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 Good morning, everyone. My name is Sean. For those of you who don't know me, I'm one of the pastors of Trinity Cambridge Church.

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 And it is my joy and a privilege to be able to preach God's Word to you on a regular basis.

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 This morning, our passage is from Revelation chapter 2. If you don't have a Bible, please raise your hand.

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 We'd love to bring a copy of it for you to use while you're here.

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 You could actually take that home with you to use.

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 It's a wonderful passage, and I believe God has something to say to us from this passage.

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 So let me pray and ask for his help.

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 Heavenly Father, we know that you and your son Jesus, who is the Lord over this church,

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 you carry a far deeper burden for this local church than I can fathom, even as a pastor.

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 And we are desirous of you communicating that to us this morning.

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 Amen.

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 So address us from your Word.

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 Reveal to us your heart, your will for us.

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 Challenge us, convict us, comfort us, and build us up

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 that we might be a faithful church

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 who perseveres in faith and hope and love until the very end.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 If you are willing and able, please stand with me

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 as I read the passage of Revelation 2, verses 1 to 7.

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 To the angel of the church in Ephesus write,

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 the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand,

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 who walks among the seven golden lampstands.

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 I know your works,

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 your toil,

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 and your patient endurance,

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 and how you cannot bear with those who are evil,

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 but have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not,

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 and found them to be false.

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 I know you are enduring patiently

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 and bearing up for my name's sake,

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 and you have not grown weary.

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 But I have this against you,

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 that you have abandoned the love you had at first.

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 Remember, therefore,

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 from where you have fallen,

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 repent,

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 and do the works you did at first.

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 If not,

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 I will come to you

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 and remove your lampstand from its place,

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 unless you repent.

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 Yet this you have.

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 You hate the works of the Nicolaitans,

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 which I also hate.

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 He who has an ear,

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 let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

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 To the one who conquers,

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 I will grant to eat of the tree of life,

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 which is in the paradise of God.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 You may be seated.

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 I don't normally follow celebrity news,

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 but I read a New York Times article

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 this past week

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 that said that 2023

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 has been the year of celebrity split

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 with dozens of notable actors,

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 singers,

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 and reality stars,

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 and one former mayor of New York

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 announcing a breakup

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 and separation or divorce.

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 I think people like...

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 I feel like a fraud

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 mentioning these names

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 because I haven't really listened

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 to any of these things,

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 but Ariana Grande,

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 Taylor Swift,

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 Britney Spears.

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 I know Britney Spears

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 from when I was younger.

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 Reese Witherspoon,

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 Hugh Jackman,

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 among others.

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 Apparently,

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 they all broke up this year.

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 And the author notes

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 that sometimes

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 these breakup announcements

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 are so relentlessly

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 and aggressively optimistic

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 and positive

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 that it's like

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 it could feel very forced.

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 But no matter how much,

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 you know,

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 PR spin you put on these breakups,

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 the long and short of it all

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 is that they're not lovers anymore.

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 The love that they had

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 for another has faded.

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 The ones so glowingly happy,

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 good-looking,

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 madly in love couple

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 has become...

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 they have become estranged

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 from one another.

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 How does that happen?

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 The same thing can happen

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 to Christians

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 and to churches

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 in their relationship with God.

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 Let me ask you,

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 do you love Jesus more today

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 than you did at first?

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 In chapters 2 to 3,

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 we see Jesus personally

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 addressing the seven churches

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 in Asia Minor,

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 modern-day Turkey,

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 and we're listed

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 in chapter 1, verse 11.

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 And our passage this morning

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 is Jesus addressing

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 the church in Ephesus.

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 And his evaluation

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 of that church

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 is that while they have

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 been enduring patiently,

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 they have abandoned

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 the love they had at first.

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 I'll unpack what that means

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 more later on,

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 but the Ephesian church,

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 as we'll see,

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 was a hard-working

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 and theologically discerning

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 and persevering

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 and gritty church.

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 But their love for God

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 had grown cold.

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 So the main point this morning

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 that I want to drive home

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 is that we must recover

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 the love we had at first

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 and shine God's light

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 from our lampstand.

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 For an outline,

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 I'm going to address,

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 to follow the structure

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 that these addresses take,

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 these seven letters

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 to the churches,

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 because each address

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 has the same general structure.

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 Do I have the other one?

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 There you go.

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 Yeah.

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 The recipient,

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 which at first,

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 it mentions who the recipient is,

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 and it always takes the form

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 of to the angel of the church

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 in blank.

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 And this one is in Ephesus.

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 Second, the author is identified.

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 It's Jesus.

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 But Jesus is described differently

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 in each passage.

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 It begins with,

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 thus says the one,

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 or these are the words of the one.

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 And then it takes a description

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 of Jesus,

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 a snippet from the glorious vision

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 we saw earlier in Revelation 1.

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 And it uses a part of that vision

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 that most directly pertains

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 to the current situation

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 of that church

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 that is being addressed.

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 So for example,

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 to the church in Samyrena

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 that's facing persecution,

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 intense persecution,

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 and need to be faithful unto death,

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 that's their need,

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 Jesus identifies himself to them

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 as the one who died

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 and came back to life.

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 To the church in Pergamum

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 that is believing in false teaching,

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 Jesus identifies himself

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 as the one who has a sharp

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 two-edged sword,

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 the sword of his word,

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 the word of his mouth

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 with which he discerns truth

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 and makes war against those

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 who deny his word.

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 And to the church in Thyatira

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 that's tolerating idolatry

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 and sexual immorality,

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 Jesus identifies himself

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 as the one who has eyes

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 like a flame of fire

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 to discern and to judge

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 and whose feet are like burnished bronze

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 with which he strikes down the wicked.

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 And so keep in mind this pattern

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 that the description of Jesus

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 that we see in the beginning

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 is going to be relevant

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 related to the situation

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 that the church is facing as we go.

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 And third,

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 after the recipient and the author,

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 we see the evaluation of the church

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 by Jesus.

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 And this section begins

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 with the phrase,

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 I know your dot, dot, dot.

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 Usually it's,

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 I know your works.

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 Jesus goes on to describe

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 their good works

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 if they have them

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 as well as their bad works

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 if they have them.

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 And two churches in the series,

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 the Smyrna and Philadelphia,

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 hear only commendations

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 because they are faithful churches.

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 While one church in Laodicea

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 hears only corrections

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 because they've been unfaithful.

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 Most churches are a mixture

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 of commendation and correction

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 in their evaluation.

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 Fourth,

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 there is an exhortation,

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 what Christ is commanding them to do

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 in light of his preceding evaluation.

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 And that varies with each letter.

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 And then fifth,

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 there is an invitation

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 to heed what Jesus has just said.

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 And this section is identical

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 in all of the letters.

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 He who has an ear,

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 let him hear what the Spirit says

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 to the churches.

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 And then finally,

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 sixth,

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 there is the promise of reward

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 to those who obey.

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 And this section begins

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 with the phrase,

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 the one who conquers,

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 dot, dot, dot.

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 The one who conquers

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 is offered some variation

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 of salvation,

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 of eternal life

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 and fellowship with God.

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 And sometimes those last two sections,

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 the invitation,

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 the promise are flipped in order.

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 And these letters,

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 each of them,

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 in a way,

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 is like a microcosm.

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 It's like an embryonic form

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 mirrors the entire book

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 because it harkens back

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 to chapter one,

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 the glorious vision of Christ.

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 And then it points forward

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 to the end,

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 the last three chapters

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 of Revelation

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 where the conquerors,

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 those who conquer are rewarded.

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 And it also contains

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 the struggles of the church

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 and the persecution,

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 the suffering,

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 the temptations

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 that the body of Revelation

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 deals with.

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 So that's the general structure.

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 First, let's look at the recipient

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 in verse one.

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 To the angel of the church

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 in Ephesus, write.

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 The recipient is the angelic

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 representative of the church

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 in Ephesus.

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 As I mentioned last week,

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 all of the messages

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 are directed to the angel

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 that represents

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 that particular church

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 before God.

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 And that means

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 every true church on earth

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 has a representative

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 in heaven.

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 It's easy for us

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 to lose sight

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 of this amazing reality

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 because when we look

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 at the churches around us

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 and when we look

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 at even our own church

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 and how weak we are,

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 how flawed we are,

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 and how sinful we are,

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 the church can seem

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 so earthly.

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 But the church

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 is not a mere

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 earthly institution.

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 It is an eternal,

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 heavenly institution.

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 This is why Christians

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 should never make light

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 of or be dismissive

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 of the church.

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 All earthly associations

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 and institutions

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 will fade away.

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 Schools, Harvard, MIT,

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 Boston University, Cornell,

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 they'll all fade away.

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 Companies, HubSpot,

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 EF, Amazon, Google,

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 they will all fade away.

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 The United States of America,

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 China, Russia,

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 they will all fade away.

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 They will all fade away

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 when the earth

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 as we know it

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 passes away,

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 which will certainly happen

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 because the Bible says so.

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 But the church,

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 which is the gathered people

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 of God,

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 is a heavenly reality.

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 It's an eternal reality.

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 And therefore,

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 it will endure.

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 This should be a stark warning

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 to those who would

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 persecute the church

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 or harm the church

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 because they'll have to answer

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 to God himself

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 because our angelic representatives

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 are there before God.

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 This particular section

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 of Revelation 2

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 is addressed to Ephesus.

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 And I'm going to give you

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 a brief historical sketch

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 of the city

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 because it's helpful

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 for understanding

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 the context,

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 what's going on.

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 Ephesus was a prominent

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 metropolis

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 and it served as

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 the provincial capital

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 of Asia Minor,

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 which I mentioned earlier

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 is modern-day Turkey.

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 And because of its location

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 at the mouth

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 of the Kaster River,

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 it was the commercial center

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 of the region

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 and the administrative center

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 of the region.

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 And it was most famous

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 for its temple of Artemis,

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 the Greek god named Artemis

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 or Diana,

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 the Romans called them.

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 And the worship of Artemis

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 was not only

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 the religious center

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 but the economical center

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 of that city

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 as we saw

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 when we were in

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 the book of Acts.

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 This temple was huge.

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 It's like,

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 it's bigger than

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 a football field,

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 twice the size

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 of the Parthenon,

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 which some of you guys

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 may have seen.

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 In Acts 18, 18-22,

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 Paul leaves Priscilla

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 and Aquila

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 to stay behind

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 and minister in Ephesus.

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 They may have been

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 the founders

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 of the church in Ephesus.

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 And they,

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 along with Apollos,

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 they preach the gospel there.

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 And later,

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 Paul himself comes

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 to minister

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 to the Ephesian church

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 for three years,

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 during which time

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 he says he faced

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 many adversaries

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 and one time

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 he has to move locations

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 because he's so intensely

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 being opposed

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 in Acts 19.

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 Later in his life,

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 Paul sends his disciple

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 and purdege,

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 Timothy,

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 to Ephesus

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 to minister

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 and he charges him

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 in 1 Timothy 1-3

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 to remain at Ephesus

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 so that he may charge

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 certain persons

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 not to teach

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 any different doctrines.

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 So it seems

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 that the fight

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 for doctrinal fidelity

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 that we see here

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 in Revelation

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 and they've been doing well

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 in that,

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 it continues

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 in the later years.

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 Then after that,

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 we see from 2 Timothy

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 that Onesiphorus

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 and Tychicus

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 also minister

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 to Ephesian church

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 so they've had

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 a string of

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 godly pastors

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 teaching them,

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 helping them.

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 And according

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 to 3rd century AD

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 Greek pastor

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 and historian

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 Eusebius,

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 after Apostle John

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 was released

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 from his exile

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 in Patmos

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 because Emperor

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 Domitian died,

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 John himself

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 went to Ephesus

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 and pastored there

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 and lived there.

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 And so this is

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 the group,

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 the church group

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 of believers

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 that he's writing to.

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 So that's the recipient.

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 And then in the second half

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 of verse 1,

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 we're told who the author

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 of the letter is,

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 the words of him

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 who holds the seven stars

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 in his right hand,

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 who walks among

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 the seven golden lampstands.

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 The phrase,

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 the words of him,

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 can be more literally

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 translated as

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 these things says he,

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 or thus says he,

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 thus says the one.

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 It's the Greek equivalent

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 of the Hebrew phrase

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 that the prophets

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 used again and again

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 hundreds of times

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 in the Old Testament.

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 Thus says the Lord.

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 So Jesus is here

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 asserting his divine authority

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 and addressing his churches

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 and the angelic representatives

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 of his churches.

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 When Jesus speaks,

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 the Lord God speaks.

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 He is the ancient of days,

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 the almighty.

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 Human beings often make

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 errors in judgment

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 and errors in speech.

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 But the following evaluations

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 and exhortations

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 of these seven churches

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 by Jesus

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 is not human,

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 merely.

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 It is divine.

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 It's completely accurate

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 and therefore needs

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 to be obeyed completely.

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 As I mentioned earlier,

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 the description of Jesus

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 here alludes back

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 to the vision

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 from chapter 1 of Jesus.

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 And there he explained

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 in verse 20,

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 the seven stars

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 are the angels

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 of the seven churches

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 and the seven lampstands

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 are the seven churches.

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 And this particular snippet

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 of that glorious vision

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 is being used

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 because it relates

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 to the situation

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 that the Ephesus church

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 was in.

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 And because they were

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 neglecting the most

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 important thing

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 of loving God

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 and loving one another,

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 they had abandoned

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 the love that they had first.

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 And so this omission

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 was so significant,

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 they're at the risk

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 of basically being de-churched,

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 ceasing to exist

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 as a church.

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 And so with the threat

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 of moving the lampstand,

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 Jesus reminds them,

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 I am the sovereign one

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 who holds the seven stars,

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 the seven angels

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 who represent

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 those seven lampstands

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 in my right hand.

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 when you,

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 the right hand

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 is usually the image

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 that people use

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 of strength

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 and control

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 because most people

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 in the world

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 are right-handed.

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 That's their dominant hand.

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 So when you want

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 to really grab something

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 securely,

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 you use your right hand,

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 not your weak hand.

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 And so Jesus says,

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 I have the whole

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 of the churches

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 and those angels

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 will represent them

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 in his right hand.

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 That's his cosmic authority

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 and his total sovereignty

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 over these churches.

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 And not only that,

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 he's reminding them

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 that he cares

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 for these churches.

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 He's the one

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 who walks

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 among the seven

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 golden lampstands.

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 Jesus is not

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 off his own world,

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 uninterested

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 in the going-ons

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 in Ephesus.

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 Jesus is intimately involved.

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 He's connected

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 and he's caring

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 for the believers

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 in the church

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 in Ephesus.

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 So that's why

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 he's identifying himself

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 in this way.

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 He's telling them,

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 I am the light

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 of the world.

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 You are my lampstands.

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 You're the setting

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 that's supposed

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 to support my light,

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 that I'm supposed

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 to broadcast

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 through the world.

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 And so return

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 to your love

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 and walk with me

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 as my lampstand.

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 That's Jesus' exhortation

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 to them.

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 After identifying himself,

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 Jesus pronounces

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 his evaluation

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 of the church.

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 He begins with commendations

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 in verses two to three.

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 I know your works,

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 your toil,

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 and your patient endurance,

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 and how you cannot bear

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 with those who are evil,

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 but have tested those

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 who call themselves

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 apostles and are not

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 and found them

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 to be false.

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 I know you are

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 enduring patiently

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 and bearing up

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 for my name's sake

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 and you have not

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 grown weary.

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 Jesus repeats

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 that phrase twice.

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 I know.

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 It's like he's

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 embracing us

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 and then patting us

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 on the back

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 and then just nodding

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 knowingly

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 as he peers

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 into our eyes.

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 I know.

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 And Jesus will say

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 this over and over again

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 throughout chapters

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 two and three.

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 He knows all our good works.

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 He knows all our bad works.

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 He always knows.

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 But in our passage today,

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 it's connected

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 to his commendations.

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 I know your works.

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 brothers and sisters,

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 do you ever feel like

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 your love,

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 your toil for the Lord

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 never gets noticed?

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 Do you feel alone sometimes

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 in standing up

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 against evil?

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 Has your endurance

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 been tested

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 living in this sinful

00:19:18.200 --> 00:19:19.620
 and broken world

00:19:19.620 --> 00:19:21.059
 that's full of temptations

00:19:21.059 --> 00:19:22.420
 and setbacks?

00:19:23.220 --> 00:19:24.680
 Have you been ridiculed

00:19:24.680 --> 00:19:26.860
 for your faith

00:19:26.860 --> 00:19:27.539
 in the Lord Jesus?

00:19:29.160 --> 00:19:30.180
 Jesus says,

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 I know.

00:19:32.100 --> 00:19:32.960
 I know.

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 I know what you

00:19:36.400 --> 00:19:37.000
 have been through.

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 I know how much

00:19:38.759 --> 00:19:39.539
 you have suffered.

00:19:40.039 --> 00:19:41.059
 I know what you

00:19:41.059 --> 00:19:41.700
 have endured

00:19:41.700 --> 00:19:43.839
 for my name's sake.

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 And there's a play

00:19:45.960 --> 00:19:46.740
 on words here.

00:19:47.279 --> 00:19:48.000
 Jesus commends

00:19:48.000 --> 00:19:48.740
 the church in Ephesus

00:19:48.740 --> 00:19:50.100
 saying you cannot bear

00:19:50.100 --> 00:19:51.039
 with those who are evil.

00:19:51.799 --> 00:19:53.000
 But then he says again,

00:19:53.220 --> 00:19:56.120
 you are bearing up

00:19:56.120 --> 00:19:57.180
 for my name's sake.

00:19:58.380 --> 00:19:58.559
 So,

00:19:59.500 --> 00:20:01.160
 they don't put up

00:20:01.160 --> 00:20:02.579
 with evildoers.

00:20:02.660 --> 00:20:03.400
 They don't bear them

00:20:03.400 --> 00:20:03.900
 at all.

00:20:04.299 --> 00:20:05.559
 But they have borne much

00:20:05.559 --> 00:20:06.220
 for the sake

00:20:06.220 --> 00:20:07.180
 of Jesus' name.

00:20:08.240 --> 00:20:09.000
 It's an amazing

00:20:09.000 --> 00:20:09.640
 commendation.

00:20:10.279 --> 00:20:10.700
 That's something

00:20:10.700 --> 00:20:11.700
 we should aspire to

00:20:11.700 --> 00:20:12.299
 as a church.

00:20:14.039 --> 00:20:14.799
 Jesus also

00:20:14.799 --> 00:20:15.900
 specifically praises them

00:20:15.900 --> 00:20:16.600
 for how they cannot

00:20:16.600 --> 00:20:17.519
 bear with those

00:20:17.519 --> 00:20:17.920
 who are evil,

00:20:18.019 --> 00:20:18.680
 but have tested

00:20:18.680 --> 00:20:19.640
 those who call themselves

00:20:19.640 --> 00:20:20.640
 apostles and are not

00:20:20.640 --> 00:20:21.160
 and found them

00:20:21.160 --> 00:20:22.000
 to be false.

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 It's a pretty strong

00:20:24.180 --> 00:20:24.759
 statement, right?

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 They cannot bear

00:20:25.600 --> 00:20:26.880
 with those who are evil.

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 There are churches

00:20:28.520 --> 00:20:29.340
 nowadays

00:20:29.340 --> 00:20:30.860
 that condone

00:20:30.860 --> 00:20:32.200
 all manners of sin

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 within the body

00:20:33.380 --> 00:20:33.900
 of Christ

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 in the name

00:20:35.120 --> 00:20:35.940
 of tolerance.

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 But tolerance

00:20:38.440 --> 00:20:39.100
 for evil

00:20:39.100 --> 00:20:40.340
 is not a virtue.

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 Condoning

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 what God's word

00:20:44.740 --> 00:20:45.520
 condemns

00:20:45.519 --> 00:20:46.920
 is not compassion.

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 It's compromise.

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 I'm not saying

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 that we should

00:20:51.639 --> 00:20:52.379
 separate ourselves

00:20:52.379 --> 00:20:53.579
 completely from the world,

00:20:54.379 --> 00:20:56.519
 from the evildoers,

00:20:56.680 --> 00:20:57.400
 because then we'd have

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 to leave the world.

