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 Take your Bibles this morning and turn in them to Romans 8, Romans 8, verse 1.

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! Today is a day that we who are believers gather around the Lord's table.

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! We gather in obedience to His instruction to us to celebrate His death on our behalf,

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 His willing sacrifice for our sins and His victory over sin and death.

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 And over the years, one of the things that I have to confess has always been a marvel to me

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 is the blessing of coming to the Lord's table and being involved again and again in something that,

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 were it not for the enabling of the Holy Spirit, would become rather mundane and rather routine.

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 And I would appeal at the outset that this morning as you, first of all, attend to the Word of God

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 and then later as you take these elements, that one of the things that you do is that you

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 bathe this process and this time in prayer. Praying for me in obedience to the Scriptures that make it

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 clear that God's people should pray for the man who preaches the Word of God. Let me say this,

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 that I am fully persuaded that the characteristic or one of the characteristics of the Apostle Paul's

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 ministry was that in every case that you work your way through his various epistles, you will find that

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 Paul was consistent in asking other people to pray for him. Do you know what asking people to pray for

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 you indicates? It indicates a recognition of your own frailty and the absolute sufficiency of the work

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 of God in accomplishing that which you cannot do for yourself. How many of you ask people to help you

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 apart from knowing that you have the need? And so we pray for the teaching of the Word of God and

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 particularly for the man engaged in doing it. But we also pray that our own hearts would be responsive,

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 that we would have a heart that is open to hear the text and the truth. And I'm reminded of the

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 statement that is made in Psalm 119. It says this,

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 Open thou mine eyes that I might behold wondrous truths out of thy law. By nature, we are not good

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 listeners. Would you admit that? We need the help of the Holy Spirit to listen carefully.

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 I would also encourage you to be in prayer that not only would you be a good listener,

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 but that you would allow the Spirit of God to apply the Word directly to your life.

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 And as Pastor Shearer recited 2 Corinthians chapter 3 in his prayer, he referenced the fact that it is

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 through the ministry of the Word of God and hearing it and having it applied to our heart by the power

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 of the Holy Spirit that we grow to be less like who we are and more like Jesus. And so it is our prayer

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 that in the teaching of the Word, we would allow the text to have an effect upon not only our ears,

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 but in particular upon our hearts and our behavior. I want you to look at this passage in Romans chapter 8,

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 and I mark perhaps a journey with a kind of an encouraging statement at the outset. I anticipate

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 in the remainder of this year on those various times where I'm involved in leading the teaching

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 of the Word of God in relationship to the elements. I want to tell you that from here on until I really

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 don't know when, every time that I teach surrounding the subject of communion, I am going to focus on the

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 issue of our union with Christ. I have a long history of doing 1 Corinthians chapter 11 to the point that

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 when people see the elements on the table, the general thought is this, is I know what chapter

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 we're going to be in, I know what book we're going to be in, and I'm just telling you ahead of time,

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 there's a change coming at least for the near future. Let me read the passage and we will pray together.

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 Romans chapter 8, verse 1.

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 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus.

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 Father,

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 we do not pray because it's a habit,

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 but we pray because you are in heaven,

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 and your ear is bent towards your children.

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 You delight to hear our

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 stammering expressions of

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 thankfulness and

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 dependence,

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 and you are pleased

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 when we pray in accordance

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 with your instruction and your

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 word, and we remind you of

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 promises that you already know, but in

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 doing so, our faith is strengthened

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 and our confidence in you

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 is firmed up.

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 And this morning we are

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 before you

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 with humility and thankfulness

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 asking that you would give to us

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 a growing affection for the Lord Jesus Christ

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 and a longing for the day

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 that we will see him

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 and be fully satisfied.

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 We pray that

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 both the preaching of the word

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 and the attendance to the word

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 would be marked by the enabling of your spirit

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 that you have granted to those

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 who are believers that are here today.

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 Father, I know there are also some here

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 in our fellowship that are

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 sitting this morning under the teaching

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 of the word of God

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 who have not come to faith yet.

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 And I would pray

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 that you would graciously bring them

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 to conviction to recognize

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 that the emptiness,

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 the darkness,

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 the deep and abiding sorrow

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 and perhaps the depression

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 of their life

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 is really linked perhaps

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 to the relationship that they

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 lack

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 to unforgiven sin

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 and to the uncertain prospect

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 of eternity

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 separation from you

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 and eternal judgment.

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 We pray, Father,

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 that you would graciously draw

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 such individuals

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 to see their need

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 and to trust in the Lord Jesus Christ

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 in whom alone

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 is salvation.

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 Help us to delight in the word

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 we who know it

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 and to live it

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 for the glory of our Savior.

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 We pray this in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 John Newton's hymn,

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 Amazing Grace,

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 probably one of the more popular songs

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 that not only is sung by the church

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 but it's played at many, many funerals.

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 It's kind of woven into the DNA

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 of much of church life

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 and even military business.

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 You know, you have the bagpipes

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 often play Amazing Grace.

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 It's one of the standard things you have.

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 And in relationship to that song

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 there's a little sequence of lines

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 that I want to recite for you here

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 just for a moment

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 and have you think with me regarding it.

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 John Newton writes this,

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 When we've been there for 10,000 years,

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 bright shining as the sun,

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 we've no less days

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 to sing God's praise

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 than when we first begun.

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 I remember as a younger boy

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 hearing older people talk about heaven

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 and kind of being intrigued a little bit.

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 You know, it's like,

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 they sound like that's a good place to go

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 and I understand as opposed to hell,

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 I can get that.

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 I mean, I don't like the idea of going to hell

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 and suffering forever and all that.

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 But you know,

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 what am I going to do in heaven?

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 Really?

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 What am I going to do in heaven?

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 And as a little boy playing in a sandbox,

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 you know,

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 and digging trenches for my plastic soldiers

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 and making roads for my little cars,

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 there was, you know,

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 when supper time came,

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 it was like,

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 hey, come on in.

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 Nah, man, I am really,

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 and I kind of thought to myself,

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 what's heaven going to be like?

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 I mean, you know,

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 sitting around,

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 just being supremely satisfied with

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 Jesus?

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 And just finding joy

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 and singing songs

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 and learning more about him,

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 it's like, well,

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 yeah, I know,

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 it beats hell.

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 But it's just,

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 it's way out there.

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 Now, I'm probably not expressing

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 any of the thoughts you've ever had

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 because I've had it said

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 by my wife in particular

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 and by family members

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 that I'm a little different.

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 I confess that.

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 But the truth of the matter is

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 is that there's a chance

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 that most of you

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 have found yourself

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 privately,

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 not admitting it publicly,

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 but you're speculating,

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 what's eternity really going to be like?

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 How can eternity

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 be so supremely satisfying?

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 And over the years,

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 as I've slowly grown in my walk

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 and affection for Christ,

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 largely because of his persistent ministry

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 and unfailing love,

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 I'm finding that

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 I continue to move more

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 from having an obligation

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 in my relationship

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 to finding delight

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 and satisfaction in it.

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 I remember a conversation

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 not too long ago

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 with an individual

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 about this journey

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 of reading scriptures

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 out of a sense of duty

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 and responsibility

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 and the matter of being obedient

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 because disobedience

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 brings hardship and suffering.

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 I remember the conversation

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 drifting over

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 into the issue of relationship

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 and the fact that

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 God has slowly continued

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 to produce in my life

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 a sincere affection

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 in the Lord Jesus Christ

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 and a personal satisfaction

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 in the time of devotions

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 and the time of prayer.

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 My encouragement

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 to the individual

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 in that conversation

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 was that,

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 you know what,

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 you have to believe

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 that that is

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 what the scriptures teach

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 and you begin

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 to prayerfully

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 pursue that

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 unrelenting

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 believing that

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 he will answer the prayer

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 and create in you

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 an affection

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 and an interest

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 that is genuine

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 so that you are brought

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 to the word

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 not because of a sense

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 of obligation

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 and duty

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 but because of a longing

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 and an interest.

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 And so it is

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 in regards

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 to this

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 journey

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 that I

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 really want you

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 to think with me

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 about what is

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 here in Romans 8.1.

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 There is therefore

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 no condemnation

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 for those

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 who are

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 in

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 Christ

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 Jesus.

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 Last

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 time

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 that we gathered

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 around this table

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 we looked at

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 that section

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 there is no

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 condemnation.

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 This time

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 we are going

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 to look at

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 that part

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 in Christ

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 Jesus.

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 It's interesting

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 and just kind

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 of an opening

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 statement

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 to recognize

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 that the Bible

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 really views

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 all of humanity

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 as only

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 in one

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 of two camps.

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 Right?

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 You are

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 either

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 in

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 Christ

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 Jesus

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 or you

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 are

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 not

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 in

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 Christ

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 Jesus.

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 profound.

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 You are

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 here this

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 morning

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 either

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 as a

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 person

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 who is

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 in

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 personal

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 relationship

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 with

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 Christ

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 or you're

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 not.

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 Whether

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 or not

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 you have

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 certain

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 academic

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 accomplishments

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 or whether

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 or not

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 you make

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 a certain

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 amount

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 of money

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 or whether

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 or not

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 you're

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 a citizen

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 of a

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 certain

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 country

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 is really

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 not all

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 that relevant.

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 the issue

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 really boils

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 down to

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 this

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 either

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 you are

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 in

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 Christ

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 Jesus

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 or

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 you're

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 not.

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 So I

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 want us

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 to think

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 this morning

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 about the

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 incredible

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 significance

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 of union

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 with Christ.

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 Those little

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 words

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 in Christ

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 that you find

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 there in

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 Romans

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 chapter 8

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 verse 1

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 are far

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 more

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 significant

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 than we

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 actually

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 may be

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 used to

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 thinking

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 about

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 them.

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 D.A.

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 Carson

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 one of

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 the

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 preeminent

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 theologians

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 of this

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 present

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 day

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 made the

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 statement

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 in broad

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 terms

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 and I'm

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 not reciting

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 him word

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 for word

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 but in

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 general

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 he said

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 this

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 that this

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 business

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 of union

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 with Christ

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 is

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 something

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 it's a

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 belief

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 that most

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 believers

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 don't

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 believe.

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 Now

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 think about

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 that for

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 me.

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 It's a

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 belief

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 that most

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 believers

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 don't

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 believe.

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 his

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 statement

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 actually

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 is part

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 of a

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 lengthy

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 introduction

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 to his

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 concern

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 that this

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 foundational

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 truth

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 is more

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 appreciated

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 by believers.

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 I want to

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 tell you that

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 D.A.

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 Carson is

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 not the

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 only one

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 who's

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 commented

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 on the

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 general

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 lack

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 of attention

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 to the

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 doctrine

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 of the

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 believers

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 union

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 with Christ

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 and the

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 significance

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 of that

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 truth

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 in our

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 lives.

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 I'm not

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 going to

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 rattle off

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 the long

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 list of

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 preeminent

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 men whose

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 writings address

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 this matter

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 but allow

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 a summary

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 to put it

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 this way.

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 Appreciating

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 our union

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 with Christ

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 is essential

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 to better

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 understanding

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 of the

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 gospel and

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 fruitful

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 gospel living.

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 Lock that

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 into your

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 mind.

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 Understanding

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 the doctrine

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 of our

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 union with

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 Christ

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 is essential.

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 It's

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 essential.

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 Now

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 essential

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 things

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 reference

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 things that

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 are pretty

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 important.

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 Is that

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 right?

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 How many

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 of you

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 recognize

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 that gas

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 is essential

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 for a

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 car?

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 How many

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 of you

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 have ever

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 been

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 stranded

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 on the

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 side of

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 the road

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 because you

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 didn't think

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 it was

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 really as

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 important

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 as you

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 thought?

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 How many

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 of you

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 have been

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 there?

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 None?

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 Ah,

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 two,

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 three.

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 My wife

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 is in the

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 nursery so I

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 can safely

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 tell this

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 story and

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 don't tell

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 her I

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 brought it

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 up.

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 my wife

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 at this

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 present

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 time has

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 a great

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 deal of

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 concern

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 when the

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 little light

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 on the

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 dashboard

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 goes

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 bing

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 and turns

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 yellow

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 and it's

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 like

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 immediately

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 I mean

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 she will

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 it's now

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 I mean

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 everything else

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 kind of

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 blurs into

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 the background

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 and she's

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 going to

00:15:33.800 --> 00:15:34.220
 find a

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 gas station

00:15:34.860 --> 00:15:35.660
 and Tim

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 Knoyer is

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 thinking

00:15:36.740 --> 00:15:37.240
 eh.

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 There are

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 actually two

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 gallons in

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 the tank of

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 a Honda

00:15:41.379 --> 00:15:42.139
 and because

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 of where

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 a Honda

00:15:43.279 --> 00:15:43.860
 can go

00:15:43.860 --> 00:15:45.779
 I immediately

00:15:45.779 --> 00:15:46.519
 reach over

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 and punch

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 the button

00:15:47.339 --> 00:15:47.799
 and say

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 I have

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 X number

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 of miles

00:15:49.339 --> 00:15:49.939
 do you

00:15:49.939 --> 00:15:50.360
 follow that?

