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 Lisa told me a story several years ago about the debilitating power of fear.

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 A family in her community had a break-in in their home.

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 Several personal items were stolen.

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 Well, from that time on, they lived in fear that it would happen again.

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 They dealt with their fear by never leaving their house unattended.

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 Either the husband or the wife would always stay at home, as they put it, to guard the house.

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 They took turns going wherever they did.

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 They took turns going to the store, going to church, even going to family gatherings.

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 Now, everyone who knew their situation made fun of them.

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 At family gatherings, someone would ask the one who was there,

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 Well, where's Mary? Or where's John?

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 Knowing the answer.

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 But the man or the woman, they would always respond very seriously.

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 He or she is at home, guarding the house.

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 Now, that man and that woman, they were prisoners of their own fears and insecurities.

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 They apparently had no concept of acting responsibly and trusting God with their lives, their possessions, their everything.

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 Now, some Christians have similar insecurities.

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 Do you?

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 If I gave you a piece of paper this morning and asked you to write down your honest feelings about your relationship with God,

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 what would you write?

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 Would it be more, if you're honest now, would it be more about your fears?

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 Or would it be more about the peace and joy you have because of your relationship with God?

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 If you were to be totally honest, would you write down more about your doubts or your trust and confidence in God?

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 Romans 8 is one of the most well-known and well-loved chapters in the Bible

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 because it gives us as Christians reasons why we should be joyful,

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 why we should have peace,

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 why we should be able to live in confidence because we're trusting God.

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 Now, many Christians consider that Romans 8, verses 31-39

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 contain the most convincing and comforting promises in all the Bible.

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 I want us to look at those verses this morning.

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 If you would, open your Bible to Romans 8, verses 31-39,

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 and I want us to see how God so powerfully assures us in these verses that He is for us.

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 You know, we are going through an unprecedented time of crisis in our country right now.

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 It's something that we can't get away from.

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 It's on our minds constantly.

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 It's something that every rational person knows it's real,

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 and we need to take it very seriously.

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 We as Christians, we have and will suffer loss during this crisis.

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 Not all Christians, but some of us, we will suffer maybe a loss of health, job, money.

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 Some may even lose their lives.

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 You and I, here even in Pickens County,

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 we may suffer some kind of real loss during this crisis.

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 But I want us to understand, neither this virus nor any form of evil

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 will defeat you or me if we are God's children.

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 God's Word is clear.

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 He is for us.

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 I want you to make that personal.

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 I want you to write your name in this line.

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 God is for, put your name there.

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 I am confident that God is for Fred Stone.

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 Romans chapter 8, verses 31 through 39,

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 explain why we can have such confidence that God is for us.

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 Look first in verses 32 and 33.

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 God will never allow anything to destroy us.

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 Let's read these verses.

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 What then shall we say to these things?

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 If God is for us, who can be against us?

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 He who did not spare His own Son, but gave Him up for us all,

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 how will He not also with Him graciously give us all things?

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 Now look at that first question.

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 What then shall we say to these things?

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 These things refers to what's been said in the previous verses.

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 For example, in verse 28, a verse that I have called attention to the last two Sundays.

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 It says,

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 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him,

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 who have been called according to His purpose.

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 Now think about it.

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 Paul introduces the promises of verses 31 through 39 that explain how God is for us

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 by reminding us that God works in all things for our good.

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 Now look at the second question.

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 If God is for us, who can be against us?

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 Did you note, Paul does not ask who is against us?

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 Because the truth is, many things are against us.

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 Many things are against God and God's people.

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 The devil is against us every day.

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 And sometimes he stirs up some people to oppose us.

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 There are all kinds of sinful and evil forces that are against us, that we do battle with.

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 And what we're dealing with right now in our country, this crisis, it is against us.

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 Paul's point is that since God is for us, it does not matter who is against us.

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 It doesn't matter who or what opposes us.

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 Having God on our side really is all that we need.

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 But Paul doesn't stop here.

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 He points out the most convincing way that God has shown that He is for us

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 and that nothing can ever destroy us.

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 Look at verse 32.

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 He who did not spare His own Son, but gave Him up for us all,

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 how will He not also with Him graciously give us all things?

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 God has already given us the greatest gift that He could give.

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 He gave His Son.

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 There's nothing more precious to God than His Son.

