ceremonies in churches.

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 And you go,

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 what?

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 George,

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 I wonder if you're going to get that from verse three.

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 I'll read it again in a moment.

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 But here's the thing.

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 On one,

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 well,

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 let's read it right now.

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 Verse three.

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 Blessed is the one who reads aloud

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 the words of this prophecy,

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 and blessed are those who hear

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 and who keep what is written in it,

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 for the time is near.

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 Blessed is the one who reads aloud

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 the words of this prophecy,

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 and blessed are those who hear

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 and who keep what is written in it,

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 for the time is near.

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 So here's the summary point.

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 I did this on Friday.

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 If I could redo it this morning,

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 I would have done it a little bit different.

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 But the summary point here

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 is that Jesus promises me blessing.

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 Jesus promises me blessing.

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 But it needs to be a bit unpacked.

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 Here's the thing.

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 In the pagan world,

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 in the time that John was writing this,

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 there was the gods,

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 and there was right and wrong.

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 And the gods had, in a sense,

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 nothing whatsoever to do with right or wrong.

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 And right or wrong, on one level,

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 had nothing to do with the gods.

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 They were completely separate.

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 And so, you could know all sorts of things

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 about the gods,

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 but knowing things about the gods

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 wouldn't actually tell you anything

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 about right and wrong.

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 And you could know all sorts of things

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 about right and wrong,

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 but that actually wouldn't help you

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 to know anything about the gods.

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 And when the gods speak to you

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 and tell you to do something,

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 well, what they speak to you to do

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 and tell you to do

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 hasn't necessarily anything to do

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 with right or wrong.

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 It might be,

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 I'm feeling grouchy and grumpy

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 do a sacrifice.

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 I'm feeling grouchy and grumpy

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 do some heroic act.

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 It might be that I,

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 you know,

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 actually,

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 you're basically nothing more than an ant to me,

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 and I'm really, really pissed off

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 at this other god,

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 so could you go and do something

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 against this other god

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 or this other goddess?

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 And so it might be something liturgical.

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 It might be something

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 in terms of a sacrifice.

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 You know,

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 it might be something good,

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 by the way.

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 It doesn't,

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 it's not always,

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 it wasn't always evil,

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 but, you know,

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 when a god speaks

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 and tells you what to do,

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 first of all,

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 you couldn't be at all confident

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 that what the god wants you to do

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 is all connected to your blessing.

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 Because as far as you know,

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 the god might be treating you

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 like an ant,

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 and you're just part of,

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 a little bit of a pawn

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 because he's mad

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 or she's mad

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 at what some other god has done.

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 You have no idea

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 whether it has anything

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 to do at all with blessing,

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 and you have no idea at all

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 whether it has anything

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 to do with right or wrong,

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 and it's just something

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 you've got to do

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 because the gods are the gods

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 and we are not,

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 and it's just something

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 you have to do.

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 And so the world

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 described here,

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 where in verse 3 it says,

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 blessed is the one

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 who reads aloud

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 the words of this prophecy,

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 and blessed are those

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 who hear and who keep

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 what is written in it

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 for the time is near.

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 There's Jesus

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 is speaking to us,

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 and Jesus is saying

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 that ultimately

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 I'm going to speak to you.

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 This book of Revelation

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 is a word to you,

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 my servants,

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 and I want you

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 to hear the word,

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 and I want you

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 to keep the word,

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 I want you to live the word,

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 and you have to understand

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 that all of my words

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 are for your blessing.

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 But here's the thing

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 it's connected to

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 for same-sex blessings

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 and same-sex marriages.

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 Maybe this is something

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 you're familiar with,

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 maybe it's just,

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 it's going to sort of

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 boggle your mind,

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 but one of the ways

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 that churches

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 allow same-sex marriages

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 or blessings to happen

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 is they say

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 that, you know,

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 as long as we affirm

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 creedal things

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 in the creed

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 and core doctrine

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 about God,

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 that's something

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 that we can't change,

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 but things like

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 how we live our lives

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 are right or wrong,

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 that's never core

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 or creedal.

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 We can differ on it.

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 And so,

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 well,

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 I don't see

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 same-sex blessing

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 or marriage

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 is happening in churches.

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 I don't see that

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 anywhere in the creed,

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 like we just read the creed.

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 It doesn't mention it.

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 You know,

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 therefore,

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 you know,

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 we all understand

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 who God is.

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 He's the creator

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 and, you know,

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 Jesus,

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 you know,

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 God of God,

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 light of light,

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 and the Holy Spirit.

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 We all understand

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 all that stuff.

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 And that's just

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 all good about God.

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 And then there's,

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 oh,

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 doesn't that sound

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 like paganism?

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 That's pagan.

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 There's the God.

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 You know all

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 about the gods.

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 Right and wrong

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 are way over here.

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 It's paganism.

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 That's what it is.

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 Paganism.

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 It doesn't matter

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 if the person

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 claims to be

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 evangelical

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 or charismatic.

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 It's pagan.

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 What does Jesus say?

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 Jesus is saying

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 that my words

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 are going to demand,

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 not that you perform

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 certain liturgies,

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 not that you perform

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 heroic deeds,

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 not that you

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 have to wonder

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 whether anything

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 that I say

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 is ultimately

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 going to hurt you

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 because ultimately

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 you're just an ant

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 and I don't care

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 if you get squished.

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 I am not at all

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 like the pagan gods.

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 I'm not at all

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 like the pagan world.

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 I am,

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 I actually speak

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 and you can hear

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 and I want you

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 to hear what I say.

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 I want to hear

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 what you say

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 in the book of,

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 I say in the book

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 of Revelation.

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 I want you to heed it

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 and keep it

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 and live it

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 and it's going

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 to involve

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 different things

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 in ethics

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 and how you actually

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 live your lives

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 in an ethical

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 and moral way.

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 it's going to change

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 what you long for,

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 what you fear,

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 what you need

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 to repent of,

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 what you're going

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 to pray that you're

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 able to actually keep.

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 It's going to affect

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 your life.

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 It's going to affect

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 your life

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 in a way

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 that is connected

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 to me

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 and Jesus is only good.

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 God is only good.

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 See,

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 that's in the biblical world.

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 In the biblical world

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 there's God

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 and God is good.

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 That's the biblical world.

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 It's the biblical revolution.

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 The constant revolution

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 whether it's into

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 an Indian culture

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 or a Confucian culture

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 or a Buddhist culture

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 or a post-capitalist

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 Western culture

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 and all of those

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 attempts to try

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 to separate out

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 morality from

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 whom God is

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 in all of those

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 that constant

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 human desire

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 and drive

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 to separate out

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 morality from

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 who God is

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 and what is ultimate

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 in the midst of this

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 constant drift

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 of human life

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 the Bible provides

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 this constant revolution.

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 God is good.

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 There's not goodness

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 in God

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 but God is good

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 and Jesus speaks

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 so that we will hear

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 and keep it

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 and in keeping it

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 we'll be blessed.

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 Here's something

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 which is very,

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 very important for us.

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 A couple of years ago

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 I was talking

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 to a woman

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 she was the head

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 of a Christian organization

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 well-known

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 Christian organization

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 her family were

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 in fact

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 her family members

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 were Anglican ministers

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 was an Anglican minister

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 and you know

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 she heard about

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 our stand

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 for the gospel

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 and for the Bible

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 and she started

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 to talk to me

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 and she said

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 oh well you know

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 George the problem

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 is that this is

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 such a complicated issue

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 and she went on

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 and on and on

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 for me

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 for a few minutes

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 about how it was complicated

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 and then you know

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 I read the book

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 how to win friends

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 and influence people

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 and you know

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 those of you who know me

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 I just always practice that

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 you know

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 and you know

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 and some of you know

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 I have a counseling degree

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 so you know

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 I practice

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 you know

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 unconditional positive regard

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 and to be non-judgmental

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 and all that

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 no actually I don't

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 so I mean

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 actually a lot of us

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 would be better off

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 if we read

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 Norman Vincent Peale a bit

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 let me tell you

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 some of us

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 could take off

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 some of our rough edges

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 okay

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 but I listened to her

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 it was one of those things

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 and I said

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 you know

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 you got it completely wrong

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 you know me

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 I'm all into gray

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 and ambiguity

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 I said

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 you got it completely wrong

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 the problem is

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 that the issue

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 is too simple

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 and clear cut

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 and you don't want

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 to do it

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 boy there was

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 an awkward pause

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 in that conversation

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 and it actually

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 ended after

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 a couple of minutes

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 after that

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 because you know

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 she pushed back

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 and I said

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 no no no no

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 the problem is

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 you read the Bible

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 on this

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 the Bible is very clear

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 it doesn't give us

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 an out

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 and you don't want

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 to do it

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 some of you have

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 heard this story before

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 it was one of those

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 really

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 one of those

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 times in my life

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 where God just so

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 humbled me

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 and spoke into my life

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 in a way that

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 really has

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 you know

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 hasn't changed my life

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 as much as it

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 needs to

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 and I'm still working on it

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 but it's really changed me

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 and it's the story

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 of I think it was in

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 Colossians

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 or something like that

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 and I was struggling

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 with trying to prepare

00:24:06.420 --> 00:24:07.080
 my sermon

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 and I was out

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 for my run

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 and it was as if

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 God just spoke

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 to me directly

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 and he said

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 George the reason

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 you're having so much

00:24:13.680 --> 00:24:14.820
 trouble with your sermon

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 is that the Greek

00:24:16.380 --> 00:24:17.660
 and the text

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 is really clear

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 and you are afraid

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 to say it

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 and so you are using

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 all of your cleverness

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 and all of your IQ

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 and all of your

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 linguistic resources

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 to try to create

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 nuances

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 and off ramps

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 and shadings

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 and images

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 to try to fool

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 the congregation

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 so they don't actually

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 hear the clarity

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 of the text

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 you know what the problem

00:24:41.459 --> 00:24:41.599
 was

00:24:41.599 --> 00:24:42.099
 those of you

00:24:42.099 --> 00:24:42.279
 who have heard

00:24:42.279 --> 00:24:42.799
 the story before

00:24:42.799 --> 00:24:43.980
 the problem was

00:24:43.980 --> 00:24:44.359
 it said

00:24:44.359 --> 00:24:45.659
 the Bible text

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 said that if you're

00:24:46.259 --> 00:24:47.259
 outside of Jesus

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 you're a corpse

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 and I was afraid

00:24:51.939 --> 00:24:52.539
 to say it

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 I wanted to nuance it

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 and make it more relevant

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 and all that stuff

00:25:00.160 --> 00:25:01.480
 and the second

00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:03.700
 I realized

00:25:03.700 --> 00:25:04.340
 that that's what

00:25:04.340 --> 00:25:05.000
 was going on

00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:05.620
 I realized

00:25:05.620 --> 00:25:06.800
 I had to stand up

00:25:06.800 --> 00:25:07.720
 on a Sunday morning

00:25:07.720 --> 00:25:08.759
 and tell the congregation

00:25:08.759 --> 00:25:09.900
 that apart from Jesus

00:25:09.900 --> 00:25:10.980
 they were a corpse

00:25:10.980 --> 00:25:12.460
 and by the way

00:25:12.460 --> 00:25:13.259
 the sermon was easy

00:25:13.259 --> 00:25:14.320
 to do after that

00:25:14.320 --> 00:25:17.180
 here's the thing

00:25:17.180 --> 00:25:17.960
 that we get from this

00:25:17.960 --> 00:25:19.040
 when we hear verse 3

00:25:19.040 --> 00:25:20.700
 when we hear verse 3

00:25:20.700 --> 00:25:21.259
 and it says

00:25:21.259 --> 00:25:22.060
 blessed is the one

00:25:22.060 --> 00:25:22.779
 who reads aloud

00:25:22.779 --> 00:25:23.880
 the words of this prophecy

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 and blessed are those

00:25:24.660 --> 00:25:25.060
 who hear

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 and who keep

00:25:25.700 --> 00:25:26.820
 what is written in it

00:25:26.820 --> 00:25:27.680
 for the time is near

00:25:27.680 --> 00:25:28.779
 here's the thing

00:25:28.779 --> 00:25:31.220
 as I walk the Jesus way

00:25:31.220 --> 00:25:33.119
 by God's grace

00:25:33.119 --> 00:25:35.920
 I obey my way

00:25:35.920 --> 00:25:36.619
 to clarity

00:25:36.619 --> 00:25:39.660
 as I walk the Jesus way

00:25:39.660 --> 00:25:40.859
 by God's grace

00:25:40.859 --> 00:25:43.160
 I obey my way

00:25:43.160 --> 00:25:44.019
 to clarity

00:25:44.019 --> 00:25:47.700
 I don't think

00:25:47.700 --> 00:25:48.579
 my way to clarity

00:25:48.579 --> 00:25:50.019
 I'm not denying thinking

00:25:50.019 --> 00:25:50.559
 by the way

00:25:50.559 --> 00:25:52.200
 but you know

00:25:52.200 --> 00:25:52.920
 at the end of the day

00:25:52.920 --> 00:25:54.279
 if you sort of know

00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:55.619
 what the word is saying

