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 Paul writes,

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 Since then you have been raised with Christ.

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 Set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

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 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.

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 For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.

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 When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.

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 Now put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature.

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 Sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.

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 Because of these, the wrath of God is coming.

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 You used to walk in these ways in the life you once lived.

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 But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these.

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 Anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.

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 Verse 9,

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 And do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices,

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 and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge, in the image of its creator.

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 Let's pray.

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 Father, we thank you for your word, your word that we know is true.

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 We confess, Lord, that we have failed at least once in most of these sins that Paul just listed.

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 And yet we acknowledge how gracious you've been towards us.

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 That you have sent Christ.

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 That you have saved us through His work.

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 That you have imputed His righteousness to us.

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 And those of us who call you Lord and Savior have a life that is hidden in Christ.

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 A life which is Christ.

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 We thank you for these truths.

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 We ask that you would apply them to our lives and sow this truth deep in our hearts today.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Well, why do we sin?

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 And how do we stop?

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 That's our question here this morning.

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 Why do we sin?

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 And how do we stop?

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 I mean, we just read God's word in which Paul essentially said,

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 Stop sinning.

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 He's speaking to a church in Colossae in the first century.

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 He says, Put your sins to death.

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 Stop sinning.

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 And I don't think any of us would really disagree with this command.

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 I don't think any of us really want to keep on sinning.

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 But the reality is that we do.

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 And this was true for the church in Colossae.

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 And it's true for us today.

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 And I have to say that globally, we as Christians, to a large degree,

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 have failed in our well-meant efforts to equip each other to wage war against sin.

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 And here's what I mean by that.

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 Typically, today, as well as throughout history,

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 the approach to getting people to do what is right is telling them in a very loud, angry, threatening,

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 maybe pulpit-pounding voice,

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 Don't do what is wrong.

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 Stop sinning.

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 We've operated under the assumption that if we portray the terrible consequences of sin

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 in sufficiently graphic and revolting terms,

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 then maybe we'll succeed in motivating the human heart to turn from it.

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 Now, I'm not suggesting that sin doesn't have terrible and devastating consequences.

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 It does.

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 Nor am I suggesting that we cease telling people to stop sinning

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 or that we turn down the urgency with which we warn them

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 that has to be a part of our understanding of our lives in Christ.

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 But if all we bring to bear against the incredibly powerful allure of self-indulgence

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 is a just-say-no campaign,

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 then we don't stand much of a chance against sin.

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 And so I think we need to pause and ask,

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 why do we sin?

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 And I would argue,

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 we enjoy it.

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 At least in the moment.

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 In the moment,

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 sin usually feels good.

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 In the moment.

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 What did Eve see in the garden?

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 She saw that the fruit was good.

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 It looked good.

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 It was desirable.

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 It was pleasing.

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 Again, I would argue that sin appears good.

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 It feels good in the moment.

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 And really, nobody would do it otherwise.

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 I doubt you have had to sin out of duty.

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 If you know what I mean.

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 I doubt you've had to wake up in the morning and look at your list of to-do and go,

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 oh, I better add some sin just in case I forget to sin.

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 It's probably not something you have to focus on.

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 It just happens.

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 Again, I would say it's because it feels good.

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 And the Bible consistently holds the same view of why we do what we do,

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 and that is that we typically only do what we want to do.

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 We only do what we desire.

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 I'm not saying we only do what we like or wish or prefer.

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 There's a difference because you can make someone do something under coercion, right?

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 So if someone holds you at a knife point and demands your money,

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 your desire to live will outweigh your desire for money.

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 And so even though you don't want to give them your money,

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 you will out of your desire to stay alive.

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 Everything we do flows from our hearts.

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 And the bottom line is this.

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 When faced with temptation,

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 the immediate gratification of sin will almost always triumph over the fear of its long-term consequences.

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 If we're really honest with ourselves,

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 the immediate gratification of sin will almost always triumph over our fear of its long-term consequences.

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 And I would propose that the best way to defeat the power of sin's promise of pleasure

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 is by faith in God's promises of superior pleasures.

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 In other words, the only way to fight the pleasures of sin

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 is to be so reoriented to the gospel that our desires rise above our sinful desires of this world.

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 And that's Paul's main point in the passage today.

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 His main idea is that our pleasure in our promised future with God

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 is the power for our purity in this life.

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 And I'll say it's one of the powers for our purity in this life.

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 That is our pleasure in the promised future,

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 our promised future with God,

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 is one of the powers for our purity in this life.

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 And this is Paul's goal as stated in verses 5-10.

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 He says he wants to see us Christians put to death, therefore,

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 whatever belongs to our earthly nature.

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 And then he lists out some sins.

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 And in verse 6 he says,

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 because of these sins, the wrath of God is coming.

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 Verse 7, you used to walk in these ways.

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 And he's speaking to Christians.

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 You used to walk in these ways in the life you once lived.

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 But now you must rid yourself of all such things.

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 Anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.

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 Verse 9, do not lie to each other,

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 since you've taken off your old self with its practices.

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 And put on the new self,

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 which is being renewed in the knowledge and the image of its creator.

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 In a nutshell, Paul wants to see purity in the church in Colossae.

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 He wants to see purity in all of Christ's churches.

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 That's the goal, is to have churches that are pure.

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 And I think most of us would agree

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 that we don't want these lists of sins to define who we are.

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 Again, I doubt we wake up in the morning and go,

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 oh, I can't wait to just be an angry, vengeful, malicious person today.

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 I doubt as Christians we wake up in the morning and go,

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 I can't wait to go slander somebody.

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 We want to be pure.

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 We want to be rid of our sin nature.

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 But how?

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 How do we truly wage war against sin?

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 Paul proposes that one of the ways in which we do this

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 is we find ourselves looking forward to our promised future with God.

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 And this is what he does in verses 1-4.

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 He gives us the foundations, the weapons, if you will, to wage this war.

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 In verse 1 he says,

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 Since you have been raised with Christ,

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 set your hearts on things above where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.

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 Some translations might say,

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 Seek the things above.

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 It's find your desires in Christ, in God, in our future with Him.

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 Verse 2,

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 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.

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 It's interesting to note, even Paul recognizes,

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 our minds will typically follow our hearts.

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 Set your hearts on things above,

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 and then think and dwell upon heaven.

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 Set your minds on things above.

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 Verse 3,

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 Recognize there is more than our life here on earth.

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 Your life is now hidden with Christ in God.

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 The life we are living is but a shadow of our true life,

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 which is hidden in God,

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 which in verse 4 he says,

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 is Christ.

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 When Christ who is our life appears,

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 then we also will appear with Him in glory.

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 In short,

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 our pleasure in our promised future with God

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 is the power for our purity in this life.

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 Now there's an old saying that says,

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 you can be so heavenly minded

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 that you're no earthly good.

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 Have you heard that saying?

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 You can be so heavenly minded

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 that you are no earthly good.

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 And let me tell you,

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 I couldn't disagree more with that saying.

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 I absolutely disagree with that.

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 In fact,

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 I would argue that most Christians

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 are nowhere near as heavenly minded

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 as we should be.

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 Just think to yourself for a moment,

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 when is the last time

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 I seriously sat down

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 and considered my future life,

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 which is hidden in Christ,

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 with God,

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 eternal life in paradise?

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 What does Jesus say

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 to one of the thieves next to Him on the cross?

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 Today you will be with me in paradise.

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 If we're honest with ourselves,

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 we rarely sit down

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 and set our hearts

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 and our minds on things above.

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 I would guess that none of us

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 are truly at risk

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 of being so heavenly minded

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 we are no earthly good.

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 C.S. Lewis once said,

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 in history you will find

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 that the Christians

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 who did the most

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 for this present world

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 were those who thought the most

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 about the world to come.

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 That they were so fixed

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 on where life was truly headed.

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 The Pilgrim's Progress

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 gives a great snapshot of this in a story.

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 It's a reason

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 it's a best selling book still.

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 Again, in history you'll find

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 the Christians who did the most

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 for this present world

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 were those who thought

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 the most about the world to come.

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 And so I would argue

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 it is utterly impossible

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 to be so heavenly minded

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 that we are no earthly good.

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 Because the Bible teaches

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 and Paul just taught right here

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 that in order to be

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 any sort of earthly good

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 we must become

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 absolutely heavenly minded.

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 we must set our hearts

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 and our minds

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 on things above

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 where Christ

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 who is our life

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 has our life

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 hidden with God.

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 The more heavenly minded

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 we are

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 the more earthly good

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 we will be.