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 Now, if you are a parent, you understand that perfectly well.

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 Think about what Paul is saying.

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 If God has given His Son for us,

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 we can be confident that God will never withhold anything from us

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 that we need to serve His purpose.

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 For illustration's sake, this is not going to happen,

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 but let's just pretend.

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 Suppose the president of BMW contacts you tomorrow

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 and says that he has chosen you to receive a brand new BMW.

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 All you've got to do is come to the Spartanburg plant,

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 show your identification,

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 and you can drive it home.

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 It's yours.

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 Now, what if you go to the plant tomorrow?

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 You tell them your name.

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 You show them your ID.

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 They take you to where the car is parked.

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 You get in there.

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 You get ready to crank it up,

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 but it won't start.

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 It won't do anything.

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 Well, you get out,

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 and the people who are getting ready,

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 you know, who are helping you with this,

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 they pop the hood.

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 There's no battery there.

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 There's no battery in that brand new BMW.

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 Now, that's not going to prevent you from getting the car.

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 If the president of BMW has promised you that car,

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 he's going to make sure that whatever you need

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 to drive it home, you're going to get.

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 Think about it.

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 If God has already given his son for us,

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 we can rest assured that he will give us everything else that we need,

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 everything that we need to serve him,

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 to be who it is he's called us to be in this world,

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 in our families, in this community.

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 God will never let anything destroy us.

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 The next thing Paul tells us,

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 God will never allow anything to condemn us.

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 Look in verses 33 and 34.

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 Who shall bring any charge against God's elect?

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 It is God who justifies.

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 Who is to condemn?

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 Christ Jesus is the one who died.

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 More than that, who was raised,

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 who is at the right hand of God,

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 who indeed is interceding for us.

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 Now, look at that first question.

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 Who shall bring any charge against God's elect?

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 Or we could rephrase that,

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 who can accuse God's chosen people?

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 This question brings up the possibility

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 of a Christian being accused of wrongdoing.

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 Well, that does happen, doesn't it?

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 Sometimes our own conscience even accuses us.

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 Haven't you ever thought,

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 how can I expect God to forgive me

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 after doing something like that?

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 The devil also accuses us.

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 In fact, that's one of his main jobs.

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 He is the accuser.

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 He accuses us,

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 he condemns us,

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 and he tempts us to doubt

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 that God has really forgiven us,

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 even though we're trusting in Jesus

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 and him alone for our salvation.

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 But Paul wants us to understand

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 that if we are united to Christ by faith,

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 it doesn't matter who accuses us.

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 It doesn't matter if it comes from within or without.

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 God has, he tells us, justified us.

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 Look at the phrase,

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 it is God who justifies.

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 That means he has declared us to be righteous.

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 He has declared us to be right with him,

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 and it's all through our faith in Jesus.

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 Now, this does not mean,

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 Paul's not saying that Christians never sin.

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 We do, and we know that we do.

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 But God declares that we are right with him,

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 that we are not guilty before him,

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 because Jesus has paid the penalty for our sins.

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 He has taken our punishment

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 through his death on the cross.

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 If you have confessed your sins to God,

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 I want you to know that he has forgiven you,

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 and any lingering guilt that you have

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 is unhealthy guilt.

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 In fact, it's false guilt.

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 We can be confident

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 that whenever we sin against God,

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 if we confess our sin,

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 agree with God about it,

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 turn from it, repent,

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 God does forgive us.

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 He cleanses us,

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 and he restores us to fellowship with himself.

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 Look at this verse from 1 John chapter 1.

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 If we confess our sins,

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 he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins,

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 and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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 If you've sinned against God,

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 but you're denying it,

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 you're trying to act like everything's okay,

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 if you've sinned against God,

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 but you refuse to come to him

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 in true, humble confession and repentance,

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 you should feel guilty.

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 That's real guilt.

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 Now, sin in the life of a Christian

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 does not destroy our relationship with God,

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 but it certainly does destroy

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 our close fellowship with him.

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 That's why it is so important

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 that we confess our sins

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 as soon as we're convicted,

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 as soon as we are aware

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 that we have sinned against God,

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 we have dishonored him,

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 we need to confess it.

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 We need to talk to God about it.

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 We need to repent of it.

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 Change our mind.

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 Turn from it.

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 Confession restores

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 our real fellowship

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 with our Heavenly Father.

