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 Thank you, Michelle, and welcome everyone to church this morning.

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! It's great to see you.

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 I am Steve.

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 I've never met you before.

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 I'm senior pastor here at St. Paul's.

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 As Nick said, we're closing off our vision series for this morning.

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 So if you keep your Bibles open there, 1 Corinthians 9, that'd be fantastic.

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 The German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche was a classical scholar

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 and a self-confessed critic, particularly of the Christian faith,

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 religion generally, but particularly the Christian faith.

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 He once said that he would believe in the Redeemer, that is Jesus,

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 if the redeemed Christians looked a little more redeemed.

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 He was making the point that from the Christians that he knew,

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 that he never really got the impression that there was, in fact,

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 a God who created all things.

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 You never get the impression that humanity was made in a special relationship

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 and in the image of God, in a special relationship with him.

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 You never get the opinion at all that this humanity

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 inexplicably set their hearts on something else than their creator God.

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 They destroyed themselves in the world,

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 and yet this God rescued them by coming into his story,

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 and that this God rescued them by coming into his story,

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 dying on a cross, and rose triumphantly,

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 and now reigns and rules over all things decisively,

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 giving them the gift of eternal life in his presence forever,

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 where he will restore everything and all evil and sin.

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 He said, you would never get the opinion that Christians believe that.

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 That was his point.

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 In fact, Nietzsche said, another one of his great quotes is,

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 there's really only one true Christian, and he died on a cross.

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 Nietzsche's point was that if that is, in fact, what Christians believed,

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 then why does it seem to make such little difference

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 in the way that they live their lives?

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 Why aren't they exceedingly joyous?

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 Why aren't they living lives shaped by that truth?

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 And that really is what our series has been about this year,

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 this term, our vision series.

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 When I began, I mentioned that the word Christian

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 Christian is a connection of its two words,

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 which means two words of Christian,

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 which means, in essence, it means followers of the Christ.

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 And the word Christian means a lifelong journey,

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 following Jesus, 100% dedication to him,

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 as he himself describes it,

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 of taking up your cross, dying to self,

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 being alive to him, being changed,

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 transformed into the character of Jesus

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 and with the priorities of Jesus.

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 To be a Christian is to be like Jesus,

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 like Jesus in his complete surrender to the Father,

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 like Jesus in his life of service of others,

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 like Jesus in his love for all people,

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 like Jesus in his patient endurance,

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 like Jesus in his mission to the world

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 to win people back into relationship with God.

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 And as I've said along this series,

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 there's often a disconnect in the Christian life

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 between those great truths,

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 our worldview, as I said last week,

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 and the lives that that worldview should produce.

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 And so this series has been looking at

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 regular rhythms of grace,

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 Christian practices, spiritual disciplines,

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 as they've been traditionally called,

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 which take those great truths of the Christian faith

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 and to take them from the mind

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 and push them down into the driving centre of our lives.

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 And then from there, out from there,

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 into transformation of character and priorities.

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 That's what spiritual disciplines do.

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 They move.

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 And as the great John Calvin said,

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 a truth that's held just in the mind

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 is actually not a truth that's lived by

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 or actually believed in

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 until it's pushed down into the driving centre of our lives

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 and out from there.

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 And so these rhythms, if you like,

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 are about pushing them down

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 and about that transformation in life.

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 And if you've been journeying through this series so far,

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 all the way with me,

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 I suppose my question is,

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 eight weeks in,

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 what next step have you taken?

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 what's different?

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 What has changed?

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 What are you doing differently now

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 that you weren't doing before?

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 Basically, if you get up tomorrow morning

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 and there's an entire disconnect from today,

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 what you realise is when you look at these rhythms of life

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 and when you start to put them into practice,

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 what you realise is that there's a fight on all the time.

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 All the time.

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 There is for me.

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 You should not assume that

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 as I ascend the stairs to the office at church,

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 there's a halo that kind of follows me.

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 You shouldn't assume that

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 because this is my profession

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 that somehow that I don't have a fight on

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 every single day as a disciple of Jesus.

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 I hope you got that from the very first sermon

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 where I basically,

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 within three or four minutes,

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 was vulnerable to you

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 in terms of my own day-by-day struggles

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 as a disciple of Jesus.

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 There is a fight on every day.

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 And so what this means is

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 that self-control is crucial in life.

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 And that's really the message today

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 as we look to take our next steps.

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 What does it mean to have a life of self-control

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 in order to put these into practice?

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 So if you've got the St Paul's app,

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 you'll see three things there.

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 The first one is the heart and self-control.

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 Now, the word for self-control in 1 Corinthians 9,

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 which is just read out to us,

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 is actually in verse 25,

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 even though it wasn't in the English version

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 that was read out.

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 In the original language,

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 the word there is,

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 everyone who competes in the games

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 goes into, the English says,

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 strict training.

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 Literally, it means self-rule.

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 Anyone who competes in the games

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 goes into self-rule or self-control.

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 That is, the athlete exerts self-control,

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 self-rule in all things.

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 The runner runs for the prize,

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 the athlete for the crown,

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 the boxer,

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 which is another one there,

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 another word,

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 is to strike a blow.

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 That's what they do.

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 The boxer doesn't go into strict training

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 in order to punch the air.

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 They go into strict training

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 to punch a chin

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 or whatever it can,

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 above the belt.

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 Paul says here that he beats his body.

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 And by that he means

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 he is wearing down his resistance

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 in every area of his life

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 so that he might reach the goal.

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 In case,

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 the prize is in verse 27.

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 He says,

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 I strike a blow to my body

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 and make it my slave

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 so that after I have preached to others,

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 I myself will not be disqualified

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 for the prize.

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 He exercises self-control

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 to make sure that his life itself

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 aligns with his belief,

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 with what he preaches.

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 And the secret ingredient for Paul in that

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 is the heart.

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 It's the heart.

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 In modern times,

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 we tend to think

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 that the secret to self-control

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 is willpower.

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 And particularly in Western culture,

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 we think that the secret to self-control

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 is willpower.

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 You know,

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 athletes,

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 you know,

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 they just have this extraordinary,

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 powerful mind

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 and are able to,

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 you know,

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 assert the will

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 over everything.

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 So if I had placed before me

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 a bucket of Rocky Road ice cream

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 and I want to eat it all,

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 what I need to do

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 is I need to convince myself

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 that if I was to eat it all,

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 then it would be really bad for me,

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 really bad for me.

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 And so I need to assert my willpower

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 over the desire of the heart

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 to eat an entire bucket

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 of Rocky Road ice cream

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 or one of those big buckets of KFC

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 or whatever it is

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 that you're...

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 Now,

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 so in other words,

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 the modern concept of self-control

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 is an exercise of the mind.

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 It is willpower

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 over emotions

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 and desires

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 and feelings,

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 which is exactly

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 how the ancients regarded

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 willpower

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 or self-control.

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 In ancient Greek stoicism,

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 that was their concept

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 of self-control.

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 Stoicism regarded

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 that a life lived well

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 was a virtuous life,

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 a good life.

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 Virtues,

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 really four main ones

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 for the Stoics

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 was wisdom,

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 justice,

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 courage,

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 and self-control.

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 And so for the Stoics,

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 like all of Greek culture,

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 which Western civilization

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 is built on,

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 the mind,

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 knowledge,

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 reason

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 was always

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 supreme

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 over emotions,

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 feelings,

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 and desires.

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 They emphasized

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 the importance

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 of self-control

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 and emotional regulation

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 to navigate life well.

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 So you can have

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 a very strong

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 desire for something,

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 but self-control

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 was to ensure

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 that you

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 convinced yourself

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 of

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 negating

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 the desire

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 and pursuing

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 the rational.

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 If you can rid

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 your life of desires,

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 feelings,

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 and emotions,

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 then you are living

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 a virtuous life.

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 Now the Bible

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 does not think

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 of self-control

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 as taking

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 the mind

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 and will

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 and asserting

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 it over

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 the desires,

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 the feelings,

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 and the emotions.

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 Primarily

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 because in the Bible

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 humanity

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 is made in God's image

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 and therefore

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 desires,

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 feelings,

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 and emotions

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 are part of

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 who we are.

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 It's part of

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 the whole person.

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 But verse 25

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 gives us

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 the Bible's

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 key

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 to self-rule,

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 self-control.

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 Everyone

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 who competes

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 in the games

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 goes into

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 strict training,

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 goes into

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 self-rule.

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 They do it

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 to get

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 a crown

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 that will

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 not last,

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 but we,

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 and he's referring

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 to Christians here,

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 we do it

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 to get a crown

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 that will last

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 forever.

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 What Paul's saying

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 here,

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 the Bible's view

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 is,

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 it's not

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 that an athlete

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 doesn't want

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 to eat

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 a bucket

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 of Rocky Road

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 ice cream,

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 or their equivalent.

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 it's not

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 that they

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 don't want

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 to stay

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 up all

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 night

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 with their

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 friends

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 and party.

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 It's not

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 that they

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 don't want

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 to sleep

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 in

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 every day

00:13:02.759 --> 00:13:03.539
 or most

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 days,

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 particularly

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 if they're

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 teenagers.

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 And they

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 don't really

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 want the

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 fatigue,

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 they don't

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 really want

00:13:12.500 --> 00:13:13.860
 the exertion,

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 and they

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 don't really

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 want the

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 expenses,

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 and they

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 don't really

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 want the

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 injuries.

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 But what

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 they do

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 want,

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 more than

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 anything else,

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 is the

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 prize,

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 the crown,

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 the medal.

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 That's what

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 they want.

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 You see,

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 self-control

00:13:37.919 --> 00:13:38.799
 is not a

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 matter of

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 the will,

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 it's a matter

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 of the heart,

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 it's a matter

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 of what it

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 is that you

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 set your

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 desire on.

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 it's a

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 matter of

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 what you

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 have

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 affections

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 for.

00:13:53.500 --> 00:13:54.340
 Self-control

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 is about

00:13:55.639 --> 00:13:56.480
 setting the

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 heart,

00:13:57.240 --> 00:13:57.840
 the driving

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 centre of

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 the life,

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 which is

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 the way

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 the Bible

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 understands

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 it,

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 on the

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 nobler,

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 higher,

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 and most

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 important,

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 greater

00:14:04.740 --> 00:14:05.100
 thing.

