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 so well done everyone

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 I'm aware of the time

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 and I'm going to take up some more of your time

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 sorry about that

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 but we're going to talk about wisdom

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 and looking at this series

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 growing older and wiser

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 interesting

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 that we often put those two so closely together

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 and we look at

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 as Julian mentioned earlier

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 we look at our system

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 our society at the moment

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 and a lot of those people we look up to

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 as older and wiser

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 are struggling to kind of live up to it

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 it's tough times

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 and I bet you're looking at me now thinking

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 33 year old Jay

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 is about to talk to us about wisdom

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 and obviously he's going to talk about his vast wisdom

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 from all of the podcasts he listens to

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 and

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 his addiction to queer eye for the straight guy

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 don't judge me on that programme

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 there are some great pithy sayings in there

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 I love it

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 I've honestly

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 binge watched that programme

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 and I've become so wise

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 but we all love a bit of a pithy saying

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 don't we

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 we all love a bit of a wise old saying

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 you know

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 don't

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 what's the

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 don't bite the hand that feeds you

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 do you ever told that to a baby

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 do you think they

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 do you think they listen

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 too many cooks spoil the broth

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 that's what I keep saying to Laura

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 shall I try and avoid the kitchen

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 it's my excuse

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 I'm just rubbish at cooking

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 some of them are really good though

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 aren't they

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 love your enemies

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 pray for those who persecute you

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 we don't quite like that one as much

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 or the ones that you have to say in an American accent

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 you can lead a horse to water

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 this isn't an American accent

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 that was terrible

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 but you can't make it drink

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 better is a little righteousness

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 than great revenues with injustice

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 we don't quite like that one either

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 we often

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 cut out the bits of the Bible

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 that talk about wealth

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 and how

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 sometimes it isn't always

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 a good thing for us

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 no man is an island

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 quickly moves on

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 do not throw

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 pearls to pigs

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 a chain is only as strong

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 as its weakest link

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 have you tried

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 turning it off

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 and turning it back on again

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 age is just a number

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 until you hit 100

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 and then you get

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 grade 2 listed status

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 I'm sure I'm going to offend

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 my older friends here

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 and I am sorry

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 but I'm also not sorry

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 I wonder how many times

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 that you may have thought

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 or we think

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 that age is one and the same

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 age and wisdom

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 same thing

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 I wonder how many times

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 you think that you're wise

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 simply because you've lived

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 a bit longer

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 this view isn't

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 isn't new

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 James was speaking to a church

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 in a culture

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 that had that same mentality

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 children

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 they didn't count

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 they were just

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 not quite yet

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 people

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 they also thought that

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 about women

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 but you know

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 they were a bit silly

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 those days

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 can you imagine

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 that that's not really

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 changed

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 still

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 that video is a good

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 example at the start

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 of the service

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 children don't quite count

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 or we feel a little bit

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 intimidated

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 when we start giving them

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 a bit of space

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 or a bit of autonomy

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 or a bit of a voice

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 we get a little bit scared

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 because they say things

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 we're not used to

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 or they live in a world

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 that we're not used to

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 and we get intimidated

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 and so we

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 we oppress

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 the voice of the young

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 what was

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 James's words

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 to that church

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 are still true

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 to us today

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 older does not mean

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 wiser

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 I'm sorry

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 I know people

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 as a youth worker

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 when young people

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 looked at me

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 and they'd think

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 that you know

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 I'd have answers

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 and I didn't

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 yes I was older

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 yes I've lived longer

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 but I didn't mean

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 I was by default

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 wiser

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 I still made

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 silly mistakes

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 I still make

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 silly mistakes

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 that you think

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 an adult shouldn't do

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 a grown up

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 shouldn't do

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 they're not the same

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 it's funny

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 with our church services

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 if we look at them

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 and we look at our

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 culture in church

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 we have infighting

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 culture wars

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 our systems

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 our services

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 are shaped on

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 those things

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 rather than

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 godly character

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 and seeking

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 godly character

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 and seeking god's will

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 for those people

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 he sent us to reach

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 now of course

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 when I talk

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 about wisdom

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 wisdom

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 and when I talk

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 about the roles

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 of the old

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 and the young

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 you don't go

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 looking for a mentor

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 in a nursery

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 you don't go

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 to toddler group

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 to find a financial

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 advisor

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 I get that

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 you don't learn

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 to drive

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 from a seven year old

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 maybe a seven year old

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 who's lived on a farm

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 because actually

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 they probably do know

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 how to drive

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 but generally speaking

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 it's not a rule of thumb

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 is it

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 we have to be honest

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 though

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 do we really believe

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 that wisdom

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 comes of age

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 I bet if we're honest

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 and we think about

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 some of the people

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 we know of our peers

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 my age

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 your age

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 people older than us

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 maybe your parents

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 maybe

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 you can remember

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 those times

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 where all of a sudden

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 you realise

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 your parents

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 didn't quite get it

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 and you knew

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 they were your parents

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 so you wouldn't say anything

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 but you could just see

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 the car crash coming

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 or you hear views

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 and you think

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 where

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 is that logic from

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 and you find yourself

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 in this difficult position

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 where

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 maybe they've not

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 quite got

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 the wisdom

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 right now

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 it's hard

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 and I say this

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 hesitantly

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 because

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 I know

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 a lot of you

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 will be thinking

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 about this

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 but let me just be honest

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 if we look at scripture

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 wisdom and age

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 are not the same thing

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 because if that was true

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 isn't it fascinating

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 that Jesus' public ministry

