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 My name is Matthew Capone, and I'm the pastor here at Cheyenne Mountain Presbyterian Church,

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 and it's my joy to bring God's word to you today.

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 A special welcome if you're new or visiting with us.

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 We're glad that you're here, and we're glad that you're here,

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 not because we're trying to fill seats,

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 but because we're following Jesus together as one community.

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 And as we follow Jesus together,

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 we become convinced that there's no one so good they don't need God's grace,

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 and no one so bad that they can't have it,

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 which is why we come back week after week to hear what God has to say to us in his word.

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 We are once again taking a break from our series in the Gospel of Mark for Easter,

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 and we're continuing from last week in the book of Colossians

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 as we're looking at the resurrection and Jesus as our king and what that means for us.

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 You'll remember from last week that the book of Colossians is actually a letter

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 written by the Apostle Paul to the city of Colossae, which is in modern-day Turkey.

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 And Paul writes it in the 60s AD from prison against false teachings that are going on in the church.

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 Now, if you were with us last week in Colossians chapter 2,

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 you'll remember that we talked about the difference between being spiritually dead versus spiritually alive.

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 And you remember we saw Jesus triumphing over the powers and the authorities,

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 that he brought an end to their rule, their dominion.

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 And so we talked about the spiritual resurrection,

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 and I told you this story about the seminary professor

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 who would take his students out to a graveyard, a cemetery,

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 and he would say, preach to these tombstones.

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 And he would tell them that's the same as preaching to someone who isn't saved.

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 They've not been brought to spiritual life.

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 They need God's power at work in their lives.

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 You'll remember spiritual death is when we can't respond to God.

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 We can't hear God.

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 We can't love God.

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 Spiritual life is when we're able to thank God for his gifts.

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 We're growing in joy and love.

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 We're able to repent of our sin.

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 And you'll remember we talked to this spiritual life.

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 It only comes through Christ's resurrection.

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 So I told you about the payload,

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 that it's a rocket that takes up the satellite.

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 It's the airplane that takes up the passengers.

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 It is Christ's resurrection, his rising, that raises us as well.

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 And so that's what we talked about last week from Colossians chapter 2.

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 This week we're continuing talking about the resurrection with some new questions.

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 Question 1, how do we live now in light of that fact?

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 How does that affect our day-to-day lives Monday through Sunday?

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 And what is it that we look forward to?

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 What is it that hasn't happened that will happen because of Jesus' resurrection?

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 And so we're going to look at two things.

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 This is already written in your worship guide on page 7,

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 which is resurrection life and resurrection hope.

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 It's with that that I invite you to turn with me now in God's word.

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 You can turn in your Bibles.

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 You can turn on your phone.

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 You can turn in your worship guide.

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 No matter where you turn, remember that this is God's word.

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 And God tells us that his word is a lamp to our feet and a light to our path,

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 which means that he has not left us to stumble alone in the dark,

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 but instead he's given us his word to show us the way to go.

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 And so that's why we read now Colossians 3, starting at verse 1.

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 I invite you to pray with me as we come to this portion of God's word.

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 Our Father in heaven, we praise you and thank you that Jesus has risen from the dead,

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 that our life is hidden with him,

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 that you have transferred us from the domain of darkness to the kingdom of your beloved son.

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 We ask that you would speak once again by your word,

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 that you would show us your grace and your truth,

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 and most of all, you'd show us Jesus.

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 You'd cast a spotlight on him that we'd see how beautiful and glorious he is.

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 We ask these things in his mighty name.

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 Amen.

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 Last week, as I mentioned just a second ago,

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 we talked about this issue of being raised from spiritual death to spiritual life.

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 Paul here continues that to tell us that it is more than that.

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 It is not just that we've gone from death to life.

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 It's actually that we've been transferred from one kingdom,

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 one citizenship into another kingdom, another citizenship.

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 In fact, he says this in Colossians chapter 1, verse 13.

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 He says that he's delivered us from the domain of darkness,

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 and he's transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved son.

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 And in fact, that's what's happening here in verses 1 and 3.

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 Verse 1, if you have been raised with Christ,

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 he's saying you've been raised with Christ,

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 you've been brought into this new kingdom.

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 You have a new citizenship.

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 You belong to a new reality.

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 And then the opposite of that is also true.

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 Verse 3, for you have died.

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 It is not just that you've been raised to a new reality,

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 but that your old citizenship is completely gone.

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 You no longer belong to that world or that realm anymore.

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 In other words, you now, because of Christ's resurrection,

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 look to heaven, not to earth.

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 You look to heaven, not to earth.

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 And that's what he's saying in verse 2 when he says,

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 set your minds on things that are above,

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 not on things that are on earth.

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 Verse 3, he tells us, heaven is your place.

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 Your life is hidden with Christ in God.

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 And so, in short, he's saying you have new life in one sense.

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 And you've died in another sense.

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 You are alive to heaven right now,

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 and you are dead to earth.

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 You're alive to heaven.

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 You're dead to earth.

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 Now, that's actually, in some ways,

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 more confusing than it is helpful,

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 because when we hear the word earth today as Christians,

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 or worldliness, we might think,

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 oh, that means anything in the material creation

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 is somehow worthless,

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 and all I should be doing now

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 is just reading my Bible and praying.

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 But, in fact, we need to use Paul's own definition

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 of what it means to be earthly or worldly.

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 When he talks about having died

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 and not being with the things that are of the earth,

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 he's talking about the world as it's dominated by sin.

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 And we know that because he goes on

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 in the next verse, in verse five,

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 he says, put to death, therefore,

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 what is earthly in you,

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 and then he lists a bunch of sins,

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 sexual immorality, impurity, passion,

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 evil, desire, and covetousness.

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 So, when we talk about being worldly or earthly,

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 we're not talking about someone

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 who cares about things that happen in everyday life.

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 We're not saying you need to exit reality or society.

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 We're not saying it's wrong to think about

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 what you're gonna eat next, right,

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 or what you're gonna wear.