00:25:55.619 --> 00:25:57.059
 and you don't want

00:25:57.059 --> 00:25:57.500
 to do it

00:25:57.500 --> 00:25:58.500
 you refuse to do it

00:25:58.500 --> 00:26:00.000
 you refuse to accept it

00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:02.259
 then all of your cleverness

00:26:02.259 --> 00:26:03.359
 and all of your skills

00:26:03.359 --> 00:26:04.119
 will just be

00:26:04.119 --> 00:26:05.200
 they'll just be

00:26:05.200 --> 00:26:05.960
 spinning your wheels

00:26:05.960 --> 00:26:06.960
 we need to obey

00:26:06.960 --> 00:26:07.839
 our way to clarity

00:26:07.839 --> 00:26:09.880
 we need to obey

00:26:09.880 --> 00:26:10.500
 our way to clarity

00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:11.420
 I mean

00:26:11.420 --> 00:26:12.559
 you know

00:26:12.559 --> 00:26:13.859
 to the man

00:26:13.859 --> 00:26:14.619
 who's thinking

00:26:14.619 --> 00:26:15.720
 of committing adultery

00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:16.259
 on his wife

00:26:16.259 --> 00:26:17.480
 or has committed adultery

00:26:17.480 --> 00:26:18.240
 with his wife

00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:19.960
 and now starts to tell me

00:26:19.960 --> 00:26:21.460
 all about his conflicted emotions

00:26:21.460 --> 00:26:22.339
 about his wife

00:26:22.339 --> 00:26:23.279
 or anything like that

00:26:23.279 --> 00:26:23.559
 I mean

00:26:23.559 --> 00:26:25.019
 the fact of the matter is

00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:26.099
 is you have to stop

00:26:26.099 --> 00:26:27.079
 sleeping with the woman

00:26:27.079 --> 00:26:28.039
 who's not your wife

00:26:28.039 --> 00:26:29.839
 you just

00:26:29.839 --> 00:26:30.819
 you gotta stop

00:26:30.819 --> 00:26:32.440
 well I don't know

00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:33.440
 if my needs will be net

00:26:33.440 --> 00:26:34.200
 I don't know if this

00:26:34.200 --> 00:26:34.859
 I don't know if that

00:26:34.859 --> 00:26:35.500
 well you know what

00:26:35.500 --> 00:26:39.420
 goodness is good for you

00:26:39.420 --> 00:26:42.319
 and I don't know

00:26:42.319 --> 00:26:43.299
 all the different ways

00:26:43.299 --> 00:26:44.200
 that God's gonna work

00:26:44.200 --> 00:26:44.639
 in your life

00:26:44.639 --> 00:26:45.539
 I'm not God

00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:46.460
 I don't know what's gonna happen

00:26:46.460 --> 00:26:47.180
 but I know that you need

00:26:47.180 --> 00:26:48.019
 to obey your way

00:26:48.019 --> 00:26:48.559
 to clarity

00:26:48.559 --> 00:26:50.359
 and you have to obey

00:26:50.359 --> 00:26:51.240
 your way to seeing

00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:51.899
 the good things

00:26:51.899 --> 00:26:52.819
 that God is gonna work

00:26:52.819 --> 00:26:53.480
 in your life

00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:55.759
 something like tithing

00:26:55.759 --> 00:26:56.360
 is completely

00:26:56.360 --> 00:26:56.740
 and utterly

00:26:56.740 --> 00:26:57.839
 counterintuitive

00:26:57.839 --> 00:26:59.240
 how is it that

00:26:59.240 --> 00:26:59.740
 giving away

00:26:59.740 --> 00:27:01.180
 10% of our money

00:27:01.180 --> 00:27:02.079
 could possibly

00:27:02.079 --> 00:27:03.200
 be good for us

00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:05.220
 doesn't God know

00:27:05.220 --> 00:27:05.900
 how tight

00:27:05.900 --> 00:27:06.839
 things are

00:27:06.839 --> 00:27:07.380
 I mean

00:27:07.380 --> 00:27:07.940
 how could that

00:27:07.940 --> 00:27:08.779
 possibly be

00:27:08.779 --> 00:27:09.839
 how is it that

00:27:09.839 --> 00:27:10.819
 God could possibly

00:27:10.819 --> 00:27:12.000
 still meet my needs

00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:12.839
 if I did something

00:27:12.839 --> 00:27:13.400
 like that

00:27:13.400 --> 00:27:14.519
 well we can try

00:27:14.519 --> 00:27:15.180
 to think it through

00:27:15.180 --> 00:27:15.799
 and think it through

00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:16.339
 all we want

00:27:16.339 --> 00:27:17.079
 but the bottom line

00:27:17.079 --> 00:27:18.059
 is we need to obey

00:27:18.059 --> 00:27:18.839
 our way to clarity

00:27:18.839 --> 00:27:21.500
 and there's so much

00:27:21.500 --> 00:27:22.139
 in the Bible

00:27:22.139 --> 00:27:23.559
 that just requires us

00:27:23.559 --> 00:27:24.799
 to trustingly take

00:27:24.799 --> 00:27:25.480
 those at least

00:27:25.480 --> 00:27:26.399
 first steps

00:27:26.399 --> 00:27:27.079
 of obedience

00:27:27.079 --> 00:27:30.619
 as God

00:27:30.619 --> 00:27:31.899
 brings clarity

00:27:31.899 --> 00:27:33.019
 to our hearts

00:27:33.019 --> 00:27:33.659
 and minds

00:27:33.659 --> 00:27:34.419
 and lives

00:27:34.419 --> 00:27:36.379
 as we try to follow

00:27:36.379 --> 00:27:36.980
 what he teaches

00:27:36.980 --> 00:27:38.779
 so here's the first

00:27:38.779 --> 00:27:39.339
 two things

00:27:39.339 --> 00:27:39.959
 that are very very

00:27:39.959 --> 00:27:40.759
 big things about

00:27:40.759 --> 00:27:41.619
 the text of the

00:27:41.619 --> 00:27:42.339
 book of Revelation

00:27:42.339 --> 00:27:44.059
 the first thing is

00:27:44.059 --> 00:27:45.240
 that whatever it is

00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:45.879
 whether we're reading

00:27:45.879 --> 00:27:47.519
 about birds

00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:48.319
 that fly

00:27:48.319 --> 00:27:49.119
 in the heavens

00:27:49.119 --> 00:27:50.539
 announcing doom

00:27:50.539 --> 00:27:52.000
 or whether it's

00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:54.039
 about weird beasts

00:27:54.039 --> 00:27:55.200
 or whether it's

00:27:55.200 --> 00:27:56.079
 about a dragon

00:27:56.079 --> 00:27:57.139
 or whether it's

00:27:57.139 --> 00:27:58.339
 about weird creatures

00:27:58.339 --> 00:27:59.240
 bowing down

00:27:59.240 --> 00:28:00.019
 before the throne

00:28:00.019 --> 00:28:00.700
 of God

00:28:00.700 --> 00:28:02.139
 or circling angels

00:28:02.139 --> 00:28:04.179
 dancing and singing

00:28:04.179 --> 00:28:04.980
 and all those

00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:05.919
 other weird things

00:28:05.919 --> 00:28:07.379
 is that as we read

00:28:07.379 --> 00:28:07.740
 the book

00:28:07.740 --> 00:28:08.559
 it's always about

00:28:08.559 --> 00:28:09.000
 Jesus

00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:10.039
 what he's done

00:28:10.039 --> 00:28:10.579
 what he's doing

00:28:10.579 --> 00:28:11.319
 and what he will do

00:28:11.319 --> 00:28:12.720
 and there's something

00:28:12.720 --> 00:28:13.759
 in there for us

00:28:13.759 --> 00:28:14.460
 to live

00:28:14.460 --> 00:28:16.359
 the book of Revelation

00:28:16.359 --> 00:28:17.960
 is always contemporary

00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:19.340
 to my life

00:28:19.340 --> 00:28:21.500
 it's not just so

00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:22.799
 God will tell me

00:28:22.799 --> 00:28:23.519
 things about

00:28:23.519 --> 00:28:25.240
 when Jesus returns

00:28:25.240 --> 00:28:25.759
 whether that's

00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:26.680
 in a thousand years

00:28:26.680 --> 00:28:28.360
 or in a week's time

00:28:28.360 --> 00:28:29.620
 or in fifty years

00:28:29.620 --> 00:28:31.220
 there's things about that

00:28:31.220 --> 00:28:31.660
 I'm not saying

00:28:31.660 --> 00:28:32.019
 there isn't

00:28:32.019 --> 00:28:32.960
 but it's not just

00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:33.480
 about that

00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:34.240
 it's always about

00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:34.759
 things that will

00:28:34.759 --> 00:28:35.579
 affect my life

00:28:35.579 --> 00:28:37.019
 day to day

00:28:37.019 --> 00:28:40.279
 a couple of weeks ago

00:28:40.279 --> 00:28:40.759
 I think it was

00:28:40.759 --> 00:28:41.440
 my first week

00:28:41.440 --> 00:28:42.299
 back from holidays

00:28:42.299 --> 00:28:45.220
 it was the gay

00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:46.339
 pride parade

00:28:46.339 --> 00:28:48.480
 and I have a coffee

00:28:48.480 --> 00:28:49.240
 shop that I go to

00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:50.319
 after the church service

00:28:50.319 --> 00:28:53.700
 and on my way home

00:28:53.700 --> 00:28:55.159
 I treat myself

00:28:55.159 --> 00:28:56.099
 to a dark roast

00:28:56.099 --> 00:28:57.399
 coffee on the way home

00:28:57.399 --> 00:28:59.500
 and it was right

00:28:59.500 --> 00:29:00.559
 on the gay pride parade

00:29:00.559 --> 00:29:00.960
 route

00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:03.980
 and so I pulled

00:29:03.980 --> 00:29:04.440
 in the spot

00:29:04.440 --> 00:29:05.059
 I was going to park

00:29:05.059 --> 00:29:06.039
 to go and walk

00:29:06.039 --> 00:29:06.779
 and get the coffee

00:29:06.779 --> 00:29:07.240
 and there was

00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:08.919
 a lone man

00:29:08.919 --> 00:29:10.259
 standing there

00:29:10.259 --> 00:29:11.059
 with a cross

00:29:11.059 --> 00:29:14.099
 and on the cross

00:29:14.099 --> 00:29:14.900
 all it said was

00:29:14.900 --> 00:29:15.500
 are you ready

00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:17.839
 he looked nervous

