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 As I stated previously, this morning is a commissioning service for those who will begin to meet next week as CFC Oakwood.

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! That means a change for us here too. We've just been Christ Family Church up until this point, but beginning next week we'll be CFC Dahlonega.

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 So, a bit of a change there as well.

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 And as this is going to happen, and as we've been talking about it for quite some time, and visiting together over it the last couple of weeks,

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 I recognize that the fact that this is happening is a bittersweet reality.

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 There's such great good in sending out people to take the gospel in greater ways to another community.

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 And we're going to have to say goodbye, at least in part, to some of our faith family.

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 And these people will be missed surely. Now, they're just in Oakwood. We're not sending them across the ocean.

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 We're going to find ways to get together and see each other, but it won't be quite the same.

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 And I hope together as a church, as we do this this time, and I hope do it again and again and again,

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 as we continually focus outward and not inward, as we are more concerned about how far and not how big.

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 It won't be the last time that we see churches started out of our church, both CFC Dahlonega and CFC Oakwood.

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 And as such, I think it's prudent this morning to step away from our verse-by-verse exposition of the book of Acts,

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 just to take some time to remember together what church is and why it exists.

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 And I'm really thankful in preparation for this that nothing this morning is rebuke,

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 but just reminder, just for us as a church, to remember foundational things that make us a church

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 and foundational things that will make CFC Oakwood a church

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 and however many churches exist beyond that we get to touch as a result of the Lord's work in the life of our community.

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 So let's look at Matthew chapter 16. I'm going to read verses 13 through 28.

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 Now, when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi,

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 He asked His disciples,

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 Who do people say that the Son of Man is?

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 And they said,

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 Some say John the Baptist,

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 others say Elijah,

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 and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.

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 He said to them,

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 But who do you say that I am?

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 Simon Peter replied,

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 You are the Christ,

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 the Son of the living God.

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 And Jesus answered him,

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 Blessed are you,

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 Simon Barjona,

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 for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you,

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 but my Father who is in heaven.

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 And I tell you,

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 you are Peter,

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 and on this rock I will build my church,

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 and the gates of hell

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 shall not prevail against it.

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 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven,

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 and whatever you bind on earth

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 shall be bound in heaven.

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 And whatever you loose on earth

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 shall be loosed in heaven.

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 Then He strictly charged the disciples

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 to tell no one that He was the Christ.

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 From that time,

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 Jesus began to show His disciples

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 that He must go to Jerusalem

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 and suffer many things from the elders

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 and chief priests and scribes

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 and be killed,

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 and on the third day be raised.

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 And Peter took Him aside

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 and began to rebuke Him,

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 saying,

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 Far be it from You, Lord.

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 This shall never happen to You.

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 But He turned and said to Peter,

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 Get behind Me, Satan.

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 You are a hindrance to Me,

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 for you are not setting your mind

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 on the things of God,

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 but on the things of man.

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 Then Jesus told His disciples,

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 If anyone would come after Me,

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 let him deny himself

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 and take up his cross and follow Me.

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 For whoever would save his life will lose it,

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 but whoever loses his life for My sake

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 will find it.

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 For what will it profit a man

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 if he gains the whole world

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 and forfeits his soul?

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 Or what shall a man give

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 in return for his soul?

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 For the Son of Man is going to come

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 with His angels

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 in the glory of His Father,

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 and then He will repay each person

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 according to what He has done.

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 Truly I say to you,

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 there are some standing here

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 who will not taste death

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 until they see the Son of Man coming

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 in His kingdom.

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 Beloved, this is God's Word to us.

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 It was written for His glory and our good,

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 and we would all do well

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 to listen to it

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 in order to believe its promises

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 and obey its commands.

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 So, what is the church

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 and why does it exist?

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 We could spend the rest of the year

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 answering these questions.

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 I certainly can't do that exhaustively

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 over the next 45-ish minutes.

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 My attempt is only to answer

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 these questions very briefly

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 this morning.

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 There are many organizations today

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 that call themselves churches

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 that do not fulfill

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 the biblical requirements

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 of a true church.

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 So what is it that makes a true church?

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 There's much to be said

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 about the nature of a true church.

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 But this morning from our text,

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 I just want to point out

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 six things that true churches

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 have in common.

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 So at least these six things.

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 This is not exhaustive

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 by any stretch of the imagination,

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 but at least these six things

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 true churches have in common.

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 And I intend to keep my comments

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 brief concerning each point

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 very atypically

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 so that we'll have time together

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 to pray for the CFC Oakwood people

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 as well as some time to say

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 goodbye to them

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 at the end of the service.

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 These six points will be alliterated.

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 I've come to really enjoy alliteration.

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 I think probably because

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 I like to read John MacArthur.

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 You've heard Charles Spurgeon

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 be called the Prince of Preachers.

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 I have dubbed John MacArthur

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 the Prince of Alliteration.

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 But I also find that it's helpful

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 to remember the points,

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 particularly as I think about them

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 across the week.

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 And so you're going to find

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 six alliterated points.

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 Common things that true churches hold.

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 So number one,

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 we have a common confession.

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 Number one, we have a common confession.

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 Beginning in verse 13

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 down through verse 16.

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 We've traveled now into Caesarea Philippi

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 and Jesus asked the disciples,

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 who do people say the Son of Man is?

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 And they reply with the various responses

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 that are coming.

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 Everybody's wondering,

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 who is this Christ that has come

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 and He's now doing all of these miracles

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 amongst us?

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 And there's been many guesses

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 as to who He is.

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 But He says,

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 who do you say that I am?

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 And Peter responds,

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 you are the Christ,

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 the Son of the living God.

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 And we have this common confession.

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 If we are true believers

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 and if we are part of a true church,

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 then we must recognize

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 that Jesus is the Messiah,

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 the Son of the living God,

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 the One who was sent,

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 the One who was prophesied about,

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 who was sent to the earth,

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 the One who came and lived

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 a perfect, sinless life,

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 who never gave up His deity,

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 but He existed fully as man,

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 hypostatically, 200%.

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 The only time that that above 100%

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 ever makes any sense.

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 Never tell me to do something 120%.

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 That makes no sense.

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 But Jesus existed 200%.

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 He lived a perfect life,

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 but He died a sinner's death.

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 He took the wrath of God

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 that was due us in Himself

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 as He hung on the cross.

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 He was buried.

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 Three days later,

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 He was raised.

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 Spent 40 days with the disciples

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 and then ascended.

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 And He's seated now

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 at the right hand of the Father.

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 He's interceding for us now.

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 He's reigning over us now.

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 You are the Christ,

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 the Son of the living God.

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 We must have this common confession.

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 Any church that does not believe

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 that Jesus is who the Bible says He is,

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 who wants to relegate Him

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 to something less than God,

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 who wants to make Him our buddy

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 rather than our King,

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 is not a true church.

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 We confess with Paul

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 that Jesus is the image

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 of the invisible God

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 and that all things were created

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 by Him

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 and through Him

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 and for Him.

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 Colossians 1, 15 and 16.

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 We confess with the writer of Hebrews

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 that He is the radiance

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 of the glory of God

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 and the exact imprint

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 of His nature.

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 And He upholds the universe

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 by the word of His power.

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 That's Hebrews 1, 3.

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 We confess with Peter and John

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 that there is salvation

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 in no one else.

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 For there is no other name

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 under heaven given among men

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 by which we must be saved.

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 Acts 4, 12.

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 In John 6, 60...

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 Excuse me.

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 I'm way off on my...

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 That's not a reference at all for you.

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 What a strange edit I did.

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 In John 6,

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 let me say that.

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 In John 6,

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 Jesus asked the apostles

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 if they also intend

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 to abandon Him.

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 Remember,

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 He's been talking

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 in John 6

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 about the necessity

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 of eating His flesh

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 and drinking His blood.

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 And people think

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 that's weird.

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 And a bunch of the people

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 who have been following Him

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 who were called

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 as disciples

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 leave Him

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 and Jesus asked the apostles

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 if they also intend

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 to abandon Him.

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 And our confession

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 is the same

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 as Peter's.

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 Here we go.

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 Verse 68-69.

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 Lord,

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 to whom shall we go?

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 You have the words

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 of eternal life.

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 And we have believed

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 and have come to know

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 that You are the Holy One

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 of God.

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 And so we have

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 a common confession.

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 Secondly,

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 we have a common communication.

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 And I must admit,

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 I stole this one

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 from MacArthur.

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 Communication,

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 to keep it a C.

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 Verse 17,

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 And Jesus answered,

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 Peter,

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 Blessed are you

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 for flesh and blood

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 has not revealed this to you,

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 but my Father

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 who is in heaven.

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 Peter did not make

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 this confession

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 by his own cleverness.

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 Jesus did not say to him,

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 well, finally,

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 I've been giving you

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 all of the clues

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 for who I am

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 and you finally

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 have sorted it out.

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 You've sat down

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 and you've done the puzzle

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 and you've figured out

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 who I am.

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 The Father,

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 God the Father,

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 revealed it to him.

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 How did he do so?

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 He did it by revelation,

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 but specifically,

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 he did it by the Spirit

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 and the Word.

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 He did it by the Spirit

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 and the Word.

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 Peter,

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 knowing his Old Testament Scripture,

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 knowing the prophecy

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 about who the Christ

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 was to be,

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 although he misunderstood,

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 he didn't quite get it perfectly.

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 We'll see it just a bit later

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 in our text.

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 By the revelation of God,

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 helping him to understand

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 with seeing the fulfillment

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 that Jesus is the Christ.

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 He wouldn't have called him

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 by this title,

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 you are the Christ,

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 the Son of the living God.

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 Later,

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 John 6,

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 you're the Holy One of God.

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 Had he not known

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 his Scripture,

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 God uses the Scripture

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 in order to bring about

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 the revelation of Himself.

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 We have, beloved,

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 begun by the Word.

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 This is this common communication.

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 We've begun by the Word.

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 1 Peter 1.23,

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 Peter writes,

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 You have been born again,

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 not of perishable seed,

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 but of imperishable

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 through the living

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 and abiding

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 Word of God.

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 Not only have we begun

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 by the Word,

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 but we are being made

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 perfect by the Word,

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 by this common communication.

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 John 17.17,

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 Jesus' prayer,

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 sanctify them

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 in the truth.

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 Your Word

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 is

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 truth.

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 So we have this

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 common communication.

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 the way in which

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 the Lord communicates

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 to us.

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 These two,

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 this beginning confession

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 that Jesus is

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 the Christ

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 and this understanding

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 as a church

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 that the Scripture

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 is the way

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 in which God

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 has spoken

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 and now continues

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 to speak

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 are pillars

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 for the church.

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 Churches don't believe

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 this to be true.

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 They are not

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 true churches.

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 We discard

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 the inerrancy

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 of the Scripture.

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 We discard

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 the authority

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 of the Scripture.

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 We discard

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 the sufficiency

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 of the Scripture.

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 And we are going

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 to live in all

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 kinds

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 of error.

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 We may even

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 worship the right God,

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 but worship Him

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 very wrongly.

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 We have a

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 common

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 communication

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 and this guides

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 the way in which

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 we function

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 as a church.

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 This guides

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 the way we're going

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 to function

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 as a partnership

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 of churches.

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 We've talked

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 a bit recently

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 about church

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 autonomy,

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 which is to say

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 that churches,

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 we believe,

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 should be

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 self-governing.

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 It's the simplest

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 form to say

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 that churches

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 should be

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 self-governing.

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 So CFC Dahlonega

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 will have leadership

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 and CFC Oakwood

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 will have leadership.

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 That is to say

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 that,

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 some of you may not

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 get this reference,

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 but I will not

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 become the grand

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 poobah

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 of CFC churches.

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 I got a couple

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 of chuckles.

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 That's a Flintstones

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 reference.

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 The Flintstones,

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 Fred and Barney

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 were part of a

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 secret order

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 called the

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 Loyal Order

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 of the Water

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 Buffaloes.