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 What we are saying is you have died to the world,

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 to the earth, in as much as it is the realm

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 of sin and evil and wickedness.

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 That's what it means that you are no longer on earth,

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 but in heaven.

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 I provided you on verse seven of your worship guide,

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 in fact, a definition of worldliness or earthliness.

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 It's a system of values in any given age

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 which has at its center our fallen human perspective,

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 which displaces God and his truth from the world,

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 makes sin look normal and righteousness seem strange.

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 That's what it means when we talk about something

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 that's worldly.

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 It's displaced God and his truth from the world.

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 And then Paul later goes on in Colossians

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 and gives us a definition of what it means

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 to be heavenly minded.

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 This same chapter, verses 12 through 17,

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 he says it's compassion, kindness, humility, meekness,

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 patience, love, thankfulness, love for God's word,

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 and singing, doing everything in Jesus' name,

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 giving all thanks to God.

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 I want you to think about it like this.

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 Some of you, it's true that you were not born

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 in the United States.

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 Your home country is somewhere else.

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 Others of us, that's not true,

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 but we can imagine what that's like.

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 That if you are from another place, what do you do?

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 You often focus on the traditions

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 and the values of that place.

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 Even as you're away, you're thinking

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 about your home country, right?

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 You're reading in the news what it is

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 that's going on in the country you came from.

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 When you have a chance, what kind of dishes

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 are you cooking?

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 You are cooking the food that you grew up with,

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 the recipes that are from your place.

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 You are doing whatever you can,

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 even though you're not there,

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 to bring that place into the present.

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 You continue to live as if that other country

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 is your home.

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 Why?

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 Because in a sense, you actually belong there, right?

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 That's actually your place.

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 That's where your citizenship is.

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 That is where you are most comfortable.

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 Paul is saying this when he says,

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 be heavenly minded.

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 Look towards heaven as the place

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 where you actually are from.

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 Your citizenship is actually in the kingdom of God.

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 Your culture is actually the culture

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 of the kingdom of God.

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 The recipes that you cook

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 are recipes from the kingdom of God.

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 This is where you truly belong.

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 Act like it.

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 This is where your citizenship is.

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 Act like it.

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 You have died, verse three,

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 in the sense that sin no longer has power.

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 It no longer has jurisdiction over you.

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 Sin is not your home.

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 You are sinful.

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 Your earthly passport was taken away.

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 You don't belong to that place anymore.

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 And you were given a different passport.

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 You were given a heavenly passport.

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 So yes, you may fall into the practices

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 and the patterns of this world,

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 but that's not where you belong.

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 You may fall into the country of sin

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 and its practices,

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 but that's not your home.

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 Remember where you actually belong.

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 You are living out the kingdom of God.

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 That's what he's saying in verses one and two.

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 If you have been raised with Christ,

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 seek the things that are above.

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 In other words, set your gaze,

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 your focus on God and his kingdom.

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 Verse two, set your minds

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 on things that are above.

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 That is the north star

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 that determines and guides everything else.

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 Why?

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 Because that's where you belong.

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 Why do you belong there?

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 Because Jesus rose from the dead.

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 Because of Christ's resurrection,

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 you have been raised with him.

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 You belong to a new place

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 and a new kingdom.

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 Seek those things.

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 Set your mind on those things.

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 Why do you seek first his kingdom

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 and his righteousness?

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 Because you belong to that kingdom.

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 Why did we pray earlier this morning,

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 your kingdom come,

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 your will be done?

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 Because that's where your true citizenship is.

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 If you're a non-Christian,

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 maybe you have questions or doubts

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 or objections to Christianity,

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 I hope that you feel this tension,

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 that you feel the tension

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 of belonging to the earth,

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 which is to say,

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 you know that we live in a world

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 filled with systems of evil.

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 And in fact,

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 if you're completely honest,

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 if you press into that,

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 you recognize that the problems in the world

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 are not simply problems that are out there.

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 They're also problems that are in here.

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 As I've told you before,

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 the quote from Alexander Solzhenitsyn

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 who says,

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 the line between good and evil

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 cuts through the center of every human heart.

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 And so maybe you've come to terms

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 or you're wrestling with this question of,

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 I know that I am part of the problem.

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 I know I must change.

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 And I cannot change myself.

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 What do you do with that?

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 Well, Paul tells us here,

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 and he told us in chapter two,

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 you need to be brought from spiritual death

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 to spiritual life.

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 You need to be brought from one kingdom

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 to another kingdom.

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 You need to be transferred

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 from the domain of darkness

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 to the kingdom of the beloved son.

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 Well, how does that happen?

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 You can't do it by yourself.

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 No one has ever resuscitated themselves.

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 No one has ever brought themselves

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 from death to life.

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 This is by the power of God.

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 And that is the only power

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 that's able to do it.

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 So I'm just gonna leave you

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 with that tension.

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 That's the tension

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 that I hope that you feel

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 if you're not following after Christ.

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 If you look with me on page eight

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 of your worship guide,

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 you'll see this

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 from a beginner's guide to America

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 set by Roya Hakakian,

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 who is an immigrant

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 to the United States.

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 She says,

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 people who are not homesick

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 set their clocks

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 to the standard time

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 of their own region.

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 But in exile,

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 when homesickness is at a peak

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 and every thought

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 chases the next

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 in a loop of regret,

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 the hours pass

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 according to the standard time

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 of the displaced.

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 Here the body may slouch

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 towards east, west, north, or south,

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 but the heart is ever fixed homeward

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 to the city you just left.

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 Christian,

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 your heart

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 should be always fixed homeward,

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 not to the city you've left,

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 but the city

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 to which you are going.

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 You do not set your clock

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 to the time of this world.

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 You set your clock

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 to the time of the kingdom of God

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 because Jesus has risen from the dead.

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 If you have been raised with Christ,

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 seek the things that are above

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 where Christ is.

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 That

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 is your true home.

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 Paul doesn't just give a command, though.

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 He doesn't just tell us

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 to

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 seek the things that are above

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 or set our minds

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 on things that are above.

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 He also provides us

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 with confidence

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 and hope.

