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 We're going to continue our series on sin and temptation tonight.

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 And that was kind of like more of an intro text, what Ashley just read.

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! We'll probably be revisiting that next week, but I think it's really good.

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 Tonight we're going to talk about the world and what the world is.

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 Last week John spoke on Satan, the identity of Satan and his purposes and his desires.

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 And this week we're going to talk about the world.

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 And in 1 John here, the verses we just read, the word for world,

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 it's not talking about the world in terms of like nature, creation, people necessarily.

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 It's talking about the world more like a negative way.

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 The way that the world is alienated from God because of its sin and because of the sinfulness of man.

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 And it has to do with the way of thinking, like an ideology.

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 It encompasses false systems of religion, false ways of thinking.

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 It encompasses a lot of different things.

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 And flip over to Colossians 2 really fast.

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 This is just another text to look at.

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 But the world and the devil and the flesh are the three things that we have to do with and fight against here in this life as believers.

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 And they're not necessarily separated.

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 As I said a long time ago, they kind of work together in a lot of ways.

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 It wasn't like today.

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 It was the devil.

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 And yet tomorrow is going to be the world.

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 It's all kind of in working together simultaneously to lead us away from God into sin.

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 Colossians 2 verse 8.

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 A great verse to kind of reference when we're looking at what it means.

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 Like the world, the cosmos.

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 It says,

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 See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit.

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 According to human tradition.

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 According to the elementary spirits of the world.

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 And not according to Christ.

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 And that word for captive means like robbing, plundering, taking away, taking away from.

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 And false ideologies and false ways of thinking, false worldviews can rob you of the joy that you're meant to have as a believer in Christ.

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 And knowing Christ and walking with Christ, it alters how you think.

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 And if you do that, if you bind to another ideology of the world, you can miss out on so many things that Christ has for you.

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 And living in sin.

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 And so, when it talks about philosophy here in Colossians, it's not just talking about like an academic class of philosophy.

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 It encompassed a lot more back then.

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 More of like how you do life.

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 The purpose of life.

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 Who God was.

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 How you lived every day.

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 That's what philosophy really meant more then than like we would think of today.

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 Our main text, though, is going to be in the book of Daniel.

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 So, turn to Daniel chapter 1.

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 I don't know many other books to look at that speak about how to be in the world, but not of it.

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 To be the people of God, but at the same time live in the midst of a very sinful and broken and fallen environment than Daniel.

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 Some of us are just familiar with like Daniel's in the lion den, but you ought to go back and study this book at some point.

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 And really, ring it out.

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 It's so rich and powerful.

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 So, I'll give you a background.

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 We're going to be in chapter 1.

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 We're going to go through the first few verses.

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 We'll read through.

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 Right now, we'll read 1 and 2.

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 It says,

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 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem and besieged it.

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 And the Lord gave Jehoiakim, king of Judah, into his hand with some vessels in the house of God.

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 And he brought them to the land of Shinar, to the house of his God, and placed the vessels in the treasury of his God.

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 And to know what's going on a little bit, Judah, do you remember like there was at one point a united kingdom where David reigned as a king and there was this one nation.

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 And then his son Solomon reigned after that and it was one nation.

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 After Solomon died, the kingdom split apart.

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 There was ten tribes that went to the north and that was Israel.

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 And their capital was Samaria.

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 And in the south, there was two, and that was Judah.

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 And their capital was Jerusalem.

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 The northern kingdom had been wiped out by the Assyrians before the Babylonians were kind of on the scene.

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 So Judah remained.

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 But Judah continued to rebel against God and not honor God in the way that they worshipped and with their lives.

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 They confessed Him with their mouths, but their hearts were far from Him.

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 And God constantly sent prophets.

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 He sent Jeremiah.

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 He sent many other prophets to speak to them and say, this is not good.

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 You're rebelling against God.

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 You need to repent and turn back to God.

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 And they continued on in their sin.

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 They ignored all God's warnings.

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 And finally, God gave them over.

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 He judged them for their rebellion.

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 And His instrument of judgment was Babylon.

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 It was Nebuchadnezzar.

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 And this is around like 605 B.C., so a very long time ago.

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 So you can go and read about Nebuchadnezzar, even just other literature outside the Bible.

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 But he was a real guy.

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 And he took Jerusalem over, conquered the city, and took a lot of the things that were in the temple back to lay before one of his false gods, one of his idols, to kind of just say, you know, look what my God did.

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 And to mock the God of Israel.

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 And so God was judging them for their rebellion.

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 And just to know, like, also kind of what's going on in these first few verses, we'll read the next part right here.

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 And it says, the king assigned them a daily portion.

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 Oh, excuse me.

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 Let's give something I did.

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 I apologize.

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 No.

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 Yeah.

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 Okay.

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 Yeah.

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 In verse 3, we begin to kind of see, like, this system that Nebuchadnezzar had in place.

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 It wasn't just, let's just wipe them out and kill them all.

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 Let's absorb their culture into the Babylonian culture.

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 I can't tell you, like, how many ancient cultures I've heard about or read about that existed.

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 And they once were kind of like a proud and powerful people.

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 But at a certain point, they were conquered and they were completely absorbed into a stronger country.

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 Their language was lost.

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 Everything was disappeared, in essence.

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 So, it's very crazy in America, in and of itself, that Israel is even there today.

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 It's nuts.

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 To see, like, it only has to do with God's grace and God's power that's preserved them.

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 Because he has a plan to do some things at that point.

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 And it says in verse 3, excuse me, yeah, yeah, verse 3.

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 The king commanded Athanas, the chief eunuch, to bring some people of Israel, both from the royal family and the nobility,

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 use without blemish and good in appearance, and skill in all wisdom, endowed with knowledge, understanding, learning,

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 competent to stand in the king's palace and to teach them the literature and language of the Chaldeans.

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 The king assigned them a daily portion of food that the king ate and wine that he drank.

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 They were educated for three years.

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 At the end of that time, they were to stand before the king.

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 And among them, among these were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah of the tribe of Judah.

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 And the chief of the eunuchs gave them names.

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 Daniel, he called Belshazzar.

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 Hananiah, he called Shadrach.

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 Mishael, he called Meshach.

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 And Azariah, he called Abednego.

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 So that's going to be kind of our text.

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 But again, like I said, Daniel is the perfect story to see what it's like to belong to God

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 and to have a living, walking faith in the living God, but to live in a totally fallen and hostile environment.

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 So we're going to look at a few things first.

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 But first of all, it's important to have three points.

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 But first, it's important for you to know what Babylon is.

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 And it's not just like an ancient city.

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 A lot of the guys who have gone to war in Iraq, they can go and actually see a lot of the old ruins of Babylon

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 and the palaces that are there.

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 It is a location, but it implies a lot more than a location.

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 Some of you might remember a little Bible quiz here.

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 Way back in Genesis, a long time ago, in chapter 11,

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 God had commanded the people to go and scatter and fill the earth and subdue the earth,

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 and they refused.

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 And instead, they built these massive towers to basically glorify themselves

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 and show the power of their ingenuity.

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 And they actually say, let us make a name for ourselves.

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 A name for ourselves.

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 So in a way, they were trying to show the glory of who man was.

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 And God, remember, He scattered them.

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 At that point, the world had one language.

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 And He scattered them, and He confused their languages, and they couldn't work together.

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 So that was called the Tower of Babylon.

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 And that's where we get Babylon from.

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 And it means like to confuse or to mix or to mingle.

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 And Babylon symbolizes humanity's ambition to dethrone God

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 and make their own name rather than to glorify God's name.

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 It's basically like a worldly city where man tries to exalt himself in the position of God.

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 So that's what it is.

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 It's a way of thinking.

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 It's an idea.

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 It's not just a location.

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 It's a location.

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 It's saying, I'm not going to live for God.

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 I'm going to live for myself.

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 I'm going to make a name for myself.

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 And so here's some of the points I have for you.

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 The first one, and my goal here is to kind of expose kind of a process of the world around us,

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 the fallen world, will try to put you through and expose you to as a believer.

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 And this is going to be a two-part thing.

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 I'll probably finish this next week.

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 This week, I'm going to try to focus more on your identity as a child of God.

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 Next week, it will be a little more, I don't want to say practical,

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 but it will be like things like media or music, the kind of stuff that we are around all day,

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 that kind of stuff, and how it's influencing us.

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 But this is more about our identity as the people of God.

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 So the first point is, the world will try to befriend you.

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 The world will try to befriend you.

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 Look at verse 5.

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 It says,

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 The king assigned them a daily portion of food that the king ate and wine that he drank,

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 and they were to be educated for three years.

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 At the end of that time, they were to stand before the king.

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 Okay?

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 So this was a way of like indoctrinating these guys.

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 And notice that, whether you know it or not, you've been indoctrinated your entire life.

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 Like from, you know, when you started going to school,

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 and the environment you were in, you were told what was important,

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 you were told what to live for, have a good job, you know, get married,

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 make a lot of money, be secure, provide.

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 That's what your goal in life is.

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 And you're told that at a very early age.

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 And that's what you kind of go along hearing.

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 And some of you are even still hearing that today.

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 So, in this text, Daniel and his friends are offered very rich food

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 and all the privileges of being in like a Babylonian court, status, comfort.

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 And their hope is that they can indoctrinate them

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 and kind of wean them off of their way of like belonging to the true God

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 and make them actually think and act like Babylonians

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 and basically just kind of absorb them.

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 And so, they, we might ask like a lot of nutritionists out there

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 who try to like argue, well, with Daniel and his friends,

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 they didn't eat the king's food and drink his wine

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 and that's an argument for being a vegetarian or something.

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 And I'm like, what?

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 That has nothing to do with that really.

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 But in the text, you should know just like what's going on

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 when it talks about the food.

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 Because it kind of is a, they're making a pretty bold statement

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 when they refuse to partake of this food.

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 To indulge in the food would be to like honor pagan gods

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 because this food was dedicated to the gods of Babylon.

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 And for them to eat of it would be like a way of honoring them

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 in an Eastern, you know, ancient Near Eastern culture

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 and then there today as well.

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 To share a meal with somebody is almost to make a covenant with them,

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 like to befriend them.

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 Say like, okay, we're cool.

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 Let's share a meal together.

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 And so, they were like, we're not going to do that.

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 It's symbolic.

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 So, they refused to do that.

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 And so, I've been trying to really think about the best way to approach this.

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 And I had a book, I don't know if I brought it up here with me,

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 but I don't really need it.

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 It's a book that I read a long time ago when I was in school.

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 It was called The Paradox of American Power.

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 And it was written by a Harvard professor called Joseph Nye.

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 He wrote several books dealing with like diplomacy

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 and international politics and war.

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 And he was the former, I mean, in case you just think of just some other wacky dude out there,

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 he had some pretty crazy experience.

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 He was the former chairman of National Intelligence Council,

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 assistant secretary of defense during the Clinton administration.

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 So, he knows a pretty good bit about foreign policy and diplomacy.

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 And in this book, he talked about two kinds of power that nations or states or political leaders try to use

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 when they want to go into another country and move that country towards something,

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 just like we've done with a lot of the places throughout history,

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 recently, Afghanistan, Iraq.

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 So, the two kinds of power are these, and these are helpful to know.

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 We're going to make a spiritual connection to these.

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 The first one is called soft power.

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 Soft power.

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 It means the ability to obtain what you want through attraction,

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 by use of your values, your cultures, your policies.

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 And you go and you try to influence the way they think about things.

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 You teach them about democracy, that kind of stuff.

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 And then another kind of power is called hard power.

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 And that has to do with, like, obtaining what you want through military might,

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 you know, air, land, sea, type things.

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 And you, through a coercion, you try to bend them to your will through force.

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 So, soft power and hard power.

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 An example is like, you know, America goes into a country somewhere,

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 and they want to establish it and secure it and make it a democratic state.

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 That's kind of like their goal.

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 So, soft power would be like, we come there, we try to educate them,

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 we give them our entertainment, our movies, our music, our clothes,

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 and try to show them, you know, what things are like,

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 and kind of like begin to change their way of thinking.

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 And, on the other hand, hard power would be what?

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 It would be like military force, like we've done in a lot of places.

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 And usually, a political force uses both of those, both hard power and soft power,

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 to accomplish that.

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 Two so-called successes would be South Korea and Japan,

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 whether or not they're really successes.

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 But they look very Western now as compared to what they did a long time ago.

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 And Vietnam, not so much.

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 So, we see where both were used there, and it failed.

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 So, hard power and soft power is a good way to think about things we relate to the world

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 and spiritual warfare.

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 But a spiritual application of this is that Satan is using the world system

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 of like a Babylonian way of thinking.

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 He's using both hard power and soft power in the world,

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 and he's using them both against the church.

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 So, he really employs hard power.

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 You could tie that in with like persecution, hostility.

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 Nations like North Korea or China or Sudan,

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 where believers are beaten, imprisoned, killed, exiled.

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 That would be, you know, hard power.

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 Nigeria, places like that.

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 People are facing physical persecution and death.

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 That's the end there.

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 But, let's see.

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 What's a lot scarier here is that Satan hasn't chosen to apply that power here at all.

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 He's chosen something a lot more subtle.

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 He's chosen to use a soft power approach with us here in America.

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 And what is his scheme and what is his goal?

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 How does he apply this?

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 Let me read you a quote by Charles Spurgeon.

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 He said,

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 Prosperity is much harder to bear than adversity.

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 As the finding pot to silver and the furnace to gold,

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 so is prosperity to a Christian.

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 Many a man will pass through trouble and praise God under it.

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 When he who has tried with no trouble will forget his God,

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 decline in grace, and grow almost a worldly.

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 Believe me, there is no greater trial than no trial.

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 And that's really profound.

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 I know that to be true.

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 Think about it.

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 Like, the wealth and prosperity in America,

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 that's certainly not a bad thing.

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 Remember?

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 Like, those things are not called good or evil.

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 That's how we use them.

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 And our fallen natures like to use those things

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 to indulge in our own simple pleasures,

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 to use them for evil and not good.

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 And so the enemy has, like, lulled us to sleep in our prosperity.

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 We've fallen asleep in our liberty.

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 Think about it.

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 Which one would you rather have?

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 Someone's like,

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 I definitely don't want persecution.

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 Please don't send that my way.

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 I'm pretty comfortable where I am.

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 But if you want a closer walk with God,

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 a lot of times,

00:20:16.660 --> 00:20:17.380
 like I would think,

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 if you come to me with, like, a sword or a dagger or a pistol,

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 I'm going to run, like, straight to Christ.

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 You know, I'm going to, like, cling to Him.

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 He's going to love me, protect me, give me peace.

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 Even if I die, I'll die, like, holding on to Him.

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 And, but, if you came up to me and, like,

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 offered me on a platter everything that I could possibly want,

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 everything that my flesh would enjoy,

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 I might pause and think about it like,

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 hmm, you know, that looks really good.

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 So it's very, very, very subtle.

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 So it's the things of the world,

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 a Babylonian way of thinking,

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 like, to help us forget about living for God

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 and then forget about our identity as the people of God

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 and live for ourselves and indulge in ourselves

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 and build our own kingdoms

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 and build up our own names rather than God's.

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 So, the Babylonian way of the world

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 will try to lure you in

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 and get you to do that.

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 Turn to James 4 real fast.

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 We're constantly bombarded by a message

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 that says that Christ is not enough.

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 We have to have Christ plus all this stuff to be happy.

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 Turn to James 4, verse 4.

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 Remember, part of the tactic is

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 the world wants to befriend you,

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 just like we see in our story here.

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 James 4, verse 4.

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 James is telling them how it is.

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 He says,

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 You adulterous people,

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 do you not know that friendship with the world

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 is enmity with God?

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 Therefore, whoever wishes to be a friend of the world

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 makes himself an enemy of God.

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 James was written a very long time

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 after Daniel and his buddies were in Babylon.

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 But they knew this.

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 They understood this truth.

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 But hundreds of years before James wrote that,

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 so what did I say?

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 No.

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 We won't compromise.

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 We will not give in to this.

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 We're not going to worship your gods.

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 We're going to remain who we are.

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 So, if you remember,

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 eventually,

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 they bargained with the king,

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 verses later,

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 and say,

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 give us vegetables

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 and all that kind of stuff,

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 and we'll see who does better

00:22:43.980 --> 00:22:44.680
 and performs better,

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 and they actually do.

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 So, the king is cool with that.

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 So,

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 we are the people of the living God,

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 and we can't be friends with the world.

