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 Let's pray together.

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 Father, truly blessed is your name.

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 And we ask, no matter if we are in the midst of really, really hard things right now, or if life is going really, really well,

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 we ask that blessed be your name would be on our lips.

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 Is your worthy?

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 Father, today I pray that you would help us through your word learn how to go through hardships in a way that pleases you.

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 Looking to Jesus with our eyes fixed on eternity, longing to see your face.

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 Help us to trust you in the midst of all of this life, knowing that it's momentary and you're glorious forever.

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 God, would you use this time for your purposes, we pray.

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 In Jesus' name, amen.

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 You may be seated, children.

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 Head on to your classes.

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 What I mean is, my name is Matt, and I have the...

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 Hey, Donald.

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 I have the privilege of serving along with Pastor Mike as one of the associate pastors here.

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 And I was thinking a little bit earlier that I've reached a little bit of a milestone this morning.

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 My wife and I is one month old.

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 This is the first sermon that she'll hear me preach.

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 And there's a high likelihood one of two things will happen.

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 She will either fall asleep or start crying.

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 But we'll get through it together, Grace.

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 For the rest of us, we're in the middle of a discipleship series right now.

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 And we've sort of titled this as how we live intentionally for Jesus.

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 Well, any talk about discipleship requires that we spend some time considering hardship,

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 considering affliction and suffering.

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 Because we know from the lips of our Lord Jesus, he tells us that in this world, you will have tribulation.

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 It's at the end of John chapter 16, he says that.

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 And none of us, right, none of us sort of rolls out of bed hardwired to please God in how we respond to hard things in life.

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 It's not our default kind of means of answering in the midst of hardship.

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 No, we're a people, we love safety and comfort and ease.

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 And we tend to avoid hardship at all costs.

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 And then when the inevitable hits and hardship comes, some kind of trial, some sort of suffering, a conflict perhaps,

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 when these things arise, we're prone to then seek escape.

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 We're tempted to compromise who we are, maybe even grumble and complain, thinking that we deserve better.

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 Well, we need help facing hard things.

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 We need help to think rightly about hard things and endure hard things in such a way that we can honor Jesus and glorify God.

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 What we need this morning is God's word to instruct us, for God's spirit to guide us as we contemplate these things.

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 In our discipleship, in our purpose to live intentionally for Jesus, how are we going to endure hardship for him?

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 Well, fortunately for us, 2 Corinthians chapter 4 has a lot to help us with regarding hardship.

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 So I'd invite you, if you haven't already, to turn in your Bibles to 2 Corinthians.

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 As you're turning there, as we get started, let me just help us kind of see God's main idea,

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 what he really wants us to consider and take away this morning from this text.

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 It's this.

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 God intends for each and every hardship that you experience to demonstrate his power for his glory and for your good.

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 So your response in the midst of hardship matters a lot to him.

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 It matters to Jesus how we face and respond to the hard things of life.

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 We all know the dangers that accompany hardships and afflictions and suffering and medical issues.

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 We tend to personalize it and dwell on it and lose perspective on the rest of life.

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 We can become so self-focused that we miss God's intention behind these hard things.

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 We're tempted to escape, to throw in the towel and surrender, to become bitter, maybe even to shake our fist at God.

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 But God calls us to endure, to be strengthened in the midst of hard things, to trust in him and his promises,

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 to flee to Christ who is our refuge, to renew our hope of heaven and redemption and restoration of all things.

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 Because we serve a God who has said just a few chapters later in this same letter,

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 my power is made perfect in weakness.

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 So friends, we must believe this morning that God intends to use each and every hardship to demonstrate his power for his glory and for our good.

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 So let's read God's word together as we get started here.

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 Hopefully you'll see this just come out right away in the text.

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 God is intending for us to receive hardship in such a way that he would be glorified,

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 that the world would see his power and his goodness in the life of Jesus in and through us in our affliction.

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 Hear God's word this morning, church.

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 2 Corinthians 4, starting in verse 7.

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 But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.

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 We are afflicted in every way but not crushed, perplexed but not driven to despair,

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 persecuted but not forsaken, struck down but not destroyed,

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 always carrying in the body the death of Jesus.

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 So that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.

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 For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake,

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 so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.

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 So death is at work in us, but life in you.

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 Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been written,

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 I believed and so I spoke.

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 We also believe and so we also speak,

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 knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus

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 and bring us with you into his presence, for it is all for your sake.

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 So that as grace extends to more and more people,

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 it may increase thanksgiving to the glory of God.

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 So we do not lose heart.

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 Though our outer self is wasting away,

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 our inner self is being renewed day by day.

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 For this light, momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory

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 beyond all comparison.

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 As we look not to the things that are seen,

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 but to the things that are unseen.

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 For the things that are seen are transient, temporary.

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 The things that are unseen are eternal.

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 Well, a little bit of background as we get started in this chapter.

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 We've kind of just dropped into the middle of a letter.

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 So why is Paul writing?

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 What's going on in the midst of the Corinthian church?

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 And essentially, Paul, one of the first things we know about him

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 when we think of his life, right,

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 is this is a man who endured a lot of suffering.

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 Right?

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 He was beaten and lashed and imprisoned.

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 He was bludgeoned by rocks, lowered out of windows and baskets.

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 The guy just had a rough life.

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 And some people were looking at all of his suffering

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 and all of this affliction, and they were saying,

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 see, that weakness there, that means this guy, he's not legit.

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 You don't want to listen to him.

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 His apostleship is not something you want to identify with

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 because the real people, they're the strapping ones.

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 They're the strong ones.

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 Paul, in his weakness, is not somebody you want to pay attention to.

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 And these folks, their way of thinking

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 and their way of speaking about Paul

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 was kind of infiltrating the church of Corinth.

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 They were harming this church that Paul had labored so hard for.

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 Paul writes this letter to the Corinthians to kind of say,

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 of course, suffering is real, and I've done more than my fair share.

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 But he argues something completely different than those opposition,

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 those opposers.

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 He says, actually, the suffering I'm going through,

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 the affliction, the hardship,

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 are God's means of showcasing his power that's unsurpassed.

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 Paul says that his afflictions provide the arena

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 for God's power to be seen and displayed.

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 That's where we pick up in chapter 4 here.

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 And we're going to see from our text that there's three sections.

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 And in these three sections,

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 Paul's going to share about the reality of his affliction,

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 his motivations to endure in the midst of affliction,

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 and finally, his perspective regarding hardship and affliction.

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 So the first section we see in verses 7 to 12,

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 Paul's the reality of affliction in his life.

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 Hardship and Paul are like peanut butter and jelly.

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 They just go together, it seems.

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 His life is so full of affliction as an apostle,

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 it's a reality that there's just no sense denying.

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 He's the poster boy of hardship.

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 In this section, verse 7 is the main idea.

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 Verses 8 to 12 really just kind of expand on

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 and elaborate on verse 7.

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 So we're going to take a close look at this first verse, verse 7.

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 Paul writes,

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 But we have this treasure in jars of clay

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 to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.

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 Maybe you're asking right up front,

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 what's this treasure that Paul is speaking about here?

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 And if you look back just to verse 5,

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 we see that Paul writes,

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 For what we proclaim is not ourselves,

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 but Jesus Christ as Lord.

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 The treasure is this message of salvation

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 that God has entrusted to Paul,

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 and now Paul is going on these missionary journeys,

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 bringing much hardship,

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 so he can get this treasure to more and more people.

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 The gospel of Jesus Christ is the treasure.

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 Just so we're on the same page about what this message is

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 that Paul carries in a jar of clay.

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 The eternal God,

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 the Son,

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 second person of the Trinity,

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 existing from eternity past forever and ever and ever,

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 became a man.

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 He took on flesh and dwelled among us.

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 And throughout his 33 years on earth,

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 he lived a perfect life.

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 If he was a baseball player,

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 he batted a thousand,

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 he struck out every batter.

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 As human being,

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 he did not sin one iota against God or fellow man.

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 He was perfect.

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 And after 33 years,

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 he went to the cross

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 where he hung in our place for our sin.

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 And he died for us.

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 He really died.

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 He was put in a tomb.

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 And three days later,

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 God raised him from the dead in victory.

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 And now he is still alive,

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 and he's in heaven.

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 And he's reigning and ruling

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 at the right hand of majesty on high.

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 That's the treasure that Paul has been entrusted with.

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 And he says,

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 it's really,

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 really good.

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 Christ died for our sins.

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 Notice,

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 the vessel is a little curious.

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 Jars of clay.

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 Essentially,

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 Paul is saying that

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 average Joes

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 and afflicted apostles

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 are God's chosen vessels

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 to carry this great treasure.

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 You don't have to think much

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 to realize why God does this, right?

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 Because this message of good news

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 is not about self-sufficiency.

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 It's not about human ingenuity and power.

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 It's about a God

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 who in his mercy

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 saves helpless sinners

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 by dying in our place.

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 It's a message of grace.

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 So if we were so self-sufficient,

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 God wouldn't get the glory.

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 It's so wise and good

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 and kind of God

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 to put priceless treasure

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 in such weak and breakable

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 and ordinary vessels like us.

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 Paul's jars of clay talk here

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 reveals a man of great humility

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 who sees himself rightly

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 before a holy God.

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 A man who understands grace

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 and how powerless he is

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 in his own strength and might.

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 Paul actually elevates here

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 not personal strength and power

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 but weakness.

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 Notice,

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 not just the container.

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 This treasure in clay pots

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 is part of God's purpose.

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 Second half of verse 7,

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 to show.

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 God intends this treasure

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 in clay pots

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 to demonstrate something,

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 to showcase something,

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 and it's his unsurpassed power

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 so that it is obvious

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 who the mighty one is.

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 And this is just like God, right?

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 Throughout history,

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 throughout history,

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 this is how God operates.

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 Israel is outnumbered

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 in the Exodus

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 and Pharaoh's armies

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 are close at hand

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 with chariots

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 and weapons of war

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 and God parts the sea

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 and lets them go through

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 on dry ground

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 and then drowns

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 Pharaoh's army behind them.

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 Women who are barren

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 and desire children

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 all over the Bible,

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 God makes it happen

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 time and time again

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 so that his purposes

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 would be fulfilled

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 for the nations.

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 the Virgin Mary

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 who birthed our Emmanuel.

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 Weakness does not

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 thwart God's power.

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 It actually magnifies it.

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 And so Paul is speaking this way

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 with great purpose

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 and intention.

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 He says,

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 there is God-given purpose

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 behind our weakness

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 so that the power

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 may be seen to be God's

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 and not ours.

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 verses 8 to 11,

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 Paul just keeps kind of

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 expanding upon

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 these afflictions.

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 Afflicted in every way

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 but not crushed.

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 Verse 8,

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 perplexed

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 but not driven to despair

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 and on and on and on.

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 We need to know

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 that Paul is documenting

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 a certain kind of affliction here.

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 He's talking about

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 the hardship

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 that has come upon him

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 because he's a Christian.

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 Because he is determined

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 to live his life

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 for Jesus.

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 It's his allegiance

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 to the Lord Christ

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 that has brought

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 this hardship.

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 This is not unique

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 to the Apostle Paul,

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 is it?

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 Just a brief stroll

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 through church history,

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 he sees countless people

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 time and time again

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 who suffer for the gospel.

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 Just in the last

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 hundred years or so,

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 there's countless examples

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 but we could name

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 three right now

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 that Jim Elliott

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 and Nate Saint

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 who were killed

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 by the tribes people

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 who they were trying

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 to reach with the gospel.

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 Dietrich Bonhoeffer,

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 the famous theologian

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 who was killed

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 in opposing Adolf Hitler

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 during World War II.

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 Even Martin Luther King Jr.

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 for his biblical stance

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 on justice.

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 was assassinated

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 in the streets.

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 In many places today

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 around the world,

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 as we've already discussed

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 a little bit,

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 there's secret church gatherings

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 where Christians

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 are in danger

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 even for gathering

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 to worship the Lord.

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 There's people

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 losing their heads,

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 literally.

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 There's bombings

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 and shootings

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 all because of their

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 identification with Jesus.

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 In this world,

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 you will have tribulation,

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 Jesus says.

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 It's the reality

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 of things, right?

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 We both suffer hardship

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 because we live

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 in a fallen world.

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 It's just things are broken.

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 They're out of whack.

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 They don't work

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 the way they should.

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 And we also,

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 as Christians,

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 suffer unique hardships

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 because the world

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 hates God

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 and His people.

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 The apostle

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 knows this

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 better than most.

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 Paul knows it.

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 His summary of suffering

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 in verse 10

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 really tells it all.

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 Paul,

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 you look there,

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 he says,

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 always carrying

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 in the body

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 the death of Jesus.

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 This is a man

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 who's heard Jesus' call

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 and has followed Him

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 at great cost

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 to his own well-being.

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 He's heard Jesus say,

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 whoever loses his life

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 for my sake

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 will find it.