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 That is,

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 the more we delight in God

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 the more we delight

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 in where He dwells

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 and the place

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 that He is preparing for us

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 and the eternal life

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 that we are promised

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 that we will live

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 in Christ

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 then the more we are

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 stirred by these realities

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 the more our affections

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 are caught up

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 in the world to come

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 the more our thoughts

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 are captivated by heaven

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 and then the more

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 we will naturally do

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 what Paul commands us to

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 in verses 5-10

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 the more we will

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 naturally begin

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 to put to death

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 the things of this world

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 namely our earthly natures.

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 And so today

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 I just want to spend

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 a little bit of time

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 looking up

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 and looking forward

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 if we could.

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 And I am just going to go through

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 a few attributes of God

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 and this is how I have learned

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 to study heaven

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 is to look at

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 an attribute of God

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 in a way that

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 He has explained Himself

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 to us

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 and then recognize

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 that when we say heaven

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 we mean

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 the world to come

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 or the new earth

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 and that in that

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 world to come

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 God will dwell with us

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 and because of

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 who He is

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 we can expect

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 heaven to be

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 certain things.

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 We are just going to look

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 at three of them today

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 and then Wednesday night

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 we will look at a few more

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 because I firmly believe

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 that the best way to do

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 what Paul has said to do

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 in verses 5-10

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 which is

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 what all of us want to do

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 is to do what he says

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 in verses 1-4

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 to set our hearts

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 and our minds

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 on things above.

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 So first

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 I want us to see

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 that God is holy

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 God is holy

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 so heaven will be

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 without sin

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 God is holy

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 so heaven will be

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 without sin

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 and we have seen

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 a few times already

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 in the letter of Colossians

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 that God is holy

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 Colossians 1-2

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 Paul is writing

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 to God's holy people

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 God's holy people

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 are holy

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 because they belong to Him

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 we have been

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 made holy

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 in Christ

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 verse 12

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 of Colossians 1

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 he has qualified us

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 that is His holy people

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 to share in the inheritance

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 of His holy people

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 in the kingdom of light

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 Colossians 1-22

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 we have been

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 reconciled

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 by Christ's

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 physical body

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 which we will celebrate

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 in the Lord's Supper

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 later on today

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 through death

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 so that we might be

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 presented

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 holy

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 in God's sight

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 God is a

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 holy God

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 we are His

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 holy people

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 and therefore to dwell

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 in His presence

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 will be to live

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 life in a world

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 that is absolutely

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 without sin

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 I don't know if you've ever

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 just thought about that

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 for any amount of time

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 it can be life changing

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 if you just think

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 what is life on planet Earth

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 like without sin

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 I think we would all agree

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 there's good stuff

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 on planet Earth

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 there's beauty

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 all around us

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 my goodness

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 Ireland

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 it's gorgeous

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 I thought San Diego

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 was pretty

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 I came to Ireland

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 I dread going back

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 to Southern California

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 how weird is that

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 it's gorgeous

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 there's beauty

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 relationships

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 are beautiful

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 food tastes good

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 there's so many

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 good things here

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 in this life

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 on this Earth

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 yet

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 there's sin

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 all around us

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 I made a special effort

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 this week

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 to watch the news

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 every day

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 and read more news

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 than I would usually read

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 and it's just depressing

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 oh it's awful

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 two shootings

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 in America

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 this week

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 23 people killed

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 this week

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 because of anger

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 and rage

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 and malice

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 lives that have been

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 turned upside down

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 because of sin

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 the immorality

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 around us

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 the greed

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 can you imagine

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 doing business

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 in a world

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 where there's no greed

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 can you imagine

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 walking streets

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 where people aren't

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 harboring anger

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 I think of traveling

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 every time we go

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 through those ridiculous

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 security checkpoints

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 and they're good

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 we need them

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 why do we need

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 security everywhere

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 because we live

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 in a fallen world

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 you know we're told

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 that God is holy

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 and we're told

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 in Revelation 21

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 and in 22

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 that in the new Jerusalem

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 nothing unclean

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 will enter

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 no evil

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 no darkness

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 will be allowed

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 to be in God's presence

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 because God is holy

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 and so life

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 in the world to come

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 will be without sin

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 that alone

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 will be shocking

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 it will be absolutely shocking

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 to see ourselves

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 without sin

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 to know ourselves

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 without sin

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 to know others

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 without sin

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 getting in the way

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 and that's the second thing

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 I want us to look at

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 is God is triune

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 He's a trinity

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 and so heaven will be lived

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 life lived

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 in perfect community

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 God is a triune God

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 He exists as three in one

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 He's truly one God

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 truly Father

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 truly Son

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 truly Spirit

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 and if you have a difficult time

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 understanding that

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 that's okay

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 the Bible says

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 that's the truth

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 it's hard to wrap

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 our heads around

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 I've tried to explain it

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 to my kids

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 at least a hundred times

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 usually I end up

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 more confused than them

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 and I'm going

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 okay

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 so it's one God

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 and it's truly Father

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 and truly Son

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 and truly Spirit

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 and truly one God

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 and yeah

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 that's just what the Bible says

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 it's hard to wrap our minds around

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 but the important thing

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 to grasp in there

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 is that God has always

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 eternally existed

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 and will always

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 eternally exist

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 within perfect community

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 within Himself

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 we saw in Colossians 1-3

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 we saw that Paul says

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 we thank God the Father

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 of our Lord Jesus Christ

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 so we see the Father and Son

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 and then in Colossians 1-8

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 we are told that

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 Epaphras has told Paul

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 of the Colossians

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 love in the Spirit

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 so we see Father

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 Son

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 Spirit

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 it's proclaimed

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 all throughout

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 all throughout Scripture

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 Old Testament

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 New Testament

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 you can't get away

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 from this fact

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 God exists in

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 perfect community

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 with Himself

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 He didn't create us

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 because He was lonely

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 but He did create us

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 to live like Him

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 in community

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 and we see in Genesis 1-2

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 that man and woman

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 before their sin

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 they're in perfect union

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 they're unclothed

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 and unashamed

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 they're not fighting

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 against each other

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 they're not blaming

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 each other

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 they're not trying

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 to outdo each other

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 and that they're told

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 to be fruitful

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 and multiply

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 that God's plan

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 is for His people

00:19:01.100 --> 00:19:02.500
 to inhabit planet Earth

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 in perfect relationship

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 and He sets the example

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 for what that's like

00:19:07.360 --> 00:19:09.060
 by existing Himself

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 in perfect community

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 and so when we think

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 about the world to come

00:19:14.960 --> 00:19:15.799
 we can look back

00:19:15.799 --> 00:19:16.759
 at original creation

00:19:16.759 --> 00:19:18.059
 and we can look up

00:19:18.059 --> 00:19:18.579
 at God

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 and we can go

00:19:19.339 --> 00:19:20.940
 God exists in perfect community

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 He created us

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 to exist in perfect relationships

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 without sin between us

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 and then we can look forward

00:19:26.859 --> 00:19:27.420
 and go

00:19:27.420 --> 00:19:28.559
 heaven's going to be

00:19:28.559 --> 00:19:30.460
 perfect relationships

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 with no sin between us

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 and I think of meals together

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 with friends

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 and relatives

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 who've passed before us

00:19:41.180 --> 00:19:43.600
 with saints of old

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 sometimes I'll get so caught up