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 The world is not

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 really wanting to be your friend.

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 It's wanting to lure you in

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 and destroy you.

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 So,

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 that's the first point,

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 is the world will try to befriend you.

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 Secondly,

00:23:06.599 --> 00:23:07.619
 second point is,

00:23:07.699 --> 00:23:10.019
 the world will try to tell you

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 what is important.

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 And you need to kind of hold your hand in Daniel,

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 so go back to Daniel,

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 and just kind of keep your hand there.

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 We're going to flip back and forth there

00:23:19.439 --> 00:23:20.099
 throughout the night.

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 But,

00:23:21.220 --> 00:23:21.939
 back in Daniel.

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 So,

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 the world will try to tell you

00:23:24.699 --> 00:23:25.500
 what is important.

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 It said,

00:23:26.700 --> 00:23:29.160
 the king commanded

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 Athanas,

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 the chief eunuch,

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 to bring some of the people of Israel,

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 both of the royal family

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 and the nobility,

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 used without blemish,

00:23:38.340 --> 00:23:39.840
 of good appearance

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 and skillful and all wisdom,

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 endowed with knowledge,

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 understanding,

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 and learning,

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 and competent to stand in the king's palace,

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 and to teach them the literature

00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:49.460
 and language of the Chaldeans.

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 So,

00:23:52.980 --> 00:23:54.160
 they only got the very best.

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 They got these

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 really young,

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 strong,

00:23:57.139 --> 00:23:57.740
 educated,

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 part of the nobility of Judah

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 to come and be in the court,

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 and in hopes of,

00:24:03.720 --> 00:24:03.799
 like,

00:24:04.240 --> 00:24:05.359
 changing their worldview

00:24:05.359 --> 00:24:06.299
 and absorbing them

00:24:06.299 --> 00:24:07.379
 into a Babylonian

00:24:07.379 --> 00:24:08.660
 way of thinking

00:24:08.660 --> 00:24:10.259
 by teaching them the literature

00:24:10.259 --> 00:24:11.759
 and the language

00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:12.720
 of the Chaldeans.

00:24:13.599 --> 00:24:13.879
 So,

00:24:14.779 --> 00:24:15.500
 what's kind of,

00:24:15.799 --> 00:24:17.339
 what can you learn here

00:24:17.339 --> 00:24:18.839
 about the Babylonian way

00:24:18.839 --> 00:24:19.980
 of thinking,

00:24:20.279 --> 00:24:21.480
 as opposed to what

00:24:21.480 --> 00:24:22.319
 the people of God

00:24:22.319 --> 00:24:23.420
 should live for

00:24:23.420 --> 00:24:24.400
 and think?

00:24:24.400 --> 00:24:26.400
 And it is this,

00:24:26.460 --> 00:24:28.240
 and it's so true.

00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:30.120
 Satan in the world

00:24:30.120 --> 00:24:31.519
 will tell you

00:24:31.519 --> 00:24:32.320
 that your beauty,

00:24:32.920 --> 00:24:33.560
 your youth,

00:24:33.600 --> 00:24:34.340
 and your intelligence

00:24:34.340 --> 00:24:35.720
 are the most important things

00:24:35.720 --> 00:24:36.960
 to live for.

00:24:37.960 --> 00:24:38.360
 And,

00:24:38.460 --> 00:24:39.680
 that's why you see

00:24:39.680 --> 00:24:40.220
 all these people

00:24:40.220 --> 00:24:41.280
 on TV

00:24:41.280 --> 00:24:41.920
 just trying to,

00:24:41.920 --> 00:24:42.140
 like,

00:24:42.200 --> 00:24:42.620
 extend,

00:24:43.180 --> 00:24:43.340
 you know,

00:24:43.340 --> 00:24:44.120
 trying to live it up

00:24:44.120 --> 00:24:44.600
 like they were

00:24:44.600 --> 00:24:45.680
 their teens

00:24:45.680 --> 00:24:45.960
 and,

00:24:46.080 --> 00:24:46.900
 you know,

00:24:46.960 --> 00:24:47.759
 young adult life

00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:49.240
 when they're 50 and 60.

00:24:49.240 --> 00:24:51.420
 the world

00:24:51.420 --> 00:24:52.160
 will tell you

00:24:52.160 --> 00:24:53.059
 that youth,

00:24:53.180 --> 00:24:53.460
 beauty,

00:24:53.519 --> 00:24:54.140
 and intelligence

00:24:54.140 --> 00:24:55.339
 are the most important things.

00:24:55.400 --> 00:24:56.140
 And that's what you should

00:24:56.140 --> 00:24:57.539
 vigorously devote

00:24:57.539 --> 00:24:58.279
 your life in,

00:24:58.799 --> 00:25:00.480
 to being in those things.

00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:01.880
 That's what the world

00:25:01.880 --> 00:25:02.579
 will teach you.

00:25:03.099 --> 00:25:04.140
 You should pursue

00:25:04.140 --> 00:25:04.839
 those things.

00:25:05.279 --> 00:25:05.779
 So many of you

00:25:05.779 --> 00:25:06.720
 are stressed out,

00:25:07.680 --> 00:25:08.140
 depressed,

00:25:08.220 --> 00:25:08.579
 and lonely

00:25:08.579 --> 00:25:09.259
 because you're trying

00:25:09.259 --> 00:25:10.140
 to prove yourself

00:25:10.140 --> 00:25:12.059
 to others

00:25:12.059 --> 00:25:13.339
 and to yourself

00:25:13.339 --> 00:25:13.839
 as well.

00:25:14.500 --> 00:25:15.620
 And so many of you

00:25:15.620 --> 00:25:16.160
 have bought into

00:25:16.160 --> 00:25:16.740
 that lie.

00:25:17.500 --> 00:25:17.700
 And,

00:25:17.759 --> 00:25:19.400
 the more and more

00:25:19.400 --> 00:25:20.539
 you can think

00:25:20.539 --> 00:25:22.279
 with a different worldview

00:25:22.279 --> 00:25:23.720
 that this is not

00:25:23.720 --> 00:25:24.240
 who I am.

00:25:24.279 --> 00:25:25.400
 I'm not to live this way.

00:25:25.480 --> 00:25:26.059
 These are not

00:25:26.059 --> 00:25:27.299
 the things that are important.

00:25:28.120 --> 00:25:28.319
 Youth,

00:25:28.359 --> 00:25:28.599
 beauty,

00:25:28.680 --> 00:25:29.279
 and intelligence

00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:30.460
 are all going to fade.

00:25:31.259 --> 00:25:31.819
 Every one of you

00:25:31.819 --> 00:25:32.680
 pretty girls in here,

00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:33.079
 you know,

00:25:33.140 --> 00:25:34.059
 you might not look so

00:25:34.059 --> 00:25:35.980
 pretty when you turn 80.

00:25:36.539 --> 00:25:36.839
 You know,

00:25:36.960 --> 00:25:37.960
 and eventually when you die,

00:25:38.019 --> 00:25:38.339
 you're definitely

00:25:38.339 --> 00:25:39.140
 not going to be looking pretty.

00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:40.019
 Okay?

00:25:40.660 --> 00:25:41.640
 If something can be

00:25:41.640 --> 00:25:42.700
 taken away from you,

00:25:43.279 --> 00:25:44.420
 it's not worth living for.

00:25:45.299 --> 00:25:46.299
 That's what I tell people

00:25:46.299 --> 00:25:46.899
 all the time.

00:25:47.319 --> 00:25:47.879
 If it can,

00:25:47.940 --> 00:25:48.720
 it's not worth it.

00:25:49.419 --> 00:25:49.899
 If you can,

00:25:50.759 --> 00:25:51.519
 but if you can be

00:25:51.519 --> 00:25:52.099
 in a prison

00:25:52.099 --> 00:25:53.419
 and be beaten

00:25:53.419 --> 00:25:54.819
 and tormented

00:25:54.819 --> 00:25:55.680
 and even killed,

00:25:55.859 --> 00:25:56.940
 they can't take Christ

00:25:56.940 --> 00:25:57.579
 away from you.

00:25:58.119 --> 00:25:59.619
 That's like worth living for.

00:26:00.700 --> 00:26:01.440
 Christ is,

00:26:01.440 --> 00:26:03.680
 is the only valuable thing

00:26:03.680 --> 00:26:04.500
 that will last.

00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:05.919
 And it can't be

00:26:05.919 --> 00:26:06.680
 taken away from you.

00:26:06.740 --> 00:26:07.440
 And He won't leave you.

00:26:07.500 --> 00:26:08.619
 He won't let go of you either.

00:26:09.559 --> 00:26:09.960
 So,

00:26:10.619 --> 00:26:11.000
 your youth,

00:26:11.059 --> 00:26:11.240
 beauty,

00:26:11.319 --> 00:26:11.759
 and intelligence

00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:12.440
 are not

00:26:12.440 --> 00:26:14.039
 the most important thing.

00:26:14.039 --> 00:26:15.200
 So,

00:26:15.319 --> 00:26:16.279
 what I'm going to do here,

00:26:17.420 --> 00:26:18.019
 right now,

00:26:18.579 --> 00:26:19.720
 I'm trying to be careful

00:26:19.720 --> 00:26:20.440
 in my language.

00:26:20.579 --> 00:26:21.299
 I'm trying to

00:26:21.299 --> 00:26:22.339
 just show you

00:26:22.339 --> 00:26:22.879
 that I care,

00:26:22.980 --> 00:26:23.700
 that I'm not just trying

00:26:23.700 --> 00:26:25.399
 to deliver a sermon.

00:26:25.579 --> 00:26:26.379
 It's the kind of talks

00:26:26.379 --> 00:26:28.240
 that I have to tell

00:26:28.240 --> 00:26:29.619
 people every day,

00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:31.339
 occasionally

00:26:31.339 --> 00:26:32.339
 share with a girl,

00:26:33.099 --> 00:26:34.099
 and I have to

00:26:34.099 --> 00:26:35.099
 preach this to myself

00:26:35.099 --> 00:26:35.740
 every day.

00:26:35.740 --> 00:26:37.059
 but,

00:26:37.059 --> 00:26:38.420
 I'm going to address

00:26:38.420 --> 00:26:39.660
 this girls and guys

00:26:39.660 --> 00:26:40.539
 separately.

00:26:41.680 --> 00:26:42.400
 But first,

00:26:42.980 --> 00:26:44.160
 I have some harsher stuff

00:26:44.160 --> 00:26:44.720
 for the guys,

00:26:44.819 --> 00:26:45.120
 hopefully,

00:26:45.819 --> 00:26:46.559
 later.

00:26:46.940 --> 00:26:47.099
 But,

00:26:47.799 --> 00:26:48.480
 for girls,

00:26:49.640 --> 00:26:50.759
 you need to understand,

00:26:53.299 --> 00:26:54.220
 you've heard this

00:26:54.220 --> 00:26:55.160
 probably many times,

00:26:55.920 --> 00:26:56.620
 but I don't think

00:26:56.620 --> 00:26:59.319
 a lot of you understand

00:26:59.319 --> 00:27:00.980
 that your worth

00:27:00.980 --> 00:27:01.700
 is not

00:27:01.700 --> 00:27:03.680
 in your outward appearance

00:27:03.680 --> 00:27:05.339
 at all.

00:27:06.519 --> 00:27:07.400
 But the world

00:27:07.400 --> 00:27:07.920
 would have you

00:27:07.920 --> 00:27:08.680
 think that way.

00:27:09.299 --> 00:27:09.819
 You're concerned

00:27:09.819 --> 00:27:12.359
 with so many things.

00:27:13.960 --> 00:27:16.380
 I talked to a girl

00:27:16.380 --> 00:27:17.140
 that I'm really good

00:27:17.140 --> 00:27:17.660
 friends with,

00:27:17.700 --> 00:27:18.460
 and I think that she

00:27:18.460 --> 00:27:20.500
 leads a lot of women

00:27:20.500 --> 00:27:20.940
 here,

00:27:21.779 --> 00:27:22.759
 and Christ Family,

00:27:22.859 --> 00:27:23.420
 and on campus.

00:27:23.859 --> 00:27:25.339
 And she told me

00:27:25.339 --> 00:27:25.940
 a while back

00:27:25.940 --> 00:27:27.420
 that probably eight

00:27:27.420 --> 00:27:30.299
 out of ten girls

00:27:30.299 --> 00:27:31.019
 really, really

00:27:31.019 --> 00:27:31.799
 are self-conscious

00:27:31.799 --> 00:27:32.559
 about going to wait.

00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:33.779
 They're always thinking

00:27:33.779 --> 00:27:34.099
 like,

00:27:34.740 --> 00:27:34.920
 man,

00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:35.400
 I just don't,

00:27:35.400 --> 00:27:36.220
 I don't look good.

00:27:36.220 --> 00:27:37.320
 I'm constantly,

00:27:38.120 --> 00:27:39.440
 I constantly be

00:27:39.440 --> 00:27:41.280
 dieting and exercising

00:27:41.280 --> 00:27:43.680
 just to slim down.

00:27:44.600 --> 00:27:44.820
 And,

00:27:45.400 --> 00:27:45.800
 like,

00:27:45.880 --> 00:27:46.960
 glamour and fashion,

00:27:47.800 --> 00:27:48.680
 some of you spend

00:27:48.680 --> 00:27:50.640
 hours in front of a mirror.

00:27:51.220 --> 00:27:51.900
 Some of you

00:27:51.900 --> 00:27:53.860
 spend so much money

00:27:53.860 --> 00:27:55.440
 just to make yourself

00:27:55.440 --> 00:27:56.120
 really pretty

00:27:56.120 --> 00:27:56.900
 on the outside.

00:27:57.920 --> 00:27:59.620
 Here's a journal

00:27:59.620 --> 00:28:00.360
 from a girl

00:28:00.360 --> 00:28:01.400
 from, like,

00:28:01.420 --> 00:28:01.820
 the late

00:28:01.819 --> 00:28:03.240
 1990s.

00:28:03.720 --> 00:28:04.379
 She said,

00:28:04.799 --> 00:28:05.539
 this was like her

00:28:05.539 --> 00:28:06.419
 goal.

00:28:07.200 --> 00:28:08.079
 I will try to make

00:28:08.079 --> 00:28:09.639
 myself better

00:28:09.639 --> 00:28:10.319
 in any way

00:28:10.319 --> 00:28:11.359
 I possibly can

00:28:11.359 --> 00:28:13.339
 to help with my budget

00:28:13.339 --> 00:28:14.099
 and,

00:28:14.220 --> 00:28:15.980
 with my budget,

00:28:16.700 --> 00:28:17.519
 making money

00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:18.319
 from babysitting.

00:28:18.740 --> 00:28:19.859
 I will lose weight.

00:28:20.339 --> 00:28:21.419
 I'll get new lenses.

00:28:21.420 --> 00:28:23.539
 I'll get a really

00:28:23.539 --> 00:28:24.279
 good haircut,

00:28:24.820 --> 00:28:25.440
 good makeup,

00:28:25.580 --> 00:28:26.220
 new clothes,

00:28:26.279 --> 00:28:27.140
 and all the accessories.

00:28:27.960 --> 00:28:28.300
 That's like,

00:28:28.360 --> 00:28:29.160
 kind of like a,

00:28:30.160 --> 00:28:30.980
 that's what her goal

00:28:30.980 --> 00:28:31.380
 was,

00:28:31.460 --> 00:28:32.039
 just to,

00:28:32.580 --> 00:28:33.240
 in her life,

00:28:33.320 --> 00:28:34.120
 was to do that

00:28:34.120 --> 00:28:35.140
 at that point.

00:28:35.140 --> 00:28:37.259
 all kind of

00:28:37.259 --> 00:28:37.860
 magazines

00:28:37.860 --> 00:28:39.960
 for teenage girls

00:28:39.960 --> 00:28:40.880
 that are indoctrinated

00:28:40.880 --> 00:28:41.660
 with this stuff

00:28:41.660 --> 00:28:43.200
 at an early age

00:28:43.200 --> 00:28:43.759
 and they're told

00:28:43.759 --> 00:28:44.340
 this is the most

00:28:44.340 --> 00:28:45.240
 important things.

00:28:45.780 --> 00:28:46.500
 They're told things

00:28:46.500 --> 00:28:46.880
 in, like,

00:28:47.800 --> 00:28:48.640
 magazines,

00:28:49.540 --> 00:28:50.420
 like Teen Magazine.