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 The way

00:15:52.000 --> 00:15:52.639
 my wife

00:15:52.639 --> 00:15:53.500
 became so

00:15:53.500 --> 00:15:54.000
 nervous

00:15:54.000 --> 00:15:54.579
 about the

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 distance

00:15:55.139 --> 00:15:55.939
 was that

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 we ran

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 out of

00:15:57.279 --> 00:15:57.519
 gas

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 one time

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 all four

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 kids in

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 the car

00:16:00.699 --> 00:16:03.039
 and here

00:16:03.039 --> 00:16:03.479
 we are

00:16:03.479 --> 00:16:04.059
 on our

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 way down

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 to see

00:16:05.120 --> 00:16:05.819
 her father

00:16:05.819 --> 00:16:06.259
 before he

00:16:06.259 --> 00:16:06.539
 passed

00:16:06.539 --> 00:16:06.919
 away

00:16:06.919 --> 00:16:08.779
 and station

00:16:08.779 --> 00:16:09.179
 wagon

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 how many

00:16:09.500 --> 00:16:09.620
 of you

00:16:09.620 --> 00:16:09.879
 remember

00:16:09.879 --> 00:16:10.299
 station

00:16:10.299 --> 00:16:10.679
 wagons

00:16:10.679 --> 00:16:10.939
 to you

00:16:10.939 --> 00:16:11.279
 old

00:16:11.279 --> 00:16:11.719
 guys

00:16:11.719 --> 00:16:12.099
 remember

00:16:12.099 --> 00:16:12.579
 station

00:16:12.579 --> 00:16:12.959
 wagons

00:16:12.959 --> 00:16:13.219
 and we

00:16:13.219 --> 00:16:14.219
 it's like

00:16:14.219 --> 00:16:15.019
 so here

00:16:15.019 --> 00:16:15.639
 I was

00:16:15.639 --> 00:16:16.699
 cutting

00:16:16.699 --> 00:16:17.179
 across

00:16:17.179 --> 00:16:18.059
 the

00:16:18.059 --> 00:16:18.959
 sawgrass

00:16:18.959 --> 00:16:19.279
 in

00:16:19.279 --> 00:16:20.899
 Florida

00:16:20.899 --> 00:16:21.459
 trying to

00:16:21.459 --> 00:16:21.779
 find a

00:16:21.779 --> 00:16:22.399
 gas station

00:16:22.399 --> 00:16:24.699
 and here

00:16:24.699 --> 00:16:25.139
 she was

00:16:25.139 --> 00:16:25.620
 sitting in

00:16:25.620 --> 00:16:26.139
 a car

00:16:26.139 --> 00:16:26.519
 in the

00:16:26.519 --> 00:16:26.679
 middle

00:16:26.679 --> 00:16:27.059
 of the

00:16:27.059 --> 00:16:27.639
 heat

00:16:27.639 --> 00:16:28.419
 with no

00:16:28.419 --> 00:16:28.639
 air

00:16:28.639 --> 00:16:29.120
 conditioning

00:16:29.120 --> 00:16:29.699
 do you

00:16:29.699 --> 00:16:29.959
 understand

00:16:29.959 --> 00:16:30.439
 the joy

00:16:30.439 --> 00:16:30.799
 that that

00:16:30.799 --> 00:16:31.079
 kind of

00:16:31.079 --> 00:16:31.379
 brings

00:16:31.379 --> 00:16:31.699
 to your

00:16:31.699 --> 00:16:32.079
 mind

00:16:32.079 --> 00:16:33.219
 with four

00:16:33.219 --> 00:16:33.839
 sweaty

00:16:33.839 --> 00:16:34.319
 kids

00:16:34.319 --> 00:16:35.419
 and they

00:16:35.419 --> 00:16:36.339
 had long

00:16:36.339 --> 00:16:36.879
 passed

00:16:36.879 --> 00:16:37.559
 the stage

00:16:37.559 --> 00:16:38.059
 of asking

00:16:38.059 --> 00:16:38.500
 are we

00:16:38.500 --> 00:16:39.099
 there yet

00:16:39.100 --> 00:16:41.100
 that was

00:16:41.100 --> 00:16:41.399
 in the

00:16:41.399 --> 00:16:41.740
 rearview

00:16:41.740 --> 00:16:42.019
 mirror

00:16:42.019 --> 00:16:42.440
 it was

00:16:42.440 --> 00:16:43.600
 how long

00:16:43.600 --> 00:16:43.899
 do we

00:16:43.899 --> 00:16:44.240
 have to

00:16:44.240 --> 00:16:44.639
 put up

00:16:44.639 --> 00:16:45.180
 with this

00:16:45.180 --> 00:16:46.399
 well that

00:16:46.399 --> 00:16:46.840
 kind of

00:16:46.840 --> 00:16:47.680
 created

00:16:47.680 --> 00:16:48.080
 this

00:16:48.080 --> 00:16:48.920
 apoplexy

00:16:48.920 --> 00:16:49.480
 about running

00:16:49.480 --> 00:16:49.759
 out of

00:16:49.759 --> 00:16:50.060
 gas

00:16:50.060 --> 00:16:50.320
 and she

00:16:50.320 --> 00:16:50.560
 really

00:16:50.560 --> 00:16:50.840
 kind of

00:16:50.840 --> 00:16:52.480
 essential

00:16:52.480 --> 00:16:54.340
 so when

00:16:54.340 --> 00:16:54.820
 I tell

00:16:54.820 --> 00:16:55.240
 you that

00:16:55.240 --> 00:16:55.879
 the doctrine

00:16:55.879 --> 00:16:56.639
 of our

00:16:56.639 --> 00:16:57.000
 union

00:16:57.000 --> 00:16:57.680
 with Christ

00:16:57.680 --> 00:16:58.960
 is essential

00:16:58.960 --> 00:17:01.100
 it's more

00:17:01.100 --> 00:17:01.720
 important to

00:17:01.720 --> 00:17:02.300
 us than

00:17:02.300 --> 00:17:03.420
 having gas

00:17:03.420 --> 00:17:03.660
 in our

00:17:03.660 --> 00:17:04.019
 tank

00:17:04.019 --> 00:17:07.139
 given the

00:17:07.139 --> 00:17:07.660
 fact that

00:17:07.660 --> 00:17:08.400
 the doctrine

00:17:08.400 --> 00:17:08.740
 of our

00:17:08.740 --> 00:17:08.980
 union

00:17:08.980 --> 00:17:09.460
 with Christ

00:17:09.460 --> 00:17:09.859
 is so

00:17:09.859 --> 00:17:10.480
 foundational

00:17:10.480 --> 00:17:12.200
 you'll

00:17:12.200 --> 00:17:12.539
 find it

00:17:12.539 --> 00:17:13.079
 in John's

00:17:13.079 --> 00:17:13.519
 gospel

00:17:13.519 --> 00:17:14.500
 and if

00:17:14.500 --> 00:17:14.819
 you

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 continue

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 in our

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 ministry

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 together

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 I can

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 promise you

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 we're going

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 to hit

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 the issue

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 of union

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 with Christ

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 over and

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 over again

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 as we

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 work our

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 way towards

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 the cross

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 and towards

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 the conclusion

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 of that

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 book

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 you'll also

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 find it

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 in the

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 writings of

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 the apostle

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 Peter

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 1 and 2

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 Peter

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 reference to

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 union

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 but it's

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 actually

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 Paul

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 and that's

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 the author

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 of Romans

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 Paul is the

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 one that

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 brings it

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 to the

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 greatest

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 level of

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 attention

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 and over

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 160 times

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 Paul references

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 our union

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 with Christ

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 can I say

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 that again

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 slowly so you

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 don't miss

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 it

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 over

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 160

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 times

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 it is

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 interesting

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 some of

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 the doctrinal

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 issues that

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 we get

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 pretty wrapped

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 up about

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 I'm all

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 about

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 eschatology

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 but I got

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 to tell you

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 that you

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 will not

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 find references

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 to eschatology

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 in comparison

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 to the issue

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 of union

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 with Christ

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 in fact

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 this issue

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 of union

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 with Christ

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 is just

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 absolutely

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 the center

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 of Paul's

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 teaching and

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 encouragement

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 regarding our

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 relationship

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 with him

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 and the

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 blessing

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 that we

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 have in

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 that

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 so I

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 want you

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 to recognize

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 as we are

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 working our

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 way through

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 this subject

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 we are going

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 to in the

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 months to come

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 as we come

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 back to the

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 Lord's table

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 and touch on

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 this we're

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 going to find

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 Paul using

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 words like

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 in

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 with

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 through

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 to point

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 to the

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 blessing of

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 our union

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 with Christ

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 let me touch

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 practically

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 on some

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 aspects of

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 this before

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 we come

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 to the

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 table

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 for one

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 union

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 with Christ

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 marks our

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 past

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 and our

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 eternal

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 future

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 union

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 with Christ

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 marks

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 our

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 past

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 and our

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 eternal

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 future

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 I want you

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 to take

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 your Bible

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 if you

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 would

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 you're

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 in

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 Romans

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 but I

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 want you

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 to turn

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 over to

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 Ephesians

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 and we're

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 going to do

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 something

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 that is a

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 little

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 atypical

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 for a

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 normal

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 Sunday

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 morning

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 sermon

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 Sunday

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 morning

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 sermons

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 are

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 where

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 the

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 exposition

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 of the

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 scripture

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 continues

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 uninterrupted

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 for a

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 significant

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 amount

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 of time

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 and as

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 a general

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 rule

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 I don't

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 stop

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 talking

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 until I

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 say

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 amen

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 not all

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 bad

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 what I

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 want you

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 to do

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 is take

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 your

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 Bibles

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 look at

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 Ephesians

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 chapter 1

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 beginning

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 in verse

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 3

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 and on

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 your

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 own

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 I

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 want you

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 to go

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 through

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 some

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 of you

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 do not

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 mark

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 in your

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 Bibles

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 because

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 they're

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 electronic

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 but you

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 can

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 highlight

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 them

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 am I

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 right

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 go ahead

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 and highlight

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 them

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 so what

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 I want

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 you to

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 do

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 I've

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 done

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 it

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 in

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 red

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 ink

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 I've

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 done

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 it

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 in

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 green

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 ink

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 in

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 my

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 hard

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 copy

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 okay

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 I want

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 you to

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 go

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 through

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 and mark

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 where you

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 see

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 in

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 Christ

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 in

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 him

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 okay

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 in

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 the

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 beloved

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 and I

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 want

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 you to

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 go

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 through

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 Ephesians

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 chapter 1

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 verse 3

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 through 14

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 now I'm

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 not going

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 to spend

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 all of

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 the time

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 waiting

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 for various

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 ones of

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 you who

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 read at

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 different

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 speeds

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 to get

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 there

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 done

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 no

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 go ahead

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 take a

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 minute

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 look at

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 it

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 get the

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 hang of

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 it

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 in

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 Christ

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 in

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 Christ

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 in

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 him

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 now if

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 you don't

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 have a

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 Bible

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 and you

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 don't

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 have a

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 device

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 do you

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 know that

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 this

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 fellowship

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 loves to

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 give

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 Bibles

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 away from

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 our

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 pews

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 so if

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 you don't

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 have a

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 Bible

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 and you

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 want to

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 take

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 one

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 reach out

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 there in

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 front of

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 you and

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 grab a

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 Bible and

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 take it

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 home with

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 you it's

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 there for

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 your

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 blessing and

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 enjoyment

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 Ephesians

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 chapter 1

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 verse 3

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 underline

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 circle

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 mark

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 in

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 Christ

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 as you

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 are

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 following in

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 your scripture

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 I am going

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 to read

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 along and

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 I want

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 you to

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 note

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 the

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 in

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 Christ

00:21:53.180 --> 00:21:55.180
 blessed

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 be the

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 God

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 and

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 father

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 of our

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 Lord

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 who

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 has

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 blessed

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 us

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 in

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 Christ

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 with

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 every

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 spiritual

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 blessing

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 in the

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 heavenly

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 places

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 even

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 as he

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 has

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 chosen

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 us

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 in

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 him

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 before

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 the

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 foundation

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 of

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 the

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 world

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 that

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 we

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 should

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 be

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 holy

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 and

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 blameless

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 before

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 him

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 in

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 love

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 he

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 predestined

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 us

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 for

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 adoption

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 as

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 sons

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 through

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 according to

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 the purpose

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 of his

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 will

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 to the

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 praise of

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 his glorious

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 grace with

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 which he

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 has blessed

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 us

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 in the

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 beloved

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 in him

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 we have

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 redemption

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 through his

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 blood

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 the forgiveness

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 of our

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 trespasses

00:22:40.600 --> 00:22:41.299
 according to the

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 riches of his

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 grace which he

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 lavished upon us

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 in all wisdom

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 and insight

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 making known to

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 us the mystery

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 of his will

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 according to the

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 purpose which he

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 set forth

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 in Christ

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 as a plan

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 for the

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 fullness of

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 time to

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 unite all

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 things in

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 him

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 things in

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 heaven

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 and things

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 on earth

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 in him

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 we have

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 obtained an

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 inheritance having

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 been predestined

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 according to the

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 purpose of him

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 who works all

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 things according

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 to the counsel

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 of his will

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 so that we

00:23:16.299 --> 00:23:16.940
 who were the

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 first to hope

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 in Christ

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 might be to

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 the praise of

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 his glory

00:23:21.960 --> 00:23:23.759
 in him

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 you also

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 when you heard

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 the word of

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 truth the gospel

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 of your salvation

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 and believed

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 in him

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 were sealed

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 with the promise

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 the promised

00:23:33.860 --> 00:23:34.580
 Holy Spirit

00:23:34.580 --> 00:23:35.279
 who is the

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 guarantee

00:23:35.660 --> 00:23:36.940
 of our

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 inheritance

00:23:37.460 --> 00:23:38.559
 until we

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 acquire

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 possession of

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 it to the

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 praise

00:23:41.380 --> 00:23:42.560
 of his

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 glory

00:23:42.920 --> 00:23:44.900
 let me say

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 this at the

00:23:45.400 --> 00:23:45.760
 outset

00:23:45.760 --> 00:23:47.040
 that our

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 union with

00:23:47.600 --> 00:23:48.020
 Christ

00:23:48.020 --> 00:23:49.920
 drive it

00:23:49.920 --> 00:23:50.500
 home make it

00:23:50.500 --> 00:23:51.160
 clear make it

00:23:51.160 --> 00:23:51.880
 a point again

00:23:51.880 --> 00:23:52.700
 our union

00:23:52.700 --> 00:23:53.560
 with Christ

00:23:53.560 --> 00:23:54.600
 marks our

00:23:54.600 --> 00:23:55.660
 eternal past

00:23:55.660 --> 00:23:57.000
 and our

00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:57.800
 eternal future

00:23:57.800 --> 00:23:59.860
 our union

00:23:59.860 --> 00:24:00.480
 with Christ

00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:01.160
 is the

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 absolute central

00:24:02.080 --> 00:24:03.180
 feature of

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 this text that

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 we are looking

00:24:04.500 --> 00:24:05.520
 at and so I

00:24:05.520 --> 00:24:06.340
 would say this

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 if Paul

00:24:08.359 --> 00:24:09.079
 the apostle

00:24:09.079 --> 00:24:10.159
 intended for

00:24:10.159 --> 00:24:10.980
 it to receive

00:24:10.980 --> 00:24:12.179
 this level

00:24:12.179 --> 00:24:12.959
 of attention

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 there must

00:24:15.839 --> 00:24:17.139
 be blessing

00:24:17.139 --> 00:24:18.099
 associated

00:24:18.099 --> 00:24:19.399
 with pondering

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 it

00:24:19.659 --> 00:24:20.799
 considering it

00:24:20.799 --> 00:24:21.639
 and allowing

00:24:21.639 --> 00:24:22.279
 the sweetness

00:24:22.279 --> 00:24:22.859
 of that

00:24:22.859 --> 00:24:23.480
 to kind of

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 work its way

00:24:24.119 --> 00:24:24.519
 into your

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 life

00:24:25.000 --> 00:24:28.939
 and to read

00:24:28.939 --> 00:24:29.419
 over it

00:24:29.419 --> 00:24:30.359
 and skip

00:24:30.359 --> 00:24:30.639
 it

00:24:30.639 --> 00:24:31.839
 and to

00:24:31.839 --> 00:24:32.379
 neglect it

00:24:32.379 --> 00:24:32.859
 would be to

00:24:32.859 --> 00:24:33.259
 miss the

00:24:33.259 --> 00:24:33.559
 sweetness

00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:34.000
 of what he

00:24:34.000 --> 00:24:34.759
 has for you

00:24:34.759 --> 00:24:36.500
 I want you to

00:24:36.500 --> 00:24:36.980
 look at another

00:24:36.980 --> 00:24:37.759
 passage and we

00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:38.519
 are going to

00:24:38.519 --> 00:24:39.000
 come back to

00:24:39.000 --> 00:24:39.660
 Ephesians in

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 just a minute

00:24:40.160 --> 00:24:40.700
 but I want you

00:24:40.700 --> 00:24:41.319
 to turn over

00:24:41.319 --> 00:24:42.359
 to recognize

00:24:42.359 --> 00:24:43.160
 that not only

00:24:43.160 --> 00:24:45.000
 is the

00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:45.640
 passage in

00:24:45.640 --> 00:24:46.519
 Ephesians a

00:24:46.519 --> 00:24:47.119
 passage that

00:24:47.119 --> 00:24:47.660
 hammers this

00:24:47.660 --> 00:24:48.099
 point home

00:24:48.099 --> 00:24:48.339
 but we're

00:24:48.339 --> 00:24:48.579
 going to find

00:24:48.579 --> 00:24:49.039
 it over and

00:24:49.039 --> 00:24:49.480
 over again

00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:50.579
 turn to

00:24:50.579 --> 00:24:51.599
 1 Thessalonians

00:24:51.599 --> 00:24:52.440
 chapter 4

00:24:52.440 --> 00:24:53.599
 verse 16

00:24:53.599 --> 00:24:56.980
 I asked

00:24:56.980 --> 00:24:57.519
 many of you

00:24:57.519 --> 00:24:58.099
 to pray for

00:24:58.099 --> 00:24:59.579
 me last

00:24:59.579 --> 00:25:00.920
 week in

00:25:00.920 --> 00:25:01.759
 relationship to

00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:02.339
 preaching a

00:25:02.339 --> 00:25:02.920
 funeral on

00:25:02.920 --> 00:25:03.420
 Thursday

00:25:03.420 --> 00:25:05.600
 and funerals

00:25:05.600 --> 00:25:06.360
 are always

00:25:06.360 --> 00:25:07.640
 as at least

00:25:07.640 --> 00:25:08.160
 in my

00:25:08.160 --> 00:25:09.019
 viewing

00:25:09.019 --> 00:25:09.640
 they are an

00:25:09.640 --> 00:25:10.580
 opportunity for

00:25:10.580 --> 00:25:11.200
 me to make

00:25:11.200 --> 00:25:11.820
 the gospel

00:25:11.820 --> 00:25:12.960
 undeniably

00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:13.600
 clear

00:25:13.600 --> 00:25:15.940
 and I can

00:25:15.940 --> 00:25:16.539
 tell you that

00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:17.220
 there are times

00:25:17.220 --> 00:25:17.680
 when Tim

00:25:17.680 --> 00:25:18.779
 Kenoyer stands

00:25:18.779 --> 00:25:19.480
 up to preach

00:25:19.480 --> 00:25:20.039
 at a funeral

00:25:20.039 --> 00:25:21.200
 and he senses

00:25:21.200 --> 00:25:22.080
 from those that

00:25:22.080 --> 00:25:22.700
 he is preaching

00:25:22.700 --> 00:25:23.779
 to a great

00:25:23.779 --> 00:25:24.759
 satisfaction in

00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:25.360
 the encouragement