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 And their leader

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 was the grand

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 poobah.

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 If you prefer

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 a Star Wars

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 analogy,

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 I will not

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 become the

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 viceroy

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 of CFC

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 churches.

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 We will be

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 autonomous churches

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 partnering together

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 directed by

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 God's

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 word.

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 Final authority.

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 To further

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 make that point,

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 verse 19,

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 Jesus says,

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 I will give you

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 the keys of the

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 kingdom of heaven

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 and whatever you

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 bind on earth

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 shall be bound

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 in heaven

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 and whatever you

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 loose on earth

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 shall be loosed

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 in heaven.

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 And this is a

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 very interesting

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 thing that he

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 says.

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 It's an often

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 misunderstood

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 thing.

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 And of course,

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 this morning I

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 can't spend a

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 lot of time on it,

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 but let me say

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 this to you.

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 The way that

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 these words

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 bind and

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 loose were

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 used in this

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 day would be

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 to say to

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 forbid or

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 permit.

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 Without making

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 a long proof

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 of that to

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 you,

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 forbid or

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 permit.

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 And if we

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 are to

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 translate these

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 phrases literally

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 word for word,

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 it's really

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 awkward in the

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 English language.

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 It's very

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 awkward.

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 Like I'm

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 thankful that

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 the translators

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 didn't translate

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 it this way

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 because this

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 would be the

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 word for word

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 literal translation.

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 It would go

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 something like

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 this.

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 Whatever you

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 loose on

00:15:37.960 --> 00:15:38.940
 earth shall

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 having been

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 loosed in

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 heaven.

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 Which is to

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 say,

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 those things

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 that you see

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 approved by

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 God,

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 those things

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 that he has

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 spoken to

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 you,

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 knowing the

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 mind of

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 God,

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 that you

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 forbid or

00:15:55.740 --> 00:15:56.279
 permit,

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 you have

00:15:57.940 --> 00:15:58.899
 access to

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 the kingdom.

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 You've been

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 given access

00:16:01.259 --> 00:16:02.420
 to the mind

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 of God.

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 And so those

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 things that

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 have bound

00:16:04.120 --> 00:16:04.539
 in heaven

00:16:04.539 --> 00:16:05.039
 should also

00:16:05.039 --> 00:16:05.340
 be bound

00:16:05.340 --> 00:16:05.600
 on earth.

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 And those

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 things that

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 have been

00:16:06.220 --> 00:16:06.560
 loosed in

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 heaven should

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 also be

00:16:07.200 --> 00:16:07.879
 loosed on

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 earth.

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 I believe

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 that what

00:16:10.100 --> 00:16:10.539
 Jesus is

00:16:10.539 --> 00:16:11.500
 saying is

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 obey God's

00:16:13.060 --> 00:16:13.720
 word.

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 We're giving

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 you access

00:16:15.159 --> 00:16:15.679
 to it,

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 right?

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 It's being

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 granted to

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 you.

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 Father,

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 Son,

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 and the

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 Spirit

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 wrote a

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 book and

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 gave it to

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 us that we

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 would obey

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 it.

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 John Calvin

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 once said,

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 if a church

00:16:27.879 --> 00:16:28.399
 does not have

00:16:28.399 --> 00:16:29.080
 sound doctrine

00:16:29.080 --> 00:16:30.320
 and exposition

00:16:30.320 --> 00:16:31.220
 of scripture,

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 it's not a

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 church.

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 church.

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 So we

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 have a

00:16:34.360 --> 00:16:34.559
 common

00:16:34.559 --> 00:16:34.939
 confession.

00:16:35.100 --> 00:16:35.379
 We have

00:16:35.379 --> 00:16:36.279
 a common

00:16:36.279 --> 00:16:37.639
 communication.

00:16:39.079 --> 00:16:39.559
 Thirdly,

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 we have a

00:16:40.059 --> 00:16:40.720
 common

00:16:40.720 --> 00:16:42.100
 commission.

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 A common

00:16:43.740 --> 00:16:44.019
 commission.

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 Verse 18,

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 Jesus says,

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 I tell you,

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 you are

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 Peter,

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 and on

00:16:47.139 --> 00:16:47.639
 this rock

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 I will

00:16:48.179 --> 00:16:48.519
 build my

00:16:48.519 --> 00:16:48.960
 church,

00:16:49.220 --> 00:16:49.699
 and the

00:16:49.699 --> 00:16:50.059
 gates of

00:16:50.059 --> 00:16:51.240
 hell shall

00:16:51.240 --> 00:16:52.000
 not prevail

00:16:52.000 --> 00:16:53.379
 against it.

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 This is

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 misunderstood by

00:16:55.679 --> 00:16:56.659
 many people

00:16:56.659 --> 00:16:58.100
 to be

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 Jesus saying

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 that Peter

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 will be

00:17:00.100 --> 00:17:01.240
 the first

00:17:01.240 --> 00:17:02.199
 pope.

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 And we

00:17:03.659 --> 00:17:03.879
 know that

00:17:03.879 --> 00:17:04.059
 there is

00:17:04.059 --> 00:17:04.879
 some reality

00:17:04.879 --> 00:17:05.920
 to Peter's

00:17:05.920 --> 00:17:06.460
 leadership.

00:17:06.779 --> 00:17:07.200
 Strong

00:17:07.200 --> 00:17:07.599
 leadership.

00:17:08.079 --> 00:17:09.379
 The mouthpiece

00:17:09.379 --> 00:17:09.619
 of the

00:17:09.619 --> 00:17:09.940
 apostles.

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 The one

00:17:10.240 --> 00:17:10.660
 that preached

00:17:10.660 --> 00:17:10.900
 on the

00:17:10.900 --> 00:17:11.200
 day of

00:17:11.200 --> 00:17:11.900
 Pentecost.

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 The one

00:17:12.220 --> 00:17:12.680
 who is

00:17:12.680 --> 00:17:12.839
 the

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 spokesperson

00:17:13.220 --> 00:17:13.859
 when the

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 apostles

00:17:14.160 --> 00:17:14.759
 are imprisoned

00:17:14.759 --> 00:17:15.099
 in the

00:17:15.099 --> 00:17:15.940
 early days

00:17:15.940 --> 00:17:16.619
 of the

00:17:16.619 --> 00:17:17.000
 church.

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 Certainly

00:17:18.200 --> 00:17:18.839
 Peter was

00:17:18.839 --> 00:17:19.259
 part of

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 the

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 building.

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 Certainly

00:17:20.400 --> 00:17:20.599
 he is

00:17:20.599 --> 00:17:20.859
 one of

00:17:20.859 --> 00:17:20.960
 the

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 apostles.

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 The

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 foundation

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 on which

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 the

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 church

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 is

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 built.

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 Jesus

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 is not

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 referencing

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 some

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 papal

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 rule in

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 this case.

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 what he

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 is saying

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 is he

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 will build

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 his church

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 on the

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 confession

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 that Jesus

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 is the

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 Christ.

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 People

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 who have a

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 common

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 confession

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 who believe

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 that Jesus

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 is who he

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 said it is.

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 It's that

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 that Jesus

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 will build

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 his church

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 on.

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 And the

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 gates of

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 hell

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 shall not

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 prevail against

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 it.

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 I've told you

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 before that

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 I, and I

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 don't understand

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 why, but I've

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 often misread

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 this verse.

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 Not

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 fully

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 gotten the

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 picture of

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 what Jesus

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 is saying.

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 And what

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 he's saying

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 is that

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 his

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 building of

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 the church,

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 Jesus'

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 building of

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 the church,

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 is like a

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 military

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 conquest.

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 That it's

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 going

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 forward.

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 That it's

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 pressing

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 in.

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 And that

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 hell is on

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 the defense.

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 That hell

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 has put up

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 gates.

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 And those

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 gates will

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 not stand

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 in the way

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 of the

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 advance

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 of the

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 gospel.

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 God makes

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 war and

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 God wins.

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 A picture

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 of this

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 with some

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 finality is

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 found in

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 Revelation 7

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 9.

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 John writes,

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 After this I

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 looked and

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 behold a

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 great multitude

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 that no one

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 could number.

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 And I love

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 that phrase.

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 Don't even

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 try.

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 It's a

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 great multitude

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 that no one

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 could number.

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 Men and

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 women turn

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 to the worship

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 of God

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 from every

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 nation,

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 from all

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 tribes and

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 peoples and

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 languages,

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 standing before

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 the throne

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 and before

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 the Lamb,

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 clothed in

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 white robes

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 with palm

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 branches in

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 their hands.

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 Praising

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 God,

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 praising

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 Christ,

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 their sin,

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 guilt,

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 washed

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 away,

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 clothed in

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 the righteousness

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 of Christ.

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 The common

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 commission.

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 True

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 churches

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 recognize this.

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 True

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 churches are

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 kingdom

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 focused.

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 We are

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 concerned about

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 conversions.

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 We want to

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 see people

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 come to

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 faith in

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 Jesus Christ.

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 We're not

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 primarily

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 concerned about

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 making something

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 new and

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 cool and

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 hip that's

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 going to

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 draw someone's

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 attention from

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 some other

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 fellowship.

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 We're primarily

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 concerned about

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 conversion.

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 Why?

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 Because God's

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 primarily concerned

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 about conversion

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 because He's

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 making war and

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 the gates of

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 hell will not

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 stand against

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 it.

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 God doesn't

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 need us

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 beloved to

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 accomplish

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 this.

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 We remind

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 you that

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 you're not

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 so special

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 that God

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 needs you.

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 Jesus says

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 I will

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 build my

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 church.

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 Praise the

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 Lord He

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 has decided

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 to use us

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 to accomplish

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 that.

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 We get the

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 great joy

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 of participating

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 in that

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 kingdom

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 advancement.

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 Romans 10

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 beginning

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 in verse

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 13.

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 Paul writes

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 everyone who

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 calls on the

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 name of the

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 Lord will be

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 saved.

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 But then he

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 goes on to

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 say how then

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 will they call

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 on Him in

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 whom they

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 have not

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 believed?

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 And how are

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 they to believe

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 in Him of

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 whom they

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 have never

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 heard?

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 And how are

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 they to hear

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 without someone

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 preaching?

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 And He's not

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 talking about

00:20:41.220 --> 00:20:41.740
 what I'm doing

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 now necessarily.

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 The sharing

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 of the good

00:20:44.460 --> 00:20:44.940
 news of Jesus

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 Christ done

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 by all

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 those who

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 are His.

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 Verse 15

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 And how are

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 they to

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 preach unless

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 they are

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 sent?

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 As it is

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 written,

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 how beautiful

00:20:55.580 --> 00:20:56.340
 are the feet

00:20:56.340 --> 00:20:57.240
 of those who

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 preach the

00:20:58.559 --> 00:20:59.160
 good news.

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 We have a

00:21:01.180 --> 00:21:01.920
 common commission

00:21:01.920 --> 00:21:03.059
 beloved that

00:21:03.059 --> 00:21:03.539
 all of us

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 are to

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 share.

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 It's a sad

00:21:06.680 --> 00:21:07.460
 thing that so

00:21:07.460 --> 00:21:08.120
 many churches

00:21:08.120 --> 00:21:08.940
 don't press

00:21:08.940 --> 00:21:09.799
 that expectation

00:21:09.799 --> 00:21:10.900
 on their

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 members.

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 They don't

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 say this is

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 how Christians

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 live.

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 It's not a

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 thing that we

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 hope that

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 we'd like to

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 add to

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 your Christian

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 experience.

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 But followers

00:21:20.480 --> 00:21:21.000
 of Jesus

00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:22.320
 Christ share

00:21:22.320 --> 00:21:22.660
 the good

00:21:22.660 --> 00:21:23.740
 news of

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 Jesus Christ.

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 This is

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 why we

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 will not

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 view the

00:21:31.200 --> 00:21:32.340
 start of

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 another church

00:21:33.080 --> 00:21:34.420
 as a sad

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 thing.