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 Self-control

00:14:07.360 --> 00:14:09.379
 is not

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 that some

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 people have

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 a stronger

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 will than

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 others,

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 or less

00:14:14.480 --> 00:14:15.139
 feelings

00:14:15.139 --> 00:14:16.080
 and emotions

00:14:16.080 --> 00:14:17.059
 and desires

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 than others.

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 It's a

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 matter of

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 what we

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 set our

00:14:21.419 --> 00:14:21.879
 hearts

00:14:21.879 --> 00:14:22.659
 on.

00:14:23.980 --> 00:14:25.200
 What we

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 desire

00:14:25.980 --> 00:14:27.240
 the most,

00:14:28.500 --> 00:14:29.740
 the thing

00:14:29.740 --> 00:14:30.259
 that the

00:14:30.259 --> 00:14:30.700
 heart

00:14:30.700 --> 00:14:32.639
 most wants,

00:14:33.819 --> 00:14:34.299
 orders

00:14:34.299 --> 00:14:35.819
 all of

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 the other

00:14:36.539 --> 00:14:37.779
 desires of

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 the heart.

00:14:38.419 --> 00:14:41.579
 self-control

00:14:41.579 --> 00:14:42.579
 is about

00:14:42.579 --> 00:14:43.199
 setting our

00:14:43.199 --> 00:14:43.740
 hearts and

00:14:43.740 --> 00:14:44.459
 our desires

00:14:44.459 --> 00:14:45.839
 on the

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 one

00:14:46.679 --> 00:14:48.000
 major

00:14:48.000 --> 00:14:48.939
 want

00:14:48.939 --> 00:14:49.959
 in life,

00:14:50.479 --> 00:14:52.120
 and that

00:14:52.120 --> 00:14:53.000
 major want

00:14:53.000 --> 00:14:53.899
 will order

00:14:53.899 --> 00:14:54.539
 all the

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 other major

00:14:55.479 --> 00:14:56.399
 wants in

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 life,

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 even as

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 a diabetic.

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 Frankly,

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 there are

00:15:05.559 --> 00:15:06.459
 times when

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 I would

00:15:06.919 --> 00:15:07.319
 love to

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 eat a

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 bucket of

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 Rocky Road

00:15:08.920 --> 00:15:09.620
 ice cream.

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 But,

00:15:11.960 --> 00:15:12.899
 more than

00:15:12.899 --> 00:15:13.379
 a love

00:15:13.379 --> 00:15:13.780
 for Rocky

00:15:13.780 --> 00:15:14.019
 Road

00:15:14.019 --> 00:15:14.740
 ice cream

00:15:14.740 --> 00:15:16.060
 is a

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 love to

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 be alive,

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 a love

00:15:19.060 --> 00:15:19.360
 to be

00:15:19.360 --> 00:15:19.720
 healthy,

00:15:20.480 --> 00:15:20.899
 a love

00:15:20.899 --> 00:15:21.220
 to be

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 functioning,

00:15:22.220 --> 00:15:23.060
 a love

00:15:23.060 --> 00:15:23.399
 for all

00:15:23.399 --> 00:15:23.680
 of my

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 limbs to

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 stay

00:15:24.420 --> 00:15:24.940
 attached,

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 and for

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 me not

00:15:25.740 --> 00:15:25.980
 to be

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 blind,

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 for instance.

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 That is

00:15:30.280 --> 00:15:30.759
 a greater

00:15:30.759 --> 00:15:31.340
 love for

00:15:31.340 --> 00:15:31.800
 me than

00:15:31.800 --> 00:15:32.060
 Rocky

00:15:32.060 --> 00:15:32.420
 Road

00:15:32.420 --> 00:15:33.139
 ice cream.

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 The

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 higher

00:15:35.360 --> 00:15:35.900
 want

00:15:35.900 --> 00:15:36.560
 or love

00:15:36.560 --> 00:15:37.240
 or desire

00:15:37.240 --> 00:15:37.820
 will

00:15:37.820 --> 00:15:38.600
 always

00:15:38.600 --> 00:15:39.019
 win,

00:15:39.799 --> 00:15:40.360
 always

00:15:40.360 --> 00:15:40.740
 win.

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 What

00:15:44.159 --> 00:15:44.620
 main

00:15:44.620 --> 00:15:45.120
 thing we

00:15:45.120 --> 00:15:45.500
 set our

00:15:45.500 --> 00:15:45.860
 hearts

00:15:45.860 --> 00:15:46.299
 on

00:15:46.299 --> 00:15:48.060
 is the

00:15:48.060 --> 00:15:48.340
 thing

00:15:48.340 --> 00:15:48.799
 that we

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 will

00:15:49.019 --> 00:15:49.560
 think,

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 it's the

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 thing that

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 we think

00:15:52.960 --> 00:15:56.080
 will fill

00:15:56.080 --> 00:15:57.139
 our deepest

00:15:57.139 --> 00:15:57.779
 longings of

00:15:57.779 --> 00:15:58.279
 our heart.

00:15:58.279 --> 00:15:59.120
 will

00:15:59.120 --> 00:16:03.500
 make us

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 something,

00:16:04.959 --> 00:16:05.959
 that will

00:16:05.959 --> 00:16:06.339
 set us

00:16:06.339 --> 00:16:06.860
 apart.

00:16:09.279 --> 00:16:10.079
 The

00:16:10.079 --> 00:16:10.500
 thing that

00:16:10.500 --> 00:16:11.079
 we think

00:16:11.079 --> 00:16:11.639
 will make

00:16:11.639 --> 00:16:12.720
 us win

00:16:12.720 --> 00:16:13.600
 will

00:16:13.600 --> 00:16:14.339
 always

00:16:14.339 --> 00:16:14.819
 win.

00:16:16.860 --> 00:16:17.639
 Thomas

00:16:17.639 --> 00:16:18.159
 Chalmers

00:16:18.159 --> 00:16:19.240
 was a

00:16:19.240 --> 00:16:19.939
 Scottish

00:16:19.939 --> 00:16:21.019
 Presbyterian

00:16:21.019 --> 00:16:21.419
 minister,

00:16:22.240 --> 00:16:23.720
 professor of

00:16:23.720 --> 00:16:24.720
 theology,

00:16:24.939 --> 00:16:25.399
 he was a

00:16:25.399 --> 00:16:25.779
 political

00:16:25.779 --> 00:16:26.579
 economist.

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 He's been

00:16:29.679 --> 00:16:30.399
 referred to

00:16:30.399 --> 00:16:30.840
 once upon

00:16:30.840 --> 00:16:31.240
 a time

00:16:31.240 --> 00:16:31.679
 as

00:16:31.679 --> 00:16:33.559
 Scotland's

00:16:33.559 --> 00:16:34.439
 greatest

00:16:34.439 --> 00:16:36.240
 19th

00:16:36.240 --> 00:16:36.639
 century

00:16:36.639 --> 00:16:37.319
 churchman.

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 He preached

00:16:39.659 --> 00:16:40.340
 a very

00:16:40.340 --> 00:16:40.840
 famous

00:16:40.840 --> 00:16:41.259
 sermon

00:16:41.259 --> 00:16:42.860
 called

00:16:42.860 --> 00:16:43.179
 The

00:16:43.179 --> 00:16:43.819
 Expulsive

00:16:43.819 --> 00:16:44.779
 Power of

00:16:44.779 --> 00:16:45.340
 a New

00:16:45.340 --> 00:16:45.959
 Affection.

00:16:46.740 --> 00:16:47.240
 He made

00:16:47.240 --> 00:16:47.879
 the powerful

00:16:47.879 --> 00:16:49.699
 point that

00:16:49.699 --> 00:16:50.960
 bondage to

00:16:50.960 --> 00:16:51.679
 sin and

00:16:51.679 --> 00:16:53.000
 self is

00:16:53.000 --> 00:16:54.279
 only truly

00:16:54.279 --> 00:16:55.819
 broken by

00:16:55.819 --> 00:16:56.459
 a stronger

00:16:56.459 --> 00:16:57.079
 affection.

00:16:59.839 --> 00:17:00.159
 One

00:17:00.159 --> 00:17:01.519
 affection is

00:17:01.519 --> 00:17:03.059
 only ever

00:17:03.059 --> 00:17:04.700
 removed from

00:17:04.700 --> 00:17:05.500
 the place of

00:17:05.500 --> 00:17:06.899
 primary existence

00:17:06.899 --> 00:17:07.399
 in our

00:17:07.399 --> 00:17:07.980
 heart, the

00:17:07.980 --> 00:17:08.279
 depths of

00:17:08.279 --> 00:17:08.740
 our heart,

00:17:09.059 --> 00:17:09.660
 by a much

00:17:09.660 --> 00:17:10.200
 stronger

00:17:10.200 --> 00:17:10.740
 affection.

00:17:11.559 --> 00:17:12.059
 All of

00:17:12.059 --> 00:17:12.759
 our actions

00:17:12.759 --> 00:17:13.599
 and our

00:17:13.599 --> 00:17:14.180
 habits in

00:17:14.180 --> 00:17:15.079
 life are

00:17:15.079 --> 00:17:16.619
 connected to

00:17:16.619 --> 00:17:18.039
 our deepest

00:17:18.039 --> 00:17:19.720
 desire in

00:17:19.720 --> 00:17:20.160
 life.

00:17:21.200 --> 00:17:21.740
 Bad

00:17:21.740 --> 00:17:22.899
 habits are

00:17:22.899 --> 00:17:23.940
 only replaced

00:17:23.940 --> 00:17:25.720
 by more

00:17:25.720 --> 00:17:26.220
 compelling

00:17:26.220 --> 00:17:27.840
 joy in

00:17:27.840 --> 00:17:28.279
 life.