00:29:17.839 --> 00:29:21.819
 I had to say

00:29:21.819 --> 00:29:22.319
 to myself

00:29:22.319 --> 00:29:24.019
 gosh you've got guts

00:29:24.019 --> 00:29:27.440
 and he just stood there

00:29:27.440 --> 00:29:29.279
 all the rainbows

00:29:29.279 --> 00:29:30.180
 and all that

00:29:30.180 --> 00:29:30.700
 going by

00:29:30.700 --> 00:29:31.379
 he just stood there

00:29:31.379 --> 00:29:32.279
 didn't say anything

00:29:32.279 --> 00:29:33.339
 just holding

00:29:33.339 --> 00:29:34.539
 a big wooden cross

00:29:34.539 --> 00:29:35.700
 says on it

00:29:35.700 --> 00:29:36.240
 are you ready

00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:39.799
 and that's a really

00:29:39.799 --> 00:29:40.859
 really hard thing

00:29:40.859 --> 00:29:41.460
 to do

00:29:41.460 --> 00:29:42.980
 we can all debate

00:29:42.980 --> 00:29:43.379
 later on

00:29:43.379 --> 00:29:44.039
 whether it's the right

00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:44.779
 thing to do or not

00:29:44.779 --> 00:29:46.119
 but you know

00:29:46.119 --> 00:29:46.740
 whether it's the

00:29:46.740 --> 00:29:47.779
 wisest thing to do

00:29:47.779 --> 00:29:48.460
 we can have

00:29:48.460 --> 00:29:49.379
 honest debate

00:29:49.379 --> 00:29:49.980
 about that

00:29:49.980 --> 00:29:50.980
 maybe we have to

00:29:50.980 --> 00:29:51.519
 obey our way

00:29:51.519 --> 00:29:51.960
 to clarity

00:29:51.960 --> 00:29:52.599
 on this one

00:29:52.599 --> 00:29:53.039
 by the way

00:29:53.039 --> 00:29:53.460
 friends

00:29:53.460 --> 00:29:56.500
 I'll just tell you

00:29:56.500 --> 00:29:57.139
 one other story

00:29:57.139 --> 00:29:57.700
 I can't remember

00:29:57.700 --> 00:29:58.720
 what the issue is

00:29:58.720 --> 00:29:59.180
 it might have been

00:29:59.180 --> 00:29:59.659
 about the very

00:29:59.659 --> 00:30:00.579
 very first steps

00:30:00.579 --> 00:30:02.099
 towards same-sex

00:30:02.099 --> 00:30:02.519
 marriages

00:30:02.519 --> 00:30:03.240
 but it might have

00:30:03.240 --> 00:30:03.579
 been something

00:30:03.579 --> 00:30:04.339
 to do with abortion

00:30:04.339 --> 00:30:05.639
 I'd only been

00:30:05.639 --> 00:30:06.180
 in this church

00:30:06.180 --> 00:30:07.159
 about two years

00:30:07.159 --> 00:30:08.159
 or something like this

00:30:08.160 --> 00:30:09.640
 when I came to

00:30:09.640 --> 00:30:10.019
 this church

00:30:10.019 --> 00:30:10.740
 people didn't want

00:30:10.740 --> 00:30:11.160
 me as their

00:30:11.160 --> 00:30:11.700
 pastor

00:30:11.700 --> 00:30:14.279
 there was lots

00:30:14.279 --> 00:30:15.000
 of complaints

00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:15.680
 about me

00:30:15.680 --> 00:30:17.320
 it wasn't a church

00:30:17.320 --> 00:30:17.840
 which was used

00:30:17.840 --> 00:30:18.259
 to having the

00:30:18.259 --> 00:30:19.019
 Bible preached

00:30:19.019 --> 00:30:20.040
 on Sunday mornings

00:30:20.040 --> 00:30:22.160
 and inviting people

00:30:22.160 --> 00:30:22.700
 to give their lives

00:30:22.700 --> 00:30:23.160
 to Jesus

00:30:23.160 --> 00:30:24.340
 and somebody

00:30:24.340 --> 00:30:25.000
 called me

00:30:25.000 --> 00:30:25.620
 on a Friday

00:30:25.620 --> 00:30:26.720
 and said

00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:27.240
 George you've

00:30:27.240 --> 00:30:27.900
 got to call

00:30:27.900 --> 00:30:28.980
 it was a bit

00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:29.480
 of a phone train

00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:30.220
 you've got to

00:30:30.220 --> 00:30:30.880
 call your

00:30:30.880 --> 00:30:31.680
 congregation

00:30:31.680 --> 00:30:32.920
 to pray on Sunday

00:30:32.920 --> 00:30:33.460
 this issue

00:30:33.460 --> 00:30:33.940
 is going to be

00:30:33.940 --> 00:30:35.320
 it's being snuck in

00:30:35.320 --> 00:30:35.779
 it's going to be

00:30:35.779 --> 00:30:36.640
 debated in the house

00:30:36.640 --> 00:30:38.340
 on Monday or Tuesday

00:30:38.340 --> 00:30:39.040
 and we're trying

00:30:39.040 --> 00:30:39.460
 to mobilize

00:30:39.460 --> 00:30:40.480
 Christians to pray

00:30:40.480 --> 00:30:41.560
 and I have to

00:30:41.560 --> 00:30:41.980
 confess

00:30:41.980 --> 00:30:42.580
 I am not

00:30:42.580 --> 00:30:43.460
 I am embarrassed

00:30:43.460 --> 00:30:44.080
 about this

00:30:44.080 --> 00:30:44.820
 but I have to

00:30:44.820 --> 00:30:45.080
 confess

00:30:45.080 --> 00:30:45.820
 the first thing

00:30:45.820 --> 00:30:46.100
 that went

00:30:46.100 --> 00:30:46.759
 through my mind

00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:47.840
 is I wish

00:30:47.840 --> 00:30:48.680
 they told me

00:30:48.680 --> 00:30:49.280
 about this

00:30:49.280 --> 00:30:50.660
 after Sunday

00:30:50.660 --> 00:30:53.800
 because now

00:30:53.800 --> 00:30:54.600
 I'm stuck

00:30:54.600 --> 00:30:56.300
 if I'd read

00:30:56.300 --> 00:30:56.740
 about it in the

00:30:56.740 --> 00:30:57.560
 paper on Wednesday

00:30:57.560 --> 00:30:58.360
 I could oh

00:30:58.360 --> 00:30:58.759
 you know

00:30:58.759 --> 00:30:59.440
 those bad

00:30:59.440 --> 00:31:00.140
 politicians

00:31:00.140 --> 00:31:00.900
 and oh

00:31:00.900 --> 00:31:01.220
 you know

00:31:01.220 --> 00:31:01.940
 if I had known

00:31:01.940 --> 00:31:02.380
 I would have

00:31:02.380 --> 00:31:03.020
 done something

00:31:03.020 --> 00:31:03.800
 and oh

00:31:03.800 --> 00:31:04.540
 blah blah blah

00:31:04.540 --> 00:31:04.700
 blah

00:31:04.700 --> 00:31:05.380
 but the second

00:31:05.380 --> 00:31:06.000
 I knew

00:31:06.000 --> 00:31:07.220
 I knew

00:31:07.220 --> 00:31:08.039
 I could not

00:31:08.039 --> 00:31:08.619
 evade

00:31:08.619 --> 00:31:09.759
 my responsibility

00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:12.140
 it was

00:31:12.140 --> 00:31:12.359
 I

00:31:12.359 --> 00:31:12.900
 you know

00:31:12.900 --> 00:31:14.240
 it was sleepless

00:31:14.240 --> 00:31:14.920
 I'm not saying

00:31:14.920 --> 00:31:15.559
 that obeying our way

00:31:15.559 --> 00:31:15.980
 to clarity

00:31:15.980 --> 00:31:16.740
 is an easy thing

00:31:16.740 --> 00:31:16.980
 to do

00:31:16.980 --> 00:31:17.400
 I'm just saying

00:31:17.400 --> 00:31:17.960
 it's the biblical

00:31:17.960 --> 00:31:18.779
 way to do it

00:31:18.779 --> 00:31:19.920
 it's what Jesus

00:31:19.920 --> 00:31:20.579
 is telling us

00:31:20.579 --> 00:31:20.920
 to do

00:31:20.920 --> 00:31:22.299
 he's telling us

00:31:22.299 --> 00:31:23.460
 to hear the words

00:31:23.460 --> 00:31:24.259
 and to keep them

00:31:24.259 --> 00:31:25.400
 and as we keep them

00:31:25.400 --> 00:31:26.460
 God will bless us

00:31:26.460 --> 00:31:27.539
 that's what

00:31:27.539 --> 00:31:28.180
 it's telling us

00:31:28.180 --> 00:31:29.480
 so here's the thing

00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:30.579
 back to the guy

00:31:30.579 --> 00:31:31.500
 the lone guy

00:31:31.500 --> 00:31:33.079
 on the parade route

00:31:33.079 --> 00:31:34.240
 for the gay pride parade

00:31:34.240 --> 00:31:34.980
 standing holding

00:31:34.980 --> 00:31:36.059
 a big wooden cross

00:31:36.059 --> 00:31:36.900
 like this

00:31:36.900 --> 00:31:38.200
 with on it

00:31:38.200 --> 00:31:38.700
 are you ready

00:31:38.700 --> 00:31:41.099
 we're honest

00:31:41.099 --> 00:31:42.180
 when we look

00:31:42.180 --> 00:31:42.799
 at the world

00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:44.360
 it looks like

00:31:44.360 --> 00:31:45.079
 there's all sorts

00:31:45.079 --> 00:31:45.819
 of things going on

00:31:45.819 --> 00:31:46.319
 in the world

00:31:46.319 --> 00:31:47.539
 which are way

00:31:47.539 --> 00:31:48.420
 too big for us

00:31:48.420 --> 00:31:49.339
 to do anything about

00:31:49.339 --> 00:31:49.779
 that are just

00:31:49.779 --> 00:31:50.480
 overwhelming

00:31:50.480 --> 00:31:52.860
 like if we're honest

00:31:52.860 --> 00:31:53.920
 there's a whole

00:31:53.920 --> 00:31:54.920
 pile of things

00:31:54.920 --> 00:31:55.880
 like tsunamis

00:31:55.880 --> 00:31:56.579
 which are just

00:31:56.579 --> 00:31:57.140
 coming in

00:31:57.140 --> 00:31:57.759
 overwhelming

00:31:57.759 --> 00:31:59.480
 it struck me

00:31:59.480 --> 00:31:59.799
 lately

00:31:59.799 --> 00:32:00.420
 how many

00:32:00.420 --> 00:32:01.240
 modern

00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:02.420
 create praise

00:32:02.420 --> 00:32:02.920
 choruses

00:32:02.920 --> 00:32:03.700
 make references

00:32:03.700 --> 00:32:04.620
 to chaos

00:32:04.620 --> 00:32:05.740
 in it

00:32:05.740 --> 00:32:07.380
 it shows

00:32:07.380 --> 00:32:08.059
 that for many

00:32:08.059 --> 00:32:08.880
 of us Christians

00:32:08.880 --> 00:32:09.660
 we have this

00:32:09.660 --> 00:32:10.819
 sense of something

00:32:10.819 --> 00:32:11.779
 engulfing us

00:32:11.779 --> 00:32:12.420
 which is not

00:32:12.420 --> 00:32:12.940
 Christian

00:32:12.940 --> 00:32:14.140
 which is causing

00:32:14.140 --> 00:32:14.819
 problems

00:32:14.819 --> 00:32:17.039
 and so if we're

00:32:17.039 --> 00:32:17.420
 honest

00:32:17.420 --> 00:32:18.799
 whether it's

00:32:18.799 --> 00:32:21.220
 this juggernaut

00:32:21.220 --> 00:32:21.840
 that seems to

00:32:21.840 --> 00:32:22.720
 want to allow

00:32:22.720 --> 00:32:23.720
 legalized

00:32:23.720 --> 00:32:25.019
 doctors

00:32:25.019 --> 00:32:26.019
 to put people

00:32:26.019 --> 00:32:26.480
 to death

00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:27.080
 legally

00:32:27.080 --> 00:32:29.039
 or all these

00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:29.440
 other things

00:32:29.440 --> 00:32:29.920
 and then you can

00:32:29.920 --> 00:32:31.220
 pick your own

00:32:31.220 --> 00:32:31.980
 favorite one

00:32:31.980 --> 00:32:34.000
 or the march

00:32:34.000 --> 00:32:34.519
 of global

00:32:34.519 --> 00:32:35.319
 capitalism

00:32:35.319 --> 00:32:36.940
 or the march

00:32:36.940 --> 00:32:37.700
 of Islam

00:32:37.700 --> 00:32:38.440
 or you know

00:32:38.440 --> 00:32:39.240
 just you take

00:32:39.240 --> 00:32:39.720
 your pick

00:32:39.720 --> 00:32:41.099
 maybe if we went

00:32:41.099 --> 00:32:41.559
 out and had

00:32:41.559 --> 00:32:42.279
 coffee or

00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:43.220
 something afterwards

