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 So let me invite you to take out your copy of God's Word and turn to James chapter 3.

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 Here at the beginning of chapter 3, James begins his most significant treatment of the great need to bridle or bring under control our tongues.

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 This, however, is not the first time he has done so and it will not be the last.

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 This picks up thematically in this letter.

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 I amused this week about why this particular topic may have been so prominent in James' mind as he penned this letter.

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 And while I cannot know with certainty why, perhaps it was because he was keenly aware of his own failure in this matter.

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 He writes in verse 2 of chapter 3, our text today,

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 For we all stumble in many ways.

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 Recall that this James is Jesus' half-brother, the firstborn likely to Mary and Joseph.

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 So he's most likely the next eldest brother to Jesus.

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 As when Jesus' brother's names are listed, James is always listed first.

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 This would have been their tradition.

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 So he would have grown up underneath his perfect older half-brother.

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 And with the absence of Jesus, he would have given leadership in their family.

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 We can read in one occasion in Mark chapter 3, verse 20 and following.

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 It says,

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 Then he, Jesus, went home, and the crowd gathered again so that they could not even eat.

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 And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying,

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 He is out of his mind.

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 Likely, this type of speech is being led by James, the very James that calls Jesus his Lord.

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 What an astounding picture of God's grace in his life.

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 Further, he would have grown up under this perfect older brother, Jesus.

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 Jesus' language would have always been perfect.

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 He would have spoken when he was meant to speak, and his words would have been timely and true.

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 He would have been silent when he should have been silent.

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 He never erred in this way.

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 Their whole household would have been familiar with Proverbs, like Proverbs 13, verse 2 and 3.

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 From the fruit of his mouth a man eats what is good, but the desire of the treacherous is for violence.

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 Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life.

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 He who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

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 Jesus would have been the only one to actually abide by this proverb.

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 James must have been painfully aware of this.

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 And so he brings a corrective exhortation to the readers of this letter.

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 He desires that we would grow up into maturity.

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 And for the first part of chapter 3, he places the use of our tongues center stage in this process of growing into maturity in Christ.

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 And so we're going to look at the first 12 verses of James chapter 3 over the next two weeks.

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 For today, we're just going to look at the first two verses.

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 And Lord willing, Zach Skilling is going to preach those last verses next week.

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 But I want to read the entirety of verses 1 through 12 for our benefit this morning.

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 Before I read, let me remind you, beloved, that this is God's word to us.

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 It was written for his glory and our good.

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 And so we would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises and to obey its commands.

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 James chapter 3, beginning in verse 1.

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 Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers.

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 For you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.

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 For we all stumble in many ways.

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 And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body.

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 If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well.

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 Look at the ships also.

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 Though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs.

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 So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things.

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 How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire.

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 And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness.

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 The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life,

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 and set on fire by hell.

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 For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature can be tamed.

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 It has been tamed by mankind.

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 But no human being can tame the tongue.

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 It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

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 With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God.

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 From the same mouth come blessing and cursing.

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 My brothers, these things ought not be so.

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 Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and salt water?

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 Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives, or a grapevine produce figs?

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 Neither can a salt pond yield fresh water.

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 I think this is the most concentrated place in the scripture that the tongue is talked about.

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 Although it is talked about all throughout the Holy Writ.

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 There's much to be said about how we should and shouldn't use our speech.

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 The tongue, James tells us, undoubtedly has great power.

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 Its power is disproportionate to its size.

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 And some people are given more opportunity to wield this disproportionate power.

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 To make this point, allow me to highlight for you a great teacher.

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 One of my favorites, Charles Haddon Spurgeon.

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 Spurgeon is considered by many to be one of the greatest preachers since the days of the apostles.

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 He had preached over 600 times before he was 20 years old.

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 He has an exceptional mind.

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 In those pre-radio, pre-television, pre-internet days,

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 his sermons sold about 20,000 copies a week being translated into 20 languages.

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 The collected sermons fill 63 volumes,

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 equivalent to the 27-volume 9th edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

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 It takes up a massive amount of space on a shelf

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 and stands as the largest set of books by a single author in the history of Christianity.

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 On average, Spurgeon preached 13 times a week.

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 I have a hard time pulling off one a week.

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 The Lord blessed his mind and his ability.

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 There were no microphones in his day,

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 so at the Metropolitan Tamarackal, where he most regularly preached,

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 he projected his voice so that 5,000 people could hear him week in and week out.

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 In his work called Preaching and Preachers,

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 sorry, not Preaching and Preachers,

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 a lecture to my students that was written to students of their pastor school,

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 he said,

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 we need not thin-chested fops.

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 This is why.

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 We need to be able to project our voices.

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 You can look up what the word fop means later.

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 He oversaw the training of 863 pastors

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 and aided in the planting of 200 churches in Britain alone,

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 and many, many missionaries went to the ends of the earth, right?

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 A man who had great influence as a teacher, right?

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 Who used the ability to speak,

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 to do wonderful things for the glory of God.

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 In juxtaposition, the world's had many terrible,

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 although influential leaders.

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 Men like Jim Jones,

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 who in the 70s founded the People's Temple.

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 In an effort to start a utopian society,

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 the People's Temple purchased land in Jonestown, Guyana.

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 But this effort ended in the coerced and forced suicidal deaths

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 of 909 members, right?

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 He did this with words.

