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 Father, I confess before you that Romans 3, 21 to 31

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 is a deep and profound verse that speaks of mysteries

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 that I cannot get my mind completely around.

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 And I, Father, we confess before you that no human being can fully grasp

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 the mystery of what your Son accomplished for us on the cross.

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 So, Father, we thank you that it is not up to our minds

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 to completely and utterly grasp what you have taught us through your word.

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 You call us, Father, to use the best that is within us,

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 but our best, Father, always depends upon your Holy Spirit,

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 not only helping us to do the best, but to go beyond what our minds can do.

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 And so, Father, we ask that you would bless us this morning

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 by pouring out your Holy Spirit upon us

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 so that we might hear your word about your Son

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 addressed to your people in your city, in your world,

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 and that we might hear it all to your glory.

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 Father, do that wonderful work within us

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 and pour out your Holy Spirit upon us.

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 In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 So, when this church, the pastor moved away to Toronto

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 and they were going to seek a new minister

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 to replace the minister who'd left, Kent Doe,

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 the bishop asked me if I would apply to this parish.

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 And so, as part of the application process,

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 I had to send in a resume.

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 And as part of the resume, you know,

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 I had to put down my experience and all that type of thing.

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 And I can't remember, but there were a couple of questions

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 that I had to answer that talked a little bit about

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 my view of ministry and other things

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 and sort of my aspirations and my plans and my hopes.

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 And I submitted it.

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 And after I submitted it, the parish decided

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 they didn't even want to interview me.

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 I'm not making that up.

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 They didn't even want to interview me.

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 And so that was that.

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 They thought my resume, my experience,

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 my aspirations didn't measure up to what they wanted.

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 They wanted something different.

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 And I'll tell you, maybe over coffee for some of you,

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 but you might wonder how on earth it is

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 that I ended up becoming the rector of the church

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 if they didn't even want to interview me for the position.

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 And there's lots of scars all over the place

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 as part of that process.

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 But at the end of the day,

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 after about a year or so of them continuing to search,

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 the bishop, with the permission of the wardens,

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 now I'm talking, for those of you who aren't Anglican,

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 and that's a little bit of Anglicanese.

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 But basically, wardens are the people,

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 two of the three people in the older Anglican structure

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 that are the legal trustees of the church.

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 And the bishop with the two legal trustees,

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 I was imposed on the congregation

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 against the congregation's will.

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 And that's how I became the rector of this parish.

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 And I mention that

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 because it's actually a really helpful way

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 for us to understand how the world views Christianity

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 and how most people understand religion and spirituality.

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 Because, in fact,

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 how most of us understand,

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 the natural way for us to understand religion and spirituality

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 is something like us preparing a resume

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 for whatever the higher power or whatever God is.

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 We prepare some type of,

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 you know, we're living our lives preparing a resume.

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 And just as in resumes that we submit for jobs that we want,

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 we leave out all of the naughty stuff that we've done.

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 We put down,

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 I mean, most people do,

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 they leave out the naughty stuff,

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 and they put down the things

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 that they think they're particularly good

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 and that meet the expectations.

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 And usually there's a section for your aspirations.

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 I mean, you haven't actually accomplished this yet,

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 but you hope you accomplish it.

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 And, you know,

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 religions and spiritualities differ

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 on what should be on the resume.

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 And so part of the criticism of the world

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 about the Christian resume

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 is that the Christian resume is boring.

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 Who on earth would want to have the Christian resume?

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 Like, what's all of these hang-ups about sex?

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 And why is it that, you know,

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 the Christians are hung up about abortion

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 and other types of things like that?

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 And so,

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 and then, of course,

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 Muslims,

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 they have their own list of resume

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 that has to be accomplished,

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 connected to the Quran,

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 and other traditional religions

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 have their own particular things

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 that need to be on the resume

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 for them to get the approval of their God.

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 And those of us

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 who are putting together

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 their own spiritualities

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 or what would be common in the world,

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 they would just say

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 that the content of the resume

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 has to be completely different

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 from everything

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 that other traditional religions say,

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 that maybe it should be

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 that you don't go to Tim Hortons,

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 but that you go to Bridgehead

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 and you vote green.

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 I mean, I don't know what it is,

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 but you'll have your own particular

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 different resume.

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 But basically,

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 every human normal,

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 the natural tendency

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 of the human mind,

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 whether you're a pagan,

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 a Muslim,

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 those brought up in Christendom,

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 Jews,

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 postmodern people

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 wandering around Ottawa,

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 they basically conceive of,

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 we basically conceive of religion

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 and or spirituality

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 as being composed of

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 forming a resume

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 for that time when we need it.

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 And that's one of the reasons

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 why that there are many people

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 in the world

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 who've completely and utterly

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 given up on religion.

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 They completely turn their back on it.

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 They say,

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 the whole idea

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 that I have to provide

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 some type of a resume

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 to make it into,

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 in God's favor

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 is just completely abhorrent to them.

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 They say,

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 George, that's,

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 you know,

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 they might not say it to me directly,

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 but internally they'll say,

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 like,

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 why in earth should anybody even bother?

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 I'm just going to fail

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 at any type of resume,

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 you know,

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 performance.

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 And so,

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 you know what?

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 Sleep in on a Sunday,

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 get up when you feel like getting up,

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 there's football games

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 on a Sunday afternoon,

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 get out the chips,

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 get out the beer,

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 get out the hard stuff,

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 get together with a few friends,

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 and there's really not much more to life

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 than having fun

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 and having friends.

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 And I,

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 and I sense,

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 you know,

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 a plague

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 on people who are spiritual,

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 a plague on people

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 who are religious,

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 really the meaning of life

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 is to completely ignore

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 any attempt to make a resume,

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 but just to have fun

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 and,

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 if possible,

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 to have friends

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 at the same time.

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 And,

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 and,

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 and the Christian,

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 and so often

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 when Christians

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 try to share the gospel

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 in a context

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 where we basically

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 are looking at resume

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 performance

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 and many of our friends

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 and coworkers

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 have given up

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 on the entire resume procedure

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 completely and utterly,

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 the Christian view

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 actually seems to be

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 a bad option

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 because not only

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 do we have to have

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 the resume

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 that involves things

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 like sex

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 and money

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 and time

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 and going to boring

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 church services

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 and all of that type of stuff,

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 but at the end of the day,

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 God just lets you in.

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 And it's sort of

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 a little bit like,

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 George,

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 the church didn't want

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 to even interview you

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 after they saw

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 your resume,

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 but the bishop

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 just imposed you

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 on the congregation.

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 That's what it sounds like,

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 all this stuff about Jesus

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 and everything like that,

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 is that God just picks

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 a few people in the world

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 and he says,

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 okay,

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 these guys,

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 I'm going to impose

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 these guys,

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 I'm going to just

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 pull them into heaven,

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 doesn't matter what

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 the resume says,

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 I just want them

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 and all these other

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 poor suckers

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 who are trying

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 to build their resumes

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 and it doesn't seem

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 to make sense to people

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 when we understand,

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 if we come to the Bible

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 and if we come to life

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 from the perception

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 of trying to build

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 our resume,

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 the Bible

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 sort of makes sense

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 sometimes when it

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 talks about goodness,

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 but then when it

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 talks about the cross,

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 and what Nora

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 just read today,

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 it just seems

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 as if it's just

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 God being unfair

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 and picking some people

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 and that's why

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 many people choose

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 to not be religious

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 or spiritual at all

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 because they said,

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 I went all the way

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 through life

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 that when they picked teams,

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 I was never picked first,

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 I don't even want to get

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 into this game with God.

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 So,

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 is that what the Bible

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 teaches?

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 There's many people

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 who understand Christianity

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 in terms of resume

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 performance

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 and writing.

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 Is that what the Bible

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 actually teaches?

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 Is that what real

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 Christianity is?

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 The text today

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 that Nora read

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 is a very,

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 very powerful

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 alternative

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 to all understandings

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 of spirituality

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 and religion

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 as involving

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 creating a resume.

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 And so,

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 it would be very helpful

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 if you could

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 have your Bibles,

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 and I have to confess

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 it in the sermon,

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 I'm not going to use

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 the King James Version,

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 I want it to try to be

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 as clear as possible,

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 and in fact,

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 in a moment,

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 we're going to have

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 a text up on a screen,

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 but the Bible text

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 speaks directly

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 into this natural

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 human tendency

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 to understand

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 that God wants us

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 to create a resume

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 so that we will be

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 accepted for the position

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 of being one of

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 his favorites

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 in heaven.

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 And it's Romans

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 chapter 3,

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 verses 21 and following,

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 and here's how

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 the text goes.

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 Now,

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 that is really,

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 really,

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 really complicated language,

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 and it's not the way

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 we usually speak,

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 but we'll just go back

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 and I'll just explain

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 a few things,

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 just very simple.

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 When it says

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 that the righteousness

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 of God

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 has been manifested

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 apart from the law,

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 what the righteousness

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 of God

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 is saying here

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 is that just

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 that God is right,

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 and it's saying

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 something deeper

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 about God

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 than that God is good.

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 It's saying

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 that God is right,

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 and it's just,

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 there's a rightness

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 about God,

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 and there's a rightness

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 about God

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 connected to morals,

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 but there's a rightness

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 to God

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 connected to beauty,

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 and there's a rightness

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 to God

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 connected to justice,

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 and there's a rightness

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 to God

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 connected to mercy,

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 and there's a rightness

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 and a fittedness

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 to God

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 when it comes to truth,

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 that there's just,

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 that God,

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 that God is right,

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 and it far goes beyond

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 just a moral code.

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 There's just

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 a rightness of God,

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 the God

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 who really does exist,

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 a rightness to him,

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 and the God

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 who has always been,

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 there's a rightness

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 about God,

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 and it's been like that

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 from all eternity,

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 but he manifested,

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 he made clear

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 his rightness

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 in a very,

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 very public way

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 when he sent his son

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 to earth

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 to die upon the cross,

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 and it's in his son

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 dying upon the cross

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 that we really see

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 revealed to the world

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 what God has always been,

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 that there's something

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 right about God,

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 but now the rightness

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 of God

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 has been manifested,

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 and when it says

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 apart from the law,

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 although the law

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 and prophets

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 bear witness to it,

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 the righteousness

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 of God

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 through faith

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 in Jesus Christ

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 for all who believe,

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 here it's saying

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 that there's two

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 different ways

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 that people

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 can read the Bible,

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 and one way

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 to read the Bible

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 is to read the Bible

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 from the perspective

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 that I have to

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 write a resume

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 for God

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 to approve of me,

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 and that's one way

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 to read the Bible.

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 I come to the Bible

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 with my natural

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 human perspective,

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 and I'm looking

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 all the way through

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 in the Bible

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 for the things

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 I need to have

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 in my resume.

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 Okay, I've got to be baptized.

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 Okay, I haven't got

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 that done yet.

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 Okay, I'm going to have

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 to speak to the pastor

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 after church

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 so we can get that

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 crossed off the list,

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 and I have to honor

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 my parents.

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 Gosh, that's going to be

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 really hard for me.

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 I'm going to really have

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 to talk to the pastor

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 about what I have to do

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 about that so I can

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 cross that off my list.

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 So there's one way

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 of reading the Bible

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 which is all about

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 resume writing,

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 and he's saying

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 that what he's going

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 to do to manifest

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 the rightness of God

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 is going to be

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 completely and utterly

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 separate from the

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 resume writing project.

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 It's going to have

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 nothing to do with it,

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 but that if you read

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 the Bible the way

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 that God had always

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 intended,

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 you'd understand

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 that what he's going

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 to do to manifest

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 that he's right

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 is what he,

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 that all the way

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 along the Bible

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 was being written

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 in such a way

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 for us to understand

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 that there's something

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 about us human beings,

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 and God's going to

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 try to make clear to us

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 the mystery of what

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 it means to be a human being,

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 to put us on the path

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 of understanding

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 the mystery of what

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 it means to be a human being,

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 and that when we start

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 to understand that,

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 we'd realize that only God

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 can make us right

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 with himself.

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 And that's why it says here,

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 it goes on to say

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 in verse 23,

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 for all have sinned

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 and fall short

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 of the glory of God.

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 Actually, at this point,

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 Andrew, could you put

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 the text up?

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 Some of you are used

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 to the fact that I do

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 this sometimes.

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 In some ways,

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 I only have a one-point

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 sermon today,

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 and my one-point sermon

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 is verses 23 to 25a,

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 and all I'm going to do

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 is try to really help you

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 to understand

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 verses 23 to 25a,

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 and so I'm going to have

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 a few other little things

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 for you to remember,

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 but could you say

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 this text of Scripture

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 with me right now?

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 For all have sinned

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 and lack the glory of God

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 and are justified

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 by his grace as a gift

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 through the redemption

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 that is in Christ Jesus,

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 whom God put forward

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 as a propitiation

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 by his blood

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 to be received by faith.

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 That's my one point.

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 I was trying,

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 I spent a long time

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 trying to write that

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 in my own words,

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 and I realized,

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 you know what,

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 I just want to try to,

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 if all you get out

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 of today's sermon

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 is a bit of an understanding

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 of that

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 and a bit of a memory

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 of that,

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 then I have done

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 what God requires of me,

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 because it's always

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 far better for you

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 to remember what God says

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 than what George says.

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 In fact,

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 the great danger

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 always in preaching

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 is that people

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 leave churches

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 wondering,

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 spectacular preacher,

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 they tell you all about

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 the stories

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 that the preacher said,

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 and then if you ask them

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 what was the Bible text on,

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 they go,

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 I don't know,

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 that's a good question.

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 I don't know,

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 what was the Bible text?

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 Was there a Bible text?

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 And every time

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 you come to a church

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 and you go away

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 remembering the stories

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 but don't have any idea

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 about the Bible text,

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 I or any other minister

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 have failed.

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 So one of the things

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 you can do

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 is just pray for me

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 that you'll remember

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 the Bible

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 after coming to church

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 and you'll have met

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 with Jesus

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 and you won't

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 remember George.

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 Please pray for that

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 for our church

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 into the future.

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 Please pray for me

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 for that.

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 So anyway,

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 so here's this thing

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 and it looks very odd.

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 It has odd language.

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 So here's the first way,

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 first thing we're going to say

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 to help you to understand

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 what he says here

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 when it says,

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 for all have sinned

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 and fall short

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 of the glory of God.

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 Andrew,

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 if you could put up

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 the first point,

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 Paul begins

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 with a very odd thing.

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 He begins by saying

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 in a sense,

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 I am human

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 and I lack

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 the glory of God.

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 In fact,

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 he says,

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 we're all human beings

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 and we all lack

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 the glory of God.

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 Lacking the glory of God

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 is a literal way

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 of translating

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 fall short

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 of the glory of God.

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 It's how you translate

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 the Greek literally.

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 And it's a very,

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 very odd thing actually

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 that Paul's going

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 to get to the heart

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 of the proper way

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 to read the Bible

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 and how the rightness

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 of God is manifested

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 that he begins

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 by reminding us

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 that we're human.

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 and it's hidden

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 in the imagery there

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 which is not always

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 easily achieved by us

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 when we see it

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 but that's exactly

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 the very first step

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 that he takes.

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 I am human

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 and I lack

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 the glory of God.

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 Imagine if every morning

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 when we woke up

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 we said that.

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 Imagine that

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 in every conflict

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 we have

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 with our spouse

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 or our parent

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 or our friends

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 or our boss

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 we were to pause

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 and say

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 I am human

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 and I lack

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 the glory of God.

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 I am human

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 and I lack

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 the glory of God.

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 You know

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 if you ask

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 most people in Canada

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 what heaven is like

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 or what happens

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 after you die

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 they will tell you

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 we will maybe

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 tell each other

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 that we go

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 to a better place.

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 And if we don't say

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 that we go

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 to a better place

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 we'll say

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 that we will remember

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 that person

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 always in our hearts.

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 And heaven

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 is a mental place

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 an emotional place

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 a spiritual place

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 but it has nothing

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 to do with our bodies

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 and it has nothing

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 to do with

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 how we live our lives

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 because most Canadians

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 would say

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 that as long as

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 there's one or two

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 or three people

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 who like you

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 then you go

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 to a better place

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 and we remember you

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 in our hearts.

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 But Paul

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 doesn't talk about us

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 being just minds

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 or just emotions

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 or just spiritual.

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 He goes

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 and he reminds us

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 that we are human

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 and we lack

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 the glory of God.

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 He touches

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 on the grand

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 narrative of the Bible

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 because ultimately

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 the Bible

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 has one ultimate author

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 and because

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 there is one

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 ultimate author

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 it tells a story

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 and it's a story

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 in six parts.

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 It tells us

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 the story

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 in the words

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 of Genesis 1

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 in the beginning

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 God created the heavens

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 and the earth

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 or in the words

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 of John chapter 1

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 in the beginning

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 was the word

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 and the word

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 was with God

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 and the word

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 was God.

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 He was with God

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 in the beginning.

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 All things

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 were made by him

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 and without him

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 nothing was made

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 that was made.

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 And the beginning

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 of the story

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 is that God

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 makes all things

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 and he makes

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 all things good

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 and the second act

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 of the story

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 is that human beings

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 decided that they

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 did not want

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 to just be creatures

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 living in God's

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 created order

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 but that our

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 spiritual ancestors

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 Adam and Eve

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 representing us

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 because we're entailed

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 in them

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 and every human being

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 has replicated

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 that decision

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 that we decided

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 that we would be

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 as gods

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 that we would not

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 wake up and say

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 I am human

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 but we would wake up

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 and say I am God

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 I am like God

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 and in fact

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 that's still

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 the human problem

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 isn't it

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 that most of us

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 in our anger

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 in our impatience

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 in our irritation

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 in our dreams

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 in our boasting

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 our boasting

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 is that we are a god

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 that it's hard

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 for us to say

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 to ourselves

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 I am human

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 and the bible

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 in this overarching story

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 describes that human beings

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 are not only made good

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 but that human beings

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 are made

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 in the image of God

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 they bear the image

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 of God

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 and because they are made

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 in the image of God

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 who is right

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 and who is glorious

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 that every human being

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 was made

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 glorious

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 and not only

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 was there in a sense

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 something glorious

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 about every human being

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 because they are made

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 in the image of God

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 ultimately the true glory

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 of human beings

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 came in that

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 every human being

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 was a reflection

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 of the glory of God

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 think more

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 of a perfect mirror

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 perfectly pointed

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 to the light

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 rather than being

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 a flashlight

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 and that when human beings

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 turned

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 so this is one of those moments

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 where it's good

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 to have spotlights

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 and when every human being

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 turned

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 from the glory of God

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 made in the image

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 of God

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 to reflect the glory

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 of God

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 and when human beings

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 turned from that

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 and decided

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 that they would rather

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 be like gods

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 and therefore

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 look down

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 on the created order

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 the mirror

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 turned its back

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 on the light

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 and there is now darkness

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 we lack

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 the glory

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 of God

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 I am human

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 lack the glory

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 of God

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 for all have sinned

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 and fall short

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 of the glory

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 of God

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 for all have sinned

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 and lack

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 the glory

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 of God

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 and this Bible text

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 then

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 this is

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 I don't think

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 that there is

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 any sociology

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 political ideology

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 religion

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 or spirituality

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 which is as true

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 to human experience

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 as this

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 even though we don't like it

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 but I don't think

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 there is anything

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 as wise

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 and insightful

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 as this

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 that explains

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 on one hand

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 why

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 you see this text

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 is not saying

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 that we are as bad

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 as we can possibly be

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 but it is telling us

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 that the damaged image

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 within us

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 touches everything

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 that we are

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 which is why

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 on one hand

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 we still do some good things

