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 Ken, welcome. Welcome. Thank you, Nick.

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 We're delighted to have you and you, Rachel.

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 Now, Ken, tell us a little bit about yourself.

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 We know that you're a member of the Middleton Church.

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 Yeah, Rachel and I have been going to the Middleton Church for nearly three years now.

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 And we must say that we've just found tremendous community and welcome

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 among the Baptist churches of Cork.

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 Shortly after we started going, the Munster Bible College course began.

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 And it was perfect timing for me because I was looking for something like that

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 to kind of get some sort of good understanding of the Word of God.

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 And I have to say we've grown from strength to strength as a couple

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 since joining Middleton Church under Andy, who has been very good to us.

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 Thank you. How did you come to know the Lord? Just very briefly.

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 Very briefly, short version.

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 There is some Christianity in my background.

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 My father is a faithful Christian and he was very faithful to us.

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 Growing up, he was very faithful to kind of share the gospel with us as we grew up

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 and, you know, just to read the Bible to us every night.

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 But, you know, regardless, and because of some mixed up ideas I had in my own head,

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 I just went off and started doing my own thing in my teens.

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 And very quickly, I just kind of found myself in the party scene socializing.

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 And one day, when I was at home, there was a knock on the door and there was two men doing cold calls

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 from the Cork Baptist Church.

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 And they shared a very simple gospel message with me, a message I was very, very familiar with.

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 But they said to me, you know, perhaps you should read a Bible if you have one, which I did.

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 And, well, there was some bit of a struggle for understanding.

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 Initially, I have to say, my life turned around dramatically at that point.

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 I think I finally really repented wholeheartedly of who I was and who I was trying to be.

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 And the Lord has been so faithful to us ever since.

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 And shortly after that, six months later, I met Rachel.

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 Six months later, we were engaged.

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 A year after that, we were married.

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 And here we are, really.

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 You know, it's been that fast, you know.

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 Okay, now we get the chance to ask Rachel how you came to know the Lord.

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 Oh, that's a tricky one.

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 That's a tricky one.

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 And we gather how you found Ken, or Ken found you.

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 Well, it's kind of a long story, but I'm not too sure that I was saved when I thought I was.

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 But I think the Lord was always drawing me to him.

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 But it was kind of after I met Ken and a few other things happened, the Lord really showed us, you know, the real truth of his word.

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 We had kind of some very funny ideas about things.

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 I don't think I understood sin properly.

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 So I couldn't repent properly.

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 If you don't understand it, you know, you don't know what you're being saved from.

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 So I think it was a journey along the way.

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 Just even since I met Ken, since we ended up in Middleton, I think the Lord has really, it's probably a process.

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 So I don't know if there's a bang on time.

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 But he's been very faithful to us.

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 Thank you very much.

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 There's a lot of truth in the line of the hymn, O love that will not let me go.

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 That's so true in my life as well.

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 So thank you very much.

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 Ken, will you stay here?

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 Ken's going to bring us God's word.

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 And we look forward to that.

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 I have something to put my water on.

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 Oh.

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 Don't mind if I take charge of the pulpit.

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 Okay.

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 It's been a lovely welcome we've received here.

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 As part of my prep for the sermon this morning,

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 I took the time to listen to all the other messages on this series on the church website,

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 which is a fantastic resource.

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 And I must say I was very blessed by it.

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 And it's great to hear such faithful preaching in Cork.

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 So anyway, I suppose we'll begin by reading our text.

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 So if you turn to Philippians 3, and we're going verses 1 to 11.

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 That's page 1180 in the Church Bible.

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 Philippians 3, 1 to 11, page 1180 in the Church Bible.

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 And we'll read it together.

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 Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord.

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 It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again.

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 And it is a safeguard for you.

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 Watch out for those dogs, those men who do evil,

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 those mutilators of the flesh.

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 For it is we who are the circumcision,

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 we who worship by the Spirit of God,

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 who glory in Christ Jesus,

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 and who put no confidence in the flesh.

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 Though I myself have reasons for such confidence.

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 If anyone else thinks he has reasons to put confidence in the flesh,

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 I have more.

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 Circumcised on the eighth day,

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 of the people of Israel,

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 of the tribe of Benjamin,

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 a Hebrew of Hebrews,

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 in regard to the law,

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 a Pharisee,

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 as for zeal,

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 persecuting the Church,

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 as for legalistic righteousness,

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 faultless.

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 But whatever was to my profit,

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 I now consider loss for the sake of Christ.

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 What is more,

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 I consider everything a loss

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 compared to the surpassing greatness

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 of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord,

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 for whose sake I have lost all things.

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 I consider them rubbish,

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 that I may gain Christ,

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 and be found in Him,

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 not having a righteousness of my own

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 that comes from the law,

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 but that which is through faith in Christ,

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 the righteousness that comes from God,

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 and is by faith.

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 I want to know Christ,

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 and the power of His resurrection,

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 and the fellowship of sharing in His sufferings,

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 becoming like Him in His death,

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 and so,

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 somehow,

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 to attain the resurrection from the dead.

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 Heavenly Father,

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 thank You for Your precious Word.

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 Thank You for Your great kindness to us,

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 that You would choose to reveal Yourself to us

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 through Your Word this morning.

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 I pray that by Your Spirit,

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 You would open the minds,

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 the hearts,

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 and the ears of all of us here

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 to receive the Word.

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 And I pray that it would do the work

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 that You would have it do in us,

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 even now,

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 here,

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 and today.

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 For Jesus' sake.

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 Amen.

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 Before we begin to examine our portion of God's Word for today,

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 I thought it would be helpful to do a recap

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 of what you've covered in this series up until now.

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 Where we are in chapter 3,

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 we're just passing the halfway point in Paul's letter,

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 which is as good a time as any to take stock,

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 and also because the first verse in our text

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 assumes that we have read or heard

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 what was written up until now.

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 Let's consider the letter as a whole for a moment.

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 Paul's letter to the Philippians

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 is commonly known as the epistle of joy,

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 and rightly so.

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 However,

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 our modern understanding

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 and usage of the word joy

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 has changed somewhat from its original concept,

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 and a brief recap of the messages from recent weeks

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 will help remind us of that.

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 I'm going to take a little bit of time

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 to set this up,

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 because I want you to understand this concept of joy.

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 A good understanding

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 of the biblical idea of joy

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 is very important for grasping

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 what is at the core of Paul's message.

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 As we have been hearing through this sermon series,

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 Paul was enduring extremely difficult circumstances

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 as he wrote,

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 or as he more likely dictated this letter.

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 The Philippians themselves

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 were not unfamiliar with suffering,

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 as we will see later.

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 You see,

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 joy is something that is not without context.

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 Joy is not something that is without a wider setting

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 that gives it meaning.

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 As you may have gathered from the other sermons,

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 or know yourself from direct experience,

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 joy is something that becomes very real

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 in times of difficulty.

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 In fact,

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 joy is something that is hard won

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 in hard times.

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 But joy is not an end in itself.

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 So let's quickly go to the beginning of the letter.

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 The epistle opens in chapter 1 with gratitude.

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 Paul greets them

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 with an expression of heartfelt thankfulness to God

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 for the people of the Philippian church.

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 Paul is almost always grateful

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 in his letters for people,

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 not circumstances or things.

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 He is grateful for their loyalty to him

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 and for their partnership with him

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 in the work of the gospel.

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 His gratitude is enhanced

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 by his sure and certain confidence

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 in the God who had saved them.

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 And yet he would bring

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 that divine work he had started in them

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 to completion

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 on the day that Christ returns.

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 Paul goes on to express to them

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 that in his concern for the church,

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 he had the same type of sacrificial love for them

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 as Christ did.

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 He wanted this love to abound between them

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 as they lived and suffered for Christ together,

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 even as he was absent from them

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 because of his imprisonment.

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 He told the Philippians

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 how even his imprisonment

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 should be a source of joy for them.

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 As Paul found himself chained

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 to Roman guards in his cell,

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 he realized that he had a captive audience.

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 Because of this,

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 the gospel message

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 had now been smuggled

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 into the very heart

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 of the imperial household.

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 Paul didn't even mind

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 that there were those

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 who were now dismissive of him

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 in his absence.

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 In fact,

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 he drew comfort from it

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 and rejoiced.

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 Because of these people's rivalry

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 with Paul,

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 even as they explained

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 the message they were seeking

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 to undermine,

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 Christ was being proclaimed.

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 And Paul rejoiced.

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 Paul rejoiced

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 and drew comfort

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 even as he awaited

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 an uncertain fate in prison

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 because he knew

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 that either by his life

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 or by his death,

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 the kingdom would advance.

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 The Philippians' experience

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 of persecution

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 was a sign to them

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 of their salvation

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 because,

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 as he explains to them,

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 suffering has been appointed

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 to the life of every believer.

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 Even the presence of persecution

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 could be a source

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 of assurance for them.

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 In chapter 2,

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 he orders them

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 to continue

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 to strive together

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 in mutual,

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 humble service

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 for the sake of the gospel

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 by giving the example

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 of Christ himself.

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 Christ set aside

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 every privilege,

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 every right,

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 and every entitlement

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 he had

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 in service to us,

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 just as Paul wished

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 the Philippian church members

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 would do for each other.

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 They should serve each other

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 without complaint,

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 remembering

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 that they were living

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 their lives

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 in the sight

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 of a holy God

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 and so shine

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 as lights

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 in a crooked

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 and twisted world.

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 In so doing,

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 they emulated

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 Christ,

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 their Savior.

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 More comfort,

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 more joy.

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 Paul also knew

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 that he might

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 very well

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 not leave prison alive,

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 but rejoiced

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 and drew comfort

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 from this too

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 because

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 if he was martyred,

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 he would then

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 be with Christ.

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 He reminds the church

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 that even his death

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 in service

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 should be a source

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 of joy to them

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 as it was to him.

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 Chapter 2 concludes

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 with Paul's commendation

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 of Timothy

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 and Epaphroditus

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 as worthy role models

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 for the church.

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 These two servants

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 had proved themselves

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 to be selfless

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 in their work

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 for the gospel

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 and were precious

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 to Paul.

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 Paul was willing

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 to send them back

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 to the Philippian church

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 because they were

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 uniquely qualified

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 to provide

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 the selfless leadership

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 that they needed.

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 They were exemplars

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 of joy

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 and concern

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 for the welfare

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 of the church.

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 I want you to note this.

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 Paul loved

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 this church.

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 he really loved them.

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 His affection for them

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 is warm

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 and it's real

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 and it shines up

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 from the page.

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 He anticipates

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 their concern

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 for them

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 in prison

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 and he seeks

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 to reassure him.

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 He is deeply grateful

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 for their gift

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 that they had sent

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 to him.

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 He knew them well.

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 They were Christ-centered

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 together.

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 They had struggled

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 and suffered

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 for the gospel

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 together.

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 They had suffered

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 affliction

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 together.

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 They had suffered

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 persecution

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 together.

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 They had experienced

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 profound and deep

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 fellowship together

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 because nothing

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 opens and softens

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 the heart

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 like suffering.

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 Paul was so fond

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 of them

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 that he boasts

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 about the Philippian church

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 and their near neighbors

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 in his letter

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 to the churches

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 in Corinth.

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 This is 2 Corinthians 8,

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 1-5

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 and I'll just read it

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 for you.

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 You don't need to go there.

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 And now,

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 brothers and sisters,

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 we want you to know

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 about the grace

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 that God has given

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 the Macedonian churches.

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 In the midst

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 of a very severe trial,

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 their overflowing joy

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 and their extreme poverty

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 welled up

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 in rich generosity.

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 For I testify

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 that they gave

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 as much

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 as they were able

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 and even beyond

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 their ability.

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 Entirely on their own,

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 they urgently pleaded

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 with us

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 for the privilege

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 of sharing

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 in this service

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 to the Lord's people.

