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 1112. That's the page number.

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 So it's great to hear Avian's story this morning. Love to hear that.

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 But I just had to question the beginning as Avian began. She said, I'm not used to public speaking.

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 Well, I and my wife travelled with Avian six hours to Derry for a wedding.

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 And I can say Avian is well used to public speaking. Not a problem at all.

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 And if you want to take a journey and you don't want it to be boring, take Avian with you.

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 And she'll supply you with good conversation and lots of goodies as well.

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 So we're going to read from Acts chapter 16, starting at verse 11. It's a very short account.

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 True story.

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 It's the Apostle Paul and some of his companions are travelling.

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 And they meet a lady called Lydia. So we're going to read from verse 11 through to verse 15.

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 From Troas, so this is north-west Turkey. From Troas, we put out to sea and sailed straight for Sermothrace,

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 which was a group of islands in the Mediterranean.

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 And the next day we went on to Neapolis, which is modern-day Greece.

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 From there we travelled to Philippi, which was about ten kilometres inland,

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 a Roman colony and the leading city of that district of Macedonia.

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 And we stayed there several days.

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 On the Sabbath, the holy day for the Jews, we went outside the city gate to the river

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 where we expected to find a place of prayer or to find people who would gather together to pray.

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 We sat down and began to speak to the women who had gathered there.

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 One of those who was listening was a woman from the city of Thyatira named Lydia,

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 a dealer in purple cloth.

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 And she was a worshipper of God.

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 The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul's message.

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 When she and the members of her household were baptised, she invited us to her home.

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 If you consider me a believer in the Lord, she said,

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 come and stay at my house.

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 And she persuaded us.

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 Well, I'm going to pray and ask God to help us as we look at his word together.

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 Let's pray.

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 Father, thank you for this true account,

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 recorded for us, written down for us to read today.

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 And we pray that you would help us to understand what it's teaching us

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 and how it applies to us

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 and that we would respond in a way that is good for us and pleases you.

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 Amen.

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 Well, we all love a good news story, don't we?

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 And that's what we have in this text in our reading this morning.

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 We meet a lady called Lydia who's heard some good news and it changes her life.

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 In fact, it's the same good news that Avine has heard and changed her life too.

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 So three things we're going to look at from this short reading.

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 We're going to look at a good news message, a heart-opening experience,

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 and a life-changing response.

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 So a good news message, a heart-opening experience,

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 and a life-changing response.

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 So first, a good news message.

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 Look at verse 13 with me.

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 On the Sabbath, Paul and his companions went outside the city gate to the river

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 where we expected to find a place to pray.

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 And we sat down and began to speak to the women who had gathered there.

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 I'm sure there was perhaps the usual,

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 hello, how are you, my name is, what's your name,

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 where do you come from, what do you do, and so on and so forth.

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 But there's something specific here, isn't there?

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 He's speaking to the women.

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 What was he talking about?

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 What was his message?

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 What did he have to share with them?

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 Well, if we go back just a couple of verses to verse 10,

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 in the lead-up to this account,

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 we're told that Paul had a vision.

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 And we read in verse 10,

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 after Paul had seen the vision,

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 we got ready at once to leave for Macedonia,

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 concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.

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 You see, Paul was not on a lovely big yacht,

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 on a luxurious Mediterranean holiday,

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 sailing all around the Greek islands to sun himself.

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 No, Paul was on a mission,

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 sent by God,

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 to preach the gospel.

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 Now, the gospel is one of those words,

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 it's a summary term,

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 for a good news announcement.

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 A good news announcement.

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 And there are three things about this gospel message.

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 First, it's good news,

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 and not a vice.

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 The gospel is not religious advice

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 about how to be a better person.

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 Every religion in the world gives advice.

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 You must do this.

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 You must do that.

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 You've got to stop doing this,

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 and stop doing that,

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 and achieve this.

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 Well, the gospel is completely the opposite.

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 It's a good news announcement

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 that we have been rescued or saved.

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 So it's a good news announcement,

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 not advice.

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 Second, it's good news of salvation.

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 Look, if I were going out today

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 and having a walk by the sea

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 and the wind and the rain

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 and got blown off into the water,

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 I would need saving.

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 That means,

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 if I stay where I am,

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 I'm in danger.

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 I need to be rescued.

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 Now, the good news message

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 is that we can be rescued

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 from the danger we're all in.

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 You say,

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 well, Johnny,

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 what kind of danger am I in?

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 Is the roof going to suddenly

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 blow off this building?

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 No, I hope it's not going to do that.

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 The Bible actually makes it very clear

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 what it is.

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 We're facing God's promised judgment.

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 Just flick on a page.

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 I think it'll just be a page in your Bible

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 to Acts chapter 17.

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 So that's the big 17

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 and then the smaller verse 31.

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 Acts 17 verse 31.

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 This is a little bit later on

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 in Paul's travels

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 as he continued to share

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 the gospel,

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 the good news.

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 So in verse 31 it says,

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 He,

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 for he that is God,

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 has set a day,

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 and we don't know

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 when that day will be,

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 but he has set a day

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 when he will judge the world

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 with justice

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 by the man he has appointed.

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 Well, who's that?

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 Who's the man

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 who's going to judge the world?

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 Well,

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 he has given proof of this

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 to everyone

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 by raising him

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 from the dead.

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 That person is

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 the Lord Jesus Christ

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 who is going to judge the world

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 with justice.

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 Now that's both a good news thing

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 because we want justice to be done,

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 but it's also a danger

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 because, well,

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 we too will be judged.

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 Just look at our world

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 and our lives

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 and we can see

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 that all is not well.

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 The war in Ukraine

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 and Gaza,

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 the fallout

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 between nations,

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 the divisions

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 that remain

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 on the north

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 of our islands.

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 But also,

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 when we look into

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 our own lives,

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 we see breakdown

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 in our own relationships,

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 we're selfish

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 in our attitudes,

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 we're not at peace,

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 there's an inner turmoil.

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 So the problem

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 isn't always out there.

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 The problem is

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 in here,

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 in my heart.

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 That's what puts us

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 in danger.

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 Listen to what

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 Avine said.

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 This is a quote

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 from her story.

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 She says,

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 the problem was

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 I was bad

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 and I knew I was bad.

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 It's not that

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 I didn't want to be good.

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 I tried,

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 but I kept on failing

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 and I knew

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 I was not good enough

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 to go to heaven

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 on my own merit.

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 I needed

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 a saviour.

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 Avine recognised

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 she needed a rescuer.

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 You see,

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 this world

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 that we live in

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 belongs to God.

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 He made it,

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 he owns it.

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 And he wonderfully

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 made you and I

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 and made us

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 the way we are,

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 unique

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 and beautiful.

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 And that means

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 he owns us

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 as well.

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 And God

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 isn't going to let us

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 go on ruining

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 our lives

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 and the world

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 in which we live.

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 He's promised

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 to come and

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 bring

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 justice.

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 A judgement

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 that will be

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 fair and right

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 and will see us

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 separated from God

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 and all that is

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 good.

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 But the good news

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 is that we are

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 saved,

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 rescued

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 from that judgement.

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 We are rescued

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 from danger.

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 Well, how are we

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 rescued?

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 Well, the third

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 point is this.

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 It's good news

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 about Jesus.

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 You see, the good news

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 message here today

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 is not

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 stop being bad,

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 Avine,

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 stop being bad

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 and start being good.

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 No, it's

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 a good news

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 message about

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 Jesus, our

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 Saviour,

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 who's come to

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 restore our

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 broken lives

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 and renew

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 our disordered

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 world.

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 And he is the

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 one who has

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 achieved the

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 salvation for us.

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 And he's done

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 it in two ways.

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 By his death

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 on the cross

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 and his

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 resurrection

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 from the grave.

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 He saves us

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 first by his

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 death.

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 when Jesus

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 died on the

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 cross,

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 when he was

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 nailed to the

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 cross,

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 he was taking

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 the judgement

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 that we

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 deserve.

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 I want you

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 to imagine

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 that this

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 blue covered

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 book that I

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 have here

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 is,

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 well, let's

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 take Avine

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 since Avine's

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 getting baptised.

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 This is a

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 record of

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 Avine's life.

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 Everything you

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 want to know

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 about Avine

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 from the moment

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 she was born

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 until the day

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 she dies,

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 everything is

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 recorded in

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 this book.

