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 Father, we thank you that you love us.

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 We thank you that your son came to die on the cross for us.

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 We thank you, Father, that he has defeated in his death upon the cross and in his resurrection

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 all sin, all death, and all hostile spiritual powers.

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 We ask, Father, as we gather now to hear these words of the Bible

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 and to think about these words and to pray about these words,

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 we ask, Father, that your Holy Spirit would move deeply in our minds and hearts and wills,

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 that we will receive what you desire to give us in your word.

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 And we know, Father, that you have something that you desire to give everyone who is here.

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 So, Father, in your mercy and kindness, deliver us from hardness of heart.

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 Grant us a soft heart willing to hear your word.

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 Make us good soil so that we will receive your word and bear fruit to bring you glory.

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 And all this we ask in the name of Jesus, your Son and our Savior.

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 Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 So, I've had an interesting time this week.

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 If you're a guest at Church of the Messiah,

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 we want to make disciples gripped by the gospel who bring glory to God.

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 We want to be used by God as he builds a prayerful Bible teaching evangelical church

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 in the heart of the city with a heart for the city and the world.

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 And so, one of the things we do is we preach through books of the Bible.

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 And we're preaching through the book of Revelation.

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 And that's why we read Revelation chapter 9.

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 And I've had an interesting week thinking and praying about it and studying it.

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 And if you were listening to Laurier read, and we're going to look at the Bible text in a moment,

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 every Sunday, if you forget to bring your own Bible,

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 we always have some Bibles up at the front or by that door.

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 And you're welcome to keep the Bible if you want or return it afterwards.

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 But if you're listening to this text,

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 a third of all the people on the earth die.

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 Great torment.

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 I have to confess, I like watching certain types of movies.

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 And every time one of the verses, I come across one of the verses in this text,

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 I think of the Wolverine.

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 And many of you who have seen the last movie with the Wolverine,

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 I mean, the rest of you, it's like I'm speaking in hieroglyphics.

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 But if you watch or follow that at all,

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 longing for death but not being able to find it,

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 speaks a lot about Wolverine and a lot of his character.

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 But it's a very, very stark text.

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 And it could lead us to say, is God cruel?

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 Is God cruel?

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 Why does God seem to order demons to hurt people?

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 Why is such crazy stuff in the Bible?

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 Isn't this proof for some people that only crazy people,

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 not rational or well-educated people, would take the Bible seriously?

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 Because this is just crazy.

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 And it seems to portray a God that just seems to be cruel.

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 And it seems to talk about things that just aren't true

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 to well-educated, well-adjusted people.

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 So, given that that's,

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 I don't know if any of you are thinking that,

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 but I could well imagine that if I was to say,

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 I'd like you to share this Bible text with your office workers

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 or your classmates on Monday,

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 you might have some apprehension about what they would think.

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 So, it would be a great help to me and to you

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 if you were to get your Bibles

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 and turn to the last book in the Bible,

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 and the book of Revelation,

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 and turn to chapter 9.

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 And let's look and see more carefully

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 what it is that the Bible says and doesn't say.

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 In fact, I actually think that as we look at this text,

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 we see that this is a very robust, thick, deep text of the Bible,

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 which actually has profound things to say about human nature

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 and about God and about good and evil.

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 In fact, I think it's,

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 if we grasp it in the context of other spiritualities and philosophies,

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 that we will just be completely struck

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 by how deep and wise the text is,

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 even though at first it looks very, very frightening and daunting

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 and seems to say terrible things about God.

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 So, let's just start at verse 1.

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 And just, actually, we're going to start at verse 13 of chapter 8.

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 And just if you want to sort of have a bit of the flow of the Bible text,

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 what it is, is in around chapter 5,

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 there's a, chapter 4, there's a vision of God in heaven.

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 Chapter 5, there's a vision of Jesus on the throne in heaven.

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 He's pictured as the Lamb who was slain.

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 And chapter 5 sort of begins with this idea that God knows the future

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 and he has a scroll and only the Lamb who's slain is able to take the scroll,

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 the sort of the things that are going to happen in the future,

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 only the Lamb, Jesus, is able to take it from God's hand.

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 And then in chapter 6, we see Jesus starting to open the scroll

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 by opening the seals.

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 And as he opens it, there's a series of judgments.

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 And then in chapter 7, there's a bit of a pause.

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 And in chapter 8 that we looked at last week, the final seal is opened.

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 There's silence in heaven.

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 And then the seventh seal enters into seven new judgments

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 described in terms of trumpets.

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 And the image is that all of heaven adores the Lamb.

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 Then the prayers of the saints come up to Jesus.

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 And as a result of the prayers of the saints coming up to Jesus,

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 an angel takes fire from heaven and he throws, hurls the fire down at the earth.

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 And the fire that comes down to earth appears in seven different forms as these seven different trumpets.

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 And last week we looked at four.

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 And at the end of the four, in verse 13, this is what happened.

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 Then I looked and I heard an eagle crying with a loud voice as it flew directly overhead.

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 And he said,

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 Notice that again.

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 Notice that again.

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 Notice that again.

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 Notice that again.

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 Notice that again.

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 They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree.

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 But only those people who did not have, do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.

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 And they were allowed, that's these locust type creatures, were allowed to torment them,

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 that's the people, for five months, but not to kill them.

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 And their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings someone.

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 And in those days, here's the Wolverine text,

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 in those days people will seek death and will not find it.

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 They will long to die, but death will flee from them.

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 Now just sort of pause here for a second.

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 Here's the first thing to see in the text.

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 Remember we began by saying, like, this just sounds crazy, it sounds cruel.

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 Why does God seem to order demons to hurt people?

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 But here's the thing that the text, I'm going to show you in a second,

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 but here's the thing, Andrew, if you could put it up on the screen.

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 God is absolutely sovereign over every demon,

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 and he restrains them until their inevitable judgment.

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 This text, not only here, but the rest of the text,

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 and I'm sort of giving away a bit of the ending

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 by adding the word inevitable,

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 telling you what's going to happen in chapters 19, 20, 21 and all.

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 But what this text is showing is that God is absolutely sovereign

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 over every demon,

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 and God restrains them until their inevitable judgment.

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 One of the things that happens in the book of Revelation

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 is that they use a variety of different images for angels and for demons,

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 and so sometimes you have to just be careful and read slowly and meditatively

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 and look at the context to sort of keep things straight.

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 And so the angel here isn't an angel that begins the whole thing,

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 and it's an image of the angel descending with great speed.

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 So the trumpet's blown,

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 and an angel with great speed descends.

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 An angel comes from God,

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 and he goes,

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 and he opens

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 the door

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 which leads to the bottomless pit,

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 the abyss.

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 And the abyss,

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 all the way through the book of Revelation,

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 is portrayed as a type of prison

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 where demons and the devil

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 are held.

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 In other words, they're restrained.

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 Why?

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 Because God is sovereign over them.

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 Because Jesus has triumphed

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 over all hostile spiritual forces

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 in his crucifixion and resurrection.

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 And the text doesn't make any comment

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 about whether all demons were there or all that,

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 but it's just giving you this image

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 that God restrains them,

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 and he goes,

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 he sends an angel,

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 the angel lets the demons out,

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 and the demons, of course,

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 come flooding out,

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 they escape,

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 but even as they escape,

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 God sets limits on them.

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 And he says to them,

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 he says that they're not allowed

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 to harm the trees

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 or anything like that.

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 They're only allowed to harm

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 people who do not have

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 the seal of God on their forehead.

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 And they're not even allowed to kill them.

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 And in everything about it,

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 we just see this picture

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 of the demons doing what they desire to do,

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 but even what they desire to do,

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 that God, who's sovereign over them,

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 restrains them.

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 That's why the text is showing

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 all the way through chapter 9

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 and all the way through

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 the book of Revelation,

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 that God is sovereign

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 over every demon,

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 and he restrains them

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 until their inevitable judgment.

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 And it's obvious

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 that these are demons,

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 not animals.

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 They're coming from the bottomless pit,

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 from the abyss,

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 from a place

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 that God has contained them.

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 That's not what normal locusts look like,

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 and as we're going to see

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 in a couple of minutes,

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 they don't look at all

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 like normal locusts.

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 They don't act like normal locusts.

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 It's a way of picturing

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 demons swarming

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 and of being inhuman

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 and anti-human

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 and destructive.

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 Yet God is sovereign

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 over them.

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 And so,

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 but here's the question

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 that some of us might say.

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 If you look at it

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 very carefully,

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 like, you know,

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 he told them what to do

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 and et cetera, et cetera.

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 But the fact is,

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 why would God still allow

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 such demons

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 to come out from a place

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 where he has bound them

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 to hurt anybody?

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 Like, why would God allow that?

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 Isn't that almost the same

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 as him causing it?

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 And that's a very,

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 very good question.

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 Well,

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 to start to answer that question,

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 let's look at verses 7 to 12.

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 In appearance,

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 the locusts were like horses

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 prepared for battle.

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 Notice all the way

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 through this description,

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 like, like, like, like.

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 In appearance,

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 the locusts were like horses

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 prepared for battle.

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 On their heads

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 were what looked

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 like crowns of gold.

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 Their faces were like

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 human faces.

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 Their hair

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 like woman's hair.

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 It means they had long hair.

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 I was in a church

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 back,

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 I'm, I'm, I'm,

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 I'm a hundred million years old.

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 And in, in the 70s,

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 I grew up in a church

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 that always had these

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 prophecy conferences

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 all of the time.

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 And, you know,

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 in like,

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 like 1975 or 76,

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 it was very, very uncommon

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 in conservative

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 baptisty type churches

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 to have anybody

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 in the church

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 who had long hair.

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 So there's a whole pile

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 of people looking one way

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 and then there was me

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 with my hair

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 halfway down my back

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 at that point in time

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 and dressed in jeans

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 and all,

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 which everybody

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 was dressed in suits.

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 And there was

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 this prophecy conference.

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 I stuck out

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 like a sore thumb

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 and there was a guy

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 drawing a picture

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 of the devil

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 and demons

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 and he said,

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 looking around the room,

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 let's make him a hippie.

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 Wasn't trying

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 to single me out

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 at all.

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 I felt very welcomed,

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 actually,

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 by this guy.

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 Anyway, so verse 8,

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 their hair

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 like woman's hair

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 and their teeth

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 like lion's teeth.

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 They had breastplates

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 like breastplates

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 of iron

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 and the noise

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 of their wings

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 was like the noise

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 of many chariots

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 with horses

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 rushing into battle.

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 They have tails

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 and stings

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 like scorpions

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 and their power

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 to hurt people

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 for five months.

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 That's actually

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 a restraint,

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 again,

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 is in their tails

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 and they have

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 as king over them

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 the angel

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 of the bottomless pit,

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 sort of an arch demon,

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 maybe the devil himself

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 and his name

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 in Hebrew

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 is Abaddon

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 and in Greek

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 he is called

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 Apollyon,

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 destroyer

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 and destruction.

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 The first woe

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 has passed

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 before two woes

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 are still to come

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 and you're saying,

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 George,

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 how does this

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 exactly help you

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 at all?

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 Well, here's the thing.

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 Here's the point.

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 If you could put it up

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 on the screen, Andrew.

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 What the text is showing

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 is that demons

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 are real

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 and they hate

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 their devotees

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 and turn on us

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 when they can.

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 I spent a long time

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 trying to think

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 of whether I should

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 say turn on them

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 or turn on us

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 and I decided

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 with us.

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 You can ask me

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 about it

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 or we can debate it

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 over coffee

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 if you want,

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 but demons are real

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 and they hate

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 their devotees

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 and turn on us

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 when they can.

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 And so,

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 here's how you should

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 interpret this language

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 is it's,

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 you know,

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 here's the thing.

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 I think it's,

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 my daughter-in-law,

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 my son Jesse

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 was just telling me

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 about his wife,

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 my daughter-in-law,

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 Kavita.

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 You know,

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 she did an engineering

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 degree at Waterloo

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 so she's really smart

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 and she's really good

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 with numbers

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 and Jesse says

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 you can tell Kavita

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 like a phone number

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 or some other type

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 of number

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 and she just

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 remembers it

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 and,

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 you know,

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 her ability to do math

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 in her head

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 and all that,

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 she's this really good

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 number person

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 and there's some people

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 in the congregation

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 they've told me

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 about how they live

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 in a world

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 where numbers

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 are really,

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 really important

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 and,

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 in fact,

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 there's all these

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 numeric things

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 that go on

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 in the Bible

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 that sort of

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 help them to understand

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 that the Bible

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 has to be the Word of God

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 and for a lot of us

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 numbers

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 and all these

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 numerical things

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 and our eyes

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 start to glaze over

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 and all,

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 but for people

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 who really numbers work

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 there's lots of things

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 in the Bible

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 about numbers

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 that communicate to us

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 and for some of us

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 it's poetry,

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 for some of us

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 it's more like

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 philosophical types of stuff,

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 for some of us

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 it's narratives

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 and for some people

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 what they really need

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 is powerful images

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 and because the Bible

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 is written for everyone

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 it means that

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 there's some parts

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 of the Bible

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 that people are going

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 whoa,

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 look at that,

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 that just so sticks with me

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 I can really understand that

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 I can really remember that

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 look at those numbers

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 and other people

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 it's not that at all

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 and so what the Bible

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 here is talking about

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 it's all the way through

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 it's making a very,

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 very strong claim

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 that demons are real

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 that demons are

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 spiritual beings

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 or creatures

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 that were originally angels

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 that rebelled against God

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 and in their rebellion

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 against God

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 they not only hate God

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 they hate people

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 they hate those

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 who bear the image of God

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 and that's human being

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 every human being

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 whether it's a

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 whether they're a poor person

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 or a rich person

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 a smart person

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 or a dumb person

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 whether they're

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 profoundly handicapped

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 or whether they're

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 the world's greatest athlete

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 every human being

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 is made in the image of God

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 bears the image of God

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 and demons are portrayed

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 in this text

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 as being real

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 and as they hate God

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 they also hate human beings

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 because we bear

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 the image of God

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 and are made

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 in the image of God

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 and so this text here

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 it's not to be taken

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 that somehow

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 the demons have

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 all these things

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 but it's to communicate

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 for those of us

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 that images

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 stick in their heads

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 that if I was to give you

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 you know five points

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 and the five points

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 wouldn't stick in your head

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 but you just hear

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 this description

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 and the image of them

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 being like horses

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 in the ancient world

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 it means that they're

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 powerful

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 it means that they're

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 bred for war

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 it means that they're

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 bred for aggression

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 in the Roman world

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 the hooves of the war horses

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 would often have like

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 they'd shoe them

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 and they'd have

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 they would be sharp

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 so that they would cut

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 and the breastplate

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 so once again

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 that they're ready for battle

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 and that they have protection

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 and everything

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 and the long hair

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 is that they're

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 like the barbarians

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 that the Romans

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 were starting to know of

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 and in other words

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 they were other

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 and they were dangerous

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 and they were fearful

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 and they were powerful

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 and they were organized

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 and they were a swarm

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 and it's trying to communicate

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 truth about demons

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 that just using words

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 will not do

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 for some people

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 and so it's a series

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 of word pictures

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 to try to communicate

00:18:05.200 --> 00:18:06.220
 the reality

00:18:06.220 --> 00:18:07.200
 and the nature

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 of demons

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 that demons are real

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 and they hate their devotees

00:18:11.220 --> 00:18:13.020
 and turn on us

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 when they can

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 but then the question still is