00:25:25.360 --> 00:25:26.440
 and comfort of

00:25:26.440 --> 00:25:26.980
 the gospel

00:25:26.980 --> 00:25:28.019
 and I love

00:25:28.019 --> 00:25:28.580
 doing that

00:25:28.580 --> 00:25:28.980
 and it's like

00:25:28.980 --> 00:25:29.560
 they're all

00:25:29.560 --> 00:25:29.980
 people yeah

00:25:29.980 --> 00:25:30.779
 tell them about

00:25:30.779 --> 00:25:31.340
 Jesus and

00:25:31.340 --> 00:25:31.600
 they're all

00:25:31.600 --> 00:25:32.259
 fired up about

00:25:32.259 --> 00:25:32.440
 that

00:25:32.440 --> 00:25:32.980
 now there are

00:25:32.980 --> 00:25:33.660
 other times

00:25:33.660 --> 00:25:36.200
 where I have

00:25:36.200 --> 00:25:37.279
 preached sermons

00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:38.740
 and the gospel

00:25:38.740 --> 00:25:39.840
 sounds like

00:25:39.840 --> 00:25:40.980
 nails on a

00:25:40.980 --> 00:25:41.880
 chalkboard to

00:25:41.880 --> 00:25:42.279
 people

00:25:42.279 --> 00:25:43.500
 do you follow

00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:44.080
 what I'm saying

00:25:44.080 --> 00:25:45.960
 how many of you

00:25:45.960 --> 00:25:47.340
 are surprised

00:25:47.340 --> 00:25:48.120
 to hear that

00:25:48.120 --> 00:25:48.640
 the truth of

00:25:48.640 --> 00:25:49.120
 the matter is

00:25:49.120 --> 00:25:49.740
 is the gospel

00:25:49.740 --> 00:25:51.180
 can be supremely

00:25:51.180 --> 00:25:51.680
 offensive

00:25:51.680 --> 00:25:54.140
 it is

00:25:54.140 --> 00:25:57.080
 and so when I

00:25:57.080 --> 00:25:58.080
 go to preach

00:25:58.080 --> 00:25:59.100
 at a funeral

00:25:59.099 --> 00:26:00.399
 gospel in

00:26:00.399 --> 00:26:01.159
 particular I

00:26:01.159 --> 00:26:01.980
 ask that people

00:26:01.980 --> 00:26:02.919
 would remember

00:26:02.919 --> 00:26:03.559
 me in prayer

00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:05.219
 and I can

00:26:05.219 --> 00:26:05.759
 preach the

00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:06.240
 sweetness of

00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:06.659
 the gospel

00:26:06.659 --> 00:26:07.319
 I can also

00:26:07.319 --> 00:26:08.039
 promise people

00:26:08.039 --> 00:26:08.639
 the certainty

00:26:08.639 --> 00:26:09.299
 of judgment

00:26:09.299 --> 00:26:10.199
 that do not

00:26:10.199 --> 00:26:10.879
 know Christ

00:26:10.879 --> 00:26:13.779
 in relationship

00:26:13.779 --> 00:26:14.740
 to the issue

00:26:14.740 --> 00:26:15.399
 of death

00:26:15.399 --> 00:26:17.259
 here's what

00:26:17.259 --> 00:26:18.019
 Paul has to

00:26:18.019 --> 00:26:19.099
 say regarding

00:26:19.099 --> 00:26:19.719
 the resurrection

00:26:19.719 --> 00:26:20.579
 of the saint

00:26:20.579 --> 00:26:22.240
 look at

00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:23.819
 1 Thessalonians

00:26:23.819 --> 00:26:24.519
 chapter 4

00:26:24.519 --> 00:26:25.379
 verse 16

00:26:25.379 --> 00:26:26.500
 the last part

00:26:26.500 --> 00:26:27.159
 it says

00:26:27.159 --> 00:26:27.639
 for the Lord

00:26:27.639 --> 00:26:28.259
 himself will

00:26:28.259 --> 00:26:28.859
 descend from

00:26:28.859 --> 00:26:29.419
 heaven with a

00:26:29.419 --> 00:26:30.199
 cry of command

00:26:30.199 --> 00:26:31.159
 with the voice

00:26:31.159 --> 00:26:32.259
 of an archangel

00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:33.059
 and with the

00:26:33.059 --> 00:26:33.579
 sound of the

00:26:33.579 --> 00:26:34.379
 trumpet of God

00:26:34.379 --> 00:26:35.359
 and the dead in

00:26:35.359 --> 00:26:36.240
 Christ will rise

00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:36.659
 first

00:26:36.659 --> 00:26:37.279
 now so you can

00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:37.720
 imagine

00:26:37.720 --> 00:26:38.819
 here I am

00:26:38.819 --> 00:26:39.759
 this individual

00:26:39.759 --> 00:26:40.720
 was a military

00:26:40.720 --> 00:26:42.819
 he had a full

00:26:42.819 --> 00:26:43.839
 military funeral

00:26:43.839 --> 00:26:44.539
 service

00:26:44.539 --> 00:26:45.299
 how many of you

00:26:45.299 --> 00:26:45.720
 have ever been

00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:46.259
 to one of those

00:26:46.259 --> 00:26:46.599
 you know

00:26:46.599 --> 00:26:47.759
 gunfire

00:26:47.759 --> 00:26:48.559
 taps

00:26:48.559 --> 00:26:49.220
 all the whole

00:26:49.220 --> 00:26:49.960
 nine yards

00:26:49.960 --> 00:26:52.740
 so as the

00:26:52.740 --> 00:26:53.559
 taps

00:26:53.559 --> 00:26:54.700
 finished off

00:26:54.700 --> 00:26:58.579
 I was after

00:26:58.579 --> 00:26:58.980
 that

00:26:58.980 --> 00:27:01.980
 and I said

00:27:01.980 --> 00:27:02.539
 this

00:27:02.539 --> 00:27:04.420
 I said

00:27:04.420 --> 00:27:05.000
 Dwight

00:27:05.000 --> 00:27:06.440
 didn't hear

00:27:06.440 --> 00:27:07.259
 those

00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:08.279
 trumpet

00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:09.480
 notes

00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:13.839
 Dwight

00:27:13.839 --> 00:27:14.779
 will hear

00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:16.019
 another

00:27:16.019 --> 00:27:16.980
 trumpet

00:27:16.980 --> 00:27:17.920
 sound

00:27:17.920 --> 00:27:21.879
 and there

00:27:21.879 --> 00:27:22.220
 in that

00:27:22.220 --> 00:27:22.819
 passage

00:27:22.819 --> 00:27:24.639
 it says

00:27:24.639 --> 00:27:25.200
 this

00:27:25.200 --> 00:27:26.980
 with the

00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:27.519
 sound of

00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:27.960
 the trumpet

00:27:27.960 --> 00:27:28.519
 of God

00:27:28.519 --> 00:27:28.859
 and the

00:27:28.859 --> 00:27:29.240
 dead

00:27:29.240 --> 00:27:29.619
 in

00:27:29.619 --> 00:27:30.019
 Christ

00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:30.720
 the dead

00:27:30.720 --> 00:27:31.299
 in

00:27:31.299 --> 00:27:32.079
 in

00:27:32.079 --> 00:27:33.079
 you got

00:27:33.079 --> 00:27:33.400
 that

00:27:33.400 --> 00:27:34.599
 you're either

00:27:34.599 --> 00:27:35.000
 in

00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:35.579
 or you're

00:27:35.579 --> 00:27:35.920
 out

00:27:35.920 --> 00:27:36.539
 you got

00:27:36.539 --> 00:27:36.740
 it

00:27:36.740 --> 00:27:37.619
 it's clear

00:27:37.619 --> 00:27:38.279
 you're in

00:27:38.279 --> 00:27:38.759
 or you're

00:27:38.759 --> 00:27:39.139
 out

00:27:39.139 --> 00:27:41.559
 the dead

00:27:41.559 --> 00:27:42.180
 in Christ

00:27:42.180 --> 00:27:43.180
 shall rise

00:27:43.180 --> 00:27:43.440
 first

00:27:43.440 --> 00:27:43.779
 let me

00:27:43.779 --> 00:27:44.700
 give you

00:27:44.700 --> 00:27:45.240
 a note

00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:46.059
 in relationship

00:27:46.059 --> 00:27:46.660
 to that

00:27:46.660 --> 00:27:47.500
 everyone

00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:49.000
 who dies

00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:50.259
 will not

00:27:50.259 --> 00:27:51.000
 stay in

00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:51.620
 the grave

00:27:51.620 --> 00:27:52.500
 hello

00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:53.059
 everybody hear

00:27:53.059 --> 00:27:53.319
 me say

00:27:53.319 --> 00:27:53.620
 that

00:27:53.620 --> 00:27:55.680
 the dead

00:27:55.680 --> 00:27:56.380
 in Christ

00:27:56.380 --> 00:27:58.120
 and those

00:27:58.120 --> 00:27:58.620
 who are in

00:27:58.620 --> 00:27:59.259
 Christ Jesus

00:27:59.259 --> 00:27:59.859
 will spend

00:27:59.859 --> 00:28:00.539
 forever in

00:28:00.539 --> 00:28:01.039
 eternity

00:28:01.039 --> 00:28:31.039


00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:31.420
 that we

00:28:31.420 --> 00:28:31.920
 live

00:28:31.920 --> 00:28:33.539
 and we

00:28:33.539 --> 00:28:34.019
 die in

00:28:34.019 --> 00:28:34.240
 union

00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:34.460
 with

00:28:34.460 --> 00:28:34.839
 Christ

00:28:34.839 --> 00:28:36.440
 let me

00:28:36.440 --> 00:28:36.680
 have you

00:28:36.680 --> 00:28:37.039
 think with

00:28:37.039 --> 00:28:37.379
 me a little

00:28:37.379 --> 00:28:37.720
 bit more

00:28:37.720 --> 00:28:38.180
 about this

00:28:38.180 --> 00:28:38.700
 issue of

00:28:38.700 --> 00:28:39.779
 living in

00:28:39.779 --> 00:28:40.119
 Christ

00:28:40.119 --> 00:28:40.720
 and I

00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:40.980
 want you

00:28:40.980 --> 00:28:41.299
 to look

00:28:41.299 --> 00:28:41.779
 at 2nd

00:28:41.779 --> 00:28:42.079
 Corinthians

00:28:42.079 --> 00:28:42.920
 chapter 5

00:28:42.920 --> 00:28:43.799
 verse 17

00:28:43.799 --> 00:28:46.440
 2nd

00:28:46.440 --> 00:28:46.799
 Corinthians

00:28:46.799 --> 00:28:47.659
 chapter 5

00:28:47.659 --> 00:28:48.559
 verse 17

00:28:48.559 --> 00:28:53.659
 therefore

00:28:53.659 --> 00:28:56.659
 if anyone

00:28:56.659 --> 00:28:57.480
 is in

00:28:57.480 --> 00:28:57.980
 Christ

00:28:57.980 --> 00:28:58.579
 he is a

00:28:58.579 --> 00:28:58.759
 new

00:28:58.759 --> 00:28:59.359
 creation

00:28:59.359 --> 00:29:00.480
 let's stop

00:29:00.480 --> 00:29:00.919
 just for a

00:29:00.919 --> 00:29:01.139
 second

00:29:01.139 --> 00:29:02.159
 are you

00:29:02.159 --> 00:29:02.539
 honestly

00:29:02.539 --> 00:29:02.980
 different

00:29:02.980 --> 00:29:03.359
 than you

00:29:03.359 --> 00:29:03.740
 used to

00:29:03.740 --> 00:29:04.619
 be

00:29:04.619 --> 00:29:07.079
 2nd

00:29:07.079 --> 00:29:07.399
 Corinthians

00:29:07.399 --> 00:29:08.159
 chapter 5

00:29:08.159 --> 00:29:08.799
 verse 17

00:29:08.799 --> 00:29:09.839
 if anyone

00:29:09.839 --> 00:29:10.480
 is in

00:29:10.480 --> 00:29:10.879
 Christ

00:29:10.879 --> 00:29:11.599
 he is a

00:29:11.599 --> 00:29:11.819
 new

00:29:11.819 --> 00:29:12.399
 creation

00:29:12.400 --> 00:29:13.540
 the old

00:29:13.540 --> 00:29:14.060
 has passed

00:29:14.060 --> 00:29:14.320
 away

00:29:14.320 --> 00:29:14.780
 and behold

00:29:14.780 --> 00:29:15.120
 the new

00:29:15.120 --> 00:29:15.700
 has come

00:29:15.700 --> 00:29:17.220
 I think

00:29:17.220 --> 00:29:18.560
 that gospel

00:29:18.560 --> 00:29:18.980
 preaching