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 They live this resurrection life.

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 They are embracing

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 the kingdom of God

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 because of their resurrection hope.

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 It is not just

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 that they are spiritually alive,

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 but they have

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 a glorious future as well.

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 That's what Paul tells them

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 when he says

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 that their life,

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 verse 3,

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 is hidden

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 with Christ

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 in God.

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 Now,

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 hidden could mean

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 all sorts of things,

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 right?

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 It has a wide range of meaning.

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 What it means here

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 is clarified

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 by the rest of the text.

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 It's hidden in verse 3,

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 but what happens

00:16:16.559 --> 00:16:17.319
 in verse 4?

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 When Christ,

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 who is your life,

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 appears,

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 then you also

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 will appear

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 with him

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 in glory.

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 So your life

00:16:26.840 --> 00:16:27.580
 is hidden

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 in Christ

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 in the sense

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 that it is concealed.

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 It cannot be seen.

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 In other words,

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 there are things

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 that are true

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 about you

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 as a Christian

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 that are not visible

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 to the naked eye.

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 There's a present reality,

00:16:46.080 --> 00:16:46.539
 verse 3,

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 you're hidden.

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 There's this future

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 transformation

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 that you're going

00:16:50.000 --> 00:16:50.740
 to appear.

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 There's a glory

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 that you have now

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 as a Christian

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 and an even greater glory

00:17:00.740 --> 00:17:02.100
 that you will have

00:17:02.100 --> 00:17:02.860
 in the future

00:17:02.860 --> 00:17:06.619
 and it cannot be seen

00:17:06.619 --> 00:17:11.039
 and it is invisible.

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 Now,

00:17:12.920 --> 00:17:13.500
 that may sound

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 a little bit strange

00:17:14.420 --> 00:17:15.659
 and pie in the sky,

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 so I want you

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 to think about it

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 this way.

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 There's a Puritan

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 named Richard Sibbes

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 who lived

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 the 1500s

00:17:22.560 --> 00:17:23.440
 and 1600s

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 and he was

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 an Anglican theologian

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 and he gives us

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 this example

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 of two plots

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 of ground.

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 One plot

00:17:30.320 --> 00:17:30.680
 of ground

00:17:30.680 --> 00:17:31.220
 is actually

00:17:31.220 --> 00:17:31.740
 a garden.

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 The other plot

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 is just a common field.

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 Okay,

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 so you've got

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 the garden,

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 you've got

00:17:37.279 --> 00:17:38.019
 the common field.

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 Can you tell

00:17:39.480 --> 00:17:40.120
 the difference

00:17:40.120 --> 00:17:41.160
 between the two

00:17:41.160 --> 00:17:43.140
 in the winter?

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 No.

00:17:46.420 --> 00:17:47.220
 In the winter

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 they look

00:17:47.640 --> 00:17:48.580
 exactly the same.

00:17:49.720 --> 00:17:50.340
 But what does

00:17:50.340 --> 00:17:51.100
 the garden have

00:17:51.100 --> 00:17:52.019
 that the common field

00:17:52.019 --> 00:17:52.660
 does not?

00:17:53.480 --> 00:17:54.300
 The garden

00:17:54.300 --> 00:17:55.560
 has the seeds.

00:17:56.740 --> 00:17:57.680
 There's something

00:17:57.680 --> 00:17:58.600
 hidden there,

00:17:58.660 --> 00:17:58.900
 right?

00:17:59.080 --> 00:18:00.000
 There's power

00:18:00.000 --> 00:18:00.720
 and potential.

00:18:00.940 --> 00:18:01.680
 There's life

00:18:01.680 --> 00:18:02.460
 that's lying

00:18:02.460 --> 00:18:03.420
 under the surface.

00:18:03.820 --> 00:18:04.620
 What is going

00:18:04.620 --> 00:18:05.740
 to happen eventually?

00:18:05.940 --> 00:18:06.040
 Well,

00:18:06.080 --> 00:18:06.880
 the winter's not

00:18:06.880 --> 00:18:08.019
 going to last forever,

00:18:08.180 --> 00:18:08.420
 right?

00:18:08.640 --> 00:18:09.160
 There's going

00:18:09.160 --> 00:18:09.920
 to come a time

00:18:09.920 --> 00:18:10.400
 we're kind of

00:18:10.400 --> 00:18:11.100
 feeling it right

00:18:11.099 --> 00:18:12.079
 now where things

00:18:12.079 --> 00:18:13.319
 begin to warm up.

00:18:13.699 --> 00:18:14.359
 The sun

00:18:14.359 --> 00:18:15.759
 is going to shine.

00:18:16.359 --> 00:18:16.799
 What's going

00:18:16.799 --> 00:18:17.139
 to happen

00:18:17.139 --> 00:18:17.839
 to that garden?

00:18:19.079 --> 00:18:19.799
 All sorts

00:18:19.799 --> 00:18:20.539
 of life

00:18:20.539 --> 00:18:20.939
 is going

00:18:20.939 --> 00:18:21.740
 to become visible,

00:18:21.859 --> 00:18:22.019
 right?

00:18:22.039 --> 00:18:22.419
 It's going

00:18:22.419 --> 00:18:23.559
 to spring up.

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 In the past

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 it looked like

00:18:25.219 --> 00:18:25.939
 those two plots

00:18:25.939 --> 00:18:26.339
 of ground

00:18:26.339 --> 00:18:27.019
 were the same.

00:18:27.419 --> 00:18:28.519
 Now we see

00:18:28.519 --> 00:18:30.000
 they were not.

00:18:31.559 --> 00:18:32.899
 When Christ,

00:18:33.059 --> 00:18:33.899
 the sun,

00:18:34.359 --> 00:18:34.919
 returns

00:18:34.919 --> 00:18:36.699
 in his second coming,

00:18:37.219 --> 00:18:37.919
 there will be

00:18:37.919 --> 00:18:38.759
 a glory

00:18:38.759 --> 00:18:39.759
 that is true

00:18:39.759 --> 00:18:40.359
 of you

00:18:40.359 --> 00:18:40.899
 that will be

00:18:40.899 --> 00:18:41.419
 visible

00:18:41.419 --> 00:18:42.379
 for all

00:18:42.379 --> 00:18:43.159
 to see.