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 And they exceeded

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 our expectations.

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 They gave,

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 first of all,

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 to the Lord

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 and then,

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 by the will of God,

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 also to us.

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 This warmth

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 and love

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 that abounded

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 between Paul

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 and the members

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 of the church

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 in Philippi

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 had been forged

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 and shaped

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 in the heat

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 of seething

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 and violent opposition.

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 They all knew

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 that their suffering

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 was part of the deal.

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 They accepted it

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 as normal.

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 Even more than that,

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 they saw it

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 as a sign

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 of their salvation

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 from God.

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 As they stood together,

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 holding firm

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 to God's word

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 and serving

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 each other loyally,

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 they comforted

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 each other

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 in their grief.

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 They bound up

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 each other's wounds

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 and encouraged

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 each other,

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 remembering

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 that even

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 their very ability

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 to serve

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 was a gift

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 from God.

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 They rejoiced

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 in the God

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 who one day

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 would finish

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 the work

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 he had started

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 in them.

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 This

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 is the proper

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 context

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 for joy.

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 Joy

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 is not really

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 a feeling

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 or a mood

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 or an emotion.

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 It is not euphoria

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 or even happiness,

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 although it can lead you there.

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 It is an attitude.

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 Better still,

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 it is a deliberate approach

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 to every circumstance

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 that is founded

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 on a sure

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 and certain

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 confidence

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 in God's promises.

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 This is what Paul

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 means

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 when he says

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 rejoice.

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 Joy

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 does not

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 well up within us

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 when our circumstances

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 change for the better,

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 but happiness

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 might.

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 No,

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 joy

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 or confidence

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 in God

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 gives the grounds

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 for contentment

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 even in dire

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 circumstances.

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 It does not

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 necessarily

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 overflow

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 into happiness,

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 but it can.

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 If it leads

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 to a feeling

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 at all,

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 then it leads

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 far more often

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 to a peace

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 or a feeling

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 of security,

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 even when

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 all your circumstances

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 suggest otherwise.

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 This is a better

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 sense

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 of the biblical

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 concept of joy.

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 And no,

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 this is where we turn

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 to our assigned text

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 because this is where

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 it begins.

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 It begins

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 with joy.

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 So let's go to

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 chapter 3

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 and verse 1

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 and read it together.

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 Finally,

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 my brothers,

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 rejoice

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 in the Lord.

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 It is no trouble

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 for me to write

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 the same things

00:17:41.079 --> 00:17:41.739
 to you again

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 and it is a safeguard

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 for you.

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 Rejoice in the Lord.

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 Why?

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 Because the Lord

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 is the source

00:17:55.179 --> 00:17:55.979
 and grounding

00:17:55.979 --> 00:17:56.599
 of our joy,

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 our confidence.

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 There is no

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 other place

00:18:01.519 --> 00:18:02.219
 to find joy

00:18:02.220 --> 00:18:02.279
 joy.

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 And Paul makes

00:18:03.920 --> 00:18:04.500
 no apologies

00:18:04.500 --> 00:18:05.140
 for repeating

00:18:05.140 --> 00:18:05.579
 himself,

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 for writing

00:18:07.259 --> 00:18:08.360
 these same things

00:18:08.360 --> 00:18:09.299
 about joy

00:18:09.299 --> 00:18:10.440
 over and over

00:18:10.440 --> 00:18:11.259
 again throughout

00:18:11.259 --> 00:18:11.900
 his letter.

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 Why?

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 Because,

00:18:15.220 --> 00:18:16.120
 as Paul says,

00:18:16.680 --> 00:18:17.940
 joy in the Lord

00:18:17.940 --> 00:18:19.140
 or confidence

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 in the Lord

00:18:19.799 --> 00:18:21.019
 is a safeguard

00:18:21.019 --> 00:18:21.759
 for us.

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 It protects us.

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 Now that seems

00:18:26.460 --> 00:18:27.240
 like an odd

00:18:27.240 --> 00:18:27.640
 statement,

00:18:27.720 --> 00:18:28.079
 doesn't it?

00:18:28.079 --> 00:18:29.679
 why would Paul

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 say that joy

00:18:31.179 --> 00:18:32.139
 is safe?

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 Does that mean

00:18:34.139 --> 00:18:34.740
 a lack of joy

00:18:34.740 --> 00:18:35.339
 is dangerous?

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 Well,

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 joy is safe.

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 Here's another way

00:18:41.059 --> 00:18:41.559
 of putting it,

00:18:41.939 --> 00:18:42.659
 by asking another

00:18:42.659 --> 00:18:43.099
 question.

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 What is it

00:18:45.000 --> 00:18:46.159
 exactly

00:18:46.159 --> 00:18:47.759
 that protects us

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 when we're vulnerable?

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 and I'm referring

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 specifically now

00:18:51.659 --> 00:18:52.599
 to moments

00:18:52.599 --> 00:18:53.279
 of temptation.

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 The temptations

00:18:56.439 --> 00:18:56.939
 that beset

00:18:56.939 --> 00:18:57.579
 all of us,

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 particularly

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 in moments

00:19:00.480 --> 00:19:00.959
 of acute

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 suffering

00:19:01.480 --> 00:19:02.559
 or opposition,

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 will try

00:19:03.939 --> 00:19:04.619
 and separate

00:19:04.619 --> 00:19:05.740
 us from

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 our source

00:19:06.299 --> 00:19:06.779
 of joy

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 and confidence

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 by offering

00:19:08.919 --> 00:19:09.659
 a false

00:19:09.659 --> 00:19:10.319
 alternative.

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 When the

00:19:12.899 --> 00:19:13.339
 beta of

00:19:13.339 --> 00:19:13.799
 temptation

00:19:13.799 --> 00:19:14.799
 is presented,

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 what is it

00:19:16.000 --> 00:19:16.980
 that reminds

00:19:16.980 --> 00:19:17.579
 us of our

00:19:17.579 --> 00:19:18.359
 right priorities?

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 Isn't it

00:19:20.159 --> 00:19:20.659
 God's word?

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 The word

00:19:22.799 --> 00:19:23.539
 that tells us

00:19:23.539 --> 00:19:24.659
 about God's

00:19:24.659 --> 00:19:25.319
 love for us.

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 His love

00:19:27.339 --> 00:19:28.019
 that is so

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 deep,

00:19:28.819 --> 00:19:29.220
 mysterious

00:19:29.220 --> 00:19:30.339
 and profound

00:19:30.339 --> 00:19:31.779
 that it shows

00:19:31.779 --> 00:19:32.899
 us in him

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 even before

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 the foundation

00:19:34.779 --> 00:19:35.659
 of the world.

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 That love

00:19:38.099 --> 00:19:39.599
 which caused

00:19:39.599 --> 00:19:40.419
 him to set

00:19:40.419 --> 00:19:40.859
 aside

00:19:40.859 --> 00:19:41.599
 the glories

00:19:41.599 --> 00:19:42.059
 of heaven.

00:19:43.339 --> 00:19:44.319
 That love

00:19:44.319 --> 00:19:45.220
 which compelled

00:19:45.220 --> 00:19:46.139
 him to become

00:19:46.139 --> 00:19:46.579
 a man,

00:19:47.319 --> 00:19:48.199
 living a short,

00:19:48.200 --> 00:19:49.200
 sorrowful

00:19:49.200 --> 00:19:49.960
 and painful

00:19:49.960 --> 00:19:50.720
 life in

00:19:50.720 --> 00:19:51.640
 perfect obedience

00:19:51.640 --> 00:19:52.420
 on our behalf

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 so that we

00:19:53.660 --> 00:19:54.660
 could be credited

00:19:54.660 --> 00:19:55.660
 with his

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 perfect work.

00:19:57.440 --> 00:19:58.480
 That love

00:19:58.480 --> 00:19:59.360
 which compelled

00:19:59.360 --> 00:20:00.259
 him to die

00:20:00.259 --> 00:20:01.519
 an agonizing,

00:20:01.799 --> 00:20:02.240
 wretched death

00:20:02.240 --> 00:20:02.880
 in our place.

00:20:04.160 --> 00:20:05.100
 Taking the

00:20:05.100 --> 00:20:05.740
 punishment we

00:20:05.740 --> 00:20:06.180
 deserved,

00:20:06.740 --> 00:20:07.600
 knowing he would

00:20:07.600 --> 00:20:08.340
 rise again to

00:20:08.340 --> 00:20:09.740
 glory and reign

00:20:09.740 --> 00:20:10.480
 over us

00:20:10.480 --> 00:20:11.700
 as one of us.

00:20:12.420 --> 00:20:13.380
 That love

00:20:13.380 --> 00:20:14.059
 which takes

00:20:14.059 --> 00:20:14.920
 delight in

00:20:14.920 --> 00:20:16.120
 interceding for us

00:20:16.119 --> 00:20:16.859
 even now

00:20:16.859 --> 00:20:17.559
 before the

00:20:17.559 --> 00:20:17.879
 Father

00:20:17.879 --> 00:20:18.519
 as our

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 great and

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 merciful

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 high priest

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 and our

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 loving elder

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 brother.

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 Joy

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 or confidence

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 in God

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 makes temptation

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 to sin

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 seem bland

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 by comparison.

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 It makes

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 any temptation

00:20:34.199 --> 00:20:34.719
 offered

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 repulsive.

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 Joy

00:20:37.299 --> 00:20:38.339
 is a

00:20:38.339 --> 00:20:39.179
 deliberate act.

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 Joy in the

00:20:41.439 --> 00:20:41.759
 Lord

00:20:41.759 --> 00:20:42.799
 prayerfully

00:20:42.799 --> 00:20:43.639
 reminds itself

00:20:43.640 --> 00:20:44.460
 of God's

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 promises

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 and lets

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 the bait

00:20:46.420 --> 00:20:47.160
 of temptation

00:20:47.160 --> 00:20:48.280
 rot on the

00:20:48.280 --> 00:20:48.520
 hook.

00:20:52.500 --> 00:20:53.360
 Now that

00:20:53.360 --> 00:20:53.720
 Paul

00:20:53.720 --> 00:20:54.860
 has assured

00:20:54.860 --> 00:20:55.400
 his beloved

00:20:55.400 --> 00:20:56.259
 Philippian church

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 of the benefit

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 of joy,

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 of confidence

00:20:59.220 --> 00:20:59.720
 and trust

00:20:59.720 --> 00:21:00.220
 in God

00:21:00.220 --> 00:21:01.759
 as a safeguard,

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 he now

00:21:03.580 --> 00:21:04.360
 points out

00:21:04.360 --> 00:21:04.880
 the danger

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 that awaits

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 them because

00:21:06.480 --> 00:21:07.500
 obviously

00:21:07.500 --> 00:21:08.060
 there is

00:21:08.060 --> 00:21:08.600
 something he

00:21:08.600 --> 00:21:09.200
 needs to warn

00:21:09.200 --> 00:21:09.680
 them about.

00:21:11.480 --> 00:21:12.100
 Joy is not

00:21:12.100 --> 00:21:12.780
 a Pollyanna

00:21:12.779 --> 00:21:13.379
 mentality

00:21:13.379 --> 00:21:14.299
 where we're

00:21:14.299 --> 00:21:14.759
 all in a

00:21:14.759 --> 00:21:15.339
 journey together

00:21:15.339 --> 00:21:16.319
 being wafted

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 along in a

00:21:16.879 --> 00:21:17.480
 gentle breeze

00:21:17.480 --> 00:21:18.059
 under the

00:21:18.059 --> 00:21:19.000
 loving gaze

00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:19.279
 of a

00:21:19.279 --> 00:21:19.539
 mutant

00:21:19.539 --> 00:21:20.399
 benign God.