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 I know it

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 has some sad

00:21:36.900 --> 00:21:37.240
 element.

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 I'm feeling

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 that too.

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 But we're not

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 going to view

00:21:40.400 --> 00:21:40.940
 it as a sad

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 thing.

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 We're not

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 going to see

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 it as division

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 but rather

00:21:43.539 --> 00:21:44.660
 multiplication.

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 Get that

00:21:46.279 --> 00:21:46.600
 word in

00:21:46.600 --> 00:21:46.980
 your mind.

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 This is

00:21:47.279 --> 00:21:47.759
 multiplication.

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 It's not

00:21:48.540 --> 00:21:49.640
 division.

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 The point

00:21:50.540 --> 00:21:50.759
 of the

00:21:50.759 --> 00:21:51.660
 church is

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 not to

00:21:52.200 --> 00:21:52.860
 hold our

00:21:52.860 --> 00:21:53.420
 friends

00:21:53.420 --> 00:21:55.040
 close but

00:21:55.040 --> 00:21:55.700
 to scatter

00:21:55.700 --> 00:21:56.300
 the kingdom

00:21:56.300 --> 00:21:57.340
 wide.

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 So we

00:21:58.880 --> 00:21:59.040
 have a

00:21:59.040 --> 00:21:59.240
 common

00:21:59.240 --> 00:21:59.820
 confession,

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 a common

00:22:01.880 --> 00:22:02.480
 communication,

00:22:02.620 --> 00:22:02.940
 a common

00:22:02.940 --> 00:22:03.480
 commission,

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 and a

00:22:04.220 --> 00:22:04.700
 common

00:22:04.700 --> 00:22:06.920
 conflict.

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 So beginning

00:22:08.720 --> 00:22:09.240
 in verse 21,

00:22:09.460 --> 00:22:10.000
 Jesus begins

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 finally, he's

00:22:10.700 --> 00:22:11.560
 starting to tell

00:22:11.560 --> 00:22:11.920
 them about

00:22:11.920 --> 00:22:12.440
 what's going

00:22:12.440 --> 00:22:12.940
 to happen.

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 And he

00:22:13.580 --> 00:22:14.000
 begins to

00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:14.380
 tell them

00:22:14.380 --> 00:22:15.900
 in a

00:22:15.900 --> 00:22:16.259
 repeated

00:22:16.259 --> 00:22:16.820
 fashion

00:22:16.820 --> 00:22:17.220
 throughout

00:22:17.220 --> 00:22:17.820
 the gospel

00:22:17.820 --> 00:22:18.799
 accounts.

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 Peter has

00:22:19.740 --> 00:22:20.160
 proclaimed

00:22:20.160 --> 00:22:21.340
 Jesus as

00:22:21.340 --> 00:22:22.360
 the Christ

00:22:22.360 --> 00:22:22.900
 and he

00:22:22.900 --> 00:22:23.720
 seems to

00:22:23.720 --> 00:22:24.820
 help clarify

00:22:24.820 --> 00:22:25.500
 for them

00:22:25.500 --> 00:22:26.220
 what that's

00:22:26.220 --> 00:22:27.559
 going to

00:22:27.559 --> 00:22:27.840
 mean.

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 Verse 20,

00:22:30.320 --> 00:22:30.799
 an interesting

00:22:30.799 --> 00:22:31.080
 thing that

00:22:31.080 --> 00:22:31.539
 Jesus does,

00:22:31.620 --> 00:22:32.019
 he strictly

00:22:32.019 --> 00:22:32.519
 charges the

00:22:32.519 --> 00:22:32.960
 disciples to

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 tell no

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 one that

00:22:34.019 --> 00:22:34.600
 he was

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 the Christ.

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 And he

00:22:36.400 --> 00:22:36.799
 does so

00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:37.200
 because of

00:22:37.200 --> 00:22:37.980
 the wide

00:22:37.980 --> 00:22:38.640
 misunderstanding

00:22:38.640 --> 00:22:39.400
 about who

00:22:39.400 --> 00:22:39.840
 the Messiah

00:22:39.840 --> 00:22:40.220
 was going

00:22:40.220 --> 00:22:40.620
 to be.

00:22:40.619 --> 00:22:41.479
 When we

00:22:41.479 --> 00:22:42.079
 studied Mark,

00:22:42.119 --> 00:22:42.379
 I talked

00:22:42.379 --> 00:22:42.699
 about this

00:22:42.699 --> 00:22:43.159
 a lot,

00:22:43.259 --> 00:22:43.859
 that the

00:22:43.859 --> 00:22:44.839
 Jews thought

00:22:44.839 --> 00:22:45.199
 the Messiah

00:22:45.199 --> 00:22:45.519
 was going

00:22:45.519 --> 00:22:45.939
 to come

00:22:45.939 --> 00:22:46.799
 and conquer

00:22:46.799 --> 00:22:47.519
 and rule

00:22:47.519 --> 00:22:48.759
 in this

00:22:48.759 --> 00:22:49.119
 realm.

00:22:49.759 --> 00:22:50.059
 That he

00:22:50.059 --> 00:22:50.299
 was going

00:22:50.299 --> 00:22:50.659
 to come

00:22:50.659 --> 00:22:50.819
 and he

00:22:50.819 --> 00:22:51.000
 was going

00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:52.119
 to militarily

00:22:52.119 --> 00:22:52.679
 overthrow

00:22:52.679 --> 00:22:53.639
 Rome and

00:22:53.639 --> 00:22:54.399
 restore Israel

00:22:54.399 --> 00:22:54.739
 to its

00:22:54.739 --> 00:22:55.439
 former glory

00:22:55.439 --> 00:22:56.919
 in this

00:22:56.919 --> 00:22:57.279
 realm.

00:22:57.659 --> 00:22:57.839
 They

00:22:57.839 --> 00:22:58.419
 misunderstood

00:22:58.419 --> 00:22:59.559
 the promises.

00:22:59.839 --> 00:23:00.399
 They seem

00:23:00.399 --> 00:23:01.139
 to glance

00:23:01.139 --> 00:23:02.079
 over all

00:23:02.079 --> 00:23:02.299
 of the

00:23:02.299 --> 00:23:02.659
 prophecy

00:23:02.659 --> 00:23:03.259
 about his

00:23:03.259 --> 00:23:03.679
 suffering

00:23:03.679 --> 00:23:04.699
 and his

00:23:04.699 --> 00:23:05.519
 death.

00:23:06.259 --> 00:23:06.559
 Peter's

00:23:06.559 --> 00:23:06.779
 counted

00:23:06.779 --> 00:23:07.119
 amongst

00:23:07.119 --> 00:23:07.419
 that,

00:23:07.500 --> 00:23:07.659
 right?

00:23:07.739 --> 00:23:08.299
 Because Peter

00:23:08.299 --> 00:23:08.679
 brings him

00:23:08.679 --> 00:23:09.199
 aside when he

00:23:09.199 --> 00:23:09.500
 starts to

00:23:09.500 --> 00:23:09.799
 talk about

00:23:09.799 --> 00:23:10.099
 all the

00:23:10.099 --> 00:23:10.379
 things that

00:23:10.380 --> 00:23:10.580
 he's going

00:23:10.580 --> 00:23:10.780
 to have

00:23:10.780 --> 00:23:11.200
 to suffer,

00:23:11.480 --> 00:23:11.680
 that he's

00:23:11.680 --> 00:23:12.240
 going to

00:23:12.240 --> 00:23:12.580
 die,

00:23:12.740 --> 00:23:13.020
 that he's

00:23:13.020 --> 00:23:13.140
 going to

00:23:13.140 --> 00:23:14.000
 be raised.

00:23:14.340 --> 00:23:14.820
 Peter says,

00:23:14.900 --> 00:23:15.360
 oh no,

00:23:16.020 --> 00:23:16.620
 not if you're

00:23:16.620 --> 00:23:17.180
 the Christ.

00:23:17.340 --> 00:23:17.820
 This can't

00:23:17.820 --> 00:23:19.100
 possibly be.

00:23:20.200 --> 00:23:20.700
 And Jesus

00:23:20.700 --> 00:23:21.400
 responds to

00:23:21.400 --> 00:23:22.280
 him in a

00:23:22.280 --> 00:23:23.200
 strong,

00:23:23.480 --> 00:23:24.280
 strong way,

00:23:24.780 --> 00:23:25.700
 get behind

00:23:25.700 --> 00:23:26.100
 me,

00:23:27.300 --> 00:23:27.560
 Satan.

00:23:29.380 --> 00:23:30.080
 Get behind

00:23:30.080 --> 00:23:30.280
 me,

00:23:30.320 --> 00:23:30.500
 Satan.

00:23:30.600 --> 00:23:31.000
 You are a

00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:32.060
 hindrance to

00:23:32.060 --> 00:23:32.260
 me.

00:23:32.380 --> 00:23:32.700
 Why?

00:23:33.220 --> 00:23:33.600
 For you are

00:23:33.600 --> 00:23:34.020
 not setting

00:23:34.020 --> 00:23:34.400
 your mind

00:23:34.400 --> 00:23:34.600
 on the

00:23:34.600 --> 00:23:34.860
 things of

00:23:34.860 --> 00:23:35.160
 God,

00:23:35.400 --> 00:23:35.860
 but on

00:23:35.860 --> 00:23:36.520
 the things

00:23:36.520 --> 00:23:38.020
 of man.

00:23:39.140 --> 00:23:39.440
 Now,

00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:39.680
 it would be

00:23:39.680 --> 00:23:39.980
 silly to

00:23:39.980 --> 00:23:40.640
 believe that

00:23:40.640 --> 00:23:41.900
 Satan had

00:23:41.900 --> 00:23:42.400
 manifested

00:23:42.400 --> 00:23:42.779
 Peter,

00:23:42.880 --> 00:23:43.099
 that it was

00:23:43.099 --> 00:23:43.500
 actually

00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:44.180
 Satan that

00:23:44.180 --> 00:23:45.240
 Jesus is

00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:45.799
 talking about

00:23:45.799 --> 00:23:46.480
 in this

00:23:46.480 --> 00:23:47.019
 case.

00:23:47.980 --> 00:23:48.700
 So note

00:23:48.700 --> 00:23:50.420
 that Jesus

00:23:50.420 --> 00:23:51.240
 equates

00:23:51.240 --> 00:23:52.339
 lies with

00:23:52.339 --> 00:23:53.059
 both Satan

00:23:53.059 --> 00:23:53.640
 and man.

00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:54.360
 He's saying

00:23:54.360 --> 00:23:55.380
 the way that

00:23:55.380 --> 00:23:55.779
 you're thinking

00:23:55.779 --> 00:23:56.200
 right now,

00:23:56.259 --> 00:23:56.519
 Peter,

00:23:57.220 --> 00:23:57.779
 is not the

00:23:57.779 --> 00:23:58.200
 way of

00:23:58.200 --> 00:23:58.740
 God,

00:23:58.819 --> 00:23:59.400
 the things

00:23:59.400 --> 00:23:59.900
 of God,

00:23:59.980 --> 00:24:00.440
 but the

00:24:00.440 --> 00:24:01.019
 things of

00:24:01.019 --> 00:24:01.420
 man,

00:24:01.620 --> 00:24:02.279
 and that

00:24:02.279 --> 00:24:02.900
 Satan is

00:24:02.900 --> 00:24:03.640
 tied up

00:24:03.640 --> 00:24:04.500
 into that.

00:24:04.839 --> 00:24:05.299
 He's the

00:24:05.299 --> 00:24:06.599
 prince of

00:24:06.599 --> 00:24:06.980
 lies,

00:24:07.079 --> 00:24:07.480
 the great

00:24:07.480 --> 00:24:08.559
 contorter of

00:24:08.559 --> 00:24:09.579
 truth.

