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 Well, good morning, Watermark. Good morning. Well, before I begin, let me start by saying

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 that today's a very special day. It's my beautiful wife, Patricia's birthday. Thank you.

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 She is not in the room. So when you see her later, please run up to her, give her a hug.

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 That'll scare her and tell her happy birthday. Because the bigger deal you make out of her

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 birthday, the more money I save. So please make it a big deal. My birthday, however, was two weeks ago.

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 I turned 33. I also shaved, so it looked like I turned 12. But it's funny, at 33, I didn't expect

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 to be as far along in life as I've gotten. I always said when I was single and when I was younger

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 that I would follow in the footsteps of Jesus and not get married until I was 33. Some of you look

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 confused. I said that to someone and they said, well, Jesus didn't get married. And I said, no,

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 but he gave up his life at 33. Okay. My wife just walked in the room, so forget what I just said.

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 But it's amazing, though. We found out that we have two children and we have another one on the way.

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 And most likely, 80%, the doctor says, it's a girl. I don't know what 80% it's a girl means,

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 but with a high likelihood, it's a girl, which I was scared when I found out that we had another child

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 in the way. But now that I found out that it's a girl, I'm terrified. But it's amazing, as I think

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 about my life, as I think about how much responsibility I now have in my hands, it really

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 makes me consider what God has given me. That God has made me a steward of so many things. He's made me

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 a steward of my home. He's made me a steward of my marriage. He's made me a steward of my family,

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 of my children. That he has entrusted me with something that's not mine, but it belongs to him.

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 He's entrusted me with a life that one day he'll take back. What we do in the short time that we have,

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 matters. We're starting a new series called Stewardship, Stewardship Making This One Life Count.

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 And I'm excited as we look through the things that matter, the things that help us know that

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 what we do in our short years matters, not just in this life, but matters for eternity.

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 And today I have the privilege and the great responsibility, the pressure even,

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 to take us through the topic this morning, stewardship in God's Word, which is something

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 that's very dear to my heart. And I say that it scares me because the weight of this is so heavy

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 on my heart. Because if we don't get this right, then everything that we talk about after this won't

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 matter. If we don't get this right, we won't get anything else right. Because everything else hinges

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 on this. Let's pray. Father God, we come to you this morning. And God, I pray that you would speak to us

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 through your Word, that you would teach us. Open our eyes to see your majesty.

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 that our lives would be changed, that we wouldn't just have a head knowledge this morning,

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 but that you would change our hearts, that we would walk out of here differently because we've

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 experienced you. In Jesus' name, pray. Amen. In Deuteronomy 6, 6 through 9, it says, this is also in your

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 notes, in your bulletin, and these words that I command you today shall be on your heart.

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 You shall teach them diligently to your children. You shall talk of them when you sit in your house,

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 and when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise, you shall bind them as a sign

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 on your head. They shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorpost of

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 your house, and on your gates. Here, God is telling his children. He's telling a people that he's

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 gathered to himself. He's just given them his Word, and he says, listen, what I have given you is serious.

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 What I have given you should not just be some flippant thing that you hear today, and you throw it out

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 tomorrow. This needs to get into your heart, that you need to meditate on this, that you need to talk

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 about it, not just on Sundays, and listen to a good message, but you need to talk about this all the

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 time. You need to digest this. You need to talk about it when you're standing, when you're sitting,

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 when you're in your house, when you're on the way. And then he says something strange. He says,

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 you're going to tie it on your forehead, tie it on your hand as a reminder. Put it on your doorpost.

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 Put it on your gate so that you will look different. You're going to look weird, I tell you.

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 Please don't be so literal as to put this up here this week, or tie it here, but it will change how

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 you look. It will change you. God is telling us that we need to be passionate for his Word.

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 There's a name that I believe that every believer needs to know. Every Christian should know this

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 name. It's the name William Tyndale. Have you ever heard this name? Most of us have never heard of

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 William Tyndale. But William Tyndale lived in the 1400s and the 1500s in England. He was a very smart

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 man. He graduated from Oxford and from Cambridge. He spoke seven languages. I struggle with English.

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 Okay, seven languages. He was fluent. He studied Greek, the ancient Greek and the ancient Hebrew.

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 William Tyndale had a passion. He had a passion to take God's Word, which at that time was only allowed

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 to be written in Latin and only read in Latin. And he desired that every person would have the ability

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 to read it in English. Every person in England would be able to read it in their own language.

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 It was against the law. But William Tyndale was convinced of the power of God's Word. So what he did

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 is he went and he translated the New Testament from Greek into English. And from far away he published it

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 and it was smuggled into England and people started reading it. And it was so infuriated the king that anyone

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 found with the Bible would be killed. They would be tried for treason. William Tyndale writes this,

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 and forgive me, it's in old English. Let it not make thee despair, neither yet discourage thee, O reader,

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 that it is forbidden thee in pain of life and goods, or that it is made breaking of the king's peace or treason

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 unto his highness to read the word of thy soul's health. For if God be on our side, what matter make it

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 who be against us, be they bishops, cardinals, popes. You hear what he said? He's writing to a people

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 who are so hungry for God's Word and he says, don't despair. Don't be afraid, even though this could cost you

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 your life. There is something greater that can't be taken away from you. Imagine that in our world today

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 where we have Bibles all over the place, where you can have a Bible on your phone, where you can have a

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 Bible on your iPad, you can have a Bible on your Android, when you can have a Bible on your shelf,

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 a Bible in your car, you can have Bibles anywhere, 24 hours a day, anytime you want them in any language,

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 that you can dream of almost any language that you can imagine. But he said, don't worry, it may cost you life,

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 but it's worth it. William Tyndale lived that out. He was caught and tried.

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 And on October 6, 1536, he was tied to a stake. And they wrapped a rope and a chain around his neck

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 and they choked him. And then they set him on fire. Before they did that, a historian recorded that

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 his prayer was, Lord, open the King of England's eyes. You see, this was a crazy idea. This was a

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 dangerous idea that if people could just read the Word of God in their own language, it would change

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 their lives. I once visited a village in northern China. And this village, it was a village of 1,000

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 people, very small village. And there were 600 believers in this village. They had weathered

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 through some tremendous things during the Cultural Revolution in China. And I went to meet with some

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 of the brothers and sisters in the church and they met in a one-room mud hut that had one light bulb

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 in the middle. Imagine this morning if we were all huddled into a one-room mud hut with a light bulb.

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 And they shared with me that during the Cultural Revolution, the whole village had one Bible.

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 And they treasured that Bible. What they would do is that they would take pages from that Bible when

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 they would come together and they would pass them around. They would take those pages home and they

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 would memorize them. They would talk to their children about them. They would, in their homes,

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 they would devour the Word of God. And then when they would come back together, they would talk about

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 what the Scripture taught them. Can you imagine if we didn't have one Bible amongst all of us?

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 And all we could do is take a page home and memorize it. You see, they valued the Word of God because they

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 knew what the Word of God was. They knew that the Word of God was precious. They knew it was powerful.

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 It had the power to change people's lives, to transform people. They knew it was useful. They knew that the

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 Bible, though written thousands of years ago, was relevant and current to today.

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 And more important, they knew that the Word of God was a treasure. And the Word of God is a trust.

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 The Bible, if you want to put it in a very simple acronym, Bible, B-I-B-L-E, basic instructions before

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 leaving earth. Isn't that cool?

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 Well, but it is. This is our field manual. We are in a war. We're in a battle every day.

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 You would not go to battle without knowing what's in the field manual. You would not go into battle

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 without your weapon. This is the sword of truth.

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 Psalm 119, 105 says,

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 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

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 A lamp to my feet shows that this is where I am.

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 This is where I'm standing. It shows that

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 if I'm on the path or I'm off the path,

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 and it is a light to my path,

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 that means it shows me where I'm going.

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 I know where I am,

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 and I know where I'm going

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 because of God's Word.

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 Why is it

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 that many Christians

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 don't read

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 the Bible?

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 You know, if I'm

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 honest, and here this morning,

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 I live in Hong Kong.

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 How many of you live in Hong Kong?

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 Okay, yeah, some of you still aren't with me.

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 Okay.

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 This has been called

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 one of the busiest cities in the world.

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 How many of you are busy?

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 Raise your hand if you're busy.

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 Okay, so

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 not as many as I had hoped.

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 But we are busy.

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 And one of the biggest,

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 one of the top reasons

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 that if you ask someone,

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 why aren't you reading the Word?

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 They'll say, I'm too busy.

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 I just don't,

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 I don't have enough time.

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 I'm, I'm,

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 I've got all these things

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 to do.

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 All these important things.

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 I, I don't,

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 I don't have time for it.

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 Wow.

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 Now wait a minute.

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 You've got time

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 to play word,

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 words with friends.

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 You've got time

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 to find out all of your,

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 all of your friends' Facebook posts.

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 But you don't have time

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 to spend even just five minutes

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 in God's Word.

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 It's what I call a value call.

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 You see no value in it.

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 And there have been times

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 where I've lost the value

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 of God's Word

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 that, that I,

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 I think that in,

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 in that moment,

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 something else is more important.

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 But the reality is,

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 it's not.

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 Maybe it's because

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 if we're honest,

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 we're too lazy.

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 I've been guilty of that.

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 Been too lazy

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 to even read God's Word.

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 And then there's another one.

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 Maybe it's because

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 we're afraid.

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 Afraid that what we read

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 will cause us

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 to have to examine our lives.

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 That what we read

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 will cause us to say,

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 I know that I'm not living

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 the way God

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 created me to live.

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 It might make us feel

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 this strange feeling

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 called guilt.

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 It might lead us

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 to live differently.

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 What's the danger

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 of not knowing God's Word?

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 The first thing is

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 we misuse,

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 we can be led

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 into misusing

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 God's Word.

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 There's a,

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 Philippians 4.13

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 is a verse that I love.

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 It says,

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 I can do all things

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 through Him

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 who gives me strength.

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 Or I can do all things

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 through Christ

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 who strengthens me.

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 When I was growing up,

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 I was in a crowd

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 of people

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 that would use

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 this verse

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 for whatever

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 they wanted it

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 to,

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 whatever they wanted

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 in their lives

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 at that time

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 they would use

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 this verse.

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 I'm having a hard time

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 paying my bills,

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 but I believe

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 God wants me

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 to have this

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 brand new car.

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 I can't afford,

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 but I'm going to

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 sign my name

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 on the line

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 because I can do

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 all things

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 through Christ

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 who gives me strength.

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 There's this,

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 there's this other thing

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 that I want

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 and I probably

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 shouldn't have it,

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 but I can do

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 all things

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 through Christ

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 who gives me strength.

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 You want that house,

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 you want all

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 this nice stuff,

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 you can do all things

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 through Christ

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 who gives you strength.

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 And many people

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 use it

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 as a means

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 of getting

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 all the riches

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 of the world

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 that they want,

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 of saying that

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 I'm going to look pretty,

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 I'm going to be healthy.

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 But you know,

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 Paul is writing this

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 and you know

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 what he says

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 right before this?

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 When you don't know

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 all of God's word,

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 when you're not

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 a good steward

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 of God's word,

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 you don't know

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 that before this

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 he's saying,

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 I know what it is

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 to be in plenty

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 and I know what it is

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 to be in want,

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 but I've learned

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 the secret

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 of being content

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 in all circumstances.

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 If you're not

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 a good steward

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 of God's word,

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 you can be led

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 to misuse it.

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 Jeremiah 29 11,

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 again,

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 one of my favorite verses.

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 We talked about this verse

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 in your community groups

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 this week.

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 Do you all remember that?

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 This past week,

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 Jeremiah 29 11,

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 for I know the plans

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 I have for you,

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 declares the Lord,

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 plans to prosper you

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 and not to harm you,

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 to give you a hope

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 and a future.

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 To those that misuse

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 God's word,

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 to those that are not

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 good stewards

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 of his word,

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 that means

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 whatever you want,

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 whatever you think

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 your life should be like,

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 it's going to be happy

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 because God knows

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 the plans he has for me,

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 plans to prosper me

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 and not to harm me,

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 to give me a hope

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 and a future.

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 And it becomes twisted

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 in all of these things

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 that it's never intended

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 to be.

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 And if you're in your

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 community group this week,

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 you learned

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 that God is speaking

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 through the prophet Jeremiah

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 to the people

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 that he says,

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 I have carried you

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 into exile.

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 This is an uncomfortable place

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 for the children of Israel,

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 for the Israelites.

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 This is a very uncomfortable place.

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 It's not what they had expected.

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 This is a terrible thing

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 that's happened to them,

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 but God says,

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 hey, this is uncomfortable.

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 Your false prophet said

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 that you're going to be

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 out of this in a few years.

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 This is going to be

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 a long time.

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 It's going to be 70 years.

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 But listen to this.