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 but every good thing

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 we do

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 there is always this

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 touch of sin

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 in it

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 and we human beings

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 we know that

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 we know that

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 even when good times

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 are going on

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 in our life

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 we know that

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 there is a cloud

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 that will come

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 that they will come

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 to an end

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 that evil

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 that having turned

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 our back on God

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 to be as gods

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 ourselves

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 that that touches

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 everything

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 in some small way

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 or sometimes

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 in a huge way

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 Stalin

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 and the killing

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 of tens of millions

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 of Ukrainians

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 and China

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 and Mao Zedong

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 killing maybe up to

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 50 million Chinese

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 and the Armenian genocide

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 and the Rwandan genocide

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 and Cambodia

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 and one third

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 of the population

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 killed

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 and sometimes

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 the evil isn't

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 just a tiny little bit

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 but it's

00:21:20.879 --> 00:21:21.200
 it's

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 it's

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 it's

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 godlike

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 with a small g

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 demon like

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 in its immensity

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 but the Bible

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 here isn't saying

00:21:30.680 --> 00:21:31.440
 that human beings

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 are as bad

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 as they can

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 possibly be

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 but that

00:21:34.860 --> 00:21:35.560
 it

00:21:35.560 --> 00:21:36.400
 the lack

00:21:36.400 --> 00:21:37.220
 of the glory

00:21:37.220 --> 00:21:37.640
 of God

00:21:37.640 --> 00:21:38.240
 touches

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 everything

00:21:39.080 --> 00:21:39.840
 that we are

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 and on one hand

00:21:42.259 --> 00:21:42.920
 it means that

00:21:42.920 --> 00:21:43.240
 there is

00:21:43.240 --> 00:21:43.920
 in every human

00:21:43.920 --> 00:21:44.259
 breast

00:21:44.259 --> 00:21:45.060
 some longing

00:21:45.060 --> 00:21:45.580
 and yearning

00:21:45.580 --> 00:21:46.220
 for heaven

00:21:46.220 --> 00:21:48.340
 some longing

00:21:48.340 --> 00:21:48.880
 or yearning

00:21:48.880 --> 00:21:49.759
 for that time

00:21:49.759 --> 00:21:50.460
 when we

00:21:50.460 --> 00:21:51.840
 bore the image

00:21:51.840 --> 00:21:52.340
 of God

00:21:52.340 --> 00:21:52.980
 unbroken

00:21:52.980 --> 00:21:53.940
 and were pointed

00:21:53.940 --> 00:21:54.820
 towards the glory

00:21:54.819 --> 00:21:55.220
 of God

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 and therefore

00:21:55.639 --> 00:21:56.619
 reflected the glory

00:21:56.619 --> 00:21:57.059
 of God

00:21:57.059 --> 00:21:58.159
 yet at the same time

00:21:58.159 --> 00:21:59.259
 we lack

00:21:59.259 --> 00:21:59.720
 the glory

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 of God

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 and here is

00:22:00.939 --> 00:22:01.679
 the huge

00:22:01.679 --> 00:22:02.319
 problem

00:22:02.319 --> 00:22:03.539
 we cannot

00:22:03.539 --> 00:22:05.179
 leave ourselves

00:22:05.179 --> 00:22:06.039
 to fix

00:22:06.039 --> 00:22:06.819
 ourselves

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 have an out of body

00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:09.099
 experience

00:22:09.099 --> 00:22:10.740
 it's still you

00:22:10.740 --> 00:22:11.500
 and your out of body

00:22:11.500 --> 00:22:12.439
 experience

00:22:12.439 --> 00:22:14.359
 think that politics

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 can solve it

00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:16.000
 listen

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 I lack the glory

00:22:17.740 --> 00:22:18.119
 of God

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 it doesn't mean

00:22:18.879 --> 00:22:19.819
 we lack the glory

00:22:19.819 --> 00:22:20.200
 of God

00:22:20.200 --> 00:22:20.759
 any better

00:22:20.759 --> 00:22:21.679
 if we have a million

00:22:21.679 --> 00:22:22.460
 people making

00:22:22.460 --> 00:22:22.980
 the decision

00:22:22.980 --> 00:22:23.579
 if a million

00:22:23.579 --> 00:22:24.279
 people lacking

00:22:24.279 --> 00:22:24.720
 the glory

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 of God

00:22:25.240 --> 00:22:26.240
 make the decision

00:22:26.240 --> 00:22:26.860
 it's still going

00:22:26.860 --> 00:22:27.420
 to be a decision

00:22:27.420 --> 00:22:28.340
 lacking the glory

00:22:28.340 --> 00:22:28.680
 of God

00:22:28.680 --> 00:22:29.360
 and we cannot

00:22:29.360 --> 00:22:30.660
 leave ourselves

00:22:30.660 --> 00:22:32.519
 to fix ourselves

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 and Paul is here

00:22:34.019 --> 00:22:34.680
 talking now

00:22:34.680 --> 00:22:35.840
 about human beings

00:22:35.840 --> 00:22:36.840
 embodied

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 and with minds

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 and hearts

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 and wills

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 and depths

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 and because human

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 beings aren't just

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 isolated

00:22:45.220 --> 00:22:46.440
 autonomous individuals

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 but we come in

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 families

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 and in societies

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 and cultures

00:22:49.559 --> 00:22:50.340
 it's talking about

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 us being social

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 and because we

00:22:52.579 --> 00:22:53.139
 human beings

00:22:53.139 --> 00:22:53.839
 don't just float

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 around in the clouds

00:22:54.799 --> 00:22:55.980
 with no environment

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 it means how we

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 relate to the environment

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 and how we relate

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 to the planet

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 and it means how we

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 relate to those

00:23:01.799 --> 00:23:02.740
 who are before us

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 and it means how we

00:23:03.659 --> 00:23:04.359
 relate to those

00:23:04.359 --> 00:23:05.059
 who are going to

00:23:05.059 --> 00:23:05.980
 come after us

00:23:05.980 --> 00:23:07.319
 and I am human

00:23:07.319 --> 00:23:08.279
 I lack the glory

00:23:08.279 --> 00:23:08.619
 of God

00:23:08.619 --> 00:23:09.339
 and so do you

00:23:09.339 --> 00:23:13.679
 and I think

00:23:13.679 --> 00:23:14.279
 there are a few

00:23:14.279 --> 00:23:15.000
 things more

00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:16.039
 empirically true

00:23:16.039 --> 00:23:17.059
 or more wise

00:23:17.059 --> 00:23:18.299
 than for all

00:23:18.299 --> 00:23:18.720
 have sinned

00:23:18.720 --> 00:23:19.240
 and fall short

00:23:19.240 --> 00:23:19.619
 of the glory

00:23:19.619 --> 00:23:20.059
 of God

00:23:20.059 --> 00:23:23.139
 no matter

00:23:23.139 --> 00:23:23.960
 how unpopular

00:23:23.960 --> 00:23:24.259
 it is

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 when you think

00:23:24.919 --> 00:23:25.299
 about it

00:23:25.299 --> 00:23:25.940
 and look at it

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 it is only

00:23:26.700 --> 00:23:27.339
 an entrance

00:23:27.339 --> 00:23:28.139
 into wisdom

00:23:28.139 --> 00:23:31.279
 could you

00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:31.700
 Andrew

00:23:31.700 --> 00:23:32.460
 put the scripture

00:23:32.460 --> 00:23:33.240
 text up again

00:23:33.240 --> 00:23:33.759
 want to say

00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:34.279
 this text

00:23:34.279 --> 00:23:34.659
 with me

00:23:34.659 --> 00:23:34.899
 again

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 my one point

00:23:35.759 --> 00:23:37.339
 for all

00:23:37.339 --> 00:23:38.240
 have sinned

00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:39.079
 and lack

00:23:39.079 --> 00:23:39.619
 the glory

00:23:39.619 --> 00:23:40.240
 of God

00:23:40.240 --> 00:23:41.839
 and are justified

00:23:41.839 --> 00:23:42.940
 by his grace

00:23:42.940 --> 00:23:43.740
 as a gift

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 through the

00:23:44.740 --> 00:23:45.240
 redemption

00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:46.000
 that is in

00:23:46.000 --> 00:23:46.819
 Christ Jesus

00:23:46.819 --> 00:23:47.960
 whom God

00:23:47.960 --> 00:23:48.639
 put forward

00:23:48.639 --> 00:23:49.799
 as a propitiation

00:23:49.799 --> 00:23:50.799
 by his blood

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 to be received

00:23:52.099 --> 00:23:52.940
 by faith

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 so

00:23:54.960 --> 00:23:56.980
 the proper way

00:23:56.980 --> 00:23:58.000
 of reading the Bible

00:23:58.000 --> 00:23:58.940
 that shows

00:23:58.940 --> 00:24:00.119
 the rightness

00:24:00.119 --> 00:24:00.779
 of God

00:24:00.779 --> 00:24:01.899
 first wants us

00:24:01.899 --> 00:24:02.819
 to be able to say

00:24:02.819 --> 00:24:03.659
 I am human

00:24:03.659 --> 00:24:04.180
 and I lack

00:24:04.180 --> 00:24:05.039
 the glory of God

00:24:05.039 --> 00:24:06.220
 and then it wants us

00:24:06.220 --> 00:24:06.619
 to say

00:24:06.619 --> 00:24:07.299
 Andrew if you could

00:24:07.299 --> 00:24:07.599
 put up

00:24:07.599 --> 00:24:08.799
 the second point

00:24:08.799 --> 00:24:11.000
 only God's

00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:12.379
 just grace

00:24:12.379 --> 00:24:13.859
 can save me

00:24:13.859 --> 00:24:15.079
 all of me

00:24:15.079 --> 00:24:18.000
 only God's

00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:19.720
 just grace

00:24:19.720 --> 00:24:21.359
 can save me

00:24:21.359 --> 00:24:22.799
 all of me

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 just for a moment

00:24:24.240 --> 00:24:25.019
 I you know

00:24:25.019 --> 00:24:25.500
 you don't

00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:26.099
 if those of you

00:24:26.099 --> 00:24:26.779
 have your Bibles

00:24:26.779 --> 00:24:27.720
 if just beyond

00:24:27.720 --> 00:24:28.299
 that quote

00:24:28.299 --> 00:24:28.819
 listen to how

00:24:28.819 --> 00:24:29.480
 it continues

00:24:29.480 --> 00:24:31.279
 this was to show

00:24:31.279 --> 00:24:32.599
 God's rightness

00:24:32.599 --> 00:24:34.119
 because in his

00:24:34.119 --> 00:24:35.819
 divine forbearance

00:24:35.819 --> 00:24:36.859
 he had passed

00:24:36.859 --> 00:24:38.079
 over former sins

00:24:38.079 --> 00:24:38.980
 it was to show

00:24:38.980 --> 00:24:40.159
 his rightness

00:24:40.160 --> 00:24:41.320
 at the present

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 time

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 so that he

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 might be

00:24:43.240 --> 00:24:43.840
 just

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 and the

00:24:45.259 --> 00:24:46.460
 justifier

00:24:46.460 --> 00:24:47.800
 of the one

00:24:47.800 --> 00:24:48.820
 who has faith

00:24:48.820 --> 00:24:49.440
 in Jesus

00:24:49.440 --> 00:24:51.240
 you see

00:24:51.240 --> 00:24:51.880
 we tend to

00:24:51.880 --> 00:24:52.820
 understand grace

00:24:52.820 --> 00:24:53.480
 as cutting

00:24:53.480 --> 00:24:54.820
 giving us slack

00:24:54.820 --> 00:24:56.420
 but giving

00:24:56.420 --> 00:24:57.120
 one person

00:24:57.120 --> 00:24:57.740
 slack

00:24:57.740 --> 00:24:59.080
 is unjust

00:24:59.080 --> 00:24:59.980
 to other people

00:24:59.980 --> 00:25:02.580
 you know

00:25:02.580 --> 00:25:03.440
 one moment

00:25:03.440 --> 00:25:04.120
 God

00:25:04.120 --> 00:25:04.640
 you're saying

00:25:04.640 --> 00:25:04.900
 that

00:25:04.900 --> 00:25:06.640
 George

00:25:06.640 --> 00:25:07.519
 could be the

00:25:07.519 --> 00:25:08.060
 rector of this

00:25:08.060 --> 00:25:08.340
 parish

00:25:08.340 --> 00:25:08.740
 even though

00:25:08.740 --> 00:25:09.340
 they reject

00:25:09.340 --> 00:25:09.820
 his resume

00:25:09.819 --> 00:25:10.399
 are you saying

00:25:10.399 --> 00:25:10.659
 God

00:25:10.659 --> 00:25:11.279
 that you're

00:25:11.279 --> 00:25:11.480
 just going

00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:11.859
 to reject

00:25:11.859 --> 00:25:12.619
 some people's

00:25:12.619 --> 00:25:12.939
 resumes

00:25:12.939 --> 00:25:13.639
 but not

00:25:13.639 --> 00:25:14.759
 everybody's

00:25:14.759 --> 00:25:15.059
 resume

00:25:15.059 --> 00:25:16.139
 like what

00:25:16.139 --> 00:25:16.359
 is it

00:25:16.359 --> 00:25:16.639
 are these

00:25:16.639 --> 00:25:17.039
 the people

00:25:17.039 --> 00:25:17.240
 who are

00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:17.519
 like the

00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:18.019
 teacher's

00:25:18.019 --> 00:25:18.259
 pet

00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:18.639
 and they've

00:25:18.639 --> 00:25:19.119
 sucked up

00:25:19.119 --> 00:25:19.399
 to you

00:25:19.399 --> 00:25:19.759
 somehow

00:25:19.759 --> 00:25:21.480
 like how

00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:21.720
 do we

00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:22.200
 react to

00:25:22.200 --> 00:25:22.659
 teacher's

00:25:22.659 --> 00:25:23.000
 pets

00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:24.179
 some of

00:25:24.179 --> 00:25:24.599
 us say

00:25:24.599 --> 00:25:25.619
 dang it

00:25:25.619 --> 00:25:25.980
 how come

00:25:25.980 --> 00:25:26.500
 they became

00:25:26.500 --> 00:25:27.039
 the teacher's

00:25:27.039 --> 00:25:27.179
 pet

00:25:27.179 --> 00:25:27.439
 and I

00:25:27.439 --> 00:25:27.939
 didn't

00:25:27.939 --> 00:25:28.879
 how come

00:25:28.879 --> 00:25:29.079
 they're

00:25:29.079 --> 00:25:29.659
 better at

00:25:29.659 --> 00:25:31.000
 you know

00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:32.099
 snuggling up

00:25:32.099 --> 00:25:32.740
 to the teacher

00:25:32.740 --> 00:25:33.099
 you know

00:25:33.099 --> 00:25:33.919
 in a metaphorical

00:25:33.919 --> 00:25:34.159
 way

00:25:34.159 --> 00:25:35.419
 than I am

00:25:35.419 --> 00:25:36.500
 and the rest

00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:36.899
 of us

00:25:36.899 --> 00:25:37.759
 loathe

00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:38.319
 teacher's

00:25:38.319 --> 00:25:38.700
 pets

00:25:38.700 --> 00:25:41.600
 and so

00:25:41.600 --> 00:25:42.420
 grace

00:25:42.420 --> 00:25:43.220
 can't just

00:25:43.220 --> 00:25:43.779
 be God

00:25:43.779 --> 00:25:44.440
 cutting some

00:25:44.440 --> 00:25:44.900
 people's

00:25:44.900 --> 00:25:45.160
 slack

00:25:45.160 --> 00:25:45.680
 because we

00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:46.000
 all know

00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:46.539
 that's not

00:25:46.539 --> 00:25:47.039
 fair

00:25:47.039 --> 00:25:48.340
 I remember

00:25:48.340 --> 00:25:48.720
 there's been

00:25:48.720 --> 00:25:49.299
 different times

00:25:49.299 --> 00:25:49.600
 I've asked

00:25:49.600 --> 00:25:50.140
 my kids

00:25:50.140 --> 00:25:50.380
 you know

00:25:50.380 --> 00:25:50.840
 after I

00:25:50.840 --> 00:25:51.240
 go to

00:25:51.240 --> 00:25:51.460
 these

00:25:51.460 --> 00:25:52.240
 I've gone

00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:52.480
 to lots

00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:53.080
 of graduation

00:25:53.080 --> 00:25:53.700
 ceremonies

00:25:53.700 --> 00:25:55.200
 and you

00:25:55.200 --> 00:25:55.380
 know

00:25:55.380 --> 00:25:56.279
 here's where

00:25:56.279 --> 00:25:56.600
 I get to

00:25:56.600 --> 00:25:56.860
 sound like

00:25:56.860 --> 00:25:57.140
 an old

00:25:57.140 --> 00:25:57.380
 man

00:25:57.380 --> 00:25:57.860
 when I

00:25:57.860 --> 00:25:58.220
 was in

00:25:58.220 --> 00:25:58.539
 school

00:25:58.539 --> 00:25:59.140
 I think

00:25:59.140 --> 00:25:59.440
 when you

00:25:59.440 --> 00:25:59.920
 graduated

00:25:59.920 --> 00:26:00.240
 you just

00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:00.759
 graduated

00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:01.140
 but now

00:26:01.140 --> 00:26:01.759
 the ceremony

00:26:01.759 --> 00:26:02.340
 there's a

00:26:02.340 --> 00:26:02.819
 they give

00:26:02.819 --> 00:26:03.319
 like they give

00:26:03.319 --> 00:26:05.339
 about 273

00:26:05.339 --> 00:26:05.859
 awards

00:26:05.859 --> 00:26:07.439
 and you

00:26:07.439 --> 00:26:07.599
 know

00:26:07.599 --> 00:26:08.000
 but anyway

00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:08.399
 when it comes

00:26:08.399 --> 00:26:08.700
 to the more

00:26:08.700 --> 00:26:09.379
 academic ones

00:26:09.379 --> 00:26:09.740
 I sense

00:26:09.740 --> 00:26:10.200
