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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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 Our passion is to experience and express grace. Join us.

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 If you have Bibles with you, open them to Luke chapter 2.

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 Luke chapter 2.

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 And the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

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 Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon.

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 And this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel.

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 And the Holy Spirit was upon him.

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 And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ.

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 And he came in the Spirit into the temple.

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 When the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him according to the custom of the law,

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 he took him up in his arms and blessed God and said,

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 Lord, now you are letting your servant depart in peace according to your word.

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 For my eyes have seen your salvation that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples

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 a light for revelation to the Gentiles and for glory to your people Israel.

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 And his father and mother marveled at what was said about him.

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 And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother,

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 Behold, this child is appointed for the fall and the rising of many in Israel.

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 And for a sign that is opposed.

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 And a sword will pierce through your own soul also.

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 So that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed.

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 And there was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phineul, of the tribe of Asher.

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 She was advanced in years, having lived with her husband seven years from when she was a virgin,

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 and then as a widow until she was 84.

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 She did not depart from the temple,

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 worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day.

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 And coming up at that very hour, she began to give thanks to God

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 and to speak of him to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.

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 Would you pray with me as we approach the study of God's word?

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 Father, we come to what to some may seem a simple task,

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 and that is we're going to read some words,

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 and we're going to talk about them, and we want to understand them.

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 But that's not the hard part.

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 The hard part's in our hearts,

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 and also that's why we need this study.

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 So would you pour out your spirits

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 and speak to us now from your word.

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 Father, you've chosen a fool

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 to proclaim your glory.

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 And we know that, Father,

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 we need your spirit.

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 So would you come,

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 meet us,

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 give me words to say,

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 and give us ears to hear

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 what you would have to say.

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 And we ask,

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 in the great name of Jesus.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 I'm excited to be here,

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 bringing God's word to you.

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 Will told me we had an hour,

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 so don't laugh.

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 You know, this is not one of the most popular

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 of the Christmas stories,

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 as we will see when we get into it.

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 But it's still one of my favorite.

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 You know, up until now,

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 you come through Luke 1 and Luke 2,

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 and you've got all these,

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 you've got all these warm and warm fuzzies

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 after seeing, you know,

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 these two boys born

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 from very dramatic circumstances.

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 You know, the shepherds,

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 and the story of the shepherds,

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 and the angels,

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 and all of that.

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 And, you know,

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 what a story for the ages.

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 But that kind of ends

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 in verse 21.

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 And this account

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 of Simeon

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 often,

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 most often,

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 is not included

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 in the rest,

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 but it is

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 highly significant.

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 Otherwise,

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 Luke would not have put it

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 here

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 in this critical place.

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 This story

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 contains,

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 if you look through

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 the birth narrative

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 of Jesus,

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 there are basically

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 four songs

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 that Luke gives us.

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 You have

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 the song of Zechariah,

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 the song of Mary,

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 you have the song

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 of the angels,

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 and now you have

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 this song of Simeon.

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 And this,

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 in the Latin,

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 this song is called

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 the nuke dimittis,

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 which basically means

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 now you are

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 dismissing.

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 And so,

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 we have Simeon

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 here,

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 someone that we know

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 hardly anything about.

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 But what we do know

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 from this particular

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 account

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 is that Simeon

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 was a godly man.

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 More than likely,

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 he was a part of

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 the leadership

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 of Israel.

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 And he has been

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 made,

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 to him,

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 has been given

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 a very, very special

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 promise.

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 somehow,

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 in some way,

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 the Holy Spirit

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 has communicated

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 to him

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 that he would

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 not see

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 death

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 until

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 his eyes

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 had seen

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 the Messiah.

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 God's

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 God's

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 And so,

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 now,

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 in this period

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 of Simeon's

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 life,

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 more than likely,

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 those hopes,

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 you know,

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 those days

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 of possibility

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 of this being

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 fulfilled

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 are fleeting.

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 And so,

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 as an old man,

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 he comes into

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 the temple,

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 and,

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 I mean,

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 think about

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 what transpires

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 here.

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 He comes

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 to the temple

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 just like

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 any other

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 day,

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 every day,

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 as he's coming

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 in to do

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 his worship.

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 But this day,

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 as he's in

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 the temple,

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 he hears

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 a baby

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 cry.

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 Not just

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 any

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 baby,

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 but a baby

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 that sets

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 his heart

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 aflame.

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 And you

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 can see

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 him kind

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 of pushing

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 his way

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 through the

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 crowds,

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 and he's

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 trying,

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 he comes

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 up to,

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 and he's

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 trying to

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 find the

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 source.

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 And he

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 comes up

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 to this

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 young couple

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 with an

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 infant son

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 in their

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 arms.

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 And he

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 takes up

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 this child

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 and sings.

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 He sings

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 because his

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 eyes have

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 at last

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 gazed

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 on the

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 promised

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 consolation

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 that has

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 come to

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 Israel.

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 I mean,

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 what a

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 moment.

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 You know,

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 the significance

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 of this

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 moment,

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 in many

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 ways,

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 what Luke

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 is doing

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 here,

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 he's doing

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 several

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 things.

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 This is,

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 in many

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 ways,

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 this is

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 pointing to

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 the bridge

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 from the

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 old system

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 to the

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 new,

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 where the

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 old,

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 the faithful

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 of Israel,

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 where Simeon,

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 in a way,

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 represents

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 Israel itself.

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 Simeon,

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 in many

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 ways,

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 was what

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 Israel should

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 have been.

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 But now,

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 Simeon says,

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 now let your

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 servant depart

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 in peace.

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 And the

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 new has

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 come,

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 and the

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 child

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 of

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 Jesus.

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 And so

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 the significance

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 of what

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 Simeon is

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 saying here

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 is all

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 bound up,

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 I think,

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 in those

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 words where

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 Luke describes

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 him as

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 awaiting the

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 consolation

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 of Israel.

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 And that

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 consolation,

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 those words,

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 come from

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 Isaiah chapter

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 40.

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 In the very

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 first verses

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 of Isaiah

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 40,

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 where it

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 says,

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 comfort,

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 oh,

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 comfort my

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 people,

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 says your

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 God.

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 Speak

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 tenderly to

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 Jerusalem,

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 and cry to

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 her that her

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 warfare is

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 ended,

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 that her

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 iniquity is

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 pardoned,

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 that she has

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 received from

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 the Lord's

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 hand double

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 for all her

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 sins.

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 And some,

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 like Simeon,

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 had been

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 faithfully,

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 faithfully

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 waiting for

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 this

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 fulfillment.

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 And the

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 word

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 consolation,

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 that word

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 comfort,

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 they're really

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 the same

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 words.

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 In fact,

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 it's the

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 same word

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 that will be

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 used of the

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 Holy Spirit

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 who comes

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 to us

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 as the

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 comforter.

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 He comes

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 as that

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 consolation.

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 And so

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 what Simeon

00:10:28.679 --> 00:10:29.279
 says in

00:10:29.279 --> 00:10:30.059
 response to

00:10:30.059 --> 00:10:30.399
 this,

00:10:31.600 --> 00:10:32.000
 he says

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 two things,

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 in this

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 song he

00:10:33.319 --> 00:10:33.759
 says two

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 things.

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 And he

00:10:35.960 --> 00:10:36.360
 says two

00:10:36.360 --> 00:10:37.200
 things about

00:10:37.200 --> 00:10:38.059
 what this

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 child is

00:10:39.000 --> 00:10:39.360
 going to

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 bring to

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 Israel.

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 And the

00:10:42.620 --> 00:10:43.080
 first,

00:10:43.319 --> 00:10:43.740
 he said

00:10:43.740 --> 00:10:44.200
 really it's

00:10:44.200 --> 00:10:44.580
 not to

00:10:44.580 --> 00:10:44.899
 Israel

00:10:44.899 --> 00:10:45.500
 itself,

00:10:45.740 --> 00:10:46.200
 he's

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 coming as

00:10:47.039 --> 00:10:47.559
 a light

00:10:47.559 --> 00:10:48.539
 of revelation

00:10:48.539 --> 00:10:49.879
 to the

00:10:49.879 --> 00:10:50.740
 Gentiles.

00:10:52.240 --> 00:10:52.559
 Now,

00:10:53.439 --> 00:10:54.059
 this,

00:10:55.099 --> 00:10:55.620
 when he

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 says this,

00:10:58.379 --> 00:10:58.740
 when he's

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 talking about

00:10:59.339 --> 00:11:02.219
 the light

00:11:02.219 --> 00:11:02.980
 of revelation,

00:11:04.579 --> 00:11:06.559
 he's not

00:11:06.559 --> 00:11:07.439
 talking about

00:11:07.439 --> 00:11:08.919
 just real

00:11:08.919 --> 00:11:09.919
 light,

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 physical

00:11:11.159 --> 00:11:12.139
 light,

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 but what

00:11:13.379 --> 00:11:13.919
 he's talking

00:11:13.919 --> 00:11:14.339
 about is

00:11:14.339 --> 00:11:15.000
 the light

00:11:15.000 --> 00:11:16.419
 of knowledge,

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 not the

00:11:18.339 --> 00:11:19.219
 light of

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 ignorance.

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 And when

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 he's,

00:11:22.479 --> 00:11:23.079
 excuse me,

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 I'm off,

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 I'm not

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 used to

00:11:25.620 --> 00:11:26.199
 preaching from

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 paper.

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 I'm used to

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 something not

00:11:28.819 --> 00:11:29.279
 quite so

00:11:29.279 --> 00:11:29.879
 high tech.

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 But the

00:11:35.000 --> 00:11:35.339
 light of

00:11:35.339 --> 00:11:35.860
 revelation,

00:11:36.399 --> 00:11:36.819
 the world

00:11:36.819 --> 00:11:37.120
 has been

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 living in

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 darkness

00:11:38.000 --> 00:11:38.319
 and the

00:11:38.319 --> 00:11:38.860
 ignorance of

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 who God

00:11:39.439 --> 00:11:40.079
 is and

00:11:40.079 --> 00:11:40.480
 all that

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 he is,

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 and they've

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 been groping

00:11:41.879 --> 00:11:42.639
 about in

00:11:42.639 --> 00:11:43.079
 darkness,

00:11:43.219 --> 00:11:43.659
 trying to

00:11:43.659 --> 00:11:44.259
 figure it

00:11:44.259 --> 00:11:44.939
 all out.

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 And I

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 don't know

00:11:46.860 --> 00:11:47.120
 if you've

00:11:47.120 --> 00:11:47.700
 ever been

00:11:47.700 --> 00:11:48.419
 in a place

00:11:48.419 --> 00:11:49.519
 of real

00:11:49.519 --> 00:11:49.980
 darkness.

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 Have you

00:11:50.279 --> 00:11:50.600
 ever been

00:11:50.600 --> 00:11:51.179
 in a room

00:11:51.179 --> 00:11:51.960
 or a place

00:11:51.960 --> 00:11:52.259
 where it

00:11:52.259 --> 00:11:52.679
 was so

00:11:52.679 --> 00:11:53.200
 dark you

00:11:53.200 --> 00:11:53.879
 couldn't see

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 your hand

00:11:54.399 --> 00:11:55.080
 right in

00:11:55.080 --> 00:11:55.439
 front of

00:11:55.439 --> 00:11:55.960
 your face?

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 And have

00:11:56.500 --> 00:11:56.740
 you ever

00:11:56.740 --> 00:11:57.279
 been there

00:11:57.279 --> 00:11:57.700
 for a

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 long time?