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 But as 1 Corinthians 5

00:21:00.220 --> 00:21:00.940
 tells us,

00:21:01.359 --> 00:21:02.420
 it is our responsibility

00:21:02.420 --> 00:21:03.359
 to judge those

00:21:03.359 --> 00:21:04.539
 who are inside the church,

00:21:05.240 --> 00:21:05.920
 to make sure

00:21:05.920 --> 00:21:06.420
 that the church

00:21:06.420 --> 00:21:07.139
 remains holy,

00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:08.639
 make sure that there's

00:21:08.639 --> 00:21:09.779
 no unrepentant sin

00:21:09.779 --> 00:21:11.039
 in our midst.

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 sin adulterates

00:21:15.079 --> 00:21:15.859
 our worship

00:21:15.859 --> 00:21:17.000
 and damages

00:21:17.000 --> 00:21:17.700
 our fellowship

00:21:17.700 --> 00:21:19.720
 and it discredits

00:21:19.720 --> 00:21:20.619
 our witness

00:21:20.619 --> 00:21:21.279
 to the world.

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 Therefore,

00:21:23.480 --> 00:21:24.720
 sin must be purged

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 from our midst.

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 And of course,

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 I'm not saying

00:21:27.139 --> 00:21:27.619
 that Christians

00:21:27.619 --> 00:21:28.299
 never sin,

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 we do.

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 But I am saying

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 that true Christians

00:21:31.339 --> 00:21:32.759
 always repent

00:21:32.759 --> 00:21:33.500
 of their sin.

00:21:34.039 --> 00:21:35.019
 They acknowledge it,

00:21:35.379 --> 00:21:36.319
 they confess it,

00:21:37.359 --> 00:21:38.379
 they try to turn

00:21:38.379 --> 00:21:39.200
 away from it.

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 And for those

00:21:43.220 --> 00:21:43.779
 who do repent,

00:21:43.879 --> 00:21:45.019
 there's always mercy.

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 Even for those

00:21:46.279 --> 00:21:46.839
 who have committed

00:21:46.839 --> 00:21:47.920
 the most heinous sins

00:21:47.920 --> 00:21:49.099
 that even our sinful world

00:21:49.099 --> 00:21:49.839
 will not tolerate,

00:21:50.220 --> 00:21:51.039
 there's mercy

00:21:51.039 --> 00:21:52.339
 if you repent.

00:21:53.619 --> 00:21:54.139
 However,

00:21:54.240 --> 00:21:55.139
 the church must not

00:21:55.139 --> 00:21:56.799
 tolerate unrepentant sinners.

00:21:58.779 --> 00:21:59.779
 Can verse 2

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 be said of our church?

00:22:01.460 --> 00:22:02.720
 Will Jesus commend us

00:22:02.720 --> 00:22:03.740
 in this way,

00:22:03.819 --> 00:22:05.379
 saying you cannot bear

00:22:05.379 --> 00:22:06.740
 with those who are evil?

00:22:09.059 --> 00:22:10.059
 More specifically,

00:22:10.220 --> 00:22:10.859
 Jesus says,

00:22:11.039 --> 00:22:12.259
 they have tested

00:22:12.259 --> 00:22:13.180
 those who call themselves

00:22:13.180 --> 00:22:14.259
 apostles and are not

00:22:14.259 --> 00:22:15.279
 and found them

00:22:15.279 --> 00:22:16.099
 to be false.

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 You may remember

00:22:17.440 --> 00:22:18.539
 from Acts 20

00:22:18.539 --> 00:22:19.720
 when Paul is addressing

00:22:19.720 --> 00:22:20.379
 the elders

00:22:20.379 --> 00:22:21.619
 in the church in Ephesus,

00:22:21.859 --> 00:22:22.839
 he warns them

00:22:22.839 --> 00:22:23.519
 specifically,

00:22:24.059 --> 00:22:24.819
 predicting that

00:22:24.819 --> 00:22:26.559
 the fierce wolves,

00:22:26.819 --> 00:22:27.480
 false teachers

00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:28.720
 will come in among them

00:22:28.720 --> 00:22:29.859
 and try to lead them astray.

00:22:30.279 --> 00:22:30.899
 And that prediction

00:22:30.899 --> 00:22:31.480
 came true.

00:22:32.180 --> 00:22:32.740
 False apostles

00:22:32.740 --> 00:22:33.480
 did come

00:22:33.480 --> 00:22:34.799
 to the church in Ephesus.

00:22:35.379 --> 00:22:36.000
 By apostle,

00:22:36.159 --> 00:22:36.980
 they're probably

00:22:36.980 --> 00:22:38.159
 not trying to claim

00:22:38.159 --> 00:22:39.059
 to be one of the

00:22:39.059 --> 00:22:40.099
 twelve apostles

00:22:40.099 --> 00:22:41.339
 because that's a

00:22:41.339 --> 00:22:42.459
 very clearly defined

00:22:42.459 --> 00:22:44.240
 and well-known

00:22:44.240 --> 00:22:45.279
 and closed group

00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:46.019
 of people.

00:22:46.519 --> 00:22:47.299
 So that would not

00:22:47.299 --> 00:22:48.059
 have flown.

00:22:48.619 --> 00:22:49.339
 But they're probably

00:22:49.339 --> 00:22:49.980
 claiming to be

00:22:49.980 --> 00:22:51.299
 either the second tier apostles,

00:22:51.639 --> 00:22:52.559
 those who have

00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:54.159
 witnessed the risen Jesus

00:22:54.159 --> 00:22:55.079
 and were commissioned

00:22:55.079 --> 00:22:56.539
 to proclaim the gospel

00:22:56.539 --> 00:22:57.319
 and lead the foundation

00:22:57.319 --> 00:22:57.959
 for the church,

00:22:58.059 --> 00:22:58.919
 or maybe even

00:22:58.919 --> 00:22:59.879
 a third tier apostle

00:22:59.879 --> 00:23:01.000
 who are basically

00:23:01.000 --> 00:23:02.339
 just generic messengers

00:23:02.339 --> 00:23:03.879
 sent up by local churches

00:23:03.879 --> 00:23:05.159
 to other local churches

00:23:05.159 --> 00:23:06.279
 to provide aid

00:23:06.279 --> 00:23:07.659
 or to convey some message

00:23:07.660 --> 00:23:08.720
 or some decision

00:23:08.720 --> 00:23:09.220
 or teaching

00:23:09.220 --> 00:23:10.880
 that was made.

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 And it could be used

00:23:12.620 --> 00:23:13.660
 in all those senses

00:23:13.660 --> 00:23:15.080
 throughout the New Testament.

00:23:15.940 --> 00:23:17.300
 And there were benefits

00:23:17.300 --> 00:23:18.440
 to claiming

00:23:18.440 --> 00:23:19.140
 to be an apostle

00:23:19.140 --> 00:23:21.620
 because it was lucrative.

00:23:22.620 --> 00:23:23.080
 If you claim

00:23:23.080 --> 00:23:23.580
 to be an apostle,

00:23:23.720 --> 00:23:24.259
 you automatically

00:23:24.259 --> 00:23:25.180
 get free room

00:23:25.180 --> 00:23:25.620
 and board

00:23:25.620 --> 00:23:27.279
 from the church

00:23:27.279 --> 00:23:28.360
 that you are a part of

00:23:28.360 --> 00:23:28.840
 and trying to convey

00:23:28.840 --> 00:23:29.420
 the message to.

00:23:29.519 --> 00:23:29.880
 And also,

00:23:29.960 --> 00:23:30.860
 it brought prestige.

00:23:31.620 --> 00:23:32.500
 People listen to you.

00:23:33.300 --> 00:23:34.160
 They let you talk.

00:23:34.160 --> 00:23:36.300
 And so,

00:23:36.480 --> 00:23:38.600
 there were people

00:23:38.600 --> 00:23:39.240
 doing this

00:23:39.240 --> 00:23:40.040
 and we have evidences

00:23:40.040 --> 00:23:41.300
 in scripture itself

00:23:41.300 --> 00:23:42.580
 and from other documents

00:23:42.580 --> 00:23:43.080
 in history

00:23:43.080 --> 00:23:43.720
 that there were

00:23:43.720 --> 00:23:44.420
 false apostles

00:23:44.420 --> 00:23:45.800
 as there are today.

00:23:47.500 --> 00:23:49.300
 And the Ephesian church

00:23:49.300 --> 00:23:50.940
 knew how to discern that.

00:23:51.460 --> 00:23:53.120
 They had theological discernment.

00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:54.300
 They were able

00:23:54.300 --> 00:23:55.560
 to separate them out

00:23:55.560 --> 00:23:57.000
 and they didn't listen

00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:57.900
 to the false apostles

00:23:57.900 --> 00:23:59.120
 which we also must do.

00:24:00.440 --> 00:24:01.620
 We can see their discernment

00:24:01.620 --> 00:24:02.620
 also in verse 6

00:24:02.619 --> 00:24:03.719
 after his criticism

00:24:03.719 --> 00:24:04.199
 of the church

00:24:04.199 --> 00:24:04.879
 in verses 45.

00:24:05.079 --> 00:24:06.439
 He brings another commendation

00:24:06.439 --> 00:24:06.699
 saying,

00:24:06.919 --> 00:24:07.919
 Yet this you have.

00:24:08.419 --> 00:24:09.319
 You hate the work

00:24:09.319 --> 00:24:10.279
 of the Nicolaitans

00:24:10.279 --> 00:24:12.500
 which I also hate.

00:24:13.439 --> 00:24:14.599
 As we'll see later

00:24:14.599 --> 00:24:15.379
 in this chapter,

00:24:16.059 --> 00:24:18.079
 the teaching of the Nicolaitans

00:24:18.079 --> 00:24:18.819
 in the New Testament

00:24:18.819 --> 00:24:20.739
 was akin to the teaching

00:24:20.739 --> 00:24:21.399
 of Balaam

00:24:21.399 --> 00:24:22.239
 in the Old Testament.

00:24:23.059 --> 00:24:23.919
 And essentially,

00:24:24.059 --> 00:24:25.519
 they put a stumbling block

00:24:25.519 --> 00:24:26.539
 in front of the believers

00:24:26.539 --> 00:24:27.639
 saying that they could

00:24:27.639 --> 00:24:28.599
 eat food sacrificed

00:24:28.599 --> 00:24:29.079
 to idols

00:24:29.079 --> 00:24:30.039
 and practice

00:24:30.039 --> 00:24:31.000
 sexual immorality.

00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:34.160
 So it was a permissive

00:24:34.160 --> 00:24:35.940
 heretical teaching.

00:24:37.680 --> 00:24:38.559
 They were saying,

00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:39.640
 Jesus has freed you

00:24:39.640 --> 00:24:40.400
 from your sins.

00:24:41.140 --> 00:24:42.119
 You can go participate

00:24:42.119 --> 00:24:43.259
 in that idol sacrifice.

00:24:43.380 --> 00:24:43.799
 That's okay.

00:24:44.359 --> 00:24:45.279
 You know that those idols

00:24:45.279 --> 00:24:45.740
 are nothing.

00:24:45.940 --> 00:24:46.140
 Go.

00:24:46.359 --> 00:24:47.740
 Enjoy your freedom in Christ.

00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:50.240
 Go have those relationships.

00:24:50.900 --> 00:24:52.960
 Go have those sexual relationships

00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:53.500
 with people.

00:24:54.700 --> 00:24:55.539
 God has freed you.

00:24:55.599 --> 00:24:56.140
 He's forgiven you

00:24:56.140 --> 00:24:56.660
 of your sin.

00:24:56.960 --> 00:24:57.799
 Who cares what we do

00:24:57.799 --> 00:24:58.740
 with our bodies anyway?

00:24:59.259 --> 00:24:59.940
 Be free.

00:24:59.940 --> 00:25:01.500
 That was the message

00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:02.460
 of the Nicolaitans.

00:25:02.580 --> 00:25:04.200
 And Jesus says here,

00:25:04.840 --> 00:25:07.220
 I hate the teachings

00:25:07.220 --> 00:25:09.200
 of the Nicolaitans.

00:25:11.539 --> 00:25:13.019
 Pretty strong words.

00:25:13.200 --> 00:25:15.519
 Jesus hates false teaching

00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:17.700
 because it profanes

00:25:17.700 --> 00:25:19.340
 the glory and holiness

00:25:19.340 --> 00:25:19.960
 of God

00:25:19.960 --> 00:25:21.259
 and incubates sin

00:25:21.259 --> 00:25:22.279
 which when fully grown

00:25:22.279 --> 00:25:23.320
 causes death

00:25:23.320 --> 00:25:25.380
 to those whom he loves.

00:25:25.380 --> 00:25:30.000
 if we want to hear

00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:30.840
 this commendation

00:25:30.840 --> 00:25:31.580
 from Christ

00:25:31.580 --> 00:25:33.140
 then we also need

00:25:33.140 --> 00:25:33.660
 to hate

00:25:33.660 --> 00:25:35.600
 what God hates.

00:25:38.200 --> 00:25:39.700
 But Jesus' evaluation

00:25:39.700 --> 00:25:40.180
 of the church

00:25:40.180 --> 00:25:40.740
 doesn't end

00:25:40.740 --> 00:25:41.920
 with those commendations.

00:25:42.360 --> 00:25:43.160
 He also brings

00:25:43.160 --> 00:25:44.720
 a devastating critique

00:25:44.720 --> 00:25:45.460
 in verse 4.

00:25:46.860 --> 00:25:48.180
 But I have this

00:25:48.180 --> 00:25:49.160
 against you

00:25:49.160 --> 00:25:51.400
 that you have abandoned

00:25:51.400 --> 00:25:53.300
 the love you had

00:25:53.299 --> 00:25:54.079
 at first.

00:25:55.680 --> 00:25:56.940
 It's heart-wrenching.

00:25:57.059 --> 00:25:58.180
 Jesus is telling them,

00:25:58.619 --> 00:25:59.700
 you don't love me

00:25:59.700 --> 00:26:01.579
 like you used to.

00:26:07.039 --> 00:26:08.379
 This kind of correction

00:26:08.379 --> 00:26:09.919
 has Old Testament precedent

00:26:09.919 --> 00:26:11.259
 in Jeremiah 2.2

00:26:11.259 --> 00:26:11.859
 when it says,

00:26:11.980 --> 00:26:13.019
 thus says the Lord,

00:26:13.299 --> 00:26:15.059
 I remember the devotion

00:26:15.059 --> 00:26:16.119
 of your youth,

00:26:16.859 --> 00:26:17.659
 your love,

00:26:18.139 --> 00:26:18.940
 as a bride,

00:26:19.579 --> 00:26:20.599
 how you followed me

00:26:20.599 --> 00:26:21.220
 in the wilderness

00:26:21.220 --> 00:26:22.880
 in a land not sown.

00:26:23.740 --> 00:26:24.480
 Israel was once

00:26:24.480 --> 00:26:25.900
 so devoted to the Lord

00:26:25.900 --> 00:26:27.079
 that they were willing

00:26:27.079 --> 00:26:28.240
 to follow him everywhere

00:26:28.240 --> 00:26:29.380
 even to a wilderness

00:26:29.380 --> 00:26:31.200
 where you cannot sow seeds,

00:26:31.620 --> 00:26:32.860
 where there would be no food.

00:26:32.960 --> 00:26:33.339
 They were saying,

00:26:33.400 --> 00:26:34.019
 I will go.

00:26:34.460 --> 00:26:35.559
 Wherever you go,

00:26:36.079 --> 00:26:36.720
 through fire

00:26:36.720 --> 00:26:37.259
 and through water,

00:26:37.319 --> 00:26:37.700
 I will go.

00:26:37.759 --> 00:26:39.079
 That was their devotion

00:26:39.079 --> 00:26:39.799
 of youth

00:26:39.799 --> 00:26:41.140
 but they had long

00:26:41.140 --> 00:26:42.039
 forsaken that.

00:26:43.160 --> 00:26:44.460
 That's Jeremiah's indictment

00:26:44.460 --> 00:26:46.180
 and this is mirroring that.

00:26:46.180 --> 00:26:49.840
 Do you remember

00:26:49.840 --> 00:26:50.539
 the devotion

00:26:50.539 --> 00:26:51.600
 of your youth,

00:26:52.440 --> 00:26:53.279
 the love you had

00:26:53.279 --> 00:26:53.779
 at first?

00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:58.840
 I got my first cell phone

00:26:58.840 --> 00:27:00.539
 when I went to college

00:27:00.539 --> 00:27:01.840
 and I probably spent

00:27:01.840 --> 00:27:02.420
 on average

00:27:02.420 --> 00:27:03.380
 about 30 minutes

00:27:03.380 --> 00:27:04.380
 on calls

00:27:04.380 --> 00:27:06.100
 like every two weeks

00:27:06.100 --> 00:27:06.480
 or so.

00:27:06.960 --> 00:27:07.880
 I didn't use the phone

00:27:07.880 --> 00:27:08.380
 very much.

00:27:10.019 --> 00:27:11.060
 That was the case

00:27:11.060 --> 00:27:12.100
 until my junior year

00:27:12.100 --> 00:27:12.620
 in college

00:27:12.620 --> 00:27:14.340
 when I met

00:27:14.339 --> 00:27:15.959
 a woman named Hannah

00:27:15.959 --> 00:27:18.819
 who's now my wife.

00:27:20.619 --> 00:27:21.919
 I started spending

00:27:21.919 --> 00:27:23.099
 three hours a day

00:27:23.099 --> 00:27:24.199
 on the phone

00:27:24.199 --> 00:27:26.619
 and then my mom

00:27:26.619 --> 00:27:27.220
 called me

00:27:27.220 --> 00:27:28.379
 at the end of the month

00:27:28.379 --> 00:27:31.339
 asking me

00:27:31.339 --> 00:27:33.000
 about the exorbitant

00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:33.839
 overage charges

00:27:33.839 --> 00:27:34.980
 on our family

00:27:34.980 --> 00:27:35.799
 cell phone plan

00:27:35.799 --> 00:27:37.000
 and that's how

00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:37.599
 they learned

00:27:37.599 --> 00:27:39.240
 that I was interested

00:27:39.240 --> 00:27:40.359
 in a woman.

00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:43.439
 That's what

00:27:43.440 --> 00:27:45.500
 my love for Hannah

00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:46.380
 was like at first.

00:27:49.019 --> 00:27:50.299
 It was consuming.

00:27:53.140 --> 00:27:53.980
 Do you remember

00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:55.180
 the love you had

00:27:55.180 --> 00:27:55.940
 for Jesus

00:27:55.940 --> 00:27:56.799
 at first?

00:27:59.259 --> 00:28:00.039
 Do you remember

00:28:00.039 --> 00:28:00.680
 how you used to

00:28:00.680 --> 00:28:01.220
 devour

00:28:01.220 --> 00:28:02.340
 the scriptures?

00:28:05.640 --> 00:28:06.519
 Do you remember

00:28:06.519 --> 00:28:07.519
 how zealous

00:28:07.519 --> 00:28:08.940
 you used to be

00:28:08.940 --> 00:28:09.840
 to tell people

00:28:09.840 --> 00:28:10.299
 about Jesus

00:28:10.299 --> 00:28:10.779
 and what you have

00:28:10.779 --> 00:28:11.299
 found

00:28:11.299 --> 00:28:12.559
 in Jesus

00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:14.079
 do you remember

00:28:14.079 --> 00:28:14.899
 the passion

00:28:14.899 --> 00:28:15.879
 and feeling

00:28:15.879 --> 00:28:16.399
 with which you

00:28:16.399 --> 00:28:16.960
 used to sing

00:28:16.960 --> 00:28:18.099
 praises to him

00:28:18.099 --> 00:28:19.879
 and pray to him?

00:28:20.279 --> 00:28:20.759
 Do you remember

00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:21.579
 the abandon

00:28:21.579 --> 00:28:22.440
 with which you

00:28:22.440 --> 00:28:23.179
 said to him

00:28:23.179 --> 00:28:24.399
 here I am

00:28:24.399 --> 00:28:25.259
 send me

00:28:25.259 --> 00:28:26.799
 I will go

00:28:26.799 --> 00:28:27.500
 wherever you

00:28:27.500 --> 00:28:28.220
 tell me to go.