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 started when he was

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 30 years old

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 30 years old

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 isn't it odd

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 that he sent out

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 young recruits

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 to work out

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 what God was doing

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 he sent them on mission

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 before they'd learnt

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 all the answers

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 before they'd lived

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 their life

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 he sent them

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 to places

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 they'd never been before

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 to see what God

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 was doing

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 and to play

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 isn't it interesting

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 that

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 some of the greatest

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 names that we love

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 in the Bible

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 were young

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 when they started out

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 young when they had

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 an impact

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 Joseph

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 Daniel

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 I didn't realise this

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 but Daniel would have

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 been under 20

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 that's fascinating

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 considering his boldness

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 right at the start

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 Samuel

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 little boy

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 Eli

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 what was he doing

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 David

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 Solomon

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 he had his moments

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 though

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 we all know that

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 Jeremiah

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 Naaman's servant girl

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 we often forget her

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 unless you've got kids

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 and then you've read

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 the story a million times

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 Mary

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 she would have been young

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 she was chosen

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 to carry the Messiah

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 and you see her wisdom

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 in her response

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 to Gabriel

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 the boy with the lunchbox

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 have you ever thought

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 about his wisdom

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 in that story

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 the disciples

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 trying to be logical

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 about it

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 earthly about it

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 well we've only got

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 this stuff

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 you know

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 I don't know

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 how we're going to

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 feed all these people

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 Jesus

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 I mean look at

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 look at

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 look at the figures

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 this little boy goes

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 well I've got some lunch

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 you're Jesus right

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 here you go

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 that's some godly wisdom

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 we go

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 foolishness

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 there's a godly wisdom

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 and we

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 and I said that

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 Jesus started at 30

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 but we also forget

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 he was a 12 year old boy

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 teaching Pharisees

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 what the

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 what the scriptures said

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 we forget that bit

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 relatively short list

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 but they all

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 they all demonstrate

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 that this idea

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 that they had wisdom

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 beyond their years

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 kind of doesn't make sense

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 they teach us that wisdom

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 is something more

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 about something

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 that God gives

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 to people

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 and it's not about age

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 all the time

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 age

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 of course

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 you get older

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 you learn things

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 but when we talk about

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 two wisdoms in a minute

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 I want to make

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 a distinction

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 between them

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 the wisdom they showed

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 was based in a faith

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 in who God is

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 and in the God

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 who gives wisdom

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 I've got a great story

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 I was thinking of

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 is it Gretna

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 is that her name

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 I'm going to get it wrong now

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 what's the young girl

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 who just sailed

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 across to America

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 Greta

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 Greta

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 thank you

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 not Gretna

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 that's a place

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 isn't it

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 Gretna Green

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 Greta

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 who is very

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 green orientated

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 is a great example

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 that was terrible

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 sorry

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 is a great example

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 of a contemporary

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 young person

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 who's gone

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 this doesn't line up

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 the world is not working

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 in a logical way

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 and

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 do you know

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 how the world

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 treated her

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 the papers

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 criticised her

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 facial expressions

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 and then it turns out

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 she's got

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 Asperger's

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 adults

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 made fun of her

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 but this young girl

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 got it

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 she's made some

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 logical

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 God

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 I doubt she's a Christian

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 to be honest

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 with

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 she doesn't talk

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 about it at least

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 but she's got

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 some wisdom

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 that kind of

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 seems to

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 kind of

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 counter product

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 earthly logic

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 and

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 I've got a friend

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 called

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 because you know

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 as a friend

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 I'll make up her name

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 so my friend

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 her name's

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 Alan

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 and

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 Alan

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 she is one of the

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 most amazing

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 people that I know

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 and she was one of my

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 young people

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 so that might be part of the

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 reason I've got a bit of a

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 soft spot for her

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 but

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 she recently did a

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 parachute jump

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 and I don't know

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 have you done a

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 who's jumped out of a plane

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 okay you're all mad

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 10,000 feet

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 does that

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 probably sound about right

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 yeah why

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 why

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 we invented planes

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 for a reason

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 anyway

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 she jumped out of a plane

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 strapped to this bloke

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 so Alan

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 and

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 probably Alan

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 and

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 she

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 she told me

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 she ran me

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 through

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 I don't like heights

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 she ran me

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 through the experience

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 and

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 she was saying

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 it's like

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 amazing

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 I felt sick

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 I was dizzy

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 I was spinning out of control