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 And when we humbly,

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 brokenly

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 confess our sins to God,

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 we're demonstrating to him

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 our desire to please him,

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 our holy and loving Heavenly Father.

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 Now look with me at the next question.

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 Verse 34, the first part.

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 Who is to condemn?

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 Just like the previous question,

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 there are many sources of condemnation

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 in our lives.

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 Again, our conscience,

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 the devil,

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 our enemies.

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 But Paul ignores

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 all sources of condemnation

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 by assuring us

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 that our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 he is at the right hand

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 of our Father

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 interceding,

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 speaking up for us.

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 He's doing it right now.

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 Look at the last part of verse 34.

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 Christ Jesus,

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 the one who died,

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 more than that who was raised,

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 who is at the right hand of God,

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 who indeed is interceding for us.

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 Look at how Jesus is described

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 in that verse.

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 It says he died.

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 He died on the cross for our sins.

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 It says he was raised.

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 Jesus was brought back from the dead.

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 He was raised by the power of God.

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 And when God did that,

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 he was demonstrating

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 that he has accepted

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 Jesus' sacrifice for us.

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 The scripture verse says,

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 he is now at the right hand of God

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 interceding for us.

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 Think about Jesus

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 as our defense attorney.

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 He's sitting right beside

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 God the judge,

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 defending us,

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 speaking up for us,

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 letting the Father know,

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 he or she's with me.

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 I've paid the penalty

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 for their sins.

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 I've made them right with you.

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 And they're trusting me

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 and resting in me for that.

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 I can't imagine a more powerful way

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 to describe how safe and secure

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 we are

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 if we are trusting in,

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 resting in

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 the Lord Jesus

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 as our Savior and Lord.

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 You know,

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 right now,

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 there's much uncertainty

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 about what is happening

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 to us,

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 happening all around us

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 in terms of

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 physical health,

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 financial stability,

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 even

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 our family's

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 safety.

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 We really don't know

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 what God's will

00:17:26.319 --> 00:17:27.079
 is

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 about any of these things.

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 We don't know

00:17:30.540 --> 00:17:31.259
 God's will

00:17:31.259 --> 00:17:32.080
 in advance

00:17:32.080 --> 00:17:33.540
 about such things.

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 But let's just be honest.

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 The truth is,

00:17:39.160 --> 00:17:40.400
 the reality is,

00:17:41.620 --> 00:17:42.280
 everyone

00:17:42.280 --> 00:17:43.980
 eventually

00:17:43.980 --> 00:17:44.820
 dies.

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 You,

00:17:46.860 --> 00:17:47.320
 me,

00:17:48.060 --> 00:17:49.120
 our family members.

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 The truth is,

00:17:51.880 --> 00:17:53.400
 we will leave

00:17:53.400 --> 00:17:55.620
 everything we own

00:17:55.620 --> 00:17:56.200
 behind.

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 our money,

00:17:58.539 --> 00:17:59.279
 our material

00:17:59.279 --> 00:17:59.840
 possessions.

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 We're not going to

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 hold on to these

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 things forever.

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 They're just a part

00:18:04.279 --> 00:18:05.460
 of life in this world.

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 We're not going to

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 take anything with us

00:18:08.100 --> 00:18:09.080
 when we leave

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 this world.

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 You know,

00:18:11.460 --> 00:18:12.620
 what I'm describing

00:18:12.620 --> 00:18:13.160
 now,

00:18:14.080 --> 00:18:15.140
 this is just a part

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 of living in a

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 fallen,

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 sinful world.

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 It was true

00:18:19.819 --> 00:18:20.539
 before the

00:18:20.539 --> 00:18:21.319
 present

00:18:21.319 --> 00:18:22.819
 coronavirus crisis,

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 and it'll be true

00:18:24.640 --> 00:18:26.100
 after this passes.

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 But we,

00:18:29.759 --> 00:18:30.900
 as God's children,

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 we can have

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 confidence

00:18:33.960 --> 00:18:35.900
 that right now

00:18:35.900 --> 00:18:37.319
 in this world

00:18:37.319 --> 00:18:38.880
 and for all

00:18:38.880 --> 00:18:40.340
 eternity in heaven,

00:18:41.200 --> 00:18:41.759
 that God

00:18:41.759 --> 00:18:42.819
 is for us.