00:24:09.720 --> 00:24:10.000
 This was

00:24:10.000 --> 00:24:10.679
 the original

00:24:10.679 --> 00:24:11.139
 sin as

00:24:11.139 --> 00:24:11.700
 the result

00:24:11.700 --> 00:24:13.039
 of Satan's

00:24:13.039 --> 00:24:13.700
 involvement

00:24:13.700 --> 00:24:14.559
 twisting the

00:24:14.559 --> 00:24:14.919
 truth of

00:24:14.919 --> 00:24:15.099
 God.

00:24:15.159 --> 00:24:15.559
 He didn't

00:24:15.559 --> 00:24:16.519
 actually say

00:24:16.519 --> 00:24:16.839
 you would

00:24:16.839 --> 00:24:17.240
 die,

00:24:17.359 --> 00:24:17.819
 did you?

00:24:19.419 --> 00:24:20.019
 This is

00:24:20.019 --> 00:24:20.619
 his weapon

00:24:20.619 --> 00:24:21.559
 in the

00:24:21.559 --> 00:24:21.859
 world.

00:24:22.679 --> 00:24:23.000
 This is

00:24:23.000 --> 00:24:23.279
 the way

00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:23.619
 in which

00:24:23.619 --> 00:24:24.299
 we struggle

00:24:24.299 --> 00:24:24.899
 now as

00:24:24.899 --> 00:24:25.419
 believers,

00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:26.000
 right?

00:24:26.119 --> 00:24:26.919
 To walk

00:24:26.919 --> 00:24:27.159
 in the

00:24:27.159 --> 00:24:27.519
 way of

00:24:27.519 --> 00:24:27.799
 God,

00:24:27.859 --> 00:24:28.279
 to believe

00:24:28.279 --> 00:24:29.159
 the truth

00:24:29.159 --> 00:24:30.000
 of God

00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:30.460
 and not

00:24:30.460 --> 00:24:31.200
 the truth

00:24:31.200 --> 00:24:31.879
 of the

00:24:31.879 --> 00:24:32.240
 world.

00:24:33.819 --> 00:24:34.220
 So,

00:24:34.279 --> 00:24:34.399
 Jesus

00:24:34.399 --> 00:24:34.839
 equates

00:24:34.839 --> 00:24:35.500
 lies with

00:24:35.500 --> 00:24:36.700
 both Satan

00:24:36.700 --> 00:24:37.299
 and man.

00:24:37.420 --> 00:24:37.680
 This is

00:24:37.680 --> 00:24:37.920
 our

00:24:37.920 --> 00:24:38.539
 conflict.

00:24:38.660 --> 00:24:38.720
 It's

00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:39.120
 the very

00:24:39.120 --> 00:24:39.519
 same

00:24:39.519 --> 00:24:39.980
 conflict

00:24:39.980 --> 00:24:40.600
 that

00:24:40.600 --> 00:24:40.880
 Peter's

00:24:40.880 --> 00:24:41.360
 experiencing

00:24:41.360 --> 00:24:42.200
 here.

00:24:43.380 --> 00:24:43.779
 Listen to

00:24:43.779 --> 00:24:43.980
 Jesus'

00:24:44.140 --> 00:24:44.420
 words to

00:24:44.420 --> 00:24:44.819
 the scribes

00:24:44.819 --> 00:24:44.980
 and the

00:24:44.980 --> 00:24:45.319
 Pharisees

00:24:45.319 --> 00:24:45.759
 in John

00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:46.539
 chapter 8.

00:24:46.720 --> 00:24:46.960
 This is

00:24:46.960 --> 00:24:47.500
 verse 39

00:24:47.500 --> 00:24:48.259
 through 47.

00:24:49.720 --> 00:24:50.539
 They answered

00:24:50.539 --> 00:24:50.900
 him,

00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:51.840
 Abraham is

00:24:51.840 --> 00:24:52.319
 our father.

00:24:52.740 --> 00:24:53.279
 Jesus said

00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:53.840
 to them,

00:24:54.340 --> 00:24:54.860
 if you were

00:24:54.860 --> 00:24:55.519
 Abraham's

00:24:55.519 --> 00:24:55.860
 children,

00:24:56.319 --> 00:24:56.660
 you would

00:24:56.660 --> 00:24:57.039
 be doing

00:24:57.039 --> 00:24:57.600
 the works

00:24:57.600 --> 00:24:58.120
 Abraham

00:24:58.120 --> 00:24:58.920
 did.

00:24:59.380 --> 00:24:59.860
 But now

00:24:59.860 --> 00:25:00.319
 you seek

00:25:00.319 --> 00:25:00.680
 to kill

00:25:00.680 --> 00:25:00.819
 me,

00:25:00.860 --> 00:25:01.160
 a man

00:25:01.160 --> 00:25:01.400
 who has

00:25:01.400 --> 00:25:01.840
 told you

00:25:01.840 --> 00:25:02.519
 the truth

00:25:02.519 --> 00:25:03.299
 that I

00:25:03.299 --> 00:25:03.700
 heard from

00:25:03.700 --> 00:25:04.120
 God.

00:25:04.700 --> 00:25:05.120
 This is

00:25:05.120 --> 00:25:05.720
 not what

00:25:05.720 --> 00:25:06.539
 Abraham did.

00:25:06.700 --> 00:25:07.140
 Satan.

00:25:11.420 --> 00:25:11.900
 They said

00:25:11.900 --> 00:25:12.220
 to him,

00:25:12.360 --> 00:25:12.799
 we were

00:25:12.799 --> 00:25:13.360
 not born

00:25:13.360 --> 00:25:13.759
 of sexual

00:25:13.759 --> 00:25:14.240
 immorality.

00:25:14.360 --> 00:25:14.620
 We have

00:25:14.620 --> 00:25:15.319
 one father,

00:25:15.420 --> 00:25:16.120
 even God.

00:25:16.759 --> 00:25:17.140
 Jesus said

00:25:17.140 --> 00:25:17.580
 to them,

00:25:17.940 --> 00:25:18.420
 if God

00:25:18.420 --> 00:25:18.759
 were your

00:25:18.759 --> 00:25:19.200
 father,

00:25:19.480 --> 00:25:19.819
 you would

00:25:19.819 --> 00:25:20.440
 love me.

00:25:20.759 --> 00:25:21.140
 For I

00:25:21.140 --> 00:25:21.840
 came from

00:25:21.840 --> 00:25:22.700
 God and

00:25:22.700 --> 00:25:23.319
 I am

00:25:23.319 --> 00:25:23.740
 here.

00:25:24.240 --> 00:25:24.620
 I came

00:25:24.620 --> 00:25:24.819
 not on

00:25:24.819 --> 00:25:25.039
 my own

00:25:25.039 --> 00:25:25.420
 accord,

00:25:25.600 --> 00:25:25.900
 but he

00:25:25.900 --> 00:25:26.360
 sent me.

00:25:26.940 --> 00:25:27.340
 Why do

00:25:27.340 --> 00:25:27.600
 you not

00:25:27.600 --> 00:25:28.059
 understand

00:25:28.059 --> 00:25:28.400
 what I

00:25:28.400 --> 00:25:28.759
 say?

00:25:29.259 --> 00:25:29.640
 It is

00:25:29.640 --> 00:25:30.539
 because you

00:25:30.539 --> 00:25:31.279
 cannot bear

00:25:31.279 --> 00:25:31.680
 to hear

00:25:31.680 --> 00:25:32.200
 my word.

00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:33.400
 You are

00:25:33.400 --> 00:25:33.680
 of your

00:25:33.680 --> 00:25:34.140
 father,

00:25:34.440 --> 00:25:34.860
 the devil,

00:25:35.180 --> 00:25:35.660
 and your

00:25:35.660 --> 00:25:36.080
 will is to

00:25:36.080 --> 00:25:36.340
 do your

00:25:36.339 --> 00:25:36.740
 father's

00:25:36.740 --> 00:25:37.139
 desires.

00:25:37.720 --> 00:25:38.179
 He was

00:25:38.179 --> 00:25:38.539
 a murderer

00:25:38.539 --> 00:25:38.839
 from the

00:25:38.839 --> 00:25:39.419
 beginning and

00:25:39.419 --> 00:25:39.899
 does not

00:25:39.899 --> 00:25:40.359
 stand in

00:25:40.359 --> 00:25:40.779
 the truth

00:25:40.779 --> 00:25:41.439
 because there

00:25:41.439 --> 00:25:41.740
 is no

00:25:41.740 --> 00:25:42.240
 truth in

00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:42.480
 him.

00:25:42.959 --> 00:25:43.459
 When he

00:25:43.459 --> 00:25:43.919
 lies,

00:25:44.019 --> 00:25:44.439
 he speaks

00:25:44.439 --> 00:25:44.659
 out of

00:25:44.659 --> 00:25:44.959
 his own

00:25:44.959 --> 00:25:45.399
 character,

00:25:45.539 --> 00:25:45.799
 for he

00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:46.099
 is a

00:25:46.099 --> 00:25:46.939
 liar and

00:25:46.939 --> 00:25:47.379
 the father

00:25:47.379 --> 00:25:48.000
 of lies.

00:25:48.679 --> 00:25:49.179
 But because

00:25:49.179 --> 00:25:49.819
 I tell

00:25:49.819 --> 00:25:50.799
 the truth,

00:25:51.199 --> 00:25:51.639
 you do not

00:25:51.639 --> 00:25:52.119
 believe me.

00:25:52.679 --> 00:25:53.299
 Which one

00:25:53.299 --> 00:25:53.659
 of you

00:25:53.659 --> 00:25:54.299
 convicts me

00:25:54.299 --> 00:25:54.759
 of sin?

00:25:54.759 --> 00:25:55.420
 If I

00:25:55.420 --> 00:25:55.720
 tell the

00:25:55.720 --> 00:25:56.019
 truth,

00:25:56.160 --> 00:25:56.559
 why do

00:25:56.559 --> 00:25:56.660
 you

00:25:56.660 --> 00:25:56.879
 not

00:25:56.879 --> 00:25:57.220
 believe

00:25:57.220 --> 00:25:57.500
 me?

00:25:58.079 --> 00:25:58.359
 Whoever

00:25:58.359 --> 00:25:58.759
 is of

00:25:58.759 --> 00:25:59.039
 God

00:25:59.039 --> 00:25:59.240
 hears

00:25:59.240 --> 00:25:59.400
 the

00:25:59.400 --> 00:25:59.640
 words

00:25:59.640 --> 00:25:59.779
 of

00:25:59.779 --> 00:26:00.079
 God.

00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:00.660
 The

00:26:00.660 --> 00:26:00.879
 reason

00:26:00.879 --> 00:26:01.140
 why

00:26:01.140 --> 00:26:01.299
 you

00:26:01.299 --> 00:26:01.440
 do

00:26:01.440 --> 00:26:01.619
 not

00:26:01.619 --> 00:26:01.819
 hear

00:26:01.819 --> 00:26:02.079
 them

00:26:02.079 --> 00:26:02.319
 is

00:26:02.319 --> 00:26:02.420
 that

00:26:02.420 --> 00:26:02.519
 you

00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:02.619
 are

00:26:02.619 --> 00:26:03.000
 not

00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:03.819
 of

00:26:03.819 --> 00:26:04.140
 God.

00:26:05.140 --> 00:26:05.680
 And so you

00:26:05.680 --> 00:26:06.200
 see that our

00:26:06.200 --> 00:26:07.559
 conflict is a

00:26:07.559 --> 00:26:08.920
 conflict against

00:26:08.920 --> 00:26:10.259
 truth and

00:26:10.259 --> 00:26:10.660
 lie,

00:26:10.819 --> 00:26:11.279
 or for

00:26:11.279 --> 00:26:11.859
 truth and

00:26:11.859 --> 00:26:12.400
 against

00:26:12.400 --> 00:26:13.599
 lies.

00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:14.440
 And we

00:26:14.440 --> 00:26:14.680
 have to

00:26:14.680 --> 00:26:15.400
 recognize that

00:26:15.400 --> 00:26:15.859
 this is a

00:26:15.859 --> 00:26:16.359
 spiritual

00:26:16.359 --> 00:26:17.059
 conflict.