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 I was going so fast

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 it was awesome

00:11:45.800 --> 00:11:46.960
 and they're like

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 screw loose

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 and then she said

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 and then the parachute

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 opened

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 and it like

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 everything stopped

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 and it was really slow

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 and calm

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 and peaceful

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 and I realised

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 I've got a while

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 before I hit the ground

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 I'm strapped to some

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 guy I don't know

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 she turns to him

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 she says

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 so

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 what do you think

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 about Jesus

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 that's some godly wisdom

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 right

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 right

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 he ain't got anywhere

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 to go

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 that's that

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 that

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 the Jehovah's Witnesses

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 could learn a few things

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 from her

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 so what do you

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 what do you mean

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 well

00:12:29.800 --> 00:12:30.500
 what do you think

00:12:30.500 --> 00:12:31.000
 about him

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 you know

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 I just thought

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 brilliant

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 brilliant

00:12:36.960 --> 00:12:37.980
 godly wisdom

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 going on there

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 but also

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 that's a little bit

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 of a funny one

00:12:41.259 --> 00:12:41.919
 but she's also

00:12:41.919 --> 00:12:43.820
 she's got some serious

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 godly wisdom

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 in her young bones

00:12:45.899 --> 00:12:47.059
 her family

00:12:47.059 --> 00:12:47.860
 is quite difficult

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 Alan's family

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 and

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 actually

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 her mum and dad

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 split

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 a bit of a horrible story

00:12:54.200 --> 00:12:55.059
 the dad left

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 with someone else

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 and she had

00:12:57.000 --> 00:12:58.240
 two siblings

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 and basically

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 train wrecked

00:13:00.080 --> 00:13:00.639
 their family

00:13:00.639 --> 00:13:02.300
 ended up marrying

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 the other person

00:13:03.160 --> 00:13:04.040
 and

00:13:04.040 --> 00:13:06.040
 and then

00:13:06.040 --> 00:13:06.940
 a few years later

00:13:06.940 --> 00:13:08.160
 the family

00:13:08.160 --> 00:13:08.720
 this family

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 struggled

00:13:09.379 --> 00:13:10.379
 Alan's family

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 struggled

00:13:10.940 --> 00:13:11.680
 made

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 made work

00:13:13.080 --> 00:13:14.160
 obviously did not

00:13:14.160 --> 00:13:14.759
 want to know

00:13:14.759 --> 00:13:15.980
 there's a lot of hurt

00:13:15.980 --> 00:13:17.480
 as you can imagine

00:13:17.480 --> 00:13:18.960
 but then

00:13:18.960 --> 00:13:20.080
 they decided

00:13:20.080 --> 00:13:20.800
 they were going to have

00:13:20.800 --> 00:13:21.820
 some more kids

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 and so

00:13:24.740 --> 00:13:26.120
 these two twins

00:13:26.120 --> 00:13:26.560
 were born

00:13:26.559 --> 00:13:28.119
 these twins

00:13:28.119 --> 00:13:28.459
 were born

00:13:28.459 --> 00:13:29.079
 it was not four

00:13:29.079 --> 00:13:29.399
 it was two

00:13:29.399 --> 00:13:30.239
 and

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 and I remember

00:13:32.919 --> 00:13:34.279
 like listening to the mum

00:13:34.279 --> 00:13:35.839
 Alan's mum speak

00:13:35.839 --> 00:13:36.919
 and listening to

00:13:36.919 --> 00:13:39.079
 Alan's brother and sister

00:13:39.079 --> 00:13:40.019
 talk about it

00:13:40.019 --> 00:13:41.559
 and there was a lot of hurt

00:13:41.559 --> 00:13:42.279
 and a lot of

00:13:42.279 --> 00:13:43.719
 they're not interested in us

00:13:43.719 --> 00:13:44.859
 we're not going to be

00:13:44.859 --> 00:13:45.739
 interested in them

00:13:45.739 --> 00:13:47.159
 and you know

00:13:47.159 --> 00:13:48.239
 she looked at me

00:13:48.239 --> 00:13:48.519
 and

00:13:48.519 --> 00:13:49.979
 and she said

00:13:49.980 --> 00:13:51.899
 whether

00:13:51.899 --> 00:13:53.460
 I feel okay

00:13:53.460 --> 00:13:54.259
 about it or not

00:13:54.259 --> 00:13:56.060
 they're my brother

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 and my sister

00:13:56.920 --> 00:13:58.139
 and I'm going to be

00:13:58.139 --> 00:13:58.820
 in their life

00:13:58.820 --> 00:14:00.860
 she's carrying

00:14:00.860 --> 00:14:02.100
 all this pain

00:14:02.100 --> 00:14:03.300
 but

00:14:03.300 --> 00:14:04.420
 her wisdom

00:14:04.420 --> 00:14:06.000
 godly wisdom

00:14:06.000 --> 00:14:07.460
 her self-preservation

00:14:07.460 --> 00:14:09.279
 should have said

00:14:09.279 --> 00:14:10.500
 cut the tie

00:14:10.500 --> 00:14:11.639
 stay well clear

00:14:11.639 --> 00:14:13.580
 godly wisdom said

00:14:13.580 --> 00:14:16.500
 these little kids

00:14:16.500 --> 00:14:17.740
 need someone

00:14:17.740 --> 00:14:18.340
 that loves them

00:14:18.340 --> 00:14:19.320
 needs to know

00:14:19.320 --> 00:14:20.240
 that their sister's there

00:14:20.240 --> 00:14:21.960
 I was amazed by her

00:14:21.960 --> 00:14:25.160
 see she's a good example

00:14:25.160 --> 00:14:26.100
 of godly wisdom

00:14:26.100 --> 00:14:27.240
 but there are two kinds

00:14:27.240 --> 00:14:27.760
 of wisdom

00:14:27.760 --> 00:14:29.720
 James actually later on

00:14:29.720 --> 00:14:30.580
 tells us about them

00:14:30.580 --> 00:14:31.160
 I'm just going to

00:14:31.160 --> 00:14:31.900