00:19:44.960 --> 00:19:45.519
 thinking about

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 who I can't wait

00:19:46.720 --> 00:19:47.720
 to go for a walk with

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 in heaven

00:19:48.080 --> 00:19:49.640
 I'll forget that I'm here

00:19:49.640 --> 00:19:50.460
 on earth at times

00:19:50.460 --> 00:19:52.440
 and I think about

00:19:52.440 --> 00:19:53.360
 some of these guys

00:19:53.360 --> 00:19:54.019
 that we read

00:19:54.019 --> 00:19:54.960
 or some of these ladies

00:19:54.960 --> 00:19:55.560
 in scripture

00:19:55.560 --> 00:19:56.100
 that are just

00:19:56.100 --> 00:19:56.960
 we would say

00:19:56.960 --> 00:19:58.140
 heroes of the faith

00:19:58.140 --> 00:20:01.060
 and we'll get to

00:20:01.060 --> 00:20:02.600
 spend eternal life

00:20:02.600 --> 00:20:03.500
 with them

00:20:03.500 --> 00:20:05.540
 in perfect relationship

00:20:05.540 --> 00:20:07.540
 with Christ Himself

00:20:07.540 --> 00:20:08.900
 in perfect relationships

00:20:08.900 --> 00:20:12.340
 Anthony Hockman says

00:20:12.340 --> 00:20:14.460
 God's plan for relationships

00:20:14.460 --> 00:20:16.100
 does not stop

00:20:16.100 --> 00:20:16.900
 on the new earth

00:20:16.900 --> 00:20:18.100
 it continues

00:20:18.100 --> 00:20:20.080
 He doesn't abandon

00:20:20.080 --> 00:20:20.780
 His purposes

00:20:20.780 --> 00:20:21.860
 He extends

00:20:21.860 --> 00:20:23.460
 and fulfills them

00:20:23.460 --> 00:20:25.140
 relationships begun

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 or even hope to have begun

00:20:26.740 --> 00:20:27.100
 on earth

00:20:27.099 --> 00:20:28.399
 will continue in heaven

00:20:28.399 --> 00:20:29.259
 getting richer

00:20:29.259 --> 00:20:30.659
 and more close

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 than ever

00:20:31.219 --> 00:20:33.899
 Jonathan Edwards says

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 every Christian friend

00:20:35.000 --> 00:20:35.959
 that goes before us

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 from this world

00:20:36.579 --> 00:20:38.199
 is a ransom spirit

00:20:38.199 --> 00:20:39.339
 waiting to welcome us

00:20:39.339 --> 00:20:39.759
 in heaven

00:20:39.759 --> 00:20:41.339
 there will be the child

00:20:41.339 --> 00:20:41.879
 of our youth

00:20:41.879 --> 00:20:42.959
 that we've lost below

00:20:42.959 --> 00:20:43.959
 through grace

00:20:43.959 --> 00:20:44.959
 to be found above

00:20:44.959 --> 00:20:46.419
 in heaven

00:20:46.419 --> 00:20:47.299
 our relationships

00:20:47.299 --> 00:20:49.339
 with our Christian fathers

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 and mothers

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 and wives

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 and children

00:20:50.939 --> 00:20:52.419
 and husbands

00:20:52.419 --> 00:20:53.159
 and friends

00:20:53.159 --> 00:20:54.159
 which was interrupted

00:20:54.159 --> 00:20:54.839
 by death

00:20:54.839 --> 00:20:56.139
 here shall be commenced

00:20:56.139 --> 00:20:56.500
 again

00:20:56.500 --> 00:20:57.700
 in the upper sanctuary

00:20:57.700 --> 00:20:59.059
 and shall never end

00:20:59.059 --> 00:21:01.180
 and the template

00:21:01.180 --> 00:21:02.440
 for life

00:21:02.440 --> 00:21:03.579
 in perfect community

00:21:03.579 --> 00:21:04.700
 is God Himself

00:21:04.700 --> 00:21:06.339
 who exists eternally

00:21:06.339 --> 00:21:07.559
 in perfect community

00:21:07.559 --> 00:21:08.299
 and in heaven

00:21:08.299 --> 00:21:09.660
 we will get to experience

00:21:09.660 --> 00:21:10.400
 relationships

00:21:10.400 --> 00:21:11.240
 at a level

00:21:11.240 --> 00:21:12.660
 that we cannot even fathom

00:21:12.660 --> 00:21:15.600
 I know Cassie and I

00:21:15.600 --> 00:21:17.900
 have thoroughly enjoyed

00:21:17.900 --> 00:21:18.680
 getting to know

00:21:18.680 --> 00:21:20.440
 Karageline Baptist Church

00:21:20.440 --> 00:21:22.000
 and we've had meals

00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:22.980
 with some of you

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 we've had small group

00:21:24.380 --> 00:21:24.900
 with some of you

00:21:24.900 --> 00:21:26.040
 we've gone on hikes

00:21:26.040 --> 00:21:27.360
 and literally climbed mountains

00:21:27.360 --> 00:21:28.240
 with some of you

00:21:28.240 --> 00:21:30.220
 and it's just been a blast

00:21:30.220 --> 00:21:31.440
 to get to know you guys

00:21:31.440 --> 00:21:32.620
 and there's part of me

00:21:32.620 --> 00:21:33.300
 that looks forward

00:21:33.300 --> 00:21:33.960
 to September

00:21:33.960 --> 00:21:34.820
 like I said

00:21:34.820 --> 00:21:35.019
 and goes

00:21:35.019 --> 00:21:35.860
 I don't want to go back

00:21:35.860 --> 00:21:36.660
 to Southern California

00:21:36.660 --> 00:21:37.460
 I feel like I have this

00:21:37.460 --> 00:21:38.519
 whole new family

00:21:38.519 --> 00:21:39.920
 that I'm just getting to know

00:21:39.920 --> 00:21:42.120
 and I can look forward

00:21:42.120 --> 00:21:42.720
 to heaven though

00:21:42.720 --> 00:21:43.080
 and go

00:21:43.080 --> 00:21:44.580
 we'll just pick up

00:21:44.580 --> 00:21:45.580
 right where we left off

00:21:45.580 --> 00:21:48.860
 and our relationships

00:21:48.860 --> 00:21:50.000
 will be more rich

00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:51.779
 and more deep

00:21:51.779 --> 00:21:54.720
 because there will not be sin

00:21:54.720 --> 00:21:55.700
 between us anymore

00:21:55.700 --> 00:21:59.740
 so God is holy

00:21:59.740 --> 00:22:00.480
 heaven will be

00:22:00.480 --> 00:22:01.779
 without sin

00:22:01.779 --> 00:22:02.740
 God is triune

00:22:02.740 --> 00:22:03.400
 heaven will be

00:22:03.400 --> 00:22:04.279
 life lived

00:22:04.279 --> 00:22:05.340
 in perfect community

00:22:05.340 --> 00:22:06.860
 and then I want us to see

00:22:06.860 --> 00:22:09.120
 that God is a personal God

00:22:09.119 --> 00:22:11.299
 therefore in heaven

00:22:11.299 --> 00:22:13.139
 we will be perfectly known

00:22:13.139 --> 00:22:15.899
 God is a personal God

00:22:15.899 --> 00:22:16.839
 therefore in heaven

00:22:16.839 --> 00:22:18.139
 we will be perfectly known

00:22:18.139 --> 00:22:19.039
 Colossians 3

00:22:19.039 --> 00:22:20.359
 3-4

00:22:20.359 --> 00:22:22.059
 for you died

00:22:22.059 --> 00:22:22.639
 and your life

00:22:22.639 --> 00:22:23.399
 is now hidden

00:22:23.399 --> 00:22:24.299
 with Christ

00:22:24.299 --> 00:22:25.439
 in God

00:22:25.439 --> 00:22:26.539
 when Christ

00:22:26.539 --> 00:22:27.199
 who is your life

00:22:27.199 --> 00:22:27.799
 appears

00:22:27.799 --> 00:22:29.479
 then you also

00:22:29.479 --> 00:22:30.139
 will appear

00:22:30.139 --> 00:22:30.659
 with him

00:22:30.659 --> 00:22:31.279
 in glory

00:22:31.279 --> 00:22:32.119
 at some point

00:22:32.119 --> 00:22:33.199
 Jesus Christ

00:22:33.199 --> 00:22:34.039
 will return

00:22:34.039 --> 00:22:35.339
 in person

00:22:35.339 --> 00:22:36.759
 it's not some sort of

00:22:36.759 --> 00:22:37.579
 mythical

00:22:37.579 --> 00:22:39.059
 or magical thing

00:22:39.059 --> 00:22:40.480
 Christ himself

00:22:40.480 --> 00:22:41.519
 will descend

00:22:41.519 --> 00:22:42.359
 from heaven

00:22:42.359 --> 00:22:43.379
 in person