00:21:21.420 --> 00:21:21.980
 There is

00:21:21.980 --> 00:21:22.779
 real danger

00:21:22.779 --> 00:21:23.180
 for this

00:21:23.180 --> 00:21:23.940
 Philippian church

00:21:23.940 --> 00:21:25.879
 but they

00:21:25.879 --> 00:21:26.759
 can't beware

00:21:26.759 --> 00:21:27.180
 of the

00:21:27.180 --> 00:21:27.539
 danger

00:21:27.539 --> 00:21:28.599
 unless they're

00:21:28.599 --> 00:21:29.079
 first being

00:21:29.079 --> 00:21:29.940
 made aware

00:21:29.940 --> 00:21:30.440
 of it.

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 To verse

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 2.

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 Watch out

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 for those

00:21:36.139 --> 00:21:36.559
 dogs,

00:21:37.779 --> 00:21:38.119
 those

00:21:38.119 --> 00:21:39.059
 evildoers,

00:21:39.519 --> 00:21:39.720
 those

00:21:39.720 --> 00:21:40.519
 mutilators

00:21:40.519 --> 00:21:40.859
 of the

00:21:40.859 --> 00:21:41.220
 flesh.

00:21:42.779 --> 00:21:44.660
 Now that

00:21:44.660 --> 00:21:45.059
 Paul is

00:21:45.059 --> 00:21:45.619
 absent from

00:21:45.619 --> 00:21:46.079
 his beloved

00:21:46.079 --> 00:21:46.700
 congregation

00:21:46.700 --> 00:21:47.259
 and confined

00:21:47.259 --> 00:21:47.539
 to a

00:21:47.539 --> 00:21:48.059
 prison cell,

00:21:48.680 --> 00:21:49.019
 he is

00:21:49.019 --> 00:21:49.639
 concerned for

00:21:49.639 --> 00:21:50.039
 his brothers

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 and sisters

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 in Philippi.

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 He anticipates

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 that even as

00:21:54.579 --> 00:21:55.259
 he communicates

00:21:55.259 --> 00:21:55.579
 to them,

00:21:56.319 --> 00:21:56.680
 there are

00:21:56.680 --> 00:21:57.740
 wolves closing

00:21:57.740 --> 00:21:58.639
 in on his

00:21:58.639 --> 00:21:59.399
 beloved flock.

00:22:00.599 --> 00:22:01.440
 These were

00:22:01.440 --> 00:22:02.200
 the Judaizers.

00:22:03.960 --> 00:22:04.559
 Judaizers

00:22:04.559 --> 00:22:05.440
 were false

00:22:05.440 --> 00:22:06.420
 Christians who

00:22:06.420 --> 00:22:06.899
 would press

00:22:06.899 --> 00:22:07.859
 gang naive

00:22:07.859 --> 00:22:08.619
 believers into

00:22:08.619 --> 00:22:09.619
 thinking that

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 they had to

00:22:10.160 --> 00:22:11.079
 conform to

00:22:11.079 --> 00:22:12.099
 defunct old

00:22:12.099 --> 00:22:12.959
 covenant laws.

00:22:14.439 --> 00:22:15.059
 Paul knew

00:22:15.059 --> 00:22:15.779
 that he would

00:22:15.779 --> 00:22:16.419
 not be around

00:22:16.419 --> 00:22:17.219
 to give a

00:22:17.219 --> 00:22:18.000
 point-by-point

00:22:18.000 --> 00:22:18.599
 rebuttal to

00:22:18.599 --> 00:22:19.159
 their teaching.

00:22:20.079 --> 00:22:20.359
 So,

00:22:20.819 --> 00:22:21.699
 clever teacher

00:22:21.699 --> 00:22:22.299
 that he is,

00:22:22.619 --> 00:22:23.219
 he applies

00:22:23.219 --> 00:22:24.279
 some memorable

00:22:24.279 --> 00:22:25.379
 labels to

00:22:25.379 --> 00:22:26.480
 these false

00:22:26.480 --> 00:22:27.419
 preachers to

00:22:27.419 --> 00:22:28.159
 draw attention

00:22:28.159 --> 00:22:29.000
 to the lies

00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:29.339
 that are in

00:22:29.339 --> 00:22:29.859
 their message.

00:22:31.179 --> 00:22:32.000
 He first

00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:32.539
 calls them

00:22:32.539 --> 00:22:33.219
 dogs.

00:22:34.899 --> 00:22:35.699
 Unlike our

00:22:35.699 --> 00:22:36.299
 modern world,

00:22:36.740 --> 00:22:37.359
 where kittens

00:22:37.359 --> 00:22:37.899
 and puppies

00:22:37.899 --> 00:22:38.639
 receive worship

00:22:38.639 --> 00:22:39.279
 on the internet,

00:22:39.279 --> 00:22:40.920
 dogs in

00:22:40.920 --> 00:22:41.559
 Paul's era

00:22:41.559 --> 00:22:42.480
 were an

00:22:42.480 --> 00:22:42.940
 unwelcome

00:22:42.940 --> 00:22:43.279
 sight.

00:22:44.759 --> 00:22:45.059
 They were

00:22:45.059 --> 00:22:46.180
 feral and

00:22:46.180 --> 00:22:46.920
 riddled with

00:22:46.920 --> 00:22:47.319
 diseases,

00:22:47.920 --> 00:22:48.299
 and they

00:22:48.299 --> 00:22:48.599
 would eat

00:22:48.599 --> 00:22:49.039
 anything,

00:22:49.599 --> 00:22:49.960
 no matter

00:22:49.960 --> 00:22:50.639
 how repulsive.

00:22:52.519 --> 00:22:53.200
 Dogs

00:22:53.200 --> 00:22:54.000
 was an

00:22:54.000 --> 00:22:54.500
 insulting

00:22:54.500 --> 00:22:55.240
 nickname for

00:22:55.240 --> 00:22:55.779
 Gentiles,

00:22:56.059 --> 00:22:56.599
 used by

00:22:56.599 --> 00:22:57.420
 self-righteous

00:22:57.420 --> 00:22:58.240
 Jews who

00:22:58.240 --> 00:22:58.759
 were proud

00:22:58.759 --> 00:22:59.119
 of their

00:22:59.119 --> 00:23:00.019
 dietary laws

00:23:00.019 --> 00:23:00.940
 and hygienic

00:23:00.940 --> 00:23:01.619
 eating practices.

00:23:02.839 --> 00:23:03.879
 These laws,

00:23:04.299 --> 00:23:04.700
 along with

00:23:04.700 --> 00:23:05.079
 others,

00:23:05.319 --> 00:23:05.720
 were now

00:23:05.720 --> 00:23:06.180
 being added

00:23:06.180 --> 00:23:06.539
 to the

00:23:06.539 --> 00:23:07.099
 gospel of

00:23:07.099 --> 00:23:07.779
 God's grace

00:23:07.779 --> 00:23:08.619
 by these

00:23:08.619 --> 00:23:09.219
 Judaizers.

00:23:10.819 --> 00:23:11.379
 They were

00:23:11.379 --> 00:23:12.059
 preaching a

00:23:12.059 --> 00:23:12.899
 gospel of

00:23:12.899 --> 00:23:13.639
 law-bound

00:23:13.639 --> 00:23:14.379
 righteousness,

00:23:15.119 --> 00:23:15.740
 a profoundly

00:23:15.740 --> 00:23:16.500
 evil act

00:23:16.500 --> 00:23:17.699
 which subverts

00:23:17.699 --> 00:23:19.059
 the gospel

00:23:19.059 --> 00:23:19.899
 of God's

00:23:19.899 --> 00:23:20.199
 grace.

00:23:21.839 --> 00:23:22.339
 And hence,

00:23:22.799 --> 00:23:23.439
 Paul's ironic

00:23:23.439 --> 00:23:24.179
 name of

00:23:24.179 --> 00:23:25.279
 evildoers for

00:23:25.279 --> 00:23:25.919
 these deceitful

00:23:25.919 --> 00:23:26.379
 preachers.

00:23:27.639 --> 00:23:28.319
 These men

00:23:28.319 --> 00:23:28.799
 were preaching

00:23:28.799 --> 00:23:29.379
 their own

00:23:29.379 --> 00:23:30.500
 self-righteousness.

00:23:31.679 --> 00:23:32.759
 They sought

00:23:32.759 --> 00:23:33.839
 to draw the

00:23:33.839 --> 00:23:34.339
 Philippians

00:23:34.339 --> 00:23:35.159
 trust away

00:23:35.159 --> 00:23:35.859
 from the

00:23:35.859 --> 00:23:36.939
 past faithfulness

00:23:36.940 --> 00:23:37.640
 and future

00:23:37.640 --> 00:23:38.920
 promises of

00:23:38.920 --> 00:23:40.140
 God and

00:23:40.140 --> 00:23:40.840
 focus on

00:23:40.840 --> 00:23:41.220
 their own

00:23:41.220 --> 00:23:41.820
 accomplishments

00:23:41.820 --> 00:23:42.700
 and religious

00:23:42.700 --> 00:23:43.279
 compliance.

00:23:44.900 --> 00:23:45.500
 This is a

00:23:45.500 --> 00:23:46.000
 recipe for

00:23:46.000 --> 00:23:47.180
 both self-condemnation

00:23:47.180 --> 00:23:48.180
 and for

00:23:48.180 --> 00:23:48.860
 sinful pride.

00:23:50.400 --> 00:23:50.960
 However,

00:23:51.900 --> 00:23:52.480
 his most

00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:53.220
 cutting insult

00:23:53.220 --> 00:23:53.960
 is reserved

00:23:53.960 --> 00:23:54.259
 for their

00:23:54.259 --> 00:23:54.820
 preaching of

00:23:54.820 --> 00:23:55.480
 circumcision.

00:23:58.039 --> 00:23:58.680
 Mutilators,

00:23:59.200 --> 00:23:59.600
 he calls

00:23:59.600 --> 00:23:59.820
 them,

00:24:00.539 --> 00:24:01.180
 revealing how

00:24:01.180 --> 00:24:01.740
 their practice

00:24:01.740 --> 00:24:02.539
 of circumcision

00:24:02.539 --> 00:24:03.420
 is nothing

00:24:03.420 --> 00:24:04.200
 more than

00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:04.700
 an empty

00:24:04.700 --> 00:24:05.660
 religious ritual,

00:24:05.660 --> 00:24:06.740
 no better

00:24:06.740 --> 00:24:07.120
 than the

00:24:07.120 --> 00:24:07.720
 self-cutting

00:24:07.720 --> 00:24:08.019
 Baal

00:24:08.019 --> 00:24:08.480
 worshippers

00:24:08.480 --> 00:24:09.320
 who battled

00:24:09.320 --> 00:24:09.840
 with Elijah

00:24:09.840 --> 00:24:10.500
 on Mount

00:24:10.500 --> 00:24:10.880
 Carmel.

00:24:11.880 --> 00:24:12.620
 To verse

00:24:12.620 --> 00:24:13.000
 three.

00:24:17.620 --> 00:24:18.500
 For it is

00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:19.460
 we who are

00:24:19.460 --> 00:24:20.180
 the circumcision,

00:24:20.580 --> 00:24:21.300
 we who

00:24:21.300 --> 00:24:21.820
 worship by

00:24:21.820 --> 00:24:22.279
 the Spirit

00:24:22.279 --> 00:24:22.779
 of God,

00:24:23.240 --> 00:24:24.000
 who glory

00:24:24.000 --> 00:24:24.460
 in Christ

00:24:24.460 --> 00:24:24.880
 Jesus,

00:24:25.580 --> 00:24:26.160
 and who

00:24:26.160 --> 00:24:26.660
 put no

00:24:26.660 --> 00:24:27.140
 confidence

00:24:27.140 --> 00:24:27.560
 in the

00:24:27.560 --> 00:24:27.900
 flesh.