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 why is it that God

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 allows them

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 to come out

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 well first of all

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 look back up

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 at verse 4 again

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 they were told

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 not to harm

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 the grass of the earth

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 or any green plant

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 or any tree

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 but only those people

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 who do not have

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 the seal of God

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 on their foreheads

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 this is a very very

00:18:37.819 --> 00:18:39.379
 this in the next trumpet

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 it's a very very

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 unique type of teaching

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 in the scriptures

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 and it's showing

00:18:46.599 --> 00:18:47.819
 how demons

00:18:47.819 --> 00:18:49.899
 turn on their own

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 people who have

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 given themselves

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 to evil

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 have given themselves

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 consciously to demons

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 those who believe

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 that by practicing

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 white magic

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 or using spells

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 or potions

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 are in touch

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 with the demon

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 the spiritual world

00:19:04.220 --> 00:19:05.079
 which is in rebellion

00:19:05.079 --> 00:19:06.099
 against God

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 and we think

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 it makes us stronger

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 and we think

00:19:08.879 --> 00:19:10.259
 it puts us in contact

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 with stronger things

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 and it does put us

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 in contact

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 with stronger things

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 and maybe

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 in the short run

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 things seem to work

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 but the Bible here

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 is giving us a picture

00:19:18.899 --> 00:19:19.819
 of the end game

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 and from the end game

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 these powers

00:19:22.899 --> 00:19:23.959
 that we dabble with

00:19:23.959 --> 00:19:25.019
 it's not talking about

00:19:25.019 --> 00:19:26.359
 it's not talking about

00:19:26.359 --> 00:19:27.139
 anything now

00:19:27.139 --> 00:19:28.019
 about Christians

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 it's talking about

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 those who have not

00:19:29.799 --> 00:19:30.519
 given their lives

00:19:30.519 --> 00:19:31.119
 to Jesus

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 and these demonic powers

00:19:34.759 --> 00:19:36.699
 will turn on them

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 because ultimately

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 they hate them

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 you know

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 it's very very interesting

00:19:46.900 --> 00:19:47.880
 that

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 often here in the west

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 when we think

00:19:51.740 --> 00:19:52.680
 of Buddhism

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 or Hinduism

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 when we think

00:19:55.540 --> 00:19:56.540
 even of Islam

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 in a good sense

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 because it's a

00:19:59.620 --> 00:20:01.000
 complicated thing

00:20:01.000 --> 00:20:01.600
 our culture

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 with Islam

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 we tend to think

00:20:03.540 --> 00:20:05.040
 of philosophical

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 high

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 high-end philosophical

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 versions of Buddhism

00:20:09.900 --> 00:20:10.759
 or Hinduism

00:20:10.759 --> 00:20:11.700
 or Islam

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 and even when we think

00:20:13.539 --> 00:20:14.599
 of secularism

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 and agnosticism

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 we tend to think

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 of high-end

00:20:18.359 --> 00:20:19.400
 ones

00:20:19.400 --> 00:20:20.700
 that are more abstract

00:20:20.700 --> 00:20:21.460
 and philosophical

00:20:21.460 --> 00:20:22.539
 but the very interesting

00:20:22.539 --> 00:20:23.059
 thing is

00:20:23.059 --> 00:20:24.059
 in every one of those

00:20:24.059 --> 00:20:24.720
 cultures

00:20:24.720 --> 00:20:26.740
 apart from the high-end

00:20:26.740 --> 00:20:27.720
 there is the reality

00:20:27.720 --> 00:20:28.660
 of a fascination

00:20:28.660 --> 00:20:29.299
 with demons

00:20:29.299 --> 00:20:30.759
 and a worry about demons

00:20:30.759 --> 00:20:32.460
 if you were to go

00:20:32.460 --> 00:20:33.500
 I've never been to Thailand

00:20:33.500 --> 00:20:34.259
 but if you were to go

00:20:34.259 --> 00:20:34.779
 to China

00:20:34.779 --> 00:20:35.500
 or you go to Thailand

00:20:35.500 --> 00:20:36.079
 you see

00:20:36.079 --> 00:20:37.440
 you see idols

00:20:37.440 --> 00:20:38.299
 everywhere

00:20:38.299 --> 00:20:39.299
 there is a concern

00:20:39.299 --> 00:20:40.079
 with spells

00:20:40.079 --> 00:20:41.500
 and with evil spirits

00:20:41.500 --> 00:20:42.700
 and bringing misfortune

00:20:42.700 --> 00:20:43.299
 upon you

00:20:43.299 --> 00:20:44.759
 it's true in Islam

00:20:44.759 --> 00:20:45.759
 it's true in India

00:20:45.759 --> 00:20:46.779
 it's true in China

00:20:46.779 --> 00:20:48.500
 it's true in Thailand

00:20:48.500 --> 00:20:50.039
 and even here

00:20:50.039 --> 00:20:51.579
 in the educated west

00:20:51.579 --> 00:20:52.420
 it's true here

00:20:52.420 --> 00:20:53.519
 you go to any chapters

00:20:53.519 --> 00:20:54.559
 and you see the wide

00:20:54.559 --> 00:20:55.700
 range of bookstore

00:20:55.700 --> 00:20:56.920
 in the bookstore

00:20:56.920 --> 00:20:57.740
 given over to

00:20:57.740 --> 00:20:59.180
 occult types of matters

00:20:59.180 --> 00:21:01.019
 that even

00:21:01.019 --> 00:21:01.900
 and this isn't just

00:21:01.900 --> 00:21:02.500
 something that

00:21:02.500 --> 00:21:04.080
 the really uneducated

00:21:04.080 --> 00:21:06.259
 people are fascinated with

00:21:06.259 --> 00:21:07.060
 it's true

00:21:07.060 --> 00:21:07.860
 even if you have

00:21:07.860 --> 00:21:09.380
 your bachelor's degree

00:21:09.380 --> 00:21:10.720
 or your master's degree

00:21:10.720 --> 00:21:11.620
 or your doctorate

00:21:11.620 --> 00:21:12.820
 or multiple doctorates

00:21:12.820 --> 00:21:14.240
 there's this fascination

00:21:14.240 --> 00:21:14.660
 with it

00:21:14.660 --> 00:21:15.680
 and the interesting

00:21:15.680 --> 00:21:16.480
 thing about it

00:21:16.480 --> 00:21:17.140
 is that these

00:21:17.140 --> 00:21:18.940
 philosophical forms

00:21:18.940 --> 00:21:20.460
 of Hinduism

00:21:20.460 --> 00:21:21.019
 and Buddhism

00:21:21.019 --> 00:21:23.299
 and Islam

00:21:23.299 --> 00:21:24.519
 and secularism

00:21:24.519 --> 00:21:25.900
 that they actually

00:21:25.900 --> 00:21:27.160
 are sort of powerless

00:21:27.160 --> 00:21:29.160
 they're powerless

00:21:29.160 --> 00:21:31.759
 against this

00:21:31.759 --> 00:21:33.420
 widespread

00:21:33.420 --> 00:21:35.180
 worry

00:21:35.180 --> 00:21:36.040
 and presence

00:21:36.040 --> 00:21:36.740
 of practice

00:21:36.740 --> 00:21:37.340
 of magic

00:21:37.340 --> 00:21:38.420
 and concern

00:21:38.420 --> 00:21:39.120
 about demonic

00:21:39.120 --> 00:21:39.820
 types of things

00:21:39.820 --> 00:21:40.440
 that there's a type

00:21:40.440 --> 00:21:41.400
 of disconnect to

00:21:41.400 --> 00:21:43.660
 in Christianity

00:21:43.660 --> 00:21:45.880
 what often appears

00:21:45.880 --> 00:21:46.800
 in certain circles

00:21:46.800 --> 00:21:47.779
 as philosophical

00:21:47.779 --> 00:21:48.519
 Christianity

00:21:48.519 --> 00:21:49.640
 actually isn't a

00:21:49.640 --> 00:21:50.380
 higher form of

00:21:50.380 --> 00:21:50.860
 Christianity

00:21:50.860 --> 00:21:52.580
 it's residual

00:21:52.580 --> 00:21:53.620
 Christianity

00:21:53.619 --> 00:21:56.519
 but the Bible

00:21:56.519 --> 00:21:57.799
 as you go into

00:21:57.799 --> 00:21:58.959
 the Bible

00:21:58.959 --> 00:22:00.179
 and understand

00:22:00.179 --> 00:22:00.879
 Christianity

00:22:00.879 --> 00:22:02.179
 from the Bible

00:22:02.179 --> 00:22:03.159
 and from Jesus'

00:22:03.399 --> 00:22:03.919
 own words

00:22:03.919 --> 00:22:04.639
 you see that it's

00:22:04.639 --> 00:22:05.579
 a very robust

00:22:05.579 --> 00:22:06.579
 and thick faith

00:22:06.579 --> 00:22:07.379
 that talks

00:22:07.379 --> 00:22:09.119
 about the practical

00:22:09.119 --> 00:22:09.899
 things

00:22:09.899 --> 00:22:11.779
 that attract

00:22:11.779 --> 00:22:14.059
 and frighten

00:22:14.059 --> 00:22:16.279
 and bind

00:22:16.279 --> 00:22:18.000
 and repel

00:22:18.000 --> 00:22:19.479
 both ordinary

00:22:19.479 --> 00:22:19.959
 people

00:22:19.959 --> 00:22:20.839
 and educated

00:22:20.839 --> 00:22:21.279
 people

00:22:21.279 --> 00:22:23.680
 and what

00:22:23.680 --> 00:22:24.240
 this text

00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:24.799
 is showing

00:22:24.799 --> 00:22:25.180
 here

00:22:25.180 --> 00:22:26.279
 is a certain

00:22:26.279 --> 00:22:27.000
 type of way

00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:27.480
 that God

00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:28.139
 sometimes

00:22:28.139 --> 00:22:28.799
 how it is

00:22:28.799 --> 00:22:29.240
 that God

00:22:29.240 --> 00:22:29.720
 acts

00:22:29.720 --> 00:22:30.759
 towards us

00:22:30.759 --> 00:22:31.740
 as human

00:22:31.740 --> 00:22:32.299
 beings

00:22:32.299 --> 00:22:35.839
 I've been

00:22:35.839 --> 00:22:36.440
 a few times

00:22:36.440 --> 00:22:37.240
 on my travels

00:22:37.240 --> 00:22:37.960
 when I've been

00:22:37.960 --> 00:22:38.420
 at some type

00:22:38.420 --> 00:22:39.019
 of a conference

00:22:39.019 --> 00:22:39.799
 I've been

00:22:39.799 --> 00:22:41.099
 away from my

00:22:41.099 --> 00:22:41.700
 wife and kids

00:22:41.700 --> 00:22:41.980
 I've been

00:22:41.980 --> 00:22:42.440
 at some type

00:22:42.440 --> 00:22:43.000
 of a conference

00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:43.879
 and I've been

00:22:43.879 --> 00:22:44.539
 right next

00:22:44.539 --> 00:22:45.960
 to a casino

00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:49.079
 and I'm

00:22:49.079 --> 00:22:49.660
 not boasting

00:22:49.660 --> 00:22:50.100
 here about

00:22:50.100 --> 00:22:50.720
 how strong

00:22:50.720 --> 00:22:50.940
 I am

00:22:50.940 --> 00:22:51.380
 at resisting

00:22:51.380 --> 00:22:51.799
 temptation

00:22:51.799 --> 00:22:52.279
 but I can

00:22:52.279 --> 00:22:52.640
 tell you

00:22:52.640 --> 00:22:53.079
 that those

00:22:53.079 --> 00:22:53.740
 I think it's

00:22:53.740 --> 00:22:54.180
 three or four

00:22:54.180 --> 00:22:54.759
 times I've

00:22:54.759 --> 00:22:55.299
 stayed either

00:22:55.299 --> 00:22:55.740
 right next

00:22:55.740 --> 00:22:56.000
 door or

00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:56.440
 across the

00:22:56.440 --> 00:22:56.740
 street from

00:22:56.740 --> 00:22:57.100
 a casino

00:22:57.100 --> 00:22:57.460
 and I've

00:22:57.460 --> 00:22:57.940
 never gone

00:22:57.940 --> 00:22:58.340
 into it

00:22:58.340 --> 00:22:58.779
 once

00:22:58.779 --> 00:23:00.600
 why?