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 And Paul's intent

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 on losing his own life

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 for the sake of others.

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 Second half of verse 10,

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 we see this.

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 It's essentially

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 a repetition

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 of the second half

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 of seven.

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 In seven,

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 we see that

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 the treasure

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 in jars of clay

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 is to show

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 the power of God

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 and here in verse 10,

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 so that the life

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 of Jesus

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 may also be manifested

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 in our bodies.

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 It's essentially

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 the same thing.

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 Jars of clay

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 showcasing God's power,

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 mortal body

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 displaying

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 the resurrection

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 life of Jesus,

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 raised in the power

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 of God.

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 the reality

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 and presence

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 of great affliction

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 in the Apostle Paul's life

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 has not altered

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 his aim.

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 He still wants Jesus

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 to be seen

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 and known.

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 In verse 12,

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 we see the length

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 to which Paul

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 is willing to go

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 to make that happen.

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 He's willing to die

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 so that others

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 might live.

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 He writes,

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 so death is at work

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 in us,

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 but life in you.

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 Even if I'm dying

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 and you're living,

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 I'm going to be happy

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 and satisfied

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 because that's what

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 his life is about.

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 Well, for us today,

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 friends,

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 I just have a quick question

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 for you to take home

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 and consider.

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 I've been asking myself

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 this this week.

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 Do I live with an eager

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 desire to showcase

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 God's power

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 through my weakness?

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 Is that what I'm about?

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 When hardship comes along,

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 am I eager for God

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 to be glorified

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 through it?

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 To display the life

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 of Jesus.

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 God intends for our hardship

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 to produce that desire

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 in us.

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 He's working in hardship

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 to demonstrate power.

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 The reality is

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 hardship is coming.

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 Some of us are facing

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 a lot of it right now.

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 Others,

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 it might just be

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 around the corner.

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 We don't know.

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 But it is of great purpose

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 in God's world.

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 But we keep moving

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 in the passage

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 and we see

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 in verses 13 to 15

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 that Paul issues

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 a few different motivations

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 that help him

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 endure in the midst

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 of hardship.

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 Verse 13,

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 it starts a little weird here.

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 So let's look at it together

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 and see what Paul's

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 getting at.

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 He quotes Psalm 116.

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 It's a psalm that,

00:20:46.200 --> 00:20:47.240
 it's anonymous

00:20:47.240 --> 00:20:48.460
 as far as we can tell.

00:20:48.639 --> 00:20:49.379
 There's no name

00:20:49.379 --> 00:20:50.259
 attached to it.

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 It seems a bit random,

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 but then when we start

00:20:53.119 --> 00:20:54.079
 looking at the content

00:20:54.079 --> 00:20:54.839
 of the psalm,

00:20:54.899 --> 00:20:56.039
 we see why Paul

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 would reference it.

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 So if you want to flip back

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 to Psalm 116,

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 I'm going to point

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 something out

00:21:03.259 --> 00:21:04.000
 in this psalm.

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 Just as a general rule,

00:21:06.299 --> 00:21:07.980
 whenever the New Testament

00:21:07.980 --> 00:21:09.220
 kind of quotes

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 a little sliver

00:21:10.379 --> 00:21:11.259
 of the Old Testament,

00:21:11.399 --> 00:21:12.180
 it's always good

00:21:12.180 --> 00:21:12.940
 to go back

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 and read the context

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 because the context

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 is going to fill in

00:21:16.319 --> 00:21:17.599
 what that New Testament

00:21:17.599 --> 00:21:18.779
 writer was thinking

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 about as he's quoting.

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 This passage.

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 So Psalm 116,

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 we're going to read

00:21:26.299 --> 00:21:27.819
 from 8 to 14.

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 Verse 10 is what

00:21:29.819 --> 00:21:30.519
 Paul is quoting.

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 So verse 8,

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 He's saying this in the midst

00:21:47.140 --> 00:21:59.200
 He's saying this in the midst

00:21:59.200 --> 00:21:59.800
 of affliction.

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 I will lift up the cup

00:22:01.920 --> 00:22:02.640
 of salvation

00:22:02.640 --> 00:22:03.720
 and call on the name

00:22:03.720 --> 00:22:04.280
 of the Lord.

00:22:04.400 --> 00:22:05.400
 I will pay my vows

00:22:05.400 --> 00:22:05.960
 to the Lord

00:22:05.960 --> 00:22:06.580
 in the presence

00:22:06.580 --> 00:22:07.500
 of his people.

00:22:07.500 --> 00:22:21.220
 Paul is motivated here

00:22:21.220 --> 00:22:21.720
 by who God is.

00:22:21.720 --> 00:22:22.160
 He's saying this in the midst

00:22:22.160 --> 00:22:22.599
 of faith.

00:22:22.599 --> 00:22:23.079
 saying,

00:22:23.379 --> 00:22:24.359
 I too am afflicted

00:22:24.359 --> 00:22:25.240
 and I too believe

00:22:25.240 --> 00:22:26.139
 in this God.

00:22:26.879 --> 00:22:28.439
 So I too will speak

00:22:28.439 --> 00:22:29.779
 of his goodness.

00:22:31.959 --> 00:22:33.339
 Paul is motivated here

00:22:33.339 --> 00:22:35.740
 by who God is.

00:22:36.740 --> 00:22:37.659
 His person,

00:22:37.839 --> 00:22:38.539
 his character,

00:22:39.059 --> 00:22:40.679
 his work on his behalf.

00:22:40.680 --> 00:22:44.240
 It's an intimacy

00:22:44.240 --> 00:22:45.060
 with God

00:22:45.060 --> 00:22:46.160
 that motivates Paul

00:22:46.160 --> 00:22:47.519
 to continue enduring

00:22:47.519 --> 00:22:48.160
 in the midst

00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:48.779
 of hardship.

00:22:52.039 --> 00:22:52.820
 None of us

00:22:52.820 --> 00:22:53.380
 needs to wait

00:22:53.380 --> 00:22:54.580
 until hardship strikes

00:22:54.580 --> 00:22:55.240
 to cultivate

00:22:55.240 --> 00:22:56.360
 this kind of intimacy.

00:22:57.560 --> 00:22:58.080
 In fact,

00:22:58.240 --> 00:22:59.539
 we ought to be nurturing it

00:22:59.539 --> 00:23:00.560
 day by day

00:23:00.560 --> 00:23:01.180
 by day

00:23:01.180 --> 00:23:02.720
 because when hardship comes,

00:23:03.519 --> 00:23:04.340
 we want to know

00:23:04.340 --> 00:23:05.060
 who God is.

00:23:05.720 --> 00:23:06.460
 We don't want to be

00:23:06.460 --> 00:23:07.720
 floundering in that moment.

00:23:10.940 --> 00:23:11.519
 But not just,

00:23:11.960 --> 00:23:13.500
 Paul's not just motivated

00:23:13.500 --> 00:23:14.299
 by who God is.

00:23:14.399 --> 00:23:15.159
 Look with me

00:23:15.159 --> 00:23:16.059
 at verse 14.

00:23:17.240 --> 00:23:18.440
 Paul's also motivated

00:23:18.440 --> 00:23:19.299
 by resurrection,

00:23:19.599 --> 00:23:19.960
 hope.

00:23:21.679 --> 00:23:22.220
 He says,

00:23:22.460 --> 00:23:23.079
 we're speaking

00:23:23.079 --> 00:23:24.119
 of this goodness

00:23:24.119 --> 00:23:24.819
 of God

00:23:24.819 --> 00:23:26.839
 knowing that

00:23:26.839 --> 00:23:27.879
 he who raised

00:23:27.879 --> 00:23:28.799
 the Lord Jesus

00:23:28.799 --> 00:23:30.339
 will raise us

00:23:30.339 --> 00:23:32.220
 also with Jesus.

00:23:35.059 --> 00:23:36.579
 He's motivated

00:23:36.579 --> 00:23:37.399
 because he knows

00:23:37.399 --> 00:23:38.379
 a living God,

00:23:39.119 --> 00:23:40.220
 not one buried

00:23:40.220 --> 00:23:40.839
 in a tomb.

00:23:41.679 --> 00:23:42.359
 And he knows

00:23:42.359 --> 00:23:43.159
 that the promise

00:23:43.159 --> 00:23:44.039
 remains for him

00:23:44.039 --> 00:23:44.779
 that one day

00:23:44.779 --> 00:23:45.740
 he will be raised

00:23:45.740 --> 00:23:46.319
 to glory.

00:23:47.919 --> 00:23:48.960
 Affliction has

00:23:48.960 --> 00:23:49.599
 a period

00:23:49.599 --> 00:23:50.460
 at the end of it.

00:23:50.700 --> 00:23:51.240
 One day

00:23:51.240 --> 00:23:52.019
 it will be over.

00:23:55.259 --> 00:23:56.659
 The current situation

00:23:56.659 --> 00:23:57.859
 doesn't crush Paul

00:23:57.859 --> 00:23:59.460
 because he knows

00:23:59.460 --> 00:24:00.359
 the risen Jesus

00:24:00.359 --> 00:24:01.440
 and the promise

00:24:01.440 --> 00:24:02.119
 of his own

00:24:02.119 --> 00:24:03.240
 eventual resurrection

00:24:03.240 --> 00:24:04.659
 and eternal life.

00:24:05.059 --> 00:24:07.119
 there's two more

00:24:07.119 --> 00:24:08.019
 motivations here

00:24:08.019 --> 00:24:08.419
 we see.

00:24:08.579 --> 00:24:08.859
 They're both

00:24:08.859 --> 00:24:09.859
 in verse 15.

00:24:11.679 --> 00:24:12.379
 First is that

00:24:12.379 --> 00:24:13.259
 Paul's motivated

00:24:13.259 --> 00:24:13.740
 by the good

00:24:13.740 --> 00:24:14.299
 of others.

00:24:16.799 --> 00:24:17.399
 See that

00:24:17.399 --> 00:24:17.759
 at the beginning

00:24:17.759 --> 00:24:18.279
 of 15?

00:24:18.399 --> 00:24:18.859
 For it is all

00:24:18.859 --> 00:24:19.559
 for your sake

00:24:19.559 --> 00:24:20.639
 he tells the Corinthians.

00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:22.539
 It's all for your sake

00:24:22.539 --> 00:24:23.960
 so that his grace

00:24:23.960 --> 00:24:24.819
 extends to more

00:24:24.819 --> 00:24:25.440
 and more people

00:24:25.440 --> 00:24:26.279
 it may increase

00:24:26.279 --> 00:24:27.059
 thanksgiving.

00:24:29.279 --> 00:24:29.980
 Paul's willing

00:24:29.980 --> 00:24:31.460
 to give of himself

00:24:31.460 --> 00:24:32.319
 for the good

00:24:32.319 --> 00:24:33.059
 of other people.

00:24:33.059 --> 00:24:35.539
 it so motivates him

00:24:35.539 --> 00:24:36.279
 that he can suffer

00:24:36.279 --> 00:24:37.059
 great affliction

00:24:37.059 --> 00:24:37.559
 and harm.

00:24:40.019 --> 00:24:41.099
 He wants more

00:24:41.099 --> 00:24:41.639
 and more people

00:24:41.639 --> 00:24:42.339
 to experience

00:24:42.339 --> 00:24:43.159
 this treasure

00:24:43.159 --> 00:24:44.679
 this good news

00:24:44.679 --> 00:24:45.819
 the grace of God

00:24:45.819 --> 00:24:46.399
 and he's willing

00:24:46.399 --> 00:24:47.539
 to suffer much

00:24:47.539 --> 00:24:48.399
 for that to happen.

00:24:49.960 --> 00:24:50.579
 And ultimately

00:24:50.579 --> 00:24:52.940
 the last motivation

00:24:52.940 --> 00:24:54.240
 that trumps

00:24:54.240 --> 00:24:55.419
 all of the motivations

00:24:55.419 --> 00:24:56.899
 in these three verses

00:24:56.899 --> 00:24:59.099
 is that last phrase

00:24:59.099 --> 00:25:00.519
 to the glory

00:25:00.519 --> 00:25:01.440
 of God.

00:25:02.700 --> 00:25:03.900
 See when Paul

00:25:03.900 --> 00:25:05.359
 is living so much

00:25:05.359 --> 00:25:06.139
 for the glory

00:25:06.139 --> 00:25:06.819
 of God

00:25:06.819 --> 00:25:08.480
 so much

00:25:08.480 --> 00:25:09.500
 to see the surpassing

00:25:09.500 --> 00:25:10.519
 power belonging

00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:11.059
 to God

00:25:11.059 --> 00:25:11.819
 so much

00:25:11.819 --> 00:25:12.500
 for seeing

00:25:12.500 --> 00:25:13.700
 the life of Jesus

00:25:13.700 --> 00:25:14.680
 made much of

00:25:14.680 --> 00:25:15.480
 in his life

00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:18.960
 it's the ultimate

00:25:18.960 --> 00:25:20.200
 and lasting motivation

00:25:20.200 --> 00:25:21.619
 that we all need

00:25:21.619 --> 00:25:24.019
 so that God

00:25:24.019 --> 00:25:24.900
 may be exalted.