00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:35.380
 I think we

00:28:35.380 --> 00:28:35.819
 can be like

00:28:35.819 --> 00:28:36.180
 the church

00:28:36.180 --> 00:28:36.620
 in Ephesus

00:28:36.620 --> 00:28:37.519
 in many ways.

00:28:39.519 --> 00:28:40.140
 We're in a

00:28:40.140 --> 00:28:40.779
 cosmopolitan

00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:41.180
 hub

00:28:41.180 --> 00:28:41.980
 surrounded by

00:28:41.980 --> 00:28:42.660
 idolatries

00:28:42.660 --> 00:28:43.799
 and heresies

00:28:43.799 --> 00:28:45.360
 and by and large

00:28:45.360 --> 00:28:45.860
 we are a

00:28:45.860 --> 00:28:46.319
 theologically

00:28:46.319 --> 00:28:46.920
 sound

00:28:46.920 --> 00:28:47.680
 and theologically

00:28:47.680 --> 00:28:48.779
 discerning church.

00:28:49.559 --> 00:28:50.440
 We know how to

00:28:50.440 --> 00:28:50.960
 spot false

00:28:50.960 --> 00:28:51.259
 teachers.

00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:54.400
 We're also

00:28:54.400 --> 00:28:55.160
 full of gritty

00:28:55.160 --> 00:28:56.180
 hardworking people

00:28:56.180 --> 00:28:56.720
 you guys are

00:28:56.720 --> 00:28:58.279
 doers and go-getters.

00:29:01.400 --> 00:29:02.400
 We're toiling

00:29:02.400 --> 00:29:03.019
 for the Lord

00:29:03.019 --> 00:29:03.839
 with patient

00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:04.559
 endurance

00:29:04.559 --> 00:29:05.759
 but do we

00:29:05.759 --> 00:29:07.100
 love Jesus

00:29:07.100 --> 00:29:08.339
 like we did

00:29:08.339 --> 00:29:09.360
 at first?

00:29:14.079 --> 00:29:15.100
 I think sometimes

00:29:15.100 --> 00:29:15.680
 we can chalk

00:29:15.680 --> 00:29:16.700
 this up

00:29:16.700 --> 00:29:17.880
 to misguided

00:29:17.880 --> 00:29:18.640
 youthful

00:29:18.640 --> 00:29:19.660
 exuberance.

00:29:20.140 --> 00:29:21.299
 Say oh I was

00:29:21.299 --> 00:29:22.180
 immature and

00:29:22.180 --> 00:29:23.279
 legalistic back

00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:23.620
 then.

00:29:24.059 --> 00:29:25.180
 I had zeal

00:29:25.180 --> 00:29:26.180
 without knowledge

00:29:26.180 --> 00:29:26.980
 back then

00:29:26.980 --> 00:29:27.580
 but now that

00:29:27.580 --> 00:29:28.140
 I have grown

00:29:28.140 --> 00:29:28.660
 in knowledge

00:29:28.660 --> 00:29:29.279
 my zeal

00:29:29.279 --> 00:29:29.700
 is more

00:29:29.700 --> 00:29:30.279
 tempered.

00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:33.220
 But the

00:29:33.220 --> 00:29:33.740
 Bible's

00:29:33.740 --> 00:29:34.420
 solution to

00:29:34.420 --> 00:29:35.160
 zeal without

00:29:35.160 --> 00:29:35.759
 knowledge

00:29:35.759 --> 00:29:36.519
 is not

00:29:36.519 --> 00:29:37.200
 knowledge

00:29:37.200 --> 00:29:38.240
 without zeal.

00:29:38.820 --> 00:29:39.580
 It's zeal

00:29:39.580 --> 00:29:40.100
 with

00:29:40.100 --> 00:29:40.660
 knowledge.

00:29:44.400 --> 00:29:45.279
 Could it be

00:29:45.279 --> 00:29:45.720
 that we have

00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:46.279
 abandoned

00:29:46.279 --> 00:29:47.180
 the love

00:29:47.180 --> 00:29:47.560
 we had

00:29:47.560 --> 00:29:48.100
 at first?

00:29:48.099 --> 00:29:51.480
 the church

00:29:51.480 --> 00:29:51.939
 in Ephesus

00:29:51.939 --> 00:29:52.439
 was like

00:29:52.439 --> 00:29:53.119
 a wife

00:29:53.119 --> 00:29:54.059
 who cooks

00:29:54.059 --> 00:29:54.419
 for her

00:29:54.419 --> 00:29:54.719
 husband

00:29:54.719 --> 00:29:55.439
 who sleeps

00:29:55.439 --> 00:29:55.659
 on the

00:29:55.659 --> 00:29:56.279
 same bed

00:29:56.279 --> 00:29:56.579
 as her

00:29:56.579 --> 00:29:56.859
 husband

00:29:56.859 --> 00:29:57.419
 raises the

00:29:57.419 --> 00:29:57.719
 kids

00:29:57.719 --> 00:29:58.359
 with her

00:29:58.359 --> 00:29:58.679
 husband

00:29:58.679 --> 00:29:59.059
 and wears

00:29:59.059 --> 00:29:59.459
 the wedding

00:29:59.459 --> 00:29:59.980
 ring that her

00:29:59.980 --> 00:30:00.899
 husband gave

00:30:00.899 --> 00:30:01.459
 her but who

00:30:01.459 --> 00:30:02.219
 has lost

00:30:02.219 --> 00:30:02.719
 her love

00:30:02.719 --> 00:30:03.099
 for her

00:30:03.099 --> 00:30:03.399
 husband.

00:30:07.500 --> 00:30:08.139
 She's a

00:30:08.139 --> 00:30:08.879
 dutiful wife

00:30:08.879 --> 00:30:10.480
 but not a

00:30:10.480 --> 00:30:10.939
 devoted

00:30:10.939 --> 00:30:11.679
 wife.

00:30:14.259 --> 00:30:15.000
 The church

00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:15.500
 in Ephesus

00:30:15.500 --> 00:30:15.980
 was like

00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:16.259
 that.

00:30:17.960 --> 00:30:18.539
 They were

00:30:18.539 --> 00:30:19.380
 dutifully going

00:30:19.380 --> 00:30:19.759
 through the

00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:21.059
 motions but

00:30:21.059 --> 00:30:21.700
 their devotion

00:30:21.700 --> 00:30:22.180
 to the

00:30:22.180 --> 00:30:22.700
 Lord had

00:30:22.700 --> 00:30:22.980
 waned.

00:30:23.039 --> 00:30:23.240
 They had

00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:23.819
 abandoned

00:30:23.819 --> 00:30:24.680
 the love

00:30:24.680 --> 00:30:25.039
 they had

00:30:25.039 --> 00:30:25.519
 at first.

00:30:31.059 --> 00:30:31.620
 I want

00:30:31.620 --> 00:30:32.140
 us to sit

00:30:32.140 --> 00:30:32.440
 with that

00:30:32.440 --> 00:30:32.779
 for a little

00:30:32.779 --> 00:30:33.180
 bit but I

00:30:33.180 --> 00:30:33.519
 do want to

00:30:33.519 --> 00:30:34.259
 qualify it

00:30:34.259 --> 00:30:34.680
 because I

00:30:34.680 --> 00:30:35.259
 don't want

00:30:35.259 --> 00:30:35.700
 you to hear

00:30:35.700 --> 00:30:36.019
 what I'm

00:30:36.019 --> 00:30:36.599
 not saying

00:30:36.599 --> 00:30:37.620
 and you

00:30:37.620 --> 00:30:37.940
 can hear

00:30:37.940 --> 00:30:38.220
 that.

00:30:39.579 --> 00:30:40.180
 I'm not

00:30:40.180 --> 00:30:40.660
 saying look

00:30:40.660 --> 00:30:40.880
 at the

00:30:40.880 --> 00:30:41.319
 Ephesian

00:30:41.319 --> 00:30:41.860
 church.

00:30:42.380 --> 00:30:42.640
 Oh,

00:30:42.880 --> 00:30:43.440
 all that

00:30:43.440 --> 00:30:44.039
 doctrinal

00:30:44.039 --> 00:30:44.920
 stuff is

00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:45.579
 unimportant.

00:30:45.980 --> 00:30:46.700
 Just focus

00:30:46.700 --> 00:30:47.440
 on love.

00:30:47.559 --> 00:30:48.019
 All you

00:30:48.019 --> 00:30:48.480
 need is

00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:48.880
 love.

00:30:49.299 --> 00:30:49.640
 I am

00:30:49.640 --> 00:30:50.120
 not saying

00:30:50.120 --> 00:30:52.299
 that because

00:30:52.299 --> 00:30:53.019
 Jesus doesn't

00:30:53.019 --> 00:30:53.599
 say that in

00:30:53.599 --> 00:30:54.120
 this passage.

00:30:55.880 --> 00:30:56.400
 As human

00:30:56.400 --> 00:30:56.819
 beings we

00:30:56.819 --> 00:30:57.660
 gravitate toward

00:30:57.660 --> 00:30:58.240
 these either

00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:59.140
 or scenarios.

00:30:59.339 --> 00:30:59.440
 The

00:30:59.440 --> 00:30:59.940
 psychologists

00:30:59.940 --> 00:31:00.900
 call false

00:31:00.900 --> 00:31:01.240
 dilemma

00:31:01.240 --> 00:31:01.779
 fallacy.

00:31:02.220 --> 00:31:02.640
 We tend

00:31:02.640 --> 00:31:03.200
 to think of

00:31:03.200 --> 00:31:03.599
 things as

00:31:03.599 --> 00:31:04.339
 either or even

00:31:04.339 --> 00:31:04.740
 when they are

00:31:04.740 --> 00:31:05.319
 not mutually

00:31:05.319 --> 00:31:06.000
 exclusive.

00:31:07.460 --> 00:31:08.259
 We must

00:31:08.259 --> 00:31:08.940
 not pit

00:31:08.940 --> 00:31:09.740
 theological

00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:10.440
 fidelity

00:31:10.440 --> 00:31:11.339
 against

00:31:11.339 --> 00:31:11.819
 Christian

00:31:11.819 --> 00:31:12.220
 love.

00:31:12.220 --> 00:31:16.019
 Jesus

00:31:16.019 --> 00:31:16.940
 commands the

00:31:16.940 --> 00:31:17.539
 church in

00:31:17.539 --> 00:31:18.259
 Ephesus for

00:31:18.259 --> 00:31:19.059
 their doctrinal

00:31:19.059 --> 00:31:19.559
 fidelity.

00:31:21.200 --> 00:31:21.700
 Theological

00:31:21.700 --> 00:31:22.620
 accuracy is

00:31:22.620 --> 00:31:23.380
 important.

00:31:24.240 --> 00:31:24.940
 Obedience

00:31:24.940 --> 00:31:25.940
 even to the

00:31:25.940 --> 00:31:26.799
 minutia of

00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:27.420
 the law is

00:31:27.420 --> 00:31:28.259
 important.

00:31:30.160 --> 00:31:30.839
 Matthew 5,

00:31:30.940 --> 00:31:31.680
 17-19,

00:31:31.799 --> 00:31:32.240
 Jesus says

00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:32.480
 that he

00:31:32.480 --> 00:31:32.900
 didn't come

00:31:32.900 --> 00:31:33.480
 to abolish

00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:33.819
 the law

00:31:33.819 --> 00:31:34.140
 but to

00:31:34.140 --> 00:31:34.500
 fulfill

00:31:34.500 --> 00:31:34.839
 them and

00:31:34.839 --> 00:31:35.100
 he says

00:31:35.100 --> 00:31:35.440
 that not

00:31:35.440 --> 00:31:36.220
 an iota,

00:31:36.380 --> 00:31:36.799
 that's one

00:31:36.799 --> 00:31:36.960
 of the

00:31:36.960 --> 00:31:37.240
 smallest

00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:37.860
 letters in

00:31:37.860 --> 00:31:38.180
 the Greek

00:31:38.180 --> 00:31:38.559
 alphabet,

00:31:38.559 --> 00:31:39.859
 or not

00:31:39.859 --> 00:31:40.879
 a dot,

00:31:41.579 --> 00:31:41.859
 or that

00:31:41.859 --> 00:31:43.379
 would probably

00:31:43.379 --> 00:31:44.240
 be Hebrew,

00:31:45.079 --> 00:31:45.679
 will pass

00:31:45.679 --> 00:31:46.099
 away from

00:31:46.099 --> 00:31:46.460
 the scriptures

00:31:46.460 --> 00:31:47.079
 until heaven

00:31:47.079 --> 00:31:47.460
 and earth

00:31:47.460 --> 00:31:48.119
 pass away.

00:31:49.259 --> 00:31:49.899
 He warns

00:31:49.899 --> 00:31:50.139
 us,

00:31:50.279 --> 00:31:50.759
 therefore whoever

00:31:50.759 --> 00:31:52.139
 relaxes one

00:31:52.139 --> 00:31:53.000
 of the least

00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:53.399
 of these

00:31:53.399 --> 00:31:53.899
 commandments

00:31:53.899 --> 00:31:55.099
 and teaches

00:31:55.099 --> 00:31:55.759
 others to do

00:31:55.759 --> 00:31:56.240
 the same

00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:57.079
 will be called

00:31:57.079 --> 00:31:57.960
 least in the

00:31:57.960 --> 00:31:58.339
 kingdom of

00:31:58.339 --> 00:31:58.619
 heaven.

00:31:59.359 --> 00:31:59.899
 But whoever

00:31:59.899 --> 00:32:00.659
 does them

00:32:00.659 --> 00:32:01.200
 and teaches

00:32:01.200 --> 00:32:01.619
 them will be

00:32:01.619 --> 00:32:02.259
 called great

00:32:02.259 --> 00:32:02.740
 in the

00:32:02.740 --> 00:32:03.200
 kingdom of

00:32:03.200 --> 00:32:03.419
 heaven.

00:32:04.899 --> 00:32:05.659
 So no,

00:32:05.779 --> 00:32:06.539
 Jesus is not

00:32:06.539 --> 00:32:07.279
 downplaying

00:32:07.279 --> 00:32:07.899
 theological

00:32:07.900 --> 00:32:08.640
 faithfulness.

00:32:09.820 --> 00:32:10.220
 Scripture

00:32:10.220 --> 00:32:11.280
 never makes

00:32:11.280 --> 00:32:11.900
 light of

00:32:11.900 --> 00:32:12.320
 obedience.

00:32:13.300 --> 00:32:13.740
 Even in

00:32:13.740 --> 00:32:14.460
 Matthew 23

00:32:14.460 --> 00:32:14.940
 when Jesus

00:32:14.940 --> 00:32:15.800
 is criticizing

00:32:15.800 --> 00:32:16.660
 the Pharisees

00:32:16.660 --> 00:32:17.580
 for fastidiously

00:32:17.580 --> 00:32:18.640
 tithing the

00:32:18.640 --> 00:32:19.480
 smallest herbs,

00:32:19.820 --> 00:32:20.400
 giving a tenth

00:32:20.400 --> 00:32:21.240
 of the smallest

00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:21.960
 herbs of their

00:32:21.960 --> 00:32:22.780
 produce to God,

00:32:23.100 --> 00:32:23.740
 tithing mint

00:32:23.740 --> 00:32:24.180
 and dill

00:32:24.180 --> 00:32:24.640
 and cumin.

00:32:25.120 --> 00:32:25.660
 But while

00:32:25.660 --> 00:32:25.960
 they were

00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:26.759
 doing that,

00:32:27.180 --> 00:32:27.480
 they were

00:32:27.480 --> 00:32:28.340
 neglecting the

00:32:28.340 --> 00:32:29.220
 weightier matters

00:32:29.220 --> 00:32:29.680
 of the law,

00:32:29.820 --> 00:32:30.160
 justice,

00:32:30.460 --> 00:32:30.740
 mercy,

00:32:30.880 --> 00:32:31.620
 and faithfulness.

00:32:31.700 --> 00:32:32.120
 And so Jesus

00:32:32.120 --> 00:32:32.980
 rebukes them.

00:32:33.580 --> 00:32:34.300
 But even as

00:32:34.300 --> 00:32:35.340
 he's rebuking

00:32:35.340 --> 00:32:35.540
 them,

00:32:35.660 --> 00:32:36.300
 Jesus never

00:32:36.300 --> 00:32:36.900
 tells them

00:32:36.900 --> 00:32:37.680
 not to worry

00:32:37.680 --> 00:32:38.240
 about tithing

00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:38.720
 the mint

00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:39.500
 and the

00:32:39.500 --> 00:32:39.700
 dill

00:32:39.700 --> 00:32:40.140
 and the

00:32:40.140 --> 00:32:40.320
 cumin.

00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:42.440
 No,

00:32:42.480 --> 00:32:42.759
 he says

00:32:42.759 --> 00:32:43.279
 instead,

00:32:43.840 --> 00:32:44.360
 these you

00:32:44.360 --> 00:32:44.960
 ought to

00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:45.680
 have done

00:32:45.680 --> 00:32:46.420
 without

00:32:46.420 --> 00:32:47.320
 neglecting

00:32:47.320 --> 00:32:48.060
 the others.

00:32:50.420 --> 00:32:51.440
 The Pharisees

00:32:51.440 --> 00:32:52.259
 were legalistic

00:32:52.259 --> 00:32:53.259
 and hypocritical

00:32:53.259 --> 00:32:54.220
 not because

00:32:54.220 --> 00:32:55.120
 they obeyed

00:32:55.120 --> 00:32:55.500
 the least

00:32:55.500 --> 00:32:55.860
 of these

00:32:55.860 --> 00:32:56.240
 commandments,

00:32:56.580 --> 00:32:57.000
 but because

00:32:57.000 --> 00:32:57.620
 they obeyed

00:32:57.620 --> 00:32:58.060
 the least

00:32:58.060 --> 00:32:58.380
 of these

00:32:58.380 --> 00:32:58.700
 commandments

00:32:58.700 --> 00:32:59.100
 while

00:32:59.100 --> 00:32:59.980
 neglecting

00:32:59.980 --> 00:33:00.820
 and disobeying

00:33:00.820 --> 00:33:01.420
 the greater

00:33:01.420 --> 00:33:01.820
 commandments.

00:33:01.819 --> 00:33:06.240
 the solution

00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:07.220
 is not

00:33:07.220 --> 00:33:08.299
 just obey

00:33:08.299 --> 00:33:08.859
 these things

00:33:08.859 --> 00:33:09.559
 and neglect

00:33:09.559 --> 00:33:10.139
 the rest.

00:33:10.700 --> 00:33:11.220
 The solution

00:33:11.220 --> 00:33:11.919
 is obedience

00:33:11.919 --> 00:33:13.259
 to all

00:33:13.259 --> 00:33:13.740
 of the

00:33:13.740 --> 00:33:14.039
 commands

00:33:14.039 --> 00:33:14.519
 from the

00:33:14.519 --> 00:33:14.859
 least

00:33:14.859 --> 00:33:15.639
 to the

00:33:15.639 --> 00:33:15.960
 greatest.

00:33:20.599 --> 00:33:21.399
 With that

00:33:21.399 --> 00:33:21.839
 qualification

00:33:21.839 --> 00:33:22.279
 aside,

00:33:22.419 --> 00:33:22.679
 I want to

00:33:22.679 --> 00:33:23.099
 return to

00:33:23.099 --> 00:33:23.419
 the main

00:33:23.419 --> 00:33:23.919
 exhortation

00:33:23.919 --> 00:33:24.200
 of this

00:33:24.200 --> 00:33:24.619
 passage

00:33:24.619 --> 00:33:25.319
 because

00:33:25.319 --> 00:33:25.720
 some

00:33:25.720 --> 00:33:26.279
 commands

00:33:26.279 --> 00:33:27.200
 are

00:33:27.200 --> 00:33:28.000
 greater

00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:29.079
 than

00:33:29.079 --> 00:33:29.420
 others.

00:33:31.720 --> 00:33:32.420
 What is

00:33:32.420 --> 00:33:32.879
 the greatest

00:33:32.879 --> 00:33:33.339
 commandment

00:33:33.339 --> 00:33:33.639
 for us

00:33:33.639 --> 00:33:34.139
 as Christians?

