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 Please turn in your copy of God's Word to Romans, chapter 12.

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! We'll continue our journey, our march together, verse by verse, through the book of Romans.

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! And we have come now to the practical part of the text.

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 As Paul has in the first 11 chapters, given us the great doctrine of the gospel,

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 the gospel that comes by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone, forever,

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 he's turned now at the end of 11 and the beginning of 12 to help us, to show us what that now looks like in practice.

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 What are the practical implications of all of these great truths?

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 And lest we forget, he begins by saying, verse 1, verse 2,

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 that we are to, now as our reasonable service, as the obvious thing we should be doing in response to the glorious truth of the gospel,

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 we should be giving ourselves, all of us, as a living sacrifice.

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 Offering ourselves up to his service.

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 And we do that by the renewing of our mind, so that we'll be transformed, so that we'll know what is good and acceptable and perfect.

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 And I've been asserting to you that he doesn't leave that in the wind for us,

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 but that he goes on to talk about what is good and acceptable and perfect.

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 He lays out for us the model of Christian living.

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 We've talked about verse 9, about letting love be genuine.

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 Genuine love.

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 Unhypocritical love.

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 The love that is characterized by abhorring evil and holding fast to good.

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 That this is the summary.

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 This is the probably oversimplified summary of what godliness looks like.

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 What a life offered holy to god looks like is a life that expresses that reality in genuine, unhypocritical love.

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 And as we've tried to look at and kind of break down, we've got this overarching exhortation to genuine love,

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 merciful, self-sacrificial, subservient love.

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 We've tried to break down these exhortations and look at them piecemeal, as challenging as that is often,

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 as we look at the scriptures, to see that he calls us to genuinely love the saints, verses 10-13.

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 Last week we talked about genuine love to all people, generally, in verses 15 and 16.

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 And so we see the scope then of the church and the world.

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 But then he narrows it back down for us a bit to talk about the group that would be most difficult to love genuinely.

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 And that is your enemies.

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 You see this in verse 14 and then 17-21, which I recognize is a bit of an odd way to break this up.

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 I wrestled immensely on doing it this way.

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 But I think you'll see the tie-in.

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 I hope you'll see the tie-in together in just a moment.

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 So let's read together, beginning in verse 14 through the end of the chapter.

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 Bless those who persecute you.

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 Bless and do not curse them.

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 Rejoice with those who rejoice.

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 Weep with those who weep.

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 Live in harmony with one another.

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 Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly.

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 Never be wise in your own sight.

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 Repay no one evil for evil,

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 but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all.

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 If possible, so far as it depends on you,

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 live peaceably with all.

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 Beloved, never avenge yourselves,

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 but leave it to the wrath of God.

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 For it is written,

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 Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.

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 To the contrary, if your enemy is hungry, feed him.

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 If he is thirsty, give him something to drink.

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 For by so doing you will heat burning coals on his head.

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 Do not be overcome by evil,

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 but overcome evil with good.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Father God, we thank you for the blessing of your word.

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 It is a grace to us.

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 Thank you also for the church,

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 the office of pastor,

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 the gift in varying levels to teach.

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 And because the realities of the gospel exist,

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 we all have,

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 those of us who have placed faith in Christ,

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 your spirit abiding within us.

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 So I pray this morning that by your spirit,

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 I will preach well.

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 I will unfold the meaning of this text well.

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 And that by your spirit,

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 we will hear it.

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 And we will have it applied to our hearts

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 that they might be tenderized

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 towards those we may consider our enemies.

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 I pray this in Christ's name.

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 Amen.

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 So verse 14, we have the exhortation to

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 bless those who persecute you.

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 Bless and do not curse them.

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 The most difficult group of people to love.

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 Those who hate you.

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 Those who persecute you.

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 Those who ridicule.

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 Who potentially,

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 as you may be sent out all over this world,

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 physically would harm you,

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 imprison you,

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 beat you.

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 Right?

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 The call is a high call.

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 It's not particularly complicated.

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 It's a fairly simple concept,

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 but it is incredibly profound.

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 It flips humanity,

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 who the fallen human state is,

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 it flips it around.

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 Right?

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 Because what we tend to do as people

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 is we tend to stand our ground

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 and defend our rights.

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 Somebody pokes us,

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 we hit them back.

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 Right?

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 And that is not the calling to the Christian.

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 Right?

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 The calling to the Christian

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 is to turn the edge of the cheek.

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 The calling to the Christian

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 is to go the extra mile.

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 Right?

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 The calling to the Christian

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 is to give what hasn't even been asked for

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 to those who are persecuting us.

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 And you'll remember last week,

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 if you weren't here,

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 we talked extensively about

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 verse 15 and 16 and 17

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 about humility,

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 about proper,

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 actual, real humility

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 and what that looks like

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 and how real humility

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 accompanies faith.

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 If you are a Christian,

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 if you are in fact a Christian,

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 you must be humbled.

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 A humble person recognizes

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 that apart from the saving work

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 of Jesus Christ,

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 we are nothing.

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 Our nature has been utterly spoiled by sin.

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 There's no good thing left in us.

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 Now because of Christ,

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 we are sons and daughters

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 of the Most High.

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 There's infinite value in that.

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 But apart from that,

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 we're nothing.

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 Faith and humility

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 work together

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 hand in hand.

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 And if you're humble,

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 you also recognize

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 that you really have

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 no rights.

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 We are Americans.

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 I believe everyone in here

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 is an American citizen.

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 And as Americans,

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 we have rights.

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 Certain things that are given to us

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 inalienable,

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 glad I said that right.

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 I was worried

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 as it was coming to my mouth.

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 Inalienable rights

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 granted to us

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 by our founding documents.

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 Praise God for that.

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 We live in a great country.

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 The best country,

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 I would argue.

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 And there's lots of debate

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 right now about our rights

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 being taken from us.

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 And they shouldn't be

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 to be political for a moment.

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 They shouldn't be.

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 But in reality,

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 in all actuality,

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 we have no rights.

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 What we deserve,

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 what has been granted to us

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 apart from Christ,

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 is eternal death

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 and destruction.

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 Separation from God forever.

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 That's what we have a right to.

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 We've purchased that

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 with our sin.

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 In all of our sinful activity,

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 we have said to God,

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 I hate you,

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 and what the return of that is,

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 is his wrath.

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 That's what we have a right to.

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 In Christ,

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 we have all sorts of

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 beautiful, wonderful gifts

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 and treasures

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 found in God.

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 But the temptation

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 to curse those who persecute us,

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 to do evil back to them,

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 to utter evil in their direction,

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 is the result of us believing

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 that we deserve better.

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 So humility

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 is what permits us

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 to bless those

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 who persecute us

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 and not curse them.

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 And I know that not all of you

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 were here last week,

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 but I hope you've been seeing the tie

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 between 14

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 on through 16

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 and now

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 into verse 17.

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 As he expands

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 more of what he means,

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 as he says,

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 repay no one evil for evil,

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 but give thought to do

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 what is honorable

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 in the sight of all.

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 This is not a concept

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 that's foreign to the Scriptures.

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 Paul wrote again

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 in 1 Thessalonians 5.15,

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 See that no one repays anyone evil

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 for evil,

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 but always seek to do good

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 to one another

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 and to everyone.

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 Peter wrote the same.

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 1 Peter 3.8.9,

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 Finally, all of you

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 have unity of mind,

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 sympathy,

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 brotherly love,

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 a tender heart,

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 and a humble mind.

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 So humility.

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 Do not repay

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 evil for evil

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 or reviling for reviling,

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 but on the contrary,

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 bless.

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 For to this you are called

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 that you may obtain

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 a blessing.

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 Now,

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 he is addressing

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 particularly,

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 in this case,

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 persecutors, right?

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 Verse 14,

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 Bless those who persecute you.

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 But we certainly can apply

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 the principle out

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 beyond that.

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 I would venture to say

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 that no one here

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 probably really has

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 a persecutor in mind

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 as they're thinking

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 of these Scriptures.

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 I hope that as you're

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 broadening your faith

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 and you're getting out there

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 and you're sharing it

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 and you're being more radical,

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 that people start to

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 not like you

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 because you're always

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 preaching the Gospel to them.

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 That should be a reality

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 in your life.

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 I hope, maybe,

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 that you're drawing

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 some kind of persecution

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 into your mind

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 as you live holy

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 in front of students

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 on campus,

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 at your workplace.

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 People begin to shun you.

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 They don't want to talk

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 to you anymore.

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 You're holier than thou.

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 I'm hoping this kind of stuff

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 is drawn to your mind.

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 But beyond that,

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 I think all of us

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 can probably think of

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 an enemy

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 all of us probably

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 have that person

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 that we just really have

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 some distaste for

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 that have in some way

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 brought an injury

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 to us.

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 They've talked bad about us,

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 tarnished our reputation,

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 have caused some

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 ill fate to happen

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 in one of our classes

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 or maybe at work.

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 I have some of these people.

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 People I haven't gotten

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 along with too well

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 throughout my life.

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 what am I called to do

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 in Christ

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 as I deal with

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 these people?

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 I am to

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 give thought

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 to do

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 what is

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 honorable.

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 I am meant

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 to bless them.

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 In this is love.

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 Remember,

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 we're talking about

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 genuine love.

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 In this is love.

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 that while we were

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 enemies of God,

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 Christ died

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 for us.

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 We're meant

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 to be

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 Christ-like.

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 We're meant

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 to exalt

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 Christ

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 in our living.

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 So the

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 reasonable act,

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 this is what Paul

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 is saying to us,

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 the reasonable response

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 to the gospel truth

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 in our life

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 is that we

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 bless,

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 we genuinely

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 love

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 those who

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 hate

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 us.

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 it's the

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 reasonable thing

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 to do.

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 Not particularly

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 complicated.

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 Just the thing

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 we should

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 be doing

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 is expressing

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 love

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 in this way.

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 Giving thought

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 to what is

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 honorable,

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 which means

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 in the Greek

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 intrinsically good,

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 proper,

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 obviously right,

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 outward.

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 It's expressed

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 goodness.

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 goodness.

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 It's not just

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 that you

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 bottle it up

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 and you don't

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 let out

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 what's really

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 going on

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 inside your

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 head.

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 It's not

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 just that you

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 bite your

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 tongue,

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 but it's that

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 you actually

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 express

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 goodness.

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 That you're

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 obviously

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 right-acting

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 outwardly

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 towards people

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 who hate

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 you.

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 It's meant

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 to be done

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 in such a way

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 that it's

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 honorable in

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 the sight

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 of all.

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 That people

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 marvel at

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 who we are

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 as Christians.

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 this speaks

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 to those of

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 you who

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 will go

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 around the

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 world

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 and will

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 be persecuted

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 severely

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 for your

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 faith.

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 But it

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 certainly

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 speaks of

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 us now.

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 As so

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 many Christians

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 try to

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 stand their

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 ground,

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 defend their

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 rights,

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 be right

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 about everything

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 all the

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 time.

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 We ought

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 to be a

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 people who

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 are characterized

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 by our

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 genuine

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 love,

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 even for

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 those who

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 hate us.

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 if

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 possible,

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 so far

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 as it

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 depends on

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 us,

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 we're

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 meant to

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 live

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 peaceably

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 with all.

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 And I,

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 I mean,

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 obviously I

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 love God

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 and his

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 spirit and

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 his moving

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 and Paul's

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 writing,

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 so as I

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 say this,

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 know that.

00:14:13.159 --> 00:14:13.479
 I love

00:14:13.479 --> 00:14:13.759
 Paul's

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 writing.

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 Paul always

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 very,

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 very,

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 very carefully

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 articulates

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 what he

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 means,

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 and I

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 appreciate that

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 about him.

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 Right?

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 He gives

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 us our

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 caveat at

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 this point.

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 If possible,

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 so far as it

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 depends on you,

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 live peaceably

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 with all.

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 There's not

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 a chance that

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 every situation

00:14:35.159 --> 00:14:35.439
 is going to

00:14:35.439 --> 00:14:35.899
 be peaceable.

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 You're going

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 to have

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 people who

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 are going

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 to come

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 at you,

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 and you're

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 to do

00:14:42.259 --> 00:14:43.079
 everything you

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 can to

00:14:43.699 --> 00:14:44.079
 sort that

00:14:44.079 --> 00:14:44.579
 situation,

00:14:44.959 --> 00:14:45.599
 to live

00:14:45.599 --> 00:14:46.559
 peaceably.

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 Peaceable

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 relationships

00:14:48.059 --> 00:14:48.579
 take two

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 sides.

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 There's just

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 no way you

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 can work in

00:14:52.259 --> 00:14:52.619
 the heart

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 of someone

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 else.

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 But as

00:14:54.919 --> 00:14:55.339
 far as it

00:14:55.339 --> 00:14:55.739
 depends on

00:14:55.739 --> 00:14:56.039
 you,

00:14:56.899 --> 00:14:57.699
 your part

00:14:57.699 --> 00:14:58.079
 in it,

00:14:58.319 --> 00:14:59.419
 you are

00:14:59.419 --> 00:15:00.439
 to live

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 peaceably.