 quickly read

00:14:31.900 --> 00:14:32.879
 read it to you

00:14:32.879 --> 00:14:33.320
 he says

00:14:33.320 --> 00:14:34.600
 who is wise

00:14:34.600 --> 00:14:35.400
 in understanding

00:14:35.400 --> 00:14:35.980
 among you

00:14:35.980 --> 00:14:37.260
 let them show it

00:14:37.260 --> 00:14:38.240
 by their good life

00:14:38.240 --> 00:14:39.240
 by deeds done

00:14:39.240 --> 00:14:40.000
 in humility

00:14:40.000 --> 00:14:41.080
 that comes from wisdom

00:14:41.080 --> 00:14:42.660
 but if you harbour

00:14:42.660 --> 00:14:43.400
 bitter envy

00:14:43.400 --> 00:14:44.540
 and selfish ambition

00:14:44.540 --> 00:14:45.160
 in your hearts

00:14:45.160 --> 00:14:45.740
 you do not

00:14:45.740 --> 00:14:47.020
 and do not boast

00:14:47.020 --> 00:14:47.580
 about it

00:14:47.580 --> 00:14:48.660
 or deny the truth

00:14:48.659 --> 00:14:51.079
 such wisdom

00:14:51.079 --> 00:14:52.039
 does not come down

00:14:52.039 --> 00:14:52.719
 from heaven

00:14:52.719 --> 00:14:54.439
 but is earthly

00:14:54.439 --> 00:14:55.379
 and spiritual

00:14:55.379 --> 00:14:56.319
 demonic

00:14:56.319 --> 00:14:58.059
 for where you have

00:14:58.059 --> 00:14:58.939
 envy and selfish

00:14:58.939 --> 00:14:59.559
 ambition

00:14:59.559 --> 00:15:00.439
 there you find

00:15:00.439 --> 00:15:01.079
 disorder

00:15:01.079 --> 00:15:02.639
 and every evil

00:15:02.639 --> 00:15:03.319
 practice

00:15:03.319 --> 00:15:05.100
 but the wisdom

00:15:05.100 --> 00:15:06.059
 that comes from heaven

00:15:06.059 --> 00:15:06.659
 is first

00:15:06.659 --> 00:15:07.759
 of all pure

00:15:07.759 --> 00:15:09.100
 then peace loving

00:15:09.100 --> 00:15:10.379
 considerate

00:15:10.379 --> 00:15:11.579
 submissive

00:15:11.579 --> 00:15:13.379
 full of mercy

00:15:13.379 --> 00:15:14.539
 and good fruit

00:15:14.539 --> 00:15:16.199
 impartial

00:15:16.200 --> 00:15:16.920
 and sincere

00:15:16.920 --> 00:15:19.620
 peacemakers

00:15:19.620 --> 00:15:20.259
 who sow

00:15:20.259 --> 00:15:20.860
 in peace

00:15:20.860 --> 00:15:21.900
 reap a harvest

00:15:21.900 --> 00:15:24.320
 of righteousness

00:15:24.320 --> 00:15:28.860
 so Alan

00:15:28.860 --> 00:15:30.020
 nearly gave away

00:15:30.020 --> 00:15:30.360
 her name

00:15:30.360 --> 00:15:32.100
 and my other

00:15:32.100 --> 00:15:32.520
 examples

00:15:32.520 --> 00:15:33.400
 carried

00:15:33.400 --> 00:15:34.940
 the latter

00:15:34.940 --> 00:15:35.340
 of those

00:15:35.340 --> 00:15:36.080
 of those

00:15:36.080 --> 00:15:37.580
 wisdoms

00:15:37.580 --> 00:15:41.580
 there's earthly

00:15:41.580 --> 00:15:41.980
 wisdom

00:15:41.980 --> 00:15:42.379
 people

00:15:42.379 --> 00:15:43.420
 and there's

00:15:43.420 --> 00:15:44.120
 godly wisdom

00:15:44.120 --> 00:15:44.899
 and there's

00:15:44.899 --> 00:15:45.240
 a load

00:15:45.240 --> 00:15:45.659
 of earthly

00:15:45.659 --> 00:15:45.980
 wisdom

00:15:45.980 --> 00:15:46.539
 in this room

00:15:46.539 --> 00:15:46.980
 right now

00:15:46.980 --> 00:15:48.120
 there's a load

00:15:48.120 --> 00:15:48.539
 of earthly

00:15:48.539 --> 00:15:48.960
 wisdom

00:15:48.960 --> 00:15:50.340
 in our country

00:15:50.340 --> 00:15:51.600
 there's a load

00:15:51.600 --> 00:15:52.320
 of earthly

00:15:52.320 --> 00:15:52.720
 wisdom

00:15:52.720 --> 00:15:53.840
 on our planet

00:15:53.840 --> 00:15:56.560
 but we are

00:15:56.560 --> 00:15:57.240
 told by James

00:15:57.240 --> 00:15:57.779
 to seek

00:15:57.779 --> 00:15:59.080
 godly wisdom

00:15:59.080 --> 00:16:01.919
 it may sound

00:16:01.919 --> 00:16:02.639
 a bit obvious

00:16:02.639 --> 00:16:03.700
 but there is

00:16:03.700 --> 00:16:04.460
 a big difference

00:16:04.460 --> 00:16:06.899
 James speaks

00:16:06.899 --> 00:16:07.639
 harshly of

00:16:07.639 --> 00:16:08.399
 worldly wisdom

00:16:08.399 --> 00:16:09.440
 earthly

00:16:09.440 --> 00:16:10.360
 unspiritual

00:16:10.360 --> 00:16:11.460
 even uses the

00:16:11.460 --> 00:16:12.000
 word of the

00:16:12.000 --> 00:16:12.279
 devil

00:16:12.279 --> 00:16:12.919
 demonic

00:16:12.919 --> 00:16:14.919
 wonder if

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 you feel

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 like that

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 when you're

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 doing your

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 finances

00:16:16.620 --> 00:16:18.099
 or you're

00:16:18.099 --> 00:16:18.620
 planning your

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 holiday

00:16:18.939 --> 00:16:19.919
 or you're

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 choosing

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 where you

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 go to

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 shop

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 it feels

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 a bit harsh

00:16:24.939 --> 00:16:25.379
 doesn't it

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 I'm just

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 being reasonable

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 being logical

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 being rational

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 but James

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 has no time

00:16:34.699 --> 00:16:35.159
 for this

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 it's crazy

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 he says

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 it's selfish

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 desire based

00:16:38.839 --> 00:16:39.519
 it's a desire

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 to be someone

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 we use earthly

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 wisdom

00:16:41.240 --> 00:16:41.799
 and when we're

00:16:41.799 --> 00:16:42.200
 using it

00:16:42.200 --> 00:16:42.480
 often

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 it's to feed

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 our envy

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 of others

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 it's to get

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 one up on

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 people

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 it's to put

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 ourselves above

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 others

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 it's to secure

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 ourselves

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 worldly wisdom

00:16:52.440 --> 00:16:53.299
 has at its core

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 our self

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 preservation

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 our my

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 centered benefits

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 our making a

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 name for

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 ourself

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 creating a

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 legacy

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 gaining power

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 and influence

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 becoming completely

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 independent of