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 God is with us.

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 And God will

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 take care of us.

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 In Christ,

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 united Christ

00:18:51.220 --> 00:18:51.980
 by faith,

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 we are

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 eternally safe.

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 and eternally

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 secure.

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 Let's look at

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 this last

00:19:00.400 --> 00:19:01.259
 promise.

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 God will never

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 let anything

00:19:04.019 --> 00:19:04.779
 destroy us

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 or condemn us,

00:19:05.720 --> 00:19:06.860
 and God

00:19:06.860 --> 00:19:07.259
 will never

00:19:07.259 --> 00:19:07.960
 allow anything

00:19:07.960 --> 00:19:09.440
 to separate us

00:19:09.440 --> 00:19:10.779
 from His love

00:19:10.779 --> 00:19:11.940
 and the love

00:19:11.940 --> 00:19:12.740
 of Christ.

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 Look with me,

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 if you would,

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 at verse 35,

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 then verses

00:19:17.599 --> 00:19:19.099
 37 through 39.

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 Who shall

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 separate us

00:19:21.599 --> 00:19:22.059
 from the love

00:19:22.059 --> 00:19:22.639
 of Christ?

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 Shall

00:19:23.539 --> 00:19:24.339
 tribulation

00:19:24.339 --> 00:19:25.579
 or distress

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 or persecution

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 or famine

00:19:28.539 --> 00:19:29.719
 or nakedness

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 or danger

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 or sword?

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 No,

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 in all these

00:19:33.719 --> 00:19:34.439
 things we are

00:19:34.439 --> 00:19:36.099
 more than conquerors

00:19:36.099 --> 00:19:37.119
 through Him

00:19:37.119 --> 00:19:38.399
 who loved us.

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 For I am sure

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 that neither death

00:19:41.179 --> 00:19:41.819
 nor life

00:19:41.819 --> 00:19:42.500
 nor angels

00:19:42.500 --> 00:19:43.219
 nor rulers

00:19:43.219 --> 00:19:44.399
 nor things present

00:19:44.399 --> 00:19:45.759
 nor things to come

00:19:45.759 --> 00:19:47.039
 nor powers

00:19:47.039 --> 00:19:47.980
 nor height

00:19:47.980 --> 00:19:48.659
 nor depth

00:19:48.659 --> 00:19:49.920
 nor anything else

00:19:49.920 --> 00:19:51.019
 in all creation

00:19:51.019 --> 00:19:51.779
 will be able

00:19:51.779 --> 00:19:52.680
 to separate us

00:19:52.680 --> 00:19:53.420
 from the love

00:19:53.420 --> 00:19:54.039
 of God

00:19:54.039 --> 00:19:55.539
 in Christ Jesus

00:19:55.539 --> 00:19:56.500
 our Lord.

00:19:57.200 --> 00:19:57.899
 A powerful

00:19:57.899 --> 00:19:58.480
 statement,

00:19:58.740 --> 00:19:59.079
 isn't it?

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 Paul does

00:20:01.639 --> 00:20:02.480
 his best

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 to describe

00:20:03.920 --> 00:20:04.819
 how nothing

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 in all creation

00:20:06.579 --> 00:20:07.899
 can ever

00:20:07.899 --> 00:20:08.920
 separate us

00:20:08.920 --> 00:20:10.759
 from His love

00:20:10.759 --> 00:20:12.500
 and the love

00:20:12.500 --> 00:20:13.259
 of the Lord Jesus.

00:20:13.259 --> 00:20:15.740
 In his book,

00:20:15.740 --> 00:20:16.500
 In the Grip

00:20:16.500 --> 00:20:17.339
 of Grace,

00:20:18.000 --> 00:20:19.160
 Brian Chappell

00:20:19.160 --> 00:20:20.839
 tells a true story

00:20:20.839 --> 00:20:21.660
 that's one of the

00:20:21.660 --> 00:20:22.700
 best illustrations

00:20:22.700 --> 00:20:24.200
 of the love

00:20:24.200 --> 00:20:24.720
 of God

00:20:24.720 --> 00:20:25.220
 and the love

00:20:25.220 --> 00:20:25.859
 of Christ

00:20:25.859 --> 00:20:26.700
 that I have

00:20:26.700 --> 00:20:27.900
 ever read.

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 Listen to this.