00:23:01.160 --> 00:23:01.440
 I have

00:23:01.440 --> 00:23:02.819
 going to a

00:23:02.819 --> 00:23:03.480
 casino to

00:23:03.480 --> 00:23:03.819
 gamble

00:23:03.819 --> 00:23:04.279
 I have

00:23:04.279 --> 00:23:04.860
 zero

00:23:04.860 --> 00:23:05.620
 temptation

00:23:05.620 --> 00:23:06.299
 for it

00:23:06.299 --> 00:23:06.640
 okay

00:23:06.640 --> 00:23:07.900
 two dollars

00:23:07.900 --> 00:23:08.220
 to a

00:23:08.220 --> 00:23:08.539
 one-armed

00:23:08.539 --> 00:23:09.019
 bandit

00:23:09.019 --> 00:23:10.039
 or a coffee

00:23:10.039 --> 00:23:10.740
 at Starbucks

00:23:10.740 --> 00:23:11.220
 like I don't

00:23:11.220 --> 00:23:11.759
 even think

00:23:11.759 --> 00:23:12.380
 about that

00:23:12.380 --> 00:23:13.259
 for a

00:23:13.259 --> 00:23:13.900
 millisecond

00:23:13.900 --> 00:23:14.519
 of a second

00:23:14.519 --> 00:23:16.819
 a muffin

00:23:16.819 --> 00:23:19.440
 or a scone

00:23:19.440 --> 00:23:20.039
 or a

00:23:20.039 --> 00:23:20.379
 one-armed

00:23:20.379 --> 00:23:20.660
 bandit

00:23:20.660 --> 00:23:20.879
 I don't

00:23:20.879 --> 00:23:21.279
 even think

00:23:21.279 --> 00:23:21.660
 about that

00:23:21.660 --> 00:23:21.920
 for a

00:23:21.920 --> 00:23:22.359
 millisecond

00:23:22.359 --> 00:23:22.639
 like it

00:23:22.639 --> 00:23:23.059
 has no

00:23:23.059 --> 00:23:23.559
 attraction

00:23:23.559 --> 00:23:23.920
 to me

00:23:23.920 --> 00:23:24.460
 I'm going

00:23:24.460 --> 00:23:24.740
 to stop

00:23:24.740 --> 00:23:25.099
 giving you

00:23:25.099 --> 00:23:25.240
 any

00:23:25.240 --> 00:23:25.720
 illustrations

00:23:25.720 --> 00:23:26.139
 because you

00:23:26.139 --> 00:23:26.599
 realize how

00:23:26.599 --> 00:23:27.039
 many sins

00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:27.519
 I'm actually

00:23:27.519 --> 00:23:28.279
 deeply tempted

00:23:28.279 --> 00:23:28.599
 to

00:23:28.599 --> 00:23:30.960
 but gambling

00:23:30.960 --> 00:23:31.740
 is one that I

00:23:31.740 --> 00:23:32.220
 have absolutely

00:23:32.220 --> 00:23:33.960
 zero temptation

00:23:33.960 --> 00:23:34.440
 to

00:23:34.440 --> 00:23:35.160
 I could stay

00:23:35.160 --> 00:23:35.720
 in the casino

00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:36.039
 and I

00:23:36.039 --> 00:23:36.519
 wouldn't put

00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:37.119
 a penny

00:23:37.119 --> 00:23:37.579
 in a

00:23:37.579 --> 00:23:37.900
 one-armed

00:23:37.900 --> 00:23:38.220
 bandit

00:23:38.220 --> 00:23:38.460
 I just

00:23:38.460 --> 00:23:39.879
 maybe I

00:23:39.879 --> 00:23:40.220
 would once

00:23:40.220 --> 00:23:40.660
 just say

00:23:40.660 --> 00:23:40.839
 how it

00:23:40.839 --> 00:23:41.160
 worked

00:23:41.160 --> 00:23:41.720
 but it

00:23:41.720 --> 00:23:41.960
 wouldn't

00:23:41.960 --> 00:23:42.379
 even be

00:23:42.379 --> 00:23:43.359
 temptation

00:23:43.359 --> 00:23:43.680
 it would

00:23:43.680 --> 00:23:43.980
 just be

00:23:43.980 --> 00:23:44.200
 I wonder

00:23:44.200 --> 00:23:44.500
 how this

00:23:44.500 --> 00:23:44.779
 works

00:23:44.779 --> 00:23:45.160
 I've always

00:23:45.160 --> 00:23:46.039
 seen movies

00:23:46.039 --> 00:23:46.640
 that would

00:23:46.640 --> 00:23:46.900
 be it

00:23:46.900 --> 00:23:47.059
 and then

00:23:47.059 --> 00:23:47.539
 I'd go

00:23:47.539 --> 00:23:47.819
 buy a

00:23:47.819 --> 00:23:48.160
 coffee

00:23:48.160 --> 00:23:51.200
 preferably

00:23:51.200 --> 00:23:51.880
 an Italian

00:23:51.880 --> 00:23:52.200
 roast

00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:52.640
 or French

00:23:52.640 --> 00:23:52.859
 roast

00:23:52.859 --> 00:23:53.519
 something nice

00:23:53.519 --> 00:23:53.960
 and dark

00:23:53.960 --> 00:23:55.440
 but the fact

00:23:55.440 --> 00:23:56.259
 is that

00:23:56.259 --> 00:23:57.279
 there are

00:23:57.279 --> 00:23:58.339
 many things

00:23:58.339 --> 00:23:58.900
 in my life

00:23:58.900 --> 00:23:59.220
 that I'm

00:23:59.220 --> 00:23:59.839
 tempted to

00:23:59.839 --> 00:24:01.740
 evil things

00:24:01.740 --> 00:24:02.119
 that I'm

00:24:02.119 --> 00:24:02.740
 tempted to

00:24:02.740 --> 00:24:04.660
 and in

00:24:04.660 --> 00:24:04.980
 the book

00:24:04.980 --> 00:24:05.500
 of Romans

00:24:05.500 --> 00:24:05.940
 it gives

00:24:05.940 --> 00:24:06.279
 a very

00:24:06.279 --> 00:24:07.000
 philosophical

00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:07.700
 description

00:24:07.700 --> 00:24:08.079
 of how

00:24:08.079 --> 00:24:08.680
 that works

00:24:08.680 --> 00:24:09.359
 and here

00:24:09.359 --> 00:24:09.900
 we see

00:24:09.900 --> 00:24:10.359
 in the book

00:24:10.359 --> 00:24:11.000
 of Revelation

00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:11.500
 it gives

00:24:11.500 --> 00:24:12.440
 an image

00:24:12.440 --> 00:24:13.539
 picture of

00:24:13.539 --> 00:24:13.879
 how it

00:24:13.879 --> 00:24:14.299
 works

00:24:14.299 --> 00:24:15.799
 and how

00:24:15.799 --> 00:24:16.379
 it works

00:24:16.379 --> 00:24:17.399
 it's as if

00:24:17.399 --> 00:24:17.980
 there are

00:24:17.980 --> 00:24:18.899
 different currents

00:24:18.899 --> 00:24:19.639
 in my life

00:24:19.639 --> 00:24:20.220
 it's as if

00:24:20.220 --> 00:24:22.079
 there are

00:24:22.079 --> 00:24:22.659
 rivers

00:24:22.659 --> 00:24:24.019
 inside of me

00:24:24.019 --> 00:24:25.720
 rivers

00:24:25.720 --> 00:24:26.759
 that have

00:24:26.759 --> 00:24:27.559
 a current

00:24:27.559 --> 00:24:28.960
 towards

00:24:28.960 --> 00:24:30.119
 something which

00:24:30.119 --> 00:24:30.639
 is wrong

00:24:30.639 --> 00:24:32.159
 maybe it's

00:24:32.159 --> 00:24:32.700
 slander

00:24:32.700 --> 00:24:34.480
 maybe it's

00:24:34.480 --> 00:24:34.920
 pride

00:24:34.920 --> 00:24:35.559
 maybe it's

00:24:35.559 --> 00:24:36.039
 anger

00:24:36.039 --> 00:24:37.639
 maybe it's

00:24:37.639 --> 00:24:38.220
 gluttony

00:24:38.220 --> 00:24:39.660
 maybe it's

00:24:39.660 --> 00:24:40.039
 lust

00:24:40.039 --> 00:24:40.579
 I mean

00:24:40.579 --> 00:24:40.940
 it's going

00:24:40.940 --> 00:24:41.220
 to be

00:24:41.220 --> 00:24:41.980
 there's going

00:24:41.980 --> 00:24:42.180
 to be

00:24:42.180 --> 00:24:42.960
 different streams

00:24:42.960 --> 00:24:43.500
 within every

00:24:43.500 --> 00:24:44.079
 human being

00:24:44.079 --> 00:24:44.559
 there are

00:24:44.559 --> 00:24:45.120
 like

00:24:45.120 --> 00:24:45.779
 it's as if

00:24:45.779 --> 00:24:46.360
 there's

00:24:46.360 --> 00:24:47.279
 a current

00:24:47.279 --> 00:24:48.059
 going on

00:24:48.059 --> 00:24:48.680
 in my life

00:24:48.680 --> 00:24:49.960
 and

00:24:49.960 --> 00:24:51.259
 what it is

00:24:51.259 --> 00:24:51.960
 is the Bible

00:24:51.960 --> 00:24:52.839
 has this idea

00:24:52.839 --> 00:24:53.360
 of what's called

00:24:53.360 --> 00:24:54.360
 common grace

00:24:54.360 --> 00:24:55.539
 that

00:24:55.539 --> 00:24:56.600
 God

00:24:56.600 --> 00:24:57.839
 generally

00:24:57.839 --> 00:24:59.140
 restrains

00:24:59.140 --> 00:25:00.480
 the strength

00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:01.519
 of the current

00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:02.440
 in our lives

00:25:02.440 --> 00:25:03.920
 and doesn't

00:25:03.920 --> 00:25:04.740
 usually

00:25:04.740 --> 00:25:06.039
 allow the current

00:25:06.039 --> 00:25:06.559
 to have

00:25:06.559 --> 00:25:07.279
 full reign

00:25:07.279 --> 00:25:08.079
 in our life

00:25:08.079 --> 00:25:09.359
 so it's as if

00:25:09.359 --> 00:25:10.519
 I am a boat

00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:12.220
 tied to a rock

00:25:12.220 --> 00:25:12.960
 or a dock

00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:14.279
 and the boat's

00:25:14.279 --> 00:25:14.920
 in a current

00:25:14.920 --> 00:25:16.500
 and for some

00:25:16.500 --> 00:25:17.319
 things it's as if

00:25:17.319 --> 00:25:18.160
 I'm very tightly

00:25:18.160 --> 00:25:18.639
 tied

00:25:18.639 --> 00:25:19.720
 I can feel

00:25:19.720 --> 00:25:20.259
 the strength

00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:20.839
 of the current

00:25:20.839 --> 00:25:21.920
 and partly

00:25:21.920 --> 00:25:22.639
 I resist it

00:25:22.639 --> 00:25:23.379
 by my will

00:25:23.379 --> 00:25:23.940
 and by my

00:25:23.940 --> 00:25:24.359
 disciplines

00:25:24.359 --> 00:25:25.000
 but partially

00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:25.899
 it's just God

00:25:25.899 --> 00:25:27.279
 holding me

00:25:27.279 --> 00:25:28.700
 against the current

00:25:28.700 --> 00:25:30.200
 but what the Bible

00:25:30.200 --> 00:25:31.240
 pictures here

00:25:31.240 --> 00:25:32.059
 is that sometimes

00:25:32.059 --> 00:25:32.799
 the way that

00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:33.279
 the judgment

00:25:33.279 --> 00:25:34.279
 of God works

00:25:34.279 --> 00:25:34.980
 it works in

00:25:34.980 --> 00:25:36.019
 one of two ways

00:25:36.019 --> 00:25:37.359
 sometimes what

00:25:37.359 --> 00:25:37.859
 happens

00:25:37.859 --> 00:25:38.940
 it's as if

00:25:38.940 --> 00:25:39.680
 he takes the

00:25:39.680 --> 00:25:40.660
 rope that ties

00:25:40.660 --> 00:25:41.259
 me so that

00:25:41.259 --> 00:25:41.779
 I'm not being

00:25:41.779 --> 00:25:42.359
 taken with the

00:25:42.359 --> 00:25:42.599
 current

00:25:42.599 --> 00:25:43.460
 and he lets

00:25:43.460 --> 00:25:44.119
 it out a hundred

00:25:44.119 --> 00:25:44.480
 feet

00:25:44.480 --> 00:25:48.839
 he lets the

00:25:48.839 --> 00:25:49.599
 rope out a hundred

00:25:49.599 --> 00:25:49.960
 feet

00:25:49.960 --> 00:25:51.160
 and the current

00:25:51.160 --> 00:25:51.920
 takes me

00:25:51.920 --> 00:25:54.200
 bang against rocks

00:25:54.200 --> 00:25:55.359
 bang against trees

00:25:55.359 --> 00:25:56.039
 who knows what

00:25:56.039 --> 00:25:56.500
 happens

00:25:56.500 --> 00:25:58.180
 I get to

00:25:58.180 --> 00:25:59.220
 experience the

00:25:59.220 --> 00:25:59.900
 strength of the

00:25:59.900 --> 00:26:00.579
 current that by

00:26:00.579 --> 00:26:01.339
 God's common

00:26:01.339 --> 00:26:01.779
 grace

00:26:01.779 --> 00:26:02.900
 he usually is

00:26:02.900 --> 00:26:03.680
 holding me back

00:26:03.680 --> 00:26:04.220
 but even then he

00:26:04.220 --> 00:26:04.819
 might just let it

00:26:04.819 --> 00:26:05.319
 out a hundred

00:26:05.319 --> 00:26:05.500
 feet

00:26:05.500 --> 00:26:06.099
 and sometimes

00:26:06.099 --> 00:26:06.559
 the Bible

00:26:06.559 --> 00:26:07.460
 says he

00:26:07.460 --> 00:26:08.220
 unties the

00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:08.619
 rope all

00:26:08.619 --> 00:26:09.039
 together

00:26:09.039 --> 00:26:11.599
 and I

00:26:11.599 --> 00:26:12.579
 experience

00:26:12.579 --> 00:26:14.200
 the full

00:26:14.200 --> 00:26:14.879
 strength

00:26:14.879 --> 00:26:16.240
 of the current

00:26:16.240 --> 00:26:17.220
 towards doing

00:26:17.220 --> 00:26:17.700
 wrong

00:26:17.700 --> 00:26:19.240
 that I have

00:26:19.240 --> 00:26:20.159
 within me

00:26:20.159 --> 00:26:22.740
 and so what

00:26:22.740 --> 00:26:23.639
 we see here

00:26:23.639 --> 00:26:25.919
 is that

00:26:25.919 --> 00:26:27.220
 the fact of the

00:26:27.220 --> 00:26:27.779
 matter is

00:26:27.779 --> 00:26:28.799
 demons and

00:26:28.799 --> 00:26:29.619
 idols and

00:26:29.619 --> 00:26:30.460
 evil don't

00:26:30.460 --> 00:26:31.179
 restrain

00:26:31.179 --> 00:26:32.379
 evil

00:26:32.380 --> 00:26:35.780
 they actually

00:26:35.780 --> 00:26:36.600
 only want

00:26:36.600 --> 00:26:37.240
 to harm

00:26:37.240 --> 00:26:37.660
 us

00:26:37.660 --> 00:26:39.000
 evil is

00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:39.840
 harmful

00:26:39.840 --> 00:26:40.500
 to us

00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:41.680
 demons

00:26:41.680 --> 00:26:42.700
 will

00:26:42.700 --> 00:26:43.620
 harm

00:26:43.620 --> 00:26:44.100
 us

00:26:44.100 --> 00:26:45.160
 idols

00:26:45.160 --> 00:26:46.580
 say that if

00:26:46.580 --> 00:26:47.140
 we serve

00:26:47.140 --> 00:26:47.380
 them

00:26:47.380 --> 00:26:47.900
 love them

00:26:47.900 --> 00:26:48.500
 obey them

00:26:48.500 --> 00:26:49.060
 trust them

00:26:49.060 --> 00:26:49.520
 and hope

00:26:49.520 --> 00:26:49.800
 in them

00:26:49.800 --> 00:26:50.120
 that they

00:26:50.120 --> 00:26:50.540
 will make

00:26:50.540 --> 00:26:51.120
 us greater

00:26:51.120 --> 00:26:51.800
 and stronger

00:26:51.800 --> 00:26:52.340
 but they

00:26:52.340 --> 00:26:53.200
 will only

00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:54.200
 harm

00:26:54.200 --> 00:26:54.600
 us

00:26:54.600 --> 00:26:55.400
 they are

00:26:55.400 --> 00:26:55.760
 either

00:26:55.760 --> 00:26:56.780
 powerless

00:26:56.779 --> 00:26:58.019
 or they

00:26:58.019 --> 00:26:58.359
 are

00:26:58.359 --> 00:26:59.359
 harmful

00:26:59.359 --> 00:27:00.899
 and sometimes

00:27:00.899 --> 00:27:01.839
 what God

00:27:01.839 --> 00:27:02.940
 does is not

00:27:02.940 --> 00:27:03.639
 only does he

00:27:03.639 --> 00:27:05.220
 not only is a

00:27:05.220 --> 00:27:05.879
 type of a

00:27:05.879 --> 00:27:06.700
 judgment upon

00:27:06.700 --> 00:27:07.740
 us in our

00:27:07.740 --> 00:27:08.799
 continued resistance

00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:09.339
 against him

00:27:09.339 --> 00:27:09.920
 but it's also

00:27:09.920 --> 00:27:11.039
 sometimes an

00:27:11.039 --> 00:27:12.200
 act that God

00:27:12.200 --> 00:27:12.960
 allows to

00:27:12.960 --> 00:27:13.819
 happen in the

00:27:13.819 --> 00:27:14.899
 hope that we

00:27:14.899 --> 00:27:15.759
 will realize

00:27:15.759 --> 00:27:16.519
 what's going on

00:27:16.519 --> 00:27:17.339
 in our lives

00:27:17.339 --> 00:27:18.059
 and that we

00:27:18.059 --> 00:27:18.660
 will say

00:27:18.660 --> 00:27:20.200
 why is it

00:27:20.200 --> 00:27:21.359
 why is it

00:27:21.359 --> 00:27:21.819
 that even

00:27:21.819 --> 00:27:22.399
 though I can

00:27:22.399 --> 00:27:23.259
 begin the day

00:27:23.259 --> 00:27:24.000
 saying that I

00:27:24.000 --> 00:27:24.799
 will not be

00:27:24.799 --> 00:27:25.500
 angry at my

00:27:25.500 --> 00:27:26.420
 wife or will

00:27:26.420 --> 00:27:27.140
 not be angry

00:27:27.140 --> 00:27:27.900
 at my kids

00:27:27.900 --> 00:27:28.960
 but before you

00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:29.279
 know it

00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:30.000
 as the day

00:27:30.000 --> 00:27:30.560
 comes a

00:27:30.560 --> 00:27:31.060
 moment will

00:27:31.060 --> 00:27:31.660
 come when I

00:27:31.660 --> 00:27:32.320
 realize I

00:27:32.320 --> 00:27:32.940
 have a choice

00:27:32.940 --> 00:27:33.380
 to say

00:27:33.380 --> 00:27:34.360
 something angry

00:27:34.360 --> 00:27:34.920
 to them

00:27:34.920 --> 00:27:35.920
 or hurtful

00:27:35.920 --> 00:27:36.400
 to them

00:27:36.400 --> 00:27:37.480
 or sarcastic

00:27:37.480 --> 00:27:38.100
 or demeaning

00:27:38.100 --> 00:27:38.480
 to them

00:27:38.480 --> 00:27:39.300
 and I don't

00:27:39.300 --> 00:27:39.960
 want to do

00:27:39.960 --> 00:27:40.100
 it

00:27:40.100 --> 00:27:41.620
 I plan not

00:27:41.620 --> 00:27:42.019
 to do it

00:27:42.019 --> 00:27:42.640
 but then the

00:27:42.640 --> 00:27:43.279
 time comes

00:27:43.279 --> 00:27:43.600
 and I

00:27:43.600 --> 00:27:44.340
 choose it

00:27:44.340 --> 00:27:46.100
 I choose

00:27:46.100 --> 00:27:46.440
 it

00:27:46.440 --> 00:27:48.539
 and why

00:27:48.539 --> 00:27:48.920
 is it

00:27:48.920 --> 00:27:49.220
 that there

00:27:49.220 --> 00:27:49.779
 are things

00:27:49.779 --> 00:27:50.320
 like that

00:27:50.320 --> 00:27:50.960
 within not

00:27:50.960 --> 00:27:51.380
 only me

00:27:51.380 --> 00:27:52.039
 but every

00:27:52.039 --> 00:27:52.580
 human being

00:27:52.580 --> 00:27:53.039
 and maybe

00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:53.460
 for some

00:27:53.460 --> 00:27:53.820
 it's anger

00:27:53.820 --> 00:27:54.140
 as I said

00:27:54.140 --> 00:27:54.660
 maybe for

00:27:54.660 --> 00:27:55.400
 some it's

00:27:55.400 --> 00:27:55.840
 a sexual

00:27:55.840 --> 00:27:56.259
 thing or

00:27:56.259 --> 00:27:56.879
 pride or

00:27:56.879 --> 00:27:58.119
 revenge or

00:27:58.119 --> 00:27:59.200
 ingratitude or

00:27:59.200 --> 00:27:59.720
 whatever but

00:27:59.720 --> 00:28:00.940
 it's not as if

00:28:00.940 --> 00:28:01.539
 there's just a

00:28:01.539 --> 00:28:02.160
 group of people

00:28:02.160 --> 00:28:02.740
 here who have

00:28:02.740 --> 00:28:03.660
 no currents in

00:28:03.660 --> 00:28:04.119
 their lives

00:28:04.119 --> 00:28:04.579
 and the others

00:28:04.579 --> 00:28:04.980
 who have

00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:06.420
 currents

00:28:06.420 --> 00:28:08.599
 it's in us

00:28:08.599 --> 00:28:09.920
 and the Bible

00:28:09.920 --> 00:28:10.799
 here is trying

00:28:10.799 --> 00:28:11.519
 to teach us

00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:12.339
 that sometimes

00:28:12.339 --> 00:28:13.879
 God allows

00:28:13.879 --> 00:28:15.220
 this to happen

00:28:15.220 --> 00:28:16.140
 in our lives

00:28:16.140 --> 00:28:17.079
 and he doesn't

00:28:17.079 --> 00:28:18.000
 cause it

00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:20.140
 because generally