00:32:43.220 --> 00:32:43.980
 we'd all have

00:32:43.980 --> 00:32:44.640
 maybe we'd have

00:32:44.640 --> 00:32:45.339
 some common

00:32:45.339 --> 00:32:46.039
 things which are

00:32:46.039 --> 00:32:46.640
 overwhelming

00:32:46.640 --> 00:32:47.779
 and maybe we'd

00:32:47.779 --> 00:32:48.240
 have different

00:32:48.240 --> 00:32:48.880
 ones that maybe

00:32:48.880 --> 00:32:49.579
 reflect our

00:32:49.579 --> 00:32:50.279
 political beliefs

00:32:50.279 --> 00:32:50.819
 or something like

00:32:50.819 --> 00:32:51.339
 that but it's a

00:32:51.339 --> 00:32:52.240
 very very common

00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:53.559
 sense that things

00:32:53.559 --> 00:32:55.099
 are overwhelming

00:32:55.099 --> 00:32:55.920
 us

00:32:55.920 --> 00:32:57.000
 that there are

00:32:57.000 --> 00:32:58.240
 all these big

00:32:58.240 --> 00:33:00.200
 things going on

00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:01.140
 in our culture

00:33:01.140 --> 00:33:02.920
 and I don't

00:33:02.920 --> 00:33:03.519
 know if that's

00:33:03.519 --> 00:33:04.720
 worse now than

00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:05.500
 it was 30

00:33:05.500 --> 00:33:06.019
 years ago

00:33:06.019 --> 00:33:06.740
 or 50 years

00:33:06.740 --> 00:33:07.340
 ago or 80

00:33:07.340 --> 00:33:07.819
 years ago

00:33:07.819 --> 00:33:08.440
 or 90 years

00:33:08.440 --> 00:33:08.720
 ago

00:33:08.720 --> 00:33:09.900
 I can't remember

00:33:09.900 --> 00:33:10.700
 30 years ago

00:33:10.700 --> 00:33:11.220
 very well

00:33:11.220 --> 00:33:11.740
 I mean I was

00:33:11.740 --> 00:33:12.279
 alive and

00:33:12.279 --> 00:33:12.799
 everything but I

00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:13.340
 can't remember

00:33:13.340 --> 00:33:14.080
 that very well

00:33:14.080 --> 00:33:14.480
 I'm probably

00:33:14.480 --> 00:33:14.840
 going to get

00:33:14.840 --> 00:33:15.380
 my memories

00:33:15.380 --> 00:33:16.180
 all mixed up

00:33:16.180 --> 00:33:17.360
 and every age

00:33:17.360 --> 00:33:17.779
 think they're

00:33:17.779 --> 00:33:18.240
 different than

00:33:18.240 --> 00:33:18.779
 other ages

00:33:18.779 --> 00:33:19.519
 just like every

00:33:19.519 --> 00:33:20.120
 age think that

00:33:20.120 --> 00:33:20.799
 the young people

00:33:20.799 --> 00:33:22.039
 are slackers

00:33:22.039 --> 00:33:22.480
 and will never

00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:23.000
 amount to

00:33:23.000 --> 00:33:23.420
 anything

00:33:23.420 --> 00:33:24.259
 you know those

00:33:24.259 --> 00:33:25.539
 who are 10

00:33:25.539 --> 00:33:26.160
 years old now

00:33:26.160 --> 00:33:26.480
 they're going to

00:33:26.480 --> 00:33:27.059
 say that about

00:33:27.059 --> 00:33:27.880
 their own kids

00:33:27.880 --> 00:33:28.460
 or grandkids

00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:28.799
 I mean that's

00:33:28.799 --> 00:33:29.360
 just a common

00:33:29.359 --> 00:33:30.139
 human problem

00:33:30.139 --> 00:33:30.919
 and so there's

00:33:30.919 --> 00:33:31.479
 this conflict

00:33:31.479 --> 00:33:32.119
 that's true

00:33:32.119 --> 00:33:32.399
 right

00:33:32.399 --> 00:33:34.979
 come on all

00:33:34.979 --> 00:33:35.639
 you boomers

00:33:35.639 --> 00:33:36.139
 right okay

00:33:36.139 --> 00:33:36.679
 you know there's

00:33:36.679 --> 00:33:37.539
 other you know

00:33:37.539 --> 00:33:38.379
 anyway so

00:33:38.379 --> 00:33:40.279
 and those people

00:33:40.279 --> 00:33:41.179
 who've been stuck

00:33:41.179 --> 00:33:41.679
 with boomers

00:33:41.679 --> 00:33:42.179
 as parents

00:33:42.179 --> 00:33:45.219
 we have this

00:33:45.219 --> 00:33:45.979
 view that there's

00:33:45.979 --> 00:33:46.559
 all these

00:33:46.559 --> 00:33:47.319
 overwhelming

00:33:47.319 --> 00:33:48.439
 looming things

00:33:48.439 --> 00:33:49.399
 and if there's

00:33:49.399 --> 00:33:50.099
 one other thing

00:33:50.099 --> 00:33:50.699
 for us to get

00:33:50.699 --> 00:33:51.219
 out of the book

00:33:51.219 --> 00:33:51.959
 of Revelation

00:33:51.959 --> 00:33:53.139
 as we go into

00:33:53.139 --> 00:33:54.279
 it in the week

00:33:54.279 --> 00:33:54.699
 by week

00:33:54.699 --> 00:33:55.179
 by week

00:33:55.179 --> 00:33:55.979
 and as we

00:33:55.979 --> 00:33:56.579
 remember week

00:33:56.579 --> 00:33:56.979
 by week

00:33:56.979 --> 00:33:57.339
 by week

00:33:57.339 --> 00:33:57.819
 there's always

00:33:57.819 --> 00:33:58.459
 about Jesus

00:33:58.460 --> 00:33:59.759
 it's always

00:33:59.759 --> 00:34:00.180
 about what

00:34:00.180 --> 00:34:00.620
 he's done

00:34:00.620 --> 00:34:00.960
 what he's

00:34:00.960 --> 00:34:01.140
 doing

00:34:01.140 --> 00:34:01.480
 what he's

00:34:01.480 --> 00:34:01.700
 going to

00:34:01.700 --> 00:34:01.940
 do

00:34:01.940 --> 00:34:03.120
 and it's

00:34:03.120 --> 00:34:03.440
 always

00:34:03.440 --> 00:34:03.720
 there's

00:34:03.720 --> 00:34:03.900
 going to

00:34:03.900 --> 00:34:04.340
 always be

00:34:04.340 --> 00:34:04.640
 something

00:34:04.640 --> 00:34:04.860
 in here

00:34:04.860 --> 00:34:05.120
 that we

00:34:05.120 --> 00:34:05.860
 can keep

00:34:05.860 --> 00:34:06.799
 that we

00:34:06.799 --> 00:34:07.340
 can obey

00:34:07.340 --> 00:34:07.620
 it's going

00:34:07.620 --> 00:34:08.179
 to speak

00:34:08.179 --> 00:34:08.599
 into our

00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:08.920
 lives

00:34:08.920 --> 00:34:09.480
 and one

00:34:09.480 --> 00:34:09.679
 of the

00:34:09.679 --> 00:34:09.940
 things

00:34:09.940 --> 00:34:10.119
 that's

00:34:10.119 --> 00:34:10.220
 going

00:34:10.220 --> 00:34:10.639
 to speak

00:34:10.639 --> 00:34:10.920
 into

00:34:10.920 --> 00:34:11.139
 our

00:34:11.139 --> 00:34:11.720
 lives

00:34:11.720 --> 00:34:12.840
 is this

00:34:12.840 --> 00:34:14.220
 Jesus

00:34:14.220 --> 00:34:15.159
 is big

00:34:15.159 --> 00:34:15.900
 and people

00:34:15.900 --> 00:34:16.760
 are small

00:34:16.760 --> 00:34:17.460
 and in

00:34:17.460 --> 00:34:17.900
 him

00:34:17.900 --> 00:34:18.579
 there are

00:34:18.579 --> 00:34:19.000
 no little

00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:19.420
 people

00:34:19.420 --> 00:34:21.400
 Jesus

00:34:21.400 --> 00:34:22.220
 is big

00:34:22.220 --> 00:34:22.880
 and people

00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:23.659
 are small

00:34:23.659 --> 00:34:24.260
 and in

00:34:24.260 --> 00:34:24.639
 him

00:34:24.639 --> 00:34:25.300
 there are

00:34:25.300 --> 00:34:25.659
 no little

00:34:25.659 --> 00:34:26.000
 people

00:34:26.000 --> 00:34:26.679
 turn and look

00:34:26.679 --> 00:34:27.039
 at verses

00:34:27.039 --> 00:34:27.559
 four to

00:34:27.559 --> 00:34:27.880
 eight

00:34:27.880 --> 00:34:29.519
 if we

00:34:29.519 --> 00:34:29.860
 don't get

00:34:29.860 --> 00:34:30.360
 this week

00:34:30.360 --> 00:34:30.900
 by week

00:34:30.900 --> 00:34:31.360
 by week

00:34:31.360 --> 00:34:31.980
 that the

00:34:31.980 --> 00:34:32.300
 book of

00:34:32.300 --> 00:34:32.680
 revelation

00:34:32.680 --> 00:34:33.280
 is not

00:34:33.280 --> 00:34:34.039
 talking about

00:34:34.039 --> 00:34:34.860
 images that

00:34:34.860 --> 00:34:35.340
 give us

00:34:35.340 --> 00:34:36.260
 insight into

00:34:36.260 --> 00:34:37.539
 our unconscious

00:34:37.539 --> 00:34:39.160
 it's not

00:34:39.160 --> 00:34:39.840
 just talking

00:34:39.840 --> 00:34:40.180
 about

00:34:40.180 --> 00:34:41.519
 it's not

00:34:41.519 --> 00:34:42.720
 just metaphors

00:34:42.720 --> 00:34:43.780
 for social

00:34:43.780 --> 00:34:44.920
 processes

00:34:44.920 --> 00:34:46.059
 it's not

00:34:46.059 --> 00:34:47.019
 just political

00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:48.380
 code to

00:34:48.380 --> 00:34:49.380
 encourage us

00:34:49.380 --> 00:34:50.680
 under oppression

00:34:50.679 --> 00:34:51.819
 it's not

00:34:51.819 --> 00:34:52.159
 it's not

00:34:52.159 --> 00:34:52.480
 it is

00:34:52.480 --> 00:34:53.960
 talking about

00:34:53.960 --> 00:34:55.699
 immensities

00:34:55.699 --> 00:34:57.599
 it is

00:34:57.599 --> 00:34:58.719
 talking about

00:34:58.719 --> 00:34:59.460
 the living

00:34:59.460 --> 00:35:00.239
 God

00:35:00.239 --> 00:35:00.739