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 Even though it's uncomfortable,

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 I know the plans I have

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 for you,

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 declares the Lord.

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 Plans to prosper you,

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 not to harm you,

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 to give you a hope

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 and a future.

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 To those that misuse it,

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 they say nothing

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 will ever happen

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 that you don't want

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 to happen.

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 But the full counsel

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 of God's word says

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 that he's going to take us

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 through even the storms

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 of our lives

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 for a reason.

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 False teaching.

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 Ephesians 4, 14

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 says that,

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 so that we may

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 no longer be children

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 tossed to and fro

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 by the waves

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 and carried about

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 by every wind of doctrine,

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 by human cunning,

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 by craftiness

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 and deceitful schemes.

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 When you hear things like

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 there are many ways

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 to God,

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 then you can automatically

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 say,

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 no, wait a minute.

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 God's word,

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 Jesus says himself,

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 I am the way,

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 the truth,

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 and the life

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 that no one comes

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 to the Father

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 but by me.

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 When you hear things like

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 as long as you're

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 a good person,

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 you'll go to heaven.

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 And then,

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 again,

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 a good steward

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 of God's word,

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 it comes to your mind

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 that,

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 wait a minute,

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 in Isaiah 64,

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 it says,

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 all of us have become

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 like one who's unclean,

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 that all of our righteous

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 deeds

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 are as filthy rags

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 before the Lord.

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 Or you'll say,

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 wait a minute,

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 for by grace

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 you've been saved

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 through faith

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 and this not of your own doing.

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 It is the gift of God,

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 not a result of works,

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 so that no one

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 may boast.

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 Another danger

00:20:36.079 --> 00:20:37.839
 of not being a good steward

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 of God's word

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 is that you stop growing

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 and you forget the things

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 that you once knew.

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 It's hard to believe

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 if you look at me now,

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 but I used to be

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 in great shape.

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 And I don't mean

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 round as a shape,

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 I'm a great shape now,

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 it's just different.

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 But at one point

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 in my life,

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 I was quite athletic.

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 That's not the joke,

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 you're not supposed

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 to laugh at that part.

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 But something happened

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 where I stopped

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 going to the gym

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 as often.

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 It happened

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 about December 10th,

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 2005.

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 I lost my motivation

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 for working out.

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 But something happened.

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 I noticed

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 within just months,

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 if I would go back

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 into the gym

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 after months

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 of not being in the gym,

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 I could not lift

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 the weight

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 that I once could.

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 And there's something

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 that happens

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 in our muscles,

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 that when we are not

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 building up our muscles,

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 when we stop

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 using them,

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 there's a word

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 that happens,

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 it's called atrophy.

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 It's where

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 you not only

00:21:55.559 --> 00:21:56.960
 start to become weaker,

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 but the muscles

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 even start to be

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 eaten away.

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 That happens

00:22:02.879 --> 00:22:03.500
 in our lives

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 when we are not

00:22:04.579 --> 00:22:05.379
 good stewards

00:22:05.379 --> 00:22:06.220
 of God's word.

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 Here's what happens.

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 The writers of Hebrews

00:22:09.460 --> 00:22:10.859
 writes in

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 5.11

00:22:12.180 --> 00:22:13.200
 through 14.

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 About this,

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 we have much

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 to say.

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 And it is hard

00:22:19.779 --> 00:22:20.680
 to explain

00:22:20.680 --> 00:22:21.759
 since you

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 have become

00:22:22.700 --> 00:22:24.779
 dull of hearing.

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 For though

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 by this time

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 you ought to be

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 teachers,

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 you need someone

00:22:30.740 --> 00:22:31.860
 to teach you again

00:22:31.860 --> 00:22:33.100
 the basic principles

00:22:33.100 --> 00:22:34.019
 of the oracles

00:22:34.019 --> 00:22:34.559
 of God.

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 You need milk,

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 not solid food,

00:22:37.700 --> 00:22:39.039
 for everyone

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 who lives

00:22:40.080 --> 00:22:41.059
 on milk

00:22:41.059 --> 00:22:42.240
 is unskilled

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 in the word

00:22:42.860 --> 00:22:43.600
 of righteousness

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 since he is a child.

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 But solid food

00:22:46.920 --> 00:22:47.900
 is for the mature,

00:22:48.340 --> 00:22:49.059
 for those

00:22:49.059 --> 00:22:49.759
 who have their

00:22:49.759 --> 00:22:51.039
 powers of discernment

00:22:51.039 --> 00:22:51.559
 trained

00:22:51.559 --> 00:22:53.600
 by constant practice

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 to distinguish

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 good from evil.

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 Do you hear

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 what he's saying

00:22:59.440 --> 00:23:00.100
 to the Hebrews?

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 He's saying,

00:23:01.480 --> 00:23:01.660
 you know,

00:23:01.720 --> 00:23:02.420
 I have all this

00:23:02.420 --> 00:23:03.120
 great stuff

00:23:03.120 --> 00:23:03.720
 to tell you,

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 but it's hard

00:23:04.359 --> 00:23:05.199
 because you're stupid.

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 It's hard

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 because you're dumb.

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 And you're dumb

00:23:10.199 --> 00:23:10.799
 because you,

00:23:10.899 --> 00:23:12.039
 you should be

00:23:12.039 --> 00:23:12.699
 at the point

00:23:12.699 --> 00:23:13.679
 where you're teaching,

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 but instead

00:23:14.399 --> 00:23:16.319
 you have to be taught

00:23:16.319 --> 00:23:16.740
 those,

00:23:16.919 --> 00:23:18.039
 those basic

00:23:18.039 --> 00:23:19.199
 elemental things again.

00:23:20.799 --> 00:23:22.740
 I was in school,

00:23:23.979 --> 00:23:25.599
 I was in middle school,

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 which is about

00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:27.939
 eighth grade,

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 with a guy

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 who was

00:23:29.740 --> 00:23:32.119
 19 years old.

00:23:33.359 --> 00:23:34.319
 Eighth grade.

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 That means

00:23:35.179 --> 00:23:35.859
 most of us

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 are 12 and 13.

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 He was 19 years old

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 because he didn't

00:23:41.759 --> 00:23:43.159
 pass the tests.

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 He didn't study.

00:23:45.639 --> 00:23:46.859
 He didn't even

00:23:46.859 --> 00:23:48.339
 sometimes show up

00:23:48.339 --> 00:23:49.740
 at school.

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 And it was embarrassing

00:23:51.839 --> 00:23:53.619
 to be the only kid

00:23:53.619 --> 00:23:54.479
 in middle school

00:23:54.479 --> 00:23:55.240
 with a beard.

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 But spiritually,

00:23:58.059 --> 00:23:58.740
 that's what happens

00:23:58.740 --> 00:23:59.199
 to us.

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 And he's saying,

00:24:00.099 --> 00:24:00.679
 hey, wait a minute,

00:24:00.779 --> 00:24:01.819
 you should be teaching,

00:24:01.979 --> 00:24:02.559
 but instead

00:24:02.559 --> 00:24:03.359
 you're being unproductive

00:24:03.359 --> 00:24:04.959
 because you don't even

00:24:04.959 --> 00:24:05.859
 know the basic things.

00:24:05.919 --> 00:24:07.119
 You have not continued.

00:24:07.679 --> 00:24:09.139
 You haven't been working out.

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 Second Timothy,

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 this is in your notes,

00:24:12.439 --> 00:24:13.579
 3, 14.

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 What does it look like?

00:24:16.219 --> 00:24:17.159
 How do we become

00:24:17.159 --> 00:24:17.979
 good stewards

00:24:17.979 --> 00:24:18.819
 of God's word?

00:24:18.819 --> 00:24:22.259
 But as for you,

00:24:22.980 --> 00:24:24.279
 continue in what you've learned.

00:24:24.559 --> 00:24:25.439
 Paul is writing

00:24:25.439 --> 00:24:26.259
 to Timothy.

00:24:27.539 --> 00:24:28.659
 Timothy's been taught

00:24:28.659 --> 00:24:29.240
 the word

00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:30.079
 by his grandmother.

00:24:30.500 --> 00:24:31.259
 He's been taught

00:24:31.259 --> 00:24:32.379
 the word by Paul.

00:24:33.159 --> 00:24:34.059
 But as for you,

00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:35.700
 continue in what

00:24:35.700 --> 00:24:36.679
 you have learned

00:24:36.679 --> 00:24:38.460
 and have firmly believed,

00:24:38.960 --> 00:24:39.859
 knowing from whom

00:24:39.859 --> 00:24:40.619
 you learned it,

00:24:41.179 --> 00:24:42.799
 and how from childhood

00:24:42.799 --> 00:24:44.500
 you have been acquainted

00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:45.960
 with the sacred writings,

00:24:46.220 --> 00:24:46.799
 which are able

00:24:46.799 --> 00:24:47.680
 to make you wise

00:24:47.680 --> 00:24:48.419
 for salvation

00:24:48.419 --> 00:24:49.139
 through faith

00:24:49.139 --> 00:24:49.940
 in Christ Jesus.

00:24:50.639 --> 00:24:51.519
 All scripture

00:24:51.519 --> 00:24:53.460
 is breathed out

00:24:53.460 --> 00:24:54.079
 by God

00:24:54.079 --> 00:24:54.799
 and profitable

00:24:54.799 --> 00:24:55.500
 for teaching,

00:24:56.039 --> 00:24:56.799
 for reproof,

00:24:56.960 --> 00:24:57.619
 for correction,

00:24:58.059 --> 00:24:58.700
 for training

00:24:58.700 --> 00:24:59.319
 in righteousness,

00:24:59.799 --> 00:25:00.980
 that the man of God

00:25:00.980 --> 00:25:01.980
 may be competent,

00:25:02.220 --> 00:25:03.879
 equipped for every good work.

00:25:03.940 --> 00:25:04.379
 Now, I know

00:25:04.379 --> 00:25:05.879
 that's a long passage

00:25:05.879 --> 00:25:06.379
 of scripture,

00:25:07.019 --> 00:25:08.460
 so let's break that down

00:25:08.460 --> 00:25:09.359
 for just a moment.

00:25:10.299 --> 00:25:10.700
 First,

00:25:10.700 --> 00:25:11.579
 but as for you,

00:25:11.919 --> 00:25:12.879
 continue in what

00:25:12.879 --> 00:25:13.799
 you have learned

00:25:13.799 --> 00:25:15.819
 and have firmly believed.

00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:16.980
 Continuity,

00:25:17.099 --> 00:25:18.220
 when we are a steward

00:25:18.220 --> 00:25:19.039
 of God's word,

00:25:19.139 --> 00:25:19.899
 it does not mean

00:25:19.899 --> 00:25:21.639
 that one time

00:25:21.639 --> 00:25:22.680
 we read the Bible

00:25:22.680 --> 00:25:23.440
 all the way through

00:25:23.440 --> 00:25:23.960
 in a year,

00:25:24.519 --> 00:25:26.659
 and then we stopped,

00:25:26.819 --> 00:25:28.259
 because we know it all.

00:25:28.919 --> 00:25:29.639
 It doesn't mean

00:25:29.639 --> 00:25:30.559
 that if you've studied

00:25:30.559 --> 00:25:32.480
 every one of the 66 books,

00:25:32.559 --> 00:25:33.359
 the 39 books

00:25:33.359 --> 00:25:34.019
 of the Old Testament

00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:35.099
 or the 27 books

00:25:35.099 --> 00:25:36.039
 in the New Testament

00:25:36.039 --> 00:25:37.119
 that you've studied them,

00:25:37.339 --> 00:25:38.200
 that it's finished.

00:25:38.779 --> 00:25:40.440
 It's not a once-off thing

00:25:40.440 --> 00:25:42.960
 that he's telling Timothy,

00:25:43.460 --> 00:25:45.420
 continue in what you've learned.

00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:46.779
 This keeps going

00:25:46.779 --> 00:25:47.920
 throughout your whole life.

00:25:48.860 --> 00:25:49.740
 And I've learned that

00:25:49.740 --> 00:25:52.380
 I came to Christ

00:25:52.380 --> 00:25:53.700
 when I was 13 years old,

00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:56.519
 and I remember

00:25:56.519 --> 00:25:57.680
 the passages

00:25:57.680 --> 00:25:59.160
 that were so powerful

00:25:59.160 --> 00:26:00.799
 for me when I was 13.

00:26:01.980 --> 00:26:03.320
 And when I read them

00:26:03.320 --> 00:26:05.860
 when I was in university,

00:26:06.820 --> 00:26:07.620
 when I read them again,

00:26:07.700 --> 00:26:08.820
 those same passages

00:26:08.819 --> 00:26:10.579
 would teach me something

00:26:10.579 --> 00:26:11.480
 completely different,

00:26:12.279 --> 00:26:13.079
 something new

00:26:13.079 --> 00:26:14.599
 that I didn't know before.