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 It's

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 oppressive.

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 But this

00:12:02.740 --> 00:12:03.240
 is the way

00:12:03.240 --> 00:12:03.620
 our world

00:12:03.620 --> 00:12:03.939
 is.

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 When we

00:12:04.580 --> 00:12:04.980
 lived in

00:12:04.980 --> 00:12:05.360
 Hungary,

00:12:06.580 --> 00:12:06.939
 Gail and

00:12:06.939 --> 00:12:07.419
 I went

00:12:07.419 --> 00:12:08.259
 down into

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 the city

00:12:08.639 --> 00:12:09.019
 one day

00:12:09.019 --> 00:12:09.319
 to one

00:12:09.319 --> 00:12:09.500
 of the

00:12:09.500 --> 00:12:10.039
 main city

00:12:10.039 --> 00:12:10.539
 squares,

00:12:10.860 --> 00:12:11.519
 like we

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 love to

00:12:11.960 --> 00:12:12.159
 do,

00:12:12.240 --> 00:12:12.500
 but on

00:12:12.500 --> 00:12:13.080
 that particular

00:12:13.080 --> 00:12:13.620
 day,

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 there was

00:12:14.360 --> 00:12:14.980
 a whole

00:12:14.980 --> 00:12:16.519
 big group

00:12:16.519 --> 00:12:17.120
 of Hare

00:12:17.120 --> 00:12:17.919
 Krishnas

00:12:17.919 --> 00:12:19.399
 having a

00:12:19.399 --> 00:12:20.879
 festival of

00:12:20.879 --> 00:12:21.440
 some kind

00:12:21.440 --> 00:12:21.899
 and a lot

00:12:21.899 --> 00:12:22.639
 of booths

00:12:22.639 --> 00:12:23.060
 and a lot

00:12:23.060 --> 00:12:23.560
 of places

00:12:23.560 --> 00:12:23.820
 they were

00:12:23.820 --> 00:12:24.679
 selling things

00:12:24.679 --> 00:12:25.320
 and demonstrating

00:12:25.320 --> 00:12:26.620
 things and

00:12:26.620 --> 00:12:27.080
 you'd see all

00:12:27.080 --> 00:12:27.820
 these idols

00:12:27.820 --> 00:12:28.379
 and all

00:12:28.379 --> 00:12:29.120
 these trinkets

00:12:29.120 --> 00:12:29.399
 and all

00:12:29.399 --> 00:12:30.080
 this stuff

00:12:30.080 --> 00:12:30.960
 and as you

00:12:30.960 --> 00:12:31.700
 walk through

00:12:31.700 --> 00:12:32.000
 this,

00:12:32.120 --> 00:12:33.060
 the darkness

00:12:33.060 --> 00:12:35.279
 of all

00:12:35.279 --> 00:12:36.600
 this superstition

00:12:36.600 --> 00:12:38.639
 was grievous

00:12:38.639 --> 00:12:39.299
 and just

00:12:39.299 --> 00:12:40.419
 oppressive.

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 but I

00:12:43.179 --> 00:12:43.299
 mean,

00:12:43.339 --> 00:12:43.679
 I've seen

00:12:43.679 --> 00:12:43.979
 it not

00:12:43.979 --> 00:12:44.459
 just there,

00:12:44.519 --> 00:12:44.759
 I had

00:12:44.759 --> 00:12:46.179
 a good

00:12:46.179 --> 00:12:46.659
 friend

00:12:46.659 --> 00:12:48.659
 and this

00:12:48.659 --> 00:12:50.039
 friend

00:12:50.039 --> 00:12:51.620
 normally

00:12:51.620 --> 00:12:52.240
 was very

00:12:52.240 --> 00:12:52.799
 rational,

00:12:53.000 --> 00:12:53.779
 very logical,

00:12:54.360 --> 00:12:55.000
 always

00:12:55.000 --> 00:12:56.120
 tried to

00:12:56.120 --> 00:12:57.039
 make good

00:12:57.039 --> 00:12:57.620
 solid

00:12:57.620 --> 00:12:58.219
 decisions

00:12:58.219 --> 00:12:58.699
 because,

00:12:58.879 --> 00:12:59.000
 I mean,

00:12:59.039 --> 00:12:59.360
 that's what

00:12:59.360 --> 00:12:59.659
 you do,

00:12:59.740 --> 00:13:00.019
 you just

00:13:00.019 --> 00:13:00.579
 think well

00:13:00.579 --> 00:13:00.779
 and you

00:13:00.779 --> 00:13:01.139
 make good

00:13:01.139 --> 00:13:01.620
 decisions,

00:13:02.139 --> 00:13:02.740
 but yet

00:13:02.740 --> 00:13:03.659
 every time

00:13:03.659 --> 00:13:04.199
 he said

00:13:04.199 --> 00:13:04.980
 something like

00:13:04.980 --> 00:13:05.659
 he hoped

00:13:05.659 --> 00:13:06.379
 would happen,

00:13:07.099 --> 00:13:07.639
 he could

00:13:07.639 --> 00:13:08.219
 not help

00:13:08.219 --> 00:13:08.899
 himself but

00:13:08.899 --> 00:13:09.379
 to knock

00:13:09.379 --> 00:13:09.960
 on wood.

00:13:11.960 --> 00:13:12.519
 And if

00:13:12.519 --> 00:13:12.799
 he didn't

00:13:12.799 --> 00:13:13.519
 have wood,

00:13:14.019 --> 00:13:14.480
 he would

00:13:14.480 --> 00:13:15.200
 knock himself

00:13:15.200 --> 00:13:15.820
 in the head,

00:13:16.340 --> 00:13:17.980
 which as I

00:13:17.980 --> 00:13:18.419
 thought about

00:13:18.419 --> 00:13:18.720
 it was

00:13:18.720 --> 00:13:19.340
 appropriate.

00:13:22.519 --> 00:13:23.539
 But somehow

00:13:23.539 --> 00:13:25.600
 we thought

00:13:25.600 --> 00:13:26.580
 that this

00:13:26.580 --> 00:13:27.399
 inanimate

00:13:27.399 --> 00:13:28.679
 material

00:13:28.679 --> 00:13:31.059
 had some

00:13:31.059 --> 00:13:31.740
 kind of

00:13:31.740 --> 00:13:32.480
 control

00:13:32.480 --> 00:13:33.440
 over his

00:13:33.440 --> 00:13:34.360
 destiny.

00:13:36.820 --> 00:13:37.580
 And that's

00:13:37.580 --> 00:13:37.960
 darkness.

00:13:39.379 --> 00:13:40.460
 And it

00:13:40.460 --> 00:13:40.960
 reminds me

00:13:40.960 --> 00:13:41.519
 of Isaiah

00:13:41.519 --> 00:13:42.779
 again in

00:13:42.779 --> 00:13:43.759
 chapter 44.

00:13:44.559 --> 00:13:44.980
 This is,

00:13:45.200 --> 00:13:45.980
 in some ways,

00:13:46.080 --> 00:13:46.580
 as Isaiah

00:13:46.580 --> 00:13:47.340
 writes these

00:13:47.340 --> 00:13:49.100
 verses that

00:13:49.100 --> 00:13:49.480
 you'll see

00:13:49.480 --> 00:13:49.679
 here,

00:13:49.759 --> 00:13:50.480
 it's really

00:13:50.480 --> 00:13:50.879
 kind of

00:13:50.879 --> 00:13:51.600
 comical.

00:13:52.620 --> 00:13:53.100
 Because he

00:13:53.100 --> 00:13:54.240
 describes a

00:13:54.240 --> 00:13:55.439
 guy who

00:13:55.439 --> 00:13:55.939
 goes and

00:13:55.939 --> 00:13:56.580
 cuts a piece

00:13:56.580 --> 00:13:57.120
 of wood,

00:13:57.580 --> 00:13:58.299
 and half of

00:13:58.299 --> 00:13:58.639
 the piece

00:13:58.639 --> 00:13:59.139
 of wood,

00:13:59.620 --> 00:14:00.379
 he burns

00:14:00.379 --> 00:14:01.159
 in the fire

00:14:01.159 --> 00:14:01.600
 and cooks

00:14:01.600 --> 00:14:02.179
 his dinner,

00:14:02.340 --> 00:14:02.799
 the other

00:14:02.799 --> 00:14:03.320
 half he

00:14:03.320 --> 00:14:03.879
 takes and

00:14:03.879 --> 00:14:04.500
 he carves

00:14:04.500 --> 00:14:05.139
 an idol,

00:14:05.539 --> 00:14:05.799
 and he

00:14:05.799 --> 00:14:06.460
 bows down

00:14:06.460 --> 00:14:07.100
 to it.

00:14:09.440 --> 00:14:10.139
 And Isaiah

00:14:10.139 --> 00:14:11.160
 writes,

00:14:11.540 --> 00:14:12.040
 starting in

00:14:12.040 --> 00:14:12.620
 verse 16,

00:14:12.740 --> 00:14:12.920
 he says,

00:14:13.000 --> 00:14:13.440
 half of it

00:14:13.440 --> 00:14:13.820
 he burns

00:14:13.820 --> 00:14:14.440
 in the fire,

00:14:15.000 --> 00:14:15.879
 over half

00:14:15.879 --> 00:14:16.200
 he eats

00:14:16.200 --> 00:14:16.500
 meat,

00:14:16.600 --> 00:14:17.139
 he roasts

00:14:17.139 --> 00:14:17.379
 it and

00:14:17.379 --> 00:14:17.860
 he's satisfied,

00:14:18.019 --> 00:14:18.460
 he warms

00:14:18.460 --> 00:14:18.980
 himself,

00:14:20.100 --> 00:14:20.420
 and the

00:14:20.420 --> 00:14:21.019
 rest of it

00:14:21.019 --> 00:14:21.600
 he makes

00:14:21.600 --> 00:14:22.080
 into a

00:14:22.080 --> 00:14:22.400
 god,

00:14:22.460 --> 00:14:23.000
 his idol,

00:14:23.120 --> 00:14:23.540
 and falls

00:14:23.540 --> 00:14:24.100
 down to

00:14:24.100 --> 00:14:24.340
 it,

00:14:24.540 --> 00:14:25.360
 and worships,

00:14:25.460 --> 00:14:26.100
 and prays

00:14:26.100 --> 00:14:26.540
 to it,

00:14:26.900 --> 00:14:27.680
 deliver me.

00:14:27.679 --> 00:14:31.179
 And then a

00:14:31.179 --> 00:14:31.479
 little bit

00:14:31.479 --> 00:14:32.239
 farther down

00:14:32.239 --> 00:14:32.559
 he says,

00:14:32.620 --> 00:14:33.039
 no one

00:14:33.039 --> 00:14:33.759
 considers,

00:14:35.399 --> 00:14:35.759
 nor is

00:14:35.759 --> 00:14:36.500
 there knowledge

00:14:36.500 --> 00:14:37.299
 or discernment

00:14:37.299 --> 00:14:37.939
 to say,

00:14:38.339 --> 00:14:39.099
 half of it

00:14:39.099 --> 00:14:39.759
 I burned

00:14:39.759 --> 00:14:40.579
 in the fire,

00:14:41.039 --> 00:14:41.639
 over half

00:14:41.639 --> 00:14:42.079
 of it I

00:14:42.079 --> 00:14:42.659
 made into

00:14:42.659 --> 00:14:43.639
 an abomination,

00:14:45.219 --> 00:14:45.679
 and then at

00:14:45.679 --> 00:14:46.259
 the end

00:14:46.259 --> 00:14:48.319
 he describes

00:14:48.319 --> 00:14:49.259
 it as a

00:14:49.259 --> 00:14:49.599
 deluded

00:14:49.599 --> 00:14:51.259
 heart has

00:14:51.259 --> 00:14:51.559
 led him

00:14:51.559 --> 00:14:52.000
 astray,

00:14:53.279 --> 00:14:54.039
 and he

00:14:54.039 --> 00:14:54.599
 cannot

00:14:54.599 --> 00:14:55.939
 deliver

00:14:55.939 --> 00:14:56.479
 himself.