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 Fascinating

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 reading.

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 It would go

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 off the shelves,

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 no problem

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 at all.

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 All the good

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 things Avine

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 has ever done

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 are written

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 down.

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 Everything she's

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 ever thought,

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 anything she's

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 ever said,

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 are all here.

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 All her great

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 public achievements,

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 all those medals

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 that she's won

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 and all those

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 plaques for

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 gymnastics and

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 everything else,

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 all there,

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 all the great

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 things that she

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 loves to tell

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 people about,

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 but also the

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 private things,

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 the things that

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 nobody else

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 knows about.

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 It's a bit

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 like our

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 record too,

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 isn't it?

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 And it means

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 that this

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 record of us

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 stands between

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 us and God.

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 And if God

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 is going to

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 judge,

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 it will be

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 judged by the

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 record of our

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 life and we

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 will not

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 stand.

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 So that's

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 one book,

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 I want you to

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 keep that in

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 mind.

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 The second

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 book is this,

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 I want you to

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 imagine that

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 this orange

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 covered book

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 is a record

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 of the life

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 of Jesus

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 Christ.

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 That everything

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 Jesus did

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 and said and

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 thought is all

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 recorded here,

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 from his life

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 to his death

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 and beyond,

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 everything written

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 down.

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 All the things

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 he did as a

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 child,

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 in the

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 carpenter shop

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 where he

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 worked with

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 his father,

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 as he went

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 about.

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 But you know

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 what, as you

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 read through

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 the record of

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 Jesus' life,

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 you won't find

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 one thing

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 that he ever

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 said or did

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 or thought

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 that was wrong,

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 that was bad.

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 Could you

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 imagine?

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 I mean, we

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 look at our

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 own lives or

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 maybe you have

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 children, we

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 don't have to

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 tell them to

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 be naughty.

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 why is it

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 that they

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 just are

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 naughty?

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 And why

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 do I, no

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 matter how

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 many times

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 I'm told,

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 I'm naughty?

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 Because I'm

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 not good, I

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 have a heart

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 problem.

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 So, but

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 Jesus' life

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 is perfect.

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 So that's what

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 happens on the

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 cross.

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 We've got our

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 life and the

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 record here and

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 the life of

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 Jesus.

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 And what

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 happens is

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 there's an

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 exchange.

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 Jesus takes

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 my record to

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 himself and

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 the judgment

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 falls on him

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 and he's

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 punished in my

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 place.

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 But more

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 wonderfully than

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 that, the

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 record of

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 Jesus is

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 transferred to

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 my life so

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 that when God

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 looks at me,

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 he sees the

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 record of

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 Jesus' life

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 which is

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 applied to

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 my life.

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 Isn't that

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 wonderful?

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 that's why

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 it's called

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 a good news

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 story.

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 The death

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 of Jesus

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 rescues us.

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 And so does

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 his resurrection

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 because when

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 Jesus died,

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 he didn't stay

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 dead, he rose

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 from the grave

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 defeating death

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 and giving

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 eternal life.

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 You see, none

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 of us can

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 escape death.

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 One day,

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 sadly, it will

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 come to us

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 all, every one

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 of us in this

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 room.

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 And the

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 most painful

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 thing about

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 death, well

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 it separates

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 us from

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 those we

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 most love,

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 our friends

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 and our

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 family.

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 But most

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 of all, it

00:16:03.780 --> 00:16:04.640
 separates us

00:16:04.640 --> 00:16:05.240
 from God.

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 But Jesus, when

00:16:06.800 --> 00:16:08.040
 he died, he

00:16:08.040 --> 00:16:09.100
 was placed in a

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 grave and

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 three days later

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 he was raised

00:16:12.160 --> 00:16:13.080
 again to life.

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 He crushed

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 death to

00:16:16.259 --> 00:16:16.860
 life, to

00:16:16.860 --> 00:16:17.280
 death.

00:16:17.279 --> 00:16:17.339
 death.

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 He destroyed

00:16:18.519 --> 00:16:19.179
 death for

00:16:19.179 --> 00:16:19.799
 us so that

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 we might

00:16:21.179 --> 00:16:21.860
 have life

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 forever.

00:16:24.079 --> 00:16:24.939
 That is a

00:16:24.939 --> 00:16:26.039
 good news

00:16:26.039 --> 00:16:27.199
 message.

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 A message

00:16:28.579 --> 00:16:29.579
 of salvation

00:16:29.579 --> 00:16:31.039
 through

00:16:31.039 --> 00:16:31.819
 Jesus.

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 Listen

00:16:33.559 --> 00:16:34.659
 again to

00:16:34.659 --> 00:16:35.240
 what Avin

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 said.

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 This is a

00:16:36.199 --> 00:16:37.279
 quote from

00:16:37.279 --> 00:16:38.019
 her story.

00:16:38.860 --> 00:16:39.500
 She says,

00:16:39.720 --> 00:16:40.879
 God sent

00:16:40.879 --> 00:16:41.720
 his son,

00:16:42.319 --> 00:16:43.279
 Jesus Christ,

00:16:43.899 --> 00:16:44.899
 to die on

00:16:44.899 --> 00:16:45.539
 a cross and

00:16:45.539 --> 00:16:45.939
 take the

00:16:45.940 --> 00:16:46.660
 punishment that

00:16:46.660 --> 00:16:47.520
 I deserved

00:16:47.520 --> 00:16:48.280
 for my

00:16:48.280 --> 00:16:49.960
 sins, so

00:16:49.960 --> 00:16:50.340
 that I

00:16:50.340 --> 00:16:50.800
 could now

00:16:50.800 --> 00:16:51.440
 be counted

00:16:51.440 --> 00:16:52.260
 as holy

00:16:52.260 --> 00:16:53.940
 and righteous

00:16:53.940 --> 00:16:55.780
 before God.

00:16:57.560 --> 00:16:59.480
 So, that

00:16:59.480 --> 00:17:00.660
 is a good

00:17:00.660 --> 00:17:01.360
 news

00:17:01.360 --> 00:17:02.600
 message.

00:17:04.880 --> 00:17:06.059
 Next, a

00:17:06.059 --> 00:17:07.180
 heart-opening

00:17:07.180 --> 00:17:08.259
 experience.

00:17:08.519 --> 00:17:08.820
 Look at

00:17:08.820 --> 00:17:09.580
 verse 14

00:17:09.580 --> 00:17:10.120
 with me

00:17:10.120 --> 00:17:11.180
 in the

00:17:11.180 --> 00:17:11.820
 story.

00:17:12.779 --> 00:17:13.860
 Verse 14.

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 One of

00:17:15.099 --> 00:17:15.819
 those listening

00:17:15.819 --> 00:17:17.199
 to this

00:17:17.199 --> 00:17:18.500
 great gospel

00:17:18.500 --> 00:17:19.119
 good news

00:17:19.119 --> 00:17:20.639
 message was

00:17:20.639 --> 00:17:21.339
 a woman from

00:17:21.339 --> 00:17:22.079
 the city of

00:17:22.079 --> 00:17:22.959
 Thyatira,

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 which was

00:17:23.599 --> 00:17:24.619
 back in

00:17:24.619 --> 00:17:25.059
 Turkey.

00:17:25.559 --> 00:17:26.079
 Her name

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 was Lydia,

00:17:27.879 --> 00:17:28.959
 a dealer in

00:17:28.959 --> 00:17:29.879
 purple cloth.

00:17:30.259 --> 00:17:30.939
 Now, purple

00:17:30.939 --> 00:17:32.139
 cloth was a

00:17:32.139 --> 00:17:33.240
 very expensive

00:17:33.240 --> 00:17:33.759
 item.

00:17:33.879 --> 00:17:34.179
 You had to

00:17:34.179 --> 00:17:34.539
 have a lot

00:17:34.539 --> 00:17:35.119
 of money if

00:17:35.119 --> 00:17:35.419
 you had

00:17:35.419 --> 00:17:36.199
 purple cloth.

00:17:36.679 --> 00:17:37.000
 So, in

00:17:37.000 --> 00:17:37.419
 some ways,

00:17:37.519 --> 00:17:38.740
 Lydia was a

00:17:38.740 --> 00:17:39.939
 fashion designer,

00:17:40.079 --> 00:17:40.619
 a fashion

00:17:40.619 --> 00:17:41.059
 seller.