00:26:15.619 --> 00:26:17.740
 When I was in my 20s,

00:26:18.639 --> 00:26:19.619
 again, it spoke to me

00:26:19.619 --> 00:26:20.519
 in a much different way.

00:26:20.619 --> 00:26:21.960
 When I became a husband,

00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:24.480
 very different.

00:26:26.419 --> 00:26:27.919
 When you're a good steward

00:26:27.919 --> 00:26:28.619
 of God's word,

00:26:28.740 --> 00:26:30.639
 no matter what stage

00:26:30.639 --> 00:26:31.679
 of life you're in,

00:26:32.079 --> 00:26:33.720
 God's word will continue

00:26:33.720 --> 00:26:34.879
 to speak to you

00:26:34.879 --> 00:26:35.759
 and differently

00:26:35.759 --> 00:26:37.240
 than what it did before.

00:26:37.439 --> 00:26:38.599
 It will never contradict

00:26:38.599 --> 00:26:39.199
 itself,

00:26:39.619 --> 00:26:40.779
 but you will see

00:26:40.779 --> 00:26:42.659
 something new about God.

00:26:44.259 --> 00:26:45.000
 Your experience.

00:26:45.139 --> 00:26:45.279
 You know,

00:26:45.379 --> 00:26:47.759
 there are great ways

00:26:47.759 --> 00:26:48.240
 to learn.

00:26:48.679 --> 00:26:49.319
 As a believer,

00:26:49.459 --> 00:26:50.699
 there are three great ways

00:26:50.699 --> 00:26:51.139
 to learn.

00:26:51.259 --> 00:26:51.759
 One is through

00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:52.779
 your own experience.

00:26:53.919 --> 00:26:54.919
 The second is through

00:26:54.919 --> 00:26:56.059
 the experience of others.

00:26:56.679 --> 00:26:58.240
 But these first two ways

00:26:58.240 --> 00:26:59.279
 of learning as a believer

00:26:59.279 --> 00:27:00.279
 are flawed.

00:27:00.740 --> 00:27:01.399
 And they're flawed

00:27:01.399 --> 00:27:03.039
 because there's a way

00:27:03.039 --> 00:27:03.719
 that seems right

00:27:03.719 --> 00:27:04.199
 into men,

00:27:04.559 --> 00:27:05.240
 but in the end,

00:27:05.699 --> 00:27:06.299
 is death.

00:27:06.299 --> 00:27:08.000
 The third way

00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:08.779
 is through the scripture

00:27:08.779 --> 00:27:10.859
 because it is the lens

00:27:10.859 --> 00:27:12.759
 that we see

00:27:12.759 --> 00:27:14.119
 all of our experience,

00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:15.339
 that we see the world

00:27:15.339 --> 00:27:16.119
 around us.

00:27:16.519 --> 00:27:18.259
 It changes how we

00:27:18.259 --> 00:27:19.440
 see everything,

00:27:19.559 --> 00:27:20.440
 how we respond

00:27:20.440 --> 00:27:21.539
 to everything.

00:27:23.220 --> 00:27:23.700
 Next,

00:27:23.779 --> 00:27:24.200
 he says,

00:27:24.200 --> 00:27:26.019
 the sacred writings

00:27:26.019 --> 00:27:27.100
 which are able

00:27:27.100 --> 00:27:28.259
 to make you wise

00:27:28.259 --> 00:27:29.140
 for salvation

00:27:29.140 --> 00:27:30.420
 through faith

00:27:30.420 --> 00:27:31.620
 in Christ Jesus.

00:27:32.559 --> 00:27:33.940
 The word wise,

00:27:34.059 --> 00:27:34.860
 to make you wise.

00:27:35.019 --> 00:27:35.420
 Wisdom.

00:27:36.700 --> 00:27:37.580
 Throughout the Bible,

00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:39.340
 wisdom doesn't mean

00:27:39.340 --> 00:27:40.000
 teaching you

00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:41.400
 how to do something

00:27:41.400 --> 00:27:43.799
 or how to do

00:27:43.799 --> 00:27:44.660
 one particular thing.

00:27:44.740 --> 00:27:45.400
 It's not how to build

00:27:45.400 --> 00:27:45.779
 a house,

00:27:45.860 --> 00:27:46.759
 not how to do math,

00:27:46.759 --> 00:27:47.339
 but wisdom

00:27:47.339 --> 00:27:49.539
 is always

00:27:49.539 --> 00:27:51.319
 about how to live

00:27:51.319 --> 00:27:52.220
 a life

00:27:52.220 --> 00:27:53.619
 that's pleasing to God.

00:27:56.099 --> 00:27:57.059
 That's what we were

00:27:57.059 --> 00:27:57.900
 created for.

00:27:59.299 --> 00:28:00.359
 So we're learning

00:28:00.359 --> 00:28:01.259
 how to fulfill

00:28:01.259 --> 00:28:02.339
 our purpose

00:28:02.339 --> 00:28:03.420
 and our destiny

00:28:03.420 --> 00:28:04.059
 as humans.

00:28:06.059 --> 00:28:06.940
 How are you guys doing?

00:28:11.039 --> 00:28:11.879
 The next thing

00:28:11.879 --> 00:28:12.640
 is very important.

00:28:12.640 --> 00:28:16.840
 He's saying that

00:28:16.840 --> 00:28:18.240
 all of the scripture

00:28:18.240 --> 00:28:18.960
 here

00:28:18.960 --> 00:28:22.140
 will give you wisdom

00:28:22.140 --> 00:28:23.560
 for

00:28:23.560 --> 00:28:26.980
 salvation

00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:27.780
 through faith

00:28:27.780 --> 00:28:28.840
 in Christ Jesus.

00:28:29.380 --> 00:28:30.740
 That all of the Bible

00:28:30.740 --> 00:28:31.560
 is not

00:28:31.560 --> 00:28:33.220
 separate stories

00:28:33.220 --> 00:28:34.200
 that are put together,

00:28:34.820 --> 00:28:36.480
 but all of the Bible

00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:37.180
 is one

00:28:37.180 --> 00:28:38.660
 consistent story

00:28:38.660 --> 00:28:39.820
 from the beginning

00:28:39.820 --> 00:28:40.580
 to the end.

00:28:40.759 --> 00:28:41.680
 It is the story

00:28:41.680 --> 00:28:42.820
 of God

00:28:42.820 --> 00:28:43.519
 creating

00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:44.480
 people

00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:45.320
 for a reason.

00:28:47.900 --> 00:28:49.080
 It's the story

00:28:49.080 --> 00:28:49.360
 of

00:28:49.360 --> 00:28:51.200
 how we've

00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:51.920
 fallen away

00:28:51.920 --> 00:28:52.720
 that we've

00:28:52.720 --> 00:28:54.100
 rebelled against God

00:28:54.100 --> 00:28:54.640
 and God

00:28:54.640 --> 00:28:55.279
 bringing

00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:56.500
 us back

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:57.279
 to himself.

00:28:59.220 --> 00:29:00.279
 We see that

00:29:00.279 --> 00:29:00.580
 from

00:29:00.580 --> 00:29:01.539
 Genesis

00:29:01.539 --> 00:29:03.140
 to the culmination

00:29:03.140 --> 00:29:04.000
 in Revelation

00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:05.539
 where he has

00:29:05.539 --> 00:29:06.100
 his church

00:29:06.100 --> 00:29:06.500
 gathered

00:29:06.500 --> 00:29:07.400
 from every nation,

00:29:07.580 --> 00:29:07.799
 tribe,

00:29:07.900 --> 00:29:08.140
 people,

00:29:08.240 --> 00:29:08.720
 and language.

00:29:09.140 --> 00:29:10.519
 One continuous story

00:29:10.519 --> 00:29:11.420
 and it all

00:29:11.420 --> 00:29:12.539
 points to one

00:29:12.539 --> 00:29:14.420
 central person.

00:29:15.140 --> 00:29:16.000
 Who is it?

00:29:17.920 --> 00:29:18.680
 That's the

00:29:18.680 --> 00:29:19.539
 church answer,

00:29:19.600 --> 00:29:19.820
 right?

00:29:20.539 --> 00:29:21.140
 It's Jesus.

00:29:21.980 --> 00:29:23.180
 It all points

00:29:23.180 --> 00:29:24.100
 back to Jesus.

00:29:29.300 --> 00:29:30.300
 The next thing,

00:29:30.519 --> 00:29:31.160
 all scripture

00:29:31.160 --> 00:29:32.460
 is breathed out

00:29:32.460 --> 00:29:33.240
 by God.

00:29:35.420 --> 00:29:36.440
 That these are not

00:29:36.440 --> 00:29:37.240
 a group of

00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:37.980
 ignorant people

00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:39.140
 writing about

00:29:39.140 --> 00:29:39.800
 the things that

00:29:39.799 --> 00:29:40.339
 were happening

00:29:40.339 --> 00:29:41.019
 in their day

00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:41.779
 not knowing

00:29:41.779 --> 00:29:42.799
 how to explain it

00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:43.799
 so they write it

00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:44.740
 the best they could.

00:29:45.879 --> 00:29:46.740
 That's not

00:29:46.740 --> 00:29:47.740
 what the Bible is.

00:29:48.339 --> 00:29:49.059
 It says that

00:29:49.059 --> 00:29:50.480
 it is breathed

00:29:50.480 --> 00:29:51.299
 out of the mouth

00:29:51.299 --> 00:29:51.879
 of God.

00:29:53.639 --> 00:29:54.799
 That this is

00:29:54.799 --> 00:29:55.759
 God's word.

00:29:57.819 --> 00:29:58.980
 And it's profitable

00:29:58.980 --> 00:29:59.779
 for teaching.

00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:02.399
 It profits us

00:30:02.400 --> 00:30:05.180
 not by evoking

00:30:05.180 --> 00:30:05.660
 emotions

00:30:05.660 --> 00:30:07.060
 but by teaching us,

00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:08.380
 instructing us.

00:30:09.140 --> 00:30:10.220
 And it instructs us

00:30:10.220 --> 00:30:11.100
 in the things of God.

00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:11.860
 It's valuable

00:30:11.860 --> 00:30:12.980
 because God

00:30:12.980 --> 00:30:14.600
 places a value

00:30:14.600 --> 00:30:15.019
 on it.

00:30:15.100 --> 00:30:15.480
 Imagine

00:30:15.480 --> 00:30:16.920
 if the God

00:30:16.920 --> 00:30:17.780
 of the universe

00:30:17.780 --> 00:30:19.620
 who created everything,

00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:20.180
 who holds

00:30:20.180 --> 00:30:21.180
 all things together,

00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:21.900
 the God

00:30:21.900 --> 00:30:22.840
 who made you

00:30:22.840 --> 00:30:23.360
 and me

00:30:23.360 --> 00:30:24.019
 says,

00:30:24.160 --> 00:30:24.220
 hey,

00:30:24.280 --> 00:30:24.980
 I want you to know

00:30:24.980 --> 00:30:26.000
 why I made you.

00:30:27.280 --> 00:30:28.400
 And I want you to know

00:30:28.400 --> 00:30:29.400
 how to have relationship.

00:30:29.400 --> 00:30:30.980
 I want you to not

00:30:30.980 --> 00:30:32.920
 have to suffer

00:30:32.920 --> 00:30:33.580
 the wrath

00:30:33.580 --> 00:30:34.240
 of your sin.

00:30:34.640 --> 00:30:35.700
 That's pretty important,

00:30:35.780 --> 00:30:36.000
 right?

00:30:38.440 --> 00:30:41.040
 That's pretty valuable

00:30:41.040 --> 00:30:45.019
 for reproof,

00:30:45.120 --> 00:30:45.759
 for correction

00:30:45.759 --> 00:30:47.100
 and for training

00:30:47.100 --> 00:30:47.720
 in righteousness.

00:30:48.880 --> 00:30:49.940
 It tells us

00:30:49.940 --> 00:30:51.160
 what sin is.

00:30:51.259 --> 00:30:51.920
 It tells us

00:30:51.920 --> 00:30:52.400
 how to live

00:30:52.400 --> 00:30:53.180
 a righteous life,

00:30:53.380 --> 00:30:54.740
 a life that pleases God.

00:30:55.280 --> 00:30:55.980
 What's amazing,

00:30:56.080 --> 00:30:56.540
 if you go into

00:30:56.540 --> 00:30:57.100
 any bookstore

00:30:57.100 --> 00:30:57.920
 in Hong Kong,

00:30:57.920 --> 00:30:59.820
 most of the books

00:30:59.820 --> 00:31:00.360
 that you see

00:31:00.360 --> 00:31:00.920
 in the front

00:31:00.920 --> 00:31:01.620
 have something

00:31:01.620 --> 00:31:02.600
 to do with management

00:31:02.600 --> 00:31:04.240
 or how to invest

00:31:04.240 --> 00:31:04.920
 your money.