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 It reminds

00:15:02.879 --> 00:15:03.359
 me of when

00:15:03.359 --> 00:15:04.199
 Jesus is

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 giving the

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 woes to

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 the Pharisees,

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 and he

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 talks to

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 them about

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 how they

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 should clean

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 their cup

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 and their

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 plate first.

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 We have

00:15:11.479 --> 00:15:12.419
 no business

00:15:12.419 --> 00:15:13.659
 cleaning up

00:15:13.659 --> 00:15:14.019
 the plates

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 and cups

00:15:14.339 --> 00:15:14.639
 of other

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 people.

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 We're to

00:15:16.079 --> 00:15:16.959
 clean our

00:15:16.959 --> 00:15:17.599
 own cup,

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 our own

00:15:18.500 --> 00:15:18.959
 plate,

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 as far as

00:15:20.019 --> 00:15:20.379
 it depends

00:15:20.379 --> 00:15:20.839
 on us,

00:15:21.319 --> 00:15:21.579
 that we

00:15:21.579 --> 00:15:22.259
 live peaceably

00:15:22.259 --> 00:15:23.059
 with all.

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 So are

00:15:24.859 --> 00:15:25.239
 you in a

00:15:25.239 --> 00:15:26.000
 situation now

00:15:26.000 --> 00:15:26.319
 where there's

00:15:26.319 --> 00:15:26.899
 disunity,

00:15:27.179 --> 00:15:27.979
 there's a

00:15:27.979 --> 00:15:28.879
 disruption in

00:15:28.879 --> 00:15:29.899
 peace in a

00:15:29.899 --> 00:15:30.459
 relationship you

00:15:30.459 --> 00:15:30.879
 may have?

00:15:30.939 --> 00:15:31.359
 You need to

00:15:31.359 --> 00:15:32.000
 ask yourself

00:15:32.000 --> 00:15:32.559
 this question,

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 have I done

00:15:33.619 --> 00:15:34.879
 everything I

00:15:34.879 --> 00:15:35.519
 can possibly

00:15:35.519 --> 00:15:36.959
 do to have

00:15:36.959 --> 00:15:37.719
 peace with

00:15:37.719 --> 00:15:38.179
 this person?

00:15:39.639 --> 00:15:41.259
 I am not

00:15:41.259 --> 00:15:41.859
 a political

00:15:41.859 --> 00:15:42.399
 person.

00:15:42.839 --> 00:15:43.719
 I don't enjoy

00:15:43.719 --> 00:15:44.959
 the politics

00:15:44.959 --> 00:15:45.959
 of relationships.

00:15:45.960 --> 00:15:47.500
 some of

00:15:47.500 --> 00:15:47.780
 you who

00:15:47.780 --> 00:15:47.980
 are in

00:15:47.980 --> 00:15:48.100
 the

00:15:48.100 --> 00:15:48.340
 dating

00:15:48.340 --> 00:15:48.620
 realm

00:15:48.620 --> 00:15:48.800
 right

00:15:48.800 --> 00:15:49.040
 now

00:15:49.040 --> 00:15:49.280
 would

00:15:49.280 --> 00:15:49.480
 say

00:15:49.480 --> 00:15:49.639
 I

00:15:49.639 --> 00:15:49.879
 hate

00:15:49.879 --> 00:15:50.580
 games.

00:15:51.060 --> 00:15:51.259
 Just

00:15:51.259 --> 00:15:51.560
 don't

00:15:51.560 --> 00:15:51.840
 enjoy

00:15:51.840 --> 00:15:52.060
 that.

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 I'm a

00:15:52.400 --> 00:15:52.879
 straight

00:15:52.879 --> 00:15:53.200
 shooter.

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 You tell

00:15:54.600 --> 00:15:54.940
 me how

00:15:54.940 --> 00:15:55.300
 you feel,

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 I'll tell

00:15:55.580 --> 00:15:55.860
 you how

00:15:55.860 --> 00:15:56.200
 I feel,

00:15:56.300 --> 00:15:56.500
 what I

00:15:56.500 --> 00:15:56.759
 say is

00:15:56.759 --> 00:15:56.980
 what I

00:15:56.980 --> 00:15:57.240
 mean.

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 That's

00:15:58.160 --> 00:15:58.420
 the kind

00:15:58.420 --> 00:15:58.740
 of person

00:15:58.740 --> 00:15:59.180
 I am.

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 And often

00:15:59.860 --> 00:16:00.280
 when I get

00:16:00.280 --> 00:16:00.879
 pulled into

00:16:00.879 --> 00:16:01.600
 some situations

00:16:01.600 --> 00:16:01.900
 that I

00:16:01.900 --> 00:16:02.259
 really shouldn't

00:16:02.259 --> 00:16:02.540
 even be

00:16:02.540 --> 00:16:03.060
 involved in

00:16:03.060 --> 00:16:03.379
 to begin

00:16:03.379 --> 00:16:03.700
 with,

00:16:04.280 --> 00:16:04.860
 I have

00:16:04.860 --> 00:16:05.379
 to remind

00:16:05.379 --> 00:16:05.960
 myself

00:16:05.960 --> 00:16:06.920
 of this.

00:16:08.220 --> 00:16:08.560
 You know

00:16:08.560 --> 00:16:09.019
 a situation

00:16:09.019 --> 00:16:09.500
 where somebody

00:16:09.500 --> 00:16:09.740
 has maybe

00:16:09.740 --> 00:16:10.240
 said something

00:16:10.240 --> 00:16:10.780
 about you

00:16:10.780 --> 00:16:11.160
 and somebody

00:16:11.160 --> 00:16:11.440
 else has

00:16:11.440 --> 00:16:11.900
 taken it

00:16:11.900 --> 00:16:12.200
 and they've

00:16:12.200 --> 00:16:12.600
 run with

00:16:12.600 --> 00:16:12.980
 it and

00:16:12.980 --> 00:16:13.680
 they're

00:16:13.680 --> 00:16:14.000
 thinking

00:16:14.000 --> 00:16:14.400
 badly

00:16:14.400 --> 00:16:14.860
 of you

00:16:14.860 --> 00:16:15.280
 and you

00:16:15.280 --> 00:16:15.480
 think to

00:16:15.480 --> 00:16:15.700
 yourself,

00:16:16.020 --> 00:16:16.360
 this shouldn't

00:16:16.360 --> 00:16:16.780
 even be a

00:16:16.780 --> 00:16:17.260
 problem.

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 I don't know

00:16:17.720 --> 00:16:17.980
 if you do

00:16:17.980 --> 00:16:18.120
 that,

00:16:18.160 --> 00:16:18.580
 but I do.

00:16:19.040 --> 00:16:19.400
 I'm like,

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 I'm going to

00:16:19.900 --> 00:16:20.320
 spend my

00:16:20.320 --> 00:16:20.820
 time on

00:16:20.820 --> 00:16:20.960
 this,

00:16:20.980 --> 00:16:21.180
 are you

00:16:21.180 --> 00:16:21.740
 kidding me?

00:16:21.880 --> 00:16:22.780
 Maybe I

00:16:22.780 --> 00:16:23.020
 can just

00:16:23.020 --> 00:16:23.440
 ignore it

00:16:23.440 --> 00:16:23.620
 and it

00:16:23.620 --> 00:16:23.880
 will go

00:16:23.880 --> 00:16:24.220
 away.

00:16:25.880 --> 00:16:26.260
 Somebody

00:16:26.260 --> 00:16:26.720
 is showing

00:16:26.720 --> 00:16:27.120
 you some

00:16:27.120 --> 00:16:27.780
 disdain

00:16:27.780 --> 00:16:28.180
 for something

00:16:28.180 --> 00:16:28.820
 they heard.

00:16:30.640 --> 00:16:31.080
 This

00:16:31.080 --> 00:16:31.500
 scripture has

00:16:31.500 --> 00:16:32.140
 meant a lot

00:16:32.140 --> 00:16:32.820
 in my life

00:16:32.820 --> 00:16:33.640
 as I've

00:16:33.640 --> 00:16:33.880
 dealt with

00:16:33.880 --> 00:16:34.280
 situations

00:16:34.280 --> 00:16:34.820
 like that

00:16:34.820 --> 00:16:35.540
 to ask

00:16:35.540 --> 00:16:35.960
 myself,

00:16:36.360 --> 00:16:37.260
 have I

00:16:37.260 --> 00:16:37.460
 done

00:16:37.460 --> 00:16:38.080
 everything I

00:16:38.080 --> 00:16:38.440
 can do

00:16:38.440 --> 00:16:38.920
 to be

00:16:38.919 --> 00:16:39.199
 at peace

00:16:39.199 --> 00:16:39.439
 with these

00:16:39.439 --> 00:16:39.699
 people?

00:16:40.099 --> 00:16:40.860
 Have I

00:16:40.860 --> 00:16:41.559
 gone the

00:16:41.559 --> 00:16:42.500
 extra step?

00:16:43.199 --> 00:16:43.559
 Have I

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 expressed

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 outward

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 goodness

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 in the

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 situation?

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 Not

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 stayed

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 neutral,

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 but actually

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 involved

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 myself

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 and engaged

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 the people

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 that I

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 might have

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 peace

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 with them?

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 It's going

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 to require

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 an effort

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 on our

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 part

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 to do

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 this.

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 And we

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 turn then

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 in verse

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 19.

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 So as

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 we are

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 seeking the

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 peace,

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 as we

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 are

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 expressing

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 outward

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 goodness

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 to those

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 who are

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 persecuting

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 us,

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 Paul then

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 comes along

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 and quotes

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 from Deuteronomy

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 32-35

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 a comfort

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 to us.

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 As we're

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 not going

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 to be able

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 to sort

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 every situation

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 out.

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 As we're

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 not going

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 to be able

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 or shouldn't

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 be defending

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 every tit

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 and tat

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 of our

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 rights.

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 He writes

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 beloved,

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 those who

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 are found

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 in Christ,

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 never

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 avenge

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 yourselves,

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 but leave

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 it to the

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 wrath of

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 God.

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 For it

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 is written,

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 vengeance

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 is mine,

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 I will

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 repay,

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 says the

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 Lord.

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 So here

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 is the

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 final

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 judgment

00:17:54.620 --> 00:17:56.120
 Paul is

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 speaking about

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 here.

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 Paul says

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 in Nathan's

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 simple terms,

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 don't worry

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 about it,

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 I'll sort

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 it out

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 in the

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 end.

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 Love,

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 outwardly

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 express

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 genuine

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 love to

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 those who

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 are your

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 enemies,

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 those who

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 persecute

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 you,

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 and just

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 trust that

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 in the

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 end,

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 it'll get

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 sorted,

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 they'll get

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 what's due

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 them,

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 and you'll

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 get what's

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 due you.

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 This

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 ability

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 to trust

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 in the

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 goodness

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 of God

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 in all

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 of these

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 situations,

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 to be

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 able to

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 overflow

00:18:35.340 --> 00:18:36.160
 love on

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 people that

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 from a

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 worldly

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 standard

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 don't

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 really

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 deserve

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 it,

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 is

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 one of

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 the

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 marks

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 of a

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 true

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 Christian.

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 That's

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 what

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 Paul is

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 saying

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 here to

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 us.

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 Actually,

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 if you're

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 subtitled the

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 way I

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 am,

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 marks

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 of the

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 true

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 Christian.

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 It's

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 where we

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 start in

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 verse

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 9.

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 Matthew

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 6,

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 14 and

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 15.

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 this is

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 the

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 Sermon

00:18:59.580 --> 00:18:59.800
 on the

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 Mount.

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 Jesus

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 says,

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 For if

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 you forgive

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 others

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 their

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 trespasses,

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 your

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 heavenly

00:19:04.660 --> 00:19:04.980
 Father

00:19:04.980 --> 00:19:05.740
 will also

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 forgive

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 you.

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 But if

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 you do

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 not

00:19:07.800 --> 00:19:08.140
 forgive

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 others

00:19:08.540 --> 00:19:08.780
 their

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 trespasses,

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 neither

00:19:10.080 --> 00:19:10.540
 will your

00:19:10.540 --> 00:19:10.940
 Father

00:19:10.940 --> 00:19:11.620
 forgive

00:19:11.620 --> 00:19:11.900
 your

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 trespasses.

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 Is

00:19:14.280 --> 00:19:14.540
 Jesus

00:19:14.540 --> 00:19:15.019
 saying

00:19:15.019 --> 00:19:15.620
 to us

00:19:15.620 --> 00:19:16.360
 that the

00:19:16.360 --> 00:19:16.700
 salvation

00:19:16.700 --> 00:19:17.019
 of your

00:19:17.019 --> 00:19:17.240
 soul

00:19:17.240 --> 00:19:17.400
 is

00:19:17.400 --> 00:19:17.759
 dependent

00:19:17.759 --> 00:19:18.180
 on

00:19:18.180 --> 00:19:18.460
 your

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 works?