 sometimes my

00:26:10.200 --> 00:26:10.399
 kids

00:26:10.399 --> 00:26:10.899
 how come

00:26:10.899 --> 00:26:11.299
 they won

00:26:11.299 --> 00:26:11.839
 that award

00:26:11.839 --> 00:26:12.179
 and they'll

00:26:12.179 --> 00:26:12.779
 say teacher's

00:26:12.779 --> 00:26:12.960
 pet

00:26:12.960 --> 00:26:15.079
 teacher's pet

00:26:15.079 --> 00:26:15.439
 that's why

00:26:15.439 --> 00:26:16.019
 they got it

00:26:16.019 --> 00:26:17.379
 and it's

00:26:17.379 --> 00:26:17.899
 not fair

00:26:17.899 --> 00:26:18.339
 right

00:26:18.339 --> 00:26:19.359
 so

00:26:19.359 --> 00:26:20.259
 if

00:26:20.259 --> 00:26:21.319
 on one

00:26:21.319 --> 00:26:21.899
 hand

00:26:21.899 --> 00:26:23.039
 if it is

00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:23.419
 the fact

00:26:23.419 --> 00:26:23.879
 that I am

00:26:23.879 --> 00:26:24.179
 human

00:26:24.179 --> 00:26:24.559
 I lack

00:26:24.559 --> 00:26:24.939
 the glory

00:26:24.939 --> 00:26:25.399
 of God

00:26:25.399 --> 00:26:25.740
 and I

00:26:25.740 --> 00:26:26.139
 can never

00:26:26.139 --> 00:26:26.519
 leave

00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:27.019
 myself

00:26:27.019 --> 00:26:27.559
 to fix

00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:28.099
 myself

00:26:28.099 --> 00:26:28.500
 and I

00:26:28.500 --> 00:26:28.819
 come to

00:26:28.819 --> 00:26:29.119
 the point

00:26:29.119 --> 00:26:29.539
 that only

00:26:29.539 --> 00:26:30.019
 God

00:26:30.019 --> 00:26:30.480
 can do

00:26:30.480 --> 00:26:30.680
 it

00:26:30.680 --> 00:26:32.099
 but God

00:26:32.099 --> 00:26:32.460
 is not

00:26:32.460 --> 00:26:32.839
 worthy

00:26:32.839 --> 00:26:33.319
 of being

00:26:33.319 --> 00:26:33.900
 God

00:26:33.900 --> 00:26:35.240
 if he's

00:26:35.240 --> 00:26:35.500
 not

00:26:35.500 --> 00:26:36.180
 just

00:26:36.180 --> 00:26:39.539
 just

00:26:39.539 --> 00:26:39.880
 as

00:26:39.880 --> 00:26:40.620
 we don't

00:26:40.620 --> 00:26:41.039
 think

00:26:41.039 --> 00:26:41.480
 highly

00:26:41.480 --> 00:26:41.740
 of

00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:42.220
 teachers

00:26:42.220 --> 00:26:43.480
 who

00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:43.920
 show

00:26:43.920 --> 00:26:45.019
 favoritism

00:26:45.019 --> 00:26:46.220
 because

00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:46.680
 certain

00:26:46.680 --> 00:26:47.019
 kids

00:26:47.019 --> 00:26:47.539
 suck up

00:26:47.539 --> 00:26:47.940
 to them

00:26:47.940 --> 00:26:49.460
 and we

00:26:49.460 --> 00:26:49.680
 don't

00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:50.000
 think of

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:50.259
 them as

00:26:50.259 --> 00:26:50.900
 exemplary

00:26:50.900 --> 00:26:51.420
 teachers

00:26:51.420 --> 00:26:52.640
 and in

00:26:52.640 --> 00:26:53.019
 fact if

00:26:53.019 --> 00:26:53.259
 we were

00:26:53.259 --> 00:26:53.660
 parents

00:26:53.660 --> 00:26:53.960
 and had

00:26:53.960 --> 00:26:54.160
 some

00:26:54.160 --> 00:26:54.480
 choice

00:26:54.480 --> 00:26:54.960
 we would

00:26:54.960 --> 00:26:55.360
 avoid

00:26:55.360 --> 00:26:55.740
 having

00:26:55.740 --> 00:26:55.960
 our

00:26:55.960 --> 00:26:56.480
 kids

00:26:56.480 --> 00:26:57.480
 have

00:26:57.480 --> 00:26:57.680
 that

00:26:57.680 --> 00:26:58.039
 teacher

00:26:58.039 --> 00:26:58.220
 as

00:26:58.220 --> 00:26:58.380
 their

00:26:58.380 --> 00:26:58.799
 teacher

00:26:58.799 --> 00:27:00.360
 or maybe

00:27:00.359 --> 00:27:00.579
 I'm

00:27:00.579 --> 00:27:00.759
 just

00:27:00.759 --> 00:27:01.039
 really

00:27:01.039 --> 00:27:01.399
 old

00:27:01.399 --> 00:27:01.839
 fashioned

00:27:01.839 --> 00:27:02.439
 and anal

00:27:02.439 --> 00:27:03.740
 but I

00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:04.019
 think it

00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:04.299
 would be

00:27:04.299 --> 00:27:04.699
 common

00:27:04.699 --> 00:27:07.039
 and so

00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:07.719
 how is it

00:27:07.719 --> 00:27:08.359
 that God

00:27:08.359 --> 00:27:09.319
 can

00:27:09.319 --> 00:27:11.240
 be just

00:27:11.240 --> 00:27:12.759
 and at

00:27:12.759 --> 00:27:13.159
 the same

00:27:13.159 --> 00:27:13.559
 time

00:27:13.559 --> 00:27:14.339
 save us

00:27:14.339 --> 00:27:15.519
 that's what

00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:15.839
 the rest

00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:16.059
 of the

00:27:16.059 --> 00:27:16.419
 verse is

00:27:16.419 --> 00:27:16.659
 going to

00:27:16.659 --> 00:27:17.059
 tell us

00:27:17.059 --> 00:27:17.399
 Andrew

00:27:17.399 --> 00:27:17.599
 if you

00:27:17.599 --> 00:27:17.919
 could put

00:27:17.919 --> 00:27:18.199
 up our

00:27:18.199 --> 00:27:18.479
 one

00:27:18.479 --> 00:27:18.859
 point

00:27:18.859 --> 00:27:19.199
 again

00:27:19.199 --> 00:27:19.619
 that would

00:27:19.619 --> 00:27:19.740
 be

00:27:19.740 --> 00:27:19.939
 very

00:27:19.939 --> 00:27:20.259
 helpful

00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:20.559
 and could

00:27:20.559 --> 00:27:20.879
 you all

00:27:20.879 --> 00:27:21.159
 say it

00:27:21.159 --> 00:27:21.479
 with me

00:27:21.479 --> 00:27:21.839
 again

00:27:21.839 --> 00:27:23.219
 for all

00:27:23.219 --> 00:27:23.459
 have

00:27:23.459 --> 00:27:24.059
 sinned

00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:24.679
 and lack

00:27:24.679 --> 00:27:25.279
 the glory

00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:25.959
 of God

00:27:25.959 --> 00:27:26.799
 and are

00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:27.379
 justified

00:27:27.379 --> 00:27:28.119
 by his

00:27:28.119 --> 00:27:28.599
 grace

00:27:28.599 --> 00:27:29.079
 as a

00:27:29.079 --> 00:27:29.419
 gift

00:27:29.419 --> 00:27:30.119
 through

00:27:30.119 --> 00:27:30.739
 the redemption

00:27:30.739 --> 00:27:31.339
 that is

00:27:31.339 --> 00:27:31.919
 in Christ

00:27:31.919 --> 00:27:32.399
 Jesus

00:27:32.399 --> 00:27:33.619
 whom God

00:27:33.619 --> 00:27:34.319
 put forward

00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:34.719
 as a

00:27:34.719 --> 00:27:35.500
 propitiation

00:27:35.500 --> 00:27:36.119
 by his

00:27:36.119 --> 00:27:36.500
 blood

00:27:36.500 --> 00:27:37.299
 to be

00:27:37.299 --> 00:27:37.899
 received

00:27:37.899 --> 00:27:38.839
 by faith

00:27:38.839 --> 00:27:41.319
 I just

00:27:41.319 --> 00:27:41.679
 came

00:27:41.679 --> 00:27:42.459
 Andrew if you

00:27:42.459 --> 00:27:43.000
 could put up

00:27:43.000 --> 00:27:44.559
 the next

00:27:44.559 --> 00:27:45.279
 point which

00:27:45.279 --> 00:27:46.419
 is justified

00:27:46.419 --> 00:27:47.879
 made right

00:27:47.879 --> 00:27:48.419
 with God

00:27:48.419 --> 00:27:49.079
 by Jesus

00:27:49.079 --> 00:27:49.739
 so in that

00:27:49.739 --> 00:27:50.679
 long sentence

00:27:50.679 --> 00:27:51.219
 and you want

00:27:51.219 --> 00:27:51.559
 to try to

00:27:51.559 --> 00:27:52.039
 figure out

00:27:52.039 --> 00:27:52.759
 what it

00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:53.299
 means

00:27:53.299 --> 00:27:54.299
 justified

00:27:54.299 --> 00:27:55.599
 means

00:27:55.599 --> 00:27:57.079
 made right

00:27:57.079 --> 00:27:57.619
 with God

00:27:57.619 --> 00:27:58.279
 by Jesus

00:27:58.279 --> 00:27:58.899
 and there's

00:27:58.899 --> 00:27:59.220
 sort of a

00:27:59.220 --> 00:27:59.519
 bit of a

00:27:59.519 --> 00:28:00.059
 declaration

00:28:00.059 --> 00:28:00.879
 I just

00:28:00.879 --> 00:28:01.359
 came from

00:28:01.359 --> 00:28:01.639
 my

00:28:01.639 --> 00:28:02.240
 synod

00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:02.920
 which is

00:28:02.920 --> 00:28:03.440
 Anglican

00:28:03.440 --> 00:28:03.940
 speak for

00:28:03.940 --> 00:28:04.240
 like my

00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:04.899
 denominational

00:28:04.899 --> 00:28:05.339
 meetings

00:28:05.339 --> 00:28:06.180
 and Dick

00:28:06.180 --> 00:28:07.859
 and Daniel

00:28:07.859 --> 00:28:08.220
 were there

00:28:08.220 --> 00:28:08.619
 representing

00:28:08.619 --> 00:28:09.019
 the lady

00:28:09.019 --> 00:28:09.440
 and I was

00:28:09.440 --> 00:28:09.759
 there as

00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:10.639
 the clergy

00:28:10.639 --> 00:28:12.660
 and it was

00:28:12.660 --> 00:28:13.279
 in Vancouver

00:28:13.279 --> 00:28:14.559
 and I remember

00:28:14.559 --> 00:28:15.119
 after I think

00:28:15.119 --> 00:28:15.539
 it was one of

00:28:15.539 --> 00:28:15.899
 the first

00:28:15.899 --> 00:28:16.460
 lunches

00:28:16.460 --> 00:28:17.680
 I heard

00:28:17.680 --> 00:28:18.879
 a couple

00:28:18.879 --> 00:28:19.259
 of people

00:28:19.259 --> 00:28:19.859
 talking about

00:28:19.859 --> 00:28:20.180
 how they

00:28:20.180 --> 00:28:20.559
 find it

00:28:20.559 --> 00:28:21.240
 really hard

00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:21.519
 when they

00:28:21.519 --> 00:28:21.759
 go to

00:28:21.759 --> 00:28:22.319
 things like

00:28:22.319 --> 00:28:22.720
 this

00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:23.899
 it was

00:28:23.899 --> 00:28:24.220
 put on

00:28:24.220 --> 00:28:24.740
 by a

00:28:24.740 --> 00:28:25.259
 Chinese

00:28:25.259 --> 00:28:25.740
 parish

00:28:25.740 --> 00:28:26.279
 the food

00:28:26.279 --> 00:28:26.519
 was

00:28:26.519 --> 00:28:27.339
 wonderful

00:28:27.339 --> 00:28:28.680
 like the

00:28:28.680 --> 00:28:29.339
 first day

00:28:29.339 --> 00:28:29.759
 of synod

00:28:29.759 --> 00:28:30.019
 we had

00:28:30.019 --> 00:28:30.539
 this really

00:28:30.539 --> 00:28:30.960
 good

00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:31.639
 Chinese

00:28:31.639 --> 00:28:31.960
 food

00:28:31.960 --> 00:28:32.519
 the second

00:28:32.519 --> 00:28:32.839
 day

00:28:32.839 --> 00:28:33.960
 I like

00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:34.379
 sushi

00:28:34.379 --> 00:28:35.019
 just

00:28:35.019 --> 00:28:35.379
 we

00:28:35.379 --> 00:28:36.319
 sushi

00:28:36.319 --> 00:28:37.059
 for lunch

00:28:37.059 --> 00:28:37.700
 like it

00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:37.839
 was

00:28:37.839 --> 00:28:38.799
 spectacular

00:28:38.799 --> 00:28:39.740
 yeah

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.079
 some of you

00:28:40.079 --> 00:28:40.299
 are saying

00:28:40.299 --> 00:28:40.720
 yes

00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:42.180
 next time

00:28:42.180 --> 00:28:42.720
 synods

00:28:42.720 --> 00:28:43.339
 in Vancouver

00:28:43.339 --> 00:28:43.720
 we might

00:28:43.720 --> 00:28:44.160
 get a lot

00:28:44.160 --> 00:28:44.660
 of volunteers

00:28:44.660 --> 00:28:45.139
 to go

00:28:45.139 --> 00:28:45.339
 there

00:28:45.339 --> 00:28:45.920
 hoping to

00:28:45.920 --> 00:28:46.099
 get

00:28:46.099 --> 00:28:47.279
 basically

00:28:47.279 --> 00:28:47.759
 as much

00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:48.180
 sushi

00:28:48.180 --> 00:28:48.559
 as you

00:28:48.559 --> 00:28:48.759
 could

00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:49.059
 eat

00:28:49.059 --> 00:28:49.859
 and so

00:28:49.859 --> 00:28:50.059
 one of

00:28:50.059 --> 00:28:50.339
 the people

00:28:50.339 --> 00:28:50.519
 said

00:28:50.519 --> 00:28:50.680
 there's

00:28:50.680 --> 00:28:50.940
 all sort

00:28:50.940 --> 00:28:51.440
 of fruit

00:28:51.440 --> 00:28:52.039
 and desserts

00:28:52.039 --> 00:28:52.559
 and all

00:28:52.559 --> 00:28:53.139
 that stuff

00:28:53.139 --> 00:28:53.400
 you know

00:28:53.400 --> 00:28:53.639
 that

00:28:53.639 --> 00:28:54.720
 it was a

00:28:54.720 --> 00:28:55.019
 Chinese

00:28:55.019 --> 00:28:55.539
 congregation

00:28:55.539 --> 00:28:55.940
 Chinese

00:28:55.940 --> 00:28:56.220
 people

00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:56.799
 were very

00:28:56.799 --> 00:28:57.100
 very

00:28:57.100 --> 00:28:57.440
 very

00:28:57.440 --> 00:28:57.920
 very

00:28:57.920 --> 00:28:58.660
 servant

00:28:58.660 --> 00:28:59.079
 hearted

00:28:59.079 --> 00:28:59.680
 and hospitable

00:28:59.680 --> 00:29:00.960
 and anyway

00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:01.360
 so I heard

00:29:01.360 --> 00:29:01.779
 at the end

00:29:01.779 --> 00:29:02.120
 of the lunch

00:29:02.120 --> 00:29:02.400
 I heard

00:29:02.400 --> 00:29:02.900
 a couple

00:29:02.900 --> 00:29:03.480
 of clergy

00:29:03.480 --> 00:29:03.759
 I think

00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:04.259
 talking about

00:29:04.259 --> 00:29:04.960
 how they

00:29:04.960 --> 00:29:05.180
 were going

00:29:05.180 --> 00:29:05.579
 like this

00:29:05.579 --> 00:29:07.500
 it's so hard

00:29:07.500 --> 00:29:07.980
 coming to

00:29:07.980 --> 00:29:08.620
 these times

00:29:08.620 --> 00:29:10.100
 when there's

00:29:10.100 --> 00:29:10.519
 as much

00:29:10.519 --> 00:29:11.140
 free food

00:29:11.140 --> 00:29:11.620
 as you can

00:29:11.620 --> 00:29:12.579
 possibly eat

00:29:12.579 --> 00:29:13.240
 like this

00:29:13.240 --> 00:29:13.880
 it's a hard

00:29:13.880 --> 00:29:14.960
 thing to come

00:29:14.960 --> 00:29:15.220
 to

00:29:15.220 --> 00:29:16.900
 and instantly

00:29:16.900 --> 00:29:17.940
 it flashed

00:29:17.940 --> 00:29:18.279
 through my

00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:18.700
 mind

00:29:18.700 --> 00:29:20.500
 I used to

00:29:20.500 --> 00:29:20.900
 have a

00:29:20.900 --> 00:29:21.180
 multi

00:29:21.180 --> 00:29:21.480
 million

00:29:21.480 --> 00:29:21.819
 we used to

00:29:21.819 --> 00:29:22.019
 have a

00:29:22.019 --> 00:29:22.200
 multi

00:29:22.200 --> 00:29:22.480
 millionaire

00:29:22.480 --> 00:29:22.839
 who come

00:29:22.839 --> 00:29:23.120
 to this

00:29:23.120 --> 00:29:23.420
 church

00:29:23.420 --> 00:29:23.960
 and I

00:29:23.960 --> 00:29:24.819
 mentioned

00:29:24.819 --> 00:29:25.180
 his name

00:29:25.180 --> 00:29:25.660
 it's nothing

00:29:25.660 --> 00:29:26.100
 embarrassing

00:29:26.100 --> 00:29:26.340
 about

00:29:26.340 --> 00:29:26.660
 his name

00:29:26.660 --> 00:29:27.100
 was Tom

00:29:27.100 --> 00:29:28.200
 and he

00:29:28.200 --> 00:29:28.340
 would

00:29:28.340 --> 00:29:28.779
 occasionally

00:29:28.779 --> 00:29:29.340
 treat me

00:29:29.340 --> 00:29:29.800
 by taking

00:29:29.800 --> 00:29:30.120
 me out

00:29:30.120 --> 00:29:30.519
 to eat

00:29:30.519 --> 00:29:31.920
 and we

00:29:31.920 --> 00:29:32.140
 would go

00:29:32.140 --> 00:29:32.380
 to this

00:29:32.380 --> 00:29:32.779
 like at the

00:29:32.779 --> 00:29:33.140
 time the

00:29:33.140 --> 00:29:33.680
 most expensive

00:29:33.680 --> 00:29:34.279
 restaurant in

00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:34.500
 Ottawa

00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:35.480
 and he was

00:29:35.480 --> 00:29:35.900
 well known

00:29:35.900 --> 00:29:36.200
 there

00:29:36.200 --> 00:29:36.600
 and the

00:29:36.600 --> 00:29:37.019
 first time

00:29:37.019 --> 00:29:37.279
 I went

00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:37.740
 I didn't

00:29:37.740 --> 00:29:37.980
 want to

00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:38.360
 choose the

00:29:38.360 --> 00:29:38.680
 cheapest

00:29:38.680 --> 00:29:39.040
 thing on

00:29:39.040 --> 00:29:39.320
 the menu

00:29:39.320 --> 00:29:39.580
 but I

00:29:39.580 --> 00:29:39.920
 chose the

00:29:39.920 --> 00:29:40.180
 second

00:29:40.180 --> 00:29:40.740
 cheapest

00:29:40.740 --> 00:29:41.080
 thing in

00:29:41.080 --> 00:29:41.440
 the menu

00:29:41.440 --> 00:29:42.400
 he asked

00:29:42.400 --> 00:29:42.940
 me beforehand

00:29:42.940 --> 00:29:43.300
 what I was

00:29:43.300 --> 00:29:43.660
 going to order

00:29:43.660 --> 00:29:44.100
 and he said

00:29:44.100 --> 00:29:44.540
 George you're not

00:29:44.540 --> 00:29:45.019
 allowed to order

00:29:45.019 --> 00:29:45.279
 that

00:29:45.279 --> 00:29:46.660
 you're not

00:29:46.660 --> 00:29:47.040
 allowed to

00:29:47.040 --> 00:29:47.320
 order that

00:29:47.320 --> 00:29:47.980
 I want you to

00:29:47.980 --> 00:29:48.240
 order the

00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:48.940
 most expensive

00:29:48.940 --> 00:29:49.600
 thing on

00:29:49.600 --> 00:29:50.019
 the menu

00:29:50.019 --> 00:29:52.080
 trust me

00:29:52.079 --> 00:29:52.740
 I can

00:29:52.740 --> 00:29:53.519
 cover this

00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:54.000
 okay

00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:54.939
 just order

00:29:54.939 --> 00:29:55.319
 whatever you

00:29:55.319 --> 00:29:55.460
 want

00:29:55.460 --> 00:29:55.939
 he was the

00:29:55.939 --> 00:29:56.379
 same guy

00:29:56.379 --> 00:29:56.740
 I've never

00:29:56.740 --> 00:29:57.139
 seen anybody

00:29:57.139 --> 00:29:57.699
 else like it

00:29:57.699 --> 00:29:58.699
 he was well

00:29:58.699 --> 00:29:58.899
 known

00:29:58.899 --> 00:29:59.500
 he has the

00:29:59.500 --> 00:29:59.839
 menu

00:29:59.839 --> 00:30:01.259
 and the

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:01.819
 waitress

00:30:01.819 --> 00:30:02.299
 comes and

00:30:02.299 --> 00:30:02.639
 she says

00:30:02.639 --> 00:30:03.220
 hi Tom

00:30:03.220 --> 00:30:04.039
 he says

00:30:04.039 --> 00:30:04.259
 hi

00:30:04.259 --> 00:30:04.579
 he said

00:30:04.579 --> 00:30:04.759
 you know

00:30:04.759 --> 00:30:05.000
 I don't

00:30:05.000 --> 00:30:05.500
 like anything

00:30:05.500 --> 00:30:05.839
 on this

00:30:05.839 --> 00:30:06.179
 menu

00:30:06.179 --> 00:30:07.699
 here's what

00:30:07.699 --> 00:30:07.939
 I'd like

00:30:07.939 --> 00:30:08.299
 the cook

00:30:08.299 --> 00:30:08.679
 to make

00:30:08.679 --> 00:30:08.919
 me

00:30:08.919 --> 00:30:11.220
 here's what

00:30:11.220 --> 00:30:11.500
 I'd like

00:30:11.500 --> 00:30:11.919
 the cook

00:30:11.919 --> 00:30:12.319
 to make

00:30:12.319 --> 00:30:12.599
 me

00:30:12.599 --> 00:30:14.480
 and she

00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:14.819
 wrote it

00:30:14.819 --> 00:30:15.119
 down

00:30:15.119 --> 00:30:15.699
 and they

00:30:15.699 --> 00:30:16.159
 brought it

00:30:16.159 --> 00:30:16.539
 to him

00:30:16.539 --> 00:30:16.899
 okay

00:30:16.899 --> 00:30:17.519
 now here's

00:30:17.519 --> 00:30:17.919
 the thing

00:30:17.919 --> 00:30:18.679
 if I came

00:30:18.679 --> 00:30:19.220
 home and

00:30:19.220 --> 00:30:19.899
 told my wife

00:30:19.899 --> 00:30:20.079
 and you

00:30:20.079 --> 00:30:20.539
 that I had a

00:30:20.539 --> 00:30:20.919
 free lunch

00:30:20.920 --> 00:30:21.560
 I did not

00:30:21.560 --> 00:30:21.940
 have a

00:30:21.940 --> 00:30:22.480
 free lunch

00:30:22.480 --> 00:30:23.680
 somebody

00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:24.560
 has to

00:30:24.560 --> 00:30:24.920
 pay

00:30:24.920 --> 00:30:27.600
 there's

00:30:27.600 --> 00:30:28.300
 no free

00:30:28.300 --> 00:30:28.840
 lunch

00:30:28.840 --> 00:30:30.900
 ever

00:30:30.900 --> 00:30:32.620
 somebody

00:30:32.620 --> 00:30:33.279
 has to

00:30:33.279 --> 00:30:33.600
 pay

00:30:33.600 --> 00:30:35.180
 a few

00:30:35.180 --> 00:30:35.660
 years ago

00:30:35.660 --> 00:30:35.940
 in the

00:30:35.940 --> 00:30:36.560
 congregation

00:30:36.560 --> 00:30:37.580
 we had

00:30:37.580 --> 00:30:38.720
 a fellow

00:30:38.720 --> 00:30:39.200
 a priest

00:30:39.200 --> 00:30:39.580
 who'd come

00:30:39.580 --> 00:30:39.940
 here from

00:30:39.940 --> 00:30:40.360
 Africa

00:30:40.360 --> 00:30:40.800
 to do a

00:30:40.800 --> 00:30:41.300
 master's

00:30:41.300 --> 00:30:41.539
 degree

00:30:41.539 --> 00:30:41.880
 at St.