00:26:17.940 --> 00:26:18.579
 Paul writes

00:26:18.579 --> 00:26:18.940
 in Ephesians

00:26:18.940 --> 00:26:19.539
 6.12,

00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:19.799
 for we

00:26:19.799 --> 00:26:19.960
 do not

00:26:19.960 --> 00:26:20.220
 wrestle

00:26:20.220 --> 00:26:20.440
 against

00:26:20.440 --> 00:26:20.839
 flesh and

00:26:20.839 --> 00:26:21.099
 blood,

00:26:21.460 --> 00:26:21.799
 but against

00:26:21.799 --> 00:26:22.240
 the rulers,

00:26:22.339 --> 00:26:22.599
 against the

00:26:22.599 --> 00:26:23.039
 authorities,

00:26:23.180 --> 00:26:23.539
 against the

00:26:23.539 --> 00:26:24.379
 cosmic powers

00:26:24.379 --> 00:26:24.879
 over this

00:26:24.879 --> 00:26:25.180
 present

00:26:25.180 --> 00:26:25.639
 darkness,

00:26:26.119 --> 00:26:26.559
 against the

00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:26.859
 spiritual

00:26:26.859 --> 00:26:28.019
 forces of

00:26:28.019 --> 00:26:29.079
 evil in

00:26:29.079 --> 00:26:29.440
 the heavenly

00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:30.039
 places.

00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:31.960
 Beloved,

00:26:32.019 --> 00:26:32.359
 our great

00:26:32.359 --> 00:26:33.200
 trouble is not

00:26:33.200 --> 00:26:33.960
 spiritual

00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:34.720
 warfare in

00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:35.339
 some weird

00:26:35.339 --> 00:26:36.180
 intangible

00:26:36.180 --> 00:26:36.619
 way.

00:26:37.599 --> 00:26:38.039
 Our great

00:26:38.039 --> 00:26:39.220
 conflict is

00:26:39.220 --> 00:26:40.000
 the lies

00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:40.359
 that are being

00:26:40.359 --> 00:26:40.859
 told to us

00:26:40.859 --> 00:26:41.259
 by this

00:26:41.259 --> 00:26:41.779
 world,

00:26:42.159 --> 00:26:42.659
 which is

00:26:42.659 --> 00:26:43.399
 being manipulated

00:26:43.399 --> 00:26:44.740
 by the

00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:45.299
 one that it

00:26:45.299 --> 00:26:45.920
 worships,

00:26:46.240 --> 00:26:46.639
 and that is

00:26:46.639 --> 00:26:46.960
 the devil.

00:26:47.680 --> 00:26:48.339
 That is our

00:26:48.339 --> 00:26:49.039
 conflict.

00:26:49.039 --> 00:26:49.359
 The very

00:26:49.359 --> 00:26:49.960
 same conflict

00:26:49.960 --> 00:26:50.339
 that Peter

00:26:50.339 --> 00:26:51.200
 is experiencing

00:26:51.200 --> 00:26:51.639
 here,

00:26:51.980 --> 00:26:52.220
 right?

00:26:52.819 --> 00:26:53.259
 Following

00:26:53.259 --> 00:26:54.319
 the truth.

00:26:55.139 --> 00:26:55.420
 I've already

00:26:55.420 --> 00:26:56.139
 told you what

00:26:56.139 --> 00:26:56.720
 that is,

00:26:56.859 --> 00:26:57.000
 right?

00:26:57.000 --> 00:26:57.319
 We have a

00:26:57.319 --> 00:26:57.940
 sure thing

00:26:57.940 --> 00:26:58.940
 in the

00:26:58.940 --> 00:26:59.220
 scripture

00:26:59.220 --> 00:27:00.359
 itself,

00:27:00.359 --> 00:27:00.779
 because of

00:27:00.779 --> 00:27:01.240
 that common

00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:02.379
 communication.

00:27:02.579 --> 00:27:03.119
 So we have

00:27:03.119 --> 00:27:03.960
 a common

00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:04.899
 conflict.

00:27:06.079 --> 00:27:06.500
 Fifthly,

00:27:06.539 --> 00:27:06.940
 we have

00:27:06.940 --> 00:27:08.220
 a common

00:27:08.220 --> 00:27:08.700
 calling.

00:27:10.420 --> 00:27:10.899
 Beginning

00:27:10.899 --> 00:27:11.619
 in verse 24,

00:27:11.759 --> 00:27:12.119
 then Jesus

00:27:12.119 --> 00:27:12.700
 told the

00:27:12.700 --> 00:27:13.079
 disciples,

00:27:14.460 --> 00:27:14.700
 if anyone

00:27:14.700 --> 00:27:14.940
 would come

00:27:14.940 --> 00:27:15.399
 after me,

00:27:15.579 --> 00:27:16.039
 let him deny

00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:16.480
 himself,

00:27:16.680 --> 00:27:16.940
 and take

00:27:16.940 --> 00:27:17.139
 of his

00:27:17.139 --> 00:27:17.599
 cross,

00:27:18.279 --> 00:27:18.940
 and find

00:27:18.940 --> 00:27:19.960
 me.

00:27:20.500 --> 00:27:20.779
 Whoever

00:27:20.779 --> 00:27:21.259
 would save

00:27:21.259 --> 00:27:21.640
 his life

00:27:21.640 --> 00:27:22.019
 will lose

00:27:22.019 --> 00:27:22.140
 it,

00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:22.380
 but whoever

00:27:22.380 --> 00:27:22.680
 loses

00:27:22.680 --> 00:27:23.000
 his life

00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:23.299
 for my

00:27:23.299 --> 00:27:23.600
 sake

00:27:23.600 --> 00:27:24.880
 will find

00:27:24.880 --> 00:27:25.160
 it.

00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:26.080
 For what

00:27:26.080 --> 00:27:26.320
 will it

00:27:26.320 --> 00:27:26.840
 profit a

00:27:26.840 --> 00:27:27.120
 man if

00:27:27.120 --> 00:27:27.420
 he gains

00:27:27.420 --> 00:27:27.720
 the whole

00:27:27.720 --> 00:27:28.039
 world and

00:27:28.039 --> 00:27:28.559
 forfeits

00:27:28.559 --> 00:27:28.960
 his soul?

00:27:29.019 --> 00:27:29.380
 Or what

00:27:29.380 --> 00:27:29.660
 shall the

00:27:29.660 --> 00:27:30.259
 man give

00:27:30.259 --> 00:27:31.240
 in return

00:27:31.240 --> 00:27:32.019
 for his

00:27:32.019 --> 00:27:32.259
 soul?

00:27:33.019 --> 00:27:33.320
 It's

00:27:33.320 --> 00:27:33.600
 interesting

00:27:33.600 --> 00:27:34.120
 how God

00:27:34.120 --> 00:27:34.720
 always seems

00:27:34.720 --> 00:27:35.160
 to work

00:27:35.160 --> 00:27:35.960
 in opposites.

00:27:36.500 --> 00:27:36.900
 We've

00:27:36.900 --> 00:27:37.559
 talked a lot

00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:38.380
 about apparent

00:27:38.380 --> 00:27:39.920
 paradoxes.

00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:40.400
 An example

00:27:40.400 --> 00:27:40.920
 of that is

00:27:40.920 --> 00:27:41.820
 this statement

00:27:41.820 --> 00:27:43.420
 is false.

00:27:43.420 --> 00:27:45.759
 Try to

00:27:45.759 --> 00:27:46.120
 work that

00:27:46.120 --> 00:27:46.500
 one out

00:27:46.500 --> 00:27:46.860
 in your

00:27:46.860 --> 00:27:47.180
 mind.

00:27:48.800 --> 00:27:49.660
 They seem

00:27:49.660 --> 00:27:49.980
 to set

00:27:49.980 --> 00:27:50.400
 against

00:27:50.400 --> 00:27:50.960
 one

00:27:50.960 --> 00:27:51.500
 another.

00:27:53.160 --> 00:27:53.680
 That

00:27:53.680 --> 00:27:54.160
 actually is

00:27:54.160 --> 00:27:54.460
 a paradox,

00:27:54.580 --> 00:27:54.779
 not an

00:27:54.779 --> 00:27:54.960
 apparent

00:27:54.960 --> 00:27:55.340
 paradox.

00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:57.380
 This is

00:27:57.380 --> 00:27:57.740
 an apparent

00:27:57.740 --> 00:27:58.259
 paradox.

00:27:59.080 --> 00:27:59.600
 Not

00:27:59.600 --> 00:28:00.000
 actually,

00:28:00.080 --> 00:28:00.279
 but it

00:28:00.279 --> 00:28:00.640
 seems to

00:28:00.640 --> 00:28:01.440
 be on

00:28:01.440 --> 00:28:02.160
 the surface.

00:28:02.300 --> 00:28:02.560
 If anyone

00:28:02.560 --> 00:28:02.840
 would come

00:28:02.840 --> 00:28:03.140
 after me,

00:28:03.200 --> 00:28:03.360
 let him

00:28:03.360 --> 00:28:03.640
 deny

00:28:03.640 --> 00:28:04.060
 himself,

00:28:04.360 --> 00:28:04.680
 and take

00:28:04.680 --> 00:28:04.880
 up his

00:28:04.880 --> 00:28:05.200
 cross,

00:28:05.340 --> 00:28:05.800
 and follow

00:28:05.800 --> 00:28:06.120
 me.

00:28:06.660 --> 00:28:07.080
 Beloved,

00:28:07.120 --> 00:28:07.279
 let me

00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:08.019
 remind you

00:28:08.019 --> 00:28:09.180
 that this

00:28:09.180 --> 00:28:09.579
 isn't

00:28:09.579 --> 00:28:10.639
 just

00:28:10.639 --> 00:28:11.460
 bearing

00:28:11.460 --> 00:28:11.700
 through

00:28:11.700 --> 00:28:11.900
 some

00:28:11.900 --> 00:28:12.220
 typical

00:28:12.220 --> 00:28:12.579
 thing

00:28:12.579 --> 00:28:12.779
 with

00:28:12.779 --> 00:28:13.599
 some

00:28:13.599 --> 00:28:14.059
 patience

00:28:14.059 --> 00:28:14.400
 and

00:28:14.400 --> 00:28:14.720
 some

00:28:14.720 --> 00:28:15.460
 grace.

00:28:17.700 --> 00:28:18.220
 Being

00:28:18.220 --> 00:28:18.839
 in school

00:28:18.839 --> 00:28:19.259
 is not

00:28:19.259 --> 00:28:19.420
 your

00:28:19.420 --> 00:28:19.720
 cross

00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:19.900
 to

00:28:19.900 --> 00:28:20.079
 bear.

00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:23.579
 Working

00:28:23.579 --> 00:28:23.960
 for a

00:28:23.960 --> 00:28:24.200
 boss

00:28:24.200 --> 00:28:24.440
 that you

00:28:24.440 --> 00:28:24.599
 don't

00:28:24.599 --> 00:28:25.019
 particularly

00:28:25.019 --> 00:28:25.460
 enjoy

00:28:25.460 --> 00:28:25.920
 is not

00:28:25.920 --> 00:28:26.099
 your

00:28:26.099 --> 00:28:26.460
 cross

00:28:26.460 --> 00:28:26.980
 to

00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:27.200
 bear.

00:28:27.700 --> 00:28:27.980
 I

00:28:27.980 --> 00:28:28.160
 think

00:28:28.160 --> 00:28:28.279
 it

00:28:28.279 --> 00:28:28.480
 can

00:28:28.480 --> 00:28:28.839
 include

00:28:28.839 --> 00:28:29.180
 that,

00:28:29.720 --> 00:28:30.099
 but it's

00:28:30.099 --> 00:28:30.259
 not

00:28:30.259 --> 00:28:30.579
 just

00:28:30.579 --> 00:28:30.960
 that.