00:33:36.420 --> 00:33:37.019
 Jesus

00:33:37.019 --> 00:33:37.759
 once answered

00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:38.240
 that question

00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:39.059
 directly in

00:33:39.059 --> 00:33:39.859
 Matthew 22,

00:33:40.039 --> 00:33:41.059
 37 to 39.

00:33:41.680 --> 00:33:42.079
 You shall

00:33:42.079 --> 00:33:42.839
 love the

00:33:42.839 --> 00:33:43.220
 Lord your

00:33:43.220 --> 00:33:43.960
 God with

00:33:43.960 --> 00:33:44.539
 all your

00:33:44.539 --> 00:33:45.139
 heart and

00:33:45.139 --> 00:33:45.599
 with all

00:33:45.599 --> 00:33:46.160
 your soul

00:33:46.160 --> 00:33:46.539
 and with

00:33:46.539 --> 00:33:47.119
 all your

00:33:47.119 --> 00:33:47.500
 mind.

00:33:48.399 --> 00:33:48.819
 This

00:33:48.819 --> 00:33:49.700
 is the

00:33:49.700 --> 00:33:50.119
 great

00:33:50.119 --> 00:33:51.139
 and first

00:33:51.139 --> 00:33:51.940
 commandment.

00:33:52.740 --> 00:33:53.019
 And a

00:33:53.019 --> 00:33:53.700
 second is

00:33:53.700 --> 00:33:54.259
 like it.

00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:54.779
 You shall

00:33:54.779 --> 00:33:55.220
 love your

00:33:55.220 --> 00:33:56.240
 neighbor as

00:33:56.240 --> 00:33:57.039
 yourself.

00:33:58.660 --> 00:33:59.099
 Sometimes

00:33:59.099 --> 00:33:59.720
 pastors and

00:33:59.720 --> 00:34:00.140
 theologians

00:34:00.140 --> 00:34:01.279
 debate the

00:34:01.279 --> 00:34:01.640
 phrase

00:34:01.640 --> 00:34:02.440
 abandoning the

00:34:02.440 --> 00:34:02.819
 love you

00:34:02.819 --> 00:34:03.259
 had at

00:34:03.259 --> 00:34:03.660
 first.

00:34:03.740 --> 00:34:03.940
 What does

00:34:03.940 --> 00:34:04.339
 that mean?

00:34:04.420 --> 00:34:04.640
 Is it

00:34:04.640 --> 00:34:05.000
 love for

00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:05.380
 God?

00:34:05.460 --> 00:34:05.660
 Is it

00:34:05.660 --> 00:34:06.099
 love for

00:34:06.099 --> 00:34:06.980
 the church,

00:34:07.099 --> 00:34:07.519
 one another?

00:34:07.660 --> 00:34:07.920
 Or is it

00:34:07.920 --> 00:34:08.400
 love for

00:34:08.400 --> 00:34:08.860
 your

00:34:08.860 --> 00:34:09.300
 neighbors?

00:34:11.019 --> 00:34:11.619
 I think

00:34:11.619 --> 00:34:12.059
 the answer

00:34:12.059 --> 00:34:12.579
 is all

00:34:12.579 --> 00:34:12.800
 of the

00:34:12.800 --> 00:34:13.159
 above.

00:34:14.679 --> 00:34:15.119
 Because

00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:15.539
 Jesus

00:34:15.539 --> 00:34:16.039
 connects

00:34:16.039 --> 00:34:16.599
 those two

00:34:16.599 --> 00:34:17.340
 loves when

00:34:17.340 --> 00:34:17.659
 he gives

00:34:17.659 --> 00:34:18.059
 the greatest

00:34:18.059 --> 00:34:18.440
 commandment.

00:34:18.519 --> 00:34:18.820
 Love for

00:34:18.820 --> 00:34:19.099
 God,

00:34:19.260 --> 00:34:19.539
 love for

00:34:19.539 --> 00:34:19.960
 one another,

00:34:20.099 --> 00:34:20.440
 love for

00:34:20.440 --> 00:34:20.639
 our

00:34:20.639 --> 00:34:20.960
 neighbors.

00:34:22.519 --> 00:34:22.699
 And

00:34:22.699 --> 00:34:25.400
 all that

00:34:25.400 --> 00:34:25.699
 we do

00:34:25.699 --> 00:34:25.860
 as

00:34:25.860 --> 00:34:26.280
 Christians

00:34:26.280 --> 00:34:26.440
 are

00:34:26.440 --> 00:34:26.640
 supposed

00:34:26.640 --> 00:34:26.820
 to be

00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:27.000
 done

00:34:27.000 --> 00:34:27.160
 in

00:34:27.160 --> 00:34:27.420
 love.

00:34:27.880 --> 00:34:28.099
 In

00:34:28.099 --> 00:34:28.539
 1 John

00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:28.840
 4,

00:34:28.920 --> 00:34:29.660
 20-21,

00:34:30.200 --> 00:34:31.240
 it tells

00:34:31.240 --> 00:34:31.579
 us that

00:34:31.579 --> 00:34:32.019
 we cannot

00:34:32.019 --> 00:34:32.900
 love God

00:34:32.900 --> 00:34:33.599
 while hating

00:34:33.599 --> 00:34:34.019
 our brothers

00:34:34.019 --> 00:34:34.519
 and sisters

00:34:34.519 --> 00:34:35.140
 in Christ.

00:34:35.760 --> 00:34:36.079
 So love

00:34:36.079 --> 00:34:36.460
 for God

00:34:36.460 --> 00:34:36.720
 and love

00:34:36.720 --> 00:34:37.000
 for one

00:34:37.000 --> 00:34:37.220
 another

00:34:37.220 --> 00:34:38.000
 also go

00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:38.640
 hand in

00:34:38.640 --> 00:34:38.960
 hand.

00:34:40.220 --> 00:34:40.579
 So if

00:34:40.579 --> 00:34:40.700
 you're

00:34:40.700 --> 00:34:41.120
 neglecting

00:34:41.120 --> 00:34:41.320
 one,

00:34:41.400 --> 00:34:41.519
 you're

00:34:41.519 --> 00:34:42.019
 neglecting

00:34:42.019 --> 00:34:43.360
 them all.

00:34:46.620 --> 00:34:46.740
 The

00:34:46.740 --> 00:34:47.140
 love for

00:34:47.140 --> 00:34:47.559
 God is

00:34:47.559 --> 00:34:47.740
 the

00:34:47.740 --> 00:34:48.840
 foundation,

00:34:49.120 --> 00:34:49.660
 the fountain

00:34:49.660 --> 00:34:50.240
 from which

00:34:50.240 --> 00:34:50.800
 all our

00:34:50.800 --> 00:34:51.440
 other loves

00:34:51.440 --> 00:34:51.880
 for one

00:34:51.880 --> 00:34:52.340
 another and

00:34:52.340 --> 00:34:52.620
 for our

00:34:52.620 --> 00:34:52.900
 neighbors

00:34:52.900 --> 00:34:53.360
 flow.

00:34:53.360 --> 00:34:56.480
 1 Corinthians

00:34:56.480 --> 00:34:57.680
 13 says

00:34:57.680 --> 00:34:57.880
 this,

00:34:57.940 --> 00:34:58.539
 if I speak

00:34:58.539 --> 00:34:58.780
 in the

00:34:58.780 --> 00:34:59.260
 tongues of

00:34:59.260 --> 00:34:59.660
 men and

00:34:59.660 --> 00:35:00.280
 of angels

00:35:00.280 --> 00:35:01.120
 but have

00:35:01.120 --> 00:35:02.019
 not love,

00:35:02.940 --> 00:35:03.559
 I'm a

00:35:03.559 --> 00:35:04.280
 noisy gong

00:35:04.280 --> 00:35:04.539
 or a

00:35:04.539 --> 00:35:04.800
 clanging

00:35:04.800 --> 00:35:05.340
 cymbal.

00:35:06.840 --> 00:35:07.280
 And if I

00:35:07.280 --> 00:35:07.700
 have prophetic

00:35:07.700 --> 00:35:08.720
 powers and

00:35:08.720 --> 00:35:09.380
 understand all

00:35:09.380 --> 00:35:10.019
 mysteries and

00:35:10.019 --> 00:35:10.700
 all knowledge

00:35:10.700 --> 00:35:11.160
 and if I

00:35:11.160 --> 00:35:11.800
 have all

00:35:11.800 --> 00:35:13.000
 faith so

00:35:13.000 --> 00:35:13.240
 as to

00:35:13.240 --> 00:35:13.800
 remove

00:35:13.800 --> 00:35:15.380
 mountains but

00:35:15.380 --> 00:35:15.800
 have not

00:35:15.800 --> 00:35:16.059
 love,

00:35:16.140 --> 00:35:16.519
 I am

00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:16.900
 nothing.

00:35:18.500 --> 00:35:19.260
 If I give

00:35:19.260 --> 00:35:19.780
 away all

00:35:19.780 --> 00:35:20.300
 I have and

00:35:20.300 --> 00:35:20.860
 if I deliver

00:35:20.860 --> 00:35:21.620
 up my body

00:35:21.619 --> 00:35:22.159
 to be burned

00:35:22.159 --> 00:35:22.500
 but have

00:35:22.500 --> 00:35:22.900
 not love,

00:35:22.960 --> 00:35:23.319
 I gain

00:35:23.319 --> 00:35:23.699
 nothing.

00:35:24.500 --> 00:35:24.900
 And at the

00:35:24.900 --> 00:35:25.199
 end of that

00:35:25.199 --> 00:35:25.559
 chapter he

00:35:25.559 --> 00:35:25.679
 says,

00:35:25.759 --> 00:35:25.980
 so now

00:35:25.980 --> 00:35:26.279
 faith,

00:35:26.440 --> 00:35:26.639
 hope,

00:35:26.699 --> 00:35:27.039
 and love

00:35:27.039 --> 00:35:27.539
 abide,

00:35:28.199 --> 00:35:28.799
 these three,

00:35:28.920 --> 00:35:29.199
 but the

00:35:29.199 --> 00:35:30.239
 greatest of

00:35:30.239 --> 00:35:31.299
 these is

00:35:31.299 --> 00:35:31.920
 love.

00:35:33.339 --> 00:35:34.099
 Love is

00:35:34.099 --> 00:35:35.179
 the greatest

00:35:35.179 --> 00:35:35.719
 command.

00:35:37.079 --> 00:35:37.739
 I want

00:35:37.739 --> 00:35:38.259
 all of us

00:35:38.259 --> 00:35:38.719
 to speak

00:35:38.719 --> 00:35:38.960
 in the

00:35:38.960 --> 00:35:39.319
 tongues of

00:35:39.319 --> 00:35:39.639
 angels.

00:35:40.279 --> 00:35:40.839
 I want

00:35:40.839 --> 00:35:41.579
 all of us

00:35:41.579 --> 00:35:42.219
 to have

00:35:42.219 --> 00:35:42.779
 prophetic

00:35:42.779 --> 00:35:43.259
 powers.

00:35:43.679 --> 00:35:44.119
 I want

00:35:44.119 --> 00:35:44.619
 all of us

00:35:44.619 --> 00:35:45.559
 to understand

00:35:45.559 --> 00:35:46.400
 all mysteries

00:35:46.400 --> 00:35:47.219
 and knowledge.

00:35:47.699 --> 00:35:48.199
 I want

00:35:48.199 --> 00:35:48.639
 all of us

00:35:48.639 --> 00:35:48.859
 to have

00:35:48.859 --> 00:35:49.559
 faith that

00:35:49.559 --> 00:35:49.940
 can move

00:35:49.940 --> 00:35:50.359
 mountains.

00:35:50.360 --> 00:35:51.079
 And I

00:35:51.079 --> 00:35:51.380
 want

00:35:51.380 --> 00:35:51.820
 all of us

00:35:51.820 --> 00:35:52.019
 to be

00:35:52.019 --> 00:35:52.380
 radically

00:35:52.380 --> 00:35:52.940
 generous

00:35:52.940 --> 00:35:54.079
 and sacrificial

00:35:54.079 --> 00:35:54.460
 in our

00:35:54.460 --> 00:35:54.800
 giving.

00:35:57.079 --> 00:35:57.780
 I want

00:35:57.780 --> 00:35:58.340
 all of us

00:35:58.340 --> 00:35:58.620
 to be

00:35:58.620 --> 00:35:59.000
 willing to

00:35:59.000 --> 00:35:59.340
 lay down

00:35:59.340 --> 00:35:59.900
 our lives

00:35:59.900 --> 00:36:00.620
 for Christ

00:36:00.620 --> 00:36:01.140
 and even

00:36:01.140 --> 00:36:01.559
 go through

00:36:01.559 --> 00:36:02.160
 fire for

00:36:02.160 --> 00:36:02.400
 him.

00:36:03.300 --> 00:36:04.019
 But all

00:36:04.019 --> 00:36:04.320
 of these

00:36:04.320 --> 00:36:04.660
 things are

00:36:04.660 --> 00:36:05.000
 meaningless

00:36:05.000 --> 00:36:05.559
 if we

00:36:05.559 --> 00:36:06.059
 have not

00:36:06.059 --> 00:36:06.480
 love.

00:36:09.599 --> 00:36:10.160
 Most of

00:36:10.160 --> 00:36:10.360
 you have

00:36:10.360 --> 00:36:10.780
 probably heard

00:36:10.780 --> 00:36:11.099
 me quote

00:36:11.099 --> 00:36:11.420
 this at

00:36:11.420 --> 00:36:12.000
 least once.

00:36:12.980 --> 00:36:13.280
 C.S.

00:36:13.320 --> 00:36:13.760
 Lewis puts

00:36:13.760 --> 00:36:14.059
 it this

00:36:14.059 --> 00:36:14.220
 way,

00:36:14.300 --> 00:36:14.780
 a perfect

00:36:14.780 --> 00:36:15.360
 man would

00:36:15.360 --> 00:36:15.940
 never act

00:36:15.940 --> 00:36:16.340
 from the

00:36:16.340 --> 00:36:16.960
 sense of

00:36:16.960 --> 00:36:17.340
 duty.

00:36:18.220 --> 00:36:18.400
 He

00:36:18.400 --> 00:36:18.900
 would always

00:36:18.900 --> 00:36:19.559
 want the

00:36:19.559 --> 00:36:20.140
 right thing

00:36:20.139 --> 00:36:20.679
 more than

00:36:20.679 --> 00:36:21.039
 the wrong

00:36:21.039 --> 00:36:21.299
 one.

00:36:22.460 --> 00:36:23.139
 Duty is

00:36:23.139 --> 00:36:23.639
 only a

00:36:23.639 --> 00:36:24.039
 substitute

00:36:24.039 --> 00:36:24.779
 for love

00:36:24.779 --> 00:36:25.579
 of God

00:36:25.579 --> 00:36:25.819
 and of

00:36:25.819 --> 00:36:26.299
 other people

00:36:26.299 --> 00:36:26.739
 like a

00:36:26.739 --> 00:36:27.179
 crutch

00:36:27.179 --> 00:36:27.679
 which is

00:36:27.679 --> 00:36:28.159
 a substitute

00:36:28.159 --> 00:36:28.679
 for a

00:36:28.679 --> 00:36:28.940
 leg.

00:36:29.839 --> 00:36:30.379
 Most of

00:36:30.379 --> 00:36:30.900
 us need

00:36:30.900 --> 00:36:31.279
 the crutch

00:36:31.279 --> 00:36:31.859
 at times

00:36:31.859 --> 00:36:32.279
 but of

00:36:32.279 --> 00:36:32.699
 course it

00:36:32.699 --> 00:36:33.379
 is idiotic

00:36:33.379 --> 00:36:33.739
 to use

00:36:33.739 --> 00:36:34.219
 the crutch

00:36:34.219 --> 00:36:34.579
 when our

00:36:34.579 --> 00:36:35.299
 own legs,

00:36:35.719 --> 00:36:36.039
 our own

00:36:36.039 --> 00:36:36.379
 loves,

00:36:36.519 --> 00:36:36.839
 tastes,

00:36:37.039 --> 00:36:37.379
 habits,

00:36:37.559 --> 00:36:37.799
 etc.

00:36:37.920 --> 00:36:38.339
 can do

00:36:38.339 --> 00:36:38.799
 the journey

00:36:38.799 --> 00:36:39.239
 on their

00:36:39.239 --> 00:36:39.519
 own.

00:36:42.460 --> 00:36:42.879
 Brothers and

00:36:42.879 --> 00:36:43.119
 sisters,

00:36:43.359 --> 00:36:43.920
 God wants

00:36:43.920 --> 00:36:45.279
 more than

00:36:45.280 --> 00:36:45.460
 our

00:36:45.460 --> 00:36:46.080
 dutiful

00:36:46.080 --> 00:36:46.600
 obedience.

00:36:49.740 --> 00:36:50.380
 Yes,

00:36:50.540 --> 00:36:51.280
 He wants

00:36:51.280 --> 00:36:51.960
 your toil

00:36:51.960 --> 00:36:52.760
 and He

00:36:52.760 --> 00:36:53.400
 wants your

00:36:53.400 --> 00:36:53.740
 patient

00:36:53.740 --> 00:36:54.200
 endurance

00:36:54.200 --> 00:36:54.980
 but He's

00:36:54.980 --> 00:36:55.940
 also for

00:36:55.940 --> 00:36:56.820
 your joy.

00:36:58.120 --> 00:36:59.060
 He's also

00:36:59.060 --> 00:36:59.760
 for your

00:36:59.760 --> 00:37:00.420
 love.

00:37:01.880 --> 00:37:02.580
 If you think

00:37:02.580 --> 00:37:02.900
 that God

00:37:02.900 --> 00:37:03.660
 merely wants

00:37:03.660 --> 00:37:03.940
 you for

00:37:03.940 --> 00:37:04.600
 the services

00:37:04.600 --> 00:37:05.580
 and ministries

00:37:05.580 --> 00:37:06.000
 that you can

00:37:06.000 --> 00:37:07.080
 perform on

00:37:07.080 --> 00:37:07.720
 His behalf,

00:37:07.820 --> 00:37:07.980
 then you

00:37:07.980 --> 00:37:08.360
 are badly

00:37:08.360 --> 00:37:08.860
 mistaken.

00:37:10.700 --> 00:37:11.460
 God wants

00:37:11.460 --> 00:37:12.300
 to draw you

00:37:12.300 --> 00:37:12.720
 into a

00:37:12.720 --> 00:37:12.940
 loving

00:37:12.940 --> 00:37:13.760
 relationship

00:37:13.760 --> 00:37:14.300
 with Him.

00:37:14.579 --> 00:37:15.000
 He wants

00:37:15.000 --> 00:37:15.260
 you to

00:37:15.260 --> 00:37:15.760
 share

00:37:15.760 --> 00:37:16.300
 in His

00:37:16.300 --> 00:37:16.760
 everlasting

00:37:16.760 --> 00:37:17.659
 love for

00:37:17.659 --> 00:37:18.659
 you and

00:37:18.659 --> 00:37:19.000
 for you

00:37:19.000 --> 00:37:19.559
 to love

00:37:19.559 --> 00:37:20.159
 Him in

00:37:20.159 --> 00:37:20.500
 return.

00:37:21.460 --> 00:37:22.300
 He wants

00:37:22.300 --> 00:37:22.880
 you to

00:37:22.880 --> 00:37:23.500
 be forever

00:37:23.500 --> 00:37:24.260
 enveloped by

00:37:24.260 --> 00:37:24.920
 the triune

00:37:24.920 --> 00:37:25.340
 love of

00:37:25.340 --> 00:37:25.619
 God.

00:37:26.940 --> 00:37:27.460
 So yes,

00:37:27.579 --> 00:37:28.079
 let's be

00:37:28.079 --> 00:37:28.619
 patiently

00:37:28.619 --> 00:37:29.179
 enduring

00:37:29.179 --> 00:37:29.760
 Christians

00:37:29.760 --> 00:37:30.539
 but let's

00:37:30.539 --> 00:37:31.019
 also be

00:37:31.019 --> 00:37:31.639
 joyfully

00:37:31.639 --> 00:37:32.320
 exuberant

00:37:32.320 --> 00:37:32.679
 Christians.