00:30:41.960 --> 00:30:42.120
 Paul

00:30:42.120 --> 00:30:42.680
 University

00:30:42.680 --> 00:30:43.300
 and through

00:30:43.300 --> 00:30:44.259
 no fault

00:30:44.259 --> 00:30:44.580
 of his

00:30:44.580 --> 00:30:44.960
 own

00:30:44.960 --> 00:30:46.300
 all of

00:30:46.300 --> 00:30:47.000
 his funding

00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:47.860
 fell out

00:30:47.860 --> 00:30:48.400
 from underneath

00:30:48.400 --> 00:30:48.960
 his feet

00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:50.500
 and so

00:30:50.500 --> 00:30:51.339
 the university

00:30:51.339 --> 00:30:51.579
 they were

00:30:51.579 --> 00:30:51.960
 on one hand

00:30:51.960 --> 00:30:52.599
 very gracious

00:30:52.599 --> 00:30:52.940
 to him

00:30:52.940 --> 00:30:53.259
 they allowed

00:30:53.259 --> 00:30:53.480
 him

00:30:53.480 --> 00:30:53.880
 like at

00:30:53.880 --> 00:30:54.500
 most places

00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:54.839
 if you

00:30:54.839 --> 00:30:55.500
 don't pay

00:30:55.500 --> 00:30:55.779
 up your

00:30:55.779 --> 00:30:56.200
 bills at

00:30:56.200 --> 00:30:56.440
 the end

00:30:56.440 --> 00:30:56.759
 of one

00:30:56.759 --> 00:30:56.960
 term

00:30:56.960 --> 00:30:57.359
 you can't

00:30:57.359 --> 00:30:57.680
 take other

00:30:57.680 --> 00:30:58.119
 courses

00:30:58.119 --> 00:30:58.980
 but they

00:30:58.980 --> 00:30:59.400
 allowed him

00:30:59.400 --> 00:30:59.700
 to keep

00:30:59.700 --> 00:31:00.460
 taking courses

00:31:00.460 --> 00:31:01.220
 but he

00:31:01.220 --> 00:31:02.039
 couldn't get

00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:03.039
 any credit

00:31:03.039 --> 00:31:03.559
 for them

00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:04.559
 until he

00:31:04.559 --> 00:31:06.440
 until it

00:31:06.440 --> 00:31:06.880
 was made

00:31:06.880 --> 00:31:07.400
 right

00:31:07.400 --> 00:31:10.720
 it had to

00:31:10.720 --> 00:31:11.200
 be made

00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:11.759
 right

00:31:11.759 --> 00:31:13.400
 and in

00:31:13.400 --> 00:31:14.019
 that particular

00:31:14.019 --> 00:31:14.619
 case

00:31:14.619 --> 00:31:15.839
 it had to

00:31:15.839 --> 00:31:16.140
 it means

00:31:16.140 --> 00:31:16.940
 the money

00:31:16.940 --> 00:31:17.420
 had to be

00:31:17.420 --> 00:31:17.759
 paid

00:31:17.759 --> 00:31:19.539
 and penalties

00:31:19.539 --> 00:31:20.140
 had to be

00:31:20.140 --> 00:31:20.480
 paid

00:31:20.480 --> 00:31:21.440
 and until

00:31:21.440 --> 00:31:21.740
 it was

00:31:21.740 --> 00:31:22.579
 made right

00:31:22.579 --> 00:31:23.259
 he wouldn't

00:31:23.259 --> 00:31:23.579
 get the

00:31:23.579 --> 00:31:24.079
 master's

00:31:24.079 --> 00:31:24.400
 degree

00:31:24.400 --> 00:31:25.599
 and until

00:31:25.599 --> 00:31:25.859
 it was

00:31:25.859 --> 00:31:26.519
 made right

00:31:26.519 --> 00:31:27.480
 his bishop

00:31:27.480 --> 00:31:28.319
 back home

00:31:28.319 --> 00:31:28.720
 wouldn't be

00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:29.099
 happy

00:31:29.099 --> 00:31:29.720
 it had to

00:31:29.720 --> 00:31:30.500
 be made

00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:31.000
 right

00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:32.740
 and this

00:31:32.740 --> 00:31:33.660
 African

00:31:33.660 --> 00:31:34.319
 fellow

00:31:34.319 --> 00:31:34.879
 he just

00:31:34.879 --> 00:31:35.819
 through no

00:31:35.819 --> 00:31:36.400
 fault of his

00:31:36.400 --> 00:31:36.720
 own

00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:38.000
 he couldn't

00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:38.440
 make it

00:31:38.440 --> 00:31:38.819
 right

00:31:38.819 --> 00:31:40.839
 and so

00:31:40.839 --> 00:31:41.359
 we as a

00:31:41.359 --> 00:31:42.000
 congregation

00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:42.640
 not patting

00:31:42.640 --> 00:31:43.140
 ourselves on

00:31:43.140 --> 00:31:43.599
 the back

00:31:43.599 --> 00:31:45.399
 we talked

00:31:45.399 --> 00:31:45.980
 and it

00:31:45.980 --> 00:31:46.379
 was like

00:31:46.379 --> 00:31:47.719
 fifteen thousand

00:31:47.719 --> 00:31:48.379
 dollars or

00:31:48.379 --> 00:31:48.699
 something

00:31:48.699 --> 00:31:49.219
 it was like

00:31:49.219 --> 00:31:49.679
 more than that

00:31:49.679 --> 00:31:50.039
 it was a lot

00:31:50.039 --> 00:31:50.359
 of money

00:31:50.359 --> 00:31:51.319
 and we

00:31:51.319 --> 00:31:52.919
 made it

00:31:52.919 --> 00:31:53.379
 right

00:31:53.379 --> 00:31:55.259
 we collected

00:31:55.259 --> 00:31:55.699
 the money

00:31:55.699 --> 00:31:56.579
 no income

00:31:56.579 --> 00:31:57.480
 tax receipts

00:31:57.480 --> 00:31:59.139
 and we

00:31:59.139 --> 00:32:00.039
 made it

00:32:00.039 --> 00:32:00.359
 right

00:32:00.359 --> 00:32:01.539
 so that he

00:32:01.539 --> 00:32:02.000
 could be

00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:02.579
 declared

00:32:02.579 --> 00:32:03.359
 to be

00:32:03.359 --> 00:32:03.899
 having it

00:32:03.899 --> 00:32:04.579
 made right

00:32:04.579 --> 00:32:05.459
 that all

00:32:05.459 --> 00:32:06.000
 of the bills

00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:06.799
 were paid

00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:07.819
 all of the

00:32:07.819 --> 00:32:08.379
 credits were

00:32:08.379 --> 00:32:08.899
 properly

00:32:08.899 --> 00:32:09.439
 accounted

00:32:09.439 --> 00:32:10.240
 and he

00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:10.959
 could graduate

00:32:10.959 --> 00:32:11.559
 and it

00:32:11.559 --> 00:32:11.939
 made it

00:32:11.939 --> 00:32:12.419
 right with

00:32:12.419 --> 00:32:12.839
 the bishop

00:32:12.839 --> 00:32:13.259
 with the

00:32:13.259 --> 00:32:13.779
 university

00:32:13.779 --> 00:32:15.939
 we made

00:32:15.939 --> 00:32:16.399
 it right

00:32:16.399 --> 00:32:17.859
 and that's

00:32:17.859 --> 00:32:18.480
 what justified

00:32:18.480 --> 00:32:19.099
 means

00:32:19.099 --> 00:32:21.019
 it's telling

00:32:21.019 --> 00:32:21.720
 us that

00:32:21.720 --> 00:32:22.339
 when we look

00:32:22.339 --> 00:32:22.779
 at Jesus'