00:14:57.679 --> 00:14:58.719
 That's the

00:14:58.719 --> 00:14:59.079
 darkness.

00:15:00.559 --> 00:15:01.579
 But to

00:15:01.579 --> 00:15:02.139
 those who

00:15:02.139 --> 00:15:02.899
 live in

00:15:02.899 --> 00:15:03.519
 darkness,

00:15:04.019 --> 00:15:04.839
 the light

00:15:04.839 --> 00:15:06.039
 of the

00:15:06.039 --> 00:15:06.659
 reality

00:15:06.659 --> 00:15:08.019
 of God

00:15:08.019 --> 00:15:09.139
 comes

00:15:09.139 --> 00:15:10.299
 in Jesus.

00:15:12.079 --> 00:15:12.639
 Jesus

00:15:12.639 --> 00:15:13.219
 himself

00:15:13.219 --> 00:15:14.159
 makes God

00:15:14.159 --> 00:15:14.859
 known.

00:15:16.239 --> 00:15:16.559
 And so

00:15:16.559 --> 00:15:17.219
 all of those

00:15:17.219 --> 00:15:17.759
 who live in

00:15:17.759 --> 00:15:18.239
 darkness,

00:15:19.199 --> 00:15:19.699
 Jesus

00:15:19.699 --> 00:15:21.740
 reintroduced,

00:15:21.899 --> 00:15:22.519
 shines the

00:15:22.519 --> 00:15:23.019
 light

00:15:23.019 --> 00:15:24.299
 of the

00:15:24.299 --> 00:15:24.799
 one

00:15:24.799 --> 00:15:25.479
 that we

00:15:25.479 --> 00:15:26.019
 were made

00:15:26.019 --> 00:15:26.699
 to know.

00:15:27.679 --> 00:15:28.179
 That we

00:15:28.179 --> 00:15:28.599
 were made

00:15:28.599 --> 00:15:29.059
 to know

00:15:29.059 --> 00:15:29.839
 intimately.

00:15:31.599 --> 00:15:32.259
 And we

00:15:32.259 --> 00:15:32.879
 can know

00:15:32.879 --> 00:15:34.179
 him only

00:15:34.179 --> 00:15:35.739
 through

00:15:35.739 --> 00:15:37.299
 this

00:15:37.299 --> 00:15:38.359
 child

00:15:38.359 --> 00:15:39.099
 who was

00:15:39.099 --> 00:15:39.500
 born

00:15:39.500 --> 00:15:40.479
 to us.

00:15:41.679 --> 00:15:42.299
 But that

00:15:42.299 --> 00:15:43.139
 consolation

00:15:43.139 --> 00:15:43.500
 which he

00:15:43.500 --> 00:15:44.579
 said is

00:15:44.579 --> 00:15:45.120
 not just

00:15:45.120 --> 00:15:45.379
 in the

00:15:45.379 --> 00:15:45.659
 light of

00:15:45.659 --> 00:15:46.159
 the revelation

00:15:46.159 --> 00:15:46.479
 of the

00:15:46.479 --> 00:15:47.019
 Gentiles,

00:15:47.219 --> 00:15:48.059
 it's also

00:15:48.059 --> 00:15:48.659
 when he

00:15:48.659 --> 00:15:49.539
 says glory

00:15:49.539 --> 00:15:51.039
 for Israel.

00:15:51.759 --> 00:15:52.579
 Now as I

00:15:52.579 --> 00:15:53.139
 read this

00:15:53.139 --> 00:15:53.599
 I ask,

00:15:53.679 --> 00:15:53.799
 alright,

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 why does he

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 say glory?

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 Well it

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 goes back

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 again to

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 this whole

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 need of

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 consolation.

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 Because at

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 this point

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 in Israel's

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 history,

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 Israel has,

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 they are

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 existing under

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 the strong

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 repressive

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 control

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 of Rome.

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 In fact,

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 they are a

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 people really

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 enslaved.

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 They are

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 not this

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 great people

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 of God

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 who everybody

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 else should

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 be coming

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 to.

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 They were

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 the scorn

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 of the

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 world.

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 They were

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 oppressed.

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 They were

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 suppressed.

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 They were

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 depressed.

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 And all

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 they wanted

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 was their

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 freedom.

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 They wanted

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 again their

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 dignity.

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 They wanted

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 to be

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 these people

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 that God

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 promised them

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 that they

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 would be.

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 But yet

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 they lived

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 under this

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 force.

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 And they

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 were derision.

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 Not a

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 people

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 glorious.

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 She was

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 at the

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 mercy of

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 her enemies

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 and were

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 outcasts.

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 But what

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 God promises

00:17:09.519 --> 00:17:09.980
 in this

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 Messiah

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 is that

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 to this

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 people

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 who are

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 in oppression

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 light,

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 the glory

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 has

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 come.

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 Israel

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 and this

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 child

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 is going

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 to be

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 the means

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 of

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 Israel

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 being

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 that

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 people

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 that God

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 has promised

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 to them

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 they would

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 be.

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 And this

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 we see

00:17:37.000 --> 00:17:37.779
 in Revelation

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 because if you

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 read on past

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 in Revelation

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 21 into

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 22 you'll

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 see even

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 there that

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 all of the

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 nations of

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 the world

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 are going

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 to come

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 to Israel.

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 Israel.

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 They're going

00:17:50.039 --> 00:17:50.360
 to come

00:17:50.360 --> 00:17:50.740
 into the

00:17:50.740 --> 00:17:50.940
 new

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 Jerusalem.

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 And this

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 Messiah is

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 going to

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 take away

00:17:55.300 --> 00:17:55.960
 their shame

00:17:55.960 --> 00:17:56.539
 going to

00:17:56.539 --> 00:17:57.180
 take away

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 their

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 oppression

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 and they

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 will no

00:18:00.680 --> 00:18:01.240
 longer be

00:18:01.240 --> 00:18:02.140
 scorned.

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 They will

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 be the

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 glorious

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 glorious

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 people that

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 God created

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 them to be.

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 But this

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 works not

00:18:13.460 --> 00:18:14.480
 just on

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 a corporate

00:18:14.860 --> 00:18:15.259
 scale.

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 What Simeon

00:18:19.019 --> 00:18:19.660
 sings of

00:18:19.660 --> 00:18:20.660
 here is

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 also true

00:18:21.320 --> 00:18:21.620
 on a

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 personal

00:18:21.980 --> 00:18:22.400
 scale.

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 And I

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 think this

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 is so

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 much of

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 why I love

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 this passage.

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 Because we

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 all live

00:18:33.700 --> 00:18:34.100
 in a

00:18:34.100 --> 00:18:35.860
 prison and

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 that prison

00:18:36.600 --> 00:18:37.759
 is shame.

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 we are

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 not the

00:18:41.259 --> 00:18:42.640
 people that

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 we want

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 to be.

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 We are

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 not the

00:18:45.200 --> 00:18:45.680
 people that

00:18:45.680 --> 00:18:46.200
 we ought

00:18:46.200 --> 00:18:46.600
 to be.

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 We in

00:18:48.860 --> 00:18:49.519
 many ways

00:18:49.519 --> 00:18:50.000
 are the

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 very people

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 we don't

00:18:51.220 --> 00:18:51.720
 want to

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 be.

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 And so

00:18:54.500 --> 00:18:55.460
 we live

00:18:55.460 --> 00:18:56.580
 in hiding.

00:18:57.340 --> 00:18:58.060
 We live

00:18:58.060 --> 00:18:59.220
 covering up

00:18:59.220 --> 00:18:59.799
 ourselves.

00:19:00.019 --> 00:19:00.680
 We live

00:19:00.680 --> 00:19:01.840
 in fear

00:19:01.840 --> 00:19:02.660
 of being

00:19:02.660 --> 00:19:03.299
 exposed.

00:19:08.680 --> 00:19:09.720
 Now

00:19:09.720 --> 00:19:10.200
 something you

00:19:10.200 --> 00:19:10.460
 need to

00:19:10.460 --> 00:19:10.860
 know about

00:19:10.860 --> 00:19:11.160
 me.

00:19:12.320 --> 00:19:12.980
 You hired

00:19:12.980 --> 00:19:13.340
 me.

00:19:14.060 --> 00:19:14.620
 So you

00:19:14.620 --> 00:19:14.880
 need to

00:19:14.880 --> 00:19:15.460
 know I'm

00:19:15.460 --> 00:19:16.100
 an imposter.

00:19:18.940 --> 00:19:19.500
 You know

00:19:19.500 --> 00:19:19.900
 in so many

00:19:19.900 --> 00:19:20.480
 ways I'm

00:19:20.480 --> 00:19:20.940
 an imposter.

00:19:21.080 --> 00:19:21.700
 I can

00:19:21.700 --> 00:19:22.380
 present a

00:19:22.380 --> 00:19:22.740
 pretty good

00:19:22.740 --> 00:19:24.580
 image on

00:19:24.580 --> 00:19:25.140
 the outside.

00:19:25.860 --> 00:19:26.660
 I clean

00:19:26.660 --> 00:19:27.080
 up pretty

00:19:27.080 --> 00:19:27.360
 well.

00:19:29.840 --> 00:19:30.440
 But on

00:19:30.440 --> 00:19:31.019
 the inside

00:19:31.019 --> 00:19:33.019
 parts of

00:19:33.019 --> 00:19:33.539
 it that

00:19:33.539 --> 00:19:35.680
 you'll

00:19:35.680 --> 00:19:36.339
 never see.

00:19:38.559 --> 00:19:39.539
 There is a

00:19:39.539 --> 00:19:40.039
 sense where

00:19:40.039 --> 00:19:40.920
 I live

00:19:40.920 --> 00:19:41.740
 in great

00:19:41.740 --> 00:19:42.339
 fear.

00:19:44.779 --> 00:19:45.619
 Fear that

00:19:45.619 --> 00:19:45.859
 you're going

00:19:45.859 --> 00:19:46.139
 to really

00:19:46.139 --> 00:19:47.119
 know who

00:19:47.119 --> 00:19:47.559
 you've

00:19:47.559 --> 00:19:47.920
 got.

00:19:50.519 --> 00:19:51.339
 I live

00:19:51.339 --> 00:19:51.839
 in hiding

00:19:51.839 --> 00:19:53.359
 because I

00:19:53.359 --> 00:19:53.779
 don't think

00:19:53.779 --> 00:19:54.039
 you're going

00:19:54.039 --> 00:19:54.619
 to like

00:19:54.619 --> 00:19:55.759
 what's really

00:19:55.759 --> 00:19:56.220
 here.