00:24:27.900 --> 00:24:31.100
 for all

00:24:31.100 --> 00:24:31.980
 their legal

00:24:31.980 --> 00:24:32.519
 bluster

00:24:32.519 --> 00:24:32.880
 and

00:24:32.880 --> 00:24:33.540
 bloviating,

00:24:34.440 --> 00:24:35.080
 these false

00:24:35.080 --> 00:24:35.620
 preachers

00:24:35.620 --> 00:24:36.180
 who are

00:24:36.180 --> 00:24:36.860
 adding all

00:24:36.860 --> 00:24:37.340
 these extra

00:24:37.340 --> 00:24:37.860
 requirements

00:24:37.860 --> 00:24:38.640
 to the

00:24:38.640 --> 00:24:39.140
 gospel of

00:24:39.140 --> 00:24:39.460
 Christ

00:24:39.460 --> 00:24:40.240
 were in

00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:41.360
 fact merely

00:24:41.360 --> 00:24:42.180
 heaping

00:24:42.180 --> 00:24:42.880
 condemnation

00:24:42.880 --> 00:24:43.700
 on themselves.

00:24:44.820 --> 00:24:45.840
 Not merely

00:24:45.840 --> 00:24:47.120
 because they

00:24:47.120 --> 00:24:47.540
 were preaching

00:24:47.540 --> 00:24:48.220
 another gospel

00:24:48.220 --> 00:24:49.100
 as awful

00:24:49.100 --> 00:24:49.560
 as that

00:24:49.560 --> 00:24:49.920
 was,

00:24:50.360 --> 00:24:51.240
 but also

00:24:51.240 --> 00:24:51.840
 for thinking

00:24:51.840 --> 00:24:52.420
 that they

00:24:52.420 --> 00:24:52.780
 could be

00:24:52.780 --> 00:24:53.220
 righteous

00:24:53.220 --> 00:24:54.019
 apart from

00:24:54.019 --> 00:24:54.339
 God.

00:24:55.879 --> 00:24:56.519
 Remember,

00:24:57.160 --> 00:24:57.879
 Abraham was

00:24:57.879 --> 00:24:58.639
 justified by

00:24:58.639 --> 00:24:59.920
 faith before

00:24:59.920 --> 00:25:00.500
 he was

00:25:00.500 --> 00:25:01.180
 circumcised.

00:25:02.099 --> 00:25:02.940
 The great

00:25:02.940 --> 00:25:03.859
 irony is,

00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:04.700
 as Paul is

00:25:04.700 --> 00:25:04.960
 showing,

00:25:05.460 --> 00:25:06.000
 that these

00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:06.940
 Judaizers were

00:25:06.940 --> 00:25:07.940
 in fact the

00:25:07.940 --> 00:25:09.000
 new Gentiles.

00:25:10.480 --> 00:25:11.160
 Christians

00:25:11.160 --> 00:25:11.980
 were now the

00:25:11.980 --> 00:25:13.000
 true circumcision

00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:14.079
 who worshipped

00:25:14.079 --> 00:25:14.680
 by the Spirit

00:25:14.680 --> 00:25:16.119
 and put no

00:25:16.119 --> 00:25:17.059
 confidence in

00:25:17.059 --> 00:25:17.400
 our own

00:25:17.400 --> 00:25:18.180
 ability to

00:25:18.180 --> 00:25:18.660
 keep a set

00:25:18.660 --> 00:25:19.440
 of laws or

00:25:19.440 --> 00:25:19.900
 to please

00:25:19.900 --> 00:25:20.460
 God by our

00:25:20.460 --> 00:25:21.279
 own works or

00:25:21.279 --> 00:25:21.839
 the fulfillment

00:25:21.839 --> 00:25:22.559
 of rituals.

00:25:22.559 --> 00:25:24.639
 The Old

00:25:24.639 --> 00:25:25.659
 Covenant had

00:25:25.659 --> 00:25:26.059
 run its

00:25:26.059 --> 00:25:26.960
 course and

00:25:26.960 --> 00:25:27.419
 had served

00:25:27.419 --> 00:25:28.059
 its purpose

00:25:28.059 --> 00:25:29.220
 and had

00:25:29.220 --> 00:25:30.139
 demonstrated our

00:25:30.139 --> 00:25:31.139
 inability to

00:25:31.139 --> 00:25:31.539
 keep these

00:25:31.539 --> 00:25:31.960
 requirements.

00:25:33.259 --> 00:25:34.019
 The gospel of

00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:34.899
 grace teaches

00:25:34.899 --> 00:25:35.819
 us that Christ

00:25:35.819 --> 00:25:36.579
 has done all

00:25:36.579 --> 00:25:37.179
 these things on

00:25:37.179 --> 00:25:37.720
 our behalf,

00:25:38.339 --> 00:25:38.980
 and more than

00:25:38.980 --> 00:25:40.500
 that, he is

00:25:40.500 --> 00:25:40.859
 the very

00:25:40.859 --> 00:25:42.319
 fulfillment of

00:25:42.319 --> 00:25:42.919
 those things.

00:25:46.339 --> 00:25:47.259
 Now, as we

00:25:47.259 --> 00:25:47.980
 turn to verse

00:25:47.980 --> 00:25:49.460
 four, we see

00:25:49.460 --> 00:25:51.099
 that if anyone

00:25:51.099 --> 00:25:52.119
 had grown

00:25:52.119 --> 00:25:52.959
 to base

00:25:52.959 --> 00:25:54.479
 their joy or

00:25:54.479 --> 00:25:55.179
 their confidence

00:25:55.179 --> 00:25:55.919
 in their own

00:25:55.919 --> 00:25:57.259
 works, it

00:25:57.259 --> 00:25:57.779
 was Paul.

00:25:58.939 --> 00:25:59.699
 Verse four

00:25:59.699 --> 00:26:00.119
 to six.

00:26:02.739 --> 00:26:03.459
 Though I

00:26:03.459 --> 00:26:04.079
 myself have

00:26:04.079 --> 00:26:04.579
 reasons for

00:26:04.579 --> 00:26:05.359
 such confidence,

00:26:06.119 --> 00:26:07.299
 if someone

00:26:07.299 --> 00:26:08.019
 else thinks

00:26:08.019 --> 00:26:08.899
 they have

00:26:08.899 --> 00:26:09.419
 reasons to

00:26:09.419 --> 00:26:10.019
 put confidence

00:26:10.019 --> 00:26:10.579
 in the flesh,

00:26:10.759 --> 00:26:11.419
 I have more.

00:26:13.059 --> 00:26:13.779
 Circumcised on

00:26:13.779 --> 00:26:14.500
 the eighth day

00:26:14.500 --> 00:26:16.139
 of the people

00:26:16.139 --> 00:26:16.679
 of Israel,

00:26:17.419 --> 00:26:18.339
 of the tribe

00:26:18.339 --> 00:26:18.899
 of Benjamin,

00:26:19.919 --> 00:26:20.419
 a Hebrew

00:26:20.420 --> 00:26:21.120
 of Hebrews,

00:26:21.720 --> 00:26:22.400
 in regard

00:26:22.400 --> 00:26:22.980
 to the law,

00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:23.820
 a Pharisee,

00:26:24.420 --> 00:26:25.240
 as for zeal,

00:26:25.640 --> 00:26:26.300
 persecuting the

00:26:26.300 --> 00:26:27.860
 church, as for

00:26:27.860 --> 00:26:28.680
 righteousness based

00:26:28.680 --> 00:26:29.200
 on the law,

00:26:30.100 --> 00:26:30.759
 faultless.

00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:33.800
 Paul didn't

00:26:33.800 --> 00:26:34.920
 just dismiss

00:26:34.920 --> 00:26:35.720
 these Judaizers

00:26:35.720 --> 00:26:36.380
 out of hand.

00:26:36.880 --> 00:26:37.600
 On their own

00:26:37.600 --> 00:26:38.880
 terms, he

00:26:38.880 --> 00:26:39.560
 excelled them

00:26:39.560 --> 00:26:39.840
 all.

00:26:41.200 --> 00:26:42.259
 Again, he is

00:26:42.259 --> 00:26:43.060
 anticipating that

00:26:43.060 --> 00:26:43.560
 these false

00:26:43.560 --> 00:26:44.400
 teachers would

00:26:44.400 --> 00:26:45.380
 sweep into the

00:26:45.380 --> 00:26:46.240
 sanctuary with

00:26:46.240 --> 00:26:46.680
 their heads

00:26:46.680 --> 00:26:48.180
 high, regaling

00:26:48.180 --> 00:26:49.440
 these wide-eyed

00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:50.000
 and innocent

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:51.160
 believers with

00:26:51.160 --> 00:26:51.759
 their impressive

00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:52.460
 knowledge of

00:26:52.460 --> 00:26:53.120
 old covenant

00:26:53.120 --> 00:26:54.100
 laws and

00:26:54.100 --> 00:26:54.680
 requirements.

00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:57.019
 They would

00:26:57.019 --> 00:26:57.480
 have them

00:26:57.480 --> 00:26:58.279
 bound up with

00:26:58.279 --> 00:26:59.200
 their laws and

00:26:59.200 --> 00:26:59.840
 their loopholes

00:26:59.840 --> 00:27:01.160
 in minutes flat,

00:27:01.600 --> 00:27:02.279
 and Paul knows

00:27:02.279 --> 00:27:02.440
 it.

00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:04.060
 And he sets

00:27:04.060 --> 00:27:04.580
 out to pop

00:27:04.580 --> 00:27:05.080
 their bubbles

00:27:05.080 --> 00:27:05.980
 with a list of

00:27:05.980 --> 00:27:06.900
 achievements that

00:27:06.900 --> 00:27:07.840
 none of these

00:27:07.840 --> 00:27:08.940
 wolves could touch.

00:27:09.759 --> 00:27:10.700
 This is not

00:27:10.700 --> 00:27:11.440
 ego.

00:27:12.440 --> 00:27:13.019
 This is

00:27:13.019 --> 00:27:13.539
 argument,

00:27:13.940 --> 00:27:15.019
 because it is

00:27:15.019 --> 00:27:16.160
 crucial that he

00:27:16.160 --> 00:27:16.840
 pulls the rug

00:27:16.839 --> 00:27:17.559
 out from under

00:27:17.559 --> 00:27:18.259
 these deceivers.

00:27:20.379 --> 00:27:21.379
 Paul had

00:27:21.379 --> 00:27:22.339
 every one of

00:27:22.339 --> 00:27:22.879
 the qualities

00:27:22.879 --> 00:27:23.679
 required by the

00:27:23.679 --> 00:27:24.859
 Judaizers, and

00:27:24.859 --> 00:27:25.220
 more.

00:27:25.839 --> 00:27:26.919
 He was circumcised

00:27:26.919 --> 00:27:27.519
 on the eighth

00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:28.799
 day according to

00:27:28.799 --> 00:27:29.559
 the letter of

00:27:29.559 --> 00:27:30.679
 the law, not

00:27:30.679 --> 00:27:31.480
 later as an

00:27:31.480 --> 00:27:32.119
 adult convert.

00:27:33.199 --> 00:27:34.279
 He was of the

00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:35.139
 people of Israel,

00:27:35.399 --> 00:27:36.559
 or a true Jew

00:27:36.559 --> 00:27:38.339
 racially and able

00:27:38.339 --> 00:27:39.179
 to verify his

00:27:39.179 --> 00:27:40.459
 lineage, speaking

00:27:40.459 --> 00:27:41.399
 of which, the

00:27:41.399 --> 00:27:42.220
 tribe of Benjamin,

00:27:42.619 --> 00:27:43.299
 who along with

00:27:43.299 --> 00:27:44.220
 Judah were of

00:27:44.220 --> 00:27:45.220
 Jewish royalty and

00:27:45.220 --> 00:27:46.220
 very prominent.