00:17:30.000 --> 00:17:30.440
 Now I've

00:17:30.440 --> 00:17:31.039
 updated the

00:17:31.039 --> 00:17:31.559
 language a

00:17:31.559 --> 00:17:32.100
 little bit for

00:17:32.100 --> 00:17:32.900
 our context

00:17:32.900 --> 00:17:34.400
 and not

00:17:34.400 --> 00:17:35.080
 doing it in a

00:17:35.080 --> 00:17:35.720
 Scottish accent

00:17:35.720 --> 00:17:36.380
 in any way

00:17:36.380 --> 00:17:36.960
 even though that

00:17:36.960 --> 00:17:37.279
 is my

00:17:37.279 --> 00:17:38.740
 heritage but

00:17:38.740 --> 00:17:39.900
 in essence he

00:17:39.900 --> 00:17:40.759
 wrote this,

00:17:40.759 --> 00:17:41.859
 says, we

00:17:41.859 --> 00:17:42.879
 only cease to

00:17:42.879 --> 00:17:43.220
 be the

00:17:43.220 --> 00:17:43.900
 slave of

00:17:43.900 --> 00:17:44.740
 one appetite

00:17:44.740 --> 00:17:45.940
 because another

00:17:45.940 --> 00:17:46.799
 has brought

00:17:46.799 --> 00:17:47.400
 it into

00:17:47.400 --> 00:17:48.319
 subordination.

00:17:49.099 --> 00:17:49.700
 A youth

00:17:49.700 --> 00:17:50.900
 may cease to

00:17:50.900 --> 00:17:51.660
 idolise

00:17:51.660 --> 00:17:52.400
 sensual

00:17:52.400 --> 00:17:54.259
 pleasure but

00:17:54.259 --> 00:17:54.960
 it's because

00:17:54.960 --> 00:17:55.879
 the idol of

00:17:55.879 --> 00:17:56.940
 wealth and

00:17:56.940 --> 00:17:57.879
 career success

00:17:57.879 --> 00:17:58.940
 has gotten

00:17:58.940 --> 00:17:59.859
 the ascendancy.

00:18:00.680 --> 00:18:01.740
 There is not

00:18:01.740 --> 00:18:03.019
 one personal

00:18:03.019 --> 00:18:03.960
 transformation

00:18:03.960 --> 00:18:05.079
 where the

00:18:05.079 --> 00:18:06.240
 heart is not

00:18:06.240 --> 00:18:07.180
 left without

00:18:07.180 --> 00:18:08.559
 an object of

00:18:08.559 --> 00:18:09.059
 desire.

00:18:09.940 --> 00:18:10.759
 The heart's

00:18:10.759 --> 00:18:12.940
 desire for

00:18:12.940 --> 00:18:13.960
 one particular

00:18:13.960 --> 00:18:15.220
 object may

00:18:15.220 --> 00:18:15.980
 be conquered

00:18:15.980 --> 00:18:16.779
 but the

00:18:16.779 --> 00:18:17.659
 desire to

00:18:17.659 --> 00:18:21.159
 have some

00:18:21.159 --> 00:18:25.659
 object is

00:18:25.659 --> 00:18:26.679
 unconquerable.

00:18:27.480 --> 00:18:27.960
 There is no

00:18:27.960 --> 00:18:29.019
 void in other

00:18:29.019 --> 00:18:29.879
 words of desire

00:18:29.879 --> 00:18:30.599
 in the heart

00:18:30.599 --> 00:18:31.339
 and it

00:18:31.339 --> 00:18:32.019
 controls

00:18:32.019 --> 00:18:33.259
 everything in

00:18:33.259 --> 00:18:33.700
 life.

00:18:34.399 --> 00:18:35.460
 The only way

00:18:35.460 --> 00:18:36.419
 to dispossess

00:18:36.419 --> 00:18:37.399
 the heart of

00:18:37.400 --> 00:18:37.920
 an old

00:18:37.920 --> 00:18:39.160
 affection is

00:18:39.160 --> 00:18:39.640
 by the

00:18:39.640 --> 00:18:40.300
 expulsive

00:18:40.300 --> 00:18:41.440
 power of

00:18:41.440 --> 00:18:41.720
 a new

00:18:41.720 --> 00:18:42.019
 one.

00:18:43.080 --> 00:18:43.700
 If we set

00:18:43.700 --> 00:18:44.259
 our hearts

00:18:44.259 --> 00:18:44.700
 on being

00:18:44.700 --> 00:18:45.140
 the best

00:18:45.140 --> 00:18:46.259
 athlete in

00:18:46.259 --> 00:18:48.740
 any kind

00:18:48.740 --> 00:18:49.259
 of particular

00:18:49.259 --> 00:18:49.900
 discipline,

00:18:50.480 --> 00:18:51.360
 it will bring

00:18:51.360 --> 00:18:52.120
 self-control

00:18:52.120 --> 00:18:52.960
 in some

00:18:52.960 --> 00:18:54.320
 things but

00:18:54.320 --> 00:18:54.800
 it will never

00:18:54.800 --> 00:18:55.800
 bring self-control

00:18:55.800 --> 00:18:56.680
 in all

00:18:56.680 --> 00:18:57.220
 things.

00:18:58.280 --> 00:18:59.080
 If you find

00:18:59.080 --> 00:18:59.500
 you are not

00:18:59.500 --> 00:19:00.140
 the best,

00:19:00.720 --> 00:19:01.900
 it will always

00:19:01.900 --> 00:19:02.920
 be just out

00:19:02.920 --> 00:19:04.060
 of reach and

00:19:04.060 --> 00:19:04.580
 you will start

00:19:04.580 --> 00:19:05.060
 to lose

00:19:05.060 --> 00:19:05.880
 control of

00:19:05.880 --> 00:19:06.500
 your emotions.

00:19:06.500 --> 00:19:07.640
 you will

00:19:07.640 --> 00:19:08.440
 start to

00:19:08.440 --> 00:19:09.519
 blame other

00:19:09.519 --> 00:19:10.000
 people.

00:19:10.960 --> 00:19:11.480
 Relationships

00:19:11.480 --> 00:19:12.119
 will suffer.

00:19:13.039 --> 00:19:13.619
 If career

00:19:13.619 --> 00:19:14.299
 success,

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 then some

00:19:15.480 --> 00:19:16.440
 things will

00:19:16.440 --> 00:19:16.960
 be able to

00:19:16.960 --> 00:19:17.920
 be self-controlled

00:19:17.920 --> 00:19:18.940
 but not all

00:19:18.940 --> 00:19:19.319
 things.

00:19:19.579 --> 00:19:20.039
 If it's

00:19:20.039 --> 00:19:21.279
 family harmony,

00:19:21.579 --> 00:19:22.079
 you'll be able

00:19:22.079 --> 00:19:22.500
 to control

00:19:22.500 --> 00:19:23.359
 some things

00:19:23.359 --> 00:19:24.259
 but not all

00:19:24.259 --> 00:19:24.779
 things.

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 So,

00:19:26.900 --> 00:19:27.700
 this brings us

00:19:27.700 --> 00:19:28.180
 to the second

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 point.

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 What is the

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 one thing

00:19:29.819 --> 00:19:30.759
 that if we

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 set our

00:19:31.400 --> 00:19:32.099
 hearts on

00:19:32.099 --> 00:19:33.299
 it will

00:19:33.299 --> 00:19:34.059
 bring us

00:19:34.059 --> 00:19:34.759
 self-control

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 in all

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 things.

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 And we

00:19:38.139 --> 00:19:38.639
 get that

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 in verse

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 23.

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 I do

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 all

00:19:42.619 --> 00:19:43.379
 this

00:19:43.379 --> 00:19:44.519
 for the

00:19:44.519 --> 00:19:44.959
 sake of

00:19:44.959 --> 00:19:45.500
 the gospel

00:19:45.500 --> 00:19:46.039
 that I

00:19:46.039 --> 00:19:46.759
 may share

00:19:46.759 --> 00:19:47.639
 in its

00:19:47.639 --> 00:19:48.119
 blessings.

00:19:48.619 --> 00:19:49.599
 When Paul

00:19:49.599 --> 00:19:50.159
 writes there,

00:19:50.219 --> 00:19:50.679
 I do all

00:19:50.679 --> 00:19:50.959
 this,

00:19:51.000 --> 00:19:51.439
 he's looking

00:19:51.439 --> 00:19:52.439
 back to

00:19:52.439 --> 00:19:52.759
 what he's

00:19:52.759 --> 00:19:53.679
 written in

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 chapters

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 7 to

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 9 and

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 actually

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 looking forward

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 as well

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 into what

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 he's about

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 to write

00:20:00.859 --> 00:20:01.259
 in the

00:20:01.259 --> 00:20:01.599
 rest of

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 9 and

00:20:02.099 --> 00:20:02.740
 into 10

00:20:02.740 --> 00:20:03.700
 which if

00:20:03.700 --> 00:20:04.039
 you look

00:20:04.039 --> 00:20:04.419
 at it all,

00:20:04.539 --> 00:20:04.879
 the theme

00:20:04.879 --> 00:20:05.899
 of self-control

00:20:05.899 --> 00:20:06.799
 is the thing

00:20:06.799 --> 00:20:07.339
 that floats

00:20:07.339 --> 00:20:07.839
 through the

00:20:07.839 --> 00:20:08.419
 whole thing

00:20:08.419 --> 00:20:08.819
 and he does

00:20:08.819 --> 00:20:09.259
 it all

00:20:09.259 --> 00:20:09.839
 for God's

00:20:09.839 --> 00:20:10.319
 glory.

00:20:11.500 --> 00:20:12.200
 All of it.

00:20:14.619 --> 00:20:15.480
 And bear

00:20:15.480 --> 00:20:16.200
 in mind

00:20:16.200 --> 00:20:17.359
 that when he

00:20:17.359 --> 00:20:17.940
 talks about

00:20:17.940 --> 00:20:18.599
 a life of

00:20:18.599 --> 00:20:19.539
 sacrificial service

00:20:19.539 --> 00:20:20.339
 of all people

00:20:20.339 --> 00:20:22.119
 and of God,

00:20:22.980 --> 00:20:23.679
 this is the

00:20:23.679 --> 00:20:24.339
 Paul who

00:20:24.339 --> 00:20:25.159
 endured so

00:20:25.159 --> 00:20:26.059
 much personal

00:20:26.059 --> 00:20:26.879
 sacrifice.

00:20:27.500 --> 00:20:28.240
 He suffered

00:20:28.240 --> 00:20:28.960
 so much

00:20:28.960 --> 00:20:29.679
 in life.