00:29:18.980 --> 00:29:19.540
 does a

00:29:19.540 --> 00:29:20.100
 disservice

00:29:20.100 --> 00:29:20.720
 to people

00:29:20.720 --> 00:29:21.700
 when the

00:29:21.700 --> 00:29:22.480
 presupposition

00:29:22.480 --> 00:29:23.100
 is hey

00:29:23.100 --> 00:29:23.400
 listen

00:29:23.400 --> 00:29:24.040
 if you

00:29:24.040 --> 00:29:24.540
 said the

00:29:24.540 --> 00:29:24.840
 prayer

00:29:24.840 --> 00:29:25.100
 and you

00:29:25.100 --> 00:29:25.620
 had somebody

00:29:25.620 --> 00:29:26.220
 dump some

00:29:26.220 --> 00:29:26.780
 water on

00:29:26.780 --> 00:29:26.920
 you

00:29:26.920 --> 00:29:27.400
 or you

00:29:27.400 --> 00:29:27.920
 got dipped

00:29:27.920 --> 00:29:28.380
 or whatever

00:29:28.380 --> 00:29:29.000
 that's

00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:29.440
 automatic

00:29:29.440 --> 00:29:30.220
 guarantee

00:29:30.220 --> 00:29:31.019
 of salvation

00:29:31.019 --> 00:29:31.480
 that's not

00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:31.920
 the truth

00:29:31.920 --> 00:29:36.080
 conversion

00:29:36.080 --> 00:29:36.680
 is a

00:29:36.680 --> 00:29:37.080
 work of

00:29:37.080 --> 00:29:37.360
 God

00:29:37.360 --> 00:29:37.920
 it's not

00:29:37.920 --> 00:29:38.920
 an activity

00:29:38.920 --> 00:29:40.600
 that individuals

00:29:40.600 --> 00:29:40.980
 kind of

00:29:40.980 --> 00:29:41.660
 well I did

00:29:41.660 --> 00:29:41.880
 this

00:29:41.880 --> 00:29:42.200
 I said

00:29:42.200 --> 00:29:42.440
 that

00:29:42.440 --> 00:29:43.440
 I'm done

00:29:43.440 --> 00:29:43.900
 no

00:29:43.900 --> 00:29:44.059
 no

00:29:44.059 --> 00:29:44.299
 no

00:29:44.299 --> 00:29:45.120
 here's

00:29:45.120 --> 00:29:45.240
 a

00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:45.759
 practical

00:29:45.759 --> 00:29:46.319
 question

00:29:46.319 --> 00:29:47.160
 if you

00:29:47.160 --> 00:29:47.660
 are in

00:29:47.660 --> 00:29:48.000
 Christ

00:29:48.000 --> 00:29:48.360
 Jesus

00:29:48.360 --> 00:29:48.720
 you're

00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:49.059
 different

00:29:49.059 --> 00:29:49.480
 than you

00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:49.920
 used to

00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:50.039
 be

00:29:50.039 --> 00:29:50.400
 now I

00:29:50.400 --> 00:29:50.860
 gotta tell

00:29:50.860 --> 00:29:51.019
 you

00:29:51.019 --> 00:29:51.819
 you will

00:29:51.819 --> 00:29:52.319
 continue

00:29:52.319 --> 00:29:52.740
 growing

00:29:52.740 --> 00:29:53.319
 in grace

00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:53.680
 and I

00:29:53.680 --> 00:29:54.160
 hope that

00:29:54.160 --> 00:29:54.600
 Tim

00:29:54.600 --> 00:29:55.080
 Knoyer

00:29:55.080 --> 00:29:55.920
 is better

00:29:55.920 --> 00:29:56.920
 at 70

00:29:56.920 --> 00:29:57.279
 than he

00:29:57.279 --> 00:29:57.640
 was at

00:29:57.640 --> 00:29:58.120
 68

00:29:58.120 --> 00:29:58.779
 I am

00:29:58.779 --> 00:29:59.019
 in the

00:29:59.019 --> 00:29:59.440
 process

00:29:59.440 --> 00:30:00.200
 of reading

00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:00.720
 through my

00:30:00.720 --> 00:30:01.279
 father's

00:30:01.279 --> 00:30:01.600
 Bible

00:30:01.600 --> 00:30:05.200
 he died

00:30:05.200 --> 00:30:05.779
 at 91

00:30:05.779 --> 00:30:06.120
 I think

00:30:06.120 --> 00:30:06.319
 that was

00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:06.660
 91

00:30:06.660 --> 00:30:08.340
 and I

00:30:08.340 --> 00:30:08.500
 am

00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:08.779
 reading

00:30:08.779 --> 00:30:09.200
 through the

00:30:09.200 --> 00:30:09.500
 Bible

00:30:09.500 --> 00:30:09.840
 that

00:30:09.840 --> 00:30:10.420
 Baptist

00:30:10.420 --> 00:30:11.000
 mid-missions

00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:11.700
 gave him

00:30:11.700 --> 00:30:12.059
 on his

00:30:12.059 --> 00:30:12.600
 80th

00:30:12.600 --> 00:30:13.340
 birthday

00:30:13.340 --> 00:30:14.140
 when he

00:30:14.140 --> 00:30:14.660
 retired

00:30:14.660 --> 00:30:15.360
 from

00:30:15.360 --> 00:30:15.819
 ministry

00:30:15.819 --> 00:30:19.279
 and I

00:30:19.279 --> 00:30:19.640
 came to

00:30:19.640 --> 00:30:20.360
 the passage

00:30:20.360 --> 00:30:22.960
 there in

00:30:22.960 --> 00:30:23.740
 the Psalms

00:30:23.740 --> 00:30:24.940
 where dad

00:30:24.940 --> 00:30:25.759
 had penned a

00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:26.200
 note to

00:30:26.200 --> 00:30:26.779
 himself

00:30:26.779 --> 00:30:28.660
 he hated

00:30:28.660 --> 00:30:29.420
 the prospect

00:30:29.420 --> 00:30:30.220
 of retiring

00:30:30.220 --> 00:30:32.539
 and a

00:30:32.539 --> 00:30:33.180
 dear friend

00:30:33.180 --> 00:30:33.940
 watching my

00:30:33.940 --> 00:30:34.360
 father

00:30:34.360 --> 00:30:34.839
 kind of

00:30:34.839 --> 00:30:35.360
 struggle

00:30:35.360 --> 00:30:35.779
 with the

00:30:35.779 --> 00:30:36.220
 idea

00:30:36.220 --> 00:30:36.799
 of

00:30:36.799 --> 00:30:37.140
 sitting

00:30:37.140 --> 00:30:37.539
 around

00:30:37.539 --> 00:30:37.740
 and

00:30:37.740 --> 00:30:37.980
 getting

00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:38.539
 rusty

00:30:38.539 --> 00:30:41.740
 had said

00:30:41.740 --> 00:30:42.279
 to him

00:30:42.279 --> 00:30:44.460
 seek peace

00:30:44.460 --> 00:30:45.740
 do good

00:30:45.740 --> 00:30:46.759
 and recited

00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:47.380
 the passage

00:30:47.380 --> 00:30:49.160
 and I

00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:49.839
 stopped

00:30:49.839 --> 00:30:50.519
 and I

00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:50.860
 thought to

00:30:50.860 --> 00:30:51.180
 myself

00:30:51.180 --> 00:30:51.500
 you know

00:30:51.500 --> 00:30:51.819
 what

00:30:51.819 --> 00:30:53.100
 I can

00:30:53.100 --> 00:30:53.640
 see in

00:30:53.640 --> 00:30:54.140
 the record

00:30:54.140 --> 00:30:54.559
 of what

00:30:54.559 --> 00:30:55.460
 Jesus did

00:30:55.460 --> 00:30:55.799
 in my

00:30:55.799 --> 00:30:56.240
 dad's

00:30:56.240 --> 00:30:56.600
 life

00:30:56.599 --> 00:30:57.719
 of a

00:30:57.719 --> 00:30:57.899
 new

00:30:57.899 --> 00:30:58.399
 creature

00:30:58.399 --> 00:31:00.259
 and a

00:31:00.259 --> 00:31:00.719
 changing

00:31:00.719 --> 00:31:01.339
 person

00:31:01.339 --> 00:31:02.919
 continuing

00:31:02.919 --> 00:31:03.859
 in the

00:31:03.859 --> 00:31:04.219
 journey

00:31:04.219 --> 00:31:04.899
 of

00:31:04.899 --> 00:31:05.339
 grace

00:31:05.339 --> 00:31:06.959
 and so

00:31:06.959 --> 00:31:07.139
 it's

00:31:07.139 --> 00:31:07.480
 important

00:31:07.480 --> 00:31:07.799
 for you

00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:08.219
 to stop

00:31:08.219 --> 00:31:08.599
 and ask

00:31:08.599 --> 00:31:08.919
 yourself

00:31:08.919 --> 00:31:09.359
 hey

00:31:09.359 --> 00:31:09.919
 am I

00:31:09.919 --> 00:31:10.179
 a new

00:31:10.179 --> 00:31:10.559
 person

00:31:10.559 --> 00:31:11.219
 am I

00:31:11.219 --> 00:31:11.759
 changing

00:31:11.759 --> 00:31:12.439
 am I

00:31:12.439 --> 00:31:12.939
 continuing

00:31:12.939 --> 00:31:13.559
 to grow

00:31:13.559 --> 00:31:14.799
 in

00:31:14.799 --> 00:31:15.319
 relationship

00:31:15.319 --> 00:31:15.720
 to that

00:31:15.720 --> 00:31:15.940
 let me

00:31:15.940 --> 00:31:16.200
 have you

00:31:16.200 --> 00:31:16.480
 come to

00:31:16.480 --> 00:31:16.779
 another

00:31:16.779 --> 00:31:17.179
 passage

00:31:17.179 --> 00:31:17.500
 to kind

00:31:17.500 --> 00:31:17.799
 of lock

00:31:17.799 --> 00:31:18.079
 it away

00:31:18.079 --> 00:31:18.299
 in your

00:31:18.299 --> 00:31:18.599
 mind

00:31:18.599 --> 00:31:19.379
 Galatians

00:31:19.379 --> 00:31:20.059
 chapter 2

00:31:20.059 --> 00:31:20.740
 verse 20

00:31:20.740 --> 00:31:24.480
 I have

00:31:24.480 --> 00:31:24.639
 been

00:31:24.639 --> 00:31:25.079
 crucified

00:31:25.079 --> 00:31:25.579
 with

00:31:25.579 --> 00:31:26.079
 Christ

00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:31.319
 it is

00:31:31.319 --> 00:31:31.839
 no longer

00:31:31.839 --> 00:31:32.519
 I who

00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:33.099
 live but

00:31:33.099 --> 00:31:33.559
 Christ

00:31:33.559 --> 00:31:34.119
 who lives

00:31:34.119 --> 00:31:34.519
 in me

00:31:34.519 --> 00:31:35.960
 and the

00:31:35.960 --> 00:31:36.559
 life I

00:31:36.559 --> 00:31:37.159
 now live

00:31:37.159 --> 00:31:37.379
 in the

00:31:37.379 --> 00:31:37.879
 flesh I

00:31:37.879 --> 00:31:38.359
 live by

00:31:38.359 --> 00:31:39.019
 faith in

00:31:39.019 --> 00:31:39.399
 the son

00:31:39.399 --> 00:31:39.799
 of God

00:31:39.799 --> 00:31:40.740
 who loved

00:31:40.740 --> 00:31:41.679
 me and

00:31:41.679 --> 00:31:42.259
 gave himself

00:31:42.259 --> 00:31:43.019
 for me

00:31:43.019 --> 00:31:45.259
 I have

00:31:45.259 --> 00:31:45.700
 been

00:31:45.700 --> 00:31:46.960
 crucified

00:31:46.960 --> 00:31:47.960
 with

00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:48.440
 Christ

00:31:48.440 --> 00:31:51.200
 one of

00:31:51.200 --> 00:31:51.480
 the

00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:52.420
 daily

00:31:52.420 --> 00:31:52.900
 battles

00:31:52.900 --> 00:31:53.539
 that Tim

00:31:53.539 --> 00:31:53.920
 Kenoyer

00:31:53.920 --> 00:31:54.379
 has

00:31:54.379 --> 00:31:55.500
 and every

00:31:55.500 --> 00:31:55.859
 other

00:31:55.859 --> 00:31:56.359
 person

00:31:56.359 --> 00:31:56.879
 here

00:31:56.879 --> 00:31:57.480
 has

00:31:57.480 --> 00:31:58.180
 is an

00:31:58.180 --> 00:31:58.660
 ongoing

00:31:58.660 --> 00:31:59.220
 battle

00:31:59.220 --> 00:31:59.680
 with

00:31:59.680 --> 00:32:00.180
 sin

00:32:00.180 --> 00:32:00.599
 am I

00:32:00.599 --> 00:32:00.960
 right or

00:32:00.960 --> 00:32:01.240
 wrong

00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:03.900
 one of

00:32:03.900 --> 00:32:04.059
 the

00:32:04.059 --> 00:32:04.700
 principal

00:32:04.700 --> 00:32:07.160
 issues

00:32:07.160 --> 00:32:07.420
 in

00:32:07.420 --> 00:32:08.079
 relationship

00:32:08.079 --> 00:32:08.700
 to that

00:32:08.700 --> 00:32:09.400
 ongoing