00:28:20.140 --> 00:28:21.299
 he's restraining

00:28:21.299 --> 00:28:23.039
 it but he

00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:23.720
 does it

00:28:23.720 --> 00:28:25.319
 to allow it

00:28:25.319 --> 00:28:25.839
 that we

00:28:25.839 --> 00:28:27.119
 might realize

00:28:27.119 --> 00:28:28.259
 our need

00:28:28.259 --> 00:28:29.139
 for God

00:28:29.139 --> 00:28:30.259
 to work

00:28:30.259 --> 00:28:31.700
 that we

00:28:31.700 --> 00:28:32.599
 might realize

00:28:32.599 --> 00:28:32.980
 that our

00:28:32.980 --> 00:28:33.720
 philosophical

00:28:33.720 --> 00:28:34.240
 things

00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:35.019
 our theological

00:28:35.019 --> 00:28:35.579
 things

00:28:35.579 --> 00:28:36.419
 our disciplines

00:28:36.419 --> 00:28:37.440
 are the

00:28:37.440 --> 00:28:37.960
 things that

00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:38.879
 we're trusting

00:28:38.879 --> 00:28:39.139
 in

00:28:39.139 --> 00:28:39.779
 that these

00:28:39.779 --> 00:28:40.440
 things are

00:28:40.440 --> 00:28:41.220
 just not

00:28:41.220 --> 00:28:41.819
 ultimately

00:28:41.819 --> 00:28:42.419
 they do

00:28:42.419 --> 00:28:43.019
 not have

00:28:43.019 --> 00:28:43.740
 the power

00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:44.759
 to ultimately

00:28:44.759 --> 00:28:45.500
 change us

00:28:45.500 --> 00:28:46.059
 or transform

00:28:46.059 --> 00:28:46.680
 us to have

00:28:46.680 --> 00:28:47.139
 us to be

00:28:47.139 --> 00:28:47.639
 the type of

00:28:47.639 --> 00:28:48.180
 free human

00:28:48.180 --> 00:28:48.600
 being that

00:28:48.600 --> 00:28:48.960
 God

00:28:48.960 --> 00:28:49.560
 we know

00:28:49.560 --> 00:28:50.080
 ultimately

00:28:50.080 --> 00:28:50.860
 desires us

00:28:50.860 --> 00:28:51.060
 to be

00:28:51.060 --> 00:28:51.380
 that we

00:28:51.380 --> 00:28:51.920
 need

00:28:51.920 --> 00:28:52.660
 God

00:28:52.660 --> 00:28:53.539
 to act

00:28:53.539 --> 00:28:55.160
 Revelation

00:28:55.160 --> 00:28:56.340
 showing us

00:28:56.340 --> 00:28:57.019
 this in

00:28:57.019 --> 00:28:58.000
 picture language

00:28:58.000 --> 00:28:59.620
 demons are

00:28:59.620 --> 00:29:00.180
 real and

00:29:00.180 --> 00:29:00.720
 they hate

00:29:00.720 --> 00:29:01.480
 their devotees

00:29:01.480 --> 00:29:02.460
 and turn

00:29:02.460 --> 00:29:03.340
 on us

00:29:03.340 --> 00:29:04.259
 when they

00:29:04.259 --> 00:29:04.700
 can

00:29:04.700 --> 00:29:08.700
 that's why

00:29:08.700 --> 00:29:09.080
 if you could

00:29:09.080 --> 00:29:09.560
 put the next

00:29:09.560 --> 00:29:09.900
 thing up

00:29:09.900 --> 00:29:10.259
 Andrew

00:29:10.259 --> 00:29:12.340
 the Bible

00:29:12.340 --> 00:29:13.240
 underneath this

00:29:13.240 --> 00:29:13.680
 text and

00:29:13.680 --> 00:29:14.240
 underneath the

00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:14.759
 whole book of

00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:15.140
 Revelation

00:29:15.140 --> 00:29:15.660
 through the

00:29:15.660 --> 00:29:15.940
 book of

00:29:15.940 --> 00:29:16.340
 Revelation

00:29:16.340 --> 00:29:17.500
 it's trying

00:29:17.500 --> 00:29:18.160
 to teach us

00:29:18.160 --> 00:29:19.000
 that human

00:29:19.000 --> 00:29:19.620
 beings are

00:29:19.620 --> 00:29:20.279
 created to

00:29:20.279 --> 00:29:20.960
 know God

00:29:20.960 --> 00:29:21.440
 and be

00:29:21.440 --> 00:29:21.920
 free

00:29:21.920 --> 00:29:23.400
 but we

00:29:23.400 --> 00:29:24.720
 turn time

00:29:24.720 --> 00:29:25.500
 and time

00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:26.759
 again to

00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:27.380
 idols

00:29:27.380 --> 00:29:28.340
 demons

00:29:28.340 --> 00:29:29.519
 and evil

00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:32.259
 that human

00:29:32.259 --> 00:29:32.860
 beings are

00:29:32.860 --> 00:29:33.840
 created to

00:29:33.840 --> 00:29:35.660
 know God

00:29:35.660 --> 00:29:36.120
 and be

00:29:36.120 --> 00:29:36.560
 free

00:29:36.560 --> 00:29:37.660
 but we

00:29:37.660 --> 00:29:38.560
 turn time

00:29:38.560 --> 00:29:39.100
 and time

00:29:39.100 --> 00:29:39.720
 again to

00:29:39.720 --> 00:29:40.220
 idols

00:29:40.220 --> 00:29:41.040
 demons

00:29:41.040 --> 00:29:42.019
 and evil

00:29:42.019 --> 00:29:43.460
 I'm not

00:29:43.460 --> 00:29:43.700
 going to

00:29:43.700 --> 00:29:44.360
 comment on

00:29:44.360 --> 00:29:45.440
 verses 13

00:29:45.440 --> 00:29:46.080
 to 19

00:29:46.080 --> 00:29:46.860
 you can read

00:29:46.860 --> 00:29:47.180
 it later

00:29:47.180 --> 00:29:47.580
 it's a

00:29:47.580 --> 00:29:48.580
 second

00:29:48.580 --> 00:29:49.400
 snapshot

00:29:49.400 --> 00:29:50.039
 only in

00:29:50.039 --> 00:29:50.220
 this

00:29:50.220 --> 00:29:50.680
 particular

00:29:50.680 --> 00:29:51.039
 case

00:29:51.039 --> 00:29:51.580
 the demons

00:29:51.580 --> 00:29:52.660
 are allowed

00:29:52.660 --> 00:29:53.380
 to actually

00:29:53.380 --> 00:29:54.019
 kill up

00:29:54.019 --> 00:29:54.600
 to a third

00:29:54.600 --> 00:29:55.700
 of the

00:29:55.700 --> 00:29:56.440
 people who

00:29:56.440 --> 00:29:57.580
 have not

00:29:57.580 --> 00:29:58.019
 given their

00:29:58.019 --> 00:29:58.500
 lives to

00:29:58.500 --> 00:29:58.920
 Jesus

00:29:58.920 --> 00:30:01.200
 how does

00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:01.519
 this all

00:30:01.519 --> 00:30:01.880
 work out

00:30:01.880 --> 00:30:02.680
 here's how

00:30:02.680 --> 00:30:02.900
 it all

00:30:02.900 --> 00:30:03.259
 works out

00:30:03.259 --> 00:30:03.560
 folks

00:30:03.560 --> 00:30:05.100
 I don't know

00:30:05.100 --> 00:30:05.620
 how it works

00:30:05.620 --> 00:30:06.340
 the book of

00:30:06.340 --> 00:30:06.940
 Revelation is a

00:30:06.940 --> 00:30:07.279
 book about

00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:07.660
 Jesus

00:30:07.660 --> 00:30:08.120
 what he's

00:30:08.120 --> 00:30:08.340
 done

00:30:08.340 --> 00:30:08.660
 what he's

00:30:08.660 --> 00:30:08.860
 doing

00:30:08.860 --> 00:30:09.200
 what he

00:30:09.200 --> 00:30:09.759
 will do

00:30:09.759 --> 00:30:10.840
 on one

00:30:10.840 --> 00:30:11.080
 hand

00:30:11.080 --> 00:30:11.539
 everything in

00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:11.799
 the book

00:30:11.799 --> 00:30:12.320
 of Revelation

00:30:12.320 --> 00:30:12.900
 is true

00:30:12.900 --> 00:30:14.200
 of human

00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:14.680
 existence

00:30:14.680 --> 00:30:15.340
 between the

00:30:15.340 --> 00:30:16.000
 death and

00:30:16.000 --> 00:30:16.400
 resurrection

00:30:16.400 --> 00:30:16.920
 of Jesus

00:30:16.920 --> 00:30:17.519
 until the

00:30:17.519 --> 00:30:17.980
 end of the

00:30:17.980 --> 00:30:18.360
 end of the

00:30:18.360 --> 00:30:18.720
 end of the

00:30:18.720 --> 00:30:19.000
 ends

00:30:19.000 --> 00:30:19.660
 and in

00:30:19.660 --> 00:30:20.040
 some way

00:30:20.040 --> 00:30:20.280
 there's

00:30:20.280 --> 00:30:20.540
 something

00:30:20.540 --> 00:30:20.820
 that's

00:30:20.820 --> 00:30:21.380
 always true

00:30:21.380 --> 00:30:21.880
 about this

00:30:21.880 --> 00:30:22.460
 at every

00:30:22.460 --> 00:30:22.880
 point in

00:30:22.880 --> 00:30:23.640
 time in

00:30:23.640 --> 00:30:24.320
 human history

00:30:24.320 --> 00:30:25.180
 and there

00:30:25.180 --> 00:30:25.620
 might be

00:30:25.620 --> 00:30:26.060
 times

00:30:26.060 --> 00:30:26.320
 I mean

00:30:26.320 --> 00:30:27.100
 Bonhoeffer

00:30:27.100 --> 00:30:28.060
 who was

00:30:28.060 --> 00:30:28.660
 writing during

00:30:28.660 --> 00:30:29.600
 the days of

00:30:29.600 --> 00:30:30.340
 Nazi Germany

00:30:30.340 --> 00:30:31.019
 he ultimately

00:30:31.019 --> 00:30:32.019
 died by direct

00:30:32.019 --> 00:30:32.620
 orders of

00:30:32.620 --> 00:30:33.200
 Hitler

00:30:33.200 --> 00:30:33.700
 because Hitler

00:30:33.700 --> 00:30:34.220
 wanted him

00:30:34.220 --> 00:30:34.500
 dead

00:30:34.500 --> 00:30:35.300
 he was a

00:30:35.300 --> 00:30:35.720
 devout

00:30:35.720 --> 00:30:36.140
 Christian

00:30:36.140 --> 00:30:36.920
 and he

00:30:36.920 --> 00:30:37.420
 at times

00:30:37.420 --> 00:30:38.120
 wondered if

00:30:38.120 --> 00:30:38.580
 in fact

00:30:38.580 --> 00:30:39.460
 images of

00:30:39.460 --> 00:30:39.880
 the book of

00:30:39.880 --> 00:30:40.300
 Revelation

00:30:40.299 --> 00:30:40.899
 and demons

00:30:40.899 --> 00:30:41.500
 were almost

00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:42.139
 made visible

00:30:42.139 --> 00:30:42.460
 I mean

00:30:42.460 --> 00:30:42.899
 how could

00:30:42.899 --> 00:30:43.180
 you not

00:30:43.180 --> 00:30:43.500
 watch

00:30:43.500 --> 00:30:44.159
 Hitler

00:30:44.159 --> 00:30:45.079
 and those

00:30:45.079 --> 00:30:45.440
 grand

00:30:45.440 --> 00:30:46.180
 spectacles

00:30:46.180 --> 00:30:46.740
 and watch

00:30:46.740 --> 00:30:47.639
 the book

00:30:47.639 --> 00:30:48.059
 burning

00:30:48.059 --> 00:30:48.460
 and know

00:30:48.460 --> 00:30:48.740
 about

00:30:48.740 --> 00:30:49.440
 Auschwitz

00:30:49.440 --> 00:30:50.159
 and know

00:30:50.159 --> 00:30:50.399
 of the

00:30:50.399 --> 00:30:50.759
 terrible

00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:51.079
 things

00:30:51.079 --> 00:30:51.220
 that are

00:30:51.220 --> 00:30:51.579
 going on

00:30:51.579 --> 00:30:51.899
 and not

00:30:51.899 --> 00:30:52.599
 wonder if

00:30:52.599 --> 00:30:52.960
 demons

00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:53.659
 were walking

00:30:53.659 --> 00:30:54.259
 the earth

00:30:54.259 --> 00:30:56.279
 and so

00:30:56.279 --> 00:30:56.639
 on one

00:30:56.639 --> 00:30:56.899
 level

00:30:56.899 --> 00:30:57.500
 it's true

00:30:57.500 --> 00:30:57.879
 of human

00:30:57.879 --> 00:30:58.480
 experience

00:30:58.480 --> 00:30:58.960
 it's somehow

00:30:58.960 --> 00:30:59.399
 true of

00:30:59.399 --> 00:30:59.759
 all of

00:30:59.759 --> 00:31:00.159
 this time

00:31:00.159 --> 00:31:00.779
 and there's

00:31:00.779 --> 00:31:01.240
 no doubt

00:31:01.240 --> 00:31:01.619
 that there

00:31:01.619 --> 00:31:01.940
 will be

00:31:01.940 --> 00:31:02.619
 some final

00:31:02.619 --> 00:31:03.019
 time

00:31:03.019 --> 00:31:03.480
 close to

00:31:03.480 --> 00:31:03.839
 the end

00:31:03.839 --> 00:31:04.759
 when

00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:06.639
 we'll see

00:31:06.639 --> 00:31:07.079
 that this

00:31:07.079 --> 00:31:07.579
 is just

00:31:07.579 --> 00:31:08.099
 somehow or

00:31:08.099 --> 00:31:08.299
 another

00:31:08.299 --> 00:31:09.139
 perfectly

00:31:09.139 --> 00:31:09.700
 fulfilled

00:31:09.700 --> 00:31:10.080
 I don't

00:31:10.080 --> 00:31:10.440
 know how

00:31:10.440 --> 00:31:10.720
 it would

00:31:10.720 --> 00:31:10.920
 look

00:31:10.920 --> 00:31:11.319
 but it

00:31:11.319 --> 00:31:12.180
 wants us

00:31:12.180 --> 00:31:12.720
 to understand

00:31:12.720 --> 00:31:13.100
 that it's

00:31:13.100 --> 00:31:13.400
 always

00:31:13.400 --> 00:31:13.700
 always

00:31:13.700 --> 00:31:14.200
 the case

00:31:14.200 --> 00:31:15.500
 but that's

00:31:15.500 --> 00:31:15.640
 what's

00:31:15.640 --> 00:31:15.840
 going to

00:31:15.840 --> 00:31:16.039
 happen

00:31:16.039 --> 00:31:16.500
 I'm not

00:31:16.500 --> 00:31:16.620
 going to

00:31:16.620 --> 00:31:17.000
 read verses

00:31:17.000 --> 00:31:17.680
 13 to

00:31:17.680 --> 00:31:17.960
 19

00:31:17.960 --> 00:31:18.259
 you can

00:31:18.259 --> 00:31:18.460
 read it

00:31:18.460 --> 00:31:18.940
 yourself

00:31:18.940 --> 00:31:19.600
 but after

00:31:19.600 --> 00:31:20.539
 the sixth

00:31:20.539 --> 00:31:20.880
 trumpet

00:31:20.880 --> 00:31:21.259
 look at

00:31:21.259 --> 00:31:21.500
 verses

00:31:21.500 --> 00:31:21.960
 20 to

00:31:21.960 --> 00:31:22.279
 21

00:31:22.279 --> 00:31:22.740
 remember I

00:31:22.740 --> 00:31:23.000
 said

00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:23.880
 that human

00:31:23.880 --> 00:31:24.319
 beings are

00:31:24.319 --> 00:31:24.779
 created to

00:31:24.779 --> 00:31:25.279
 know God

00:31:25.279 --> 00:31:25.580
 and be

00:31:25.580 --> 00:31:25.819
 free

00:31:25.819 --> 00:31:26.180
 but we

00:31:26.180 --> 00:31:26.880
 turn time

00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:27.360
 and time

00:31:27.360 --> 00:31:27.779
 and time

00:31:27.779 --> 00:31:28.120
 again

00:31:28.120 --> 00:31:28.960
 to idols

00:31:28.960 --> 00:31:29.400
 and demons

00:31:29.400 --> 00:31:29.740
 and evil

00:31:29.740 --> 00:31:30.240
 and that's

00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:30.779
 what the text

00:31:30.779 --> 00:31:31.080
 says

00:31:31.080 --> 00:31:31.759
 I got it

00:31:31.759 --> 00:31:32.140
 from the text

00:31:32.140 --> 00:31:32.539
 look verse

00:31:32.539 --> 00:31:33.140
 20 again

00:31:33.140 --> 00:31:34.440
 the rest of

00:31:34.440 --> 00:31:34.759
 mankind

00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:35.380
 the rest of

00:31:35.380 --> 00:31:35.820
 humanity

00:31:35.820 --> 00:31:36.900
 who were not

00:31:36.900 --> 00:31:37.660
 killed by

00:31:37.660 --> 00:31:38.380
 these plagues

00:31:38.380 --> 00:31:39.060
 did not

00:31:39.060 --> 00:31:39.780
 repent of

00:31:39.780 --> 00:31:40.200
 the works

00:31:40.200 --> 00:31:40.500
 of their

00:31:40.500 --> 00:31:40.920
 hands

00:31:40.920 --> 00:31:42.080
 nor give

00:31:42.080 --> 00:31:42.300
 up

00:31:42.300 --> 00:31:42.860
 worshipping

00:31:42.860 --> 00:31:43.320
 demons

00:31:43.320 --> 00:31:43.900
 and idols

00:31:43.900 --> 00:31:44.440
 of gold

00:31:44.440 --> 00:31:44.940
 and silver

00:31:44.940 --> 00:31:45.480
 and bronze

00:31:45.480 --> 00:31:46.100
 and stone

00:31:46.100 --> 00:31:46.540
 and wood

00:31:46.540 --> 00:31:47.860
 which cannot

00:31:47.860 --> 00:31:48.480
 see or hear

00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:49.160
 or walk

00:31:49.160 --> 00:31:50.660
 nor did they

00:31:50.660 --> 00:31:51.680
 repent of

00:31:51.680 --> 00:31:52.260
 their murders

00:31:52.260 --> 00:31:52.800
 or their

00:31:52.800 --> 00:31:53.460
 sorceries

00:31:53.460 --> 00:31:53.880
 or their

00:31:53.880 --> 00:31:54.280
 sexual

00:31:54.280 --> 00:31:54.940
 immorality

00:31:54.940 --> 00:31:55.860
 or their

00:31:55.860 --> 00:31:56.540
 thefts

00:31:56.540 --> 00:31:58.300
 and there's

00:31:58.300 --> 00:31:58.560
 sort of

00:31:58.560 --> 00:31:59.400
 three categories

00:31:59.400 --> 00:31:59.900
 here

00:31:59.900 --> 00:32:01.860
 there's a

00:32:01.860 --> 00:32:02.360
 picture of

00:32:02.360 --> 00:32:02.800
 the works

00:32:02.800 --> 00:32:03.120
 of their

00:32:03.120 --> 00:32:03.720
 hands

00:32:03.720 --> 00:32:04.640
 which is

00:32:04.640 --> 00:32:05.060
 just like

00:32:05.060 --> 00:32:05.500
 an idol

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:05.920
 which is

00:32:05.920 --> 00:32:06.340
 nothing

00:32:06.340 --> 00:32:08.740
 worshipping

00:32:08.740 --> 00:32:09.320
 of demons

00:32:09.320 --> 00:32:09.980
 and idols

00:32:09.980 --> 00:32:11.100
 as the

00:32:11.100 --> 00:32:11.460
 book of

00:32:11.460 --> 00:32:11.680
 first

00:32:11.680 --> 00:32:12.100
 corinthians

00:32:12.100 --> 00:32:12.680
 talks about

00:32:12.680 --> 00:32:13.300
 sometimes

00:32:13.300 --> 00:32:14.540
 an idol

00:32:14.540 --> 00:32:15.840
 is connected

00:32:15.840 --> 00:32:16.480
 to a

00:32:16.480 --> 00:32:16.780
 demon

00:32:16.780 --> 00:32:17.880
 and then

00:32:17.880 --> 00:32:18.160
 there's the

00:32:18.160 --> 00:32:18.460
 outright

00:32:18.460 --> 00:32:19.040
 connection

00:32:19.040 --> 00:32:19.560
 to demons

00:32:19.560 --> 00:32:20.420
 and then

00:32:20.420 --> 00:32:20.800
 there's the

00:32:20.800 --> 00:32:21.180
 fact that

00:32:21.180 --> 00:32:21.759
 we ourselves

00:32:21.759 --> 00:32:22.759
 willfully

00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:23.280
 choose

00:32:23.280 --> 00:32:23.720
 things

00:32:23.720 --> 00:32:25.660
 that we

00:32:25.660 --> 00:32:26.140
 willfully

00:32:26.140 --> 00:32:26.700
 choose

00:32:26.700 --> 00:32:27.040
 evil

00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:29.460
 and it's

00:32:29.460 --> 00:32:29.920
 providing

00:32:29.920 --> 00:32:30.659
 this

00:32:30.659 --> 00:32:31.579
 remarkable

00:32:31.579 --> 00:32:32.059
 sense

00:32:32.059 --> 00:32:32.579