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 This is how this came to pass.

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 And just as an interesting note,

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 this incident is where the phrase,

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 don't drink the Kool-Aid, comes from.

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 But they bought an off-brand called Flavor Aid.

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 It wasn't actually Kool-Aid at all.

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 All of this accomplished with the tongue, right?

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 Great good in the case of Spurgeon.

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 Great evil in the case of Jones.

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 And we could spend our day giving examples

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 of those who have spoken for the glory of God

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 and the good of people,

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 and those who have spoken for their glory

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 and the degradation of people.

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 This goes on to our day.

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 So let's consider James 3, verse 1 and 2

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 in a simple two-point outline.

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 Number one, the caution.

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 And number two, the reasons, plural,

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 the reasons for the caution.

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 So firstly, see a caution.

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 Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers.

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 You may recall that James is writing

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 to Jewish followers of Jesus Christ.

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 As Jews, they would have inherited a high view

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 of gathered worship and rabbinical teaching.

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 This is what would have happened weekly in the synagogue.

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 In fact, the title rabbi means my great one.

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 Kent Hughes, in his commentary on this text, writes,

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 rabbis were accorded the greatest respect.

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 One's duty to help a rabbi exceeded even their duty

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 to help their parents.

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 In fact, should a rabbi and one's father and mother

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 be captured by an enemy,

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 duty demanded that the rabbi be ransomed first.

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 It was considered meritorious to take a rabbi in

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 and provide for all of his needs.

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 They would have inherited this type of thinking.

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 In Matthew 23, verse 5 and following,

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 Jesus rebukes the rabbis for seeking this kind of praise.

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 He says,

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 they do all their deeds to be seen by others.

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 For they make their phylacteries broad

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 and their fringes long religious garb.

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 And they love the place of honor at feasts

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 and the best seats in the synagogues

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 and greetings in the marketplaces

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 and being called rabbi by others.

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 And the problem seems to be

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 that much of this acclaim granting to teachers

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 had made its way into the Christian church.

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 Now take a look back at chapter 1 with me

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 just briefly, beginning in verse 16.

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 Here James writes, beginning in 16,

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 Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.

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 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above.

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 It's from God coming down from the Father of lights

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 with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

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 Of his own will, he brought us forth

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 by the word of truth.

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 That we should be a kind of first fruits

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 of his creatures, right?

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 So there's this theme being picked up here

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 of us being saved by God's word.

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 And then he says, verse 19,

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 Know this, my beloved brothers,

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 let every person be quick to hear,

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 slow to speak, slow to anger.

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 For the anger of man does not produce

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 the righteousness of God.

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 Therefore put away all filthiness

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 and rampant wickedness

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 and receive with meekness the implanted word,

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 which is able to save your souls.

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 But be doers of the word

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 and not hearers only,

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 deceiving yourselves, right?

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 And he goes on to expound upon that

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 faith without works in chapter 2, right?

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 So notice in the middle of that,

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 this exhortation to be quick to hear,

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 slow to speak, slow to anger

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 is set between this idea being presented

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 that we are saved by the word

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 and that we are to continue by the word.

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 So it seems that something was happening

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 in the life of these churches

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 that he's writing to.

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 And I would suggest to you

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 that they were jockeying for position, right?

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 That they were trying to be heard

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 and that they weren't listening.

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 That they were becoming angry as a result.

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 So some of the reason that he continues

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 to pick up this theme throughout this letter

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 to guard our tongues

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 becomes a bit more apparent.

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 And this problem has persisted

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 in the church to our day.

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 Many men seeking platforms

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 for their glory,

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 not for the glory of God

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 and the good of the church.

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 An example,

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 this is not a thing new to our day.

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 Richard Baxter was a Puritan.

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 This is on your bulletin.

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 He said,

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 of all the preaching in the world

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 that speaks not stark lies,

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 I hate that preaching

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 with tended to make the hearers laugh

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 or to move their mind

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 with tickling levity

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 and affect them as stage players used to do

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 instead of affecting them

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 with a holy reverence

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 of the name of God.

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 Right?

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 Baxter is noticing in his day

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 that there's a type of preaching

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 that brings praise to men

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 and not praise to our great God.

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 And I think this is what James

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 is warning against in chapter one.

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 And then we pick that up again

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 at the beginning of chapter three.

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 So I do believe that James

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 is trying to dramatically limit

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 how many teachers we have in the church.

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 I don't think he's working

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 to cut the number way down.

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 In fact, I would say

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 the church needs more teachers.

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 We need men who will faithfully

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 handle the word of God

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 for the glory of God

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 and the good of his people.

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 Right?

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 We need to contend for the faith

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 once for all delivered to the saints

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 and we need to do it together.

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 Right?

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 We need more of this.

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 It is a great effort

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 of the ministry of any faithful church

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 to train up teachers

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 both to stay

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 and then continue that ministry

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 to the very ends of the earth.

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 Paul encourages

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 in 1 Timothy chapter three

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 and verse one,

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 the saying is trustworthy.

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 If anyone aspires

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 to the office of overseer,

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 reading their elder or pastor,

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 he desires a noble task.

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 Many have used this passage

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 in James chapter three

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 to make a case

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 for the solo pastor, right?

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 The extremely educated,

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 extremely gifted.