00:28:50.700 --> 00:28:51.440
 I've never read one,

00:28:51.520 --> 00:28:52.800
 so don't think that,

00:28:52.900 --> 00:28:53.060
 but,

00:28:53.300 --> 00:28:54.520
 like,

00:28:54.620 --> 00:28:55.520
 I've seen them around.

00:28:55.640 --> 00:28:56.400
 I know they exist.

00:28:57.140 --> 00:28:57.520
 And,

00:28:57.520 --> 00:28:58.160
 they'll,

00:28:58.540 --> 00:28:59.640
 they talk about,

00:28:59.700 --> 00:28:59.900
 like,

00:28:59.940 --> 00:29:01.160
 the latest fashion styles

00:29:01.160 --> 00:29:02.820
 and beauty tips

00:29:02.819 --> 00:29:05.559
 and the celebrity gossip,

00:29:05.759 --> 00:29:06.639
 all that kind of stuff,

00:29:06.720 --> 00:29:07.139
 just to,

00:29:07.179 --> 00:29:09.079
 to suck you right in.

00:29:09.399 --> 00:29:09.720
 And,

00:29:10.379 --> 00:29:11.240
 they have these questions,

00:29:11.339 --> 00:29:11.639
 like,

00:29:12.099 --> 00:29:13.179
 they send into these,

00:29:13.240 --> 00:29:15.619
 magazines,

00:29:15.919 --> 00:29:16.419
 where they,

00:29:16.539 --> 00:29:17.220
 there are things like,

00:29:17.639 --> 00:29:17.759
 you know,

00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:18.720
 my mom won't let me

00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:19.419
 wear makeup,

00:29:19.500 --> 00:29:20.659
 like all my other friends

00:29:20.659 --> 00:29:21.359
 and my face

00:29:21.359 --> 00:29:22.859
 looks so dull.

00:29:23.379 --> 00:29:24.039
 What can I do

00:29:24.039 --> 00:29:24.839
 to look more pretty?

00:29:25.439 --> 00:29:25.559
 And,

00:29:25.639 --> 00:29:25.859
 I'm like,

00:29:25.939 --> 00:29:26.179
 oh,

00:29:26.359 --> 00:29:26.679
 just,

00:29:27.220 --> 00:29:27.559
 you know,

00:29:27.559 --> 00:29:28.419
 wash your face

00:29:28.419 --> 00:29:29.980
 and exfoliate.

00:29:30.439 --> 00:29:30.439


00:29:31.279 --> 00:29:31.859
 like,

00:29:31.859 --> 00:29:34.740
 that's not going to help.

00:29:37.159 --> 00:29:37.599
 Because,

00:29:37.679 --> 00:29:38.859
 there's a deeper problem there.

00:29:39.219 --> 00:29:40.219
 All that's revealing,

00:29:40.839 --> 00:29:41.039
 I mean,

00:29:41.059 --> 00:29:41.219
 you're,

00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:41.859
 you're told that

00:29:41.859 --> 00:29:42.299
 from a very,

00:29:42.419 --> 00:29:43.339
 very early age.

00:29:44.019 --> 00:29:44.219
 And,

00:29:44.299 --> 00:29:44.939
 all it reveals

00:29:44.939 --> 00:29:45.599
 is that

00:29:45.599 --> 00:29:47.319
 so many of you

00:29:47.319 --> 00:29:48.939
 are self-conscious

00:29:48.939 --> 00:29:50.399
 and insecure

00:29:50.399 --> 00:29:52.659
 and you feel invisible

00:29:52.659 --> 00:29:53.259
 and you have to,

00:29:53.299 --> 00:29:53.399
 like,

00:29:53.439 --> 00:29:54.419
 make yourself visible.

00:29:55.379 --> 00:29:55.659
 And,

00:29:56.659 --> 00:29:58.379
 some of you

00:29:58.379 --> 00:29:58.939
 are depressed

00:29:58.939 --> 00:29:59.479
 and lost

00:29:59.479 --> 00:30:00.539
 because you feel that way.

00:30:00.539 --> 00:30:01.480
 but,

00:30:01.579 --> 00:30:02.299
 I want you to,

00:30:02.299 --> 00:30:03.980
 to hear this word

00:30:03.980 --> 00:30:05.920
 from Proverbs 31,

00:30:06.039 --> 00:30:06.279
 30.

00:30:06.339 --> 00:30:06.980
 I'll read it to you

00:30:06.980 --> 00:30:07.599
 and then we'll turn

00:30:07.599 --> 00:30:08.379
 to a different placement.

00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:09.440
 It says,

00:30:09.599 --> 00:30:10.980
 charm is deceitful

00:30:10.980 --> 00:30:12.799
 and beauty is vain

00:30:12.799 --> 00:30:14.099
 but a woman

00:30:14.099 --> 00:30:15.139
 who fears the Lord

00:30:15.139 --> 00:30:16.079
 is to be praised.

00:30:16.839 --> 00:30:17.559
 That's very,

00:30:17.700 --> 00:30:18.159
 very powerful.

00:30:18.279 --> 00:30:18.680
 We've got to just

00:30:18.680 --> 00:30:19.480
 commit that on the memory

00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:20.099
 and every time,

00:30:20.559 --> 00:30:21.059
 every morning,

00:30:21.159 --> 00:30:22.059
 just think about that.

00:30:22.740 --> 00:30:24.119
 A woman who fears the Lord,

00:30:24.399 --> 00:30:25.220
 respects the Lord,

00:30:25.339 --> 00:30:26.079
 knows the Lord,

00:30:26.579 --> 00:30:27.339
 is to be praised.

00:30:27.339 --> 00:30:28.339
 We'll turn to

00:30:28.339 --> 00:30:31.099
 1 Peter 3

00:30:31.099 --> 00:30:31.899
 really fast.

00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:35.819
 Some verses

00:30:35.819 --> 00:30:37.119
 for you to meditate on.

00:30:39.240 --> 00:30:40.679
 1 Peter 3,

00:30:40.859 --> 00:30:41.579
 verse 3.

00:30:47.019 --> 00:30:47.980
 It says,

00:30:47.980 --> 00:30:51.620
 Do not let your adorning

00:30:51.620 --> 00:30:52.480
 be external,

00:30:53.319 --> 00:30:54.339
 the braiding of hair

00:30:54.339 --> 00:30:55.079
 and the putting on

00:30:55.079 --> 00:30:55.920
 of gold jewelry

00:30:55.920 --> 00:30:57.480
 or clothing you wear,

00:30:58.220 --> 00:30:59.200
 but let your adorning

00:30:59.200 --> 00:31:00.319
 be the hidden person

00:31:00.319 --> 00:31:01.000
 of the heart

00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:02.839
 with the imperishable beauty

00:31:02.839 --> 00:31:03.420
 of a gentle

00:31:03.420 --> 00:31:04.480
 and quiet spirit

00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:06.559
 which in God's sight

00:31:06.559 --> 00:31:07.980
 is very precious.

00:31:08.960 --> 00:31:10.440
 That's amazing.

00:31:10.680 --> 00:31:11.779
 That's beautiful.

00:31:12.319 --> 00:31:12.759
 That's something

00:31:12.759 --> 00:31:13.799
 that can't be taken away

00:31:13.799 --> 00:31:14.099
 from you.

00:31:14.220 --> 00:31:15.000
 It's the work

00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:15.880
 that God has done

00:31:15.880 --> 00:31:16.500
 inside of you

00:31:16.500 --> 00:31:17.279
 and He's made you

00:31:17.279 --> 00:31:18.220
 who you are

00:31:18.220 --> 00:31:18.619
 and you found

00:31:18.619 --> 00:31:19.279
 your identity

00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:20.319
 in Him.

00:31:20.519 --> 00:31:21.480
 And because He says,

00:31:22.059 --> 00:31:23.079
 you belong to me

00:31:23.079 --> 00:31:23.859
 and I love you,

00:31:24.579 --> 00:31:25.319
 you don't need to care

00:31:25.319 --> 00:31:26.000
 about what any guy

00:31:26.000 --> 00:31:26.819
 thinks about you

00:31:26.819 --> 00:31:27.720
 at all

00:31:27.720 --> 00:31:29.519
 or what anybody

00:31:29.519 --> 00:31:30.460
 says about you.

00:31:30.960 --> 00:31:31.839
 You're accepted

00:31:31.839 --> 00:31:32.480
 in your love

00:31:32.480 --> 00:31:33.180
 because of Him.

00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:34.779
 I read a really

00:31:34.779 --> 00:31:35.859
 tragic story

00:31:35.859 --> 00:31:39.339
 about a woman

00:31:39.339 --> 00:31:41.000
 in 1980

00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:43.180
 named Judith Bucknell.

00:31:43.180 --> 00:31:45.279
 She was like

00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:46.420
 a lot of women

00:31:46.420 --> 00:31:46.900
 today.

00:31:47.100 --> 00:31:48.980
 She wasn't like

00:31:48.980 --> 00:31:49.660
 her struggles

00:31:49.660 --> 00:31:50.440
 weren't unusual.

00:31:51.160 --> 00:31:51.600
 She struggled

00:31:51.600 --> 00:31:53.519
 with all the stuff

00:31:53.519 --> 00:31:54.580
 that most people do,

00:31:54.660 --> 00:31:55.160
 getting old,

00:31:55.340 --> 00:31:56.820
 getting fat,

00:31:56.960 --> 00:31:57.500
 getting married,

00:31:57.700 --> 00:31:58.320
 surviving,

00:31:58.500 --> 00:31:59.299
 making enough money.

00:31:59.860 --> 00:32:00.620
 That's the kind of stuff

00:32:00.620 --> 00:32:01.660
 that she had to deal

00:32:01.660 --> 00:32:02.240
 with every day.

00:32:03.180 --> 00:32:04.920
 She wasn't a prostitute.

00:32:05.120 --> 00:32:06.080
 She didn't sell drugs.

00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:07.299
 She wasn't on welfare.

00:32:08.299 --> 00:32:10.900
 So a pretty normal woman.

00:32:10.900 --> 00:32:13.019
 She exercised.

00:32:15.040 --> 00:32:17.960
 She wore designer clothes.

00:32:18.280 --> 00:32:19.000
 Had an apartment

00:32:19.000 --> 00:32:19.560
 that overlooked

00:32:19.560 --> 00:32:20.680
 the San Francisco Bay.

00:32:21.720 --> 00:32:23.720
 She had a lot of friends

00:32:23.720 --> 00:32:25.440
 or so-called friends.

00:32:25.560 --> 00:32:26.800
 She had a lot of acquaintances.

00:32:27.820 --> 00:32:30.580
 And in 1980,

00:32:31.200 --> 00:32:32.740
 she was 38 years old

00:32:32.740 --> 00:32:34.440
 and she ended up being

00:32:34.440 --> 00:32:36.880
 homicide victim

00:32:36.880 --> 00:32:39.100
 number 106 in Miami.

00:32:39.099 --> 00:32:41.179
 She was murdered

00:32:41.179 --> 00:32:42.240
 during the summer.

00:32:42.879 --> 00:32:44.139
 She was stabbed seven times

00:32:44.139 --> 00:32:44.679
 and then she was

00:32:44.679 --> 00:32:45.519
 strangled to death.

00:32:46.419 --> 00:32:47.500
 And she kept a diary

00:32:47.500 --> 00:32:48.799
 of her very,

00:32:48.919 --> 00:32:50.000
 very lonely life.

00:32:50.099 --> 00:32:50.679
 And this is how

00:32:50.679 --> 00:32:51.559
 we know.

00:32:51.679 --> 00:32:52.240
 This is what

00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:53.859
 she was seeking,

00:32:54.039 --> 00:32:54.399
 you know,

00:32:54.759 --> 00:32:56.039
 to be loved by a man.

00:32:56.119 --> 00:32:56.839
 This is what happened.

00:32:58.740 --> 00:32:59.599
 She says,

00:32:59.679 --> 00:33:00.339
 I'm alone

00:33:00.339 --> 00:33:01.959
 and I want to share

00:33:01.959 --> 00:33:03.099
 something with somebody.

00:33:04.039 --> 00:33:05.139
 Where are all the men

00:33:05.139 --> 00:33:06.659
 with the flowers

00:33:06.659 --> 00:33:07.259
 and the champagne

00:33:07.259 --> 00:33:08.039
 and the music?

00:33:08.039 --> 00:33:09.599
 Where are all the men

00:33:09.599 --> 00:33:11.259
 who call and ask

00:33:11.259 --> 00:33:11.940
 for a genuine,

00:33:12.220 --> 00:33:13.039
 actual date?

00:33:13.819 --> 00:33:14.839
 Where are all the men

00:33:14.839 --> 00:33:16.680
 who would like to share

00:33:16.680 --> 00:33:17.659
 more than my bed,

00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:18.359
 my booze,

00:33:18.379 --> 00:33:18.940
 and my food?

00:33:20.019 --> 00:33:21.359
 I would like to have it

00:33:21.359 --> 00:33:22.579
 in my life.

00:33:22.659 --> 00:33:23.339
 Once before,

00:33:23.759 --> 00:33:24.980
 I pass through my life

00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:26.059
 in a kind of

00:33:26.059 --> 00:33:26.980
 sexual relationship

00:33:26.980 --> 00:33:27.819
 which is a part

00:33:27.819 --> 00:33:29.180
 of the loving relationship.

00:33:29.899 --> 00:33:31.119
 I see people together

00:33:31.119 --> 00:33:32.559
 and I'm so jealous

00:33:32.559 --> 00:33:33.799
 and I want to throw up.

00:33:34.460 --> 00:33:35.319
 What about me?

00:33:35.319 --> 00:33:38.119
 What about me?

00:33:39.259 --> 00:33:40.079
 What is going to,

00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:41.359
 who is going to love

00:33:41.359 --> 00:33:42.379
 Judy Buck now?

00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:44.359
 I feel so old,

00:33:45.059 --> 00:33:45.579
 unloved,

00:33:45.720 --> 00:33:46.119
 unwanted,

00:33:46.439 --> 00:33:46.819
 abandoned,

00:33:47.379 --> 00:33:48.220
 and used up

00:33:48.220 --> 00:33:49.879
 and I want to cry myself

00:33:49.879 --> 00:33:51.079
 to sleep every night.

00:33:52.220 --> 00:33:52.579
 That's,

00:33:53.339 --> 00:33:54.379
 a lot of you,

00:33:54.460 --> 00:33:55.339
 you feel that way.

00:33:56.039 --> 00:33:56.419
 And,

00:33:56.500 --> 00:33:58.599
 her heart died

00:33:58.599 --> 00:33:59.359
 long before

00:33:59.359 --> 00:34:00.319
 she was murdered.

00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:01.379
 That's the,

00:34:01.460 --> 00:34:02.579
 that's the truth.

00:34:02.679 --> 00:34:03.259
 And that's what

00:34:03.259 --> 00:34:05.619
 a continual indoctrination

00:34:05.619 --> 00:34:06.480
 into the world

00:34:06.480 --> 00:34:08.299
 and giving in to sin

00:34:08.299 --> 00:34:09.460
 and what sin looks like,

00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:10.920
 that's like what

00:34:10.920 --> 00:34:11.759
 it will lead to.

00:34:11.960 --> 00:34:12.799
 It leads nowhere.

00:34:13.019 --> 00:34:13.639
 It leads to,

00:34:13.699 --> 00:34:15.559
 to misery and death.

00:34:15.840 --> 00:34:16.000
 And,

00:34:16.619 --> 00:34:17.460
 you need to be told

00:34:17.460 --> 00:34:18.219
 that your value

00:34:18.219 --> 00:34:19.659
 is not in your outward appearance.

00:34:19.940 --> 00:34:20.059
 It's,

00:34:20.480 --> 00:34:21.099
 it's in the hidden

00:34:21.099 --> 00:34:22.019
 portion of the heart.

00:34:22.639 --> 00:34:24.099
 It says that God

00:34:24.099 --> 00:34:25.460
 formed man

00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:25.940
 from the,

00:34:26.000 --> 00:34:26.719
 from the dust,

00:34:26.779 --> 00:34:27.440
 from the earth.

00:34:28.059 --> 00:34:29.299
 And he will go back to that.

00:34:29.300 --> 00:34:30.620
 I will and you will.

00:34:31.400 --> 00:34:31.620
 And,

00:34:31.720 --> 00:34:32.220
 there's something,

00:34:32.380 --> 00:34:33.600
 there's a spiritual significance

00:34:33.600 --> 00:34:34.019
 in that.