 it is

00:35:00.739 --> 00:35:01.500
 talking about

00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:02.299
 the redemption

00:35:02.299 --> 00:35:03.179
 of the human

00:35:03.179 --> 00:35:03.559
 race

00:35:03.559 --> 00:35:04.279
 it is talking

00:35:04.279 --> 00:35:05.099
 about things

00:35:05.099 --> 00:35:06.259
 that shake

00:35:06.259 --> 00:35:07.159
 and shape

00:35:07.159 --> 00:35:08.119
 the planet

00:35:08.119 --> 00:35:09.440
 and the stars

00:35:09.440 --> 00:35:10.699
 and the cosmos

00:35:10.699 --> 00:35:11.879
 it's talking

00:35:11.879 --> 00:35:13.000
 about angels

00:35:13.000 --> 00:35:14.139
 and Jesus

00:35:14.139 --> 00:35:15.019
 dying

00:35:15.019 --> 00:35:16.299
 and God

00:35:16.299 --> 00:35:17.579
 taking little

00:35:17.579 --> 00:35:18.339
 tiny people

00:35:18.339 --> 00:35:18.899
 like us

00:35:18.900 --> 00:35:19.380
 and fitting

00:35:19.380 --> 00:35:19.840
 us for

00:35:19.840 --> 00:35:20.160
 heaven

00:35:20.160 --> 00:35:21.059
 it's talking

00:35:21.059 --> 00:35:21.680
 about

00:35:21.680 --> 00:35:22.800
 immensities

00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:23.880
 and God

00:35:23.880 --> 00:35:24.420
 knows

00:35:24.420 --> 00:35:25.119
 that we

00:35:25.119 --> 00:35:25.860
 spend our

00:35:25.860 --> 00:35:26.300
 days

00:35:26.300 --> 00:35:27.260
 thinking that

00:35:27.260 --> 00:35:28.460
 those involved

00:35:28.460 --> 00:35:29.360
 in capitalism

00:35:29.360 --> 00:35:30.680
 or those involved

00:35:30.680 --> 00:35:31.500
 in socialism

00:35:31.500 --> 00:35:32.619
 or those involved

00:35:32.619 --> 00:35:33.260
 in Islam

00:35:33.260 --> 00:35:34.539
 or those involved

00:35:34.539 --> 00:35:35.760
 in this movement

00:35:35.760 --> 00:35:36.300
 that they're

00:35:36.300 --> 00:35:36.920
 really big

00:35:36.920 --> 00:35:37.500
 and we all

00:35:37.500 --> 00:35:38.039
 feel like

00:35:38.039 --> 00:35:38.780
 we're little

00:35:38.780 --> 00:35:39.300
 tiny

00:35:39.300 --> 00:35:39.960
 itsy bitsy

00:35:39.960 --> 00:35:40.360
 people

00:35:40.360 --> 00:35:41.260
 and the book

00:35:41.260 --> 00:35:41.880
 of revelation

00:35:41.880 --> 00:35:42.840
 is all about

00:35:42.840 --> 00:35:43.960
 Jesus

00:35:43.960 --> 00:35:45.460
 is big

00:35:45.460 --> 00:35:48.440
 and people

00:35:48.440 --> 00:35:48.880
 are small

00:35:48.900 --> 00:35:49.240
 small

00:35:49.240 --> 00:35:51.480
 but in him

00:35:51.480 --> 00:35:52.599
 by God's

00:35:52.599 --> 00:35:52.820
 grace

00:35:52.820 --> 00:35:53.240
 there are

00:35:53.240 --> 00:35:53.700
 no little

00:35:53.700 --> 00:35:54.139
 people

00:35:54.139 --> 00:35:56.059
 there are

00:35:56.059 --> 00:35:56.639
 no little

00:35:56.639 --> 00:35:56.900
 people

00:35:56.900 --> 00:35:57.480
 I'm not

00:35:57.480 --> 00:35:58.360
 about

00:35:58.360 --> 00:35:59.119
 leprechauns

00:35:59.119 --> 00:35:59.480
 okay

00:35:59.480 --> 00:36:00.300
 there

00:36:00.300 --> 00:36:02.740
 I don't

00:36:02.740 --> 00:36:03.119
 think there

00:36:03.119 --> 00:36:03.780
 are leprechauns

00:36:03.780 --> 00:36:04.240
 by the way

00:36:04.240 --> 00:36:04.599
 okay

00:36:04.599 --> 00:36:07.860
 hobbits

00:36:07.860 --> 00:36:08.440
 didn't sort

00:36:08.440 --> 00:36:09.180
 of survive

00:36:09.180 --> 00:36:10.099
 whatever happened

00:36:10.099 --> 00:36:10.660
 with the big

00:36:10.660 --> 00:36:11.360
 people winning

00:36:11.360 --> 00:36:12.760
 and now

00:36:12.760 --> 00:36:13.240
 anyway

00:36:13.240 --> 00:36:14.340
 you know

00:36:14.340 --> 00:36:15.780
 in a world

00:36:15.780 --> 00:36:16.760
 where people

00:36:16.760 --> 00:36:17.400
 are big

00:36:17.400 --> 00:36:18.120
 and God

00:36:18.120 --> 00:36:18.940
 is small

00:36:18.940 --> 00:36:21.000
 the world

00:36:21.000 --> 00:36:21.480
 is filled

00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:21.900
 with little

00:36:21.900 --> 00:36:22.320
 people

00:36:22.320 --> 00:36:24.820
 but in the

00:36:24.820 --> 00:36:25.200
 world

00:36:25.200 --> 00:36:26.300
 where God

00:36:26.300 --> 00:36:26.920
 is big

00:36:26.920 --> 00:36:27.519
 Jesus

00:36:27.519 --> 00:36:28.040
 is big

00:36:28.040 --> 00:36:28.519
 and people

00:36:28.519 --> 00:36:29.080
 are small

00:36:29.080 --> 00:36:31.100
 it's to change

00:36:31.100 --> 00:36:32.140
 how we look

00:36:32.139 --> 00:36:33.900
 we are not

00:36:33.900 --> 00:36:34.619
 to read

00:36:34.619 --> 00:36:35.519
 and understand

00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:36.279
 events

00:36:36.279 --> 00:36:36.619
 from the

00:36:36.619 --> 00:36:37.099
 perspective

00:36:37.099 --> 00:36:37.679
 that people

00:36:37.679 --> 00:36:38.079
 are big

00:36:38.079 --> 00:36:38.460
 and God

00:36:38.460 --> 00:36:38.879
 is small

00:36:38.879 --> 00:36:39.259
 but that

00:36:39.259 --> 00:36:39.739
 Jesus

00:36:39.739 --> 00:36:40.679
 is big

00:36:40.679 --> 00:36:42.039
 and people

00:36:42.039 --> 00:36:42.579
 are small

00:36:42.579 --> 00:36:42.920
 but there

00:36:42.920 --> 00:36:43.139
 are no

00:36:43.139 --> 00:36:43.359
 little

00:36:43.359 --> 00:36:43.619
 people

00:36:43.619 --> 00:36:44.239
 listen to

00:36:44.239 --> 00:36:44.480
 what

00:36:44.480 --> 00:36:45.440
 verses 4

00:36:45.440 --> 00:36:45.759
 to 8

00:36:45.759 --> 00:36:46.119
 say

00:36:46.119 --> 00:36:46.719
 and it's

00:36:46.719 --> 00:36:47.000
 going to be

00:36:47.000 --> 00:36:47.799
 all the way

00:36:47.799 --> 00:36:48.139
 through the

00:36:48.139 --> 00:36:48.359
 book

00:36:48.359 --> 00:36:49.219
 part of the

00:36:49.219 --> 00:36:49.440
 reason

00:36:49.440 --> 00:36:49.900
 it uses

00:36:49.900 --> 00:36:50.639
 dragons

00:36:50.639 --> 00:36:51.639
 and beasts

00:36:51.639 --> 00:36:52.719
 and angels

00:36:52.719 --> 00:36:53.859
 and scrolls

00:36:53.859 --> 00:36:54.879
 and a third

00:36:54.879 --> 00:36:55.259
 of the earth

00:36:55.259 --> 00:36:55.920
 dying

00:36:55.920 --> 00:36:56.639
 and blood

00:36:56.639 --> 00:36:57.559
 this high

00:36:57.559 --> 00:36:58.019
 and going

00:36:58.019 --> 00:36:58.400
 that far

00:36:58.400 --> 00:36:58.759
 it's giving

00:36:58.759 --> 00:36:59.900
 us big

00:36:59.900 --> 00:37:00.800
 giant

00:37:00.800 --> 00:37:01.619
 images

00:37:01.619 --> 00:37:02.200
 so that

00:37:02.200 --> 00:37:02.680
 we will

00:37:02.680 --> 00:37:03.079
 get

00:37:03.079 --> 00:37:03.320
 that

00:37:03.320 --> 00:37:03.780
 Jesus

00:37:03.780 --> 00:37:04.680
 is big

00:37:04.680 --> 00:37:06.860
 listen to

00:37:06.860 --> 00:37:07.320
 verse 4

00:37:07.320 --> 00:37:08.160
 John to the

00:37:08.160 --> 00:37:08.840
 seven churches

00:37:08.840 --> 00:37:09.180
 that are in

00:37:09.180 --> 00:37:09.480
 Asia

00:37:09.480 --> 00:37:10.740
 grace to you

00:37:10.740 --> 00:37:11.260
 and peace

00:37:11.260 --> 00:37:11.900
 from him

00:37:11.900 --> 00:37:12.960
 and how's he

00:37:12.960 --> 00:37:13.300
 going to refer

00:37:13.300 --> 00:37:13.800
 to God

00:37:13.800 --> 00:37:15.139
 who is

00:37:15.139 --> 00:37:15.900
 and who was

00:37:15.900 --> 00:37:16.320
 and who is

00:37:16.320 --> 00:37:16.780
 to come

00:37:16.780 --> 00:37:18.940
 who is

00:37:18.940 --> 00:37:19.559
 and who was

00:37:19.559 --> 00:37:19.960
 and who is

00:37:19.960 --> 00:37:20.400
 to come

00:37:20.400 --> 00:37:22.059
 who's the

00:37:22.059 --> 00:37:22.599
 true and living

00:37:22.599 --> 00:37:22.980
 God

00:37:22.980 --> 00:37:23.460
 the true and

00:37:23.460 --> 00:37:23.900
 living God

00:37:23.900 --> 00:37:24.220
 is the one

00:37:24.220 --> 00:37:24.820
 who's always

00:37:24.820 --> 00:37:25.180
 been

00:37:25.180 --> 00:37:25.639
 who's here

00:37:25.639 --> 00:37:26.079
 right now

00:37:26.079 --> 00:37:26.740
 who always

00:37:26.740 --> 00:37:27.240
 will be

00:37:27.239 --> 00:37:30.500
 and capitalists

00:37:30.500 --> 00:37:31.519
 or socialists

00:37:31.519 --> 00:37:32.000
 or

00:37:32.000 --> 00:37:34.359
 islamo-fascists

00:37:34.359 --> 00:37:36.339
 or pick

00:37:36.339 --> 00:37:36.839
 your group

00:37:36.839 --> 00:37:37.679
 we can shake

00:37:37.679 --> 00:37:38.199
 our hands

00:37:38.199 --> 00:37:38.479
 and do

00:37:38.479 --> 00:37:38.939
 whatever we

00:37:38.939 --> 00:37:39.159