00:31:05.980 --> 00:31:07.279
 All the practical things

00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:07.759
 that you need

00:31:07.759 --> 00:31:08.279
 for a life

00:31:08.279 --> 00:31:08.920
 in Hong Kong.

00:31:09.220 --> 00:31:10.360
 How to control people

00:31:10.360 --> 00:31:12.100
 and how to gain wealth.

00:31:14.400 --> 00:31:15.380
 It all seems

00:31:15.380 --> 00:31:16.080
 very practical

00:31:16.080 --> 00:31:17.060
 and some people say

00:31:17.060 --> 00:31:17.740
 the Bible's

00:31:17.740 --> 00:31:18.800
 just not practical.

00:31:20.680 --> 00:31:21.400
 Wait a minute.

00:31:23.220 --> 00:31:23.900
 Jesus had

00:31:23.900 --> 00:31:24.800
 a very different take

00:31:24.800 --> 00:31:26.759
 when he says,

00:31:26.759 --> 00:31:28.500
 what will it profit

00:31:28.500 --> 00:31:29.259
 a man to gain

00:31:29.259 --> 00:31:30.279
 the whole world

00:31:30.279 --> 00:31:32.740
 yet lose his own soul?

00:31:34.240 --> 00:31:35.819
 How practical is that?

00:31:36.599 --> 00:31:37.720
 That all of these things

00:31:37.720 --> 00:31:38.220
 that one day

00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:39.140
 are going to pass away

00:31:39.140 --> 00:31:39.839
 but the Bible

00:31:39.839 --> 00:31:40.539
 talks about

00:31:40.539 --> 00:31:41.720
 the one thing

00:31:41.720 --> 00:31:42.519
 that's going to last

00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:43.579
 for eternity.

00:31:44.879 --> 00:31:46.220
 God and the souls

00:31:46.220 --> 00:31:46.879
 of people.

00:31:48.799 --> 00:31:50.920
 That's very practical.

00:31:53.359 --> 00:31:54.660
 That the man of God

00:31:54.660 --> 00:31:56.340
 may be competent,

00:31:56.779 --> 00:31:58.240
 equipped for every

00:31:58.240 --> 00:31:59.920
 good work.

00:32:02.180 --> 00:32:03.240
 Do you know that God

00:32:03.240 --> 00:32:04.120
 calls us

00:32:04.120 --> 00:32:05.340
 to his mission?

00:32:06.620 --> 00:32:07.900
 That we are

00:32:07.900 --> 00:32:08.880
 to be about

00:32:08.880 --> 00:32:10.000
 his work.

00:32:10.160 --> 00:32:11.080
 That the Bible

00:32:11.080 --> 00:32:12.140
 equips us.

00:32:12.400 --> 00:32:13.700
 It makes us competent

00:32:13.700 --> 00:32:15.120
 for every good work.

00:32:15.220 --> 00:32:16.100
 If we are not

00:32:16.100 --> 00:32:17.040
 doing good work

00:32:17.040 --> 00:32:18.120
 then we know

00:32:18.120 --> 00:32:18.880
 that we are not

00:32:18.880 --> 00:32:19.480
 good stewards

00:32:19.480 --> 00:32:20.120
 of his word

00:32:20.119 --> 00:32:21.359
 and it's called

00:32:21.359 --> 00:32:22.739
 incompetency.

00:32:31.679 --> 00:32:33.139
 To summarize,

00:32:33.599 --> 00:32:34.699
 I want to do this.

00:32:34.819 --> 00:32:36.500
 There are four areas

00:32:36.500 --> 00:32:37.559
 of our lives

00:32:37.559 --> 00:32:39.099
 that if we are stewards,

00:32:39.519 --> 00:32:40.059
 good stewards

00:32:40.059 --> 00:32:40.859
 of God's word

00:32:40.859 --> 00:32:42.119
 that it will radically

00:32:42.119 --> 00:32:43.779
 change us.

00:32:44.619 --> 00:32:45.919
 I call it the head,

00:32:46.500 --> 00:32:46.959
 heart,

00:32:47.439 --> 00:32:47.759
 hands,

00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:48.579
 and feet.

00:32:48.579 --> 00:32:50.259
 The first is

00:32:50.259 --> 00:32:50.799
 the head.

00:32:52.579 --> 00:32:53.000
 That

00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:55.199
 we will

00:32:55.199 --> 00:32:56.079
 know

00:32:56.079 --> 00:32:57.220
 his ways.

00:32:58.379 --> 00:32:59.059
 Psalm 25

00:32:59.059 --> 00:33:00.099
 you heard read

00:33:00.099 --> 00:33:00.500
 earlier,

00:33:00.879 --> 00:33:01.759
 make me to know

00:33:01.759 --> 00:33:02.439
 your ways,

00:33:02.559 --> 00:33:02.939
 O Lord.

00:33:03.059 --> 00:33:04.099
 Teach me your paths.

00:33:04.639 --> 00:33:05.779
 That we will know

00:33:05.779 --> 00:33:07.339
 God's voice.

00:33:09.500 --> 00:33:10.919
 My sheep hear

00:33:10.919 --> 00:33:11.819
 my voice

00:33:11.819 --> 00:33:13.099
 and I know them

00:33:13.099 --> 00:33:14.659
 and they follow me.

00:33:16.019 --> 00:33:16.299
 You know,

00:33:16.359 --> 00:33:16.939
 sometimes

00:33:16.940 --> 00:33:18.200
 when we pray

00:33:18.200 --> 00:33:18.940
 and we don't

00:33:18.940 --> 00:33:19.559
 get answers

00:33:19.559 --> 00:33:20.380
 to our prayers

00:33:20.380 --> 00:33:22.180
 or we hear

00:33:22.180 --> 00:33:23.380
 all of these things.

00:33:24.840 --> 00:33:25.559
 How do we

00:33:25.559 --> 00:33:26.000
 distinguish

00:33:26.000 --> 00:33:27.080
 what's God's voice

00:33:27.080 --> 00:33:28.059
 and what's

00:33:28.059 --> 00:33:30.180
 not God's voice?

00:33:30.880 --> 00:33:31.580
 We know it

00:33:31.580 --> 00:33:32.259
 by his word

00:33:32.259 --> 00:33:33.100
 because we've heard

00:33:33.100 --> 00:33:33.559
 his voice.

00:33:33.900 --> 00:33:34.460
 We've seen

00:33:34.460 --> 00:33:35.080
 his voice.

00:33:35.799 --> 00:33:37.000
 We are

00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:38.259
 intimately familiar.

00:33:38.799 --> 00:33:39.559
 When I

00:33:39.559 --> 00:33:40.840
 shout

00:33:40.840 --> 00:33:41.960
 in a crowd

00:33:41.960 --> 00:33:42.460
 of people,

00:33:42.460 --> 00:33:45.340
 my son

00:33:45.340 --> 00:33:46.440
 knows

00:33:46.440 --> 00:33:47.519
 my voice

00:33:47.519 --> 00:33:48.740
 because he

00:33:48.740 --> 00:33:49.259
 has spent

00:33:49.259 --> 00:33:50.039
 time

00:33:50.039 --> 00:33:51.100
 with me

00:33:51.100 --> 00:33:53.340
 and when

00:33:53.340 --> 00:33:54.180
 he's behaving

00:33:54.180 --> 00:33:54.940
 he runs

00:33:54.940 --> 00:33:55.840
 right toward me.

00:33:56.700 --> 00:33:57.319
 He's two.

00:33:57.480 --> 00:33:58.120
 That doesn't happen

00:33:58.120 --> 00:33:59.039
 a lot these days.

00:34:02.279 --> 00:34:03.059
 You'll know

00:34:03.059 --> 00:34:03.840
 God's voice

00:34:03.840 --> 00:34:06.039
 and you will

00:34:06.039 --> 00:34:06.519
 know

00:34:06.519 --> 00:34:07.519
 his

00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:08.559
 heart.

00:34:08.880 --> 00:34:09.420
 You'll know

00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:10.199
 his gospel.

00:34:10.199 --> 00:34:12.339
 What's the gospel?

00:34:12.919 --> 00:34:13.319
 For God

00:34:13.319 --> 00:34:13.799
 so loved

00:34:13.799 --> 00:34:14.219
 the world

00:34:14.219 --> 00:34:14.500
 that he

00:34:14.500 --> 00:34:14.799
 gave his

00:34:14.799 --> 00:34:15.319
 only son

00:34:15.319 --> 00:34:15.779
 that whoever

00:34:15.779 --> 00:34:16.480
 believes in

00:34:16.480 --> 00:34:16.719
 him

00:34:16.719 --> 00:34:17.619
 should not

00:34:17.619 --> 00:34:18.119
 perish

00:34:18.119 --> 00:34:18.779
 but have

00:34:18.779 --> 00:34:19.599
 eternal life.

00:34:21.839 --> 00:34:23.099
 Romans 5.8

00:34:23.099 --> 00:34:24.079
 But God

00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:24.739
 shows his

00:34:24.739 --> 00:34:25.500
 love for us

00:34:25.500 --> 00:34:26.039
 and that while

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:26.980
 we were still

00:34:26.980 --> 00:34:27.419
 sinners

00:34:27.419 --> 00:34:28.359
 Christ

00:34:28.359 --> 00:34:29.239
 died

00:34:29.239 --> 00:34:30.379
 for us.

00:34:30.380 --> 00:34:33.940
 we will

00:34:33.940 --> 00:34:34.660
 know

00:34:34.660 --> 00:34:35.579
 Romans

00:34:35.579 --> 00:34:36.360
 10.9

00:34:36.360 --> 00:34:36.820
 and 10

00:34:36.820 --> 00:34:38.200
 because if

00:34:38.200 --> 00:34:38.760
 you confess

00:34:38.760 --> 00:34:39.099
 with your

00:34:39.099 --> 00:34:39.599
 mouth that

00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:40.240
 Jesus is

00:34:40.240 --> 00:34:40.599
 Lord

00:34:40.599 --> 00:34:41.380
 and believe

00:34:41.380 --> 00:34:41.700
 in your

00:34:41.700 --> 00:34:42.140
 heart that

00:34:42.140 --> 00:34:42.820
 God raised

00:34:42.820 --> 00:34:43.140
 him from

00:34:43.140 --> 00:34:43.640
 the dead

00:34:43.640 --> 00:34:44.900
 you will

00:34:44.900 --> 00:34:45.760
 be saved

00:34:45.760 --> 00:34:46.579
 for with

00:34:46.579 --> 00:34:46.980
 the heart

00:34:46.980 --> 00:34:47.700
 one believes

00:34:47.700 --> 00:34:47.960
 and is

00:34:47.960 --> 00:34:48.400
 justified

00:34:48.400 --> 00:34:49.260
 and with

00:34:49.260 --> 00:34:49.680
 the mouth

00:34:49.680 --> 00:34:50.680
 one confesses

00:34:50.680 --> 00:34:51.059
 and is

00:34:51.059 --> 00:34:51.420
 saved.

00:34:52.460 --> 00:34:53.320
 We're talking

00:34:53.320 --> 00:34:53.920
 about a head

00:34:53.920 --> 00:34:54.700
 knowledge first.

00:34:55.960 --> 00:34:56.640
 If you're

00:34:56.640 --> 00:34:57.079
 a steward

00:34:57.079 --> 00:34:57.619
 of God's

00:34:57.619 --> 00:34:57.840
 word

00:34:57.840 --> 00:34:58.539
 you will

00:34:58.539 --> 00:34:59.260
 know

00:34:59.260 --> 00:34:59.940
 you will

00:34:59.940 --> 00:35:00.620
 recognize

00:35:00.620 --> 00:35:01.540
 God

00:35:01.540 --> 00:35:02.600
 but it

00:35:02.600 --> 00:35:03.440
 must not

00:35:03.440 --> 00:35:04.480
 stop there

00:35:04.480 --> 00:35:05.840
 because the

00:35:05.840 --> 00:35:06.620
 next when

00:35:06.620 --> 00:35:07.340
 we understand

00:35:07.340 --> 00:35:08.100
 his gospel

00:35:08.100 --> 00:35:09.020
 when we

00:35:09.020 --> 00:35:09.580
 understand that

00:35:09.580 --> 00:35:10.240
 we didn't do

00:35:10.240 --> 00:35:10.840
 anything to

00:35:10.840 --> 00:35:11.440
 deserve his

00:35:11.440 --> 00:35:11.820
 love and

00:35:11.820 --> 00:35:12.220
 forgiveness

00:35:12.220 --> 00:35:13.700
 it will sink

00:35:13.700 --> 00:35:14.420
 from here

00:35:14.420 --> 00:35:15.240
 to our

00:35:15.240 --> 00:35:15.640
 hearts

00:35:15.640 --> 00:35:17.520
 and it

00:35:17.520 --> 00:35:18.080
 will begin

00:35:18.080 --> 00:35:18.800
 to change

00:35:18.800 --> 00:35:19.540
 our hearts.