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 But we believe

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 that the faithful church

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 will have plurality leadership

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 or at very worst

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 be striving for

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 a group of men

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 that can faithfully

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 teach the word.

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 We believe this

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 because we see

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 the titles given

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 for the teachers

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 of the churches

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 of the New Testament

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 given in plural.

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 I would encourage you

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 if you're not so sure

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 about this plurality leadership thing

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 to search the New Testament

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 and look for all the places

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 that these titles are given.

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 They are given in plural.

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 One example,

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 Titus 1.5,

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 Paul writes to Titus,

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 this is why I left you in Crete

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 so that you might put

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 what remained into order

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 and appoint elders

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 in every town

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 as I directed you.

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 These churches

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 needed elders still

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 and Titus is to go about

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 this work

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 of finding these men

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 qualified by God.

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 Today,

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 we are installing

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 a new teacher

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 for our congregation,

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 T.J. Fisher,

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 who, to be clear,

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 has been serving you

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 as an elder

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 for quite some time,

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 but we like to do

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 these formal things

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 where we recognize

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 these individuals formally.

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 It's an installation.

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 Some people might call it

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 an ordination.

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 The caution for T.J.

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 in this text

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 is not

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 to be a teacher

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 for fame.

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 That's the caution here.

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 T.J. ought not be hearing this

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 and going,

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 I think I need to

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 jump out a window.

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 But that he would come

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 with the proper attitude

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 to the work.

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 To not seek a platform

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 for the sake of his own name,

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 but rather for the sake

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 of the name

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 To recognize

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 that we will be judged

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 for everything that we say

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 and that the teacher

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 is given

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 more opportunity

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 to say things

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 that will be heard

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 and heeded.

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 And this is James

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 caution

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 that we approach

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 the task

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 with humility,

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 with great care.

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 Jesus died

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 for the church.

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 You are precious

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 and need to be cared for

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 with the teaching

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 that is provided.

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 So that's

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 the caution,

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 right?

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 I don't want you

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 to hear James saying

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 this church needs

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 to get massive

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 and I'm going to be

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 the only person

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 who teaches.

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 Praise the Lord.

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 That is not

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 the case.

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 What he's saying

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 is that there's a way

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 in which we ought

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 to approach the task

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 of teaching,

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 but to be clear-minded

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 about what it means

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 for us to be teachers.

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 And so,

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 secondly,

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 he gives three reasons

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 for the caution.

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 Three reasons

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 for the caution.

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 first,

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 divine judgment.

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 It says in the last part

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 of verse one,

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 for you know

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 that we who teach

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 will be judged

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 with greater strictness.

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 Why might a teacher

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 be judged

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 with greater strictness?

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 Because the teacher

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 has been entrusted

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 with this role

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 of teaching,

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 right?

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 It's a valuable,

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 it's a precious task

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 to take up.

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 Jesus says in Luke 12,

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 48,

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 the last part of it,

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 everyone to whom

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 much was given

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 of him,

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 much will be

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 required.

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 And from him

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 to whom they entrusted

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 much,

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 they will demand

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 the more.

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 So,

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 we'll be judged

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 with a greater strictness,

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 but this judgment

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 is not an absolute

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 and eternal judgment.

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 Praise be to God

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 that teachers also find

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 their acceptance

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 before him

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 and the person

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 and work

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 I'm thankful

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 that the eternal state

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 of my soul

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 depends not on

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 my success

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 or failure

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 as a teacher,

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 but on the completed,

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 perfect,

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 sufficient work

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 But,

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 we will give

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 an account

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 for everything

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 that we do

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 and everything

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 that we say,

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 just like

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 everyone

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 will.

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 But in this case,

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 the place

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 that's given

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 to us

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 is to affect

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 others,

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 to bring about

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 change for

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 good

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 or possibly

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 for evil.

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 people.

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 So,

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 we ought to be

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 careful

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 with our words,

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 whether in public

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 or in private,

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 whether we're

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 carrying out

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 a teaching task

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 or talking

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 in between.

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 We ought to be

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 humble

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 and quick

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 to repent

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 if we err,

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 always valuing

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 the truth.

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 I have said

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 many times

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 that I desire

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 to be true

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 and consistent.

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 I really want

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 to be both.

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 I want to be

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 true all the time.

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 Right?

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 But if I ever

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 have to choose

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 one,

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 I will choose

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 the truth.

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 Right?

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 I'm not going to

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 double down

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 on a falsehood.

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 Just admit

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 that I'm wrong

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 and keep us

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 moving together

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 in the right

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 direction.

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 It is a fearful

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 thing to open

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 up God's word.

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 Many of you

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 do this

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 in various ways,

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 week in

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 and week out

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 and we ought

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 to always

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 approach it

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 with a sense

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 of trembling.

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 I have said

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 that the Sunday

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 that I stop

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 trembling

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 to open up

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 God's word

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 will be the last

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 Sunday I preach

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 God's word.

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 Right?

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 May God always

00:21:16.240 --> 00:21:17.139
 work in those

00:21:17.139 --> 00:21:17.980
 who teach his word

00:21:17.980 --> 00:21:18.940
 a humility,

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 a reverence

00:21:19.960 --> 00:21:20.759
 for the task

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 that we have

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 before us

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 because we

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 will be

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 judged.

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 James says

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 the greater

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 strictness

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 because it

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 has an

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 effect

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 on God's

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 people,

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 the people

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 that Jesus

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 bought

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 with his

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 blood.