00:28:31.740 --> 00:28:32.299
 Taking

00:28:32.299 --> 00:28:32.700
 up your

00:28:32.700 --> 00:28:33.200
 cross

00:28:33.200 --> 00:28:34.619
 is a

00:28:34.619 --> 00:28:34.799
 call

00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:35.240
 to die.

00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:36.879
 It's a

00:28:36.879 --> 00:28:37.259
 call to

00:28:37.259 --> 00:28:37.680
 self

00:28:37.680 --> 00:28:38.539
 denial.

00:28:38.720 --> 00:28:38.900
 We are

00:28:38.900 --> 00:28:39.299
 to be

00:28:39.299 --> 00:28:40.140
 deniers

00:28:40.140 --> 00:28:40.519
 of our

00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:40.720
 own

00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:41.220
 identity

00:28:41.220 --> 00:28:41.980
 and our

00:28:41.980 --> 00:28:42.340
 own

00:28:42.340 --> 00:28:43.000
 self

00:28:43.000 --> 00:28:43.620
 determination.

00:28:44.420 --> 00:28:44.680
 We are

00:28:44.680 --> 00:28:45.120
 to place

00:28:45.120 --> 00:28:45.560
 ourselves

00:28:45.560 --> 00:28:46.400
 under the

00:28:46.400 --> 00:28:47.000
 lordship

00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:47.480
 of Jesus

00:28:47.480 --> 00:28:47.960
 Christ.

00:28:48.100 --> 00:28:48.220
 We are

00:28:48.220 --> 00:28:48.560
 to become

00:28:48.560 --> 00:28:48.759
 his

00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:49.700
 bondservants.

00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:51.000
 Because

00:28:51.000 --> 00:28:51.200
 of the

00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:51.420
 great

00:28:51.420 --> 00:28:51.880
 grace

00:28:51.880 --> 00:28:52.400
 that he

00:28:52.400 --> 00:28:52.539
 has

00:28:52.539 --> 00:28:52.740
 given

00:28:52.740 --> 00:28:53.240
 to us,

00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:53.740
 we in

00:28:53.740 --> 00:28:54.460
 response,

00:28:54.860 --> 00:28:55.180
 of a

00:28:55.180 --> 00:28:55.420
 loving

00:28:55.420 --> 00:28:55.920
 response,

00:28:56.039 --> 00:28:56.340
 say to

00:28:56.340 --> 00:28:56.680
 him,

00:28:57.580 --> 00:28:57.980
 take my

00:28:57.980 --> 00:28:58.340
 life.

00:28:58.580 --> 00:28:58.840
 It's

00:28:58.840 --> 00:28:59.259
 yours.

00:28:59.420 --> 00:28:59.500
 It

00:28:59.500 --> 00:28:59.940
 belongs

00:28:59.940 --> 00:29:00.240
 to

00:29:00.240 --> 00:29:00.380
 you.

00:29:00.440 --> 00:29:00.500
 I

00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:00.600
 want

00:29:00.600 --> 00:29:00.740
 to

00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:00.960
 serve

00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:01.100
 you

00:29:01.100 --> 00:29:01.299
 with

00:29:01.299 --> 00:29:01.900
 every

00:29:01.900 --> 00:29:02.820
 bit

00:29:02.820 --> 00:29:03.360
 of

00:29:03.360 --> 00:29:03.600
 it.

00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:04.920
 Because

00:29:04.920 --> 00:29:05.279
 we've

00:29:05.279 --> 00:29:05.400
 been

00:29:05.400 --> 00:29:05.759
 ransomed

00:29:05.759 --> 00:29:05.720
!

00:29:07.680 --> 00:29:07.960
 with

00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:08.320
 him

00:29:08.320 --> 00:29:08.799
 in

00:29:08.799 --> 00:29:09.580
 all

00:29:09.580 --> 00:29:10.759
 things.

00:29:12.140 --> 00:29:12.700
 We have

00:29:12.700 --> 00:29:13.160
 a common

00:29:13.160 --> 00:29:13.680
 calling.

00:29:13.820 --> 00:29:13.960
 You don't

00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:14.220
 have to

00:29:14.220 --> 00:29:14.720
 ask the

00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:15.120
 question,

00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:15.580
 what am

00:29:15.580 --> 00:29:16.279
 I called

00:29:16.279 --> 00:29:17.000
 to do?

00:29:18.140 --> 00:29:18.580
 You're

00:29:18.580 --> 00:29:18.880
 called to

00:29:18.880 --> 00:29:19.400
 have faith

00:29:19.400 --> 00:29:19.799
 in Jesus

00:29:19.799 --> 00:29:20.380
 Christ,

00:29:20.440 --> 00:29:20.759
 and you're

00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:21.140
 called to

00:29:21.140 --> 00:29:21.480
 follow

00:29:21.480 --> 00:29:21.820
 him.

00:29:22.880 --> 00:29:23.560
 Do that

00:29:23.560 --> 00:29:24.160
 faithfully.

00:29:24.400 --> 00:29:24.820
 Do that

00:29:24.820 --> 00:29:25.160
 by the

00:29:25.160 --> 00:29:25.460
 word of

00:29:25.460 --> 00:29:25.820
 God,

00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:26.420
 and then

00:29:26.420 --> 00:29:26.820
 beyond

00:29:26.820 --> 00:29:27.120
 that,

00:29:27.180 --> 00:29:27.539
 the gray

00:29:27.539 --> 00:29:27.920
 areas,

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:28.100
 do

00:29:28.100 --> 00:29:28.299
 whatever

00:29:28.299 --> 00:29:28.880
 you want.

00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:30.240
 If you're

00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:30.779
 obedient to

00:29:30.779 --> 00:29:31.279
 this,

00:29:31.680 --> 00:29:31.940
 you're

00:29:31.940 --> 00:29:32.320
 following

00:29:32.320 --> 00:29:32.980
 Jesus,

00:29:34.360 --> 00:29:34.840
 marry who

00:29:34.840 --> 00:29:35.180
 you want

00:29:35.180 --> 00:29:35.320
 to,

00:29:35.400 --> 00:29:35.700
 work the

00:29:35.700 --> 00:29:36.039
 job you

00:29:36.039 --> 00:29:36.460
 want to,

00:29:37.660 --> 00:29:38.100
 you'll

00:29:38.100 --> 00:29:38.480
 sort it

00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:38.799
 out.

00:29:40.160 --> 00:29:40.460
 Because

00:29:40.460 --> 00:29:40.580
 we've

00:29:40.580 --> 00:29:40.680
 been

00:29:40.680 --> 00:29:40.900
 ransomed

00:29:40.900 --> 00:29:41.080
 by

00:29:41.080 --> 00:29:41.279
 Christ,

00:29:41.319 --> 00:29:41.519
 we now

00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:41.860
 identify

00:29:41.860 --> 00:29:42.120
 with

00:29:42.120 --> 00:29:42.259
 him

00:29:42.259 --> 00:29:42.440
 in

00:29:42.440 --> 00:29:42.740
 all

00:29:42.740 --> 00:29:43.279
 things.

00:29:43.380 --> 00:29:43.539
 Paul

00:29:43.539 --> 00:29:43.720
 writes

00:29:43.720 --> 00:29:43.840
 in

00:29:43.840 --> 00:29:44.140
 Galatians

00:29:44.140 --> 00:29:44.680
 2.20,

00:29:45.160 --> 00:29:45.340
 I have

00:29:45.340 --> 00:29:45.460
 been

00:29:45.460 --> 00:29:45.720
 crucified

00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:45.960
 with

00:29:45.960 --> 00:29:46.340
 Christ.

00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:47.180
 It

00:29:47.180 --> 00:29:47.440
 is no

00:29:47.440 --> 00:29:47.759
 longer

00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:48.100
 I

00:29:48.100 --> 00:29:48.319
 who

00:29:48.319 --> 00:29:48.580
 live,

00:29:48.660 --> 00:29:48.759
 but

00:29:48.759 --> 00:29:49.120
 Christ

00:29:49.120 --> 00:29:49.299
 who

00:29:49.299 --> 00:29:49.480
 lives

00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:49.720
 in

00:29:49.720 --> 00:29:49.940
 me.

00:29:50.279 --> 00:29:50.539
 And

00:29:50.539 --> 00:29:50.680
 the

00:29:50.680 --> 00:29:51.039
 life I

00:29:51.039 --> 00:29:51.160
 now

00:29:51.160 --> 00:29:51.400
 live

00:29:51.400 --> 00:29:51.460
 in

00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:51.559
 the

00:29:51.559 --> 00:29:51.779
 flesh

00:29:51.779 --> 00:29:51.900
 I

00:29:51.900 --> 00:29:52.120
 live

00:29:52.120 --> 00:29:52.259
 by

00:29:52.259 --> 00:29:52.680
 faith

00:29:52.680 --> 00:29:52.779
 in

00:29:52.779 --> 00:29:52.900
 the

00:29:52.900 --> 00:29:53.039
 Son

00:29:53.039 --> 00:29:53.160
 of

00:29:53.160 --> 00:29:53.340
 God

00:29:53.340 --> 00:29:53.480
 who

00:29:53.480 --> 00:29:53.840
 loved

00:29:53.840 --> 00:29:54.100
 me

00:29:54.100 --> 00:29:54.580
 and

00:29:54.580 --> 00:29:54.819
 gave

00:29:54.819 --> 00:29:55.240
 himself

00:29:55.240 --> 00:29:56.620
 for

00:29:56.620 --> 00:29:56.900
 me.

00:29:58.900 --> 00:29:58.980
 We

00:29:58.980 --> 00:29:59.079
 have

00:29:59.079 --> 00:29:59.140
 a

00:29:59.140 --> 00:29:59.319
 common

00:29:59.319 --> 00:29:59.839
 confession,

00:30:00.380 --> 00:30:00.960
 communication,

00:30:01.299 --> 00:30:01.440
 a

00:30:01.440 --> 00:30:01.740
 commission,

00:30:01.880 --> 00:30:01.980
 a

00:30:01.980 --> 00:30:02.420
 conflict,

00:30:03.579 --> 00:30:03.819
 a

00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:04.279
 calling,

00:30:05.360 --> 00:30:05.579
 and

00:30:05.579 --> 00:30:06.039
 finally,

00:30:06.620 --> 00:30:06.759
 a

00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:07.099
 common

00:30:07.099 --> 00:30:08.660
 confidence.

00:30:09.819 --> 00:30:10.000
 I

00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:10.319
 did it,

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 all

00:30:10.559 --> 00:30:11.019
 C's.

00:30:15.740 --> 00:30:16.200
 Good

00:30:16.200 --> 00:30:16.480
 reference

00:30:16.480 --> 00:30:16.640
 here,

00:30:16.680 --> 00:30:16.819
 verse

00:30:16.819 --> 00:30:17.180
 20,

00:30:17.360 --> 00:30:17.579
 I

00:30:17.579 --> 00:30:17.819
 mentioned

00:30:17.819 --> 00:30:17.980
 it

00:30:17.980 --> 00:30:18.240
 already

00:30:18.240 --> 00:30:18.420
 with

00:30:18.420 --> 00:30:18.720
 some

00:30:18.720 --> 00:30:19.640
 explanation.

00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:20.319
 Then

00:30:20.319 --> 00:30:20.420
 he

00:30:20.420 --> 00:30:20.660
 strictly

00:30:20.660 --> 00:30:20.900
 charged

00:30:20.900 --> 00:30:21.019
 the

00:30:21.019 --> 00:30:21.259
 disciples

00:30:21.259 --> 00:30:21.360
 to

00:30:21.360 --> 00:30:21.440
 tell

00:30:21.440 --> 00:30:21.640
 no

00:30:21.640 --> 00:30:21.720
 one

00:30:21.720 --> 00:30:21.839
 that

00:30:21.839 --> 00:30:22.000
 he

00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:22.180
 was

00:30:22.180 --> 00:30:22.339
 the

00:30:22.339 --> 00:30:22.700
 Christ.