00:35:20.200 --> 00:35:21.520
 Hebrews 4.12

00:35:21.520 --> 00:35:22.760
 For the word

00:35:22.760 --> 00:35:23.480
 of God is

00:35:23.480 --> 00:35:24.480
 living and

00:35:24.480 --> 00:35:24.940
 active

00:35:24.940 --> 00:35:25.820
 sharper than

00:35:25.820 --> 00:35:26.500
 any two-edged

00:35:26.500 --> 00:35:26.900
 sword

00:35:26.900 --> 00:35:27.880
 piercing to

00:35:27.880 --> 00:35:28.360
 the division

00:35:28.360 --> 00:35:29.060
 of the soul

00:35:29.059 --> 00:35:29.860
 and of the

00:35:29.860 --> 00:35:30.199
 spirit

00:35:30.199 --> 00:35:30.480
 and of

00:35:30.480 --> 00:35:30.799
 joints

00:35:30.799 --> 00:35:31.380
 and marrows

00:35:31.380 --> 00:35:32.299
 and discerning

00:35:32.299 --> 00:35:32.860
 the thoughts

00:35:32.860 --> 00:35:33.539
 and intentions

00:35:33.539 --> 00:35:34.559
 of the heart.

00:35:34.699 --> 00:35:35.219
 That means

00:35:35.219 --> 00:35:36.420
 God's word

00:35:36.420 --> 00:35:37.719
 is the

00:35:37.719 --> 00:35:38.679
 blade

00:35:38.679 --> 00:35:39.380
 that does

00:35:39.380 --> 00:35:39.840
 the cutting

00:35:39.840 --> 00:35:40.400
 in our hearts

00:35:40.400 --> 00:35:41.119
 to remove

00:35:41.119 --> 00:35:41.880
 the junk

00:35:41.880 --> 00:35:42.679
 from our

00:35:42.679 --> 00:35:43.079
 hearts.

00:35:43.820 --> 00:35:44.400
 He starts

00:35:44.400 --> 00:35:44.960
 to change

00:35:44.960 --> 00:35:45.239
 us that

00:35:45.239 --> 00:35:45.880
 we begin

00:35:45.880 --> 00:35:46.539
 to want

00:35:46.539 --> 00:35:47.019
 the things

00:35:47.019 --> 00:35:47.539
 of God.