00:32:23.039 --> 00:32:23.579
 death upon

00:32:23.579 --> 00:32:24.279
 the cross

00:32:24.279 --> 00:32:25.339
 that what

00:32:25.339 --> 00:32:25.939
 we see

00:32:25.939 --> 00:32:26.839
 God doing

00:32:26.839 --> 00:32:27.480
 the God

00:32:27.480 --> 00:32:28.019
 who is

00:32:28.019 --> 00:32:28.500
 right

00:32:28.500 --> 00:32:29.099
 that on

00:32:29.099 --> 00:32:29.919
 the cross

00:32:29.919 --> 00:32:31.639
 God is

00:32:31.639 --> 00:32:32.519
 providing a

00:32:32.519 --> 00:32:33.000
 way to

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:33.480
 make it

00:32:33.480 --> 00:32:34.000
 right

00:32:34.000 --> 00:32:34.899
 for us

00:32:34.899 --> 00:32:35.539
 human beings

00:32:35.539 --> 00:32:35.939
 to be

00:32:35.939 --> 00:32:36.480
 right with

00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:37.019
 himself

00:32:37.019 --> 00:32:39.019
 and he

00:32:39.019 --> 00:32:40.019
 is making

00:32:40.019 --> 00:32:40.699
 it right

00:32:40.699 --> 00:32:42.119
 he's

00:32:42.119 --> 00:32:42.799
 paying

00:32:42.799 --> 00:32:43.699
 the penalties

00:32:43.699 --> 00:32:44.519
 and all

00:32:44.519 --> 00:32:44.739
 of the

00:32:44.739 --> 00:32:45.179
 other things

00:32:45.179 --> 00:32:45.459
 that have

00:32:45.459 --> 00:32:45.739
 to go

00:32:45.739 --> 00:32:46.019
 on

00:32:46.019 --> 00:32:46.939
 and it's

00:32:46.939 --> 00:32:47.319
 a mystery

00:32:47.319 --> 00:32:47.779
 but that's

00:32:47.779 --> 00:32:47.959
 how we're

00:32:47.959 --> 00:32:48.459
 to understand

00:32:48.459 --> 00:32:49.159
 the cross

00:32:49.159 --> 00:32:50.599
 that we

00:32:50.599 --> 00:32:51.199
 can't make

00:32:51.199 --> 00:32:51.519
 it right

00:32:51.519 --> 00:32:52.139
 ourselves

00:32:52.139 --> 00:32:52.879
 but God

00:32:52.879 --> 00:32:53.339
 makes it

00:32:53.339 --> 00:32:53.579
 right

00:32:53.579 --> 00:32:53.979
 and he

00:32:53.979 --> 00:32:54.519
 declares

00:32:54.519 --> 00:32:55.039
 that it's

00:32:55.039 --> 00:32:55.559
 made right

00:32:55.559 --> 00:32:57.839
 just as

00:32:57.839 --> 00:32:59.059
 the fellow

00:32:59.059 --> 00:33:00.019
 from Africa

00:33:00.019 --> 00:33:00.539
 he needed

00:33:00.539 --> 00:33:01.079
 the university

00:33:01.079 --> 00:33:01.500
 to declare

00:33:01.500 --> 00:33:01.779
 that it

00:33:01.779 --> 00:33:02.179
 was made

00:33:02.179 --> 00:33:02.619
 right

00:33:02.619 --> 00:33:03.879
 so that

00:33:03.879 --> 00:33:04.879
 whoever it

00:33:04.879 --> 00:33:05.179
 was the

00:33:05.179 --> 00:33:05.579
 other part

00:33:05.579 --> 00:33:05.759
 of the

00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:06.139
 university

00:33:06.139 --> 00:33:06.779
 could grant

00:33:06.779 --> 00:33:07.079
 him the

00:33:07.079 --> 00:33:07.539
 degree

00:33:07.539 --> 00:33:08.719
 he needed

00:33:08.719 --> 00:33:09.299
 that to be

00:33:09.299 --> 00:33:09.879
 made right

00:33:09.879 --> 00:33:10.219
 with a

00:33:10.219 --> 00:33:10.859
 declaration

00:33:12.119 --> 00:33:13.039
 and that's

00:33:13.039 --> 00:33:13.299
 what the

00:33:13.299 --> 00:33:13.819
 Bible is

00:33:13.819 --> 00:33:14.399
 saying here

00:33:14.399 --> 00:33:14.799
 is that

00:33:14.799 --> 00:33:15.059
 when you

00:33:15.059 --> 00:33:15.419
 see the

00:33:15.419 --> 00:33:15.599
 word

00:33:15.599 --> 00:33:16.119
 justified

00:33:16.119 --> 00:33:16.619
 here

00:33:16.619 --> 00:33:17.119
 is that

00:33:17.119 --> 00:33:17.519
 it's

00:33:17.519 --> 00:33:18.059
 Jesus

00:33:18.059 --> 00:33:19.699
 making it

00:33:19.699 --> 00:33:20.179
 right

00:33:20.179 --> 00:33:21.119
 not for

00:33:21.119 --> 00:33:21.719
 himself

00:33:21.719 --> 00:33:22.739
 but for

00:33:22.739 --> 00:33:23.119
 us

00:33:23.119 --> 00:33:23.959
 on our

00:33:23.959 --> 00:33:24.839
 behalf

00:33:24.839 --> 00:33:25.379
 as a bit

00:33:25.379 --> 00:33:25.659
 of a

00:33:25.659 --> 00:33:26.359
 declaration

00:33:26.359 --> 00:33:27.919
 Andrew

00:33:27.919 --> 00:33:28.439
 could you

00:33:28.439 --> 00:33:29.759
 could you

00:33:29.759 --> 00:33:30.099
 put that

00:33:30.099 --> 00:33:30.559
 text up

00:33:30.559 --> 00:33:30.839
 again

00:33:30.839 --> 00:33:31.339
 for us

00:33:31.339 --> 00:33:31.639
 please

00:33:31.639 --> 00:33:32.159
 could you

00:33:32.159 --> 00:33:32.539
 all say

00:33:32.539 --> 00:33:32.799
 it with

00:33:32.799 --> 00:33:32.959
 me

00:33:32.959 --> 00:33:33.279
 again

00:33:33.279 --> 00:33:34.899
 for all

00:33:34.899 --> 00:33:35.199
 have

00:33:35.199 --> 00:33:35.799
 sinned

00:33:35.799 --> 00:33:36.379
 and lack

00:33:36.379 --> 00:33:37.000
 the glory

00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:37.679
 of God

00:33:37.679 --> 00:33:38.459
 and are

00:33:38.459 --> 00:33:39.159
 justified

00:33:39.159 --> 00:33:39.859
 by his

00:33:39.859 --> 00:33:40.359
 grace

00:33:40.359 --> 00:33:40.859
 as a

00:33:40.859 --> 00:33:41.219
 gift

00:33:41.220 --> 00:33:42.059
 through the

00:33:42.059 --> 00:33:42.579
 redemption

00:33:42.579 --> 00:33:43.059
 that is

00:33:43.059 --> 00:33:43.620
 in Christ

00:33:43.620 --> 00:33:44.140
 Jesus

00:33:44.140 --> 00:33:45.400
 whom God

00:33:45.400 --> 00:33:46.200
 put forward

00:33:46.200 --> 00:33:46.640
 as a

00:33:46.640 --> 00:33:47.460
 propitiation

00:33:47.460 --> 00:33:48.100
 by his

00:33:48.100 --> 00:33:48.500
 blood

00:33:48.500 --> 00:33:49.240
 to be

00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:49.839
 received

00:33:49.839 --> 00:33:50.799
 by faith

00:33:50.799 --> 00:33:54.920
 justified

00:33:54.920 --> 00:33:56.640
 justified

00:33:56.640 --> 00:33:57.700
 made right

00:33:57.700 --> 00:33:58.440
 with God

00:33:58.440 --> 00:34:00.360
 by Christ

00:34:00.360 --> 00:34:01.860
 as a

00:34:01.860 --> 00:34:02.420
 result of

00:34:02.420 --> 00:34:02.819
 God's

00:34:02.819 --> 00:34:03.200
 grace

00:34:03.200 --> 00:34:03.880
 as a

00:34:03.880 --> 00:34:04.220
 gift

00:34:04.220 --> 00:34:05.440
 and then

00:34:05.440 --> 00:34:05.640
 it goes

00:34:05.640 --> 00:34:05.880
 on and

00:34:05.880 --> 00:34:06.360
 talks about

00:34:06.360 --> 00:34:06.880
 redemption

00:34:06.880 --> 00:34:08.420
 which is a

00:34:08.420 --> 00:34:08.900
 very very

00:34:08.900 --> 00:34:09.900
 funny type

00:34:09.900 --> 00:34:10.199
 of an

00:34:10.199 --> 00:34:10.579
 image

00:34:10.579 --> 00:34:13.059
 one of

00:34:13.059 --> 00:34:13.400
 the things

00:34:13.400 --> 00:34:13.679
 about

00:34:13.679 --> 00:34:14.059
 resume

00:34:14.059 --> 00:34:14.440
 writing

00:34:14.440 --> 00:34:16.019
 is that

00:34:16.019 --> 00:34:16.900
 resume

00:34:16.900 --> 00:34:17.319
 writing

00:34:17.319 --> 00:34:18.119
 is really

00:34:18.119 --> 00:34:18.960
 boasting

00:34:18.960 --> 00:34:20.980
 isn't it

00:34:20.980 --> 00:34:23.380
 in fact

00:34:23.380 --> 00:34:24.119
 if you

00:34:24.119 --> 00:34:24.559
 go to

00:34:24.559 --> 00:34:24.799
 a

00:34:24.799 --> 00:34:25.259
 resume

00:34:25.259 --> 00:34:25.819
 writing

00:34:25.819 --> 00:34:26.460
 helper

00:34:26.460 --> 00:34:28.799
 and they

00:34:28.799 --> 00:34:29.119
 look at

00:34:29.119 --> 00:34:29.259
 your

00:34:29.259 --> 00:34:29.579
 resume

00:34:29.579 --> 00:34:30.139
 they

00:34:30.139 --> 00:34:30.759
 would

00:34:30.759 --> 00:34:31.119
 actually

00:34:31.119 --> 00:34:31.360
 I mean

00:34:31.360 --> 00:34:31.559
 they don't

00:34:31.559 --> 00:34:31.980
 use this

00:34:31.980 --> 00:34:32.400
 language

00:34:32.400 --> 00:34:32.659
 right

00:34:32.659 --> 00:34:32.960
 especially

00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:33.319
 here in

00:34:33.319 --> 00:34:33.619
 Canada

00:34:33.619 --> 00:34:34.079
 because we

00:34:34.079 --> 00:34:34.299
 have our

00:34:34.299 --> 00:34:34.440
 own

00:34:34.440 --> 00:34:34.799
 peculiar

00:34:34.799 --> 00:34:35.279
 Canadian

00:34:35.279 --> 00:34:35.659
 way of

00:34:35.659 --> 00:34:36.019
 boasting

00:34:36.019 --> 00:34:37.039
 but they

00:34:37.039 --> 00:34:37.380
 say there

00:34:37.380 --> 00:34:37.780
 must be

00:34:37.780 --> 00:34:38.119
 other

00:34:38.119 --> 00:34:38.940
 things you

00:34:38.940 --> 00:34:39.400
 can boast

00:34:39.400 --> 00:34:39.679
 about

00:34:39.679 --> 00:34:39.980
 that you

00:34:39.980 --> 00:34:40.199
 haven't

00:34:40.199 --> 00:34:40.559
 included

00:34:40.559 --> 00:34:41.019
 in here

00:34:41.019 --> 00:34:41.380
 I mean

00:34:41.380 --> 00:34:41.519
 they don't

00:34:41.519 --> 00:34:41.719
 use the

00:34:41.719 --> 00:34:42.079
 word boast

00:34:42.079 --> 00:34:42.320
 but isn't

00:34:42.320 --> 00:34:42.500
 that what

00:34:42.500 --> 00:34:42.820
 it is

00:34:42.820 --> 00:34:43.400
 there must

00:34:43.400 --> 00:34:43.699
 be other

00:34:43.699 --> 00:34:44.039
 things you

00:34:44.039 --> 00:34:44.500
 can boast

00:34:44.500 --> 00:34:44.800
 about

00:34:44.800 --> 00:34:46.139
 and

00:34:46.139 --> 00:34:48.179
 you know

00:34:48.179 --> 00:34:48.460
 so you

00:34:48.460 --> 00:34:48.940
 can boast

00:34:48.940 --> 00:34:49.179
 in the

00:34:49.179 --> 00:34:49.480
 fact that

00:34:49.480 --> 00:34:49.719
 you have

00:34:49.719 --> 00:34:50.139
 a degree

00:34:50.139 --> 00:34:51.559
 or multiple

00:34:51.559 --> 00:34:51.940
 degrees

00:34:51.940 --> 00:34:52.340
 and you can

00:34:52.340 --> 00:34:52.820
 boast about

00:34:52.820 --> 00:34:53.619
 this experience

00:34:53.619 --> 00:34:54.519
 and this

00:34:54.519 --> 00:34:55.000
 connection

00:34:55.000 --> 00:34:55.380
 and in

00:34:55.380 --> 00:34:55.860
 some ways

00:34:55.860 --> 00:34:56.360
 even your

00:34:56.360 --> 00:34:57.179
 aspirations

00:34:57.179 --> 00:34:58.440
 are a

00:34:58.440 --> 00:34:58.840
 type of

00:34:58.840 --> 00:34:59.280
 boasting

00:34:59.280 --> 00:35:01.220
 and

00:35:01.220 --> 00:35:02.700
 actually

00:35:02.700 --> 00:35:02.980
 one of the

00:35:02.980 --> 00:35:03.100
 things

00:35:03.100 --> 00:35:03.320
 if you

00:35:03.320 --> 00:35:03.660
 just read

00:35:03.660 --> 00:35:03.980
 down

00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:04.300
 a little

00:35:04.300 --> 00:35:04.480
 bit

00:35:04.480 --> 00:35:04.820
 further

00:35:04.820 --> 00:35:05.040
 in

00:35:05.040 --> 00:35:05.220
 verse

00:35:05.220 --> 00:35:05.760
 27

00:35:05.760 --> 00:35:06.140
 after

00:35:06.140 --> 00:35:06.400
 this

00:35:06.400 --> 00:35:06.720
 section

00:35:06.720 --> 00:35:06.860
 that

00:35:06.860 --> 00:35:06.940
 we

00:35:06.940 --> 00:35:07.140
 just

00:35:07.140 --> 00:35:07.380
 kept

00:35:07.380 --> 00:35:07.780
 quoting

00:35:07.780 --> 00:35:08.560
 the

00:35:08.560 --> 00:35:08.860
 Bible

00:35:08.860 --> 00:35:08.980
 is

00:35:08.980 --> 00:35:09.080
 going

00:35:09.080 --> 00:35:09.180
 to

00:35:09.180 --> 00:35:09.360
 say

00:35:09.360 --> 00:35:09.620
 that

00:35:09.620 --> 00:35:10.280
 remember

00:35:10.280 --> 00:35:10.460
 I

00:35:10.460 --> 00:35:10.680
 said

00:35:10.680 --> 00:35:10.880
 that

00:35:10.880 --> 00:35:11.760
 the

00:35:11.760 --> 00:35:12.240
 gospel

00:35:12.240 --> 00:35:12.540
 is

00:35:12.540 --> 00:35:12.760
 a

00:35:12.760 --> 00:35:13.200
 complete

00:35:13.200 --> 00:35:13.400
 and

00:35:13.400 --> 00:35:13.620
 utter

00:35:13.620 --> 00:35:14.260
 rejection

00:35:14.260 --> 00:35:14.700
 of

00:35:14.700 --> 00:35:14.860
 the

00:35:14.860 --> 00:35:15.180
 resume

00:35:15.180 --> 00:35:15.560
 writing

00:35:15.560 --> 00:35:15.980
 approach

00:35:15.980 --> 00:35:16.160
 to

00:35:16.160 --> 00:35:16.740
 understanding

00:35:16.740 --> 00:35:17.300
 the

00:35:17.300 --> 00:35:17.640
 religious

00:35:17.640 --> 00:35:17.980
 life

00:35:17.980 --> 00:35:18.100
 or

00:35:18.100 --> 00:35:18.220
 the

00:35:18.220 --> 00:35:18.600
 spiritual

00:35:18.600 --> 00:35:18.900
 life

00:35:18.900 --> 00:35:19.300
 and

00:35:19.300 --> 00:35:19.400
 in

00:35:19.400 --> 00:35:19.500
 fact

00:35:19.500 --> 00:35:19.620
 it

00:35:19.620 --> 00:35:19.800
 makes

00:35:19.800 --> 00:35:19.920
 it

00:35:19.920 --> 00:35:20.100
 very

00:35:20.100 --> 00:35:20.500
 clear

00:35:20.500 --> 00:35:20.820
 verse

00:35:20.820 --> 00:35:21.360
 27

00:35:21.360 --> 00:35:21.820
 then

00:35:21.820 --> 00:35:22.019
 what

00:35:22.019 --> 00:35:22.480
 becomes

00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:22.800
 of our

00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:23.340
 boasting

00:35:23.340 --> 00:35:24.060
 it

00:35:24.060 --> 00:35:24.200
 is

00:35:24.199 --> 00:35:24.919
 excluded

00:35:24.919 --> 00:35:26.739
 that

00:35:26.739 --> 00:35:26.980
 whatever

00:35:26.980 --> 00:35:27.239
 it is

00:35:27.239 --> 00:35:27.399
 that

00:35:27.399 --> 00:35:27.659
 God

00:35:27.659 --> 00:35:27.799
 is

00:35:27.799 --> 00:35:27.980
 doing

00:35:27.980 --> 00:35:28.099
 to

00:35:28.099 --> 00:35:28.259
 make

00:35:28.259 --> 00:35:28.419
 us

00:35:28.419 --> 00:35:28.639
 right

00:35:28.639 --> 00:35:28.879
 has

00:35:28.879 --> 00:35:29.299
 nothing

00:35:29.299 --> 00:35:29.500
 to

00:35:29.500 --> 00:35:29.619
 do

00:35:29.619 --> 00:35:29.819
 with

00:35:29.819 --> 00:35:30.299
 boasting

00:35:30.299 --> 00:35:31.139
 but

00:35:31.139 --> 00:35:31.500
 here's

00:35:31.500 --> 00:35:31.659
 the

00:35:31.659 --> 00:35:32.119
 problem

00:35:32.119 --> 00:35:32.559
 with

00:35:32.559 --> 00:35:33.019
 boasting

00:35:33.019 --> 00:35:33.500
 when

00:35:33.500 --> 00:35:33.719
 we

00:35:33.719 --> 00:35:34.099
 boast

00:35:34.099 --> 00:35:34.419
 about

00:35:34.419 --> 00:35:35.019
 things

00:35:35.019 --> 00:35:35.619
 it

00:35:35.619 --> 00:35:36.000
 shows

00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:36.199
 what

00:35:36.199 --> 00:35:36.299
 we

00:35:36.299 --> 00:35:36.519
 put

00:35:36.519 --> 00:35:36.639
 our

00:35:36.639 --> 00:35:36.960
 hope

00:35:36.960 --> 00:35:37.079
 and

00:35:37.079 --> 00:35:37.219
 our

00:35:37.219 --> 00:35:37.500
 trust

00:35:37.500 --> 00:35:37.619
 and

00:35:37.619 --> 00:35:37.759
 our

00:35:37.759 --> 00:35:38.219
 confidence

00:35:38.219 --> 00:35:38.599
 in

00:35:38.599 --> 00:35:41.179
 I

00:35:41.179 --> 00:35:41.379
 can

00:35:41.379 --> 00:35:41.739
 handle

00:35:41.739 --> 00:35:42.179
 this

00:35:42.179 --> 00:35:43.139
 you know

00:35:43.139 --> 00:35:43.439
 we say

00:35:43.439 --> 00:35:43.579
 we're

00:35:43.579 --> 00:35:43.739
 going

00:35:43.739 --> 00:35:43.960
 into

00:35:43.960 --> 00:35:44.119
 a

00:35:44.119 --> 00:35:44.559
 hard

00:35:44.559 --> 00:35:45.879
 situation

00:35:45.879 --> 00:35:46.039
 I

00:35:46.039 --> 00:35:46.179
 can

00:35:46.179 --> 00:35:46.419
 handle

00:35:46.419 --> 00:35:46.599
 this

00:35:46.599 --> 00:35:46.739
 because

00:35:46.739 --> 00:35:46.899
 I'm

00:35:46.899 --> 00:35:47.419
 strong

00:35:47.419 --> 00:35:48.879
 that's

00:35:48.879 --> 00:35:48.980
 what

00:35:48.980 --> 00:35:49.079
 I

00:35:49.079 --> 00:35:49.199
 say

00:35:49.199 --> 00:35:49.319
 to

00:35:49.319 --> 00:35:49.739
 myself

00:35:49.739 --> 00:35:50.019
 maybe

00:35:50.019 --> 00:35:50.299
 right

00:35:50.299 --> 00:35:51.739
 we

00:35:54.199 --> 00:35:54.480
 I

00:35:54.480 --> 00:35:54.839
 can

00:35:54.839 --> 00:35:55.199
 handle

00:35:55.199 --> 00:35:55.439
 this

00:35:55.439 --> 00:35:55.559
 it

00:35:55.559 --> 00:35:55.699
 doesn't

00:35:55.699 --> 00:35:55.879
 matter

00:35:55.879 --> 00:35:56.019
 if

00:35:56.019 --> 00:35:56.099
 I

00:35:56.099 --> 00:35:56.359
 forget

00:35:56.359 --> 00:35:56.559
 certain

00:35:56.559 --> 00:35:56.719
 things

00:35:56.719 --> 00:35:56.839
 I

00:35:56.839 --> 00:35:56.960
 can

00:35:56.960 --> 00:35:57.139
 handle

00:35:57.139 --> 00:35:57.319
 this

00:35:57.319 --> 00:35:57.559
 because

00:35:57.559 --> 00:35:57.659
 I

00:35:57.659 --> 00:35:57.759
 have

00:35:57.759 --> 00:35:57.859
 a

00:35:57.859 --> 00:35:58.019
 credit

00:35:58.019 --> 00:35:58.219
 card

00:35:58.219 --> 00:35:58.299
 and

00:35:58.299 --> 00:35:58.339
 I

00:35:58.339 --> 00:35:58.439
 have

00:35:58.439 --> 00:35:58.539
 a

00:35:58.539 --> 00:35:58.719
 credit

00:35:58.719 --> 00:35:58.960
 limit

00:35:58.960 --> 00:35:59.659
 I

00:35:59.659 --> 00:36:00.019
 can

00:36:00.019 --> 00:36:00.339
 handle

00:36:00.339 --> 00:36:00.519
 this

00:36:00.519 --> 00:36:00.719
 job

00:36:00.719 --> 00:36:00.879
 because

00:36:00.879 --> 00:36:00.960
 I

00:36:00.960 --> 00:36:01.099
 got

00:36:01.099 --> 00:36:01.239
 the

00:36:01.239 --> 00:36:01.699
 education

00:36:01.699 --> 00:36:01.879
 it

00:36:01.879 --> 00:36:02.119
 shows

00:36:02.119 --> 00:36:02.259
 what

00:36:02.259 --> 00:36:02.359
 we

00:36:02.359 --> 00:36:02.539
 put

00:36:02.539 --> 00:36:02.659
 our

00:36:02.659 --> 00:36:03.059
 trust

00:36:03.059 --> 00:36:03.179
 and

00:36:03.179 --> 00:36:03.299
 our

00:36:03.299 --> 00:36:03.599
 faith

00:36:03.599 --> 00:36:03.779
 in

00:36:03.779 --> 00:36:04.799
 but

00:36:04.799 --> 00:36:04.960
 the

00:36:04.960 --> 00:36:05.259
 problem

00:36:05.259 --> 00:36:05.419
 is

00:36:05.419 --> 00:36:05.539
 that

00:36:05.539 --> 00:36:05.639
 the

00:36:05.639 --> 00:36:05.859
 very

00:36:05.859 --> 00:36:06.179
 same

00:36:06.179 --> 00:36:06.460
 things

00:36:06.460 --> 00:36:06.559
 that

00:36:06.559 --> 00:36:06.659
 we

00:36:06.659 --> 00:36:06.819
 put

00:36:06.819 --> 00:36:06.960
 our

00:36:06.960 --> 00:36:07.299
 trust

00:36:07.299 --> 00:36:07.419
 and

00:36:07.419 --> 00:36:07.539
 our

00:36:07.539 --> 00:36:07.819
 faith

00:36:07.819 --> 00:36:07.980
 in

00:36:07.980 --> 00:36:08.419
 often

00:36:08.419 --> 00:36:08.699
 let

00:36:08.699 --> 00:36:08.899
 us

00:36:08.899 --> 00:36:09.259
 down

00:36:09.259 --> 00:36:10.079
 my

00:36:10.079 --> 00:36:10.419
 resume

00:36:10.420 --> 00:36:10.500
 they

00:36:10.500 --> 00:36:10.659
 didn't

00:36:10.659 --> 00:36:10.780
 get

00:36:10.780 --> 00:36:10.940
 me

00:36:10.940 --> 00:36:11.300
 hired

00:36:11.300 --> 00:36:11.579
 here

00:36:11.579 --> 00:36:14.280
 and

00:36:14.280 --> 00:36:14.420
 so

00:36:14.420 --> 00:36:14.539
 the

00:36:14.539 --> 00:36:14.740
 very

00:36:14.740 --> 00:36:15.059
 same

00:36:15.059 --> 00:36:15.400
 things

00:36:15.400 --> 00:36:15.519
 that

00:36:15.519 --> 00:36:15.659
 we

00:36:15.659 --> 00:36:16.039
 boast

00:36:16.039 --> 00:36:16.260
 in

00:36:16.260 --> 00:36:16.500
 are

00:36:16.500 --> 00:36:16.940
 often

00:36:16.940 --> 00:36:17.139
 the

00:36:17.139 --> 00:36:17.519
 exact

00:36:17.519 --> 00:36:17.820
 same

00:36:17.820 --> 00:36:18.119
 things

00:36:18.119 --> 00:36:18.280
 that

00:36:18.280 --> 00:36:18.579
 cause

00:36:18.579 --> 00:36:18.760
 us

00:36:18.760 --> 00:36:19.300
 anxiety

00:36:19.300 --> 00:36:19.460
 in

00:36:19.460 --> 00:36:19.599
 our

00:36:19.599 --> 00:36:20.039
 lives

00:36:20.039 --> 00:36:22.559
 is

00:36:22.559 --> 00:36:22.680
 it

00:36:22.680 --> 00:36:23.039
 enough

00:36:23.039 --> 00:36:24.760
 is

00:36:24.760 --> 00:36:24.880
 it

00:36:24.880 --> 00:36:25.180
 enough

00:36:25.180 --> 00:36:28.159
 and

00:36:28.159 --> 00:36:28.380
 so

00:36:28.380 --> 00:36:28.720
 many

00:36:28.720 --> 00:36:29.200
 of us

00:36:29.200 --> 00:36:29.720
 especially

00:36:29.720 --> 00:36:30.300
 in a

00:36:30.300 --> 00:36:30.619
 culture

00:36:30.619 --> 00:36:30.920
 like

00:36:30.920 --> 00:36:31.220
 ours

00:36:31.220 --> 00:36:31.500
 which

00:36:31.500 --> 00:36:31.680
 is

00:36:31.680 --> 00:36:32.019
 so

00:36:32.019 --> 00:36:32.519
 geared

00:36:32.519 --> 00:36:33.099
 towards

00:36:33.099 --> 00:36:33.720
 boasting

00:36:33.720 --> 00:36:34.639
 in a

00:36:34.639 --> 00:36:35.059
 properly

00:36:35.059 --> 00:36:35.579
 humble

00:36:35.579 --> 00:36:36.400
 low-key

00:36:36.400 --> 00:36:36.880
 Canadian

00:36:36.880 --> 00:36:37.340
 way

00:36:37.340 --> 00:36:39.280
 that's

00:36:39.280 --> 00:36:39.600
 so

00:36:39.600 --> 00:36:40.700
 organized

00:36:40.700 --> 00:36:41.320
 around

00:36:41.320 --> 00:36:41.840
 resume