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 others

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 I wonder if

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 you're honest

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 actually and you

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 make decisions

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 I wonder

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 what the

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 reason is

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 we see it a

00:17:15.099 --> 00:17:15.559
 lot right now

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 in our culture

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 and the fruits

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 even more

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 evident

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 division

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 insecurity

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 inequality

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 poverty

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 the fact that

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 we can have

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 in our country

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 powerful people

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 and powerless

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 people

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 in a free

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 country

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 clans

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 cliques

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 earthly wisdom's

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 fruit may be

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 good for you

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 on earth

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 but it always

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 damages other

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 people

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 and there's no

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 place for it in

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 heaven

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 godly wisdom

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 however

00:17:51.299 --> 00:17:53.239
 is reflected

00:17:53.239 --> 00:17:54.219
 not in power

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 or the influence

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 one has

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 or in the

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 successful life

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 now

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 and there's

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 nothing wrong

00:17:59.759 --> 00:18:00.159
 with having

00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:01.080
 a successful

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 life

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 but it is

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 reflected in a

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 faith filled

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 life

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 that shapes

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 the way we

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 live

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 a life

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 of faith

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 grounded in

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 God's character

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 choosing to

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 believe and not

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 doubt

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 believe and not

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 doubt that God

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 is faithful

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 and living out

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 that

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 that reality

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 living out

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 that

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 reasoning

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 making your

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 decisions based

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 on that

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 truth

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 even when

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 it's costly

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 even in

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 times of

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 persecution

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 and trial

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 we see this

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 wisdom in the

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 apostles

00:18:37.539 --> 00:18:39.160
 we see it in

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 those Christians

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 throughout history

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 and today who

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 choose the way

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 of Christ

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 of integrity

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 humility

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 mercy

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 peace

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 choosing

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 overworldly

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 gain

00:18:51.600 --> 00:18:52.819
 choosing

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 others

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 putting

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 themselves

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 down

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 building

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 others up

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 seeing the

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 prosperity of

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 ourselves

00:19:00.599 --> 00:19:01.459
 as second

00:19:01.459 --> 00:19:01.819
 to the

00:19:01.819 --> 00:19:02.159
 blessing

00:19:02.159 --> 00:19:02.779
 of others

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 I know it

00:19:05.919 --> 00:19:06.279
 sounds

00:19:06.279 --> 00:19:07.319
 obvious

00:19:07.319 --> 00:19:08.000
 but godly

00:19:08.000 --> 00:19:08.359
 wisdom

00:19:08.359 --> 00:19:08.939
 is the

00:19:08.939 --> 00:19:09.279
 kind of

00:19:09.279 --> 00:19:09.519
 wisdom

00:19:09.519 --> 00:19:09.879
 we should

00:19:09.879 --> 00:19:10.519
 be interested

00:19:10.519 --> 00:19:11.199
 in developing

00:19:11.199 --> 00:19:11.599