00:35:48.639 --> 00:35:49.079
 John

00:35:49.079 --> 00:35:51.099
 17.17

00:35:51.099 --> 00:35:51.840
 Sanctify

00:35:51.840 --> 00:35:52.179
 them in

00:35:52.179 --> 00:35:52.719
 your truth

00:35:52.719 --> 00:35:53.719
 your word

00:35:53.719 --> 00:35:54.179
 is truth

00:35:54.179 --> 00:35:54.779
 sanctify

00:35:54.779 --> 00:35:55.159
 means

00:35:55.159 --> 00:35:56.139
 purified

00:35:56.139 --> 00:35:56.940
 set apart

00:35:56.940 --> 00:35:57.679
 made

00:35:57.679 --> 00:35:58.359
 clean

00:35:58.359 --> 00:35:58.679
 made

00:35:58.679 --> 00:35:59.299
 right

00:35:59.299 --> 00:36:00.980
 that happens

00:36:00.980 --> 00:36:01.679
 through his

00:36:01.679 --> 00:36:01.919
 word

00:36:01.919 --> 00:36:02.799
 the Holy Spirit

00:36:02.799 --> 00:36:03.339
 at work

00:36:03.339 --> 00:36:04.339
 through God's

00:36:04.339 --> 00:36:04.659
 word

00:36:04.659 --> 00:36:05.440
 changes

00:36:05.440 --> 00:36:06.539
 our hearts

00:36:06.539 --> 00:36:09.399
 and then it

00:36:09.399 --> 00:36:10.480
 begins to

00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:12.539
 manifest itself

00:36:12.539 --> 00:36:14.339
 in other ways

00:36:14.339 --> 00:36:16.119
 when Jesus

00:36:16.119 --> 00:36:16.919
 says something

00:36:16.919 --> 00:36:17.359
 like

00:36:17.359 --> 00:36:18.960
 but love

00:36:18.960 --> 00:36:19.579
 your enemies

00:36:19.579 --> 00:36:21.919
 do good

00:36:21.920 --> 00:36:25.820
 it starts

00:36:25.820 --> 00:36:26.200
 to go

00:36:26.200 --> 00:36:26.619
 from our

00:36:26.619 --> 00:36:27.000
 heart

00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:28.280
 to our

00:36:28.280 --> 00:36:28.780
 hands

00:36:28.780 --> 00:36:30.440
 starts

00:36:30.440 --> 00:36:30.720
 with a

00:36:30.720 --> 00:36:30.880
 head

00:36:30.880 --> 00:36:31.400
 knowledge

00:36:31.400 --> 00:36:32.360
 sinks

00:36:32.360 --> 00:36:32.780
 into our

00:36:32.780 --> 00:36:33.059
 hearts

00:36:33.059 --> 00:36:33.639
 and changes

00:36:33.639 --> 00:36:34.019
 us

00:36:34.019 --> 00:36:34.659
 but it

00:36:34.659 --> 00:36:34.960
 can't

00:36:34.960 --> 00:36:35.159
 just

00:36:35.159 --> 00:36:35.420
 stay

00:36:35.420 --> 00:36:35.720
 there

00:36:35.720 --> 00:36:35.920
 it's

00:36:35.920 --> 00:36:36.159
 not

00:36:36.159 --> 00:36:36.440
 meant

00:36:36.440 --> 00:36:36.639
 to

00:36:36.639 --> 00:36:37.220
 just

00:36:37.220 --> 00:36:37.460
 stay

00:36:37.460 --> 00:36:37.720
 in our

00:36:37.720 --> 00:36:37.980
 hearts

00:36:37.980 --> 00:36:38.260
 and we

00:36:38.260 --> 00:36:38.420
 have

00:36:38.420 --> 00:36:38.539
 our

00:36:38.539 --> 00:36:38.760
 own

00:36:38.760 --> 00:36:38.940
 little

00:36:38.940 --> 00:36:39.340
 personal

00:36:39.340 --> 00:36:39.700
 faith

00:36:39.700 --> 00:36:40.000
 that no

00:36:40.000 --> 00:36:40.139
 one

00:36:40.139 --> 00:36:40.360
 knows

00:36:40.360 --> 00:36:40.680
 about

00:36:40.680 --> 00:36:41.360
 but it

00:36:41.360 --> 00:36:41.519
 will

00:36:41.519 --> 00:36:41.840
 become

00:36:41.840 --> 00:36:42.260
 evident

00:36:42.260 --> 00:36:42.599
 because

00:36:42.599 --> 00:36:42.780
 it

00:36:42.780 --> 00:36:42.880
 will

00:36:42.880 --> 00:36:43.119
 become

00:36:43.119 --> 00:36:43.500
 evident

00:36:43.500 --> 00:36:43.740
 in

00:36:43.740 --> 00:36:44.019
 what

00:36:44.019 --> 00:36:44.320
 we

00:36:44.320 --> 00:36:44.760
 do

00:36:44.760 --> 00:36:45.220
 our

00:36:45.220 --> 00:36:45.800
 hands

00:36:45.800 --> 00:36:47.260
 Luke

00:36:47.260 --> 00:36:48.019
 6

00:36:48.019 --> 00:36:48.639
 46

00:36:48.639 --> 00:36:49.079
 says

00:36:49.079 --> 00:36:49.500
 why

00:36:49.500 --> 00:36:50.260
 this is

00:36:50.260 --> 00:36:50.559
 Jesus

00:36:50.559 --> 00:36:50.960
 speaking

00:36:50.960 --> 00:36:51.420
 why do

00:36:51.420 --> 00:36:51.559
 you

00:36:51.559 --> 00:36:51.820
 call

00:36:51.820 --> 00:36:52.019
 me

00:36:52.019 --> 00:36:52.480
 Lord

00:36:52.480 --> 00:36:52.940
 Lord

00:36:52.940 --> 00:36:54.220
 and do

00:36:54.220 --> 00:36:54.500
 not

00:36:54.500 --> 00:36:54.760
 do

00:36:54.760 --> 00:36:54.960
 what

00:36:54.960 --> 00:36:55.099
 I

00:36:55.099 --> 00:36:55.360
 tell

00:36:55.360 --> 00:36:55.780
 you

00:36:55.780 --> 00:36:58.199
 1

00:36:58.199 --> 00:36:58.519
 John

00:36:58.519 --> 00:36:58.780
 2

00:36:58.780 --> 00:36:59.380
 5

00:36:59.380 --> 00:37:00.199
 but

00:37:00.199 --> 00:37:00.460
 whoever

00:37:00.460 --> 00:37:00.900
 keeps

00:37:00.900 --> 00:37:01.099
 his

00:37:01.099 --> 00:37:01.460
 word

00:37:01.460 --> 00:37:02.159
 in

00:37:02.159 --> 00:37:02.440
 him

00:37:02.440 --> 00:37:02.880
 truly

00:37:02.880 --> 00:37:03.139
 the

00:37:03.139 --> 00:37:03.360
 love

00:37:03.360 --> 00:37:03.519
 of

00:37:03.519 --> 00:37:03.740
 God

00:37:03.740 --> 00:37:03.920
 is

00:37:03.920 --> 00:37:04.740
 perfected

00:37:04.740 --> 00:37:05.340
 by

00:37:05.340 --> 00:37:05.639
 this

00:37:05.639 --> 00:37:05.820
 we

00:37:05.820 --> 00:37:06.019
 may

00:37:06.019 --> 00:37:06.320
 know

00:37:06.320 --> 00:37:06.519
 that

00:37:06.519 --> 00:37:06.679
 we

00:37:06.679 --> 00:37:06.800
 are

00:37:06.800 --> 00:37:07.079
 in

00:37:07.079 --> 00:37:07.340
 him

00:37:07.340 --> 00:37:07.820
 whoever

00:37:07.820 --> 00:37:08.199
 says

00:37:08.199 --> 00:37:08.340
 he

00:37:08.340 --> 00:37:08.800
 abides

00:37:08.800 --> 00:37:09.000
 in

00:37:09.000 --> 00:37:09.280
 me

00:37:09.280 --> 00:37:09.860
 ought

00:37:09.860 --> 00:37:10.039
 to

00:37:10.039 --> 00:37:10.420
 walk

00:37:10.420 --> 00:37:10.559
 in

00:37:10.559 --> 00:37:10.720
 the

00:37:10.720 --> 00:37:11.000
 same

00:37:11.000 --> 00:37:11.280
 way

00:37:11.280 --> 00:37:11.420
 in

00:37:11.420 --> 00:37:11.619
 which

00:37:11.619 --> 00:37:11.800
 he

00:37:11.800 --> 00:37:12.199
 walked

00:37:12.199 --> 00:37:13.480
 what

00:37:13.480 --> 00:37:13.579
 does

00:37:13.579 --> 00:37:13.720
 that

00:37:13.720 --> 00:37:13.960
 mean

00:37:13.960 --> 00:37:14.500
 why

00:37:14.500 --> 00:37:14.699
 do

00:37:14.699 --> 00:37:14.860
 we

00:37:14.860 --> 00:37:15.360
 do

00:37:15.360 --> 00:37:16.820
 what

00:37:16.820 --> 00:37:17.159
 Jesus

00:37:17.159 --> 00:37:17.840
 told

00:37:17.840 --> 00:37:18.000
 us

00:37:18.000 --> 00:37:18.159
 to

00:37:18.159 --> 00:37:18.360
 do

00:37:18.360 --> 00:37:18.599
 is it

00:37:18.599 --> 00:37:18.820
 because

00:37:18.820 --> 00:37:18.980
 we

00:37:18.980 --> 00:37:19.120
 can

00:37:19.120 --> 00:37:19.400
 earn

00:37:19.400 --> 00:37:19.920
 salvation

00:37:19.920 --> 00:37:20.160
 that

00:37:20.160 --> 00:37:20.320
 way

00:37:20.320 --> 00:37:20.599
 no

00:37:20.599 --> 00:37:20.940
 way

00:37:20.940 --> 00:37:21.500
 is it

00:37:21.500 --> 00:37:21.760
 so we

00:37:21.760 --> 00:37:21.880
 can

00:37:21.880 --> 00:37:22.120
 earn

00:37:22.120 --> 00:37:22.300
 the

00:37:22.300 --> 00:37:22.539
 favor

00:37:22.539 --> 00:37:22.740
 of

00:37:22.740 --> 00:37:22.980
 God

00:37:22.980 --> 00:37:23.420
 no

00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:24.079
 it's

00:37:24.079 --> 00:37:24.340
 because

00:37:24.340 --> 00:37:24.800
 we've

00:37:24.800 --> 00:37:25.099
 heard

00:37:25.099 --> 00:37:25.300
 his

00:37:25.300 --> 00:37:25.559
 word

00:37:25.559 --> 00:37:25.740
 we

00:37:25.740 --> 00:37:26.079
 know

00:37:26.079 --> 00:37:26.220
 it

00:37:26.220 --> 00:37:26.320
 in

00:37:26.320 --> 00:37:26.480
 our

00:37:26.480 --> 00:37:26.880
 minds

00:37:26.880 --> 00:37:27.400
 it's

00:37:27.400 --> 00:37:27.640
 gone

00:37:27.640 --> 00:37:27.860
 into

00:37:27.860 --> 00:37:28.039
 our

00:37:28.039 --> 00:37:28.240
 heart

00:37:28.240 --> 00:37:28.539
 it's

00:37:28.539 --> 00:37:29.000
 changed

00:37:29.000 --> 00:37:29.260
 us

00:37:29.260 --> 00:37:29.480
 we

00:37:29.480 --> 00:37:29.840
 have

00:37:29.840 --> 00:37:30.780
 salvation

00:37:30.780 --> 00:37:31.460
 already

00:37:31.460 --> 00:37:32.400
 and

00:37:32.400 --> 00:37:32.680
 because

00:37:32.680 --> 00:37:32.960
 of

00:37:32.960 --> 00:37:33.120
 that

00:37:33.120 --> 00:37:33.420
 we

00:37:33.420 --> 00:37:34.280
 want

00:37:34.280 --> 00:37:35.620
 to

00:37:35.620 --> 00:37:36.019
 do

00:37:36.019 --> 00:37:36.559
 and

00:37:36.559 --> 00:37:36.740
 to

00:37:36.740 --> 00:37:37.019
 live

00:37:37.019 --> 00:37:37.180
 the

00:37:37.180 --> 00:37:37.320
 way

00:37:37.320 --> 00:37:37.559
 God

00:37:37.559 --> 00:37:37.840
 wants

00:37:37.840 --> 00:37:37.980
 us

00:37:37.980 --> 00:37:38.180
 to

00:37:38.180 --> 00:37:38.480
 live

00:37:38.480 --> 00:37:39.180
 and

00:37:39.180 --> 00:37:39.700
 lastly

00:37:39.699 --> 00:37:42.579
 it

00:37:42.579 --> 00:37:42.719
 will

00:37:42.719 --> 00:37:43.119
 radically

00:37:43.119 --> 00:37:43.679
 change

00:37:43.679 --> 00:37:43.879
 our

00:37:43.879 --> 00:37:44.379
 feet

00:37:44.379 --> 00:37:45.299
 what

00:37:45.299 --> 00:37:45.379
 do

00:37:45.379 --> 00:37:45.480
 I

00:37:45.480 --> 00:37:45.739
 mean

00:37:45.739 --> 00:37:45.919
 by

00:37:45.919 --> 00:37:46.259
 that

00:37:46.259 --> 00:37:46.679
 that's

00:37:46.679 --> 00:37:47.000
 weird

00:37:47.000 --> 00:37:47.480
 if

00:37:47.480 --> 00:37:47.619
 you're

00:37:47.619 --> 00:37:48.299
 a

00:37:48.299 --> 00:37:48.579
 good

00:37:48.579 --> 00:37:48.939
 steward

00:37:48.939 --> 00:37:49.079
 of

00:37:49.079 --> 00:37:49.399
 God's

00:37:49.399 --> 00:37:49.679
 word

00:37:49.679 --> 00:37:50.639
 you

00:37:50.639 --> 00:37:50.819
 have

00:37:50.819 --> 00:37:50.960
 a

00:37:50.960 --> 00:37:51.279
 knowledge

00:37:51.279 --> 00:37:51.480
 of

00:37:51.480 --> 00:37:51.819
 God

00:37:51.819 --> 00:37:52.359
 your

00:37:52.359 --> 00:37:52.619
 heart

00:37:52.619 --> 00:37:52.779
 is

00:37:52.779 --> 00:37:53.359
 changed

00:37:53.359 --> 00:37:54.199
 it's

00:37:54.199 --> 00:37:54.739
 evident

00:37:54.739 --> 00:37:55.159
 in

00:37:55.159 --> 00:37:55.339
 the

00:37:55.339 --> 00:37:55.579
 things

00:37:55.579 --> 00:37:55.739
 that

00:37:55.739 --> 00:37:55.879
 you

00:37:55.879 --> 00:37:56.259
 do

00:37:56.259 --> 00:37:56.500
 and

00:37:56.500 --> 00:37:56.739
 how

00:37:56.739 --> 00:37:56.960
 you

00:37:56.960 --> 00:37:57.299
 live

00:37:57.299 --> 00:37:57.759
 but

00:37:57.759 --> 00:37:57.899
 it

00:37:57.899 --> 00:37:58.079
 will

00:37:58.079 --> 00:37:58.500
 also

00:37:58.500 --> 00:37:59.139
 change

00:37:59.139 --> 00:37:59.819
 where

00:37:59.819 --> 00:38:00.500
 you

00:38:00.500 --> 00:38:01.279
 go

00:38:01.279 --> 00:38:02.259
 let

00:38:02.259 --> 00:38:02.419
 me

00:38:02.419 --> 00:38:03.599
 explain

00:38:03.599 --> 00:38:03.819
 what

00:38:03.819 --> 00:38:03.960
 I

00:38:03.960 --> 00:38:04.279
 mean

00:38:04.279 --> 00:38:05.500
 Matthew

00:38:05.500 --> 00:38:06.079
 28

00:38:06.079 --> 00:38:06.559
 19

00:38:06.559 --> 00:38:08.079
 go

00:38:08.079 --> 00:38:08.759
 therefore

00:38:08.759 --> 00:38:09.219
 and make

00:38:09.219 --> 00:38:09.699
 disciples

00:38:09.699 --> 00:38:10.000
 of

00:38:10.000 --> 00:38:10.299
 all

00:38:10.299 --> 00:38:10.859
 nations

00:38:10.859 --> 00:38:12.079
 baptizing

00:38:12.079 --> 00:38:12.359
 them

00:38:12.359 --> 00:38:12.679
 in the

00:38:12.679 --> 00:38:12.839
 name

00:38:12.839 --> 00:38:12.959
 of

00:38:12.959 --> 00:38:13.099
 the

00:38:13.099 --> 00:38:13.480
 Father

00:38:13.480 --> 00:38:13.839
 the

00:38:13.839 --> 00:38:14.279
 Son

00:38:14.279 --> 00:38:14.480
 and

00:38:14.480 --> 00:38:14.599
 the

00:38:14.599 --> 00:38:14.779
 Holy

00:38:14.779 --> 00:38:15.139
 Spirit

00:38:15.139 --> 00:38:15.839
 teaching

00:38:15.839 --> 00:38:16.099
 them

00:38:16.099 --> 00:38:16.299
 to

00:38:16.299 --> 00:38:16.659
 obey

00:38:16.659 --> 00:38:17.039
 all

00:38:17.039 --> 00:38:17.299
 that

00:38:17.299 --> 00:38:17.579
 I

00:38:17.579 --> 00:38:17.839
 have

00:38:17.839 --> 00:38:18.299
 commanded

00:38:18.299 --> 00:38:18.679
 you

00:38:18.679 --> 00:38:19.239
 and

00:38:19.239 --> 00:38:19.539
 behold

00:38:19.539 --> 00:38:19.799
 I'm

00:38:19.799 --> 00:38:20.000
 with

00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:20.239
 you

00:38:20.239 --> 00:38:21.099
 always

00:38:21.099 --> 00:38:21.359
 to

00:38:21.359 --> 00:38:21.480
 the

00:38:21.480 --> 00:38:21.659
 very

00:38:21.659 --> 00:38:21.939
 end

00:38:21.939 --> 00:38:22.059
 of

00:38:22.059 --> 00:38:22.199
 the

00:38:22.199 --> 00:38:22.559
 age

00:38:22.559 --> 00:38:25.379
 God's

00:38:25.379 --> 00:38:25.980
 passion

00:38:25.980 --> 00:38:27.019
 is

00:38:27.019 --> 00:38:27.480
 not

00:38:27.480 --> 00:38:27.879
 for

00:38:27.879 --> 00:38:28.179
 just

00:38:28.179 --> 00:38:28.639
 you

00:38:28.639 --> 00:38:29.259
 alone

00:38:29.259 --> 00:38:29.799
 to

00:38:29.799 --> 00:38:30.159
 know

00:38:30.159 --> 00:38:30.539
 him

00:38:30.539 --> 00:38:30.939
 to

00:38:30.939 --> 00:38:31.119
 be

00:38:31.119 --> 00:38:31.379
 made

00:38:31.379 --> 00:38:31.719
 right

00:38:31.719 --> 00:38:31.959
 by

00:38:31.959 --> 00:38:32.319
 him

00:38:32.319 --> 00:38:33.519
 and

00:38:33.519 --> 00:38:33.679
 for

00:38:33.679 --> 00:38:33.799
 you

00:38:33.799 --> 00:38:33.959
 to

00:38:33.959 --> 00:38:34.299
 walk

00:38:34.299 --> 00:38:34.679
 alone

00:38:34.679 --> 00:38:34.879
 and

00:38:34.879 --> 00:38:35.139
 never

00:38:35.139 --> 00:38:35.480
 tell

00:38:35.480 --> 00:38:35.939
 anyone

00:38:35.939 --> 00:38:37.659
 but

00:38:37.659 --> 00:38:38.039
 God's

00:38:38.039 --> 00:38:38.500
 passion

00:38:38.500 --> 00:38:39.079
 Jesus

00:38:39.079 --> 00:38:39.380
 said

00:38:39.380 --> 00:38:39.579
 I've

00:38:39.579 --> 00:38:39.840
 come

00:38:39.840 --> 00:38:40.039
 to

00:38:40.039 --> 00:38:40.380
 seek

00:38:40.380 --> 00:38:40.639
 and

00:38:40.639 --> 00:38:41.019
 save

00:38:41.019 --> 00:38:41.219
 the

00:38:41.219 --> 00:38:41.639
 lost

00:38:41.639 --> 00:38:43.960
 if

00:38:43.960 --> 00:38:44.219
 he

00:38:44.219 --> 00:38:44.500
 if

00:38:44.500 --> 00:38:44.599
 you

00:38:44.599 --> 00:38:44.719
 have

00:38:44.719 --> 00:38:44.840
 a

00:38:44.840 --> 00:38:45.000
 head

00:38:45.000 --> 00:38:45.360
 knowledge

00:38:45.360 --> 00:38:45.519
 of

00:38:45.519 --> 00:38:45.699
 God

00:38:45.699 --> 00:38:45.840
 and

00:38:45.840 --> 00:38:45.960