00:20:30.059 --> 00:20:30.919
 so much

00:20:30.919 --> 00:20:31.519
 hardship.

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 He consistently

00:20:32.940 --> 00:20:33.980
 surrendered his

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 personal freedom

00:20:35.099 --> 00:20:36.419
 and at the

00:20:36.419 --> 00:20:37.319
 same time,

00:20:37.619 --> 00:20:38.119
 this is the

00:20:38.119 --> 00:20:38.980
 Apostle Paul

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 who virtually

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 in every list

00:20:40.899 --> 00:20:42.000
 that I've seen

00:20:42.000 --> 00:20:43.399
 to this day

00:20:43.399 --> 00:20:44.279
 is listed

00:20:44.279 --> 00:20:45.079
 as one of the

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 top 10

00:20:45.720 --> 00:20:47.220
 most influential

00:20:47.220 --> 00:20:48.279
 people

00:20:48.279 --> 00:20:49.980
 in the history

00:20:49.980 --> 00:20:50.779
 of humanity

00:20:50.779 --> 00:20:52.079
 to this day.

00:20:53.879 --> 00:20:54.579
 And Paul

00:20:54.579 --> 00:20:55.559
 tells us

00:20:55.559 --> 00:20:56.879
 that this

00:20:56.879 --> 00:20:57.579
 life of

00:20:57.579 --> 00:20:58.440
 self-control

00:20:58.440 --> 00:20:59.460
 has one

00:20:59.460 --> 00:21:00.059
 source.

00:21:00.480 --> 00:21:01.000
 It is one

00:21:01.000 --> 00:21:01.559
 desire of

00:21:01.559 --> 00:21:01.980
 the heart

00:21:01.980 --> 00:21:02.620
 for the

00:21:02.620 --> 00:21:03.600
 sake of

00:21:03.600 --> 00:21:04.420
 the gospel

00:21:04.420 --> 00:21:05.620
 that I

00:21:05.620 --> 00:21:07.059
 may share

00:21:07.059 --> 00:21:07.460
 in its

00:21:07.460 --> 00:21:07.880
 blessings.

00:21:08.100 --> 00:21:08.519
 Now there's

00:21:08.519 --> 00:21:09.240
 one desire,

00:21:09.660 --> 00:21:10.640
 two aspects.

00:21:11.559 --> 00:21:12.160
 The blessings

00:21:12.160 --> 00:21:12.900
 of the gospel.

00:21:13.360 --> 00:21:14.000
 The gospel,

00:21:14.360 --> 00:21:14.980
 as I said

00:21:14.980 --> 00:21:15.660
 last week,

00:21:16.039 --> 00:21:17.279
 is fundamentally

00:21:17.279 --> 00:21:18.519
 the absolute

00:21:18.519 --> 00:21:20.160
 core foundational

00:21:20.160 --> 00:21:21.360
 message of the

00:21:21.360 --> 00:21:22.120
 Christian faith.

00:21:22.119 --> 00:21:24.439
 life-altering

00:21:24.439 --> 00:21:25.119
 news

00:21:25.119 --> 00:21:26.000
 that even

00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:26.639
 though I

00:21:26.639 --> 00:21:27.199
 am deeply

00:21:27.199 --> 00:21:27.739
 sinful

00:21:27.739 --> 00:21:28.619
 and evil

00:21:28.619 --> 00:21:29.379
 and flawed

00:21:29.379 --> 00:21:30.079
 and deserving

00:21:30.079 --> 00:21:30.639
 of God's

00:21:30.639 --> 00:21:31.039
 judgment

00:21:31.039 --> 00:21:32.079
 because of

00:21:32.079 --> 00:21:32.799
 my rejection

00:21:32.799 --> 00:21:35.059
 of God,

00:21:35.179 --> 00:21:35.439
 of our

00:21:35.439 --> 00:21:36.219
 created God,

00:21:36.299 --> 00:21:36.559
 the world

00:21:36.559 --> 00:21:36.979
 who's made

00:21:36.979 --> 00:21:37.819
 all things,

00:21:38.559 --> 00:21:39.419
 I've rejected

00:21:39.419 --> 00:21:39.859
 him by

00:21:39.859 --> 00:21:40.619
 determining

00:21:40.619 --> 00:21:41.559
 to live

00:21:41.559 --> 00:21:42.179
 life my

00:21:42.179 --> 00:21:43.019
 own way

00:21:43.019 --> 00:21:44.079
 as myself

00:21:44.079 --> 00:21:44.779
 as Lord

00:21:44.779 --> 00:21:45.500
 and master

00:21:45.500 --> 00:21:46.059
 of my own

00:21:46.059 --> 00:21:46.519
 life,

00:21:46.979 --> 00:21:47.559
 that if I

00:21:47.559 --> 00:21:48.139
 put my

00:21:48.139 --> 00:21:49.199
 trust in

00:21:49.199 --> 00:21:50.619
 the substitutionary

00:21:50.619 --> 00:21:51.619
 death of

00:21:51.619 --> 00:21:52.739
 Jesus Christ,

00:21:52.859 --> 00:21:53.379
 the Son of

00:21:53.379 --> 00:21:53.739
 God,

00:21:53.859 --> 00:21:54.439
 who died

00:21:54.439 --> 00:21:54.979
 on a Roman

00:21:54.979 --> 00:21:55.799
 cross in

00:21:55.799 --> 00:21:56.359
 history,

00:21:56.699 --> 00:21:57.139
 I am

00:21:57.139 --> 00:21:57.539
 forgiven,

00:21:57.819 --> 00:21:58.559
 I'm loved,

00:21:58.699 --> 00:21:59.439
 I'm affirmed,

00:21:59.500 --> 00:22:00.079
 and I'm at

00:22:00.079 --> 00:22:00.659
 peace with

00:22:00.659 --> 00:22:01.099
 God.

00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:02.859
 And God's

00:22:02.859 --> 00:22:04.019
 love for me

00:22:04.019 --> 00:22:04.879
 in Jesus

00:22:04.879 --> 00:22:06.099
 Christ is

00:22:06.099 --> 00:22:06.819
 as high

00:22:06.819 --> 00:22:07.519
 as the

00:22:07.519 --> 00:22:08.179
 heavens are

00:22:08.179 --> 00:22:08.679
 above.

00:22:09.239 --> 00:22:09.959
 In Jesus

00:22:09.959 --> 00:22:10.719
 I am

00:22:10.719 --> 00:22:12.099
 unconditionally,

00:22:12.759 --> 00:22:13.819
 unchangeably,

00:22:14.399 --> 00:22:15.099
 constantly,

00:22:15.919 --> 00:22:16.839
 eternally,

00:22:17.319 --> 00:22:18.339
 delighted in

00:22:18.339 --> 00:22:19.839
 by God.

00:22:20.619 --> 00:22:22.059
 despite who

00:22:22.059 --> 00:22:22.739
 I am,

00:22:23.039 --> 00:22:23.919
 despite my

00:22:23.919 --> 00:22:24.579
 falls and

00:22:24.579 --> 00:22:25.359
 my failures.

00:22:27.299 --> 00:22:28.079
 That's the

00:22:28.079 --> 00:22:28.539
 message of

00:22:28.539 --> 00:22:28.919
 Easter.

00:22:29.559 --> 00:22:30.219
 So that's

00:22:30.219 --> 00:22:30.699
 coming up

00:22:30.699 --> 00:22:31.039
 in the next

00:22:31.039 --> 00:22:31.639
 four weeks.

00:22:33.479 --> 00:22:34.299
 We're looking

00:22:34.299 --> 00:22:34.939
 at the hope

00:22:34.939 --> 00:22:36.119
 of the gospel.

00:22:36.979 --> 00:22:37.619
 And what

00:22:37.619 --> 00:22:38.059
 Paul says

00:22:38.059 --> 00:22:40.219
 is if the

00:22:40.219 --> 00:22:41.279
 main thing

00:22:41.279 --> 00:22:42.119
 that I set

00:22:42.119 --> 00:22:42.799
 my heart

00:22:42.799 --> 00:22:44.779
 on is

00:22:44.779 --> 00:22:45.459
 that good

00:22:45.459 --> 00:22:45.839
 news,

00:22:45.879 --> 00:22:46.439
 if that is

00:22:46.439 --> 00:22:46.859
 the thing

00:22:46.859 --> 00:22:47.259
 that's the

00:22:47.259 --> 00:22:48.019
 driving centre

00:22:48.019 --> 00:22:48.859
 of my life,

00:22:48.859 --> 00:22:50.299
 if that is

00:22:50.299 --> 00:22:51.079
 my joy

00:22:51.079 --> 00:22:51.939
 and my

00:22:51.939 --> 00:22:52.579
 hope,

00:22:52.939 --> 00:22:53.879
 then self-control

00:22:53.879 --> 00:22:54.759
 is possible

00:22:54.759 --> 00:22:55.439
 in all

00:22:55.439 --> 00:22:55.939
 things.

00:22:59.299 --> 00:23:00.179
 Because

00:23:00.179 --> 00:23:02.500
 in Jesus

00:23:02.500 --> 00:23:04.079
 I am

00:23:04.079 --> 00:23:04.779
 affirmed

00:23:04.779 --> 00:23:05.839
 already

00:23:05.839 --> 00:23:07.359
 despite my

00:23:07.359 --> 00:23:08.000
 performance.

00:23:09.059 --> 00:23:10.079
 I am

00:23:10.079 --> 00:23:10.659
 loved and

00:23:10.659 --> 00:23:11.559
 accepted already

00:23:11.559 --> 00:23:12.339
 despite my

00:23:12.339 --> 00:23:12.799
 performance.

00:23:12.799 --> 00:23:13.539
 I have the

00:23:13.539 --> 00:23:14.779
 praise of

00:23:14.779 --> 00:23:15.279
 the praise

00:23:15.279 --> 00:23:15.699
 worthy.

00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:18.880
 You see,

00:23:18.960 --> 00:23:19.340
 the gospel

00:23:19.340 --> 00:23:19.720
 is the

00:23:19.720 --> 00:23:20.340
 only thing

00:23:20.340 --> 00:23:20.620
 that I

00:23:20.620 --> 00:23:20.920
 can set

00:23:20.920 --> 00:23:21.380
 my heart

00:23:21.380 --> 00:23:21.640
 on and

00:23:21.640 --> 00:23:21.819
 never

00:23:21.819 --> 00:23:22.279
 lose it.