00:34:34.080 --> 00:34:34.700
 And it's to say

00:34:34.700 --> 00:34:36.340
 that your,

00:34:36.460 --> 00:34:36.740
 your,

00:34:36.940 --> 00:34:37.560
 your worth

00:34:37.560 --> 00:34:38.600
 and your value to God

00:34:38.600 --> 00:34:39.840
 is not in your outward appearance.

00:34:40.300 --> 00:34:40.960
 Because you're going to go back

00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:41.519
 to the dust.

00:34:41.660 --> 00:34:42.660
 It's something else.

00:34:42.760 --> 00:34:43.600
 It's just who you are.

00:34:43.740 --> 00:34:43.920
 It's your,

00:34:44.180 --> 00:34:45.539
 your spirit inside.

00:34:46.240 --> 00:34:47.220
 And here God's made you.

00:34:48.160 --> 00:34:48.560
 So,

00:34:49.160 --> 00:34:50.460
 don't buy into those,

00:34:50.460 --> 00:34:51.140
 those lies.

00:34:53.500 --> 00:34:54.860
 It's very easy to do.

00:34:54.960 --> 00:34:55.980
 You're told that every day.

00:34:56.600 --> 00:34:57.260
 And so guys,

00:34:57.400 --> 00:34:58.080
 like the next,

00:34:58.079 --> 00:35:00.179
 it's,

00:35:00.179 --> 00:35:00.460
 it's,

00:35:00.460 --> 00:34:59.420
 it's for us.

00:35:00.159 --> 00:35:01.860
 A lot of the girls do what they do

00:35:01.860 --> 00:35:02.679
 because we tell them

00:35:02.679 --> 00:35:03.420
 that's what we like

00:35:03.420 --> 00:35:04.960
 and that's what we expect.

00:35:05.299 --> 00:35:05.860
 So I,

00:35:05.860 --> 00:35:06.759
 I think the blame

00:35:06.759 --> 00:35:08.920
 goes all the way back to us.

00:35:09.039 --> 00:35:09.139
 It's,

00:35:09.139 --> 00:35:09.779
 it's completely

00:35:09.779 --> 00:35:10.900
 our,

00:35:11.119 --> 00:35:11.880
 our,

00:35:12.000 --> 00:35:12.819
 our issue

00:35:12.819 --> 00:35:13.719
 to deal with.

00:35:15.199 --> 00:35:15.719
 Some of,

00:35:15.759 --> 00:35:16.819
 some of us spend

00:35:16.819 --> 00:35:18.920
 hours looking in front of the mirror.

00:35:19.019 --> 00:35:19.960
 They might be in the weight room

00:35:19.960 --> 00:35:20.960
 and not in the glamour room.

00:35:21.219 --> 00:35:21.400
 We,

00:35:21.860 --> 00:35:22.619
 we watch ourselves

00:35:22.619 --> 00:35:23.480
 work out.

00:35:24.219 --> 00:35:24.619
 We,

00:35:24.759 --> 00:35:26.340
 we like how we look.

00:35:26.340 --> 00:35:26.579
 There's,

00:35:26.579 --> 00:35:28.019
 there's two different kinds of guys.

00:35:28.120 --> 00:35:28.579
 A lot of times

00:35:28.579 --> 00:35:29.320
 there could be more,

00:35:29.840 --> 00:35:30.600
 but there's one time

00:35:30.600 --> 00:35:31.920
 that they're going live

00:35:31.920 --> 00:35:33.059
 is just to work hard

00:35:33.059 --> 00:35:33.920
 to,

00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:34.980
 to stay athletic,

00:35:34.980 --> 00:35:36.079
 um,

00:35:36.100 --> 00:35:36.960
 to show off

00:35:36.960 --> 00:35:37.980
 and,

00:35:38.059 --> 00:35:38.180
 uh,

00:35:38.180 --> 00:35:39.019
 to get a good job

00:35:39.019 --> 00:35:39.940
 and a good looking wife

00:35:39.940 --> 00:35:41.280
 and make lots and lots of money.

00:35:41.440 --> 00:35:43.320
 And that's what they're indoctrinated with.

00:35:43.460 --> 00:35:44.079
 And they,

00:35:44.079 --> 00:35:46.059
 they vigorously pursue those things

00:35:46.059 --> 00:35:47.780
 with everything that they are.

00:35:47.780 --> 00:35:48.140
 And their,

00:35:48.180 --> 00:35:49.880
 their ego is to conquer the world

00:35:49.880 --> 00:35:51.220
 and conquer women

00:35:51.220 --> 00:35:53.300
 and their power hungry

00:35:53.300 --> 00:35:54.559
 and they're bent on making a name

00:35:54.559 --> 00:35:55.219
 for themselves.

00:35:56.179 --> 00:35:56.659
 So,

00:35:56.659 --> 00:35:59.119
 God despises that.

00:35:59.840 --> 00:36:00.619
 He hates that.

00:36:01.299 --> 00:36:02.960
 And if you keep going that way,

00:36:03.679 --> 00:36:04.099
 um,

00:36:04.119 --> 00:36:04.840
 it's going to end

00:36:04.840 --> 00:36:05.900
 in your eternal ruin.

00:36:06.460 --> 00:36:06.860
 Uh,

00:36:06.860 --> 00:36:07.000
 your,

00:36:07.000 --> 00:36:09.400
 your kingdom is made of sand

00:36:09.400 --> 00:36:10.460
 and your glory is fading

00:36:10.460 --> 00:36:10.799
 very,

00:36:10.920 --> 00:36:11.480
 very fast.

00:36:12.239 --> 00:36:12.679
 Um,

00:36:12.679 --> 00:36:13.559
 I'm only 29.

00:36:13.699 --> 00:36:14.579
 I already feel like,

00:36:14.679 --> 00:36:14.799
 man,

00:36:14.799 --> 00:36:17.139
 I can't do nothing like I used to do.

00:36:17.239 --> 00:36:17.500
 No,

00:36:17.579 --> 00:36:18.719
 I know Nathan feels it

00:36:18.719 --> 00:36:19.940
 and a lot of us

00:36:19.940 --> 00:36:21.219
 who are a little older than you guys

00:36:21.219 --> 00:36:21.539
 are already,

00:36:21.539 --> 00:36:22.380
 are already feeling it.

00:36:22.420 --> 00:36:22.940
 We're not even

00:36:22.940 --> 00:36:24.340
 have gray hairs yet

00:36:24.340 --> 00:36:25.200
 and we're feeling it.

00:36:26.059 --> 00:36:26.460
 So,

00:36:27.340 --> 00:36:28.460
 those kind of guys,

00:36:28.559 --> 00:36:29.079
 you should know,

00:36:29.139 --> 00:36:29.420
 like,

00:36:30.159 --> 00:36:31.679
 women are not like toys

00:36:31.679 --> 00:36:32.380
 for your amusement.

00:36:32.579 --> 00:36:32.780
 They're,

00:36:33.139 --> 00:36:33.800
 they're beautiful.

00:36:33.920 --> 00:36:34.800
 They're actual people

00:36:34.800 --> 00:36:36.460
 and they're creating the image of God

00:36:36.460 --> 00:36:37.019
 and you're to,

00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:38.220
 to love them

00:36:38.220 --> 00:36:38.800
 and honor them

00:36:38.800 --> 00:36:39.480
 and protect them

00:36:39.480 --> 00:36:41.300
 and not to use them

00:36:41.300 --> 00:36:42.920
 for your own entertainment

00:36:42.920 --> 00:36:43.559
 and amusement.

00:36:44.280 --> 00:36:44.599
 Um,

00:36:44.679 --> 00:36:45.119
 it really

00:36:45.119 --> 00:36:48.039
 is aggravating

00:36:48.039 --> 00:36:48.599
 and

00:36:48.599 --> 00:36:50.280
 I have a hard time

00:36:50.280 --> 00:36:51.240
 dealing with guys like that

00:36:51.239 --> 00:36:51.719
 and I have a hard time

00:36:51.719 --> 00:36:53.099
 loving guys like that.

00:36:53.759 --> 00:36:53.979
 Um,

00:36:53.979 --> 00:36:54.459
 that's probably like

00:36:54.459 --> 00:36:55.299
 the hardest time for me

00:36:55.299 --> 00:36:55.699
 to sit down

00:36:55.699 --> 00:36:56.259
 and actually share

00:36:56.259 --> 00:36:57.039
 the gospel with.

00:36:58.219 --> 00:36:58.619
 And,

00:36:58.699 --> 00:37:00.759
 um,

00:37:00.759 --> 00:37:01.459
 turn to this,

00:37:01.579 --> 00:37:02.339
 Jeremiah 9,

00:37:02.459 --> 00:37:02.879
 a verse,

00:37:03.279 --> 00:37:04.379
 a verse for you guys

00:37:04.379 --> 00:37:05.579
 and for everybody else too,

00:37:05.639 --> 00:37:05.819
 but,

00:37:06.399 --> 00:37:06.859
 uh,

00:37:06.859 --> 00:37:08.119
 Jeremiah chapter 9,

00:37:08.239 --> 00:37:09.199
 go to verse 23.

00:37:14.000 --> 00:37:14.419
 So,

00:37:14.559 --> 00:37:14.759
 what is,

00:37:14.759 --> 00:37:15.239
 so what is,

00:37:15.379 --> 00:37:16.119
 what is God,

00:37:16.239 --> 00:37:17.000
 what does He value

00:37:17.000 --> 00:37:18.639
 in a man?

00:37:18.639 --> 00:37:20.940
 Jeremiah 9,

00:37:21.019 --> 00:37:21.819
 verse 23.

00:37:23.119 --> 00:37:24.279
 It says this,

00:37:24.900 --> 00:37:26.759
 Thus says the Lord,

00:37:27.639 --> 00:37:28.879
 Let not the wise man

00:37:28.879 --> 00:37:29.960
 boast in his wisdom,

00:37:30.719 --> 00:37:31.960
 let not the mighty man

00:37:31.960 --> 00:37:32.960
 boast in his might,

00:37:33.539 --> 00:37:34.839
 let not the rich man

00:37:34.839 --> 00:37:35.879
 boast in his riches,

00:37:36.400 --> 00:37:37.480
 but let him who boasts

00:37:37.480 --> 00:37:38.379
 boast in this,

00:37:39.159 --> 00:37:40.379
 that he understands

00:37:40.379 --> 00:37:42.039
 and knows me,

00:37:42.659 --> 00:37:43.779
 that I am the Lord

00:37:43.779 --> 00:37:44.319
 who practices

00:37:44.319 --> 00:37:45.500
 steadfast love,

00:37:46.159 --> 00:37:46.519
 justice,

00:37:46.699 --> 00:37:47.219
 and righteousness

00:37:47.219 --> 00:37:48.000
 in the earth.

00:37:48.519 --> 00:37:49.539
 From these things

00:37:49.539 --> 00:37:50.259
 I delight,

00:37:50.980 --> 00:37:51.739
 declares the Lord.

00:37:52.379 --> 00:37:52.599
 So,

00:37:52.659 --> 00:37:53.719
 a man who knows God,

00:37:53.799 --> 00:37:54.939
 a man who fears God,

00:37:55.500 --> 00:37:56.199
 loves God,

00:37:56.279 --> 00:37:56.959
 walks with God,

00:37:57.000 --> 00:37:57.839
 and wants to live

00:37:57.839 --> 00:37:59.699
 and die for God.

00:38:00.419 --> 00:38:01.179
 That is what

00:38:01.179 --> 00:38:02.159
 a man is.

00:38:03.099 --> 00:38:03.299
 So,

00:38:03.419 --> 00:38:03.480
 that,

00:38:03.539 --> 00:38:04.699
 that one power-hungry,

00:38:04.799 --> 00:38:05.719
 egotistical man,

00:38:06.059 --> 00:38:07.039
 there's another kind of

00:38:07.039 --> 00:38:08.859
 a breed that really develops,

00:38:08.959 --> 00:38:09.939
 particularly like in an

00:38:09.939 --> 00:38:11.299
 amusement-centered culture,

00:38:12.099 --> 00:38:13.000
 is the lazy

00:38:13.000 --> 00:38:14.199
 and apathetic man

00:38:14.199 --> 00:38:14.579
 who,

00:38:14.579 --> 00:38:15.980
 his goal is just

00:38:15.980 --> 00:38:16.840
 to abuse himself

00:38:16.840 --> 00:38:17.440
 to death.

00:38:18.500 --> 00:38:19.219
 To always have,

00:38:19.739 --> 00:38:20.159
 he's the guy

00:38:20.159 --> 00:38:20.940
 who spends hours

00:38:20.940 --> 00:38:21.579
 sitting in front of

00:38:21.579 --> 00:38:21.900
 Xbox,

00:38:22.219 --> 00:38:23.940
 watching TV all day.

00:38:24.019 --> 00:38:24.599
 That's his goal,

00:38:24.679 --> 00:38:25.400
 just to get home

00:38:25.400 --> 00:38:26.099
 and do that.

00:38:26.519 --> 00:38:27.719
 To get my stuff done,

00:38:27.840 --> 00:38:28.819
 just isolate myself.

00:38:29.039 --> 00:38:29.099
 And,

00:38:29.579 --> 00:38:30.119
 I don't want

00:38:30.119 --> 00:38:31.039
 problem with nobody,

00:38:31.159 --> 00:38:31.920
 I just want to chill

00:38:31.920 --> 00:38:34.019
 and just be relaxed

00:38:34.019 --> 00:38:35.059
 for the rest of my life.

00:38:36.840 --> 00:38:37.239
 And,

00:38:37.319 --> 00:38:37.920
 those guys,

00:38:38.000 --> 00:38:38.559
 you should know

00:38:38.559 --> 00:38:39.039
 that men

00:38:39.039 --> 00:38:40.139
 were not made for that.

00:38:41.019 --> 00:38:41.739
 You weren't made

00:38:41.739 --> 00:38:42.899
 for laziness

00:38:42.899 --> 00:38:44.059
 and sitting on your butt

00:38:44.059 --> 00:38:44.699
 all day.

00:38:45.379 --> 00:38:46.299
 Men were made

00:38:46.299 --> 00:38:47.719
 to work,

00:38:48.199 --> 00:38:48.559
 fight,

00:38:49.139 --> 00:38:49.399
 labor,

00:38:49.759 --> 00:38:50.359
 and conquer

00:38:50.359 --> 00:38:51.739
 for God

00:38:51.739 --> 00:38:52.439
 and his kingdom.

00:38:53.139 --> 00:38:54.159
 To go out

00:38:54.159 --> 00:38:56.079
 and to live for him

00:38:56.079 --> 00:38:58.159
 and to share the gospel

00:38:58.159 --> 00:39:00.199
 and to lead others to him,

00:39:00.259 --> 00:39:02.000
 to serve him

00:39:02.000 --> 00:39:03.599
 for the glory of God.

00:39:04.119 --> 00:39:05.399
 Another verse

00:39:05.399 --> 00:39:06.379
 I'll read to you

00:39:06.379 --> 00:39:07.199
 if you don't have to turn there.

00:39:07.299 --> 00:39:07.939
 It's worth going back

00:39:07.939 --> 00:39:08.339
 and reading.

00:39:09.000 --> 00:39:10.059
 It's in 2 Samuel

00:39:10.059 --> 00:39:11.880
 chapter 10.

00:39:12.539 --> 00:39:13.640
 And in this text,

00:39:13.860 --> 00:39:14.600
 David is starting

00:39:14.600 --> 00:39:15.920
 to be surrounded

00:39:15.920 --> 00:39:16.500
 with a lot

00:39:16.500 --> 00:39:17.180
 of different enemies

00:39:17.180 --> 00:39:18.680
 and he sends

00:39:18.680 --> 00:39:20.760
 his main dude,

00:39:20.900 --> 00:39:21.340
 Joab,

00:39:21.519 --> 00:39:23.740
 who is a pretty

00:39:23.740 --> 00:39:24.740
 awesome dude.

00:39:24.900 --> 00:39:25.720
 He's a warrior

00:39:25.720 --> 00:39:26.500
 if there ever was one.

00:39:26.600 --> 00:39:27.300
 And he took some

00:39:27.300 --> 00:39:28.860
 pretty beastly guys

00:39:28.860 --> 00:39:29.300
 with him

00:39:29.300 --> 00:39:30.840
 and they went

00:39:30.840 --> 00:39:31.620
 to the battlefield

00:39:31.620 --> 00:39:32.760
 and they were surrounded

00:39:32.760 --> 00:39:33.680
 on both sides.