 a

00:38:45.960 --> 00:38:46.139
 heart

00:38:46.139 --> 00:38:46.480
 knowledge

00:38:46.480 --> 00:38:46.639
 of

00:38:46.639 --> 00:38:46.800
 God

00:38:46.800 --> 00:38:46.940
 if

00:38:46.940 --> 00:38:47.119
 you're

00:38:47.119 --> 00:38:47.880
 doing

00:38:47.880 --> 00:38:48.179
 what

00:38:48.179 --> 00:38:48.480
 Jesus

00:38:48.480 --> 00:38:48.719
 has

00:38:48.719 --> 00:38:49.039
 told

00:38:49.039 --> 00:38:49.239
 you

00:38:49.239 --> 00:38:49.440
 out

00:38:49.440 --> 00:38:49.539
 of

00:38:49.539 --> 00:38:49.840
 love

00:38:49.840 --> 00:38:50.059
 for

00:38:50.059 --> 00:38:50.380
 him

00:38:50.380 --> 00:38:51.519
 then

00:38:51.519 --> 00:38:51.680
 you

00:38:51.680 --> 00:38:52.220
 must

00:38:52.220 --> 00:38:52.619
 be

00:38:52.619 --> 00:38:53.039
 about

00:38:53.039 --> 00:38:53.280
 his

00:38:53.280 --> 00:38:53.720
 mission

00:38:53.720 --> 00:38:55.539
 the

00:38:55.539 --> 00:38:55.780
 Bible

00:38:55.780 --> 00:38:56.140
 tells

00:38:56.140 --> 00:38:56.320
 us

00:38:56.320 --> 00:38:56.519
 oh

00:38:56.519 --> 00:38:56.740
 how

00:38:56.740 --> 00:38:57.260
 beautiful

00:38:57.260 --> 00:38:57.599
 are

00:38:57.599 --> 00:38:57.840
 the

00:38:57.840 --> 00:38:58.200
 feet

00:38:58.200 --> 00:38:58.460
 of

00:38:58.460 --> 00:38:58.880
 those

00:38:58.880 --> 00:38:59.260
 who

00:38:59.260 --> 00:38:59.720
 bring

00:38:59.720 --> 00:39:00.420
 good

00:39:00.420 --> 00:39:01.300
 news

00:39:01.300 --> 00:39:05.960
 if

00:39:05.960 --> 00:39:06.140
 you're

00:39:06.140 --> 00:39:06.260
 in

00:39:06.260 --> 00:39:06.519
 here

00:39:06.519 --> 00:39:06.880
 this

00:39:06.880 --> 00:39:07.200
 morning

00:39:07.200 --> 00:39:07.780
 and

00:39:07.780 --> 00:39:07.980
 you'd

00:39:07.980 --> 00:39:08.240
 say

00:39:08.240 --> 00:39:09.099
 I'm

00:39:09.099 --> 00:39:09.300
 not

00:39:09.300 --> 00:39:09.440
 a

00:39:09.440 --> 00:39:09.820
 Christian

00:39:09.820 --> 00:39:11.579
 I

00:39:11.579 --> 00:39:12.579
 still

00:39:12.579 --> 00:39:12.760
 have

00:39:12.760 --> 00:39:13.180
 questions

00:39:13.180 --> 00:39:13.320
 I

00:39:13.320 --> 00:39:13.480
 was

00:39:13.480 --> 00:39:13.820
 dragged

00:39:13.820 --> 00:39:14.099
 here

00:39:14.099 --> 00:39:14.300
 I

00:39:14.300 --> 00:39:14.480
 was

00:39:14.480 --> 00:39:14.940
 promised

00:39:14.940 --> 00:39:15.400
 lunch

00:39:15.400 --> 00:39:15.880
 afterwards

00:39:15.880 --> 00:39:19.200
 we

00:39:19.200 --> 00:39:19.539
 are

00:39:19.539 --> 00:39:20.119
 glad

00:39:20.119 --> 00:39:20.380
 that

00:39:20.380 --> 00:39:20.559
 you

00:39:20.559 --> 00:39:20.700
 are

00:39:20.700 --> 00:39:21.039
 here

00:39:21.039 --> 00:39:22.200
 because

00:39:22.200 --> 00:39:22.420
 we

00:39:22.420 --> 00:39:22.760
 believe

00:39:22.760 --> 00:39:22.980
 it's

00:39:22.980 --> 00:39:23.240
 not

00:39:23.240 --> 00:39:23.460
 by

00:39:23.460 --> 00:39:23.880
 accident

00:39:23.880 --> 00:39:24.119
 that

00:39:24.119 --> 00:39:24.340
 any

00:39:24.340 --> 00:39:24.460
 of

00:39:24.460 --> 00:39:24.579
 you

00:39:24.579 --> 00:39:24.700
 are

00:39:24.700 --> 00:39:24.860
 here

00:39:24.860 --> 00:39:25.079
 this

00:39:25.079 --> 00:39:25.360
 morning

00:39:25.360 --> 00:39:28.280
 I

00:39:28.280 --> 00:39:28.539
 want

00:39:28.539 --> 00:39:28.720
 to

00:39:28.720 --> 00:39:29.079
 plead

00:39:29.079 --> 00:39:29.360
 with

00:39:29.360 --> 00:39:29.640
 you

00:39:29.640 --> 00:39:30.940
 and

00:39:30.940 --> 00:39:31.599
 beg

00:39:31.599 --> 00:39:31.820
 you

00:39:31.820 --> 00:39:32.019
 to

00:39:32.019 --> 00:39:32.539
 consider

00:39:32.539 --> 00:39:33.840
 the

00:39:33.840 --> 00:39:34.039
 word

00:39:34.039 --> 00:39:34.200
 of

00:39:34.200 --> 00:39:34.539
 God

00:39:34.539 --> 00:39:36.260
 and

00:39:36.260 --> 00:39:36.480
 to

00:39:36.480 --> 00:39:37.360
 investigate

00:39:37.360 --> 00:39:37.820
 the

00:39:37.820 --> 00:39:38.400
 claims

00:39:38.400 --> 00:39:39.079
 that

00:39:39.079 --> 00:39:39.220
 we

00:39:39.220 --> 00:39:39.599
 make

00:39:39.599 --> 00:39:39.800
 here

00:39:39.800 --> 00:39:40.039
 this

00:39:40.039 --> 00:39:40.380
 morning

00:39:40.380 --> 00:39:42.340
 that

00:39:42.340 --> 00:39:42.820
 God's

00:39:42.820 --> 00:39:43.200
 word

00:39:43.200 --> 00:39:43.780
 is

00:39:43.780 --> 00:39:44.200
 all

00:39:44.200 --> 00:39:44.500
 about

00:39:44.500 --> 00:39:44.720
 how

00:39:44.720 --> 00:39:44.880
 he

00:39:44.880 --> 00:39:45.500
 created

00:39:45.500 --> 00:39:45.940
 you

00:39:45.940 --> 00:39:46.260
 for

00:39:46.260 --> 00:39:46.460
 a

00:39:46.460 --> 00:39:46.719
 reason

00:39:46.719 --> 00:39:46.960
 and

00:39:46.960 --> 00:39:47.179
 he

00:39:47.179 --> 00:39:47.519
 wants

00:39:47.519 --> 00:39:47.719
 to

00:39:47.719 --> 00:39:48.400
 glorify

00:39:48.400 --> 00:39:49.059
 himself

00:39:49.059 --> 00:39:49.840
 by

00:39:49.840 --> 00:39:50.800
 pursuing

00:39:50.800 --> 00:39:51.619
 you

00:39:51.619 --> 00:39:51.900
 through

00:39:51.900 --> 00:39:52.099
 the

00:39:52.099 --> 00:39:52.659
 generations

00:39:52.659 --> 00:39:53.320
 and

00:39:53.320 --> 00:39:53.719
 bringing

00:39:53.719 --> 00:39:53.980
 you

00:39:53.980 --> 00:39:54.380
 back

00:39:54.380 --> 00:39:55.039
 home

00:39:55.039 --> 00:39:55.579
 a

00:39:55.579 --> 00:39:55.940
 loving

00:39:55.940 --> 00:39:56.599
 father

00:39:56.599 --> 00:39:57.360
 that's

00:39:57.360 --> 00:39:57.760
 searching

00:39:57.760 --> 00:39:58.539
 for

00:39:58.539 --> 00:39:59.059
 you

00:39:59.059 --> 00:40:05.139
 will

00:40:05.139 --> 00:40:05.280
 you

00:40:05.280 --> 00:40:05.659
 join

00:40:05.659 --> 00:40:06.000
 with

00:40:06.000 --> 00:40:06.400
 us

00:40:06.400 --> 00:40:08.940
 in

00:40:08.940 --> 00:40:09.139
 being

00:40:09.139 --> 00:40:09.380
 good

00:40:09.380 --> 00:40:09.739
 stewards

00:40:09.739 --> 00:40:09.900
 of

00:40:09.900 --> 00:40:10.039
 his

00:40:10.039 --> 00:40:10.340
 word

00:40:10.340 --> 00:40:11.260
 investigate

00:40:11.260 --> 00:40:12.159
 these

00:40:12.159 --> 00:40:12.599
 claims

00:40:12.599 --> 00:40:14.300
 if

00:40:14.300 --> 00:40:14.500
 you're

00:40:14.500 --> 00:40:14.960
 a

00:40:14.960 --> 00:40:15.380
 believer

00:40:15.380 --> 00:40:15.599
 in

00:40:15.599 --> 00:40:15.720
 here

00:40:15.720 --> 00:40:15.960
 this

00:40:15.960 --> 00:40:16.220
 morning

00:40:16.220 --> 00:40:16.380
 if

00:40:16.380 --> 00:40:16.460
 you

00:40:16.460 --> 00:40:16.619
 say

00:40:16.619 --> 00:40:16.740
 I'm

00:40:16.740 --> 00:40:16.860
 a

00:40:16.860 --> 00:40:17.179
 Christian

00:40:17.179 --> 00:40:19.159
 let

00:40:19.159 --> 00:40:19.260
 me

00:40:19.260 --> 00:40:19.500
 ask

00:40:19.500 --> 00:40:19.699
 you

00:40:19.699 --> 00:40:21.079
 are

00:40:21.079 --> 00:40:21.220
 you

00:40:21.220 --> 00:40:21.360
 a

00:40:21.360 --> 00:40:21.519
 good

00:40:21.519 --> 00:40:22.000
 steward

00:40:22.000 --> 00:40:22.780
 of

00:40:22.780 --> 00:40:23.079
 God's

00:40:23.079 --> 00:40:23.380
 word

00:40:23.380 --> 00:40:26.539
 do

00:40:26.539 --> 00:40:26.659
 you

00:40:26.659 --> 00:40:26.940
 know

00:40:26.940 --> 00:40:27.300
 him

00:40:27.300 --> 00:40:28.059
 through

00:40:28.059 --> 00:40:28.260
 his

00:40:28.260 --> 00:40:28.599
 word

00:40:28.599 --> 00:40:30.440
 is

00:40:30.440 --> 00:40:30.619
 he

00:40:30.619 --> 00:40:31.260
 constantly

00:40:31.260 --> 00:40:32.019
 changing

00:40:32.019 --> 00:40:32.519
 your

00:40:32.519 --> 00:40:33.039
 heart

00:40:33.039 --> 00:40:33.840
 through

00:40:33.840 --> 00:40:34.119
 his

00:40:34.119 --> 00:40:34.539
 word

00:40:34.539 --> 00:40:36.039
 are

00:40:36.039 --> 00:40:36.340
 you

00:40:36.340 --> 00:40:37.159
 doing

00:40:37.159 --> 00:40:38.579
 are

00:40:38.579 --> 00:40:38.780
 you

00:40:38.780 --> 00:40:39.260
 living

00:40:39.260 --> 00:40:39.519
 it

00:40:39.519 --> 00:40:40.000
 out

00:40:40.000 --> 00:40:42.519
 and

00:40:42.519 --> 00:40:42.659
 are

00:40:42.659 --> 00:40:43.039
 you

00:40:43.039 --> 00:40:43.699
 passionate

00:40:43.699 --> 00:40:44.940
 about

00:40:44.940 --> 00:40:45.900
 taking

00:40:45.900 --> 00:40:46.239
 the

00:40:46.239 --> 00:40:46.699
 gospel

00:40:46.699 --> 00:40:47.579
 to

00:40:47.579 --> 00:40:47.940
 those

00:40:47.940 --> 00:40:48.099
 who

00:40:48.099 --> 00:40:48.380
 need

00:40:48.380 --> 00:40:48.579
 it

00:40:48.579 --> 00:40:50.400
 that's

00:40:50.400 --> 00:40:50.519
 how

00:40:50.519 --> 00:40:50.699
 you

00:40:50.699 --> 00:40:51.360
 recognize

00:40:51.360 --> 00:40:52.000
 a

00:40:52.000 --> 00:40:52.199
 good

00:40:52.199 --> 00:40:52.539
 steward

00:40:52.539 --> 00:40:52.699
 of

00:40:52.699 --> 00:40:53.000
 God's

00:40:53.000 --> 00:40:53.260
 word

00:40:53.260 --> 00:40:55.360
 we

00:40:55.360 --> 00:40:55.680
 have

00:40:55.680 --> 00:40:56.560
 up here

00:40:56.560 --> 00:40:57.680
 on the

00:40:57.680 --> 00:40:58.020
 board

00:40:58.020 --> 00:40:58.420
 behind

00:40:58.420 --> 00:40:58.780
 us

00:40:58.780 --> 00:40:59.540
 and

00:40:59.540 --> 00:41:00.020
 also

00:41:00.020 --> 00:41:00.900
 in

00:41:00.900 --> 00:41:01.060
 your

00:41:01.060 --> 00:41:01.480
 notes

00:41:01.480 --> 00:41:01.840
 this

00:41:01.840 --> 00:41:02.120
 morning

00:41:02.120 --> 00:41:02.500
 it's

00:41:02.500 --> 00:41:02.640
 an

00:41:02.640 --> 00:41:02.960
 app

00:41:02.960 --> 00:41:03.660
 if

00:41:03.660 --> 00:41:03.780
 you

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 don't

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 have

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 a

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 Bible

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 you

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 can

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 use

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 your

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 you

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 can

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 it's

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 a

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 QR

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 code

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 that

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 code

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 and

00:41:10.539 --> 00:41:10.679
 you

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 will

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 download

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 for

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 free

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 a

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 Bible

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 I

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 want

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 to

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 be

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 very

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 practical

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 for

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 a

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 moment

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 in

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 that

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 app

00:41:19.400 --> 00:41:20.500
 there

00:41:20.500 --> 00:41:20.699
 are

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 many

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 different

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 translations

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 in

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 several

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 languages

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 I

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 highly

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 recommend

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 the

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 ESV

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 in

00:41:28.260 --> 00:41:28.460
 that

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 or

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 the

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 NASB

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 there's

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 also

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 in

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 simplified

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 and

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 traditional

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 Chinese

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 there's

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 a

00:41:35.460 --> 00:41:35.739
 reading

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 plan

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 you

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 can

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 choose

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 there

00:41:38.039 --> 00:41:38.119
 are

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 a

00:41:38.219 --> 00:41:38.439
 number

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 of

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 reading

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 plans

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 in

00:41:39.659 --> 00:41:39.839
 that

00:41:39.839 --> 00:41:40.179
 app

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 please

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 take

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 some

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 time

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 start

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 a

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 reading

00:41:46.439 --> 00:41:46.779
 plan

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 you