00:32:09.400 --> 00:32:09.960
 battle

00:32:09.960 --> 00:32:10.440
 in

00:32:10.440 --> 00:32:10.900
 particular

00:32:10.900 --> 00:32:11.180
 in

00:32:11.180 --> 00:32:11.680
 relationship

00:32:11.680 --> 00:32:12.079
 to what

00:32:12.079 --> 00:32:12.420
 it tells

00:32:12.420 --> 00:32:12.680
 me in

00:32:12.680 --> 00:32:13.240
 Romans chapter

00:32:13.240 --> 00:32:14.440
 six is

00:32:14.440 --> 00:32:15.480
 believing

00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:16.580
 the fact

00:32:16.580 --> 00:32:17.080
 of my

00:32:17.080 --> 00:32:17.680
 death

00:32:17.680 --> 00:32:18.100
 with

00:32:18.100 --> 00:32:18.660
 Christ

00:32:18.660 --> 00:32:20.340
 sin

00:32:20.340 --> 00:32:21.000
 has no

00:32:21.000 --> 00:32:21.700
 authority

00:32:21.700 --> 00:32:22.299
 over my

00:32:22.299 --> 00:32:23.100
 life anymore

00:32:23.100 --> 00:32:23.720
 and it

00:32:23.720 --> 00:32:24.259
 has no

00:32:24.259 --> 00:32:24.960
 right to

00:32:24.960 --> 00:32:25.360
 dominate

00:32:25.360 --> 00:32:25.779
 me

00:32:25.779 --> 00:32:27.279
 I am

00:32:27.279 --> 00:32:27.779
 not

00:32:27.779 --> 00:32:30.080
 a slave

00:32:30.080 --> 00:32:30.600
 to sin

00:32:30.600 --> 00:32:31.600
 not because

00:32:31.600 --> 00:32:32.480
 I happen

00:32:32.480 --> 00:32:32.860
 to have

00:32:32.860 --> 00:32:33.380
 had a

00:32:33.380 --> 00:32:33.720
 decent

00:32:33.720 --> 00:32:34.460
 education

00:32:34.460 --> 00:32:35.480
 and learned

00:32:35.480 --> 00:32:35.900
 all the

00:32:35.900 --> 00:32:36.660
 nine things

00:32:36.660 --> 00:32:37.060
 to help

00:32:37.060 --> 00:32:37.560
 me be a

00:32:37.560 --> 00:32:37.779
 neat

00:32:37.779 --> 00:32:38.200
 guy

00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:40.140
 the reason

00:32:40.140 --> 00:32:40.740
 sin

00:32:40.740 --> 00:32:41.440
 has no

00:32:41.440 --> 00:32:41.940
 control

00:32:41.940 --> 00:32:42.440
 over me

00:32:42.440 --> 00:32:43.000
 is I

00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:43.380
 died

00:32:43.380 --> 00:32:43.620
 with

00:32:43.620 --> 00:32:44.140
 Jesus

00:32:44.140 --> 00:32:45.080
 I

00:32:45.080 --> 00:32:45.360
 rose

00:32:45.360 --> 00:32:45.759
 again

00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:46.460
 I'm

00:32:46.460 --> 00:32:46.700
 a new

00:32:46.700 --> 00:32:47.240
 creation

00:32:47.240 --> 00:32:49.840
 I want

00:32:49.840 --> 00:32:50.059
 you to

00:32:50.059 --> 00:32:50.580
 understand

00:32:50.580 --> 00:32:51.580
 not only

00:32:51.580 --> 00:32:51.960
 that the

00:32:51.960 --> 00:32:52.559
 life of the

00:32:52.559 --> 00:32:52.860
 believer

00:32:52.860 --> 00:32:53.559
 is lived

00:32:53.559 --> 00:32:54.600
 in Christ

00:32:54.600 --> 00:32:55.299
 but the

00:32:55.299 --> 00:32:55.700
 death of

00:32:55.700 --> 00:32:56.160
 the believer

00:32:56.160 --> 00:32:57.400
 is covered

00:32:57.400 --> 00:32:57.840
 in this

00:32:57.840 --> 00:32:58.160
 issue

00:32:58.160 --> 00:32:58.840
 I'm not

00:32:58.840 --> 00:32:59.140
 just going

00:32:59.140 --> 00:32:59.259
 to

00:32:59.259 --> 00:32:59.740
 I'll just

00:32:59.740 --> 00:33:00.200
 recite it

00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:00.539
 to you

00:33:00.539 --> 00:33:01.100
 in

00:33:01.100 --> 00:33:01.840
 Revelation

00:33:01.840 --> 00:33:02.860
 chapter 14

00:33:02.860 --> 00:33:03.519
 verse 13

00:33:03.519 --> 00:33:03.980
 it says

00:33:03.980 --> 00:33:04.319
 this

00:33:04.319 --> 00:33:05.000
 blessed

00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:05.660
 are all

00:33:05.660 --> 00:33:06.019
 they

00:33:06.019 --> 00:33:06.420
 who

00:33:06.420 --> 00:33:07.039
 what

00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:07.619
 does anybody

00:33:07.619 --> 00:33:07.859
 know

00:33:07.859 --> 00:33:08.160
 can you

00:33:08.160 --> 00:33:08.359
 say it

00:33:08.359 --> 00:33:08.660
 with me

00:33:08.660 --> 00:33:09.539
 blessed

00:33:09.539 --> 00:33:10.039
 are all

00:33:10.039 --> 00:33:10.279
 they

00:33:10.279 --> 00:33:11.279
 who die

00:33:11.279 --> 00:33:11.839
 in the

00:33:11.839 --> 00:33:12.299
 Lord

00:33:12.299 --> 00:33:14.200
 who die

00:33:14.200 --> 00:33:14.440
 in the

00:33:14.440 --> 00:33:14.680
 Lord

00:33:14.680 --> 00:33:16.000
 hello

00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:17.900
 every one

00:33:17.900 --> 00:33:18.139
 of you

00:33:18.139 --> 00:33:18.420
 are going

00:33:18.420 --> 00:33:18.680
 to be

00:33:18.680 --> 00:33:18.940
 room

00:33:18.940 --> 00:33:19.400
 temperature

00:33:19.400 --> 00:33:19.720
 one of

00:33:19.720 --> 00:33:19.859
 these

00:33:19.859 --> 00:33:20.299
 days

00:33:20.299 --> 00:33:23.519
 that's

00:33:23.519 --> 00:33:23.859
 true

00:33:23.859 --> 00:33:24.579
 it's

00:33:24.579 --> 00:33:24.700
 going

00:33:24.700 --> 00:33:24.779
 to

00:33:24.779 --> 00:33:25.039
 happen

00:33:25.039 --> 00:33:26.639
 you are

00:33:26.639 --> 00:33:26.839
 either

00:33:26.839 --> 00:33:27.059
 going

00:33:27.059 --> 00:33:27.519
 to die

00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:28.019
 in the

00:33:28.019 --> 00:33:28.319
 Lord

00:33:28.319 --> 00:33:29.220
 or you're

00:33:29.220 --> 00:33:29.319
 going

00:33:29.319 --> 00:33:29.740
 to die

00:33:29.740 --> 00:33:30.319
 apart

00:33:30.319 --> 00:33:30.599
 from

00:33:30.599 --> 00:33:30.799
 the

00:33:30.799 --> 00:33:31.039
 Lord

00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:32.720
 and

00:33:32.720 --> 00:33:33.059
 the

00:33:33.059 --> 00:33:33.460
 scripture

00:33:33.460 --> 00:33:34.500
 speaks

00:33:34.500 --> 00:33:34.799
 of

00:33:34.799 --> 00:33:35.519
 blessed

00:33:35.519 --> 00:33:36.440
 happy

00:33:36.440 --> 00:33:37.860
 happy

00:33:37.860 --> 00:33:40.880
 I want

00:33:40.880 --> 00:33:41.079
 you to

00:33:41.079 --> 00:33:41.440
 recognize

00:33:41.440 --> 00:33:41.940
 also

00:33:41.940 --> 00:33:42.160
 that

00:33:42.160 --> 00:33:42.579
 every

00:33:42.579 --> 00:33:43.220
 spiritual

00:33:43.220 --> 00:33:43.759
 blessing

00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:44.420
 and grace

00:33:44.420 --> 00:33:44.700
 is

00:33:44.700 --> 00:33:45.360
 framed

00:33:45.360 --> 00:33:46.120
 by our

00:33:46.120 --> 00:33:46.600
 union

00:33:46.600 --> 00:33:48.640
 all

00:33:48.640 --> 00:33:48.920
 that

00:33:48.920 --> 00:33:49.259
 God

00:33:49.259 --> 00:33:49.559
 has

00:33:49.559 --> 00:33:50.019
 blessed

00:33:50.019 --> 00:33:50.279
 me

00:33:50.279 --> 00:33:50.720
 with

00:33:50.720 --> 00:33:51.680
 whether

00:33:51.680 --> 00:33:51.920
 I

00:33:51.920 --> 00:33:52.420
 realize

00:33:52.420 --> 00:33:52.620
 it

00:33:52.620 --> 00:33:52.740
 or

00:33:52.740 --> 00:33:53.059
 not

00:33:53.059 --> 00:33:53.779
 whether

00:33:53.779 --> 00:33:54.000
 I

00:33:54.000 --> 00:33:54.440
 appreciate

00:33:54.440 --> 00:33:54.759
 it

00:33:54.759 --> 00:33:54.860
 or

00:33:54.860 --> 00:33:55.079
 not

00:33:55.079 --> 00:33:55.539
 is

00:33:55.539 --> 00:33:56.059
 linked

00:33:56.059 --> 00:33:56.380
 to

00:33:56.380 --> 00:33:56.640
 my

00:33:56.640 --> 00:33:57.299
 being

00:33:57.299 --> 00:33:57.759
 in

00:33:57.759 --> 00:33:58.340
 Christ

00:33:58.340 --> 00:33:59.960
 go

00:33:59.960 --> 00:34:00.200
 back

00:34:00.200 --> 00:34:00.519
 again

00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:00.660
 to

00:34:00.660 --> 00:34:00.840
 that

00:34:00.840 --> 00:34:01.259
 passage

00:34:01.259 --> 00:34:01.460
 in

00:34:01.460 --> 00:34:01.860
 Ephesians

00:34:01.860 --> 00:34:02.220
 chapter

00:34:02.220 --> 00:34:02.600
 one

00:34:02.600 --> 00:34:02.819
 and we're

00:34:02.819 --> 00:34:02.980
 going to

00:34:02.980 --> 00:34:03.159
 spend

00:34:03.159 --> 00:34:03.299
 the

00:34:03.299 --> 00:34:03.599
 remainder

00:34:03.599 --> 00:34:03.919
 of our

00:34:03.919 --> 00:34:04.240
 time

00:34:04.240 --> 00:34:04.759
 in

00:34:04.759 --> 00:34:05.079
 this

00:34:05.079 --> 00:34:06.119
 first

00:34:06.119 --> 00:34:06.579
 chapter

00:34:06.579 --> 00:34:06.799
 that

00:34:06.799 --> 00:34:06.960
 I

00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:07.159
 had

00:34:07.159 --> 00:34:07.379
 you

00:34:07.379 --> 00:34:07.859
 do

00:34:07.859 --> 00:34:08.019
 the

00:34:08.019 --> 00:34:08.199
 little

00:34:08.199 --> 00:34:08.659
 exercise

00:34:08.659 --> 00:34:09.179
 in

00:34:09.179 --> 00:34:09.679
 but

00:34:09.679 --> 00:34:10.039
 Ephesians

00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:10.380
 chapter

00:34:10.380 --> 00:34:10.699
 one

00:34:10.699 --> 00:34:10.940
 verse

00:34:10.940 --> 00:34:11.179
 three

00:34:11.179 --> 00:34:11.400
 one

00:34:11.400 --> 00:34:12.199
 of my

00:34:12.199 --> 00:34:12.759
 favorite

00:34:12.759 --> 00:34:13.159
 verses

00:34:13.159 --> 00:34:13.759
 the

00:34:13.759 --> 00:34:13.940
 verse

00:34:13.940 --> 00:34:14.159
 I'm

00:34:14.159 --> 00:34:14.400
 preaching

00:34:14.400 --> 00:34:14.739
 happens

00:34:14.739 --> 00:34:14.940
 to be

00:34:14.940 --> 00:34:15.059
 the

00:34:15.059 --> 00:34:15.319
 favorite

00:34:15.319 --> 00:34:15.559
 one

00:34:15.559 --> 00:34:15.799
 at the

00:34:15.799 --> 00:34:16.059
 moment

00:34:16.059 --> 00:34:16.519
 but

00:34:16.519 --> 00:34:16.679
 this

00:34:16.679 --> 00:34:16.779
 is

00:34:16.779 --> 00:34:16.960
 one

00:34:16.960 --> 00:34:17.039
 of

00:34:17.039 --> 00:34:17.199
 those

00:34:17.199 --> 00:34:17.340
 that

00:34:17.340 --> 00:34:17.579
 sticks

00:34:17.579 --> 00:34:17.779
 right

00:34:17.779 --> 00:34:17.920
 up

00:34:17.920 --> 00:34:18.059
 there

00:34:18.059 --> 00:34:18.259
 with

00:34:18.259 --> 00:34:18.400
 it

00:34:18.400 --> 00:34:19.660
 blessed

00:34:19.660 --> 00:34:19.660


00:34:19.660 --> 00:34:19.860
 be

00:34:19.860 --> 00:34:20.000
 the

00:34:20.000 --> 00:34:20.240
 God

00:34:20.240 --> 00:34:20.380
 and

00:34:20.380 --> 00:34:20.660
 Father

00:34:20.660 --> 00:34:20.840
 of

00:34:20.840 --> 00:34:20.980
 our

00:34:20.980 --> 00:34:21.220
 Lord

00:34:21.220 --> 00:34:21.519
 Jesus

00:34:21.519 --> 00:34:21.920
 Christ

00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:22.099
 who

00:34:22.099 --> 00:34:22.280
 has

00:34:22.280 --> 00:34:22.639
 blessed