00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:23.799
 The

00:23:23.799 --> 00:23:24.120
 radical

00:23:24.120 --> 00:23:24.920
 security

00:23:24.920 --> 00:23:25.759
 of the

00:23:25.759 --> 00:23:26.080
 gospel

00:23:26.080 --> 00:23:26.660
 means

00:23:26.660 --> 00:23:29.340
 we don't

00:23:29.340 --> 00:23:29.600
 have to

00:23:29.600 --> 00:23:30.220
 secure it,

00:23:30.700 --> 00:23:31.460
 don't have

00:23:31.460 --> 00:23:31.840
 to maintain

00:23:31.840 --> 00:23:32.240
 it,

00:23:33.319 --> 00:23:33.880
 don't have

00:23:33.880 --> 00:23:34.220
 to keep

00:23:34.220 --> 00:23:34.600
 it.

00:23:35.200 --> 00:23:35.680
 It's

00:23:35.680 --> 00:23:36.160
 guaranteed.

00:23:37.019 --> 00:23:37.480
 Notice

00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:37.900
 though that

00:23:37.900 --> 00:23:38.340
 the gift

00:23:38.340 --> 00:23:38.640
 of the

00:23:38.640 --> 00:23:39.039
 gospel

00:23:39.039 --> 00:23:40.120
 does not

00:23:40.120 --> 00:23:40.759
 lead to

00:23:40.759 --> 00:23:41.500
 passivity

00:23:41.500 --> 00:23:42.600
 on Paul's

00:23:42.600 --> 00:23:43.160
 behalf.

00:23:44.140 --> 00:23:44.480
 See the

00:23:44.480 --> 00:23:44.860
 rest of the

00:23:44.859 --> 00:23:45.199
 sentence,

00:23:45.419 --> 00:23:45.879
 that I

00:23:45.879 --> 00:23:46.699
 may share

00:23:46.699 --> 00:23:47.979
 in its

00:23:47.979 --> 00:23:48.779
 blessings.

00:23:49.479 --> 00:23:49.759
 Now the

00:23:49.759 --> 00:23:50.240
 word share

00:23:50.240 --> 00:23:51.799
 there is

00:23:51.799 --> 00:23:52.319
 a word that

00:23:52.319 --> 00:23:53.819
 means partnership

00:23:53.819 --> 00:23:55.099
 in the

00:23:55.099 --> 00:23:55.699
 original New

00:23:55.699 --> 00:23:55.939
 Testament

00:23:55.939 --> 00:23:56.459
 language.

00:23:57.719 --> 00:23:58.299
 Paul's

00:23:58.299 --> 00:23:59.659
 passion is

00:23:59.659 --> 00:24:00.439
 to share

00:24:00.439 --> 00:24:01.759
 the benefits

00:24:01.759 --> 00:24:02.779
 of the

00:24:02.779 --> 00:24:03.799
 gospel to

00:24:03.799 --> 00:24:04.319
 others.

00:24:05.240 --> 00:24:06.039
 The passion

00:24:06.039 --> 00:24:06.399
 of his

00:24:06.399 --> 00:24:07.339
 heart was

00:24:07.339 --> 00:24:07.979
 for others

00:24:07.979 --> 00:24:08.899
 to see

00:24:08.899 --> 00:24:10.379
 the ultimate

00:24:10.379 --> 00:24:11.039
 treasure

00:24:11.039 --> 00:24:12.559
 that Jesus

00:24:12.559 --> 00:24:13.339
 Christ and

00:24:13.339 --> 00:24:13.879
 the gospel

00:24:13.879 --> 00:24:14.799
 really are.

00:24:14.859 --> 00:24:16.179
 and this

00:24:16.179 --> 00:24:16.740
 meant for

00:24:16.740 --> 00:24:17.699
 him that

00:24:17.699 --> 00:24:18.279
 he wanted

00:24:18.279 --> 00:24:18.779
 to make

00:24:18.779 --> 00:24:19.679
 sure that

00:24:19.679 --> 00:24:20.059
 there was

00:24:20.059 --> 00:24:20.859
 nothing in

00:24:20.859 --> 00:24:21.719
 his life

00:24:21.719 --> 00:24:23.779
 that would

00:24:23.779 --> 00:24:25.019
 cause others

00:24:25.019 --> 00:24:26.379
 to miss

00:24:26.379 --> 00:24:27.759
 the ultimate

00:24:27.759 --> 00:24:28.579
 treasure that

00:24:28.579 --> 00:24:29.779
 Jesus is.

00:24:30.639 --> 00:24:31.039
 He didn't

00:24:31.039 --> 00:24:31.779
 want anything

00:24:31.779 --> 00:24:33.399
 to disqualify

00:24:33.399 --> 00:24:34.579
 him from

00:24:34.579 --> 00:24:35.500
 that prize,

00:24:35.699 --> 00:24:36.740
 the prize of

00:24:36.740 --> 00:24:37.439
 sharing the

00:24:37.439 --> 00:24:38.459
 blessings of

00:24:38.459 --> 00:24:38.939
 the gospel

00:24:38.939 --> 00:24:39.679
 with others.

00:24:39.680 --> 00:24:42.120
 that is,

00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:42.860
 if you look

00:24:42.860 --> 00:24:43.279
 at it,

00:24:43.700 --> 00:24:44.299
 Paul's

00:24:44.299 --> 00:24:45.340
 fundamental

00:24:45.340 --> 00:24:46.240
 focus in

00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:46.900
 life,

00:24:48.600 --> 00:24:49.320
 his main

00:24:49.320 --> 00:24:50.060
 desire was

00:24:50.060 --> 00:24:50.720
 actually away

00:24:50.720 --> 00:24:51.460
 from himself.

00:24:51.460 --> 00:24:55.799
 You see,

00:24:55.860 --> 00:24:56.279
 when I

00:24:56.279 --> 00:24:58.380
 train for

00:24:58.380 --> 00:24:58.840
 a run,

00:24:59.500 --> 00:25:00.039
 and I

00:25:00.039 --> 00:25:00.360
 don't put

00:25:00.360 --> 00:25:00.900
 myself in

00:25:00.900 --> 00:25:01.400
 the athlete

00:25:01.400 --> 00:25:02.460
 category at

00:25:02.460 --> 00:25:02.759
 all,

00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:03.640
 when I

00:25:03.640 --> 00:25:04.059
 train for

00:25:04.059 --> 00:25:04.319
 a run

00:25:04.319 --> 00:25:04.620
 that I'm

00:25:04.620 --> 00:25:05.100
 participating

00:25:05.100 --> 00:25:05.660
 in,

00:25:06.100 --> 00:25:07.039
 I exercise

00:25:07.039 --> 00:25:08.180
 self-control

00:25:08.180 --> 00:25:08.900
 in that

00:25:08.900 --> 00:25:09.480
 part of my

00:25:09.480 --> 00:25:10.559
 life so

00:25:10.559 --> 00:25:10.880
 that I

00:25:10.880 --> 00:25:11.539
 can achieve

00:25:11.539 --> 00:25:12.240
 something for

00:25:12.240 --> 00:25:12.819
 myself.

00:25:13.440 --> 00:25:14.240
 Normally a

00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:15.059
 finish is

00:25:15.059 --> 00:25:15.299
 medal,

00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:16.039
 that's about

00:25:16.039 --> 00:25:16.480
 it really,

00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:18.440
 just finished.

00:25:18.440 --> 00:25:19.299
 if I get

00:25:19.299 --> 00:25:19.580
 there in

00:25:19.580 --> 00:25:19.860
 time,

00:25:19.940 --> 00:25:20.220
 they're all

00:25:20.220 --> 00:25:20.660
 gone.

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 Ironically,

00:25:24.279 --> 00:25:25.360
 the one

00:25:25.360 --> 00:25:25.779
 thing I'm

00:25:25.779 --> 00:25:26.400
 doing as

00:25:26.400 --> 00:25:26.980
 I'm training

00:25:26.980 --> 00:25:27.460
 for that

00:25:27.460 --> 00:25:28.120
 goal,

00:25:29.360 --> 00:25:30.000
 for me

00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:30.940
 historically,

00:25:31.299 --> 00:25:31.740
 the one

00:25:31.740 --> 00:25:32.140
 thing that

00:25:32.140 --> 00:25:32.519
 I'm not

00:25:32.519 --> 00:25:33.160
 able to

00:25:33.160 --> 00:25:34.820
 control is

00:25:34.820 --> 00:25:35.380
 how much

00:25:35.380 --> 00:25:35.900
 I train

00:25:35.900 --> 00:25:36.480
 myself.

00:25:38.559 --> 00:25:39.360
 I tend

00:25:39.360 --> 00:25:40.140
 to always

00:25:40.140 --> 00:25:40.860
 run myself

00:25:40.860 --> 00:25:41.299
 into an

00:25:41.299 --> 00:25:41.660
 injury.

00:25:44.299 --> 00:25:44.740
 Paul

00:25:44.740 --> 00:25:45.120
 rests

00:25:45.120 --> 00:25:45.880
 secure in

00:25:45.880 --> 00:25:46.259
 the good

00:25:46.259 --> 00:25:46.740
 news of

00:25:46.740 --> 00:25:47.059
 Jesus

00:25:47.059 --> 00:25:48.420
 Christ as

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 the deepest

00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:49.740
 desire of

00:25:49.740 --> 00:25:50.220
 his heart

00:25:50.220 --> 00:25:50.880
 and from

00:25:50.880 --> 00:25:51.580
 there it

00:25:51.580 --> 00:25:52.360
 drives him

00:25:52.360 --> 00:25:52.840
 out to

00:25:52.840 --> 00:25:53.400
 exercise

00:25:53.400 --> 00:25:54.500
 self-control

00:25:54.500 --> 00:25:55.560
 in all

00:25:55.560 --> 00:25:56.240
 areas of

00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:57.580
 life that

00:25:57.580 --> 00:25:57.940
 he might

00:25:57.940 --> 00:25:58.340
 share it

00:25:58.340 --> 00:25:58.900
 with others.