 want

00:37:39.159 --> 00:37:39.639
 but God

00:37:39.639 --> 00:37:40.119
 has always

00:37:40.119 --> 00:37:40.479
 been

00:37:40.479 --> 00:37:41.059
 is here

00:37:41.059 --> 00:37:41.479
 right now

00:37:41.479 --> 00:37:41.899
 and always

00:37:41.899 --> 00:37:42.279
 will be

00:37:42.279 --> 00:37:44.279
 way bigger

00:37:44.279 --> 00:37:44.919
 than time

00:37:44.919 --> 00:37:45.639
 way

00:37:45.639 --> 00:37:46.259
 I will

00:37:46.259 --> 00:37:46.599
 come and

00:37:46.599 --> 00:37:46.799
 go

00:37:46.799 --> 00:37:47.259
 all those

00:37:47.259 --> 00:37:47.439
 other

00:37:47.439 --> 00:37:47.779
 movements

00:37:47.779 --> 00:37:48.199
 will come

00:37:48.199 --> 00:37:48.559
 and go

00:37:48.559 --> 00:37:49.799
 God

00:37:49.799 --> 00:37:50.119
 is the

00:37:50.119 --> 00:37:50.319
 one

00:37:50.319 --> 00:37:50.899
 who is

00:37:50.899 --> 00:37:51.239
 and who

00:37:51.239 --> 00:37:51.659
 was

00:37:51.659 --> 00:37:52.859
 and will

00:37:52.859 --> 00:37:53.199
 be

00:37:53.199 --> 00:37:55.599
 and the

00:37:55.599 --> 00:37:55.919
 seven

00:37:55.919 --> 00:37:56.359
 from the

00:37:56.359 --> 00:37:56.819
 seven

00:37:56.819 --> 00:37:57.199
 spirit

00:37:57.199 --> 00:37:57.480
 who are

00:37:57.480 --> 00:37:57.759
 before

00:37:57.759 --> 00:37:58.139
 his

00:37:58.139 --> 00:37:58.500
 throne

00:37:58.500 --> 00:37:59.559
 I'm going

00:37:59.559 --> 00:37:59.819
 to talk

00:37:59.819 --> 00:38:00.259
 about this

00:38:00.259 --> 00:38:00.919
 next week

00:38:00.919 --> 00:38:01.159
 more

00:38:01.159 --> 00:38:01.799
 but that's

00:38:01.799 --> 00:38:02.079
 actually

00:38:02.079 --> 00:38:02.719
 just a

00:38:02.719 --> 00:38:03.299
 poetic way

00:38:03.299 --> 00:38:03.619
 of referring

00:38:03.619 --> 00:38:03.899
 to the

00:38:03.899 --> 00:38:04.519
 Holy Spirit

00:38:04.519 --> 00:38:06.399
 and from

00:38:06.399 --> 00:38:07.199
 Jesus Christ

00:38:07.199 --> 00:38:07.799
 the faithful

00:38:07.799 --> 00:38:08.199
 witness

00:38:08.199 --> 00:38:09.239
 the firstborn

00:38:09.239 --> 00:38:09.899
 of the dead

00:38:09.899 --> 00:38:10.859
 what's that

00:38:10.859 --> 00:38:11.059
 saying

00:38:11.059 --> 00:38:11.639
 Jesus has

00:38:11.639 --> 00:38:12.099
 died on

00:38:12.099 --> 00:38:12.659
 the cross

00:38:12.659 --> 00:38:14.259
 he's died

00:38:14.259 --> 00:38:15.259
 as a

00:38:15.259 --> 00:38:15.719
 substitute

00:38:15.719 --> 00:38:16.519
 for ordinary

00:38:16.519 --> 00:38:17.039
 people

00:38:17.039 --> 00:38:18.500
 he's risen

00:38:18.500 --> 00:38:18.980
 from the

00:38:18.980 --> 00:38:19.299
 dead

00:38:19.299 --> 00:38:20.000
 and he's

00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:20.319
 now the

00:38:20.319 --> 00:38:20.879
 firstborn

00:38:20.879 --> 00:38:21.099
 of the

00:38:21.099 --> 00:38:21.239
 dead

00:38:21.239 --> 00:38:21.619
 it means

00:38:21.619 --> 00:38:21.919
 that when

00:38:21.919 --> 00:38:22.480
 we get

00:38:22.480 --> 00:38:23.259
 in him

00:38:23.259 --> 00:38:24.039
 we are

00:38:24.039 --> 00:38:24.579
 part of

00:38:24.579 --> 00:38:25.099
 a new

00:38:25.099 --> 00:38:26.019
 humanity

00:38:26.019 --> 00:38:27.340
 that has

00:38:27.340 --> 00:38:28.179
 a completely

00:38:28.179 --> 00:38:28.920
 different

00:38:28.920 --> 00:38:29.199
 now

00:38:29.199 --> 00:38:29.800
 origin

00:38:29.800 --> 00:38:30.860
 it's not

00:38:30.860 --> 00:38:31.659
 that my

00:38:31.659 --> 00:38:32.179
 origin

00:38:32.179 --> 00:38:32.599
 that I'm

00:38:32.599 --> 00:38:33.119
 determined

00:38:33.119 --> 00:38:34.360
 by the

00:38:34.360 --> 00:38:35.059
 genetics

00:38:35.059 --> 00:38:35.559
 of my

00:38:35.559 --> 00:38:35.840
 mom

00:38:35.840 --> 00:38:36.259
 I'm not

00:38:36.259 --> 00:38:36.800
 determined

00:38:36.800 --> 00:38:37.380
 by my

00:38:37.380 --> 00:38:37.980
 caste

00:38:37.980 --> 00:38:38.440
 I'm not

00:38:38.440 --> 00:38:38.820
 determined

00:38:38.820 --> 00:38:39.300
 by my

00:38:39.300 --> 00:38:39.739
 social

00:38:39.739 --> 00:38:40.139
 class

00:38:40.139 --> 00:38:40.659
 I'm not

00:38:40.659 --> 00:38:41.219
 determined

00:38:41.219 --> 00:38:43.480
 by my

00:38:43.480 --> 00:38:44.139
 sexuality

00:38:44.139 --> 00:38:45.039
 I am not

00:38:45.039 --> 00:38:46.920
 determined

00:38:46.920 --> 00:38:47.619
 my true

00:38:47.619 --> 00:38:48.119
 origins

00:38:48.119 --> 00:38:48.599
 isn't

00:38:48.599 --> 00:38:49.119
 that I was

00:38:49.119 --> 00:38:49.539
 born in

00:38:49.539 --> 00:38:50.340
 Canada

00:38:50.340 --> 00:38:50.759
 or that I

00:38:50.759 --> 00:38:51.340
 had the

00:38:51.340 --> 00:38:51.840
 child of

00:38:51.840 --> 00:38:52.179
 Irish

00:38:52.179 --> 00:38:52.679
 immigrants

00:38:52.679 --> 00:38:53.460
 is that

00:38:53.460 --> 00:38:53.940
 when we

00:38:53.940 --> 00:38:54.419
 get into

00:38:54.419 --> 00:38:55.019
 Jesus

00:38:55.019 --> 00:38:55.859
 there is

00:38:55.859 --> 00:38:56.519
 a completely

00:38:56.519 --> 00:38:57.000
 new

00:38:57.000 --> 00:38:57.819
 identity

00:38:57.819 --> 00:38:59.699
 and destiny

00:38:59.699 --> 00:39:00.859
 which is

00:39:00.859 --> 00:39:01.599
 now mine

00:39:01.599 --> 00:39:02.460
 because Jesus

00:39:02.460 --> 00:39:02.980
 is the

00:39:02.980 --> 00:39:03.960
 firstborn

00:39:03.960 --> 00:39:05.099
 he is

00:39:05.099 --> 00:39:06.019
 the first

00:39:06.019 --> 00:39:06.679
 born

00:39:06.679 --> 00:39:07.480
 and that

00:39:07.480 --> 00:39:07.839
 means

00:39:07.839 --> 00:39:08.519
 it implies

00:39:08.519 --> 00:39:08.940
 that there's

00:39:08.940 --> 00:39:09.599
 others who

00:39:09.599 --> 00:39:09.980
 are born

00:39:09.980 --> 00:39:10.799
 after him

00:39:10.799 --> 00:39:11.639
 and that I

00:39:11.639 --> 00:39:12.019
 am now

00:39:12.019 --> 00:39:12.679
 part of

00:39:12.679 --> 00:39:13.799
 when I get

00:39:13.799 --> 00:39:14.399
 in him

00:39:14.399 --> 00:39:14.719
 that what

00:39:14.719 --> 00:39:15.299
 happens is

00:39:15.299 --> 00:39:15.980
 I am now

00:39:15.980 --> 00:39:16.419
 in that

00:39:16.419 --> 00:39:17.139
 lineage of

00:39:17.139 --> 00:39:17.619
 the first

00:39:17.619 --> 00:39:18.099
 born of

00:39:18.099 --> 00:39:18.599
 the dead

00:39:18.599 --> 00:39:20.339
 that death

00:39:20.339 --> 00:39:20.940
 no longer

00:39:20.940 --> 00:39:21.819
 has dominion

00:39:21.819 --> 00:39:22.179
 over me

00:39:22.179 --> 00:39:22.599
 that death

00:39:22.599 --> 00:39:22.940
 is no

00:39:22.940 --> 00:39:23.239
 longer

00:39:23.239 --> 00:39:23.859
 the final

00:39:23.859 --> 00:39:24.259
 word

00:39:24.259 --> 00:39:24.759
 about me

00:39:24.759 --> 00:39:25.379
 that it

00:39:25.379 --> 00:39:25.719
 is not

00:39:25.719 --> 00:39:26.359
 the primary

00:39:26.359 --> 00:39:27.239
 descriptor

00:39:27.239 --> 00:39:27.539
 of me

00:39:27.539 --> 00:39:28.119
 that the

00:39:28.119 --> 00:39:28.500
 primary

00:39:28.500 --> 00:39:29.179
 descriptor

00:39:29.179 --> 00:39:29.399
 of me

00:39:29.399 --> 00:39:30.039
 is now

00:39:30.039 --> 00:39:30.339
 going to

00:39:30.339 --> 00:39:31.039
 come from

00:39:31.039 --> 00:39:31.659
 Jesus

00:39:31.659 --> 00:39:32.299
 who gives

00:39:32.299 --> 00:39:32.919
 me a new

00:39:32.919 --> 00:39:33.500
 beginning

00:39:33.500 --> 00:39:34.639
 and a new

00:39:34.639 --> 00:39:35.299
 destiny

00:39:35.299 --> 00:39:35.879
 and that

00:39:35.879 --> 00:39:36.659
 that destiny

00:39:36.659 --> 00:39:37.799
 is absolutely

00:39:37.799 --> 00:39:38.699
 secure

00:39:38.699 --> 00:39:40.199
 and that this

00:39:40.199 --> 00:39:40.859
 is not just

00:39:40.859 --> 00:39:41.419
 for me

00:39:41.419 --> 00:39:42.759
 this is for

00:39:42.759 --> 00:39:43.739
 an untouchable

00:39:43.739 --> 00:39:46.779
 in India

00:39:46.779 --> 00:39:48.159
 this is for

00:39:48.159 --> 00:39:48.919
 the person

00:39:48.919 --> 00:39:49.419
 who lives

00:39:49.419 --> 00:39:50.019
 in the worst

00:39:50.019 --> 00:39:50.659
 slum

00:39:50.659 --> 00:39:51.879
 of the

00:39:51.880 --> 00:39:52.539
 the worst

00:39:52.539 --> 00:39:52.940
 part of

00:39:52.940 --> 00:39:53.300
 the worst

00:39:53.300 --> 00:39:53.780
 slum

00:39:53.780 --> 00:39:54.660
 in Kenya

00:39:54.660 --> 00:39:55.420
 this is for