00:34:22.639 --> 00:34:22.960
 us

00:34:22.960 --> 00:34:23.579
 in

00:34:23.579 --> 00:34:24.039
 Christ

00:34:24.039 --> 00:34:24.420
 with

00:34:24.420 --> 00:34:25.039
 every

00:34:25.039 --> 00:34:26.200
 spiritual

00:34:26.200 --> 00:34:27.139
 blessings

00:34:27.139 --> 00:34:27.740
 in the

00:34:27.740 --> 00:34:28.039
 heavenly

00:34:28.039 --> 00:34:28.639
 places

00:34:28.639 --> 00:34:32.340
 the

00:34:32.340 --> 00:34:32.760
 blessings

00:34:32.760 --> 00:34:33.280
 that I

00:34:33.280 --> 00:34:33.800
 enjoy

00:34:33.800 --> 00:34:36.019
 the

00:34:36.019 --> 00:34:36.480
 blessings

00:34:36.480 --> 00:34:37.019
 that I

00:34:37.019 --> 00:34:37.680
 anticipate

00:34:37.680 --> 00:34:40.240
 truthfully

00:34:40.240 --> 00:34:40.840
 the blessings

00:34:40.840 --> 00:34:41.300
 of being

00:34:41.300 --> 00:34:41.660
 able to

00:34:41.660 --> 00:34:42.000
 look in

00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:42.340
 the rear

00:34:42.340 --> 00:34:42.579
 view

00:34:42.579 --> 00:34:42.960
 mirror

00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:43.820
 and see

00:34:43.820 --> 00:34:44.260
 what he

00:34:44.260 --> 00:34:44.940
 has done

00:34:44.940 --> 00:34:45.760
 in working

00:34:45.760 --> 00:34:46.220
 in my

00:34:46.220 --> 00:34:47.559
 despicable

00:34:47.559 --> 00:34:48.099
 life

00:34:48.099 --> 00:34:48.820
 that's

00:34:48.820 --> 00:34:49.279
 blessing

00:34:49.279 --> 00:34:49.960
 why do

00:34:49.960 --> 00:34:50.519
 I enjoy

00:34:50.519 --> 00:34:50.799
 those

00:34:50.799 --> 00:34:51.059
 things

00:34:51.059 --> 00:34:51.619
 because

00:34:51.619 --> 00:34:52.159
 of my

00:34:52.159 --> 00:34:52.639
 communion

00:34:52.639 --> 00:34:53.000
 and my

00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:53.579
 relationship

00:34:53.579 --> 00:34:54.179
 with him

00:34:54.179 --> 00:34:58.059
 every

00:34:58.059 --> 00:34:59.400
 spiritual

00:34:59.400 --> 00:35:00.579
 blessing

00:35:00.579 --> 00:35:01.779
 in

00:35:01.779 --> 00:35:02.860
 Christ

00:35:02.860 --> 00:35:03.719
 Jesus

00:35:03.719 --> 00:35:07.059
 I

00:35:07.059 --> 00:35:07.320
 remember

00:35:07.320 --> 00:35:07.860
 as a

00:35:07.860 --> 00:35:09.960
 junior

00:35:09.960 --> 00:35:10.380
 higher

00:35:10.380 --> 00:35:11.179
 my parents

00:35:11.179 --> 00:35:11.500
 had come

00:35:11.500 --> 00:35:11.920
 back from

00:35:11.920 --> 00:35:12.199
 India

00:35:12.199 --> 00:35:12.559
 and we

00:35:12.559 --> 00:35:13.119
 lived for

00:35:13.119 --> 00:35:14.059
 less than

00:35:14.059 --> 00:35:14.400
 a year

00:35:14.400 --> 00:35:15.099
 in Lafayette

00:35:15.099 --> 00:35:15.519
 Indiana

00:35:15.519 --> 00:35:16.000
 and

00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:17.219
 my

00:35:17.219 --> 00:35:17.639
 dad

00:35:17.639 --> 00:35:18.579
 he

00:35:18.579 --> 00:35:18.860
 has

00:35:18.860 --> 00:35:19.219
 an

00:35:19.219 --> 00:35:19.619
 emergency

00:35:19.619 --> 00:35:20.139
 doctor

00:35:20.139 --> 00:35:20.659
 in a

00:35:20.659 --> 00:35:21.679
 hospital

00:35:21.679 --> 00:35:22.260
 and

00:35:22.260 --> 00:35:22.679
 he

00:35:22.679 --> 00:35:23.619
 actually

00:35:23.619 --> 00:35:24.619
 he

00:35:24.619 --> 00:35:25.219
 worked

00:35:25.219 --> 00:35:25.880
 and they

00:35:25.880 --> 00:35:26.360
 provided

00:35:26.360 --> 00:35:26.820
 housing

00:35:26.820 --> 00:35:27.219
 and we

00:35:27.219 --> 00:35:27.659
 lived in

00:35:27.659 --> 00:35:28.059
 a very

00:35:28.059 --> 00:35:28.500
 gritty

00:35:28.500 --> 00:35:28.980
 part of

00:35:28.980 --> 00:35:29.159
 town

00:35:29.159 --> 00:35:29.340
 do you

00:35:29.340 --> 00:35:29.400
 know

00:35:29.400 --> 00:35:29.539
 what

00:35:29.539 --> 00:35:29.800
 gritty

00:35:29.800 --> 00:35:30.239
 means

00:35:30.239 --> 00:35:31.659
 it

00:35:31.659 --> 00:35:32.039
 was

00:35:32.039 --> 00:35:32.719
 well

00:35:32.719 --> 00:35:32.820
 I

00:35:32.820 --> 00:35:32.960
 won't

00:35:32.960 --> 00:35:33.139
 say

00:35:33.139 --> 00:35:33.420
 where

00:35:33.420 --> 00:35:33.840
 it

00:35:33.840 --> 00:35:33.960
 was

00:35:33.960 --> 00:35:34.219
 like

00:35:34.219 --> 00:35:34.480
 living

00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:34.699
 in

00:35:34.699 --> 00:35:34.960
 some

00:35:34.960 --> 00:35:35.400
 parts

00:35:35.400 --> 00:35:35.719
 of

00:35:35.719 --> 00:35:36.139
 the

00:35:36.139 --> 00:35:36.480
 bottoms

00:35:36.480 --> 00:35:36.780
 how's

00:35:36.780 --> 00:35:37.019
 that

00:35:37.019 --> 00:35:37.599
 okay

00:35:37.599 --> 00:35:38.800
 I

00:35:38.800 --> 00:35:38.920
 mean

00:35:38.920 --> 00:35:39.000
 it

00:35:39.000 --> 00:35:39.119
 was

00:35:39.119 --> 00:35:39.239
 a

00:35:39.239 --> 00:35:39.420
 rough

00:35:39.420 --> 00:35:39.820
 neighborhood

00:35:39.820 --> 00:35:41.460
 and

00:35:41.460 --> 00:35:41.880
 I'll

00:35:41.880 --> 00:35:42.059
 never

00:35:42.059 --> 00:35:42.559
 forget

00:35:42.559 --> 00:35:43.079
 one

00:35:43.079 --> 00:35:43.420
 night

00:35:43.420 --> 00:35:44.460
 evening

00:35:44.460 --> 00:35:44.739
 was

00:35:44.739 --> 00:35:44.939
 there

00:35:44.939 --> 00:35:45.059
 and

00:35:45.059 --> 00:35:45.199
 I

00:35:45.199 --> 00:35:45.639
 was

00:35:45.639 --> 00:35:45.759
 in

00:35:45.759 --> 00:35:45.879
 the

00:35:45.879 --> 00:35:46.219
 process

00:35:46.219 --> 00:35:46.439
 of

00:35:46.439 --> 00:35:46.759
 walking

00:35:46.759 --> 00:35:47.179
 home

00:35:47.179 --> 00:35:47.399
 from

00:35:47.399 --> 00:35:47.739
 school

00:35:47.739 --> 00:35:48.199
 late

00:35:48.199 --> 00:35:49.039
 and

00:35:49.039 --> 00:35:49.179
 I

00:35:49.179 --> 00:35:49.599
 decided

00:35:49.599 --> 00:35:49.819
 that

00:35:49.819 --> 00:35:49.959
 I

00:35:49.959 --> 00:35:50.119
 would

00:35:50.119 --> 00:35:50.419
 take

00:35:50.419 --> 00:35:50.679
 a

00:35:50.679 --> 00:35:51.339
 different

00:35:51.339 --> 00:35:51.799
 route

00:35:51.799 --> 00:35:53.479
 and

00:35:53.479 --> 00:35:53.699
 as

00:35:53.699 --> 00:35:53.879
 I

00:35:53.879 --> 00:35:54.059
 was

00:35:54.059 --> 00:35:54.500
 walking

00:35:54.500 --> 00:35:55.199
 through

00:35:55.199 --> 00:35:55.619
 this

00:35:55.619 --> 00:35:56.099
 neighborhood

00:35:56.099 --> 00:35:56.459
 there

00:35:56.459 --> 00:35:56.659
 were

00:35:56.659 --> 00:35:57.219
 three

00:35:57.219 --> 00:35:57.639
 four

00:35:57.639 --> 00:35:58.019
 boys

00:35:58.019 --> 00:35:58.199
 that

00:35:58.199 --> 00:35:58.359
 kind

00:35:58.359 --> 00:35:58.459
 of

00:35:58.459 --> 00:35:58.739
 popped

00:35:58.739 --> 00:35:58.939
 out

00:35:58.939 --> 00:35:59.019
 of

00:35:59.019 --> 00:35:59.139
 the

00:35:59.139 --> 00:35:59.579
 shadows

00:35:59.579 --> 00:36:01.359
 and

00:36:01.359 --> 00:36:01.619
 started

00:36:01.619 --> 00:36:01.899
 coming

00:36:01.899 --> 00:36:02.219
 towards

00:36:02.219 --> 00:36:02.379
 me

00:36:02.379 --> 00:36:02.639
 rather

00:36:02.639 --> 00:36:03.019
 quickly

00:36:03.019 --> 00:36:04.799
 I

00:36:04.799 --> 00:36:04.979
 have

00:36:04.979 --> 00:36:05.099
 to

00:36:05.099 --> 00:36:05.259
 tell

00:36:05.259 --> 00:36:05.379
 you

00:36:05.379 --> 00:36:05.519
 that

00:36:05.519 --> 00:36:05.659
 I

00:36:05.659 --> 00:36:05.879
 was

00:36:05.879 --> 00:36:06.199
 very

00:36:06.199 --> 00:36:06.539
 nervous

00:36:06.539 --> 00:36:06.739
 can

00:36:06.739 --> 00:36:06.859
 you

00:36:06.859 --> 00:36:07.439
 appreciate

00:36:07.439 --> 00:36:07.759
 that

00:36:07.759 --> 00:36:07.879
 I

00:36:07.879 --> 00:36:08.000
 was

00:36:08.000 --> 00:36:08.199
 very

00:36:08.199 --> 00:36:08.539
 nervous

00:36:08.539 --> 00:36:09.239
 and

00:36:09.239 --> 00:36:09.439
 I

00:36:09.439 --> 00:36:10.019
 got

00:36:10.019 --> 00:36:10.279
 a

00:36:10.279 --> 00:36:10.500
 little

00:36:14.739 --> 00:36:15.319
 fence

00:36:15.319 --> 00:36:16.000
 and

00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:16.479
 started

00:36:16.479 --> 00:36:16.799
 holding

00:36:16.799 --> 00:36:16.939
 it

00:36:16.939 --> 00:36:17.059
 up

00:36:17.059 --> 00:36:17.359
 coming

00:36:17.359 --> 00:36:17.699
 towards

00:36:17.699 --> 00:36:17.859
 me

00:36:17.859 --> 00:36:18.479
 that's

00:36:18.479 --> 00:36:18.599
 when

00:36:18.599 --> 00:36:18.739
 I

00:36:18.739 --> 00:36:18.979
 really

00:36:18.979 --> 00:36:19.219
 got

00:36:19.219 --> 00:36:19.699
 nervous

00:36:19.699 --> 00:36:22.959
 and

00:36:22.959 --> 00:36:24.039
 out

00:36:24.039 --> 00:36:24.199
 of

00:36:24.199 --> 00:36:24.379
 the

00:36:24.379 --> 00:36:26.000
 corner

00:36:26.000 --> 00:36:28.439
 came

00:36:28.439 --> 00:36:28.699
 a

00:36:28.699 --> 00:36:28.979
 boy

00:36:28.979 --> 00:36:29.199
 that

00:36:29.199 --> 00:36:29.399
 I

00:36:29.399 --> 00:36:29.779
 knew

00:36:29.779 --> 00:36:30.119
 in

00:36:30.119 --> 00:36:30.759
 school

00:36:30.759 --> 00:36:31.739
 that

00:36:31.739 --> 00:36:31.879
 I

00:36:31.879 --> 00:36:32.239
 sat

00:36:32.239 --> 00:36:32.559
 with

00:36:32.559 --> 00:36:32.899
 in

00:36:32.899 --> 00:36:34.079
 study

00:36:34.079 --> 00:36:34.379
 hall

00:36:34.379 --> 00:36:36.719
 who

00:36:36.719 --> 00:36:37.159
 suddenly

00:36:37.159 --> 00:36:37.599
 said

00:36:37.599 --> 00:36:38.199
 loudly

00:36:38.199 --> 00:36:39.179
 Tim

00:36:39.179 --> 00:36:39.659
 is

00:36:39.659 --> 00:36:39.959
 with

00:36:39.959 --> 00:36:40.319
 me

00:36:40.319 --> 00:36:42.779
 and

00:36:42.779 --> 00:36:43.019
 those

00:36:43.019 --> 00:36:43.319
 boys

00:36:43.319 --> 00:36:43.579
 just

00:36:43.579 --> 00:36:44.039
 disappeared

00:36:44.039 --> 00:36:44.279
 I

00:36:44.279 --> 00:36:44.599
 don't

00:36:44.599 --> 00:36:44.719
 know

00:36:44.719 --> 00:36:44.860
 what

00:36:44.860 --> 00:36:45.159
 happened

00:36:45.159 --> 00:36:45.319
 I

00:36:45.319 --> 00:36:45.420
 don't

00:36:45.420 --> 00:36:45.559
 know

00:36:45.559 --> 00:36:45.719
 where

00:36:45.719 --> 00:36:45.900
 they

00:36:45.900 --> 00:36:46.119
 went

00:36:46.119 --> 00:36:46.519
 they

00:36:46.519 --> 00:36:46.679
 had

00:36:46.679 --> 00:36:46.799
 a

00:36:46.799 --> 00:36:47.079
 change

00:36:47.079 --> 00:36:47.219
 of

00:36:47.219 --> 00:36:47.519
 mind

00:36:47.519 --> 00:36:51.679
 I

00:36:51.679 --> 00:36:51.920
 was

00:36:51.920 --> 00:36:52.239
 with