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 The second

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 reason for

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 the caution

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 is our

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 proclivity

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 to sin.

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 He says

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 in the beginning

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 of verse 2,

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 for we all

00:21:46.399 --> 00:21:46.919
 stumble

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 in many

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 ways.

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 As I mentioned,

00:21:51.399 --> 00:21:51.819
 James seems

00:21:51.819 --> 00:21:52.419
 to be aware

00:21:52.419 --> 00:21:52.720
 of his

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 own

00:21:53.240 --> 00:21:53.819
 proclivity

00:21:53.819 --> 00:21:54.339
 to sin

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 and we

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 should not

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 think

00:21:56.179 --> 00:21:56.799
 ourselves

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 above this.

00:21:59.000 --> 00:21:59.519
 We are

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 in our

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 flesh

00:22:00.480 --> 00:22:01.599
 naturally

00:22:01.599 --> 00:22:02.240
 inclined

00:22:02.240 --> 00:22:03.079
 towards sin

00:22:03.079 --> 00:22:03.720
 and not

00:22:03.720 --> 00:22:04.259
 away

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 from it.

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 If we

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 ever do

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 anything

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 of any

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 merit

00:22:08.839 --> 00:22:09.299
 whatsoever,

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 it is a

00:22:09.939 --> 00:22:10.779
 great work

00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:11.000
 of the

00:22:11.000 --> 00:22:11.399
 grace of

00:22:11.399 --> 00:22:11.740
 God

00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:12.059
 in our

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 hearts.

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 If we

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 do

00:22:13.839 --> 00:22:14.700
 anything

00:22:14.700 --> 00:22:15.460
 that will

00:22:15.460 --> 00:22:15.599
 be

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 acceptable

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 before him

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 it's

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 because

00:22:17.599 --> 00:22:18.200
 he has

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 worked

00:22:18.740 --> 00:22:19.599
 in

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 us

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 and so

00:22:20.160 --> 00:22:20.359
 we

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 ought

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 not

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 arrogantly

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 aspire

00:22:22.980 --> 00:22:23.579
 to

00:22:23.579 --> 00:22:24.000
 position

00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:24.539
 of

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 teacher.

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 You

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 ought

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 not

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 think

00:22:26.400 --> 00:22:26.759
 so

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 much

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 of

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 yourself

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 that

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 you

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 think

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 you

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 ought

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 to

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 be

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 leading

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 others.

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 It is a

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 prerequisite

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 to become

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 an elder

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 in this

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 church

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 that you're

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 humble.