00:19:20.300 --> 00:19:20.900
 No,

00:19:21.160 --> 00:19:21.340
 He

00:19:21.340 --> 00:19:21.780
 is not.

00:19:22.740 --> 00:19:23.460
 But what

00:19:23.460 --> 00:19:23.759
 He is

00:19:23.759 --> 00:19:23.980
 saying

00:19:23.980 --> 00:19:24.440
 to us

00:19:24.440 --> 00:19:25.259
 is that

00:19:25.259 --> 00:19:25.940
 if you

00:19:25.940 --> 00:19:26.280
 have been

00:19:26.280 --> 00:19:26.720
 forgiven

00:19:26.720 --> 00:19:27.080
 in

00:19:27.080 --> 00:19:27.660
 Christ,

00:19:27.900 --> 00:19:28.180
 the

00:19:28.180 --> 00:19:28.940
 natural

00:19:28.940 --> 00:19:29.700
 reaction,

00:19:30.740 --> 00:19:31.240
 the

00:19:31.240 --> 00:19:32.080
 obvious

00:19:32.080 --> 00:19:32.759
 outcome,

00:19:34.040 --> 00:19:34.400
 the

00:19:34.400 --> 00:19:35.040
 outflow

00:19:35.040 --> 00:19:35.759
 of that,

00:19:36.120 --> 00:19:36.400
 of a

00:19:36.400 --> 00:19:36.820
 changed

00:19:36.820 --> 00:19:37.240
 heart,

00:19:37.540 --> 00:19:38.259
 will be

00:19:38.259 --> 00:19:38.960
 forgiveness

00:19:38.960 --> 00:19:40.200
 for others.

00:19:41.560 --> 00:19:42.040
 Isn't that

00:19:42.040 --> 00:19:42.540
 exactly what

00:19:42.540 --> 00:19:42.920
 Paul is

00:19:42.920 --> 00:19:43.220
 saying to

00:19:43.220 --> 00:19:43.560
 us now?

00:19:44.560 --> 00:19:45.120
 Glorious

00:19:45.120 --> 00:19:45.460
 truth of

00:19:45.460 --> 00:19:45.580
 the

00:19:45.580 --> 00:19:45.900
 gospel.

00:19:46.860 --> 00:19:47.440
 Obvious

00:19:47.440 --> 00:19:48.000
 thing is a

00:19:48.000 --> 00:19:49.080
 self-sacrificing

00:19:49.080 --> 00:19:49.680
 love for

00:19:49.680 --> 00:19:49.980
 God,

00:19:50.259 --> 00:19:50.500
 right?

00:19:50.500 --> 00:19:51.019
 that

00:19:51.019 --> 00:19:51.440
 works

00:19:51.440 --> 00:19:51.759
 itself

00:19:51.759 --> 00:19:51.960
 out

00:19:51.960 --> 00:19:52.200
 in

00:19:52.200 --> 00:19:52.539
 genuine

00:19:52.539 --> 00:19:52.900
 love

00:19:52.900 --> 00:19:53.240
 and

00:19:53.240 --> 00:19:53.579
 doesn't

00:19:53.579 --> 00:19:54.140
 hold

00:19:54.140 --> 00:19:54.779
 wrong

00:19:54.779 --> 00:19:55.259
 against

00:19:55.259 --> 00:19:55.500
 other

00:19:55.500 --> 00:19:55.839
 people,

00:19:56.059 --> 00:19:56.400
 that

00:19:56.400 --> 00:19:57.119
 blesses

00:19:57.119 --> 00:19:57.359
 those

00:19:57.359 --> 00:19:57.680
 who

00:19:57.680 --> 00:19:58.200
 persecute,

00:19:58.400 --> 00:19:58.579
 that

00:19:58.579 --> 00:19:59.319
 outwardly

00:19:59.319 --> 00:19:59.920
 expresses

00:19:59.920 --> 00:20:00.960
 love

00:20:00.960 --> 00:20:01.299
 for

00:20:01.299 --> 00:20:01.579
 them,

00:20:01.720 --> 00:20:01.960
 that

00:20:01.960 --> 00:20:02.259
 doesn't

00:20:02.259 --> 00:20:02.759
 repay

00:20:02.759 --> 00:20:03.400
 evil

00:20:03.400 --> 00:20:03.799
 for

00:20:03.799 --> 00:20:04.160
 evil,

00:20:05.059 --> 00:20:05.759
 that

00:20:05.759 --> 00:20:06.079
 doesn't

00:20:06.079 --> 00:20:06.700
 worry

00:20:06.700 --> 00:20:07.119
 about

00:20:07.119 --> 00:20:07.579
 how it

00:20:07.579 --> 00:20:08.019
 sorts

00:20:08.019 --> 00:20:08.740
 in the

00:20:08.740 --> 00:20:09.059
 end.

00:20:09.059 --> 00:20:12.899
 So the

00:20:12.899 --> 00:20:13.519
 question for

00:20:13.519 --> 00:20:14.399
 you becomes,

00:20:15.000 --> 00:20:15.740
 if you

00:20:15.740 --> 00:20:16.839
 are doing

00:20:16.839 --> 00:20:17.500
 the opposite

00:20:17.500 --> 00:20:18.619
 of this,

00:20:19.519 --> 00:20:20.759
 if you

00:20:20.759 --> 00:20:21.119
 feel like

00:20:21.119 --> 00:20:21.480
 when somebody

00:20:21.480 --> 00:20:22.059
 wronged you,

00:20:22.119 --> 00:20:22.500
 you have to

00:20:22.500 --> 00:20:23.019
 get back

00:20:23.019 --> 00:20:23.460
 at them,

00:20:24.819 --> 00:20:26.000
 are you

00:20:26.000 --> 00:20:26.819
 a Christian?

00:20:28.679 --> 00:20:29.200
 It's a

00:20:29.200 --> 00:20:29.579
 test.

00:20:29.839 --> 00:20:30.139
 It's a

00:20:30.139 --> 00:20:30.519
 measure

00:20:30.519 --> 00:20:32.119
 of your

00:20:32.119 --> 00:20:32.460
 faith.

00:20:34.159 --> 00:20:34.759
 Now,

00:20:34.899 --> 00:20:35.539
 we all

00:20:35.539 --> 00:20:36.440
 fail at

00:20:36.440 --> 00:20:36.919
 things like

00:20:36.919 --> 00:20:37.339
 this.

00:20:38.119 --> 00:20:38.639
 So just

00:20:38.640 --> 00:20:39.160
 because you

00:20:39.160 --> 00:20:39.900
 don't do

00:20:39.900 --> 00:20:41.300
 this in

00:20:41.300 --> 00:20:41.720
 a moment

00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:42.340
 doesn't

00:20:42.340 --> 00:20:42.680
 make you

00:20:42.680 --> 00:20:43.040
 not a

00:20:43.040 --> 00:20:43.360
 Christian.

00:20:43.740 --> 00:20:43.940
 We

00:20:43.940 --> 00:20:44.300
 certainly

00:20:44.300 --> 00:20:44.660
 sin,

00:20:44.700 --> 00:20:44.940
 yet we're

00:20:44.940 --> 00:20:45.320
 secure

00:20:45.320 --> 00:20:46.060
 in God's

00:20:46.060 --> 00:20:46.320
 hand.

00:20:47.100 --> 00:20:47.640
 But take

00:20:47.640 --> 00:20:47.920
 a look

00:20:47.920 --> 00:20:48.160
 at your

00:20:48.160 --> 00:20:48.740
 life.

00:20:50.100 --> 00:20:50.640
 It's

00:20:50.640 --> 00:20:51.240
 the

00:20:51.240 --> 00:20:51.860
 overarching

00:20:51.860 --> 00:20:52.820
 theme

00:20:52.820 --> 00:20:53.560
 in this

00:20:53.560 --> 00:20:54.020
 particular

00:20:54.020 --> 00:20:55.259
 regard

00:20:55.259 --> 00:20:56.160
 that you

00:20:56.160 --> 00:20:57.320
 get back,

00:20:57.520 --> 00:20:57.759
 that you

00:20:57.759 --> 00:20:58.040
 want to

00:20:58.040 --> 00:20:58.540
 deliver evil

00:20:58.540 --> 00:20:58.900
 for evil,

00:20:58.960 --> 00:20:59.160
 that you

00:20:59.160 --> 00:20:59.420
 want to

00:20:59.420 --> 00:20:59.840
 stand for

00:20:59.840 --> 00:21:00.280
 your rights,

00:21:00.440 --> 00:21:00.900
 that you're

00:21:00.900 --> 00:21:01.480
 all about

00:21:01.480 --> 00:21:02.040
 you,

00:21:02.820 --> 00:21:03.240
 your

00:21:03.240 --> 00:21:03.700
 kingdom.

00:21:04.840 --> 00:21:05.540
 Because if

00:21:05.540 --> 00:21:06.280
 anybody invades

00:21:06.280 --> 00:21:06.800
 your kingdom

00:21:06.800 --> 00:21:07.740
 and tries to

00:21:07.740 --> 00:21:08.460
 dethrone you,

00:21:08.640 --> 00:21:09.160
 you have to

00:21:09.160 --> 00:21:09.759
 defend it.

00:21:11.460 --> 00:21:12.200
 The true

00:21:12.200 --> 00:21:12.980
 Christian says

00:21:12.980 --> 00:21:13.720
 God's on

00:21:13.720 --> 00:21:14.120
 the throne.

00:21:14.680 --> 00:21:15.060
 Vengeance

00:21:15.060 --> 00:21:15.640
 is his.

00:21:16.060 --> 00:21:16.340
 He'll

00:21:16.340 --> 00:21:16.620
 repay.

00:21:17.640 --> 00:21:18.120
 I'm not

00:21:18.120 --> 00:21:18.480
 too worried

00:21:18.480 --> 00:21:18.820
 about it.

00:21:18.880 --> 00:21:19.180
 I live

00:21:19.180 --> 00:21:19.380
 in a

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 theocracy.

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 I live

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 in a

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 theocracy

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 where I

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 have no

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 rights

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 except to

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 serve my

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 king,

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 and he

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 will deal

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 accordingly.

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 Listen

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 to Hebrews

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 chapter 10,

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 beginning in

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 verse 26.

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 The author

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 of Hebrews

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 writes,

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 For if we

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 go on

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 sinning

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 deliberately

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 after receiving

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 the knowledge

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 of the truth,

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 there no

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 longer remains

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 a sacrifice

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 for sins,

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 but a

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 fearful

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 expectation

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 of judgment

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 and a

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 fury of

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 fire that

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 will consume

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 the

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 adversaries.

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 Anyone who

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 has set

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 aside the

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 law of

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 Moses dies

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 without mercy

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 on the

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 evidence of

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 two or

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 three witnesses.

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 How much

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 worse punishment

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 do you think

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 will be

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 deserved by

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 the one who

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 has trampled

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 underfoot

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 the Son

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 of God

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 and has

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 profaned

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 the blood

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 of the

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 covenant

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 by which

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 he was

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 sanctified

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 and has

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 outraged

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 the Spirit

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 of grace?

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 For we

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 know him

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 who said,

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 Vengeance

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 is mine,

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 I will

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 repay,

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 and again

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 the Lord

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 will judge

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 his people.

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 This is

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 Deuteronomy

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 32,

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 35.

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 It is a

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 fearful thing

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 to fall

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 into the

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 hands

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 of the

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 living God.

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 So that

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 language

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 wasn't super

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 simple,

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 so hear

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 what he's

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 saying to

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 you.

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 If we

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 go on

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 sinning,

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 saying

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 that we're

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 Christians,

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 saying that

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 we walk

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 in the

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 light,

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 and yet

00:22:42.060 --> 00:22:42.960
 we persist

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 in our

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 sin.

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 He used

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 the example

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 of the

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 Old Testament.

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 If we

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 are breaking

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 the law

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 of the

00:22:49.460 --> 00:22:49.880
 commandment,

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 we have

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 two or

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 three witnesses

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 we're

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 condemned.

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 How much

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 more,

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 if we go

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 on sinning,

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 having the

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 revelation

00:22:56.780 --> 00:22:57.240
 of Jesus

00:22:57.240 --> 00:22:57.800
 Christ,

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 we're

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 trampling

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 underfoot

00:23:00.200 --> 00:23:00.860
 the Son

00:23:00.860 --> 00:23:01.280
 of God,

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 we've

00:23:02.240 --> 00:23:03.259
 profaned the

00:23:03.259 --> 00:23:03.519
 blood of

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 the covenant

00:23:03.920 --> 00:23:05.019
 by which

00:23:05.019 --> 00:23:05.500
 we're

00:23:05.500 --> 00:23:06.059
 sanctified.

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 We've

00:23:06.900 --> 00:23:07.579
 outraged

00:23:07.579 --> 00:23:08.140
 the Spirit

00:23:08.140 --> 00:23:08.660
 of grace.

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 He's

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 saying,

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 how much

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 more

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 will God

00:23:13.359 --> 00:23:13.680
 repay?