00:20:30.740 --> 00:20:31.640
 On a Sunday,

00:20:32.319 --> 00:20:33.480
 August the 16th,

00:20:33.500 --> 00:20:34.259
 1987,

00:20:35.279 --> 00:20:36.720
 Northwest Airlines

00:20:36.720 --> 00:20:38.140
 Flight 225

00:20:38.140 --> 00:20:39.400
 crashed

00:20:39.400 --> 00:20:41.319
 just after taking off

00:20:41.319 --> 00:20:42.420
 from the Detroit

00:20:42.420 --> 00:20:43.080
 Airport.

00:20:44.259 --> 00:20:46.680
 155 people

00:20:46.680 --> 00:20:47.519
 were killed.

00:20:48.519 --> 00:20:49.880
 One survived.

00:20:50.460 --> 00:20:51.759
 A four-year-old girl

00:20:51.759 --> 00:20:52.380
 from Tempe,

00:20:52.519 --> 00:20:53.100
 Arizona

00:20:53.100 --> 00:20:54.960
 named Cecilia.

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 News accounts

00:20:57.000 --> 00:20:57.960
 say that when

00:20:57.960 --> 00:20:59.019
 rescuers found

00:20:59.019 --> 00:20:59.620
 Cecilia,

00:21:00.140 --> 00:21:01.000
 they did not believe

00:21:01.000 --> 00:21:01.460
 she had been

00:21:01.460 --> 00:21:02.180
 on the plane.

00:21:02.800 --> 00:21:03.300
 The crash

00:21:03.300 --> 00:21:04.580
 was so devastating

00:21:04.580 --> 00:21:05.640
 it did not seem

00:21:05.640 --> 00:21:06.820
 possible that anyone

00:21:06.820 --> 00:21:08.580
 could have survived.

00:21:09.480 --> 00:21:10.180
 Investigators

00:21:10.180 --> 00:21:11.259
 first thought

00:21:11.259 --> 00:21:12.279
 that Cecilia

00:21:12.279 --> 00:21:13.440
 had been a passenger

00:21:13.440 --> 00:21:14.460
 in one of the cars

00:21:14.460 --> 00:21:15.279
 on the highway

00:21:15.279 --> 00:21:17.359
 where the airliner

00:21:17.359 --> 00:21:17.960
 crashed.

00:21:18.960 --> 00:21:19.440
 But then they

00:21:19.440 --> 00:21:21.200
 checked the flight's

00:21:21.200 --> 00:21:22.279
 register,

00:21:22.460 --> 00:21:23.859
 passenger register,

00:21:24.859 --> 00:21:25.700
 and there was

00:21:25.700 --> 00:21:26.759
 Cecilia's name.

00:21:28.000 --> 00:21:28.859
 As the crash

00:21:28.859 --> 00:21:29.720
 investigators

00:21:29.720 --> 00:21:30.640
 meticulously

00:21:30.640 --> 00:21:31.579
 pieced together

00:21:31.579 --> 00:21:32.279
 the details

00:21:32.279 --> 00:21:33.099
 of the crash

00:21:33.099 --> 00:21:34.579
 along with

00:21:34.579 --> 00:21:35.379
 Cecilia's

00:21:35.379 --> 00:21:36.539
 personal account,

00:21:37.259 --> 00:21:38.039
 the mystery

00:21:38.039 --> 00:21:39.039
 of her survival

00:21:39.039 --> 00:21:39.940
 disappeared

00:21:39.940 --> 00:21:41.680
 in the story

00:21:41.680 --> 00:21:43.180
 of her mother's

00:21:43.180 --> 00:21:45.139
 heroic efforts.

00:21:46.059 --> 00:21:47.059
 The experts

00:21:47.059 --> 00:21:48.059
 explain that the

00:21:48.059 --> 00:21:49.019
 reason Cecilia

00:21:49.019 --> 00:21:49.639
 survived

00:21:49.639 --> 00:21:50.759
 is that

00:21:50.759 --> 00:21:52.000
 as the plane

00:21:52.000 --> 00:21:52.720
 was falling

00:21:52.720 --> 00:21:53.740
 out of the air,

00:21:54.440 --> 00:21:55.759
 Cecilia's mother,

00:21:56.319 --> 00:21:56.720
 Paula,

00:21:57.440 --> 00:21:58.220
 unbuckled her

00:21:58.220 --> 00:21:59.099
 own seatbelt,

00:21:59.599 --> 00:22:00.539
 got down on her

00:22:00.539 --> 00:22:01.480
 knees in front

00:22:01.480 --> 00:22:02.159
 of her daughter,

00:22:02.859 --> 00:22:03.859
 wrapped her arms

00:22:03.859 --> 00:22:04.440
 and body

00:22:04.440 --> 00:22:05.779
 around Cecilia,

00:22:05.779 --> 00:22:07.619
 and would not

00:22:07.619 --> 00:22:08.660
 let her go.