00:25:26.059 --> 00:25:26.920
 Paul's living

00:25:26.920 --> 00:25:27.879
 for glory

00:25:27.880 --> 00:25:29.180
 not his own

00:25:29.180 --> 00:25:31.380
 but that of God.

00:25:32.760 --> 00:25:34.060
 He's motivated

00:25:34.060 --> 00:25:35.100
 to endure.

00:25:35.099 --> 00:25:38.519
 if we fast forward

00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:39.000
 to today

00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:40.079
 we see that

00:25:40.079 --> 00:25:41.279
 we live in a world

00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:42.779
 and in a culture

00:25:42.779 --> 00:25:43.779
 in which hardship

00:25:43.779 --> 00:25:45.439
 is deemed bad.

00:25:47.319 --> 00:25:48.359
 Something we are

00:25:48.359 --> 00:25:49.559
 wise to avoid

00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:52.459
 something that we

00:25:52.459 --> 00:25:53.679
 need to reduce

00:25:53.679 --> 00:25:54.219
 and eliminate

00:25:54.219 --> 00:25:55.619
 as quickly as possible

00:25:55.619 --> 00:25:56.740
 whenever it

00:25:56.740 --> 00:25:57.879
 appears.

00:25:59.279 --> 00:26:00.579
 We see this playing out

00:26:00.579 --> 00:26:01.480
 in the medical field

00:26:01.480 --> 00:26:02.740
 where people are

00:26:02.740 --> 00:26:03.319
 actually helping

00:26:03.319 --> 00:26:04.199
 other people die

00:26:04.200 --> 00:26:05.580
 saying well you're

00:26:05.580 --> 00:26:06.240
 suffering a lot

00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:06.900
 so let's just

00:26:06.900 --> 00:26:08.960
 let's kill you now

00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:09.940
 so you don't have

00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:10.480
 to suffer.

00:26:12.840 --> 00:26:14.039
 Image bearers

00:26:14.039 --> 00:26:15.519
 being helped

00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:16.580
 to kill themselves.

00:26:18.059 --> 00:26:18.620
 It's something

00:26:18.620 --> 00:26:21.539
 that tempts us

00:26:21.539 --> 00:26:22.779
 to compromise

00:26:22.779 --> 00:26:23.759
 our morals

00:26:23.759 --> 00:26:25.880
 and sidestep

00:26:25.880 --> 00:26:27.000
 this hardship

00:26:27.000 --> 00:26:28.140
 that might result

00:26:28.140 --> 00:26:29.120
 from being people

00:26:29.120 --> 00:26:29.759
 of integrity

00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:30.380
 doesn't it?

00:26:31.319 --> 00:26:32.039
 We might lie

00:26:32.039 --> 00:26:32.759
 to a boss

00:26:32.759 --> 00:26:33.460
 or a co-worker

00:26:33.460 --> 00:26:34.259
 in order to save

00:26:34.259 --> 00:26:34.720
 ourselves

00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:35.339
 we might say

00:26:35.339 --> 00:26:36.059
 okay I'll fudge

00:26:36.059 --> 00:26:37.240
 those financial numbers

00:26:37.240 --> 00:26:38.180
 or something like that.

00:26:40.079 --> 00:26:41.079
 So some of us

00:26:41.079 --> 00:26:41.379
 today

00:26:41.379 --> 00:26:42.400
 we're kind of

00:26:42.400 --> 00:26:43.440
 at this crossroads

00:26:43.440 --> 00:26:44.460
 we have this option

00:26:44.460 --> 00:26:45.099
 before us

00:26:45.099 --> 00:26:46.180
 we have the means

00:26:46.180 --> 00:26:48.140
 some of us

00:26:48.140 --> 00:26:49.140
 to avoid much

00:26:49.140 --> 00:26:49.619
 of the hardship

00:26:49.619 --> 00:26:50.180
 of life.

00:26:51.140 --> 00:26:51.539
 Right?

00:26:51.599 --> 00:26:52.299
 If we have

00:26:52.299 --> 00:26:53.259
 financial

00:26:53.259 --> 00:26:55.920
 stability

00:26:55.920 --> 00:26:57.279
 and relational

00:26:57.279 --> 00:26:58.339
 connectedness

00:26:58.339 --> 00:26:59.379
 and a good

00:26:59.379 --> 00:27:00.980
 education behind us

00:27:00.980 --> 00:27:01.900
 we have this means

00:27:01.900 --> 00:27:02.759
 of just avoiding

00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:03.539
 much of the hardship

00:27:03.539 --> 00:27:04.039
 of life.

00:27:05.579 --> 00:27:06.660
 We have to ask

00:27:06.660 --> 00:27:07.319
 ourselves

00:27:07.319 --> 00:27:10.059
 will we align

00:27:10.059 --> 00:27:10.759
 with Jesus

00:27:10.759 --> 00:27:11.620
 and suffer?

00:27:13.700 --> 00:27:15.279
 Will we speak

00:27:15.279 --> 00:27:16.460
 of God's grace

00:27:16.460 --> 00:27:17.799
 because we've too

00:27:17.799 --> 00:27:18.519
 believed

00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:20.640
 and risk

00:27:20.640 --> 00:27:21.240
 being

00:27:21.240 --> 00:27:22.819
 hated

00:27:22.819 --> 00:27:24.200
 by friends

00:27:24.200 --> 00:27:24.740
 family

00:27:24.740 --> 00:27:25.240
 neighbors?

00:27:25.240 --> 00:27:27.359
 will we choose

00:27:27.359 --> 00:27:28.480
 God glorifying

00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:29.120
 integrity

00:27:29.120 --> 00:27:30.480
 and risk

00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:30.960
 losing

00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:32.240
 our jobs?

00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:34.079
 Risk

00:27:34.079 --> 00:27:34.759
 having to pay

00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:35.599
 more taxes?

00:27:37.460 --> 00:27:38.200
 Will we

00:27:38.200 --> 00:27:38.900
 so

00:27:38.900 --> 00:27:39.680
 be willing

00:27:39.680 --> 00:27:40.259
 to seek

00:27:40.259 --> 00:27:40.720
 the good

00:27:40.720 --> 00:27:41.460
 of others

00:27:41.460 --> 00:27:43.960
 that we might

00:27:43.960 --> 00:27:44.660
 get scammed

00:27:44.660 --> 00:27:45.319
 along the way?

00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:47.180
 That sometimes

00:27:47.180 --> 00:27:47.940
 our desire

00:27:47.940 --> 00:27:48.579
 to do good

00:27:48.579 --> 00:27:49.039
 for others

00:27:49.039 --> 00:27:49.579
 and to show

00:27:49.579 --> 00:27:50.180
 them Christ

00:27:50.180 --> 00:27:51.019
 results in us

00:27:51.019 --> 00:27:52.160
 having a lighter

00:27:52.160 --> 00:27:52.839
 wallet

00:27:52.839 --> 00:27:54.980
 and them

00:27:54.980 --> 00:27:55.500
 having some

00:27:55.500 --> 00:27:56.000
 drug money?

00:27:56.079 --> 00:27:56.720
 It's happened.

00:27:58.519 --> 00:27:59.179
 Will we

00:27:59.179 --> 00:27:59.699
 align with

00:27:59.699 --> 00:27:59.939
 Jesus

00:27:59.939 --> 00:28:00.639
 and suffer?

00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:03.099
 But other

00:28:03.099 --> 00:28:03.819
 times

00:28:03.819 --> 00:28:04.879
 and for some

00:28:04.879 --> 00:28:05.579
 in this room

00:28:05.579 --> 00:28:06.259
 there's a

00:28:06.259 --> 00:28:07.039
 different crossroads

00:28:07.039 --> 00:28:07.459
 you're already

00:28:07.459 --> 00:28:08.439
 on the path

00:28:08.439 --> 00:28:09.379
 of hardship

00:28:09.379 --> 00:28:10.720
 you know it

00:28:10.720 --> 00:28:11.519
 oh so well.