00:30:23.120 --> 00:30:23.519
 He

00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:23.799
 didn't

00:30:23.799 --> 00:30:23.940
 want

00:30:23.940 --> 00:30:24.000
 to

00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:24.140
 be

00:30:24.140 --> 00:30:24.500
 taken

00:30:24.500 --> 00:30:24.839
 to

00:30:24.839 --> 00:30:25.120
 be

00:30:25.120 --> 00:30:25.539
 set

00:30:25.539 --> 00:30:25.660
 up

00:30:25.660 --> 00:30:25.819
 as

00:30:25.819 --> 00:30:26.220
 king.

00:30:26.599 --> 00:30:26.660
 And

00:30:26.660 --> 00:30:26.740
 if

00:30:26.740 --> 00:30:26.819
 you

00:30:26.819 --> 00:30:26.960
 read

00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:27.059
 the

00:30:27.059 --> 00:30:27.279
 gospel

00:30:27.279 --> 00:30:27.579
 narratives,

00:30:27.579 --> 00:30:27.759
 you'll

00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:28.099
 find other

00:30:28.099 --> 00:30:28.460
 places

00:30:28.460 --> 00:30:28.799
 where

00:30:28.799 --> 00:30:29.339
 he's

00:30:29.339 --> 00:30:29.680
 speaking

00:30:29.680 --> 00:30:30.220
 and

00:30:30.220 --> 00:30:30.339
 he

00:30:30.339 --> 00:30:30.619
 suddenly

00:30:30.619 --> 00:30:30.980
 slips

00:30:30.980 --> 00:30:31.299
 away.

00:30:31.379 --> 00:30:31.420
 And

00:30:31.420 --> 00:30:31.519
 the

00:30:31.519 --> 00:30:31.839
 explanation

00:30:31.839 --> 00:30:32.379
 is

00:30:32.379 --> 00:30:32.640
 because

00:30:32.640 --> 00:30:32.839
 they

00:30:32.839 --> 00:30:33.099
 wanted

00:30:33.099 --> 00:30:33.279
 to

00:30:33.279 --> 00:30:33.519
 take

00:30:33.519 --> 00:30:33.720
 him

00:30:33.720 --> 00:30:33.920
 by

00:30:33.920 --> 00:30:34.460
 force.

00:30:34.660 --> 00:30:34.759
 And

00:30:34.759 --> 00:30:35.240
 they're

00:30:35.240 --> 00:30:35.420
 trying

00:30:35.420 --> 00:30:35.759
 to

00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:36.359
 take

00:30:36.359 --> 00:30:36.480
 him

00:30:36.480 --> 00:30:36.640
 and

00:30:36.640 --> 00:30:36.799
 set

00:30:36.799 --> 00:30:36.940
 him

00:30:36.940 --> 00:30:37.099
 up

00:30:37.099 --> 00:30:37.279
 to

00:30:37.279 --> 00:30:37.940
 be

00:30:37.940 --> 00:30:38.059
 the

00:30:38.059 --> 00:30:38.379
 Messiah

00:30:38.379 --> 00:30:38.640
 as

00:30:38.640 --> 00:30:38.900
 they

00:30:38.900 --> 00:30:39.279
 thought

00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:39.579
 he

00:30:39.579 --> 00:30:40.200
 should

00:30:40.200 --> 00:30:40.420
 be.

00:30:40.539 --> 00:30:40.619
 So

00:30:40.619 --> 00:30:40.779
 Jesus

00:30:40.779 --> 00:30:40.900
 is

00:30:40.900 --> 00:30:41.079
 talking

00:30:41.079 --> 00:30:41.299
 about

00:30:41.299 --> 00:30:41.759
 a

00:30:41.759 --> 00:30:42.339
 heavenly

00:30:42.339 --> 00:30:42.700
 kingdom

00:30:42.700 --> 00:30:42.879
 that

00:30:42.879 --> 00:30:43.220
 has

00:30:43.220 --> 00:30:43.980
 implications

00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:44.259
 and

00:30:44.259 --> 00:30:44.779
 realities

00:30:44.779 --> 00:30:45.539
 here,

00:30:45.839 --> 00:30:46.299
 but a

00:30:46.299 --> 00:30:46.599
 heavenly

00:30:46.599 --> 00:30:47.740
 kingdom.

00:30:48.319 --> 00:30:48.579
 Then

00:30:48.579 --> 00:30:48.640
 he

00:30:48.640 --> 00:30:48.759
 goes

00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:48.980
 on to

00:30:48.980 --> 00:30:49.079
 say

00:30:49.079 --> 00:30:49.160
 in

00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:49.359
 verse

00:30:49.359 --> 00:30:50.099
 27,

00:30:51.180 --> 00:30:51.259
 for

00:30:51.259 --> 00:30:51.379
 the

00:30:51.379 --> 00:30:51.480
 Son

00:30:51.480 --> 00:30:51.599
 of

00:30:51.599 --> 00:30:51.740
 man

00:30:51.740 --> 00:30:51.839
 is

00:30:51.839 --> 00:30:51.960
 going

00:30:51.960 --> 00:30:52.079
 to

00:30:52.079 --> 00:30:52.339
 come

00:30:52.339 --> 00:30:52.500
 with

00:30:52.500 --> 00:30:52.660
 his

00:30:52.660 --> 00:30:53.039
 angels

00:30:53.039 --> 00:30:53.200
 and

00:30:53.200 --> 00:30:53.299
 the

00:30:53.299 --> 00:30:53.519
 glory

00:30:53.519 --> 00:30:53.660
 of

00:30:53.660 --> 00:30:53.779
 his

00:30:53.779 --> 00:30:54.120
 father

00:30:54.120 --> 00:30:54.720
 and

00:30:54.720 --> 00:30:54.819
 then

00:30:54.819 --> 00:30:54.940
 he

00:30:54.940 --> 00:30:55.079
 will

00:30:55.079 --> 00:30:55.400
 repay

00:30:55.400 --> 00:30:55.720
 each

00:30:55.720 --> 00:30:56.120
 person

00:30:56.120 --> 00:30:56.559
 according

00:30:56.559 --> 00:30:57.319
 to

00:30:57.319 --> 00:30:57.640
 what

00:30:57.640 --> 00:30:58.299
 he

00:30:58.299 --> 00:30:58.480
 has

00:30:58.480 --> 00:30:58.920
 done.

00:30:59.259 --> 00:30:59.539
 He's

00:30:59.539 --> 00:30:59.700
 going

00:30:59.700 --> 00:30:59.839
 to

00:30:59.839 --> 00:31:00.339
 come

00:31:00.339 --> 00:31:00.480
 and

00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:01.460
 establish

00:31:01.460 --> 00:31:02.279
 his

00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:02.700
 kingdom.

00:31:03.180 --> 00:31:03.360
 He's

00:31:03.360 --> 00:31:03.440
 going

00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:03.519
 to

00:31:03.519 --> 00:31:03.740
 come

00:31:03.740 --> 00:31:04.000
 as

00:31:04.000 --> 00:31:04.240
 a

00:31:04.240 --> 00:31:05.059
 judge

00:31:05.059 --> 00:31:05.920
 and

00:31:05.920 --> 00:31:06.039
 as

00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:06.180
 a

00:31:06.180 --> 00:31:06.579
 conquering

00:31:06.579 --> 00:31:06.980
 king.

00:31:08.860 --> 00:31:09.339
 Originally

00:31:09.339 --> 00:31:09.339


00:31:09.559 --> 00:31:10.059
 I had

00:31:10.059 --> 00:31:10.500
 this

00:31:10.500 --> 00:31:10.740
 as

00:31:10.740 --> 00:31:10.980
 we

00:31:10.980 --> 00:31:11.160
 have

00:31:11.160 --> 00:31:11.279
 a

00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:11.599
 common

00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:12.039
 kingdom

00:31:12.039 --> 00:31:13.360
 because

00:31:13.360 --> 00:31:13.539
 the

00:31:13.539 --> 00:31:13.799
 sound

00:31:13.799 --> 00:31:14.400
 alliterates

00:31:14.400 --> 00:31:14.720
 but

00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:14.900
 that

00:31:14.900 --> 00:31:15.099
 K

00:31:15.099 --> 00:31:15.259
 was

00:31:15.259 --> 00:31:15.579
 really

00:31:15.579 --> 00:31:15.900
 bugging

00:31:15.900 --> 00:31:16.099
 me.

00:31:18.860 --> 00:31:19.380
 But

00:31:19.380 --> 00:31:19.500
 we

00:31:19.500 --> 00:31:19.620
 have

00:31:19.620 --> 00:31:20.460
 confidence

00:31:20.460 --> 00:31:20.660
 do

00:31:20.660 --> 00:31:20.760
 we

00:31:20.760 --> 00:31:21.020
 not

00:31:21.020 --> 00:31:21.300
 when

00:31:21.300 --> 00:31:21.600
 Jesus

00:31:21.600 --> 00:31:22.180
 returns

00:31:22.180 --> 00:31:22.540
 to

00:31:22.540 --> 00:31:23.160
 judge

00:31:23.160 --> 00:31:23.780
 because

00:31:23.780 --> 00:31:23.960
 we'll

00:31:23.960 --> 00:31:24.140
 be

00:31:24.140 --> 00:31:24.760
 found

00:31:24.760 --> 00:31:25.260
 in

00:31:25.260 --> 00:31:26.080
 him

00:31:26.080 --> 00:31:26.320
 not

00:31:26.320 --> 00:31:26.560
 because

00:31:26.560 --> 00:31:26.680
 of

00:31:26.680 --> 00:31:26.880
 things

00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:27.220
 we

00:31:27.220 --> 00:31:27.460
 have

00:31:27.460 --> 00:31:27.840
 done

00:31:27.840 --> 00:31:28.440
 but

00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:28.640
 because

00:31:28.640 --> 00:31:28.800
 what

00:31:28.800 --> 00:31:28.960
 he

00:31:28.960 --> 00:31:29.120
 has

00:31:29.120 --> 00:31:29.440
 done

00:31:29.440 --> 00:31:30.240
 on

00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:30.660
 our

00:31:30.660 --> 00:31:31.920
 behalf.

00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:33.160
 1

00:31:33.160 --> 00:31:33.440
 John

00:31:33.440 --> 00:31:34.020
 2

00:31:34.020 --> 00:31:34.880
 verses

00:31:34.880 --> 00:31:35.300
 28

00:31:35.300 --> 00:31:35.400
 and

00:31:35.400 --> 00:31:35.900
 29

00:31:35.900 --> 00:31:36.100
 and

00:31:36.100 --> 00:31:36.380
 now

00:31:36.380 --> 00:31:37.140
 little

00:31:37.140 --> 00:31:37.480
 children

00:31:37.480 --> 00:31:37.880
 abide

00:31:37.880 --> 00:31:38.100
 in

00:31:38.100 --> 00:31:38.600
 him

00:31:38.600 --> 00:31:39.340
 so

00:31:39.340 --> 00:31:39.440
 that

00:31:39.440 --> 00:31:39.560
 when

00:31:39.560 --> 00:31:39.660
 he

00:31:39.660 --> 00:31:40.120
 appears

00:31:40.120 --> 00:31:40.280
 we

00:31:40.280 --> 00:31:40.380
 may

00:31:40.380 --> 00:31:40.540
 have

00:31:40.540 --> 00:31:41.060
 confidence

00:31:41.060 --> 00:31:41.340
 and

00:31:41.340 --> 00:31:41.580
 not

00:31:41.580 --> 00:31:41.940
 shrink

00:31:41.940 --> 00:31:42.140
 from

00:31:42.140 --> 00:31:42.340
 him

00:31:42.340 --> 00:31:42.500
 in

00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:42.880
 shame

00:31:42.880 --> 00:31:43.520
 at

00:31:43.520 --> 00:31:43.660
 his

00:31:43.660 --> 00:31:44.060
 coming.