00:22:09.799 --> 00:22:10.779
 Nothing could

00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:11.539
 separate

00:22:11.539 --> 00:22:13.720
 that child

00:22:13.720 --> 00:22:15.500
 from her mother

00:22:15.500 --> 00:22:17.099
 and her mother's

00:22:17.099 --> 00:22:17.680
 love.

00:22:18.299 --> 00:22:19.619
 Not tragedy

00:22:19.619 --> 00:22:21.139
 or disaster,

00:22:21.859 --> 00:22:22.639
 not falling

00:22:22.639 --> 00:22:23.539
 from the sky

00:22:23.539 --> 00:22:24.500
 or the flames

00:22:24.500 --> 00:22:25.160
 that followed

00:22:25.160 --> 00:22:25.899
 on the ground,

00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:27.940
 not life

00:22:27.940 --> 00:22:29.259
 or death.

00:22:30.379 --> 00:22:31.720
 That is the love

00:22:31.720 --> 00:22:32.200
 that the Lord

00:22:32.200 --> 00:22:33.019
 has for us.

00:22:33.019 --> 00:22:35.680
 That is the kind

00:22:35.680 --> 00:22:36.160
 of love

00:22:36.160 --> 00:22:36.619
 that He

00:22:36.619 --> 00:22:37.639
 has

00:22:37.639 --> 00:22:39.240
 for us

00:22:39.240 --> 00:22:40.400
 today.

00:22:41.680 --> 00:22:42.799
 Think about it.

00:22:44.259 --> 00:22:44.639
 Jesus

00:22:44.639 --> 00:22:46.299
 covered us

00:22:46.299 --> 00:22:47.700
 with the sacrifice

00:22:47.700 --> 00:22:49.059
 of His own

00:22:49.059 --> 00:22:50.079
 body

00:22:50.079 --> 00:22:51.420
 in order

00:22:51.420 --> 00:22:52.259
 to save us.

00:22:53.299 --> 00:22:54.099
 He will never

00:22:54.099 --> 00:22:54.720
 let us go.

00:22:55.819 --> 00:22:57.019
 He will never

00:22:57.019 --> 00:22:58.940
 let you

00:22:58.940 --> 00:22:59.779
 or me

00:22:59.779 --> 00:23:00.220
 go.

00:23:00.220 --> 00:23:00.279
 He

00:23:00.279 --> 00:23:03.240
 He has

00:23:03.240 --> 00:23:04.399
 taken care

00:23:04.399 --> 00:23:04.940
 of us.

00:23:05.399 --> 00:23:06.139
 He will

00:23:06.139 --> 00:23:07.000
 take care

00:23:07.000 --> 00:23:07.519
 of us.

00:23:08.220 --> 00:23:08.519
 Nothing

00:23:08.519 --> 00:23:09.119
 can ever

00:23:09.119 --> 00:23:10.180
 separate us

00:23:10.180 --> 00:23:11.259
 from His

00:23:11.259 --> 00:23:12.039
 love.

00:23:12.539 --> 00:23:13.379
 Not sin,

00:23:13.819 --> 00:23:15.139
 not circumstances,

00:23:15.680 --> 00:23:16.039
 not even

00:23:16.039 --> 00:23:16.700
 the demons

00:23:16.700 --> 00:23:17.440
 of hell.

00:23:18.720 --> 00:23:19.399
 I want

00:23:19.399 --> 00:23:19.859
 to encourage

00:23:19.859 --> 00:23:20.259
 you.