00:36:41.840 --> 00:36:42.300
 writing

00:36:42.300 --> 00:36:42.559
 and

00:36:42.559 --> 00:36:43.320
 qualifications

00:36:43.320 --> 00:36:43.740
 and

00:36:43.740 --> 00:36:44.220
 ultimately

00:36:44.220 --> 00:36:44.760
 boasting

00:36:44.760 --> 00:36:45.140
 it's

00:36:45.140 --> 00:36:45.480
 also

00:36:45.480 --> 00:36:45.920
 we are

00:36:45.920 --> 00:36:46.160
 in a

00:36:46.160 --> 00:36:47.140
 culture

00:36:47.140 --> 00:36:48.780
 which

00:36:48.780 --> 00:36:48.960
 is

00:36:48.960 --> 00:36:49.539
 profoundly

00:36:49.539 --> 00:36:50.160
 anxious

00:36:50.160 --> 00:36:51.960
 and

00:36:51.960 --> 00:36:52.280
 the

00:36:52.280 --> 00:36:52.539
 other

00:36:52.539 --> 00:36:52.780
 thing

00:36:52.780 --> 00:36:52.940
 that

00:36:52.940 --> 00:36:53.160
 makes

00:36:53.160 --> 00:36:53.300
 us

00:36:53.300 --> 00:36:53.760
 profoundly

00:36:53.760 --> 00:36:54.200
 anxious

00:36:54.200 --> 00:36:54.579
 is

00:36:54.579 --> 00:36:54.720
 that

00:36:54.720 --> 00:36:54.960
 most

00:36:54.960 --> 00:36:55.100
 of

00:36:55.100 --> 00:36:55.220
 us

00:36:55.220 --> 00:36:55.360
 when

00:36:55.360 --> 00:36:55.500
 we

00:36:55.500 --> 00:36:55.700
 wake

00:36:55.700 --> 00:36:55.880
 up

00:36:55.880 --> 00:36:55.980
 in

00:36:55.980 --> 00:36:56.500
 the

00:36:56.500 --> 00:36:56.780
 morning

00:36:56.780 --> 00:36:56.980
 do

00:36:56.980 --> 00:36:57.160
 not

00:36:57.160 --> 00:36:57.400
 say

00:36:57.400 --> 00:36:57.600
 I

00:36:57.600 --> 00:36:57.760
 am

00:36:57.760 --> 00:36:58.120
 human

00:36:58.120 --> 00:36:58.300
 and

00:36:58.300 --> 00:36:58.400
 I

00:36:58.400 --> 00:36:58.620
 lack

00:36:58.620 --> 00:36:58.800
 the

00:36:58.800 --> 00:36:59.000
 glory

00:36:59.000 --> 00:36:59.180
 of

00:36:59.180 --> 00:36:59.519
 God

00:36:59.519 --> 00:37:00.620
 we

00:37:00.620 --> 00:37:00.800
 go

00:37:00.800 --> 00:37:01.000
 through

00:37:01.000 --> 00:37:01.160
 our

00:37:01.160 --> 00:37:01.340
 day

00:37:01.340 --> 00:37:01.680
 thinking

00:37:01.680 --> 00:37:01.880
 that

00:37:01.880 --> 00:37:02.000
 we

00:37:02.000 --> 00:37:02.120
 are

00:37:02.120 --> 00:37:02.360
 like

00:37:02.360 --> 00:37:02.680
 God

00:37:02.680 --> 00:37:03.019
 a

00:37:03.019 --> 00:37:03.140
 couple

00:37:03.140 --> 00:37:03.260
 of

00:37:03.260 --> 00:37:03.420
 weeks

00:37:03.420 --> 00:37:03.600
 ago

00:37:03.600 --> 00:37:03.720
 I

00:37:03.720 --> 00:37:03.960
 shared

00:37:03.960 --> 00:37:04.139
 with

00:37:04.139 --> 00:37:04.240
 you

00:37:04.240 --> 00:37:04.360
 that

00:37:04.360 --> 00:37:04.420
 I

00:37:04.420 --> 00:37:04.519
 was

00:37:04.519 --> 00:37:04.840
 behind

00:37:04.840 --> 00:37:05.019
 a

00:37:05.019 --> 00:37:05.380
 car

00:37:05.380 --> 00:37:06.320
 that

00:37:06.320 --> 00:37:06.579
 said

00:37:06.579 --> 00:37:06.920
 why

00:37:06.920 --> 00:37:07.159
 it

00:37:07.159 --> 00:37:07.280
 had

00:37:07.280 --> 00:37:07.400
 a

00:37:07.400 --> 00:37:07.599
 bumper

00:37:07.599 --> 00:37:07.920
 sticker

00:37:07.920 --> 00:37:08.099
 on

00:37:08.099 --> 00:37:08.179
 it

00:37:08.179 --> 00:37:08.300
 that

00:37:08.300 --> 00:37:08.460
 said

00:37:08.460 --> 00:37:08.740
 why

00:37:08.740 --> 00:37:08.880
 am

00:37:08.880 --> 00:37:08.980
 I

00:37:08.980 --> 00:37:09.159
 the

00:37:09.159 --> 00:37:09.460
 only

00:37:09.460 --> 00:37:09.780
 good

00:37:09.780 --> 00:37:10.199
 driver

00:37:10.199 --> 00:37:10.380
 on

00:37:10.380 --> 00:37:10.500
 the

00:37:10.500 --> 00:37:10.840
 planet

00:37:10.840 --> 00:37:12.720
 or

00:37:12.720 --> 00:37:12.880
 no

00:37:12.880 --> 00:37:13.559
 why

00:37:13.559 --> 00:37:13.699
 am

00:37:13.699 --> 00:37:13.800
 I

00:37:13.800 --> 00:37:13.920
 the

00:37:13.920 --> 00:37:14.099
 only

00:37:14.099 --> 00:37:14.260
 one

00:37:14.260 --> 00:37:14.360
 on

00:37:14.360 --> 00:37:14.460
 the

00:37:14.460 --> 00:37:14.720
 planet

00:37:14.720 --> 00:37:14.880
 who

00:37:14.880 --> 00:37:15.039
 knows

00:37:15.039 --> 00:37:15.139
 how

00:37:15.139 --> 00:37:15.260
 to

00:37:15.260 --> 00:37:15.559
 drive

00:37:15.559 --> 00:37:15.820
 that's

00:37:15.820 --> 00:37:15.900
 what

00:37:15.900 --> 00:37:16.019
 it

00:37:16.019 --> 00:37:16.159
 said

00:37:16.159 --> 00:37:16.380
 why

00:37:16.380 --> 00:37:16.500
 am

00:37:16.500 --> 00:37:16.599
 I

00:37:16.599 --> 00:37:16.720
 the

00:37:16.720 --> 00:37:16.940
 only

00:37:16.940 --> 00:37:17.099
 one

00:37:17.099 --> 00:37:17.179
 on

00:37:17.179 --> 00:37:17.280
 the

00:37:17.280 --> 00:37:17.519
 planet

00:37:17.519 --> 00:37:17.659
 who

00:37:17.659 --> 00:37:17.820
 knows

00:37:17.820 --> 00:37:17.920
 how

00:37:17.920 --> 00:37:18.019
 to

00:37:18.019 --> 00:37:18.340
 drive

00:37:18.340 --> 00:37:19.320
 and

00:37:19.320 --> 00:37:19.900
 probably

00:37:19.900 --> 00:37:21.400
 80%

00:37:21.400 --> 00:37:21.599
 of the

00:37:21.599 --> 00:37:21.739
 men

00:37:21.739 --> 00:37:21.900
 here

00:37:21.900 --> 00:37:21.960
 in

00:37:21.960 --> 00:37:22.059
 the

00:37:22.059 --> 00:37:22.199
 room

00:37:22.199 --> 00:37:22.319
 are

00:37:22.319 --> 00:37:22.559
 thinking

00:37:22.559 --> 00:37:22.759
 one

00:37:22.759 --> 00:37:22.940
 moment

00:37:22.940 --> 00:37:23.099
 I

00:37:23.099 --> 00:37:27.039
 can't

00:37:27.039 --> 00:37:27.239
 speak

00:37:27.239 --> 00:37:27.400
 for

00:37:27.400 --> 00:37:27.500
 the

00:37:27.500 --> 00:37:27.699
 women

00:37:27.699 --> 00:37:27.880
 you

00:37:27.880 --> 00:37:28.000
 can

00:37:28.000 --> 00:37:28.199
 talk

00:37:28.199 --> 00:37:28.380
 about

00:37:28.380 --> 00:37:28.559
 that

00:37:28.559 --> 00:37:28.679
 at

00:37:28.679 --> 00:37:29.000
 coffee

00:37:29.000 --> 00:37:29.279
 hour

00:37:29.279 --> 00:37:30.199
 so

00:37:30.199 --> 00:37:30.279
 I

00:37:30.279 --> 00:37:30.380
 don't

00:37:30.380 --> 00:37:30.480
 know

00:37:30.480 --> 00:37:30.599
 if

00:37:30.599 --> 00:37:30.819
 women

00:37:30.819 --> 00:37:31.099
 laugh

00:37:31.099 --> 00:37:31.219
 at

00:37:31.219 --> 00:37:31.319
 it

00:37:31.319 --> 00:37:31.519
 because

00:37:31.519 --> 00:37:31.679
 they

00:37:31.679 --> 00:37:32.119
 realize

00:37:32.119 --> 00:37:32.420
 that's

00:37:32.420 --> 00:37:32.519
 how

00:37:32.519 --> 00:37:32.679
 their

00:37:32.679 --> 00:37:33.079
 husbands

00:37:33.079 --> 00:37:33.380
 or

00:37:33.380 --> 00:37:33.539
 their

00:37:33.539 --> 00:37:34.039
 fathers

00:37:34.039 --> 00:37:34.319
 would

00:37:34.319 --> 00:37:34.639
 act

00:37:34.639 --> 00:37:34.860
 or

00:37:34.860 --> 00:37:35.059
 if

00:37:35.059 --> 00:37:35.299
 that's

00:37:35.299 --> 00:37:35.880
 something

00:37:35.880 --> 00:37:36.199
 they

00:37:36.199 --> 00:37:36.539
 think

00:37:36.539 --> 00:37:37.159
 but

00:37:37.159 --> 00:37:37.319
 it

00:37:37.319 --> 00:37:37.500
 could

00:37:37.500 --> 00:37:37.619
 be

00:37:37.619 --> 00:37:37.799
 whether

00:37:37.799 --> 00:37:38.000
 it's

00:37:38.000 --> 00:37:38.299
 driving

00:37:38.299 --> 00:37:38.460
 or

00:37:38.460 --> 00:37:38.719
 something

00:37:38.719 --> 00:37:39.039
 else

00:37:39.039 --> 00:37:43.519
 when we

00:37:43.519 --> 00:37:43.679
 used

00:37:43.679 --> 00:37:43.920
 to have

00:37:43.920 --> 00:37:44.059
 a

00:37:44.059 --> 00:37:44.420
 building

00:37:44.420 --> 00:37:44.940
 about

00:37:44.940 --> 00:37:45.380
 every

00:37:45.380 --> 00:37:45.679
 three

00:37:45.679 --> 00:37:45.839
 or

00:37:45.839 --> 00:37:46.039
 four

00:37:46.039 --> 00:37:46.559
 years

00:37:46.559 --> 00:37:47.079
 there'd

00:37:47.079 --> 00:37:47.199
 be

00:37:47.199 --> 00:37:47.420
 a

00:37:47.420 --> 00:37:47.759
 fight

00:37:47.759 --> 00:37:48.980
 usually

00:37:48.980 --> 00:37:49.320
 amongst

00:37:49.320 --> 00:37:49.500
 the

00:37:49.500 --> 00:37:49.759
 women

00:37:49.759 --> 00:37:50.679
 about

00:37:50.679 --> 00:37:51.099
 how

00:37:51.099 --> 00:37:51.360
 to

00:37:51.360 --> 00:37:51.860
 organize

00:37:51.860 --> 00:37:52.119
 the

00:37:52.119 --> 00:37:52.519
 kitchen

00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:56.779
 some

00:37:56.779 --> 00:37:57.119
 new

00:37:57.119 --> 00:37:57.980
 whippersnapper

00:37:57.980 --> 00:37:58.320
 and whether

00:37:58.320 --> 00:37:58.539
 that

00:37:58.539 --> 00:37:59.159
 whippersnapper

00:37:59.159 --> 00:37:59.380
 was

00:37:59.380 --> 00:37:59.820
 22

00:37:59.820 --> 00:38:00.039
 or

00:38:00.039 --> 00:38:00.579
 62

00:38:00.579 --> 00:38:01.659
 some

00:38:01.659 --> 00:38:01.900
 new

00:38:01.900 --> 00:38:02.639
 whippersnapper

00:38:02.639 --> 00:38:02.860
 would

00:38:02.860 --> 00:38:03.219
 come in

00:38:03.219 --> 00:38:03.480
 and say

00:38:03.480 --> 00:38:03.699
 this

00:38:03.699 --> 00:38:03.980
 isn't

00:38:03.980 --> 00:38:04.099
 the

00:38:04.099 --> 00:38:04.259
 right

00:38:04.259 --> 00:38:04.460
 way

00:38:04.460 --> 00:38:04.579
 to

00:38:04.579 --> 00:38:04.960
 organize

00:38:04.960 --> 00:38:05.159
 a

00:38:05.159 --> 00:38:05.400
 kitchen

00:38:05.400 --> 00:38:05.599
 the

00:38:05.599 --> 00:38:05.860
 pot

00:38:05.860 --> 00:38:06.179
 shouldn't

00:38:06.179 --> 00:38:06.320
 be

00:38:06.320 --> 00:38:06.539
 here

00:38:06.539 --> 00:38:06.679
 and

00:38:06.679 --> 00:38:06.820
 the

00:38:06.820 --> 00:38:07.039
 cup

00:38:07.039 --> 00:38:07.320
 shouldn't

00:38:07.320 --> 00:38:07.420
 be

00:38:07.420 --> 00:38:07.639
 there

00:38:07.639 --> 00:38:07.779
 and

00:38:07.779 --> 00:38:07.940
 this

00:38:07.940 --> 00:38:08.159
 shouldn't

00:38:08.159 --> 00:38:08.279
 be

00:38:08.279 --> 00:38:08.440
 there

00:38:08.440 --> 00:38:08.559
 and

00:38:08.559 --> 00:38:08.679
 the

00:38:08.679 --> 00:38:08.900
 food

00:38:08.900 --> 00:38:09.219
 shouldn't

00:38:09.219 --> 00:38:09.340
 be

00:38:09.340 --> 00:38:09.559
 there

00:38:09.559 --> 00:38:10.039
 and

00:38:10.039 --> 00:38:10.239
 this

00:38:10.239 --> 00:38:10.519
 fridge

00:38:10.519 --> 00:38:11.299
 is

00:38:11.299 --> 00:38:11.699
 filthy

00:38:11.699 --> 00:38:12.980
 and

00:38:12.980 --> 00:38:13.079
 the

00:38:16.559 --> 00:38:19.139
 how

00:38:19.139 --> 00:38:19.460
 dare

00:38:19.460 --> 00:38:19.679
 you

00:38:19.679 --> 00:38:19.960
 say

00:38:19.960 --> 00:38:20.139
 that

00:38:20.139 --> 00:38:20.320
 this

00:38:20.320 --> 00:38:20.599
 fridge

00:38:20.599 --> 00:38:20.779
 is

00:38:20.779 --> 00:38:21.139
 filthy

00:38:21.139 --> 00:38:24.139
 I

00:38:24.139 --> 00:38:24.739
 think

00:38:24.739 --> 00:38:25.299
 if you

00:38:25.299 --> 00:38:25.500
 had a

00:38:25.500 --> 00:38:25.679
 bumper

00:38:25.679 --> 00:38:26.019
 sticker

00:38:26.019 --> 00:38:26.219
 why

00:38:26.219 --> 00:38:26.299
 I'm

00:38:26.299 --> 00:38:26.400
 the

00:38:26.400 --> 00:38:26.519
 only

00:38:26.519 --> 00:38:26.659
 one

00:38:26.659 --> 00:38:26.719
 on

00:38:26.719 --> 00:38:26.820
 the

00:38:26.820 --> 00:38:27.099
 planet

00:38:27.099 --> 00:38:27.259
 who

00:38:27.259 --> 00:38:27.420
 can

00:38:27.420 --> 00:38:27.639
 keep

00:38:27.639 --> 00:38:27.980
 an

00:38:27.980 --> 00:38:28.299
 order

00:38:28.299 --> 00:38:28.719
 well

00:38:28.719 --> 00:38:29.199
 keeping

00:38:29.199 --> 00:38:29.440
 house

00:38:29.440 --> 00:38:29.599
 the

00:38:29.599 --> 00:38:29.840
 guys

00:38:29.840 --> 00:38:29.980
 would

00:38:29.980 --> 00:38:30.139
 say

00:38:30.139 --> 00:38:30.340
 yeah

00:38:30.340 --> 00:38:30.779
 I

00:38:30.779 --> 00:38:30.900
 don't

00:38:30.900 --> 00:38:31.099
 know

00:38:31.099 --> 00:38:31.440
 maybe

00:38:31.440 --> 00:38:31.920
 that

00:38:31.920 --> 00:38:32.219
 person

00:38:32.219 --> 00:38:32.420
 is

00:38:32.420 --> 00:38:32.599
 but

00:38:32.599 --> 00:38:32.799
 you

00:38:32.799 --> 00:38:32.880
 know

00:38:32.880 --> 00:38:33.059
 it's

00:38:33.059 --> 00:38:33.299
 whatever

00:38:33.299 --> 00:38:33.539
 the

00:38:33.539 --> 00:38:33.719
 thing

00:38:33.719 --> 00:38:33.940
 is

00:38:33.940 --> 00:38:34.219
 okay

00:38:34.219 --> 00:38:34.880
 I've

00:38:34.880 --> 00:38:35.019
 probably

00:38:35.019 --> 00:38:35.199
 gotten

00:38:35.199 --> 00:38:35.440
 some

00:38:35.440 --> 00:38:35.679
 people

00:38:35.679 --> 00:38:35.920
 mad

00:38:35.920 --> 00:38:36.039
 at

00:38:36.039 --> 00:38:36.139
 me

00:38:36.139 --> 00:38:36.259
 with

00:38:36.259 --> 00:38:36.420
 my

00:38:36.420 --> 00:38:36.940
 analogies

00:38:36.940 --> 00:38:37.159
 but

00:38:37.159 --> 00:38:37.699
 the

00:38:37.699 --> 00:38:37.980
 fact

00:38:37.980 --> 00:38:38.099
 of

00:38:38.099 --> 00:38:38.179
 the

00:38:38.179 --> 00:38:38.380
 matter

00:38:38.380 --> 00:38:38.799
 is

00:38:38.799 --> 00:38:39.420
 is

00:38:39.420 --> 00:38:39.599
 that

00:38:39.599 --> 00:38:39.760
 we

00:38:39.760 --> 00:38:39.920
 are

00:38:39.920 --> 00:38:40.300
 deeply

00:38:40.300 --> 00:38:40.760
 seated

00:38:40.760 --> 00:38:41.159
 this

00:38:41.159 --> 00:38:41.579
 idea

00:38:41.579 --> 00:38:41.780
 that

00:38:41.780 --> 00:38:41.900
 we

00:38:41.900 --> 00:38:42.039
 are

00:38:42.039 --> 00:38:42.460
 God

00:38:42.460 --> 00:38:43.639
 and

00:38:43.639 --> 00:38:44.200
 not

00:38:44.200 --> 00:38:44.420
 only

00:38:44.420 --> 00:38:44.659
 then

00:38:44.659 --> 00:38:44.880
 is

00:38:44.880 --> 00:38:45.039
 this

00:38:45.039 --> 00:38:45.300
 idea

00:38:45.300 --> 00:38:45.480
 of

00:38:45.480 --> 00:38:45.800
 resume

00:38:45.800 --> 00:38:46.079
 writing

00:38:46.079 --> 00:38:46.240
 the

00:38:46.240 --> 00:38:46.360
 things

00:38:46.360 --> 00:38:46.480
 we

00:38:46.480 --> 00:38:46.619
 put

00:38:46.619 --> 00:38:46.740
 our

00:38:46.740 --> 00:38:47.159
 confidence

00:38:47.159 --> 00:38:47.420
 is

00:38:47.420 --> 00:38:47.559
 that

00:38:47.559 --> 00:38:47.900
 causes

00:38:47.900 --> 00:38:48.519
 anxiety

00:38:48.519 --> 00:38:48.760
 but

00:38:48.760 --> 00:38:48.860
 at

00:38:48.860 --> 00:38:48.960
 the

00:38:48.960 --> 00:38:49.139
 same

00:38:49.139 --> 00:38:49.400
 time

00:38:49.400 --> 00:38:49.559
 our

00:38:49.559 --> 00:38:49.920
 basic

00:38:49.920 --> 00:38:50.320
 desire

00:38:50.320 --> 00:38:50.480
 to

00:38:50.480 --> 00:38:50.619
 be

00:38:50.619 --> 00:38:51.139
 God

00:38:51.139 --> 00:38:51.900
 causes

00:38:51.900 --> 00:38:52.159
 us

00:38:52.159 --> 00:38:52.300
 a

00:38:52.300 --> 00:38:52.559
 type

00:38:52.559 --> 00:38:52.740
 of

00:38:52.740 --> 00:38:53.260
 fundamental

00:38:53.260 --> 00:38:53.980
 anxiety

00:38:53.980 --> 00:38:54.860
 and

00:38:54.860 --> 00:38:55.099
 so

00:38:55.099 --> 00:38:55.440
 one

00:38:55.440 --> 00:38:55.519
 of

00:38:55.519 --> 00:38:55.599
 the

00:38:55.599 --> 00:38:55.800
 things

00:38:55.800 --> 00:38:56.000
 about

00:38:56.000 --> 00:38:56.200
 this

00:38:56.200 --> 00:38:56.460
 text

00:38:56.460 --> 00:38:56.740
 Andrew

00:38:56.740 --> 00:38:56.860
 if

00:38:56.860 --> 00:38:56.940
 you

00:38:56.940 --> 00:38:57.099
 could

00:38:57.099 --> 00:38:57.220
 put

00:38:57.220 --> 00:38:57.340
 up

00:38:57.340 --> 00:38:57.480
 the

00:38:57.480 --> 00:38:57.900
 point

00:38:57.900 --> 00:39:00.519
 redemption

00:39:00.519 --> 00:39:01.720
 means

00:39:01.720 --> 00:39:02.240
 made

00:39:02.240 --> 00:39:02.720
 free

00:39:02.720 --> 00:39:03.360
 in

00:39:03.360 --> 00:39:03.840
 God

00:39:03.840 --> 00:39:04.300
 by

00:39:04.300 --> 00:39:04.760
 Jesus

00:39:09.420 --> 00:39:09.700
 God

00:39:09.700 --> 00:39:10.380
 by

00:39:10.380 --> 00:39:10.940
 Jesus

00:39:10.940 --> 00:39:11.940
 that

00:39:11.940 --> 00:39:12.119
 what

00:39:12.119 --> 00:39:12.300
 we

00:39:12.300 --> 00:39:12.519
 see

00:39:12.519 --> 00:39:12.740
 when

00:39:12.740 --> 00:39:12.940
 we

00:39:12.940 --> 00:39:13.139
 see

00:39:13.139 --> 00:39:13.519
 Jesus

00:39:13.519 --> 00:39:13.840
 dying

00:39:13.840 --> 00:39:14.079
 upon

00:39:14.079 --> 00:39:14.280
 the

00:39:14.280 --> 00:39:14.680
 cross

00:39:14.680 --> 00:39:15.059
 God

00:39:15.059 --> 00:39:15.860
 manifesting

00:39:15.860 --> 00:39:16.480
 his

00:39:16.480 --> 00:39:17.260
 rightness

00:39:17.260 --> 00:39:18.159
 and

00:39:18.159 --> 00:39:18.300
 that

00:39:18.300 --> 00:39:18.659
 he's

00:39:18.659 --> 00:39:18.860
 going

00:39:18.860 --> 00:39:19.000
 to

00:39:19.000 --> 00:39:19.260
 act

00:39:19.260 --> 00:39:19.480
 to

00:39:19.480 --> 00:39:19.659
 make

00:39:19.659 --> 00:39:19.820
 us

00:39:19.820 --> 00:39:20.159
 right

00:39:20.159 --> 00:39:20.400
 with

00:39:20.400 --> 00:39:20.960
 himself

00:39:20.960 --> 00:39:21.780
 that

00:39:21.780 --> 00:39:21.960
 one

00:39:21.960 --> 00:39:22.039
 of

00:39:22.039 --> 00:39:22.139
 the

00:39:22.139 --> 00:39:22.380
 things

00:39:22.380 --> 00:39:22.559
 he

00:39:22.559 --> 00:39:22.840
 makes

00:39:22.840 --> 00:39:23.280
 right

00:39:23.280 --> 00:39:23.980
 for

00:39:23.980 --> 00:39:24.639
 ourselves

00:39:24.639 --> 00:39:25.099
 is

00:39:25.099 --> 00:39:25.260
 that

00:39:25.260 --> 00:39:25.539
 as

00:39:25.539 --> 00:39:25.800
 the

00:39:25.800 --> 00:39:26.280
 gospel

00:39:26.280 --> 00:39:26.780
 grips

00:39:26.780 --> 00:39:27.099
 us

00:39:27.099 --> 00:39:27.380
 we

00:39:27.380 --> 00:39:27.519
 are

00:39:27.519 --> 00:39:27.740
 made

00:39:27.740 --> 00:39:28.240
 free

00:39:28.240 --> 00:39:29.880
 made

00:39:29.880 --> 00:39:30.180
 free

00:39:30.180 --> 00:39:30.440
 from

00:39:30.440 --> 00:39:30.900
 idols

00:39:30.900 --> 00:39:31.320
 made

00:39:31.320 --> 00:39:31.599
 free

00:39:31.599 --> 00:39:31.820
 from

00:39:31.820 --> 00:39:31.960
 the

00:39:31.960 --> 00:39:32.200
 things

00:39:32.200 --> 00:39:32.340
 that

00:39:32.340 --> 00:39:32.440
 we

00:39:32.440 --> 00:39:32.680
 put

00:39:32.680 --> 00:39:32.840
 our

00:39:32.840 --> 00:39:33.519
 confidence

00:39:33.519 --> 00:39:33.980
 in

00:39:33.980 --> 00:39:34.680
 all

00:39:34.680 --> 00:39:34.800
 of

00:39:34.800 --> 00:39:34.920
 the

00:39:34.920 --> 00:39:35.139
 things

00:39:35.139 --> 00:39:35.320
 which

00:39:35.320 --> 00:39:35.659
 cause

00:39:39.420 --> 00:39:39.480
 that

00:39:39.480 --> 00:39:39.700
 there's

00:39:39.700 --> 00:39:39.820
 a

00:39:39.820 --> 00:39:40.099
 basic

00:39:40.099 --> 00:39:40.460
 type

00:39:40.460 --> 00:39:40.659
 of

00:39:40.659 --> 00:39:41.639
 bondage

00:39:41.639 --> 00:39:41.820
 that

00:39:41.820 --> 00:39:41.940
 we

00:39:41.940 --> 00:39:42.260
 have

00:39:42.260 --> 00:39:42.420
 to

00:39:42.420 --> 00:39:42.680
 being

00:39:42.680 --> 00:39:42.920
 like

00:39:42.920 --> 00:39:43.079
 a

00:39:43.079 --> 00:39:43.360
 God

00:39:43.360 --> 00:39:44.000
 ourselves

00:39:44.000 --> 00:39:44.740
 that

00:39:44.740 --> 00:39:45.019
 there's

00:39:45.019 --> 00:39:45.139
 a

00:39:45.139 --> 00:39:45.360
 type

00:39:45.360 --> 00:39:45.559
 of

00:39:45.559 --> 00:39:46.180
 bondage

00:39:46.180 --> 00:39:46.440
 we

00:39:46.440 --> 00:39:46.880
 have

00:39:46.880 --> 00:39:47.360
 when

00:39:47.360 --> 00:39:47.579
 we

00:39:47.579 --> 00:39:48.800
 the

00:39:48.800 --> 00:39:49.079
 things

00:39:49.079 --> 00:39:49.180
 that

00:39:49.180 --> 00:39:49.280
 we

00:39:49.280 --> 00:39:49.460
 put

00:39:49.460 --> 00:39:49.639
 our

00:39:49.639 --> 00:39:50.280
 trust

00:39:50.280 --> 00:39:50.500
 in

00:39:50.500 --> 00:39:50.599
 to

00:39:50.599 --> 00:39:50.740
 give

00:39:50.740 --> 00:39:50.900
 us

00:39:50.900 --> 00:39:51.500
 confidence

00:39:51.500 --> 00:39:52.200
 and

00:39:52.200 --> 00:39:52.340
 they

00:39:52.340 --> 00:39:52.619
 cause

00:39:52.619 --> 00:39:52.760
 us

00:39:52.760 --> 00:39:53.139
 anxiety

00:39:53.139 --> 00:39:53.360
 that

00:39:53.360 --> 00:39:53.519
 the

00:39:53.519 --> 00:39:53.920
 gospel

00:39:53.920 --> 00:39:54.340
 Jesus

00:39:54.340 --> 00:39:54.619
 is

00:39:54.619 --> 00:39:54.740
 going

00:39:54.740 --> 00:39:54.860
 to

00:39:54.860 --> 00:39:55.019
 try

00:39:55.019 --> 00:39:55.180
 to

00:39:55.180 --> 00:39:55.900
 dethrone

00:39:55.900 --> 00:39:56.360
 all

00:39:56.360 --> 00:39:56.519
 of

00:39:56.519 --> 00:39:56.780
 those

00:39:56.780 --> 00:39:57.340