 that even

00:32:32.579 --> 00:32:32.920
 though

00:32:32.920 --> 00:32:33.839
 terrible

00:32:33.839 --> 00:32:34.399
 things can

00:32:34.399 --> 00:32:34.960
 happen to

00:32:34.960 --> 00:32:35.200
 us

00:32:35.200 --> 00:32:36.579
 and as

00:32:36.579 --> 00:32:36.879
 it's been

00:32:36.879 --> 00:32:37.200
 shown

00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:37.779
 repeatedly

00:32:37.779 --> 00:32:38.079
 in the

00:32:38.079 --> 00:32:38.359
 book of

00:32:38.359 --> 00:32:38.700
 revelation

00:32:38.700 --> 00:32:39.000
 that we

00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:39.399
 might even

00:32:39.399 --> 00:32:39.799
 have a

00:32:39.799 --> 00:32:40.019
 sense

00:32:40.019 --> 00:32:40.599
 that God

00:32:40.599 --> 00:32:41.039
 exists

00:32:41.039 --> 00:32:41.639
 but rather

00:32:41.639 --> 00:32:42.139
 than this

00:32:42.139 --> 00:32:43.339
 making us

00:32:43.339 --> 00:32:44.000
 desire to

00:32:44.000 --> 00:32:44.539
 call out

00:32:44.539 --> 00:32:45.000
 to God

00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:45.619
 for mercy

00:32:45.619 --> 00:32:46.200
 and help

00:32:46.200 --> 00:32:47.339
 it leads

00:32:47.339 --> 00:32:47.680
 us to

00:32:47.680 --> 00:32:48.200
 shake our

00:32:48.200 --> 00:32:48.899
 fist at

00:32:48.899 --> 00:32:49.279
 God

00:32:49.279 --> 00:32:52.819
 and it's

00:32:52.819 --> 00:32:53.799
 and

00:32:53.799 --> 00:32:55.039
 all of

00:32:55.039 --> 00:32:55.579
 the telling

00:32:55.579 --> 00:32:56.099
 us of

00:32:56.099 --> 00:32:56.480
 this

00:32:56.480 --> 00:32:57.740
 is so

00:32:57.740 --> 00:32:58.220
 that we

00:32:58.220 --> 00:32:58.500
 could

00:32:58.500 --> 00:32:58.920
 God

00:32:58.920 --> 00:32:59.720
 communicates

00:32:59.720 --> 00:33:00.200
 this to

00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:00.519
 us so

00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:00.819
 that we

00:33:00.819 --> 00:33:01.460
 can see

00:33:01.460 --> 00:33:02.079
 this and

00:33:02.079 --> 00:33:02.680
 realize it

00:33:02.680 --> 00:33:02.920
 about

00:33:02.920 --> 00:33:03.620
 ourselves

00:33:03.620 --> 00:33:06.380
 and he

00:33:06.380 --> 00:33:07.380
 does it

00:33:07.380 --> 00:33:07.700
 so we

00:33:07.700 --> 00:33:08.220
 can realize

00:33:08.220 --> 00:33:08.559
 it about

00:33:08.559 --> 00:33:09.099
 our friends

00:33:09.099 --> 00:33:09.579
 and neighbors

00:33:09.579 --> 00:33:10.059
 so that we

00:33:10.059 --> 00:33:10.860
 will pray

00:33:10.860 --> 00:33:12.319
 greatly for

00:33:12.319 --> 00:33:12.640
 them

00:33:12.640 --> 00:33:14.259
 and so

00:33:14.259 --> 00:33:14.819
 that we

00:33:14.819 --> 00:33:15.740
 can search

00:33:15.740 --> 00:33:16.559
 and realize

00:33:16.559 --> 00:33:16.839
 that we

00:33:16.839 --> 00:33:17.220
 need to

00:33:17.220 --> 00:33:17.960
 call out

00:33:17.960 --> 00:33:18.519
 to God

00:33:18.519 --> 00:33:19.420
 for mercy

00:33:19.420 --> 00:33:22.259
 every

00:33:22.259 --> 00:33:23.599
 Sunday at

00:33:23.599 --> 00:33:24.079
 the church

00:33:24.079 --> 00:33:24.980
 in your

00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:25.460
 bulletins

00:33:25.460 --> 00:33:26.120
 we have

00:33:26.120 --> 00:33:26.460
 two

00:33:26.460 --> 00:33:26.840
 different

00:33:26.840 --> 00:33:27.299
 things

00:33:27.299 --> 00:33:28.019
 one of

00:33:28.019 --> 00:33:28.240
 them is

00:33:28.240 --> 00:33:28.539
 called

00:33:28.539 --> 00:33:29.259
 there's

00:33:29.259 --> 00:33:29.660
 a blog

00:33:29.660 --> 00:33:30.019
 you can

00:33:30.019 --> 00:33:30.240
 always

00:33:30.240 --> 00:33:30.440
 read

00:33:30.440 --> 00:33:30.900
 but there's

00:33:30.900 --> 00:33:31.140
 something

00:33:31.140 --> 00:33:31.440
 called

00:33:31.440 --> 00:33:31.720
 growing

00:33:31.720 --> 00:33:32.279
 and grace

00:33:32.279 --> 00:33:33.180
 and there's

00:33:33.180 --> 00:33:33.400
 always

00:33:33.400 --> 00:33:33.840
 something

00:33:33.840 --> 00:33:34.559
 and this

00:33:34.559 --> 00:33:34.779
 Sunday

00:33:34.779 --> 00:33:35.019
 it's at

00:33:35.019 --> 00:33:35.340
 the back

00:33:35.340 --> 00:33:35.600
 about

00:33:35.600 --> 00:33:36.160
 going

00:33:36.160 --> 00:33:36.620
 deeper

00:33:36.620 --> 00:33:37.680
 and the

00:33:37.680 --> 00:33:37.860
 going

00:33:37.860 --> 00:33:38.200
 deeper

00:33:38.200 --> 00:33:38.640
 is a way

00:33:38.640 --> 00:33:38.819
 you can

00:33:38.819 --> 00:33:39.079
 go do

00:33:39.079 --> 00:33:39.279
 some

00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:39.579
 Bible

00:33:39.579 --> 00:33:39.880
 studies

00:33:39.880 --> 00:33:40.120
 about

00:33:40.120 --> 00:33:40.500
 things

00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:41.200
 connected

00:33:41.200 --> 00:33:41.559
 to the

00:33:41.559 --> 00:33:41.920
 text

00:33:41.920 --> 00:33:42.559
 the sermon

00:33:42.559 --> 00:33:43.460
 that's

00:33:43.460 --> 00:33:43.799
 happened

00:33:43.799 --> 00:33:44.640
 to get

00:33:44.640 --> 00:33:44.860
 some of

00:33:44.860 --> 00:33:45.380
 the background

00:33:45.380 --> 00:33:45.779
 and some

00:33:45.779 --> 00:33:45.960
 other

00:33:45.960 --> 00:33:46.519
 perspectives

00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:46.960
 on it

00:33:46.960 --> 00:33:48.200
 and the

00:33:48.200 --> 00:33:48.480
 growing

00:33:48.480 --> 00:33:49.059
 in grace

00:33:49.059 --> 00:33:49.980
 which is

00:33:49.980 --> 00:33:50.440
 usually on

00:33:50.440 --> 00:33:50.940
 the insert

00:33:50.940 --> 00:33:51.480
 like this

00:33:51.480 --> 00:33:52.120
 it has

00:33:52.120 --> 00:33:52.920
 a variety

00:33:52.920 --> 00:33:53.360
 of different

00:33:53.360 --> 00:33:53.799
 attitudes

00:33:53.799 --> 00:33:54.600
 and prayers

00:33:54.600 --> 00:33:56.680
 and Bible

00:33:56.680 --> 00:33:57.059
 memory

00:33:57.059 --> 00:33:57.400
 verse

00:33:57.400 --> 00:33:57.819
 connected

00:33:57.819 --> 00:33:58.220
 to the

00:33:58.220 --> 00:33:58.500
 sermon

00:33:58.500 --> 00:34:00.140
 and this

00:34:00.140 --> 00:34:00.500
 week

00:34:00.500 --> 00:34:01.880
 you'll notice

00:34:01.880 --> 00:34:02.220
 the three

00:34:02.220 --> 00:34:02.620
 attitudes

00:34:02.620 --> 00:34:03.100
 one of them

00:34:03.100 --> 00:34:03.360
 is that

00:34:03.360 --> 00:34:03.960
 idols and

00:34:03.960 --> 00:34:04.259
 demons

00:34:04.259 --> 00:34:05.279
 always lie

00:34:05.279 --> 00:34:06.000
 and tell me

00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:06.460
 I cannot

00:34:06.460 --> 00:34:07.019
 have new

00:34:07.019 --> 00:34:07.460
 life in

00:34:07.460 --> 00:34:07.720
 God

00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:07.980
 through

00:34:07.980 --> 00:34:08.380
 grace

00:34:08.380 --> 00:34:10.800
 the idea

00:34:10.800 --> 00:34:11.079
 of these

00:34:11.079 --> 00:34:11.400
 attitudes

00:34:11.400 --> 00:34:11.920
 is for us

00:34:11.920 --> 00:34:12.340
 to think

00:34:12.340 --> 00:34:12.800
 about them

00:34:12.800 --> 00:34:13.019
 throughout

00:34:13.019 --> 00:34:13.460
 the week

00:34:13.460 --> 00:34:14.059
 to have

00:34:14.059 --> 00:34:14.220
 it

00:34:14.220 --> 00:34:15.180
 become

00:34:15.180 --> 00:34:15.700
 part of

00:34:15.700 --> 00:34:16.079
 how we

00:34:16.079 --> 00:34:16.800
 understand

00:34:16.800 --> 00:34:17.340
 the world

00:34:17.340 --> 00:34:18.599
 that idols

00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:19.119
 and demons

00:34:19.119 --> 00:34:20.000
 always lie

00:34:20.000 --> 00:34:20.720
 and tell me

00:34:20.720 --> 00:34:21.340
 I cannot

00:34:21.340 --> 00:34:22.019
 have new

00:34:22.019 --> 00:34:22.420
 life in

00:34:22.420 --> 00:34:22.640
 God

00:34:22.640 --> 00:34:22.840
 through

00:34:22.840 --> 00:34:23.000
 grace

00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:23.220
 that's

00:34:23.220 --> 00:34:23.640
 a lie

00:34:23.640 --> 00:34:26.420
 every one

00:34:26.420 --> 00:34:26.660
 of the

00:34:26.660 --> 00:34:26.960
 people

00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:27.619
 who in

00:34:27.619 --> 00:34:28.000
 a sense

00:34:28.000 --> 00:34:28.380
 would go

00:34:28.380 --> 00:34:28.619
 through

00:34:28.619 --> 00:34:28.900
 what's

00:34:28.900 --> 00:34:29.260
 described

00:34:29.260 --> 00:34:29.420
 in

00:34:29.420 --> 00:34:29.840
 Revelation

00:34:29.840 --> 00:34:30.780
 chapter

00:34:30.780 --> 00:34:31.180
 9

00:34:31.180 --> 00:34:31.980
 the whole

00:34:31.980 --> 00:34:32.500
 reason

00:34:32.500 --> 00:34:32.840
 it's

00:34:32.840 --> 00:34:33.440
 described

00:34:33.440 --> 00:34:34.300
 is so

00:34:34.300 --> 00:34:36.740
 they can

00:34:36.740 --> 00:34:37.740
 ask God

00:34:37.739 --> 00:34:38.159
 for new

00:34:38.159 --> 00:34:38.439
 life

00:34:38.439 --> 00:34:38.659
 through

00:34:38.659 --> 00:34:39.079
 grace

00:34:39.079 --> 00:34:40.719
 the second

00:34:40.719 --> 00:34:41.059
 attitude

00:34:41.059 --> 00:34:41.559
 the devil

00:34:41.559 --> 00:34:42.199
 harms

00:34:42.199 --> 00:34:42.799
 his own

00:34:42.799 --> 00:34:43.739
 God

00:34:43.739 --> 00:34:44.639
 saves

00:34:44.639 --> 00:34:45.519
 his own

00:34:45.519 --> 00:34:47.019
 and then

00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:47.619
 the third

00:34:47.619 --> 00:34:47.839
 one

00:34:47.839 --> 00:34:48.139
 which is

00:34:48.139 --> 00:34:48.659
 what I

00:34:48.659 --> 00:34:48.819
 really

00:34:48.819 --> 00:34:49.019
 want

00:34:49.019 --> 00:34:49.539
 for some

00:34:49.539 --> 00:34:49.839
 of us

00:34:49.839 --> 00:34:50.119
 here's

00:34:50.119 --> 00:34:50.679
 a main

00:34:50.679 --> 00:34:50.939
 thing

00:34:50.939 --> 00:34:51.219
 for us

00:34:51.219 --> 00:34:51.639
 to pray

00:34:51.639 --> 00:34:51.979
 into

00:34:51.979 --> 00:34:53.379
 I have

00:34:53.379 --> 00:34:53.639
 two

00:34:53.639 --> 00:34:54.239
 problems

00:34:54.239 --> 00:34:54.539
 with

00:34:54.539 --> 00:34:55.359
 idolatry

00:34:55.359 --> 00:34:56.279
 first

00:34:56.279 --> 00:34:57.079
 I worship

00:34:57.079 --> 00:34:57.719
 idols

00:34:57.719 --> 00:34:58.799
 second

00:34:58.799 --> 00:35:00.159
 I rarely

00:35:00.159 --> 00:35:01.139
 recognize

00:35:01.139 --> 00:35:02.000
 that I

00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:02.299
 worship

00:35:02.299 --> 00:35:02.739
 idols

00:35:02.739 --> 00:35:06.139
 and that's

00:35:06.139 --> 00:35:06.419
 something

00:35:06.419 --> 00:35:06.779
 for us

00:35:06.779 --> 00:35:07.179
 to pray

00:35:07.179 --> 00:35:07.480
 into

00:35:07.480 --> 00:35:07.899
 friends

00:35:07.899 --> 00:35:11.259
 but here

00:35:11.259 --> 00:35:12.059
 I thought

00:35:12.059 --> 00:35:12.559
 about this

00:35:12.559 --> 00:35:13.059
 all week

00:35:13.059 --> 00:35:13.419
 whether I

00:35:13.419 --> 00:35:13.759
 would do

00:35:13.759 --> 00:35:13.919
 it

00:35:13.919 --> 00:35:14.299
 and I

00:35:14.299 --> 00:35:14.859
 decided

00:35:14.859 --> 00:35:15.319
 I would

00:35:15.319 --> 00:35:19.739
 I don't

00:35:19.739 --> 00:35:20.419
 talk about

00:35:20.419 --> 00:35:20.839
 this very

00:35:20.839 --> 00:35:21.179
 often

00:35:21.179 --> 00:35:21.719
 and I'm

00:35:21.719 --> 00:35:21.879
 going to

00:35:21.879 --> 00:35:22.299
 say something

00:35:22.299 --> 00:35:22.619
 I just

00:35:22.619 --> 00:35:23.000
 ask you

00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:23.259
 a little

00:35:23.259 --> 00:35:23.500
 bit of

00:35:23.500 --> 00:35:23.779
 grace

00:35:23.779 --> 00:35:24.299
 for me

00:35:24.299 --> 00:35:25.940
 but

00:35:25.940 --> 00:35:26.639
 some

00:35:26.639 --> 00:35:26.859
 of you

00:35:26.859 --> 00:35:27.059
 might

00:35:27.059 --> 00:35:27.440
 know

00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:27.899
 that

00:35:27.899 --> 00:35:28.879
 this

00:35:28.879 --> 00:35:29.339
 congregation

00:35:29.339 --> 00:35:29.839
 actually

00:35:29.839 --> 00:35:30.139
 I think

00:35:30.139 --> 00:35:30.440
 it's

00:35:30.440 --> 00:35:30.980
 in about

00:35:30.980 --> 00:35:31.460
 two weeks

00:35:31.460 --> 00:35:31.739
 time

00:35:31.739 --> 00:35:31.980
 will be

00:35:31.980 --> 00:35:32.139
 the

00:35:32.139 --> 00:35:32.419
 sixth

00:35:32.419 --> 00:35:32.919
 anniversary

00:35:32.919 --> 00:35:33.319
 of us

00:35:33.319 --> 00:35:33.619
 leaving

00:35:33.619 --> 00:35:33.799
 the

00:35:33.799 --> 00:35:34.199
 Anglican

00:35:34.199 --> 00:35:34.440
 Church

00:35:34.440 --> 00:35:34.619
 of

00:35:34.619 --> 00:35:34.940
 Canada

00:35:34.940 --> 00:35:35.840
 there's

00:35:35.840 --> 00:35:36.179
 maybe not

00:35:36.179 --> 00:35:36.639
 many people

00:35:36.639 --> 00:35:36.840
 in the

00:35:36.840 --> 00:35:36.980
 room

00:35:36.980 --> 00:35:37.280
 who were

00:35:37.280 --> 00:35:37.720
 part of

00:35:37.720 --> 00:35:37.820
 the

00:35:37.820 --> 00:35:38.360
 congregation

00:35:38.360 --> 00:35:39.059
 six years

00:35:39.059 --> 00:35:39.260
 ago

00:35:39.260 --> 00:35:39.519
 when we

00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:39.880
 made that

00:35:39.880 --> 00:35:40.320
 decision

00:35:40.320 --> 00:35:41.539
 and that

00:35:41.539 --> 00:35:42.280
 that led

00:35:42.280 --> 00:35:43.360
 three and a half

00:35:43.360 --> 00:35:44.000
 years later

00:35:44.000 --> 00:35:44.599
 to us

00:35:44.599 --> 00:35:45.960
 after lawsuits

00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:46.720
 walking away

00:35:46.720 --> 00:35:47.099
 from a

00:35:47.099 --> 00:35:47.400
 building

00:35:47.400 --> 00:35:48.539
 and a

00:35:48.539 --> 00:35:49.039
 whole range

00:35:49.039 --> 00:35:49.619
 of financial

00:35:49.619 --> 00:35:50.099
 assets

00:35:50.099 --> 00:35:51.460
 and

00:35:51.460 --> 00:35:53.220
 and we

00:35:53.220 --> 00:35:53.780
 did it

00:35:53.780 --> 00:35:54.699
 because

00:35:54.699 --> 00:35:55.340
 the

00:35:55.340 --> 00:35:55.780
 Anglican

00:35:55.780 --> 00:35:56.000
 Church

00:35:56.000 --> 00:35:56.199
 of

00:35:56.199 --> 00:35:56.659
 Canada

00:35:56.659 --> 00:36:00.760
 created

00:36:00.760 --> 00:36:00.980
 the

00:36:00.980 --> 00:36:01.420
 doctrine

00:36:01.420 --> 00:36:02.280
 and began

00:36:02.280 --> 00:36:02.480
 the

00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:02.900
 practice

00:36:02.900 --> 00:36:03.119
 of

00:36:03.119 --> 00:36:03.420
 blessing

00:36:03.420 --> 00:36:03.800
 same

00:36:03.800 --> 00:36:04.099
 sex

00:36:04.099 --> 00:36:04.559
 marriages

00:36:04.559 --> 00:36:06.519
 and

00:36:06.519 --> 00:36:09.019
 the

00:36:09.019 --> 00:36:09.340
 text

00:36:09.340 --> 00:36:09.579
 here

00:36:09.579 --> 00:36:09.920
 actually

00:36:09.920 --> 00:36:10.240
 says

00:36:10.240 --> 00:36:10.579
 something

00:36:10.579 --> 00:36:10.840
 very

00:36:10.840 --> 00:36:11.400
 powerful

00:36:11.400 --> 00:36:11.679
 about

00:36:11.679 --> 00:36:11.900
 why

00:36:11.900 --> 00:36:12.099
 we

00:36:12.099 --> 00:36:12.400
 felt

00:36:12.400 --> 00:36:12.699
 we

00:36:12.699 --> 00:36:13.559
 had

00:36:13.559 --> 00:36:13.720
 to

00:36:13.720 --> 00:36:13.900
 be

00:36:13.900 --> 00:36:14.220
 willing

00:36:14.220 --> 00:36:14.579
 to

00:36:14.579 --> 00:36:14.820
 lose

00:36:14.820 --> 00:36:15.019
 a

00:36:15.019 --> 00:36:15.420
 building

00:36:15.420 --> 00:36:16.340
 and

00:36:16.340 --> 00:36:16.639
 take

00:36:16.639 --> 00:36:16.820
 a

00:36:16.820 --> 00:36:17.199
 position

00:36:17.199 --> 00:36:17.519
 which

00:36:17.519 --> 00:36:17.699
 is

00:36:17.699 --> 00:36:18.300
 profoundly

00:36:18.300 --> 00:36:19.159
 unpopular

00:36:19.159 --> 00:36:19.420
 in

00:36:19.420 --> 00:36:19.760
 Canadian

00:36:19.760 --> 00:36:20.400
 culture

00:36:20.400 --> 00:36:21.660
 but we

00:36:21.660 --> 00:36:21.880
 felt

00:36:21.880 --> 00:36:22.260
 bound

00:36:22.260 --> 00:36:22.480
 to

00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:22.639
 do

00:36:22.639 --> 00:36:22.840
 it

00:36:22.840 --> 00:36:24.160
 and

00:36:24.160 --> 00:36:24.480
 it

00:36:24.480 --> 00:36:24.639
 can

00:36:24.639 --> 00:36:25.119
 be

00:36:25.119 --> 00:36:25.500
 seen

00:36:25.500 --> 00:36:25.820
 here

00:36:25.820 --> 00:36:26.000
 in

00:36:26.000 --> 00:36:26.200
 verse

00:36:26.200 --> 00:36:26.599
 20

00:36:26.599 --> 00:36:28.000
 remember

00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:28.840
 after

00:36:28.840 --> 00:36:29.280
 having

00:36:29.280 --> 00:36:29.720
 all of

00:36:29.720 --> 00:36:29.860
 this

00:36:29.860 --> 00:36:30.460
 description

00:36:30.460 --> 00:36:30.800