00:28:15.339 --> 00:28:15.939
 Marriage

00:28:15.939 --> 00:28:16.480
 or family

00:28:16.480 --> 00:28:17.159
 difficulties

00:28:17.159 --> 00:28:18.000
 health issues

00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:18.720
 that have

00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:19.439
 no cure

00:28:19.439 --> 00:28:21.799
 relentless

00:28:21.799 --> 00:28:22.319
 sorrow

00:28:22.319 --> 00:28:22.700
 for your

00:28:22.700 --> 00:28:23.159
 unsaved

00:28:23.159 --> 00:28:23.740
 neighbors

00:28:23.740 --> 00:28:26.419
 be mocked

00:28:26.419 --> 00:28:27.139
 by co-workers

00:28:27.139 --> 00:28:27.700
 for loving

00:28:27.700 --> 00:28:28.240
 Jesus

00:28:28.240 --> 00:28:29.779
 and there's

00:28:29.779 --> 00:28:30.200
 a different

00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:30.700
 question

00:28:30.700 --> 00:28:31.119
 at that

00:28:31.119 --> 00:28:31.980
 crossroads

00:28:31.980 --> 00:28:35.519
 will we

00:28:35.519 --> 00:28:35.879
 align

00:28:35.879 --> 00:28:36.379
 ourselves

00:28:36.379 --> 00:28:37.119
 with God's

00:28:37.119 --> 00:28:37.679
 purposes

00:28:37.679 --> 00:28:38.960
 in this

00:28:38.960 --> 00:28:39.519
 hardship

00:28:39.519 --> 00:28:41.960
 will we

00:28:41.960 --> 00:28:42.679
 grab hold

00:28:42.679 --> 00:28:43.220
 of the same

00:28:43.220 --> 00:28:43.879
 motivations

00:28:43.879 --> 00:28:44.539
 that Paul

00:28:44.539 --> 00:28:45.039
 does

00:28:45.039 --> 00:28:46.359
 the hope

00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:47.299
 of resurrection

00:28:47.299 --> 00:28:48.700
 the good

00:28:48.700 --> 00:28:49.139
 of other

00:28:49.139 --> 00:28:49.659
 people

00:28:49.659 --> 00:28:51.039
 the glory

00:28:51.039 --> 00:28:51.779
 of God

00:28:51.779 --> 00:28:54.639
 will

00:28:54.639 --> 00:28:55.160
 hardship

00:28:55.160 --> 00:28:55.599
 get the

00:28:55.599 --> 00:28:55.819
 better

00:28:55.819 --> 00:28:56.160
 of us

00:28:56.160 --> 00:28:56.460
 will it

00:28:56.460 --> 00:28:56.879
 define

00:28:56.879 --> 00:28:57.079
 our

00:28:57.079 --> 00:28:57.579
 existence

00:28:57.579 --> 00:28:58.160
 or will

00:28:58.160 --> 00:28:58.500
 God

00:28:58.500 --> 00:28:58.960
 define

00:28:58.960 --> 00:28:59.339
 it

00:28:59.339 --> 00:29:00.539
 and will

00:29:00.539 --> 00:29:00.799
 we

00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:01.279
 endure

00:29:01.279 --> 00:29:01.839
 in order

00:29:01.839 --> 00:29:02.619
 that Jesus

00:29:02.619 --> 00:29:03.420
 might be

00:29:03.420 --> 00:29:04.299
 glorified

00:29:04.299 --> 00:29:05.139
 in and

00:29:05.139 --> 00:29:05.399
 through

00:29:05.399 --> 00:29:05.700
 our

00:29:05.700 --> 00:29:06.299
 suffering

00:29:06.299 --> 00:29:12.480
 for all

00:29:12.480 --> 00:29:12.940
 of us

00:29:12.940 --> 00:29:13.480
 it boils

00:29:13.480 --> 00:29:14.039
 down to

00:29:14.039 --> 00:29:14.259
 this

00:29:14.259 --> 00:29:14.839
 question

00:29:14.839 --> 00:29:17.000
 are we

00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:17.500
 willing

00:29:17.500 --> 00:29:18.120
 to endure

00:29:18.120 --> 00:29:18.700
 hardship

00:29:18.700 --> 00:29:19.500
 for Jesus

00:29:19.500 --> 00:29:21.640
 to adopt

00:29:21.640 --> 00:29:22.440
 his posture

00:29:22.440 --> 00:29:22.920
 in the midst

00:29:22.920 --> 00:29:23.259
 of our

00:29:23.259 --> 00:29:23.460
 own

00:29:23.460 --> 00:29:23.880
 suffering

00:29:23.880 --> 00:29:24.940
 to sacrifice

00:29:24.940 --> 00:29:26.059
 our well-being

00:29:26.059 --> 00:29:27.000
 for the life

00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:27.480
 of Jesus

00:29:27.480 --> 00:29:28.200
 to be seen

00:29:28.200 --> 00:29:28.640
 and known

00:29:28.640 --> 00:29:29.180
 around the

00:29:29.180 --> 00:29:29.519
 world

00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:32.019
 God intends

00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:32.599
 for it

00:29:32.599 --> 00:29:34.400
 it's his

00:29:34.400 --> 00:29:34.980
 desire

00:29:34.980 --> 00:29:36.620
 that his

00:29:36.620 --> 00:29:37.200
 power might

00:29:37.200 --> 00:29:37.980
 be displayed

00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:38.599
 through our

00:29:38.599 --> 00:29:39.059
 weakness

00:29:39.059 --> 00:29:40.519
 for his

00:29:40.519 --> 00:29:40.940
 glory

00:29:40.940 --> 00:29:41.220
 and our

00:29:41.220 --> 00:29:41.559
 good

00:29:41.559 --> 00:29:44.500
 there's one

00:29:44.500 --> 00:29:45.099
 last section

00:29:45.099 --> 00:29:45.460
 in our

00:29:45.460 --> 00:29:45.940
 text

00:29:45.940 --> 00:29:47.720
 I want to

00:29:47.720 --> 00:29:48.079
 make sure

00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:48.379
 that we

00:29:48.379 --> 00:29:48.879
 spend some

00:29:48.879 --> 00:29:49.299
 time here

00:29:49.299 --> 00:29:49.859
 this is

00:29:49.859 --> 00:29:50.179
 probably my

00:29:50.179 --> 00:29:50.859
 favorite part

00:29:50.859 --> 00:29:52.679
 verses 16

00:29:52.679 --> 00:29:53.319
 to 18

00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:54.519
 it's Paul's

00:29:54.519 --> 00:29:55.240
 perspective

00:29:55.240 --> 00:29:56.519
 on

00:29:56.519 --> 00:29:57.319
 affliction

00:29:57.319 --> 00:30:01.160
 he starts

00:30:01.160 --> 00:30:01.740
 so we do

00:30:01.740 --> 00:30:02.420
 not lose

00:30:02.420 --> 00:30:03.099
 heart

00:30:03.099 --> 00:30:07.339
 right up

00:30:07.339 --> 00:30:07.799
 front in

00:30:07.799 --> 00:30:08.400
 these verses

00:30:08.400 --> 00:30:09.359
 Paul rejects

00:30:09.359 --> 00:30:09.819
 the idea

00:30:09.819 --> 00:30:10.880
 of discouragement

00:30:10.880 --> 00:30:12.940
 throwing in

00:30:12.940 --> 00:30:13.519
 the towel

00:30:13.519 --> 00:30:15.920
 in fact

00:30:15.920 --> 00:30:16.400
 he doubles

00:30:16.400 --> 00:30:17.039
 down and

00:30:17.039 --> 00:30:17.779
 stands tall

00:30:17.779 --> 00:30:18.500
 and fast

00:30:18.500 --> 00:30:20.019
 he determines

00:30:20.019 --> 00:30:20.740
 by God's

00:30:20.740 --> 00:30:21.259
 grace to

00:30:21.259 --> 00:30:21.880
 persevere

00:30:21.880 --> 00:30:26.720
 I'm going

00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:27.060
 to share a

00:30:27.060 --> 00:30:28.000
 little story

00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:28.960
 of a man

00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:29.680
 named Sir

00:30:29.680 --> 00:30:30.020
 Norman

00:30:30.020 --> 00:30:30.580
 Anderson

00:30:30.580 --> 00:30:32.020
 got this

00:30:32.020 --> 00:30:32.520
 from a

00:30:32.520 --> 00:30:33.200
 John Piper

00:30:33.200 --> 00:30:33.560
 sermon

00:30:33.560 --> 00:30:34.320
 that's

00:30:34.320 --> 00:30:34.780
 really helped

00:30:34.780 --> 00:30:35.120
 me along

00:30:35.120 --> 00:30:35.520
 the way

00:30:35.520 --> 00:30:37.820
 he writes

00:30:37.820 --> 00:30:38.120
 of this

00:30:38.120 --> 00:30:38.340
 man

00:30:38.340 --> 00:30:38.620
 Sir

00:30:38.620 --> 00:30:38.920
 Norman

00:30:38.920 --> 00:30:39.420
 Anderson

00:30:39.420 --> 00:30:40.520
 former

00:30:40.520 --> 00:30:41.180
 professor

00:30:41.180 --> 00:30:42.280
 and director

00:30:42.280 --> 00:30:42.860
 of the

00:30:42.860 --> 00:30:43.460
 Advanced

00:30:43.460 --> 00:30:44.160
 Legal

00:30:44.160 --> 00:30:44.740
 Institute

00:30:44.740 --> 00:30:45.520
 at London

00:30:45.520 --> 00:30:46.220
 University

00:30:46.220 --> 00:30:47.920
 supported

00:30:47.920 --> 00:30:48.600
 international

00:30:48.600 --> 00:30:49.120
 fellowship

00:30:49.120 --> 00:30:49.840
 of evangelical

00:30:49.840 --> 00:30:50.400
 students

00:30:50.400 --> 00:30:51.340
 for 60

00:30:51.339 --> 00:30:52.379
 years

00:30:52.379 --> 00:30:54.439
 he had

00:30:54.439 --> 00:30:54.779
 lost

00:30:54.779 --> 00:30:55.359
 all three

00:30:55.359 --> 00:30:55.659
 of his

00:30:55.659 --> 00:30:56.099
 children

00:30:56.099 --> 00:30:56.639
 in their

00:30:56.639 --> 00:30:56.939
 early

00:30:56.939 --> 00:30:57.379
 adulthood

00:30:57.379 --> 00:30:58.980
 and his

00:30:58.980 --> 00:30:59.559
 wife was

00:30:59.559 --> 00:31:00.359
 so senile

00:31:00.359 --> 00:31:00.839
 she could

00:31:00.839 --> 00:31:01.459
 not recognize

00:31:01.459 --> 00:31:01.939
 him

00:31:01.939 --> 00:31:03.779
 at one of

00:31:03.779 --> 00:31:04.279
 the last

00:31:04.279 --> 00:31:04.679
 public

00:31:04.679 --> 00:31:05.139
 events

00:31:05.139 --> 00:31:05.559
 where he

00:31:05.559 --> 00:31:06.019
 spoke

00:31:06.019 --> 00:31:07.339
 he was

00:31:07.339 --> 00:31:07.819
 asked

00:31:07.819 --> 00:31:09.299
 when you

00:31:09.299 --> 00:31:09.779
 look back

00:31:09.779 --> 00:31:10.119
 over your

00:31:10.119 --> 00:31:10.519
 life

00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:11.720
 and reflect

00:31:11.720 --> 00:31:12.159
 on the

00:31:12.159 --> 00:31:12.559
 fact that

00:31:12.559 --> 00:31:12.859
 you have

00:31:12.859 --> 00:31:13.459
 lost all

00:31:13.459 --> 00:31:13.879
 your three

00:31:13.879 --> 00:31:14.299
 children

00:31:14.299 --> 00:31:15.339
 and how

00:31:15.339 --> 00:31:15.879
 your wife

00:31:15.879 --> 00:31:16.539
 of 60

00:31:16.539 --> 00:31:17.099
 years

00:31:17.099 --> 00:31:18.199
 no longer

00:31:18.199 --> 00:31:18.819
 recognizes

00:31:18.819 --> 00:31:19.059
 you

00:31:19.059 --> 00:31:19.399
 do you

00:31:19.399 --> 00:31:20.059
 ever ask

00:31:20.059 --> 00:31:20.799
 the question

00:31:20.799 --> 00:31:22.339
 why me

00:31:22.339 --> 00:31:26.519
 no

00:31:26.519 --> 00:31:28.319
 I've

00:31:28.319 --> 00:31:28.599
 never

00:31:28.599 --> 00:31:29.019
 asked

00:31:29.019 --> 00:31:29.339
 the

00:31:29.339 --> 00:31:29.839
 question

00:31:29.839 --> 00:31:31.119
 why me

00:31:31.119 --> 00:31:32.899
 but I

00:31:32.899 --> 00:31:33.299
 have

00:31:33.299 --> 00:31:33.700
 asked

00:31:33.700 --> 00:31:33.899
 the