00:37:34.700 --> 00:37:35.500
 Let's be

00:37:35.500 --> 00:37:36.179
 hardworking

00:37:36.179 --> 00:37:36.800
 Christians

00:37:36.800 --> 00:37:37.579
 but let's

00:37:37.579 --> 00:37:38.000
 also be

00:37:38.000 --> 00:37:38.440
 deeply

00:37:38.440 --> 00:37:38.860
 loving

00:37:38.860 --> 00:37:39.519
 Christians.

00:37:41.860 --> 00:37:42.500
 Notice

00:37:42.500 --> 00:37:42.920
 also the

00:37:42.920 --> 00:37:43.320
 contrast

00:37:43.320 --> 00:37:43.619
 between

00:37:43.619 --> 00:37:43.900
 love

00:37:43.900 --> 00:37:44.039
 and

00:37:44.039 --> 00:37:44.360
 hate

00:37:44.360 --> 00:37:44.639
 in this

00:37:44.639 --> 00:37:45.039
 passage.

00:37:46.559 --> 00:37:46.880
 The church

00:37:46.880 --> 00:37:47.360
 in Ephesus

00:37:47.360 --> 00:37:48.139
 hate the

00:37:48.139 --> 00:37:49.079
 works of

00:37:49.079 --> 00:37:49.760
 the Nicolaitans

00:37:49.760 --> 00:37:50.220
 which Jesus

00:37:50.220 --> 00:37:50.940
 also hates.

00:37:51.019 --> 00:37:51.420
 That's a good

00:37:51.420 --> 00:37:51.720
 thing.

00:37:52.440 --> 00:37:53.240
 To hate

00:37:53.240 --> 00:37:53.639
 what God

00:37:53.639 --> 00:37:54.119
 hates is

00:37:54.119 --> 00:37:54.460
 good.

00:37:55.119 --> 00:37:55.579
 But their

00:37:55.579 --> 00:37:56.400
 failure was

00:37:56.400 --> 00:37:56.860
 in the

00:37:56.860 --> 00:37:57.480
 absence of

00:37:57.480 --> 00:37:57.920
 love.

00:37:58.039 --> 00:37:58.440
 They didn't

00:37:58.440 --> 00:37:59.360
 love what

00:37:59.360 --> 00:37:59.960
 Jesus

00:37:59.960 --> 00:38:00.720
 loved.

00:38:02.780 --> 00:38:03.340
 They

00:38:03.340 --> 00:38:03.780
 abandoned

00:38:03.780 --> 00:38:04.220
 the love

00:38:04.220 --> 00:38:04.579
 they had

00:38:04.579 --> 00:38:05.099
 at first.

00:38:05.780 --> 00:38:06.220
 It's not

00:38:06.220 --> 00:38:06.740
 enough to

00:38:06.740 --> 00:38:07.380
 hate what

00:38:07.380 --> 00:38:07.940
 is false

00:38:07.940 --> 00:38:08.519
 and evil.

00:38:08.720 --> 00:38:09.019
 We also

00:38:09.019 --> 00:38:09.579
 must love

00:38:09.579 --> 00:38:10.400
 God and

00:38:10.400 --> 00:38:10.860
 love one

00:38:10.860 --> 00:38:11.320
 another and

00:38:11.320 --> 00:38:11.599
 love our

00:38:11.599 --> 00:38:11.880
 neighbors.

00:38:11.880 --> 00:38:13.780
 sometimes

00:38:13.780 --> 00:38:14.380
 Christians

00:38:14.380 --> 00:38:15.200
 get

00:38:15.200 --> 00:38:16.240
 caricatured

00:38:16.240 --> 00:38:16.980
 in the

00:38:16.980 --> 00:38:17.640
 media as

00:38:17.640 --> 00:38:18.400
 people who

00:38:18.400 --> 00:38:18.740
 are only

00:38:18.740 --> 00:38:19.420
 against

00:38:19.420 --> 00:38:20.300
 this and

00:38:20.300 --> 00:38:20.880
 against

00:38:20.880 --> 00:38:21.680
 that.

00:38:23.099 --> 00:38:23.840
 Most of

00:38:23.840 --> 00:38:24.019
 the time

00:38:24.019 --> 00:38:24.340
 it's not

00:38:24.340 --> 00:38:25.300
 fair but

00:38:25.300 --> 00:38:25.740
 for some

00:38:25.740 --> 00:38:26.480
 Christians that

00:38:26.480 --> 00:38:27.180
 caricature hits

00:38:27.180 --> 00:38:27.640
 a little too

00:38:27.640 --> 00:38:28.079
 close to

00:38:28.079 --> 00:38:28.300
 home.

00:38:31.460 --> 00:38:32.400
 Again it's

00:38:32.400 --> 00:38:33.000
 good to

00:38:33.000 --> 00:38:33.599
 hate what

00:38:33.599 --> 00:38:34.079
 God hates

00:38:34.079 --> 00:38:34.420
 and to be

00:38:34.420 --> 00:38:35.260
 against what

00:38:35.260 --> 00:38:35.720
 God is

00:38:35.720 --> 00:38:36.840
 against but

00:38:36.840 --> 00:38:37.119
 if you're

00:38:37.119 --> 00:38:37.619
 only an

00:38:37.619 --> 00:38:38.500
 against this

00:38:38.500 --> 00:38:39.000
 and against

00:38:39.000 --> 00:38:39.760
 that Christian

00:38:39.760 --> 00:38:40.120
 and not

00:38:40.120 --> 00:38:41.300
 for this

00:38:41.300 --> 00:38:41.700
 love

00:38:41.700 --> 00:38:42.180
 Christian

00:38:42.180 --> 00:38:43.180
 for that

00:38:43.180 --> 00:38:43.560
 love

00:38:43.560 --> 00:38:44.020
 Christian

00:38:44.020 --> 00:38:44.480
 then there

00:38:44.480 --> 00:38:44.760
 is an

00:38:44.760 --> 00:38:45.320
 imbalance.

00:38:51.260 --> 00:38:51.860
 So now

00:38:51.860 --> 00:38:52.320
 let's return

00:38:52.320 --> 00:38:52.840
 to the

00:38:52.840 --> 00:38:53.400
 exhortation

00:38:53.400 --> 00:38:54.220
 verse 5

00:38:54.220 --> 00:38:55.500
 that we've

00:38:55.500 --> 00:38:55.840
 seen the

00:38:55.840 --> 00:38:56.340
 evaluation

00:38:56.340 --> 00:38:56.800
 and we go

00:38:56.800 --> 00:38:57.000
 to the

00:38:57.000 --> 00:38:57.580
 exhortation

00:38:57.580 --> 00:38:57.840
 in verse

00:38:57.840 --> 00:38:58.100
 5.

00:38:58.100 --> 00:38:58.440
 Remember

00:38:58.440 --> 00:38:59.160
 therefore

00:38:59.160 --> 00:38:59.640
 from where

00:38:59.640 --> 00:38:59.920
 you have

00:38:59.920 --> 00:39:00.240
 fallen

00:39:00.240 --> 00:39:00.860
 repent

00:39:00.860 --> 00:39:01.520
 and do

00:39:01.520 --> 00:39:01.960
 the works

00:39:01.960 --> 00:39:02.380
 you did

00:39:02.380 --> 00:39:03.100
 at first.

00:39:03.840 --> 00:39:04.140
 If not

00:39:04.140 --> 00:39:04.340
 I will

00:39:04.340 --> 00:39:04.700
 come to

00:39:04.700 --> 00:39:04.940
 you and

00:39:04.940 --> 00:39:05.400
 remove

00:39:05.400 --> 00:39:05.720
 your

00:39:05.720 --> 00:39:06.240
 lampstand

00:39:06.240 --> 00:39:06.580
 from its

00:39:06.580 --> 00:39:06.960
 place

00:39:06.960 --> 00:39:07.300
 unless

00:39:07.300 --> 00:39:07.760
 you

00:39:07.760 --> 00:39:08.260
 repent.

00:39:09.800 --> 00:39:10.440
 I think

00:39:10.440 --> 00:39:11.019
 this

00:39:11.019 --> 00:39:11.820
 exhortation

00:39:11.820 --> 00:39:12.860
 has a

00:39:12.860 --> 00:39:13.260
 particular

00:39:13.260 --> 00:39:13.840
 emphasis

00:39:13.840 --> 00:39:14.880
 on loving

00:39:14.880 --> 00:39:15.240
 God

00:39:15.240 --> 00:39:15.519
 in the

00:39:15.519 --> 00:39:15.880
 way we

00:39:15.880 --> 00:39:16.400
 witness

00:39:16.400 --> 00:39:17.019
 to others.

00:39:18.179 --> 00:39:18.460
 You're

00:39:18.460 --> 00:39:18.519
 going to

00:39:18.519 --> 00:39:18.780
 ask me

00:39:18.780 --> 00:39:18.940
 where

00:39:18.940 --> 00:39:19.099
 you're

00:39:19.099 --> 00:39:19.220
 getting

00:39:19.220 --> 00:39:19.400
 that

00:39:19.400 --> 00:39:19.599
 in the

00:39:19.599 --> 00:39:19.860
 text

00:39:19.860 --> 00:39:20.099
 I'm

00:39:20.099 --> 00:39:20.260
 going to

00:39:20.260 --> 00:39:20.440
 show

00:39:20.440 --> 00:39:20.619
 you.

00:39:21.280 --> 00:39:21.760
 There's

00:39:21.760 --> 00:39:22.480
 three

00:39:22.480 --> 00:39:22.800
 R's

00:39:22.800 --> 00:39:22.920
 here

00:39:22.920 --> 00:39:23.179
 to help

00:39:23.179 --> 00:39:23.320
 we

00:39:23.320 --> 00:39:23.720
 summarize.

00:39:23.860 --> 00:39:24.220
 Remember

00:39:24.220 --> 00:39:25.039
 repent

00:39:25.039 --> 00:39:25.900
 and then

00:39:25.900 --> 00:39:26.240
 if you

00:39:26.240 --> 00:39:26.460
 don't

00:39:26.460 --> 00:39:26.599
 you're

00:39:26.599 --> 00:39:26.679
 going to

00:39:26.679 --> 00:39:26.800
 be

00:39:26.800 --> 00:39:27.280
 removed

00:39:27.280 --> 00:39:27.460
 to

00:39:27.460 --> 00:39:27.760
 remove

00:39:27.760 --> 00:39:27.940
 the

00:39:27.940 --> 00:39:28.260
 lampstand

00:39:28.260 --> 00:39:28.480
 from

00:39:28.480 --> 00:39:28.599
 its

00:39:28.599 --> 00:39:28.940
 place.

00:39:29.500 --> 00:39:29.559
 The

00:39:29.559 --> 00:39:29.780
 church

00:39:29.780 --> 00:39:29.880
 in

00:39:29.880 --> 00:39:30.119
 Ephesus

00:39:30.119 --> 00:39:30.360
 needs

00:39:30.360 --> 00:39:30.840
 to repent

00:39:30.840 --> 00:39:31.480
 of abandoning

00:39:31.480 --> 00:39:31.639
 their

00:39:31.639 --> 00:39:32.300
 first love

00:39:32.300 --> 00:39:33.019
 and that's

00:39:33.019 --> 00:39:33.340
 going to

00:39:33.340 --> 00:39:33.739
 be seen

00:39:33.739 --> 00:39:34.440
 in doing

00:39:34.440 --> 00:39:34.780
 the

00:39:34.780 --> 00:39:35.179
 works

00:39:35.179 --> 00:39:35.719
 they did

00:39:35.719 --> 00:39:36.360
 at first.

00:39:36.500 --> 00:39:36.780
 So there's

00:39:36.780 --> 00:39:37.019
 something

00:39:37.019 --> 00:39:37.300
 that they're

00:39:37.300 --> 00:39:38.139
 not doing

00:39:38.139 --> 00:39:38.960
 and that's

00:39:38.960 --> 00:39:39.320
 an evidence

00:39:39.320 --> 00:39:39.739
 that they

00:39:39.739 --> 00:39:40.619
 abandoned

00:39:40.619 --> 00:39:40.860
 their

00:39:40.860 --> 00:39:41.519
 first love.

00:39:41.679 --> 00:39:42.400
 So what

00:39:42.400 --> 00:39:42.739
 are these

00:39:42.739 --> 00:39:43.199
 works?

00:39:43.759 --> 00:39:44.239
 I think

00:39:44.239 --> 00:39:44.820
 those works

00:39:44.820 --> 00:39:45.320
 are connected

00:39:45.320 --> 00:39:45.820
 to the

00:39:45.820 --> 00:39:46.179
 recurring

00:39:46.179 --> 00:39:46.639
 image

00:39:46.639 --> 00:39:46.960
 of the

00:39:46.960 --> 00:39:47.519
 lampstand.

00:39:48.199 --> 00:39:48.420
 A

00:39:48.420 --> 00:39:48.840
 lampstand

00:39:48.840 --> 00:39:49.259
 is supposed

00:39:49.259 --> 00:39:49.579
 to be

00:39:49.579 --> 00:39:50.119
 a stand

00:39:50.119 --> 00:39:50.719
 for the

00:39:50.719 --> 00:39:50.960
 lamp.

00:39:51.019 --> 00:39:51.119
 It's

00:39:51.119 --> 00:39:51.300
 supposed

00:39:51.300 --> 00:39:51.719
 to give

00:39:51.719 --> 00:39:52.280
 light

00:39:52.280 --> 00:39:53.360
 and Jesus

00:39:53.360 --> 00:39:53.860
 himself

00:39:53.860 --> 00:39:54.119
 is the

00:39:54.119 --> 00:39:54.340
 one who

00:39:54.340 --> 00:39:54.659
 walks

00:39:54.659 --> 00:39:54.900
 among

00:39:54.900 --> 00:39:55.079
 the

00:39:55.079 --> 00:39:55.280
 seven

00:39:55.280 --> 00:39:55.579
 golden

00:39:55.579 --> 00:39:56.400
 lampstands.

00:39:56.880 --> 00:39:57.380
 Jesus

00:39:57.380 --> 00:39:57.719
 is making

00:39:57.719 --> 00:39:58.099
 sure that

00:39:58.099 --> 00:39:58.500
 the light

00:39:58.500 --> 00:39:58.739
 of the

00:39:58.739 --> 00:39:59.099
 gospel

00:39:59.099 --> 00:39:59.480
 does not

00:39:59.480 --> 00:39:59.960
 go out

00:39:59.960 --> 00:40:00.219
 from

00:40:00.219 --> 00:40:00.480
 these

00:40:00.480 --> 00:40:00.919
 churches.

00:40:02.859 --> 00:40:03.279
 And so

00:40:03.279 --> 00:40:03.739
 the fitting

00:40:03.739 --> 00:40:04.119
 judgment

00:40:04.119 --> 00:40:04.439
 for a

00:40:04.439 --> 00:40:04.619
 church

00:40:04.619 --> 00:40:04.899
 that does

00:40:04.899 --> 00:40:05.119
 not

00:40:05.119 --> 00:40:05.419
 shine

00:40:05.419 --> 00:40:05.579
 its

00:40:05.579 --> 00:40:05.819
 light

00:40:05.819 --> 00:40:06.039
 is to

00:40:06.039 --> 00:40:06.519
 remove

00:40:06.519 --> 00:40:06.759
 the

00:40:06.759 --> 00:40:07.239
 lampstand

00:40:07.239 --> 00:40:07.579
 from

00:40:07.579 --> 00:40:07.779
 its

00:40:07.779 --> 00:40:08.199
 place.

00:40:08.599 --> 00:40:08.819
 As

00:40:08.819 --> 00:40:09.039
 Jesus

00:40:09.039 --> 00:40:09.259
 said

00:40:09.259 --> 00:40:09.379
 in

00:40:09.379 --> 00:40:09.599
 Matthew

00:40:09.599 --> 00:40:10.079
 5,

00:40:10.179 --> 00:40:10.859
 14-16,

00:40:10.959 --> 00:40:11.179
 you are

00:40:11.179 --> 00:40:11.339
 the

00:40:11.339 --> 00:40:11.559
 light

00:40:11.559 --> 00:40:11.759
 of the

00:40:11.759 --> 00:40:12.099
 world.

00:40:12.579 --> 00:40:12.699
 A

00:40:12.699 --> 00:40:12.919
 city

00:40:12.919 --> 00:40:13.119
 set

00:40:13.119 --> 00:40:13.219
 on

00:40:13.219 --> 00:40:13.339
 a

00:40:13.339 --> 00:40:13.480
 hill

00:40:13.480 --> 00:40:13.739
 cannot

00:40:13.739 --> 00:40:14.019
 be

00:40:14.019 --> 00:40:14.199
 hidden

00:40:14.199 --> 00:40:14.419
 nor

00:40:14.419 --> 00:40:14.559
 do

00:40:14.559 --> 00:40:14.759
 people

00:40:14.759 --> 00:40:14.959
 light

00:40:14.959 --> 00:40:15.119
 a

00:40:15.119 --> 00:40:15.419
 lamp

00:40:15.419 --> 00:40:15.559
 and

00:40:15.559 --> 00:40:15.739
 put

00:40:15.739 --> 00:40:15.839
 it

00:40:15.839 --> 00:40:16.079
 under

00:40:16.079 --> 00:40:16.399
 a

00:40:16.399 --> 00:40:16.699
 bowl

00:40:16.699 --> 00:40:16.899
 or

00:40:16.899 --> 00:40:17.019
 a

00:40:17.019 --> 00:40:17.379
 basket.

00:40:17.919 --> 00:40:18.199
 Instead

00:40:18.199 --> 00:40:18.379
 they

00:40:18.379 --> 00:40:18.519
 put

00:40:18.519 --> 00:40:18.619
 it

00:40:18.619 --> 00:40:18.739
 on

00:40:18.739 --> 00:40:18.919
 its

00:40:18.919 --> 00:40:19.539
 stand

00:40:19.539 --> 00:40:19.779
 so

00:40:19.779 --> 00:40:19.919
 that

00:40:19.919 --> 00:40:20.039
 it

00:40:20.039 --> 00:40:20.299
 gives

00:40:20.299 --> 00:40:20.559
 light

00:40:20.559 --> 00:40:20.719
 to

00:40:20.719 --> 00:40:21.279
 everyone

00:40:21.279 --> 00:40:21.539
 in

00:40:21.539 --> 00:40:21.679
 the

00:40:21.679 --> 00:40:22.059
 house.

00:40:22.579 --> 00:40:22.659
 In

00:40:22.659 --> 00:40:22.779
 the

00:40:22.779 --> 00:40:22.980
 same

00:40:22.980 --> 00:40:23.119
 way

00:40:23.119 --> 00:40:23.299
 let

00:40:23.299 --> 00:40:23.439
 your

00:40:23.439 --> 00:40:23.659
 light

00:40:23.659 --> 00:40:24.079
 shine

00:40:24.079 --> 00:40:24.379
 before

00:40:24.379 --> 00:40:24.639
 men

00:40:24.639 --> 00:40:24.759
 so

00:40:24.759 --> 00:40:24.879
 that

00:40:24.879 --> 00:40:25.000
 they

00:40:25.000 --> 00:40:25.159
 might

00:40:25.159 --> 00:40:25.519
 see

00:40:25.519 --> 00:40:26.019
 your

00:40:26.019 --> 00:40:26.559
 good

00:40:26.559 --> 00:40:27.359
 works

00:40:27.359 --> 00:40:28.699
 and

00:40:28.699 --> 00:40:29.059
 praise

00:40:29.059 --> 00:40:29.259
 your

00:40:29.259 --> 00:40:29.539
 Father

00:40:29.539 --> 00:40:29.719
 in

00:40:29.719 --> 00:40:29.980
 heaven.