 in our

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 lives

00:19:11.939 --> 00:19:14.059
 it is a

00:19:14.059 --> 00:19:14.359
 wisdom

00:19:14.359 --> 00:19:15.299
 that's not

00:19:15.299 --> 00:19:16.079
 exclusively

00:19:16.079 --> 00:19:16.720
 proved in

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 years

00:19:17.179 --> 00:19:18.559
 nor is it

00:19:18.559 --> 00:19:19.039
 in clever

00:19:19.039 --> 00:19:19.779
 sayings

00:19:19.779 --> 00:19:23.019
 it's founded

00:19:23.019 --> 00:19:23.500
 and rooted

00:19:23.500 --> 00:19:24.119
 in trusting

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 in our

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 loving

00:19:24.899 --> 00:19:25.279
 God

00:19:25.279 --> 00:19:27.319
 who desires

00:19:27.319 --> 00:19:27.680
 us to

00:19:27.680 --> 00:19:28.420
 have it

00:19:28.420 --> 00:19:30.399
 see earthly

00:19:30.399 --> 00:19:30.720
 wisdom

00:19:30.720 --> 00:19:31.639
 is there

00:19:31.639 --> 00:19:32.440
 we can get

00:19:32.440 --> 00:19:32.759
 earthly

00:19:32.759 --> 00:19:33.079
 wisdom

00:19:33.079 --> 00:19:33.460
 we can

00:19:33.460 --> 00:19:33.920
 become

00:19:33.920 --> 00:19:34.639
 wise

00:19:34.639 --> 00:19:35.019
 people

00:19:35.019 --> 00:19:35.379
 on the

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 planet

00:19:35.680 --> 00:19:38.259
 but we

00:19:38.259 --> 00:19:38.539
 are called

00:19:38.539 --> 00:19:38.920
 to be

00:19:38.920 --> 00:19:39.420
 godly

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 wisdom

00:19:40.119 --> 00:19:40.619
 people

00:19:40.619 --> 00:19:43.319
 and there

00:19:43.319 --> 00:19:44.180
 is crossover

00:19:44.180 --> 00:19:45.240
 please don't

00:19:45.240 --> 00:19:46.119
 get confused

00:19:46.119 --> 00:19:46.359
 here

00:19:46.359 --> 00:19:46.699
 I'm not

00:19:46.699 --> 00:19:47.159
 saying

00:19:47.159 --> 00:19:47.759
 that

00:19:47.759 --> 00:19:48.679
 like the

00:19:48.679 --> 00:19:49.199
 logic of

00:19:49.199 --> 00:19:49.919
 running in

00:19:49.919 --> 00:19:50.339
 front of a

00:19:50.339 --> 00:19:50.819
 car is a

00:19:50.819 --> 00:19:51.459
 bad idea

00:19:51.459 --> 00:19:52.339
 is earthly

00:19:52.339 --> 00:19:52.740
 wisdom

00:19:52.740 --> 00:19:54.059
 I'm not

00:19:54.059 --> 00:19:54.719
 saying that

00:19:54.719 --> 00:19:55.240
 I would

00:19:55.240 --> 00:19:55.719
 probably think

00:19:55.719 --> 00:19:55.979
 that was

00:19:55.979 --> 00:19:56.279
 godly

00:19:56.279 --> 00:19:56.519
 wisdom

00:19:56.519 --> 00:19:57.839
 but I

00:19:57.839 --> 00:19:58.479
 am saying

00:19:58.479 --> 00:19:59.119
 that we

00:19:59.119 --> 00:19:59.599
 do make

00:19:59.599 --> 00:20:00.059
 choices

00:20:00.059 --> 00:20:00.619
 which if

00:20:00.619 --> 00:20:01.240
 we're honest

00:20:01.240 --> 00:20:02.419
 and we've

00:20:02.419 --> 00:20:02.779
 built our

00:20:02.779 --> 00:20:03.419
 wisdom up

00:20:03.419 --> 00:20:03.699
 and if

00:20:03.699 --> 00:20:04.240
 we're honest

00:20:04.240 --> 00:20:05.719
 it's built

00:20:05.719 --> 00:20:06.240
 on earthly

00:20:06.240 --> 00:20:06.659
 wisdom

00:20:06.659 --> 00:20:07.399
 it's built

00:20:07.399 --> 00:20:07.740
 on the

00:20:07.740 --> 00:20:08.139
 here and

00:20:08.139 --> 00:20:08.679
 now and

00:20:08.679 --> 00:20:08.979
 not the

00:20:08.979 --> 00:20:09.299
 kingdom

00:20:09.299 --> 00:20:11.579
 and I

00:20:11.579 --> 00:20:11.899
 know that's

00:20:11.899 --> 00:20:12.279
 uncomfortable

00:20:12.279 --> 00:20:12.939
 to hear

00:20:12.939 --> 00:20:13.899
 and I was

00:20:13.899 --> 00:20:14.579
 really nervous

00:20:14.579 --> 00:20:15.199
 about doing

00:20:15.199 --> 00:20:15.459
 this

00:20:15.459 --> 00:20:15.819
 preach

00:20:15.819 --> 00:20:17.659
 because what

00:20:17.659 --> 00:20:17.980
 I love

00:20:17.980 --> 00:20:18.559
 about James

00:20:18.559 --> 00:20:19.059
 and what I

00:20:19.059 --> 00:20:19.500
 hate about

00:20:19.500 --> 00:20:19.939
 James

00:20:19.939 --> 00:20:21.839
 he's a

00:20:21.839 --> 00:20:22.279
 book that's

00:20:22.279 --> 00:20:22.819
 very happy

00:20:22.819 --> 00:20:23.379
 to punch

00:20:23.379 --> 00:20:23.599
 you in

00:20:23.599 --> 00:20:23.960
 the gut

00:20:23.960 --> 00:20:25.359
 it's

00:20:25.359 --> 00:20:25.799
 beautifully

00:20:25.799 --> 00:20:26.319
 crafted

00:20:26.319 --> 00:20:27.619
 no messing

00:20:27.619 --> 00:20:29.819
 this is

00:20:29.819 --> 00:20:30.359
 the facts

00:20:30.359 --> 00:20:32.799
 and it's

00:20:32.799 --> 00:20:33.119
 in our

00:20:33.119 --> 00:20:33.960
 holy book

00:20:33.960 --> 00:20:35.099
 Martin Luther

00:20:35.099 --> 00:20:35.859
 didn't like

00:20:35.859 --> 00:20:36.519
 it very much

00:20:36.519 --> 00:20:37.339
 but that was

00:20:37.339 --> 00:20:37.700
 to do with

00:20:37.700 --> 00:20:38.119
 something about

00:20:38.119 --> 00:20:38.759
 faith and

00:20:38.759 --> 00:20:39.259
 deeds

00:20:39.259 --> 00:20:41.859
 but it's

00:20:41.859 --> 00:20:42.379
 in our

00:20:42.379 --> 00:20:43.700
 holy book

00:20:43.700 --> 00:20:44.839
 these words

00:20:44.839 --> 00:20:45.359
 are not

00:20:45.359 --> 00:20:45.959
 to be

00:20:45.959 --> 00:20:46.319
 ignored

00:20:46.319 --> 00:20:47.119
 we are

00:20:47.119 --> 00:20:47.559
 to take

00:20:47.559 --> 00:20:47.740
 it

00:20:47.740 --> 00:20:48.179
 seriously

00:20:48.179 --> 00:20:49.039
 we are

00:20:49.039 --> 00:20:49.419
 earthly

00:20:49.419 --> 00:20:49.779
 wisdom

00:20:49.779 --> 00:20:50.179
 people

00:20:50.179 --> 00:20:50.559
 we live

00:20:50.559 --> 00:20:50.779
 in an

00:20:50.779 --> 00:20:51.179
 earthly

00:20:51.179 --> 00:20:51.679
 wisdom

00:20:51.679 --> 00:20:52.099
 world

00:20:52.099 --> 00:20:52.539
 but we

00:20:52.539 --> 00:20:53.059
 are called

00:20:53.059 --> 00:20:53.479
 to be

00:20:53.479 --> 00:20:54.240
 godly

00:20:54.240 --> 00:20:54.599
 wisdom

00:20:54.599 --> 00:20:55.139
 people

00:20:55.139 --> 00:21:01.679
 and you

00:21:01.679 --> 00:21:02.059
 know why

00:21:02.059 --> 00:21:02.279
 God

00:21:02.279 --> 00:21:02.879
 desires us

00:21:02.879 --> 00:21:03.199
 to have

00:21:03.199 --> 00:21:03.639
 it because

00:21:03.639 --> 00:21:04.099
 it is

00:21:04.099 --> 00:21:04.539
 good for

00:21:04.539 --> 00:21:04.879
 us

00:21:04.879 --> 00:21:06.859
 he desires

00:21:06.859 --> 00:21:07.139
 us to

00:21:07.139 --> 00:21:07.419
 have it

00:21:07.419 --> 00:21:08.000
 because we

00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:08.699
 need it

00:21:08.699 --> 00:21:10.799
 because

00:21:10.799 --> 00:21:11.279
 through

00:21:11.279 --> 00:21:11.699
 godly

00:21:11.699 --> 00:21:12.000
 wisdom

00:21:12.000 --> 00:21:12.700
 that's

00:21:12.700 --> 00:21:13.000
 how we

00:21:13.000 --> 00:21:13.500
 mature

00:21:13.500 --> 00:21:14.140
 and grow

00:21:14.140 --> 00:21:16.000
 which is

00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:16.960
 our topic

00:21:16.960 --> 00:21:17.700
 for this

00:21:17.700 --> 00:21:18.039
 season

00:21:18.039 --> 00:21:18.980
 we will

00:21:18.980 --> 00:21:19.480
 mature

00:21:19.480 --> 00:21:20.200
 and grow

00:21:20.200 --> 00:21:21.700
 in godly

00:21:21.700 --> 00:21:22.079
 wisdom

00:21:22.079 --> 00:21:24.819
 and that's

00:21:24.819 --> 00:21:25.319
 what we need

00:21:25.319 --> 00:21:25.880
 because we are

00:21:25.880 --> 00:21:26.380
 called to be

00:21:26.380 --> 00:21:27.019
 Christ like

00:21:27.019 --> 00:21:29.400
 and if you were

00:21:29.400 --> 00:21:30.019
 to look at our

00:21:30.019 --> 00:21:30.440
 Messiah

00:21:30.440 --> 00:21:31.539
 our saviour

00:21:31.539 --> 00:21:32.500
 he took down

00:21:32.500 --> 00:21:33.099
 an empire

00:21:33.099 --> 00:21:34.259