00:39:34.260 --> 00:39:34.820
 And Joab

00:39:34.820 --> 00:39:36.340
 told him,

00:39:36.460 --> 00:39:36.860
 his buddy,

00:39:37.039 --> 00:39:37.280
 he said,

00:39:37.280 --> 00:39:38.500
 you take some men

00:39:38.500 --> 00:39:39.440
 and go fight those guys.

00:39:39.500 --> 00:39:40.120
 I'll take some men

00:39:40.120 --> 00:39:41.200
 and go fight those guys.

00:39:41.780 --> 00:39:42.860
 And if you need help,

00:39:42.920 --> 00:39:43.700
 I'll come help you.

00:39:44.160 --> 00:39:44.940
 And if I need help,

00:39:45.000 --> 00:39:45.760
 you come help me.

00:39:46.560 --> 00:39:48.060
 And this was his line.

00:39:48.840 --> 00:39:49.780
 And I say this

00:39:49.780 --> 00:39:50.519
 because this should be

00:39:50.519 --> 00:39:51.180
 our mentality

00:39:51.180 --> 00:39:53.280
 for the kingdom of God.

00:39:54.340 --> 00:39:55.519
 Very awesome verse.

00:39:55.620 --> 00:39:57.460
 I think people should memorize.

00:39:57.600 --> 00:39:58.300
 Guys should memorize.

00:39:59.540 --> 00:40:00.980
 They knew what they should do

00:40:00.980 --> 00:40:01.620
 and they trusted

00:40:01.620 --> 00:40:03.820
 in the sovereignty of God

00:40:03.820 --> 00:40:05.280
 and they just went right at it.

00:40:06.140 --> 00:40:07.000
 This is what he said.

00:40:07.000 --> 00:40:07.760
 And this is what he told

00:40:07.760 --> 00:40:08.219
 his guys.

00:40:08.340 --> 00:40:08.679
 He said,

00:40:08.880 --> 00:40:10.360
 Be of good courage

00:40:10.360 --> 00:40:12.179
 and let us be courageous

00:40:12.179 --> 00:40:13.119
 for our people

00:40:13.119 --> 00:40:15.159
 and the cities of our God.

00:40:15.880 --> 00:40:16.900
 And may the Lord do

00:40:16.900 --> 00:40:18.079
 what seems good to him.

00:40:18.639 --> 00:40:19.260
 That was kind of like

00:40:19.260 --> 00:40:20.599
 his thing.

00:40:21.019 --> 00:40:21.579
 Let's go

00:40:21.579 --> 00:40:22.820
 and let's go

00:40:22.820 --> 00:40:23.860
 and let's do battle

00:40:23.860 --> 00:40:25.900
 for our people

00:40:25.900 --> 00:40:27.099
 and the cities of our God.

00:40:28.739 --> 00:40:29.980
 That's what we are made for.

00:40:30.179 --> 00:40:32.099
 We are made to live,

00:40:32.219 --> 00:40:32.719
 to work,

00:40:33.000 --> 00:40:34.159
 to conquer

00:40:34.159 --> 00:40:34.960
 and live for

00:40:34.960 --> 00:40:35.899
 the kingdom of God.

00:40:35.980 --> 00:40:37.039
 Not to waste hours

00:40:37.039 --> 00:40:38.299
 sitting on our butts

00:40:38.299 --> 00:40:39.159
 watching television

00:40:39.159 --> 00:40:39.940
 and playing Xbox.

00:40:41.319 --> 00:40:42.059
 So there's

00:40:42.059 --> 00:40:43.239
 two different kinds

00:40:43.239 --> 00:40:44.039
 of guys there

00:40:44.039 --> 00:40:45.679
 in a lot of ways.

00:40:45.759 --> 00:40:46.379
 I'm sure there's others,

00:40:46.500 --> 00:40:47.299
 but there are two

00:40:47.299 --> 00:40:48.460
 that I see a lot.

00:40:49.379 --> 00:40:49.579
 And

00:40:49.579 --> 00:40:51.059
 which leads us

00:40:51.059 --> 00:40:52.019
 to our third point.

00:40:54.199 --> 00:40:55.000
 We'll deal with

00:40:55.000 --> 00:40:55.500
 some more of that

00:40:55.500 --> 00:40:56.199
 other stuff later

00:40:56.199 --> 00:40:56.759
 about how the world

00:40:56.759 --> 00:40:57.759
 tries to

00:40:57.759 --> 00:40:58.460
 indoctrinate you

00:40:58.460 --> 00:40:58.699
 and tell you

00:40:58.699 --> 00:40:59.159
 what's important.

00:40:59.159 --> 00:41:00.420
 Number three,

00:41:00.559 --> 00:41:01.639
 the world will try

00:41:01.639 --> 00:41:02.639
 to make you

00:41:02.639 --> 00:41:04.420
 forget

00:41:04.420 --> 00:41:05.480
 who you are.

00:41:07.379 --> 00:41:08.379
 The world will try

00:41:08.379 --> 00:41:08.859
 to make you

00:41:08.859 --> 00:41:09.339
 forget

00:41:09.339 --> 00:41:10.259
 who you are.

00:41:11.039 --> 00:41:11.819
 And I'll go back

00:41:11.819 --> 00:41:12.699
 to Daniel.

00:41:16.500 --> 00:41:16.980
 Daniel,

00:41:17.179 --> 00:41:17.719
 I'm going to look

00:41:17.719 --> 00:41:18.139
 at verse

00:41:18.139 --> 00:41:19.819
 six and seven here.

00:41:21.719 --> 00:41:22.359
 It says,

00:41:22.460 --> 00:41:23.059
 Among these

00:41:23.059 --> 00:41:23.739
 were Daniel,

00:41:23.960 --> 00:41:24.699
 Hananiah,

00:41:25.339 --> 00:41:25.799
 Mishael,

00:41:26.079 --> 00:41:26.759
 and Azariah

00:41:26.759 --> 00:41:27.259
 of the tribe

00:41:27.260 --> 00:41:27.680
 of Judah.

00:41:28.340 --> 00:41:28.880
 And the chief

00:41:28.880 --> 00:41:29.420
 of the eunuchs

00:41:29.420 --> 00:41:30.180
 gave them names.

00:41:30.300 --> 00:41:30.560
 Daniel,

00:41:30.740 --> 00:41:31.040
 he called

00:41:31.040 --> 00:41:32.200
 Belshazzar.

00:41:32.640 --> 00:41:33.080
 Hananiah,

00:41:33.420 --> 00:41:33.780
 he called

00:41:33.780 --> 00:41:34.360
 Shadrach.

00:41:34.600 --> 00:41:35.000
 Mishael,

00:41:35.440 --> 00:41:35.800
 he called

00:41:35.800 --> 00:41:36.420
 Meshach.

00:41:36.860 --> 00:41:37.460
 And Azariah,

00:41:37.540 --> 00:41:38.020
 he called

00:41:38.020 --> 00:41:38.640
 Abednego.

00:41:39.460 --> 00:41:40.280
 So this isn't

00:41:40.280 --> 00:41:40.980
 just like a

00:41:40.980 --> 00:41:42.200
 cool thing.

00:41:42.340 --> 00:41:42.760
 I don't know

00:41:42.760 --> 00:41:43.200
 any name.

00:41:43.520 --> 00:41:43.980
 You know,

00:41:44.020 --> 00:41:44.400
 we can go to

00:41:44.400 --> 00:41:45.020
 some countries,

00:41:45.740 --> 00:41:46.060
 you know,

00:41:46.120 --> 00:41:46.540
 other places

00:41:46.540 --> 00:41:46.840
 in the world,

00:41:46.920 --> 00:41:47.220
 like give me

00:41:47.220 --> 00:41:47.880
 an American name.

00:41:47.920 --> 00:41:48.660
 What an American name?

00:41:48.700 --> 00:41:49.100
 It's not like

00:41:49.100 --> 00:41:50.380
 a cool thing

00:41:50.380 --> 00:41:50.960
 like that.

00:41:51.020 --> 00:41:51.960
 This is another

00:41:51.960 --> 00:41:52.700
 way of like

00:41:52.700 --> 00:41:53.640
 indoctrinating them

00:41:53.640 --> 00:41:54.160
 and changing

00:41:54.160 --> 00:41:55.160
 the way they

00:41:55.160 --> 00:41:55.620
 thought.

00:41:56.640 --> 00:41:57.180
 Taking their

00:41:57.179 --> 00:41:57.940
 minds off of

00:41:57.940 --> 00:41:58.539
 God and who

00:41:58.539 --> 00:41:59.039
 they were as

00:41:59.039 --> 00:41:59.579
 the people of

00:41:59.579 --> 00:41:59.859
 God.

00:42:00.779 --> 00:42:01.539
 It was a way

00:42:01.539 --> 00:42:02.579
 of brainwashing

00:42:02.579 --> 00:42:03.399
 foreigners to

00:42:03.399 --> 00:42:03.960
 the ways of

00:42:03.960 --> 00:42:04.299
 Babylon.

00:42:05.519 --> 00:42:06.379
 And think about

00:42:06.379 --> 00:42:06.619
 this.

00:42:06.679 --> 00:42:07.339
 These guys

00:42:07.339 --> 00:42:08.739
 were part of

00:42:08.739 --> 00:42:09.440
 the nobility

00:42:09.440 --> 00:42:10.139
 of Judah.

00:42:10.259 --> 00:42:10.639
 They were like

00:42:10.639 --> 00:42:11.179
 the royal,

00:42:11.819 --> 00:42:12.119
 you know,

00:42:12.159 --> 00:42:12.739
 of that royal

00:42:12.739 --> 00:42:13.219
 line.

00:42:13.980 --> 00:42:14.440
 And as

00:42:14.440 --> 00:42:16.579
 people who

00:42:16.579 --> 00:42:17.119
 are saved

00:42:17.119 --> 00:42:17.639
 and who know

00:42:17.639 --> 00:42:18.159
 Christ,

00:42:18.719 --> 00:42:20.179
 we are part of

00:42:20.179 --> 00:42:20.819
 like the nobility

00:42:20.819 --> 00:42:21.299
 of Christ.

00:42:21.399 --> 00:42:22.099
 We are joint

00:42:22.099 --> 00:42:22.819
 heirs with

00:42:22.819 --> 00:42:23.239
 Christ.

00:42:23.239 --> 00:42:24.479
 We are a

00:42:24.479 --> 00:42:25.099
 part of a

00:42:25.099 --> 00:42:25.739
 spiritual,

00:42:26.379 --> 00:42:27.259
 far greater

00:42:27.259 --> 00:42:28.239
 nobility than

00:42:28.239 --> 00:42:28.719
 something this

00:42:28.719 --> 00:42:29.259
 world could

00:42:29.259 --> 00:42:29.639
 offer.

00:42:30.319 --> 00:42:30.559
 And that's

00:42:30.559 --> 00:42:31.139
 who we are.

00:42:32.099 --> 00:42:33.819
 And their

00:42:33.819 --> 00:42:34.359
 names,

00:42:35.299 --> 00:42:35.799
 there's a

00:42:35.799 --> 00:42:36.500
 Hebrew name

00:42:36.500 --> 00:42:37.500
 connecting them

00:42:37.500 --> 00:42:38.719
 to the

00:42:38.719 --> 00:42:39.279
 living God,

00:42:39.359 --> 00:42:39.639
 the true

00:42:39.639 --> 00:42:40.039
 God.

00:42:40.879 --> 00:42:42.059
 And Daniel

00:42:42.059 --> 00:42:44.439
 means Yahweh

00:42:44.439 --> 00:42:45.000
 is our

00:42:45.000 --> 00:42:45.500
 judge.

00:42:46.500 --> 00:42:47.039
 Pretty

00:42:47.039 --> 00:42:47.519
 powerful.

00:42:48.079 --> 00:42:48.339
 It means

00:42:48.339 --> 00:42:48.799
 like God

00:42:48.799 --> 00:42:49.279
 will always

00:42:49.279 --> 00:42:49.779
 do what's

00:42:49.779 --> 00:42:50.479
 right at all

00:42:50.479 --> 00:42:50.939
 times.

00:42:50.940 --> 00:42:52.559
 those are

00:42:52.559 --> 00:42:52.880
 the name

00:42:52.880 --> 00:42:53.119
 he was

00:42:53.119 --> 00:42:54.460
 given means

00:42:54.460 --> 00:42:55.539
 Baal,

00:42:55.679 --> 00:42:56.280
 protect the

00:42:56.280 --> 00:42:56.559
 king,

00:42:56.679 --> 00:42:57.059
 the false

00:42:57.059 --> 00:42:57.420
 God.

00:42:58.119 --> 00:42:58.720
 He was

00:42:58.720 --> 00:42:59.139
 given that

00:42:59.139 --> 00:42:59.519
 name.

00:43:00.639 --> 00:43:01.159
 Hananiah

00:43:01.159 --> 00:43:02.119
 means Yahweh

00:43:02.119 --> 00:43:03.179
 has been

00:43:03.179 --> 00:43:03.960
 gracious to

00:43:03.960 --> 00:43:04.599
 us or

00:43:04.599 --> 00:43:04.880
 has been

00:43:04.880 --> 00:43:05.380
 good to

00:43:05.380 --> 00:43:05.740
 us.

00:43:07.900 --> 00:43:08.420
 Shadrach,

00:43:08.500 --> 00:43:08.840
 the name he

00:43:08.840 --> 00:43:09.300
 was given

00:43:09.300 --> 00:43:10.340
 was called

00:43:10.340 --> 00:43:11.740
 command of

00:43:11.740 --> 00:43:12.079
 Akut,

00:43:12.220 --> 00:43:12.500
 another

00:43:12.500 --> 00:43:13.300
 pagan

00:43:13.300 --> 00:43:14.659
 god.

00:43:16.079 --> 00:43:16.800
 Mishael,

00:43:17.599 --> 00:43:18.280
 it says,

00:43:18.579 --> 00:43:19.280
 it means

00:43:19.280 --> 00:43:20.760
 who is like

00:43:20.760 --> 00:43:21.220
 our God

00:43:21.220 --> 00:43:21.500
 or who

00:43:21.500 --> 00:43:22.040
 is equal

00:43:22.040 --> 00:43:22.720
 to God

00:43:22.720 --> 00:43:24.120
 or Yahweh.

00:43:25.000 --> 00:43:25.600
 His name

00:43:25.600 --> 00:43:26.340
 Meshach

00:43:26.340 --> 00:43:27.020
 was called

00:43:27.020 --> 00:43:29.380
 Abednego,

00:43:31.300 --> 00:43:32.420
 a servant

00:43:32.420 --> 00:43:33.000
 of Nago

00:43:33.000 --> 00:43:33.360
 who was

00:43:33.360 --> 00:43:33.740
 the god

00:43:33.740 --> 00:43:34.440
 of vegetation.

00:43:36.980 --> 00:43:37.180
 And

00:43:37.180 --> 00:43:37.960
 Azariah

00:43:37.960 --> 00:43:39.660
 means Yahweh

00:43:39.660 --> 00:43:40.300
 has helped

00:43:40.300 --> 00:43:40.680
 us.

00:43:42.140 --> 00:43:42.300
 And

00:43:42.300 --> 00:43:43.800
 so

00:43:43.800 --> 00:43:45.180
 they were

00:43:45.180 --> 00:43:45.660
 given these

00:43:45.660 --> 00:43:46.480
 new names

00:43:46.480 --> 00:43:46.860
 to basically

00:43:46.860 --> 00:43:48.280
 change who

00:43:48.280 --> 00:43:48.780
 they were

00:43:48.780 --> 00:43:49.820
 to make

00:43:49.820 --> 00:43:50.320
 them think

00:43:50.320 --> 00:43:50.820
 differently

00:43:50.820 --> 00:43:51.580
 because their

00:43:51.580 --> 00:43:52.380
 names reminded

00:43:52.380 --> 00:43:53.000
 them every

00:43:53.000 --> 00:43:53.280
 day,

00:43:53.360 --> 00:43:53.480
 like,

00:43:53.560 --> 00:43:53.980
 I belong

00:43:53.980 --> 00:43:54.200
 to the

00:43:54.200 --> 00:43:54.660
 living God.

00:43:54.740 --> 00:43:55.019
 I serve

00:43:55.019 --> 00:43:55.280
 the true

00:43:55.280 --> 00:43:55.620
 God.