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 It is a

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 fearful

00:23:16.879 --> 00:23:18.359
 thing to

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 fall into

00:23:19.140 --> 00:23:19.720
 the hands

00:23:19.720 --> 00:23:20.839
 of the

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 living God.

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 So my

00:23:24.339 --> 00:23:25.200
 encouragement

00:23:25.200 --> 00:23:25.980
 in this

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 is that you

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 examine

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 your life.

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 love.

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 I would

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 say that

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 all of

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 us need

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 to do

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 better

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 at

00:23:35.319 --> 00:23:36.500
 exuding

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 love,

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 at living

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 in light

00:23:39.019 --> 00:23:39.240
 of the

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 gospel,

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 at genuinely

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 being concerned

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 for and

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 caring for

00:23:44.679 --> 00:23:45.919
 our enemies,

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 rejoicing

00:23:47.200 --> 00:23:47.700
 with them,

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 and weeping

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 with them.

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 There's a tie

00:23:50.859 --> 00:23:51.259
 in there.

00:23:51.759 --> 00:23:52.139
 We have a

00:23:52.139 --> 00:23:53.019
 true humility

00:23:53.019 --> 00:23:53.799
 recognizing that

00:23:53.799 --> 00:23:54.419
 we really have

00:23:54.420 --> 00:23:55.060
 no rights.

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 But ask

00:24:00.220 --> 00:24:00.660
 yourself,

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 do you have

00:24:02.580 --> 00:24:03.300
 the capacity

00:24:03.300 --> 00:24:03.840
 for it?

00:24:04.840 --> 00:24:05.460
 Has your

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 heart been

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 changed at

00:24:06.560 --> 00:24:06.920
 all?

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 Out of the

00:24:09.240 --> 00:24:09.700
 outflow of

00:24:09.700 --> 00:24:10.340
 your heart,

00:24:10.779 --> 00:24:11.180
 this is

00:24:11.180 --> 00:24:11.580
 possible.

00:24:12.140 --> 00:24:12.580
 Who you

00:24:12.580 --> 00:24:12.960
 are at

00:24:12.960 --> 00:24:13.300
 your very

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 core,

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 and without

00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:15.340
 Christ at

00:24:15.340 --> 00:24:15.900
 your core,

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 you're utterly

00:24:16.560 --> 00:24:17.000
 sinful.

00:24:17.480 --> 00:24:17.720
 You're

00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:18.300
 incapable of

00:24:18.300 --> 00:24:18.900
 doing anything

00:24:18.900 --> 00:24:19.360
 to please

00:24:19.360 --> 00:24:19.680
 God.

00:24:20.220 --> 00:24:20.940
 Even your

00:24:20.940 --> 00:24:21.980
 best effort

00:24:21.980 --> 00:24:23.259
 is distasteful

00:24:23.259 --> 00:24:23.600
 to Him.

00:24:24.420 --> 00:24:26.380
 ask yourself

00:24:26.380 --> 00:24:27.080
 that question

00:24:27.080 --> 00:24:27.660
 this morning.

00:24:28.820 --> 00:24:29.539
 The beautiful

00:24:29.539 --> 00:24:30.000
 thing is that

00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:30.600
 either way,

00:24:31.060 --> 00:24:31.460
 there's a

00:24:31.460 --> 00:24:32.340
 simple answer.

00:24:33.180 --> 00:24:33.779
 Whether you

00:24:33.779 --> 00:24:35.420
 stand firm

00:24:35.420 --> 00:24:36.160
 knowing you're

00:24:36.160 --> 00:24:36.660
 a Christian,

00:24:37.060 --> 00:24:37.560
 knowing though

00:24:37.560 --> 00:24:37.820
 that you

00:24:37.820 --> 00:24:38.400
 struggle with

00:24:38.400 --> 00:24:38.720
 this,

00:24:39.320 --> 00:24:39.620
 that you

00:24:39.620 --> 00:24:40.660
 must press

00:24:40.660 --> 00:24:41.700
 harder to

00:24:41.700 --> 00:24:42.140
 love your

00:24:42.140 --> 00:24:42.460
 enemies,

00:24:43.320 --> 00:24:44.820
 or recognizing

00:24:44.820 --> 00:24:45.420
 maybe for the

00:24:45.420 --> 00:24:45.900
 first time,

00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:46.539
 I'm not

00:24:46.539 --> 00:24:47.220
 saved.

00:24:48.120 --> 00:24:48.380
 I've been

00:24:48.380 --> 00:24:48.660
 doing this

00:24:48.660 --> 00:24:49.140
 church thing

00:24:49.140 --> 00:24:49.580
 for a long

00:24:49.580 --> 00:24:49.820
 time,

00:24:49.860 --> 00:24:50.019
 I've got

00:24:50.019 --> 00:24:50.759
 knowledge in

00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:51.140
 my head,

00:24:51.320 --> 00:24:51.640
 but I'm

00:24:51.640 --> 00:24:52.740
 not actually

00:24:52.740 --> 00:24:53.519
 a Christian.

00:24:53.519 --> 00:24:54.180
 The answer

00:24:54.180 --> 00:24:54.879
 to both

00:24:54.879 --> 00:24:56.599
 problems is

00:24:56.599 --> 00:24:57.119
 to repent

00:24:57.119 --> 00:24:58.720
 and believe.

00:24:59.980 --> 00:25:01.160
 Turn from

00:25:01.160 --> 00:25:01.759
 your sin

00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:02.460
 and place

00:25:02.460 --> 00:25:02.940
 your faith

00:25:02.940 --> 00:25:03.680
 in Jesus

00:25:03.680 --> 00:25:04.299
 Christ.

00:25:05.839 --> 00:25:06.579
 Let me tell

00:25:06.579 --> 00:25:06.680
 you,

00:25:06.740 --> 00:25:07.039
 that's going

00:25:07.039 --> 00:25:07.299
 to look

00:25:07.299 --> 00:25:07.819
 practical

00:25:07.819 --> 00:25:08.559
 sometimes.

00:25:09.559 --> 00:25:10.039
 Repentance

00:25:10.039 --> 00:25:10.740
 is certainly

00:25:10.740 --> 00:25:11.480
 a change

00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:12.259
 in heart.

00:25:13.359 --> 00:25:14.279
 It's certainly

00:25:14.279 --> 00:25:15.700
 a recognition

00:25:15.700 --> 00:25:16.819
 that we've

00:25:16.819 --> 00:25:17.339
 sinned against

00:25:17.339 --> 00:25:17.839
 the Most Holy

00:25:17.839 --> 00:25:18.240
 God,

00:25:18.420 --> 00:25:18.900
 and it's a

00:25:18.900 --> 00:25:19.539
 turning away

00:25:19.539 --> 00:25:20.039
 from that

00:25:20.039 --> 00:25:20.599
 to the good

00:25:20.599 --> 00:25:21.339
 things of

00:25:21.339 --> 00:25:21.539
 God.

00:25:21.539 --> 00:25:22.019
 But those

00:25:22.019 --> 00:25:22.379
 good things

00:25:22.379 --> 00:25:22.720
 of God

00:25:22.720 --> 00:25:23.379
 are often

00:25:23.379 --> 00:25:24.000
 practical,

00:25:24.399 --> 00:25:24.839
 particularly

00:25:24.839 --> 00:25:25.579
 in this

00:25:25.579 --> 00:25:26.180
 arena.

00:25:27.779 --> 00:25:28.240
 Christians,

00:25:28.379 --> 00:25:28.599
 you may

00:25:28.599 --> 00:25:30.139
 find as

00:25:30.139 --> 00:25:30.759
 you repent

00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:32.019
 that there

00:25:32.019 --> 00:25:32.279
 are some

00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:32.879
 things that

00:25:32.879 --> 00:25:33.200
 you need

00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:33.659
 to go get

00:25:33.659 --> 00:25:33.980
 sorted.

00:25:35.019 --> 00:25:35.639
 You need

00:25:35.639 --> 00:25:36.119
 to go do

00:25:36.119 --> 00:25:36.960
 your part

00:25:36.960 --> 00:25:37.759
 for the

00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:38.259
 peace in

00:25:38.259 --> 00:25:38.779
 a situation.

00:25:40.059 --> 00:25:40.720
 You may

00:25:40.720 --> 00:25:42.200
 be drawn

00:25:42.200 --> 00:25:43.039
 to a

00:25:43.039 --> 00:25:43.680
 situation in

00:25:43.680 --> 00:25:44.159
 your life,

00:25:44.319 --> 00:25:44.519
 in your

00:25:44.519 --> 00:25:44.940
 mind,

00:25:45.359 --> 00:25:45.799
 that God

00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:46.299
 is calling

00:25:46.299 --> 00:25:46.799
 you to

00:25:46.799 --> 00:25:47.559
 work out.

00:25:48.039 --> 00:25:48.839
 Please let

00:25:48.839 --> 00:25:49.319
 your repentance

00:25:49.319 --> 00:25:50.099
 be complete.

00:25:51.339 --> 00:25:51.980
 Don't just

00:25:51.980 --> 00:25:53.220
 turn from

00:25:53.220 --> 00:25:54.200
 the sin.

00:25:54.539 --> 00:25:54.779
 I should

00:25:54.779 --> 00:25:55.119
 really be

00:25:55.119 --> 00:25:55.519
 nicer to

00:25:55.519 --> 00:25:55.679
 that

00:25:55.679 --> 00:25:56.079
 individual.

00:25:56.359 --> 00:25:56.639
 Go be

00:25:56.639 --> 00:25:57.119
 nice to

00:25:57.119 --> 00:25:57.359
 them.

00:25:58.359 --> 00:25:59.359
 Go exhibit

00:25:59.359 --> 00:26:00.299
 genuine

00:26:00.299 --> 00:26:01.460
 love.

00:26:03.460 --> 00:26:04.139
 Paul says

00:26:04.139 --> 00:26:04.539
 it well

00:26:04.539 --> 00:26:05.139
 in verse

00:26:05.139 --> 00:26:05.879
 20.

00:26:07.460 --> 00:26:08.200
 I like it

00:26:08.200 --> 00:26:08.480
 when I do

00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:08.919
 accidental

00:26:08.919 --> 00:26:09.359
 segues.

00:26:10.099 --> 00:26:10.579
 Verse 20.

00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:11.139
 He says,

00:26:11.419 --> 00:26:11.679
 to the

00:26:11.679 --> 00:26:12.220
 contrary,

00:26:13.539 --> 00:26:14.799
 rather than

00:26:14.799 --> 00:26:15.679
 repaying evil

00:26:15.679 --> 00:26:16.200
 for evil,

00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:17.200
 rather than

00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:18.759
 hating back

00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:19.759
 your enemy.

00:26:21.099 --> 00:26:21.900
 He quotes

00:26:21.900 --> 00:26:22.879
 from Proverbs

00:26:22.879 --> 00:26:24.220
 25,

00:26:24.740 --> 00:26:25.259
 21,

00:26:25.319 --> 00:26:25.859
 and 22.

00:26:26.379 --> 00:26:26.579
 If your

00:26:26.579 --> 00:26:27.119
 enemy is

00:26:27.119 --> 00:26:27.900
 hungry,

00:26:28.299 --> 00:26:28.779
 feed him.

00:26:29.720 --> 00:26:30.200
 If he is

00:26:30.200 --> 00:26:30.619
 thirsty,

00:26:31.099 --> 00:26:31.319
 give him

00:26:31.319 --> 00:26:31.720
 something to

00:26:31.720 --> 00:26:32.019
 drink.

00:26:32.400 --> 00:26:33.039
 For by so

00:26:33.039 --> 00:26:33.440
 doing,

00:26:33.779 --> 00:26:34.019
 you will

00:26:34.019 --> 00:26:34.599
 heap burning

00:26:34.599 --> 00:26:35.700
 coals on

00:26:35.700 --> 00:26:36.119
 his head.

00:26:36.279 --> 00:26:36.960
 He says,

00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:37.460
 do the

00:26:37.460 --> 00:26:38.879
 very opposite.

00:26:39.660 --> 00:26:40.000
 That's what

00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:40.140
 we've been

00:26:40.140 --> 00:26:40.879
 talking about.

00:26:41.299 --> 00:26:41.779
 Genuinely

00:26:41.779 --> 00:26:42.119
 love.

00:26:42.180 --> 00:26:42.319
 Don't

00:26:42.319 --> 00:26:42.779
 replay evil

00:26:42.779 --> 00:26:43.160
 for evil.

00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:43.819
 Genuinely

00:26:43.819 --> 00:26:44.859
 love them.

00:26:45.519 --> 00:26:46.059
 Feed them.

00:26:46.579 --> 00:26:46.819
 Give them

00:26:46.819 --> 00:26:47.220
 something to

00:26:47.220 --> 00:26:47.619
 drink.

00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:49.700
 And then

00:26:49.700 --> 00:26:50.079
 an interesting

00:26:50.079 --> 00:26:50.619
 phrase.

00:26:51.079 --> 00:26:52.059
 For by

00:26:52.059 --> 00:26:52.759
 so doing,

00:26:53.279 --> 00:26:53.559
 you will

00:26:53.559 --> 00:26:54.039
 heap burning

00:26:54.039 --> 00:26:55.500
 coals on

00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:55.839
 his head.