00:19:56.359 --> 00:19:56.839
 Because I

00:19:56.839 --> 00:19:57.539
 don't like

00:19:57.539 --> 00:19:58.500
 what's really

00:19:58.500 --> 00:19:59.059
 here.

00:19:59.680 --> 00:20:00.159
 Some people

00:20:00.159 --> 00:20:00.599
 call that

00:20:00.599 --> 00:20:01.500
 self-contempt.

00:20:02.099 --> 00:20:02.559
 And I think

00:20:02.559 --> 00:20:03.379
 it's a disease

00:20:03.380 --> 00:20:03.820
 that we

00:20:03.820 --> 00:20:04.840
 all share.

00:20:05.660 --> 00:20:05.860
 You know

00:20:05.860 --> 00:20:06.460
 some may

00:20:06.460 --> 00:20:06.840
 think it's

00:20:06.840 --> 00:20:07.580
 a psychological

00:20:07.580 --> 00:20:09.180
 malady.

00:20:09.380 --> 00:20:10.000
 I think it's

00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:10.480
 the normal

00:20:10.480 --> 00:20:11.000
 state of

00:20:11.000 --> 00:20:11.560
 existence

00:20:11.560 --> 00:20:13.580
 for mankind

00:20:13.580 --> 00:20:14.640
 because

00:20:14.640 --> 00:20:16.000
 we

00:20:16.000 --> 00:20:17.320
 know

00:20:17.320 --> 00:20:19.040
 instinctively

00:20:19.040 --> 00:20:19.960
 down in

00:20:19.960 --> 00:20:20.560
 our hearts

00:20:20.560 --> 00:20:21.400
 that's not

00:20:21.400 --> 00:20:21.860
 who we're

00:20:21.860 --> 00:20:23.100
 made to be.

00:20:24.460 --> 00:20:25.180
 We are

00:20:25.180 --> 00:20:25.760
 made for

00:20:25.760 --> 00:20:26.660
 something else.

00:20:28.880 --> 00:20:29.780
 And we

00:20:29.780 --> 00:20:30.960
 live in

00:20:30.960 --> 00:20:32.120
 this reality

00:20:32.119 --> 00:20:32.239
 glory.

00:20:33.439 --> 00:20:34.119
 That we're

00:20:34.119 --> 00:20:34.739
 not

00:20:34.739 --> 00:20:35.919
 that.

00:20:39.879 --> 00:20:40.479
 We were

00:20:40.479 --> 00:20:40.879
 made to be

00:20:40.879 --> 00:20:41.299
 beautiful

00:20:41.299 --> 00:20:42.699
 in the image

00:20:42.699 --> 00:20:43.259
 of God.

00:20:43.459 --> 00:20:43.899
 We were

00:20:43.899 --> 00:20:44.319
 made for

00:20:44.319 --> 00:20:44.779
 glory.

00:20:46.699 --> 00:20:47.279
 And we

00:20:47.279 --> 00:20:47.779
 also know

00:20:47.779 --> 00:20:48.019
 that we

00:20:48.019 --> 00:20:48.439
 don't have

00:20:48.439 --> 00:20:48.639
 it.

00:20:50.399 --> 00:20:51.039
 Now we're

00:20:51.039 --> 00:20:51.959
 we've just

00:20:51.959 --> 00:20:52.519
 moved into

00:20:52.519 --> 00:20:52.819
 a new

00:20:52.819 --> 00:20:53.219
 house

00:20:53.219 --> 00:20:54.679
 which we

00:20:54.679 --> 00:20:55.319
 really like

00:20:55.319 --> 00:20:55.519
 and we're

00:20:55.519 --> 00:20:56.139
 excited to be

00:20:56.139 --> 00:20:56.379
 here.

00:20:56.380 --> 00:20:57.380
 but one

00:20:57.380 --> 00:20:57.520
 of the

00:20:57.520 --> 00:20:58.000
 things about

00:20:58.000 --> 00:20:58.880
 living here

00:20:58.880 --> 00:20:59.560
 in this

00:20:59.560 --> 00:21:00.040
 house is

00:21:00.040 --> 00:21:00.340
 there's a

00:21:00.340 --> 00:21:00.560
 lot of

00:21:00.560 --> 00:21:00.900
 things that

00:21:00.900 --> 00:21:01.140
 have to

00:21:01.140 --> 00:21:01.640
 be done

00:21:01.640 --> 00:21:04.180
 and that

00:21:04.180 --> 00:21:06.100
 terrifies me

00:21:06.100 --> 00:21:10.260
 because for

00:21:10.260 --> 00:21:10.980
 example there

00:21:10.980 --> 00:21:11.700
 were we had

00:21:11.700 --> 00:21:12.080
 some light

00:21:12.080 --> 00:21:12.680
 fixtures that

00:21:12.680 --> 00:21:13.500
 we needed to

00:21:13.500 --> 00:21:14.420
 replace in

00:21:14.420 --> 00:21:15.120
 our bathroom

00:21:15.120 --> 00:21:15.980
 and I said

00:21:15.980 --> 00:21:16.420
 what's the

00:21:16.420 --> 00:21:16.900
 big deal

00:21:16.900 --> 00:21:17.520
 about light

00:21:17.520 --> 00:21:17.960
 fixtures?

00:21:18.460 --> 00:21:18.740
 Well it's

00:21:18.740 --> 00:21:19.720
 three wires

00:21:19.720 --> 00:21:20.980
 wire nuts

00:21:20.980 --> 00:21:21.420
 put them

00:21:21.420 --> 00:21:21.760
 together

00:21:21.760 --> 00:21:22.400
 screw it

00:21:22.400 --> 00:21:22.620
 to the

00:21:22.620 --> 00:21:22.960
 wall

00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:23.900
 and

00:21:23.900 --> 00:21:24.759
 boom it

00:21:24.759 --> 00:21:25.360
 should work

00:21:25.360 --> 00:21:26.180
 you know these

00:21:26.180 --> 00:21:27.100
 nice eight

00:21:27.100 --> 00:21:28.460
 lights up here

00:21:28.460 --> 00:21:29.059
 over this big

00:21:29.059 --> 00:21:29.860
 bathroom mirror

00:21:29.860 --> 00:21:30.840
 and I put

00:21:30.840 --> 00:21:31.279
 them up

00:21:31.279 --> 00:21:32.200
 and only two

00:21:32.200 --> 00:21:32.799
 of them work

00:21:32.799 --> 00:21:36.700
 and I have

00:21:36.700 --> 00:21:37.299
 no idea

00:21:37.299 --> 00:21:37.940
 why

00:21:37.940 --> 00:21:39.759
 but see now

00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:40.559
 electricians got

00:21:40.559 --> 00:21:40.940
 to come to

00:21:40.940 --> 00:21:41.319
 the house

00:21:41.319 --> 00:21:42.180
 gonna come

00:21:42.180 --> 00:21:42.640
 first of the

00:21:42.640 --> 00:21:42.960
 week

00:21:42.960 --> 00:21:43.500
 and you know

00:21:43.500 --> 00:21:43.759
 what the

00:21:43.759 --> 00:21:44.180
 first thing

00:21:44.180 --> 00:21:44.480
 he's gonna

00:21:44.480 --> 00:21:44.880
 say

00:21:44.880 --> 00:21:46.380
 who did

00:21:46.380 --> 00:21:46.819
 that?