00:17:41.059 --> 00:17:42.200
 So, anything

00:17:42.200 --> 00:17:42.919
 just, I mean,

00:17:42.980 --> 00:17:43.299
 look at

00:17:43.299 --> 00:17:44.079
 Avine in

00:17:44.079 --> 00:17:44.779
 her designer

00:17:44.779 --> 00:17:45.819
 fashion today.

00:17:46.240 --> 00:17:47.019
 That kind

00:17:47.019 --> 00:17:47.980
 of purple

00:17:47.980 --> 00:17:48.480
 cloth.

00:17:49.159 --> 00:17:49.559
 And it

00:17:49.559 --> 00:17:50.179
 tells us as

00:17:50.179 --> 00:17:50.559
 well that

00:17:50.559 --> 00:17:51.940
 Lydia was

00:17:51.940 --> 00:17:53.159
 a worshipper

00:17:53.159 --> 00:17:54.440
 of God.

00:17:55.139 --> 00:17:55.879
 We might

00:17:55.879 --> 00:17:56.639
 call her a

00:17:56.639 --> 00:17:57.579
 God-fearing

00:17:57.579 --> 00:17:58.419
 woman.

00:17:59.480 --> 00:18:00.159
 Lydia was a

00:18:00.159 --> 00:18:01.179
 very devout

00:18:01.179 --> 00:18:02.259
 religious person.

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 She would

00:18:03.019 --> 00:18:03.639
 say her

00:18:03.639 --> 00:18:04.619
 prayers and

00:18:04.619 --> 00:18:04.980
 she would

00:18:04.980 --> 00:18:05.599
 do good

00:18:05.599 --> 00:18:06.139
 things.

00:18:06.440 --> 00:18:06.960
 She was the

00:18:06.960 --> 00:18:07.379
 kind of

00:18:07.379 --> 00:18:08.339
 person where

00:18:08.339 --> 00:18:09.240
 Lydia never

00:18:09.240 --> 00:18:09.899
 ever missed

00:18:09.899 --> 00:18:10.299
 church.

00:18:10.299 --> 00:18:10.720
 She was

00:18:10.720 --> 00:18:11.500
 always there.

00:18:12.700 --> 00:18:13.220
 But here's

00:18:13.220 --> 00:18:13.819
 the point.

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 It seems

00:18:15.240 --> 00:18:16.099
 Lydia didn't

00:18:16.099 --> 00:18:17.139
 know anything

00:18:17.139 --> 00:18:18.599
 about Jesus.

00:18:19.940 --> 00:18:20.399
 In fact,

00:18:20.639 --> 00:18:21.240
 it seems she

00:18:21.240 --> 00:18:22.000
 never heard

00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:22.960
 about Jesus.

00:18:23.480 --> 00:18:24.440
 But when she

00:18:24.440 --> 00:18:25.119
 heard the

00:18:25.119 --> 00:18:26.139
 gospel message

00:18:26.139 --> 00:18:26.940
 from Paul,

00:18:27.259 --> 00:18:28.059
 as he taught

00:18:28.059 --> 00:18:29.240
 it, something

00:18:29.240 --> 00:18:29.980
 dramatic,

00:18:31.019 --> 00:18:31.399
 something

00:18:31.399 --> 00:18:32.480
 extraordinary

00:18:32.480 --> 00:18:33.419
 took place

00:18:33.419 --> 00:18:34.119
 in her life.

00:18:34.460 --> 00:18:34.859
 Do you see

00:18:34.859 --> 00:18:35.599
 what it was?

00:18:36.299 --> 00:18:36.720
 Look at the

00:18:36.720 --> 00:18:37.259
 rest of verse

00:18:37.259 --> 00:18:37.779
 14.

00:18:38.839 --> 00:18:39.519
 Look what

00:18:39.519 --> 00:18:40.200
 happened when

00:18:40.200 --> 00:18:40.620
 she heard

00:18:40.620 --> 00:18:41.299
 the message.

00:18:42.220 --> 00:18:43.480
 The Lord

00:18:43.480 --> 00:18:45.580
 opened Lydia's

00:18:45.580 --> 00:18:47.660
 heart to

00:18:47.660 --> 00:18:49.480
 respond to

00:18:49.480 --> 00:18:50.000
 Paul's

00:18:50.000 --> 00:18:50.559
 message.

00:18:51.460 --> 00:18:52.319
 As the

00:18:52.319 --> 00:18:53.000
 message was

00:18:53.000 --> 00:18:54.860
 shared, God

00:18:54.860 --> 00:18:55.740
 was working

00:18:55.740 --> 00:18:57.100
 in her life.

00:18:57.580 --> 00:18:58.759
 God opened

00:18:58.759 --> 00:18:59.740
 her heart to

00:18:59.740 --> 00:19:01.220
 believe the

00:19:01.220 --> 00:19:01.799
 message.

00:19:01.799 --> 00:19:03.799
 God

00:19:03.799 --> 00:19:04.799
 is

00:19:04.799 --> 00:19:05.279
 God

00:19:05.279 --> 00:19:06.480
 opened.

00:19:06.480 --> 00:19:06.879
 God

00:19:06.879 --> 00:19:08.059
 opened, we're

00:19:08.059 --> 00:19:08.960
 not talking in a

00:19:08.960 --> 00:19:11.039
 physical sense, but a

00:19:11.039 --> 00:19:12.440
 spiritual sense.

00:19:13.159 --> 00:19:14.359
 And it means at least

00:19:14.359 --> 00:19:15.259
 two things.

00:19:16.079 --> 00:19:17.000
 If God opens your

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 heart, it first

00:19:18.399 --> 00:19:19.220
 means that God

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 enables you to

00:19:21.139 --> 00:19:22.720
 see your need of

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 salvation.

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 salvation.

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 You might

00:19:25.500 --> 00:19:26.339
 respond and say,

00:19:26.460 --> 00:19:27.839
 well, Johnny, you

00:19:27.839 --> 00:19:28.279
 know what, I

00:19:28.279 --> 00:19:29.200
 don't need

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 rescued.

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 If you knew my

00:19:31.960 --> 00:19:32.740
 life, you would

00:19:32.740 --> 00:19:33.539
 know that I'm not

00:19:33.539 --> 00:19:34.240
 really a bad

00:19:34.240 --> 00:19:34.779
 person.

00:19:35.139 --> 00:19:35.859
 I live a good

00:19:35.859 --> 00:19:36.859
 life, I'm

00:19:36.859 --> 00:19:37.559
 kind to my

00:19:37.559 --> 00:19:38.619
 friends, I

00:19:38.619 --> 00:19:39.059
 love my

00:19:39.059 --> 00:19:39.639
 family.

00:19:40.339 --> 00:19:41.000
 I'm not

00:19:41.000 --> 00:19:42.379
 perfect, but I'm

00:19:42.379 --> 00:19:43.399
 certainly not in the

00:19:43.399 --> 00:19:45.119
 category of Putin or

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 the Israeli

00:19:45.779 --> 00:19:46.419
 commanders.

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 I'm not like

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 that.

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 But look at

00:19:50.019 --> 00:19:50.339
 Lydia.

00:19:50.339 --> 00:19:51.939
 Lydia, she

00:19:51.939 --> 00:19:52.939
 was a worshipper

00:19:52.939 --> 00:19:54.899
 of God, a

00:19:54.899 --> 00:19:56.019
 religious person,

00:19:56.179 --> 00:19:57.220
 very devout.

00:19:57.879 --> 00:19:58.679
 So if there was

00:19:58.679 --> 00:20:00.319
 one person who

00:20:00.319 --> 00:20:01.179
 didn't need

00:20:01.179 --> 00:20:03.139
 rescued, well, it

00:20:03.139 --> 00:20:04.099
 has to be Lydia,

00:20:04.279 --> 00:20:04.859
 doesn't it?

00:20:06.439 --> 00:20:07.799
 But yet God had

00:20:07.799 --> 00:20:08.899
 to open up her

00:20:08.899 --> 00:20:11.019
 heart to see her

00:20:11.019 --> 00:20:13.039
 need of salvation.

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 Yes, it's true,

00:20:14.980 --> 00:20:16.419
 even Lydia, a

00:20:16.419 --> 00:20:17.959
 good person,

00:20:19.119 --> 00:20:20.259
 needed to be

00:20:20.259 --> 00:20:20.779
 saved.