00:26:56.859 --> 00:26:57.299
 Now,

00:26:57.339 --> 00:26:57.660
 I'd like to

00:26:57.660 --> 00:26:58.160
 admit that I

00:26:58.160 --> 00:26:58.640
 did not have

00:26:58.640 --> 00:26:59.339
 the time this

00:26:59.339 --> 00:27:00.299
 week to

00:27:00.299 --> 00:27:01.019
 give this

00:27:01.019 --> 00:27:01.799
 the scholastic

00:27:01.799 --> 00:27:02.519
 attention I

00:27:02.519 --> 00:27:02.759
 would have

00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:03.240
 liked to.

00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:05.720
 However,

00:27:06.579 --> 00:27:08.119
 there's much

00:27:08.119 --> 00:27:08.740
 debate over

00:27:08.740 --> 00:27:09.420
 exactly what

00:27:09.420 --> 00:27:09.920
 he means

00:27:09.920 --> 00:27:11.119
 by this.

00:27:11.420 --> 00:27:11.859
 It is a

00:27:11.859 --> 00:27:12.160
 quote.

00:27:12.879 --> 00:27:13.140
 Proverbs

00:27:13.140 --> 00:27:13.680
 25.

00:27:13.759 --> 00:27:14.019
 It's verse

00:27:14.019 --> 00:27:14.559
 22.

00:27:15.339 --> 00:27:15.420
 Right?

00:27:15.420 --> 00:27:16.259
 For you

00:27:16.259 --> 00:27:16.580
 will heap

00:27:16.580 --> 00:27:16.800
 burning

00:27:16.800 --> 00:27:17.200
 coals on

00:27:17.200 --> 00:27:17.620
 his head

00:27:17.620 --> 00:27:18.300
 and the

00:27:18.300 --> 00:27:18.700
 Lord will

00:27:18.700 --> 00:27:19.220
 reward you.

00:27:19.340 --> 00:27:19.700
 That's exactly

00:27:19.700 --> 00:27:20.100
 how that

00:27:20.100 --> 00:27:21.259
 reads in

00:27:21.259 --> 00:27:22.080
 the ESV.

00:27:22.620 --> 00:27:22.740
 Right?

00:27:23.160 --> 00:27:23.480
 So,

00:27:23.720 --> 00:27:24.360
 we're called

00:27:24.360 --> 00:27:24.920
 then in

00:27:24.920 --> 00:27:25.340
 our genuine

00:27:25.340 --> 00:27:26.519
 love to

00:27:26.519 --> 00:27:28.519
 do these

00:27:28.519 --> 00:27:28.880
 things,

00:27:28.940 --> 00:27:29.420
 these outward

00:27:29.420 --> 00:27:30.100
 expressions,

00:27:30.340 --> 00:27:31.000
 these honorable

00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:31.700
 things for

00:27:31.700 --> 00:27:32.120
 those who are

00:27:32.120 --> 00:27:32.600
 our enemies

00:27:32.600 --> 00:27:34.580
 for,

00:27:34.779 --> 00:27:35.360
 because,

00:27:35.480 --> 00:27:36.100
 so that,

00:27:36.480 --> 00:27:36.920
 in doing

00:27:36.920 --> 00:27:37.100
 it,

00:27:37.160 --> 00:27:37.340
 we're going

00:27:37.340 --> 00:27:37.740
 to heap

00:27:37.740 --> 00:27:38.160
 burning

00:27:38.160 --> 00:27:38.680
 coals

00:27:38.680 --> 00:27:39.539
 on their

00:27:39.539 --> 00:27:39.759
 head.

00:27:40.700 --> 00:27:41.279
 I found

00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:42.539
 one commentator.

00:27:42.860 --> 00:27:43.100
 You guys

00:27:43.100 --> 00:27:43.460
 know I like

00:27:43.460 --> 00:27:43.840
 to use the

00:27:43.840 --> 00:27:44.220
 Johns,

00:27:44.940 --> 00:27:45.900
 John MacArthur,

00:27:46.100 --> 00:27:46.660
 John Piper,

00:27:46.960 --> 00:27:47.299
 and Jonathan

00:27:47.299 --> 00:27:47.579
 Edwards.

00:27:48.200 --> 00:27:48.319
 So,

00:27:48.799 --> 00:27:49.200
 the Johns,

00:27:49.259 --> 00:27:49.559
 one of the

00:27:49.559 --> 00:27:51.700
 Johns said

00:27:51.700 --> 00:27:52.140
 that there's

00:27:52.140 --> 00:27:52.600
 an ancient

00:27:52.600 --> 00:27:53.100
 Egyptian

00:27:53.100 --> 00:27:53.940
 tradition

00:27:53.940 --> 00:27:54.920
 that if

00:27:54.920 --> 00:27:56.559
 you wanted

00:27:56.559 --> 00:27:56.840
 to be

00:27:56.840 --> 00:27:57.360
 publicly

00:27:57.360 --> 00:27:58.259
 repentant,

00:27:58.539 --> 00:27:58.799
 that you

00:27:58.799 --> 00:27:59.160
 filled a

00:27:59.160 --> 00:27:59.559
 pan with

00:27:59.559 --> 00:28:00.039
 coals and

00:28:00.039 --> 00:28:00.819
 you put

00:28:00.819 --> 00:28:00.980
 it on

00:28:00.980 --> 00:28:01.240
 your head

00:28:01.240 --> 00:28:01.460
 and you

00:28:01.460 --> 00:28:01.700
 walked

00:28:01.700 --> 00:28:02.480
 around to

00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:02.960
 show people

00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:04.600
 the searing

00:28:04.600 --> 00:28:04.940
 of your

00:28:04.940 --> 00:28:05.279
 mind,

00:28:05.480 --> 00:28:07.539
 the burning

00:28:07.539 --> 00:28:08.420
 of the

00:28:08.420 --> 00:28:08.960
 guilt of

00:28:08.960 --> 00:28:09.480
 something that

00:28:09.480 --> 00:28:09.720
 you had

00:28:09.720 --> 00:28:09.940
 done.

00:28:11.420 --> 00:28:12.000
 One of the

00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:12.460
 other Johns

00:28:12.460 --> 00:28:12.960
 said that he

00:28:12.960 --> 00:28:13.360
 has never

00:28:13.359 --> 00:28:13.899
 found in

00:28:13.899 --> 00:28:14.379
 any record

00:28:14.379 --> 00:28:15.459
 anywhere that

00:28:15.459 --> 00:28:16.019
 that's a

00:28:16.019 --> 00:28:16.379
 reality.

00:28:18.659 --> 00:28:19.359
 Respect both

00:28:19.359 --> 00:28:19.740
 of them a

00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:19.939
 lot.

00:28:20.199 --> 00:28:20.539
 So,

00:28:20.619 --> 00:28:20.839
 I just

00:28:20.839 --> 00:28:21.179
 really don't

00:28:21.179 --> 00:28:21.639
 know in

00:28:21.639 --> 00:28:22.099
 that case

00:28:22.099 --> 00:28:23.459
 what exactly

00:28:23.459 --> 00:28:24.659
 they mean.

00:28:24.819 --> 00:28:25.019
 So,

00:28:25.719 --> 00:28:26.099
 one of the

00:28:26.099 --> 00:28:26.779
 Johns says

00:28:26.779 --> 00:28:27.539
 that the

00:28:27.539 --> 00:28:28.139
 act of

00:28:28.139 --> 00:28:28.419
 heaping

00:28:28.419 --> 00:28:28.619
 burning

00:28:28.619 --> 00:28:29.399
 coals on

00:28:29.399 --> 00:28:29.759
 the head

00:28:29.759 --> 00:28:31.039
 is a

00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:31.779
 conviction

00:28:31.779 --> 00:28:32.199
 to.

00:28:32.859 --> 00:28:33.019
 Right?

00:28:33.339 --> 00:28:33.539
 So,

00:28:33.599 --> 00:28:33.719
 we have

00:28:33.719 --> 00:28:34.779
 enemies that

00:28:34.779 --> 00:28:35.099
 are treating

00:28:35.099 --> 00:28:35.519
 us one

00:28:35.519 --> 00:28:35.899
 way and

00:28:35.899 --> 00:28:36.119
 we do

00:28:36.119 --> 00:28:36.619
 the opposite.

00:28:37.359 --> 00:28:37.959
 We show

00:28:37.959 --> 00:28:38.399
 them this

00:28:38.399 --> 00:28:39.079
 genuine love

00:28:39.079 --> 00:28:39.259
 and it

00:28:39.259 --> 00:28:39.619
 becomes a

00:28:39.619 --> 00:28:39.959
 conviction

00:28:39.959 --> 00:28:40.399
 for them.

00:28:40.539 --> 00:28:41.679
 It exposes

00:28:41.679 --> 00:28:42.639
 their evil.

00:28:42.640 --> 00:28:43.180
 Our

00:28:43.180 --> 00:28:43.800
 goodness

00:28:43.800 --> 00:28:44.580
 exposes

00:28:44.580 --> 00:28:45.600
 their evil

00:28:45.600 --> 00:28:47.300
 and therefore

00:28:47.300 --> 00:28:48.800
 becomes a

00:28:48.800 --> 00:28:51.900
 conviction

00:28:51.900 --> 00:28:52.759
 to them.

00:28:53.860 --> 00:28:54.620
 The other

00:28:54.620 --> 00:28:55.220
 says that it

00:28:55.220 --> 00:28:55.680
 has to do

00:28:55.680 --> 00:28:56.140
 with God's

00:28:56.140 --> 00:28:56.480
 judgment.

00:28:57.480 --> 00:28:57.940
 That other

00:28:57.940 --> 00:28:58.680
 places that this

00:28:58.680 --> 00:28:59.320
 phrasing is used

00:28:59.320 --> 00:28:59.620
 in Greek

00:28:59.620 --> 00:28:59.920
 literature,

00:29:00.200 --> 00:29:00.860
 it has to do

00:29:00.860 --> 00:29:01.640
 ultimately

00:29:01.640 --> 00:29:02.500
 with final

00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:03.080
 judgment.

00:29:03.079 --> 00:29:03.199
 judgment.

00:29:05.399 --> 00:29:06.000
 What I

00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:06.259
 would say

00:29:06.259 --> 00:29:06.559
 to you

00:29:06.559 --> 00:29:07.000
 is that

00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:08.679
 probably

00:29:08.679 --> 00:29:09.220
 both are

00:29:09.220 --> 00:29:09.559
 true.

00:29:11.059 --> 00:29:11.659
 Because it

00:29:11.659 --> 00:29:12.419
 stands between

00:29:12.419 --> 00:29:14.960
 these two

00:29:14.960 --> 00:29:15.579
 verses.

00:29:16.039 --> 00:29:16.480
 Does it

00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:16.639
 not?

00:29:16.699 --> 00:29:16.899
 It stands

00:29:16.899 --> 00:29:17.220
 between

00:29:17.220 --> 00:29:18.039
 19

00:29:18.039 --> 00:29:19.079
 where he

00:29:19.079 --> 00:29:19.379
 quotes,

00:29:19.460 --> 00:29:19.839
 Paul quotes

00:29:19.839 --> 00:29:20.240
 Deuteronomy

00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:20.960
 32-35,

00:29:21.079 --> 00:29:21.500
 vengeance is

00:29:21.500 --> 00:29:21.679
 mine,

00:29:21.759 --> 00:29:22.079
 I will

00:29:22.079 --> 00:29:22.480
 repay,

00:29:22.679 --> 00:29:22.980
 says the

00:29:22.980 --> 00:29:23.179
 Lord.

00:29:23.779 --> 00:29:24.299
 And it

00:29:24.299 --> 00:29:25.399
 moves to

00:29:25.399 --> 00:29:26.679
 verse 21,

00:29:26.919 --> 00:29:27.359
 do not be

00:29:27.359 --> 00:29:28.019
 overcome by

00:29:28.019 --> 00:29:28.279
 evil,

00:29:28.439 --> 00:29:28.939
 but overcome

00:29:28.939 --> 00:29:30.599
 evil with

00:29:30.599 --> 00:29:31.019
 good.

00:29:31.019 --> 00:29:32.220
 And maybe

00:29:32.220 --> 00:29:32.680
 rather than

00:29:32.680 --> 00:29:33.059
 saying that

00:29:33.059 --> 00:29:33.480
 it can mean

00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:34.099
 two things,

00:29:34.119 --> 00:29:34.359
 we should

00:29:34.359 --> 00:29:34.900
 really mean

00:29:34.900 --> 00:29:35.480
 that it

00:29:35.480 --> 00:29:36.759
 means one

00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:37.220
 thing,

00:29:37.819 --> 00:29:38.420
 and that

00:29:38.420 --> 00:29:39.099
 is that

00:29:39.099 --> 00:29:40.019
 it brings

00:29:40.019 --> 00:29:41.319
 these

00:29:41.319 --> 00:29:41.879
 individuals

00:29:41.879 --> 00:29:42.319
 to a

00:29:42.319 --> 00:29:43.019
 realization

00:29:43.019 --> 00:29:45.039
 of the

00:29:45.039 --> 00:29:45.440
 wrath of

00:29:45.440 --> 00:29:45.759
 God,

00:29:46.139 --> 00:29:46.799
 which is to

00:29:46.799 --> 00:29:47.099
 them the

00:29:47.099 --> 00:29:47.480
 conviction

00:29:47.480 --> 00:29:48.379
 of their

00:29:48.379 --> 00:29:48.599
 sin.