 of

00:36:30.800 --> 00:36:31.420
 demons

00:36:31.420 --> 00:36:31.880
 and

00:36:31.880 --> 00:36:33.019
 the

00:36:33.019 --> 00:36:33.420
 lack

00:36:33.420 --> 00:36:33.579
 of

00:36:33.579 --> 00:36:34.099
 God

00:36:34.099 --> 00:36:34.720
 loosening

00:36:34.720 --> 00:36:34.940
 the

00:36:34.940 --> 00:36:35.360
 cords

00:36:35.360 --> 00:36:35.760
 and

00:36:35.760 --> 00:36:36.260
 these

00:36:36.260 --> 00:36:36.619
 things

00:36:36.619 --> 00:36:36.780
 that

00:36:36.780 --> 00:36:37.079
 happen

00:36:37.079 --> 00:36:37.260
 to

00:36:37.260 --> 00:36:37.500
 people

00:36:37.500 --> 00:36:37.680
 the

00:36:37.680 --> 00:36:38.119
 torment

00:36:38.119 --> 00:36:39.160
 and

00:36:39.160 --> 00:36:39.639
 them

00:36:39.639 --> 00:36:40.059
 having

00:36:40.059 --> 00:36:40.380
 on one

00:36:40.380 --> 00:36:40.579
 level

00:36:40.579 --> 00:36:40.780
 to

00:36:40.780 --> 00:36:41.119
 realize

00:36:41.119 --> 00:36:41.280
 that

00:36:41.280 --> 00:36:41.519
 even

00:36:41.519 --> 00:36:41.760
 as

00:36:41.760 --> 00:36:42.320
 they

00:36:42.320 --> 00:36:42.780
 devote

00:36:42.780 --> 00:36:43.260
 themselves

00:36:43.260 --> 00:36:43.480
 to

00:36:43.480 --> 00:36:43.860
 demonic

00:36:43.860 --> 00:36:44.220
 stuff

00:36:44.220 --> 00:36:44.420
 that

00:36:44.420 --> 00:36:44.579
 the

00:36:44.579 --> 00:36:44.860
 demons

00:36:44.860 --> 00:36:45.240
 actually

00:36:45.240 --> 00:36:45.519
 still

00:36:45.519 --> 00:36:45.780
 hate

00:36:45.780 --> 00:36:45.920
 them

00:36:45.920 --> 00:36:46.039
 and

00:36:46.039 --> 00:36:46.260
 turn

00:36:46.260 --> 00:36:46.420
 on

00:36:46.420 --> 00:36:46.539
 them

00:36:46.539 --> 00:36:47.160
 and

00:36:47.160 --> 00:36:47.619
 there's

00:36:47.619 --> 00:36:47.760
 this

00:36:47.760 --> 00:36:48.559
 puzzling

00:36:48.559 --> 00:36:49.099
 comment

00:36:50.400 --> 00:36:50.619
 deeper

00:36:50.619 --> 00:36:51.200
 cry

00:36:51.200 --> 00:36:51.440
 for

00:36:51.440 --> 00:36:51.720
 people

00:36:51.720 --> 00:36:51.940
 to

00:36:51.940 --> 00:36:52.200
 heed

00:36:52.200 --> 00:36:52.340
 and

00:36:52.340 --> 00:36:52.480
 to

00:36:52.480 --> 00:36:52.760
 turn

00:36:52.760 --> 00:36:53.740
 because

00:36:53.740 --> 00:36:53.900
 the

00:36:53.900 --> 00:36:54.099
 rest

00:36:54.099 --> 00:36:54.260
 of

00:36:54.260 --> 00:36:54.559
 mankind

00:36:54.559 --> 00:36:54.920
 who

00:36:54.920 --> 00:36:55.000
 were

00:36:55.000 --> 00:36:55.220
 not

00:36:55.220 --> 00:36:55.559
 killed

00:36:55.559 --> 00:36:55.780
 by

00:36:55.780 --> 00:36:56.019
 these

00:36:56.019 --> 00:36:56.360
 plagues

00:36:56.360 --> 00:36:56.680
 do not

00:36:56.680 --> 00:36:57.039
 repent

00:36:57.039 --> 00:36:57.320
 of the

00:36:57.320 --> 00:36:57.559
 works

00:36:57.559 --> 00:36:57.860
 of their

00:36:57.860 --> 00:36:58.240
 hands

00:36:58.240 --> 00:36:59.160
 nor

00:36:59.160 --> 00:36:59.519
 give up

00:36:59.519 --> 00:36:59.960
 worshipping

00:36:59.960 --> 00:37:00.340
 demons

00:37:00.340 --> 00:37:00.900
 of idols

00:37:00.900 --> 00:37:01.840
 and silver

00:37:01.840 --> 00:37:02.539
 and bronze

00:37:02.539 --> 00:37:03.240
 gold

00:37:03.240 --> 00:37:03.619
 silver

00:37:03.619 --> 00:37:04.079
 and bronze

00:37:04.079 --> 00:37:04.480
 and stone

00:37:04.480 --> 00:37:04.820
 and wood

00:37:04.820 --> 00:37:06.000
 which cannot

00:37:06.000 --> 00:37:06.599
 see or hear

00:37:06.599 --> 00:37:07.099
 or walk

00:37:07.099 --> 00:37:07.940
 nor did

00:37:07.940 --> 00:37:08.539
 they repent

00:37:08.539 --> 00:37:08.940
 of their

00:37:08.940 --> 00:37:09.480
 murders

00:37:09.480 --> 00:37:10.260
 or their

00:37:10.260 --> 00:37:11.119
 sorceries

00:37:11.119 --> 00:37:11.660
 or their

00:37:11.660 --> 00:37:12.220
 sexual

00:37:12.220 --> 00:37:12.940
 immorality

00:37:12.940 --> 00:37:13.420
 or their

00:37:13.420 --> 00:37:14.000
 thefts

00:37:14.000 --> 00:37:14.700
 and the

00:37:14.700 --> 00:37:14.880
 word

00:37:14.880 --> 00:37:15.400
 translated

00:37:15.400 --> 00:37:15.639
 their

00:37:15.639 --> 00:37:16.079
 sexual

00:37:16.079 --> 00:37:16.639
 immorality

00:37:16.639 --> 00:37:17.019
 as part

00:37:17.019 --> 00:37:17.220
 of the

00:37:17.220 --> 00:37:17.780
 porneia

00:37:17.780 --> 00:37:18.280
 word

00:37:20.400 --> 00:37:20.760
 teaches

00:37:20.760 --> 00:37:21.260
 friends

00:37:21.260 --> 00:37:22.240
 the

00:37:22.240 --> 00:37:22.539
 bible

00:37:22.539 --> 00:37:23.099
 teaches

00:37:23.099 --> 00:37:24.340
 that

00:37:24.340 --> 00:37:26.340
 god's

00:37:26.340 --> 00:37:26.800
 intention

00:37:26.800 --> 00:37:27.180
 for us

00:37:27.180 --> 00:37:27.559
 as human

00:37:27.559 --> 00:37:28.019
 beings

00:37:28.019 --> 00:37:28.680
 not that

00:37:28.680 --> 00:37:29.619
 sexual

00:37:29.619 --> 00:37:29.980
 knowing

00:37:29.980 --> 00:37:30.440
 is bad

00:37:30.440 --> 00:37:30.940
 or sexual

00:37:30.940 --> 00:37:31.500
 stimulation

00:37:31.500 --> 00:37:32.059
 is bad

00:37:32.059 --> 00:37:33.539
 but that

00:37:33.539 --> 00:37:34.460
 for those

00:37:34.460 --> 00:37:35.099
 who are

00:37:35.099 --> 00:37:35.500
 called

00:37:35.500 --> 00:37:36.400
 to enter

00:37:36.400 --> 00:37:36.900
 into it

00:37:36.900 --> 00:37:37.460
 that god

00:37:37.460 --> 00:37:38.160
 limits

00:37:38.160 --> 00:37:38.660
 sexual

00:37:38.660 --> 00:37:39.340
 stimulation

00:37:39.340 --> 00:37:40.760
 and sexual

00:37:40.760 --> 00:37:41.220
 knowing

00:37:41.220 --> 00:37:42.139
 between

00:37:42.139 --> 00:37:42.920
 one man

00:37:42.920 --> 00:37:43.599
 and one

00:37:43.599 --> 00:37:44.000
 woman

00:37:44.000 --> 00:37:45.400
 exclusive

00:37:45.400 --> 00:37:46.059
 of all

00:37:46.059 --> 00:37:46.599
 others

00:37:46.599 --> 00:37:47.800
 with the

00:37:47.800 --> 00:37:48.139
 intent

00:37:48.139 --> 00:37:48.519
 that as

00:37:48.519 --> 00:37:48.980
 they enter

00:37:48.980 --> 00:37:49.460
 into this

00:37:49.460 --> 00:37:49.960
 relationship

00:37:49.960 --> 00:37:50.380
 called

00:37:50.380 --> 00:37:50.840
 marriage

00:37:50.840 --> 00:37:51.300
 that they

00:37:51.300 --> 00:37:51.780
 intended

00:37:51.780 --> 00:37:52.340
 for life

00:37:52.340 --> 00:37:55.400
 and so

00:37:55.400 --> 00:37:56.039
 sexual

00:37:56.039 --> 00:37:56.659
 immorality

00:37:56.659 --> 00:37:56.880
 the

00:37:56.880 --> 00:37:57.280
 porneia

00:37:57.280 --> 00:37:57.559
 word

00:37:57.559 --> 00:37:57.800
 group

00:37:57.800 --> 00:37:58.139
 says

00:37:58.139 --> 00:37:58.420
 that

00:37:58.420 --> 00:37:59.079
 any

00:37:59.079 --> 00:37:59.800
 sexual

00:37:59.800 --> 00:38:00.559
 stimulation

00:38:00.559 --> 00:38:02.159
 or sexual

00:38:02.159 --> 00:38:02.920
 knowledge

00:38:02.920 --> 00:38:04.360
 outside

00:38:04.360 --> 00:38:06.000
 of marriage

00:38:06.000 --> 00:38:06.619
 of one

00:38:06.619 --> 00:38:07.119
 man to

00:38:07.119 --> 00:38:07.780
 one woman

00:38:07.780 --> 00:38:09.679
 is sin

00:38:09.679 --> 00:38:13.119
 and in

00:38:13.119 --> 00:38:13.960
 fact it's

00:38:13.960 --> 00:38:14.519
 actually a

00:38:14.519 --> 00:38:15.119
 sign

00:38:15.119 --> 00:38:15.920
 here

00:38:15.920 --> 00:38:16.579
 a specific

00:38:16.579 --> 00:38:17.360
 sign

00:38:17.360 --> 00:38:18.320
 of a lack

00:38:18.320 --> 00:38:19.019
 of repentance

00:38:19.019 --> 00:38:19.420
 and a

00:38:19.420 --> 00:38:19.719
 hardness

00:38:19.719 --> 00:38:20.219
 of heart

00:38:20.219 --> 00:38:20.759
 to god

00:38:20.759 --> 00:38:22.800
 see in

00:38:22.800 --> 00:38:23.400
 marriage

00:38:23.400 --> 00:38:25.360
 in marriage

00:38:25.360 --> 00:38:26.800
 of one

00:38:26.800 --> 00:38:27.300
 man to

00:38:27.300 --> 00:38:27.840
 one woman

00:38:27.840 --> 00:38:29.460
 god has

00:38:29.460 --> 00:38:30.139
 provided in

00:38:30.139 --> 00:38:30.519
 a sense

00:38:30.519 --> 00:38:31.199
 a path

00:38:31.199 --> 00:38:32.199
 the bible

00:38:32.199 --> 00:38:32.900
 doesn't portray

00:38:32.900 --> 00:38:33.519
 marriage as

00:38:33.519 --> 00:38:33.980
 just a mere

00:38:33.980 --> 00:38:34.940
 contract between

00:38:34.940 --> 00:38:35.780
 two consenting

00:38:35.780 --> 00:38:36.940
 adults about

00:38:36.940 --> 00:38:37.960
 financial and

00:38:37.960 --> 00:38:38.840
 sexual and

00:38:38.840 --> 00:38:39.860
 child raising

00:38:39.860 --> 00:38:40.739
 relationships

00:38:40.739 --> 00:38:42.019
 bible doesn't

00:38:42.019 --> 00:38:43.000
 put it in that

00:38:43.000 --> 00:38:43.460
 way at all

00:38:43.460 --> 00:38:44.300
 it understands

00:38:44.300 --> 00:38:45.199
 marriage as a

00:38:45.199 --> 00:38:45.599
 form of

00:38:45.599 --> 00:38:46.199
 holiness

00:38:46.199 --> 00:38:48.419
 a form of

00:38:48.419 --> 00:38:49.179
 holiness

00:38:49.179 --> 00:38:52.239
 whereby a

00:38:52.239 --> 00:38:52.859
 man will

00:38:52.859 --> 00:38:53.579
 give himself

00:38:53.579 --> 00:38:55.519
 in all

00:38:55.519 --> 00:38:56.359
 senses including

00:38:56.359 --> 00:38:57.159
 sexually to

00:38:57.159 --> 00:38:58.119
 his wife and

00:38:58.119 --> 00:38:58.759
 his wife

00:38:58.759 --> 00:39:00.259
 will give

00:39:00.259 --> 00:39:01.359
 herself sexually

00:39:01.359 --> 00:39:01.879
 and in all

00:39:01.879 --> 00:39:03.000
 other ways to

00:39:03.000 --> 00:39:03.679
 her husband

00:39:03.679 --> 00:39:06.000
 and that

00:39:06.000 --> 00:39:06.980
 is a form of

00:39:06.980 --> 00:39:07.619
 holiness

00:39:07.619 --> 00:39:09.259
 that's blessed

00:39:09.260 --> 00:39:11.960
 and so for

00:39:11.960 --> 00:39:12.740
 a church

00:39:12.740 --> 00:39:13.680
 to say

00:39:13.680 --> 00:39:15.280
 that a

00:39:15.280 --> 00:39:16.000
 sign of

00:39:16.000 --> 00:39:16.620
 rebellion

00:39:16.620 --> 00:39:19.040
 is blessed

00:39:19.040 --> 00:39:21.600
 in the

00:39:21.600 --> 00:39:22.360
 context of

00:39:22.360 --> 00:39:22.820
 revelation

00:39:22.820 --> 00:39:23.360
 nine

00:39:23.360 --> 00:39:25.080
 is a

00:39:25.080 --> 00:39:25.560
 horror

00:39:25.560 --> 00:39:29.780
 it's a

00:39:29.780 --> 00:39:30.140
 horror

00:39:30.140 --> 00:39:32.520
 now some of

00:39:32.520 --> 00:39:32.940
 you might say

00:39:32.940 --> 00:39:33.460
 george are you

00:39:33.460 --> 00:39:33.980
 saying that the

00:39:33.980 --> 00:39:34.480
 people in this

00:39:34.480 --> 00:39:35.000
 church are all

00:39:35.000 --> 00:39:35.580
 just a bunch of

00:39:35.580 --> 00:39:36.420
 goody two-shoes

00:39:36.420 --> 00:39:36.800
 that they've

00:39:36.800 --> 00:39:37.400
 never had any

00:39:37.400 --> 00:39:38.280
 type of sexual

00:39:38.280 --> 00:39:39.400
 temptations or

00:39:39.400 --> 00:39:40.940
 sexual indiscretions

00:39:40.940 --> 00:39:41.920
 are you saying

00:39:41.920 --> 00:39:42.340
 that it's only

00:39:42.340 --> 00:39:43.360
 perfect people in

00:39:43.360 --> 00:39:44.639
 here not at all

00:39:44.639 --> 00:39:46.280
 if all of a

00:39:46.280 --> 00:39:48.059
 sudden an

00:39:48.059 --> 00:39:48.720
 angel was to

00:39:48.720 --> 00:39:49.240
 appear in the

00:39:49.240 --> 00:39:50.740
 room and he

00:39:50.740 --> 00:39:51.420
 and the angel

00:39:51.420 --> 00:39:52.180
 makes me say

00:39:52.180 --> 00:39:53.119
 all of those

00:39:53.119 --> 00:39:54.260
 who've at any

00:39:54.260 --> 00:39:54.920
 point in time

00:39:54.920 --> 00:39:55.920
 violated this

00:39:55.920 --> 00:39:56.400
 pornea

00:39:56.400 --> 00:39:57.720
 commandment

00:39:57.720 --> 00:39:58.760
 could you

00:39:58.760 --> 00:39:59.519
 stand my

00:39:59.519 --> 00:40:00.180
 guess is that

00:40:00.180 --> 00:40:00.980
 just about every

00:40:00.980 --> 00:40:01.860
 single one of us

00:40:01.860 --> 00:40:02.559
 would stand

00:40:02.559 --> 00:40:05.400
 and in fact

00:40:05.400 --> 00:40:07.599
 if the angel

00:40:07.599 --> 00:40:08.599
 said okay those

00:40:08.599 --> 00:40:09.519
 who have violated

00:40:09.519 --> 00:40:11.380
 this this past

00:40:11.380 --> 00:40:12.340
 week stand

00:40:12.340 --> 00:40:15.940
 we would probably

00:40:15.940 --> 00:40:16.760
 be shocked at

00:40:16.760 --> 00:40:17.460
 how many of us

00:40:17.460 --> 00:40:17.980
 stand

00:40:17.980 --> 00:40:22.780
 so that the

00:40:22.780 --> 00:40:24.000
 text is not

00:40:24.000 --> 00:40:24.760
 at all

00:40:24.760 --> 00:40:25.880
 saying

00:40:25.880 --> 00:40:27.440
 anything at all

00:40:27.440 --> 00:40:29.059
 about us

00:40:29.059 --> 00:40:30.340
 the stand

00:40:30.340 --> 00:40:31.820
 and this text

00:40:31.820 --> 00:40:32.380
 it's not saying

00:40:32.380 --> 00:40:32.920
 anything at all

00:40:32.920 --> 00:40:33.500
 about us being

00:40:33.500 --> 00:40:34.280
 particularly

00:40:34.280 --> 00:40:35.700
 brilliantly good

00:40:35.700 --> 00:40:38.080
 it's actually

00:40:38.080 --> 00:40:38.540
 saying

00:40:38.540 --> 00:40:39.760
 I got something

00:40:39.760 --> 00:40:40.260
 out of order

00:40:40.260 --> 00:40:40.920
 in my talk

00:40:40.920 --> 00:40:41.420
 Andrew if you

00:40:41.420 --> 00:40:41.860
 could skip

00:40:41.860 --> 00:40:42.420
 to the fifth

00:40:42.420 --> 00:40:43.220
 point

00:40:43.220 --> 00:40:46.120
 this is what

00:40:46.120 --> 00:40:46.680
 it's saying

00:40:46.680 --> 00:40:49.240
 actually go back

00:40:49.240 --> 00:40:49.760
 to the fourth

00:40:49.760 --> 00:40:51.100
 God always

00:40:51.100 --> 00:40:51.680
 preserves

00:40:51.680 --> 00:40:52.200
 goodness

00:40:52.200 --> 00:40:53.380
 restrains evil

00:40:53.380 --> 00:40:54.700
 judges evil

00:40:54.700 --> 00:40:55.840
 and freely

00:40:55.840 --> 00:40:56.820
 offers me

00:40:56.820 --> 00:40:58.080
 grace and

00:40:58.080 --> 00:40:58.840
 mercy and

00:40:58.840 --> 00:40:59.540
 redemption in

00:40:59.540 --> 00:40:59.900
 Jesus

00:40:59.900 --> 00:41:01.460
 God always

00:41:01.460 --> 00:41:02.060
 preserves

00:41:02.060 --> 00:41:02.640
 goodness

00:41:02.640 --> 00:41:04.220
 restrains evil

00:41:04.219 --> 00:41:05.759
 judges evil

00:41:05.759 --> 00:41:06.939
 and freely

00:41:06.939 --> 00:41:08.000
 offers grace

00:41:08.000 --> 00:41:08.639
 and mercy

00:41:08.639 --> 00:41:09.619
 and redemption

00:41:09.619 --> 00:41:11.000
 and Jesus

00:41:11.000 --> 00:41:14.879
 that's what the

00:41:14.879 --> 00:41:15.579
 Bible says

00:41:15.579 --> 00:41:17.819
 and so for us

00:41:17.819 --> 00:41:18.759
 as a congregation

00:41:18.759 --> 00:41:19.919
 when we hear

00:41:19.919 --> 00:41:21.159
 this sign of

00:41:21.159 --> 00:41:21.539
 rebellion

00:41:21.539 --> 00:41:22.159
 I mean on one

00:41:22.159 --> 00:41:22.459
 level

00:41:22.459 --> 00:41:23.339
 I don't know

00:41:23.339 --> 00:41:24.000
 how many of you

00:41:24.000 --> 00:41:24.339
 have either

00:41:24.339 --> 00:41:25.399
 dreamed of stealing

00:41:25.399 --> 00:41:26.079
 or cheated on

00:41:26.079 --> 00:41:26.959
 your income tax

00:41:26.959 --> 00:41:27.779
 or did some

00:41:27.779 --> 00:41:28.379
 other type of

00:41:28.379 --> 00:41:29.099
 thing this past

00:41:29.099 --> 00:41:29.379
 week

00:41:29.379 --> 00:41:30.399
 maybe there's

00:41:30.399 --> 00:41:30.859
 nobody here

00:41:30.859 --> 00:41:31.359
 who's murdered

00:41:31.359 --> 00:41:32.219
 anybody this

00:41:32.219 --> 00:41:32.879
 past week

00:41:32.879 --> 00:41:33.639
 although the

00:41:33.639 --> 00:41:34.219
 Bible says

00:41:34.219 --> 00:41:35.259
 that to really

00:41:35.259 --> 00:41:35.879
 hate your

00:41:35.879 --> 00:41:36.339
 brother and

00:41:36.339 --> 00:41:36.699
 call him

00:41:36.699 --> 00:41:37.279
 names is a

00:41:37.279 --> 00:41:38.019
 type of

00:41:38.019 --> 00:41:38.299
 murder

00:41:38.299 --> 00:41:40.019
 and I

00:41:40.019 --> 00:41:40.199
 don't know

00:41:40.199 --> 00:41:40.599
 how many of

00:41:40.599 --> 00:41:40.879
 us have

00:41:40.879 --> 00:41:41.480
 maybe struggled

00:41:41.480 --> 00:41:42.279
 with pornography

00:41:42.279 --> 00:41:43.419
 or other

00:41:43.419 --> 00:41:43.879
 types of

00:41:43.879 --> 00:41:44.339
 things or

00:41:44.339 --> 00:41:45.139
 maybe other

00:41:45.139 --> 00:41:45.619
 types of

00:41:45.619 --> 00:41:46.500
 sexual stimulation

00:41:46.500 --> 00:41:47.039
 or sexual

00:41:47.039 --> 00:41:47.599
 knowing outside

00:41:47.599 --> 00:41:48.099
 of marriage

00:41:48.099 --> 00:41:49.879
 but this text

00:41:49.879 --> 00:41:50.579
 it's all

00:41:50.579 --> 00:41:51.579
 calling us to

00:41:51.579 --> 00:41:52.619
 receive mercy

00:41:52.619 --> 00:41:53.619
 from God

00:41:53.619 --> 00:41:55.459
 and it

00:41:55.459 --> 00:41:56.480