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 and then we too

00:22:44.179 --> 00:22:44.919
 who are Christians

00:22:44.919 --> 00:22:46.679
 will exist with him

00:22:46.679 --> 00:22:48.079
 in person

00:22:48.079 --> 00:22:49.059
 in glory

00:22:49.059 --> 00:22:51.899
 and our glorified bodies

00:22:51.899 --> 00:22:52.779
 we will be more

00:22:52.779 --> 00:22:54.279
 truly ourselves

00:22:54.279 --> 00:22:55.599
 than we have ever been

00:22:55.599 --> 00:22:58.559
 we will truly know

00:22:58.559 --> 00:22:59.119
 ourselves

00:22:59.119 --> 00:22:59.940
 better than we know

00:22:59.940 --> 00:23:00.519
 ourselves now

00:23:00.519 --> 00:23:02.879
 and we will truly know

00:23:02.879 --> 00:23:05.139
 that we are truly known

00:23:05.140 --> 00:23:08.240
 we kind of get it

00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:08.720
 right now

00:23:08.720 --> 00:23:11.380
 but we don't

00:23:11.380 --> 00:23:12.120
 truly

00:23:12.120 --> 00:23:12.620
 truly

00:23:12.620 --> 00:23:13.280
 understand

00:23:13.280 --> 00:23:14.320
 yet

00:23:14.320 --> 00:23:16.759
 maybe

00:23:16.759 --> 00:23:18.600
 maybe you could ask

00:23:18.600 --> 00:23:19.520
 have I ever felt

00:23:19.520 --> 00:23:20.060
 misunderstood

00:23:20.060 --> 00:23:22.240
 or I felt like

00:23:22.240 --> 00:23:22.880
 someone didn't

00:23:22.880 --> 00:23:23.400
 completely

00:23:23.400 --> 00:23:24.640
 just get me

00:23:24.640 --> 00:23:25.580
 and I can say

00:23:25.580 --> 00:23:25.840
 yeah

00:23:25.840 --> 00:23:26.980
 I have

00:23:26.980 --> 00:23:28.860
 so many times

00:23:28.860 --> 00:23:29.300
 I felt

00:23:29.300 --> 00:23:30.759
 so misunderstood

00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:32.220
 and I think

00:23:32.220 --> 00:23:33.339
 if you only knew me

00:23:33.339 --> 00:23:34.039
 if you just

00:23:34.039 --> 00:23:35.400
 really knew me

00:23:35.400 --> 00:23:37.180
 you would know

00:23:37.180 --> 00:23:38.220
 that's not who I am

00:23:38.220 --> 00:23:38.960
 or that's

00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:39.720
 not what I thought

00:23:39.720 --> 00:23:40.279
 about you

00:23:40.279 --> 00:23:42.680
 if you think

00:23:42.680 --> 00:23:44.019
 I felt misunderstood

00:23:44.019 --> 00:23:44.519
 before

00:23:44.519 --> 00:23:45.319
 you're probably right

00:23:45.319 --> 00:23:46.140
 you probably weren't

00:23:46.140 --> 00:23:47.180
 totally understood

00:23:47.180 --> 00:23:50.160
 because even

00:23:50.160 --> 00:23:51.440
 in our relationships

00:23:51.440 --> 00:23:52.200
 with each other

00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:53.379
 and even trying

00:23:53.379 --> 00:23:53.779
 to get to know

00:23:53.779 --> 00:23:54.220
 ourselves

00:23:54.220 --> 00:23:55.000
 sin is still

00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:55.500
 in the way

00:23:55.500 --> 00:23:57.680
 still in the way

00:23:57.680 --> 00:23:59.740
 and so we're left

00:23:59.740 --> 00:24:00.299
 in this life

00:24:00.299 --> 00:24:01.039
 often feeling

00:24:01.039 --> 00:24:01.500
 unknown

00:24:01.500 --> 00:24:03.039
 misunderstood

00:24:03.039 --> 00:24:05.320
 and misrepresented

00:24:05.320 --> 00:24:07.759
 in the world

00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:08.160
 to come

00:24:08.160 --> 00:24:08.660
 we will dwell

00:24:08.660 --> 00:24:09.120
 with God

00:24:09.120 --> 00:24:09.860
 who knows us

00:24:09.860 --> 00:24:10.980
 more truly

00:24:10.980 --> 00:24:11.539
 than we can

00:24:11.539 --> 00:24:12.340
 ever imagine

00:24:12.340 --> 00:24:14.799
 and recognizing

00:24:14.799 --> 00:24:15.460
 that God

00:24:15.460 --> 00:24:16.039
 knows us

00:24:16.039 --> 00:24:16.620
 more truly

00:24:16.620 --> 00:24:17.160
 than we can

00:24:17.160 --> 00:24:18.380
 ever imagine

00:24:18.380 --> 00:24:18.799
 I think

00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:19.320
 we will be

00:24:19.320 --> 00:24:19.880
 shocked

00:24:19.880 --> 00:24:20.519
 to see

00:24:20.519 --> 00:24:21.620
 how truly

00:24:21.620 --> 00:24:22.840
 He loves us

00:24:22.840 --> 00:24:25.039
 each of us

00:24:25.039 --> 00:24:25.660
 individually

00:24:25.660 --> 00:24:28.200
 scripture says

00:24:28.200 --> 00:24:29.040
 not a

00:24:29.040 --> 00:24:30.560
 not a flower

00:24:30.560 --> 00:24:31.019
 fades

00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:31.680
 or not a

00:24:31.680 --> 00:24:32.960
 hair falls off

00:24:32.960 --> 00:24:33.259
 a head

00:24:33.259 --> 00:24:33.580
 and God

00:24:33.580 --> 00:24:34.500
 doesn't know it

00:24:34.500 --> 00:24:36.480
 He knows us

00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:36.960
 intimately

00:24:36.960 --> 00:24:37.500
 and deeply

00:24:37.500 --> 00:24:38.680
 and even sin

00:24:38.680 --> 00:24:39.140
 right now

00:24:39.140 --> 00:24:39.700
 gets in the way

00:24:39.700 --> 00:24:40.300
 of our ability

00:24:40.300 --> 00:24:41.100
 to understand

00:24:41.100 --> 00:24:42.240
 how true

00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:43.600
 God's knowledge

00:24:43.600 --> 00:24:44.259
 is of each

00:24:44.259 --> 00:24:44.800
 of us

00:24:44.800 --> 00:24:46.960
 I love in

00:24:46.960 --> 00:24:47.700
 Revelation 2

00:24:47.700 --> 00:24:48.300
 it says that

00:24:48.300 --> 00:24:49.000
 that God

00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:49.560
 has a name

00:24:49.560 --> 00:24:50.420
 written on a stone

00:24:50.420 --> 00:24:51.019
 for each of us

00:24:51.019 --> 00:24:51.980
 that only He knows

00:24:51.980 --> 00:24:53.259
 I always think

00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:53.720
 of that like a

00:24:53.720 --> 00:24:54.420
 like a personal

00:24:54.420 --> 00:24:55.000
 nickname

00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:56.380
 that will

00:24:56.380 --> 00:24:56.900
 perfectly

00:24:56.900 --> 00:24:57.680
 describe you

00:24:57.680 --> 00:24:59.859
 I've noticed

00:24:59.859 --> 00:25:00.380
 that when people

00:25:00.380 --> 00:25:00.920
 refer to me

00:25:00.920 --> 00:25:01.519
 in different ways

00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:02.059
 they know me

00:25:02.059 --> 00:25:02.700
 in different ways

00:25:02.700 --> 00:25:03.259
 you've probably

00:25:03.259 --> 00:25:03.920
 noticed that too

00:25:03.920 --> 00:25:05.279
 if someone

00:25:05.279 --> 00:25:05.720
 calls me

00:25:05.720 --> 00:25:06.039
 Alan

00:25:06.039 --> 00:25:08.400
 they know me

00:25:08.400 --> 00:25:09.119
 better than

00:25:09.119 --> 00:25:09.420
 the person

00:25:09.420 --> 00:25:09.880
 that just says

00:25:09.880 --> 00:25:10.339
 hey dude

00:25:10.339 --> 00:25:11.359
 or hey guy

00:25:11.359 --> 00:25:13.099
 if someone

00:25:13.099 --> 00:25:13.519
 calls me

00:25:13.519 --> 00:25:13.859
 Alan

00:25:13.859 --> 00:25:14.559
 Giles

00:25:14.559 --> 00:25:15.059
 I know

00:25:15.059 --> 00:25:15.339
 they don't

00:25:15.339 --> 00:25:15.700
 really know

00:25:15.700 --> 00:25:15.859
 me

00:25:15.859 --> 00:25:16.240
 because it's

00:25:16.240 --> 00:25:16.700
 Giles

00:25:16.700 --> 00:25:18.019
 right

00:25:18.019 --> 00:25:18.420
 so when I

00:25:18.420 --> 00:25:18.920
 answer the phone

00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:19.160
 and say

00:25:19.160 --> 00:25:19.460
 is Mr.