00:20:22.099 --> 00:20:22.900
 You see, left to

00:20:22.900 --> 00:20:23.299
 our own

00:20:23.299 --> 00:20:25.059
 assessment, we

00:20:25.059 --> 00:20:25.799
 will always think

00:20:25.799 --> 00:20:26.700
 of ourselves more

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 highly than we

00:20:27.660 --> 00:20:28.279
 ought.

00:20:29.539 --> 00:20:30.500
 We have those

00:20:30.500 --> 00:20:31.539
 inner arguments,

00:20:31.720 --> 00:20:32.160
 don't we?

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 And why is it

00:20:34.299 --> 00:20:35.400
 that we always

00:20:35.400 --> 00:20:36.299
 come out on the

00:20:36.299 --> 00:20:38.000
 right side, and

00:20:38.000 --> 00:20:38.859
 everybody else is

00:20:38.859 --> 00:20:39.539
 always wrong?

00:20:40.980 --> 00:20:42.000
 You see, we need

00:20:42.000 --> 00:20:43.579
 God to open up

00:20:43.579 --> 00:20:45.160
 our eyes to

00:20:45.160 --> 00:20:45.960
 enable us to

00:20:45.960 --> 00:20:47.500
 see just how

00:20:47.500 --> 00:20:48.720
 desperate we

00:20:48.720 --> 00:20:50.720
 need to be

00:20:50.720 --> 00:20:51.220
 saved.

00:20:51.839 --> 00:20:53.059
 We need God to

00:20:53.059 --> 00:20:53.940
 open up our

00:20:53.940 --> 00:20:54.519
 hearts.

00:20:56.160 --> 00:20:57.100
 And the second

00:20:57.100 --> 00:20:57.759
 thing that it

00:20:57.759 --> 00:20:59.660
 would mean is

00:20:59.660 --> 00:21:00.640
 that God

00:21:00.640 --> 00:21:02.799
 enables us to

00:21:02.799 --> 00:21:04.600
 trust Jesus for

00:21:04.600 --> 00:21:05.200
 salvation.

00:21:06.559 --> 00:21:07.680
 Again, we might

00:21:07.680 --> 00:21:08.539
 respond and say,

00:21:08.640 --> 00:21:10.480
 well, you might

00:21:10.480 --> 00:21:11.420
 trust in Jesus,

00:21:12.120 --> 00:21:13.600
 but I'm going to

00:21:13.600 --> 00:21:15.140
 trust in me.

00:21:15.140 --> 00:21:16.860
 Jesus might be

00:21:16.860 --> 00:21:18.000
 one way, but I'm

00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:18.720
 sure there's lots

00:21:18.720 --> 00:21:19.360
 of other ways.

00:21:19.740 --> 00:21:21.040
 I can manage to

00:21:21.040 --> 00:21:22.080
 save myself.

00:21:22.360 --> 00:21:23.600
 We always back

00:21:23.600 --> 00:21:25.540
 ourselves to

00:21:25.540 --> 00:21:26.460
 rescue ourselves

00:21:26.460 --> 00:21:27.140
 out of trouble.

00:21:28.600 --> 00:21:29.220
 Well, no.

00:21:30.420 --> 00:21:31.520
 Listen to what

00:21:31.520 --> 00:21:32.880
 the Apostle

00:21:32.880 --> 00:21:33.680
 Peter said.

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 It comes a

00:21:35.920 --> 00:21:36.740
 little earlier in

00:21:36.740 --> 00:21:37.160
 Acts.

00:21:38.220 --> 00:21:39.160
 Speaking about

00:21:39.160 --> 00:21:40.160
 Jesus, he says,

00:21:40.160 --> 00:21:41.259
 salvation is

00:21:41.259 --> 00:21:42.140
 found where?

00:21:43.460 --> 00:21:45.240
 In no one

00:21:45.240 --> 00:21:45.759
 else.

00:21:46.960 --> 00:21:47.820
 For there is

00:21:47.820 --> 00:21:49.259
 no other name

00:21:49.259 --> 00:21:50.500
 under heaven

00:21:50.500 --> 00:21:51.940
 given to

00:21:51.940 --> 00:21:52.580
 mankind

00:21:52.580 --> 00:21:54.300
 by which

00:21:54.300 --> 00:21:55.300
 we must be

00:21:55.300 --> 00:21:55.820
 saved.

00:21:56.500 --> 00:21:57.740
 It's only

00:21:57.740 --> 00:21:58.700
 Jesus.

00:21:59.840 --> 00:22:00.519
 Left to our

00:22:00.519 --> 00:22:01.400
 own choice, we

00:22:01.400 --> 00:22:02.120
 will always

00:22:02.120 --> 00:22:03.460
 choose someone

00:22:03.460 --> 00:22:04.040
 else or

00:22:04.040 --> 00:22:05.040
 something else.

00:22:05.400 --> 00:22:06.140
 But we need

00:22:06.140 --> 00:22:07.779
 God to open

00:22:07.779 --> 00:22:08.200
 up our

00:22:08.200 --> 00:22:10.180
 hearts to

00:22:10.180 --> 00:22:11.019
 see that we

00:22:11.019 --> 00:22:12.440
 need him to

00:22:12.440 --> 00:22:13.379
 rescue us.

00:22:15.180 --> 00:22:16.200
 So how can

00:22:16.200 --> 00:22:17.720
 I, how can

00:22:17.720 --> 00:22:18.480
 we have the

00:22:18.480 --> 00:22:19.660
 same experience

00:22:19.660 --> 00:22:20.500
 as Lydia in

00:22:20.500 --> 00:22:21.200
 this story?

00:22:21.720 --> 00:22:22.339
 Well, we need

00:22:22.339 --> 00:22:23.359
 to ask God to

00:22:23.359 --> 00:22:24.000
 humbly come

00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:24.899
 before God and

00:22:24.899 --> 00:22:25.500
 say to him,

00:22:25.879 --> 00:22:26.960
 please show me

00:22:26.960 --> 00:22:27.680
 my need of

00:22:27.680 --> 00:22:28.279
 salvation.

00:22:29.619 --> 00:22:30.960
 Enable me to

00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:32.480
 trust Jesus

00:22:32.480 --> 00:22:33.799
 for salvation.

00:22:35.319 --> 00:22:36.259
 Listen again

00:22:36.259 --> 00:22:37.400
 to Avine's

00:22:37.400 --> 00:22:37.779
 story.

00:22:39.200 --> 00:22:39.920
 This is what

00:22:39.920 --> 00:22:40.519
 she says,

00:22:41.379 --> 00:22:42.400
 Miraculously,

00:22:43.160 --> 00:22:44.539
 God still

00:22:44.539 --> 00:22:45.619
 loved me.

00:22:46.740 --> 00:22:47.759
 He loved me

00:22:47.759 --> 00:22:48.940
 so much

00:22:48.940 --> 00:22:50.079
 that he

00:22:50.079 --> 00:22:50.660
 wanted to

00:22:50.660 --> 00:22:51.299
 save me,

00:22:52.200 --> 00:22:53.160
 so he

00:22:53.160 --> 00:22:53.559
 did.

00:22:54.279 --> 00:22:55.019
 Just like

00:22:55.019 --> 00:22:55.400
 that.

00:22:56.480 --> 00:22:57.000
 He just

00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:57.519
 saved her.

00:22:58.379 --> 00:22:58.740
 You see,

00:22:58.819 --> 00:22:59.640
 this is all

00:22:59.640 --> 00:23:00.480
 good news.

00:23:00.900 --> 00:23:01.599
 God opened

00:23:01.599 --> 00:23:02.440
 Lydia's heart,

00:23:02.920 --> 00:23:03.500
 he opened

00:23:03.500 --> 00:23:04.740
 Avine's heart,

00:23:04.740 --> 00:23:06.019
 he can open

00:23:06.019 --> 00:23:06.599
 my heart,

00:23:06.700 --> 00:23:07.240
 he can open

00:23:07.240 --> 00:23:07.740
 your heart.

00:23:08.079 --> 00:23:08.559
 There is not

00:23:08.559 --> 00:23:09.420
 one person

00:23:09.420 --> 00:23:10.920
 that God

00:23:10.920 --> 00:23:11.839
 cannot work

00:23:11.839 --> 00:23:12.079
 in.