00:31:33.899 --> 00:31:34.259
 question

00:31:34.259 --> 00:31:34.539
 why

00:31:34.539 --> 00:31:34.960
 not

00:31:34.960 --> 00:31:35.319
 me

00:31:35.319 --> 00:31:36.639
 I

00:31:36.639 --> 00:31:36.759
 am

00:31:36.759 --> 00:31:36.980
 not

00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:37.579
 promised

00:31:37.579 --> 00:31:37.960
 as a

00:31:37.960 --> 00:31:38.339
 Christian

00:31:38.339 --> 00:31:38.720
 that I

00:31:38.720 --> 00:31:38.879
 will

00:31:38.879 --> 00:31:39.339
 escape

00:31:39.339 --> 00:31:39.579
 the

00:31:39.579 --> 00:31:40.099
 problems

00:31:40.099 --> 00:31:40.639
 encountered

00:31:40.639 --> 00:31:40.919
 by

00:31:40.919 --> 00:31:41.399
 others

00:31:41.399 --> 00:31:42.500
 we

00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:42.779
 all

00:31:42.779 --> 00:31:43.000
 live

00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:43.259
 in a

00:31:43.259 --> 00:31:43.539
 fallen

00:31:43.539 --> 00:31:44.000
 world

00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:45.480
 I

00:31:45.480 --> 00:31:45.700
 am

00:31:45.700 --> 00:31:46.079
 however

00:31:46.079 --> 00:31:46.619
 promised

00:31:46.619 --> 00:31:46.879
 that

00:31:46.879 --> 00:31:47.319
 in the

00:31:47.319 --> 00:31:47.619
 midst

00:31:47.619 --> 00:31:47.819
 of

00:31:47.819 --> 00:31:48.480
 difficulties

00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:49.059
 God

00:31:49.059 --> 00:31:49.360
 through

00:31:49.360 --> 00:31:49.819
 Christ

00:31:49.819 --> 00:31:50.039
 will

00:31:50.039 --> 00:31:50.220
 be

00:31:50.220 --> 00:31:50.759
 present

00:31:50.759 --> 00:31:51.079
 with

00:31:51.079 --> 00:31:51.380
 me

00:31:51.380 --> 00:31:52.079
 and

00:31:52.079 --> 00:31:52.259
 will

00:31:52.259 --> 00:31:52.599
 give

00:31:52.599 --> 00:31:52.880
 his

00:31:52.880 --> 00:31:53.240
 grace

00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:53.640
 to help

00:31:53.640 --> 00:31:54.299
 me cope

00:31:54.299 --> 00:31:54.980
 with the

00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:55.620
 difficulties

00:31:55.620 --> 00:31:57.019
 and bear

00:31:57.019 --> 00:31:57.519
 witness

00:31:57.519 --> 00:31:58.440
 to him

00:31:58.440 --> 00:32:04.099
 Sir Norman

00:32:04.099 --> 00:32:04.579
 Anderson

00:32:04.579 --> 00:32:05.039
 had

00:32:05.039 --> 00:32:05.880
 perspective

00:32:05.880 --> 00:32:06.860
 on

00:32:06.860 --> 00:32:07.299
 hardship

00:32:07.299 --> 00:32:12.019
 and

00:32:12.019 --> 00:32:12.440
 Paul

00:32:12.440 --> 00:32:13.119
 gives

00:32:13.119 --> 00:32:13.339
 us

00:32:13.339 --> 00:32:13.579
 much

00:32:13.579 --> 00:32:14.119
 perspective

00:32:14.119 --> 00:32:14.539
 here

00:32:14.539 --> 00:32:14.859
 if we

00:32:14.859 --> 00:32:15.079
 keep

00:32:15.079 --> 00:32:15.519
 looking

00:32:15.519 --> 00:32:16.099
 at

00:32:16.099 --> 00:32:16.299
 these

00:32:16.299 --> 00:32:16.659
 verses

00:32:16.659 --> 00:32:18.180
 he's

00:32:18.180 --> 00:32:18.500
 already

00:32:18.500 --> 00:32:18.819
 talked

00:32:18.819 --> 00:32:19.019
 about

00:32:19.019 --> 00:32:19.319
 jars

00:32:19.319 --> 00:32:19.559
 of

00:32:19.559 --> 00:32:19.940
 clay

00:32:19.940 --> 00:32:20.279
 about

00:32:20.279 --> 00:32:20.619
 mortal

00:32:20.619 --> 00:32:21.139
 flesh

00:32:21.139 --> 00:32:21.359
 and

00:32:21.359 --> 00:32:21.619
 now

00:32:21.619 --> 00:32:21.819
 he

00:32:21.819 --> 00:32:22.220
 comes

00:32:22.220 --> 00:32:23.000
 in

00:32:23.000 --> 00:32:23.259
 verse

00:32:23.259 --> 00:32:23.940
 16

00:32:23.940 --> 00:32:24.200
 to

00:32:24.200 --> 00:32:24.619
 talking

00:32:24.619 --> 00:32:24.899
 about

00:32:24.899 --> 00:32:25.139
 this

00:32:25.139 --> 00:32:25.440
 outer

00:32:25.440 --> 00:32:25.859
 self

00:32:25.859 --> 00:32:26.379
 that's

00:32:26.379 --> 00:32:26.919
 wasting

00:32:26.919 --> 00:32:27.259
 away

00:32:27.259 --> 00:32:27.559
 there's

00:32:27.559 --> 00:32:27.720
 this

00:32:27.720 --> 00:32:28.299
 real

00:32:28.299 --> 00:32:29.700
 and

00:32:29.700 --> 00:32:30.460
 agonizing

00:32:30.460 --> 00:32:30.859
 decay

00:32:30.859 --> 00:32:31.359
 and

00:32:31.359 --> 00:32:31.839
 suffering

00:32:31.839 --> 00:32:32.339
 being

00:32:32.339 --> 00:32:33.079
 experienced

00:32:33.079 --> 00:32:33.359
 by

00:32:33.359 --> 00:32:33.779
 Paul

00:32:33.779 --> 00:32:36.500
 but

00:32:36.500 --> 00:32:36.940
 while in

00:32:36.940 --> 00:32:37.319
 the midst

00:32:37.319 --> 00:32:37.720
 of it

00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:38.359
 he says

00:32:38.359 --> 00:32:38.859
 in the

00:32:38.859 --> 00:32:39.180
 second

00:32:39.180 --> 00:32:40.059
 bit

00:32:40.059 --> 00:32:40.339
 of

00:32:40.339 --> 00:32:40.859
 16

00:32:40.859 --> 00:32:41.259
 that

00:32:41.259 --> 00:32:42.740
 day

00:32:42.740 --> 00:32:43.180
 by day

00:32:43.180 --> 00:32:43.639
 the inner

00:32:43.639 --> 00:32:44.000
 being

00:32:44.000 --> 00:32:44.480
 is being

00:32:44.480 --> 00:32:44.899
 renewed

00:32:44.899 --> 00:32:48.259
 friends

00:32:48.259 --> 00:32:48.680
 as

00:32:48.680 --> 00:32:49.139
 as a

00:32:49.139 --> 00:32:49.539
 Christian

00:32:49.539 --> 00:32:50.160
 in our

00:32:50.160 --> 00:32:50.680
 affliction

00:32:50.680 --> 00:32:52.299
 we must

00:32:52.299 --> 00:32:52.779
 say that

00:32:52.779 --> 00:32:53.500
 we're

00:32:53.500 --> 00:32:53.940
 like a

00:32:53.940 --> 00:32:54.279
 book

00:32:54.279 --> 00:32:54.799
 and that

00:32:54.799 --> 00:32:55.799
 you should

00:32:55.799 --> 00:32:56.440
 not judge

00:32:56.440 --> 00:32:56.940
 a Christian

00:32:56.940 --> 00:32:57.339
 by

00:32:57.339 --> 00:32:58.099
 his

00:32:58.099 --> 00:32:58.519
 cover

00:32:58.519 --> 00:33:03.059
 outwardly

00:33:03.059 --> 00:33:03.460
 wasting

00:33:03.460 --> 00:33:03.799
 away

00:33:03.799 --> 00:33:04.340
 inwardly

00:33:04.340 --> 00:33:04.819
 new

00:33:04.819 --> 00:33:05.700
 new

00:33:05.700 --> 00:33:06.279
 new

00:33:06.279 --> 00:33:06.799
 day

00:33:06.799 --> 00:33:07.259
 after

00:33:07.259 --> 00:33:07.640
 day

00:33:07.640 --> 00:33:08.059
 after

00:33:08.059 --> 00:33:08.460
 day

00:33:08.460 --> 00:33:08.940
 that's

00:33:08.940 --> 00:33:09.100
 the

00:33:09.100 --> 00:33:09.440
 power

00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:09.660
 of

00:33:09.660 --> 00:33:09.900
 God

00:33:09.900 --> 00:33:10.440
 renewing

00:33:10.440 --> 00:33:10.840
 the inner

00:33:10.840 --> 00:33:11.160
 being

00:33:11.160 --> 00:33:11.620
 of each

00:33:11.620 --> 00:33:11.940
 and every

00:33:11.940 --> 00:33:12.319
 Christian

00:33:12.319 --> 00:33:12.600
 around

00:33:12.600 --> 00:33:13.100
 the world

00:33:13.100 --> 00:33:15.100
 in the

00:33:15.100 --> 00:33:15.299
 midst

00:33:15.299 --> 00:33:15.779
 of great

00:33:15.779 --> 00:33:16.360
 and small

00:33:16.360 --> 00:33:16.980
 afflictions

00:33:16.980 --> 00:33:17.500
 alike

00:33:17.500 --> 00:33:19.440
 it's the

00:33:19.440 --> 00:33:19.759
 power

00:33:19.759 --> 00:33:20.259
 of God

00:33:20.259 --> 00:33:21.000
 for us

00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:23.759
 Paul

00:33:23.759 --> 00:33:24.100
 has such

00:33:24.100 --> 00:33:24.480
 a great

00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:25.079
 perspective

00:33:25.079 --> 00:33:25.720
 of self

00:33:25.720 --> 00:33:26.400
 but he

00:33:26.400 --> 00:33:27.059
 also has

00:33:27.059 --> 00:33:27.440
 in these

00:33:27.440 --> 00:33:27.920
 same

00:33:27.920 --> 00:33:28.180
 verses

00:33:28.180 --> 00:33:28.779
 a great

00:33:28.779 --> 00:33:29.420
 great

00:33:29.420 --> 00:33:29.799
 great

00:33:29.799 --> 00:33:30.400
 perspective

00:33:30.400 --> 00:33:30.640
 on

00:33:30.640 --> 00:33:31.100
 affliction

00:33:31.099 --> 00:33:32.719
 we're

00:33:32.719 --> 00:33:33.000
 wrapping

00:33:33.000 --> 00:33:33.279
 up

00:33:33.279 --> 00:33:33.679
 as we

00:33:33.679 --> 00:33:34.279
 take a

00:33:34.279 --> 00:33:34.579
 look at

00:33:34.579 --> 00:33:34.899
 these

00:33:34.899 --> 00:33:35.859
 look at

00:33:35.859 --> 00:33:36.619
 verse 17

00:33:36.619 --> 00:33:38.699
 this

00:33:38.699 --> 00:33:39.339
 light

00:33:39.339 --> 00:33:40.939
 momentary

00:33:40.939 --> 00:33:41.980
 affliction

00:33:41.980 --> 00:33:44.539
 we need

00:33:44.539 --> 00:33:44.799
 to be

00:33:44.799 --> 00:33:45.259
 careful

00:33:45.259 --> 00:33:45.740
 in this

00:33:45.740 --> 00:33:46.399
 not to

00:33:46.399 --> 00:33:46.599
 miss

00:33:46.599 --> 00:33:47.019
 Paul's

00:33:47.019 --> 00:33:47.379
 point

00:33:47.379 --> 00:33:49.339
 hardship

00:33:49.339 --> 00:33:49.939
 has the

00:33:49.939 --> 00:33:50.159
 word

00:33:50.159 --> 00:33:50.559
 hard

00:33:50.559 --> 00:33:51.019
 in it

00:33:51.019 --> 00:33:51.539
 for a

00:33:51.539 --> 00:33:51.879
 reason

00:33:51.879 --> 00:33:53.559
 and Paul

00:33:53.559 --> 00:33:54.019
 is not

00:33:54.019 --> 00:33:54.240
 here

00:33:54.240 --> 00:33:54.839
 minimizing

00:33:54.839 --> 00:33:55.240
 real

00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:55.799
 affliction

00:33:55.799 --> 00:33:57.000
 rather

00:33:57.000 --> 00:33:57.359
 he is

00:33:57.359 --> 00:33:58.059
 placing it

00:33:58.059 --> 00:33:58.639
 side by

00:33:58.639 --> 00:33:59.059
 side

00:33:59.059 --> 00:33:59.599
 with a

00:33:59.599 --> 00:33:59.899
 future

00:33:59.899 --> 00:34:00.559
 reality

00:34:00.559 --> 00:34:03.559
 Paul

00:34:03.559 --> 00:34:03.799
 knows

00:34:03.799 --> 00:34:03.940
 the

00:34:03.940 --> 00:34:04.339
 tendency

00:34:04.339 --> 00:34:04.700
 of our

00:34:04.700 --> 00:34:05.079
 hearts

00:34:05.079 --> 00:34:05.539
 when we

00:34:05.539 --> 00:34:05.919
 start

00:34:05.919 --> 00:34:06.220
 thinking

00:34:06.220 --> 00:34:06.519
 about

00:34:06.519 --> 00:34:06.919
 affliction

00:34:06.919 --> 00:34:07.500
 and hardship