00:26:01.039 --> 00:26:01.300
 You see,

00:26:01.380 --> 00:26:01.940
 the gospel

00:26:01.940 --> 00:26:03.320
 loudly

00:26:03.320 --> 00:26:04.340
 proclaims

00:26:04.340 --> 00:26:05.080
 that in

00:26:05.080 --> 00:26:05.779
 Jesus

00:26:05.779 --> 00:26:07.180
 everything

00:26:07.180 --> 00:26:07.779
 that we

00:26:07.779 --> 00:26:08.480
 need for

00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:09.180
 life and

00:26:09.180 --> 00:26:09.759
 salvation

00:26:09.759 --> 00:26:11.200
 is already

00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:11.900
 done.

00:26:12.279 --> 00:26:12.740
 It's not

00:26:12.740 --> 00:26:13.320
 something that

00:26:13.320 --> 00:26:13.820
 we do.

00:26:14.120 --> 00:26:14.920
 We receive

00:26:14.920 --> 00:26:15.340
 God's

00:26:15.340 --> 00:26:16.220
 approval,

00:26:16.700 --> 00:26:17.600
 we don't

00:26:17.600 --> 00:26:18.360
 achieve it.

00:26:18.420 --> 00:26:18.880
 And yet

00:26:18.880 --> 00:26:19.660
 Paul is

00:26:19.660 --> 00:26:19.900
 not

00:26:19.900 --> 00:26:20.519
 passive.

00:26:22.259 --> 00:26:22.480
 Now,

00:26:22.500 --> 00:26:22.920
 over this

00:26:22.920 --> 00:26:23.320
 term,

00:26:24.220 --> 00:26:24.440
 we've been

00:26:24.440 --> 00:26:24.900
 looking at

00:26:24.900 --> 00:26:25.560
 seven rhythms

00:26:25.560 --> 00:26:26.680
 and these

00:26:26.680 --> 00:26:27.500
 seven rhythms,

00:26:27.840 --> 00:26:28.440
 what they're

00:26:28.440 --> 00:26:29.100
 doing is

00:26:29.100 --> 00:26:29.779
 constantly

00:26:29.779 --> 00:26:30.940
 keeping the

00:26:30.940 --> 00:26:32.140
 gospel in

00:26:32.140 --> 00:26:32.680
 front of

00:26:32.680 --> 00:26:33.100
 us.

00:26:33.700 --> 00:26:34.560
 And these

00:26:34.560 --> 00:26:35.259
 seven rhythms

00:26:35.259 --> 00:26:36.380
 push it down

00:26:36.380 --> 00:26:37.140
 into our

00:26:37.140 --> 00:26:37.660
 hearts to

00:26:37.660 --> 00:26:38.000
 bring about

00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:38.600
 the change

00:26:38.600 --> 00:26:39.340
 of character

00:26:39.340 --> 00:26:40.519
 and priorities

00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:40.779
 that the

00:26:40.779 --> 00:26:41.580
 gospel demands.

00:26:42.160 --> 00:26:42.620
 These are

00:26:42.620 --> 00:26:43.140
 rhythms that

00:26:43.140 --> 00:26:43.420
 are done

00:26:43.420 --> 00:26:44.200
 privately and

00:26:44.200 --> 00:26:44.700
 corporately

00:26:44.700 --> 00:26:46.059
 because we

00:26:46.059 --> 00:26:46.620
 need the

00:26:46.620 --> 00:26:47.740
 clarity and

00:26:47.740 --> 00:26:48.400
 the accountability

00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:48.940
 and the

00:26:48.940 --> 00:26:49.640
 support of

00:26:49.640 --> 00:26:51.240
 others on

00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:51.819
 the journey

00:26:51.819 --> 00:26:53.019
 to bring

00:26:53.019 --> 00:26:53.559
 about that

00:26:53.559 --> 00:26:54.120
 change.

00:26:54.500 --> 00:26:55.120
 All of

00:26:55.120 --> 00:26:55.700
 these rhythms

00:26:55.700 --> 00:26:56.299
 are both

00:26:56.299 --> 00:26:57.200
 private and

00:26:57.200 --> 00:26:57.640
 corporate.

00:26:58.039 --> 00:26:58.440
 They are not

00:26:58.440 --> 00:26:59.059
 things we

00:26:59.059 --> 00:27:01.039
 do to win

00:27:01.039 --> 00:27:01.840
 God's

00:27:01.840 --> 00:27:02.220
 favour.

00:27:03.080 --> 00:27:03.900
 We pursue

00:27:03.900 --> 00:27:04.539
 them because

00:27:04.539 --> 00:27:05.299
 we have

00:27:05.299 --> 00:27:06.000
 God's favour

00:27:06.000 --> 00:27:06.420
 in the

00:27:06.420 --> 00:27:06.980
 gospel of

00:27:06.980 --> 00:27:07.259
 Jesus.

00:27:08.360 --> 00:27:08.920
 And these

00:27:08.920 --> 00:27:09.559
 rhythms take

00:27:09.559 --> 00:27:10.180
 us deeper

00:27:10.180 --> 00:27:11.180
 and deeper

00:27:11.180 --> 00:27:12.100
 and deeper

00:27:12.100 --> 00:27:13.560
 into the

00:27:13.560 --> 00:27:14.320
 good news.

00:27:15.279 --> 00:27:15.940
 Rhythms like

00:27:15.940 --> 00:27:17.000
 these are

00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:17.900
 in fact God's

00:27:17.900 --> 00:27:19.440
 gracious gift

00:27:19.440 --> 00:27:20.160
 to us.

00:27:21.200 --> 00:27:21.820
 Gracious

00:27:21.820 --> 00:27:22.620
 gift to us

00:27:22.620 --> 00:27:23.799
 for our

00:27:23.799 --> 00:27:24.820
 endurance and

00:27:24.820 --> 00:27:26.120
 growth into

00:27:26.120 --> 00:27:26.759
 all the

00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:27.340
 blessings of

00:27:27.340 --> 00:27:27.759
 what we have

00:27:27.759 --> 00:27:28.220
 in Jesus.

00:27:29.360 --> 00:27:30.259
 The key

00:27:30.259 --> 00:27:32.160
 to endurance,

00:27:33.019 --> 00:27:33.759
 the key to

00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:34.640
 self-control

00:27:34.640 --> 00:27:36.380
 is the

00:27:36.380 --> 00:27:36.820
 gospel.

00:27:36.819 --> 00:27:40.000
 and with

00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:40.859
 self-control

00:27:40.859 --> 00:27:42.259
 we see the

00:27:42.259 --> 00:27:42.819
 gospel and

00:27:42.819 --> 00:27:43.439
 experience the

00:27:43.439 --> 00:27:44.059
 gospel more.

00:27:47.259 --> 00:27:47.980
 But it's

00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:48.519
 not easy.

00:27:50.099 --> 00:27:51.059
 And I

00:27:51.059 --> 00:27:51.399
 asked the

00:27:51.399 --> 00:27:51.799
 question a

00:27:51.799 --> 00:27:52.240
 moment ago,

00:27:52.659 --> 00:27:53.519
 what are you

00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:54.119
 doing differently?

00:27:54.839 --> 00:27:55.639
 What's changed

00:27:55.639 --> 00:27:56.240
 in the last

00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:56.759
 month?

00:27:56.879 --> 00:27:57.240
 What are you

00:27:57.240 --> 00:27:57.740
 doing differently?

00:27:59.000 --> 00:27:59.879
 What steps

00:27:59.879 --> 00:28:00.119
 have you

00:28:00.119 --> 00:28:00.500
 taken?

00:28:03.500 --> 00:28:04.179
 Because the

00:28:04.179 --> 00:28:05.079
 reality is

00:28:05.079 --> 00:28:05.559
 it's not

00:28:05.559 --> 00:28:06.460
 easy,

00:28:06.460 --> 00:28:06.840
 it's a

00:28:06.840 --> 00:28:07.079
 battle.

00:28:07.259 --> 00:28:07.660
 Discipline

00:28:07.660 --> 00:28:08.340
 and self-control

00:28:08.340 --> 00:28:08.779
 are never

00:28:08.779 --> 00:28:09.160
 easy.

00:28:10.220 --> 00:28:11.000
 Many a

00:28:11.000 --> 00:28:11.600
 time we

00:28:11.600 --> 00:28:11.900
 will want

00:28:11.900 --> 00:28:12.220
 to give

00:28:12.220 --> 00:28:13.019
 up because

00:28:13.019 --> 00:28:13.900
 we are

00:28:13.900 --> 00:28:15.340
 weary or

00:28:15.340 --> 00:28:16.420
 losing heart.

00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:18.519
 And if we

00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:19.039
 are not

00:28:19.039 --> 00:28:20.420
 pursuing these

00:28:20.420 --> 00:28:21.220
 disciplines or

00:28:21.220 --> 00:28:21.980
 disciplines like

00:28:21.980 --> 00:28:23.259
 these, it's

00:28:23.259 --> 00:28:24.039
 actually one of

00:28:24.039 --> 00:28:25.240
 the key signs

00:28:25.240 --> 00:28:26.860
 that you

00:28:26.860 --> 00:28:27.759
 are in fact

00:28:27.759 --> 00:28:28.440
 losing heart

00:28:28.440 --> 00:28:29.059
 and weary.

00:28:30.500 --> 00:28:31.340
 We must

00:28:31.340 --> 00:28:32.019
 never take

00:28:32.019 --> 00:28:32.720
 our eyes

00:28:32.720 --> 00:28:33.960
 therefore off

00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:34.660
 the endurance

00:28:34.660 --> 00:28:35.279
 of Jesus,

00:28:35.279 --> 00:28:37.000
 the self-control

00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:37.740
 of Jesus.

00:28:38.279 --> 00:28:38.579
 And one

00:28:38.579 --> 00:28:39.059
 of the best

00:28:39.059 --> 00:28:39.559
 descriptions

00:28:39.559 --> 00:28:40.740
 of this is

00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.200
 Hebrews

00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:43.079
 chapter 12

00:28:43.079 --> 00:28:44.220
 verses 1

00:28:44.220 --> 00:28:44.799
 to 3.