00:23:21.220 --> 00:23:22.079
 Read these

00:23:22.079 --> 00:23:22.559
 verses,

00:23:22.720 --> 00:23:23.339
 Romans 8

00:23:23.339 --> 00:23:24.139
 verses 31

00:23:24.139 --> 00:23:24.980
 through 39

00:23:24.980 --> 00:23:26.519
 again today

00:23:26.519 --> 00:23:27.819
 and even

00:23:27.819 --> 00:23:28.839
 this week

00:23:28.839 --> 00:23:30.359
 leading up

00:23:30.359 --> 00:23:31.659
 to Easter.

00:23:32.799 --> 00:23:33.179
 Keep in

00:23:33.179 --> 00:23:33.759
 mind that

00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:34.519
 this is

00:23:34.519 --> 00:23:35.240
 the Word

00:23:35.240 --> 00:23:36.179
 of God

00:23:36.179 --> 00:23:37.899
 to His

00:23:37.899 --> 00:23:38.699
 children.

00:23:40.039 --> 00:23:40.859
 God is

00:23:40.859 --> 00:23:41.480
 for you.

00:23:42.599 --> 00:23:43.079
 That's what

00:23:43.079 --> 00:23:43.740
 this chapter,

00:23:43.980 --> 00:23:44.359
 that's what

00:23:44.359 --> 00:23:45.819
 this passage

00:23:45.819 --> 00:23:47.919
 is telling

00:23:47.919 --> 00:23:48.359
 us,

00:23:48.899 --> 00:23:49.379
 promising

00:23:49.379 --> 00:23:50.159
 us in

00:23:50.159 --> 00:23:51.179
 great detail.

00:23:52.240 --> 00:23:52.899
 God is

00:23:52.899 --> 00:23:54.059
 for you.

00:23:55.319 --> 00:23:55.759
 He will

00:23:55.759 --> 00:23:56.480
 not allow

00:23:56.480 --> 00:23:57.179
 anything

00:23:57.180 --> 00:23:58.700
 to destroy

00:23:58.700 --> 00:23:59.140
 you,

00:23:59.799 --> 00:24:00.539
 to condemn

00:24:00.539 --> 00:24:00.980
 you,

00:24:01.299 --> 00:24:01.759
 or to

00:24:01.759 --> 00:24:02.240
 separate

00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:03.380
 you from

00:24:03.380 --> 00:24:04.299
 His love

00:24:04.299 --> 00:24:05.460
 and the

00:24:05.460 --> 00:24:06.019
 love of

00:24:06.019 --> 00:24:06.860
 Jesus Christ.

00:24:06.860 --> 00:24:08.259
 If you

00:24:08.259 --> 00:24:08.799
 are not

00:24:08.799 --> 00:24:09.340
 a child

00:24:09.340 --> 00:24:09.940
 of God,

00:24:10.460 --> 00:24:11.640
 I want to

00:24:11.640 --> 00:24:12.180
 encourage you

00:24:12.180 --> 00:24:12.740
 to come

00:24:12.740 --> 00:24:13.080
 to Him

00:24:13.080 --> 00:24:13.420
 now.

00:24:13.560 --> 00:24:13.820
 There is

00:24:13.820 --> 00:24:14.299
 no better

00:24:14.299 --> 00:24:15.299
 time than

00:24:15.299 --> 00:24:16.000
 right now.

00:24:16.880 --> 00:24:17.279
 And the

00:24:17.279 --> 00:24:18.180
 scripture makes

00:24:18.180 --> 00:24:18.840
 the way

00:24:18.840 --> 00:24:19.580
 clear.

00:24:20.580 --> 00:24:21.240
 Listen to

00:24:21.240 --> 00:24:21.960
 this verse,

00:24:21.960 --> 00:24:23.140
 for God

00:24:23.140 --> 00:24:23.720
 so loved

00:24:23.720 --> 00:24:24.299
 the world

00:24:24.299 --> 00:24:24.980
 that He

00:24:24.980 --> 00:24:25.600
 gave His

00:24:25.600 --> 00:24:26.600
 only Son,

00:24:26.960 --> 00:24:27.720
 that whoever

00:24:27.720 --> 00:24:28.500
 believes in

00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:29.380
 Him should

00:24:29.380 --> 00:24:30.420
 not perish,

00:24:31.220 --> 00:24:31.860
 but have

00:24:31.860 --> 00:24:33.059
 eternal life.