00:36:52.239 --> 00:36:52.539
 him

00:36:52.539 --> 00:36:52.980
 and

00:36:52.980 --> 00:36:53.179
 that

00:36:53.179 --> 00:36:53.900
 relationship

00:36:53.900 --> 00:36:54.579
 in

00:36:54.579 --> 00:36:54.839
 that

00:36:54.839 --> 00:36:55.219
 case

00:36:55.219 --> 00:36:55.440
 was

00:36:55.440 --> 00:36:56.019
 protective

00:36:56.019 --> 00:36:56.400
 to

00:36:56.400 --> 00:36:56.659
 me

00:36:56.659 --> 00:36:58.199
 and

00:36:58.199 --> 00:36:58.440
 that

00:36:58.440 --> 00:36:58.659
 is

00:36:58.659 --> 00:36:58.839
 a

00:36:58.839 --> 00:36:59.319
 small

00:36:59.319 --> 00:36:59.759
 picture

00:36:59.759 --> 00:37:00.000
 of

00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:00.179
 the

00:37:00.179 --> 00:37:00.480
 beauty

00:37:00.480 --> 00:37:00.659
 of

00:37:00.659 --> 00:37:00.860
 my

00:37:00.860 --> 00:37:01.500
 relationship

00:37:01.500 --> 00:37:01.799
 with

00:37:01.799 --> 00:37:01.920
 the

00:37:01.920 --> 00:37:02.079
 Lord

00:37:02.079 --> 00:37:02.420
 Jesus

00:37:02.420 --> 00:37:02.980
 Christ

00:37:02.980 --> 00:37:04.960
 blessed

00:37:04.960 --> 00:37:05.619
 be

00:37:05.619 --> 00:37:05.779
 the

00:37:05.779 --> 00:37:06.019
 God

00:37:06.019 --> 00:37:06.159
 and

00:37:06.159 --> 00:37:06.559
 Father

00:37:06.559 --> 00:37:08.619
 that

00:37:08.619 --> 00:37:08.799
 has

00:37:08.799 --> 00:37:09.159
 blessed

00:37:09.159 --> 00:37:09.420
 us

00:37:09.420 --> 00:37:09.639
 with

00:37:09.639 --> 00:37:10.000
 all

00:37:10.000 --> 00:37:10.500
 spiritual

00:37:10.500 --> 00:37:11.000
 blessings

00:37:11.000 --> 00:37:11.279
 in

00:37:11.279 --> 00:37:11.599
 Christ

00:37:11.599 --> 00:37:12.179
 Jesus

00:37:12.179 --> 00:37:12.759
 verse

00:37:12.759 --> 00:37:13.059
 six

00:37:13.059 --> 00:37:13.179
 and

00:37:13.179 --> 00:37:13.299
 we

00:37:13.299 --> 00:37:13.699
 close

00:37:13.699 --> 00:37:16.619
 to the

00:37:16.619 --> 00:37:17.079
 praise

00:37:17.079 --> 00:37:17.579
 of his

00:37:17.579 --> 00:37:18.039
 glorious

00:37:18.039 --> 00:37:18.519
 grace

00:37:18.519 --> 00:37:18.960
 with which

00:37:18.960 --> 00:37:19.339
 he has

00:37:19.339 --> 00:37:19.839
 blessed

00:37:19.839 --> 00:37:20.319
 us

00:37:20.319 --> 00:37:21.179
 in

00:37:21.179 --> 00:37:22.099
 the

00:37:22.099 --> 00:37:22.399
 beloved

00:37:22.399 --> 00:37:24.919
 that

00:37:24.919 --> 00:37:25.179
 word

00:37:25.179 --> 00:37:25.679
 blessed

00:37:25.679 --> 00:37:26.099
 that is

00:37:26.099 --> 00:37:26.419
 used

00:37:26.419 --> 00:37:26.779
 here

00:37:26.779 --> 00:37:27.639
 is a

00:37:27.639 --> 00:37:27.819
 word

00:37:27.819 --> 00:37:28.299
 that talks

00:37:28.299 --> 00:37:28.659
 about

00:37:28.659 --> 00:37:29.519
 communicating

00:37:29.519 --> 00:37:30.299
 the idea

00:37:30.299 --> 00:37:31.199
 of extending

00:37:31.199 --> 00:37:31.899
 kindness

00:37:31.899 --> 00:37:32.819
 it's like

00:37:32.819 --> 00:37:33.599
 doing

00:37:33.599 --> 00:37:34.359
 something

00:37:34.359 --> 00:37:35.159
 for the

00:37:35.159 --> 00:37:35.379
 other

00:37:35.379 --> 00:37:35.960
 person

00:37:35.960 --> 00:37:39.019
 actually

00:37:39.019 --> 00:37:39.339
 in the

00:37:39.339 --> 00:37:39.879
 King James

00:37:39.879 --> 00:37:40.279
 and I

00:37:40.280 --> 00:37:40.480
 I

00:37:40.480 --> 00:37:40.940
 know

00:37:40.940 --> 00:37:41.160
 that

00:37:41.160 --> 00:37:41.420
 most

00:37:41.420 --> 00:37:41.560
 of

00:37:41.560 --> 00:37:41.720
 us

00:37:41.720 --> 00:37:41.940
 don't

00:37:41.940 --> 00:37:42.140
 have

00:37:42.140 --> 00:37:42.260
 the

00:37:42.260 --> 00:37:42.440
 King

00:37:42.440 --> 00:37:42.700
 James

00:37:42.700 --> 00:37:42.960
 anymore

00:37:42.960 --> 00:37:43.160
 but

00:37:43.160 --> 00:37:43.340
 in

00:37:43.340 --> 00:37:43.519
 the

00:37:43.519 --> 00:37:43.820
 King

00:37:43.820 --> 00:37:44.160
 James

00:37:44.160 --> 00:37:44.640
 it

00:37:44.640 --> 00:37:44.960
 uses

00:37:44.960 --> 00:37:45.200
 the

00:37:45.200 --> 00:37:45.420
 word

00:37:45.420 --> 00:37:46.120
 accepted

00:37:46.120 --> 00:37:48.440
 I

00:37:48.440 --> 00:37:48.800
 suppose

00:37:48.800 --> 00:37:49.000
 in

00:37:49.000 --> 00:37:49.540
 my

00:37:49.540 --> 00:37:49.760
 own

00:37:49.760 --> 00:37:50.300
 frailty

00:37:50.300 --> 00:37:50.920
 and my

00:37:50.920 --> 00:37:51.860
 own

00:37:51.860 --> 00:37:52.540
 struggle

00:37:52.540 --> 00:37:52.900
 with

00:37:52.900 --> 00:37:53.380
 identity

00:37:53.380 --> 00:37:54.360
 the issue

00:37:54.360 --> 00:37:54.880
 of being

00:37:54.880 --> 00:37:55.440
 accepted

00:37:55.440 --> 00:37:55.680
 in

00:37:55.680 --> 00:37:55.980
 Christ

00:37:55.980 --> 00:37:56.340
 Jesus

00:37:56.340 --> 00:37:56.720
 just

00:37:56.720 --> 00:37:57.600
 stands

00:37:57.600 --> 00:37:59.100
 as a

00:37:59.100 --> 00:37:59.480
 blessing

00:37:59.480 --> 00:38:01.500
 but whether

00:38:01.500 --> 00:38:01.940
 you take

00:38:01.940 --> 00:38:02.320
 it as

00:38:02.320 --> 00:38:03.360
 blessed

00:38:03.360 --> 00:38:03.640
 in

00:38:03.640 --> 00:38:03.920
 Christ

00:38:03.920 --> 00:38:04.260
 Jesus

00:38:04.260 --> 00:38:04.519
 or

00:38:04.519 --> 00:38:05.000
 accepted

00:38:05.000 --> 00:38:05.260
 in

00:38:05.260 --> 00:38:05.540
 Christ

00:38:05.540 --> 00:38:05.860
 Jesus

00:38:05.860 --> 00:38:06.560
 here's

00:38:06.560 --> 00:38:06.720
 the

00:38:06.720 --> 00:38:07.280
 undeniable

00:38:07.280 --> 00:38:07.880
 truth

00:38:07.880 --> 00:38:09.960
 that all

00:38:09.960 --> 00:38:10.360
 that we

00:38:10.360 --> 00:38:10.900
 enjoy

00:38:10.900 --> 00:38:12.820
 is linked

00:38:12.820 --> 00:38:13.260
 to this

00:38:13.260 --> 00:38:13.619
 issue

00:38:13.619 --> 00:38:14.320
 of our

00:38:14.320 --> 00:38:14.700
 union

00:38:14.700 --> 00:38:16.700
 so let

00:38:16.700 --> 00:38:17.019
 me ask

00:38:17.019 --> 00:38:17.220
 you

00:38:17.220 --> 00:38:18.640
 when

00:38:18.640 --> 00:38:18.920
 was the

00:38:18.920 --> 00:38:19.119
 last

00:38:19.119 --> 00:38:19.500
 time

00:38:19.500 --> 00:38:21.720
 that

00:38:21.720 --> 00:38:22.099
 you

00:38:22.099 --> 00:38:22.579
 took

00:38:22.579 --> 00:38:23.039
 time

00:38:23.039 --> 00:38:23.280
 to

00:38:23.280 --> 00:38:23.820
 actually

00:38:23.820 --> 00:38:24.559
 count

00:38:24.559 --> 00:38:25.700
 and

00:38:25.700 --> 00:38:26.160
 meditate

00:38:26.160 --> 00:38:27.280
 to

00:38:27.280 --> 00:38:27.820
 ponder

00:38:27.820 --> 00:38:28.680
 to

00:38:28.680 --> 00:38:29.360
 appreciate

00:38:29.360 --> 00:38:30.480
 the

00:38:30.480 --> 00:38:31.180
 relationship

00:38:31.180 --> 00:38:32.039
 and communion

00:38:32.039 --> 00:38:32.800
 the union

00:38:32.800 --> 00:38:33.220
 that you

00:38:33.220 --> 00:38:33.599
 have with

00:38:33.599 --> 00:38:34.019
 Christ

00:38:34.019 --> 00:38:36.160
 listen

00:38:36.160 --> 00:38:36.559
 to me

00:38:36.559 --> 00:38:38.179
 if you

00:38:38.179 --> 00:38:38.679
 don't

00:38:38.679 --> 00:38:39.119
 do it

00:38:39.119 --> 00:38:39.759
 often

00:38:39.759 --> 00:38:43.079
 you are

00:38:43.079 --> 00:38:43.519
 living

00:38:43.519 --> 00:38:43.840
 an

00:38:43.840 --> 00:38:45.099
 impoverished

00:38:45.099 --> 00:38:47.460
 deficient

00:38:47.460 --> 00:38:49.039
 Christian

00:38:49.039 --> 00:38:50.019
 life

00:38:50.019 --> 00:38:52.059
 does that

00:38:52.059 --> 00:38:52.559
 make sense

00:38:52.559 --> 00:38:55.000
 if you

00:38:55.000 --> 00:38:55.440
 don't do

00:38:55.440 --> 00:38:56.079
 it often

00:38:56.079 --> 00:38:57.940
 you are

00:38:57.940 --> 00:38:58.299
 not

00:38:58.299 --> 00:38:59.259
 savoring

00:38:59.259 --> 00:39:00.539
 and appreciating

00:39:00.539 --> 00:39:01.579
 the sweetness

00:39:01.579 --> 00:39:03.480
 of union

00:39:03.480 --> 00:39:04.679
 with the

00:39:04.679 --> 00:39:05.019
 Lord of

00:39:05.019 --> 00:39:05.360
 glory

00:39:05.360 --> 00:39:06.559
 with your

00:39:06.559 --> 00:39:06.960
 Savior

00:39:06.960 --> 00:39:08.240
 the lover

00:39:08.240 --> 00:39:08.620
 of your

00:39:08.620 --> 00:39:09.059
 soul

00:39:09.059 --> 00:39:10.460
 the one

00:39:10.460 --> 00:39:10.820
 who you

00:39:10.820 --> 00:39:11.039
 will

00:39:11.039 --> 00:39:11.519
 someday

00:39:11.519 --> 00:39:12.180
 see

00:39:12.180 --> 00:39:13.180
 and when

00:39:13.180 --> 00:39:13.880
 you see

00:39:13.880 --> 00:39:14.180
 him

00:39:14.180 --> 00:39:14.660
 you will

00:39:14.660 --> 00:39:15.340
 be like

00:39:15.340 --> 00:39:15.760
 him

00:39:15.760 --> 00:39:18.680
 so as

00:39:18.680 --> 00:39:19.000
 the men

00:39:19.000 --> 00:39:19.440
 come

00:39:19.440 --> 00:39:20.220
 and we

00:39:20.220 --> 00:39:20.920
 take these

00:39:20.920 --> 00:39:21.340
 elements

00:39:21.340 --> 00:39:23.720
 I want you

00:39:23.720 --> 00:39:24.039
 to think

00:39:24.039 --> 00:39:24.539
 seriously

00:39:24.539 --> 00:39:25.099
 with me

00:39:25.099 --> 00:39:25.640
 about this

00:39:25.640 --> 00:39:26.260
 issue of

00:39:26.260 --> 00:39:26.840
 union

00:39:26.840 --> 00:39:27.579
 with Christ

00:39:27.579 --> 00:39:30.400
 and consider

00:39:30.400 --> 00:39:31.160
 whether or not

00:39:31.160 --> 00:39:31.559
 it is

00:39:31.559 --> 00:39:32.620
 true for

00:39:32.620 --> 00:39:32.920
 you

00:39:32.920 --> 00:39:42.380
 we are

00:39:42.380 --> 00:39:43.240
 going to

00:39:43.240 --> 00:39:45.720
 sing

00:39:45.720 --> 00:39:48.059
 and take

00:39:48.059 --> 00:39:48.680
 elements

00:39:48.680 --> 00:39:49.920
 together

00:39:49.920 --> 00:39:51.680
 and before

00:39:51.680 --> 00:39:52.539
 we sing

00:39:52.539 --> 00:39:53.740
 let me

00:39:53.740 --> 00:39:54.340
 encourage you

00:39:54.340 --> 00:39:54.800
 to take a

00:39:54.800 --> 00:39:55.300
 moment and

00:39:55.300 --> 00:39:56.019
 pray with

00:39:56.019 --> 00:39:56.780
 me regarding

00:39:56.780 --> 00:40:00.380
 a conscience

00:40:00.380 --> 00:40:00.820
 that is

00:40:00.820 --> 00:40:01.280
 clear

00:40:01.280 --> 00:40:05.280
 and a

00:40:05.280 --> 00:40:05.600
 conscience

00:40:05.600 --> 00:40:06.080
 that has

00:40:06.080 --> 00:40:06.460
 sought

00:40:06.460 --> 00:40:07.000
 forgiveness

00:40:07.000 --> 00:40:07.400
 for

00:40:07.400 --> 00:40:08.000
 unconfessed

00:40:08.000 --> 00:40:08.280
 sin

00:40:08.280 --> 00:40:08.700