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 If I

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 were to

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 ask

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 a man

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 in our

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 church

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 to consider

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 the task

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 of being

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 an elder

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 and he

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 said

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 yeah

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 great

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 I'd

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 love

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 to

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 do

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 that

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 I'd

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 go

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 well

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 maybe

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 not

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 stop

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 for a

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 moment

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 and

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 think

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 I

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 want

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 men

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 who

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 go

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 oh

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 I

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 don't

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 know

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 because

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 I'm

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 very

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 aware

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 of

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 the

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 fickle

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 nature

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 of

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 my

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 heart

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 and

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 I

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 want

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 to

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 be

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 the

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 one

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 that

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 comes

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 to

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 them

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 and

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 says

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 no

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 but

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 you

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 are

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 doing

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 this

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 you're

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 already

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 eldering

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 you

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 lead

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 people

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 in

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 the

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 truth

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 and

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 we

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 want

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 you

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 good

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 those

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 who

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 teach

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 God's

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 word

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 are

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 to

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 be

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 surgeons

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 carefully

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 employing

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 it

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 to

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 expose

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 sin

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 and

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 to

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 bring

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 about

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 change

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 we

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 are

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 disqualified

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 from

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 doing

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 so

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 if

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 we

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 are

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 proud

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 Jesus

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 in

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 the

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 Sermon

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 on

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 the

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 Mount

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 Matthew

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 chapter

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 7

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 beginning

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 in

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 verse

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 3

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 said

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 why

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 do

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 you

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 see

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 the

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 speck

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 that

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 is

00:23:38.180 --> 00:23:38.279
 in

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 your

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 brother's

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 eye

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 but

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 do

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 not

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 notice

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 the

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 log

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 that

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 is

00:23:41.860 --> 00:23:42.000
 in

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 your

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 own

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 eye

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 or

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 how

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 can

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 you

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 say

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 to

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 your

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 brother

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 let

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 me

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 take

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 the

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 speck

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 out

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 of

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 your

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 own

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 eye

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 when

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 there

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 is

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 the

00:23:48.279 --> 00:23:48.680
 log

00:23:48.680 --> 00:23:48.920
 in

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 your

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 own

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 eye

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 you

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 hypocrite

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 first

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 take

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 the

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 log

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 out

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 of

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 your

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 own

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 eye

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 and

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 then

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 you

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 will

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 see

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 clearly

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 to

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 take

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 the

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 speck

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 out

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 of

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 your

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 brother's

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 eye

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 a

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 proud

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 man

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 cannot

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 get up

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 and teach

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 God's

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 word

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 in a

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 way

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 that

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 removes

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 the

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 speck

00:24:07.560 --> 00:24:07.900
 from

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 others

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 eyes

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 the

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 perspective

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 that

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 Paul

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 had

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 Jesus

00:24:14.080 --> 00:24:14.380
 Christ

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 came

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 into

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 the

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 world

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 to

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 save

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 sinners

00:24:15.580 --> 00:24:15.980
 of

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 whom

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 I

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 am

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 foremost

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 somebody

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 comes

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 to

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 open

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 the

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 word

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 of

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 God

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 to

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 you

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 their

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 teaching

00:24:23.759 --> 00:24:23.920
 ought

00:24:23.920 --> 00:24:23.960
 to

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 be

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 characterized

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 by

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 humility

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 if it

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 weren't

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 for the

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 grace

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 of

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 God

00:24:29.140 --> 00:24:30.100
 I

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 would

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 be

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 the

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 greatest

00:24:31.519 --> 00:24:32.400
 of

00:24:32.400 --> 00:24:32.720
 sinners

00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:34.180
 it

00:24:34.180 --> 00:24:34.300
 is

00:24:34.300 --> 00:24:34.620
 God

00:24:34.620 --> 00:24:34.800
 who

00:24:34.800 --> 00:24:34.920
 has

00:24:34.920 --> 00:24:35.940
 graciously

00:24:35.940 --> 00:24:36.380
 worked

00:24:36.380 --> 00:24:37.120
 in my

00:24:37.120 --> 00:24:37.460
 heart

00:24:37.460 --> 00:24:38.060
 he

00:24:38.060 --> 00:24:38.200
 has

00:24:38.200 --> 00:24:38.680
 rescued

00:24:38.680 --> 00:24:39.000
 me

00:24:39.000 --> 00:24:39.519
 from

00:24:39.519 --> 00:24:40.820
 myself

00:24:40.820 --> 00:24:42.320
 and

00:24:42.320 --> 00:24:42.440
 as

00:24:42.440 --> 00:24:42.620
 that

00:24:42.619 --> 00:24:43.119
 position

00:24:43.119 --> 00:24:44.739
 that

00:24:44.739 --> 00:24:44.859
 we

00:24:44.859 --> 00:24:45.139
 come

00:24:45.139 --> 00:24:45.239
 to

00:24:45.239 --> 00:24:45.359
 the

00:24:45.359 --> 00:24:45.479
 word

00:24:45.479 --> 00:24:45.619
 of

00:24:45.619 --> 00:24:45.899
 God

00:24:45.899 --> 00:24:46.419
 with

00:24:46.419 --> 00:24:47.719
 study

00:24:47.719 --> 00:24:47.919
 it

00:24:47.919 --> 00:24:48.379
 carefully

00:24:48.379 --> 00:24:49.139
 we

00:24:49.139 --> 00:24:49.379
 ask

00:24:49.379 --> 00:24:49.479
 you

00:24:49.479 --> 00:24:49.619
 to

00:24:49.619 --> 00:24:49.859
 open

00:24:49.859 --> 00:24:49.979
 it

00:24:49.979 --> 00:24:50.119
 up

00:24:50.119 --> 00:24:50.439
 with

00:24:50.439 --> 00:24:50.819
 us

00:24:50.819 --> 00:24:51.439
 and

00:24:51.439 --> 00:24:51.799
 explain

00:24:51.799 --> 00:24:51.959
 it

00:24:51.959 --> 00:24:52.119
 to

00:24:52.119 --> 00:24:52.259
 you

00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:52.399
 that

00:24:52.399 --> 00:24:52.500
 it

00:24:52.500 --> 00:24:52.639
 might

00:24:52.639 --> 00:24:52.859
 have

00:24:52.859 --> 00:24:53.059
 the

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 same

00:24:53.539 --> 00:24:54.439
 humbling

00:24:54.439 --> 00:24:55.479
 gracious

00:24:55.479 --> 00:24:56.019
 effect

00:24:56.019 --> 00:24:56.899
 in

00:24:56.899 --> 00:24:57.059
 your

00:24:57.059 --> 00:24:57.500
 lives

00:24:57.500 --> 00:24:58.919
 so

00:24:58.919 --> 00:25:00.339
 we

00:25:00.339 --> 00:25:00.539
 ought

00:25:00.539 --> 00:25:00.699
 to

00:25:00.699 --> 00:25:00.879
 be

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 careful

00:25:01.259 --> 00:25:01.519
 about

00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:01.839
 becoming

00:25:01.839 --> 00:25:02.259
 teachers

00:25:02.259 --> 00:25:02.579
 because

00:25:02.579 --> 00:25:03.199
 we

00:25:03.199 --> 00:25:03.679
 all

00:25:03.679 --> 00:25:04.059
 have

00:25:04.059 --> 00:25:04.179
 a

00:25:04.179 --> 00:25:04.619
 proclivity

00:25:04.619 --> 00:25:06.039
 to

00:25:06.039 --> 00:25:06.299
 sin

00:25:06.299 --> 00:25:07.579
 and

00:25:07.579 --> 00:25:07.679
 then

00:25:07.679 --> 00:25:07.799
 the

00:25:07.799 --> 00:25:08.000
 last

00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:08.339
 reason

00:25:08.339 --> 00:25:09.419
 that