00:25:19.539 --> 00:25:20.119
 Giles there

00:25:20.119 --> 00:25:20.380
 I say

00:25:20.380 --> 00:25:20.660
 you're a

00:25:20.660 --> 00:25:21.180
 telemarketer

00:25:21.180 --> 00:25:21.980
 you don't

00:25:21.980 --> 00:25:22.559
 know me

00:25:22.559 --> 00:25:24.299
 if someone

00:25:24.299 --> 00:25:24.720
 calls me

00:25:24.720 --> 00:25:25.440
 Pastor Alan

00:25:25.440 --> 00:25:25.839
 and the states

00:25:25.839 --> 00:25:26.200
 will use

00:25:26.200 --> 00:25:27.159
 titles a little

00:25:27.159 --> 00:25:27.519
 bit more

00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:27.940
 so if someone

00:25:27.940 --> 00:25:28.240
 calls me

00:25:28.240 --> 00:25:28.779
 Pastor Alan

00:25:28.779 --> 00:25:29.279
 I know that

00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:30.179
 I've shepherded

00:25:30.179 --> 00:25:30.339
 them

00:25:30.339 --> 00:25:30.799
 there's a

00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:31.299
 relationship

00:25:31.299 --> 00:25:31.759
 there that's

00:25:31.759 --> 00:25:32.079
 different

00:25:32.079 --> 00:25:33.779
 my family

00:25:33.779 --> 00:25:34.539
 I'll trust

00:25:34.539 --> 00:25:34.899
 you with a

00:25:34.899 --> 00:25:35.200
 secret

00:25:35.200 --> 00:25:36.259
 my family

00:25:36.259 --> 00:25:36.720
 calls me

00:25:36.720 --> 00:25:37.139
 Bubba

00:25:37.139 --> 00:25:38.859
 just my

00:25:38.859 --> 00:25:39.579
 close family

00:25:39.579 --> 00:25:40.799
 and they're

00:25:40.799 --> 00:25:41.159
 not being

00:25:41.159 --> 00:25:41.940
 goofy like I

00:25:41.940 --> 00:25:42.279
 know some

00:25:42.279 --> 00:25:42.599
 of you will

00:25:42.599 --> 00:25:43.079
 do later

00:25:43.079 --> 00:25:43.460
 on in the

00:25:43.460 --> 00:25:44.039
 next month

00:25:44.039 --> 00:25:46.000
 but if

00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:46.519
 someone says

00:25:46.519 --> 00:25:47.720
 hey Bubba

00:25:47.720 --> 00:25:48.419
 I know that

00:25:48.419 --> 00:25:48.759
 they know

00:25:48.759 --> 00:25:50.019
 me much

00:25:50.019 --> 00:25:50.539
 more intimately

00:25:50.539 --> 00:25:51.920
 they're a

00:25:51.920 --> 00:25:52.379
 brother or

00:25:52.379 --> 00:25:53.240
 sister or

00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:54.079
 one of my

00:25:54.079 --> 00:25:54.599
 wife's brothers

00:25:54.599 --> 00:25:55.039
 or sisters

00:25:55.039 --> 00:25:55.500
 or a very

00:25:55.500 --> 00:25:56.159
 close friend

00:25:56.159 --> 00:25:58.940
 someone says

00:25:58.940 --> 00:25:59.500
 daddy

00:25:59.500 --> 00:26:01.220
 well I know

00:26:01.220 --> 00:26:02.200
 it's one of

00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:02.619
 my children

00:26:02.619 --> 00:26:03.079
 that's a

00:26:03.079 --> 00:26:03.460
 different

00:26:03.460 --> 00:26:04.220
 relationship

00:26:04.220 --> 00:26:05.440
 and in

00:26:05.440 --> 00:26:06.259
 Revelation 2

00:26:06.259 --> 00:26:06.579
 it says

00:26:06.579 --> 00:26:07.579
 God has a

00:26:07.579 --> 00:26:08.299
 name for us

00:26:08.299 --> 00:26:08.899
 that only he

00:26:08.899 --> 00:26:09.180
 knows

00:26:09.180 --> 00:26:09.960
 and again

00:26:09.960 --> 00:26:10.299
 I just

00:26:10.299 --> 00:26:10.639
 imagine

00:26:10.639 --> 00:26:11.220
 it's the

00:26:11.220 --> 00:26:12.259
 name that

00:26:12.259 --> 00:26:13.799
 most truly

00:26:13.799 --> 00:26:14.559
 describes who

00:26:14.559 --> 00:26:15.039
 we are

00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:17.299
 that when

00:26:17.299 --> 00:26:17.720
 God

00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:19.240
 looks at us

00:26:19.240 --> 00:26:20.039
 and speaks

00:26:20.039 --> 00:26:20.720
 to us

00:26:20.720 --> 00:26:21.460
 and calls

00:26:21.460 --> 00:26:22.000
 us by

00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:22.440
 name

00:26:22.440 --> 00:26:23.200
 we will

00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:23.819
 instantly

00:26:23.819 --> 00:26:25.420
 recognize

00:26:25.420 --> 00:26:25.980
 this

00:26:25.980 --> 00:26:26.879
 this

00:26:26.879 --> 00:26:27.420
 God

00:26:27.420 --> 00:26:29.039
 knows

00:26:29.039 --> 00:26:29.359
 me

00:26:29.359 --> 00:26:31.119
 he gets

00:26:31.119 --> 00:26:31.480
 me

00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:34.039
 and yet

00:26:34.039 --> 00:26:34.539
 he still

00:26:34.539 --> 00:26:35.159
 loves me

00:26:35.159 --> 00:26:39.639
 and as

00:26:39.639 --> 00:26:41.099
 we understand

00:26:41.099 --> 00:26:41.619
 how much

00:26:41.619 --> 00:26:42.500
 God gets

00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:42.920
 us and

00:26:42.920 --> 00:26:43.480
 knows us

00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:44.579
 and loves

00:26:44.579 --> 00:26:45.000
 us we

00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:46.299
 will truly

00:26:46.299 --> 00:26:46.819
 be who

00:26:46.819 --> 00:26:47.379
 we are

00:26:47.379 --> 00:26:49.139
 we'll begin

00:26:49.140 --> 00:26:49.540
 to take

00:26:49.540 --> 00:26:49.940
 off the

00:26:49.940 --> 00:26:50.320
 masks

00:26:50.320 --> 00:26:50.780
 that we

00:26:50.780 --> 00:26:51.060
 wear

00:26:51.060 --> 00:26:51.420
 throughout

00:26:51.420 --> 00:26:51.940
 the weeks

00:26:51.940 --> 00:26:55.680
 God is

00:26:55.680 --> 00:26:56.140
 a personal

00:26:56.140 --> 00:26:56.560
 God

00:26:56.560 --> 00:26:58.259
 and in

00:26:58.259 --> 00:26:58.960
 heaven we

00:26:58.960 --> 00:26:59.320
 will be

00:26:59.320 --> 00:26:59.740
 perfectly

00:26:59.740 --> 00:27:00.340
 known

00:27:00.340 --> 00:27:02.860
 we'll be

00:27:02.860 --> 00:27:03.240
 known

00:27:03.240 --> 00:27:03.759
 we'll know

00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:03.980
 that we

00:27:03.980 --> 00:27:04.780
 are known

00:27:04.780 --> 00:27:05.740
 and loved

00:27:05.740 --> 00:27:06.220
 and I'll

00:27:06.220 --> 00:27:06.620
 just say

00:27:06.620 --> 00:27:07.440
 these are

00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:07.800
 just a

00:27:07.800 --> 00:27:08.300
 glimpse of

00:27:08.300 --> 00:27:08.580
 heaven

00:27:08.580 --> 00:27:09.900
 it's just

00:27:09.900 --> 00:27:10.340
 a glimpse

00:27:10.340 --> 00:27:10.700
 of what

00:27:10.700 --> 00:27:11.600
 Paul says

00:27:11.600 --> 00:27:11.980
 to set

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:12.560
 our hearts

00:27:12.560 --> 00:27:13.580
 and our

00:27:13.580 --> 00:27:14.000
 minds

00:27:14.000 --> 00:27:14.560
 on

00:27:14.559 --> 00:27:16.759
 it's a

00:27:16.759 --> 00:27:17.200
 glimpse of

00:27:17.200 --> 00:27:17.440
 what's

00:27:17.440 --> 00:27:17.700
 truly

00:27:17.700 --> 00:27:18.039
 waiting

00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:18.639
 for us

00:27:18.639 --> 00:27:20.659
 but it's

00:27:20.659 --> 00:27:21.359
 what Paul

00:27:21.359 --> 00:27:21.879
 calls us

00:27:21.879 --> 00:27:22.299
 to dwell

00:27:22.299 --> 00:27:22.619
 on

00:27:22.619 --> 00:27:24.139
 it's what

00:27:24.139 --> 00:27:24.859
 Paul calls

00:27:24.859 --> 00:27:25.179
 us to

00:27:25.179 --> 00:27:25.819
 to be a

00:27:25.819 --> 00:27:26.559
 people who

00:27:26.559 --> 00:27:27.679
 whose minds

00:27:27.679 --> 00:27:28.159
 and hearts

00:27:28.159 --> 00:27:28.879
 are flooded

00:27:28.879 --> 00:27:29.399
 with these

00:27:29.399 --> 00:27:30.399
 thoughts

00:27:30.399 --> 00:27:31.539
 and these

00:27:31.539 --> 00:27:32.099
 desires

00:27:32.099 --> 00:27:33.000
 and that

00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:34.220
 these desires

00:27:34.220 --> 00:27:34.960
 for this

00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:35.639
 life with

00:27:35.639 --> 00:27:36.500
 this God

00:27:36.500 --> 00:27:38.940
 will push

00:27:38.940 --> 00:27:40.059
 out our

00:27:40.059 --> 00:27:40.419
 earthly

00:27:40.419 --> 00:27:40.960
 desires

00:27:40.960 --> 00:27:43.940
 as I

00:27:43.940 --> 00:27:44.360
 set my

00:27:44.360 --> 00:27:45.059
 heart

00:27:45.059 --> 00:27:45.400
 and my

00:27:45.400 --> 00:27:45.779
 mind

00:27:45.779 --> 00:27:46.180
 on things

00:27:46.180 --> 00:27:46.600
 above

00:27:46.600 --> 00:27:47.100
 where

00:27:47.100 --> 00:27:47.519
 Christ

00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:47.740
 is

00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:48.000
 seated

00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:48.360
 as I

00:27:48.360 --> 00:27:48.680