00:27:46.839 --> 00:27:47.599
 And the very

00:27:47.599 --> 00:27:48.339
 fact that he

00:27:48.339 --> 00:27:48.859
 knew his tribe

00:27:48.859 --> 00:27:49.759
 at all showed

00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:50.500
 that he also

00:27:50.500 --> 00:27:51.279
 knew there had

00:27:51.279 --> 00:27:52.299
 been no mixed

00:27:52.299 --> 00:27:53.199
 marriages in his

00:27:53.199 --> 00:27:54.480
 ancestry, because

00:27:54.480 --> 00:27:55.240
 all the tribal

00:27:55.240 --> 00:27:55.959
 records had been

00:27:55.959 --> 00:27:56.980
 destroyed during

00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:57.759
 the Babylonian

00:27:57.759 --> 00:27:58.159
 invasion.

00:27:59.919 --> 00:28:00.959
 He was a

00:28:00.959 --> 00:28:01.899
 Hebrew of

00:28:01.899 --> 00:28:02.339
 Hebrews.

00:28:03.059 --> 00:28:03.399
 He had

00:28:03.399 --> 00:28:04.539
 inherited and

00:28:04.539 --> 00:28:05.079
 had been

00:28:05.079 --> 00:28:06.259
 maintaining the

00:28:06.259 --> 00:28:07.500
 tradition, the

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:08.619
 language, and the

00:28:08.619 --> 00:28:09.980
 culture of his

00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:11.619
 people wholeheartedly.

00:28:12.599 --> 00:28:13.259
 He was a

00:28:13.259 --> 00:28:14.619
 Pharisee, a

00:28:14.619 --> 00:28:15.299
 member of a

00:28:15.299 --> 00:28:16.180
 sect that had

00:28:16.180 --> 00:28:17.079
 the aim of

00:28:17.079 --> 00:28:17.779
 drawing the

00:28:17.779 --> 00:28:18.500
 Jewish people

00:28:18.500 --> 00:28:19.359
 back to a

00:28:19.359 --> 00:28:20.359
 proper observance

00:28:20.359 --> 00:28:21.279
 of the law of

00:28:21.279 --> 00:28:21.539
 God.

00:28:22.220 --> 00:28:22.899
 Now, initially,

00:28:23.460 --> 00:28:24.339
 this movement was

00:28:24.339 --> 00:28:25.940
 sincere, but by

00:28:25.940 --> 00:28:27.240
 Jesus' time, had

00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:28.059
 become mostly

00:28:28.059 --> 00:28:29.259
 legalistic and

00:28:29.259 --> 00:28:29.619
 crushing.

00:28:30.639 --> 00:28:31.980
 However, even

00:28:31.980 --> 00:28:33.319
 still, Paul was

00:28:33.319 --> 00:28:34.440
 not merely a

00:28:34.440 --> 00:28:34.899
 Pharisee.

00:28:35.519 --> 00:28:35.960
 He was not

00:28:35.960 --> 00:28:36.919
 merely just making

00:28:36.919 --> 00:28:37.519
 up the numbers.

00:28:38.639 --> 00:28:39.399
 Prior to his

00:28:39.399 --> 00:28:40.639
 conversion, he had

00:28:40.639 --> 00:28:41.720
 been a zealot to

00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:42.639
 the point of

00:28:42.639 --> 00:28:43.559
 persecuting the

00:28:43.559 --> 00:28:43.899
 church.

00:28:44.700 --> 00:28:45.799
 He saw it as

00:28:45.799 --> 00:28:47.019
 his duty to

00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:47.700
 crush this

00:28:47.700 --> 00:28:49.079
 cult, these

00:28:49.079 --> 00:28:50.119
 followers of

00:28:50.119 --> 00:28:50.740
 the Nazarene

00:28:50.740 --> 00:28:51.339
 blasphemer,

00:28:52.119 --> 00:28:52.399
 Jesus.

00:28:54.679 --> 00:28:56.159
 Lastly, he

00:28:56.159 --> 00:28:57.399
 was blameless

00:28:57.399 --> 00:28:58.220
 before the

00:28:58.220 --> 00:28:58.419
 law.

00:28:58.879 --> 00:29:00.379
 Now, Paul is

00:29:00.379 --> 00:29:01.179
 not claiming to

00:29:01.179 --> 00:29:03.179
 be sinless, but

00:29:03.179 --> 00:29:04.460
 he is saying that

00:29:04.460 --> 00:29:05.319
 his obedience to

00:29:05.319 --> 00:29:06.240
 the law was

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:07.200
 wholehearted and

00:29:07.200 --> 00:29:08.259
 it was sincere.

00:29:09.099 --> 00:29:09.960
 Insofar as

00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:10.919
 anybody could

00:29:10.919 --> 00:29:11.679
 obey the law,

00:29:11.919 --> 00:29:12.579
 he did.

00:29:12.579 --> 00:29:13.879
 And not only

00:29:13.879 --> 00:29:14.899
 that, he did

00:29:14.899 --> 00:29:15.960
 it better than

00:29:15.960 --> 00:29:16.319
 anyone.

00:29:18.019 --> 00:29:19.240
 This is where

00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:20.500
 Paul left these

00:29:20.500 --> 00:29:21.859
 teachers in the

00:29:21.859 --> 00:29:22.199
 dust.

00:29:23.399 --> 00:29:24.599
 He had outworked

00:29:24.599 --> 00:29:25.500
 and outstriven

00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:26.259
 them all.

00:29:27.119 --> 00:29:27.740
 But he is not

00:29:27.740 --> 00:29:28.059
 finished.

00:29:28.319 --> 00:29:28.879
 This is where he

00:29:28.879 --> 00:29:29.779
 turns their false

00:29:29.779 --> 00:29:30.799
 gospel upside

00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:32.099
 down and pulls

00:29:32.099 --> 00:29:33.220
 it inside out.

00:29:34.220 --> 00:29:35.199
 Verses 7 to

00:29:35.199 --> 00:29:35.419
 9.

00:29:35.420 --> 00:29:39.320
 But whatever

00:29:39.320 --> 00:29:39.920
 was to my

00:29:39.920 --> 00:29:41.580
 prophet, I

00:29:41.580 --> 00:29:42.120
 now consider

00:29:42.120 --> 00:29:43.340
 loss for the

00:29:43.340 --> 00:29:43.700
 sake of

00:29:43.700 --> 00:29:44.019
 Christ.

00:29:45.420 --> 00:29:45.980
 What is

00:29:45.980 --> 00:29:46.640
 more, I

00:29:46.640 --> 00:29:47.580
 consider everything

00:29:47.580 --> 00:29:48.519
 a loss compared

00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:49.600
 to the surpassing

00:29:49.600 --> 00:29:50.860
 greatness of

00:29:50.860 --> 00:29:51.560
 knowing Christ

00:29:51.560 --> 00:29:52.460
 Jesus, my

00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:53.840
 Lord, for

00:29:53.840 --> 00:29:54.820
 whose sake I

00:29:54.820 --> 00:29:55.980
 have lost all

00:29:55.980 --> 00:29:56.360
 things.

00:29:57.360 --> 00:29:58.480
 I consider them

00:29:58.480 --> 00:30:00.120
 rubbish that I

00:30:00.120 --> 00:30:01.060
 may gain Christ

00:30:01.060 --> 00:30:02.320
 and be found in

00:30:02.320 --> 00:30:04.440
 him, not having a

00:30:04.440 --> 00:30:06.980
 righteousness of

00:30:06.980 --> 00:30:07.740
 my own that

00:30:07.740 --> 00:30:08.299
 comes from the

00:30:08.299 --> 00:30:09.320
 law, but that

00:30:09.320 --> 00:30:10.120
 which is through

00:30:10.120 --> 00:30:11.680
 faith in Christ.

00:30:12.640 --> 00:30:13.320
 The righteousness

00:30:13.320 --> 00:30:14.380
 that comes from

00:30:14.380 --> 00:30:16.340
 God and is by

00:30:16.340 --> 00:30:16.759
 faith.

00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:21.400
 All these gains

00:30:21.400 --> 00:30:22.779
 he had.

00:30:24.100 --> 00:30:24.900
 All these

00:30:24.900 --> 00:30:25.360
 achievements.

00:30:26.740 --> 00:30:27.900
 All those years

00:30:27.900 --> 00:30:28.519
 of striving.

00:30:30.220 --> 00:30:31.440
 Years of dogged

00:30:31.440 --> 00:30:32.039
 obedience.

00:30:32.039 --> 00:30:34.059
 years of

00:30:34.059 --> 00:30:34.839
 theological

00:30:34.839 --> 00:30:35.500
 accomplishments.

00:30:37.079 --> 00:30:37.879
 Years of

00:30:37.879 --> 00:30:38.700
 memorizing

00:30:38.700 --> 00:30:39.139
 scripture.

00:30:40.980 --> 00:30:41.859
 Years of his

00:30:41.859 --> 00:30:43.139
 cultural reverence

00:30:43.139 --> 00:30:43.720
 and deference.

00:30:44.139 --> 00:30:44.700
 All of it

00:30:44.700 --> 00:30:45.579
 was worth

00:30:45.579 --> 00:30:46.500
 nothing.

00:30:48.639 --> 00:30:49.420
 Paul says

00:30:49.420 --> 00:30:50.460
 that he

00:30:50.460 --> 00:30:51.299
 considers it

00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:52.259
 all garbage.

00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:53.700
 And he's not

00:30:53.700 --> 00:30:54.619
 merely saying that

00:30:54.619 --> 00:30:55.119
 these things are

00:30:55.119 --> 00:30:55.680
 disposable.

00:30:56.680 --> 00:30:57.500
 But much

00:30:57.500 --> 00:30:58.299
 worse than that,

00:30:58.940 --> 00:30:59.200
 they are

00:30:59.200 --> 00:30:59.859
 repulsive.

00:30:59.859 --> 00:31:02.199
 repulsive as

00:31:02.199 --> 00:31:02.740
 excrement.

00:31:04.500 --> 00:31:05.839
 The word

00:31:05.839 --> 00:31:06.539
 Paul uses,

00:31:06.899 --> 00:31:07.500
 skubalon in

00:31:07.500 --> 00:31:07.839
 the Greek,

00:31:08.139 --> 00:31:08.839
 is a startling

00:31:08.839 --> 00:31:09.159
 image.

00:31:09.459 --> 00:31:10.359
 It does mean

00:31:10.359 --> 00:31:11.399
 excrement and

00:31:11.399 --> 00:31:11.779
 there is no

00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:12.299
 getting around

00:31:12.299 --> 00:31:12.619
 that.

00:31:14.079 --> 00:31:15.079
 Paul is saying,

00:31:16.179 --> 00:31:16.759
 and I'm not

00:31:16.759 --> 00:31:17.119
 going any

00:31:17.119 --> 00:31:17.719
 further than he

00:31:17.719 --> 00:31:18.119
 is here,

00:31:18.839 --> 00:31:19.659
 that if you

00:31:19.659 --> 00:31:20.939
 Philippians strive

00:31:20.939 --> 00:31:21.799
 to please God

00:31:21.799 --> 00:31:22.759
 in your own

00:31:22.759 --> 00:31:23.139
 strength,

00:31:23.479 --> 00:31:24.159
 according to

00:31:24.159 --> 00:31:24.899
 these Judaizers

00:31:24.899 --> 00:31:25.319
 teaching,

00:31:25.899 --> 00:31:27.059
 if you try and

00:31:27.059 --> 00:31:28.079
 please God with

00:31:28.079 --> 00:31:28.419
 your own

00:31:28.420 --> 00:31:29.019
 accomplishments,

00:31:30.039 --> 00:31:30.600
 if you grasp

00:31:30.600 --> 00:31:31.080
 onto your

00:31:31.080 --> 00:31:31.720
 own morality,

00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:32.640
 your own

00:31:32.640 --> 00:31:33.120
 achievements,

00:31:33.500 --> 00:31:34.019
 and your own

00:31:34.019 --> 00:31:35.140
 status to try

00:31:35.140 --> 00:31:35.519
 and haul

00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:36.060
 yourself up

00:31:36.060 --> 00:31:36.500
 that sheer

00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:36.840
 cliff,

00:31:37.340 --> 00:31:38.279
 you will find

00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:39.160
 to your

00:31:39.160 --> 00:31:40.600
 horror that

00:31:40.600 --> 00:31:40.900
 you'll have

00:31:40.900 --> 00:31:41.440
 grasped hold

00:31:41.440 --> 00:31:41.980
 of something

00:31:41.980 --> 00:31:43.200
 rather unpleasant.