 actually helps

00:41:56.480 --> 00:41:57.099
 to illustrate

00:41:57.099 --> 00:41:57.919
 and we're

00:41:57.919 --> 00:41:58.419
 going to close

00:41:58.419 --> 00:41:59.059
 by looking at

00:41:59.059 --> 00:41:59.959
 Colossians 1

00:41:59.960 --> 00:42:01.559
 it helps

00:42:01.559 --> 00:42:01.880
 us to

00:42:01.880 --> 00:42:02.280
 understand

00:42:02.280 --> 00:42:02.619
 a very

00:42:02.619 --> 00:42:03.240
 powerful

00:42:03.240 --> 00:42:03.840
 image of

00:42:03.840 --> 00:42:04.320
 salvation

00:42:04.320 --> 00:42:04.639
 in the

00:42:04.639 --> 00:42:04.980
 Bible

00:42:04.980 --> 00:42:06.119
 so if you

00:42:06.119 --> 00:42:06.440
 could just

00:42:06.440 --> 00:42:06.900
 turn to

00:42:06.900 --> 00:42:07.460
 Colossians

00:42:07.460 --> 00:42:08.400
 chapter 1

00:42:08.400 --> 00:42:09.460
 verses 11

00:42:09.460 --> 00:42:10.079
 to 14

00:42:10.079 --> 00:42:13.840
 we'll see

00:42:13.840 --> 00:42:14.639
 how

00:42:14.639 --> 00:42:17.300
 Revelation 9

00:42:17.300 --> 00:42:18.280
 is trying to

00:42:18.280 --> 00:42:18.740
 help us to

00:42:18.740 --> 00:42:19.539
 understand what

00:42:19.539 --> 00:42:19.960
 it is that

00:42:19.960 --> 00:42:20.619
 only God

00:42:20.619 --> 00:42:21.099
 can do

00:42:21.099 --> 00:42:21.420
 and what

00:42:21.420 --> 00:42:21.860
 we need

00:42:21.860 --> 00:42:22.340
 God to

00:42:22.340 --> 00:42:22.579
 do

00:42:22.579 --> 00:42:24.519
 Colossians 1

00:42:24.519 --> 00:42:25.119
 verses 11

00:42:25.119 --> 00:42:25.539
 14

00:42:25.539 --> 00:42:26.480
 may you be

00:42:26.480 --> 00:42:26.920
 strengthened

00:42:26.920 --> 00:42:27.400
 with all

00:42:27.400 --> 00:42:27.880
 power

00:42:27.880 --> 00:42:28.539
 according to

00:42:28.539 --> 00:42:29.099
 his glorious

00:42:29.099 --> 00:42:29.679
 might

00:42:29.679 --> 00:42:30.619
 for all

00:42:30.619 --> 00:42:31.139
 endurance

00:42:31.139 --> 00:42:31.779
 and patience

00:42:31.779 --> 00:42:32.359
 with joy

00:42:32.359 --> 00:42:33.079
 giving thanks

00:42:33.079 --> 00:42:33.399
 to the

00:42:33.399 --> 00:42:33.759
 Father

00:42:33.759 --> 00:42:34.639
 who has

00:42:34.639 --> 00:42:35.139
 qualified

00:42:35.139 --> 00:42:35.579
 you

00:42:35.579 --> 00:42:36.559
 to share

00:42:36.559 --> 00:42:36.819
 in the

00:42:36.819 --> 00:42:37.339
 inheritance

00:42:37.339 --> 00:42:37.799
 of the

00:42:37.799 --> 00:42:38.059
 saints

00:42:38.059 --> 00:42:38.559
 in light

00:42:38.559 --> 00:42:39.819
 he has

00:42:39.819 --> 00:42:40.539
 delivered us

00:42:40.539 --> 00:42:40.859
 from the

00:42:40.859 --> 00:42:41.379
 domain of

00:42:41.379 --> 00:42:41.859
 darkness

00:42:41.859 --> 00:42:43.519
 and transferred

00:42:43.519 --> 00:42:44.539
 us to

00:42:44.539 --> 00:42:45.079
 the kingdom

00:42:45.079 --> 00:42:45.619
 of his

00:42:45.619 --> 00:42:46.019
 beloved

00:42:46.019 --> 00:42:46.539
 son

00:42:46.539 --> 00:42:47.599
 in whom

00:42:47.599 --> 00:42:48.039
 we have

00:42:48.039 --> 00:42:48.679
 redemption

00:42:48.679 --> 00:42:50.339
 the forgiveness

00:42:50.339 --> 00:42:51.199
 of sins

00:42:51.199 --> 00:42:53.239
 verse 13

00:42:53.239 --> 00:42:54.480
 he has

00:42:54.480 --> 00:42:55.299
 delivered us

00:42:55.299 --> 00:42:55.679
 from the

00:42:55.679 --> 00:42:56.419
 domain of

00:42:56.419 --> 00:42:56.940
 darkness

00:42:56.940 --> 00:42:57.139
 darkness

00:42:57.139 --> 00:42:58.639
 and transferred

00:42:58.639 --> 00:42:59.300
 us to

00:42:59.300 --> 00:42:59.800
 the kingdom

00:42:59.800 --> 00:43:00.240
 of his

00:43:00.240 --> 00:43:00.639
 beloved

00:43:00.639 --> 00:43:01.139
 son

00:43:01.139 --> 00:43:02.340
 in whom

00:43:02.340 --> 00:43:02.860
 we have

00:43:02.860 --> 00:43:03.519
 redemption

00:43:03.519 --> 00:43:04.700
 the forgiveness

00:43:04.700 --> 00:43:05.559
 of sins

00:43:05.559 --> 00:43:07.300
 here's what the

00:43:07.300 --> 00:43:07.960
 bible is telling

00:43:07.960 --> 00:43:08.300
 us

00:43:08.300 --> 00:43:09.240
 the fifth point

00:43:09.240 --> 00:43:09.599
 Andrew

00:43:09.599 --> 00:43:10.860
 when I turn

00:43:10.860 --> 00:43:11.519
 and put my

00:43:11.519 --> 00:43:12.159
 faith in

00:43:12.159 --> 00:43:12.519
 Jesus

00:43:12.519 --> 00:43:14.119
 he transfers

00:43:14.119 --> 00:43:14.980
 me from the

00:43:14.980 --> 00:43:15.500
 domain of

00:43:15.500 --> 00:43:15.940
 darkness

00:43:15.940 --> 00:43:16.659
 into his

00:43:16.659 --> 00:43:17.099
 kingdom

00:43:17.099 --> 00:43:18.099
 and he

00:43:18.099 --> 00:43:18.940
 seals me

00:43:18.940 --> 00:43:19.500
 as his

00:43:19.500 --> 00:43:19.780
 own

00:43:19.780 --> 00:43:20.200
 forever

00:43:20.199 --> 00:43:29.839
 forever

00:43:29.839 --> 00:43:30.799
 you see

00:43:30.799 --> 00:43:31.159
 what we're

00:43:31.159 --> 00:43:31.500
 seeing in

00:43:31.500 --> 00:43:31.879
 revelation

00:43:31.879 --> 00:43:32.399
 19

00:43:32.399 --> 00:43:32.919
 is what

00:43:32.919 --> 00:43:33.119
 we're

00:43:33.119 --> 00:43:33.579
 seeing

00:43:33.579 --> 00:43:34.179
 in a

00:43:34.179 --> 00:43:34.359
 sense

00:43:34.359 --> 00:43:34.559
 the

00:43:34.559 --> 00:43:34.859
 domain

00:43:34.859 --> 00:43:35.039
 of

00:43:35.039 --> 00:43:35.460
 darkness

00:43:35.460 --> 00:43:36.460
 and

00:43:36.460 --> 00:43:37.619
 what the

00:43:37.619 --> 00:43:37.879
 text

00:43:37.879 --> 00:43:38.319
 is saying

00:43:38.319 --> 00:43:38.799
 it isn't

00:43:38.799 --> 00:43:39.079
 saying

00:43:39.079 --> 00:43:39.539
 that George

00:43:39.539 --> 00:43:39.779
 you have

00:43:39.779 --> 00:43:40.119
 to pull

00:43:40.119 --> 00:43:40.480
 yourself

00:43:40.480 --> 00:43:40.859
 up by

00:43:40.859 --> 00:43:41.019
 your

00:43:41.019 --> 00:43:41.599
 bootstraps

00:43:41.599 --> 00:43:41.960
 you have

00:43:41.960 --> 00:43:42.139
 to

00:43:42.139 --> 00:43:43.239
 figure out

00:43:43.239 --> 00:43:43.799
 spiritual

00:43:43.799 --> 00:43:44.379
 disciplines

00:43:44.379 --> 00:43:44.799
 you have

00:43:44.799 --> 00:43:45.239
 to figure

00:43:45.239 --> 00:43:45.639
 out all

00:43:45.639 --> 00:43:45.960
 of these

00:43:45.960 --> 00:43:46.239
 types

00:43:46.239 --> 00:43:46.379
 of

00:43:46.379 --> 00:43:46.619
 things

00:43:46.619 --> 00:43:47.519
 you have

00:43:47.519 --> 00:43:48.099
 to

00:43:48.099 --> 00:43:49.239
 go to

00:43:49.239 --> 00:43:49.659
 therapy

00:43:49.659 --> 00:43:49.960
 so you

00:43:49.960 --> 00:43:50.079
 can

00:43:50.079 --> 00:43:50.559
 understand

00:43:50.559 --> 00:43:51.219
 the roots

00:43:51.219 --> 00:43:51.559
 of your

00:43:51.559 --> 00:43:52.359
 genetic

00:43:52.359 --> 00:43:52.960
 inheritance

00:43:52.960 --> 00:43:53.359
 and your

00:43:53.359 --> 00:43:53.839
 family of

00:43:53.839 --> 00:43:54.159
 orange

00:43:54.159 --> 00:43:54.679
 inheritance

00:43:54.679 --> 00:43:54.960
 and you

00:43:54.960 --> 00:43:55.139
 have to

00:43:55.139 --> 00:43:55.420
 do all

00:43:55.420 --> 00:43:55.639
 these

00:43:55.639 --> 00:43:55.920
 rules

00:43:55.920 --> 00:43:56.399
 and you

00:43:56.399 --> 00:43:56.599
 have to

00:43:56.599 --> 00:43:56.960
 be good

00:43:56.960 --> 00:43:57.099
 and you

00:43:57.099 --> 00:43:57.299
 have to

00:43:57.299 --> 00:43:57.579
 be good

00:43:57.579 --> 00:43:57.699
 and you

00:43:57.699 --> 00:43:57.899
 have to

00:43:57.899 --> 00:43:58.219
 be good

00:43:58.219 --> 00:43:58.559
 and then

00:43:58.559 --> 00:43:58.920
 somehow

00:43:58.920 --> 00:43:59.279
 or another

00:43:59.279 --> 00:44:00.599
 you force

00:44:00.599 --> 00:44:01.059
 your way

00:44:01.059 --> 00:44:01.480
 into the

00:44:01.480 --> 00:44:01.739
 kingdom

00:44:01.739 --> 00:44:02.799
 of God

00:44:02.799 --> 00:44:03.559
 and now

00:44:03.559 --> 00:44:03.799
 you're

00:44:03.799 --> 00:44:04.079
 here

00:44:04.079 --> 00:44:04.359
 and now

00:44:04.359 --> 00:44:04.639
 you can

00:44:04.639 --> 00:44:05.119
 look down

00:44:05.119 --> 00:44:05.559
 on those

00:44:05.559 --> 00:44:06.019
 who aren't

00:44:06.019 --> 00:44:06.199
 there

00:44:06.199 --> 00:44:06.920
 the Bible

00:44:06.920 --> 00:44:07.239
 is saying

00:44:07.239 --> 00:44:07.579
 something

00:44:07.579 --> 00:44:08.159
 completely

00:44:08.159 --> 00:44:08.519
 and utterly

00:44:08.519 --> 00:44:08.859
 different

00:44:08.859 --> 00:44:09.239
 it's saying

00:44:09.239 --> 00:44:09.579
 that if you

00:44:09.579 --> 00:44:10.179
 understand

00:44:10.179 --> 00:44:10.699
 revelation

00:44:10.699 --> 00:44:11.259
 9

00:44:11.259 --> 00:44:12.039
 and if you

00:44:12.039 --> 00:44:12.480
 understand

00:44:12.480 --> 00:44:12.799
 the book

00:44:12.799 --> 00:44:12.920
 of

00:44:12.920 --> 00:44:13.359
 revelation

00:44:13.359 --> 00:44:14.119
 you will

00:44:14.119 --> 00:44:14.839
 understand

00:44:19.659 --> 00:44:20.440
 cannot get

00:44:20.440 --> 00:44:20.779
 from the

00:44:20.779 --> 00:44:21.279
 domain of

00:44:21.279 --> 00:44:21.699
 darkness

00:44:21.699 --> 00:44:22.199
 into the

00:44:22.199 --> 00:44:22.659
 kingdom of

00:44:22.659 --> 00:44:22.899
 God

00:44:22.899 --> 00:44:23.339
 the kingdom

00:44:23.339 --> 00:44:23.779
 of heaven

00:44:23.779 --> 00:44:24.519
 and become

00:44:24.519 --> 00:44:25.179
 citizens of

00:44:25.179 --> 00:44:25.279
 it

00:44:25.279 --> 00:44:26.179
 all we can

00:44:26.179 --> 00:44:26.899
 do is

00:44:26.899 --> 00:44:27.579
 call to

00:44:27.579 --> 00:44:28.199
 God for

00:44:28.199 --> 00:44:28.679
 mercy

00:44:28.679 --> 00:44:30.199
 and God

00:44:30.199 --> 00:44:30.879
 does what

00:44:30.879 --> 00:44:31.619
 no human

00:44:31.619 --> 00:44:32.219
 being can

00:44:32.219 --> 00:44:32.759
 do by

00:44:32.759 --> 00:44:33.359
 themselves

00:44:33.359 --> 00:44:33.960
 in their

00:44:33.960 --> 00:44:34.519
 own power

00:44:34.519 --> 00:44:35.099
 by their

00:44:35.099 --> 00:44:35.500
 rituals

00:44:35.500 --> 00:44:36.039
 by their

00:44:36.039 --> 00:44:36.500
 therapies

00:44:36.500 --> 00:44:37.139
 by their

00:44:37.139 --> 00:44:37.719
 disciplines

00:44:37.719 --> 00:44:38.539
 by their

00:44:38.539 --> 00:44:39.019
 successes

00:44:39.019 --> 00:44:39.699
 by their

00:44:39.699 --> 00:44:40.159
 failures

00:44:40.159 --> 00:44:41.659
 by their

00:44:41.659 --> 00:44:41.920
 wounds

00:44:41.920 --> 00:44:42.719
 God does

00:44:42.719 --> 00:44:43.199
 something

00:44:43.199 --> 00:44:44.480
 that no

00:44:44.480 --> 00:44:45.159
 human being

00:44:45.159 --> 00:44:45.559
 can do

00:44:45.559 --> 00:44:46.099
 is that when

00:44:46.099 --> 00:44:46.619
 we put our

00:44:46.619 --> 00:44:47.219
 faith and

00:44:47.219 --> 00:44:47.699
 trust in

00:44:47.699 --> 00:44:48.239
 Jesus and

00:44:48.239 --> 00:44:48.759
 what he did

00:44:48.759 --> 00:44:49.179
 for us on

00:44:49.179 --> 00:44:49.599
 the cross

00:44:49.599 --> 00:44:50.699
 that God

00:44:50.699 --> 00:44:52.239
 takes somebody

00:44:52.239 --> 00:44:52.920
 like me

00:44:52.920 --> 00:44:53.460
 and somebody

00:44:53.460 --> 00:44:53.940
 like you

00:44:53.940 --> 00:44:54.259
 and he

00:44:54.259 --> 00:44:54.839
 takes us

00:44:54.839 --> 00:44:55.539
 and he

00:44:55.539 --> 00:44:56.579
 moves us

00:44:56.579 --> 00:44:57.579
 into his

00:44:57.579 --> 00:44:58.000
 kingdom

00:44:58.000 --> 00:45:00.199
 and when

00:45:00.199 --> 00:45:01.239
 he moves

00:45:01.239 --> 00:45:01.659
 us into

00:45:01.659 --> 00:45:02.239
 his kingdom

00:45:02.239 --> 00:45:02.880
 and we

00:45:02.880 --> 00:45:03.360
 get there

00:45:03.360 --> 00:45:03.960
 and then a

00:45:03.960 --> 00:45:04.440
 week later

00:45:04.440 --> 00:45:04.880
 a month

00:45:04.880 --> 00:45:05.159
 later

00:45:05.159 --> 00:45:05.539
 a year

00:45:05.539 --> 00:45:05.860
 later

00:45:05.860 --> 00:45:06.159
 and we

00:45:06.159 --> 00:45:06.500
 say to

00:45:06.500 --> 00:45:06.779
 Jesus

00:45:06.779 --> 00:45:07.139
 Jesus

00:45:07.139 --> 00:45:07.559
 did you

00:45:07.559 --> 00:45:08.099
 realize

00:45:08.099 --> 00:45:09.000
 when you

00:45:09.000 --> 00:45:09.579
 move me

00:45:09.579 --> 00:45:10.319
 from the

00:45:10.319 --> 00:45:10.759
 domain of

00:45:10.759 --> 00:45:11.119
 darkness

00:45:11.119 --> 00:45:11.539
 into your

00:45:11.539 --> 00:45:11.759
 kingdom

00:45:11.759 --> 00:45:12.099
 do you

00:45:12.099 --> 00:45:12.500
 realize

00:45:12.500 --> 00:45:13.119
 how strong

00:45:13.119 --> 00:45:13.599
 the current

00:45:13.599 --> 00:45:13.960
 in my

00:45:13.960 --> 00:45:14.599
 life is

00:45:14.599 --> 00:45:15.119
 towards

00:45:15.119 --> 00:45:15.839
 same-sex

00:45:15.839 --> 00:45:16.159
 sex

00:45:16.159 --> 00:45:16.460
 do you

00:45:16.460 --> 00:45:16.819
 realize

00:45:16.819 --> 00:45:17.779
 how strong

00:45:17.779 --> 00:45:18.299
 the pull

00:45:18.299 --> 00:45:18.839
 within me

00:45:18.839 --> 00:45:19.279
 is towards

00:45:19.280 --> 00:45:19.880
 pornography

00:45:19.880 --> 00:45:20.580
 do you

00:45:20.580 --> 00:45:20.980
 realize

00:45:20.980 --> 00:45:21.680
 how much

00:45:21.680 --> 00:45:22.460
 anger I

00:45:22.460 --> 00:45:23.100
 have in me

00:45:23.100 --> 00:45:23.320
 do you

00:45:23.320 --> 00:45:23.680
 know how

00:45:23.680 --> 00:45:24.100
 much I

00:45:24.100 --> 00:45:24.519
 hate

00:45:24.519 --> 00:45:25.080
 do you

00:45:25.080 --> 00:45:25.980
 understand my

00:45:25.980 --> 00:45:26.840
 racism or

00:45:26.840 --> 00:45:28.180
 my anti-semitism

00:45:28.180 --> 00:45:29.160
 and if we say

00:45:29.160 --> 00:45:29.900
 that to Jesus

00:45:29.900 --> 00:45:30.800
 he's not going to

00:45:30.800 --> 00:45:31.840
 say oh good grief

00:45:31.840 --> 00:45:32.400
 I didn't know

00:45:32.400 --> 00:45:33.060
 about you

00:45:33.060 --> 00:45:34.600
 I'm going to

00:45:34.600 --> 00:45:35.380
 kick you back

00:45:35.380 --> 00:45:36.040
 out here

00:45:36.040 --> 00:45:37.920
 I thought I was

00:45:37.920 --> 00:45:38.720
 only taking a

00:45:38.720 --> 00:45:39.800
 perfect Sinclair

00:45:39.800 --> 00:45:42.160
 that's not how it

00:45:42.160 --> 00:45:43.140
 works at all

00:45:43.139 --> 00:45:45.199
 that knowing

00:45:45.199 --> 00:45:45.599
 that knowing the

00:45:45.599 --> 00:45:46.500
 power of the

00:45:46.500 --> 00:45:47.239
 currents in our

00:45:47.239 --> 00:45:48.119
 life we call

00:45:48.119 --> 00:45:48.759
 out to God

00:45:48.759 --> 00:45:49.420
 for mercy

00:45:49.420 --> 00:45:50.519
 and he does

00:45:50.519 --> 00:45:51.259
 what I can

00:45:51.259 --> 00:45:51.679
 never do

00:45:51.679 --> 00:45:52.779
 he moves me

00:45:52.779 --> 00:45:53.319
 into his

00:45:53.319 --> 00:45:53.799
 kingdom

00:45:53.799 --> 00:45:54.879
 and when he

00:45:54.879 --> 00:45:55.379
 moves me

00:45:55.379 --> 00:45:55.779
 into his

00:45:55.779 --> 00:45:56.059
 kingdom

00:45:56.059 --> 00:45:56.940
 he takes

00:45:56.940 --> 00:45:57.739
 Sinclair from

00:45:57.739 --> 00:45:58.440
 the moment of

00:45:58.440 --> 00:45:59.000
 Sinclair's

00:45:59.000 --> 00:45:59.719
 conception to

00:45:59.719 --> 00:46:00.400
 the moment of

00:46:00.400 --> 00:46:00.940
 Sinclair's

00:46:00.940 --> 00:46:01.659
 death with

00:46:01.659 --> 00:46:02.299
 all of the

00:46:02.299 --> 00:46:02.920
 currents and

00:46:02.920 --> 00:46:03.460
 all of the

00:46:03.460 --> 00:46:04.079
 problems and

00:46:04.079 --> 00:46:04.579
 all of the

00:46:04.579 --> 00:46:05.039
 wounds and

00:46:05.039 --> 00:46:05.559
 all of the

00:46:05.559 --> 00:46:06.279
 strengths he

00:46:06.279 --> 00:46:06.940
 knows all

00:46:06.940 --> 00:46:07.900
 about it and

00:46:07.900 --> 00:46:09.699
 he moves me

00:46:09.699 --> 00:46:10.440
 into his

00:46:10.440 --> 00:46:11.440
 kingdom and he

00:46:11.440 --> 00:46:12.440
 seals me as

00:46:12.440 --> 00:46:13.019
 his own

00:46:13.019 --> 00:46:14.460
 forever he

00:46:14.460 --> 00:46:15.900
 does this

00:46:15.900 --> 00:46:17.260
 for me

00:46:17.260 --> 00:46:18.500
 because of

00:46:18.500 --> 00:46:19.480
 Jesus's death

00:46:19.480 --> 00:46:19.960
 upon the

00:46:19.960 --> 00:46:20.880
 cross for me

00:46:20.880 --> 00:46:22.300
 he does not

00:46:22.300 --> 00:46:22.760
 weigh my

00:46:22.760 --> 00:46:23.320
 merits he

00:46:23.320 --> 00:46:24.000
 pardons my

00:46:24.000 --> 00:46:24.460
 offenses

00:46:24.460 --> 00:46:27.920
 and it is in

00:46:27.920 --> 00:46:28.900
 the context

00:46:28.900 --> 00:46:29.960
 of being in

00:46:29.960 --> 00:46:30.559
 his kingdom

00:46:30.559 --> 00:46:32.179
 that then I

00:46:32.179 --> 00:46:32.840
 can say God

00:46:32.840 --> 00:46:34.800
 I have this