 did he do it

00:21:34.259 --> 00:21:34.740
 with earthly

00:21:34.740 --> 00:21:35.160
 wisdom

00:21:35.160 --> 00:21:37.380
 no

00:21:37.380 --> 00:21:40.020
 he took

00:21:40.020 --> 00:21:40.400
 it on

00:21:40.400 --> 00:21:41.000
 himself

00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:42.940
 he took

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 on an

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 empire

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 by getting

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 beat up

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 he took

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 on power

00:21:48.280 --> 00:21:49.300
 by becoming

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 powerless

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 we need to

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 remember

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 the core

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 message of

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 the gospel

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 we are

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 meant to

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 be

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 godly

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 wise

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 someone in

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 the congregation

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 right now

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 is thinking

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 something about

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 shrewd as

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 vipers

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 and innocent

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 as doves

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 yeah sure

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 I'm not going

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 to ignore

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 those bits

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 that show

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 that we need

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 to have a

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 little bit

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 of earthly

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 wisdom

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 but I'm

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 asking about

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 our core

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 where is

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 our core

00:22:19.259 --> 00:22:20.339
 what wisdom

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 are we

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 living on

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 because the

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 godly wise

00:22:26.000 --> 00:22:26.539
 Christians

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 are the ones

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 that will

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 bring the

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 kingdom

00:22:28.119 --> 00:22:28.980
 here

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 the godly

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 wise

00:22:30.539 --> 00:22:31.279
 Christians

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 are the ones

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 that will

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 see

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 transformation

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 renewal

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 on earth

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 okay

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 Jay

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 great

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 feeling

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 guilty

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 feeling

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 heavy

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 now

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 thanks

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 a lot

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 so how

00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:45.839
 do we

00:22:45.839 --> 00:22:46.160
 get this

00:22:46.160 --> 00:22:46.440
 godly

00:22:46.440 --> 00:22:46.900
 wisdom

00:22:46.900 --> 00:22:49.220
 that this

00:22:49.220 --> 00:22:50.240
 maturing

00:22:50.240 --> 00:22:51.379
 and growing

00:22:51.379 --> 00:22:51.839
 wisdom

00:22:51.839 --> 00:22:52.440
 that god

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 has for

00:22:53.539 --> 00:22:54.000
 us that

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 we're meant

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 to have

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 for us

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 to be

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 the us

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 that he

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 wants us

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 to be

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 i love

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 james

00:22:59.819 --> 00:23:00.079
 here

00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:01.460
 he says

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 ask god

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 ask god

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 believe

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 and don't

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 doubt

00:23:09.039 --> 00:23:11.460
 thanks james

00:23:11.460 --> 00:23:12.559
 thanks james

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 i didn't think

00:23:13.359 --> 00:23:14.079
 of talking to

00:23:14.079 --> 00:23:14.659
 god about it

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 i didn't think

00:23:15.200 --> 00:23:15.839
 about praying

00:23:15.839 --> 00:23:18.059
 and i didn't

00:23:18.059 --> 00:23:18.919
 think about the

00:23:18.919 --> 00:23:19.639
 consequences of

00:23:19.639 --> 00:23:20.200
 what he's saying

00:23:20.200 --> 00:23:21.279
 i'm not allowed

00:23:21.279 --> 00:23:21.720
 to doubt

00:23:21.720 --> 00:23:22.119
 anymore

00:23:22.119 --> 00:23:22.559
 apparently

00:23:22.559 --> 00:23:24.460
 i don't think

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 that's what james

00:23:25.059 --> 00:23:25.339
 means

00:23:25.339 --> 00:23:26.059
 i don't think

00:23:26.059 --> 00:23:26.879
 we're not meant

00:23:26.879 --> 00:23:27.740
 to doubt

00:23:27.740 --> 00:23:28.099
 anymore

00:23:28.099 --> 00:23:28.799
 doubt is

00:23:28.799 --> 00:23:29.500
 human

00:23:29.500 --> 00:23:30.559
 doubt is

00:23:30.559 --> 00:23:31.279
 actually quite

00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:31.759
 healthy

00:23:31.759 --> 00:23:33.659
 doubt is how

00:23:33.659 --> 00:23:34.279
 we know whether

00:23:34.279 --> 00:23:35.339
 we are doing

00:23:35.339 --> 00:23:36.000