00:31:44.920 --> 00:31:45.800
 That disgust,

00:31:46.700 --> 00:31:47.720
 that revulsion,

00:31:48.519 --> 00:31:49.259
 that is what

00:31:49.259 --> 00:31:50.060
 Paul is

00:31:50.060 --> 00:31:50.600
 alluding to.

00:31:51.940 --> 00:31:52.620
 And that

00:31:52.620 --> 00:31:53.080
 disgust,

00:31:53.560 --> 00:31:54.200
 that dismay,

00:31:54.340 --> 00:31:54.680
 and even

00:31:54.680 --> 00:31:55.100
 horror,

00:31:55.880 --> 00:31:56.360
 is the

00:31:56.360 --> 00:31:57.240
 proper response

00:31:57.240 --> 00:31:57.720
 to religious

00:31:57.720 --> 00:31:58.299
 attempts to

00:31:58.299 --> 00:31:58.839
 please God.

00:32:00.359 --> 00:32:01.240
 Not because

00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:01.940
 God is in

00:32:01.940 --> 00:32:02.259
 heaven,

00:32:03.420 --> 00:32:04.299
 lying on a

00:32:04.299 --> 00:32:05.180
 futon somewhere,

00:32:05.460 --> 00:32:05.920
 kind of like

00:32:05.920 --> 00:32:06.480
 mulling over

00:32:06.480 --> 00:32:07.039
 what a great

00:32:07.039 --> 00:32:07.640
 legalist he

00:32:07.640 --> 00:32:08.019
 isn't,

00:32:09.019 --> 00:32:10.339
 but because

00:32:10.339 --> 00:32:11.180
 God actually

00:32:11.180 --> 00:32:12.599
 is perfectly

00:32:12.599 --> 00:32:13.359
 holy.

00:32:14.740 --> 00:32:15.420
 He is

00:32:15.420 --> 00:32:16.339
 perfectly good,

00:32:17.299 --> 00:32:18.079
 and perfectly

00:32:18.079 --> 00:32:18.539
 righteous,

00:32:19.160 --> 00:32:19.859
 and pure.

00:32:21.160 --> 00:32:22.420
 He detests

00:32:22.420 --> 00:32:23.200
 sin.

00:32:23.200 --> 00:32:25.680
 He is

00:32:25.680 --> 00:32:26.160
 totally

00:32:26.160 --> 00:32:27.360
 unlike us.

00:32:28.680 --> 00:32:29.360
 Let's take

00:32:29.360 --> 00:32:29.640
 a look at

00:32:29.640 --> 00:32:30.000
 Isaiah,

00:32:30.860 --> 00:32:31.279
 who was

00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:31.620
 another

00:32:31.620 --> 00:32:32.120
 religious

00:32:32.120 --> 00:32:32.620
 athlete,

00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:33.120
 by the way.

00:32:34.059 --> 00:32:34.720
 When he

00:32:34.720 --> 00:32:35.400
 was confronted

00:32:35.400 --> 00:32:35.779
 with the

00:32:35.779 --> 00:32:36.480
 divine vision

00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:37.380
 in chapter

00:32:37.380 --> 00:32:38.000
 six of his

00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:38.220
 book,

00:32:39.160 --> 00:32:39.799
 what was

00:32:39.799 --> 00:32:40.440
 his response?

00:32:41.559 --> 00:32:42.279
 Let's turn

00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:42.440
 there,

00:32:42.539 --> 00:32:42.720
 actually,

00:32:43.299 --> 00:32:44.039
 to Isaiah

00:32:44.039 --> 00:32:44.740
 chapter six,

00:32:45.059 --> 00:32:45.340
 and we'll

00:32:45.340 --> 00:32:45.900
 go through

00:32:45.900 --> 00:32:46.360
 it together,

00:32:47.000 --> 00:32:47.660
 Isaiah six.

00:32:49.140 --> 00:32:49.880
 And that

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 is page

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 690 in

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 the church

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 Bible,

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 Isaiah

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 six.

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 Sorry,

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 my lectern is

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 coming down

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 here.

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 All right.

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 Isaiah

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 chapter six,

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 690 in

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 the Bible.

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 In the

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 year that

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 King Uzziah

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 died,

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 I saw

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 the Lord

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 seated on

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 a throne,

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 high and

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 exalted,

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 and a

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 train of

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 his robe

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 filled the

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 temple.

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 Above him

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 were seraphs,

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 each with

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 six wings,

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 which with

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 two wings

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 they covered

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 their faces,

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 with two

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 they covered

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 their feet,

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 and with two

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 they were

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 flying,

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 and they

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 were calling

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 to one

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 another,

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 holy,

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 holy,

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 holy,

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 is the

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 Lord

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 Almighty.

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 The

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 whole

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 earth

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 is full

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 of his

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 glory,

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 and at

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 the sound

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 of their

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 voices,

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 the doorposts

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 and thresholds

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 shook,

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 and the

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 temple was

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 filled with

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 smoke.

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 Woe to

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 me,

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 I cried,

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 I am

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 ruined,

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 for I am

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 a man of

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 unclean lips,

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 and live

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 among a

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 people of

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 unclean lips,

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 and my

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 eyes have

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 seen the

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 King,

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 the Lord

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 Almighty.

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 Then one

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 of the

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 seraphs flew

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 to me,

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 with a

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 live call

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 in his

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 hand,

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 which he

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 had taken

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 with tongues

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 from the

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 altar.

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 With it,

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 he touched

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 my mouth,

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 and said,

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 See,

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 this has

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 touched

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 your lips,

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 your guilt

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 is taken

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 away,

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 and your

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 sin

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 atoned

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 for.

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 Isaiah,

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 who was a

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 devout Jew,

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 and a true

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 believer,

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 believer,

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 when confronted

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 with the

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 sight of

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 God,

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 was

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 horrified,

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 terrified.

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 What did

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 he say?

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 Woe to

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 me.

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 He thought

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 he was

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 lost for

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 all eternity.

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 Suddenly,

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 and instantly,

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 he was

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 excruciatingly

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 aware of

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 his sin,

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 in a way

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 he had

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 never been

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 before.

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 His sin

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 was now

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 naked and

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 exposed.

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 It was

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 writhing and

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 shrieking in

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 the unbearable

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 light of

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 God's throne

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 room.

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 But then,

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 a curious

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 thing happens.

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 One of the

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 seraphim

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 picked up

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 a live

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 coal with

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 a pair

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 of tongues,

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 pressed it

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 to Isaiah's

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 tainted

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 lips,

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 and said,

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 see,

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 this has

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 touched

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 your lips,

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 your guilt

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 is taken

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 away,

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 and your

00:35:42.220 --> 00:35:42.579
 sin

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 atoned

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 for.

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 Like

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 Paul,

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 Isaiah

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 had his

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 gospel

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 moment.

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 He

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 realized

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 that he

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 did not

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 have a

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 righteousness

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 of his

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 own that

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 comes from

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 the law,

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 but that

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 which comes

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 from God

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 on the

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 basis of

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 faith.

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 Faith

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 in Christ's

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 atoning

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 sacrifice

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 as sufficient

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 to cover

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 his sin

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 and objective

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 guilt

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 before God.

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 That's how

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 he could

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 count

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 everything

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 else,

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 everything

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 else,

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 as loss.

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 let's go

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 back to

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 our text

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 in

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 Philippians

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 3,

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 and we'll

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 go to

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 verses

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 10 and

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 11.

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 I want

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 to know

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 Christ

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 and the

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 power of

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 his

00:36:44.519 --> 00:36:45.039
 resurrection

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 and the

00:36:47.119 --> 00:36:47.460
 fellowship

00:36:47.460 --> 00:36:48.660
 of sharing

00:36:48.660 --> 00:36:48.960
 in his

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 sufferings,

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 becoming

00:36:51.099 --> 00:36:51.579
 like him

00:36:51.579 --> 00:36:51.840
 in his

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 death,

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 and so

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 somehow

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 to

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 attain

00:36:57.179 --> 00:36:57.920
 to the

00:36:57.920 --> 00:36:58.319
 resurrection

00:36:58.319 --> 00:36:59.299
 of the

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 dead.

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 Still,

00:37:04.239 --> 00:37:05.319
 as we

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 come to

00:37:05.619 --> 00:37:05.960
 the end

00:37:05.960 --> 00:37:06.279
 of the

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 passage

00:37:06.559 --> 00:37:07.119
 for today,

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 what does

00:37:08.940 --> 00:37:09.319
 that mean

00:37:09.319 --> 00:37:09.739
 for us?

00:37:11.440 --> 00:37:12.219
 How do we

00:37:12.219 --> 00:37:12.839
 apply this?

00:37:14.839 --> 00:37:15.559
 It's all

00:37:15.559 --> 00:37:16.059
 very well

00:37:16.059 --> 00:37:16.659
 saying that

00:37:16.659 --> 00:37:17.059
 we should

00:37:17.059 --> 00:37:17.839
 consider our

00:37:17.839 --> 00:37:18.480
 status and

00:37:18.480 --> 00:37:18.880
 achievements

00:37:18.880 --> 00:37:19.259
 rubbish,

00:37:19.619 --> 00:37:20.259
 but how does

00:37:20.259 --> 00:37:20.860
 that lead

00:37:20.860 --> 00:37:21.400
 to knowing

00:37:21.400 --> 00:37:25.980
 the power

00:37:25.980 --> 00:37:26.220
 of his

00:37:26.220 --> 00:37:26.619
 resurrection?

00:37:28.480 --> 00:37:29.280
 It means

00:37:29.280 --> 00:37:29.619
 this,

00:37:31.260 --> 00:37:31.880
 Philippi

00:37:31.880 --> 00:37:33.000
 was an

00:37:33.000 --> 00:37:33.340
 obedient

00:37:33.340 --> 00:37:33.840
 church,

00:37:35.019 --> 00:37:35.680
 and Philippi

00:37:35.680 --> 00:37:36.400
 was a

00:37:36.400 --> 00:37:36.700
 suffering

00:37:36.700 --> 00:37:37.119
 church.

00:37:38.639 --> 00:37:39.920
 Paul was

00:37:39.920 --> 00:37:40.360
 an obedient

00:37:40.360 --> 00:37:40.800
 servant,

00:37:41.800 --> 00:37:42.300
 and Paul

00:37:42.300 --> 00:37:42.960
 was a

00:37:42.960 --> 00:37:43.260
 suffering

00:37:43.260 --> 00:37:43.740
 servant.

00:37:44.860 --> 00:37:44.960
 And

00:37:44.960 --> 00:37:45.700
 obedience to

00:37:45.700 --> 00:37:46.059
 Christ,

00:37:46.980 --> 00:37:47.539
 following

00:37:47.539 --> 00:37:48.240
 Christ,

00:37:48.760 --> 00:37:49.420
 means that

00:37:49.420 --> 00:37:50.019
 we too

00:37:50.019 --> 00:37:51.139
 will suffer

00:37:51.139 --> 00:37:51.880
 for him.