00:46:34.800 --> 00:46:35.280
 current

00:46:35.280 --> 00:46:37.860
 I don't

00:46:37.860 --> 00:46:38.440
 know help

00:46:38.440 --> 00:46:39.720
 me to help

00:46:39.720 --> 00:46:40.240
 me not to

00:46:40.240 --> 00:46:40.720
 go help me

00:46:40.720 --> 00:46:41.380
 to restrain

00:46:41.380 --> 00:46:41.700
 it helped

00:46:41.700 --> 00:46:42.019
 me to

00:46:42.019 --> 00:46:43.360
 incline my

00:46:43.360 --> 00:46:45.320
 heart away

00:46:45.320 --> 00:46:46.079
 from thievery

00:46:46.079 --> 00:46:46.940
 to generosity

00:46:46.940 --> 00:46:47.860
 and incline

00:46:47.860 --> 00:46:48.980
 my heart away

00:46:48.980 --> 00:46:50.019
 from adultery

00:46:50.019 --> 00:46:50.820
 or fornication

00:46:50.820 --> 00:46:51.500
 towards my

00:46:51.500 --> 00:46:51.820
 wife

00:46:51.820 --> 00:46:53.059
 incline my

00:46:53.059 --> 00:46:53.960
 heart from

00:46:53.960 --> 00:46:54.920
 lies to

00:46:54.920 --> 00:46:55.579
 speaking the

00:46:55.579 --> 00:46:55.840
 truth

00:46:55.840 --> 00:46:56.559
 father you

00:46:56.559 --> 00:46:57.400
 know you

00:46:57.400 --> 00:46:58.740
 transferred me

00:46:58.740 --> 00:46:59.280
 knowing what

00:46:59.280 --> 00:46:59.880
 was going on

00:46:59.880 --> 00:47:00.599
 and still you

00:47:00.599 --> 00:47:01.200
 accepted me

00:47:01.200 --> 00:47:02.019
 still Jesus

00:47:02.019 --> 00:47:03.200
 was able to

00:47:03.200 --> 00:47:03.860
 move me into

00:47:03.860 --> 00:47:05.000
 this it's in

00:47:05.000 --> 00:47:06.440
 that context

00:47:06.440 --> 00:47:07.940
 that we can

00:47:07.940 --> 00:47:09.480
 honestly talk

00:47:09.480 --> 00:47:10.099
 to God

00:47:10.099 --> 00:47:11.259
 and he

00:47:11.259 --> 00:47:11.839
 day by

00:47:11.839 --> 00:47:12.219
 day

00:47:12.219 --> 00:47:13.059
 sometimes

00:47:13.059 --> 00:47:13.719
 quickly

00:47:13.719 --> 00:47:14.139
 sometimes

00:47:14.139 --> 00:47:14.839
 slowly

00:47:14.839 --> 00:47:16.179
 can change

00:47:16.179 --> 00:47:16.539
 us

00:47:16.539 --> 00:47:18.259
 please stand

00:47:18.260 --> 00:47:28.060
 so what

00:47:28.060 --> 00:47:28.520
 about you

00:47:28.520 --> 00:47:29.540
 what about

00:47:29.540 --> 00:47:29.800
 me

00:47:29.800 --> 00:47:31.360
 some of

00:47:31.360 --> 00:47:31.700
 us here

00:47:31.700 --> 00:47:32.060
 today

00:47:32.060 --> 00:47:33.240
 we were

00:47:33.240 --> 00:47:33.580
 thinking

00:47:33.580 --> 00:47:34.100
 maybe as

00:47:34.100 --> 00:47:34.340
 we were

00:47:34.340 --> 00:47:34.920
 going on

00:47:34.920 --> 00:47:35.580
 saying

00:47:35.580 --> 00:47:36.040
 George

00:47:36.040 --> 00:47:36.600
 you know

00:47:36.600 --> 00:47:37.040
 I can

00:47:37.040 --> 00:47:37.420
 never get

00:47:37.420 --> 00:47:37.800
 into this

00:47:37.800 --> 00:47:38.140
 Christian

00:47:38.140 --> 00:47:38.420
 thing

00:47:38.420 --> 00:47:38.760
 because I'm

00:47:38.760 --> 00:47:39.200
 not like

00:47:39.200 --> 00:47:39.460
 you

00:47:39.460 --> 00:47:41.460
 you realize

00:47:41.460 --> 00:47:41.940
 that

00:47:41.940 --> 00:47:43.920
 those who

00:47:43.920 --> 00:47:44.599
 are sealed

00:47:44.599 --> 00:47:45.960
 by the

00:47:45.960 --> 00:47:46.300
 blood of

00:47:46.300 --> 00:47:46.599
 Jesus

00:47:46.599 --> 00:47:47.220
 sealed by

00:47:47.220 --> 00:47:47.599
 the Holy

00:47:47.599 --> 00:47:48.139
 Spirit

00:47:48.139 --> 00:47:49.179
 moved into

00:47:49.179 --> 00:47:49.599
 the kingdom

00:47:49.599 --> 00:47:50.059
 of God

00:47:50.059 --> 00:47:50.539
 it's not

00:47:50.539 --> 00:47:50.840
 God

00:47:50.840 --> 00:47:51.400
 counting our

00:47:51.400 --> 00:47:51.780
 merits

00:47:51.780 --> 00:47:52.639
 or looking

00:47:52.639 --> 00:47:52.940
 at how

00:47:52.940 --> 00:47:53.559
 wonderful or

00:47:53.559 --> 00:47:54.099
 strong we

00:47:54.099 --> 00:47:54.599
 necessarily

00:47:54.599 --> 00:47:54.960
 are

00:47:54.960 --> 00:47:55.500
 but he

00:47:55.500 --> 00:47:56.619
 does something

00:47:56.619 --> 00:47:57.159
 we cannot

00:47:57.159 --> 00:47:57.500
 do

00:47:57.500 --> 00:47:58.920
 and so we

00:47:58.920 --> 00:47:59.199
 have an

00:47:59.199 --> 00:47:59.679
 invitation

00:47:59.679 --> 00:48:00.099
 if you've

00:48:00.099 --> 00:48:00.539
 never done

00:48:00.539 --> 00:48:00.980
 it to say

00:48:00.980 --> 00:48:01.440
 to Jesus

00:48:01.440 --> 00:48:02.199
 Jesus have

00:48:02.199 --> 00:48:02.880
 mercy on

00:48:02.880 --> 00:48:03.119
 me

00:48:03.119 --> 00:48:04.019
 thank you

00:48:04.019 --> 00:48:04.320
 for what

00:48:04.320 --> 00:48:04.699
 you've done

00:48:04.699 --> 00:48:05.099
 for me on

00:48:05.099 --> 00:48:05.599
 the cross

00:48:05.599 --> 00:48:06.380
 move me

00:48:06.380 --> 00:48:07.119
 from the

00:48:07.119 --> 00:48:07.619
 domain of

00:48:07.619 --> 00:48:08.000
 darkness

00:48:08.000 --> 00:48:08.660
 move me

00:48:08.660 --> 00:48:08.900
 from

00:48:08.900 --> 00:48:09.380
 Revelation

00:48:09.380 --> 00:48:09.940
 9

00:48:09.940 --> 00:48:10.700
 into

00:48:10.700 --> 00:48:11.420
 Colossians

00:48:11.420 --> 00:48:11.780
 1

00:48:11.780 --> 00:48:13.099
 use your

00:48:13.099 --> 00:48:13.820
 own words

00:48:13.820 --> 00:48:14.420
 you can

00:48:14.420 --> 00:48:14.800
 just say

00:48:14.800 --> 00:48:15.180
 God

00:48:15.180 --> 00:48:15.900
 I'm in

00:48:15.900 --> 00:48:16.380
 Revelation

00:48:16.380 --> 00:48:16.860
 9

00:48:16.860 --> 00:48:17.680
 I want

00:48:17.680 --> 00:48:17.920
 to be

00:48:17.920 --> 00:48:18.079
 in

00:48:18.079 --> 00:48:18.700
 Colossians

00:48:18.700 --> 00:48:19.000
 1

00:48:19.000 --> 00:48:19.640
 and only

00:48:19.640 --> 00:48:20.059
 you can

00:48:20.059 --> 00:48:20.360
 do it

00:48:20.360 --> 00:48:21.079
 thank you

00:48:21.079 --> 00:48:22.019
 that you

00:48:22.019 --> 00:48:22.360
 do it

00:48:22.360 --> 00:48:23.019
 thank you

00:48:23.019 --> 00:48:23.519
 for Jesus

00:48:23.519 --> 00:48:23.920
 and what he

00:48:23.920 --> 00:48:24.240
 did upon

00:48:24.240 --> 00:48:24.500
 us on

00:48:24.500 --> 00:48:24.920
 the cross

00:48:24.920 --> 00:48:26.720
 and for

00:48:26.720 --> 00:48:26.960
 others

00:48:26.960 --> 00:48:27.380
 we have

00:48:27.380 --> 00:48:28.059
 to pray

00:48:28.059 --> 00:48:28.680
 into the

00:48:28.680 --> 00:48:29.619
 idolatries

00:48:29.619 --> 00:48:29.900
 that we

00:48:29.900 --> 00:48:30.539
 still struggle

00:48:30.539 --> 00:48:30.780
 with

00:48:30.780 --> 00:48:31.380
 the currents

00:48:31.380 --> 00:48:31.640
 that we

00:48:31.640 --> 00:48:32.320
 still struggle

00:48:32.320 --> 00:48:32.559
 with

00:48:32.559 --> 00:48:32.900
 and say

00:48:32.900 --> 00:48:33.180
 Father

00:48:33.180 --> 00:48:33.660
 I thank

00:48:33.660 --> 00:48:33.800
 you

00:48:33.800 --> 00:48:34.119
 that you

00:48:34.119 --> 00:48:34.599
 brought me

00:48:34.599 --> 00:48:34.960
 into your

00:48:34.960 --> 00:48:35.260
 kingdom

00:48:35.260 --> 00:48:35.780
 not weighing

00:48:35.780 --> 00:48:36.000
 my

00:48:36.000 --> 00:48:36.300
 merits

00:48:36.380 --> 00:48:36.920
 but pardoning

00:48:36.920 --> 00:48:37.160
 my

00:48:37.160 --> 00:48:37.640
 offenses

00:48:37.640 --> 00:48:39.000
 Father

00:48:39.000 --> 00:48:39.619
 I just

00:48:39.619 --> 00:48:40.099
 surrender

00:48:40.099 --> 00:48:40.860
 before you

00:48:40.860 --> 00:48:41.320
 and open

00:48:41.320 --> 00:48:41.720
 myself

00:48:41.720 --> 00:48:42.160
 for you

00:48:42.160 --> 00:48:42.519
 for your

00:48:42.519 --> 00:48:43.280
 Holy Spirit

00:48:43.280 --> 00:48:43.680
 to move

00:48:43.680 --> 00:48:44.019
 deeply

00:48:44.019 --> 00:48:44.360
 in my

00:48:44.360 --> 00:48:44.720
 life

00:48:44.720 --> 00:48:45.760
 to deal

00:48:45.760 --> 00:48:46.220
 with those

00:48:46.220 --> 00:48:46.500
 things

00:48:46.500 --> 00:48:46.780
 that I

00:48:46.780 --> 00:48:47.400
 cannot have

00:48:47.400 --> 00:48:47.820
 victory

00:48:47.820 --> 00:48:48.599
 in my

00:48:48.599 --> 00:48:48.800
 own

00:48:48.800 --> 00:48:49.220
 power

00:48:49.220 --> 00:48:50.260
 please

00:48:50.260 --> 00:48:50.820
 help me

00:48:50.820 --> 00:48:51.539
 thank you

00:48:51.539 --> 00:48:51.840
 for your

00:48:51.840 --> 00:48:52.119
 mercy

00:48:52.119 --> 00:48:52.720
 let's bow

00:48:52.720 --> 00:48:53.000
 our heads

00:48:53.000 --> 00:48:53.440
 in prayer

00:48:53.440 --> 00:49:00.380
 Father

00:49:00.380 --> 00:49:01.280
 we all

00:49:01.280 --> 00:49:01.619
 give you

00:49:01.619 --> 00:49:01.960
 thanks

00:49:01.960 --> 00:49:02.579
 and praise

00:49:02.579 --> 00:49:03.660
 that you

00:49:03.660 --> 00:49:04.360
 know us

00:49:04.360 --> 00:49:05.160
 completely

00:49:05.160 --> 00:49:05.840
 and utterly

00:49:05.840 --> 00:49:06.579
 perfectly

00:49:06.579 --> 00:49:08.120
 you

00:49:08.120 --> 00:49:08.320
 know

00:49:08.320 --> 00:49:08.740
 every

00:49:08.740 --> 00:49:09.400
 current

00:49:09.400 --> 00:49:09.900
 towards

00:49:09.900 --> 00:49:10.380
 evil

00:49:10.380 --> 00:49:10.840
 that

00:49:10.840 --> 00:49:11.180
 every

00:49:11.180 --> 00:49:11.380
 one

00:49:11.380 --> 00:49:11.519
 of

00:49:11.519 --> 00:49:11.740
 us

00:49:11.740 --> 00:49:12.320
 has

00:49:12.320 --> 00:49:12.760
 within

00:49:12.760 --> 00:49:13.700
 you

00:49:13.700 --> 00:49:13.880
 know

00:49:13.880 --> 00:49:14.360
 Father

00:49:14.360 --> 00:49:14.980
 those

00:49:14.980 --> 00:49:15.420
 things

00:49:15.420 --> 00:49:15.820
 that we

00:49:15.820 --> 00:49:16.260
 delight

00:49:16.260 --> 00:49:16.740
 in doing

00:49:16.740 --> 00:49:17.079
 that are

00:49:17.079 --> 00:49:17.500
 wrong

00:49:17.500 --> 00:49:19.000
 you

00:49:19.000 --> 00:49:19.220
 know

00:49:19.220 --> 00:49:19.640
 those

00:49:19.640 --> 00:49:20.100
 good

00:49:20.100 --> 00:49:20.460
 things

00:49:20.460 --> 00:49:20.740
 that we

00:49:20.740 --> 00:49:21.059
 delight

00:49:21.059 --> 00:49:21.559
 in not

00:49:21.559 --> 00:49:21.960
 doing

00:49:21.960 --> 00:49:23.420
 you

00:49:23.420 --> 00:49:23.599
 know

00:49:23.599 --> 00:49:23.960
 you

00:49:23.960 --> 00:49:25.400
 know

00:49:25.400 --> 00:49:26.019
 you

00:49:26.019 --> 00:49:27.460
 know

00:49:27.460 --> 00:49:28.059
 Father

00:49:28.059 --> 00:49:28.420
 those

00:49:28.420 --> 00:49:28.840
 of us

00:49:28.840 --> 00:49:29.039
 who

00:49:29.039 --> 00:49:29.320
 have

00:49:29.320 --> 00:49:29.679
 opened

00:49:29.679 --> 00:49:30.119
 ourselves

00:49:30.119 --> 00:49:30.440
 up

00:49:30.440 --> 00:49:30.659
 to

00:49:30.659 --> 00:49:31.320
 demons

00:49:31.320 --> 00:49:32.679
 and

00:49:32.679 --> 00:49:32.940
 knowing

00:49:32.940 --> 00:49:33.260
 all

00:49:33.260 --> 00:49:33.480
 this

00:49:33.480 --> 00:49:33.760
 about

00:49:33.760 --> 00:49:33.960
 us

00:49:33.960 --> 00:49:34.320
 still

00:49:34.320 --> 00:49:34.519
 you

00:49:34.519 --> 00:49:34.760
 love

00:49:34.760 --> 00:49:34.980
 us

00:49:34.980 --> 00:49:35.300
 still

00:49:35.300 --> 00:49:35.519
 your

00:49:35.519 --> 00:49:35.800
 son

00:49:35.800 --> 00:49:36.079
 died

00:49:36.079 --> 00:49:36.220
 on

00:49:36.220 --> 00:49:36.340
 the

00:49:36.340 --> 00:49:36.659
 cross

00:49:36.659 --> 00:49:36.880
 to

00:49:36.880 --> 00:49:37.159
 redeem

00:49:37.159 --> 00:49:37.340
 us

00:49:37.340 --> 00:49:37.639
 still

00:49:37.639 --> 00:49:37.880
 your

00:49:37.880 --> 00:49:38.240
 son

00:49:38.240 --> 00:49:38.619
 died

00:49:38.619 --> 00:49:38.800
 to

00:49:38.800 --> 00:49:39.119
 defeat

00:49:39.119 --> 00:49:39.460
 sin

00:49:39.460 --> 00:49:39.639
 and

00:49:39.639 --> 00:49:39.880
 death

00:49:39.880 --> 00:49:40.059
 and

00:49:40.059 --> 00:49:40.519
 all

00:49:40.519 --> 00:49:40.940
 hostile

00:49:40.940 --> 00:49:41.500
 spiritual

00:49:41.500 --> 00:49:41.980
 powers

00:49:41.980 --> 00:49:42.280
 upon

00:49:42.280 --> 00:49:42.480
 the

00:49:42.480 --> 00:49:42.860
 cross

00:49:42.860 --> 00:49:44.099
 and

00:49:44.099 --> 00:49:44.420
 Father

00:49:44.420 --> 00:49:44.960
 still

00:49:44.960 --> 00:49:45.200
 you

00:49:45.200 --> 00:49:45.599
 ask

00:49:45.599 --> 00:49:45.840
 us

00:49:45.840 --> 00:49:46.039
 to

00:49:46.039 --> 00:49:46.380
 call

00:49:46.380 --> 00:49:46.579
 out

00:49:46.579 --> 00:49:46.740
 to

00:49:46.740 --> 00:49:46.860
 you

00:49:46.860 --> 00:49:47.059
 for

00:49:47.059 --> 00:49:47.519
 mercy

00:49:47.519 --> 00:49:49.000
 that

00:49:49.000 --> 00:49:49.140
 you

00:49:49.140 --> 00:49:49.420
 turn

00:49:49.420 --> 00:49:49.660
 no

00:49:49.660 --> 00:49:49.820
 one

00:49:49.820 --> 00:49:50.099
 away

00:49:50.099 --> 00:49:50.320
 who

00:49:50.320 --> 00:49:50.700
 calls

00:49:50.700 --> 00:49:50.880
 to

00:49:50.880 --> 00:49:51.000
 you

00:49:51.000 --> 00:49:51.300
 Father

00:49:51.300 --> 00:49:51.500
 we

00:49:51.500 --> 00:49:51.840
 give

00:49:51.840 --> 00:49:52.000
 you

00:49:52.000 --> 00:49:52.380
 thanks

00:49:52.380 --> 00:49:52.579
 and

00:49:52.579 --> 00:49:52.880
 praise

00:49:52.880 --> 00:49:53.079
 for

00:49:53.079 --> 00:49:53.320
 this

00:49:53.320 --> 00:49:54.039
 Father

00:49:54.039 --> 00:49:54.220
 we

00:49:54.220 --> 00:49:54.579
 call

00:49:54.579 --> 00:49:54.800
 out

00:49:54.800 --> 00:49:54.940
 to

00:49:54.940 --> 00:49:55.059
 you

00:49:55.059 --> 00:49:55.260
 for

00:49:55.260 --> 00:49:55.620
 mercy

00:49:55.620 --> 00:49:56.380
 we

00:49:56.380 --> 00:49:56.740
 thank

00:49:56.740 --> 00:49:56.860
 you

00:49:56.860 --> 00:49:57.019
 for

00:49:57.019 --> 00:49:57.160
 the

00:49:57.160 --> 00:49:57.360
 gift

00:49:57.360 --> 00:49:57.559
 of

00:49:57.559 --> 00:49:57.820
 Jesus

00:49:57.820 --> 00:49:58.120
 we

00:49:58.120 --> 00:49:58.460
 thank

00:49:58.460 --> 00:49:58.640
 you

00:49:58.640 --> 00:49:58.880
 that

00:49:58.880 --> 00:49:59.400
 by

00:49:59.400 --> 00:49:59.800
 faith

00:49:59.800 --> 00:49:59.960
 in

00:49:59.960 --> 00:50:00.180
 him

00:50:00.180 --> 00:50:00.420
 we

00:50:00.420 --> 00:50:00.680
 can

00:50:00.680 --> 00:50:00.920
 be

00:50:00.920 --> 00:50:01.280
 part

00:50:01.280 --> 00:50:01.420
 of

00:50:01.420 --> 00:50:01.640
 his

00:50:01.640 --> 00:50:02.059
 kingdom

00:50:02.059 --> 00:50:02.940
 that

00:50:02.940 --> 00:50:03.200
 you

00:50:03.200 --> 00:50:03.440
 do

00:50:03.440 --> 00:50:03.720
 this

00:50:03.720 --> 00:50:04.000
 not

00:50:04.000 --> 00:50:04.420
 us

00:50:04.420 --> 00:50:05.160
 and

00:50:05.160 --> 00:50:05.480
 Father

00:50:05.480 --> 00:50:05.700
 for

00:50:05.700 --> 00:50:05.940
 those

00:50:05.940 --> 00:50:06.099
 of

00:50:12.860 --> 00:50:13.180
 honor

00:50:13.180 --> 00:50:13.360
 and

00:50:13.360 --> 00:50:13.700
 glory

00:50:13.700 --> 00:50:15.000
 help

00:50:15.000 --> 00:50:15.160
 us

00:50:15.160 --> 00:50:15.300
 to

00:50:15.300 --> 00:50:15.480
 be

00:50:15.480 --> 00:50:15.860
 gripped

00:50:15.860 --> 00:50:16.079
 by

00:50:16.079 --> 00:50:16.280
 the

00:50:16.280 --> 00:50:16.780
 gospel

00:50:16.780 --> 00:50:17.680
 and

00:50:17.680 --> 00:50:17.960
 bring

00:50:17.960 --> 00:50:18.660
 transformation

00:50:18.660 --> 00:50:19.140
 to

00:50:19.140 --> 00:50:19.300
 our

00:50:19.300 --> 00:50:19.720
 lives

00:50:19.720 --> 00:50:20.079
 so

00:50:20.079 --> 00:50:20.240
 that

00:50:20.240 --> 00:50:20.559
 more

00:50:20.559 --> 00:50:20.800
 and

00:50:20.800 --> 00:50:21.099
 more

00:50:21.099 --> 00:50:21.599
 of

00:50:21.599 --> 00:50:21.780
 what

00:50:21.780 --> 00:50:22.599
 characterizes

00:50:22.599 --> 00:50:23.780
 each

00:50:23.780 --> 00:50:24.120
 of us

00:50:24.120 --> 00:50:24.360
 as

00:50:24.360 --> 00:50:24.620
 each

00:50:24.620 --> 00:50:24.780
 of

00:50:24.780 --> 00:50:25.039
 us

00:50:25.039 --> 00:50:25.980
 blesses

00:50:25.980 --> 00:50:26.160
 your

00:50:26.160 --> 00:50:26.559
 holy

00:50:26.559 --> 00:50:26.880
 name

00:50:26.880 --> 00:50:27.140
 and

00:50:27.140 --> 00:50:27.400
 brings

00:50:27.400 --> 00:50:27.559
 you

00:50:27.559 --> 00:50:27.920
 glory

00:50:27.920 --> 00:50:28.900
 and

00:50:28.900 --> 00:50:29.059
 all

00:50:29.059 --> 00:50:29.260
 this

00:50:29.260 --> 00:50:29.420
 we

00:50:29.420 --> 00:50:29.720
 ask

00:50:29.720 --> 00:50:29.880
 and

00:50:29.880 --> 00:50:30.140
 thank

00:50:30.140 --> 00:50:30.260
 in

00:50:30.260 --> 00:50:30.360
 the

00:50:30.360 --> 00:50:30.539
 name

00:50:30.539 --> 00:50:30.700
 of

00:50:30.700 --> 00:50:31.000
 Jesus

00:50:31.000 --> 00:50:31.340
 your

00:50:31.340 --> 00:50:31.740
 son

00:50:31.740 --> 00:50:32.039
 and

00:50:32.039 --> 00:50:32.200
 our

00:50:32.200 --> 00:50:32.579
 savior

00:50:32.579 --> 00:50:33.519
 amen