00:29:50.000 --> 00:29:50.400
 Maybe.

00:29:51.440 --> 00:29:52.119
 I bet if I

00:29:52.119 --> 00:29:52.339
 got the

00:29:52.339 --> 00:29:52.740
 Johns in a

00:29:52.740 --> 00:29:52.900
 room,

00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:53.200
 they would

00:29:53.200 --> 00:29:53.539
 agree with

00:29:53.539 --> 00:29:53.680
 me.

00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:56.259
 We'll see.

00:29:57.599 --> 00:29:58.160
 That'll never

00:29:58.160 --> 00:29:58.359
 happen.

00:29:58.420 --> 00:29:58.680
 Never mind,

00:29:58.720 --> 00:29:58.960
 we won't

00:29:58.960 --> 00:29:59.119
 see.

00:30:01.019 --> 00:30:02.700
 But just

00:30:02.700 --> 00:30:03.079
 the same,

00:30:03.180 --> 00:30:03.440
 I think

00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:03.700
 that's where

00:30:03.700 --> 00:30:04.099
 he's headed.

00:30:04.420 --> 00:30:04.740
 So,

00:30:05.059 --> 00:30:05.420
 quoting from

00:30:05.420 --> 00:30:05.799
 Proverbs,

00:30:05.940 --> 00:30:06.319
 we have

00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:09.599
 these acts

00:30:09.599 --> 00:30:10.440
 of selflessness,

00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:11.839
 this giving

00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:12.700
 to those

00:30:12.700 --> 00:30:13.619
 who really,

00:30:14.039 --> 00:30:14.440
 by all

00:30:14.440 --> 00:30:15.339
 human terms,

00:30:15.440 --> 00:30:15.740
 we ought

00:30:15.740 --> 00:30:16.220
 not be

00:30:16.220 --> 00:30:17.420
 feeding and

00:30:17.420 --> 00:30:18.480
 giving drink

00:30:18.480 --> 00:30:18.740
 to.

00:30:18.839 --> 00:30:19.279
 We really

00:30:19.279 --> 00:30:20.420
 probably should

00:30:20.420 --> 00:30:20.720
 be letting

00:30:20.720 --> 00:30:21.440
 them starve

00:30:21.440 --> 00:30:23.240
 and die

00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:23.839
 of thirst,

00:30:23.940 --> 00:30:24.359
 but we're

00:30:24.359 --> 00:30:25.240
 instead going

00:30:25.240 --> 00:30:25.519
 to show

00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:25.859
 them this

00:30:25.859 --> 00:30:26.200
 genuine

00:30:26.200 --> 00:30:26.660
 expression

00:30:26.660 --> 00:30:27.720
 of love.

00:30:29.819 --> 00:30:30.019
 And verse

00:30:30.019 --> 00:30:30.599
 21 says,

00:30:30.599 --> 00:30:31.279
 do not

00:30:31.279 --> 00:30:32.319
 be overcome

00:30:32.319 --> 00:30:33.240
 by evil,

00:30:33.319 --> 00:30:33.879
 but overcome

00:30:33.879 --> 00:30:34.899
 evil with

00:30:34.899 --> 00:30:35.199
 good.

00:30:35.699 --> 00:30:36.000
 And I think

00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:36.459
 there's our

00:30:36.459 --> 00:30:37.240
 connection of

00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:37.759
 why we ought

00:30:37.759 --> 00:30:38.240
 to think that

00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:38.799
 this should

00:30:38.799 --> 00:30:39.359
 be a conviction

00:30:39.359 --> 00:30:40.099
 to them,

00:30:40.159 --> 00:30:40.459
 that it should

00:30:40.459 --> 00:30:40.919
 be an

00:30:40.919 --> 00:30:42.519
 exposing element

00:30:42.519 --> 00:30:43.219
 in their

00:30:43.219 --> 00:30:43.619
 life.

00:30:45.079 --> 00:30:45.339
 And verse

00:30:45.339 --> 00:30:45.959
 21 has

00:30:45.959 --> 00:30:46.899
 two implications,

00:30:47.139 --> 00:30:47.359
 that we

00:30:47.359 --> 00:30:48.139
 shouldn't be

00:30:48.139 --> 00:30:49.879
 overcome by

00:30:49.879 --> 00:30:50.759
 the evil

00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:51.639
 done to us,

00:30:51.839 --> 00:30:52.359
 we shouldn't

00:30:52.359 --> 00:30:52.980
 permit it to

00:30:52.980 --> 00:30:53.619
 overwhelm us,

00:30:53.659 --> 00:30:53.839
 right,

00:30:53.899 --> 00:30:54.859
 because God

00:30:54.859 --> 00:30:55.519
 will judge,

00:30:55.759 --> 00:30:56.459
 we know that

00:30:56.459 --> 00:30:57.199
 we have a

00:30:57.199 --> 00:30:57.959
 good and a

00:30:57.959 --> 00:30:58.899
 just God,

00:30:59.019 --> 00:30:59.619
 that we are

00:30:59.619 --> 00:31:00.279
 his people,

00:31:00.379 --> 00:31:00.739
 that all

00:31:00.739 --> 00:31:01.159
 things are

00:31:01.159 --> 00:31:01.919
 working for

00:31:01.919 --> 00:31:02.399
 our good

00:31:02.399 --> 00:31:02.899
 back in

00:31:02.899 --> 00:31:03.419
 chapter 8

00:31:03.419 --> 00:31:03.719
 now,

00:31:03.879 --> 00:31:04.079
 right,

00:31:04.079 --> 00:31:04.519
 that we

00:31:04.519 --> 00:31:05.139
 are eternally

00:31:05.139 --> 00:31:06.079
 secure in

00:31:06.079 --> 00:31:06.519
 his hands,

00:31:06.599 --> 00:31:07.399
 that nothing

00:31:07.399 --> 00:31:08.359
 can take us

00:31:08.359 --> 00:31:08.959
 from his

00:31:08.959 --> 00:31:09.199
 hand,

00:31:09.419 --> 00:31:10.179
 chapter 9,

00:31:10.939 --> 00:31:11.199
 right,

00:31:11.259 --> 00:31:11.759
 so we

00:31:11.759 --> 00:31:12.279
 shouldn't allow

00:31:12.279 --> 00:31:12.699
 the evil

00:31:12.699 --> 00:31:13.159
 done to us

00:31:13.159 --> 00:31:13.699
 to overwhelm

00:31:13.699 --> 00:31:13.959
 us.

00:31:14.959 --> 00:31:15.519
 We shouldn't

00:31:15.519 --> 00:31:16.319
 permit that

00:31:16.319 --> 00:31:17.959
 to happen,

00:31:18.059 --> 00:31:19.079
 because God

00:31:19.079 --> 00:31:19.539
 has made

00:31:19.539 --> 00:31:20.079
 promises,

00:31:20.279 --> 00:31:20.519
 and his

00:31:20.519 --> 00:31:21.219
 promises are

00:31:21.219 --> 00:31:21.599
 good,

00:31:21.899 --> 00:31:22.419
 they're yes

00:31:22.419 --> 00:31:23.019
 and amen

00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:23.639
 in Jesus

00:31:23.639 --> 00:31:24.139
 Christ.

00:31:24.140 --> 00:31:24.200
 first,

00:31:24.860 --> 00:31:27.100
 but secondly,

00:31:27.200 --> 00:31:27.520
 and I think

00:31:27.520 --> 00:31:27.960
 maybe more

00:31:27.960 --> 00:31:28.360
 importantly,

00:31:29.240 --> 00:31:30.520
 we also

00:31:30.520 --> 00:31:30.860
 must not

00:31:30.860 --> 00:31:31.400
 allow ourselves

00:31:31.400 --> 00:31:31.620
 to be

00:31:31.620 --> 00:31:33.280
 overcome by

00:31:33.280 --> 00:31:33.600
 our own

00:31:33.600 --> 00:31:34.580
 desire to

00:31:34.580 --> 00:31:35.700
 respond with

00:31:35.700 --> 00:31:35.980
 evil,

00:31:37.020 --> 00:31:37.259
 right,

00:31:37.460 --> 00:31:38.200
 but instead

00:31:38.200 --> 00:31:39.400
 we should

00:31:39.400 --> 00:31:40.840
 overcome the

00:31:40.840 --> 00:31:41.580
 evil with

00:31:41.580 --> 00:31:42.580
 our good,

00:31:43.720 --> 00:31:43.940
 right,

00:31:44.340 --> 00:31:45.060
 so don't

00:31:45.060 --> 00:31:45.360
 let your

00:31:45.360 --> 00:31:45.780
 enemy's

00:31:45.780 --> 00:31:46.440
 hostility

00:31:46.440 --> 00:31:47.180
 produce

00:31:47.180 --> 00:31:47.920
 hostility in

00:31:47.920 --> 00:31:48.180
 you,

00:31:48.400 --> 00:31:48.940
 but let

00:31:48.940 --> 00:31:49.360
 your love

00:31:49.360 --> 00:31:51.340
 triumph over

00:31:51.340 --> 00:31:52.680
 his hostility,

00:31:52.680 --> 00:31:54.799
 whether or

00:31:54.799 --> 00:31:55.080
 not you

00:31:55.080 --> 00:31:55.480
 see that

00:31:55.480 --> 00:31:55.720
 as a

00:31:55.720 --> 00:31:56.740
 reality now,

00:31:56.840 --> 00:31:57.340
 it will

00:31:57.340 --> 00:31:58.060
 in fact

00:31:58.060 --> 00:31:58.640
 one day

00:31:58.640 --> 00:31:59.420
 be true,

00:31:59.620 --> 00:32:00.340
 God will

00:32:00.340 --> 00:32:00.799
 sort it

00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:01.460
 in the

00:32:01.460 --> 00:32:01.779
 end.

00:32:02.039 --> 00:32:02.799
 Do not

00:32:02.799 --> 00:32:04.140
 let another

00:32:04.140 --> 00:32:05.120
 person's

00:32:05.120 --> 00:32:06.240
 sin make

00:32:06.240 --> 00:32:07.779
 you sin,

00:32:09.039 --> 00:32:09.279
 right,

00:32:09.660 --> 00:32:10.759
 stand as

00:32:10.759 --> 00:32:11.299
 those

00:32:11.299 --> 00:32:12.160
 redeemed,

00:32:12.920 --> 00:32:14.160
 changed by

00:32:14.160 --> 00:32:14.660
 the gospel

00:32:14.660 --> 00:32:15.299
 of grace,

00:32:16.060 --> 00:32:16.220
 right,

00:32:16.380 --> 00:32:17.140
 changed,

00:32:17.299 --> 00:32:18.380
 we're different

00:32:18.380 --> 00:32:19.140
 than the world,

00:32:19.259 --> 00:32:19.600
 and therefore

00:32:19.600 --> 00:32:20.060
 we ought to

00:32:20.060 --> 00:32:21.660
 respond differently.

00:32:21.660 --> 00:32:22.759
 It is our

00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:23.680
 reasonable

00:32:23.680 --> 00:32:25.400
 service,

00:32:26.240 --> 00:32:26.440
 right,

00:32:26.560 --> 00:32:27.140
 verse 2,

00:32:27.480 --> 00:32:27.920
 it's our

00:32:27.920 --> 00:32:28.759
 reasonable

00:32:28.759 --> 00:32:29.620
 service.

00:32:30.220 --> 00:32:30.880
 It's not a

00:32:30.880 --> 00:32:31.580
 crazy thing

00:32:31.580 --> 00:32:31.980
 he's asked

00:32:31.980 --> 00:32:32.519
 us to do,

00:32:32.660 --> 00:32:33.160
 it's a

00:32:33.160 --> 00:32:33.580
 reasonable

00:32:33.580 --> 00:32:34.580
 response

00:32:34.580 --> 00:32:35.320
 to the

00:32:35.320 --> 00:32:35.580
 goodness

00:32:35.580 --> 00:32:36.320
 of the

00:32:36.320 --> 00:32:36.640
 gospel.