00:21:51.500 --> 00:21:52.100
 And of

00:21:52.100 --> 00:21:52.420
 course the

00:21:52.420 --> 00:21:53.039
 temptation's

00:21:53.039 --> 00:21:53.360
 gonna be

00:21:53.360 --> 00:21:53.539
 he says

00:21:53.539 --> 00:21:53.880
 well it

00:21:53.880 --> 00:21:54.100
 was one

00:21:54.100 --> 00:21:54.300
 of those

00:21:54.300 --> 00:21:54.660
 deacons

00:21:54.660 --> 00:21:54.980
 that came

00:21:54.980 --> 00:21:55.240
 over to

00:21:55.240 --> 00:21:55.539
 the house

00:21:55.539 --> 00:21:59.279
 I might

00:21:59.279 --> 00:21:59.779
 add I'm

00:21:59.779 --> 00:22:00.420
 really appreciative

00:22:00.420 --> 00:22:01.000
 of the deacons

00:22:01.000 --> 00:22:01.380
 that came

00:22:01.380 --> 00:22:01.840
 over to the

00:22:01.840 --> 00:22:02.140
 house

00:22:02.140 --> 00:22:02.480
 and have

00:22:02.480 --> 00:22:02.880
 done a lot

00:22:02.880 --> 00:22:03.240
 of things

00:22:03.240 --> 00:22:03.700
 that I was

00:22:03.700 --> 00:22:04.200
 too embarrassed

00:22:04.200 --> 00:22:04.700
 to try to

00:22:04.700 --> 00:22:05.019
 do

00:22:05.019 --> 00:22:08.680
 but that

00:22:08.680 --> 00:22:09.019
 kind of

00:22:09.019 --> 00:22:09.300
 stuff

00:22:09.300 --> 00:22:10.259
 exposes

00:22:10.259 --> 00:22:10.779
 me

00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:13.740
 exposes

00:22:13.740 --> 00:22:14.039
 my

00:22:14.039 --> 00:22:15.279
 incompetence

00:22:15.279 --> 00:22:18.380
 so I

00:22:18.380 --> 00:22:18.900
 just I

00:22:18.900 --> 00:22:19.279
 hate

00:22:19.279 --> 00:22:20.920
 doing that

00:22:20.920 --> 00:22:21.259
 kind of

00:22:21.259 --> 00:22:21.560
 stuff

00:22:21.559 --> 00:22:22.200
 because

00:22:22.200 --> 00:22:23.200
 you know

00:22:23.200 --> 00:22:23.539
 it's not

00:22:23.539 --> 00:22:24.339
 just that

00:22:24.339 --> 00:22:25.079
 man

00:22:25.079 --> 00:22:25.679
 you know

00:22:25.679 --> 00:22:26.039
 you look

00:22:26.039 --> 00:22:26.399
 back

00:22:26.399 --> 00:22:27.259
 not just

00:22:27.259 --> 00:22:27.599
 on those

00:22:27.599 --> 00:22:28.059
 things that

00:22:28.059 --> 00:22:28.419
 I do

00:22:28.419 --> 00:22:28.720
 but I

00:22:28.720 --> 00:22:29.099
 look back

00:22:29.099 --> 00:22:29.379
 on my

00:22:29.379 --> 00:22:29.859
 past

00:22:29.859 --> 00:22:30.240
 and those

00:22:30.240 --> 00:22:30.619
 years

00:22:30.619 --> 00:22:31.759
 and unfortunately

00:22:31.759 --> 00:22:32.480
 that Facebook

00:22:32.480 --> 00:22:33.339
 continues to

00:22:33.339 --> 00:22:33.899
 remind me

00:22:33.899 --> 00:22:34.240
 about

00:22:34.240 --> 00:22:37.859
 I shudder

00:22:37.859 --> 00:22:40.980
 I shudder

00:22:40.980 --> 00:22:41.299
 over the

00:22:41.299 --> 00:22:41.679
 shame

00:22:41.679 --> 00:22:43.940
 and sometimes

00:22:43.940 --> 00:22:44.259
 I get

00:22:44.259 --> 00:22:44.619
 paralyzed

00:22:44.619 --> 00:22:45.319
 by the fear

00:22:45.319 --> 00:22:45.599
 of being

00:22:45.599 --> 00:22:46.000
 known

00:22:46.000 --> 00:22:47.279
 and I

00:22:47.279 --> 00:22:47.519
 want to

00:22:47.519 --> 00:22:47.660
 be

00:22:47.660 --> 00:22:48.019
 beautiful

00:22:48.019 --> 00:22:48.400
 and I

00:22:48.400 --> 00:22:48.819
 try to

00:22:48.819 --> 00:22:49.000
 make

00:22:49.000 --> 00:22:49.420
 myself

00:22:49.420 --> 00:22:49.660
 that

00:22:49.660 --> 00:22:49.900
 way

00:22:49.900 --> 00:22:50.160
 and I

00:22:50.160 --> 00:22:50.339
 just

00:22:50.339 --> 00:22:51.480
 can't

00:22:51.480 --> 00:22:55.920
 but the

00:22:55.920 --> 00:22:56.539
 promise here

00:22:56.539 --> 00:22:56.799
 is the

00:22:56.799 --> 00:22:57.380
 Messiah is

00:22:57.380 --> 00:22:57.599
 bringing

00:22:57.599 --> 00:22:58.160
 comfort

00:22:58.160 --> 00:23:01.380
 and he's

00:23:01.380 --> 00:23:01.779
 making

00:23:01.779 --> 00:23:02.540
 all

00:23:02.540 --> 00:23:03.580
 things

00:23:03.580 --> 00:23:04.580
 new

00:23:04.580 --> 00:23:08.360
 including

00:23:08.360 --> 00:23:09.800
 me

00:23:09.800 --> 00:23:14.440
 you know

00:23:14.440 --> 00:23:14.720
 and too

00:23:14.720 --> 00:23:15.259
 often I

00:23:15.259 --> 00:23:15.680
 think

00:23:15.680 --> 00:23:16.240
 when we

00:23:16.240 --> 00:23:16.519
 think of

00:23:16.519 --> 00:23:17.100
 the gospel

00:23:17.100 --> 00:23:18.700
 our ideas

00:23:18.700 --> 00:23:19.160
 of what the

00:23:19.160 --> 00:23:19.920
 gospel does

00:23:19.920 --> 00:23:20.740
 are truncated

00:23:20.740 --> 00:23:22.380
 they're too

00:23:22.380 --> 00:23:22.860
 small

00:23:22.860 --> 00:23:24.560
 we think

00:23:24.560 --> 00:23:24.940
 that yes

00:23:24.940 --> 00:23:25.400
 he comes

00:23:25.400 --> 00:23:26.000
 he's going

00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:26.400
 to forgive

00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:26.940
 us for the

00:23:26.940 --> 00:23:27.340
 guilt of

00:23:27.339 --> 00:23:27.740
 our sins

00:23:27.740 --> 00:23:28.019
 and I'm

00:23:28.019 --> 00:23:28.339
 not going

00:23:28.339 --> 00:23:28.599
 to feel

00:23:28.599 --> 00:23:29.019
 guilty

00:23:29.019 --> 00:23:29.480
 anymore

00:23:29.480 --> 00:23:30.759
 but that's

00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:31.459
 not all

00:23:31.459 --> 00:23:32.359
 he does

00:23:32.359 --> 00:23:35.379
 he doesn't

00:23:35.379 --> 00:23:35.819
 just come

00:23:35.819 --> 00:23:36.339
 to release

00:23:36.339 --> 00:23:36.720
 me of

00:23:36.720 --> 00:23:37.000
 my

00:23:37.000 --> 00:23:37.919
 shame

00:23:37.919 --> 00:23:38.339
 I mean

00:23:38.339 --> 00:23:39.059
 my sins

00:23:39.059 --> 00:23:39.939
 he's come

00:23:39.939 --> 00:23:40.379
 to set

00:23:40.379 --> 00:23:40.819
 me free

00:23:40.819 --> 00:23:41.259
 from my

00:23:41.259 --> 00:23:42.019
 ugliness

00:23:42.019 --> 00:23:45.220
 he's coming

00:23:45.220 --> 00:23:45.839
 to bring

00:23:45.839 --> 00:23:46.959
 glory

00:23:46.959 --> 00:23:51.399
 in John

00:23:51.399 --> 00:23:51.919
 17

00:23:51.919 --> 00:23:52.659
 there is

00:23:52.659 --> 00:23:53.220
 an incredible

00:23:53.220 --> 00:23:53.959
 passage

00:23:53.959 --> 00:23:54.799
 that just

00:23:54.799 --> 00:23:55.379
 floors me

00:23:55.379 --> 00:23:55.879
 every time

00:23:55.879 --> 00:23:56.220
 I read

00:23:56.220 --> 00:23:56.599
 it

00:23:56.599 --> 00:23:57.339
 starting

00:23:57.339 --> 00:23:57.599
 in verse

00:23:57.599 --> 00:23:58.240
 22

00:23:58.240 --> 00:23:59.319
 John

00:23:59.319 --> 00:23:59.879
 writes

00:23:59.879 --> 00:24:01.719
 the glory

00:24:01.719 --> 00:24:02.939
 that you

00:24:02.939 --> 00:24:03.439
 have given

00:24:03.439 --> 00:24:04.059
 to me

00:24:04.059 --> 00:24:06.039
 I have

00:24:06.039 --> 00:24:06.459
 given

00:24:06.459 --> 00:24:07.399
 to them

00:24:07.399 --> 00:24:08.339
 who's

00:24:08.339 --> 00:24:08.799
 them

00:24:08.799 --> 00:24:12.159
 it's

00:24:12.159 --> 00:24:12.799
 us

00:24:12.799 --> 00:24:17.079
 Jesus

00:24:17.079 --> 00:24:18.039
 has

00:24:18.039 --> 00:24:18.500
 taken

00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:19.339
 his

00:24:19.339 --> 00:24:20.539
 glory

00:24:20.539 --> 00:24:25.339
 he's

00:24:25.339 --> 00:24:25.559
 given

00:24:25.559 --> 00:24:27.440
 it's

00:24:27.440 --> 00:24:27.759
 given it

00:24:27.759 --> 00:24:28.000
 to us

00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:34.440
 that they

00:24:34.440 --> 00:24:34.759
 may be

00:24:34.759 --> 00:24:35.059
 one

00:24:35.059 --> 00:24:35.420
 even as

00:24:35.420 --> 00:24:35.899
 we are

00:24:35.899 --> 00:24:36.259
 I

00:24:36.259 --> 00:24:36.819
 in them

00:24:36.819 --> 00:24:37.119
 you

00:24:37.119 --> 00:24:37.539
 and me

00:24:37.539 --> 00:24:37.859
 that they

00:24:37.859 --> 00:24:38.440
 may become

00:24:38.440 --> 00:24:39.159
 perfectly

00:24:39.159 --> 00:24:39.599
 one

00:24:39.599 --> 00:24:40.079
 so that the

00:24:40.079 --> 00:24:40.519
 world may

00:24:40.519 --> 00:24:40.940
 know that

00:24:40.940 --> 00:24:41.339
 you sent

00:24:41.339 --> 00:24:41.639
 me and

00:24:41.639 --> 00:24:41.960
 love

00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:42.259
 them

00:24:42.259 --> 00:24:44.319
 even as

00:24:44.319 --> 00:24:44.700
 you love

00:24:44.700 --> 00:24:44.859
 me

00:24:44.859 --> 00:24:45.240
 father

00:24:45.240 --> 00:24:45.599
 I

00:24:45.599 --> 00:24:46.099
 desire

00:24:46.099 --> 00:24:46.460
 that they

00:24:46.460 --> 00:24:46.859
 also

00:24:46.859 --> 00:24:47.440
 whom you

00:24:47.440 --> 00:24:47.619
 have

00:24:47.619 --> 00:24:48.259
 given me

00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:48.659
 may be

00:24:48.659 --> 00:24:49.239
 with me

00:24:49.239 --> 00:24:49.639
 where I

00:24:49.639 --> 00:24:49.939
 am

00:24:49.939 --> 00:24:50.679
 to see

00:24:50.679 --> 00:24:51.439
 my

00:24:51.439 --> 00:24:52.379
 glory

00:24:52.379 --> 00:24:56.399
 do you

00:24:56.399 --> 00:24:56.939
 see what he

00:24:56.939 --> 00:24:57.579
 wants for

00:24:57.579 --> 00:24:58.059
 us

00:24:58.059 --> 00:25:02.899
 what is

00:25:02.899 --> 00:25:03.179
 Jesus

00:25:03.179 --> 00:25:03.619
 working

00:25:03.619 --> 00:25:04.159
 towards

00:25:04.159 --> 00:25:04.519
 here

00:25:04.519 --> 00:25:05.399
 what

00:25:05.399 --> 00:25:05.679
 does he

00:25:05.679 --> 00:25:05.959
 come

00:25:05.959 --> 00:25:06.579
 to do

00:25:06.579 --> 00:25:10.579
 he's

00:25:10.579 --> 00:25:10.979
 come to

00:25:10.979 --> 00:25:11.219
 take

00:25:11.219 --> 00:25:11.539
 what is

00:25:11.539 --> 00:25:12.000
 ugly

00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:14.720
 ugly

00:25:14.720 --> 00:25:16.000
 by our

00:25:16.000 --> 00:25:16.279
 own

00:25:16.279 --> 00:25:16.759
 fault

00:25:16.759 --> 00:25:20.640
 and turn

00:25:20.640 --> 00:25:21.000
 us

00:25:21.000 --> 00:25:22.380
 into

00:25:22.380 --> 00:25:23.660
 beauty

00:25:23.660 --> 00:25:28.519
 I

00:25:28.519 --> 00:25:28.740
 mean

00:25:28.740 --> 00:25:30.440
 I am

00:25:30.440 --> 00:25:31.940
 beautiful

00:25:31.940 --> 00:25:34.299
 use your

00:25:34.299 --> 00:25:34.819
 imagination

00:25:34.819 --> 00:25:39.160
 because

00:25:39.160 --> 00:25:39.740
 I'm in

00:25:39.740 --> 00:25:40.259
 Christ

00:25:40.259 --> 00:25:42.579
 I am

00:25:42.579 --> 00:25:43.359
 clothed

00:25:43.359 --> 00:25:44.240
 with the

00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:44.759
 garments

00:25:44.759 --> 00:25:45.539
 of the

00:25:45.539 --> 00:25:46.180
 bride

00:25:46.180 --> 00:25:51.019
 I am