00:37:52.840 --> 00:37:53.460
 Paul had

00:37:53.460 --> 00:37:54.039
 only just

00:37:54.039 --> 00:37:54.679
 said earlier

00:37:54.679 --> 00:37:56.360
 in chapter

00:37:56.360 --> 00:37:56.619
 1,

00:37:56.679 --> 00:37:57.360
 verse 29,

00:37:57.800 --> 00:37:58.199
 for it

00:37:58.199 --> 00:37:58.599
 has been

00:37:58.599 --> 00:37:59.019
 granted

00:37:59.019 --> 00:37:59.800
 to you

00:37:59.800 --> 00:38:00.619
 on behalf

00:38:00.619 --> 00:38:01.159
 of Christ

00:38:01.159 --> 00:38:02.019
 not only

00:38:02.019 --> 00:38:02.559
 to believe

00:38:02.559 --> 00:38:03.039
 in him,

00:38:03.679 --> 00:38:04.259
 but also

00:38:04.259 --> 00:38:05.119
 to suffer

00:38:05.119 --> 00:38:05.599
 for him.

00:38:07.840 --> 00:38:08.880
 Paul wants

00:38:08.880 --> 00:38:09.679
 his beloved

00:38:09.679 --> 00:38:10.619
 brothers and

00:38:10.619 --> 00:38:11.199
 sisters in

00:38:11.199 --> 00:38:12.119
 Philippi to

00:38:12.119 --> 00:38:13.039
 prepare for

00:38:13.039 --> 00:38:13.780
 the inevitable

00:38:13.780 --> 00:38:14.940
 continuation of

00:38:14.940 --> 00:38:15.519
 their suffering

00:38:15.519 --> 00:38:16.500
 by turning

00:38:16.500 --> 00:38:17.179
 worldly

00:38:17.179 --> 00:38:17.759
 values

00:38:17.759 --> 00:38:18.920
 upside down.

00:38:20.019 --> 00:38:21.300
 what does

00:38:21.300 --> 00:38:21.820
 he say to

00:38:21.820 --> 00:38:22.460
 them and

00:38:22.460 --> 00:38:22.980
 to us

00:38:22.980 --> 00:38:24.179
 in our

00:38:24.179 --> 00:38:24.739
 text today?

00:38:26.380 --> 00:38:27.059
 Rejoice.

00:38:27.920 --> 00:38:28.300
 Draw your

00:38:28.300 --> 00:38:29.059
 comfort from

00:38:29.059 --> 00:38:30.000
 the promises

00:38:30.000 --> 00:38:30.639
 of God.

00:38:31.539 --> 00:38:32.159
 This will

00:38:32.159 --> 00:38:32.780
 keep you

00:38:32.780 --> 00:38:33.320
 from the

00:38:33.320 --> 00:38:34.000
 temptations

00:38:34.000 --> 00:38:34.579
 of a

00:38:34.579 --> 00:38:34.860
 worldly

00:38:34.860 --> 00:38:35.360
 mindset.

00:38:36.300 --> 00:38:36.900
 Speaking of

00:38:36.900 --> 00:38:37.079
 which,

00:38:37.420 --> 00:38:38.119
 set aside

00:38:38.119 --> 00:38:38.900
 worldly

00:38:38.900 --> 00:38:39.559
 religious

00:38:39.559 --> 00:38:40.059
 attempts

00:38:40.059 --> 00:38:40.679
 to please

00:38:40.679 --> 00:38:41.059
 God

00:38:41.059 --> 00:38:41.960
 with works

00:38:41.960 --> 00:38:42.920
 or rituals

00:38:42.920 --> 00:38:43.759
 or supposed

00:38:43.759 --> 00:38:44.420
 spiritual

00:38:44.420 --> 00:38:44.940
 feats.

00:38:45.940 --> 00:38:46.800
 It is

00:38:46.800 --> 00:38:47.300
 futile

00:38:47.300 --> 00:38:48.099
 and will

00:38:48.099 --> 00:38:48.699
 only foster

00:38:48.699 --> 00:38:49.299
 a competitive

00:38:49.299 --> 00:38:49.839
 spirit.

00:38:51.719 --> 00:38:52.219
 Suffering

00:38:52.219 --> 00:38:53.059
 and loss

00:38:53.059 --> 00:38:53.659
 is the

00:38:53.659 --> 00:38:54.239
 price of

00:38:54.239 --> 00:38:54.679
 obedience

00:38:54.679 --> 00:38:55.579
 in God's

00:38:55.579 --> 00:38:56.319
 upside down

00:38:56.319 --> 00:38:56.899
 economy.

00:38:59.179 --> 00:39:00.319
 We draw

00:39:00.319 --> 00:39:00.939
 our strength

00:39:00.939 --> 00:39:01.599
 and our

00:39:01.599 --> 00:39:02.059
 confidence

00:39:02.059 --> 00:39:02.839
 from the

00:39:02.839 --> 00:39:03.219
 certain

00:39:03.219 --> 00:39:03.739
 promises

00:39:03.739 --> 00:39:04.559
 of our

00:39:04.559 --> 00:39:05.460
 all-powerful

00:39:05.460 --> 00:39:05.779
 God.

00:39:06.799 --> 00:39:07.399
 This is

00:39:07.399 --> 00:39:07.939
 the heart

00:39:07.939 --> 00:39:08.939
 of Christian

00:39:08.939 --> 00:39:09.339
 joy.

00:39:10.779 --> 00:39:11.199
 And this

00:39:11.199 --> 00:39:11.500
 is the

00:39:11.500 --> 00:39:11.779
 heart

00:39:11.779 --> 00:39:12.879
 of Paul's

00:39:12.879 --> 00:39:13.119
 letter.

00:39:15.019 --> 00:39:15.639
 Where Christ

00:39:15.639 --> 00:39:16.519
 led the way

00:39:16.519 --> 00:39:17.199
 by setting

00:39:17.199 --> 00:39:17.880
 aside his

00:39:17.880 --> 00:39:18.199
 divine

00:39:18.199 --> 00:39:18.739
 privileges,

00:39:19.280 --> 00:39:20.000
 Paul reveals

00:39:20.000 --> 00:39:20.539
 to us

00:39:20.539 --> 00:39:21.280
 the same

00:39:21.280 --> 00:39:21.840
 process

00:39:21.840 --> 00:39:22.380
 as it

00:39:22.380 --> 00:39:22.980
 works out

00:39:22.980 --> 00:39:23.400
 in the

00:39:23.400 --> 00:39:24.099
 regenerated

00:39:24.099 --> 00:39:24.480
 mind

00:39:24.480 --> 00:39:25.000
 of the

00:39:25.000 --> 00:39:25.380
 believer

00:39:25.380 --> 00:39:26.139
 who,

00:39:26.860 --> 00:39:27.259
 upon

00:39:27.259 --> 00:39:27.940
 finding

00:39:27.940 --> 00:39:28.360
 treasure

00:39:28.360 --> 00:39:28.860
 hidden

00:39:28.860 --> 00:39:29.179
 in a

00:39:29.179 --> 00:39:29.500
 field,

00:39:30.280 --> 00:39:30.539
 sells

00:39:30.539 --> 00:39:30.940
 all that

00:39:30.940 --> 00:39:31.380
 he has

00:39:31.380 --> 00:39:32.619
 and buys

00:39:32.619 --> 00:39:33.159
 that field.

00:39:35.500 --> 00:39:36.219
 I'll

00:39:36.219 --> 00:39:36.579
 close

00:39:36.579 --> 00:39:38.000
 with this

00:39:38.000 --> 00:39:38.539
 fundamental

00:39:38.539 --> 00:39:39.119
 truth of

00:39:39.119 --> 00:39:39.380
 the New

00:39:39.380 --> 00:39:39.739
 Testament.

00:39:41.300 --> 00:39:42.119
 Here it

00:39:42.119 --> 00:39:42.320
 is.

00:39:42.320 --> 00:39:44.160
 The more

00:39:44.160 --> 00:39:45.140
 faithful you

00:39:45.140 --> 00:39:45.620
 are to

00:39:45.620 --> 00:39:46.000
 Christ,

00:39:46.760 --> 00:39:47.900
 the more

00:39:47.900 --> 00:39:48.620
 you will

00:39:48.620 --> 00:39:49.200
 suffer for

00:39:49.200 --> 00:39:49.400
 him.

00:39:51.920 --> 00:39:53.080
 And the

00:39:53.080 --> 00:39:54.000
 deeper the

00:39:54.000 --> 00:39:54.800
 fellowship you

00:39:54.800 --> 00:39:55.220
 will have

00:39:55.220 --> 00:39:55.880
 with him.

00:39:57.120 --> 00:39:57.800
 That's

00:39:57.800 --> 00:39:58.539
 knowing

00:39:58.539 --> 00:39:59.200
 Christ,

00:39:59.920 --> 00:40:00.700
 not merely

00:40:00.700 --> 00:40:01.360
 knowing about

00:40:01.360 --> 00:40:01.580
 him.

00:40:03.200 --> 00:40:04.039
 What deeper

00:40:04.039 --> 00:40:05.200
 fellowship could

00:40:05.200 --> 00:40:05.840
 we have with

00:40:05.840 --> 00:40:06.740
 Christ than

00:40:06.740 --> 00:40:07.340
 to lay our

00:40:07.340 --> 00:40:08.000
 lives down

00:40:08.000 --> 00:40:08.860
 for the same

00:40:08.860 --> 00:40:09.880
 cause that

00:40:09.880 --> 00:40:10.280
 he did?

00:40:10.280 --> 00:40:12.340
 to reach

00:40:12.340 --> 00:40:12.920
 a lost

00:40:12.920 --> 00:40:13.440
 world,

00:40:14.220 --> 00:40:15.360
 to minister

00:40:15.360 --> 00:40:16.100
 to his

00:40:16.100 --> 00:40:16.980
 beloved and

00:40:16.980 --> 00:40:17.380
 suffering

00:40:17.380 --> 00:40:17.860
 church.

00:40:19.540 --> 00:40:20.260
 Back in

00:40:20.260 --> 00:40:20.720
 verse 8,

00:40:21.080 --> 00:40:21.540
 when Paul

00:40:21.540 --> 00:40:22.280
 says that

00:40:22.280 --> 00:40:22.700
 he counts

00:40:22.700 --> 00:40:23.740
 everything as

00:40:23.740 --> 00:40:24.019
 lost,

00:40:24.080 --> 00:40:24.300
 that he

00:40:24.300 --> 00:40:24.780
 might gain

00:40:24.780 --> 00:40:25.120
 Christ,

00:40:25.280 --> 00:40:25.700
 he is

00:40:25.700 --> 00:40:26.019
 using

00:40:26.019 --> 00:40:26.519
 accounting

00:40:26.519 --> 00:40:27.260
 terminology.

00:40:28.140 --> 00:40:28.640
 We could

00:40:28.640 --> 00:40:29.620
 say that

00:40:29.620 --> 00:40:30.000
 those of

00:40:30.000 --> 00:40:30.420
 these losses

00:40:30.420 --> 00:40:31.400
 are nothing

00:40:31.400 --> 00:40:32.400
 by comparison

00:40:32.400 --> 00:40:33.080
 to the

00:40:33.080 --> 00:40:33.560
 kingdom of

00:40:33.560 --> 00:40:33.820
 heaven.

00:40:34.220 --> 00:40:34.560
 We

00:40:34.560 --> 00:40:34.880
 shouldn't

00:40:34.880 --> 00:40:35.100
 over

00:40:35.100 --> 00:40:35.820
 spiritualize

00:40:35.820 --> 00:40:36.060
 this.

00:40:36.920 --> 00:40:37.300
 They are

00:40:37.300 --> 00:40:38.100
 still tangible.

00:40:39.360 --> 00:40:39.600
 These

00:40:39.599 --> 00:40:40.199
 losses will

00:40:40.199 --> 00:40:40.779
 cost you

00:40:40.779 --> 00:40:41.179
 something.

00:40:42.000 --> 00:40:42.480
 They will

00:40:42.480 --> 00:40:43.639
 hurt here

00:40:43.639 --> 00:40:44.400
 and now.