00:25:09.419 --> 00:25:09.799
 teaching

00:25:09.799 --> 00:25:10.939
 creates

00:25:10.939 --> 00:25:11.759
 opportunity

00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:12.559
 to

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 sin

00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:14.079
 he

00:25:14.079 --> 00:25:14.279
 says

00:25:14.279 --> 00:25:14.359
 in

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 the

00:25:14.420 --> 00:25:14.579
 last

00:25:14.579 --> 00:25:14.720
 part

00:25:14.720 --> 00:25:14.799
 of

00:25:14.799 --> 00:25:14.920
 verse

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 two

00:25:15.119 --> 00:25:15.240
 if

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 anyone

00:25:15.420 --> 00:25:15.559
 does

00:25:15.559 --> 00:25:15.700
 not

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 stumble

00:25:16.099 --> 00:25:16.259
 in

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 what

00:25:16.400 --> 00:25:16.539
 he

00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:16.900
 says

00:25:16.900 --> 00:25:17.039
 he

00:25:17.039 --> 00:25:17.140
 is

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 a

00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:17.500
 perfect

00:25:17.500 --> 00:25:17.920
 man

00:25:17.920 --> 00:25:18.640
 able

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 also

00:25:18.960 --> 00:25:19.119
 to

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 bridle

00:25:19.440 --> 00:25:19.640
 his

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 whole

00:25:19.980 --> 00:25:21.420
 body

00:25:21.420 --> 00:25:22.240
 I

00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:22.379
 have

00:25:22.379 --> 00:25:22.579
 a

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 feeling

00:25:22.940 --> 00:25:23.200
 that

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 that

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 idea

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 is

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 going

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 to

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 get

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 picked

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 up

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 a

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 bit

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 more

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 next

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 week

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 hint

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 Zach

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 throughout

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 his

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 letter

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 James

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 is

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 aiming

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 us

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 at

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 Christian

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 maturity

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 and

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 he

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 makes

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 that

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 point

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 here

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 if

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 your

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 speech

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 is

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 perfect

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 then

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 you

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 will

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 be

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 perfect

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 we

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 are

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 to

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 be

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 careful

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 what

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 we

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 say

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 we

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 to

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 be

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 careful

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 when

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 we

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 speak

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 we

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 are

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 not

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 doing

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 that

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 this

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 side

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 of

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 glory

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 we

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 will

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 fail

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 in

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 what

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 we

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 speak

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 he's

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 not

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 suggesting

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 that

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 this

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 side

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 of

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 glory

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 we

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 are

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 going

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 to

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 be

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 perfect

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 but

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 that

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 we

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 must

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 strive

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 in

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 that

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 direction

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 the

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 necessity

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 of

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 teaching

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 God's

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 people

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 lays

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 bare

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 the

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 heart

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 of

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 the

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 one

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 who

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 teaches

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 it

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 communicates

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 what

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 they

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 believe

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 to

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 be

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 true

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 so

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 it

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 is

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 a

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 task

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 not

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 to

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 be

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 taken

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 up

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 lightly

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 I

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 pray

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 this

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 prayer

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 of

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 David

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 found

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 in

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 Psalm

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 19

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 often

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 when

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 I

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 prepare

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 to

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 teach

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 this

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 is

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 verse

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 14

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 but

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 the

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 words

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 of

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 my

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 mouth

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 and

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 the

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 meditation

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 of

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 my

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 heart

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 be

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 acceptable

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 in

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 your

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 sight

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 O

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 Lord

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 my

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 rock

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 and

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 my

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 redeemer

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 you

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 see

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 I

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 need

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 to

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 be

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 reminded

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 that

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 my

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 words

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 will

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 be

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 judged

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 but

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 more

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 than

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 that

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 I

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 need

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 to

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 be

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 reminded

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 that

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 ultimately

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 I

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 find

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 my

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 security

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 and

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 I

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 find

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 my

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 redemption

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 in

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 the

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 Lord

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 and

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 so

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 it

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 is

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 with

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 great

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 humility

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 the

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 task

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 is

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 taken

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 up

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 now

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 I

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 know

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 that

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 we

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 have

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 a

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 lot

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 of

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 young

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 men

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 in

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 the

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 room

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 who

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 are

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 considering

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 becoming

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 ministers

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 of

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 God's

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 word

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 full

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 time

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 even

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 perhaps

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 and

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 we

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 are

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 grateful

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 for

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 this

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 I'm

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 so

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 glad

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 for

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 the

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 people

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 the

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 Lord

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 has

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 brought

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 us

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 across

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 the

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 years

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 he's

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 brought

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 us

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 many

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 gifted

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!

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 teachers

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 he's

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 brought

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 us

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 many

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 who

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 have

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 been

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 trained

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 and

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 have

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 become

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 gifted

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!

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 Teachers

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!