00:43:56.940 --> 00:43:57.980
 I'm a son

00:43:57.980 --> 00:43:58.620
 of the

00:43:58.620 --> 00:43:59.140
 real God,

00:43:59.220 --> 00:43:59.540
 the living

00:43:59.540 --> 00:43:59.940
 God.

00:44:00.480 --> 00:44:00.800
 And so

00:44:00.800 --> 00:44:01.500
 they changed

00:44:01.500 --> 00:44:02.060
 their names.

00:44:02.940 --> 00:44:03.140
 So,

00:44:04.080 --> 00:44:04.860
 what's profound

00:44:04.860 --> 00:44:05.100
 here,

00:44:05.160 --> 00:44:05.460
 guys,

00:44:05.519 --> 00:44:05.960
 is like,

00:44:06.960 --> 00:44:07.760
 there's many,

00:44:07.920 --> 00:44:08.300
 many other

00:44:08.300 --> 00:44:08.760
 people that

00:44:08.760 --> 00:44:09.080
 are taken,

00:44:09.220 --> 00:44:09.420
 you know,

00:44:09.460 --> 00:44:09.860
 thousands

00:44:09.860 --> 00:44:11.500
 of Jews

00:44:11.500 --> 00:44:11.940
 were taken

00:44:11.940 --> 00:44:12.660
 into captivity

00:44:12.660 --> 00:44:13.340
 in Babylon.

00:44:13.340 --> 00:44:14.780
 many of

00:44:14.780 --> 00:44:15.000
 them.

00:44:15.940 --> 00:44:16.220
 And

00:44:16.220 --> 00:44:16.960
 only these

00:44:16.960 --> 00:44:17.620
 names are

00:44:17.620 --> 00:44:17.980
 the ones

00:44:17.980 --> 00:44:18.640
 recorded or

00:44:18.640 --> 00:44:19.079
 remembered

00:44:19.079 --> 00:44:20.980
 by people

00:44:20.980 --> 00:44:21.320
 that wrote

00:44:21.320 --> 00:44:21.860
 these down,

00:44:22.480 --> 00:44:22.840
 you know,

00:44:22.940 --> 00:44:24.300
 and told.

00:44:24.800 --> 00:44:25.280
 It's the ones

00:44:25.280 --> 00:44:25.680
 that Daniel

00:44:25.680 --> 00:44:26.300
 wrote later.

00:44:26.820 --> 00:44:26.900
 And

00:44:26.900 --> 00:44:28.019
 so,

00:44:28.220 --> 00:44:29.519
 it means

00:44:29.519 --> 00:44:29.740
 that they

00:44:29.740 --> 00:44:30.100
 were just

00:44:30.100 --> 00:44:30.920
 like absorbed

00:44:30.920 --> 00:44:31.900
 into the

00:44:31.900 --> 00:44:32.340
 Babylonian

00:44:32.340 --> 00:44:32.620
 culture.

00:44:32.720 --> 00:44:33.100
 They became

00:44:33.100 --> 00:44:34.620
 like Babylonians.

00:44:35.420 --> 00:44:35.600
 And

00:44:35.600 --> 00:44:39.240
 that's very,

00:44:39.340 --> 00:44:39.920
 very scary.

00:44:40.579 --> 00:44:41.180
 Years and

00:44:41.180 --> 00:44:41.840
 years later,

00:44:42.059 --> 00:44:42.240
 okay,

00:44:42.239 --> 00:44:42.799
 like hundreds

00:44:42.799 --> 00:44:43.119
 of years

00:44:43.119 --> 00:44:43.459
 later,

00:44:43.919 --> 00:44:45.399
 Cyrus conquered

00:44:45.399 --> 00:44:46.199
 Babylon.

00:44:46.479 --> 00:44:46.839
 He was from,

00:44:46.959 --> 00:44:47.199
 you know,

00:44:47.219 --> 00:44:47.679
 the Persian,

00:44:48.179 --> 00:44:48.919
 the Persian king,

00:44:49.019 --> 00:44:49.699
 the Medo-Persian

00:44:49.699 --> 00:44:50.179
 empire.

00:44:50.979 --> 00:44:51.859
 And part of

00:44:51.859 --> 00:44:52.479
 his policy

00:44:52.479 --> 00:44:53.439
 was like,

00:44:53.539 --> 00:44:54.019
 let all the

00:44:54.019 --> 00:44:54.439
 other people

00:44:54.439 --> 00:44:54.959
 go back to

00:44:54.959 --> 00:44:55.399
 their homeland.

00:44:56.099 --> 00:44:56.859
 And that's a

00:44:56.859 --> 00:44:57.299
 good way to

00:44:57.299 --> 00:44:57.899
 control them,

00:44:58.039 --> 00:44:58.500
 you know,

00:44:58.619 --> 00:44:59.279
 cooperate with

00:44:59.279 --> 00:44:59.579
 them,

00:45:00.239 --> 00:45:00.699
 give them,

00:45:00.759 --> 00:45:00.979
 you know,

00:45:00.979 --> 00:45:01.399
 back their

00:45:01.399 --> 00:45:01.959
 homeland.

00:45:02.419 --> 00:45:02.919
 As long as

00:45:02.919 --> 00:45:03.519
 they like show

00:45:03.519 --> 00:45:04.199
 homage and

00:45:04.199 --> 00:45:04.979
 give us money

00:45:04.979 --> 00:45:06.559
 and respect us

00:45:06.559 --> 00:45:07.199
 and obey our

00:45:07.199 --> 00:45:07.619
 commands,

00:45:07.679 --> 00:45:08.079
 that's cool,

00:45:08.159 --> 00:45:08.459
 but let them

00:45:08.459 --> 00:45:08.859
 go back to

00:45:08.859 --> 00:45:09.219
 their homeland.

00:45:09.839 --> 00:45:10.179
 So,

00:45:10.299 --> 00:45:10.879
 he allowed

00:45:10.879 --> 00:45:11.579
 all the Jews

00:45:11.579 --> 00:45:12.460
 to go back

00:45:12.460 --> 00:45:14.119
 to Judea

00:45:14.119 --> 00:45:14.699
 and to

00:45:14.699 --> 00:45:15.139
 Jerusalem.

00:45:15.920 --> 00:45:16.159
 And that's

00:45:16.159 --> 00:45:16.400
 where you get

00:45:16.400 --> 00:45:16.900
 the books of

00:45:16.900 --> 00:45:17.159
 like,

00:45:17.239 --> 00:45:17.599
 you know,

00:45:18.139 --> 00:45:18.440
 Esther,

00:45:18.759 --> 00:45:19.440
 Nehemiah,

00:45:19.860 --> 00:45:20.319
 Ezra,

00:45:20.819 --> 00:45:21.099
 that's where

00:45:21.099 --> 00:45:21.779
 those books

00:45:21.779 --> 00:45:22.239
 kind of come

00:45:22.239 --> 00:45:22.759
 into play.

00:45:23.860 --> 00:45:24.739
 And in

00:45:24.739 --> 00:45:25.539
 Nehemiah,

00:45:26.400 --> 00:45:27.739
 something really

00:45:27.739 --> 00:45:29.319
 crazy you

00:45:29.319 --> 00:45:29.840
 could pick up

00:45:29.840 --> 00:45:31.440
 on is that

00:45:31.440 --> 00:45:33.000
 he noticed

00:45:33.000 --> 00:45:33.739
 that a lot

00:45:33.739 --> 00:45:34.539
 of the children

00:45:34.539 --> 00:45:35.199
 that were there,

00:45:35.819 --> 00:45:36.699
 they didn't even

00:45:36.699 --> 00:45:37.500
 know the language

00:45:37.500 --> 00:45:38.019
 of Judah.

00:45:38.019 --> 00:45:38.619
 they had been

00:45:38.619 --> 00:45:39.619
 taught the

00:45:39.619 --> 00:45:40.219
 language of

00:45:40.219 --> 00:45:40.519
 all these

00:45:40.519 --> 00:45:41.119
 other nations

00:45:41.119 --> 00:45:41.619
 that were in

00:45:41.619 --> 00:45:42.739
 and they

00:45:42.739 --> 00:45:43.139
 had broken

00:45:43.139 --> 00:45:44.000
 God's law

00:45:44.000 --> 00:45:45.239
 about intermarrying

00:45:45.239 --> 00:45:46.460
 because that

00:45:46.460 --> 00:45:46.780
 was the way

00:45:46.780 --> 00:45:47.159
 of God

00:45:47.159 --> 00:45:47.860
 preserving his

00:45:47.860 --> 00:45:48.320
 identity.

00:45:48.559 --> 00:45:48.880
 It's like,

00:45:49.239 --> 00:45:49.659
 it'd be like

00:45:49.659 --> 00:45:50.159
 a believer

00:45:50.159 --> 00:45:51.360
 marrying a

00:45:51.360 --> 00:45:51.920
 non-believer

00:45:51.920 --> 00:45:52.320
 today.

00:45:53.079 --> 00:45:53.800
 And eventually,

00:45:54.059 --> 00:45:54.739
 like your kids

00:45:54.739 --> 00:45:55.259
 don't know,

00:45:55.320 --> 00:45:56.059
 like the language

00:45:56.059 --> 00:45:57.179
 of the living

00:45:57.179 --> 00:45:57.559
 God,

00:45:57.699 --> 00:45:58.539
 they speak the

00:45:58.539 --> 00:45:59.280
 worldly language

00:45:59.280 --> 00:46:00.579
 and the

00:46:00.579 --> 00:46:01.300
 language of,

00:46:01.300 --> 00:46:02.800
 you know,

00:46:02.840 --> 00:46:03.300
 building your

00:46:03.300 --> 00:46:03.820
 own kingdom,

00:46:03.980 --> 00:46:04.519
 the language of

00:46:04.519 --> 00:46:04.880
 Babylon.

00:46:05.820 --> 00:46:06.059
 And this is

00:46:06.059 --> 00:46:06.599
 what he said,

00:46:06.719 --> 00:46:08.420
 Nehemiah 1324,

00:46:08.599 --> 00:46:08.960
 he says,

00:46:09.500 --> 00:46:10.039
 half of their

00:46:10.039 --> 00:46:10.799
 children spoke

00:46:10.799 --> 00:46:11.320
 the language

00:46:11.320 --> 00:46:12.079
 of Ashdod

00:46:12.079 --> 00:46:13.039
 and they

00:46:13.039 --> 00:46:13.420
 could not

00:46:13.420 --> 00:46:14.079
 speak the

00:46:14.079 --> 00:46:14.619
 language of

00:46:14.619 --> 00:46:14.900
 Judah,

00:46:15.639 --> 00:46:16.599
 but only the

00:46:16.599 --> 00:46:17.119
 language of

00:46:17.119 --> 00:46:17.519
 each of the

00:46:17.519 --> 00:46:17.820
 people.

00:46:19.079 --> 00:46:19.519
 So,

00:46:20.519 --> 00:46:21.079
 the point

00:46:21.079 --> 00:46:21.820
 here is like,

00:46:22.500 --> 00:46:23.279
 will you

00:46:23.279 --> 00:46:23.799
 last?

00:46:24.340 --> 00:46:24.539
 And,

00:46:25.779 --> 00:46:26.340
 will you

00:46:26.340 --> 00:46:26.799
 last?

00:46:28.420 --> 00:46:28.799
 Will you

00:46:28.799 --> 00:46:29.400
 remain the

00:46:29.400 --> 00:46:29.840
 people of

00:46:29.840 --> 00:46:30.380
 God or will

00:46:30.380 --> 00:46:30.659
 you be

00:46:30.659 --> 00:46:31.320
 absorbed by

00:46:31.320 --> 00:46:31.900
 the culture

00:46:31.900 --> 00:46:33.259
 and ideology

00:46:33.259 --> 00:46:33.659
 of the

00:46:33.659 --> 00:46:34.980
 world of

00:46:34.980 --> 00:46:35.900
 the Babylonian

00:46:35.900 --> 00:46:36.480
 way of

00:46:36.480 --> 00:46:36.860
 thinking?

00:46:39.940 --> 00:46:40.300
 Fraternity

00:46:40.300 --> 00:46:40.660
 people,

00:46:40.760 --> 00:46:41.119
 sorority

00:46:41.119 --> 00:46:41.500
 people,

00:46:41.940 --> 00:46:42.260
 will you

00:46:42.260 --> 00:46:43.039
 be renamed?

00:46:43.660 --> 00:46:43.880
 Will you

00:46:43.880 --> 00:46:44.340
 take on a

00:46:44.340 --> 00:46:44.740
 new name?

00:46:44.860 --> 00:46:44.940
 Like,

00:46:45.000 --> 00:46:45.099
 yeah,

00:46:45.160 --> 00:46:45.860
 this is who

00:46:45.860 --> 00:46:46.920
 I am most

00:46:46.920 --> 00:46:47.400
 of the time.

00:46:47.900 --> 00:46:48.760
 They call me

00:46:48.760 --> 00:46:49.360
 this and

00:46:49.360 --> 00:46:50.360
 that's who I

00:46:50.360 --> 00:46:50.720
 really am.

00:46:50.800 --> 00:46:51.139
 I find my

00:46:51.139 --> 00:46:51.960
 identity in

00:46:51.960 --> 00:46:53.160
 that persona

00:46:53.160 --> 00:46:53.800
 or in that

00:46:53.800 --> 00:46:54.639
 way of

00:46:54.639 --> 00:46:54.900
 thinking,

00:46:55.039 --> 00:46:55.280
 you know.

00:46:56.099 --> 00:46:56.579
 People in

00:46:56.579 --> 00:46:57.000
 the military,

00:46:57.160 --> 00:46:57.440
 who's going

00:46:57.440 --> 00:46:58.039
 to influence

00:46:58.039 --> 00:46:58.380
 who?

00:46:59.280 --> 00:46:59.500
 You know,

00:46:59.639 --> 00:47:00.119
 a lot of

00:47:00.119 --> 00:47:00.280
 people are

00:47:00.280 --> 00:47:00.619
 going to go

00:47:00.619 --> 00:47:01.619
 there and

00:47:01.619 --> 00:47:02.019
 I'm going

00:47:02.019 --> 00:47:02.420
 to be

00:47:02.420 --> 00:47:02.860
 Jesus in

00:47:02.860 --> 00:47:03.300
 that place

00:47:03.300 --> 00:47:03.780
 and maybe

00:47:03.780 --> 00:47:04.280
 three months

00:47:04.280 --> 00:47:04.660
 later,

00:47:04.659 --> 00:47:05.539
 they're like,

00:47:05.639 --> 00:47:05.819
 man,

00:47:05.859 --> 00:47:06.139
 I made a

00:47:06.139 --> 00:47:06.719
 bad call.

00:47:07.519 --> 00:47:07.980
 They're

00:47:07.980 --> 00:47:08.879
 influencing me

00:47:08.879 --> 00:47:09.960
 far more

00:47:09.960 --> 00:47:10.179
 than I'm

00:47:10.179 --> 00:47:10.579
 influencing

00:47:10.579 --> 00:47:11.000
 them.

00:47:12.119 --> 00:47:13.879
 And years

00:47:13.879 --> 00:47:14.299
 and years

00:47:14.299 --> 00:47:14.659
 now,

00:47:14.739 --> 00:47:15.179
 when you

00:47:15.179 --> 00:47:16.159
 look into

00:47:16.159 --> 00:47:16.559
 the future

00:47:16.559 --> 00:47:17.039
 after school

00:47:17.039 --> 00:47:17.299
 and all

00:47:17.299 --> 00:47:17.619
 that,

00:47:18.000 --> 00:47:18.480
 will you be

00:47:18.480 --> 00:47:19.039
 speaking like

00:47:19.039 --> 00:47:19.480
 the language

00:47:19.480 --> 00:47:20.279
 of the people

00:47:20.279 --> 00:47:20.719
 of God

00:47:20.719 --> 00:47:21.139
 or will you

00:47:21.139 --> 00:47:22.279
 be totally

00:47:22.279 --> 00:47:22.679
 off?

00:47:23.759 --> 00:47:24.460
 The world

00:47:24.460 --> 00:47:24.779
 is that

00:47:24.779 --> 00:47:25.299
 deceptive.

00:47:25.379 --> 00:47:25.719
 It'll pull

00:47:25.719 --> 00:47:26.420
 you right in.

00:47:27.000 --> 00:47:27.559
 It's very,

00:47:27.699 --> 00:47:28.179
 very good.

00:47:29.079 --> 00:47:29.659
 It's so

00:47:29.659 --> 00:47:30.059
 subtle.