00:28:46.759 --> 00:28:47.619
 Now these

00:28:47.619 --> 00:28:48.079
 sentences,

00:28:48.359 --> 00:28:48.639
 if you want

00:28:48.639 --> 00:28:49.039
 to stick it

00:28:49.039 --> 00:28:49.440
 up on the

00:28:49.440 --> 00:28:49.740
 screen,

00:28:49.940 --> 00:28:50.700
 these sentences

00:28:50.700 --> 00:28:52.980
 highlight the

00:28:52.980 --> 00:28:53.799
 self-control

00:28:53.799 --> 00:28:54.799
 of Jesus

00:28:54.799 --> 00:28:55.639
 Christ.

00:28:56.619 --> 00:28:57.960
 Jesus knew

00:28:57.960 --> 00:28:59.079
 everything that

00:28:59.079 --> 00:28:59.599
 happened to

00:28:59.599 --> 00:29:00.200
 him was going

00:29:00.200 --> 00:29:00.759
 to happen to

00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:01.019
 him.

00:29:01.579 --> 00:29:02.319
 He knew

00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:02.679
 that he

00:29:02.679 --> 00:29:03.039
 would be

00:29:03.039 --> 00:29:03.460
 betrayed,

00:29:04.240 --> 00:29:04.619
 he knew

00:29:04.619 --> 00:29:04.899
 that he

00:29:04.899 --> 00:29:05.159
 would be

00:29:05.159 --> 00:29:05.579
 abandoned,

00:29:05.879 --> 00:29:06.579
 he knew

00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:07.279
 that he

00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:07.659
 would be

00:29:07.659 --> 00:29:08.259
 killed and

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:08.700
 yet he

00:29:08.700 --> 00:29:09.919
 still did

00:29:09.919 --> 00:29:10.119
 it.

00:29:11.159 --> 00:29:11.980
 He did

00:29:11.980 --> 00:29:12.619
 it so

00:29:12.619 --> 00:29:13.339
 well in

00:29:13.339 --> 00:29:13.879
 fact,

00:29:14.319 --> 00:29:15.000
 it says

00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:15.899
 there that

00:29:15.899 --> 00:29:16.720
 he endured

00:29:16.720 --> 00:29:17.579
 the cross

00:29:17.579 --> 00:29:18.619
 and he

00:29:18.619 --> 00:29:19.619
 scorned

00:29:19.619 --> 00:29:20.460
 its shame.

00:29:21.859 --> 00:29:22.879
 So where

00:29:22.879 --> 00:29:23.859
 did he get

00:29:23.859 --> 00:29:25.599
 the self-control

00:29:25.599 --> 00:29:27.679
 to endure

00:29:27.679 --> 00:29:29.139
 the hardship

00:29:29.139 --> 00:29:29.899
 and the

00:29:29.899 --> 00:29:30.839
 self-control

00:29:30.839 --> 00:29:32.219
 to regard

00:29:32.219 --> 00:29:33.599
 the shame

00:29:33.599 --> 00:29:34.119
 of the

00:29:34.119 --> 00:29:34.779
 cross,

00:29:35.219 --> 00:29:36.099
 dying on

00:29:36.099 --> 00:29:37.079
 that cross

00:29:37.079 --> 00:29:37.899
 for the

00:29:37.899 --> 00:29:38.539
 sin of

00:29:38.539 --> 00:29:39.240
 humanity

00:29:39.240 --> 00:29:40.539
 regarding it

00:29:40.539 --> 00:29:41.579
 as absolutely

00:29:41.579 --> 00:29:42.139
 nothing?

00:29:44.539 --> 00:29:45.579
 Was it

00:29:45.579 --> 00:29:46.199
 that he

00:29:46.199 --> 00:29:47.719
 had a

00:29:47.719 --> 00:29:48.159
 great

00:29:48.159 --> 00:29:49.119
 willpower,

00:29:49.679 --> 00:29:50.539
 more

00:29:50.539 --> 00:29:51.319
 willpower

00:29:51.319 --> 00:29:52.319
 than any

00:29:52.319 --> 00:29:52.899
 other human

00:29:52.899 --> 00:29:53.419
 being?

00:29:53.420 --> 00:29:55.519
 no.

00:29:58.440 --> 00:29:59.200
 It's

00:29:59.200 --> 00:29:59.940
 right there

00:29:59.940 --> 00:30:01.539
 for the

00:30:01.539 --> 00:30:02.320
 joy

00:30:02.320 --> 00:30:03.740
 set before

00:30:03.740 --> 00:30:04.140
 him,

00:30:04.600 --> 00:30:05.259
 he endured

00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:05.960
 the cross

00:30:05.960 --> 00:30:07.000
 scorning

00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:07.519
 its shame.

00:30:09.640 --> 00:30:09.980
 You see

00:30:09.980 --> 00:30:10.420
 the secret

00:30:10.420 --> 00:30:11.340
 of self-control

00:30:11.340 --> 00:30:12.360
 is setting

00:30:12.360 --> 00:30:12.980
 heart on

00:30:12.980 --> 00:30:13.340
 the right

00:30:13.340 --> 00:30:13.720
 thing.

00:30:16.940 --> 00:30:17.700
 Jesus

00:30:17.700 --> 00:30:18.240
 did not

00:30:18.240 --> 00:30:18.600
 have

00:30:18.600 --> 00:30:19.480
 willpower,

00:30:20.100 --> 00:30:20.560
 he had

00:30:20.560 --> 00:30:21.340
 joy power.

00:30:21.339 --> 00:30:23.399
 so what

00:30:23.399 --> 00:30:23.980
 was it

00:30:23.980 --> 00:30:25.059
 that Jesus

00:30:25.059 --> 00:30:25.959
 set his

00:30:25.959 --> 00:30:26.619
 heart on

00:30:26.619 --> 00:30:27.059
 that gave

00:30:27.059 --> 00:30:27.599
 him such

00:30:27.599 --> 00:30:28.240
 joy

00:30:28.240 --> 00:30:29.559
 that he

00:30:29.559 --> 00:30:30.000
 endured

00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:30.819
 such

00:30:30.819 --> 00:30:33.279
 rejection

00:30:33.279 --> 00:30:35.079
 as the

00:30:35.079 --> 00:30:35.500
 cross,

00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:36.819
 the shame

00:30:36.819 --> 00:30:37.139
 of the

00:30:37.139 --> 00:30:37.579
 cross?

00:30:38.379 --> 00:30:38.919
 What was

00:30:38.919 --> 00:30:39.619
 the joy

00:30:39.619 --> 00:30:39.959
 that was

00:30:39.959 --> 00:30:40.699
 before Jesus?

00:30:41.559 --> 00:30:41.980
 What

00:30:41.980 --> 00:30:43.139
 did he

00:30:43.139 --> 00:30:43.819
 set his

00:30:43.819 --> 00:30:44.720
 heart on

00:30:44.720 --> 00:30:45.500
 that led

00:30:45.500 --> 00:30:46.059
 him to

00:30:46.059 --> 00:30:46.659
 endure

00:30:46.659 --> 00:30:47.699
 what he

00:30:47.699 --> 00:30:48.319
 endured?

00:30:48.319 --> 00:30:51.000
 to

00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:51.599
 exercise

00:30:51.599 --> 00:30:51.839
 the

00:30:51.839 --> 00:30:52.720
 self-rule

00:30:52.720 --> 00:30:54.399
 of

00:30:54.399 --> 00:30:54.859
 allowing

00:30:54.859 --> 00:30:55.639
 people

00:30:55.639 --> 00:30:56.000
 that he

00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:56.480
 created

00:30:56.480 --> 00:30:56.939
 to nail

00:30:56.939 --> 00:30:57.220
 him to

00:30:57.220 --> 00:30:57.740
 a cross?

00:31:00.659 --> 00:31:01.439
 What was

00:31:01.439 --> 00:31:02.039
 the passion

00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:02.419
 of his

00:31:02.419 --> 00:31:02.899
 heart

00:31:02.899 --> 00:31:03.740
 that gave

00:31:03.740 --> 00:31:04.859
 him such

00:31:04.859 --> 00:31:06.439
 self-control?

00:31:06.440 --> 00:31:06.519
 for?

00:31:08.360 --> 00:31:08.539
 Now,

00:31:08.660 --> 00:31:09.299
 a few

00:31:09.299 --> 00:31:09.840
 times in

00:31:09.840 --> 00:31:10.340
 the past

00:31:10.340 --> 00:31:10.580
 as I've

00:31:10.580 --> 00:31:10.820
 looked at

00:31:10.820 --> 00:31:11.059
 this,

00:31:11.380 --> 00:31:11.580
 let me

00:31:11.580 --> 00:31:11.940
 make it

00:31:11.940 --> 00:31:12.320
 brief.

00:31:13.160 --> 00:31:13.600
 It's the

00:31:13.600 --> 00:31:14.440
 one thing,

00:31:15.080 --> 00:31:15.539
 it's the

00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:16.320
 one thing

00:31:16.320 --> 00:31:17.840
 that an

00:31:17.840 --> 00:31:18.380
 eternal,

00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:19.480
 perfect,

00:31:19.940 --> 00:31:20.500
 satisfied,

00:31:21.080 --> 00:31:21.420
 loved,

00:31:21.720 --> 00:31:22.140
 fulfilled,

00:31:22.539 --> 00:31:23.400
 powerful God

00:31:23.400 --> 00:31:24.200
 did not

00:31:24.200 --> 00:31:25.259
 have before

00:31:25.259 --> 00:31:25.840
 the cross.

00:31:26.960 --> 00:31:27.779
 And that's

00:31:27.779 --> 00:31:28.019
 you.

00:31:30.580 --> 00:31:31.440
 That's me.

00:31:32.660 --> 00:31:33.259
 It's

00:31:33.259 --> 00:31:33.680
 humanity.

00:31:33.680 --> 00:31:33.779
 humanity.

00:31:34.660 --> 00:31:34.880
 It's what

00:31:34.880 --> 00:31:35.380
 drove you

00:31:35.380 --> 00:31:36.200
 and I

00:31:36.200 --> 00:31:37.240
 are the

00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:37.680
 ones that

00:31:37.680 --> 00:31:38.240
 drove him

00:31:38.240 --> 00:31:38.759
 to the

00:31:38.759 --> 00:31:39.200
 cross.