00:23:14.000 --> 00:23:14.779
 So what are

00:23:14.779 --> 00:23:15.180
 we going to

00:23:15.180 --> 00:23:16.599
 do about

00:23:16.599 --> 00:23:17.339
 all this

00:23:17.339 --> 00:23:18.640
 good news?

00:23:20.000 --> 00:23:20.400
 Well,

00:23:21.180 --> 00:23:22.839
 very quickly,

00:23:23.839 --> 00:23:25.900
 a life-changing

00:23:25.900 --> 00:23:26.640
 response.

00:23:26.799 --> 00:23:27.059
 You see,

00:23:27.200 --> 00:23:28.059
 all this good

00:23:28.059 --> 00:23:28.359
 news,

00:23:28.460 --> 00:23:29.079
 this wonderful

00:23:29.079 --> 00:23:29.660
 message,

00:23:29.799 --> 00:23:30.519
 demands a

00:23:30.519 --> 00:23:32.019
 response from

00:23:32.019 --> 00:23:32.660
 each one of

00:23:32.660 --> 00:23:32.960
 us.

00:23:33.620 --> 00:23:34.320
 For Lydia,

00:23:34.480 --> 00:23:34.920
 it was a

00:23:34.920 --> 00:23:35.759
 response that

00:23:35.759 --> 00:23:36.560
 changed her

00:23:36.560 --> 00:23:36.960
 life,

00:23:37.840 --> 00:23:38.400
 and a

00:23:38.400 --> 00:23:39.120
 response that

00:23:39.120 --> 00:23:39.779
 Avine is

00:23:39.779 --> 00:23:40.279
 given that

00:23:40.279 --> 00:23:40.820
 has changed

00:23:40.820 --> 00:23:41.580
 her life

00:23:41.580 --> 00:23:42.300
 too.

00:23:43.180 --> 00:23:43.540
 But what

00:23:43.540 --> 00:23:43.900
 are those

00:23:43.900 --> 00:23:44.500
 responses?

00:23:45.720 --> 00:23:46.279
 First,

00:23:47.580 --> 00:23:47.900
 Lydia

00:23:47.900 --> 00:23:48.680
 believed.

00:23:49.860 --> 00:23:50.540
 The belief

00:23:50.540 --> 00:23:51.340
 isn't just

00:23:51.340 --> 00:23:51.940
 simply a

00:23:51.940 --> 00:23:52.160
 belief,

00:23:52.300 --> 00:23:52.660
 oh yeah,

00:23:52.820 --> 00:23:53.200
 this is

00:23:53.200 --> 00:23:53.560
 true,

00:23:54.000 --> 00:23:54.480
 but it

00:23:54.480 --> 00:23:54.800
 was a

00:23:54.800 --> 00:23:55.560
 belief in

00:23:55.560 --> 00:23:56.519
 a person.

00:23:57.840 --> 00:23:58.220
 Have a

00:23:58.220 --> 00:23:59.019
 look with

00:23:59.019 --> 00:23:59.740
 me just a

00:23:59.740 --> 00:24:00.080
 little bit

00:24:00.080 --> 00:24:00.820
 later on.

00:24:00.819 --> 00:24:00.960
 Paul,

00:24:01.460 --> 00:24:02.279
 the same

00:24:02.279 --> 00:24:02.839
 chapter,

00:24:03.779 --> 00:24:04.460
 and verse

00:24:04.460 --> 00:24:05.279
 30.

00:24:06.899 --> 00:24:07.599
 Because as

00:24:07.599 --> 00:24:08.200
 Paul went

00:24:08.200 --> 00:24:09.579
 about sharing

00:24:09.579 --> 00:24:10.079
 this good

00:24:10.079 --> 00:24:10.439
 news,

00:24:10.779 --> 00:24:11.480
 some people

00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:12.119
 weren't happy

00:24:12.119 --> 00:24:12.539
 with him,

00:24:12.819 --> 00:24:13.159
 and he

00:24:13.159 --> 00:24:13.819
 ended up in

00:24:13.819 --> 00:24:14.939
 prison for

00:24:14.939 --> 00:24:15.740
 talking about

00:24:15.740 --> 00:24:16.419
 the gospel,

00:24:16.599 --> 00:24:16.919
 the good

00:24:16.919 --> 00:24:17.339
 news.

00:24:18.419 --> 00:24:19.179
 And something

00:24:19.179 --> 00:24:20.079
 extraordinary

00:24:20.079 --> 00:24:20.819
 happened.

00:24:21.819 --> 00:24:22.279
 And the

00:24:22.279 --> 00:24:22.879
 jailer who

00:24:22.879 --> 00:24:23.359
 was looking

00:24:23.359 --> 00:24:24.019
 after them

00:24:24.019 --> 00:24:25.500
 cries out to

00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:25.859
 Paul.

00:24:26.659 --> 00:24:26.980
 Do you see

00:24:26.980 --> 00:24:27.339
 it at the

00:24:27.339 --> 00:24:27.839
 end of verse

00:24:27.839 --> 00:24:28.279
 30?

00:24:28.579 --> 00:24:29.079
 This is what

00:24:29.079 --> 00:24:29.559
 he shouts

00:24:29.559 --> 00:24:29.939
 out.

00:24:29.940 --> 00:24:30.940
 He said,

00:24:31.420 --> 00:24:32.080
 Sirs,

00:24:32.360 --> 00:24:33.160
 what must

00:24:33.160 --> 00:24:33.860
 I do to

00:24:33.860 --> 00:24:34.740
 be saved?

00:24:36.400 --> 00:24:37.240
 And they

00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:37.940
 replied,

00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:40.259
 Believe in

00:24:40.259 --> 00:24:40.920
 the Lord

00:24:40.920 --> 00:24:41.620
 Jesus,

00:24:42.660 --> 00:24:43.580
 and you

00:24:43.580 --> 00:24:43.980
 will be

00:24:43.980 --> 00:24:44.559
 saved,

00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:46.120
 you and

00:24:46.120 --> 00:24:46.420
 your

00:24:46.420 --> 00:24:47.360
 household.

00:24:48.380 --> 00:24:49.059
 Then they

00:24:49.059 --> 00:24:49.740
 spoke the

00:24:49.740 --> 00:24:50.400
 word of the

00:24:50.400 --> 00:24:50.779
 Lord to

00:24:50.779 --> 00:24:50.940
 him,

00:24:50.980 --> 00:24:51.480
 that is the

00:24:51.480 --> 00:24:51.880
 gospel,

00:24:52.539 --> 00:24:53.600
 to all the

00:24:53.600 --> 00:24:54.860
 others in

00:24:54.860 --> 00:24:55.500
 the house.

00:24:56.500 --> 00:24:56.880
 Do you see

00:24:56.880 --> 00:24:57.100
 that?

00:24:57.220 --> 00:24:57.960
 What must

00:24:57.960 --> 00:24:58.640
 I do to

00:24:58.640 --> 00:24:59.259
 be saved?

00:24:59.940 --> 00:25:01.220
 Believe in

00:25:01.220 --> 00:25:02.880
 the Lord

00:25:02.880 --> 00:25:03.600
 Jesus.

00:25:04.200 --> 00:25:04.840
 That means

00:25:04.840 --> 00:25:05.799
 entrusting your

00:25:05.799 --> 00:25:06.779
 whole life to

00:25:06.779 --> 00:25:07.140
 Jesus.

00:25:07.539 --> 00:25:08.200
 It's believing

00:25:08.200 --> 00:25:09.480
 that you

00:25:09.480 --> 00:25:10.360
 need him

00:25:10.360 --> 00:25:11.380
 for salvation.

00:25:12.380 --> 00:25:13.000
 It's believing

00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:13.500
 that when

00:25:13.500 --> 00:25:14.600
 Jesus died,

00:25:14.940 --> 00:25:15.680
 he died for

00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:15.980
 me.

00:25:16.900 --> 00:25:17.539
 It's trusting

00:25:17.539 --> 00:25:18.000
 that when

00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:18.620
 Jesus was

00:25:18.620 --> 00:25:19.279
 raised from

00:25:19.279 --> 00:25:19.820
 the grave,

00:25:20.180 --> 00:25:20.519
 he was

00:25:20.519 --> 00:25:21.340
 raised for

00:25:21.340 --> 00:25:21.660
 me.