 remember

00:27:48.680 --> 00:27:49.480
 who I

00:27:49.480 --> 00:27:49.900
 am in

00:27:49.900 --> 00:27:50.220
 Christ

00:27:50.220 --> 00:27:50.519
 as I

00:27:50.519 --> 00:27:50.819
 dwell

00:27:50.819 --> 00:27:51.200
 on the

00:27:51.200 --> 00:27:51.840
 life

00:27:51.840 --> 00:27:52.200
 that he's

00:27:52.200 --> 00:27:52.559
 bringing

00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:52.819
 me

00:27:52.819 --> 00:27:53.120
 into

00:27:53.120 --> 00:27:53.600
 I

00:27:53.600 --> 00:27:54.480
 find

00:27:54.480 --> 00:27:54.700
 that I'm

00:27:54.700 --> 00:27:54.860
 just

00:27:54.860 --> 00:27:55.400
 propelled

00:27:55.400 --> 00:27:55.620
 through

00:27:55.620 --> 00:27:55.860
 this

00:27:55.860 --> 00:27:56.279
 life

00:27:56.279 --> 00:28:00.319
 and this

00:28:00.319 --> 00:28:00.600
 is the

00:28:00.600 --> 00:28:01.000
 hope that

00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:01.259
 we have

00:28:01.259 --> 00:28:01.779
 before us

00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:01.940
 as

00:28:01.940 --> 00:28:02.319
 Christians

00:28:02.319 --> 00:28:04.360
 let me

00:28:04.360 --> 00:28:05.240
 just ask

00:28:05.240 --> 00:28:05.519
 do you

00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:06.039
 believe

00:28:06.039 --> 00:28:06.440
 this

00:28:06.440 --> 00:28:07.759
 do you

00:28:07.759 --> 00:28:08.000
 believe

00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:08.240
 these

00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:08.720
 things

00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:10.779
 if you

00:28:10.779 --> 00:28:11.160
 don't

00:28:11.160 --> 00:28:11.539
 believe

00:28:11.539 --> 00:28:11.900
 this

00:28:11.900 --> 00:28:12.200
 if you

00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:12.620
 don't

00:28:12.620 --> 00:28:13.079
 believe

00:28:13.079 --> 00:28:13.579
 that

00:28:13.579 --> 00:28:14.019
 your

00:28:14.019 --> 00:28:14.440
 life

00:28:14.440 --> 00:28:14.720
 is

00:28:14.720 --> 00:28:15.100
 hidden

00:28:15.100 --> 00:28:15.759
 with

00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:16.319
 Christ

00:28:16.319 --> 00:28:16.539
 who

00:28:16.539 --> 00:28:16.920
 is

00:28:16.920 --> 00:28:17.120
 your

00:28:17.120 --> 00:28:17.380
 Lord

00:28:17.380 --> 00:28:17.579
 and

00:28:17.579 --> 00:28:17.880
 Savior

00:28:17.880 --> 00:28:18.640
 then I

00:28:18.640 --> 00:28:18.920
 have to

00:28:18.920 --> 00:28:19.259
 be honest

00:28:19.259 --> 00:28:19.579
 with you

00:28:19.579 --> 00:28:20.059
 this

00:28:20.059 --> 00:28:20.440
 life

00:28:20.440 --> 00:28:20.759
 is the

00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:21.039
 best

00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:21.240
 thing

00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:21.420
 you

00:28:21.420 --> 00:28:21.660
 have

00:28:21.660 --> 00:28:21.799
 to

00:28:21.799 --> 00:28:21.940
 look

00:28:21.940 --> 00:28:22.180
 forward

00:28:22.180 --> 00:28:22.440
 to

00:28:22.440 --> 00:28:25.880
 if your

00:28:25.880 --> 00:28:26.200
 faith

00:28:26.200 --> 00:28:27.100
 is not

00:28:27.100 --> 00:28:27.279
 in

00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:27.640
 Christ

00:28:27.640 --> 00:28:27.880
 then

00:28:27.880 --> 00:28:28.500
 this

00:28:28.500 --> 00:28:28.900
 sin

00:28:28.900 --> 00:28:29.339
 filled

00:28:29.339 --> 00:28:29.920
 world

00:28:29.920 --> 00:28:30.180
 these

00:28:30.180 --> 00:28:30.660
 broken

00:28:30.660 --> 00:28:31.339
 relationships

00:28:31.339 --> 00:28:31.740
 this

00:28:31.740 --> 00:28:32.620
 life

00:28:32.620 --> 00:28:32.960
 in which

00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:33.100
 you

00:28:33.100 --> 00:28:33.319
 might

00:28:33.319 --> 00:28:33.539
 not

00:28:33.539 --> 00:28:33.860
 ever

00:28:33.860 --> 00:28:34.440
 truly

00:28:34.440 --> 00:28:34.700
 be

00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:35.039
 known

00:28:35.039 --> 00:28:35.460
 by

00:28:35.460 --> 00:28:35.799
 any

00:28:35.799 --> 00:28:36.019
 other

00:28:36.019 --> 00:28:36.339
 human

00:28:36.339 --> 00:28:36.779
 being

00:28:36.779 --> 00:28:38.220
 is

00:28:38.220 --> 00:28:38.559
 all

00:28:38.559 --> 00:28:38.779
 we

00:28:38.779 --> 00:28:39.019
 have

00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:39.160
 to

00:28:39.160 --> 00:28:39.299
 look

00:28:39.299 --> 00:28:39.559
 forward

00:28:39.559 --> 00:28:39.839
 to

00:28:39.839 --> 00:28:41.120
 if

00:28:41.120 --> 00:28:41.220
 we

00:28:41.220 --> 00:28:41.400
 don't

00:28:41.400 --> 00:28:41.579
 have

00:28:41.579 --> 00:28:42.039
 Christ

00:28:42.039 --> 00:28:43.980
 and

00:28:43.980 --> 00:28:44.220
 if

00:28:44.220 --> 00:28:44.360
 we're

00:28:44.360 --> 00:28:44.660
 honest

00:28:44.660 --> 00:28:45.039
 it's

00:28:45.039 --> 00:28:45.400
 all

00:28:45.400 --> 00:28:45.539
 we

00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:46.079
 deserve

00:28:46.079 --> 00:28:48.079
 without

00:28:48.079 --> 00:28:48.640
 Christ

00:28:48.640 --> 00:28:49.579
 this

00:28:49.579 --> 00:28:49.880
 life

00:28:49.880 --> 00:28:50.019
 would

00:28:50.019 --> 00:28:50.160
 be

00:28:50.160 --> 00:28:50.539
 all

00:28:50.539 --> 00:28:50.700
 we

00:28:50.700 --> 00:28:51.140
 deserve

00:28:51.140 --> 00:28:53.079
 we've

00:28:53.079 --> 00:28:53.700
 perpetuated

00:28:53.700 --> 00:28:54.120
 sin

00:28:54.120 --> 00:28:54.579
 we're

00:28:54.579 --> 00:28:54.759
 all

00:28:54.759 --> 00:28:55.079
 guilty

00:28:55.079 --> 00:28:57.600
 we've

00:28:57.600 --> 00:28:57.880
 broken

00:28:57.880 --> 00:28:58.620
 relationships

00:28:58.620 --> 00:28:59.140
 with other

00:28:59.140 --> 00:28:59.500
 people

00:28:59.500 --> 00:29:00.160
 we haven't

00:29:00.160 --> 00:29:00.319
 been

00:29:00.319 --> 00:29:00.680
 perfect

00:29:00.680 --> 00:29:00.960
 in our

00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:01.600
 relationships

00:29:01.600 --> 00:29:04.440
 we've

00:29:04.440 --> 00:29:04.819
 failed

00:29:04.819 --> 00:29:05.339
 to truly

00:29:05.339 --> 00:29:05.600
 see

00:29:05.600 --> 00:29:05.880
 others

00:29:05.880 --> 00:29:06.079
 as

00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:06.339
 God

00:29:06.339 --> 00:29:06.680
 sees

00:29:06.680 --> 00:29:07.180
 us

00:29:07.180 --> 00:29:09.160
 we

00:29:09.160 --> 00:29:09.299
 have

00:29:09.299 --> 00:29:10.279
 forgotten

00:29:10.279 --> 00:29:10.560
 that

00:29:10.560 --> 00:29:10.980
 each

00:29:10.980 --> 00:29:11.160
 of

00:29:11.160 --> 00:29:11.320
 us

00:29:11.320 --> 00:29:11.519
 were

00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:12.460
 individually

00:29:12.460 --> 00:29:12.920
 knit

00:29:12.920 --> 00:29:13.420
 together

00:29:13.420 --> 00:29:14.279
 by

00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:14.779
 God

00:29:14.779 --> 00:29:16.240
 each

00:29:16.240 --> 00:29:16.380
 of

00:29:16.380 --> 00:29:16.519
 us

00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:16.940
 bear

00:29:16.940 --> 00:29:17.299
 his

00:29:17.299 --> 00:29:17.880
 reflection

00:29:17.880 --> 00:29:18.720
 the

00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:19.060
 image

00:29:19.060 --> 00:29:19.240
 of

00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:19.560
 God

00:29:19.560 --> 00:29:20.299
 and

00:29:20.299 --> 00:29:20.460
 each

00:29:20.460 --> 00:29:20.560
 of

00:29:20.560 --> 00:29:20.680
 us

00:29:20.680 --> 00:29:20.880
 has

00:29:20.880 --> 00:29:21.000
 an

00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:21.299
 eternal

00:29:21.299 --> 00:29:21.779
 soul

00:29:21.779 --> 00:29:22.299
 which

00:29:22.299 --> 00:29:22.460
 he

00:29:22.460 --> 00:29:22.940
 desires

00:29:22.940 --> 00:29:23.140
 to

00:29:23.140 --> 00:29:23.360
 have

00:29:23.360 --> 00:29:24.000
 with

00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:24.360
 him

00:29:24.360 --> 00:29:25.080
 in

00:29:25.080 --> 00:29:25.560
 paradise

00:29:25.560 --> 00:29:26.060
 forever

00:29:26.060 --> 00:29:28.720
 the

00:29:28.720 --> 00:29:29.039
 amazing

00:29:29.039 --> 00:29:29.299
 thing

00:29:29.299 --> 00:29:29.480
 about

00:29:29.480 --> 00:29:29.660
 the

00:29:29.660 --> 00:29:30.080
 gospel

00:29:30.080 --> 00:29:30.500
 or

00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:30.700
 the

00:29:30.700 --> 00:29:31.340
 good

00:29:31.340 --> 00:29:31.600
 news

00:29:31.600 --> 00:29:31.759