00:40:31.839 --> 00:40:32.419
 The

00:40:32.419 --> 00:40:32.899
 recovery

00:40:32.899 --> 00:40:33.339
 of the

00:40:33.339 --> 00:40:33.599
 first

00:40:33.599 --> 00:40:34.019
 love

00:40:34.019 --> 00:40:34.399
 for

00:40:34.399 --> 00:40:35.159
 the

00:40:35.159 --> 00:40:35.379
 church

00:40:35.379 --> 00:40:35.519
 in

00:40:35.519 --> 00:40:35.899
 Ephesus

00:40:35.899 --> 00:40:36.519
 will

00:40:36.519 --> 00:40:36.659
 have

00:40:36.659 --> 00:40:36.799
 been

00:40:36.799 --> 00:40:37.359
 evidenced

00:40:37.359 --> 00:40:37.500
 in

00:40:37.500 --> 00:40:37.639
 the

00:40:37.639 --> 00:40:38.099
 works

00:40:38.099 --> 00:40:38.519
 that

00:40:38.519 --> 00:40:38.679
 they

00:40:38.679 --> 00:40:38.939
 did

00:40:38.939 --> 00:40:39.099
 at

00:40:39.099 --> 00:40:39.599
 first

00:40:39.599 --> 00:40:39.939
 in

00:40:39.939 --> 00:40:40.219
 giving

00:40:40.219 --> 00:40:40.679
 glory

00:40:40.679 --> 00:40:40.899
 to

00:40:40.899 --> 00:40:41.179
 God

00:40:41.179 --> 00:40:41.539
 and

00:40:41.539 --> 00:40:42.039
 shining

00:40:42.039 --> 00:40:42.299
 the

00:40:42.299 --> 00:40:42.559
 light

00:40:42.559 --> 00:40:42.939
 of

00:40:42.939 --> 00:40:43.539
 Jesus

00:40:43.539 --> 00:40:44.019
 Christ.