00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:51.440
 beautiful

00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:54.079
 and there's

00:25:54.079 --> 00:25:54.980
 nothing

00:25:54.980 --> 00:25:57.000
 nothing

00:25:57.000 --> 00:25:58.480
 that can

00:25:58.480 --> 00:25:59.059
 do anything

00:25:59.059 --> 00:25:59.799
 to undo

00:25:59.799 --> 00:26:00.220
 that

00:26:00.220 --> 00:26:04.740
 all of us

00:26:04.740 --> 00:26:05.180
 who are in

00:26:05.180 --> 00:26:05.700
 Christ

00:26:05.700 --> 00:26:08.579
 we are

00:26:08.579 --> 00:26:09.279
 no longer

00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:09.940
 worthy of

00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:10.440
 derision

00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:13.420
 we are

00:26:13.420 --> 00:26:13.920
 worthy

00:26:13.920 --> 00:26:15.059
 of glory

00:26:15.059 --> 00:26:17.259
 because

00:26:17.259 --> 00:26:17.620
 the

00:26:17.620 --> 00:26:18.320
 comforter

00:26:18.320 --> 00:26:19.019
 the

00:26:19.019 --> 00:26:19.840
 consolation

00:26:19.840 --> 00:26:20.380
 of Israel

00:26:20.380 --> 00:26:21.360
 has come

00:26:21.360 --> 00:26:24.259
 tell you

00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:24.500
 what

00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:25.080
 that'll

00:26:25.080 --> 00:26:25.420
 set you

00:26:25.420 --> 00:26:25.759
 to sing

00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:28.860
 as

00:26:28.860 --> 00:26:29.259
 Simeon

00:26:29.259 --> 00:26:29.600
 did

00:26:29.600 --> 00:26:32.980
 but he

00:26:32.980 --> 00:26:33.580
 goes on

00:26:33.580 --> 00:26:35.059
 I wish

00:26:35.059 --> 00:26:35.279
 he had

00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:35.660
 stopped

00:26:35.660 --> 00:26:36.360
 right there

00:26:36.359 --> 00:26:37.919
 because

00:26:37.919 --> 00:26:38.339
 he goes

00:26:38.339 --> 00:26:38.719
 on

00:26:38.719 --> 00:26:39.039
 and

00:26:39.039 --> 00:26:39.819
 this

00:26:39.819 --> 00:26:39.959
 is

00:26:39.959 --> 00:26:40.119
 where

00:26:40.119 --> 00:26:40.240
 it

00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:40.399
 gets

00:26:40.399 --> 00:26:40.639
 a little

00:26:40.639 --> 00:26:41.399
 dicey

00:26:41.399 --> 00:26:43.939
 and

00:26:43.939 --> 00:26:44.179
 because

00:26:44.179 --> 00:26:44.439
 Luke

00:26:44.439 --> 00:26:44.979
 writes

00:26:44.979 --> 00:26:45.679
 and

00:26:45.679 --> 00:26:46.039
 Simeon

00:26:46.039 --> 00:26:46.419
 blessed

00:26:46.419 --> 00:26:46.639
 them

00:26:46.639 --> 00:26:46.939
 and then

00:26:46.939 --> 00:26:47.500
 said to

00:26:47.500 --> 00:26:47.759
 Mary

00:26:47.759 --> 00:26:47.959
 his

00:26:47.959 --> 00:26:48.240
 mother

00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:48.679
 behold

00:26:48.679 --> 00:26:49.039
 this

00:26:49.039 --> 00:26:49.539
 child

00:26:49.539 --> 00:26:49.839
 is

00:26:49.839 --> 00:26:50.339
 appointed

00:26:50.339 --> 00:26:50.859
 for the

00:26:50.859 --> 00:26:52.000
 rise

00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:52.799
 and fall

00:26:52.799 --> 00:26:53.299
 of many

00:26:53.299 --> 00:26:53.819
 in Israel

00:26:53.819 --> 00:26:55.200
 and for

00:26:55.200 --> 00:26:55.700
 a sign

00:26:55.700 --> 00:26:56.019
 that is

00:26:56.019 --> 00:26:56.599
 opposed

00:26:56.599 --> 00:26:58.259
 and a

00:26:58.259 --> 00:26:58.539
 sword

00:26:58.539 --> 00:26:58.879
 will

00:26:58.879 --> 00:26:59.240
 pierce

00:26:59.240 --> 00:26:59.419
 through

00:26:59.419 --> 00:26:59.619
 your

00:26:59.619 --> 00:26:59.919
 own

00:26:59.919 --> 00:27:00.200
 soul

00:27:00.200 --> 00:27:00.519
 also

00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:00.939
 so that

00:27:00.939 --> 00:27:01.319
 thoughts

00:27:01.319 --> 00:27:01.700
 from many

00:27:01.700 --> 00:27:01.980
 hearts

00:27:01.980 --> 00:27:02.399
 may be

00:27:02.399 --> 00:27:02.919
 revealed

00:27:02.919 --> 00:27:04.059
 the

00:27:04.059 --> 00:27:04.639
 sweet

00:27:04.639 --> 00:27:06.319
 innocent

00:27:06.319 --> 00:27:07.619
 child

00:27:07.619 --> 00:27:09.519
 is

00:27:09.519 --> 00:27:10.059
 armed

00:27:10.059 --> 00:27:11.079
 and

00:27:11.079 --> 00:27:11.679
 dangerous

00:27:11.679 --> 00:27:14.319
 and

00:27:14.319 --> 00:27:14.479
 what

00:27:14.479 --> 00:27:14.639
 he's

00:27:14.639 --> 00:27:14.779
 going

00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:14.839
 to

00:27:14.839 --> 00:27:15.239
 do

00:27:15.239 --> 00:27:16.019
 he's

00:27:16.019 --> 00:27:16.179
 going

00:27:16.179 --> 00:27:16.339
 to

00:27:16.339 --> 00:27:16.859
 upset

00:27:16.859 --> 00:27:17.699
 everything

00:27:17.699 --> 00:27:18.179
 on a

00:27:18.179 --> 00:27:18.539
 corporate

00:27:18.539 --> 00:27:19.159
 scale

00:27:19.159 --> 00:27:20.419
 absolutely

00:27:20.419 --> 00:27:20.939
 because

00:27:20.939 --> 00:27:21.119
 the

00:27:21.119 --> 00:27:21.500
 Messiah

00:27:21.500 --> 00:27:21.679
 is

00:27:21.679 --> 00:27:21.779
 going

00:27:21.779 --> 00:27:21.859
 to

00:27:21.859 --> 00:27:22.059
 come

00:27:22.059 --> 00:27:22.219
 and

00:27:22.219 --> 00:27:22.399
 turn

00:27:22.399 --> 00:27:23.079
 everything

00:27:23.079 --> 00:27:23.519
 upside

00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:24.039
 down

00:27:24.039 --> 00:27:24.299
 and

00:27:24.299 --> 00:27:24.439
 this

00:27:24.439 --> 00:27:24.559
 is

00:27:24.559 --> 00:27:24.759
 a

00:27:24.759 --> 00:27:25.159
 theme

00:27:25.159 --> 00:27:25.439
 that's

00:27:25.439 --> 00:27:25.559
 going

00:27:25.559 --> 00:27:25.659
 to

00:27:25.659 --> 00:27:25.859
 run

00:27:25.859 --> 00:27:26.139
 all

00:27:26.139 --> 00:27:26.279
 the

00:27:26.279 --> 00:27:26.459
 way

00:27:26.459 --> 00:27:26.799
 through

00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:27.019
 the

00:27:27.019 --> 00:27:27.419
 gospel

00:27:27.419 --> 00:27:27.639
 of

00:27:27.639 --> 00:27:27.859
 Luke

00:27:27.859 --> 00:27:28.419
 that

00:27:28.419 --> 00:27:28.739
 Jesus

00:27:28.739 --> 00:27:29.019
 is

00:27:29.019 --> 00:27:29.319
 turning

00:27:29.319 --> 00:27:30.319
 society's

00:27:30.319 --> 00:27:30.839
 values

00:27:30.839 --> 00:27:31.299
 on

00:27:31.299 --> 00:27:31.599
 their

00:27:31.599 --> 00:27:32.059
 head

00:27:32.059 --> 00:27:32.639
 and

00:27:32.639 --> 00:27:33.000
 every

00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:33.379
 place

00:27:33.379 --> 00:27:33.559
 he

00:27:33.559 --> 00:27:33.979
 comes

00:27:33.979 --> 00:27:34.359
 he

00:27:34.359 --> 00:27:35.319
 disrupts

00:27:35.319 --> 00:27:35.939
 things

00:27:35.940 --> 00:27:37.140
 Jesus

00:27:37.140 --> 00:27:37.820
 never

00:27:37.820 --> 00:27:38.200
 leaves

00:27:38.200 --> 00:27:38.559
 things

00:27:38.559 --> 00:27:38.960
 as

00:27:38.960 --> 00:27:39.200
 they

00:27:39.200 --> 00:27:39.620
 were

00:27:39.620 --> 00:27:39.920
 no

00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:40.200
 one

00:27:40.200 --> 00:27:40.380
 is

00:27:40.380 --> 00:27:40.720
 ever

00:27:40.720 --> 00:27:41.620
 complacent

00:27:41.620 --> 00:27:42.019
 in the

00:27:42.019 --> 00:27:42.420
 presence

00:27:42.420 --> 00:27:42.680
 of

00:27:42.680 --> 00:27:43.220
 Jesus

00:27:43.220 --> 00:27:44.740
 they

00:27:44.740 --> 00:27:44.960
 either

00:27:44.960 --> 00:27:45.299
 love

00:27:45.299 --> 00:27:45.460
 him

00:27:45.460 --> 00:27:45.660
 or

00:27:45.660 --> 00:27:45.820
 he

00:27:45.820 --> 00:27:45.980
 is

00:27:45.980 --> 00:27:46.779
 opposed

00:27:46.779 --> 00:27:49.259
 and

00:27:49.259 --> 00:27:49.480
 he's

00:27:49.480 --> 00:27:49.680
 still

00:27:49.680 --> 00:27:50.019
 doing

00:27:50.019 --> 00:27:50.360
 that

00:27:50.360 --> 00:27:51.820
 but

00:27:51.820 --> 00:27:51.960
 see

00:27:51.960 --> 00:27:52.100
 he

00:27:52.100 --> 00:27:52.320
 does

00:27:52.320 --> 00:27:52.559
 this

00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:53.160
 personally

00:27:53.160 --> 00:27:53.779
 too

00:27:53.779 --> 00:27:58.220
 on

00:27:58.220 --> 00:27:58.340
 a

00:27:58.340 --> 00:27:58.680
 personal

00:27:58.680 --> 00:27:59.039
 level

00:27:59.039 --> 00:27:59.220
 the

00:27:59.220 --> 00:27:59.460
 most

00:27:59.460 --> 00:27:59.840
 I

00:27:59.840 --> 00:28:00.160
 think

00:28:00.160 --> 00:28:00.299
 the

00:28:00.299 --> 00:28:00.460
 most

00:28:00.460 --> 00:28:00.940
 disruptive

00:28:00.940 --> 00:28:01.279
 thing

00:28:01.279 --> 00:28:01.460
 you

00:28:01.460 --> 00:28:01.620
 can

00:28:01.620 --> 00:28:01.880
 do

00:28:01.880 --> 00:28:02.180
 in

00:28:02.180 --> 00:28:02.680
 life

00:28:02.680 --> 00:28:02.980
 is

00:28:02.980 --> 00:28:03.160
 to

00:28:03.160 --> 00:28:03.360
 come

00:28:03.360 --> 00:28:03.539
 to

00:28:03.539 --> 00:28:03.880
 Jesus

00:28:03.880 --> 00:28:08.000
 he

00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:08.540
 comes

00:28:08.540 --> 00:28:08.980
 to

00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:09.240
 bring

00:28:09.240 --> 00:28:10.120
 beauty

00:28:10.120 --> 00:28:10.840
 and

00:28:10.840 --> 00:28:11.360
 glory

00:28:11.360 --> 00:28:11.820
 to

00:28:11.820 --> 00:28:12.020
 our

00:28:12.020 --> 00:28:12.680
 ugliness

00:28:12.680 --> 00:28:12.920
 and

00:28:12.920 --> 00:28:13.100
 our

00:28:13.100 --> 00:28:13.800
 brokenness

00:28:13.800 --> 00:28:14.020
 but

00:28:14.020 --> 00:28:14.200
 to

00:28:14.200 --> 00:28:14.560
 do

00:28:14.560 --> 00:28:15.040
 that

00:28:15.040 --> 00:28:16.360
 he

00:28:16.360 --> 00:28:17.460
 has

00:28:17.460 --> 00:28:17.900
 to

00:28:17.900 --> 00:28:18.860
 disrupt

00:28:18.860 --> 00:28:19.540
 things

00:28:19.540 --> 00:28:20.580
 terribly

00:28:20.580 --> 00:28:23.320
 and

00:28:23.320 --> 00:28:23.480
 he

00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:23.820
 will

00:28:23.820 --> 00:28:26.060
 you

00:28:26.060 --> 00:28:26.180
 know

00:28:26.180 --> 00:28:26.820
 sometimes

00:28:26.820 --> 00:28:28.640
 when I

00:28:28.640 --> 00:28:28.880
 think

00:28:28.880 --> 00:28:29.160
 about

00:28:29.160 --> 00:28:29.360
 it

00:28:29.360 --> 00:28:31.380
 I

00:28:31.380 --> 00:28:31.680
 wish

00:28:31.680 --> 00:28:31.940
 that

00:28:31.940 --> 00:28:32.260
 Jesus

00:28:32.260 --> 00:28:32.540
 would

00:28:32.540 --> 00:28:32.840
 just

00:28:32.839 --> 00:28:33.799
 leave

00:28:33.799 --> 00:28:33.980
 me

00:28:33.980 --> 00:28:34.220
 let

00:28:34.220 --> 00:28:34.379
 me

00:28:34.379 --> 00:28:34.839