00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:38.080
 I'm going

00:32:38.080 --> 00:32:38.259
 to read

00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:38.560
 to you

00:32:38.560 --> 00:32:39.140
 just a

00:32:39.140 --> 00:32:39.400
 short

00:32:39.400 --> 00:32:39.900
 excerpt

00:32:39.900 --> 00:32:40.860
 from a

00:32:40.860 --> 00:32:41.279
 great book,

00:32:41.320 --> 00:32:41.480
 if you

00:32:41.480 --> 00:32:41.960
 don't have

00:32:41.960 --> 00:32:42.160
 this,

00:32:42.180 --> 00:32:42.360
 you can

00:32:42.360 --> 00:32:42.580
 get it

00:32:42.580 --> 00:32:43.200
 for free

00:32:43.200 --> 00:32:43.800
 from

00:32:43.800 --> 00:32:44.140
 Voice of

00:32:44.140 --> 00:32:44.220
 the

00:32:44.220 --> 00:32:44.680
 Martyrs

00:32:44.680 --> 00:32:45.720
 called

00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:46.080
 Tortured

00:32:46.080 --> 00:32:46.620
 for Christ,

00:32:46.759 --> 00:32:47.480
 and it's

00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:48.380
 written by

00:32:48.380 --> 00:32:48.759
 a man

00:32:48.759 --> 00:32:48.940
 named

00:32:48.940 --> 00:32:49.200
 Richard

00:32:49.200 --> 00:32:49.640
 Wurmbrand

00:32:49.640 --> 00:32:49.980
 who

00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:50.560
 founded

00:32:50.560 --> 00:32:51.019
 Voice of

00:32:51.019 --> 00:32:51.100
 the

00:32:51.100 --> 00:32:51.480
 Martyrs,

00:32:51.660 --> 00:32:53.240
 lived in,

00:32:53.279 --> 00:32:53.640
 I'm going

00:32:53.640 --> 00:32:53.920
 to forget

00:32:53.920 --> 00:32:55.160
 the country,

00:32:55.300 --> 00:32:55.720
 I believe

00:32:55.720 --> 00:32:56.180
 Romania,

00:32:56.779 --> 00:32:57.580
 during

00:32:57.580 --> 00:32:58.100
 communist

00:32:58.100 --> 00:32:58.540
 oppression,

00:32:59.000 --> 00:32:59.480
 and was

00:32:59.480 --> 00:32:59.860
 imprisoned

00:32:59.860 --> 00:33:00.200
 multiple

00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:00.680
 times

00:33:00.680 --> 00:33:01.180
 for his

00:33:01.180 --> 00:33:01.420
 faith.

00:33:01.620 --> 00:33:01.860
 It's a

00:33:01.860 --> 00:33:02.480
 very simple,

00:33:02.740 --> 00:33:03.320
 really good

00:33:03.320 --> 00:33:03.560
 read,

00:33:03.620 --> 00:33:03.920
 I'd really

00:33:03.920 --> 00:33:04.440
 encourage you

00:33:04.440 --> 00:33:05.140
 to pick

00:33:05.140 --> 00:33:05.440
 it up,

00:33:05.640 --> 00:33:05.940
 but let me

00:33:05.940 --> 00:33:06.640
 just read

00:33:06.640 --> 00:33:06.840
 you a

00:33:06.840 --> 00:33:06.980
 little

00:33:06.980 --> 00:33:07.420
 excerpt,

00:33:07.680 --> 00:33:08.820
 as he

00:33:08.820 --> 00:33:09.060
 writes

00:33:09.060 --> 00:33:10.200
 about a

00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:11.640
 man named

00:33:11.640 --> 00:33:12.200
 Grecu,

00:33:13.680 --> 00:33:14.000
 and he

00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:14.380
 has been,

00:33:14.480 --> 00:33:14.920
 Grecu has

00:33:14.920 --> 00:33:15.759
 been being

00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:16.400
 continually,

00:33:16.720 --> 00:33:17.300
 slowly,

00:33:17.299 --> 00:33:18.359
 beaten to

00:33:18.359 --> 00:33:18.680
 death

00:33:18.680 --> 00:33:19.759
 by his

00:33:19.759 --> 00:33:20.220
 captor,

00:33:20.359 --> 00:33:20.639
 a man

00:33:20.639 --> 00:33:20.839
 named

00:33:20.839 --> 00:33:21.220
 Rek.

00:33:23.019 --> 00:33:24.099
 So they're

00:33:24.099 --> 00:33:24.859
 intentionally

00:33:24.859 --> 00:33:25.500
 keeping him

00:33:25.500 --> 00:33:25.980
 alive and

00:33:25.980 --> 00:33:26.879
 prolonging the

00:33:26.879 --> 00:33:27.819
 sentence of

00:33:27.819 --> 00:33:28.139
 him being

00:33:28.139 --> 00:33:28.519
 beat to

00:33:28.519 --> 00:33:28.720
 death.

00:33:28.819 --> 00:33:28.940
 They're

00:33:28.940 --> 00:33:29.879
 medicating

00:33:29.879 --> 00:33:30.159
 him and

00:33:30.159 --> 00:33:30.839
 feeding him

00:33:30.839 --> 00:33:31.579
 and then

00:33:31.579 --> 00:33:32.099
 beating him

00:33:32.099 --> 00:33:32.519
 to within

00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:32.919
 an inch of

00:33:32.919 --> 00:33:33.279
 his life

00:33:33.279 --> 00:33:33.680
 and then

00:33:33.680 --> 00:33:34.299
 bringing him

00:33:34.299 --> 00:33:34.759
 back and

00:33:34.759 --> 00:33:35.119
 beating him

00:33:35.119 --> 00:33:35.440
 again.

00:33:36.220 --> 00:33:36.379
 And

00:33:36.379 --> 00:33:37.899
 listen to this,

00:33:37.899 --> 00:33:38.259
 just listen to

00:33:38.259 --> 00:33:38.599
 this record.

00:33:39.879 --> 00:33:40.200
 He writes,

00:33:40.279 --> 00:33:40.599
 during the

00:33:40.599 --> 00:33:41.159
 beatings,

00:33:41.299 --> 00:33:41.700
 Rek said

00:33:41.700 --> 00:33:42.180
 something to

00:33:42.180 --> 00:33:43.019
 Grecu that

00:33:43.019 --> 00:33:43.639
 the communists

00:33:43.639 --> 00:33:44.419
 often said to

00:33:44.420 --> 00:33:44.779
 Christians,

00:33:45.700 --> 00:33:46.880
 you know I

00:33:46.880 --> 00:33:47.519
 am God.

00:33:48.120 --> 00:33:48.800
 I have power

00:33:48.800 --> 00:33:49.600
 of life and

00:33:49.600 --> 00:33:50.039
 death over

00:33:50.039 --> 00:33:50.259
 you.

00:33:50.539 --> 00:33:51.019
 The one who

00:33:51.019 --> 00:33:51.340
 is in

00:33:51.340 --> 00:33:52.019
 heaven cannot

00:33:52.019 --> 00:33:52.620
 decide to

00:33:52.620 --> 00:33:52.960
 keep you

00:33:52.960 --> 00:33:53.460
 in life.

00:33:54.039 --> 00:33:54.320
 Everything

00:33:54.320 --> 00:33:55.180
 depends upon

00:33:55.180 --> 00:33:55.620
 me.

00:33:55.960 --> 00:33:56.800
 If I wish

00:33:56.800 --> 00:33:57.820
 you live,

00:33:58.259 --> 00:33:59.060
 if I wish

00:33:59.060 --> 00:33:59.640
 you are

00:33:59.640 --> 00:34:00.039
 killed,

00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:01.240
 I am

00:34:01.240 --> 00:34:01.580
 God.

00:34:02.140 --> 00:34:02.600
 So he

00:34:02.600 --> 00:34:03.279
 mocked the

00:34:03.279 --> 00:34:03.580
 Christian.

00:34:04.779 --> 00:34:05.560
 I would

00:34:05.560 --> 00:34:06.380
 imagine that

00:34:06.380 --> 00:34:08.019
 Grecu knows

00:34:08.019 --> 00:34:08.519
 his scriptures

00:34:08.519 --> 00:34:09.300
 at this point,

00:34:09.740 --> 00:34:10.680
 that in his

00:34:10.680 --> 00:34:11.559
 mind he

00:34:11.559 --> 00:34:11.960
 says,

00:34:12.720 --> 00:34:13.420
 vengeance is

00:34:13.420 --> 00:34:13.680
 mine,

00:34:13.820 --> 00:34:14.139
 I will

00:34:14.139 --> 00:34:14.519
 repay,

00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:15.039
 says the

00:34:15.039 --> 00:34:15.239
 Lord.

00:34:15.699 --> 00:34:15.859
 Right?

00:34:16.480 --> 00:34:17.000
 Listen to

00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:17.199
 what he

00:34:17.199 --> 00:34:17.460
 does,

00:34:17.500 --> 00:34:18.000
 his response.

00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:18.799
 Brother

00:34:18.799 --> 00:34:19.379
 Grecu in

00:34:19.379 --> 00:34:19.940
 this horrible

00:34:19.940 --> 00:34:21.299
 situation gave

00:34:21.299 --> 00:34:22.279
 Rek a very

00:34:22.279 --> 00:34:23.079
 interesting answer

00:34:23.079 --> 00:34:23.879
 which I heard

00:34:23.879 --> 00:34:24.920
 afterward from

00:34:24.920 --> 00:34:25.679
 Rek himself.

00:34:26.379 --> 00:34:27.139
 He said,

00:34:27.359 --> 00:34:28.319
 you don't

00:34:28.319 --> 00:34:29.279
 know what a

00:34:29.279 --> 00:34:29.920
 deep thing

00:34:29.920 --> 00:34:30.359
 you have

00:34:30.359 --> 00:34:30.739
 said.

00:34:31.619 --> 00:34:31.920
 Every

00:34:31.920 --> 00:34:32.719
 caterpillar is

00:34:32.719 --> 00:34:33.679
 in reality a

00:34:33.679 --> 00:34:34.739
 butterfly if it

00:34:34.739 --> 00:34:35.779
 develops rightly.

00:34:36.539 --> 00:34:37.079
 You have not

00:34:37.079 --> 00:34:38.299
 been created to

00:34:38.299 --> 00:34:39.039
 be a torturer,

00:34:39.259 --> 00:34:39.719
 a man who

00:34:39.719 --> 00:34:40.139
 kills.

00:34:40.559 --> 00:34:41.039
 You have been

00:34:41.039 --> 00:34:41.559
 created to

00:34:41.559 --> 00:34:42.159
 become like

00:34:42.159 --> 00:34:43.119
 God with the

00:34:43.119 --> 00:34:43.819
 life of the

00:34:43.820 --> 00:34:44.559
 Godhead in

00:34:44.559 --> 00:34:45.080
 your heart.

00:34:45.800 --> 00:34:46.300
 Many who

00:34:46.300 --> 00:34:46.559
 have been

00:34:46.559 --> 00:34:47.940
 persecutors like

00:34:47.940 --> 00:34:48.580
 you have

00:34:48.580 --> 00:34:48.960
 come to

00:34:48.960 --> 00:34:49.480
 realize,

00:34:49.700 --> 00:34:50.039
 like the

00:34:50.039 --> 00:34:50.740
 Apostle Paul,

00:34:51.039 --> 00:34:51.500
 that it is

00:34:51.500 --> 00:34:52.360
 shameful for a

00:34:52.360 --> 00:34:52.940
 man to commit

00:34:52.940 --> 00:34:53.559
 atrocities,

00:34:53.720 --> 00:34:54.180
 that they can

00:34:54.180 --> 00:34:54.720
 do much

00:34:54.720 --> 00:34:55.500
 better things.

00:34:56.039 --> 00:34:56.480
 So they

00:34:56.480 --> 00:34:57.300
 become partakers

00:34:57.300 --> 00:34:57.840
 of the divine

00:34:57.840 --> 00:34:58.200
 nature.

00:34:58.700 --> 00:34:59.700
 Jesus said to

00:34:59.700 --> 00:35:00.140
 the Jews of

00:35:00.140 --> 00:35:00.640
 his time,

00:35:01.059 --> 00:35:01.559
 ye are

00:35:01.559 --> 00:35:02.140
 gods.

00:35:02.600 --> 00:35:03.180
 Believe me,

00:35:03.260 --> 00:35:03.460
 Mr.

00:35:03.559 --> 00:35:03.780
 Rek,

00:35:03.860 --> 00:35:04.539
 your real

00:35:04.539 --> 00:35:05.360
 calling is to

00:35:05.360 --> 00:35:06.080
 be godlike,

00:35:06.260 --> 00:35:06.860
 to have the

00:35:06.860 --> 00:35:07.460
 character of

00:35:07.460 --> 00:35:07.780
 God,

00:35:08.240 --> 00:35:09.039
 not a

00:35:09.039 --> 00:35:09.519
 torturer.

00:35:10.200 --> 00:35:10.760
 What did

00:35:10.760 --> 00:35:11.120
 he do?

00:35:11.760 --> 00:35:12.280
 Express the

00:35:12.280 --> 00:35:13.440
 ultimate form

00:35:13.440 --> 00:35:15.019
 of love as

00:35:15.019 --> 00:35:15.300
 he's being

00:35:15.300 --> 00:35:16.540
 beaten in a

00:35:16.540 --> 00:35:17.060
 presentation of

00:35:17.060 --> 00:35:17.880
 the gospel to

00:35:17.880 --> 00:35:18.700
 his very

00:35:18.700 --> 00:35:20.700
 beater.