 of

00:29:31.759 --> 00:29:32.039
 life

00:29:32.039 --> 00:29:32.360
 in

00:29:32.360 --> 00:29:32.720
 Christ

00:29:32.720 --> 00:29:32.920
 is

00:29:32.920 --> 00:29:33.120
 that

00:29:33.120 --> 00:29:33.340
 there

00:29:33.340 --> 00:29:33.820
 is

00:29:33.820 --> 00:29:34.680
 hope

00:29:34.680 --> 00:29:35.140
 beyond

00:29:35.140 --> 00:29:35.360
 this

00:29:35.360 --> 00:29:35.640
 life

00:29:35.640 --> 00:29:35.860
 and

00:29:35.860 --> 00:29:36.000
 there

00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:36.259
 is

00:29:36.259 --> 00:29:36.980
 hope

00:29:36.980 --> 00:29:37.200
 for

00:29:37.200 --> 00:29:37.440
 this

00:29:37.440 --> 00:29:37.859
 life

00:29:37.859 --> 00:29:38.779
 because

00:29:38.779 --> 00:29:38.940
 if

00:29:38.940 --> 00:29:39.059
 you

00:29:39.059 --> 00:29:39.259
 just

00:29:39.259 --> 00:29:40.099
 try

00:29:40.099 --> 00:29:40.259
 to

00:29:40.259 --> 00:29:40.420
 do

00:29:40.420 --> 00:29:40.579
 what

00:29:40.579 --> 00:29:40.779
 Paul

00:29:40.779 --> 00:29:41.019
 said

00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:41.140
 in

00:29:41.140 --> 00:29:41.319
 verses

00:29:41.319 --> 00:29:41.920
 5-10

00:29:41.920 --> 00:29:42.119
 and you

00:29:42.119 --> 00:29:42.240
 just

00:29:42.240 --> 00:29:42.680
 try to

00:29:42.680 --> 00:29:43.140
 wrestle

00:29:43.140 --> 00:29:43.420
 your

00:29:43.420 --> 00:29:43.720
 sin

00:29:43.720 --> 00:29:43.980
 nature

00:29:43.980 --> 00:29:44.220
 to the

00:29:44.220 --> 00:29:44.539
 ground

00:29:44.539 --> 00:29:45.299
 it

00:29:45.299 --> 00:29:45.559
 might

00:29:45.559 --> 00:29:45.839
 work

00:29:45.839 --> 00:29:46.160
 for a

00:29:46.160 --> 00:29:46.379
 bit

00:29:46.379 --> 00:29:48.460
 it's

00:29:48.460 --> 00:29:48.640
 going to

00:29:48.640 --> 00:29:49.039
 come back

00:29:49.039 --> 00:29:49.339
 and get

00:29:49.339 --> 00:29:49.519
 you

00:29:49.519 --> 00:29:51.279
 and the

00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:51.660
 only hope

00:29:51.660 --> 00:29:52.180
 we truly

00:29:52.180 --> 00:29:52.480
 have

00:29:52.480 --> 00:29:52.779
 in this

00:29:52.779 --> 00:29:53.079
 life

00:29:53.079 --> 00:29:53.779
 is to

00:29:53.779 --> 00:29:54.180
 continue

00:29:54.180 --> 00:29:54.559
 to fix

00:29:54.559 --> 00:29:54.740
 our

00:29:54.740 --> 00:29:55.059
 minds

00:29:55.059 --> 00:29:55.700
 on the

00:29:55.700 --> 00:29:55.940
 hope

00:29:55.940 --> 00:29:56.240
 that we

00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:56.660
 have

00:29:56.660 --> 00:29:57.259
 in the

00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:57.440
 world

00:29:57.440 --> 00:29:57.640
 to

00:29:57.640 --> 00:29:57.859
 come

00:29:57.859 --> 00:29:58.039
 the

00:29:58.039 --> 00:29:58.319
 hope

00:29:58.319 --> 00:29:58.480
 that

00:29:58.480 --> 00:29:58.640
 we

00:29:58.640 --> 00:29:59.000
 have

00:29:59.000 --> 00:29:59.799
 seated

00:29:59.799 --> 00:30:00.279
 above

00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:01.559
 in our

00:30:01.559 --> 00:30:01.859
 life

00:30:01.859 --> 00:30:02.180
 which is

00:30:02.180 --> 00:30:02.359
 in

00:30:02.359 --> 00:30:02.759
 Christ

00:30:06.259 --> 00:30:07.259
 forever

00:30:07.259 --> 00:30:08.859
 his

00:30:08.859 --> 00:30:09.099
 plan

00:30:09.099 --> 00:30:09.220
 is

00:30:09.220 --> 00:30:09.339
 that

00:30:09.339 --> 00:30:09.559
 someday

00:30:09.559 --> 00:30:09.759
 there

00:30:09.759 --> 00:30:09.859
 will

00:30:09.859 --> 00:30:10.019
 be

00:30:10.019 --> 00:30:10.400
 no

00:30:10.400 --> 00:30:10.619
 more

00:30:10.619 --> 00:30:10.980
 sin

00:30:10.980 --> 00:30:11.140
 to

00:30:11.140 --> 00:30:11.519
 contend

00:30:11.519 --> 00:30:11.720
 with

00:30:11.720 --> 00:30:11.859
 no

00:30:11.859 --> 00:30:12.059
 more

00:30:12.059 --> 00:30:12.460
 broken

00:30:12.460 --> 00:30:13.079
 relationships

00:30:13.079 --> 00:30:13.559
 no

00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:13.779
 more

00:30:13.779 --> 00:30:14.440
 misunderstanding

00:30:14.440 --> 00:30:14.879
 of

00:30:14.879 --> 00:30:15.059
 who

00:30:15.059 --> 00:30:15.220
 we

00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:15.359
 are

00:30:15.359 --> 00:30:15.640
 nothing

00:30:15.640 --> 00:30:15.900
 but

00:30:15.900 --> 00:30:16.599
 eternal

00:30:16.599 --> 00:30:16.980
 life

00:30:16.980 --> 00:30:17.200
 in the

00:30:17.200 --> 00:30:17.500
 presence

00:30:17.500 --> 00:30:17.720
 of

00:30:17.720 --> 00:30:17.980
 God

00:30:17.980 --> 00:30:18.420
 it

00:30:18.420 --> 00:30:18.799
 is

00:30:18.799 --> 00:30:19.000
 the

00:30:19.000 --> 00:30:19.619
 unstoppable

00:30:19.619 --> 00:30:20.059
 plan

00:30:20.059 --> 00:30:20.200
 of

00:30:20.200 --> 00:30:20.379
 God

00:30:20.379 --> 00:30:20.539
 it

00:30:20.539 --> 00:30:20.879
 is

00:30:20.879 --> 00:30:21.200
 where

00:30:21.200 --> 00:30:21.900
 history

00:30:21.900 --> 00:30:22.220
 is

00:30:22.220 --> 00:30:22.599
 headed

00:30:22.599 --> 00:30:23.700
 someday

00:30:23.700 --> 00:30:24.099
 when we

00:30:24.099 --> 00:30:24.539
 speak

00:30:24.539 --> 00:30:24.700
 of

00:30:24.700 --> 00:30:25.059
 paradise

00:30:25.059 --> 00:30:25.299
 it

00:30:25.299 --> 00:30:25.440
 won't

00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:25.579
 be

00:30:25.579 --> 00:30:25.819
 something

00:30:25.819 --> 00:30:26.220
 we

00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:26.559
 hope

00:30:26.559 --> 00:30:26.740
 to

00:30:26.740 --> 00:30:27.220
 experience

00:30:27.220 --> 00:30:27.400
 or

00:30:27.400 --> 00:30:27.640
 something

00:30:27.640 --> 00:30:27.839
 that

00:30:27.839 --> 00:30:27.980
 we're

00:30:27.980 --> 00:30:28.420
 having

00:30:28.420 --> 00:30:28.619
 to

00:30:28.619 --> 00:30:28.759
 set

00:30:28.759 --> 00:30:28.900
 our

00:30:28.900 --> 00:30:29.240
 hearts

00:30:29.240 --> 00:30:29.680
 or

00:30:29.680 --> 00:30:30.039
 minds

00:30:30.039 --> 00:30:30.240
 on

00:30:30.240 --> 00:30:30.380
 but

00:30:30.380 --> 00:30:30.620
 something

00:30:30.620 --> 00:30:30.779
 that

00:30:30.779 --> 00:30:30.900
 we

00:30:30.900 --> 00:30:31.039
 are

00:30:31.039 --> 00:30:31.680
 currently

00:30:31.680 --> 00:30:32.799
 enjoying

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 and

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 life

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 will

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 be

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 radically

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 different

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 and

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 I

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 truly

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 believe

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 what

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 Paul

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 says

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 here

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 in

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 Colossians

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 3

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 that

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 as

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 we

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 set

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 our

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 hearts

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 on

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 these

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 things

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 as

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 we

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 set

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 our

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 minds

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 on

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 these

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 things

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 this

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 future

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 with

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 this