00:18:44.379 --> 00:18:45.519
 When Christ

00:18:45.519 --> 00:18:46.079
 who is your

00:18:46.079 --> 00:18:46.939
 life appears,

00:18:47.279 --> 00:18:48.419
 then you also

00:18:48.419 --> 00:18:49.339
 will appear

00:18:49.339 --> 00:18:50.659
 with him

00:18:50.659 --> 00:18:51.559
 in glory.

00:18:53.559 --> 00:18:54.740
 There is something

00:18:54.740 --> 00:18:55.799
 hidden under the

00:18:55.799 --> 00:18:56.139
 ground,

00:18:56.339 --> 00:18:56.619
 Christian,

00:18:57.459 --> 00:18:59.159
 in your life

00:18:59.159 --> 00:19:00.479
 that is true

00:19:00.479 --> 00:19:01.500
 in part now

00:19:01.500 --> 00:19:02.240
 and will be true

00:19:02.240 --> 00:19:03.519
 in full one day,

00:19:03.579 --> 00:19:04.579
 which is that you

00:19:04.579 --> 00:19:05.959
 will be glorious

00:19:05.960 --> 00:19:07.360
 and glorified.

00:19:07.360 --> 00:19:08.319
 Your body

00:19:08.319 --> 00:19:09.140
 will be free

00:19:09.140 --> 00:19:10.220
 from all sickness

00:19:10.220 --> 00:19:11.240
 and sin

00:19:11.240 --> 00:19:12.160
 and disease

00:19:12.160 --> 00:19:13.259
 and brokenness.

00:19:14.259 --> 00:19:15.620
 That is the hope

00:19:15.620 --> 00:19:16.559
 that we have

00:19:16.559 --> 00:19:17.819
 because of Christ's

00:19:17.819 --> 00:19:18.299
 resurrection.

00:19:18.779 --> 00:19:19.460
 Paul tells us

00:19:19.460 --> 00:19:20.079
 in other places

00:19:20.079 --> 00:19:21.140
 that he's the first

00:19:21.140 --> 00:19:21.640
 fruits.

00:19:22.160 --> 00:19:22.960
 First fruits are

00:19:22.960 --> 00:19:23.559
 what appear

00:19:23.559 --> 00:19:24.420
 at the very beginning

00:19:24.420 --> 00:19:24.980
 of a harvest

00:19:24.980 --> 00:19:25.680
 and they show

00:19:25.680 --> 00:19:26.440
 what the rest

00:19:26.440 --> 00:19:27.039
 of the harvest

00:19:27.039 --> 00:19:27.980
 is going to look

00:19:27.980 --> 00:19:28.299
 like.

00:19:28.680 --> 00:19:29.600
 We know

00:19:29.600 --> 00:19:30.480
 what our future

00:19:30.480 --> 00:19:31.180
 will be

00:19:31.180 --> 00:19:32.120
 because Christ

00:19:32.120 --> 00:19:33.160
 as the first fruits

00:19:33.160 --> 00:19:34.580
 has already shown us.

00:19:35.180 --> 00:19:36.080
 We know

00:19:36.080 --> 00:19:37.220
 that we will rise

00:19:37.220 --> 00:19:37.900
 from the dead

00:19:37.900 --> 00:19:39.140
 with glorified bodies

00:19:39.140 --> 00:19:39.940
 because Jesus

00:19:39.940 --> 00:19:41.000
 already has.

00:19:41.400 --> 00:19:43.160
 We can be confident

00:19:43.160 --> 00:19:44.080
 of going from

00:19:44.080 --> 00:19:45.040
 spiritual death

00:19:45.040 --> 00:19:46.460
 to spiritual life

00:19:46.460 --> 00:19:47.980
 because we are

00:19:47.980 --> 00:19:49.560
 raised with him.

00:19:50.980 --> 00:19:51.700
 Christian,

00:19:52.060 --> 00:19:53.100
 when Christ

00:19:53.100 --> 00:19:54.400
 who is your life

00:19:54.400 --> 00:19:54.940
 appears,

00:19:55.380 --> 00:19:56.360
 then you also

00:19:56.360 --> 00:19:57.120
 will appear

00:19:57.120 --> 00:19:58.000
 with him

00:19:58.000 --> 00:19:58.940
 in glory.

00:19:58.940 --> 00:20:03.299
 So set

00:20:03.299 --> 00:20:04.019
 your mind

00:20:04.019 --> 00:20:05.480
 on the things

00:20:05.480 --> 00:20:05.820
 above.

00:20:06.960 --> 00:20:08.220
 That is where

00:20:08.220 --> 00:20:09.620
 your true glory

00:20:09.620 --> 00:20:10.259
 lies.

00:20:10.440 --> 00:20:10.880
 Remember

00:20:10.880 --> 00:20:13.480
 your true

00:20:13.480 --> 00:20:13.960
 country.

00:20:15.740 --> 00:20:16.460
 Remember

00:20:16.460 --> 00:20:17.019
 your hope.

00:20:18.720 --> 00:20:19.059
 Remember

00:20:19.059 --> 00:20:19.680
 the glory

00:20:19.680 --> 00:20:20.360
 that is

00:20:20.360 --> 00:20:21.240
 to come.

00:20:23.299 --> 00:20:24.100
 Remember

00:20:24.100 --> 00:20:25.019
 who you are.

00:20:27.120 --> 00:20:27.820
 Become

00:20:27.819 --> 00:20:29.000
 who you

00:20:29.000 --> 00:20:29.559
 already

00:20:29.559 --> 00:20:30.059
 are.

00:20:31.480 --> 00:20:32.279
 You are

00:20:32.279 --> 00:20:33.099
 already

00:20:33.099 --> 00:20:34.319
 a citizen.