00:35:21.320 --> 00:35:21.780
 Probably not the

00:35:21.780 --> 00:35:22.160
 right word,

00:35:22.320 --> 00:35:22.519
 right?

00:35:25.019 --> 00:35:25.960
 Is that how you

00:35:25.960 --> 00:35:26.680
 would respond in

00:35:26.680 --> 00:35:27.300
 that situation?

00:35:28.480 --> 00:35:29.260
 It's hard to

00:35:29.260 --> 00:35:29.940
 imagine it.

00:35:30.500 --> 00:35:31.300
 It's hard to

00:35:31.300 --> 00:35:31.800
 think that that's

00:35:31.800 --> 00:35:32.519
 the way we would

00:35:32.519 --> 00:35:33.480
 respond in that

00:35:33.480 --> 00:35:33.960
 situation.

00:35:35.019 --> 00:35:35.980
 I think rather we

00:35:35.980 --> 00:35:38.060
 would be furious

00:35:38.060 --> 00:35:38.760
 that we're in the

00:35:38.760 --> 00:35:40.180
 situation, that our

00:35:40.180 --> 00:35:40.760
 rights have been

00:35:40.760 --> 00:35:41.560
 taken from us,

00:35:41.940 --> 00:35:43.240
 that this man

00:35:43.240 --> 00:35:44.340
 is doing this

00:35:44.340 --> 00:35:45.080
 to us is so

00:35:45.080 --> 00:35:45.800
 unfair.

00:35:45.980 --> 00:35:46.800
 How dare he?

00:35:47.340 --> 00:35:47.780
 Given the

00:35:47.780 --> 00:35:48.520
 opportunity, what

00:35:48.520 --> 00:35:48.900
 would I do

00:35:48.900 --> 00:35:49.240
 back?

00:35:49.320 --> 00:35:49.680
 How would I

00:35:49.680 --> 00:35:50.500
 defend myself?

00:35:53.500 --> 00:35:54.800
 Grecu preaches

00:35:54.800 --> 00:35:55.440
 the gospel to

00:35:55.440 --> 00:35:55.620
 him.

00:35:56.720 --> 00:35:57.260
 And here's the

00:35:57.260 --> 00:35:57.620
 result.

00:35:58.140 --> 00:35:59.080
 At that moment,

00:35:59.380 --> 00:36:00.080
 Rek did not pay

00:36:00.080 --> 00:36:00.780
 much attention to

00:36:00.780 --> 00:36:01.380
 the words of his

00:36:01.380 --> 00:36:02.840
 victim, as Saul

00:36:02.840 --> 00:36:03.500
 of Tarsus did

00:36:03.500 --> 00:36:04.080
 not pay attention

00:36:04.080 --> 00:36:04.740
 to the beautiful

00:36:04.740 --> 00:36:05.700
 witness of Stephen

00:36:05.700 --> 00:36:06.720
 being killed in

00:36:06.720 --> 00:36:07.240
 his presence.

00:36:07.760 --> 00:36:08.880
 But those words

00:36:08.880 --> 00:36:09.700
 worked in his

00:36:09.700 --> 00:36:10.660
 heart, and

00:36:10.659 --> 00:36:11.259
 Rek later

00:36:11.259 --> 00:36:12.579
 understood that

00:36:12.579 --> 00:36:13.859
 this was his

00:36:13.859 --> 00:36:14.500
 real calling.

00:36:15.879 --> 00:36:16.719
 You remember, he

00:36:16.719 --> 00:36:17.579
 said he learned

00:36:17.579 --> 00:36:19.159
 this story from

00:36:19.159 --> 00:36:19.839
 Rek himself.

00:36:20.079 --> 00:36:21.000
 Rek became a

00:36:21.000 --> 00:36:22.139
 believer as a

00:36:22.139 --> 00:36:22.759
 result, and if

00:36:22.759 --> 00:36:23.639
 you read on,

00:36:24.159 --> 00:36:25.259
 Grecu died at

00:36:25.259 --> 00:36:25.799
 his hands.

00:36:28.079 --> 00:36:29.599
 This is the type

00:36:29.599 --> 00:36:30.319
 of love we're

00:36:30.319 --> 00:36:30.879
 meant to have.

00:36:31.619 --> 00:36:32.519
 It's profound.

00:36:32.639 --> 00:36:33.299
 It really is.

00:36:33.440 --> 00:36:34.179
 It's simple.

00:36:34.339 --> 00:36:35.039
 It's a reasonable

00:36:35.039 --> 00:36:35.920
 act of service.

00:36:35.920 --> 00:36:37.559
 But this is the

00:36:37.559 --> 00:36:39.460
 expression of life

00:36:39.460 --> 00:36:41.280
 changed by the

00:36:41.280 --> 00:36:41.960
 truth of the

00:36:41.960 --> 00:36:42.300
 gospel.

00:36:43.519 --> 00:36:45.099
 Do you believe

00:36:45.099 --> 00:36:46.180
 this morning

00:36:46.180 --> 00:36:47.780
 the gospel?

00:36:48.200 --> 00:36:49.820
 If you do, this

00:36:49.820 --> 00:36:50.340
 will be your

00:36:50.340 --> 00:36:50.820
 response.

00:36:51.720 --> 00:36:52.559
 And I think it's

00:36:52.559 --> 00:36:53.019
 going to work its

00:36:53.019 --> 00:36:53.559
 way out in

00:36:53.559 --> 00:36:54.320
 different little

00:36:54.320 --> 00:36:54.740
 ways.

00:36:54.980 --> 00:36:55.740
 Small example,

00:36:56.200 --> 00:36:56.559
 when that guy

00:36:56.559 --> 00:36:57.220
 cuts you off on

00:36:57.220 --> 00:36:57.559
 the road,

00:36:59.700 --> 00:37:00.519
 what's our

00:37:00.519 --> 00:37:01.039
 response?

00:37:01.139 --> 00:37:01.579
 Even just our

00:37:01.579 --> 00:37:02.740
 emotional response

00:37:02.739 --> 00:37:03.839
 like that.

00:37:04.479 --> 00:37:05.359
 Right, I was

00:37:05.359 --> 00:37:05.939
 in this lane.

00:37:06.619 --> 00:37:06.879
 What's your

00:37:06.879 --> 00:37:07.259
 problem?

00:37:07.439 --> 00:37:08.059
 Can't see me?

00:37:11.759 --> 00:37:12.359
 Good one.

00:37:12.599 --> 00:37:12.759
 Yep.

00:37:15.679 --> 00:37:16.399
 What is the

00:37:16.399 --> 00:37:17.599
 outflow of our

00:37:17.599 --> 00:37:18.119
 hearts?

00:37:20.039 --> 00:37:21.159
 I think we all

00:37:21.159 --> 00:37:22.179
 need to examine

00:37:22.179 --> 00:37:23.519
 where we stand

00:37:23.519 --> 00:37:24.579
 positionally and

00:37:24.579 --> 00:37:25.919
 how, to what

00:37:25.919 --> 00:37:27.000
 degree, do we

00:37:27.000 --> 00:37:28.139
 actually embrace

00:37:28.139 --> 00:37:29.500
 the gospel.

00:37:30.619 --> 00:37:31.559
 I pray as we

00:37:31.559 --> 00:37:32.419
 will in a minute

00:37:32.420 --> 00:37:34.860
 that you'll

00:37:34.860 --> 00:37:35.380
 repent and

00:37:35.380 --> 00:37:35.659
 believe.

00:37:35.760 --> 00:37:36.680
 If you are a

00:37:36.680 --> 00:37:37.800
 Christian, that

00:37:37.800 --> 00:37:38.579
 you will recognize

00:37:38.579 --> 00:37:40.000
 this weakness

00:37:40.000 --> 00:37:41.420
 that I believe we

00:37:41.420 --> 00:37:41.800
 all can do

00:37:41.800 --> 00:37:42.200
 better at.

00:37:43.980 --> 00:37:44.579
 Maybe for

00:37:44.579 --> 00:37:45.460
 particular situations

00:37:45.460 --> 00:37:46.220
 that you need to

00:37:46.220 --> 00:37:47.119
 go rectify.

00:37:47.480 --> 00:37:48.079
 Part of your

00:37:48.079 --> 00:37:48.820
 repentance is to

00:37:48.820 --> 00:37:50.360
 actually go do

00:37:50.360 --> 00:37:51.019
 what you can do

00:37:51.019 --> 00:37:51.880
 to make the

00:37:51.880 --> 00:37:52.800
 situation better.

00:37:55.320 --> 00:37:56.059
 Some of you may

00:37:56.059 --> 00:37:57.000
 not actually be

00:37:57.000 --> 00:37:57.840
 Christians in this

00:37:57.840 --> 00:37:58.159
 room.

00:37:58.680 --> 00:37:59.360
 I pray that you

00:37:59.360 --> 00:38:00.139
 would allow God

00:38:00.139 --> 00:38:00.740
 to work in your

00:38:00.740 --> 00:38:01.059
 heart.

00:38:01.240 --> 00:38:02.400
 That you would

00:38:02.400 --> 00:38:03.500
 hear his call

00:38:03.500 --> 00:38:03.860
 and that you

00:38:03.860 --> 00:38:04.460
 would respond

00:38:04.460 --> 00:38:05.599
 appropriately.

00:38:06.460 --> 00:38:07.380
 If you grew up

00:38:07.380 --> 00:38:07.960
 in church and

00:38:07.960 --> 00:38:08.760
 you think that

00:38:08.760 --> 00:38:09.300
 there's a special

00:38:09.300 --> 00:38:09.800
 time that that

00:38:09.800 --> 00:38:10.320
 has to happen,

00:38:10.420 --> 00:38:10.820
 you're really

00:38:10.820 --> 00:38:11.119
 wrong.

00:38:12.039 --> 00:38:12.920
 I don't stand

00:38:12.920 --> 00:38:13.480
 between you and

00:38:13.480 --> 00:38:13.720
 God.

00:38:14.760 --> 00:38:15.840
 I'm just another

00:38:15.840 --> 00:38:16.200
 Christian.

00:38:16.559 --> 00:38:18.360
 We're all saints.

00:38:18.840 --> 00:38:19.380
 You have full

00:38:19.380 --> 00:38:19.860
 access.

00:38:20.660 --> 00:38:21.220
 The temple

00:38:21.220 --> 00:38:22.000
 curtain was torn.

00:38:22.559 --> 00:38:23.099
 It's symbolic.

00:38:23.260 --> 00:38:23.860
 You get to step

00:38:23.860 --> 00:38:24.559
 right in there.

00:38:25.400 --> 00:38:26.320
 God's working on

00:38:26.320 --> 00:38:26.780
 your heart.

00:38:27.220 --> 00:38:28.019
 Just step in

00:38:28.019 --> 00:38:28.280
 there.

00:38:29.160 --> 00:38:29.680
 Repent.

00:38:29.679 --> 00:38:30.719
 Confess.

00:38:30.719 --> 00:38:30.919
 Confess that

00:38:30.919 --> 00:38:31.419
 you're a sinner

00:38:31.419 --> 00:38:32.019
 and you need

00:38:32.019 --> 00:38:32.319
 him.

00:38:33.440 --> 00:38:34.500
 That you're dead

00:38:34.500 --> 00:38:34.980
 and you need

00:38:34.980 --> 00:38:36.219
 the life that

00:38:36.219 --> 00:38:36.819
 is in Christ.

00:38:37.839 --> 00:38:38.519
 I'm here to

00:38:38.519 --> 00:38:39.639
 help you later.

00:38:40.639 --> 00:38:41.399
 After the fact.

00:38:41.460 --> 00:38:42.219
 Come talk to me.

00:38:42.919 --> 00:38:43.279
 Let's get you

00:38:43.279 --> 00:38:43.859
 involved in

00:38:43.859 --> 00:38:44.599
 discipleship.

00:38:45.159 --> 00:38:45.539
 Let's get you

00:38:45.539 --> 00:38:46.500
 engaged in the

00:38:46.500 --> 00:38:46.839
 church.

00:38:46.960 --> 00:38:47.440
 There's great

00:38:47.440 --> 00:38:48.139
 grace to us

00:38:48.139 --> 00:38:48.559
 that we have

00:38:48.559 --> 00:38:49.539
 to grow together.

00:38:50.599 --> 00:38:51.619
 Don't think you

00:38:51.619 --> 00:38:52.500
 have to wait

00:38:52.500 --> 00:38:54.119
 for an invitation

00:38:54.119 --> 00:38:54.839
 to do it.

00:38:55.239 --> 00:38:55.599
 You're being

00:38:55.599 --> 00:38:56.460
 invited right now.

00:38:56.919 --> 00:38:57.699
 Respond to the

00:38:57.699 --> 00:38:57.919
 gospel.

00:38:58.339 --> 00:38:58.759
 Respond.

00:38:58.760 --> 00:38:59.880
 The Spirit

00:38:59.880 --> 00:39:00.820
 is inviting you.