00:34:07.500 --> 00:34:08.960
 we tend

00:34:08.960 --> 00:34:09.199
 to be

00:34:09.199 --> 00:34:09.840
 microscope

00:34:09.840 --> 00:34:10.699
 people

00:34:10.699 --> 00:34:12.759
 a conflict

00:34:12.759 --> 00:34:13.119
 or a

00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:13.360
 medical

00:34:13.360 --> 00:34:13.739
 issue

00:34:13.739 --> 00:34:14.059
 or a

00:34:14.059 --> 00:34:14.279
 job

00:34:14.279 --> 00:34:14.659
 concern

00:34:14.659 --> 00:34:15.139
 arises

00:34:15.139 --> 00:34:15.960
 and we

00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:16.860
 take

00:34:16.860 --> 00:34:17.159
 this

00:34:17.159 --> 00:34:17.420
 issue

00:34:17.420 --> 00:34:17.659
 and we

00:34:17.659 --> 00:34:17.980
 put it

00:34:17.980 --> 00:34:18.099
 under

00:34:18.099 --> 00:34:18.360
 this

00:34:18.360 --> 00:34:19.179
 microscope

00:34:19.179 --> 00:34:20.559
 meant to

00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:21.259
 magnify

00:34:21.259 --> 00:34:21.559
 little

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:21.920
 things

00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:22.119
 into

00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:22.400
 really

00:34:22.400 --> 00:34:22.639
 big

00:34:22.639 --> 00:34:22.900
 things

00:34:22.900 --> 00:34:23.099
 so we

00:34:23.099 --> 00:34:23.199
 can

00:34:23.199 --> 00:34:23.380
 see

00:34:23.380 --> 00:34:23.519
 the

00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:23.900
 details

00:34:23.900 --> 00:34:24.519
 and so

00:34:24.519 --> 00:34:24.619
 we

00:34:24.619 --> 00:34:24.920
 put it

00:34:24.920 --> 00:34:25.059
 under

00:34:25.059 --> 00:34:25.279
 there

00:34:25.279 --> 00:34:25.480
 and we

00:34:25.480 --> 00:34:25.719
 start

00:34:25.719 --> 00:34:26.980
 noticing

00:34:26.980 --> 00:34:27.340
 every

00:34:27.340 --> 00:34:27.579
 little

00:34:27.579 --> 00:34:28.119
 detail

00:34:28.119 --> 00:34:28.699
 of it

00:34:28.699 --> 00:34:29.399
 we

00:34:29.399 --> 00:34:29.799
 become

00:34:29.799 --> 00:34:30.419
 expert

00:34:30.419 --> 00:34:31.019
 hardship

00:34:31.019 --> 00:34:31.659
 analysts

00:34:31.659 --> 00:34:32.059
 and

00:34:32.059 --> 00:34:32.799
 scientists

00:34:32.799 --> 00:34:34.339
 putting

00:34:34.339 --> 00:34:34.659
 all of

00:34:34.659 --> 00:34:34.799
 our

00:34:34.799 --> 00:34:35.219
 problems

00:34:35.219 --> 00:34:35.460
 under

00:34:35.460 --> 00:34:35.719
 these

00:34:35.719 --> 00:34:36.859
 microscopes

00:34:36.859 --> 00:34:38.299
 all the

00:34:38.299 --> 00:34:38.699
 while

00:34:38.699 --> 00:34:40.199
 losing

00:34:40.199 --> 00:34:40.899
 perspective

00:34:40.899 --> 00:34:41.419
 because

00:34:41.419 --> 00:34:41.739
 we

00:34:41.739 --> 00:34:42.039
 become

00:34:42.039 --> 00:34:42.259
 so

00:34:42.259 --> 00:34:42.819
 focused

00:34:42.819 --> 00:34:43.159
 on

00:34:43.159 --> 00:34:43.359
 this

00:34:43.359 --> 00:34:43.879
 problem

00:34:43.879 --> 00:34:44.799
 and

00:34:44.799 --> 00:34:45.000
 Paul

00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:45.159
 would

00:34:45.159 --> 00:34:45.359
 have

00:34:45.359 --> 00:34:45.519
 us

00:34:45.519 --> 00:34:45.699
 think

00:34:45.699 --> 00:34:46.179
 differently

00:34:46.179 --> 00:34:47.879
 the

00:34:47.879 --> 00:34:48.159
 problem

00:34:48.159 --> 00:34:48.319
 with

00:34:48.319 --> 00:34:49.099
 microscopes

00:34:49.099 --> 00:34:49.460
 we

00:34:49.460 --> 00:34:49.659
 know

00:34:49.659 --> 00:34:49.779
 is

00:34:49.779 --> 00:34:50.099
 they

00:34:50.099 --> 00:34:50.339
 take

00:34:50.339 --> 00:34:50.819
 relatively

00:34:50.819 --> 00:34:51.199
 small

00:34:51.199 --> 00:34:51.480
 things

00:34:51.480 --> 00:34:51.599
 and

00:34:51.599 --> 00:34:51.719
 they

00:34:51.719 --> 00:34:51.980
 make

00:34:51.980 --> 00:34:52.179
 them

00:34:52.179 --> 00:34:52.460
 appear

00:34:52.460 --> 00:34:53.259
 humongous

00:34:53.259 --> 00:34:54.239
 Paul

00:34:54.239 --> 00:34:54.579
 says

00:34:54.579 --> 00:34:55.480
 affliction

00:34:55.480 --> 00:34:55.699
 is

00:34:55.699 --> 00:34:56.119
 actually

00:34:56.119 --> 00:34:57.119
 tiny

00:34:57.119 --> 00:34:58.239
 affliction

00:34:58.239 --> 00:34:58.460
 is

00:34:58.460 --> 00:34:58.779
 actually

00:34:58.779 --> 00:34:59.359
 small

00:34:59.359 --> 00:35:01.039
 not

00:35:01.039 --> 00:35:01.199
 all

00:35:01.199 --> 00:35:01.359
 by

00:35:01.359 --> 00:35:01.880
 itself

00:35:01.880 --> 00:35:04.619
 but

00:35:04.619 --> 00:35:04.779
 when

00:35:04.779 --> 00:35:04.900
 you

00:35:04.900 --> 00:35:05.119
 set

00:35:05.119 --> 00:35:05.239
 it

00:35:05.239 --> 00:35:05.480
 next

00:35:05.480 --> 00:35:05.659
 to

00:35:05.659 --> 00:35:06.079
 glory

00:35:06.079 --> 00:35:09.099
 light

00:35:09.099 --> 00:35:09.319
 and

00:35:09.319 --> 00:35:09.920
 momentary

00:35:09.920 --> 00:35:10.239
 versus

00:35:10.239 --> 00:35:10.859
 heavy

00:35:10.859 --> 00:35:11.219
 and

00:35:11.219 --> 00:35:12.019
 eternal

00:35:12.019 --> 00:35:14.340
 Paul

00:35:14.340 --> 00:35:14.659
 could

00:35:14.659 --> 00:35:14.880
 not

00:35:14.880 --> 00:35:15.199
 choose

00:35:15.199 --> 00:35:15.639
 words

00:35:15.639 --> 00:35:16.000
 that

00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:16.420
 more

00:35:16.420 --> 00:35:16.840
 greatly

00:35:16.840 --> 00:35:17.420
 contrast

00:35:17.420 --> 00:35:17.840
 than

00:35:17.840 --> 00:35:18.000
 he

00:35:18.000 --> 00:35:18.539
 has

00:35:18.539 --> 00:35:21.860
 and

00:35:21.860 --> 00:35:21.980
 the

00:35:21.980 --> 00:35:22.139
 thing

00:35:22.139 --> 00:35:22.380
 about

00:35:22.380 --> 00:35:22.739
 glory

00:35:22.739 --> 00:35:22.960
 is

00:35:22.960 --> 00:35:23.099
 we

00:35:23.099 --> 00:35:23.239
 don't

00:35:23.239 --> 00:35:23.380
 need

00:35:23.380 --> 00:35:23.539
 a

00:35:23.539 --> 00:35:24.019
 microscope

00:35:24.019 --> 00:35:24.400
 to

00:35:24.400 --> 00:35:24.840
 examine

00:35:24.840 --> 00:35:25.099
 it

00:35:25.099 --> 00:35:26.039
 we

00:35:26.039 --> 00:35:26.199
 need

00:35:26.199 --> 00:35:26.360
 a

00:35:26.360 --> 00:35:26.860
 telescope

00:35:26.860 --> 00:35:27.199
 of

00:35:27.199 --> 00:35:27.519
 faith

00:35:27.519 --> 00:35:28.559
 to

00:35:28.559 --> 00:35:28.780
 look

00:35:28.780 --> 00:35:29.179
 beyond

00:35:29.179 --> 00:35:29.400
 what

00:35:29.400 --> 00:35:29.579
 is

00:35:29.579 --> 00:35:29.920
 seen

00:35:29.920 --> 00:35:30.480
 into

00:35:30.480 --> 00:35:30.800
 the

00:35:30.800 --> 00:35:31.820
 supernatural

00:35:31.820 --> 00:35:32.300
 into

00:35:32.300 --> 00:35:32.599
 the

00:35:32.599 --> 00:35:33.179
 unseen

00:35:33.179 --> 00:35:33.820
 realities

00:35:33.820 --> 00:35:34.139
 of

00:35:34.139 --> 00:35:34.400
 God

00:35:34.400 --> 00:35:34.579
 that

00:35:34.579 --> 00:35:34.800
 he's

00:35:34.800 --> 00:35:35.199
 declared

00:35:35.199 --> 00:35:35.480
 to

00:35:35.480 --> 00:35:35.719
 us

00:35:35.719 --> 00:35:35.840
 in

00:35:35.840 --> 00:35:36.000
 his

00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:36.420
 word

00:35:36.420 --> 00:35:38.800
 God

00:35:38.800 --> 00:35:38.980
 has

00:35:38.980 --> 00:35:39.219
 told

00:35:39.219 --> 00:35:39.380
 us

00:35:39.380 --> 00:35:39.579
 that

00:35:39.579 --> 00:35:39.980
 glory

00:35:39.980 --> 00:35:40.219
 that

00:35:40.219 --> 00:35:40.500
 heaven

00:35:40.500 --> 00:35:40.659
 that

00:35:40.659 --> 00:35:40.940
 eternity

00:35:40.940 --> 00:35:41.159
 is

00:35:41.159 --> 00:35:41.460
 so

00:35:41.460 --> 00:35:41.759
 good

00:35:41.760 --> 00:35:42.000
 and

00:35:42.000 --> 00:35:42.340
 huge

00:35:42.340 --> 00:35:42.560
 and

00:35:42.560 --> 00:35:43.280
 satisfying

00:35:43.280 --> 00:35:45.360
 and

00:35:45.360 --> 00:35:45.540
 yet

00:35:45.540 --> 00:35:45.740
 to

00:35:45.740 --> 00:35:45.960
 our

00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:46.460
 eyes

00:35:46.460 --> 00:35:46.660
 it

00:35:46.660 --> 00:35:46.800
 can

00:35:46.800 --> 00:35:47.160
 appear

00:35:47.160 --> 00:35:48.040
 insignificant

00:35:48.040 --> 00:35:48.620
 far

00:35:48.620 --> 00:35:49.000
 away

00:35:49.000 --> 00:35:49.400
 and

00:35:49.400 --> 00:35:50.160
 unreachable

00:35:50.160 --> 00:35:52.240
 we

00:35:52.240 --> 00:35:52.400
 need

00:35:52.400 --> 00:35:52.480
 to

00:35:52.480 --> 00:35:52.600
 be

00:35:52.600 --> 00:35:52.780
 like

00:35:52.780 --> 00:35:52.960
 the

00:35:52.960 --> 00:35:53.280
 star

00:35:53.280 --> 00:35:53.700
 gazers

00:35:53.700 --> 00:35:53.920
 at

00:35:53.920 --> 00:35:54.220
 night

00:35:54.220 --> 00:35:55.140
 in

00:35:55.140 --> 00:35:55.260
 the

00:35:55.260 --> 00:35:55.480
 midst

00:35:55.480 --> 00:35:55.640
 of

00:35:55.640 --> 00:35:56.080
 hardship

00:35:56.080 --> 00:35:57.160
 by

00:35:57.160 --> 00:35:57.600
 faith

00:35:57.600 --> 00:35:58.060
 day

00:35:58.060 --> 00:35:58.460
 after

00:35:58.460 --> 00:35:58.900
 day

00:35:58.900 --> 00:35:59.940
 examine

00:35:59.940 --> 00:36:00.640
 eternity

00:36:00.640 --> 00:36:01.300
 and

00:36:01.300 --> 00:36:01.440
 the

00:36:01.440 --> 00:36:01.720
 things

00:36:01.720 --> 00:36:01.920
 of

00:36:01.920 --> 00:36:02.340
 heaven

00:36:02.340 --> 00:36:03.660
 not

00:36:03.660 --> 00:36:03.840
 to

00:36:03.840 --> 00:36:04.380
 magnify

00:36:04.380 --> 00:36:04.800
 something

00:36:04.800 --> 00:36:05.300
 small

00:36:05.300 --> 00:36:06.340
 but

00:36:06.340 --> 00:36:06.520
 to

00:36:06.520 --> 00:36:06.760
 see

00:36:06.760 --> 00:36:06.880
 it

00:36:06.880 --> 00:36:07.000
 in

00:36:07.000 --> 00:36:07.180
 its

00:36:07.180 --> 00:36:07.460
 true

00:36:07.460 --> 00:36:07.940
 size

00:36:07.940 --> 00:36:08.120
 and

00:36:08.120 --> 00:36:08.400
 its

00:36:08.400 --> 00:36:08.660
 true

00:36:08.660 --> 00:36:09.080
 value

00:36:09.080 --> 00:36:09.260
 and

00:36:09.260 --> 00:36:09.420
 its