00:40:45.619 --> 00:40:46.219
 I

00:40:46.219 --> 00:40:46.339
 think

00:40:46.339 --> 00:40:46.500
 that

00:40:46.500 --> 00:40:46.899
 connection

00:40:46.899 --> 00:40:47.399
 between

00:40:47.399 --> 00:40:47.759
 first

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 love

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 and

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 bearing

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 witness

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 4,

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 9-14

00:40:51.599 --> 00:40:52.339
 where

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 Jesus

00:40:52.619 --> 00:40:53.500
 prophesies

00:40:53.500 --> 00:40:54.079
 that

00:40:54.079 --> 00:40:54.559
 Christians

00:40:54.559 --> 00:40:55.239
 will face

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 tribulation

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 and persecution

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 and that

00:40:57.359 --> 00:40:57.980
 many false

00:40:57.980 --> 00:40:58.359
 prophets

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 will rise

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 and lead

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 them astray

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 kind of

00:41:00.219 --> 00:41:00.539
 like the

00:41:00.539 --> 00:41:00.899
 situation

00:41:00.899 --> 00:41:01.059
 in

00:41:01.059 --> 00:41:01.319
 Ephesus

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 and that

00:41:02.139 --> 00:41:02.399
 as

00:41:02.399 --> 00:41:02.599
 those

00:41:02.599 --> 00:41:02.819
 things

00:41:02.819 --> 00:41:02.980
 are

00:41:02.980 --> 00:41:03.559
 happening

00:41:03.559 --> 00:41:04.419
 Jesus

00:41:04.419 --> 00:41:05.039
 warns

00:41:05.039 --> 00:41:05.399
 the

00:41:05.399 --> 00:41:05.839
 love

00:41:05.839 --> 00:41:06.119
 of

00:41:06.119 --> 00:41:06.439
 many

00:41:06.439 --> 00:41:06.699
 will

00:41:06.699 --> 00:41:07.019
 grow

00:41:07.019 --> 00:41:07.739
 cold

00:41:07.739 --> 00:41:09.559
 just

00:41:09.559 --> 00:41:09.839
 like

00:41:09.839 --> 00:41:10.439
 Ephesus

00:41:10.439 --> 00:41:11.719
 but

00:41:11.719 --> 00:41:12.059
 says

00:41:12.059 --> 00:41:12.480
 Jesus

00:41:12.480 --> 00:41:13.139
 the

00:41:13.139 --> 00:41:13.359
 one

00:41:13.359 --> 00:41:13.539
 who

00:41:13.539 --> 00:41:14.199
 endures

00:41:14.199 --> 00:41:14.359
 to

00:41:14.359 --> 00:41:14.519
 the

00:41:14.519 --> 00:41:14.839
 end

00:41:14.839 --> 00:41:15.039
 will

00:41:15.039 --> 00:41:15.219
 be

00:41:15.219 --> 00:41:15.699
 saved

00:41:15.699 --> 00:41:16.199
 and

00:41:16.199 --> 00:41:16.439
 this

00:41:16.439 --> 00:41:16.799
 gospel

00:41:16.799 --> 00:41:16.980
 of

00:41:16.980 --> 00:41:17.079
 the

00:41:17.079 --> 00:41:17.299
 kingdom

00:41:17.299 --> 00:41:17.519
 will

00:41:17.519 --> 00:41:17.659
 be

00:41:17.659 --> 00:41:18.059
 proclaimed

00:41:18.059 --> 00:41:18.339
 throughout

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 the

00:41:18.500 --> 00:41:18.679
 whole

00:41:18.679 --> 00:41:18.899
 world

00:41:18.899 --> 00:41:19.239
 as a

00:41:19.239 --> 00:41:19.619
 testimony

00:41:19.619 --> 00:41:19.859
 to

00:41:19.859 --> 00:41:20.039
 all

00:41:20.039 --> 00:41:20.359
 nations

00:41:20.359 --> 00:41:20.799
 and

00:41:20.799 --> 00:41:21.059
 then

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 the

00:41:21.299 --> 00:41:21.599
 end

00:41:21.599 --> 00:41:21.899
 will

00:41:21.899 --> 00:41:22.339
 come

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 so

00:41:23.419 --> 00:41:23.719
 instead

00:41:23.719 --> 00:41:23.919
 of

00:41:23.919 --> 00:41:24.159
 letting

00:41:24.159 --> 00:41:24.359
 our

00:41:24.359 --> 00:41:24.639
 love

00:41:24.639 --> 00:41:24.899
 grow

00:41:24.899 --> 00:41:25.439
 cold

00:41:25.439 --> 00:41:25.719
 we're

00:41:25.719 --> 00:41:25.939
 supposed

00:41:25.939 --> 00:41:26.079
 to

00:41:26.079 --> 00:41:26.539
 endure

00:41:26.539 --> 00:41:26.799
 to

00:41:26.799 --> 00:41:26.959
 the

00:41:26.959 --> 00:41:27.339
 end

00:41:27.339 --> 00:41:27.739
 and

00:41:27.739 --> 00:41:27.939
 what

00:41:27.939 --> 00:41:28.159
 does

00:41:28.159 --> 00:41:28.639
 enduring

00:41:28.639 --> 00:41:28.879
 to

00:41:28.879 --> 00:41:29.059
 the

00:41:29.059 --> 00:41:29.539
 end

00:41:29.539 --> 00:41:30.319
 entail

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 according

00:41:31.019 --> 00:41:31.219
 to

00:41:31.219 --> 00:41:31.500
 Jesus

00:41:31.500 --> 00:41:31.739
 in

00:41:31.739 --> 00:41:31.919
 Matthew

00:41:31.919 --> 00:41:32.339
 24

00:41:32.339 --> 00:41:32.639
 it

00:41:32.639 --> 00:41:33.119
 entails

00:41:33.119 --> 00:41:34.139
 proclaiming

00:41:34.139 --> 00:41:34.299
 the

00:41:34.299 --> 00:41:34.679
 gospel

00:41:34.679 --> 00:41:34.879
 of

00:41:34.879 --> 00:41:35.000
 the

00:41:35.000 --> 00:41:35.279
 kingdom

00:41:35.279 --> 00:41:35.639
 throughout

00:41:35.639 --> 00:41:35.879
 the

00:41:35.879 --> 00:41:36.059
 whole

00:41:36.059 --> 00:41:36.399
 world

00:41:36.399 --> 00:41:36.719
 as

00:41:36.719 --> 00:41:36.879
 a

00:41:36.879 --> 00:41:37.239
 testimony

00:41:37.239 --> 00:41:37.539
 to

00:41:37.539 --> 00:41:37.959
 all

00:41:37.959 --> 00:41:38.899
 nations

00:41:38.899 --> 00:41:40.339
 enduring

00:41:40.339 --> 00:41:40.559
 to

00:41:40.559 --> 00:41:40.739
 the

00:41:40.739 --> 00:41:41.119
 end

00:41:41.119 --> 00:41:41.500
 without

00:41:41.500 --> 00:41:42.000
 letting

00:41:42.000 --> 00:41:42.159
 our

00:41:42.159 --> 00:41:42.359
 love

00:41:42.359 --> 00:41:42.539
 grow

00:41:42.539 --> 00:41:42.779
 cold

00:41:42.779 --> 00:41:43.079
 means

00:41:43.079 --> 00:41:43.879
 proclaiming

00:41:43.879 --> 00:41:44.019
 the

00:41:44.019 --> 00:41:44.419
 gospel

00:41:44.419 --> 00:41:44.899
 bearing

00:41:44.900 --> 00:41:45.380
 witness

00:41:45.380 --> 00:41:45.599
 to

00:41:45.599 --> 00:41:45.920
 Jesus

00:41:45.920 --> 00:41:47.740
 so

00:41:47.740 --> 00:41:47.900
 are

00:41:47.900 --> 00:41:48.039
 we

00:41:48.039 --> 00:41:48.320
 doing

00:41:48.320 --> 00:41:48.579
 that

00:41:48.579 --> 00:41:48.740
 as

00:41:48.740 --> 00:41:48.880
 a

00:41:48.880 --> 00:41:49.280
 church

00:41:49.280 --> 00:41:50.720
 are

00:41:50.720 --> 00:41:50.920
 we

00:41:50.920 --> 00:41:51.180
 being

00:41:51.180 --> 00:41:51.720
 faithful

00:41:51.720 --> 00:41:51.980
 to

00:41:51.980 --> 00:41:52.139
 our

00:41:52.139 --> 00:41:52.480
 God

00:41:52.480 --> 00:41:52.980
 given

00:41:52.980 --> 00:41:53.460
 commission

00:41:53.460 --> 00:41:53.800
 as

00:41:53.800 --> 00:41:53.980
 a

00:41:53.980 --> 00:41:54.320
 lamp

00:41:54.320 --> 00:41:54.740
 stand

00:41:54.740 --> 00:41:55.800
 to

00:41:55.800 --> 00:41:56.139
 shine

00:41:56.139 --> 00:41:56.320
 the

00:41:56.320 --> 00:41:56.519
 light

00:41:56.519 --> 00:41:56.619
 of

00:41:56.619 --> 00:41:56.720
 the

00:41:56.720 --> 00:41:57.019
 gospel

00:41:57.019 --> 00:41:57.200
 of

00:41:57.200 --> 00:41:57.400
 Jesus

00:41:57.400 --> 00:41:57.900
 Christ

00:41:57.900 --> 00:41:58.740
 are

00:41:58.740 --> 00:41:58.840
 we

00:41:58.840 --> 00:41:59.039
 bearing

00:41:59.039 --> 00:41:59.420
 witness

00:41:59.420 --> 00:41:59.619
 to

00:41:59.619 --> 00:41:59.760
 our

00:41:59.760 --> 00:42:00.160
 neighbors

00:42:00.160 --> 00:42:00.400
 that

00:42:00.400 --> 00:42:00.680
 Jesus

00:42:00.680 --> 00:42:01.039
 is

00:42:01.039 --> 00:42:01.200
 the

00:42:01.200 --> 00:42:01.599
 Christ

00:42:01.599 --> 00:42:01.860
 who

00:42:01.860 --> 00:42:02.360
 saves

00:42:02.360 --> 00:42:02.700
 us

00:42:02.700 --> 00:42:04.200
 by

00:42:04.200 --> 00:42:04.559
 dying

00:42:04.559 --> 00:42:04.660
 on

00:42:04.660 --> 00:42:04.760
 the

00:42:04.760 --> 00:42:05.000
 cross

00:42:05.000 --> 00:42:05.200
 for

00:42:05.200 --> 00:42:05.380
 our

00:42:05.380 --> 00:42:05.579
 sins

00:42:05.579 --> 00:42:05.720
 and

00:42:05.720 --> 00:42:05.860
 being

00:42:05.860 --> 00:42:06.220
 raised

00:42:06.220 --> 00:42:06.400
 from

00:42:06.400 --> 00:42:06.539
 the

00:42:06.539 --> 00:42:06.820
 dead

00:42:06.820 --> 00:42:08.000
 are

00:42:08.000 --> 00:42:08.139
 we

00:42:08.139 --> 00:42:08.440
 bearing

00:42:08.440 --> 00:42:09.059
 testimony

00:42:09.059 --> 00:42:09.380
 to

00:42:09.380 --> 00:42:09.599
 all

00:42:09.599 --> 00:42:10.059
 nations

00:42:10.059 --> 00:42:10.519
 concerning

00:42:10.519 --> 00:42:10.960
 Jesus

00:42:10.960 --> 00:42:12.280
 are

00:42:12.280 --> 00:42:12.519
 we

00:42:14.900 --> 00:42:15.480
 sending

00:42:15.480 --> 00:42:15.720
 and

00:42:15.720 --> 00:42:16.180
 supporting

00:42:16.180 --> 00:42:16.780
 missionaries

00:42:16.780 --> 00:42:16.940
 that

00:42:16.940 --> 00:42:17.059
 go

00:42:17.059 --> 00:42:17.160
 to

00:42:17.160 --> 00:42:17.280
 the

00:42:17.280 --> 00:42:17.700
 nations

00:42:17.700 --> 00:42:21.300
 and

00:42:21.300 --> 00:42:21.500
 don't

00:42:21.500 --> 00:42:21.700
 miss

00:42:21.700 --> 00:42:21.880
 the

00:42:21.880 --> 00:42:22.160
 fearful

00:42:22.160 --> 00:42:22.639
 verdict

00:42:22.639 --> 00:42:24.039
 in

00:42:24.039 --> 00:42:24.220
 verse

00:42:24.220 --> 00:42:24.500
 five

00:42:24.500 --> 00:42:24.680
 should

00:42:24.680 --> 00:42:24.800
 they

00:42:24.800 --> 00:42:25.039
 fail

00:42:25.039 --> 00:42:25.220
 to

00:42:25.220 --> 00:42:25.519
 repent

00:42:25.519 --> 00:42:25.780
 if

00:42:25.780 --> 00:42:26.280
 not

00:42:26.280 --> 00:42:26.940
 I

00:42:26.940 --> 00:42:27.059
 will

00:42:27.059 --> 00:42:27.300
 come

00:42:27.300 --> 00:42:27.480
 to

00:42:27.480 --> 00:42:27.639
 you

00:42:27.639 --> 00:42:27.800
 and

00:42:27.800 --> 00:42:28.240
 remove

00:42:28.240 --> 00:42:28.460
 your

00:42:28.460 --> 00:42:28.980
 lampstand

00:42:28.980 --> 00:42:29.260
 from

00:42:29.260 --> 00:42:29.460
 its

00:42:29.460 --> 00:42:29.920
 place

00:42:29.920 --> 00:42:30.599
 unless

00:42:30.599 --> 00:42:30.820
 you

00:42:30.820 --> 00:42:31.200
 repent

00:42:31.200 --> 00:42:33.680
 this

00:42:33.680 --> 00:42:33.800
 is

00:42:33.800 --> 00:42:34.000
 not

00:42:34.000 --> 00:42:34.240
 a

00:42:34.240 --> 00:42:35.019
 if

00:42:35.019 --> 00:42:35.139
 you

00:42:35.139 --> 00:42:35.320
 don't

00:42:35.320 --> 00:42:35.500
 do

00:42:35.500 --> 00:42:35.860
 this

00:42:35.860 --> 00:42:36.360
 you

00:42:36.360 --> 00:42:36.480
 know

00:42:36.480 --> 00:42:36.860
 you're

00:42:36.860 --> 00:42:37.579
 you're

00:42:37.579 --> 00:42:37.760
 not

00:42:37.760 --> 00:42:37.860
 going

00:42:37.860 --> 00:42:37.920
 to

00:42:37.920 --> 00:42:38.059
 get

00:42:38.059 --> 00:42:38.260
 your

00:42:38.260 --> 00:42:38.519
 bonus

00:42:38.519 --> 00:42:38.800
 points

00:42:38.800 --> 00:42:38.960
 for

00:42:38.960 --> 00:42:39.079
 the

00:42:39.079 --> 00:42:39.440
 assignment

00:42:39.440 --> 00:42:42.200
 this

00:42:42.200 --> 00:42:42.360
 is

00:42:42.360 --> 00:42:42.660
 if

00:42:42.660 --> 00:42:43.000
 you

00:42:43.000 --> 00:42:43.200
 don't

00:42:43.200 --> 00:42:43.380
 do

00:42:43.380 --> 00:42:43.599
 this

00:42:43.599 --> 00:42:43.780
 you're

00:42:43.780 --> 00:42:43.880
 going

00:42:43.880 --> 00:42:44.060
 to

00:42:44.060 --> 00:42:44.340
 fail

00:42:44.340 --> 00:42:44.500
 the

00:42:44.500 --> 00:42:44.960
 class

00:42:44.960 --> 00:42:50.280
 being

00:42:50.280 --> 00:42:50.480
 a

00:42:50.480 --> 00:42:50.760
 witness

00:42:50.760 --> 00:42:51.019
 for

00:42:51.019 --> 00:42:51.320
 Jesus

00:42:51.320 --> 00:42:51.820
 Christ

00:42:51.820 --> 00:42:52.280
 is

00:42:52.280 --> 00:42:52.620
 not

00:42:52.620 --> 00:42:53.080
 an

00:42:53.080 --> 00:42:53.519
 extra

00:42:53.519 --> 00:42:53.960
 credit

00:42:53.960 --> 00:42:54.460
 assignment

00:42:54.460 --> 00:42:54.720
 for

00:42:54.720 --> 00:42:55.180
 super

00:42:55.180 --> 00:42:55.660
 Christians

00:42:55.660 --> 00:42:58.360
 it

00:42:58.360 --> 00:42:58.519
 is

00:42:58.519 --> 00:42:58.700
 the

00:42:58.700 --> 00:42:59.200
 task

00:42:59.200 --> 00:42:59.500
 for

00:42:59.500 --> 00:42:59.920
 you

00:42:59.920 --> 00:43:00.280
 and

00:43:00.280 --> 00:43:00.580
 me

00:43:00.580 --> 00:43:02.519
 ordinary

00:43:02.519 --> 00:43:03.140
 Christians

00:43:03.140 --> 00:43:09.460
 the

00:43:09.460 --> 00:43:10.220
 lampstand

00:43:10.220 --> 00:43:10.680
 this

00:43:10.680 --> 00:43:10.840
 is

00:43:10.840 --> 00:43:11.019
 our

00:43:11.019 --> 00:43:11.440
 very

00:43:11.440 --> 00:43:12.380
 identity

00:43:12.380 --> 00:43:14.019
 witnesses

00:43:14.019 --> 00:43:14.960
 of

00:43:14.960 --> 00:43:15.119
 the

00:43:15.119 --> 00:43:15.380
 light

00:43:15.380 --> 00:43:15.500
 of

00:43:15.500 --> 00:43:15.599
 the

00:43:15.599 --> 00:43:15.960
 gospel

00:43:15.960 --> 00:43:20.700
 a

00:43:20.700 --> 00:43:20.960
 church

00:43:20.960 --> 00:43:21.200
 that

00:43:21.200 --> 00:43:21.380
 does

00:43:21.380 --> 00:43:21.519
 not

00:43:21.519 --> 00:43:21.820
 give

00:43:21.820 --> 00:43:22.119
 away

00:43:22.119 --> 00:43:22.300
 the

00:43:22.300 --> 00:43:22.660
 gospel

00:43:22.660 --> 00:43:23.000
 will

00:43:23.000 --> 00:43:23.360
 lose

00:43:23.360 --> 00:43:23.519
 the

00:43:23.519 --> 00:43:23.860
 gospel

00:43:23.860 --> 00:43:24.920
 eventually

00:43:24.920 --> 00:43:26.960
 a

00:43:26.960 --> 00:43:27.180
 church

00:43:27.180 --> 00:43:27.320
 that

00:43:27.320 --> 00:43:27.460
 does

00:43:27.460 --> 00:43:27.619
 not

00:43:27.619 --> 00:43:27.960
 carry

00:43:27.960 --> 00:43:28.160
 out

00:43:28.160 --> 00:43:28.320
 its

00:43:28.320 --> 00:43:28.720
 mission

00:43:28.720 --> 00:43:29.079
 will

00:43:29.079 --> 00:43:29.380
 lose

00:43:29.380 --> 00:43:29.660
 its

00:43:29.660 --> 00:43:30.200
 place

00:43:30.200 --> 00:43:30.500
 in

00:43:30.500 --> 00:43:30.599
 the

00:43:30.599 --> 00:43:30.880
 mission

00:43:30.880 --> 00:43:32.420
 a

00:43:32.420 --> 00:43:32.660
 church

00:43:32.660 --> 00:43:32.800
 that

00:43:32.800 --> 00:43:32.920
 does

00:43:32.920 --> 00:43:33.079
 not

00:43:33.079 --> 00:43:33.240
 bear

00:43:33.240 --> 00:43:33.559
 witness

00:43:33.559 --> 00:43:33.760
 to

00:43:33.760 --> 00:43:34.119
 Christ

00:43:34.119 --> 00:43:34.340
 is

00:43:34.340 --> 00:43:34.500
 a

00:43:34.500 --> 00:43:34.860
 church

00:43:34.860 --> 00:43:35.240
 that

00:43:35.240 --> 00:43:35.420
 is

00:43:35.420 --> 00:43:35.660
 on

00:43:35.660 --> 00:43:35.800
 the

00:43:35.800 --> 00:43:36.000
 verge

00:43:36.000 --> 00:43:36.119
 of

00:43:36.119 --> 00:43:36.400
 losing

00:43:36.400 --> 00:43:36.640
 its

00:43:36.640 --> 00:43:37.180
 lampstand

00:43:37.180 --> 00:43:37.320
 in

00:43:37.320 --> 00:43:37.460
 its

00:43:37.460 --> 00:43:37.780
 place

00:43:37.780 --> 00:43:38.240
 because

00:43:38.240 --> 00:43:38.420
 a

00:43:38.420 --> 00:43:38.640
 church

00:43:38.640 --> 00:43:38.800
 that

00:43:38.800 --> 00:43:38.960
 does

00:43:38.960 --> 00:43:39.099
 not

00:43:39.099 --> 00:43:39.280
 bear

00:43:39.280 --> 00:43:39.660
 witness

00:43:39.660 --> 00:43:39.900
 to

00:43:39.900 --> 00:43:40.220
 Jesus

00:43:40.219 --> 00:43:40.759
 is

00:43:40.759 --> 00:43:40.879
 a

00:43:40.879 --> 00:43:41.059
 church

00:43:41.059 --> 00:43:41.199
 that

00:43:41.199 --> 00:43:41.359
 does

00:43:41.359 --> 00:43:41.579
 not

00:43:41.579 --> 00:43:42.019
 know

00:43:42.019 --> 00:43:43.559
 a

00:43:43.559 --> 00:43:43.719
 church

00:43:43.719 --> 00:43:43.859
 that

00:43:43.859 --> 00:43:44.000
 does

00:43:44.000 --> 00:43:44.179
 not

00:43:44.179 --> 00:43:44.599
 love

00:43:44.599 --> 00:43:45.179
 Christ

00:43:45.179 --> 00:43:46.199
 and

00:43:46.199 --> 00:43:46.339
 a

00:43:46.339 --> 00:43:46.519
 church

00:43:46.519 --> 00:43:46.699
 that

00:43:46.699 --> 00:43:46.739
 does

00:43:46.739 --> 00:43:46.959
 not

00:43:46.959 --> 00:43:47.299
 love

00:43:47.299 --> 00:43:47.779
 Christ

00:43:47.779 --> 00:43:48.000
 is

00:43:48.000 --> 00:43:48.139
 a

00:43:48.139 --> 00:43:48.319
 church

00:43:48.319 --> 00:43:48.459
 that

00:43:48.459 --> 00:43:48.599
 does

00:43:48.599 --> 00:43:48.779
 not

00:43:48.779 --> 00:43:49.079
 know

00:43:49.079 --> 00:43:49.279
 the

00:43:49.279 --> 00:43:49.639
 love

00:43:49.639 --> 00:43:49.799
 of

00:43:49.799 --> 00:43:50.179
 Christ

00:43:50.179 --> 00:43:53.939
 so

00:43:53.939 --> 00:43:54.099
 if

00:43:54.099 --> 00:43:54.199
 you

00:43:54.199 --> 00:43:54.379
 don't

00:43:54.379 --> 00:43:54.619
 love

00:43:54.619 --> 00:43:55.019
 Jesus

00:43:55.019 --> 00:43:55.339
 like

00:43:55.339 --> 00:43:55.480
 you

00:43:55.480 --> 00:43:55.739
 used

00:43:55.739 --> 00:43:55.939
 to

00:43:55.939 --> 00:43:56.119
 then

00:43:56.119 --> 00:43:56.259
 you

00:43:56.259 --> 00:43:56.399
 need

00:43:56.399 --> 00:43:56.579
 to

00:43:56.579 --> 00:43:56.980
 repent

00:43:56.980 --> 00:43:57.759
 but

00:43:57.759 --> 00:43:57.899
 in

00:43:57.899 --> 00:43:58.279
 order

00:43:58.279 --> 00:43:59.000
 for

00:43:59.000 --> 00:43:59.159
 us

00:43:59.159 --> 00:43:59.279
 to

00:43:59.279 --> 00:43:59.519
 truly

00:43:59.519 --> 00:43:59.879
 repent

00:43:59.879 --> 00:44:00.119
 from

00:44:00.119 --> 00:44:00.279
 our

00:44:00.279 --> 00:44:00.799
 lovelessness

00:44:00.799 --> 00:44:01.059
 we

00:44:01.059 --> 00:44:01.379
 need

00:44:01.379 --> 00:44:01.559
 to

00:44:01.559 --> 00:44:01.759
 do

00:44:01.759 --> 00:44:02.039
 something

00:44:02.039 --> 00:44:02.359
 else

00:44:02.359 --> 00:44:02.719
 first

00:44:02.719 --> 00:44:02.899
 it

00:44:02.899 --> 00:44:03.079
 says

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 in

00:44:03.219 --> 00:44:03.399
 verse

00:44:03.399 --> 00:44:03.779
 five

00:44:03.779 --> 00:44:04.980
 remember

00:44:04.980 --> 00:44:05.539
 therefore

00:44:05.539 --> 00:44:05.920
 from

00:44:05.920 --> 00:44:06.199
 where

00:44:06.199 --> 00:44:06.360
 you

00:44:06.360 --> 00:44:06.519
 have

00:44:06.519 --> 00:44:06.820
 fallen

00:44:06.820 --> 00:44:08.179
 we

00:44:08.179 --> 00:44:08.320
 need

00:44:08.320 --> 00:44:08.400
 to

00:44:08.400 --> 00:44:08.940
 remember

00:44:08.940 --> 00:44:09.380
 the

00:44:09.380 --> 00:44:09.639
 love

00:44:09.639 --> 00:44:09.840
 we

00:44:09.840 --> 00:44:10.079
 had

00:44:10.079 --> 00:44:10.240
 at

00:44:10.240 --> 00:44:10.579
 first

00:44:10.579 --> 00:44:11.360
 do

00:44:11.360 --> 00:44:11.500
 you

00:44:11.500 --> 00:44:12.019
 remember

00:44:12.019 --> 00:44:12.559
 how

00:44:12.559 --> 00:44:13.139
 you

00:44:13.139 --> 00:44:13.420
 used

00:44:13.420 --> 00:44:13.619
 to

00:44:13.619 --> 00:44:14.199
 proclaim

00:44:14.199 --> 00:44:14.900
 the

00:44:14.900 --> 00:44:15.639
 excellencies

00:44:15.639 --> 00:44:15.920
 of

00:44:15.920 --> 00:44:16.119
 him

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 who

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 called

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 you

00:44:16.820 --> 00:44:17.099
 out

00:44:17.099 --> 00:44:17.219
 of

00:44:17.219 --> 00:44:17.619
 darkness

00:44:17.619 --> 00:44:17.880
 into

00:44:17.880 --> 00:44:18.039
 his

00:44:18.039 --> 00:44:18.380
 marvelous

00:44:18.380 --> 00:44:18.820
 light

00:44:18.820 --> 00:44:19.659
 do

00:44:19.659 --> 00:44:19.760
 you

00:44:19.760 --> 00:44:20.119
 remember

00:44:20.119 --> 00:44:20.500
 that

00:44:20.500 --> 00:44:21.119
 do

00:44:21.119 --> 00:44:21.240
 you

00:44:21.240 --> 00:44:21.800
 remember

00:44:21.800 --> 00:44:22.139
 what

00:44:22.139 --> 00:44:22.760
 darkness

00:44:22.760 --> 00:44:22.960
 you

00:44:22.960 --> 00:44:23.099
 were

00:44:23.099 --> 00:44:23.440
 delivered

00:44:23.440 --> 00:44:23.940
 from

00:44:23.940 --> 00:44:25.539
 do

00:44:25.539 --> 00:44:25.659
 you

00:44:25.659 --> 00:44:26.179
 remember

00:44:26.179 --> 00:44:26.719
 what

00:44:26.719 --> 00:44:27.599
 wrath

00:44:27.599 --> 00:44:28.539
 and

00:44:28.539 --> 00:44:29.139
 justice

00:44:29.139 --> 00:44:29.380
 you

00:44:29.380 --> 00:44:29.539
 were

00:44:29.539 --> 00:44:30.219
 saved

00:44:30.219 --> 00:44:30.760
 from

00:44:30.760 --> 00:44:32.059
 we

00:44:32.059 --> 00:44:32.159
 are

00:44:32.159 --> 00:44:32.400
 on

00:44:32.400 --> 00:44:32.619
 the

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 verge

00:44:33.219 --> 00:44:33.440
 on

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 the

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 precipice

00:44:34.219 --> 00:44:34.320
 of

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 the

00:44:34.480 --> 00:44:34.900
 fires

00:44:34.900 --> 00:44:35.100
 of