 things

00:39:57.340 --> 00:39:58.360
 and

00:39:58.360 --> 00:39:58.440
 he

00:39:58.440 --> 00:39:59.360
 dethrones

00:39:59.360 --> 00:39:59.720
 all

00:39:59.720 --> 00:39:59.880
 of

00:39:59.880 --> 00:40:00.079
 those

00:40:00.079 --> 00:40:00.360
 things

00:40:00.360 --> 00:40:00.500
 in

00:40:00.500 --> 00:40:00.619
 his

00:40:00.619 --> 00:40:00.800
 death

00:40:00.800 --> 00:40:01.039
 upon

00:40:01.039 --> 00:40:01.180
 the

00:40:01.180 --> 00:40:01.500
 cross

00:40:01.500 --> 00:40:01.740
 for

00:40:01.739 --> 00:40:01.979
 us

00:40:01.979 --> 00:40:03.639
 some

00:40:03.639 --> 00:40:03.739
 of

00:40:03.739 --> 00:40:03.839
 the

00:40:03.839 --> 00:40:04.059
 things

00:40:04.059 --> 00:40:04.179
 that

00:40:04.179 --> 00:40:04.259
 we

00:40:04.259 --> 00:40:04.439
 put

00:40:04.439 --> 00:40:04.579
 our

00:40:04.579 --> 00:40:05.000
 confidence

00:40:05.000 --> 00:40:05.399
 in

00:40:05.399 --> 00:40:05.979
 actually

00:40:05.979 --> 00:40:06.319
 creates

00:40:06.319 --> 00:40:06.519
 a

00:40:06.519 --> 00:40:06.779
 type

00:40:06.779 --> 00:40:06.899
 of

00:40:06.899 --> 00:40:07.379
 addiction

00:40:07.379 --> 00:40:09.419
 the

00:40:09.419 --> 00:40:09.679
 young

00:40:09.679 --> 00:40:10.139
 man

00:40:10.139 --> 00:40:10.379
 who

00:40:10.379 --> 00:40:10.759
 says

00:40:10.759 --> 00:40:11.959
 I'm

00:40:11.959 --> 00:40:12.279
 so

00:40:12.279 --> 00:40:12.619
 worried

00:40:12.619 --> 00:40:12.819
 about

00:40:12.819 --> 00:40:13.059
 this

00:40:13.059 --> 00:40:13.379
 math

00:40:13.379 --> 00:40:13.659
 test

00:40:13.659 --> 00:40:13.879
 I'm

00:40:13.879 --> 00:40:14.139
 so

00:40:14.139 --> 00:40:14.399
 worried

00:40:14.399 --> 00:40:14.639
 about

00:40:14.639 --> 00:40:14.879
 my

00:40:14.879 --> 00:40:15.359
 stress

00:40:15.359 --> 00:40:16.079
 and

00:40:16.079 --> 00:40:16.239
 they

00:40:16.239 --> 00:40:16.419
 have

00:40:16.419 --> 00:40:16.619
 this

00:40:16.619 --> 00:40:17.059
 idea

00:40:17.059 --> 00:40:17.279
 that

00:40:17.279 --> 00:40:17.419
 if

00:40:17.419 --> 00:40:17.539
 they

00:40:17.539 --> 00:40:17.719
 can

00:40:17.719 --> 00:40:17.959
 just

00:40:17.959 --> 00:40:18.239
 look

00:40:18.239 --> 00:40:18.399
 at

00:40:18.399 --> 00:40:18.859
 some

00:40:18.859 --> 00:40:19.659
 pornography

00:40:19.659 --> 00:40:20.159
 and

00:40:20.159 --> 00:40:20.739
 maybe

00:40:20.739 --> 00:40:23.000
 some

00:40:23.000 --> 00:40:23.459
 sexual

00:40:23.459 --> 00:40:24.139
 stimulation

00:40:24.139 --> 00:40:24.399
 that

00:40:24.399 --> 00:40:24.500
 it

00:40:24.500 --> 00:40:25.299
 reduces

00:40:25.299 --> 00:40:26.219
 their

00:40:26.219 --> 00:40:26.859
 anxiety

00:40:26.859 --> 00:40:27.179
 to

00:40:27.179 --> 00:40:27.379
 help

00:40:27.379 --> 00:40:27.559
 them

00:40:27.559 --> 00:40:28.099
 focus

00:40:28.099 --> 00:40:28.319
 they

00:40:28.319 --> 00:40:28.719
 think

00:40:28.719 --> 00:40:29.399
 so

00:40:29.399 --> 00:40:29.539
 they

00:40:29.539 --> 00:40:29.679
 can

00:40:29.679 --> 00:40:29.819
 do

00:40:29.819 --> 00:40:30.079
 better

00:40:30.079 --> 00:40:30.199
 in

00:40:30.199 --> 00:40:30.319
 their

00:40:30.319 --> 00:40:30.579
 math

00:40:30.579 --> 00:40:30.840
 test

00:40:30.840 --> 00:40:30.980
 or

00:40:30.980 --> 00:40:31.179
 they

00:40:31.179 --> 00:40:31.340
 can

00:40:31.340 --> 00:40:31.500
 do

00:40:31.500 --> 00:40:31.719
 better

00:40:31.719 --> 00:40:31.840
 in

00:40:31.840 --> 00:40:32.019
 this

00:40:32.019 --> 00:40:32.759
 conversation

00:40:32.759 --> 00:40:32.980
 or

00:40:32.980 --> 00:40:33.179
 whatever

00:40:33.179 --> 00:40:33.319
 it

00:40:33.319 --> 00:40:33.400
 is

00:40:33.400 --> 00:40:33.500
 that

00:40:33.500 --> 00:40:33.599
 they

00:40:33.599 --> 00:40:33.779
 have

00:40:33.779 --> 00:40:33.900
 to

00:40:33.900 --> 00:40:34.119
 do

00:40:34.119 --> 00:40:34.799
 not

00:40:34.799 --> 00:40:35.259
 realizing

00:40:35.259 --> 00:40:35.500
 that

00:40:35.500 --> 00:40:35.679
 they're

00:40:35.679 --> 00:40:35.960
 setting

00:40:35.960 --> 00:40:36.159
 in

00:40:36.159 --> 00:40:36.519
 stage

00:40:36.519 --> 00:40:36.819
 something

00:40:36.819 --> 00:40:37.039
 that

00:40:37.039 --> 00:40:37.219
 can

00:40:37.219 --> 00:40:37.400
 make

00:40:37.400 --> 00:40:37.579
 them

00:40:37.579 --> 00:40:37.739
 an

00:40:37.739 --> 00:40:38.019
 addict

00:40:38.019 --> 00:40:38.239
 the

00:40:38.239 --> 00:40:39.099
 man

00:40:39.099 --> 00:40:39.239
 or

00:40:39.239 --> 00:40:39.559
 woman

00:40:39.559 --> 00:40:39.739
 who

00:40:39.739 --> 00:40:39.960
 says

00:40:39.960 --> 00:40:40.099
 I

00:41:00.579 --> 00:41:00.920
 and

00:41:00.920 --> 00:41:01.059
 so

00:41:01.059 --> 00:41:03.279
 they

00:41:03.279 --> 00:41:08.279
 know

00:41:08.279 --> 00:41:09.019
 of

00:41:09.019 --> 00:41:09.960
 what

00:41:09.960 --> 00:41:11.059
 they

00:41:11.059 --> 00:41:11.659
 know

00:41:11.659 --> 00:41:12.980
 can

00:41:12.980 --> 00:41:13.980
 see

00:41:13.980 --> 00:41:14.079
 if

00:41:14.079 --> 00:41:15.400
 you

00:41:15.400 --> 00:41:15.920
 might

00:41:15.920 --> 00:41:16.380
 wonder

00:41:16.380 --> 00:41:17.279
 how

00:41:17.279 --> 00:41:17.380
 do

00:41:17.380 --> 00:41:17.819
 these

00:41:17.819 --> 00:41:18.099
 things

00:41:18.099 --> 00:41:18.340
 fit

00:41:18.340 --> 00:41:18.759
 together

00:41:18.759 --> 00:41:19.340
 how

00:41:19.340 --> 00:41:19.539
 does

00:41:19.539 --> 00:41:20.199
 justified

00:41:20.199 --> 00:41:20.480
 fit

00:41:20.480 --> 00:41:20.719
 with

00:41:20.719 --> 00:41:21.579
 redeemed

00:41:21.579 --> 00:41:21.819
 and

00:41:21.819 --> 00:41:23.039
 propitiation

00:41:23.039 --> 00:41:23.239
 and

00:41:23.239 --> 00:41:23.599
 forgiveness

00:41:23.599 --> 00:41:23.880
 which

00:41:23.880 --> 00:41:24.039
 we're

00:41:24.039 --> 00:41:24.119
 going

00:41:24.119 --> 00:41:24.219
 to

00:41:24.219 --> 00:41:24.400
 talk

00:41:24.400 --> 00:41:24.599
 about

00:41:24.599 --> 00:41:24.699
 in

00:41:24.699 --> 00:41:24.799
 a

00:41:24.799 --> 00:41:25.019
 moment

00:41:25.860 --> 00:41:28.940
 And sometimes, I know for many years I had a problem with this,

00:41:29.000 --> 00:41:33.480
 because I was trying to think, okay, so I'm made right with God because he pays the penalty,

00:41:33.840 --> 00:41:37.599
 and that sort of makes me free, and then it sort of deals with propitiation,

00:41:37.739 --> 00:41:41.300
 which then sort of deals, and I try to, here's the thing,

00:41:42.519 --> 00:41:47.599
 if you just remember this, is that the Bible uses a variety of images

00:41:47.599 --> 00:41:51.380
 to try to let us know what it is that Jesus accomplishes on the cross for us.

00:41:51.380 --> 00:41:56.340
 And so, we don't have to go, how does redeemed connect to justified,

00:41:56.660 --> 00:42:01.800
 or justified connect to propitiation, or forgiveness connect to being redeemed.

00:42:02.420 --> 00:42:06.960
 Every one of them are different images to help us understand what Jesus does on the cross.

00:42:07.660 --> 00:42:10.300
 Don't try to link them apart from the cross.

00:42:11.140 --> 00:42:15.940
 And as you go on, you see images of adoption, and images of Jesus being the victor,

00:42:16.059 --> 00:42:18.160
 and images of Jesus as the mighty warrior.

00:42:18.159 --> 00:42:23.319
 All of these things, we only understand them as that the mystery of the cross,

00:42:23.420 --> 00:42:26.339
 and what Jesus accomplishes for us, it's so deep,

00:42:26.779 --> 00:42:29.859
 that many images are needed to bring it home to us.

00:42:30.299 --> 00:42:35.199
 And some of the images make a difference to us at different times in our lives.

00:42:35.859 --> 00:42:38.039
 For those of us who struggle with addictions,

00:42:38.379 --> 00:42:43.119
 the idea that in Jesus, I can be free might be very, very powerful.

00:42:43.119 --> 00:42:46.319
 For those of us who struggle with failure,

00:42:47.119 --> 00:42:49.079
 and how we're going to deal with the creditor,

00:42:49.159 --> 00:42:51.799
 and how we're going to deal with this, and all the demands upon us,

00:42:51.799 --> 00:42:54.500
 the idea that we are justified might be very, very powerful.

00:42:55.079 --> 00:42:56.339
 And the very, very next image,

00:42:56.579 --> 00:42:59.980
 for those of us who've maybe grown up with a very, very angry father,

00:43:00.539 --> 00:43:05.099
 or a very, very angry child, or angry co-worker, angry neighbor,

00:43:05.219 --> 00:43:08.359
 this whole idea that somehow or another Jesus deals with anger,

00:43:08.360 --> 00:43:12.240
 that as that grips us, it helps us to understand God's love for us.

00:43:12.599 --> 00:43:17.660
 And so these different words aren't to be understood as separate from the cross of Jesus.

00:43:17.880 --> 00:43:21.740
 They're all understood as words to help us enter into the mystery of the cross,

00:43:21.880 --> 00:43:24.860
 and the mystery of the cross helps us to understand each word.

00:43:25.280 --> 00:43:28.740
 Andrew, could you put up our one point today, this scripture text?

00:43:28.820 --> 00:43:30.120
 Could you say this with me, please?

00:43:30.360 --> 00:43:34.480
 For all have sinned and lack the glory of God,

00:43:34.480 --> 00:43:37.780
 and are justified by his grace as a gift,

00:43:38.260 --> 00:43:40.559
 through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

00:43:41.059 --> 00:43:44.740
 whom God has put forward as a propitiation by his blood,

00:43:45.139 --> 00:43:46.740
 to be received by faith.

00:43:47.460 --> 00:43:49.699
 Could you put up the point about propitiation, please?

00:43:50.760 --> 00:43:55.159
 Propitiation means the penalty paid and forgiven in Jesus.

00:43:55.820 --> 00:44:01.260
 I just finished reading a novel about a group of a war

00:44:01.260 --> 00:44:03.580
 between two different biker gangs,

00:44:04.180 --> 00:44:07.360
 and one biker gang kills the delivery guy bringing in,

00:44:07.360 --> 00:44:11.420
 you know, seven or eight million dollars of meth and a whole pile of cash.

00:44:12.060 --> 00:44:15.300
 But in the way that he dies, the drugs get lost,

00:44:15.380 --> 00:44:17.100
 it gets discovered by a 12-year-old boy,

00:44:17.140 --> 00:44:19.140
 and I won't say anything more in case you end up reading the book.

00:44:20.480 --> 00:44:21.860
 But at the heart of it,

00:44:21.920 --> 00:44:24.380
 at the heart of it is that there starts to be lots of death,

00:44:24.380 --> 00:44:32.920
 because the drug, the outlaw, the biker gang,

00:44:33.300 --> 00:44:35.220
 they want satisfaction.

00:44:35.960 --> 00:44:36.880
 They're angry.

00:44:37.360 --> 00:44:38.480
 They want satisfaction.

00:44:38.980 --> 00:44:41.559
 They want the people who've stolen,

00:44:41.940 --> 00:44:43.119
 that killed their drug runner,

00:44:43.200 --> 00:44:44.140
 they want him dead.

00:44:44.599 --> 00:44:47.000
 And the people who stole their drugs and have their drugs,

00:44:47.099 --> 00:44:47.960
 even though it's just a 12,

00:44:47.980 --> 00:44:49.220
 they don't know that it's a 12-year-old boy,

00:44:49.260 --> 00:44:51.000
 that's part of what drives the whole story.

00:44:51.000 --> 00:44:52.739
 But whoever it is,

00:44:52.800 --> 00:44:55.400
 they want him to pay for what he's done.

00:44:55.920 --> 00:44:56.500
 And they want it,

00:44:56.760 --> 00:44:57.619
 they're angry,

00:44:57.980 --> 00:45:00.340
 and their anger won't be stopped

00:45:00.340 --> 00:45:04.059
 until things have been made right,

00:45:04.380 --> 00:45:05.519
 and that the kid has,

00:45:05.659 --> 00:45:06.340
 whoever it is,

00:45:06.380 --> 00:45:07.800
 has paid for what they've done,

00:45:08.179 --> 00:45:09.380
 and something else,

00:45:09.760 --> 00:45:11.079
 and they get things back,

00:45:11.219 --> 00:45:13.820
 and things are restored to the way that it properly should be.

00:45:14.780 --> 00:45:16.679
 And so some of you know that the word propitiation

00:45:16.679 --> 00:45:19.920
 talks about God's anger and his need for satisfaction,

00:45:19.920 --> 00:45:21.619
 and it's very hard in our culture

00:45:21.619 --> 00:45:23.340
 because when we hear this,

00:45:23.460 --> 00:45:25.780
 we're very worried in the back of our mind

00:45:25.780 --> 00:45:27.320
 about anger-driven individuals,

00:45:27.740 --> 00:45:29.420
 and even this cultural narrative,

00:45:29.960 --> 00:45:33.039
 where often it's the drug lords or the mafia

00:45:33.039 --> 00:45:34.380
 that want satisfaction.

00:45:35.200 --> 00:45:37.740
 But we have to understand this image in a different way.

00:45:39.460 --> 00:45:40.700
 Quite a few years ago,

00:45:41.159 --> 00:45:42.840
 so in elementary school,

00:45:42.960 --> 00:45:43.720
 for one of our kids,

00:45:43.820 --> 00:45:44.420
 we had to go,

00:45:44.840 --> 00:45:45.000
 you know,

00:45:45.019 --> 00:45:45.860
 you go to meet the teachers,

00:45:45.960 --> 00:45:46.940
 and you see the report cards,

00:45:46.940 --> 00:45:48.380
 and my wife and I were curious

00:45:48.380 --> 00:45:50.039
 about why there was this thing

00:45:50.039 --> 00:45:51.659
 said about one of our kids,

00:45:52.480 --> 00:45:53.780
 and it was when they were,

00:45:53.900 --> 00:45:54.059
 I think,

00:45:54.079 --> 00:45:55.639
 in grade one or something like that,

00:45:56.099 --> 00:45:57.440
 and it talked about them,

00:45:57.519 --> 00:45:59.059
 sort of a little bit about their social,

00:45:59.220 --> 00:46:01.059
 not being socially adapted,

00:46:01.300 --> 00:46:02.200
 and a few other things,

00:46:02.400 --> 00:46:04.500
 and Louise and I were really puzzled about it.

00:46:05.619 --> 00:46:07.159
 We don't think our kids are perfect,

00:46:07.280 --> 00:46:09.039
 but we were just really puzzled about this comment

00:46:09.039 --> 00:46:10.480
 because it sounded really out of character

00:46:10.480 --> 00:46:11.480
 about our child,

00:46:12.300 --> 00:46:13.639
 and if it was true,

00:46:13.700 --> 00:46:14.619
 we'd like to know about it,

00:46:14.619 --> 00:46:15.519
 but we were curious,

00:46:15.659 --> 00:46:16.519
 and so the teacher said,

00:46:16.579 --> 00:46:16.619
 oh,

00:46:16.659 --> 00:46:20.559
 that's because there was an older kid

00:46:20.559 --> 00:46:22.099
 bullying another kid,

00:46:22.679 --> 00:46:25.619
 and your child told the teacher about it,

00:46:26.339 --> 00:46:31.319
 and I'm getting angry,

00:46:31.839 --> 00:46:32.299
 and I said,

00:46:32.440 --> 00:46:35.159
 and that's why he got a bad report?

00:46:35.920 --> 00:46:38.000
 This is before bullying was a big thing.

00:46:38.339 --> 00:46:39.219
 Hard to believe now,

00:46:39.259 --> 00:46:39.400
 right?

00:46:40.719 --> 00:46:41.199
 Yes,

00:46:41.519 --> 00:46:43.079
 he didn't handle it right.

00:46:43.079 --> 00:46:45.779
 It sows his lack of social adaption

00:46:45.779 --> 00:46:47.559
 and people skills

00:46:47.559 --> 00:46:50.400
 that he told the teacher.

00:46:53.119 --> 00:46:54.219
 I'm getting mad.

00:46:54.559 --> 00:46:56.039
 I try to control my anger.

00:46:56.460 --> 00:46:58.579
 We have a frank conversation.

00:47:00.019 --> 00:47:00.219
 Now,

00:47:00.420 --> 00:47:02.819
 I never actually got satisfaction about that,

00:47:03.659 --> 00:47:04.599
 but, you know,

00:47:04.659 --> 00:47:05.679
 what did I want there?

00:47:07.779 --> 00:47:08.059
 I mean,

00:47:08.139 --> 00:47:09.420
 it's actually now in this,

00:47:09.500 --> 00:47:10.360
 with all the thing about bullying,

00:47:10.360 --> 00:47:11.500
 and it's actually hard to believe

00:47:11.500 --> 00:47:12.960
 that a teacher would say that,

00:47:13.039 --> 00:47:15.960
 would actually give a child a lower mark

00:47:15.960 --> 00:47:17.820
 because he told the teacher

00:47:17.820 --> 00:47:18.900
 that an older child

00:47:18.900 --> 00:47:20.500
 was bullying a younger child,

00:47:20.800 --> 00:47:22.640
 but that's actually what happened.

00:47:23.500 --> 00:47:24.039
 What did I want?

00:47:24.079 --> 00:47:24.800
 I was angry,

00:47:25.280 --> 00:47:26.559
 and what did I want?

00:47:26.620 --> 00:47:27.860
 I wanted satisfaction.

00:47:28.700 --> 00:47:28.900
 Like,

00:47:28.980 --> 00:47:29.300
 really,

00:47:29.480 --> 00:47:30.820
 if I could have managed it,

00:47:30.900 --> 00:47:31.539
 I wanted that,

00:47:31.680 --> 00:47:32.380
 I wanted the thing,

00:47:32.480 --> 00:47:33.780
 that the mark changed,

00:47:33.780 --> 00:47:35.360
 and I would have liked

00:47:35.360 --> 00:47:36.400
 the teacher disciplined,

00:47:37.040 --> 00:47:37.960
 and I probably would have liked

00:47:37.960 --> 00:47:38.640
 the teacher to have

00:47:38.640 --> 00:47:39.740
 some type of counseling

00:47:39.740 --> 00:47:41.220
 or retraining,

00:47:41.700 --> 00:47:42.660
 and I probably,

00:47:42.800 --> 00:47:43.260
 and I would have wanted

00:47:43.260 --> 00:47:44.360
 the bully dealt with.

00:47:46.340 --> 00:47:46.680
 Now,

00:47:46.740 --> 00:47:47.720
 none of those things happened.

00:47:49.160 --> 00:47:50.420
 None of those things happened.

00:47:52.180 --> 00:47:52.740
 And so,

00:47:52.800 --> 00:47:53.720
 that's just one of those things

00:47:53.720 --> 00:47:54.140
 in life

00:47:54.140 --> 00:47:55.200
 where you have to forgive,

00:47:55.500 --> 00:47:55.720
 right?

00:47:55.880 --> 00:47:56.560
 You have to forgive.

00:47:56.720 --> 00:47:57.980
 You tell your child

00:47:57.980 --> 00:47:59.080
 that they did the right thing.

00:47:59.380 --> 00:48:00.420
 They're never going to get in trouble

00:48:00.420 --> 00:48:01.240
 with you

00:48:01.239 --> 00:48:02.199
 for telling a teacher

00:48:02.199 --> 00:48:03.039
 that an older child

00:48:03.039 --> 00:48:04.119
 is bullying a younger child.

00:48:04.259 --> 00:48:05.479
 They did the right thing,

00:48:05.759 --> 00:48:07.079
 and you just have to swallow,

00:48:07.259 --> 00:48:07.639
 in a sense,

00:48:07.759 --> 00:48:08.619
 the anger.

00:48:09.459 --> 00:48:09.759
 You have to,

00:48:09.859 --> 00:48:10.059
 in a sense,

00:48:10.139 --> 00:48:11.559
 just absorb it into yourself.

00:48:12.899 --> 00:48:13.019
 So,

00:48:13.239 --> 00:48:15.819
 that's what propitiation here means.

00:48:17.059 --> 00:48:19.079
 God is not like a crime lord,

00:48:19.659 --> 00:48:21.399
 and he just wants to inflict

00:48:21.399 --> 00:48:23.719
 terrible carnage on the world

00:48:23.719 --> 00:48:26.839
 until he gets his toys back,

00:48:27.199 --> 00:48:28.319
 and he can be the Lord.

00:48:29.199 --> 00:48:31.159
 But he sees real evil,

00:48:31.239 --> 00:48:34.359
 and rather than having

00:48:34.359 --> 00:48:35.539
 the real evil

00:48:35.539 --> 00:48:37.159
 be carnage

00:48:37.159 --> 00:48:38.879
 on the human race,

00:48:39.719 --> 00:48:41.139
 he forgives.

00:48:42.139 --> 00:48:44.799
 He takes that on himself.

00:48:45.559 --> 00:48:46.239
 And then what we see

00:48:46.239 --> 00:48:48.000
 when Jesus dies upon the cross

00:48:48.000 --> 00:48:49.099
 is God,

00:48:49.639 --> 00:48:52.419
 God making the penalty

00:48:52.419 --> 00:48:53.159
 being paid,

00:48:53.579 --> 00:48:54.739
 the order restored,

00:48:55.519 --> 00:48:56.699
 forgiveness happening,

00:48:57.019 --> 00:48:58.059
 and it all happens

00:48:58.059 --> 00:49:00.439
 in Jesus taking our place.

00:49:01.239 --> 00:49:03.119
 Because if God tried to,

00:49:03.279 --> 00:49:04.279
 if the anger,

00:49:04.619 --> 00:49:06.379
 if the just punishment of God

00:49:06.379 --> 00:49:07.119
 fell on me,

00:49:07.199 --> 00:49:08.119
 it would unmake me.

00:49:08.239 --> 00:49:08.779
 And God,

00:49:08.939 --> 00:49:09.859
 in his grace and mercy

00:49:09.859 --> 00:49:10.199
 and love,

00:49:10.299 --> 00:49:10.919
 sees that,

00:49:11.439 --> 00:49:12.799
 and so he sends his son

00:49:12.799 --> 00:49:14.239
 to take my place.

00:49:15.519 --> 00:49:15.779
 Andrew,

00:49:15.859 --> 00:49:17.579
 could you put the scripture text

00:49:17.579 --> 00:49:18.019
 up again,

00:49:18.359 --> 00:49:19.619
 the Romans 3,

00:49:19.819 --> 00:49:20.079
 I mean,

00:49:20.299 --> 00:49:21.500
 the 23 to 25?