 be

00:28:34.839 --> 00:28:36.959
 he

00:28:36.959 --> 00:28:37.059
 says

00:28:37.059 --> 00:28:37.299
 why

00:28:37.299 --> 00:28:37.559
 can't

00:28:37.559 --> 00:28:37.679
 I

00:28:37.679 --> 00:28:37.899
 just

00:28:37.899 --> 00:28:38.240
 be

00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:38.779
 happy

00:28:38.779 --> 00:28:39.099
 why

00:28:39.099 --> 00:28:39.319
 can't

00:28:39.319 --> 00:28:39.439
 I

00:28:39.439 --> 00:28:39.599
 just

00:28:39.599 --> 00:28:39.819
 be

00:28:39.819 --> 00:28:40.299
 comfortable

00:28:40.299 --> 00:28:40.639
 why

00:28:40.639 --> 00:28:41.000
 can't

00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:41.139
 we

00:28:41.139 --> 00:28:41.500
 just

00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:41.740
 have

00:28:41.740 --> 00:28:41.859
 a

00:28:41.859 --> 00:28:42.139
 nice

00:28:42.139 --> 00:28:42.379
 little

00:28:42.379 --> 00:28:42.759
 joy

00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:43.099
 ride

00:28:43.099 --> 00:28:43.379
 through

00:28:43.379 --> 00:28:43.919
 life

00:28:43.919 --> 00:28:44.779
 would

00:28:44.779 --> 00:28:44.939
 it

00:28:44.939 --> 00:28:45.399
 hurt

00:28:45.399 --> 00:28:48.459
 well

00:28:48.459 --> 00:28:50.299
 but

00:28:50.299 --> 00:28:50.539
 that's

00:28:50.539 --> 00:28:50.679
 not

00:28:50.679 --> 00:28:50.819
 what

00:28:50.819 --> 00:28:50.939
 he

00:28:50.939 --> 00:28:51.599
 does

00:28:51.599 --> 00:28:54.119
 you

00:28:54.119 --> 00:28:54.220
 know

00:28:54.220 --> 00:28:54.500
 several

00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:54.819
 years

00:28:54.819 --> 00:28:55.220
 ago

00:28:55.220 --> 00:28:56.639
 he

00:28:56.639 --> 00:28:57.419
 precipitated

00:28:57.419 --> 00:28:58.720
 one of

00:28:58.720 --> 00:28:58.839
 the

00:28:58.839 --> 00:28:59.159
 darkest

00:28:59.159 --> 00:28:59.639
 moments

00:28:59.639 --> 00:28:59.779
 in

00:28:59.779 --> 00:28:59.899
 my

00:28:59.899 --> 00:29:00.279
 life

00:29:00.279 --> 00:29:02.099
 and

00:29:02.099 --> 00:29:02.200
 he

00:29:02.200 --> 00:29:02.359
 did

00:29:02.359 --> 00:29:02.480
 it

00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:02.619
 through

00:29:02.619 --> 00:29:02.799
 one

00:29:02.799 --> 00:29:02.859
 of

00:29:02.859 --> 00:29:03.019
 my

00:29:03.019 --> 00:29:03.379
 children

00:29:03.379 --> 00:29:05.599
 and

00:29:05.599 --> 00:29:05.700
 I'm

00:29:05.700 --> 00:29:05.879
 not

00:29:05.879 --> 00:29:06.039
 going

00:29:06.039 --> 00:29:06.240
 into

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:06.420
 all

00:29:06.420 --> 00:29:06.579
 the

00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:07.139
 details

00:29:07.139 --> 00:29:08.599
 but

00:29:08.599 --> 00:29:08.980
 he

00:29:08.980 --> 00:29:09.619
 shook

00:29:09.619 --> 00:29:10.799
 my

00:29:10.799 --> 00:29:11.399
 world

00:29:11.399 --> 00:29:12.440
 so

00:29:12.440 --> 00:29:13.539
 seriously

00:29:13.539 --> 00:29:14.740
 so

00:29:14.740 --> 00:29:15.500
 hard

00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:16.879
 that

00:29:16.879 --> 00:29:17.200
 I

00:29:17.200 --> 00:29:17.899
 thought

00:29:17.899 --> 00:29:18.660
 I

00:29:18.660 --> 00:29:18.819
 was

00:29:18.819 --> 00:29:18.960
 going

00:29:18.960 --> 00:29:19.039
 to

00:29:19.039 --> 00:29:19.220
 lose

00:29:19.220 --> 00:29:19.399
 my

00:29:19.399 --> 00:29:19.839
 balance

00:29:19.839 --> 00:29:21.579
 and

00:29:21.579 --> 00:29:21.740
 I

00:29:21.740 --> 00:29:22.220
 remember

00:29:22.220 --> 00:29:22.879
 on

00:29:22.879 --> 00:29:23.079
 this

00:29:23.079 --> 00:29:23.639
 event

00:29:23.639 --> 00:29:24.279
 being

00:29:24.279 --> 00:29:24.660
 so

00:29:24.660 --> 00:29:25.139
 hurt

00:29:25.139 --> 00:29:25.440
 and

00:29:25.440 --> 00:29:26.099
 angry

00:29:26.099 --> 00:29:26.440
 at

00:29:26.440 --> 00:29:26.839
 what

00:29:26.839 --> 00:29:27.119
 he

00:29:27.119 --> 00:29:27.680
 did

00:29:27.680 --> 00:29:27.920
 in

00:29:27.920 --> 00:29:28.100
 my

00:29:28.100 --> 00:29:28.560
 life

00:29:28.560 --> 00:29:29.160
 that

00:29:29.160 --> 00:29:29.380
 I

00:29:29.380 --> 00:29:29.779
 basically

00:29:29.779 --> 00:29:30.120
 just

00:29:30.120 --> 00:29:30.480
 crossed

00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:30.779
 my

00:29:30.779 --> 00:29:31.220
 arms

00:29:31.220 --> 00:29:31.460
 and

00:29:31.460 --> 00:29:31.779
 looked

00:29:31.779 --> 00:29:32.019
 at

00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:32.240
 him

00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:32.380
 and

00:29:32.380 --> 00:29:32.539
 says

00:29:32.539 --> 00:29:33.019
 I'm

00:29:33.019 --> 00:29:33.259
 not

00:29:33.259 --> 00:29:33.720
 playing

00:29:33.720 --> 00:29:33.940
 with

00:29:33.940 --> 00:29:34.200
 you

00:29:34.200 --> 00:29:35.000
 anymore

00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:36.380
 because

00:29:36.380 --> 00:29:36.880
 you

00:29:36.880 --> 00:29:37.340
 hurt

00:29:37.340 --> 00:29:37.799
 me

00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:39.900
 unfortunately

00:29:39.900 --> 00:29:40.340
 I was

00:29:40.340 --> 00:29:40.920
 a pastor

00:29:40.920 --> 00:29:41.299
 then

00:29:41.299 --> 00:29:41.720
 and I

00:29:41.720 --> 00:29:42.000
 had to

00:29:42.000 --> 00:29:42.200
 keep

00:29:42.200 --> 00:29:42.620
 preaching

00:29:42.620 --> 00:29:45.320
 how do

00:29:45.320 --> 00:29:45.840
 you preach

00:29:45.840 --> 00:29:46.200
 the good

00:29:46.200 --> 00:29:46.740
 news

00:29:46.740 --> 00:29:48.259
 of someone

00:29:48.259 --> 00:29:48.840
 you don't

00:29:48.840 --> 00:29:49.220
 like

00:29:49.220 --> 00:29:53.320
 but see

00:29:53.320 --> 00:29:53.560
 what he

00:29:53.560 --> 00:29:54.060
 was doing

00:29:54.060 --> 00:29:55.920
 he was

00:29:55.920 --> 00:29:56.380
 not trying

00:29:56.380 --> 00:29:57.019
 to destroy

00:29:57.019 --> 00:29:57.639
 my faith

00:29:57.639 --> 00:30:00.279
 he was

00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:00.720
 trying to

00:30:00.720 --> 00:30:01.180
 destroy

00:30:01.180 --> 00:30:01.819
 a false

00:30:01.819 --> 00:30:02.460
 foundation

00:30:02.460 --> 00:30:05.420
 so that

00:30:05.420 --> 00:30:06.139
 my faith

00:30:06.139 --> 00:30:07.059
 real faith

00:30:07.059 --> 00:30:07.960
 substantive

00:30:07.960 --> 00:30:08.759
 faith

00:30:08.759 --> 00:30:09.680
 would actually

00:30:09.680 --> 00:30:10.180
 grow

00:30:10.180 --> 00:30:13.240
 and so

00:30:13.240 --> 00:30:13.700
 he was not

00:30:13.700 --> 00:30:14.079
 trying to

00:30:14.079 --> 00:30:14.599
 destroy me

00:30:14.599 --> 00:30:14.839
 he was

00:30:14.839 --> 00:30:15.240
 trying to

00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:15.700
 build me

00:30:15.700 --> 00:30:16.039
 up

00:30:16.039 --> 00:30:17.740
 he was

00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:18.519
 working

00:30:18.519 --> 00:30:19.119
 for

00:30:19.119 --> 00:30:20.740
 real

00:30:20.740 --> 00:30:21.379
 joy

00:30:21.379 --> 00:30:22.420
 in life

00:30:22.420 --> 00:30:24.279
 not this

00:30:24.279 --> 00:30:24.779
 false

00:30:24.779 --> 00:30:25.480
 stuff

00:30:25.480 --> 00:30:26.240
 that I

00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:26.779
 pursued

00:30:26.779 --> 00:30:30.259
 but he

00:30:30.259 --> 00:30:30.500
 had to

00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:30.799
 get that

00:30:30.799 --> 00:30:31.039
 out of

00:30:31.039 --> 00:30:31.500
 the way

00:30:31.500 --> 00:30:36.480
 he was

00:30:36.480 --> 00:30:36.980
 not trying

00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:37.440
 to destroy

00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:38.019
 my life

00:30:38.019 --> 00:30:38.279
 and my

00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:38.539
 faith

00:30:38.539 --> 00:30:38.799
 he was

00:30:38.799 --> 00:30:38.980
 just

00:30:38.980 --> 00:30:39.460
 replacing

00:30:39.460 --> 00:30:39.740
 it

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:39.960
 with

00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:40.319
 something

00:30:40.319 --> 00:30:40.759
 real

00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:41.440
 and he's

00:30:41.440 --> 00:30:41.839
 relentless

00:30:41.839 --> 00:30:43.599
 in this

00:30:43.599 --> 00:30:44.099
 pursuit

00:30:44.099 --> 00:30:44.480
 of my

00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:44.839
 heart

00:30:44.839 --> 00:30:45.819
 he is

00:30:45.819 --> 00:30:46.319
 relentless

00:30:46.319 --> 00:30:46.879
 it is

00:30:46.879 --> 00:30:47.319
 terribly

00:30:47.319 --> 00:30:48.000
 disruptive

00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:49.279
 you know

00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:49.700
 all I

00:30:49.700 --> 00:30:49.960
 want

00:30:49.960 --> 00:30:50.579
 sometimes

00:30:50.579 --> 00:30:50.799
 is

00:30:50.799 --> 00:30:51.240
 would you

00:30:51.240 --> 00:30:51.559
 please

00:30:51.559 --> 00:30:51.799
 just

00:30:51.799 --> 00:30:52.039
 leave

00:30:52.039 --> 00:30:52.180
 me

00:30:52.180 --> 00:30:52.559
 alone

00:30:52.559 --> 00:30:54.379
 let me

00:30:54.379 --> 00:30:54.799
 just be

00:30:54.799 --> 00:30:55.259
 comfortable

00:30:55.259 --> 00:30:55.659
 let me

00:30:55.659 --> 00:30:56.179
 just have

00:30:56.179 --> 00:30:57.059
 some rest

00:30:57.059 --> 00:30:57.299
 here

00:30:57.299 --> 00:30:57.579
 let me

00:30:57.579 --> 00:30:57.980
 just have

00:30:57.980 --> 00:30:58.659
 some quiet

00:30:58.659 --> 00:30:58.980
 and he

00:30:58.980 --> 00:30:59.599
 says no

00:30:59.599 --> 00:31:00.599
 I want

00:31:00.599 --> 00:31:01.159
 more for

00:31:01.159 --> 00:31:01.599
 you than

00:31:01.599 --> 00:31:02.039
 that

00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:04.359
 I want

00:31:04.359 --> 00:31:04.639
 you to

00:31:04.639 --> 00:31:05.039
 taste

00:31:05.039 --> 00:31:05.659
 glory

00:31:05.659 --> 00:31:08.980
 I want

00:31:08.980 --> 00:31:09.259
 you to

00:31:09.259 --> 00:31:09.759
 taste the

00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:10.139
 sweetness

00:31:10.139 --> 00:31:10.579
 of the

00:31:10.579 --> 00:31:10.960
 kingdom

00:31:10.960 --> 00:31:11.200
 him

00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:17.240
 he's

00:31:17.240 --> 00:31:17.519
 moving

00:31:17.519 --> 00:31:17.720
 us

00:31:17.720 --> 00:31:17.900
 to

00:31:17.900 --> 00:31:18.319
 glory

00:31:18.319 --> 00:31:20.319