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 It's

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 a

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 wonderful

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 grace

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 for

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 our

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 church

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 I

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 tell

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 other

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 pastors

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 that

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 we

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 have

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 a

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 deep

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 preaching

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 bench

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 I'm

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 glad

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 for

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 that

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 but

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 I

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 just

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 want

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 to

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 say

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 to

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 you

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 carefully

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 consider

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 whether

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 or not

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 you

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 ought

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 to

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 become

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 a

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 teacher

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 at

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 the

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 same

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 time

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 I

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 would

00:27:38.839 --> 00:27:38.920
 say

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 the

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 church

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 needs

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 teachers

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 but

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 recognize

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 that

00:27:42.319 --> 00:27:42.460
 it

00:27:42.460 --> 00:27:42.559
 is

00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:42.759
 a

00:27:42.759 --> 00:27:43.160
 weighty

00:27:43.160 --> 00:27:43.620
 task

00:27:43.620 --> 00:27:44.420
 that

00:27:44.420 --> 00:27:44.519
 you

00:27:44.519 --> 00:27:44.779
 take

00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:45.059
 up

00:27:45.059 --> 00:27:46.120
 if

00:27:46.120 --> 00:27:46.240
 you

00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:46.559
 find

00:27:46.559 --> 00:27:47.180
 yourself

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 able

00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:48.680
 to

00:27:48.680 --> 00:27:48.860
 do

00:27:48.860 --> 00:27:49.180
 other

00:27:49.180 --> 00:27:49.819
 things

00:27:49.819 --> 00:27:50.480
 then

00:27:50.480 --> 00:27:51.319
 open

00:27:51.319 --> 00:27:51.519
 up

00:27:51.519 --> 00:27:51.680
 the

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 word

00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:54.460
 good

00:27:54.460 --> 00:27:54.799
 and

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 true

00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:56.099
 and

00:27:56.099 --> 00:27:56.440
 beautiful

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 then

00:27:56.720 --> 00:27:57.099
 perhaps

00:27:57.099 --> 00:27:57.279
 you

00:27:57.279 --> 00:27:57.440
 should

00:27:57.440 --> 00:27:57.640
 do

00:27:57.640 --> 00:27:58.079
 those

00:27:58.079 --> 00:27:58.740
 other

00:27:58.740 --> 00:27:59.700
 things

00:27:59.700 --> 00:28:00.660
 if

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 you

00:28:00.740 --> 00:28:00.980
 find

00:28:00.980 --> 00:28:01.099
 in

00:28:01.099 --> 00:28:01.680
 yourself

00:28:01.680 --> 00:28:02.380
 the

00:28:02.380 --> 00:28:02.920
 inclination

00:28:02.920 --> 00:28:03.120
 to

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 want

00:28:03.360 --> 00:28:03.519
 to

00:28:03.519 --> 00:28:03.819
 teach

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 for

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 your

00:28:04.660 --> 00:28:05.860
 namesake

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 and

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 not

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 the

00:28:06.880 --> 00:28:07.180
 sake

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 of

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 our

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 risen

00:28:08.339 --> 00:28:08.660
 savior

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 and

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 lord

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 perhaps

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 you

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 should

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 do

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 something

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 else

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 pray

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 that

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 God

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 would

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 work

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 that

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 desire

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 out

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 of

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 you

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 let me

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 give

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 a

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 couple

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 of

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 further

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 closing

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 applications

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 number

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 one

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 to

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 everybody

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 consider

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 carefully

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 what

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 you

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 say

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 and

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 why

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 you

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 say

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 it

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 and

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 I'm

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 sure

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 again

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 next

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 week

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 we'll

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 think

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 together

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 more

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 about

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 this

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 at

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 the

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 age

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 of

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 19

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 and

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 across

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 some

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 time

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 a

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 young

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 follower

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 of

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 by the

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 name

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 of

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 Jonathan

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 Edwards

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 penned

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 70

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 resolutions

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 there

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 were

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 promises

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 aimed

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 at

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 God's

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 glory

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 and

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 his

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 good

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 many

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 of

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 these

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 resolutions

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 concerned

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 Edwards

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 use

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 of

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 his

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 tongue

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 and

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 I

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 would

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 like

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 to

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 read

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 you

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 just

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 one

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 of

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 them

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 this

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 is

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 resolution

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 31

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 he

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 wrote

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 resolved

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 never

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 to say

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 anything

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 at all

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 against

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 anybody