00:25:23.120 --> 00:25:23.559
 Again,

00:25:23.680 --> 00:25:24.160
 listen to

00:25:24.160 --> 00:25:24.580
 Avin.

00:25:24.580 --> 00:25:25.660
 She says it

00:25:25.660 --> 00:25:26.320
 so well.

00:25:26.319 --> 00:25:28.299
 it was

00:25:28.299 --> 00:25:28.980
 only by

00:25:28.980 --> 00:25:31.039
 faith in

00:25:31.039 --> 00:25:31.539
 God's

00:25:31.539 --> 00:25:32.240
 grace that

00:25:32.240 --> 00:25:32.579
 I would

00:25:32.579 --> 00:25:33.339
 be saved.

00:25:34.139 --> 00:25:34.740
 So I

00:25:34.740 --> 00:25:35.480
 put my

00:25:35.480 --> 00:25:36.259
 trust in

00:25:36.259 --> 00:25:36.700
 my

00:25:36.700 --> 00:25:37.439
 saviour

00:25:37.439 --> 00:25:37.980
 Jesus,

00:25:38.480 --> 00:25:39.559
 who did

00:25:39.559 --> 00:25:40.000
 what I

00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:40.619
 could never

00:25:40.619 --> 00:25:41.019
 do.

00:25:43.039 --> 00:25:44.079
 Lydia heard

00:25:44.079 --> 00:25:44.519
 the good

00:25:44.519 --> 00:25:45.419
 news message

00:25:45.419 --> 00:25:46.899
 and she

00:25:46.899 --> 00:25:48.159
 believed.

00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:50.039
 But there

00:25:50.039 --> 00:25:50.359
 was one

00:25:50.359 --> 00:25:51.099
 other response,

00:25:51.200 --> 00:25:51.740
 wasn't there?

00:25:52.279 --> 00:25:53.079
 Back to our

00:25:53.079 --> 00:25:53.460
 story.

00:25:53.460 --> 00:25:53.900
 She didn't

00:25:53.900 --> 00:25:54.660
 just believe.

00:25:55.539 --> 00:25:55.920
 Look at

00:25:55.920 --> 00:25:56.680
 verse 15.

00:26:00.259 --> 00:26:01.120
 When she

00:26:01.120 --> 00:26:01.500
 and the

00:26:01.500 --> 00:26:02.079
 members of

00:26:02.079 --> 00:26:02.900
 her household

00:26:02.900 --> 00:26:03.200
 were

00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:04.420
 baptised,

00:26:04.860 --> 00:26:05.860
 she invited

00:26:05.860 --> 00:26:07.059
 us to

00:26:07.059 --> 00:26:07.660
 her home.

00:26:08.460 --> 00:26:09.019
 She was

00:26:09.019 --> 00:26:10.019
 baptised.

00:26:10.740 --> 00:26:11.059
 Now,

00:26:11.220 --> 00:26:11.620
 we need to

00:26:11.620 --> 00:26:11.980
 be very

00:26:11.980 --> 00:26:12.620
 clear about

00:26:12.620 --> 00:26:12.860
 this.

00:26:13.120 --> 00:26:13.720
 Baptism

00:26:13.720 --> 00:26:15.180
 is not

00:26:15.180 --> 00:26:15.840
 something you

00:26:15.840 --> 00:26:16.380
 do to be

00:26:16.380 --> 00:26:16.740
 rescued.

00:26:16.920 --> 00:26:17.460
 So Avin's

00:26:17.460 --> 00:26:17.799
 going to

00:26:17.799 --> 00:26:18.600
 go into

00:26:18.600 --> 00:26:19.220
 that tank

00:26:19.220 --> 00:26:19.740
 over there

00:26:19.740 --> 00:26:20.279
 in a

00:26:20.279 --> 00:26:20.860
 little while.

00:26:21.500 --> 00:26:22.120
 It's not

00:26:22.120 --> 00:26:22.440
 going to

00:26:22.440 --> 00:26:22.819
 save her.

00:26:22.819 --> 00:26:23.039
 There's

00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:23.319
 nothing

00:26:23.319 --> 00:26:23.899
 magical

00:26:23.899 --> 00:26:24.279
 about

00:26:24.279 --> 00:26:24.539
 that

00:26:24.539 --> 00:26:24.980
 water

00:26:24.980 --> 00:26:25.240
 or

00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:25.539
 anything

00:26:25.539 --> 00:26:25.960
 else.

00:26:26.419 --> 00:26:26.659
 No,

00:26:26.740 --> 00:26:27.179
 it's an

00:26:27.179 --> 00:26:27.639
 outward

00:26:27.639 --> 00:26:28.679
 public

00:26:28.679 --> 00:26:29.539
 demonstration

00:26:29.539 --> 00:26:31.179
 of an

00:26:31.179 --> 00:26:31.559
 inward

00:26:31.559 --> 00:26:32.379
 reality,

00:26:32.519 --> 00:26:32.740
 of a

00:26:32.740 --> 00:26:33.220
 change

00:26:33.220 --> 00:26:33.579
 that's

00:26:33.579 --> 00:26:33.819
 taken

00:26:33.819 --> 00:26:34.240
 place

00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:34.399
 in

00:26:34.399 --> 00:26:34.559
 her

00:26:34.559 --> 00:26:34.899
 life.

00:26:35.759 --> 00:26:36.019
 It's

00:26:36.019 --> 00:26:36.179
 a

00:26:36.179 --> 00:26:36.619
 powerful

00:26:36.619 --> 00:26:37.119
 picture

00:26:37.119 --> 00:26:37.519
 of

00:26:37.519 --> 00:26:38.159
 Avin's

00:26:38.159 --> 00:26:38.960
 faith

00:26:38.960 --> 00:26:39.960
 in the

00:26:39.960 --> 00:26:40.179
 Lord

00:26:40.179 --> 00:26:40.599
 Jesus.

00:26:41.659 --> 00:26:42.200
 So in

00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:42.419
 the

00:26:42.419 --> 00:26:43.099
 act of

00:26:43.099 --> 00:26:44.139
 baptism,

00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:44.919
 two

00:26:44.919 --> 00:26:45.339
 things

00:26:45.339 --> 00:26:46.099
 are going

00:26:46.099 --> 00:26:46.299
 to

00:26:46.299 --> 00:26:46.659
 happen.

00:26:47.599 --> 00:26:47.899
 Avin

00:26:47.899 --> 00:26:48.200
 will

00:26:48.200 --> 00:26:49.099
 go down

00:26:49.099 --> 00:26:49.399
 into

00:26:49.399 --> 00:26:49.619
 the

00:26:49.619 --> 00:26:49.980
 water

00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:51.279
 and

00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:51.500
 as

00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:51.680
 she

00:26:51.680 --> 00:26:51.960
 goes

00:26:51.960 --> 00:26:52.279
 down

00:26:52.279 --> 00:26:52.700
 into

00:26:52.700 --> 00:26:52.900
 the

00:26:52.900 --> 00:26:53.220
 water

00:26:53.220 --> 00:26:54.059
 she's

00:26:54.059 --> 00:26:54.620
 declaring

00:26:54.620 --> 00:26:56.059
 that a

00:26:56.059 --> 00:26:56.440
 death

00:26:56.440 --> 00:26:56.720
 has

00:26:56.720 --> 00:26:57.059
 taken

00:26:57.059 --> 00:26:57.620
 place

00:26:57.620 --> 00:26:58.019
 for

00:26:58.019 --> 00:26:58.339
 her.

00:26:59.339 --> 00:26:59.579
 Avin

00:26:59.579 --> 00:26:59.860
 is

00:26:59.860 --> 00:27:00.400
 announcing

00:27:00.400 --> 00:27:00.839
 through

00:27:00.839 --> 00:27:01.099
 her

00:27:01.099 --> 00:27:01.620
 baptism

00:27:01.620 --> 00:27:02.279
 that

00:27:02.279 --> 00:27:02.500
 when

00:27:02.500 --> 00:27:02.980
 Jesus

00:27:02.980 --> 00:27:03.500
 died

00:27:03.500 --> 00:27:03.779
 all

00:27:03.779 --> 00:27:04.019
 those

00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:04.279
 years

00:27:04.279 --> 00:27:04.640
 ago

00:27:04.640 --> 00:27:05.279
 he

00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:05.620
 died

00:27:05.620 --> 00:27:05.860
 for

00:27:05.860 --> 00:27:06.220
 me.