00:49:22.500 --> 00:49:23.819
 Could you say this with me?

00:49:23.820 --> 00:49:26.260
 For all have sinned

00:49:26.260 --> 00:49:28.039
 and lack the glory of God

00:49:28.039 --> 00:49:29.300
 and are justified

00:49:29.300 --> 00:49:30.480
 by his grace

00:49:30.480 --> 00:49:31.240
 as a gift

00:49:31.240 --> 00:49:32.559
 through the redemption

00:49:32.559 --> 00:49:34.180
 that is in Christ Jesus,

00:49:34.720 --> 00:49:36.160
 whom God put forward

00:49:36.160 --> 00:49:37.320
 as a propitiation

00:49:37.320 --> 00:49:38.340
 by his blood

00:49:38.340 --> 00:49:39.620
 to be received

00:49:39.620 --> 00:49:40.360
 by faith.

00:49:41.700 --> 00:49:42.860
 Here's the thing.

00:49:42.860 --> 00:49:50.740
 It's actually far harder

00:49:50.740 --> 00:49:51.480
 for those of us

00:49:51.480 --> 00:49:52.500
 who are pretty good people

00:49:52.500 --> 00:49:54.200
 to understand this text

00:49:54.200 --> 00:49:55.440
 than those of us

00:49:55.440 --> 00:49:56.099
 who've had very,

00:49:56.240 --> 00:49:57.360
 very messed up lives.

00:49:58.220 --> 00:49:59.039
 When it says

00:49:59.039 --> 00:50:00.140
 that we are to receive,

00:50:00.579 --> 00:50:02.079
 that on the cross

00:50:02.079 --> 00:50:02.920
 we are justified,

00:50:03.120 --> 00:50:04.099
 that on the cross

00:50:04.099 --> 00:50:05.300
 we are redeemed,

00:50:05.380 --> 00:50:06.519
 that on the cross

00:50:06.519 --> 00:50:08.500
 God's,

00:50:09.059 --> 00:50:09.320
 that we,

00:50:09.500 --> 00:50:10.599
 that Jesus becomes

00:50:10.599 --> 00:50:12.440
 our propitiation for us,

00:50:12.880 --> 00:50:13.940
 there is something

00:50:13.940 --> 00:50:15.239
 deep within us

00:50:15.239 --> 00:50:16.940
 that wants to say to God

00:50:16.940 --> 00:50:18.199
 that you've got to

00:50:18.199 --> 00:50:19.019
 look at my resume.

00:50:19.460 --> 00:50:19.639
 God,

00:50:19.719 --> 00:50:20.880
 I have a pretty neat resume

00:50:20.880 --> 00:50:22.940
 and surely my resume

00:50:22.940 --> 00:50:24.339
 must matter in some way.

00:50:24.920 --> 00:50:26.179
 But the word faith

00:50:26.179 --> 00:50:27.239
 and grace

00:50:27.239 --> 00:50:27.980
 means that

00:50:27.980 --> 00:50:29.079
 we have to be able

00:50:29.079 --> 00:50:29.619
 to in a sense,

00:50:29.699 --> 00:50:30.319
 I shouldn't be holding

00:50:30.319 --> 00:50:30.779
 the Bible,

00:50:31.139 --> 00:50:31.860
 I should hold my book,

00:50:32.759 --> 00:50:34.380
 that I can't be going

00:50:34.380 --> 00:50:34.960
 to God and saying,

00:50:35.039 --> 00:50:35.199
 God,

00:50:35.319 --> 00:50:36.219
 look at this.

00:50:36.579 --> 00:50:37.440
 Like surely this must

00:50:37.440 --> 00:50:38.440
 add up to a little bit,

00:50:38.519 --> 00:50:39.380
 be worth something.

00:50:40.599 --> 00:50:42.059
 But if I understand

00:50:42.059 --> 00:50:42.839
 that I am human

00:50:42.839 --> 00:50:44.000
 and lack the glory of God,

00:50:44.079 --> 00:50:45.360
 I depend upon God

00:50:45.360 --> 00:50:46.380
 to act in a just

00:50:46.380 --> 00:50:46.960
 and fair way

00:50:46.960 --> 00:50:48.339
 to do what I cannot do,

00:50:48.900 --> 00:50:50.119
 that faith at the end

00:50:50.119 --> 00:50:50.819
 of the day means

00:50:50.819 --> 00:50:52.079
 putting this all aside

00:50:52.079 --> 00:50:54.000
 and realizing I have

00:50:54.000 --> 00:50:54.759
 to stand naked

00:50:54.759 --> 00:50:55.559
 before God

00:50:55.559 --> 00:50:57.400
 and say that I have

00:50:57.400 --> 00:50:58.299
 nothing to add

00:50:58.299 --> 00:50:59.719
 and I can do nothing

00:50:59.719 --> 00:51:00.259
 myself,

00:51:00.880 --> 00:51:01.860
 that I have to depend

00:51:01.860 --> 00:51:03.119
 completely and utterly

00:51:03.119 --> 00:51:04.360
 for what you will provide

00:51:04.360 --> 00:51:05.159
 for me in the person

00:51:05.159 --> 00:51:06.299
 of Jesus on the cross.

00:51:08.319 --> 00:51:09.019
 And fortunately,

00:51:09.019 --> 00:51:10.320
 this is not just some,

00:51:10.480 --> 00:51:11.400
 we don't have to get it

00:51:11.400 --> 00:51:13.059
 perfect for God

00:51:13.059 --> 00:51:14.340
 to accept us,

00:51:14.659 --> 00:51:16.579
 but the tiniest little bit

00:51:16.579 --> 00:51:17.579
 of a sliver

00:51:17.579 --> 00:51:19.500
 of us recognizing

00:51:19.500 --> 00:51:20.559
 that only God

00:51:20.559 --> 00:51:21.159
 can do this,

00:51:21.280 --> 00:51:22.199
 God takes it.

00:51:23.860 --> 00:51:25.579
 And the Christian life

00:51:25.579 --> 00:51:26.340
 begins when we have

00:51:26.340 --> 00:51:27.880
 the tiniest sliver

00:51:27.880 --> 00:51:29.219
 of an acknowledgement

00:51:29.219 --> 00:51:31.000
 that God has to do this

00:51:31.000 --> 00:51:32.420
 so we can't do it ourselves.

00:51:32.840 --> 00:51:33.579
 And our growth

00:51:33.579 --> 00:51:34.559
 in our Christian life,

00:51:34.900 --> 00:51:36.019
 partly our growth

00:51:36.019 --> 00:51:37.059
 in being redeemed

00:51:37.059 --> 00:51:38.019
 and free in Jesus

00:51:38.019 --> 00:51:38.960
 is to realize

00:51:38.960 --> 00:51:40.739
 that we can do nothing

00:51:40.739 --> 00:51:42.059
 on our own

00:51:42.059 --> 00:51:43.159
 to make us right

00:51:43.159 --> 00:51:43.699
 with God,

00:51:43.759 --> 00:51:44.900
 that we have to completely

00:51:44.900 --> 00:51:46.099
 and utterly depend

00:51:46.099 --> 00:51:47.480
 upon what God does

00:51:47.480 --> 00:51:48.380
 for us in the person

00:51:48.380 --> 00:51:48.900
 of his son

00:51:48.900 --> 00:51:49.659
 to make us right

00:51:49.659 --> 00:51:50.259
 with himself.

00:51:50.599 --> 00:51:51.719
 There's nothing else

00:51:51.719 --> 00:51:52.500
 that we can do.

00:51:54.139 --> 00:51:54.759
 That in fact,

00:51:55.039 --> 00:51:57.840
 there's just nothing else

00:51:57.840 --> 00:51:58.480
 that we can do.

00:51:59.420 --> 00:52:00.159
 And one of the things

00:52:00.159 --> 00:52:00.940
 about this text

00:52:00.940 --> 00:52:01.360
 of scripture

00:52:01.360 --> 00:52:02.380
 that's so powerful

00:52:02.380 --> 00:52:03.519
 is that the word

00:52:03.519 --> 00:52:04.039
 justified

00:52:04.039 --> 00:52:05.159
 is in the future

00:52:05.159 --> 00:52:06.639
 in the original language.

00:52:08.299 --> 00:52:09.299
 That means that

00:52:09.299 --> 00:52:10.179
 when we put our faith

00:52:10.179 --> 00:52:11.179
 and trust in Jesus,

00:52:11.420 --> 00:52:12.579
 we can know today

00:52:12.579 --> 00:52:14.379
 what God will say to us

00:52:14.379 --> 00:52:15.339
 when we die

00:52:15.339 --> 00:52:16.420
 and appear before him

00:52:16.420 --> 00:52:17.239
 face to face.

00:52:18.139 --> 00:52:19.440
 And that means

00:52:19.440 --> 00:52:22.379
 that he's saying

00:52:22.379 --> 00:52:23.299
 that we're justified

00:52:23.299 --> 00:52:23.920
 in Jesus.

00:52:24.599 --> 00:52:25.940
 If I live another 40 years,

00:52:26.279 --> 00:52:27.420
 all the 40 years worth

00:52:27.420 --> 00:52:28.639
 of resume writing stuff,

00:52:28.859 --> 00:52:29.779
 he's already declared

00:52:29.779 --> 00:52:30.639
 me right with him.

00:52:32.440 --> 00:52:33.719
 It's all irrelevant.

00:52:35.159 --> 00:52:37.159
 That I can know

00:52:37.159 --> 00:52:38.039
 when I put my faith

00:52:38.039 --> 00:52:39.039
 and trust in Jesus

00:52:39.039 --> 00:52:40.719
 that God will take him

00:52:40.719 --> 00:52:41.420
 instead of me,

00:52:41.659 --> 00:52:44.219
 use him to see me,

00:52:44.579 --> 00:52:46.199
 and he will declare me

00:52:46.199 --> 00:52:47.319
 right with himself.

00:52:47.699 --> 00:52:48.819
 He makes me right

00:52:48.819 --> 00:52:49.500
 with himself,

00:52:49.639 --> 00:52:50.579
 and I have nothing

00:52:50.579 --> 00:52:51.659
 that I can do

00:52:51.659 --> 00:52:52.599
 to add to it.

00:52:55.699 --> 00:52:56.739
 And that's why

00:52:56.739 --> 00:52:57.960
 the gospel creates

00:52:57.960 --> 00:52:59.259
 such glorious liberty,

00:52:59.460 --> 00:53:00.599
 that when this truth

00:53:00.599 --> 00:53:01.940
 starts to grip us,

00:53:01.940 --> 00:53:04.200
 I don't know

00:53:04.200 --> 00:53:05.179
 if this congregation

00:53:05.179 --> 00:53:06.780
 will be 500 people,

00:53:06.960 --> 00:53:08.019
 5,000 people,

00:53:08.220 --> 00:53:10.420
 25 people in the future,

00:53:10.740 --> 00:53:11.139
 and I,

00:53:11.280 --> 00:53:11.460
 you know,

00:53:11.519 --> 00:53:12.460
 if it was 5,000,

00:53:12.500 --> 00:53:13.000
 I would be sure

00:53:13.000 --> 00:53:13.820
 something I would think

00:53:13.820 --> 00:53:14.940
 that I could boast about

00:53:14.940 --> 00:53:15.639
 that would make me

00:53:15.639 --> 00:53:16.619
 somehow more valuable

00:53:16.619 --> 00:53:17.200
 to God,

00:53:17.679 --> 00:53:18.480
 but all of that,

00:53:18.599 --> 00:53:19.480
 it's completely

00:53:19.480 --> 00:53:20.740
 and utterly irrelevant

00:53:20.740 --> 00:53:21.280
 to God.

00:53:22.820 --> 00:53:23.679
 There's nothing

00:53:23.679 --> 00:53:24.500
 about my resume

00:53:24.500 --> 00:53:25.099
 that makes me

00:53:25.099 --> 00:53:25.679
 right with him.

00:53:25.780 --> 00:53:26.400
 It's all about

00:53:26.400 --> 00:53:27.179
 what Jesus does

00:53:27.179 --> 00:53:28.200
 for me on the cross.

00:53:28.199 --> 00:53:30.539
 And as that truth

00:53:30.539 --> 00:53:31.379
 grips us,

00:53:31.899 --> 00:53:33.059
 it gives us the chance,

00:53:33.239 --> 00:53:34.460
 the opportunity to risk,

00:53:34.539 --> 00:53:35.219
 that we can risk

00:53:35.219 --> 00:53:36.379
 new things as a congregation

00:53:36.379 --> 00:53:37.899
 because our success

00:53:37.899 --> 00:53:38.439
 or failure

00:53:38.439 --> 00:53:39.259
 isn't going to depend

00:53:39.259 --> 00:53:41.039
 upon how God receives us.

00:53:41.199 --> 00:53:42.000
 We already know

00:53:42.000 --> 00:53:43.159
 his final word about it,

00:53:43.359 --> 00:53:44.159
 and it means that we can

00:53:44.159 --> 00:53:45.099
 start to look at the fact

00:53:45.099 --> 00:53:45.379
 that we,

00:53:45.739 --> 00:53:47.099
 why is it that we are

00:53:47.099 --> 00:53:48.419
 so addicted to pornography,

00:53:48.679 --> 00:53:49.500
 or why is it that we,

00:53:49.859 --> 00:53:51.039
 when we're under a lot of stress,

00:53:51.099 --> 00:53:51.739
 we have to go and buy

00:53:51.739 --> 00:53:52.939
 an expensive handbag,

00:53:53.179 --> 00:53:54.119
 or why is it that

00:53:54.119 --> 00:53:55.299
 when we're under a lot of stress,

00:53:55.359 --> 00:53:56.219
 we have to go driving

00:53:56.219 --> 00:53:57.279
 and we get really mad

00:53:57.280 --> 00:53:58.220
 and it's sort of cathartic.

00:53:58.260 --> 00:53:59.000
 And why is it that

00:53:59.000 --> 00:53:59.940
 we do all of these things?

00:54:00.200 --> 00:54:01.100
 And when we understand

00:54:01.100 --> 00:54:02.700
 that our rightness with God

00:54:02.700 --> 00:54:03.860
 does not depend upon

00:54:03.860 --> 00:54:04.460
 our resume,

00:54:04.620 --> 00:54:05.180
 that it's something

00:54:05.180 --> 00:54:06.940
 freely and graciously given,

00:54:07.240 --> 00:54:08.380
 it gives us the strength

00:54:08.380 --> 00:54:09.340
 to take risks

00:54:09.340 --> 00:54:10.000
 for the kingdom,

00:54:10.320 --> 00:54:11.620
 to take risks in love,

00:54:11.880 --> 00:54:12.660
 to take risks

00:54:12.660 --> 00:54:13.720
 in being able to forgive

00:54:13.720 --> 00:54:14.960
 a person who's wronged us.

00:54:15.220 --> 00:54:16.220
 It means that we can start

00:54:16.220 --> 00:54:17.300
 to look at the idols

00:54:17.300 --> 00:54:17.980
 of our hearts

00:54:17.980 --> 00:54:19.080
 and what's going on

00:54:19.080 --> 00:54:19.800
 inside of us

00:54:19.800 --> 00:54:20.480
 and our weakness,

00:54:20.780 --> 00:54:22.019
 and we don't have to be worried

00:54:22.019 --> 00:54:23.000
 that we will see

00:54:23.000 --> 00:54:23.940
 something within us

00:54:23.940 --> 00:54:24.900
 that will make God

00:54:24.900 --> 00:54:25.840
 want to turn himself

00:54:25.840 --> 00:54:26.420
 away from us,

00:54:26.460 --> 00:54:27.060
 that it will be something

00:54:27.059 --> 00:54:27.699
 that will look bad

00:54:27.699 --> 00:54:28.239
 on a resume

00:54:28.239 --> 00:54:30.579
 because God pronounces

00:54:30.579 --> 00:54:31.559
 when we put our faith

00:54:31.559 --> 00:54:32.579
 and trust in Jesus

00:54:32.579 --> 00:54:34.639
 at what is for us

00:54:34.639 --> 00:54:35.440
 our death,

00:54:35.940 --> 00:54:36.980
 he pronounces us right

00:54:36.980 --> 00:54:37.380
 with him.

00:54:38.840 --> 00:54:40.059
 Not weighing our merits,

00:54:40.239 --> 00:54:41.219
 but pardoning our offenses.

00:54:42.779 --> 00:54:43.079
 Andrew,

00:54:43.159 --> 00:54:43.579
 could you put up

00:54:43.579 --> 00:54:44.539
 the final scripture text?

00:54:44.619 --> 00:54:45.259
 Could you all stand,

00:54:45.400 --> 00:54:45.619
 please?

00:54:45.619 --> 00:54:52.400
 this is the overarching message

00:54:52.400 --> 00:54:52.980
 of Romans.

00:54:52.980 --> 00:54:54.219
 Could you say it with me?

00:54:55.000 --> 00:54:56.420
 For I am not ashamed

00:54:56.420 --> 00:54:57.259
 of the gospel,

00:54:57.500 --> 00:54:58.819
 for it is the power

00:54:58.819 --> 00:55:00.259
 of God for salvation

00:55:00.259 --> 00:55:02.039
 to everyone who believes,

00:55:02.440 --> 00:55:03.579
 to the Jew first

00:55:03.579 --> 00:55:05.019
 and also to the Greek.

00:55:05.500 --> 00:55:06.559
 For in the gospel,

00:55:06.719 --> 00:55:08.039
 the righteousness of God

00:55:08.039 --> 00:55:09.519
 is revealed from faith

00:55:09.519 --> 00:55:10.079
 to faith.

00:55:10.440 --> 00:55:11.420
 As it is written,

00:55:11.880 --> 00:55:12.440
 the righteous

00:55:12.440 --> 00:55:13.920
 shall live by faith.

00:55:14.599 --> 00:55:15.280
 The righteous

00:55:15.280 --> 00:55:16.579
 shall live by faith.

00:55:16.680 --> 00:55:17.780
 Those who are made

00:55:17.780 --> 00:55:18.680
 right with God,

00:55:18.760 --> 00:55:20.000
 whom God declares

00:55:20.000 --> 00:55:20.960
 right with him,

00:55:21.059 --> 00:55:22.360
 we receive it by faith,

00:55:22.599 --> 00:55:23.840
 we live it by faith,

00:55:24.099 --> 00:55:25.680
 we die by faith,

00:55:25.920 --> 00:55:27.360
 it's all by faith.

00:55:27.599 --> 00:55:28.280
 Let's bow our heads

00:55:28.280 --> 00:55:28.659
 in prayer.

00:55:30.099 --> 00:55:30.440
 Father,

00:55:30.559 --> 00:55:31.380
 thank you for Jesus.

00:55:31.619 --> 00:55:32.220
 Thank you for what

00:55:32.220 --> 00:55:32.740
 he did for us

00:55:32.740 --> 00:55:33.380
 on the cross.

00:55:34.059 --> 00:55:34.619
 Thank you,

00:55:34.740 --> 00:55:34.940
 Father,

00:55:35.019 --> 00:55:35.920
 that on the cross

00:55:35.920 --> 00:55:36.599
 as he died,

00:55:36.780 --> 00:55:37.960
 he did what was needed

00:55:37.960 --> 00:55:38.820
 so that we could be

00:55:38.820 --> 00:55:39.720
 made right with you.

00:55:40.239 --> 00:55:40.679
 Thank you,

00:55:40.799 --> 00:55:41.019
 Father,

00:55:41.119 --> 00:55:42.039
 that on the cross

00:55:42.039 --> 00:55:43.099
 as he died for us,

00:55:43.279 --> 00:55:44.379
 he made it so that

00:55:44.379 --> 00:55:45.339
 we could be redeemed

00:55:45.339 --> 00:55:45.959
 from the things

00:55:45.959 --> 00:55:46.859
 that bind us

00:55:46.859 --> 00:55:48.539
 and put us in bondage,

00:55:48.859 --> 00:55:49.939
 that we could be free

00:55:49.939 --> 00:55:50.739
 in you.

00:55:51.139 --> 00:55:51.619
 Thank you,

00:55:51.719 --> 00:55:51.919
 Father,

00:55:52.000 --> 00:55:53.119
 that as Jesus died

00:55:53.119 --> 00:55:54.179
 for us on the cross,

00:55:54.539 --> 00:55:55.359
 that he provided

00:55:55.359 --> 00:55:56.619
 our satisfaction,

00:55:56.919 --> 00:55:58.259
 he is our propitiation,

00:55:58.459 --> 00:55:59.579
 that he dealt

00:55:59.579 --> 00:56:00.779
 with all of the things

00:56:00.779 --> 00:56:01.739
 that are out of whack

00:56:01.739 --> 00:56:03.839
 and punishment is needed

00:56:03.839 --> 00:56:04.480
 and he dealt with

00:56:04.480 --> 00:56:05.279
 all of these things

00:56:05.279 --> 00:56:06.339
 on the cross for us.

00:56:06.839 --> 00:56:07.019
 Father,

00:56:07.159 --> 00:56:08.059
 make us disciples

00:56:08.059 --> 00:56:08.679
 of Jesus

00:56:08.679 --> 00:56:09.339
 who are gripped

00:56:09.339 --> 00:56:10.159
 by the gospel

00:56:10.159 --> 00:56:11.419
 and are therefore

00:56:11.419 --> 00:56:13.219
 beginning to be freed up

00:56:13.219 --> 00:56:15.119
 to live not for our own glory

00:56:15.119 --> 00:56:16.259
 as if we are God's,

00:56:16.480 --> 00:56:17.500
 but for your glory

00:56:17.500 --> 00:56:19.359
 because you are the only God,

00:56:19.460 --> 00:56:20.179
 you are the creator

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 of all things,

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 the sustainer

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 of all things,

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 the end of all things.

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 Father,

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 make us disciples

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 of Jesus

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 gripped by the gospel

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 to live for your glory

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 and this we ask

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 in the name of Jesus.

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 Amen.