00:20:35.200 --> 00:20:35.720
 You have

00:20:35.720 --> 00:20:36.399
 already

00:20:36.399 --> 00:20:37.839
 been raised

00:20:37.839 --> 00:20:38.559
 from death

00:20:38.559 --> 00:20:39.419
 to life.

00:20:40.659 --> 00:20:41.200
 Paul is saying

00:20:41.200 --> 00:20:41.819
 this has already

00:20:41.819 --> 00:20:42.220
 happened.

00:20:42.879 --> 00:20:43.599
 Act like it.

00:20:44.619 --> 00:20:45.059
 Live

00:20:45.059 --> 00:20:45.759
 into it.

00:20:46.480 --> 00:20:47.079
 Embrace

00:20:47.079 --> 00:20:47.480
 that.

00:20:47.939 --> 00:20:48.259
 Seek

00:20:48.259 --> 00:20:48.819
 the things

00:20:48.819 --> 00:20:49.099
 that are

00:20:49.099 --> 00:20:49.399
 above.

00:20:49.599 --> 00:20:49.839
 Set

00:20:49.839 --> 00:20:50.579
 your mind

00:20:50.579 --> 00:20:51.240
 on the

00:20:51.240 --> 00:20:51.679
 things

00:20:51.679 --> 00:20:52.259
 that are

00:20:52.259 --> 00:20:52.659
 above.

00:20:53.460 --> 00:20:53.919
 This,

00:20:54.059 --> 00:20:54.399
 by the way,

00:20:54.439 --> 00:20:54.839
 is the

00:20:54.839 --> 00:20:55.240
 beauty

00:20:55.240 --> 00:20:55.579
 of the

00:20:55.579 --> 00:20:55.960
 gospel.

00:20:56.659 --> 00:20:56.879
 The

00:20:56.879 --> 00:20:57.079
 beauty

00:20:57.079 --> 00:20:57.399
 is that

00:20:57.399 --> 00:20:57.619
 the

00:20:57.619 --> 00:20:58.099
 citizenship

00:20:58.099 --> 00:20:59.079
 comes

00:20:59.079 --> 00:21:00.159
 before

00:21:00.159 --> 00:21:00.679
 the

00:21:00.679 --> 00:21:01.139
 behavior.

00:21:03.259 --> 00:21:03.639
 The

00:21:03.639 --> 00:21:04.199
 raising

00:21:04.199 --> 00:21:04.939
 to

00:21:04.939 --> 00:21:05.460
 spiritual

00:21:05.460 --> 00:21:05.939
 life

00:21:05.939 --> 00:21:06.480
 happens

00:21:06.480 --> 00:21:06.740
 by

00:21:06.740 --> 00:21:07.119
 God's

00:21:07.119 --> 00:21:07.419
 power.

00:21:07.519 --> 00:21:07.579
 He

00:21:07.579 --> 00:21:07.839
 doesn't

00:21:07.839 --> 00:21:08.159
 say,

00:21:08.879 --> 00:21:08.899
 start

00:21:08.899 --> 00:21:09.419
 acting

00:21:09.419 --> 00:21:09.799
 like

00:21:09.799 --> 00:21:10.119
 you're

00:21:10.119 --> 00:21:10.379
 a

00:21:10.379 --> 00:21:10.599
 citizen

00:21:10.599 --> 00:21:10.799
 of

00:21:10.799 --> 00:21:10.919
 the

00:21:10.919 --> 00:21:11.119
 kingdom

00:21:11.119 --> 00:21:11.339
 of

00:21:11.339 --> 00:21:11.619
 God,

00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:12.079
 and

00:21:12.079 --> 00:21:12.259
 then

00:21:12.259 --> 00:21:12.679
 I'll

00:21:12.679 --> 00:21:12.919
 figure

00:21:12.919 --> 00:21:13.159
 out

00:21:13.159 --> 00:21:13.480
 later

00:21:13.480 --> 00:21:13.759
 whether

00:21:13.759 --> 00:21:14.059
 you're

00:21:14.059 --> 00:21:14.279
 good

00:21:14.279 --> 00:21:14.519
 enough

00:21:14.519 --> 00:21:14.699
 to

00:21:14.699 --> 00:21:15.059
 belong.

00:21:16.199 --> 00:21:16.539
 No,

00:21:16.599 --> 00:21:16.759
 he's

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 saying,

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 you

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 are

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 a

00:21:17.919 --> 00:21:18.220
 citizen.

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 Now

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 act

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 in

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 accordance

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 with

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 that

00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:21.439
 truth.

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 Line

00:21:22.659 --> 00:21:23.139
 yourself

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 up

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 with

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 that

00:21:23.880 --> 00:21:24.420
 reality.

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 Set

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 your

00:21:26.279 --> 00:21:26.880
 mind

00:21:26.880 --> 00:21:27.259
 on

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 things

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 that

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 are

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 above,

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 not

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 on

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 things

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 that

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 are

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 on

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 earth.

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 If you're

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 not a

00:21:36.140 --> 00:21:36.440
 Christian,

00:21:37.799 --> 00:21:38.460
 I want

00:21:38.460 --> 00:21:39.099
 to remind

00:21:39.099 --> 00:21:40.000
 you of

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 an

00:21:40.120 --> 00:21:40.640
 inconvenient

00:21:40.640 --> 00:21:41.220
 truth,

00:21:41.799 --> 00:21:42.420
 which is

00:21:42.420 --> 00:21:42.860
 that your

00:21:42.860 --> 00:21:43.640
 life here

00:21:43.640 --> 00:21:44.579
 is a

00:21:44.579 --> 00:21:45.180
 life of

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 rot

00:21:45.519 --> 00:21:46.000
 and

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 decay.

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 It's

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 not

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 anything

00:21:49.940 --> 00:21:50.879
 new

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 or

00:21:51.519 --> 00:21:52.379
 earth

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 shattering

00:21:52.700 --> 00:21:53.000
 for me

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 to say

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 that,

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 but it's

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 something we

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 spend a lot

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 of time

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 and energy

00:21:55.680 --> 00:21:56.240
 distracting

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 ourselves

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 from.