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 hell

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 and

00:44:36.140 --> 00:44:36.280
 we

00:44:36.280 --> 00:44:36.420
 would

00:44:36.420 --> 00:44:36.539
 have

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 deserved

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 every

00:44:37.559 --> 00:44:37.900
 minute

00:44:37.900 --> 00:44:38.120
 of

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 it

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 we

00:44:39.380 --> 00:44:39.500
 had

00:44:39.500 --> 00:44:39.880
 sinned

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 against

00:44:40.240 --> 00:44:40.400
 the

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 holy

00:44:40.600 --> 00:44:41.039
 god

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 and

00:44:44.480 --> 00:44:44.860
 Jesus

00:44:44.860 --> 00:44:45.320
 took

00:44:45.320 --> 00:44:45.500
 your

00:44:45.500 --> 00:44:46.000
 place

00:44:46.000 --> 00:44:47.120
 he

00:44:47.120 --> 00:44:47.500
 died

00:44:47.500 --> 00:44:47.800
 for

00:44:47.800 --> 00:44:48.059
 your

00:44:48.059 --> 00:44:48.480
 sins

00:44:48.480 --> 00:44:50.059
 do

00:44:50.059 --> 00:44:50.200
 you

00:44:50.200 --> 00:44:50.880
 remember

00:44:50.880 --> 00:44:58.820
 1

00:44:58.820 --> 00:44:59.080
 John

00:44:59.080 --> 00:44:59.400
 4

00:44:59.400 --> 00:45:00.260
 says

00:45:00.260 --> 00:45:00.820
 anyone

00:45:00.820 --> 00:45:01.160
 who does

00:45:01.160 --> 00:45:01.380
 not

00:45:01.380 --> 00:45:01.700
 love

00:45:01.700 --> 00:45:01.880
 does

00:45:01.880 --> 00:45:02.100
 not

00:45:02.100 --> 00:45:02.360
 know

00:45:02.360 --> 00:45:02.720
 God

00:45:02.720 --> 00:45:03.120
 because

00:45:03.120 --> 00:45:03.460
 God

00:45:03.460 --> 00:45:03.620
 is

00:45:03.620 --> 00:45:04.000
 love

00:45:04.000 --> 00:45:04.840
 in

00:45:04.840 --> 00:45:05.300
 this

00:45:05.300 --> 00:45:05.559
 the

00:45:05.559 --> 00:45:05.780
 love

00:45:05.780 --> 00:45:05.920
 of

00:45:05.920 --> 00:45:06.139
 God

00:45:06.139 --> 00:45:06.300
 was

00:45:06.300 --> 00:45:06.500
 made

00:45:06.500 --> 00:45:07.000
 manifest

00:45:07.000 --> 00:45:07.280
 among

00:45:07.280 --> 00:45:07.480
 us

00:45:07.480 --> 00:45:07.599
 that

00:45:07.599 --> 00:45:07.800
 God

00:45:07.800 --> 00:45:08.079
 sent

00:45:08.079 --> 00:45:08.219
 his

00:45:08.219 --> 00:45:08.539
 only

00:45:08.539 --> 00:45:08.820
 son

00:45:08.820 --> 00:45:08.980
 into

00:45:08.980 --> 00:45:09.159
 the

00:45:09.159 --> 00:45:09.360
 world

00:45:09.360 --> 00:45:09.579
 so that

00:45:09.579 --> 00:45:09.679
 we

00:45:09.679 --> 00:45:09.860
 might

00:45:09.860 --> 00:45:10.159
 live

00:45:10.159 --> 00:45:10.460
 through

00:45:10.460 --> 00:45:10.780
 him

00:45:10.780 --> 00:45:11.480
 in

00:45:11.480 --> 00:45:11.940
 this

00:45:11.940 --> 00:45:12.179
 is

00:45:12.179 --> 00:45:12.500
 love

00:45:12.500 --> 00:45:12.739
 not

00:45:12.739 --> 00:45:12.900
 that

00:45:12.900 --> 00:45:13.119
 we

00:45:13.119 --> 00:45:13.320
 have

00:45:13.320 --> 00:45:13.599
 loved

00:45:13.599 --> 00:45:14.000
 God

00:45:14.000 --> 00:45:14.219
 but

00:45:14.219 --> 00:45:14.500
 that

00:45:14.500 --> 00:45:14.760
 he

00:45:14.760 --> 00:45:15.139
 loved

00:45:15.139 --> 00:45:15.300
 us

00:45:15.300 --> 00:45:15.420
 and

00:45:15.420 --> 00:45:15.639
 sent

00:45:15.639 --> 00:45:15.840
 his

00:45:15.840 --> 00:45:16.159
 son

00:45:16.159 --> 00:45:16.699
 to be

00:45:16.699 --> 00:45:16.820
 the

00:45:16.820 --> 00:45:17.519
 propitiation

00:45:17.519 --> 00:45:17.860
 for

00:45:17.860 --> 00:45:18.079
 our

00:45:18.079 --> 00:45:18.500
 sins

00:45:18.500 --> 00:45:19.219
 we

00:45:19.219 --> 00:45:19.840
 love

00:45:19.840 --> 00:45:20.659
 because

00:45:20.659 --> 00:45:21.860
 he

00:45:21.860 --> 00:45:22.619
 first

00:45:22.619 --> 00:45:23.260
 loved

00:45:23.260 --> 00:45:23.940
 us

00:45:23.940 --> 00:45:25.880
 if

00:45:25.880 --> 00:45:26.019
 we

00:45:26.019 --> 00:45:26.199
 want

00:45:26.199 --> 00:45:26.300
 to

00:45:26.300 --> 00:45:26.719
 repent

00:45:26.719 --> 00:45:27.099
 of our

00:45:27.099 --> 00:45:27.679
 lovelessness

00:45:27.679 --> 00:45:27.980
 we need

00:45:27.980 --> 00:45:28.079
 to

00:45:28.079 --> 00:45:28.659
 remember

00:45:28.659 --> 00:45:29.659
 how

00:45:29.659 --> 00:45:29.900
 we

00:45:29.900 --> 00:45:30.119
 have

00:45:34.000 --> 00:45:34.179
 ever

00:45:34.179 --> 00:45:34.460
 love

00:45:34.460 --> 00:45:34.800
 him

00:45:34.800 --> 00:45:41.860
 verse

00:45:41.860 --> 00:45:42.300
 seven

00:45:42.300 --> 00:45:42.760
 we

00:45:42.760 --> 00:45:42.960
 get

00:45:42.960 --> 00:45:43.119
 the

00:45:43.119 --> 00:45:43.320
 final

00:45:43.320 --> 00:45:43.519
 two

00:45:43.519 --> 00:45:43.820
 sections

00:45:43.820 --> 00:45:44.000
 of

00:45:44.000 --> 00:45:44.159
 this

00:45:44.159 --> 00:45:44.380
 letter

00:45:44.380 --> 00:45:44.539
 the

00:45:44.539 --> 00:45:45.019
 invitation

00:45:45.019 --> 00:45:45.199
 and

00:45:45.199 --> 00:45:45.300
 the

00:45:45.300 --> 00:45:45.719
 promise

00:45:45.719 --> 00:45:46.480
 the

00:45:46.480 --> 00:45:46.840
 invitation

00:45:46.840 --> 00:45:47.000
 is

00:45:47.000 --> 00:45:47.119
 the

00:45:47.119 --> 00:45:47.400
 same

00:45:47.400 --> 00:45:47.519
 in

00:45:47.519 --> 00:45:47.659
 all

00:45:47.659 --> 00:45:47.880
 seven

00:45:47.880 --> 00:45:48.139
 letters

00:45:48.139 --> 00:45:48.239
 and

00:45:48.239 --> 00:45:48.340
 I'll

00:45:48.340 --> 00:45:48.539
 talk

00:45:48.539 --> 00:45:48.760
 more

00:45:48.760 --> 00:45:48.980
 about

00:45:48.980 --> 00:45:49.139
 that

00:45:49.139 --> 00:45:49.219
 in

00:45:49.219 --> 00:45:49.320
 the

00:45:49.320 --> 00:45:49.539
 coming

00:45:49.539 --> 00:45:49.960
 weeks

00:45:49.960 --> 00:45:52.920
 but

00:45:52.920 --> 00:45:53.039
 the

00:45:53.039 --> 00:45:53.380
 promise

00:45:53.380 --> 00:45:53.579
 is

00:45:53.579 --> 00:45:53.980
 wonderful

00:45:53.980 --> 00:45:54.300
 it says

00:45:54.300 --> 00:45:54.460
 in

00:45:54.460 --> 00:45:54.619
 verse

00:45:54.619 --> 00:45:55.019
 seven

00:45:55.019 --> 00:45:55.440
 to

00:45:55.440 --> 00:45:55.579
 the

00:45:55.579 --> 00:45:55.840
 one

00:45:55.840 --> 00:45:56.079
 who

00:45:56.079 --> 00:45:56.760
 conquers

00:45:56.760 --> 00:45:57.019
 I

00:45:57.019 --> 00:45:57.139
 will

00:45:57.139 --> 00:45:57.460
 grant

00:45:57.460 --> 00:45:57.639
 to

00:45:57.639 --> 00:45:57.900
 eat

00:45:57.900 --> 00:45:58.099
 of

00:45:58.099 --> 00:45:58.219
 the

00:45:58.219 --> 00:45:58.460
 tree

00:45:58.460 --> 00:45:58.619
 of

00:45:58.619 --> 00:45:59.059
 life

00:45:59.059 --> 00:46:00.079
 which

00:46:00.079 --> 00:46:00.219
 is

00:46:00.219 --> 00:46:00.320
 in

00:46:00.320 --> 00:46:00.420
 the

00:46:00.420 --> 00:46:00.840
 paradise

00:46:00.840 --> 00:46:01.159
 of

00:46:01.159 --> 00:46:01.420
 God

00:46:01.420 --> 00:46:01.780
 this

00:46:01.780 --> 00:46:01.960
 is

00:46:01.960 --> 00:46:02.099
 an

00:46:02.099 --> 00:46:02.360
 illusion

00:46:02.360 --> 00:46:02.539
 to

00:46:02.539 --> 00:46:02.679
 the

00:46:02.679 --> 00:46:02.900
 garden

00:46:02.900 --> 00:46:03.039
 of

00:46:03.039 --> 00:46:03.279
 Eden

00:46:03.279 --> 00:46:04.860
 where

00:46:04.860 --> 00:46:04.980
 the

00:46:04.980 --> 00:46:05.179
 tree

00:46:05.179 --> 00:46:05.319
 of

00:46:05.319 --> 00:46:05.659
 life

00:46:05.659 --> 00:46:06.440
 was

00:46:06.440 --> 00:46:06.619
 in

00:46:06.619 --> 00:46:06.739
 the

00:46:06.739 --> 00:46:07.420
 garden

00:46:07.420 --> 00:46:07.900
 but

00:46:07.900 --> 00:46:08.139
 human

00:46:08.139 --> 00:46:08.480
 beings

00:46:08.480 --> 00:46:08.900
 because

00:46:08.900 --> 00:46:09.259
 they

00:46:09.259 --> 00:46:09.779
 sinned

00:46:09.779 --> 00:46:10.059
 against

00:46:10.059 --> 00:46:10.480
 God

00:46:10.480 --> 00:46:11.059
 were

00:46:11.059 --> 00:46:11.639
 exiled

00:46:11.639 --> 00:46:11.819
 from

00:46:11.819 --> 00:46:11.940
 the

00:46:11.940 --> 00:46:12.139
 garden

00:46:12.139 --> 00:46:12.279
 of

00:46:12.279 --> 00:46:12.420
 Eden

00:46:12.420 --> 00:46:12.599
 and

00:46:12.599 --> 00:46:12.739
 their

00:46:12.739 --> 00:46:13.279
 access

00:46:13.279 --> 00:46:13.480
 to

00:46:13.480 --> 00:46:13.559
 the

00:46:13.559 --> 00:46:13.719
 tree

00:46:13.719 --> 00:46:13.839
 of

00:46:13.839 --> 00:46:14.079
 life

00:46:14.079 --> 00:46:14.319
 was

00:46:14.319 --> 00:46:14.599
 cut

00:46:14.599 --> 00:46:15.000
 off

00:46:15.000 --> 00:46:16.739
 and

00:46:16.739 --> 00:46:16.940
 the

00:46:16.940 --> 00:46:17.179
 rest

00:46:17.179 --> 00:46:17.339
 of

00:46:17.339 --> 00:46:17.440
 the

00:46:17.440 --> 00:46:17.699
 Bible

00:46:17.699 --> 00:46:17.900
 is

00:46:17.900 --> 00:46:18.059
 a

00:46:18.059 --> 00:46:18.460
 story

00:46:18.460 --> 00:46:18.960
 of

00:46:18.960 --> 00:46:19.539
 and

00:46:19.539 --> 00:46:20.179
 questions

00:46:20.179 --> 00:46:20.420
 of

00:46:20.420 --> 00:46:20.819
 can

00:46:20.819 --> 00:46:21.059
 we

00:46:21.059 --> 00:46:21.319
 ever

00:46:21.319 --> 00:46:21.880
 return

00:46:21.880 --> 00:46:23.059
 to

00:46:23.059 --> 00:46:23.319
 that

00:46:23.319 --> 00:46:23.759
 place

00:46:23.759 --> 00:46:24.039
 of

00:46:24.039 --> 00:46:24.460
 fellowship

00:46:24.460 --> 00:46:24.839
 with

00:46:24.839 --> 00:46:25.179
 God

00:46:25.179 --> 00:46:25.719
 and

00:46:25.719 --> 00:46:26.159
 eternal

00:46:26.159 --> 00:46:26.719
 life

00:46:26.719 --> 00:46:27.599
 again

00:46:27.599 --> 00:46:29.360
 and

00:46:29.360 --> 00:46:29.739
 Jesus

00:46:29.739 --> 00:46:30.139
 is

00:46:30.139 --> 00:46:30.799
 promising

00:46:30.800 --> 00:46:31.380
 that

00:46:31.380 --> 00:46:32.039
 very

00:46:32.039 --> 00:46:32.600
 thing

00:46:32.600 --> 00:46:33.060
 eternal

00:46:33.060 --> 00:46:33.680
 life

00:46:33.680 --> 00:46:34.260
 to

00:46:34.260 --> 00:46:34.360
 the

00:46:34.360 --> 00:46:34.480
 one

00:46:34.480 --> 00:46:34.620
 who

00:46:34.620 --> 00:46:35.280
 conquers

00:46:35.280 --> 00:46:35.440
 to

00:46:35.440 --> 00:46:35.519
 the

00:46:35.519 --> 00:46:35.640
 one

00:46:35.640 --> 00:46:35.760
 who

00:46:35.760 --> 00:46:36.260
 endures

00:46:36.260 --> 00:46:36.480
 in

00:46:36.480 --> 00:46:36.780
 faith

00:46:36.780 --> 00:46:36.900
 and

00:46:36.900 --> 00:46:37.100
 hope

00:46:37.100 --> 00:46:37.260
 and

00:46:37.260 --> 00:46:37.420
 love

00:46:37.420 --> 00:46:37.539
 and

00:46:37.539 --> 00:46:37.900
 shines

00:46:37.900 --> 00:46:38.060
 the

00:46:38.060 --> 00:46:38.240
 light

00:46:38.240 --> 00:46:38.360
 of

00:46:38.360 --> 00:46:38.600
 Christ

00:46:38.600 --> 00:46:38.760
 till

00:46:38.760 --> 00:46:38.900
 the

00:46:38.900 --> 00:46:39.160
 end

00:46:39.160 --> 00:46:39.940
 and

00:46:39.940 --> 00:46:40.080
 there's

00:46:40.080 --> 00:46:40.240
 also

00:46:40.240 --> 00:46:40.620
 connection

00:46:40.620 --> 00:46:40.880
 here

00:46:40.880 --> 00:46:41.000
 to

00:46:41.000 --> 00:46:41.100
 the

00:46:41.100 --> 00:46:41.360
 image

00:46:41.360 --> 00:46:41.500
 of

00:46:41.500 --> 00:46:41.660
 the

00:46:41.660 --> 00:46:41.960
 lamp

00:46:41.960 --> 00:46:42.380
 stand

00:46:42.380 --> 00:46:43.080
 remember

00:46:43.080 --> 00:46:43.300
 when

00:46:43.300 --> 00:46:43.420
 I

00:46:43.420 --> 00:46:43.720
 preached

00:46:43.720 --> 00:46:44.060
 through

00:46:44.060 --> 00:46:44.500
 the

00:46:44.500 --> 00:46:45.140
 furnishings

00:46:45.140 --> 00:46:45.300
 within

00:46:45.300 --> 00:46:45.840
 tabernacle

00:46:45.840 --> 00:46:46.019
 in

00:46:46.019 --> 00:46:46.300
 Exodus

00:46:46.300 --> 00:46:46.780
 25

00:46:46.780 --> 00:46:47.580
 I

00:46:47.580 --> 00:46:47.780
 told

00:46:47.780 --> 00:46:47.880
 you

00:46:47.880 --> 00:46:48.080
 that

00:46:48.080 --> 00:46:48.500
 the

00:46:48.500 --> 00:46:48.800
 lamp

00:46:48.800 --> 00:46:48.980
 stand

00:46:48.980 --> 00:46:49.160
 was

00:46:49.160 --> 00:46:49.600
 designed

00:46:49.600 --> 00:46:49.820
 to

00:46:49.820 --> 00:46:50.080
 look

00:46:50.080 --> 00:46:50.300
 like

00:46:50.300 --> 00:46:50.440
 a

00:46:50.440 --> 00:46:50.840
 tree

00:46:50.840 --> 00:46:52.060
 in

00:46:52.060 --> 00:46:52.460
 part

00:46:52.460 --> 00:46:52.820
 to

00:46:52.820 --> 00:46:53.300
 resemble

00:46:53.300 --> 00:46:53.620
 the

00:46:53.620 --> 00:46:53.980
 tree

00:46:53.980 --> 00:46:54.480
 of

00:46:54.480 --> 00:46:54.820
 life

00:46:54.820 --> 00:46:54.980
 that

00:46:54.980 --> 00:46:55.100
 was

00:46:55.100 --> 00:46:55.260
 in

00:46:55.260 --> 00:46:55.380
 the

00:46:55.380 --> 00:46:55.580
 garden

00:46:55.580 --> 00:46:55.700
 of

00:46:55.700 --> 00:46:55.900
 Eden

00:46:55.900 --> 00:46:56.180
 because

00:46:56.180 --> 00:46:56.400
 now

00:46:56.400 --> 00:46:56.600
 this

00:46:56.600 --> 00:46:56.740
 is

00:46:56.740 --> 00:46:56.920
 the

00:46:56.920 --> 00:46:57.380
 abode

00:46:57.380 --> 00:46:57.519
 the

00:46:57.519 --> 00:46:57.840
 dwelling

00:46:57.840 --> 00:46:58.160
 place

00:46:58.160 --> 00:46:58.320
 of

00:46:58.320 --> 00:46:58.620
 God

00:46:58.620 --> 00:46:59.400
 the

00:46:59.400 --> 00:47:00.059
 stand

00:47:00.059 --> 00:47:00.260
 and

00:47:00.260 --> 00:47:00.500
 it

00:47:00.500 --> 00:47:01.140
 are

00:47:01.140 --> 00:47:01.300
 the

00:47:01.300 --> 00:47:01.760
 branches

00:47:01.760 --> 00:47:02.080
 that

00:47:02.080 --> 00:47:02.220
 are

00:47:02.220 --> 00:47:02.500
 coming

00:47:02.500 --> 00:47:02.780
 out

00:47:02.780 --> 00:47:02.900
 of

00:47:02.900 --> 00:47:03.019
 it

00:47:03.019 --> 00:47:03.360
 and

00:47:03.360 --> 00:47:03.519
 the

00:47:03.519 --> 00:47:03.900
 light

00:47:03.900 --> 00:47:04.200
 on

00:47:04.200 --> 00:47:04.340
 it

00:47:04.340 --> 00:47:04.700
 were

00:47:04.700 --> 00:47:04.860
 the

00:47:04.860 --> 00:47:05.240
 fruit

00:47:05.240 --> 00:47:08.100
 and

00:47:08.100 --> 00:47:08.300
 so

00:47:08.300 --> 00:47:08.660
 that

00:47:08.660 --> 00:47:09.320
 connected

00:47:09.320 --> 00:47:09.620
 to

00:47:09.620 --> 00:47:10.019
 our

00:47:10.019 --> 00:47:10.519
 call

00:47:10.519 --> 00:47:10.860
 as

00:47:10.860 --> 00:47:11.300
 believers

00:47:11.300 --> 00:47:11.660
 if

00:47:11.660 --> 00:47:11.820
 we

00:47:11.820 --> 00:47:11.960
 are

00:47:11.960 --> 00:47:12.320
 lamp

00:47:12.320 --> 00:47:12.700
 stands

00:47:12.700 --> 00:47:13.440
 we

00:47:13.440 --> 00:47:13.740
 are

00:47:13.740 --> 00:47:14.280
 living

00:47:14.280 --> 00:47:14.980
 symbols

00:47:14.980 --> 00:47:15.620
 and

00:47:15.620 --> 00:47:16.220
 signs

00:47:16.220 --> 00:47:16.580
 to

00:47:16.580 --> 00:47:16.800
 the

00:47:16.800 --> 00:47:17.220
 world

00:47:17.220 --> 00:47:18.220
 you

00:47:18.220 --> 00:47:18.720
 can

00:47:18.720 --> 00:47:19.220
 have

00:47:19.220 --> 00:47:19.580
 eternal

00:47:19.580 --> 00:47:19.940
 life

00:47:19.940 --> 00:47:20.280
 again

00:47:20.280 --> 00:47:21.360
 you

00:47:21.360 --> 00:47:21.820
 can

00:47:21.820 --> 00:47:22.080
 get

00:47:22.080 --> 00:47:22.380
 back

00:47:22.380 --> 00:47:22.519
 to

00:47:22.519 --> 00:47:22.640
 the

00:47:22.640 --> 00:47:22.820
 tree

00:47:22.820 --> 00:47:22.980
 of

00:47:22.980 --> 00:47:23.340
 life

00:47:23.340 --> 00:47:23.980
 you

00:47:23.980 --> 00:47:24.420
 can

00:47:24.420 --> 00:47:24.800
 have

00:47:24.800 --> 00:47:25.220
 fellowship

00:47:25.220 --> 00:47:25.560
 with

00:47:25.560 --> 00:47:25.820
 God

00:47:25.820 --> 00:47:26.100
 again

00:47:26.100 --> 00:47:26.500
 you

00:47:26.500 --> 00:47:26.900
 can

00:47:26.900 --> 00:47:27.140
 be

00:47:27.140 --> 00:47:27.320
 in

00:47:27.320 --> 00:47:27.440
 the

00:47:27.440 --> 00:47:27.840
 paradise

00:47:27.840 --> 00:47:28.060
 where

00:47:28.060 --> 00:47:28.300
 God

00:47:28.300 --> 00:47:28.700
 walked

00:47:28.700 --> 00:47:28.940
 among

00:47:28.940 --> 00:47:29.220
 us

00:47:29.220 --> 00:47:29.900
 again

00:47:29.900 --> 00:47:30.480
 because

00:47:30.480 --> 00:47:30.840
 Jesus

00:47:30.840 --> 00:47:31.060
 is

00:47:31.060 --> 00:47:31.180
 the

00:47:31.180 --> 00:47:31.480
 one

00:47:31.480 --> 00:47:31.680
 who

00:47:31.680 --> 00:47:32.000
 walks

00:47:32.000 --> 00:47:32.320
 among

00:47:32.320 --> 00:47:32.519
 the

00:47:32.519 --> 00:47:32.760
 seven

00:47:32.760 --> 00:47:33.060
 lamp

00:47:33.060 --> 00:47:33.500
 stands

00:47:33.500 --> 00:47:36.000
 so

00:47:36.000 --> 00:47:36.240
 let us

00:47:36.240 --> 00:47:36.640
 recover

00:47:36.640 --> 00:47:36.860
 the

00:47:36.860 --> 00:47:37.080
 love

00:47:37.080 --> 00:47:37.220
 we

00:47:37.220 --> 00:47:37.420
 had

00:47:37.420 --> 00:47:37.560
 at

00:47:37.560 --> 00:47:37.920
 first

00:47:37.920 --> 00:47:38.820
 and

00:47:38.820 --> 00:47:39.200
 shine

00:47:39.200 --> 00:47:39.620
 God's

00:47:39.620 --> 00:47:39.940
 light

00:47:39.940 --> 00:47:41.820
 and

00:47:41.820 --> 00:47:42.000
 let's

00:47:42.000 --> 00:47:42.180
 tell

00:47:42.180 --> 00:47:42.360
 the

00:47:42.360 --> 00:47:42.720
 world

00:47:42.720 --> 00:47:44.080
 that

00:47:44.080 --> 00:47:44.340
 they

00:47:44.340 --> 00:47:44.620
 can

00:47:44.620 --> 00:47:44.860
 eat

00:47:44.860 --> 00:47:45.040
 the

00:47:45.040 --> 00:47:45.360
 fruit

00:47:45.360 --> 00:47:46.040
 of

00:47:46.040 --> 00:47:46.360
 eternal

00:47:46.360 --> 00:47:46.760
 life

00:47:46.760 --> 00:47:47.019
 that

00:47:47.019 --> 00:47:47.400
 hangs

00:47:47.400 --> 00:47:47.680
 from

00:47:47.680 --> 00:47:47.840
 the

00:47:47.840 --> 00:47:48.000
 tree

00:47:48.000 --> 00:47:48.160
 of

00:47:50.280 --> 00:47:53.920
 death

00:47:53.920 --> 00:47:56.100
 on

00:47:56.100 --> 00:47:56.260
 our

00:47:56.260 --> 00:47:56.620
 behalf

00:47:56.620 --> 00:47:58.620
 let's

00:47:58.620 --> 00:47:58.880
 pray

00:47:58.880 --> 00:48:12.780
 Lord

00:48:12.780 --> 00:48:13.180
 Jesus

00:48:13.179 --> 00:48:25.759
 we

00:48:25.759 --> 00:48:26.059
 love

00:48:26.059 --> 00:48:26.319
 you

00:48:26.319 --> 00:48:27.940
 but

00:48:27.940 --> 00:48:28.099
 we

00:48:28.099 --> 00:48:28.299
 don't

00:48:28.299 --> 00:48:28.539
 love

00:48:28.539 --> 00:48:28.719
 you

00:48:28.719 --> 00:48:29.159
 enough

00:48:29.159 --> 00:48:32.359
 and

00:48:32.359 --> 00:48:32.539
 we

00:48:32.539 --> 00:48:32.819
 want

00:48:32.819 --> 00:48:32.980
 to

00:48:32.980 --> 00:48:33.179
 love

00:48:33.179 --> 00:48:33.339
 you

00:48:33.339 --> 00:48:33.719
 more

00:48:33.719 --> 00:48:36.339
 because

00:48:36.339 --> 00:48:37.000
 you

00:48:37.000 --> 00:48:37.219
 are

00:48:37.219 --> 00:48:37.659
 worthy

00:48:37.659 --> 00:48:38.599
 of

00:48:38.599 --> 00:48:39.019
 all

00:48:39.019 --> 00:48:39.259
 our

00:48:39.259 --> 00:48:39.719
 affection

00:48:39.719 --> 00:48:41.319
 you

00:48:41.319 --> 00:48:41.500
 are

00:48:41.500 --> 00:48:41.959
 worthy

00:48:41.959 --> 00:48:42.419
 of

00:48:42.419 --> 00:48:42.579
 our

00:48:42.579 --> 00:48:43.480
 undivided

00:48:43.480 --> 00:48:43.980
 hearts

00:48:43.980 --> 00:48:48.379
 you

00:48:48.379 --> 00:48:48.579
 are

00:48:48.579 --> 00:48:49.000
 worthy

00:48:49.000 --> 00:48:49.279
 of

00:48:49.279 --> 00:48:49.459
 our

00:48:49.459 --> 00:48:49.980
 total

00:48:49.980 --> 00:48:51.099
 allegiance

00:48:51.099 --> 00:48:54.539
 so

00:48:54.539 --> 00:48:54.839
 Lord

00:48:54.839 --> 00:48:55.299
 forgive

00:48:55.299 --> 00:48:55.779
 us

00:48:55.779 --> 00:49:00.399
 help

00:49:00.399 --> 00:49:00.779
 us

00:49:00.779 --> 00:49:01.000
 to

00:49:01.000 --> 00:49:01.539
 remember

00:49:01.539 --> 00:49:02.459
 the

00:49:02.459 --> 00:49:02.779
 height

00:49:02.779 --> 00:49:03.059
 from

00:49:03.059 --> 00:49:03.279
 which

00:49:03.279 --> 00:49:03.480
 we

00:49:03.480 --> 00:49:03.639
 have

00:49:03.639 --> 00:49:04.000
 fallen

00:49:04.000 --> 00:49:06.019
 help

00:49:06.019 --> 00:49:06.199
 us

00:49:06.199 --> 00:49:06.839
 remember

00:49:06.839 --> 00:49:08.199
 your

00:49:08.199 --> 00:49:08.500
 love

00:49:08.500 --> 00:49:08.699
 for

00:49:08.699 --> 00:49:09.139
 us

00:49:09.139 --> 00:49:15.179
 so

00:49:15.179 --> 00:49:15.359
 that

00:49:15.359 --> 00:49:15.480
 we

00:49:15.480 --> 00:49:15.619
 might

00:49:15.619 --> 00:49:16.019
 recover

00:49:16.019 --> 00:49:16.359
 that

00:49:16.359 --> 00:49:16.879
 love

00:49:16.879 --> 00:49:17.059
 we

00:49:17.059 --> 00:49:17.219
 had

00:49:17.219 --> 00:49:17.379
 at

00:49:17.379 --> 00:49:17.719
 first

00:49:17.719 --> 00:49:28.859
 in

00:49:28.859 --> 00:49:29.119
 Jesus

00:49:29.119 --> 00:49:29.359
 name

00:49:29.359 --> 00:49:29.500
 we

00:49:29.500 --> 00:49:29.739
 pray

00:49:29.739 --> 00:49:30.779
 amen