00:31:44.940 --> 00:31:44.960
 If

00:31:44.960 --> 00:31:45.100
 you

00:31:45.100 --> 00:31:45.380
 know

00:31:45.380 --> 00:31:45.760
 that

00:31:45.760 --> 00:31:45.860
 he

00:31:45.860 --> 00:31:46.000
 is

00:31:46.000 --> 00:31:46.320
!

00:31:49.380 --> 00:31:49.660
 righteousness

00:31:49.660 --> 00:31:50.800
 has

00:31:50.800 --> 00:31:50.940
 been

00:31:50.940 --> 00:31:51.140
 born

00:31:51.140 --> 00:31:51.320
 of

00:31:51.320 --> 00:31:51.540
 him.

00:31:52.600 --> 00:31:52.980
 The

00:31:52.980 --> 00:31:53.220
 fact

00:31:53.220 --> 00:31:53.320
 that

00:31:53.320 --> 00:31:53.400
 we

00:31:53.400 --> 00:31:53.500
 have

00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:53.640
 been

00:31:53.640 --> 00:31:54.040
 made

00:31:54.040 --> 00:31:54.400
 righteous

00:31:54.400 --> 00:31:54.620
 is

00:31:54.620 --> 00:31:55.080
 evidenced

00:31:55.080 --> 00:31:55.300
 in

00:31:55.300 --> 00:31:55.840
 our

00:31:55.840 --> 00:31:56.220
 living

00:31:56.220 --> 00:31:56.460
 and

00:31:56.460 --> 00:31:56.880
 gracious

00:31:56.880 --> 00:31:57.460
 response

00:31:57.460 --> 00:31:58.480
 to

00:31:58.480 --> 00:31:58.620
 the

00:31:58.620 --> 00:31:59.000
 gospel.

00:32:00.120 --> 00:32:00.480
 I

00:32:00.480 --> 00:32:00.880
 love

00:32:00.880 --> 00:32:01.140
 1

00:32:01.140 --> 00:32:01.420
 Peter

00:32:01.420 --> 00:32:01.700
 chapter

00:32:01.700 --> 00:32:02.180
 2

00:32:02.180 --> 00:32:02.880
 verses

00:32:02.880 --> 00:32:03.200
 9

00:32:03.200 --> 00:32:03.340
 and

00:32:03.340 --> 00:32:03.580
 10

00:32:03.580 --> 00:32:03.820
 as

00:32:03.820 --> 00:32:04.400
 a

00:32:04.400 --> 00:32:05.240
 reference

00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:05.720
 to

00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:06.680
 the

00:32:06.680 --> 00:32:06.800
 book

00:32:06.800 --> 00:32:06.940
 of

00:32:06.940 --> 00:32:07.440
 Hosea.

00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:08.400
 Having

00:32:08.400 --> 00:32:08.780
 once

00:32:08.780 --> 00:32:09.000
 been

00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:09.340
 not

00:32:09.340 --> 00:32:09.640
 part

00:32:09.640 --> 00:32:09.720
 of

00:32:09.720 --> 00:32:09.860
 a

00:32:09.860 --> 00:32:10.180
 kingdom

00:32:10.180 --> 00:32:10.820
 we

00:32:10.820 --> 00:32:10.920
 are

00:32:10.920 --> 00:32:11.160
 now

00:32:11.160 --> 00:32:11.820
 part

00:32:11.820 --> 00:32:12.680
 of

00:32:12.680 --> 00:32:12.820
 a

00:32:12.820 --> 00:32:13.100
 kingdom.

00:32:13.720 --> 00:32:13.980
 I

00:32:13.980 --> 00:32:14.360
 hope

00:32:14.360 --> 00:32:14.620
 that

00:32:14.620 --> 00:32:14.980
 tomorrow

00:32:14.980 --> 00:32:15.240
 as

00:32:15.240 --> 00:32:15.360
 you

00:32:15.360 --> 00:32:15.760
 celebrate

00:32:15.760 --> 00:32:16.220
 Independence

00:32:16.220 --> 00:32:16.500
 Day

00:32:16.500 --> 00:32:16.720
 and

00:32:16.720 --> 00:32:17.180
 love

00:32:17.180 --> 00:32:17.320
 your

00:32:17.320 --> 00:32:17.620
 country

00:32:17.619 --> 00:32:18.019
 please

00:32:18.019 --> 00:32:18.319
 do

00:32:18.319 --> 00:32:19.319
 that

00:32:19.319 --> 00:32:19.459
 you

00:32:19.459 --> 00:32:19.759
 love

00:32:19.759 --> 00:32:20.039
 in

00:32:20.039 --> 00:32:20.839
 higher

00:32:20.839 --> 00:32:21.299
 order

00:32:21.299 --> 00:32:22.039
 the

00:32:22.039 --> 00:32:22.219
 kingdom

00:32:22.219 --> 00:32:22.419
 of

00:32:22.419 --> 00:32:22.719
 God.

00:32:23.500 --> 00:32:23.839
 Peter

00:32:23.839 --> 00:32:24.119
 writes

00:32:24.119 --> 00:32:24.299
 1

00:32:24.299 --> 00:32:24.500
 Peter

00:32:24.500 --> 00:32:24.859
 2

00:32:24.859 --> 00:32:25.239
 9

00:32:25.239 --> 00:32:25.379
 and

00:32:25.379 --> 00:32:25.599
 10

00:32:25.599 --> 00:32:25.759
 but

00:32:25.759 --> 00:32:25.859
 you

00:32:25.859 --> 00:32:25.939
 are

00:32:25.939 --> 00:32:26.079
 a

00:32:26.079 --> 00:32:26.399
 chosen

00:32:26.399 --> 00:32:26.959
 race

00:32:26.959 --> 00:32:27.839
 a

00:32:27.839 --> 00:32:28.139
 royal

00:32:28.139 --> 00:32:28.879
 priesthood

00:32:28.879 --> 00:32:29.539
 a

00:32:29.539 --> 00:32:29.819
 holy

00:32:29.819 --> 00:32:30.299
 nation

00:32:30.299 --> 00:32:31.019
 a

00:32:31.019 --> 00:32:31.279
 people

00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:31.500
 for

00:32:31.500 --> 00:32:31.659
 his

00:32:31.659 --> 00:32:31.979
 own

00:32:31.979 --> 00:32:32.459
 possession

00:32:32.459 --> 00:32:33.259
 that

00:32:33.259 --> 00:32:33.519
 you

00:32:33.519 --> 00:32:33.859
 may

00:32:33.859 --> 00:32:34.319
 proclaim

00:32:34.319 --> 00:32:34.759
 the

00:32:34.759 --> 00:32:35.319
 excellencies

00:32:35.319 --> 00:32:35.539
 of

00:32:35.539 --> 00:32:35.699
 him

00:32:35.699 --> 00:32:35.819
 who

00:32:35.819 --> 00:32:36.059
 called

00:32:36.059 --> 00:32:36.159
 you

00:32:36.159 --> 00:32:36.259
 out

00:32:36.259 --> 00:32:36.339
 of

00:32:36.339 --> 00:32:36.679
 darkness

00:32:36.679 --> 00:32:37.419
 into

00:32:37.419 --> 00:32:37.599
 his

00:32:37.599 --> 00:32:37.919
 marvelous

00:32:37.919 --> 00:32:38.339
 light

00:32:38.339 --> 00:32:39.279
 once

00:32:39.279 --> 00:32:39.399
 you

00:32:39.399 --> 00:32:39.519
 were

00:32:39.519 --> 00:32:39.759
 not

00:32:39.759 --> 00:32:39.879
 a

00:32:39.879 --> 00:32:40.179
 people

00:32:40.179 --> 00:32:40.919
 but

00:32:40.919 --> 00:32:41.079
 now

00:32:41.079 --> 00:32:41.199
 you

00:32:41.199 --> 00:32:41.319
 are

00:32:41.319 --> 00:32:41.759
 God's

00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:42.039
 people

00:32:42.039 --> 00:32:42.919
 once

00:32:42.919 --> 00:32:43.059
 you

00:32:43.059 --> 00:32:43.199
 had

00:32:43.199 --> 00:32:43.459
 not

00:32:43.460 --> 00:32:43.840
 received

00:32:43.840 --> 00:32:44.240
 mercy

00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:44.940
 but

00:32:44.940 --> 00:32:45.299
 now

00:32:45.299 --> 00:32:45.779
 you

00:32:45.779 --> 00:32:46.279
 have

00:32:46.279 --> 00:32:47.319
 received

00:32:47.319 --> 00:32:48.200
 mercy

00:32:48.200 --> 00:32:49.980
 and

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 so

00:32:50.079 --> 00:32:50.299
 we

00:32:50.299 --> 00:32:51.340
 have

00:32:51.340 --> 00:32:51.579
 a

00:32:51.579 --> 00:32:52.160
 common

00:32:52.160 --> 00:32:53.700
 confidence

00:32:53.700 --> 00:32:54.700
 a

00:32:54.700 --> 00:32:54.900
 common

00:32:54.900 --> 00:32:55.360
 confession

00:32:55.360 --> 00:32:55.600
 a

00:32:55.600 --> 00:32:55.860
 common

00:32:55.860 --> 00:32:56.600
 communication

00:32:56.600 --> 00:32:57.319
 common

00:32:57.319 --> 00:32:58.079
 commission

00:32:58.079 --> 00:32:58.319
 a

00:32:58.319 --> 00:32:58.620
 common

00:32:58.620 --> 00:32:59.720
 conflict

00:32:59.720 --> 00:33:00.960
 and

00:33:00.960 --> 00:33:01.079
 a

00:33:01.079 --> 00:33:01.360
 common

00:33:01.360 --> 00:33:02.579
 calling

00:33:02.579 --> 00:33:04.200
 but

00:33:04.200 --> 00:33:04.440
 the true

00:33:04.440 --> 00:33:04.740
 church

00:33:04.740 --> 00:33:05.039
 has a

00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:05.200
 lot

00:33:05.200 --> 00:33:05.360
 in

00:33:05.360 --> 00:33:05.640
 common

00:33:05.640 --> 00:33:06.440
 doesn't

00:33:06.440 --> 00:33:06.920
 it

00:33:06.920 --> 00:33:07.920
 praise

00:33:07.920 --> 00:33:08.440
 God

00:33:08.440 --> 00:33:09.039
 that

00:33:09.039 --> 00:33:09.440
 Jesus

00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:10.500
 said

00:33:10.500 --> 00:33:11.340
 and

00:33:11.340 --> 00:33:11.580
 he

00:33:11.580 --> 00:33:12.059
 is

00:33:12.059 --> 00:33:12.920
 accomplishing

00:33:12.920 --> 00:33:13.759
 his

00:33:13.759 --> 00:33:14.160
 promise

00:33:14.160 --> 00:33:14.380
 that

00:33:14.380 --> 00:33:14.720
 he

00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:15.180
 will

00:33:15.180 --> 00:33:15.799
 build

00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:16.580
 his

00:33:16.580 --> 00:33:18.360
 church

00:33:18.360 --> 00:33:19.160
 and

00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:19.420
 praise

00:33:19.420 --> 00:33:19.840
 God

00:33:19.840 --> 00:33:20.320
 that

00:33:20.320 --> 00:33:20.400
 he

00:33:20.400 --> 00:33:20.539
 has

00:33:20.539 --> 00:33:21.259
 lovingly

00:33:21.259 --> 00:33:21.580
 made

00:33:21.580 --> 00:33:21.799
 us

00:33:21.799 --> 00:33:21.980
 his

00:33:21.980 --> 00:33:22.400
 own

00:33:22.400 --> 00:33:23.039
 and

00:33:23.039 --> 00:33:23.539
 employed

00:33:23.539 --> 00:33:24.000
 us

00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:24.860
 in

00:33:24.860 --> 00:33:25.039
 this

00:33:25.039 --> 00:33:25.559
 process

00:33:25.559 --> 00:33:26.480
 let's

00:33:26.480 --> 00:33:26.640
 pray

00:33:26.640 --> 00:33:26.960
 together