00:27:08.700 --> 00:27:09.019
 And

00:27:09.019 --> 00:27:09.240
 then

00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:09.620
 second

00:27:09.620 --> 00:27:09.940
 as

00:27:09.940 --> 00:27:10.259
 Avin

00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:10.940
 comes

00:27:10.940 --> 00:27:11.220
 out

00:27:11.220 --> 00:27:11.360
 of

00:27:11.360 --> 00:27:11.480
 the

00:27:11.480 --> 00:27:11.860
 water

00:27:11.859 --> 00:27:13.240
 Avin

00:27:13.240 --> 00:27:13.419
 your

00:27:13.419 --> 00:27:13.699
 dad

00:27:13.699 --> 00:27:13.979
 Jim

00:27:13.979 --> 00:27:14.299
 told

00:27:14.299 --> 00:27:14.479
 me

00:27:14.479 --> 00:27:14.740
 to

00:27:14.740 --> 00:27:15.139
 leave

00:27:15.139 --> 00:27:15.259
 you

00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:15.459
 down

00:27:15.459 --> 00:27:15.599
 a

00:27:15.599 --> 00:27:15.759
 little

00:27:15.759 --> 00:27:16.019
 bit

00:27:16.019 --> 00:27:16.439
 for

00:27:16.439 --> 00:27:16.559
 a

00:27:16.559 --> 00:27:16.679
 little

00:27:16.679 --> 00:27:16.919
 while

00:27:16.919 --> 00:27:17.139
 but

00:27:17.139 --> 00:27:17.559
 we

00:27:17.559 --> 00:27:17.759
 will

00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:18.000
 bring

00:27:18.000 --> 00:27:18.159
 you

00:27:18.159 --> 00:27:18.419
 up

00:27:18.419 --> 00:27:19.799
 as

00:27:19.799 --> 00:27:19.959
 we

00:27:19.959 --> 00:27:20.299
 bring

00:27:20.299 --> 00:27:20.500
 up

00:27:20.500 --> 00:27:20.939
 Avin

00:27:20.939 --> 00:27:21.379
 out

00:27:21.379 --> 00:27:21.519
 of

00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:21.639
 the

00:27:21.639 --> 00:27:22.000
 water

00:27:22.000 --> 00:27:22.779
 she

00:27:22.779 --> 00:27:23.019
 is

00:27:23.019 --> 00:27:23.519
 declaring

00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:23.859
 that

00:27:23.859 --> 00:27:24.059
 a

00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:25.039
 resurrection

00:27:25.039 --> 00:27:25.519
 has

00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:25.819
 taken

00:27:25.819 --> 00:27:26.299
 place

00:27:26.299 --> 00:27:26.559
 for

00:27:26.559 --> 00:27:26.819
 her

00:27:26.819 --> 00:27:28.019
 that

00:27:28.019 --> 00:27:28.319
 when

00:27:28.319 --> 00:27:28.859
 Jesus

00:27:28.859 --> 00:27:29.219
 was

00:27:29.219 --> 00:27:29.899
 raised

00:27:29.899 --> 00:27:30.579
 from

00:27:30.579 --> 00:27:30.779
 the

00:27:30.779 --> 00:27:31.279
 grave

00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:31.919
 he

00:27:31.919 --> 00:27:32.159
 was

00:27:32.159 --> 00:27:32.719
 raised

00:27:32.719 --> 00:27:33.319
 for

00:27:33.319 --> 00:27:33.839
 Avin

00:27:33.839 --> 00:27:35.339
 you

00:27:35.339 --> 00:27:35.539
 see

00:27:35.539 --> 00:27:36.139
 baptism

00:27:36.139 --> 00:27:36.579
 is

00:27:36.579 --> 00:27:38.119
 symbolizing

00:27:38.119 --> 00:27:39.199
 an

00:27:39.199 --> 00:27:39.639
 end

00:27:39.639 --> 00:27:40.399
 of

00:27:40.399 --> 00:27:40.559
 an

00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:40.859
 old

00:27:40.859 --> 00:27:41.379
 life

00:27:41.380 --> 00:27:42.260
 and

00:27:42.260 --> 00:27:42.440
 the

00:27:42.440 --> 00:27:43.100
 start

00:27:43.100 --> 00:27:43.840
 of

00:27:43.840 --> 00:27:43.980
 a

00:27:43.980 --> 00:27:44.200
 new

00:27:44.200 --> 00:27:44.680
 life

00:27:44.680 --> 00:27:45.700
 Avin

00:27:45.700 --> 00:27:45.920
 is

00:27:45.920 --> 00:27:46.180
 saying

00:27:46.180 --> 00:27:46.880
 I'm

00:27:46.880 --> 00:27:47.080
 no

00:27:47.080 --> 00:27:47.560
 longer

00:27:47.560 --> 00:27:47.880
 going

00:27:47.880 --> 00:27:48.080
 to

00:27:48.080 --> 00:27:48.280
 live

00:27:48.280 --> 00:27:48.460
 for

00:27:48.460 --> 00:27:48.860
 self

00:27:48.860 --> 00:27:49.420
 I'm

00:27:49.420 --> 00:27:49.560
 no

00:27:49.560 --> 00:27:49.860
 longer

00:27:49.860 --> 00:27:50.080
 going

00:27:50.080 --> 00:27:50.220
 to

00:27:50.220 --> 00:27:50.520
 trust

00:27:50.520 --> 00:27:50.720
 in

00:27:50.720 --> 00:27:51.180
 Avin

00:27:51.180 --> 00:27:52.740
 no

00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:53.640
 I'm

00:27:53.640 --> 00:27:53.880
 going

00:27:53.880 --> 00:27:54.100
 to

00:27:54.100 --> 00:27:54.320
 live

00:27:54.320 --> 00:27:54.480
 a

00:27:54.480 --> 00:27:54.660
 new

00:27:54.660 --> 00:27:55.020
 life

00:27:55.020 --> 00:27:55.300
 to

00:27:55.300 --> 00:27:55.480
 live

00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:55.680
 for

00:27:55.680 --> 00:27:56.000
 Jesus

00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:56.300
 and

00:27:56.300 --> 00:27:56.580
 I'm

00:27:56.580 --> 00:27:56.760
 going

00:27:56.760 --> 00:27:56.980
 to

00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:57.300
 trust

00:27:57.300 --> 00:27:57.560
 in

00:27:57.560 --> 00:27:57.980
 him

00:27:57.980 --> 00:27:58.940
 remember

00:27:58.940 --> 00:27:59.180
 the

00:27:59.180 --> 00:27:59.500
 book

00:27:59.500 --> 00:28:00.640
 who

00:28:00.640 --> 00:28:00.880
 has

00:28:00.880 --> 00:28:01.080
 the

00:28:01.080 --> 00:28:01.580
 perfect

00:28:01.580 --> 00:28:02.220
 record

00:28:02.220 --> 00:28:03.320
 given

00:28:03.320 --> 00:28:03.580
 to

00:28:03.580 --> 00:28:03.900
 me

00:28:03.900 --> 00:28:04.940
 so

00:28:04.940 --> 00:28:05.140
 I

00:28:05.140 --> 00:28:05.340
 can

00:28:05.340 --> 00:28:05.740
 live

00:28:05.740 --> 00:28:06.480
 for

00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:06.860
 him

00:28:06.860 --> 00:28:08.900
 baptism

00:28:08.900 --> 00:28:09.660
 by

00:28:09.660 --> 00:28:10.160
 itself

00:28:10.160 --> 00:28:10.400
 will

00:28:10.400 --> 00:28:10.660
 not

00:28:10.660 --> 00:28:11.060
 save

00:28:11.059 --> 00:28:12.200
 rather

00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:12.599
 it is

00:28:12.599 --> 00:28:12.759
 a

00:28:12.759 --> 00:28:13.200
 wonderful

00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:13.759
 public

00:28:13.759 --> 00:28:14.639
 demonstration

00:28:14.639 --> 00:28:15.480
 to

00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:16.079
 friends

00:28:16.079 --> 00:28:16.599
 to

00:28:16.599 --> 00:28:17.179
 family

00:28:17.179 --> 00:28:17.799
 to

00:28:17.799 --> 00:28:18.059
 all

00:28:18.059 --> 00:28:18.240
 who

00:28:18.240 --> 00:28:18.379
 are

00:28:18.379 --> 00:28:18.779
 gathered

00:28:18.779 --> 00:28:19.879
 of

00:28:19.879 --> 00:28:20.079
 her

00:28:20.079 --> 00:28:20.779
 belief

00:28:20.779 --> 00:28:21.440
 in

00:28:21.440 --> 00:28:21.599
 the

00:28:21.599 --> 00:28:21.839
 Lord

00:28:21.839 --> 00:28:22.240
 Jesus

00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:22.859
 Christ

00:28:22.859 --> 00:28:24.440
 this

00:28:24.440 --> 00:28:25.559
 is a

00:28:25.559 --> 00:28:25.759
 good

00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:26.059
 news

00:28:26.059 --> 00:28:26.460
 story

00:28:26.460 --> 00:28:26.740
 that

00:28:26.740 --> 00:28:26.940
 has

00:28:26.940 --> 00:28:27.619
 changed

00:28:27.619 --> 00:28:28.619
 Avin's

00:28:28.619 --> 00:28:28.899
 life

00:28:28.899 --> 00:28:29.299
 no

00:28:29.299 --> 00:28:29.639
 she's

00:28:29.639 --> 00:28:29.859
 not

00:28:29.859 --> 00:28:30.279
 perfect

00:28:30.279 --> 00:28:30.839
 you heard

00:28:30.839 --> 00:28:31.359
 her say

00:28:31.359 --> 00:28:32.279
 she still

00:28:32.279 --> 00:28:32.980
 messes up

00:28:32.980 --> 00:28:33.419
 and still

00:28:33.419 --> 00:28:33.980
 fails

00:28:33.980 --> 00:28:35.220
 but she's

00:28:35.220 --> 00:28:35.819
 trusting in

00:28:35.819 --> 00:28:36.240
 the one

00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:37.159
 who will

00:28:37.159 --> 00:28:37.720
 keep her

00:28:37.720 --> 00:28:38.980
 let me

00:28:38.980 --> 00:28:39.420
 finish

00:28:39.420 --> 00:28:40.240
 with a

00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:40.660
 quote

00:28:40.660 --> 00:28:42.160
 from

00:28:42.160 --> 00:28:42.880
 Avin's

00:28:42.880 --> 00:28:43.259
 story

00:28:43.259 --> 00:28:45.440
 she says

00:28:45.440 --> 00:28:46.160
 I fail

00:28:46.160 --> 00:28:47.720
 every day

00:28:47.720 --> 00:28:49.519
 but he

00:28:49.519 --> 00:28:49.900
 that's

00:28:49.900 --> 00:28:50.180
 God

00:28:50.180 --> 00:28:50.980
 renews

00:28:50.980 --> 00:28:51.259
 my

00:28:51.259 --> 00:28:51.940
 strength

00:28:51.940 --> 00:28:53.380
 I can

00:28:53.380 --> 00:28:53.799
 go to

00:28:53.799 --> 00:28:54.000
 him

00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:54.380
 and say

00:28:54.380 --> 00:28:54.799
 sorry

00:28:54.799 --> 00:28:55.319
 and ask

00:28:55.319 --> 00:28:55.500
 for

00:28:55.500 --> 00:28:55.940
 forgiveness

00:28:55.940 --> 00:28:56.460
 when I

00:28:56.460 --> 00:28:56.839
 fail

00:28:56.839 --> 00:28:58.140
 and turn

00:28:58.140 --> 00:28:58.660
 again to

00:28:58.660 --> 00:28:58.839
 him

00:28:58.839 --> 00:28:59.220
 and know

00:28:59.220 --> 00:28:59.740
 that I

00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:00.500
 will not

00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:01.220
 be turned

00:29:01.220 --> 00:29:01.680
 away

00:29:01.680 --> 00:29:02.759
 because

00:29:02.759 --> 00:29:03.440
 my

00:29:03.440 --> 00:29:04.140
 relationship

00:29:04.140 --> 00:29:04.839
 with God

00:29:04.839 --> 00:29:05.559
 is not

00:29:05.559 --> 00:29:06.099
 dependent

00:29:06.099 --> 00:29:06.779
 on me

00:29:06.779 --> 00:29:08.259
 or my

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:08.940
 work

00:29:08.940 --> 00:29:10.740
 but on

00:29:10.740 --> 00:29:11.259