00:47:30.239 --> 00:47:30.539
 There's things

00:47:30.539 --> 00:47:30.940
 that look

00:47:30.940 --> 00:47:31.219
 good,

00:47:31.300 --> 00:47:31.500
 but they're

00:47:31.500 --> 00:47:32.079
 not God.

00:47:32.739 --> 00:47:33.139
 It's not

00:47:33.139 --> 00:47:33.659
 the blatant

00:47:33.659 --> 00:47:34.159
 things.

00:47:34.380 --> 00:47:34.659
 It's the

00:47:34.659 --> 00:47:35.139
 things that

00:47:35.139 --> 00:47:36.019
 are not

00:47:36.019 --> 00:47:36.420
 evil in

00:47:36.420 --> 00:47:36.860
 themselves

00:47:36.860 --> 00:47:37.159
 that we

00:47:37.159 --> 00:47:37.679
 turn into

00:47:37.679 --> 00:47:38.079
 evil.

00:47:39.119 --> 00:47:39.320
 So,

00:47:40.079 --> 00:47:40.900
 don't be

00:47:40.900 --> 00:47:41.320
 renamed.

00:47:41.500 --> 00:47:41.880
 Don't be

00:47:41.880 --> 00:47:42.559
 absorbed in

00:47:42.559 --> 00:47:43.279
 the Babylonian

00:47:43.279 --> 00:47:43.579
 way of

00:47:43.579 --> 00:47:43.880
 thinking.

00:47:44.500 --> 00:47:45.079
 Last text

00:47:45.079 --> 00:47:45.440
 we'll look

00:47:45.440 --> 00:47:45.719
 at,

00:47:45.860 --> 00:47:46.400
 Deuteronomy

00:47:46.400 --> 00:47:46.840
 7.

00:47:49.460 --> 00:47:49.940
 Deuteronomy

00:47:49.940 --> 00:47:49.940


00:47:49.940 --> 00:47:50.340
 7.

00:47:50.699 --> 00:47:51.420
 Turn there.

00:47:54.199 --> 00:47:54.880
 And like I

00:47:54.880 --> 00:47:55.059
 said,

00:47:55.159 --> 00:47:55.320
 guys,

00:47:55.380 --> 00:47:55.739
 next week

00:47:55.739 --> 00:47:56.000
 we'll try

00:47:56.000 --> 00:47:56.219
 to look

00:47:56.219 --> 00:47:56.460
 at some

00:47:56.460 --> 00:47:56.800
 more of

00:47:56.800 --> 00:47:57.820
 the everyday

00:47:57.820 --> 00:47:58.460
 things that

00:47:58.460 --> 00:47:59.000
 we engage

00:47:59.000 --> 00:48:00.320
 in that

00:48:00.320 --> 00:48:01.760
 the world,

00:48:01.880 --> 00:48:02.260
 the system

00:48:02.260 --> 00:48:02.539
 of the

00:48:02.539 --> 00:48:02.860
 world,

00:48:02.980 --> 00:48:03.280
 and Satan

00:48:03.280 --> 00:48:03.940
 uses to

00:48:03.940 --> 00:48:04.179
 actually

00:48:04.179 --> 00:48:04.840
 change the

00:48:04.840 --> 00:48:05.239
 way we

00:48:05.239 --> 00:48:05.639
 think.

00:48:11.739 --> 00:48:12.260
 Deuteronomy

00:48:12.260 --> 00:48:12.659
 7.

00:48:13.019 --> 00:48:14.400
 And you

00:48:14.400 --> 00:48:15.000
 should know

00:48:15.000 --> 00:48:16.199
 like in

00:48:16.199 --> 00:48:16.860
 this context

00:48:16.860 --> 00:48:17.420
 God is

00:48:17.420 --> 00:48:18.119
 speaking to

00:48:18.119 --> 00:48:19.039
 the people

00:48:19.039 --> 00:48:19.519
 of Israel

00:48:19.519 --> 00:48:19.840
 that he's

00:48:19.840 --> 00:48:20.300
 brought out

00:48:20.300 --> 00:48:20.960
 of Egypt.

00:48:21.960 --> 00:48:22.760
 But they

00:48:22.760 --> 00:48:23.619
 were God's

00:48:23.619 --> 00:48:24.360
 chosen people.

00:48:25.219 --> 00:48:25.760
 At that point

00:48:25.760 --> 00:48:26.159
 he chose

00:48:26.159 --> 00:48:26.760
 that nation

00:48:26.760 --> 00:48:27.400
 to manifest

00:48:27.400 --> 00:48:28.219
 himself to

00:48:28.219 --> 00:48:29.019
 and to

00:48:29.019 --> 00:48:29.279
 give us

00:48:29.279 --> 00:48:30.039
 commands to

00:48:30.039 --> 00:48:30.599
 not necessarily

00:48:30.599 --> 00:48:31.039
 to save

00:48:31.039 --> 00:48:31.399
 them all

00:48:31.399 --> 00:48:31.719
 because a

00:48:31.719 --> 00:48:31.899
 lot of

00:48:31.899 --> 00:48:32.019
 them

00:48:32.019 --> 00:48:32.139
 were

00:48:32.139 --> 00:48:32.319
 about

00:48:32.319 --> 00:48:32.559
 against

00:48:32.559 --> 00:48:32.779
 God

00:48:32.779 --> 00:48:32.899
 and

00:48:32.899 --> 00:48:32.980
 were

00:48:32.980 --> 00:48:33.259
 killed

00:48:33.259 --> 00:48:34.139
 but

00:48:34.139 --> 00:48:35.039
 to

00:48:35.039 --> 00:48:35.439
 manifest

00:48:35.439 --> 00:48:35.959
 himself

00:48:35.959 --> 00:48:36.159
 as

00:48:36.159 --> 00:48:36.419
 God

00:48:36.419 --> 00:48:36.659
 to

00:48:36.659 --> 00:48:36.980
 them.

00:48:37.939 --> 00:48:39.039
 And in

00:48:39.039 --> 00:48:39.379
 the same

00:48:39.379 --> 00:48:39.759
 way,

00:48:39.879 --> 00:48:40.239
 believers

00:48:40.239 --> 00:48:40.859
 are the

00:48:40.859 --> 00:48:41.279
 people of

00:48:41.279 --> 00:48:41.500
 God.

00:48:41.619 --> 00:48:42.079
 We are a

00:48:42.079 --> 00:48:43.239
 chosen race,

00:48:43.319 --> 00:48:43.699
 a royal

00:48:43.699 --> 00:48:44.199
 priesthood,

00:48:44.239 --> 00:48:44.559
 a holy

00:48:44.559 --> 00:48:45.039
 nation,

00:48:45.599 --> 00:48:45.939
 a people

00:48:45.939 --> 00:48:46.739
 for God's

00:48:46.739 --> 00:48:47.299
 own possession.

00:48:48.099 --> 00:48:48.480
 This is

00:48:48.480 --> 00:48:48.799
 who we

00:48:48.799 --> 00:48:49.059
 are.

00:48:49.259 --> 00:48:50.439
 So we

00:48:50.439 --> 00:48:50.699
 need to

00:48:50.699 --> 00:48:51.339
 understand

00:48:51.339 --> 00:48:52.000
 a lot

00:48:52.000 --> 00:48:52.179
 of it

00:48:52.179 --> 00:48:52.659
 is an

00:48:52.659 --> 00:48:53.079
 identity

00:48:53.079 --> 00:48:53.399
 thing.

00:48:53.480 --> 00:48:53.779
 We must

00:48:53.779 --> 00:48:54.439
 understand

00:48:54.439 --> 00:48:55.480
 who we

00:48:55.480 --> 00:48:55.679
 are.

00:48:55.759 --> 00:48:55.879
 You have

00:48:55.879 --> 00:48:56.059
 to be

00:48:56.059 --> 00:48:56.239
 told

00:48:56.239 --> 00:48:56.679
 every day

00:48:56.679 --> 00:48:59.039
 this is

00:48:59.039 --> 00:48:57.199
 who I

00:48:57.199 --> 00:48:57.379
 am.

00:48:57.519 --> 00:48:58.719
 I belong

00:48:58.719 --> 00:48:59.139
 to Christ.

00:48:59.239 --> 00:48:59.579
 He bought

00:48:59.579 --> 00:48:59.960
 me with

00:48:59.960 --> 00:49:00.539
 his blood.

00:49:01.619 --> 00:49:02.099
 I'm a

00:49:02.099 --> 00:49:02.379
 part of

00:49:02.379 --> 00:49:02.940
 his body.

00:49:03.379 --> 00:49:03.779
 He's my

00:49:03.779 --> 00:49:04.119
 savior.

00:49:04.299 --> 00:49:04.699
 I love

00:49:04.699 --> 00:49:04.919
 him.

00:49:05.000 --> 00:49:05.279
 I want

00:49:05.279 --> 00:49:05.699
 to follow

00:49:05.699 --> 00:49:06.199
 him and

00:49:06.199 --> 00:49:06.519
 live for

00:49:06.519 --> 00:49:06.739
 him.

00:49:07.159 --> 00:49:07.500
 This is

00:49:07.500 --> 00:49:07.759
 who I

00:49:07.759 --> 00:49:07.940
 am.

00:49:08.000 --> 00:49:08.239
 I'm a

00:49:08.239 --> 00:49:08.399
 new

00:49:08.399 --> 00:49:08.919
 creation.

00:49:09.519 --> 00:49:09.839
 The old

00:49:09.839 --> 00:49:10.219
 is gone

00:49:10.219 --> 00:49:10.440
 and the

00:49:10.440 --> 00:49:10.559
 new

00:49:10.559 --> 00:49:10.980
 has come.

00:49:11.059 --> 00:49:11.219
 You have

00:49:11.219 --> 00:49:11.539
 to think

00:49:11.539 --> 00:49:12.099
 that way

00:49:12.099 --> 00:49:13.339
 every day.

00:49:14.500 --> 00:49:15.039
 And if

00:49:15.039 --> 00:49:15.399
 you don't,

00:49:15.460 --> 00:49:15.539
 you're

00:49:15.539 --> 00:49:15.839
 going to

00:49:15.839 --> 00:49:16.519
 begin to

00:49:16.519 --> 00:49:17.599
 buy into

00:49:17.599 --> 00:49:17.940
 this thing

00:49:17.940 --> 00:49:18.159
 that your

00:49:18.159 --> 00:49:18.759
 worth and

00:49:18.759 --> 00:49:19.339
 your value

00:49:19.339 --> 00:49:20.879
 and all

00:49:20.879 --> 00:49:21.299
 that is

00:49:21.299 --> 00:49:21.719
 found in

00:49:21.719 --> 00:49:22.019
 another

00:49:22.019 --> 00:49:22.480
 place

00:49:22.480 --> 00:49:23.079
 outside of

00:49:23.079 --> 00:49:23.399
 God,

00:49:23.480 --> 00:49:23.719
 the one

00:49:23.719 --> 00:49:24.079
 who actually

00:49:26.679 --> 00:49:28.480
 listen to

00:49:28.480 --> 00:49:28.759
 this.

00:49:28.759 --> 00:49:29.000
 This is

00:49:29.000 --> 00:49:29.599
 Deuteronomy

00:49:29.599 --> 00:49:30.099
 7,

00:49:30.539 --> 00:49:31.480
 verse 6

00:49:31.480 --> 00:49:32.079
 and 9.

00:49:34.319 --> 00:49:35.359
 Yeah,

00:49:35.480 --> 00:49:35.859
 verse 6

00:49:35.859 --> 00:49:36.319
 through 9.

00:49:36.899 --> 00:49:37.379
 It says,

00:49:37.739 --> 00:49:39.099
 For you

00:49:39.099 --> 00:49:39.679
 are a

00:49:39.679 --> 00:49:40.059
 people

00:49:40.059 --> 00:49:41.339
 holy to

00:49:41.339 --> 00:49:41.819
 the Lord

00:49:41.819 --> 00:49:42.460
 your God,

00:49:43.679 --> 00:49:44.500
 set aside,

00:49:44.739 --> 00:49:45.059
 you know,

00:49:45.099 --> 00:49:45.779
 set aside

00:49:45.779 --> 00:49:46.980
 for God.

00:49:47.539 --> 00:49:48.119
 The Lord

00:49:48.119 --> 00:49:48.539
 your God

00:49:48.539 --> 00:49:49.059
 has chosen

00:49:49.059 --> 00:49:50.179
 you to

00:49:50.179 --> 00:49:50.480
 be a

00:49:50.480 --> 00:49:51.139
 people for

00:49:51.139 --> 00:49:51.319
 his

00:49:51.319 --> 00:49:51.960
 treasured

00:49:51.960 --> 00:49:52.399
 possession

00:49:52.399 --> 00:49:53.559
 out of

00:49:53.559 --> 00:49:54.039
 all the

00:49:54.039 --> 00:49:55.379
 peoples who

00:49:55.379 --> 00:49:55.619
 are on

00:49:55.619 --> 00:49:56.099
 the face

00:49:56.099 --> 00:49:56.480
 of this

00:49:56.480 --> 00:49:56.840
 earth.

00:49:57.860 --> 00:49:58.240
 It is

00:49:58.240 --> 00:49:59.039
 not because

00:49:59.039 --> 00:49:59.460
 you were

00:49:59.460 --> 00:49:59.880
 more than

00:49:59.880 --> 00:50:01.240
 number than

00:50:01.240 --> 00:50:01.740
 any other

00:50:01.740 --> 00:50:02.320
 people that

00:50:02.320 --> 00:50:02.820
 the Lord

00:50:02.820 --> 00:50:03.639
 set his

00:50:03.639 --> 00:50:04.099
 love on

00:50:04.099 --> 00:50:04.559
 you and

00:50:04.559 --> 00:50:05.139
 chose you,

00:50:05.559 --> 00:50:06.099
 for you

00:50:06.099 --> 00:50:06.380
 were the

00:50:06.380 --> 00:50:07.019
 fewest of

00:50:07.019 --> 00:50:07.360
 all the

00:50:07.360 --> 00:50:07.719
 peoples.

00:50:08.019 --> 00:50:08.139
 So in

00:50:08.139 --> 00:50:08.559
 other words,

00:50:09.099 --> 00:50:09.340
 it wasn't

00:50:09.340 --> 00:50:09.780
 how cool

00:50:09.780 --> 00:50:10.300
 you are.

00:50:10.960 --> 00:50:11.199
 It wasn't

00:50:11.199 --> 00:50:11.460
 what you

00:50:11.460 --> 00:50:11.980
 could do.

00:50:12.119 --> 00:50:12.440
 It wasn't

00:50:12.440 --> 00:50:13.840
 how beautiful

00:50:13.840 --> 00:50:14.380
 you were on

00:50:14.380 --> 00:50:15.019
 the outside.

00:50:15.579 --> 00:50:15.960
 It didn't

00:50:15.960 --> 00:50:16.320
 matter.

00:50:16.599 --> 00:50:16.880
 It didn't

00:50:16.880 --> 00:50:17.159
 matter.

00:50:17.240 --> 00:50:17.539
 That's not

00:50:17.539 --> 00:50:17.980
 why God

00:50:17.980 --> 00:50:18.480
 chose to

00:50:18.480 --> 00:50:18.800
 set his

00:50:18.800 --> 00:50:19.139
 love on

00:50:19.139 --> 00:50:19.400
 you.

00:50:20.480 --> 00:50:21.840
 Verse 8,

00:50:22.480 --> 00:50:22.980
 But it

00:50:22.980 --> 00:50:23.420
 was because

00:50:23.420 --> 00:50:23.920
 the Lord

00:50:23.920 --> 00:50:24.619
 loves you

00:50:24.619 --> 00:50:25.920
 and is

00:50:25.920 --> 00:50:26.739
 keeping the

00:50:26.739 --> 00:50:27.199
 oath he

00:50:27.199 --> 00:50:27.619
 swore to

00:50:27.619 --> 00:50:28.179
 your fathers

00:50:28.179 --> 00:50:29.199
 that the

00:50:29.199 --> 00:50:29.679
 Lord has

00:50:29.679 --> 00:50:30.679
 brought you

00:50:30.679 --> 00:50:32.279
 out with a

00:50:32.279 --> 00:50:32.960
 mighty hand

00:50:32.960 --> 00:50:33.500
 and redeemed

00:50:33.500 --> 00:50:33.980
 you from the

00:50:33.980 --> 00:50:34.420
 house of

00:50:34.420 --> 00:50:35.699
 slavery and

00:50:35.699 --> 00:50:35.980
 from the

00:50:35.980 --> 00:50:36.759
 hand of

00:50:36.759 --> 00:50:37.059
 Pharaoh,

00:50:37.159 --> 00:50:37.440
 the king

00:50:37.440 --> 00:50:37.980
 of Egypt.