00:36:09.420 --> 00:36:09.640
 true

00:36:09.640 --> 00:36:10.040
 weight

00:36:10.039 --> 00:36:14.440
 Paul

00:36:14.440 --> 00:36:14.699
 sets

00:36:14.699 --> 00:36:15.099
 a grain

00:36:15.099 --> 00:36:15.599
 of sand

00:36:15.599 --> 00:36:15.920
 side

00:36:15.920 --> 00:36:16.380
 by side

00:36:16.380 --> 00:36:16.860
 with the

00:36:16.860 --> 00:36:17.340
 galaxies

00:36:17.340 --> 00:36:17.779
 of the

00:36:17.779 --> 00:36:18.099
 universe

00:36:18.099 --> 00:36:20.300
 and says

00:36:20.300 --> 00:36:21.119
 which is

00:36:21.119 --> 00:36:21.880
 more weighty

00:36:21.880 --> 00:36:22.599
 and where

00:36:22.599 --> 00:36:23.420
 should you

00:36:23.420 --> 00:36:24.279
 spend your

00:36:24.279 --> 00:36:24.739
 time

00:36:24.739 --> 00:36:27.300
 how

00:36:27.300 --> 00:36:27.599
 Paul

00:36:27.599 --> 00:36:27.860
 how

00:36:27.860 --> 00:36:28.500
 can I

00:36:28.500 --> 00:36:28.900
 get this

00:36:28.900 --> 00:36:29.480
 perspective

00:36:29.480 --> 00:36:32.480
 verse 18

00:36:32.480 --> 00:36:34.539
 as we

00:36:34.539 --> 00:36:35.000
 look

00:36:35.000 --> 00:36:36.380
 not to the

00:36:36.380 --> 00:36:37.039
 things that are

00:36:37.039 --> 00:36:37.400
 seen

00:36:37.400 --> 00:36:38.820
 but to the

00:36:38.820 --> 00:36:39.380
 things that are

00:36:39.380 --> 00:36:39.860
 unseen

00:36:39.860 --> 00:36:40.400
 Paul

00:36:40.400 --> 00:36:40.760
 says

00:36:40.760 --> 00:36:41.180
 that's

00:36:41.180 --> 00:36:41.420
 how

00:36:41.420 --> 00:36:43.400
 not

00:36:43.400 --> 00:36:43.700
 not

00:36:43.700 --> 00:36:43.920
 not

00:36:43.920 --> 00:36:44.519
 focusing

00:36:44.519 --> 00:36:44.900
 our

00:36:44.900 --> 00:36:45.360
 attention

00:36:45.360 --> 00:36:45.840
 and our

00:36:45.840 --> 00:36:46.360
 energies

00:36:46.360 --> 00:36:46.900
 on our

00:36:46.900 --> 00:36:47.599
 on our

00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:48.059
 hardships

00:36:48.059 --> 00:36:50.700
 but looking

00:36:50.700 --> 00:36:51.039
 to the

00:36:51.039 --> 00:36:51.420
 unseen

00:36:51.420 --> 00:36:52.039
 realities

00:36:52.039 --> 00:36:52.460
 of the

00:36:52.460 --> 00:36:52.660
 kingdom

00:36:52.660 --> 00:36:53.320
 of God

00:36:53.320 --> 00:36:57.680
 this

00:36:57.680 --> 00:36:58.519
 looking

00:36:58.519 --> 00:36:58.820
 word

00:36:58.820 --> 00:36:58.980
 is

00:36:58.980 --> 00:36:59.500
 it's a

00:36:59.500 --> 00:36:59.780
 little bit

00:36:59.780 --> 00:37:00.300
 unhelpful

00:37:00.300 --> 00:37:00.500
 in the

00:37:00.500 --> 00:37:00.940
 ESV

00:37:00.940 --> 00:37:01.240
 the

00:37:01.240 --> 00:37:01.760
 NIV

00:37:01.760 --> 00:37:02.200
 folks

00:37:02.200 --> 00:37:02.820
 you might

00:37:02.820 --> 00:37:03.480
 see it

00:37:03.480 --> 00:37:03.700
 a little

00:37:03.700 --> 00:37:04.059
 bit more

00:37:04.059 --> 00:37:04.579
 helpfully

00:37:04.579 --> 00:37:05.780
 fix

00:37:05.780 --> 00:37:06.099
 our

00:37:06.099 --> 00:37:06.700
 eyes

00:37:06.699 --> 00:37:08.500
 what

00:37:08.500 --> 00:37:08.759
 Paul

00:37:08.759 --> 00:37:09.079
 is saying

00:37:09.079 --> 00:37:09.399
 in verse

00:37:09.399 --> 00:37:09.759
 18

00:37:09.759 --> 00:37:10.039
 is

00:37:10.039 --> 00:37:10.759
 that

00:37:10.759 --> 00:37:11.460
 we

00:37:11.460 --> 00:37:11.539
 we

00:37:11.539 --> 00:37:13.859
 challenge

00:37:13.859 --> 00:37:14.679
 glory

00:37:14.679 --> 00:37:15.239
 to a

00:37:15.239 --> 00:37:15.559
 staring

00:37:15.559 --> 00:37:16.279
 contest

00:37:16.279 --> 00:37:17.219
 and then

00:37:17.219 --> 00:37:17.559
 purpose

00:37:17.559 --> 00:37:17.980
 to win

00:37:17.980 --> 00:37:19.019
 say

00:37:19.019 --> 00:37:19.439
 alright

00:37:19.439 --> 00:37:19.799
 you and

00:37:19.799 --> 00:37:20.239
 me glory

00:37:20.239 --> 00:37:20.619
 we're

00:37:20.619 --> 00:37:20.799
 going to

00:37:20.799 --> 00:37:21.039
 lock

00:37:21.039 --> 00:37:21.379
 eyes

00:37:21.379 --> 00:37:21.839
 and I

00:37:21.839 --> 00:37:21.980
 ain't

00:37:21.980 --> 00:37:22.179
 going to

00:37:22.179 --> 00:37:22.500
 blink

00:37:22.500 --> 00:37:23.039
 I'm

00:37:23.039 --> 00:37:23.219
 going to

00:37:23.219 --> 00:37:23.619
 focus

00:37:23.619 --> 00:37:24.039
 on you

00:37:24.039 --> 00:37:24.399
 so

00:37:24.399 --> 00:37:24.919
 intently

00:37:24.919 --> 00:37:25.460
 that

00:37:25.460 --> 00:37:25.960
 nothing

00:37:25.960 --> 00:37:26.199
 is

00:37:26.199 --> 00:37:26.460
 going to

00:37:26.460 --> 00:37:26.960
 distract

00:37:26.960 --> 00:37:27.199
 me

00:37:27.199 --> 00:37:27.460
 from

00:37:27.460 --> 00:37:28.679
 you

00:37:28.679 --> 00:37:31.339
 fix

00:37:31.339 --> 00:37:31.539
 your

00:37:31.539 --> 00:37:31.859
 gaze

00:37:31.859 --> 00:37:32.079
 on

00:37:32.079 --> 00:37:32.639
 glory

00:37:32.639 --> 00:37:34.139
 that's

00:37:34.139 --> 00:37:34.299
 the

00:37:34.299 --> 00:37:35.000
 perspective

00:37:35.000 --> 00:37:35.500
 that we

00:37:35.500 --> 00:37:35.759
 need

00:37:35.759 --> 00:37:36.000
 in the

00:37:36.000 --> 00:37:36.219
 midst

00:37:36.219 --> 00:37:36.379
 of

00:37:36.379 --> 00:37:36.879
 hardship

00:37:36.879 --> 00:37:38.179
 not

00:37:38.179 --> 00:37:38.619
 a mere

00:37:38.619 --> 00:37:39.159
 passing

00:37:39.159 --> 00:37:39.879
 glance

00:37:39.879 --> 00:37:44.099
 and as

00:37:44.099 --> 00:37:44.559
 we fix

00:37:44.559 --> 00:37:44.739
 our

00:37:44.739 --> 00:37:44.920
 gaze

00:37:44.920 --> 00:37:45.079
 we

00:37:45.079 --> 00:37:45.400
 refuse

00:37:45.400 --> 00:37:45.599
 to

00:37:45.599 --> 00:37:45.819
 pull

00:37:45.819 --> 00:37:45.980
 out

00:37:45.980 --> 00:37:46.159
 that

00:37:46.159 --> 00:37:46.659
 microscope

00:37:46.659 --> 00:37:47.000
 and

00:37:47.000 --> 00:37:47.299
 start

00:37:47.299 --> 00:37:48.679
 magnifying

00:37:48.679 --> 00:37:48.980
 our

00:37:48.980 --> 00:37:49.480
 problems

00:37:49.480 --> 00:37:51.559
 that's

00:37:51.559 --> 00:37:51.719
 the

00:37:51.719 --> 00:37:52.079
 God

00:37:52.079 --> 00:37:52.519
 pleasing

00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:53.299
 perspective

00:37:53.299 --> 00:37:53.579
 on

00:37:53.579 --> 00:37:54.079
 hardship

00:37:54.079 --> 00:37:55.480
 we

00:37:55.480 --> 00:37:55.779
 set

00:37:55.779 --> 00:37:55.980
 our

00:37:55.980 --> 00:37:56.319
 sights

00:37:56.319 --> 00:37:56.579
 on

00:37:56.579 --> 00:37:57.000
 glory

00:37:57.000 --> 00:37:57.239
 and

00:37:57.239 --> 00:37:57.420
 we

00:37:57.420 --> 00:37:58.159
 persevere

00:37:58.159 --> 00:38:00.879
 we

00:38:00.879 --> 00:38:01.079
 have

00:38:01.079 --> 00:38:01.299
 this

00:38:01.299 --> 00:38:01.599
 mindset

00:38:01.599 --> 00:38:01.859
 we

00:38:01.859 --> 00:38:02.079
 know

00:38:02.079 --> 00:38:02.259
 that

00:38:02.260 --> 00:38:02.500
 God

00:38:02.500 --> 00:38:02.700
 is

00:38:02.700 --> 00:38:03.180
 using

00:38:03.180 --> 00:38:03.680
 our

00:38:03.680 --> 00:38:04.100
 hardship

00:38:04.100 --> 00:38:04.780
 for

00:38:04.780 --> 00:38:05.360
 good

00:38:05.360 --> 00:38:06.200
 Romans

00:38:06.200 --> 00:38:06.480
 8

00:38:06.480 --> 00:38:06.880
 28

00:38:06.880 --> 00:38:08.100
 we

00:38:08.100 --> 00:38:08.340
 know

00:38:08.340 --> 00:38:08.480
 he

00:38:08.480 --> 00:38:08.860
 intends

00:38:08.860 --> 00:38:09.060
 to

00:38:09.060 --> 00:38:09.520
 demonstrate

00:38:09.520 --> 00:38:09.900
 his

00:38:09.900 --> 00:38:10.480
 power

00:38:10.480 --> 00:38:10.880
 through

00:38:10.880 --> 00:38:11.180
 our

00:38:11.180 --> 00:38:11.660
 weakness

00:38:11.660 --> 00:38:14.540
 and

00:38:14.540 --> 00:38:14.820
 we've

00:38:14.820 --> 00:38:15.300
 resolved

00:38:15.300 --> 00:38:15.580
 as

00:38:15.580 --> 00:38:15.920
 followers

00:38:15.920 --> 00:38:16.180
 of

00:38:16.180 --> 00:38:16.460
 Jesus

00:38:16.460 --> 00:38:17.000
 to

00:38:17.000 --> 00:38:17.260
 live

00:38:17.260 --> 00:38:17.440
 our

00:38:17.440 --> 00:38:17.820
 lives

00:38:17.820 --> 00:38:18.020
 for

00:38:18.020 --> 00:38:18.200
 the

00:38:18.200 --> 00:38:18.620
 glory

00:38:18.620 --> 00:38:19.140
 of

00:38:19.140 --> 00:38:19.560
 God

00:38:19.560 --> 00:38:20.480
 and

00:38:20.480 --> 00:38:20.620
 the

00:38:20.620 --> 00:38:20.760
 good

00:38:20.760 --> 00:38:20.920
 of

00:38:20.920 --> 00:38:21.360
 others

00:38:21.360 --> 00:38:23.260
 in

00:38:23.260 --> 00:38:23.380
 a

00:38:23.380 --> 00:38:23.600
 world

00:38:23.600 --> 00:38:23.760
 that

00:38:23.760 --> 00:38:24.160
 values

00:38:24.160 --> 00:38:24.380
 so

00:38:24.380 --> 00:38:24.580
 much

00:38:24.580 --> 00:38:25.320
 human

00:38:25.320 --> 00:38:26.020
 ingenuity

00:38:26.020 --> 00:38:26.900
 and

00:38:26.900 --> 00:38:27.300
 strength

00:38:27.300 --> 00:38:27.440
 and

00:38:27.440 --> 00:38:27.920
 prestige

00:38:27.920 --> 00:38:28.140
 and

00:38:28.140 --> 00:38:28.680
 influence

00:38:28.680 --> 00:38:28.980
 we

00:38:28.980 --> 00:38:29.340
 long

00:38:29.340 --> 00:38:29.500
 for

00:38:29.500 --> 00:38:29.660
 the

00:38:29.660 --> 00:38:29.900
 life

00:38:29.900 --> 00:38:30.100
 of

00:38:30.100 --> 00:38:30.480
 Jesus

00:38:30.480 --> 00:38:31.060
 to be

00:38:31.060 --> 00:38:31.460
 seen

00:38:31.460 --> 00:38:31.840
 and known

00:38:31.840 --> 00:38:32.059
 through

00:38:32.059 --> 00:38:32.280
 our

00:38:32.280 --> 00:38:32.599
 clay

00:38:32.599 --> 00:38:33.300
 pots

00:38:33.300 --> 00:38:35.900
 as

00:38:35.900 --> 00:38:36.440
 disciples

00:38:36.440 --> 00:38:36.860
 who are

00:38:36.860 --> 00:38:37.099
 living

00:38:37.099 --> 00:38:37.699
 intentionally

00:38:37.699 --> 00:38:38.000
 for

00:38:38.000 --> 00:38:38.380
 Jesus

00:38:38.380 --> 00:38:39.220
 we draw

00:38:39.220 --> 00:38:39.840
 on Paul's

00:38:39.840 --> 00:38:40.380
 example

00:38:40.380 --> 00:38:42.220
 knowing

00:38:42.220 --> 00:38:42.659
 that

00:38:42.659 --> 00:38:43.099
 hardships

00:38:43.099 --> 00:38:43.760
 are normal