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 Money

00:21:58.879 --> 00:21:59.859
 and exercise

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 and fitness

00:22:00.599 --> 00:22:01.299
 and power

00:22:01.299 --> 00:22:02.240
 cannot

00:22:02.240 --> 00:22:03.639
 save you

00:22:03.639 --> 00:22:04.940
 from the

00:22:04.940 --> 00:22:05.539
 fact that

00:22:05.539 --> 00:22:06.379
 this world

00:22:06.379 --> 00:22:07.200
 lacks

00:22:07.200 --> 00:22:07.839
 glory.

00:22:08.919 --> 00:22:09.759
 Cannot

00:22:09.759 --> 00:22:10.480
 save you

00:22:10.480 --> 00:22:10.879
 from the

00:22:10.879 --> 00:22:11.419
 fact that

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 this world

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 is characterized

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 by decay.

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 by deterioration.

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 And no

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 matter what,

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 your

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 existence

00:22:24.019 --> 00:22:24.779
 here will

00:22:24.779 --> 00:22:25.539
 come to

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 an end.

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 Whether it

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 comes to

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 an end

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 in an

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 instant

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 or the

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 lights

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 slowly

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 dim.

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 And the

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 Bible tells

00:22:33.659 --> 00:22:33.940
 us it

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 actually only

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 gets worse

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 after death

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 if we're

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 not

00:22:39.539 --> 00:22:40.319
 hidden

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 in Christ.

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 If that

00:22:43.940 --> 00:22:44.859
 glory is

00:22:44.859 --> 00:22:45.799
 not planted,

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 is not

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 hidden

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 in the

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 soil of

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 the

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 garden.

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 That we

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 all

00:22:50.060 --> 00:22:50.740
 experience

00:22:50.740 --> 00:22:51.180
 some of

00:22:51.180 --> 00:22:51.519
 God's

00:22:51.519 --> 00:22:51.779
 goodness

00:22:51.779 --> 00:22:52.160
 here,

00:22:52.220 --> 00:22:52.519
 whether we

00:22:52.519 --> 00:22:52.960
 believe in

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 him or

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 not.

00:22:53.860 --> 00:22:54.080
 Matthew

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 chapter 5

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 says,

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 he makes

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 the rain

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 to fall

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 on the

00:22:56.779 --> 00:22:57.060
 just

00:22:57.060 --> 00:22:57.320
 and the

00:22:57.320 --> 00:22:57.840
 unjust.

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 There

00:22:59.019 --> 00:22:59.440
 will come

00:22:59.440 --> 00:23:00.040
 a time

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 when we

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 are

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 separated

00:23:01.400 --> 00:23:01.779
 from

00:23:01.779 --> 00:23:02.220
 God

00:23:02.220 --> 00:23:02.960
 and

00:23:02.960 --> 00:23:03.240
 his

00:23:03.240 --> 00:23:03.580
 goodness.

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 There

00:23:05.920 --> 00:23:06.800
 is only

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 one

00:23:07.860 --> 00:23:08.600
 path

00:23:08.600 --> 00:23:08.880
 to

00:23:08.880 --> 00:23:09.220
 glory.

00:23:10.519 --> 00:23:11.120
 There

00:23:11.120 --> 00:23:11.779
 is only

00:23:11.779 --> 00:23:12.320
 one

00:23:12.320 --> 00:23:12.860
 way

00:23:12.860 --> 00:23:13.440
 to be

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 set

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 free

00:23:14.279 --> 00:23:14.619
 from

00:23:14.619 --> 00:23:15.039
 sin

00:23:15.039 --> 00:23:15.259
 and

00:23:15.259 --> 00:23:15.559
 sickness

00:23:15.559 --> 00:23:15.839
 and

00:23:15.839 --> 00:23:16.220
 disease

00:23:16.220 --> 00:23:16.519
 and

00:23:16.519 --> 00:23:16.660
 it

00:23:16.660 --> 00:23:16.839
 is

00:23:16.839 --> 00:23:17.220
 this

00:23:17.220 --> 00:23:17.920
 that

00:23:17.920 --> 00:23:18.119
 your

00:23:18.119 --> 00:23:18.660
 life

00:23:18.660 --> 00:23:19.279
 is

00:23:19.279 --> 00:23:19.700
 hidden

00:23:19.700 --> 00:23:20.259
 with

00:23:20.259 --> 00:23:20.639
 Christ.

00:23:22.299 --> 00:23:22.639
 He

00:23:22.639 --> 00:23:23.099
 is the

00:23:23.099 --> 00:23:23.359
 only

00:23:23.359 --> 00:23:23.879
 one

00:23:23.879 --> 00:23:24.740
 who

00:23:24.740 --> 00:23:24.920
 can

00:23:24.920 --> 00:23:25.539
 protect,

00:23:26.259 --> 00:23:26.660
 preserve,

00:23:27.299 --> 00:23:27.680
 who can

00:23:27.680 --> 00:23:28.099
 raise.

00:23:28.099 --> 00:23:30.019
 the

00:23:30.019 --> 00:23:30.519
 glory

00:23:30.519 --> 00:23:30.959
 that we

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 all

00:23:31.359 --> 00:23:31.740
 long

00:23:31.740 --> 00:23:32.119
 for

00:23:32.119 --> 00:23:32.319
 as

00:23:32.319 --> 00:23:32.699
 humans

00:23:32.699 --> 00:23:35.399
 and

00:23:35.399 --> 00:23:35.559
 the

00:23:35.559 --> 00:23:36.099
 injustice

00:23:36.099 --> 00:23:36.439
 that

00:23:36.439 --> 00:23:36.619
 we

00:23:36.619 --> 00:23:37.159
 grieve.