 the

00:31:20.319 --> 00:31:20.579
 savior

00:31:20.579 --> 00:31:20.799
 has

00:31:20.799 --> 00:31:21.160
 come

00:31:21.160 --> 00:31:21.840
 with

00:31:21.840 --> 00:31:22.000
 a

00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:22.259
 sword

00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:22.380
 in

00:31:22.380 --> 00:31:22.539
 his

00:31:22.539 --> 00:31:22.860
 hand

00:31:22.860 --> 00:31:24.319
 to

00:31:24.319 --> 00:31:24.500
 put

00:31:24.500 --> 00:31:24.660
 our

00:31:24.660 --> 00:31:24.960
 enemies

00:31:24.960 --> 00:31:25.200
 to

00:31:25.200 --> 00:31:25.579
 death

00:31:25.579 --> 00:31:27.279
 in

00:31:27.279 --> 00:31:27.480
 those

00:31:27.480 --> 00:31:27.840
 enemies

00:31:27.840 --> 00:31:28.140
 a lot

00:31:28.140 --> 00:31:28.259
 of

00:31:28.259 --> 00:31:28.299
 them

00:31:28.299 --> 00:31:28.400
 are

00:31:28.400 --> 00:31:28.539
 in

00:31:28.539 --> 00:31:28.700
 our

00:31:28.700 --> 00:31:29.079
 hearts

00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:31.759
 now

00:31:31.759 --> 00:31:32.039
 the

00:31:32.039 --> 00:31:32.400
 question

00:31:32.400 --> 00:31:32.819
 is

00:31:32.819 --> 00:31:36.019
 how

00:31:36.019 --> 00:31:36.480
 or

00:31:36.480 --> 00:31:37.019
 why

00:31:37.019 --> 00:31:37.720
 would

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 I

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 trust

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 him

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 to

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 do

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 that

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 in

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 me

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 it's

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 because

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 this

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 child

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 who

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 comes

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 with

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 a

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 sword

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 pointed

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 it

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 to

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 himself

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 he

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 didn't

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 come

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 wielding

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 the

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 sword

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 on

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 me

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 he

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 came

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 and

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 wielded

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 it

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 on

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 himself

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 he

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 didn't

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 put

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 me

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 to

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 death

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 he

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 put

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 himself

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 to

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 death

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 he

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 died

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 for

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 my

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 shame

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 he

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 died

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 for

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 my

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 guilt

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 he

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 gave

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 himself

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 so

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 that

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 I

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 could

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 know

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 life

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 and joy

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 and peace

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 he

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 and if

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 that's

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 the way

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 he

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 works

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 we

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 can

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 trust

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 him

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 and so

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 we can

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 say

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 to

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 him

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 Lord

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 Jesus

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 come

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 come

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 I

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 want to

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 know

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 glory

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 I

00:32:55.299 --> 00:32:55.579
 want to

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 know

00:32:55.739 --> 00:32:56.319
 light

00:32:56.319 --> 00:32:57.539
 I

00:32:57.539 --> 00:32:57.779
 want to

00:32:57.779 --> 00:32:57.939
 know

00:32:57.939 --> 00:32:58.459
 life

00:32:58.460 --> 00:33:00.240
 come

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 do

00:33:01.319 --> 00:33:01.500
 your

00:33:01.500 --> 00:33:01.920
 work

00:33:01.920 --> 00:33:05.640
 and I

00:33:05.640 --> 00:33:05.799
 can

00:33:05.799 --> 00:33:06.079
 trust

00:33:06.079 --> 00:33:06.220
 you

00:33:06.220 --> 00:33:06.340
 to

00:33:06.340 --> 00:33:06.480
 do

00:33:06.480 --> 00:33:06.759
 that

00:33:06.759 --> 00:33:10.720
 let's

00:33:10.720 --> 00:33:10.980
 pray

00:33:10.980 --> 00:33:12.460
 Lord

00:33:12.460 --> 00:33:12.840
 Jesus

00:33:12.840 --> 00:33:17.220
 would you

00:33:17.220 --> 00:33:17.779
 continue to

00:33:17.779 --> 00:33:18.380
 show yourself

00:33:18.380 --> 00:33:18.920
 to us

00:33:18.920 --> 00:33:21.220
 show us

00:33:21.220 --> 00:33:21.740
 your love

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 your goodness

00:33:22.920 --> 00:33:23.440
 and your

00:33:23.440 --> 00:33:23.720
 mercy

00:33:23.720 --> 00:33:28.380
 would

00:33:28.380 --> 00:33:28.660
 you

00:33:28.660 --> 00:33:29.180
 come

00:33:29.180 --> 00:33:30.839
 and

00:33:30.839 --> 00:33:31.120
 pursue

00:33:31.120 --> 00:33:31.360
 our

00:33:31.360 --> 00:33:31.759
 hearts

00:33:31.759 --> 00:33:34.600
 would

00:33:34.600 --> 00:33:34.720
 you

00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:35.039
 bring us

00:33:35.039 --> 00:33:35.200
 to

00:33:35.200 --> 00:33:35.620
 glory

00:33:35.620 --> 00:33:37.660
 would

00:33:37.660 --> 00:33:37.779
 you

00:33:37.779 --> 00:33:38.500
 show us

00:33:38.500 --> 00:33:38.980
 the

00:33:38.980 --> 00:33:39.360
 vanity

00:33:39.360 --> 00:33:39.660
 of

00:33:39.660 --> 00:33:39.940
 trying

00:33:39.940 --> 00:33:40.120
 to

00:33:40.120 --> 00:33:40.360
 cover

00:33:40.360 --> 00:33:40.600
 up

00:33:40.600 --> 00:33:40.740
 our

00:33:40.740 --> 00:33:40.960
 own

00:33:40.960 --> 00:33:41.400
 shame

00:33:41.400 --> 00:33:42.100
 and

00:33:42.100 --> 00:33:42.220
 would

00:33:42.220 --> 00:33:42.339
 you

00:33:42.339 --> 00:33:42.600
 draw

00:33:42.600 --> 00:33:42.839
 us

00:33:42.839 --> 00:33:43.000
 to

00:33:43.000 --> 00:33:43.180
 the

00:33:43.180 --> 00:33:43.640
 place

00:33:43.640 --> 00:33:45.240
 where

00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:45.420
 we

00:33:45.420 --> 00:33:45.720
 say

00:33:45.720 --> 00:33:45.940
 to

00:33:45.940 --> 00:33:46.259
 you

00:33:46.259 --> 00:33:47.420
 my

00:33:47.420 --> 00:33:48.059
 comforter

00:33:48.059 --> 00:33:48.319
 my

00:33:48.319 --> 00:33:49.180
 consolation

00:33:49.180 --> 00:33:50.480
 I

00:33:50.480 --> 00:33:50.620
 am

00:33:50.620 --> 00:33:51.220
 yours

00:33:51.220 --> 00:33:53.519
 now

00:33:53.519 --> 00:33:54.940
 bring

00:33:54.940 --> 00:33:55.140
 the

00:33:55.140 --> 00:33:55.480
 glory

00:33:55.480 --> 00:33:55.740
 for

00:33:55.740 --> 00:33:55.920
 which

00:33:55.920 --> 00:33:56.079
 I

00:33:56.079 --> 00:33:56.220
 was

00:33:56.220 --> 00:33:56.500
 made

00:33:56.500 --> 00:33:58.839
 we

00:33:58.839 --> 00:33:59.059
 pray

00:33:59.059 --> 00:33:59.259
 in

00:33:59.259 --> 00:33:59.500
 Jesus

00:33:59.500 --> 00:33:59.880
 name

00:33:59.880 --> 00:34:01.180
 amen

00:34:01.180 --> 00:34:05.440
 for

00:34:05.440 --> 00:34:05.640
 more

00:34:05.640 --> 00:34:06.160
 information

00:34:06.160 --> 00:34:06.960
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00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:07.460
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