00:38:43.760 --> 00:38:44.220
 it's part

00:38:44.220 --> 00:38:44.800
 of life

00:38:44.800 --> 00:38:45.139
 and if we

00:38:45.139 --> 00:38:45.740
 identify with

00:38:45.740 --> 00:38:46.019
 Jesus

00:38:46.019 --> 00:38:46.760
 we can expect

00:38:46.760 --> 00:38:47.240
 more

00:38:47.240 --> 00:38:48.460
 and we

00:38:48.460 --> 00:38:49.019
 take hold

00:38:49.019 --> 00:38:49.539
 of the same

00:38:49.539 --> 00:38:50.199
 motivations

00:38:50.199 --> 00:38:50.920
 that drove

00:38:50.920 --> 00:38:51.480
 Paul to

00:38:51.480 --> 00:38:52.079
 endure so

00:38:52.079 --> 00:38:52.559
 much

00:38:52.559 --> 00:38:52.960
 day

00:38:52.960 --> 00:38:53.720
 after day

00:38:53.719 --> 00:38:56.799
 we

00:38:56.799 --> 00:38:57.179
 remember

00:38:57.179 --> 00:38:57.500
 to

00:38:57.500 --> 00:38:58.259
 the glory

00:38:58.259 --> 00:38:58.739
 of God

00:38:58.739 --> 00:38:59.079
 the good

00:38:59.079 --> 00:38:59.480
 of others

00:38:59.480 --> 00:39:00.179
 the resurrection

00:39:00.179 --> 00:39:00.639
 hope

00:39:00.639 --> 00:39:00.959
 and the

00:39:00.959 --> 00:39:01.439
 character

00:39:01.439 --> 00:39:02.059
 and person

00:39:02.059 --> 00:39:02.679
 of God

00:39:02.679 --> 00:39:03.859
 who never

00:39:03.859 --> 00:39:04.519
 lies

00:39:04.519 --> 00:39:07.559
 we keep

00:39:07.559 --> 00:39:08.019
 this right

00:39:08.019 --> 00:39:08.759
 perspective

00:39:08.759 --> 00:39:10.919
 on affliction

00:39:10.919 --> 00:39:11.939
 versus glory

00:39:11.939 --> 00:39:13.500
 and we know

00:39:13.500 --> 00:39:14.119
 that these

00:39:14.119 --> 00:39:14.839
 afflictions are

00:39:14.839 --> 00:39:15.619
 preparing

00:39:15.619 --> 00:39:16.419
 glory

00:39:16.419 --> 00:39:17.439
 for us

00:39:17.439 --> 00:39:18.119
 Paul says

00:39:18.119 --> 00:39:18.679
 not just

00:39:18.679 --> 00:39:19.159
 not just

00:39:19.159 --> 00:39:19.679
 something we

00:39:19.679 --> 00:39:20.139
 have to just

00:39:20.139 --> 00:39:20.559
 kind of bear

00:39:20.559 --> 00:39:21.059
 with for a

00:39:21.059 --> 00:39:21.299
 while but

00:39:21.300 --> 00:39:22.060
 we see

00:39:22.060 --> 00:39:22.620
 what God's

00:39:22.620 --> 00:39:23.260
 using them

00:39:23.260 --> 00:39:23.740
 to do

00:39:23.740 --> 00:39:25.200
 to demonstrate

00:39:25.200 --> 00:39:25.740
 his power

00:39:25.740 --> 00:39:26.480
 to refine

00:39:26.480 --> 00:39:26.920
 us

00:39:26.920 --> 00:39:27.780
 to bring

00:39:27.780 --> 00:39:28.240
 us home

00:39:28.240 --> 00:39:28.660
 forever

00:39:28.660 --> 00:39:29.200
 with him

00:39:29.200 --> 00:39:35.720
 I just

00:39:35.720 --> 00:39:35.980
 want to

00:39:35.980 --> 00:39:36.600
 close with

00:39:36.600 --> 00:39:38.840
 three specific

00:39:38.840 --> 00:39:39.960
 encouragements

00:39:39.960 --> 00:39:40.780
 I realize

00:39:40.780 --> 00:39:41.660
 that's

00:39:41.660 --> 00:39:42.420
 been a lot

00:39:42.420 --> 00:39:47.039
 if you're

00:39:47.039 --> 00:39:47.400
 in the room

00:39:47.400 --> 00:39:47.780
 today

00:39:47.780 --> 00:39:49.420
 and you're

00:39:49.420 --> 00:39:50.080
 experiencing

00:39:50.080 --> 00:39:50.780
 hardship

00:39:50.780 --> 00:39:51.240
 of any

00:39:51.240 --> 00:39:51.600
 kind

00:39:51.600 --> 00:39:53.940
 whether

00:39:53.940 --> 00:39:54.260
 it's

00:39:54.260 --> 00:39:54.640
 just

00:39:54.640 --> 00:39:56.240
 you feel

00:39:56.240 --> 00:39:56.580
 the weight

00:39:56.580 --> 00:39:57.860
 of financial

00:39:57.860 --> 00:39:58.400
 strain

00:39:58.400 --> 00:39:59.560
 or you're

00:39:59.560 --> 00:39:59.980
 suffering

00:39:59.980 --> 00:40:00.560
 at work

00:40:00.560 --> 00:40:01.260
 they're

00:40:01.260 --> 00:40:02.000
 telling you

00:40:02.000 --> 00:40:02.580
 to compromise

00:40:02.580 --> 00:40:03.540
 your integrity

00:40:03.540 --> 00:40:04.220
 whatever it

00:40:04.220 --> 00:40:05.220
 may be

00:40:05.220 --> 00:40:07.040
 friend know

00:40:07.040 --> 00:40:07.360
 this

00:40:07.360 --> 00:40:07.920
 that God

00:40:07.920 --> 00:40:08.640
 has much

00:40:08.640 --> 00:40:09.220
 grace

00:40:09.220 --> 00:40:09.820
 for you

00:40:09.820 --> 00:40:11.200
 much

00:40:11.200 --> 00:40:11.700
 grace

00:40:11.700 --> 00:40:13.600
 the one

00:40:13.600 --> 00:40:13.900
 who did

00:40:13.900 --> 00:40:14.460
 not spare

00:40:14.460 --> 00:40:14.960
 his own

00:40:14.960 --> 00:40:15.440
 son

00:40:15.440 --> 00:40:18.000
 will along

00:40:18.000 --> 00:40:18.480
 with Jesus

00:40:18.480 --> 00:40:18.940
 give you

00:40:18.940 --> 00:40:19.680
 everything you

00:40:19.680 --> 00:40:20.060
 need to

00:40:20.059 --> 00:40:20.299
 and do

00:40:20.299 --> 00:40:20.719
 her well

00:40:20.719 --> 00:40:21.400
 by faith

00:40:21.400 --> 00:40:24.019
 he's

00:40:24.019 --> 00:40:24.480
 promised

00:40:24.480 --> 00:40:24.900
 you can

00:40:24.900 --> 00:40:25.219
 go to

00:40:25.219 --> 00:40:25.380
 him

00:40:25.380 --> 00:40:25.860
 with all

00:40:25.860 --> 00:40:26.259
 of it

00:40:26.259 --> 00:40:29.179
 second

00:40:29.179 --> 00:40:30.960
 don't be

00:40:30.960 --> 00:40:31.360
 afraid to

00:40:31.360 --> 00:40:31.739
 ask for

00:40:31.739 --> 00:40:32.059
 help

00:40:32.059 --> 00:40:34.599
 we're jars

00:40:34.599 --> 00:40:35.059
 of clay

00:40:35.059 --> 00:40:35.699
 after all

00:40:35.699 --> 00:40:36.799
 we're weak

00:40:36.799 --> 00:40:38.599
 in ourselves

00:40:38.599 --> 00:40:39.099
 we need

00:40:39.099 --> 00:40:39.719
 each other

00:40:39.719 --> 00:40:42.299
 God

00:40:42.299 --> 00:40:42.719
 does not

00:40:42.719 --> 00:40:43.459
 give the

00:40:43.459 --> 00:40:43.939
 church

00:40:43.939 --> 00:40:44.959
 as a

00:40:44.959 --> 00:40:45.239
 gift

00:40:45.239 --> 00:40:45.639
 so that

00:40:45.639 --> 00:40:46.019
 we can

00:40:46.019 --> 00:40:46.339
 suffer

00:40:46.339 --> 00:40:47.059
 in silence

00:40:47.059 --> 00:40:47.679
 all alone

00:40:47.679 --> 00:40:49.619
 we're in

00:40:49.619 --> 00:40:50.219
 it together

00:40:50.219 --> 00:40:53.159
 so take

00:40:53.159 --> 00:40:53.480
 courage

00:40:53.480 --> 00:40:54.039
 and ask

00:40:54.039 --> 00:40:56.679
 and finally

00:40:56.679 --> 00:40:57.099
 for all

00:40:57.099 --> 00:40:57.599
 of us

00:40:57.599 --> 00:40:59.199
 let's

00:40:59.199 --> 00:40:59.539
 remember

00:40:59.539 --> 00:40:59.959
 Jesus

00:40:59.959 --> 00:41:02.959
 he suffered

00:41:02.959 --> 00:41:03.719
 so much

00:41:03.719 --> 00:41:04.139
 hardship

00:41:04.139 --> 00:41:05.139
 for us

00:41:05.139 --> 00:41:06.739
 that he

00:41:06.739 --> 00:41:07.219
 might bring

00:41:07.219 --> 00:41:07.559
 us to

00:41:07.559 --> 00:41:07.940
 God

00:41:07.940 --> 00:41:09.839
 we all

00:41:09.839 --> 00:41:10.460
 need him

00:41:10.460 --> 00:41:11.099
 we all

00:41:11.099 --> 00:41:11.539
 need his

00:41:11.539 --> 00:41:11.859
 grace

00:41:11.859 --> 00:41:12.239
 we all

00:41:12.239 --> 00:41:12.679
 need his

00:41:12.679 --> 00:41:13.099
 hardship

00:41:13.099 --> 00:41:14.259
 for us

00:41:14.259 --> 00:41:14.879
 to redeem

00:41:14.879 --> 00:41:15.619
 our lives

00:41:15.619 --> 00:41:18.079
 and let's

00:41:18.079 --> 00:41:18.799
 remember how

00:41:18.799 --> 00:41:19.739
 he lovingly

00:41:19.739 --> 00:41:20.799
 took the

00:41:20.799 --> 00:41:21.659
 hardship of

00:41:21.659 --> 00:41:22.319
 other people

00:41:22.319 --> 00:41:23.199
 and walked

00:41:23.199 --> 00:41:23.839
 with them

00:41:23.839 --> 00:41:25.779
 as we live

00:41:25.779 --> 00:41:26.179
 for him

00:41:26.179 --> 00:41:26.799
 let's follow

00:41:26.799 --> 00:41:27.599
 his example

00:41:27.599 --> 00:41:30.259
 let's pray

00:41:30.259 --> 00:41:34.860
 father

00:41:34.860 --> 00:41:35.440
 thank you

00:41:35.440 --> 00:41:35.920
 for

00:41:35.920 --> 00:41:38.400
 being so

00:41:38.400 --> 00:41:38.819
 mighty

00:41:38.819 --> 00:41:39.360
 and so

00:41:39.360 --> 00:41:39.900
 powerful

00:41:39.900 --> 00:41:41.019
 and so

00:41:41.019 --> 00:41:41.299
 good

00:41:41.299 --> 00:41:41.639
 that you

00:41:41.639 --> 00:41:42.039
 would use

00:41:42.039 --> 00:41:42.420
 even the

00:41:42.420 --> 00:41:42.699
 hardest

00:41:42.699 --> 00:41:43.259
 things of

00:41:43.259 --> 00:41:43.980
 our lives

00:41:43.980 --> 00:41:45.739
 to showcase

00:41:45.739 --> 00:41:46.480
 your power

00:41:46.480 --> 00:41:47.099
 and glory

00:41:47.099 --> 00:41:48.639
 father

00:41:48.639 --> 00:41:49.059
 I pray

00:41:49.059 --> 00:41:49.400
 that you

00:41:49.400 --> 00:41:49.880
 would help

00:41:49.880 --> 00:41:50.199
 us

00:41:50.199 --> 00:41:50.619
 we don't

00:41:50.619 --> 00:41:51.319
 think this

00:41:51.319 --> 00:41:51.699
 way

00:41:51.699 --> 00:41:53.000
 but we

00:41:53.000 --> 00:41:53.559
 want to

00:41:53.559 --> 00:41:53.880
 as your

00:41:53.880 --> 00:41:54.299
 people

00:41:54.299 --> 00:41:56.519
 help us

00:41:56.519 --> 00:41:56.940
 think as

00:41:56.940 --> 00:41:57.259
 you do

00:41:57.260 --> 00:41:57.780
 about these

00:41:57.780 --> 00:41:58.240
 things

00:41:58.240 --> 00:41:59.360
 help us

00:41:59.360 --> 00:41:59.840
 to suffer

00:41:59.840 --> 00:42:00.320
 well

00:42:00.320 --> 00:42:01.660
 knowing that

00:42:01.660 --> 00:42:02.000
 it's

00:42:02.000 --> 00:42:02.540
 temporary

00:42:02.540 --> 00:42:04.440
 give us

00:42:04.440 --> 00:42:04.900
 a glimpse

00:42:04.900 --> 00:42:05.320
 of just

00:42:05.320 --> 00:42:06.340
 how glorious

00:42:06.340 --> 00:42:07.260
 and wonderful

00:42:07.260 --> 00:42:07.840
 eternity

00:42:07.840 --> 00:42:08.400
 with you

00:42:08.400 --> 00:42:08.760
 is

00:42:08.760 --> 00:42:10.060
 so that

00:42:10.060 --> 00:42:10.380
 we might

00:42:10.380 --> 00:42:10.740
 endure

00:42:10.740 --> 00:42:11.660
 by faith

00:42:11.660 --> 00:42:13.060
 we pray

00:42:13.060 --> 00:42:13.460
 in Jesus

00:42:13.460 --> 00:42:13.840
 name

00:42:13.840 --> 00:42:14.420
 amen