 Jesus'

00:29:11.639 --> 00:29:12.139
 death

00:29:12.139 --> 00:29:13.319
 and

00:29:13.319 --> 00:29:14.119
 resurrection

00:29:14.119 --> 00:29:16.039
 this good

00:29:16.039 --> 00:29:16.519
 news

00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:17.859
 changed

00:29:17.859 --> 00:29:18.460
 Lydia's

00:29:18.460 --> 00:29:18.879
 heart

00:29:18.879 --> 00:29:20.440
 changed

00:29:20.440 --> 00:29:21.159
 Avin's

00:29:21.159 --> 00:29:21.599
 life

00:29:21.599 --> 00:29:22.899
 and can

00:29:22.899 --> 00:29:23.359
 change

00:29:23.359 --> 00:29:24.399
 any one

00:29:24.399 --> 00:29:24.980
 of us

00:29:24.980 --> 00:29:26.159
 as we

00:29:26.159 --> 00:29:26.720
 trust in

00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:27.000
 him

00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:28.819
 that

00:29:28.819 --> 00:29:29.819
 is a

00:29:29.819 --> 00:29:30.819
 good news

00:29:30.819 --> 00:29:31.440
 story

00:29:31.440 --> 00:29:33.740
 amen

00:29:33.740 --> 00:29:35.079
 let me

00:29:35.079 --> 00:29:35.440
 pray

00:29:35.440 --> 00:29:40.660
 father

00:29:40.660 --> 00:29:40.680
 father

00:29:40.680 --> 00:29:41.019
 god

00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:41.240
 we

00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:41.740
 thank

00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:41.960
 you

00:29:41.960 --> 00:29:42.320
 so

00:29:42.320 --> 00:29:42.779
 much

00:29:42.779 --> 00:29:44.320
 for

00:29:44.320 --> 00:29:44.640
 this

00:29:44.640 --> 00:29:45.059
 true

00:29:45.059 --> 00:29:45.640
 account

00:29:45.640 --> 00:29:46.120
 of

00:29:46.120 --> 00:29:46.779
 Lydia's

00:29:46.779 --> 00:29:47.220
 life

00:29:47.220 --> 00:29:49.039
 and we

00:29:49.039 --> 00:29:49.420
 thank

00:29:49.420 --> 00:29:49.580
 you

00:29:49.580 --> 00:29:49.880
 for the

00:29:49.880 --> 00:29:50.100
 way

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 it

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 reflects

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 and

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 mirrors

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 Avin's

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 life

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 thank

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 you

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 that

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 she

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 got

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 to

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 hear

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 the

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 good

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 news

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 thank

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 you

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 for

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 opening

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 Avin's

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 heart

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 so that

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 she

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 could

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 trust

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 you

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 and

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 thank

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 you

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 for

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 Avin's

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 response

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 of

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 trust

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 and

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 of

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 being

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 baptised

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 today

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 and we

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 pray that

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 all of

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 us

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 here

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 may

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 walk

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 in the

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 same

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 path

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 and

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 trust

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 you

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 too

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 we

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 ask

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 we

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 ask

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 this

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 in

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 Avin

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 is

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 going

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 to

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 get

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 baptised

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 in

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 just

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 a

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 few

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 minutes

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 and

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 before

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 that

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 happens

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 we're

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 going

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 to

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 sing

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 our

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 final

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 song

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 together

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 again

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 this

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 is

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 one

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 that

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 has

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 been

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 chosen

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 by

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 Avin

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 if

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 you

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 see

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 the

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 first

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 line

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 there

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 when

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 I

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 fear

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 my

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 faith

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 will

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 fail

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 and

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 the

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 point

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 is

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 we

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 do

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 but

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 the

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 good

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 news

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 is

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 Christ

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 will

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 hold

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 me

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 fast

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 it

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 it

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 it

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 for

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 it

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 can

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 it

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 you