00:24:33.900 --> 00:24:34.460
 Listen to

00:24:34.460 --> 00:24:35.180
 this promise,

00:24:35.920 --> 00:24:36.620
 but to all

00:24:36.620 --> 00:24:37.100
 who did

00:24:37.100 --> 00:24:38.039
 receive Him,

00:24:38.340 --> 00:24:39.120
 who believed

00:24:39.120 --> 00:24:39.519
 in His

00:24:39.519 --> 00:24:40.120
 name,

00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:41.579
 He gave

00:24:41.579 --> 00:24:42.180
 the right

00:24:42.180 --> 00:24:43.059
 to become

00:24:43.059 --> 00:24:44.299
 children

00:24:44.299 --> 00:24:45.759
 of God.

00:24:46.279 --> 00:24:46.660
 That's

00:24:46.660 --> 00:24:47.559
 describing you.

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 If you'll

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 admit your

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 sin,

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 repent,

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 put your

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 trust in

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 Jesus and

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 call upon

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 Him to

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 save you,

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 He will.

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 You can

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 become a

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 child of

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 God now

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 through faith

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 in Jesus.

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 I want to

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 close with

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 some familiar

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 words that

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 come from a

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 song that

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 most of us

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 learned as

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 children.

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 But these

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 words,

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 they're not

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 just a

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 children's

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 song.

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 These words

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 can provide

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 comfort and

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 assurance

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 to us at

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 any age,

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 at any

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 time,

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 and especially

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 during this

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 time of

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 crisis.

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 Listen,

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 Jesus loves

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 me.

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 This I

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 know,

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 for the

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 Bible tells

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 me so.

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 Let's pray

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 together.

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 Father,

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 Father, we

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 are so

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 grateful for

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 such promises

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 of how you

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 are for us,

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 you are with

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 us, and

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 that you

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 will now

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 never allow

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 anything to

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 destroy us,

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 to condemn

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 us, or to

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 separate us from

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 your love.

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 Father, I

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 pray right

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 now for

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 Christians,

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 members of

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 our church

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 family, who

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 are struggling

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 with doubt,

00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:23.759
 who lack

00:26:23.759 --> 00:26:26.939
 assurance, and

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 the circumstances

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 of this

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 crisis have

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 made those

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 doubts

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 increase.

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 Lord, I

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 pray that you

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 will assure

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 them that if

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 they are trusting

00:26:40.840 --> 00:26:41.660
 in Jesus and

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 him alone for

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 their salvation,

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 they are your

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 children.

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 You will

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 never leave

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 them nor

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 forsake them.

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 Help them,

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 Father, to

00:26:54.820 --> 00:26:56.759
 rest in the

00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:57.940
 promises of

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 your word.

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 I pray,

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 Father, that you

00:27:01.259 --> 00:27:02.060
 will replace

00:27:02.060 --> 00:27:02.900
 their doubt

00:27:02.900 --> 00:27:04.380
 with confidence

00:27:04.380 --> 00:27:05.040
 today.

00:27:06.259 --> 00:27:06.920
 I pray,

00:27:07.180 --> 00:27:07.540
 Father, that you

00:27:07.540 --> 00:27:07.940
 will help

00:27:07.940 --> 00:27:10.000
 them to look

00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:12.660
 to you, the

00:27:12.660 --> 00:27:14.180
 objective truth,

00:27:14.759 --> 00:27:16.660
 promises of

00:27:16.660 --> 00:27:17.400
 your word.

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 And,

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 Father, I pray

00:27:19.680 --> 00:27:20.560
 also that you

00:27:20.560 --> 00:27:21.180
 will work

00:27:21.180 --> 00:27:22.400
 inwardly through

00:27:22.400 --> 00:27:24.380
 your spirit to

00:27:24.380 --> 00:27:26.580
 assure them that

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 you love them,

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 that you have

00:27:28.840 --> 00:27:29.780
 chosen them,

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 that through

00:27:32.079 --> 00:27:32.679
 faith in

00:27:32.679 --> 00:27:33.159
 Jesus,

00:27:33.899 --> 00:27:35.779
 they are and

00:27:35.779 --> 00:27:36.639
 will be

00:27:36.639 --> 00:27:38.079
 eternally

00:27:38.079 --> 00:27:38.899
 secure.

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 In Jesus'

00:27:41.419 --> 00:27:42.039
 name we pray.

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 Amen.

00:27:43.439 --> 00:27:43.539
 Amen.