00:23:38.399 --> 00:23:39.159
 There

00:23:39.159 --> 00:23:39.799
 is only

00:23:39.799 --> 00:23:40.240
 one

00:23:40.240 --> 00:23:40.579
 way

00:23:40.579 --> 00:23:41.000
 out

00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:43.039
 and

00:23:43.039 --> 00:23:43.179
 it's

00:23:43.179 --> 00:23:43.419
 in the

00:23:43.419 --> 00:23:43.859
 resurrection

00:23:43.859 --> 00:23:45.039
 of our

00:23:45.039 --> 00:23:45.480
 Lord and

00:23:45.480 --> 00:23:45.759
 Savior

00:23:45.759 --> 00:23:46.119
 Jesus

00:23:46.119 --> 00:23:46.559
 Christ.

00:23:50.059 --> 00:23:50.859
 There's

00:23:50.859 --> 00:23:51.240
 a man

00:23:51.240 --> 00:23:51.659
 named

00:23:51.659 --> 00:23:52.299
 Mirhan

00:23:52.299 --> 00:23:52.740
 Karimi

00:23:52.740 --> 00:23:53.219
 Nasiri

00:23:53.220 --> 00:23:53.600
 who

00:23:53.600 --> 00:23:54.059
 spent

00:23:54.059 --> 00:23:54.640
 11

00:23:54.640 --> 00:23:55.259
 years

00:23:55.259 --> 00:23:56.600
 straight

00:23:56.600 --> 00:23:58.440
 in the

00:23:58.440 --> 00:23:58.779
 Charles

00:23:58.779 --> 00:23:59.220
 de Gaulle

00:23:59.220 --> 00:23:59.720
 airport

00:23:59.720 --> 00:24:00.440
 in

00:24:00.440 --> 00:24:01.000
 Paris.

00:24:02.319 --> 00:24:02.960
 He

00:24:02.960 --> 00:24:03.259
 was a

00:24:03.259 --> 00:24:03.620
 Iranian

00:24:03.620 --> 00:24:04.200
 exile

00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:05.039
 and he

00:24:05.039 --> 00:24:05.299
 was a

00:24:05.299 --> 00:24:05.539
 student

00:24:05.539 --> 00:24:05.759
 in

00:24:05.759 --> 00:24:06.039
 Paris

00:24:06.039 --> 00:24:06.339
 and in

00:24:06.339 --> 00:24:07.019
 1998

00:24:07.019 --> 00:24:07.660
 France

00:24:07.660 --> 00:24:08.039
 decided

00:24:08.039 --> 00:24:08.400
 they were

00:24:08.400 --> 00:24:08.620
 going to

00:24:08.620 --> 00:24:08.880
 kick him

00:24:08.880 --> 00:24:09.059
 out.

00:24:10.279 --> 00:24:10.940
 He

00:24:10.940 --> 00:24:11.140
 had

00:24:11.140 --> 00:24:11.700
 lost

00:24:11.700 --> 00:24:12.259
 his

00:24:12.259 --> 00:24:12.759
 Belgian

00:24:12.759 --> 00:24:13.339
 refugee

00:24:13.339 --> 00:24:14.279
 documents

00:24:14.279 --> 00:24:15.779
 and no

00:24:15.779 --> 00:24:16.360
 country

00:24:16.360 --> 00:24:16.960
 was willing

00:24:16.960 --> 00:24:17.440
 to take

00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:17.640
 him.

00:24:19.140 --> 00:24:19.779
 No

00:24:19.779 --> 00:24:20.079
 one would

00:24:20.079 --> 00:24:20.380
 give him

00:24:20.380 --> 00:24:20.559
 any

00:24:20.559 --> 00:24:20.960
 papers.

00:24:21.600 --> 00:24:21.680
 At

00:24:21.680 --> 00:24:21.960
 one

00:24:21.960 --> 00:24:22.299
 point

00:24:22.299 --> 00:24:22.620
 Belgium

00:24:22.620 --> 00:24:22.920
 said,

00:24:22.920 --> 00:24:23.120
 we'll

00:24:23.120 --> 00:24:23.660
 reissue

00:24:23.660 --> 00:24:24.160
 you

00:24:24.160 --> 00:24:24.360
 your

00:24:24.360 --> 00:24:24.740
 papers

00:24:24.740 --> 00:24:24.920
 but

00:24:24.920 --> 00:24:25.019
 you

00:24:25.019 --> 00:24:25.140
 have

00:24:25.140 --> 00:24:25.259
 to

00:24:25.259 --> 00:24:25.400
 come

00:24:25.400 --> 00:24:25.560
 here

00:24:25.560 --> 00:24:25.700
 in

00:24:25.700 --> 00:24:25.960
 person

00:24:25.960 --> 00:24:26.120
 to

00:24:26.120 --> 00:24:26.259
 get

00:24:26.259 --> 00:24:26.500
 them.

00:24:27.660 --> 00:24:28.279
 But

00:24:28.279 --> 00:24:28.519
 without

00:24:28.519 --> 00:24:28.720
 any

00:24:28.720 --> 00:24:29.000
 papers

00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:29.180
 he

00:24:29.180 --> 00:24:29.380
 couldn't

00:24:29.380 --> 00:24:29.539
 leave

00:24:29.539 --> 00:24:29.680
 the

00:24:29.680 --> 00:24:29.920
 airport.

00:24:30.920 --> 00:24:31.480
 So

00:24:31.480 --> 00:24:31.800
 for

00:24:31.800 --> 00:24:32.340
 11

00:24:32.340 --> 00:24:32.840
 years

00:24:32.840 --> 00:24:33.140
 this

00:24:33.140 --> 00:24:33.460
 man

00:24:33.460 --> 00:24:33.720
 was

00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:34.279
 trapped

00:24:34.279 --> 00:24:35.500
 literally

00:24:35.500 --> 00:24:35.800
 a

00:24:35.800 --> 00:24:36.100
 man

00:24:36.100 --> 00:24:36.519
 without

00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:36.759
 a

00:24:36.759 --> 00:24:37.120
 country.