00:39:55.420 --> 00:39:56.019
 the person

00:39:56.019 --> 00:39:56.579
 who

00:39:56.579 --> 00:39:58.220
 this is for

00:39:58.220 --> 00:39:58.760
 the person

00:39:58.760 --> 00:39:59.380
 who is living

00:39:59.380 --> 00:40:00.000
 in Syria

00:40:00.000 --> 00:40:00.780
 and that every

00:40:00.780 --> 00:40:01.599
 single side

00:40:01.599 --> 00:40:02.420
 keeps kicking

00:40:02.420 --> 00:40:02.660
 them

00:40:02.660 --> 00:40:03.480
 this is for

00:40:03.480 --> 00:40:04.340
 the rich

00:40:04.340 --> 00:40:05.059
 this is for

00:40:05.059 --> 00:40:05.700
 those who are

00:40:05.700 --> 00:40:06.320
 same sex

00:40:06.320 --> 00:40:06.780
 attracted

00:40:06.780 --> 00:40:07.420
 this is for

00:40:07.420 --> 00:40:08.300
 soccer moms

00:40:08.300 --> 00:40:09.920
 this is

00:40:09.920 --> 00:40:10.940
 this

00:40:10.940 --> 00:40:12.160
 is a new

00:40:12.160 --> 00:40:12.840
 identity

00:40:12.840 --> 00:40:13.599
 a new way

00:40:13.599 --> 00:40:13.940
 of living

00:40:13.940 --> 00:40:14.360
 and a new

00:40:14.360 --> 00:40:14.760
 destiny

00:40:14.760 --> 00:40:16.660
 comes from

00:40:16.660 --> 00:40:17.140
 being in

00:40:17.140 --> 00:40:17.500
 Jesus

00:40:17.500 --> 00:40:19.440
 see that

00:40:19.440 --> 00:40:20.000
 that's why

00:40:20.000 --> 00:40:20.539
 I'm going to

00:40:20.539 --> 00:40:20.860
 keep reading

00:40:20.860 --> 00:40:21.000
 this

00:40:21.000 --> 00:40:21.639
 that's why

00:40:21.639 --> 00:40:22.760
 when Jesus

00:40:22.760 --> 00:40:23.579
 is big

00:40:23.579 --> 00:40:24.840
 and people

00:40:24.840 --> 00:40:25.639
 are small

00:40:25.639 --> 00:40:26.880
 there are

00:40:26.880 --> 00:40:27.300
 no little

00:40:27.300 --> 00:40:27.739
 people

00:40:27.739 --> 00:40:31.920
 the worst

00:40:31.920 --> 00:40:32.900
 handicapped

00:40:32.900 --> 00:40:33.440
 person

00:40:33.440 --> 00:40:34.559
 the person

00:40:34.559 --> 00:40:35.000
 with the

00:40:35.000 --> 00:40:35.280
 worst

00:40:35.280 --> 00:40:36.340
 Alzheimer's

00:40:36.340 --> 00:40:37.179
 that's what

00:40:37.179 --> 00:40:37.539
 they're now

00:40:37.539 --> 00:40:37.940
 enduring

00:40:37.940 --> 00:40:38.440
 but they

00:40:38.440 --> 00:40:38.880
 are if

00:40:38.880 --> 00:40:39.400
 they have

00:40:39.400 --> 00:40:40.440
 actually come

00:40:40.440 --> 00:40:40.900
 into a

00:40:40.900 --> 00:40:41.400
 relationship

00:40:41.400 --> 00:40:41.980
 with Jesus

00:40:41.980 --> 00:40:42.400
 and they

00:40:42.400 --> 00:40:42.659
 are in

00:40:42.659 --> 00:40:42.940
 Jesus

00:40:42.940 --> 00:40:43.380
 and he

00:40:43.380 --> 00:40:43.659
 is in

00:40:43.659 --> 00:40:43.840
 them

00:40:43.840 --> 00:40:44.600
 they

00:40:44.600 --> 00:40:45.280
 are now

00:40:45.280 --> 00:40:45.740
 of the

00:40:45.740 --> 00:40:46.079
 lineage

00:40:46.079 --> 00:40:46.660
 and the

00:40:46.660 --> 00:40:46.920
 life

00:40:46.920 --> 00:40:47.240
 of the

00:40:47.240 --> 00:40:47.880
 firstborn

00:40:47.880 --> 00:40:48.240
 of the

00:40:48.240 --> 00:40:48.500
 dead

00:40:48.500 --> 00:40:51.620
 and that's

00:40:51.620 --> 00:40:52.180
 their destiny

00:40:52.180 --> 00:40:53.360
 that's

00:40:53.360 --> 00:40:53.780
 their ultimate

00:40:53.780 --> 00:40:54.280
 identity

00:40:54.280 --> 00:40:57.140
 and the

00:40:57.140 --> 00:40:57.559
 ruler of

00:40:57.559 --> 00:40:57.900
 the kings

00:40:57.900 --> 00:40:58.100
 on earth

00:40:58.100 --> 00:40:58.760
 verse 5

00:40:58.760 --> 00:40:58.940
 again

00:40:58.940 --> 00:40:59.220
 and from

00:40:59.220 --> 00:40:59.539
 Jesus

00:40:59.539 --> 00:40:59.920
 Christ

00:40:59.920 --> 00:41:00.280
 who is

00:41:00.280 --> 00:41:00.559
 Jesus

00:41:00.559 --> 00:41:00.980
 he's the

00:41:00.980 --> 00:41:01.300
 faithful

00:41:01.300 --> 00:41:01.640
 witness

00:41:01.640 --> 00:41:02.300
 the firstborn

00:41:02.300 --> 00:41:02.500
 of the

00:41:02.500 --> 00:41:02.680
 dead

00:41:02.680 --> 00:41:03.100
 and the

00:41:03.100 --> 00:41:03.400
 ruler

00:41:03.400 --> 00:41:03.840
 of the

00:41:03.840 --> 00:41:04.079
 kings

00:41:04.079 --> 00:41:04.539
 on earth

00:41:04.539 --> 00:41:05.700
 the ruler

00:41:05.700 --> 00:41:06.980
 of socialism

00:41:06.980 --> 00:41:07.880
 socialist

00:41:07.880 --> 00:41:08.300
 leaders

00:41:08.300 --> 00:41:08.820
 capitalist

00:41:08.820 --> 00:41:09.300
 leaders

00:41:09.300 --> 00:41:09.940
 gay pride

00:41:09.940 --> 00:41:10.820
 leaders

00:41:10.820 --> 00:41:11.800
 those who

00:41:11.800 --> 00:41:12.140
 don't like

00:41:12.140 --> 00:41:12.720
 gay pride

00:41:12.720 --> 00:41:13.180
 take your

00:41:13.180 --> 00:41:13.600
 politics

00:41:13.599 --> 00:41:13.839
 I don't

00:41:13.839 --> 00:41:14.019
 want to

00:41:14.019 --> 00:41:14.420
 be left

00:41:14.420 --> 00:41:14.779
 or right

00:41:14.779 --> 00:41:15.179
 in this

00:41:15.179 --> 00:41:16.860
 it's not

00:41:16.860 --> 00:41:17.199
 a left

00:41:17.199 --> 00:41:17.420
 wing

00:41:17.420 --> 00:41:17.759
 sermon

00:41:17.759 --> 00:41:18.099
 it's not

00:41:18.099 --> 00:41:18.380
 a right

00:41:18.380 --> 00:41:18.599
 wing

00:41:18.599 --> 00:41:19.039
 sermon

00:41:19.039 --> 00:41:19.559
 it's a

00:41:19.559 --> 00:41:19.940
 Jesus

00:41:19.940 --> 00:41:20.420
 sermon

00:41:20.420 --> 00:41:23.000
 left

00:41:23.000 --> 00:41:23.460
 and right

00:41:23.460 --> 00:41:24.619
 they'll all

00:41:24.619 --> 00:41:25.019
 ultimately

00:41:25.019 --> 00:41:25.559
 have to do

00:41:25.559 --> 00:41:26.139
 this

00:41:26.139 --> 00:41:28.139
 left and

00:41:28.139 --> 00:41:28.380
 right are

00:41:28.380 --> 00:41:28.779
 political

00:41:28.779 --> 00:41:29.339
 categories

00:41:29.339 --> 00:41:29.960
 not Jesus

00:41:29.960 --> 00:41:30.579
 categories

00:41:30.579 --> 00:41:32.000
 and the

00:41:32.000 --> 00:41:32.480
 ruler of

00:41:32.480 --> 00:41:32.900
 kings

00:41:32.900 --> 00:41:33.279
 on earth

00:41:33.279 --> 00:41:33.940
 to him

00:41:33.940 --> 00:41:34.559
 who loves

00:41:34.559 --> 00:41:34.980
 us

00:41:34.980 --> 00:41:35.860
 and has

00:41:35.860 --> 00:41:36.299
 freed us

00:41:36.299 --> 00:41:36.699
 from our

00:41:36.699 --> 00:41:37.239
 sins

00:41:37.239 --> 00:41:38.279
 by his

00:41:38.279 --> 00:41:38.679
 blood

00:41:38.679 --> 00:41:40.159
 and made

00:41:40.159 --> 00:41:40.659
 us a

00:41:40.659 --> 00:41:41.099
 kingdom

00:41:41.099 --> 00:41:42.219
 a kingly

00:41:42.219 --> 00:41:42.539
 people

00:41:42.539 --> 00:41:43.059
 priest

00:41:43.059 --> 00:41:43.699
 to his

00:41:43.699 --> 00:41:44.059
 God

00:41:44.059 --> 00:41:44.579
 and father

00:41:44.579 --> 00:41:45.039
 to him

00:41:45.039 --> 00:41:45.639
 be glory

00:41:45.639 --> 00:41:46.239
 and dominion

00:41:46.239 --> 00:41:46.860
 forever and

00:41:46.860 --> 00:41:47.079
 ever

00:41:47.079 --> 00:41:47.480
 amen

00:41:47.480 --> 00:41:48.480
 behold he

00:41:48.480 --> 00:41:48.960
 is coming

00:41:48.960 --> 00:41:49.299
 with the

00:41:49.299 --> 00:41:49.679
 clouds

00:41:49.679 --> 00:41:50.279
 and every

00:41:50.279 --> 00:41:50.719
 eye will

00:41:50.719 --> 00:41:51.119
 see him

00:41:51.119 --> 00:41:51.719
 even those

00:41:51.719 --> 00:41:52.239
 who pierced

00:41:52.239 --> 00:41:52.380
 him

00:41:52.380 --> 00:41:53.139
 and all

00:41:53.139 --> 00:41:53.799
 the tribes

00:41:53.799 --> 00:41:54.099
 of the

00:41:54.099 --> 00:41:54.380
 earth

00:41:54.380 --> 00:41:55.039
 will wail

00:41:55.039 --> 00:41:55.559
 on account

00:41:55.559 --> 00:41:55.860
 of them

00:41:55.860 --> 00:41:56.799
 even so

00:41:56.799 --> 00:41:57.619
 amen

00:41:57.619 --> 00:41:58.880
 I am

00:41:58.880 --> 00:41:59.480
 the alpha

00:41:59.480 --> 00:42:00.460
 and the omega

00:42:00.460 --> 00:42:01.340
 says the

00:42:01.340 --> 00:42:01.900
 Lord God

00:42:01.900 --> 00:42:02.679
 who is

00:42:02.679 --> 00:42:03.119
 and who

00:42:03.119 --> 00:42:03.659
 was

00:42:03.659 --> 00:42:04.039
 and who

00:42:04.039 --> 00:42:04.539
 is to

00:42:04.539 --> 00:42:04.900
 come

00:42:04.900 --> 00:42:05.880
 the almighty

00:42:05.880 --> 00:42:10.200
 Jesus

00:42:10.200 --> 00:42:10.860
 died to

00:42:10.860 --> 00:42:11.460
 save

00:42:11.460 --> 00:42:12.320
 he lives

00:42:12.320 --> 00:42:12.920
 to rule