 before you

00:40:08.700 --> 00:40:08.980
 come to

00:40:08.980 --> 00:40:09.460
 this table

00:40:09.460 --> 00:40:11.580
 let's pray

00:40:11.579 --> 00:40:17.279
 our father

00:40:17.279 --> 00:40:20.340
 we are

00:40:20.340 --> 00:40:20.880
 thankful for

00:40:20.880 --> 00:40:21.199
 the lord

00:40:21.199 --> 00:40:22.000
 jesus christ

00:40:22.000 --> 00:40:22.659
 that has

00:40:22.659 --> 00:40:24.019
 paid the

00:40:24.019 --> 00:40:24.579
 penalty for

00:40:24.579 --> 00:40:25.179
 our sins

00:40:25.179 --> 00:40:25.739
 and given

00:40:25.739 --> 00:40:26.559
 us victory

00:40:26.559 --> 00:40:30.299
 freed us

00:40:30.299 --> 00:40:30.759
 from the

00:40:30.759 --> 00:40:31.139
 debt

00:40:31.139 --> 00:40:33.299
 and the

00:40:33.299 --> 00:40:33.719
 terror of

00:40:33.719 --> 00:40:34.099
 judgment

00:40:34.099 --> 00:40:36.159
 and yet

00:40:36.159 --> 00:40:37.440
 lord it is

00:40:37.440 --> 00:40:37.980
 fitting for

00:40:37.980 --> 00:40:38.679
 us when we

00:40:38.679 --> 00:40:39.199
 take these

00:40:39.199 --> 00:40:39.639
 elements

00:40:39.639 --> 00:40:40.900
 and remind

00:40:40.900 --> 00:40:41.400
 ourselves

00:40:41.400 --> 00:40:42.859
 of what it

00:40:42.859 --> 00:40:44.059
 cost for

00:40:44.059 --> 00:40:44.659
 us to be

00:40:44.659 --> 00:40:45.079
 saved

00:40:45.079 --> 00:40:47.119
 that we

00:40:47.119 --> 00:40:48.059
 think

00:40:48.059 --> 00:40:48.779
 carefully

00:40:48.779 --> 00:40:50.339
 and with the

00:40:50.339 --> 00:40:50.699
 help of the

00:40:50.699 --> 00:40:51.199
 holy spirit

00:40:51.199 --> 00:40:51.920
 regarding our

00:40:51.920 --> 00:40:52.719
 own sinfulness

00:40:52.719 --> 00:40:56.659
 we pray that

00:40:56.659 --> 00:40:57.059
 we would

00:40:57.059 --> 00:40:57.759
 confess and

00:40:57.759 --> 00:40:58.319
 forsake

00:40:58.319 --> 00:41:01.019
 the sins

00:41:01.019 --> 00:41:01.500
 that so

00:41:01.500 --> 00:41:02.019
 easily

00:41:02.019 --> 00:41:02.579
 entangle

00:41:02.579 --> 00:41:03.059
 us

00:41:03.059 --> 00:41:05.699
 there are

00:41:05.699 --> 00:41:06.139
 some here

00:41:06.139 --> 00:41:06.719
 this morning

00:41:06.719 --> 00:41:07.319
 lord that

00:41:07.320 --> 00:41:08.940
 may well

00:41:08.940 --> 00:41:09.680
 be snared

00:41:09.680 --> 00:41:10.059
 by

00:41:10.059 --> 00:41:11.620
 unconfessed

00:41:11.620 --> 00:41:12.580
 and unrepented

00:41:12.580 --> 00:41:13.039
 sin

00:41:13.039 --> 00:41:15.460
 and i pray

00:41:15.460 --> 00:41:15.880
 lord that

00:41:15.880 --> 00:41:16.320
 before they

00:41:16.320 --> 00:41:16.860
 take these

00:41:16.860 --> 00:41:17.260
 elements

00:41:17.260 --> 00:41:17.720
 the bread

00:41:17.720 --> 00:41:18.019
 and the

00:41:18.019 --> 00:41:18.240
 cup

00:41:18.240 --> 00:41:18.580
 that they

00:41:18.580 --> 00:41:19.000
 would come

00:41:19.000 --> 00:41:19.620
 with humility

00:41:19.620 --> 00:41:20.559
 and they

00:41:20.559 --> 00:41:21.100
 would ask

00:41:21.100 --> 00:41:21.420
 you to

00:41:21.420 --> 00:41:21.940
 forgive them

00:41:21.940 --> 00:41:22.340
 of those

00:41:22.340 --> 00:41:22.620
 sins

00:41:22.620 --> 00:41:23.080
 that they

00:41:23.080 --> 00:41:23.760
 as believers

00:41:23.760 --> 00:41:24.700
 would be

00:41:24.700 --> 00:41:25.019
 able to

00:41:25.019 --> 00:41:25.420
 take these

00:41:25.420 --> 00:41:25.780
 elements

00:41:25.780 --> 00:41:26.160
 freely

00:41:26.160 --> 00:41:26.460
 with a

00:41:26.460 --> 00:41:26.620
 clear

00:41:26.620 --> 00:41:27.340
 conscience

00:41:27.340 --> 00:41:29.740
 i pray

00:41:29.740 --> 00:41:30.460
 also father

00:41:30.460 --> 00:41:30.920
 for those

00:41:30.920 --> 00:41:31.180
 that are

00:41:31.180 --> 00:41:31.760
 here today

00:41:31.760 --> 00:41:32.579
 that do

00:41:32.579 --> 00:41:33.039
 not know

00:41:33.039 --> 00:41:33.660
 jesus

00:41:33.660 --> 00:41:37.079
 that your

00:41:37.079 --> 00:41:37.660
 spirit would

00:41:37.660 --> 00:41:38.420
 convict them

00:41:38.420 --> 00:41:39.019
 that taking

00:41:39.019 --> 00:41:39.480
 the bread

00:41:39.480 --> 00:41:39.920
 and taking

00:41:39.920 --> 00:41:40.380
 the cup

00:41:40.380 --> 00:41:41.260
 in some

00:41:41.260 --> 00:41:42.000
 ways is a

00:41:42.000 --> 00:41:42.900
 public testimony

00:41:42.900 --> 00:41:44.800
 of faith

00:41:44.800 --> 00:41:47.280
 and if they

00:41:47.280 --> 00:41:47.880
 do not know

00:41:47.880 --> 00:41:48.440
 christ that

00:41:48.440 --> 00:41:48.700
 they would

00:41:48.700 --> 00:41:49.039
 let the

00:41:49.039 --> 00:41:49.380
 elements

00:41:49.380 --> 00:41:49.940
 pass

00:41:49.940 --> 00:41:52.500
 and not

00:41:52.500 --> 00:41:52.880
 bear

00:41:52.880 --> 00:41:53.900
 false

00:41:53.900 --> 00:41:54.559
 testimony

00:41:54.559 --> 00:41:55.660
 to what

00:41:55.660 --> 00:41:56.000
 is not

00:41:56.000 --> 00:41:56.280
 true

00:41:56.280 --> 00:41:58.440
 at the

00:41:58.440 --> 00:41:58.980
 same time

00:41:58.980 --> 00:41:59.320
 we are

00:41:59.320 --> 00:41:59.700
 thankful

00:41:59.700 --> 00:42:00.019
 that

00:42:00.019 --> 00:42:00.620
 salvation

00:42:00.620 --> 00:42:02.800
 is the

00:42:02.800 --> 00:42:03.600
 confession

00:42:03.600 --> 00:42:04.120
 of a

00:42:04.120 --> 00:42:04.420
 broken

00:42:04.420 --> 00:42:04.940
 hearted

00:42:04.940 --> 00:42:05.340
 soul

00:42:05.340 --> 00:42:07.060
 admitting

00:42:07.060 --> 00:42:07.540
 sin

00:42:07.540 --> 00:42:08.140
 and asking

00:42:08.140 --> 00:42:08.940
 christ

00:42:08.940 --> 00:42:09.440
 jesus

00:42:09.440 --> 00:42:10.019
 for

00:42:10.019 --> 00:42:10.640
 salvation

00:42:10.640 --> 00:42:12.940
 and that

00:42:12.940 --> 00:42:13.300
 may take

00:42:13.300 --> 00:42:13.680
 place

00:42:13.680 --> 00:42:14.080
 now

00:42:14.080 --> 00:42:16.440
 let our

00:42:16.440 --> 00:42:16.960
 time before

00:42:16.960 --> 00:42:17.620
 this table

00:42:17.620 --> 00:42:20.300
 remind us

00:42:20.300 --> 00:42:21.200
 of the

00:42:21.200 --> 00:42:21.800
 blessing of

00:42:21.800 --> 00:42:22.340
 our grace

00:42:22.340 --> 00:42:22.740
 that we've

00:42:22.740 --> 00:42:23.240
 enjoyed in

00:42:23.240 --> 00:42:23.460
 you

00:42:23.460 --> 00:42:25.280
 and help

00:42:25.280 --> 00:42:25.700
 us to grow

00:42:25.700 --> 00:42:26.060
 in love

00:42:26.059 --> 00:42:26.519
 for you

00:42:26.519 --> 00:42:28.400
 in jesus

00:42:28.400 --> 00:42:28.860
 name

00:42:28.860 --> 00:42:29.539
 amen

00:42:29.539 --> 00:42:44.940
 sing together

00:42:44.940 --> 00:42:47.320
 behold the

00:42:47.320 --> 00:42:48.179
 lamb who

00:42:48.179 --> 00:42:49.079
 bears our

00:42:49.079 --> 00:42:51.400
 sins away

00:42:51.400 --> 00:42:53.200
 slain for

00:42:53.200 --> 00:42:54.860
 us

00:42:54.860 --> 00:42:57.460
 and we

00:42:57.460 --> 00:42:59.019
 remember

00:42:59.019 --> 00:43:01.380
 the promise

00:43:01.380 --> 00:43:02.679
 made that

00:43:02.679 --> 00:43:03.440
 all who

00:43:03.440 --> 00:43:05.220
 come in

00:43:05.220 --> 00:43:05.820
 faith

00:43:05.820 --> 00:43:06.700
 find

00:43:06.700 --> 00:43:07.740
 forgiveness

00:43:07.740 --> 00:43:10.900
 at the

00:43:10.900 --> 00:43:11.280
 cross

00:43:11.280 --> 00:43:12.820
 cross

00:43:12.820 --> 00:43:14.280
 so we

00:43:14.280 --> 00:43:15.280
 share

00:43:15.280 --> 00:43:17.780
 in this

00:43:17.780 --> 00:43:19.460
 bread of

00:43:19.460 --> 00:43:20.180
 life

00:43:20.180 --> 00:43:21.320
 and we

00:43:21.320 --> 00:43:23.600
 drink

00:43:23.600 --> 00:43:24.940
 of his

00:43:24.940 --> 00:43:26.820
 sacrifice

00:43:26.820 --> 00:43:28.700
 as a

00:43:28.700 --> 00:43:29.519
 sign

00:43:29.519 --> 00:43:32.180
 of our

00:43:32.180 --> 00:43:33.140
 bonds

00:43:33.140 --> 00:43:35.540
 of peace

00:43:35.539 --> 00:43:36.920
 around

00:43:36.920 --> 00:43:37.159
 around

00:43:37.159 --> 00:43:37.739
 the

00:43:37.739 --> 00:43:38.420
 table

00:43:38.420 --> 00:43:40.019
 of the

00:43:40.019 --> 00:43:40.920
 king

00:43:40.920 --> 00:43:40.920


00:43:40.920 --> 00:43:41.420
!

00:43:41.420 --> 00:43:42.980
 and we

00:43:42.980 --> 00:43:43.420
 will

00:43:43.360 --> 00:43:43.920
 to

00:43:43.920 --> 00:43:44.300
 the

00:43:44.300 --> 00:43:44.880
 of

00:43:44.880 --> 00:43:44.960
!

00:43:44.960 --> 00:43:45.260
!

00:43:45.260 --> 00:43:45.820
 and we

00:43:45.820 --> 00:43:46.400
 will

00:43:46.400 --> 00:43:46.400


00:43:46.400 --> 00:43:47.220
 in this

00:43:47.220 --> 00:43:47.300
 and we

00:43:47.300 --> 00:43:47.300


00:43:47.300 --> 00:43:47.300


00:43:47.220 --> 00:43:49.300
 and we

00:43:47.900 --> 00:43:49.300
 and we

00:43:49.300 --> 00:43:49.300


00:43:49.300 --> 00:43:49.820
 be

00:43:49.820 --> 00:43:50.300
!

00:43:50.300 --> 00:43:50.300


00:43:50.300 --> 00:43:51.360
 and we

00:43:51.360 --> 00:43:51.660
 we

00:43:51.660 --> 00:43:51.800
 that

00:43:51.800 --> 00:43:52.260
 and we

00:43:52.260 --> 00:43:52.260


00:43:52.260 --> 00:43:52.560
 to

00:43:52.560 --> 00:43:52.800
 and we

00:43:52.800 --> 00:43:52.800


00:43:52.800 --> 00:43:53.080
 to

00:43:53.080 --> 00:43:53.240
 the

00:43:53.240 --> 00:43:53.539
 and we

00:43:53.539 --> 00:43:53.640
 do

00:43:53.640 --> 00:43:53.800
 to

00:43:53.800 --> 00:43:54.060
 the

00:43:54.060 --> 00:43:54.300
 and we

00:43:54.300 --> 00:43:54.340
 that

00:43:54.340 --> 00:43:54.580
 and we

00:43:54.539 --> 00:43:54.700
 and we

00:43:54.700 --> 00:43:54.700


00:43:54.700 --> 00:43:54.880
 and we

00:43:54.880 --> 00:43:54.980
 go!

00:43:54.980 --> 00:43:55.180
 and we

00:43:55.180 --> 00:43:55.240
 go!

00:43:55.240 --> 00:43:55.400
 we

00:43:55.400 --> 00:43:55.460
 go!

00:43:55.460 --> 00:43:55.740
 And we

00:43:55.680 --> 00:43:55.760
 Yeah!

00:43:55.760 --> 00:43:56.019
 And we

00:43:55.840 --> 00:43:56.240
 So you

00:43:56.059 --> 00:44:26.039
 Thank you.

00:44:26.059 --> 00:44:56.039
 Thank you.

00:44:56.059 --> 00:45:26.039
 Thank you.

00:45:26.059 --> 00:45:56.039
 Thank you.

00:45:56.059 --> 00:46:26.039
 Thank you.

00:46:26.059 --> 00:46:56.039
 Thank you.

00:46:56.059 --> 00:47:26.039
 Thank you.

00:47:26.059 --> 00:47:56.039
 Thank you.

00:47:56.059 --> 00:48:26.019
 Thank you.

00:48:26.019 --> 00:48:56.000
 Thank you.

00:48:56.019 --> 00:49:26.000
 Thank you.

00:49:26.019 --> 00:49:56.000
 Thank you.