 godly stuff

00:23:36.000 --> 00:23:36.500
 or doing

00:23:36.500 --> 00:23:37.240
 earthly stuff

00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:38.619
 doubt is that

00:23:38.619 --> 00:23:39.039
 seed

00:23:39.039 --> 00:23:40.679
 that we

00:23:40.679 --> 00:23:41.240
 grapple and

00:23:41.240 --> 00:23:41.879
 wrestle with

00:23:41.879 --> 00:23:43.740
 but james gives

00:23:43.740 --> 00:23:44.500
 us this example

00:23:44.500 --> 00:23:44.960
 doesn't he

00:23:44.960 --> 00:23:45.500
 he says this

00:23:45.500 --> 00:23:46.259
 double-minded

00:23:46.259 --> 00:23:46.940
 person

00:23:46.940 --> 00:23:48.860
 it's like a

00:23:48.860 --> 00:23:49.460
 wave

00:23:49.460 --> 00:23:50.539
 in the sea

00:23:50.539 --> 00:23:51.340
 passive

00:23:51.340 --> 00:23:53.279
 directed by

00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:53.779
 the wind

00:23:53.779 --> 00:23:54.360
 going with

00:23:54.360 --> 00:23:54.900
 the flow

00:23:54.900 --> 00:23:55.420
 or like the

00:23:55.420 --> 00:23:56.000
 chaff in

00:23:56.000 --> 00:23:56.740
 psalm 1

00:23:56.740 --> 00:23:58.200
 has no

00:23:58.200 --> 00:23:58.660
 grounding

00:23:58.660 --> 00:23:59.180
 and therefore

00:23:59.180 --> 00:23:59.900
 gets blown

00:23:59.900 --> 00:24:00.380
 away

00:24:00.380 --> 00:24:01.779
 or like the

00:24:01.779 --> 00:24:02.200
 seed in

00:24:02.200 --> 00:24:02.920
 jesus parable

00:24:02.920 --> 00:24:03.320
 that is not

00:24:03.320 --> 00:24:04.059
 deeply rooted

00:24:04.059 --> 00:24:05.000
 and gets

00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:05.759
 snatched up

00:24:05.759 --> 00:24:07.279
 this person

00:24:07.279 --> 00:24:08.259
 james uses

00:24:08.259 --> 00:24:08.880
 as example

00:24:08.880 --> 00:24:09.360
 is someone

00:24:09.360 --> 00:24:10.400
 who has sat

00:24:10.400 --> 00:24:11.200
 on the fence

00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:12.660
 trying to play

00:24:12.660 --> 00:24:13.220
 the world's

00:24:13.220 --> 00:24:13.480
 game

00:24:13.480 --> 00:24:14.900
 and the

00:24:14.900 --> 00:24:15.460
 kingdom's

00:24:15.460 --> 00:24:15.680
 way

00:24:15.680 --> 00:24:17.220
 they may

00:24:17.220 --> 00:24:17.600
 dip their

00:24:17.600 --> 00:24:18.019
 toe in

00:24:18.019 --> 00:24:18.340
 but they

00:24:18.340 --> 00:24:18.700
 are yet

00:24:18.700 --> 00:24:19.160
 to jump

00:24:19.160 --> 00:24:19.400
 in

00:24:19.400 --> 00:24:21.240
 to jump

00:24:21.240 --> 00:24:22.640
 in in

00:24:22.640 --> 00:24:23.100
 faith

00:24:23.100 --> 00:24:23.600
 that god

00:24:23.600 --> 00:24:23.980
 is who

00:24:23.980 --> 00:24:24.360
 he says

00:24:24.360 --> 00:24:24.799
 he is

00:24:24.799 --> 00:24:26.720
 even when

00:24:26.720 --> 00:24:27.680
 life makes

00:24:27.680 --> 00:24:28.080
 that hard

00:24:28.080 --> 00:24:28.560
 to see

00:24:28.560 --> 00:24:31.120
 yes this

00:24:31.120 --> 00:24:31.480
 sounds like

00:24:31.480 --> 00:24:32.039
 a big ass

00:24:32.039 --> 00:24:32.600
 but remember

00:24:32.600 --> 00:24:33.779
 james wrote

00:24:33.779 --> 00:24:34.660
 this challenge

00:24:34.660 --> 00:24:35.640
 to a

00:24:35.640 --> 00:24:36.220
 persecuted

00:24:36.220 --> 00:24:36.940
 church

00:24:36.940 --> 00:24:39.160
 who was

00:24:39.160 --> 00:24:39.880
 suffering

00:24:39.880 --> 00:24:41.400
 with worldly

00:24:41.400 --> 00:24:41.880
 wisdom

00:24:41.880 --> 00:24:42.620
 the jude

00:24:42.620 --> 00:24:43.400
 gentile thing

00:24:43.400 --> 00:24:44.680
 who are we

00:24:44.680 --> 00:24:48.180
 he wrote

00:24:48.180 --> 00:24:48.519
 this

00:24:48.519 --> 00:24:49.740
 not long

00:24:49.740 --> 00:24:51.080
 after this

00:24:51.080 --> 00:24:53.000
 he was

00:24:53.000 --> 00:24:53.620
 martyred

00:24:53.620 --> 00:24:55.380
 by the

00:24:55.380 --> 00:24:55.840
 jews

00:24:55.840 --> 00:24:58.180
 he knew

00:24:58.180 --> 00:24:58.779
 the cost

00:24:58.779 --> 00:24:59.660
 of choosing

00:24:59.660 --> 00:25:00.400
 godly wisdom

00:25:00.400 --> 00:25:01.000
 over worldly

00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:01.460
 wisdom

00:25:01.460 --> 00:25:02.920
 worldly wisdom

00:25:02.920 --> 00:25:03.580
 says play it

00:25:03.580 --> 00:25:03.940
 safe

00:25:03.940 --> 00:25:04.880
 make some

00:25:04.880 --> 00:25:05.340
 friends

00:25:05.340 --> 00:25:06.759
 get yourself

00:25:06.759 --> 00:25:07.240
 secure

00:25:07.240 --> 00:25:09.740
 james refused

00:25:09.740 --> 00:25:10.039
 that

00:25:10.039 --> 00:25:11.420
 he wrote

00:25:11.420 --> 00:25:12.039
 bluntly

00:25:12.039 --> 00:25:12.920
 to his

00:25:12.920 --> 00:25:13.339
 church

00:25:13.339 --> 00:25:14.000
 to the

00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:14.519
 church

00:25:14.519 --> 00:25:17.899
 you need

00:25:17.899 --> 00:25:18.240
 godly

00:25:18.240 --> 00:25:18.599
 wisdom

00:25:18.599 --> 00:25:21.259
 he knew

00:25:21.259 --> 00:25:21.500
 what he

00:25:21.500 --> 00:25:21.980
 was asking

00:25:21.980 --> 00:25:22.539
 of us

00:25:22.539 --> 00:25:24.220
 and so

00:25:24.220 --> 00:25:24.680
 yes this

00:25:24.680 --> 00:25:25.099
 message

00:25:25.099 --> 00:25:25.879
 ends with

00:25:25.879 --> 00:25:26.420
 a ridiculous

00:25:26.420 --> 00:25:27.000
 challenge

00:25:27.000 --> 00:25:27.399
 will you

00:25:27.399 --> 00:25:28.220
 take james

00:25:28.220 --> 00:25:28.700
 at his

00:25:28.700 --> 00:25:29.059
 word

00:25:29.059 --> 00:25:30.519
 will you

00:25:30.519 --> 00:25:30.899
 choose to

00:25:30.899 --> 00:25:31.759
 be matured

00:25:31.759 --> 00:25:32.299
 in godly

00:25:32.299 --> 00:25:32.700
 wisdom

00:25:32.700 --> 00:25:33.920
 even when

00:25:33.920 --> 00:25:34.519
 it's costly

00:25:34.519 --> 00:25:36.680
 both feet

00:25:36.680 --> 00:25:36.940
 in

00:25:36.940 --> 00:25:38.420
 even though

00:25:38.420 --> 00:25:38.880
 life right

00:25:38.880 --> 00:25:39.200
 now may

00:25:39.200 --> 00:25:39.759
 be hard

00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:40.980
 choosing

00:25:40.980 --> 00:25:41.680
 faith

00:25:41.680 --> 00:25:42.680
 over letting

00:25:42.680 --> 00:25:43.120
 the waves

00:25:43.120 --> 00:25:43.600
 bash you

00:25:43.600 --> 00:25:43.940
 about

00:25:43.940 --> 00:25:45.740
 will you

00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:46.180
 ask god

00:25:46.180 --> 00:25:46.480
 for the

00:25:46.480 --> 00:25:46.880
 wisdom he

00:25:46.880 --> 00:25:47.299
 has for

00:25:47.299 --> 00:25:47.640
 you

00:25:47.640 --> 00:25:49.039
 and will

00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:49.420
 you listen

00:25:49.420 --> 00:25:49.779
 to the

00:25:49.779 --> 00:25:50.400
 spirit god

00:25:50.400 --> 00:25:50.920
 has placed

00:25:50.920 --> 00:25:51.460
 in you

00:25:51.460 --> 00:25:52.460
 which is

00:25:52.460 --> 00:25:53.059
 maturing

00:25:53.059 --> 00:25:53.660
 and growing

00:25:53.660 --> 00:25:54.160
 you into

00:25:54.160 --> 00:25:54.680
 a kingdom

00:25:54.680 --> 00:25:55.240
 person

00:25:55.240 --> 00:25:55.580
 who

00:25:55.580 --> 00:25:56.500
 through

00:25:56.500 --> 00:25:56.900
 god

00:25:56.900 --> 00:25:57.240
 will

00:25:57.240 --> 00:25:57.640
 redeem

00:25:57.640 --> 00:25:57.880
 this

00:25:57.880 --> 00:25:58.180
 world

00:25:58.180 --> 00:25:59.880
 and

00:25:59.880 --> 00:26:00.320
 to

00:26:00.320 --> 00:26:02.000
 that

00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:04.460
 one

00:26:04.460 --> 00:26:04.860
 and

00:26:04.860 --> 00:26:05.420
 to

00:26:05.420 --> 00:26:13.440
 and

00:26:13.440 --> 00:26:15.299
 and

00:26:15.299 --> 00:26:15.580
 Whoo

00:26:15.580 --> 00:26:17.160
 and

00:26:17.160 --> 00:26:17.740
 G

00:26:17.740 --> 00:26:21.820
 you

00:26:25.779 --> 00:26:27.620
 and