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 don't

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 have

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 to

00:41:47.339 --> 00:41:47.599
 start

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 off

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 reading

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 for

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 hours

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 every

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 day

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 just

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 like

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 if

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 I'm

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 preparing

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 to

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 go

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 back

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 into

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 the

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 gym

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 I

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 don't

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 start

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 off

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 with

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 200

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 pounds

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 or

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 500

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 pounds

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 of

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 weights

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 start

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 take

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 at

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 least

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 five

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 minutes

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 out

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 of

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 your

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 day

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 and

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 dedicate

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 yourself

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 to

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 I'm

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 going

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 to

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 read

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 God's

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 word

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 we're

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 not

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 even

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 talking

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 about

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 studying

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 God's

00:42:13.920 --> 00:42:14.140
 word

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 I'm

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 just

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 talking

00:42:15.040 --> 00:42:15.200
 about

00:42:15.200 --> 00:42:15.340
 if

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 you

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 are

00:42:15.600 --> 00:42:16.000
 not

00:42:16.000 --> 00:42:16.380
 reading

00:42:16.380 --> 00:42:16.800
 God's

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 word

00:42:16.980 --> 00:42:17.220
 every

00:42:17.220 --> 00:42:17.540
 day

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 read

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 his

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 word

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 every

00:42:19.680 --> 00:42:20.040
 day

00:42:20.040 --> 00:42:20.820
 that

00:42:20.820 --> 00:42:20.940
 you

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 can

00:42:21.080 --> 00:42:21.260
 have

00:42:21.260 --> 00:42:21.480
 a

00:42:21.480 --> 00:42:21.860
 knowledge

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 of

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 his

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 word

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 that

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 he

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 can

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 change

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 your

00:42:24.500 --> 00:42:24.980
 heart

00:42:24.980 --> 00:42:25.880
 that

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 you

00:42:26.019 --> 00:42:26.200
 can

00:42:26.200 --> 00:42:26.800
 know

00:42:26.800 --> 00:42:27.040
 how

00:42:27.040 --> 00:42:27.220
 to

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 live

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 your

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 life

00:42:28.000 --> 00:42:28.440
 that

00:42:28.440 --> 00:42:28.640
 you

00:42:28.640 --> 00:42:28.820
 would

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 be

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 passionate

00:42:29.460 --> 00:42:29.800
 about

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 the

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 things

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 that

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 he's

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 passionate

00:42:30.920 --> 00:42:31.400
 about

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 would

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 you

00:42:35.580 --> 00:42:35.880
 commit

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 to

00:42:36.080 --> 00:42:36.400
 that

00:42:36.400 --> 00:42:37.600
 would

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 you

00:42:37.720 --> 00:42:37.980
 commit

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 to

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 knowing

00:42:38.500 --> 00:42:38.720
 his

00:42:38.720 --> 00:42:38.920
 word

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 to

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 reading

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 his

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 word

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 there's

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 nothing

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 more

00:42:43.960 --> 00:42:44.860
 important

00:42:44.860 --> 00:42:46.960
 this

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 is the

00:42:47.240 --> 00:42:47.900
 foundation

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 that we

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 build

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 our

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 lives

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 on

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 if

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 his

00:42:52.340 --> 00:42:52.780
 word

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 is

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 not

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 our

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 foundation

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 then

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 it

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 won't

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 last

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 what

00:42:58.800 --> 00:42:58.920
 will

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 it

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 profit

00:42:59.360 --> 00:42:59.519
 a

00:42:59.519 --> 00:42:59.680
 man

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 to

00:42:59.820 --> 00:42:59.940
 gain

00:42:59.940 --> 00:43:00.039
 the

00:43:00.039 --> 00:43:00.180
 whole

00:43:00.180 --> 00:43:00.539
 world

00:43:00.539 --> 00:43:01.200
 yet

00:43:01.200 --> 00:43:01.420
 lose

00:43:01.420 --> 00:43:01.559
 his

00:43:01.559 --> 00:43:01.740
 own

00:43:01.740 --> 00:43:02.039
 soul

00:43:02.039 --> 00:43:03.340
 let's

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 pray

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 father

00:43:08.280 --> 00:43:08.640
 again

00:43:08.640 --> 00:43:08.880
 we

00:43:08.880 --> 00:43:09.380
 thank

00:43:09.380 --> 00:43:09.500
 you

00:43:09.500 --> 00:43:09.719
 and we

00:43:09.719 --> 00:43:10.119
 praise

00:43:10.119 --> 00:43:10.440
 you

00:43:10.440 --> 00:43:12.320
 that

00:43:12.320 --> 00:43:12.559
 throughout

00:43:12.559 --> 00:43:12.760
 the

00:43:12.760 --> 00:43:13.260
 generations

00:43:13.260 --> 00:43:13.619
 you

00:43:13.619 --> 00:43:13.820
 have

00:43:13.820 --> 00:43:14.139
 given

00:43:14.139 --> 00:43:14.599
 us

00:43:14.599 --> 00:43:15.400
 your

00:43:15.400 --> 00:43:16.159
 word

00:43:16.159 --> 00:43:17.599
 that

00:43:17.599 --> 00:43:17.800
 you

00:43:17.800 --> 00:43:18.179
 have

00:43:18.179 --> 00:43:19.079
 passionately

00:43:19.079 --> 00:43:19.840
 pursued

00:43:19.840 --> 00:43:20.800
 us

00:43:20.800 --> 00:43:23.659
 and

00:43:23.659 --> 00:43:23.820
 that

00:43:23.820 --> 00:43:24.039
 you

00:43:24.039 --> 00:43:24.300
 have

00:43:24.300 --> 00:43:24.920
 instructed

00:43:24.920 --> 00:43:25.380
 us

00:43:25.380 --> 00:43:26.019
 of

00:43:26.019 --> 00:43:26.179
 how

00:43:26.179 --> 00:43:26.360
 to

00:43:26.360 --> 00:43:26.659
 come

00:43:26.659 --> 00:43:26.980
 back

00:43:26.980 --> 00:43:27.400
 home

00:43:27.400 --> 00:43:28.539
 we

00:43:28.539 --> 00:43:28.820
 thank

00:43:28.820 --> 00:43:28.940
 you

00:43:28.940 --> 00:43:29.079
 that

00:43:29.079 --> 00:43:29.280
 the

00:43:29.280 --> 00:43:29.659
 Bible

00:43:29.659 --> 00:43:30.179
 is

00:43:30.179 --> 00:43:30.860
 your

00:43:30.860 --> 00:43:31.519
 map

00:43:31.519 --> 00:43:32.179
 of

00:43:32.179 --> 00:43:32.619
 returning

00:43:32.619 --> 00:43:32.960
 back

00:43:32.960 --> 00:43:33.139
 to

00:43:33.139 --> 00:43:33.500
 you

00:43:33.500 --> 00:43:34.659
 God

00:43:34.659 --> 00:43:34.780
 I

00:43:34.780 --> 00:43:35.039
 pray

00:43:35.039 --> 00:43:35.219
 that

00:43:35.219 --> 00:43:35.460
 this

00:43:35.460 --> 00:43:35.780
 morning

00:43:35.780 --> 00:43:36.059
 we

00:43:36.059 --> 00:43:36.260
 would

00:43:36.260 --> 00:43:36.559
 take

00:43:36.559 --> 00:43:36.760
 your

00:43:36.760 --> 00:43:37.019
 word

00:43:37.019 --> 00:43:37.619
 seriously

00:43:37.619 --> 00:43:38.440
 that

00:43:38.440 --> 00:43:38.619
 we

00:43:38.619 --> 00:43:38.840
 would

00:43:38.840 --> 00:43:39.120
 be

00:43:39.120 --> 00:43:39.500
 good

00:43:39.500 --> 00:43:39.980
 stewards

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 of

00:43:40.180 --> 00:43:40.320
 your

00:43:40.320 --> 00:43:40.640
 word

00:43:40.640 --> 00:43:41.720
 for

00:43:41.720 --> 00:43:41.980
 those

00:43:41.980 --> 00:43:42.079
 of

00:43:42.079 --> 00:43:42.180
 us

00:43:42.180 --> 00:43:42.340
 that

00:43:42.340 --> 00:43:42.539
 don't

00:43:42.539 --> 00:43:42.780
 know

00:43:42.780 --> 00:43:42.920
 you

00:43:42.920 --> 00:43:43.140
 this

00:43:43.140 --> 00:43:43.460
 morning

00:43:43.460 --> 00:43:44.180
 may

00:43:44.180 --> 00:43:44.420
 your

00:43:44.420 --> 00:43:44.880
 word

00:43:44.880 --> 00:43:45.480
 that

00:43:45.480 --> 00:43:45.600
 you

00:43:45.600 --> 00:43:46.180
 promised

00:43:46.180 --> 00:43:46.460
 would

00:43:46.460 --> 00:43:46.740
 not

00:43:46.740 --> 00:43:47.079
 return

00:43:47.079 --> 00:43:47.460
 void

00:43:47.460 --> 00:43:47.760
 God

00:43:47.760 --> 00:43:47.940
 we

00:43:47.940 --> 00:43:48.280
 pray

00:43:48.280 --> 00:43:48.519
 that

00:43:48.519 --> 00:43:48.740
 you

00:43:48.740 --> 00:43:49.120
 would

00:43:49.120 --> 00:43:49.940
 convince

00:43:49.940 --> 00:43:50.420
 us

00:43:50.420 --> 00:43:50.660
 this

00:43:50.660 --> 00:43:50.980
 morning

00:43:50.980 --> 00:43:51.660
 that

00:43:51.660 --> 00:43:51.820
 you

00:43:51.820 --> 00:43:51.940
 are

00:43:51.940 --> 00:43:52.100
 the

00:43:52.100 --> 00:43:52.340
 God

00:43:52.340 --> 00:43:52.500
 that

00:43:52.500 --> 00:43:52.920
 created

00:43:52.920 --> 00:43:53.160
 all

00:43:53.160 --> 00:43:53.620
 things

00:43:53.620 --> 00:43:54.260
 that

00:43:54.260 --> 00:43:54.440
 you're

00:43:54.440 --> 00:43:54.579
 the

00:43:54.579 --> 00:43:54.840
 God

00:43:54.840 --> 00:43:55.019
 that

00:43:55.019 --> 00:43:55.380
 loves

00:43:55.380 --> 00:43:55.780
 us

00:43:55.780 --> 00:43:56.720
 that

00:43:56.720 --> 00:43:56.920
 you

00:43:56.920 --> 00:43:57.180
 know

00:43:57.180 --> 00:43:57.380
 the

00:43:57.380 --> 00:43:57.720
 plan

00:43:57.720 --> 00:43:57.880
 that

00:43:57.880 --> 00:43:58.000
 you

00:43:58.000 --> 00:43:58.220
 have

00:43:58.220 --> 00:43:58.440
 for

00:43:58.440 --> 00:43:58.760
 us

00:43:58.760 --> 00:44:00.620
 that

00:44:00.620 --> 00:44:00.900
 we

00:44:00.900 --> 00:44:01.240
 would

00:44:01.240 --> 00:44:01.780
 come

00:44:01.780 --> 00:44:02.579
 back

00:44:02.579 --> 00:44:03.500
 home

00:44:03.500 --> 00:44:06.280
 Father

00:44:06.280 --> 00:44:06.760
 I pray

00:44:06.760 --> 00:44:06.960
 that

00:44:06.960 --> 00:44:07.300
 as we

00:44:07.300 --> 00:44:07.599
 leave

00:44:07.599 --> 00:44:07.780
 from

00:44:07.780 --> 00:44:08.079
 here

00:44:08.079 --> 00:44:08.840
 that

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