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 God

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 then

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 our

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 old

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 self

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 it

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 just

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 simply

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 won't

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 fit

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 anymore

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 we

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 will

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 naturally

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 see

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 it

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 put

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 to

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 death

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 and

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 shed

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 from

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 us

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 and

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 it

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 won't

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 ever

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 be

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 perfect

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 in

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 this

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 life

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 you

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 are

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 not

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 going

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 to

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 perfectly

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 conquer

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 sin

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 Christ

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 has

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 done

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 that

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 you

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 won't

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 be

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 perfectly

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 sanctified

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 he

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 has

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 imputed

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 his

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 perfect

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 righteousness

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 to

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 us

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 but

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 he

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 offers

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 us

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 the

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 hope

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 of

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 a

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 promised

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 future

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 with

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 him

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 in

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 paradise

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 and

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 that

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 is

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 the

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 power

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 for

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 our

00:31:22.420 --> 00:31:22.700
 purity

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 in

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 this

00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:23.360
 life

00:31:23.360 --> 00:31:24.100
 we

00:31:24.100 --> 00:31:24.240
 set

00:31:24.240 --> 00:31:24.400
 our

00:31:24.400 --> 00:31:24.740
 hearts

00:31:24.740 --> 00:31:25.140
 and

00:31:25.140 --> 00:31:25.279
 our

00:31:25.279 --> 00:31:25.580
 minds

00:31:25.580 --> 00:31:25.759
 on

00:31:25.759 --> 00:31:25.960
 things

00:31:25.960 --> 00:31:26.200
 above

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 and

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 as

00:31:26.519 --> 00:31:26.640
 we

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 do

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 so

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 we

00:31:27.200 --> 00:31:27.400
 will

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 be

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 renewed

00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:30.680
 in

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 the

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 image

00:31:31.160 --> 00:31:31.880
 of

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 our

00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:32.420
 creator

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 so

00:31:33.819 --> 00:31:33.920
 I

00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:34.340
 encourage

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 you

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 this

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 week

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 this

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 month

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 as

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 you

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 work

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 through

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 the

00:31:37.440 --> 00:31:37.740
 year

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 as

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 you

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 have

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 time

00:31:39.000 --> 00:31:39.200
 as

00:31:39.200 --> 00:31:39.340
 you

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 have

00:31:40.039 --> 00:31:40.460
 things

00:31:40.460 --> 00:31:40.680
 to

00:31:40.680 --> 00:31:40.940
 think

00:31:40.940 --> 00:31:41.259
 about

00:31:41.259 --> 00:31:41.880
 set

00:31:41.880 --> 00:31:42.039
 your

00:31:42.039 --> 00:31:42.340
 hearts

00:31:42.340 --> 00:31:42.539
 on

00:31:42.539 --> 00:31:42.720
 things

00:31:42.720 --> 00:31:42.960
 above

00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:43.200
 set

00:31:43.200 --> 00:31:43.380
 your

00:31:43.380 --> 00:31:44.080
 minds

00:31:44.080 --> 00:31:44.279
 on

00:31:44.279 --> 00:31:44.480
 things

00:31:44.480 --> 00:31:44.740
 above

00:31:44.740 --> 00:31:45.319
 think

00:31:45.319 --> 00:31:45.740
 about

00:31:45.740 --> 00:31:46.100
 who

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 God

00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:47.100
 is

00:31:47.100 --> 00:31:48.559
 and

00:31:48.559 --> 00:31:48.840
 what

00:31:48.840 --> 00:31:48.960
 it

00:31:48.960 --> 00:31:49.039
 will

00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:49.180
 be

00:31:49.180 --> 00:31:49.400
 like

00:31:49.400 --> 00:31:49.580
 to

00:31:49.580 --> 00:31:50.019
 dwell

00:31:50.019 --> 00:31:50.640
 with

00:31:50.640 --> 00:31:51.019
 him

00:31:51.019 --> 00:31:52.140
 forever

00:31:52.140 --> 00:31:53.220
 let's

00:31:53.220 --> 00:31:53.480
 pray