00:42:12.920 --> 00:42:13.519
 and he

00:42:13.519 --> 00:42:13.660
 will

00:42:13.660 --> 00:42:14.039
 certainly

00:42:14.039 --> 00:42:14.360
 come

00:42:14.360 --> 00:42:14.660
 again

00:42:14.660 --> 00:42:15.960
 Jesus

00:42:15.960 --> 00:42:16.480
 died

00:42:16.480 --> 00:42:17.059
 to save

00:42:17.059 --> 00:42:17.480
 lives

00:42:17.480 --> 00:42:17.960
 to rule

00:42:17.960 --> 00:42:18.320
 and will

00:42:18.320 --> 00:42:18.660
 certainly

00:42:18.660 --> 00:42:18.980
 come

00:42:18.980 --> 00:42:19.300
 again

00:42:19.300 --> 00:42:20.320
 and week

00:42:20.320 --> 00:42:20.820
 by week

00:42:20.820 --> 00:42:21.280
 as we go

00:42:21.280 --> 00:42:21.640
 through the

00:42:21.640 --> 00:42:21.960
 book of

00:42:21.960 --> 00:42:22.420
 revelation

00:42:22.420 --> 00:42:23.059
 it's always

00:42:23.059 --> 00:42:23.500
 going to be

00:42:23.500 --> 00:42:24.180
 about Jesus

00:42:24.180 --> 00:42:25.200
 it's always

00:42:25.200 --> 00:42:25.559
 going to be

00:42:25.559 --> 00:42:25.920
 about the

00:42:25.920 --> 00:42:26.400
 fact that he

00:42:26.400 --> 00:42:26.920
 died

00:42:26.920 --> 00:42:27.500
 that he

00:42:27.500 --> 00:42:27.820
 lives

00:42:27.820 --> 00:42:28.380
 to rule

00:42:28.380 --> 00:42:29.039
 that he's

00:42:29.039 --> 00:42:29.260
 going to

00:42:29.260 --> 00:42:29.500
 come

00:42:29.500 --> 00:42:29.880
 again

00:42:29.880 --> 00:42:30.840
 and it's

00:42:30.840 --> 00:42:31.140
 always

00:42:31.140 --> 00:42:31.579
 going to be

00:42:31.579 --> 00:42:32.280
 a present

00:42:32.280 --> 00:42:32.840
 word

00:42:32.840 --> 00:42:33.740
 to us

00:42:33.740 --> 00:42:35.820
 that invites

00:42:35.820 --> 00:42:36.240
 us to

00:42:36.240 --> 00:42:36.579
 obey

00:42:36.579 --> 00:42:37.740
 and as

00:42:37.740 --> 00:42:38.280
 we listen

00:42:38.280 --> 00:42:38.700
 and obey

00:42:38.700 --> 00:42:39.039
 he will

00:42:39.039 --> 00:42:39.380
 bless

00:42:39.380 --> 00:42:40.420
 please

00:42:40.420 --> 00:42:40.800
 stand

00:42:40.800 --> 00:42:51.260
 let's just

00:42:51.260 --> 00:42:51.740
 bow our heads

00:42:51.740 --> 00:42:52.180
 in prayer

00:42:52.180 --> 00:42:55.460
 father you

00:42:55.460 --> 00:42:55.760
 know

00:42:55.760 --> 00:42:56.800
 even now

00:42:56.800 --> 00:42:57.059
 that

00:42:57.059 --> 00:42:57.880
 some of

00:42:57.880 --> 00:42:58.220
 us here

00:42:58.220 --> 00:42:58.519
 maybe

00:42:58.519 --> 00:42:59.059
 I mean

00:42:59.059 --> 00:42:59.539
 all of us

00:42:59.539 --> 00:42:59.960
 in some

00:42:59.960 --> 00:43:00.160
 way

00:43:00.160 --> 00:43:00.460
 father

00:43:00.460 --> 00:43:00.860
 but some

00:43:00.860 --> 00:43:01.079
 of us

00:43:01.079 --> 00:43:01.300
 maybe

00:43:01.300 --> 00:43:01.500
 are

00:43:01.500 --> 00:43:02.160
 mightily

00:43:02.160 --> 00:43:02.760
 struggling

00:43:02.760 --> 00:43:03.980
 with an

00:43:03.980 --> 00:43:04.360
 area in

00:43:04.360 --> 00:43:04.840
 our lives

00:43:04.840 --> 00:43:05.440
 of obedience

00:43:05.440 --> 00:43:06.100
 father

00:43:06.100 --> 00:43:06.520
 you know

00:43:06.520 --> 00:43:06.900
 that there

00:43:06.900 --> 00:43:07.260
 are some

00:43:07.260 --> 00:43:07.540
 people

00:43:07.540 --> 00:43:07.760
 here

00:43:07.760 --> 00:43:08.320
 even now

00:43:08.320 --> 00:43:08.720
 that the

00:43:08.720 --> 00:43:08.940
 holy

00:43:08.940 --> 00:43:09.380
 spirit

00:43:09.380 --> 00:43:09.920
 is moving

00:43:09.920 --> 00:43:10.240
 in their

00:43:10.240 --> 00:43:10.600
 lives

00:43:10.600 --> 00:43:11.000
 and moving

00:43:11.000 --> 00:43:11.300
 in their

00:43:11.300 --> 00:43:11.500
 hearts

00:43:11.500 --> 00:43:11.960
 moving in

00:43:11.960 --> 00:43:12.660
 our lives

00:43:12.660 --> 00:43:13.060
 and our

00:43:13.060 --> 00:43:13.480
 hearts

00:43:13.480 --> 00:43:14.420
 about a

00:43:14.420 --> 00:43:14.940
 particular

00:43:14.940 --> 00:43:15.540
 area

00:43:15.540 --> 00:43:16.220
 of obedience

00:43:16.220 --> 00:43:17.640
 father

00:43:17.640 --> 00:43:18.020
 I just

00:43:18.020 --> 00:43:18.560
 ask that

00:43:18.560 --> 00:43:19.000
 your holy

00:43:19.000 --> 00:43:19.440
 spirit

00:43:19.440 --> 00:43:20.120
 would gently

00:43:20.120 --> 00:43:20.660
 but deeply

00:43:20.660 --> 00:43:21.320
 come upon

00:43:21.320 --> 00:43:21.780
 those of

00:43:21.780 --> 00:43:22.020
 us

00:43:22.020 --> 00:43:22.600
 at this

00:43:22.600 --> 00:43:22.940
 time

00:43:22.940 --> 00:43:24.500
 that you

00:43:24.500 --> 00:43:24.940
 would help

00:43:24.940 --> 00:43:25.460
 us father

00:43:25.460 --> 00:43:26.240
 to trust

00:43:26.240 --> 00:43:27.500
 the word

00:43:27.500 --> 00:43:28.060
 of Jesus

00:43:28.060 --> 00:43:29.340
 and that

00:43:29.340 --> 00:43:30.000
 you ultimately

00:43:30.000 --> 00:43:30.640
 will bless

00:43:30.640 --> 00:43:30.900
 us

00:43:30.900 --> 00:43:31.520
 if we

00:43:31.520 --> 00:43:31.980
 keep your

00:43:31.980 --> 00:43:32.300
 word

00:43:32.300 --> 00:43:33.019
 maybe

00:43:33.019 --> 00:43:33.440
 it's about

00:43:33.440 --> 00:43:33.920
 forgiving

00:43:33.920 --> 00:43:34.380
 something

00:43:34.380 --> 00:43:34.760
 for the

00:43:34.760 --> 00:43:35.220
 past

00:43:35.220 --> 00:43:36.080
 maybe

00:43:36.080 --> 00:43:36.519
 it's about

00:43:36.519 --> 00:43:37.100
 taking a

00:43:37.100 --> 00:43:37.580
 step of

00:43:37.580 --> 00:43:37.980
 faith

00:43:37.980 --> 00:43:38.860
 maybe

00:43:38.860 --> 00:43:39.340
 father

00:43:39.340 --> 00:43:39.960
 it's about

00:43:39.960 --> 00:43:40.420
 resisting

00:43:40.420 --> 00:43:40.740
 some

00:43:40.740 --> 00:43:41.340
 temptation

00:43:41.340 --> 00:43:41.800
 maybe

00:43:41.800 --> 00:43:42.220
 it's about

00:43:42.220 --> 00:43:42.560
 making

00:43:42.560 --> 00:43:42.880
 some

00:43:42.880 --> 00:43:43.640
 sacrifice

00:43:43.640 --> 00:43:44.960
 to take

00:43:44.960 --> 00:43:45.340
 a step

00:43:45.340 --> 00:43:45.539
 in the

00:43:45.539 --> 00:43:45.760
 future

00:43:45.760 --> 00:43:46.080
 father

00:43:46.080 --> 00:43:46.460
 you know

00:43:46.460 --> 00:43:46.720
 what it

00:43:46.720 --> 00:43:46.940
 is

00:43:46.940 --> 00:43:47.300
 you know

00:43:47.300 --> 00:43:47.480
 that

00:43:47.480 --> 00:43:48.180
 you know

00:43:48.180 --> 00:43:48.620
 the word

00:43:48.620 --> 00:43:48.900
 that you've

00:43:48.900 --> 00:43:49.460
 spoken into

00:43:49.460 --> 00:43:49.900
 our lives

00:43:49.900 --> 00:43:50.140
 and we

00:43:50.140 --> 00:43:50.620
 just ask

00:43:50.620 --> 00:43:50.880
 father

00:43:50.880 --> 00:43:51.300
 we give

00:43:51.300 --> 00:43:51.440
 you

00:43:51.440 --> 00:43:51.880
 permission

00:43:51.880 --> 00:43:52.660
 we encourage

00:43:52.660 --> 00:43:52.940
 you

00:43:52.940 --> 00:43:53.600
 father

00:43:53.600 --> 00:43:54.080
 to bring

00:43:54.080 --> 00:43:54.740
 the convicting

00:43:54.740 --> 00:43:55.380
 power of your

00:43:55.380 --> 00:43:55.940
 holy spirit

00:43:55.940 --> 00:43:56.519
 to bear in our

00:43:56.519 --> 00:43:56.900
 lives

00:43:56.900 --> 00:43:57.920
 we might

00:43:57.920 --> 00:43:58.980
 hear what

00:43:58.980 --> 00:43:59.280
 it is

00:43:59.280 --> 00:43:59.580
 that you're

00:43:59.580 --> 00:43:59.980
 leading us

00:43:59.980 --> 00:44:00.340
 to do

00:44:00.340 --> 00:44:01.300
 that we

00:44:01.300 --> 00:44:01.700
 might have

00:44:01.700 --> 00:44:02.300
 the courage

00:44:02.300 --> 00:44:02.860
 to obey

00:44:02.860 --> 00:44:04.080
 and understand

00:44:04.080 --> 00:44:04.600
 that you will

00:44:04.600 --> 00:44:04.900
 bless

00:44:04.900 --> 00:44:06.640
 all this we

00:44:06.640 --> 00:44:07.360
 ask in the name

00:44:07.360 --> 00:44:08.140
 of jesus your

00:44:08.140 --> 00:44:08.960
 son and our

00:44:08.960 --> 00:44:09.340
 savior

00:44:09.340 --> 00:44:10.060
 amen

00:44:10.059 --> 00:44:13.420
 to

00:44:20.980 --> 00:44:21.619
 from

00:44:21.619 --> 00:44:22.159
 men

00:44:22.159 --> 00:44:22.259
 and

00:44:22.259 --> 00:44:23.019
 and

00:44:23.019 --> 00:44:23.099
 he

00:44:23.099 --> 00:44:23.679
 h

00:44:23.679 --> 00:44:24.400
 and

00:44:24.400 --> 00:44:24.519
 and

00:44:24.519 --> 00:44:25.139
 and

00:44:25.139 --> 00:44:26.000
 and

00:44:26.000 --> 00:44:27.980
 uh

00:44:31.840 --> 00:44:35.440
 and

00:44:36.619 --> 00:44:39.179
 i