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 but

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 when

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 it

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 is

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 perfectly

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 agreeable

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 to the

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 highest

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 degree

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 of

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 Christian

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 honor

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 and

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 of

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 love

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 to

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 mankind

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 agreeable

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 to

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 the

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 lowest

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 humility

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 and

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 sense

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 of

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 my

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 own

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 faults

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 and

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 failings

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 and

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 agreeable

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 to

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 the

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 golden

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 rule

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 I

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 just

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 want

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 to

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 take

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 that

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 filter

00:29:17.280 --> 00:29:17.740
 of

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 Edwards

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 resolution

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 and

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 hold

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 it

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 up

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 to

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 the

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 pastor

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 twitter

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 verse

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 he

00:29:26.279 --> 00:29:26.599
 says

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 when

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 I

00:29:27.379 --> 00:29:27.519
 have

00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:27.679
 said

00:29:27.679 --> 00:29:28.139
 anything

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 against

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 anyone

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 to

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 bring

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 it

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 to

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 and

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 try

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 it

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 strictly

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 by

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 the

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 test

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 of

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 this

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 resolution

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 is

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 this

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 the

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 way

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 that

00:29:38.240 --> 00:29:38.440
 we

00:29:38.440 --> 00:29:39.299
 tend

00:29:39.299 --> 00:29:39.519
 to

00:29:39.519 --> 00:29:40.000
 speak

00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:41.599
 seasoned

00:29:41.599 --> 00:29:41.839
 with

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 salt

00:29:42.200 --> 00:29:42.859
 for

00:29:42.859 --> 00:29:42.980
 the

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 good

00:29:43.099 --> 00:29:43.220
 of

00:29:43.220 --> 00:29:43.559
 others

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 so

00:29:44.200 --> 00:29:44.480
 consider

00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:44.859
 carefully

00:29:44.859 --> 00:29:45.099
 what

00:29:45.099 --> 00:29:45.220
 you

00:29:45.220 --> 00:29:45.579
 say

00:29:45.579 --> 00:29:46.460
 and

00:29:46.460 --> 00:29:46.679
 why

00:29:46.679 --> 00:29:46.859
 you

00:29:46.859 --> 00:29:47.099
 say

00:29:47.099 --> 00:29:47.359
 it

00:29:47.359 --> 00:29:49.259
 consider

00:29:49.259 --> 00:29:49.859
 if

00:29:49.859 --> 00:29:49.960
 you

00:29:49.960 --> 00:29:50.140
 ought

00:29:50.140 --> 00:29:50.299
 to

00:29:50.299 --> 00:29:50.579
 speak

00:29:50.579 --> 00:29:50.960
 at

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 all

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 sometimes

00:29:52.019 --> 00:29:53.099
 we

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 just

00:29:53.279 --> 00:29:53.420
 need

00:29:53.420 --> 00:29:53.519
 to

00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:53.720
 keep

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 our

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 mouths

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 shut

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 secondly

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 consider

00:29:58.160 --> 00:29:58.680
 carefully

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 as I

00:29:59.359 --> 00:29:59.500
 said

00:29:59.500 --> 00:29:59.759
 before

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 any

00:30:00.079 --> 00:30:00.640
 aspiration

00:30:00.640 --> 00:30:01.779
 to

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 become

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 a

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 teacher

00:30:02.500 --> 00:30:03.960
 I

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 love

00:30:04.180 --> 00:30:04.299
 to

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 speak

00:30:04.460 --> 00:30:04.640
 with

00:30:04.640 --> 00:30:04.799
 you

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 if

00:30:05.200 --> 00:30:05.299
 you

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 have

00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:06.480
 any

00:30:06.480 --> 00:30:06.980
 desire

00:30:06.980 --> 00:30:07.579
 to

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 do

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 so

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 and

00:30:09.200 --> 00:30:09.700
 thirdly

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 pray

00:30:11.359 --> 00:30:11.519
 for

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 your

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 teachers

00:30:12.099 --> 00:30:13.319
 it

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 is a

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 big

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 it

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 is a

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 weighty

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 task

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 it

00:30:16.279 --> 00:30:16.400
 is

00:30:16.400 --> 00:30:16.579
 good

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 for

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 you

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 to

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 recognize

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 church

00:30:17.759 --> 00:30:18.220
 that

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 some

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 men

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 step

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 into

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 this

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 fray

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 they

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 do

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 it

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 willingly

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 recognizing

00:30:23.299 --> 00:30:23.839
 that

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 they'll

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 be

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 judged

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 with

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 a

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 greater

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 strictness

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 go

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 to

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 the

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 word

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 of

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 God

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 trembling

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!

00:30:28.460 --> 00:30:29.720
 before

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 it

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 and

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 we

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 don't

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 do

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 it

00:30:30.920 --> 00:30:31.240
 with

00:30:31.240 --> 00:30:31.900
 perfection

00:30:31.900 --> 00:30:33.320
 but

00:30:33.320 --> 00:30:33.400
 I

00:30:33.400 --> 00:30:33.560
 want

00:30:33.560 --> 00:30:33.660
 you

00:30:33.660 --> 00:30:33.760
 to

00:30:33.760 --> 00:30:33.900
 know

00:30:33.900 --> 00:30:34.040
 that

00:30:34.040 --> 00:30:34.180
 there

00:30:34.180 --> 00:30:34.280
 is

00:30:34.280 --> 00:30:34.480
 not

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 a

00:30:34.600 --> 00:30:34.880
 person

00:30:34.880 --> 00:30:35.080
 that

00:30:35.080 --> 00:30:35.380
 steps

00:30:35.380 --> 00:30:35.520
 on

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 this

00:30:35.700 --> 00:30:35.960
 stage

00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:36.100
 that

00:30:36.100 --> 00:30:36.340
 doesn't

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 love

00:30:36.640 --> 00:30:37.100
 you

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 dearly

00:30:37.800 --> 00:30:38.420
 that

00:30:38.420 --> 00:30:38.680
 doesn't

00:30:38.680 --> 00:30:39.100
 honor

00:30:39.100 --> 00:30:39.320
 and

00:30:39.320 --> 00:30:39.600
 worship

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 God

00:30:39.920 --> 00:30:40.060
 and

00:30:40.060 --> 00:30:40.360
 doesn't

00:30:40.360 --> 00:30:40.800
 want

00:30:40.800 --> 00:30:41.860
 good

00:30:41.860 --> 00:30:42.960
 for

00:30:42.960 --> 00:30:43.240
 you

00:30:43.240 --> 00:30:44.080
 so

00:30:44.080 --> 00:30:44.420
 pray

00:30:44.420 --> 00:30:45.280
 for

00:30:45.280 --> 00:30:45.420
 your

00:30:45.420 --> 00:30:45.820
 teachers

00:30:45.820 --> 00:30:46.620
 and

00:30:46.620 --> 00:30:46.740
 let's

00:30:46.740 --> 00:30:46.860
 pray

00:30:46.860 --> 00:30:47.160
 together