00:31:41.560 --> 00:31:42.420
 And yet,

00:31:43.580 --> 00:31:44.180
 the joy

00:31:44.180 --> 00:31:44.560
 of what

00:31:44.560 --> 00:31:44.920
 would be

00:31:44.920 --> 00:31:45.560
 achieved in

00:31:45.560 --> 00:31:45.960
 bringing us

00:31:45.960 --> 00:31:46.360
 back to

00:31:46.360 --> 00:31:46.660
 him,

00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:49.380
 meant that

00:31:49.380 --> 00:31:50.039
 he exercised

00:31:50.039 --> 00:31:50.960
 self-control

00:31:50.960 --> 00:31:53.519
 and allowed

00:31:53.519 --> 00:31:53.960
 us to do

00:31:53.960 --> 00:31:54.759
 it.

00:31:55.900 --> 00:31:56.460
 Rebellious,

00:31:56.720 --> 00:31:57.120
 sinful,

00:31:57.460 --> 00:31:58.220
 humanity

00:31:58.220 --> 00:31:59.100
 created for

00:31:59.100 --> 00:31:59.480
 him,

00:32:00.080 --> 00:32:00.680
 but setting

00:32:00.680 --> 00:32:01.220
 the passions

00:32:01.220 --> 00:32:01.560
 of their

00:32:01.560 --> 00:32:02.080
 heart on

00:32:02.080 --> 00:32:02.759
 everything else

00:32:02.759 --> 00:32:03.279
 but him.

00:32:03.680 --> 00:32:04.360
 Jesus

00:32:04.360 --> 00:32:05.019
 endured,

00:32:05.960 --> 00:32:07.240
 self-disciplined

00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:08.360
 because he

00:32:08.360 --> 00:32:08.799
 loves us

00:32:08.799 --> 00:32:09.340
 like that.

00:32:10.019 --> 00:32:10.680
 Grasping

00:32:10.680 --> 00:32:11.940
 that truth

00:32:11.940 --> 00:32:12.460
 more and

00:32:12.460 --> 00:32:12.640
 more,

00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:13.120
 looking to

00:32:13.120 --> 00:32:13.560
 the cross

00:32:13.560 --> 00:32:14.120
 more and

00:32:14.120 --> 00:32:14.400
 more,

00:32:14.660 --> 00:32:15.320
 will cause

00:32:15.320 --> 00:32:15.680
 us to

00:32:15.680 --> 00:32:16.100
 love him

00:32:16.100 --> 00:32:16.660
 like that.

00:32:18.060 --> 00:32:18.860
 The secret

00:32:18.860 --> 00:32:19.440
 to a life

00:32:19.440 --> 00:32:20.420
 of self-control

00:32:20.420 --> 00:32:21.600
 is pursuing

00:32:21.600 --> 00:32:23.000
 these rhythms

00:32:23.000 --> 00:32:24.019
 of grace

00:32:24.019 --> 00:32:25.220
 which constantly

00:32:25.220 --> 00:32:25.980
 put the

00:32:25.980 --> 00:32:26.680
 gospel in

00:32:26.680 --> 00:32:27.140
 front of

00:32:27.140 --> 00:32:27.480
 us,

00:32:27.880 --> 00:32:28.440
 not,

00:32:29.019 --> 00:32:29.900
 not

00:32:29.900 --> 00:32:31.500
 willpower,

00:32:31.500 --> 00:32:31.619
 joy.

00:32:33.779 --> 00:32:34.519
 It's

00:32:34.519 --> 00:32:36.119
 joy in

00:32:36.119 --> 00:32:36.480
 Jesus

00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:37.480
 and the

00:32:37.480 --> 00:32:37.900
 gospel.

00:32:38.839 --> 00:32:39.759
 In the

00:32:39.759 --> 00:32:40.519
 power of

00:32:40.519 --> 00:32:41.019
 the gospel

00:32:41.019 --> 00:32:41.539
 of Jesus

00:32:41.539 --> 00:32:42.440
 Christ to

00:32:42.440 --> 00:32:43.319
 fill our

00:32:43.319 --> 00:32:43.740
 deepest

00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:44.500
 longings

00:32:44.500 --> 00:32:45.420
 and desires

00:32:45.420 --> 00:32:45.720
 of our

00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:46.119
 hearts,

00:32:46.119 --> 00:32:46.900
 the gospel

00:32:46.900 --> 00:32:47.380
 of Jesus

00:32:47.380 --> 00:32:48.759
 Christ is

00:32:48.759 --> 00:32:49.880
 the only

00:32:49.880 --> 00:32:50.920
 expulsive

00:32:50.920 --> 00:32:53.500
 power and

00:32:53.500 --> 00:32:54.099
 the ultimate

00:32:54.099 --> 00:32:54.859
 desire and

00:32:54.859 --> 00:32:55.599
 affection of the

00:32:55.599 --> 00:32:56.299
 heart that

00:32:56.299 --> 00:32:56.880
 will drive

00:32:56.880 --> 00:32:57.500
 out every

00:32:57.500 --> 00:32:58.380
 other desire,

00:32:58.380 --> 00:32:59.800
 the ones

00:32:59.800 --> 00:33:00.400
 that your

00:33:00.400 --> 00:33:01.540
 day-to-day

00:33:01.540 --> 00:33:02.560
 practices and

00:33:02.560 --> 00:33:03.100
 habits in

00:33:03.100 --> 00:33:03.980
 life are

00:33:03.980 --> 00:33:04.540
 currently

00:33:04.540 --> 00:33:05.340
 demonstrating

00:33:05.340 --> 00:33:05.780
 that you're

00:33:05.780 --> 00:33:06.160
 pursuing

00:33:06.160 --> 00:33:08.980
 and that

00:33:08.980 --> 00:33:09.220
 I'm

00:33:09.220 --> 00:33:09.580
 pursuing.

00:33:11.660 --> 00:33:12.460
 The

00:33:12.460 --> 00:33:13.060
 rhythms of

00:33:13.060 --> 00:33:13.980
 grace flow

00:33:13.980 --> 00:33:14.900
 out of a

00:33:14.900 --> 00:33:15.960
 gospel-renewed

00:33:15.960 --> 00:33:17.100
 heart but

00:33:17.100 --> 00:33:17.500
 they are

00:33:17.500 --> 00:33:18.980
 also the

00:33:18.980 --> 00:33:19.700
 agents,

00:33:19.900 --> 00:33:20.640
 the means

00:33:20.640 --> 00:33:21.640
 of heart

00:33:21.640 --> 00:33:22.800
 renewal so

00:33:22.800 --> 00:33:23.360
 that Jesus

00:33:23.360 --> 00:33:24.360
 becomes our

00:33:24.360 --> 00:33:25.100
 delight and

00:33:25.100 --> 00:33:25.820
 joy as

00:33:25.820 --> 00:33:26.560
 we are

00:33:26.560 --> 00:33:27.320
 his.

00:33:28.380 --> 00:33:29.860
 And so

00:33:29.860 --> 00:33:30.180
 as we

00:33:30.180 --> 00:33:30.720
 finish off

00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:31.240
 this service

00:33:31.240 --> 00:33:31.660
 today,

00:33:31.880 --> 00:33:32.600
 we're just

00:33:32.600 --> 00:33:32.780
 going to

00:33:32.780 --> 00:33:33.040
 look to

00:33:33.040 --> 00:33:33.580
 Jesus one

00:33:33.580 --> 00:33:34.240
 last time

00:33:34.240 --> 00:33:35.060
 as we

00:33:35.060 --> 00:33:35.580
 participate

00:33:35.580 --> 00:33:36.400
 in the

00:33:36.400 --> 00:33:37.180
 Lord's

00:33:37.180 --> 00:33:37.360
 Supper

00:33:37.360 --> 00:33:37.780
 together.

00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:39.000
 We're

00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:39.180
 going to

00:33:39.180 --> 00:33:39.680
 gaze on

00:33:39.680 --> 00:33:41.500
 Jesus as

00:33:41.500 --> 00:33:42.160
 we participate

00:33:42.160 --> 00:33:42.700
 in this.

00:33:42.760 --> 00:33:42.920
 We're going

00:33:42.920 --> 00:33:43.460
 to lift our

00:33:43.460 --> 00:33:44.540
 hearts to

00:33:44.540 --> 00:33:45.000
 him this

00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:45.540
 morning as

00:33:45.540 --> 00:33:46.020
 we eat

00:33:46.020 --> 00:33:46.320
 and we

00:33:46.320 --> 00:33:46.780
 drink with

00:33:46.780 --> 00:33:47.160
 grateful

00:33:47.160 --> 00:33:47.760
 hearts

00:33:47.760 --> 00:33:49.520
 for the

00:33:49.520 --> 00:33:50.260
 mercy of

00:33:50.260 --> 00:33:50.840
 his love

00:33:50.840 --> 00:33:51.580
 for us,

00:33:52.940 --> 00:33:53.600
 mercy that

00:33:53.600 --> 00:33:54.160
 saw him

00:33:54.160 --> 00:33:54.960
 joyfully

00:33:54.960 --> 00:33:56.640
 self-controlled

00:33:56.640 --> 00:33:57.640
 as he

00:33:57.640 --> 00:33:58.340
 endured the

00:33:58.339 --> 00:33:59.019
 cross to

00:33:59.019 --> 00:33:59.619
 win back

00:33:59.619 --> 00:34:00.240
 rebellious

00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:01.039
 creation,

00:34:01.740 --> 00:34:02.819
 humanity back

00:34:02.819 --> 00:34:03.699
 into relationship

00:34:03.699 --> 00:34:04.319
 with himself

00:34:04.319 --> 00:34:05.419
 and to give

00:34:05.419 --> 00:34:05.799
 us an

00:34:05.799 --> 00:34:06.519
 affirmation,

00:34:06.679 --> 00:34:07.279
 a love,

00:34:07.399 --> 00:34:08.039
 a security,

00:34:08.579 --> 00:34:09.400
 a hope that

00:34:09.400 --> 00:34:10.340
 will never

00:34:10.340 --> 00:34:12.259
 be taken

00:34:12.259 --> 00:34:12.699
 away.

00:34:12.699 --> 00:34:12.799
 Amen.

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