00:40:45.619 --> 00:40:46.400
 The good

00:40:46.400 --> 00:40:46.940
 news is

00:40:46.940 --> 00:40:48.360
 we don't

00:40:48.360 --> 00:40:48.719
 do this

00:40:48.719 --> 00:40:49.059
 alone.

00:40:50.960 --> 00:40:51.900
 That is

00:40:51.900 --> 00:40:52.360
 the purpose

00:40:52.360 --> 00:40:52.920
 of the

00:40:52.920 --> 00:40:53.239
 church.

00:40:55.339 --> 00:40:56.059
 And we

00:40:56.059 --> 00:40:56.460
 won't have

00:40:56.460 --> 00:40:56.920
 to do it

00:40:56.920 --> 00:40:57.460
 forever.

00:40:58.799 --> 00:40:59.579
 We will

00:40:59.579 --> 00:41:00.460
 strive for

00:41:00.460 --> 00:41:00.940
 the gospel

00:41:00.940 --> 00:41:01.619
 together.

00:41:02.779 --> 00:41:03.559
 We will

00:41:03.559 --> 00:41:03.880
 suffer

00:41:03.880 --> 00:41:04.619
 affliction

00:41:04.619 --> 00:41:05.299
 together.

00:41:06.579 --> 00:41:07.380
 We will

00:41:07.380 --> 00:41:07.699
 suffer

00:41:07.699 --> 00:41:08.599
 persecution

00:41:08.599 --> 00:41:09.219
 together.

00:41:10.319 --> 00:41:10.819
 If we

00:41:10.819 --> 00:41:11.199
 do those

00:41:11.199 --> 00:41:11.500
 things

00:41:11.500 --> 00:41:11.940
 together,

00:41:12.559 --> 00:41:13.199
 then we

00:41:13.199 --> 00:41:13.360
 will

00:41:13.360 --> 00:41:14.039
 experience

00:41:14.039 --> 00:41:14.900
 profound

00:41:14.900 --> 00:41:15.759
 and deep

00:41:15.759 --> 00:41:16.119
 fellowship

00:41:16.119 --> 00:41:17.039
 with Christ

00:41:17.039 --> 00:41:18.039
 and with

00:41:18.039 --> 00:41:18.579
 each other.

00:41:19.380 --> 00:41:20.000
 Because

00:41:20.000 --> 00:41:21.339
 nothing opens

00:41:21.339 --> 00:41:22.139
 and softens

00:41:22.139 --> 00:41:22.539
 the heart

00:41:22.539 --> 00:41:23.440
 like mutual

00:41:23.440 --> 00:41:23.920
 suffering.

00:41:26.319 --> 00:41:27.039
 Lastly,

00:41:29.199 --> 00:41:30.099
 Paul ties

00:41:30.099 --> 00:41:31.079
 knowing Christ

00:41:31.079 --> 00:41:32.159
 to participation

00:41:32.159 --> 00:41:33.179
 in his

00:41:33.179 --> 00:41:33.719
 sufferings.

00:41:33.719 --> 00:41:35.599
 participation

00:41:35.599 --> 00:41:36.379
 in his

00:41:36.379 --> 00:41:36.919
 sufferings

00:41:36.919 --> 00:41:37.839
 means that

00:41:37.839 --> 00:41:38.179
 we will

00:41:38.179 --> 00:41:39.339
 become like

00:41:39.339 --> 00:41:39.899
 him in

00:41:39.899 --> 00:41:40.439
 his death.

00:41:41.639 --> 00:41:42.679
 That could

00:41:42.679 --> 00:41:43.759
 potentially mean

00:41:43.759 --> 00:41:44.359
 martyrdom.

00:41:45.639 --> 00:41:46.439
 It will

00:41:46.439 --> 00:41:47.179
 certainly mean

00:41:47.179 --> 00:41:48.239
 honoring Christ

00:41:48.239 --> 00:41:49.159
 in the myriad

00:41:49.159 --> 00:41:49.939
 moral decisions

00:41:49.939 --> 00:41:50.480
 we make

00:41:50.480 --> 00:41:51.000
 every day.

00:41:52.359 --> 00:41:53.139
 I don't

00:41:53.139 --> 00:41:53.459
 need to

00:41:53.459 --> 00:41:53.980
 explain to

00:41:53.980 --> 00:41:55.419
 you how

00:41:55.419 --> 00:41:56.419
 this could

00:41:56.419 --> 00:41:56.919
 cost you

00:41:56.919 --> 00:41:57.879
 dearly in

00:41:57.879 --> 00:41:58.299
 our present

00:41:58.299 --> 00:41:58.659
 world.

00:41:58.659 --> 00:41:58.699
 God.

00:41:59.699 --> 00:42:00.420
 But this

00:42:00.420 --> 00:42:02.599
 is the

00:42:02.599 --> 00:42:03.519
 context for

00:42:03.519 --> 00:42:04.239
 true joy,

00:42:04.639 --> 00:42:05.359
 a confidence

00:42:05.359 --> 00:42:06.139
 and trust

00:42:06.139 --> 00:42:06.719
 in the

00:42:06.719 --> 00:42:07.420
 holy and

00:42:07.420 --> 00:42:07.779
 righteous

00:42:07.779 --> 00:42:08.279
 God

00:42:08.279 --> 00:42:09.440
 who has

00:42:09.440 --> 00:42:10.139
 been so

00:42:10.139 --> 00:42:11.099
 faithful to

00:42:11.099 --> 00:42:11.399
 us.

00:42:12.440 --> 00:42:13.319
 This is the

00:42:13.319 --> 00:42:14.000
 God who

00:42:14.000 --> 00:42:14.639
 parted the

00:42:14.639 --> 00:42:15.159
 Red Sea

00:42:15.159 --> 00:42:15.940
 and delivered

00:42:15.940 --> 00:42:16.559
 his people.

00:42:18.559 --> 00:42:20.039
 This is the

00:42:20.039 --> 00:42:20.940
 God who

00:42:20.940 --> 00:42:22.000
 comforted and

00:42:22.000 --> 00:42:22.899
 rescued a

00:42:22.899 --> 00:42:23.279
 sobbing

00:42:23.279 --> 00:42:23.699
 Hagar.

00:42:23.699 --> 00:42:23.779
 prayer.

00:42:24.980 --> 00:42:25.939
 The God

00:42:25.939 --> 00:42:26.639
 who heard

00:42:26.639 --> 00:42:27.259
 Hannah's

00:42:27.259 --> 00:42:27.559
 prayer.

00:42:29.319 --> 00:42:30.279
 The God

00:42:30.279 --> 00:42:31.359
 who afflicted

00:42:31.359 --> 00:42:32.119
 a bewildered

00:42:32.119 --> 00:42:32.500
 Job.

00:42:34.019 --> 00:42:35.000
 The God

00:42:35.000 --> 00:42:35.719
 who burned

00:42:35.719 --> 00:42:36.019
 in the

00:42:36.019 --> 00:42:36.460
 heart of

00:42:36.460 --> 00:42:37.279
 David who

00:42:37.279 --> 00:42:37.759
 would write

00:42:37.759 --> 00:42:38.339
 the sound

00:42:38.339 --> 00:42:38.639
 book of

00:42:38.639 --> 00:42:38.960
 Jesus.

00:42:40.699 --> 00:42:41.639
 The God

00:42:41.639 --> 00:42:42.480
 who terrified

00:42:42.480 --> 00:42:43.139
 Isaiah.

00:42:44.279 --> 00:42:45.000
 The God

00:42:45.000 --> 00:42:45.980
 who became

00:42:45.980 --> 00:42:46.599
 a man.

00:42:49.639 --> 00:42:50.779
 Living a

00:42:50.779 --> 00:42:51.419
 perfect life

00:42:51.419 --> 00:42:51.739
 on our

00:42:51.739 --> 00:42:52.159
 behalf.

00:42:52.159 --> 00:42:54.500
 taking on

00:42:54.500 --> 00:42:55.359
 himself the

00:42:55.359 --> 00:42:56.159
 shame and

00:42:56.159 --> 00:42:56.699
 the punishment

00:42:56.699 --> 00:42:57.639
 for our

00:42:57.639 --> 00:42:58.059
 sin.

00:42:59.739 --> 00:43:00.779
 The God

00:43:00.779 --> 00:43:01.299
 who died

00:43:01.299 --> 00:43:01.619
 in our

00:43:01.619 --> 00:43:03.559
 place and

00:43:03.559 --> 00:43:04.299
 now reigns

00:43:04.299 --> 00:43:05.139
 over us

00:43:05.139 --> 00:43:06.239
 as one

00:43:06.239 --> 00:43:06.899
 of us

00:43:06.899 --> 00:43:07.859
 and whoever

00:43:07.859 --> 00:43:08.779
 lives to

00:43:08.779 --> 00:43:09.420
 intercede

00:43:09.420 --> 00:43:10.420
 for us.

00:43:11.039 --> 00:43:11.839
 The God

00:43:11.839 --> 00:43:12.619
 who spoke

00:43:12.619 --> 00:43:13.440
 the heavens

00:43:13.440 --> 00:43:14.059
 and the

00:43:14.059 --> 00:43:14.799
 earth and

00:43:14.799 --> 00:43:15.699
 us into

00:43:15.699 --> 00:43:16.759
 existence is

00:43:16.759 --> 00:43:17.579
 with you.

00:43:18.839 --> 00:43:19.519
 Your

00:43:19.519 --> 00:43:19.980
 church,

00:43:20.299 --> 00:43:20.920
 his church

00:43:20.920 --> 00:43:21.839
 is with

00:43:21.839 --> 00:43:22.079
 you.

00:43:22.159 --> 00:43:22.940
 And by

00:43:22.940 --> 00:43:23.599
 his grace,

00:43:23.859 --> 00:43:24.339
 as we

00:43:24.339 --> 00:43:25.039
 become like

00:43:25.039 --> 00:43:25.619
 him in

00:43:25.619 --> 00:43:26.079
 dying to

00:43:26.079 --> 00:43:26.619
 ourselves,

00:43:26.899 --> 00:43:27.399
 we can

00:43:27.399 --> 00:43:27.960
 be certain

00:43:27.960 --> 00:43:29.039
 that we

00:43:29.039 --> 00:43:29.699
 will attain

00:43:29.699 --> 00:43:30.599
 that same

00:43:30.599 --> 00:43:31.259
 resurrection

00:43:31.259 --> 00:43:31.839
 from the

00:43:31.839 --> 00:43:32.480
 dead our

00:43:32.480 --> 00:43:33.139
 saviour did.

00:43:34.059 --> 00:43:34.579
 That

00:43:34.579 --> 00:43:35.339
 glorious day

00:43:35.339 --> 00:43:36.179
 when we

00:43:36.179 --> 00:43:36.619
 are called

00:43:36.619 --> 00:43:37.219
 to meet

00:43:37.219 --> 00:43:37.460
 him in

00:43:37.460 --> 00:43:37.819
 the air,

00:43:38.599 --> 00:43:39.139
 when we

00:43:39.139 --> 00:43:39.460
 will be

00:43:39.460 --> 00:43:39.920
 like him

00:43:39.920 --> 00:43:41.879
 because we

00:43:41.879 --> 00:43:42.279
 will see

00:43:42.279 --> 00:43:43.259
 him as

00:43:43.259 --> 00:43:43.879
 he is.

00:43:45.099 --> 00:43:45.619
 Amen.

00:43:45.619 --> 00:43:45.739
 Amen.

00:43:54.000 --> 00:43:54.539
 Let's

00:43:54.539 --> 00:43:54.859
 introduce

00:43:54.859 --> 00:43:55.099
 our

00:43:55.099 --> 00:43:55.380
 song.

00:43:56.519 --> 00:43:56.819
 And our

00:43:56.819 --> 00:43:57.460
 closing hymn,

00:43:57.920 --> 00:43:58.239
 I think,

00:43:58.359 --> 00:43:58.759
 is knowing