00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:38.420
 In

00:24:38.420 --> 00:24:38.800
 September

00:24:38.800 --> 00:24:39.039
 of

00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:39.800
 1999

00:24:39.800 --> 00:24:40.480
 the

00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:40.680
 chief

00:24:40.680 --> 00:24:41.080
 medical

00:24:41.080 --> 00:24:41.580
 officer

00:24:41.580 --> 00:24:42.019
 at

00:24:42.019 --> 00:24:42.279
 the

00:24:42.279 --> 00:24:42.779
 airport

00:24:42.779 --> 00:24:43.800
 finally

00:24:43.800 --> 00:24:44.100
 was

00:24:44.100 --> 00:24:44.279
 able

00:24:44.279 --> 00:24:44.420
 to

00:24:44.420 --> 00:24:44.720
 procure

00:24:44.720 --> 00:24:44.960
 this

00:24:44.960 --> 00:24:45.160
 man

00:24:45.160 --> 00:24:45.300
 an

00:24:45.300 --> 00:24:45.820
 international

00:24:45.820 --> 00:24:46.300
 travel

00:24:46.300 --> 00:24:46.720
 card

00:24:46.720 --> 00:24:46.940
 and

00:24:46.940 --> 00:24:47.100
 a

00:24:47.100 --> 00:24:47.340
 French

00:24:47.340 --> 00:24:47.820
 residency

00:24:47.820 --> 00:24:48.259
 permit

00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:49.160
 and

00:24:49.160 --> 00:24:49.320
 so

00:24:49.320 --> 00:24:49.539
 he

00:24:49.539 --> 00:24:49.700
 had

00:24:49.700 --> 00:24:50.500
 everything

00:24:50.500 --> 00:24:50.900
 he

00:24:50.900 --> 00:24:51.339
 needed

00:24:51.339 --> 00:24:51.640
 to

00:24:51.640 --> 00:24:52.359
 finally

00:24:52.359 --> 00:24:52.859
 leave

00:24:52.859 --> 00:24:53.039
 the

00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:53.420
 airport.

00:24:55.099 --> 00:24:55.779
 Only

00:24:55.779 --> 00:24:56.200
 one

00:24:56.200 --> 00:24:56.700
 problem.

00:24:58.279 --> 00:24:58.980
 He

00:24:58.980 --> 00:24:59.160
 didn't

00:24:59.160 --> 00:24:59.380
 want

00:24:59.380 --> 00:24:59.539
 to.

00:25:01.940 --> 00:25:02.599
 The

00:25:02.599 --> 00:25:02.799
 chief

00:25:02.799 --> 00:25:03.119
 medical

00:25:03.119 --> 00:25:03.500
 officer

00:25:03.500 --> 00:25:03.839
 said

00:25:03.839 --> 00:25:04.220
 this

00:25:04.220 --> 00:25:05.240
 he

00:25:05.240 --> 00:25:05.519
 needs

00:25:05.519 --> 00:25:05.660
 to

00:25:05.660 --> 00:25:05.819
 be

00:25:05.819 --> 00:25:06.059
 looked

00:25:06.059 --> 00:25:06.539
 after

00:25:06.539 --> 00:25:07.480
 to

00:25:07.480 --> 00:25:07.680
 be

00:25:07.680 --> 00:25:08.079
 coaxed

00:25:08.079 --> 00:25:08.400
 back

00:25:08.400 --> 00:25:08.640
 into

00:25:08.640 --> 00:25:08.839
 the

00:25:08.839 --> 00:25:09.160
 outside

00:25:09.160 --> 00:25:09.700
 world

00:25:09.700 --> 00:25:10.500
 but

00:25:10.500 --> 00:25:10.680
 we

00:25:10.680 --> 00:25:11.160
 will

00:25:11.160 --> 00:25:11.640
 not

00:25:11.640 --> 00:25:12.259
 force

00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:12.599
 him

00:25:12.599 --> 00:25:13.299
 to

00:25:13.299 --> 00:25:13.720
 leave.

00:25:15.799 --> 00:25:16.539
 Brothers

00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:16.799
 and

00:25:16.799 --> 00:25:17.119
 sisters

00:25:17.119 --> 00:25:17.480
 if

00:25:17.480 --> 00:25:17.779
 you

00:25:17.779 --> 00:25:18.779
 are

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 hidden

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 in

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 Christ

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 your

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 citizenship

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 is

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 in

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 heaven.

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 It

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 is

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 time

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 to

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 leave

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 the

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 airport.

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 Because

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 Jesus

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 has

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 risen

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 from

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 the

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 dead

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 you

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 have

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 a

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 new

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 life

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 you

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 belong

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 to

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 him

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 and

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 so

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 do

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 this

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 verse

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 one

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 seek

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 the

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 things

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 that

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 are

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 above

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 verse

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 two

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 set

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 your

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 mind

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 on

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 things

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 that

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 are

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 above

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 because

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 verse

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 three

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 you

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 have

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 died

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 and

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 your

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 life

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 is

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 hidden

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 with

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 Christ

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 in

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 God

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 when

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 Christ

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 who

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 is

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 your

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 life

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 appears

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 then

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 you

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 also

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 will

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 appear

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 with

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 him

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 in

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 glory.

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 Let's

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 pray.

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 Our

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 Father in

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 heaven

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 we thank

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 you for

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 our

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 great

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 hope.

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 The

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 hope of

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 the

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 future

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 that

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 when

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 you

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 appear

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 we

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 will

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 appear

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 with

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 you

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 and

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 the

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 hope

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 of

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 the

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 present

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 that

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 you

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 have

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 delivered

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 us

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 from

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 the

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 domain

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 of

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 darkness

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 to

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 the

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 kingdom

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 of

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 your

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 beloved

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 son.

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 We

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 ask

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 that

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 you

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 would

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 help

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 us

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 to

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 live

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 that

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 reality

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 out

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 more

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 and

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 more

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 day

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 after

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 day

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 week

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 after

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 week.

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 We

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 thank

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 you

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 that

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 we

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 don't

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 have

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 to

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 earn

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 this

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 citizenship

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 but

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 it's

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 given

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 to

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 us.

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 And

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 we

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 ask

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 all

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 of

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 these

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 things

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 in

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 the

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 mighty

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 name

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 of

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 Jesus

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 Christ.

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 Amen.