00:50:38.659 --> 00:50:38.880
 Know

00:50:38.880 --> 00:50:39.579
 therefore the

00:50:39.579 --> 00:50:39.980
 Lord your

00:50:39.980 --> 00:50:41.099
 God is

00:50:41.099 --> 00:50:41.599
 God,

00:50:42.400 --> 00:50:43.119
 the faithful

00:50:43.119 --> 00:50:43.739
 God who

00:50:43.739 --> 00:50:44.480
 keeps covenant

00:50:44.480 --> 00:50:45.319
 and steadfast

00:50:45.319 --> 00:50:46.460
 love with

00:50:46.460 --> 00:50:46.839
 those who

00:50:46.839 --> 00:50:47.480
 love him and

00:50:47.480 --> 00:50:47.880
 keep his

00:50:47.880 --> 00:50:49.159
 commandments to

00:50:49.159 --> 00:50:49.599
 a thousand

00:50:49.599 --> 00:50:50.259
 generations.

00:50:50.260 --> 00:50:53.120
 the Lord

00:50:53.120 --> 00:50:53.500
 has,

00:50:54.160 --> 00:50:54.600
 I mean you

00:50:54.600 --> 00:50:54.900
 should know

00:50:54.900 --> 00:50:55.280
 this as

00:50:55.280 --> 00:50:55.520
 well,

00:50:55.700 --> 00:50:57.480
 like slavery

00:50:57.480 --> 00:50:58.100
 in Egypt

00:50:58.100 --> 00:50:58.840
 and Moses

00:50:58.840 --> 00:50:59.480
 and Pharaoh

00:50:59.480 --> 00:50:59.820
 and all

00:50:59.820 --> 00:51:00.060
 that,

00:51:00.160 --> 00:51:00.480
 they were

00:51:00.480 --> 00:51:01.720
 types and

00:51:01.720 --> 00:51:02.460
 prefigures

00:51:02.460 --> 00:51:03.220
 of a

00:51:03.220 --> 00:51:03.960
 greater slavery

00:51:03.960 --> 00:51:04.400
 like their

00:51:04.400 --> 00:51:04.980
 bondage in

00:51:04.980 --> 00:51:06.120
 Egypt was

00:51:06.120 --> 00:51:06.800
 a picture of

00:51:06.800 --> 00:51:07.160
 a greater

00:51:07.160 --> 00:51:07.760
 slavery that

00:51:07.760 --> 00:51:08.400
 every human

00:51:08.400 --> 00:51:08.960
 has and

00:51:08.960 --> 00:51:09.240
 that's the

00:51:09.240 --> 00:51:09.660
 bondage of

00:51:09.660 --> 00:51:10.000
 sin.

00:51:10.400 --> 00:51:10.800
 We all

00:51:10.800 --> 00:51:11.400
 have that

00:51:11.400 --> 00:51:12.960
 and Pharaoh,

00:51:13.960 --> 00:51:14.220
 you know,

00:51:14.320 --> 00:51:15.140
 pretty bad

00:51:15.140 --> 00:51:15.680
 do but

00:51:15.680 --> 00:51:16.520
 nothing compared

00:51:16.520 --> 00:51:17.440
 to Satan.

00:51:17.580 --> 00:51:17.980
 So in the

00:51:17.980 --> 00:51:18.620
 same way we

00:51:18.620 --> 00:51:19.300
 were slaves,

00:51:19.380 --> 00:51:19.600
 we were

00:51:19.600 --> 00:51:20.100
 slaves,

00:51:20.260 --> 00:51:21.060
 to sin,

00:51:21.140 --> 00:51:21.340
 we were

00:51:21.340 --> 00:51:21.820
 dead in

00:51:21.820 --> 00:51:22.020
 sin,

00:51:22.100 --> 00:51:22.300
 we were

00:51:22.300 --> 00:51:22.640
 rebels

00:51:22.640 --> 00:51:22.980
 against

00:51:22.980 --> 00:51:23.440
 God,

00:51:23.920 --> 00:51:24.220
 hostile

00:51:24.220 --> 00:51:24.700
 towards

00:51:24.700 --> 00:51:25.100
 God,

00:51:25.480 --> 00:51:25.940
 God only

00:51:25.940 --> 00:51:26.520
 had wrath

00:51:26.520 --> 00:51:27.160
 focused on

00:51:27.160 --> 00:51:28.540
 us and

00:51:28.540 --> 00:51:29.860
 we were,

00:51:30.080 --> 00:51:30.580
 it says in

00:51:30.580 --> 00:51:31.060
 scripture that

00:51:31.060 --> 00:51:31.700
 we belong to

00:51:31.700 --> 00:51:32.060
 the devil.

00:51:32.600 --> 00:51:33.100
 We did his

00:51:33.100 --> 00:51:33.380
 will,

00:51:33.460 --> 00:51:33.900
 we carried out

00:51:33.900 --> 00:51:34.400
 his will

00:51:34.400 --> 00:51:34.940
 before we

00:51:34.940 --> 00:51:35.320
 were in

00:51:35.320 --> 00:51:35.780
 Christ.

00:51:36.580 --> 00:51:36.860
 And it

00:51:36.860 --> 00:51:38.040
 says that

00:51:38.040 --> 00:51:38.440
 he brought

00:51:38.440 --> 00:51:38.940
 us out

00:51:38.940 --> 00:51:39.260
 with a

00:51:39.260 --> 00:51:39.980
 mighty hand

00:51:39.980 --> 00:51:41.020
 and redeemed

00:51:41.020 --> 00:51:41.400
 us.

00:51:41.760 --> 00:51:42.220
 And he did

00:51:42.220 --> 00:51:42.880
 that through

00:51:42.880 --> 00:51:43.400
 Christ.

00:51:43.940 --> 00:51:44.260
 So he

00:51:44.260 --> 00:51:44.860
 bought us,

00:51:44.980 --> 00:51:45.660
 he delivered

00:51:45.660 --> 00:51:46.220
 us out of

00:51:46.220 --> 00:51:46.960
 slavery and

00:51:46.960 --> 00:51:48.060
 death and

00:51:48.060 --> 00:51:48.400
 gave us

00:51:48.400 --> 00:51:48.840
 himself,

00:51:49.080 --> 00:51:49.420
 gave us

00:51:49.420 --> 00:51:50.619
 Christ to

00:51:50.619 --> 00:51:51.440
 be our

00:51:51.440 --> 00:51:51.880
 all in

00:51:51.880 --> 00:51:52.619
 all and

00:51:52.619 --> 00:51:52.960
 he can't

00:51:52.960 --> 00:51:53.340
 be taken

00:51:53.340 --> 00:51:53.920
 away from

00:51:53.920 --> 00:51:54.159
 us.

00:51:54.800 --> 00:51:55.340
 And he

00:51:55.340 --> 00:51:56.019
 did this

00:51:56.019 --> 00:51:57.760
 purely out

00:51:57.760 --> 00:51:58.300
 of grace.

00:51:58.940 --> 00:51:59.340
 We did

00:51:59.340 --> 00:51:59.860
 not deserve

00:51:59.860 --> 00:52:00.019
 it,

00:52:00.079 --> 00:52:01.019
 just like we

00:52:01.019 --> 00:52:01.400
 just read

00:52:01.400 --> 00:52:01.720
 here.

00:52:02.559 --> 00:52:03.260
 Purely out

00:52:03.260 --> 00:52:03.800
 of grace.

00:52:04.680 --> 00:52:05.200
 He loves

00:52:05.200 --> 00:52:05.480
 you,

00:52:05.579 --> 00:52:06.159
 not because

00:52:06.159 --> 00:52:06.659
 you're awesome

00:52:06.659 --> 00:52:07.180
 and cool.

00:52:07.720 --> 00:52:08.180
 He loves

00:52:08.180 --> 00:52:08.800
 you just

00:52:08.800 --> 00:52:10.059
 because he

00:52:10.059 --> 00:52:10.519
 chose to

00:52:10.519 --> 00:52:11.840
 for no other

00:52:11.840 --> 00:52:12.099
 reason.

00:52:12.139 --> 00:52:12.840
 Because it

00:52:12.840 --> 00:52:13.300
 brought him

00:52:13.300 --> 00:52:14.700
 favor and it

00:52:14.700 --> 00:52:15.599
 glorified him

00:52:15.599 --> 00:52:16.019
 to love

00:52:16.019 --> 00:52:16.420
 something that

00:52:16.420 --> 00:52:16.800
 was so

00:52:16.800 --> 00:52:17.300
 unlovable.

00:52:18.320 --> 00:52:19.360
 And it's

00:52:19.360 --> 00:52:19.660
 not that

00:52:19.660 --> 00:52:20.220
 God just

00:52:20.220 --> 00:52:20.860
 is love

00:52:20.860 --> 00:52:21.940
 or has

00:52:21.940 --> 00:52:22.660
 love or

00:52:22.660 --> 00:52:23.340
 is loving.

00:52:23.980 --> 00:52:24.500
 It means

00:52:24.500 --> 00:52:25.000
 that he is

00:52:25.000 --> 00:52:25.620
 in his very

00:52:25.620 --> 00:52:26.080
 nature,

00:52:26.360 --> 00:52:26.960
 he's love.

00:52:27.280 --> 00:52:27.980
 He defines

00:52:27.980 --> 00:52:28.420
 love.

00:52:28.900 --> 00:52:29.240
 So therefore

00:52:29.240 --> 00:52:29.860
 he is loving.

00:52:30.760 --> 00:52:31.180
 It comes

00:52:31.180 --> 00:52:31.700
 out of who

00:52:31.700 --> 00:52:32.320
 he is.

00:52:32.860 --> 00:52:33.180
 And the

00:52:33.180 --> 00:52:34.100
 Lord saved

00:52:34.100 --> 00:52:34.900
 us and

00:52:34.900 --> 00:52:35.900
 called us

00:52:35.900 --> 00:52:36.380
 his people.

00:52:36.960 --> 00:52:37.420
 And we're

00:52:37.420 --> 00:52:38.440
 to live for

00:52:38.440 --> 00:52:38.680
 him.

00:52:38.760 --> 00:52:39.039
 We're not

00:52:39.039 --> 00:52:39.340
 to be

00:52:39.340 --> 00:52:40.640
 absorbed into

00:52:40.640 --> 00:52:41.220
 the culture

00:52:41.220 --> 00:52:42.160
 and way of

00:52:42.160 --> 00:52:43.200
 thinking of

00:52:43.200 --> 00:52:44.060
 Babylon in

00:52:44.059 --> 00:52:44.960
 this world.

00:52:45.880 --> 00:52:46.199
 And it's

00:52:46.199 --> 00:52:46.539
 going to be

00:52:46.539 --> 00:52:46.900
 an everyday

00:52:46.900 --> 00:52:47.279
 fight.

00:52:47.360 --> 00:52:47.539
 It's not

00:52:47.539 --> 00:52:47.799
 going to be

00:52:47.799 --> 00:52:48.759
 over until

00:52:48.759 --> 00:52:49.259
 Christ comes

00:52:49.259 --> 00:52:49.759
 back and

00:52:49.759 --> 00:52:50.619
 cleans house.

00:52:52.440 --> 00:52:53.119
 So we

00:52:53.119 --> 00:52:53.539
 need each

00:52:53.539 --> 00:52:53.719
 other.

00:52:53.759 --> 00:52:53.960
 We need to

00:52:53.960 --> 00:52:54.460
 be reminded

00:52:54.460 --> 00:52:54.759
 of these

00:52:54.759 --> 00:52:55.059
 truths.

00:52:55.420 --> 00:52:56.259
 So next

00:52:56.259 --> 00:52:56.699
 week we're

00:52:56.699 --> 00:52:56.900
 going to

00:52:56.900 --> 00:52:57.599
 talk more

00:52:57.599 --> 00:52:59.000
 on the

00:52:59.000 --> 00:52:59.639
 things that

00:52:59.639 --> 00:53:00.460
 surround us

00:53:00.460 --> 00:53:01.019
 every day

00:53:01.019 --> 00:53:02.940
 and try to

00:53:02.940 --> 00:53:03.519
 prepare a

00:53:03.519 --> 00:53:04.199
 difficult thing.

00:53:04.340 --> 00:53:04.799
 Pray for me

00:53:04.799 --> 00:53:06.039
 and John as

00:53:06.039 --> 00:53:06.799
 well as we

00:53:06.799 --> 00:53:07.320
 kind of tread

00:53:07.320 --> 00:53:08.119
 this line

00:53:08.119 --> 00:53:09.900
 between law

00:53:09.900 --> 00:53:10.639
 and grace.

00:53:11.519 --> 00:53:11.779
 You know,

00:53:12.059 --> 00:53:13.159
 like we can't

00:53:13.159 --> 00:53:13.799
 be like,

00:53:13.800 --> 00:53:14.240
 hey, stop

00:53:14.240 --> 00:53:14.620
 doing that.

00:53:14.700 --> 00:53:15.060
 Stop doing

00:53:15.060 --> 00:53:15.260
 that.

00:53:15.340 --> 00:53:15.800
 Stop it.

00:53:16.180 --> 00:53:16.500
 That's not

00:53:16.500 --> 00:53:17.140
 the point.

00:53:17.360 --> 00:53:17.740
 There's some

00:53:17.740 --> 00:53:18.180
 things that

00:53:18.180 --> 00:53:19.460
 can be used

00:53:19.460 --> 00:53:19.940
 for the glory

00:53:19.940 --> 00:53:20.500
 of God and

00:53:20.500 --> 00:53:20.740
 we need to

00:53:20.740 --> 00:53:21.260
 be aware of

00:53:21.260 --> 00:53:21.800
 those things.

00:53:22.260 --> 00:53:22.519
 And some

00:53:22.519 --> 00:53:22.800
 things we

00:53:22.800 --> 00:53:23.180
 should stay

00:53:23.180 --> 00:53:23.720
 just blatantly

00:53:23.720 --> 00:53:24.360
 away from.

00:53:25.180 --> 00:53:25.760
 And so

00:53:25.760 --> 00:53:27.060
 we'll talk

00:53:27.060 --> 00:53:27.519
 about some

00:53:27.519 --> 00:53:28.039
 of that next

00:53:28.039 --> 00:53:28.300
 week.

00:53:30.360 --> 00:53:31.039
 So yeah,

00:53:31.140 --> 00:53:32.460
 let's be the

00:53:32.460 --> 00:53:33.240
 people of God

00:53:33.240 --> 00:53:35.240
 and encourage

00:53:35.240 --> 00:53:35.640
 each other,

00:53:35.760 --> 00:53:36.200
 remind each

00:53:36.200 --> 00:53:36.480
 other about

00:53:36.480 --> 00:53:37.200
 who we are

00:53:37.200 --> 00:53:38.480
 every day.

00:53:39.120 --> 00:53:40.620
 And so

00:53:40.620 --> 00:53:41.620
 let's pray

00:53:41.620 --> 00:53:41.980
 and then we'll

00:53:41.980 --> 00:53:42.360
 just kind of

00:53:42.360 --> 00:53:42.980
 respond to

00:53:42.980 --> 00:53:43.519
 just the time

00:53:43.519 --> 00:53:44.699
 of singing.

00:53:44.699 --> 00:53:46.860
 And Father,

00:53:48.239 --> 00:53:51.440
 you are

00:53:51.440 --> 00:53:52.239
 worthy to be

00:53:52.239 --> 00:53:52.619
 praised.

00:53:52.759 --> 00:53:52.920
 You are

00:53:52.920 --> 00:53:53.719
 worthy to

00:53:53.719 --> 00:53:57.039
 of our lives

00:53:57.039 --> 00:53:57.500
 and our

00:53:57.500 --> 00:53:58.019
 energies,

00:53:58.860 --> 00:53:59.500
 everything we

00:53:59.500 --> 00:53:59.759
 are.

00:53:59.860 --> 00:54:00.219
 And even if

00:54:00.219 --> 00:54:00.780
 you led us

00:54:00.780 --> 00:54:02.199
 to death,

00:54:02.300 --> 00:54:02.900
 you're worth

00:54:02.900 --> 00:54:03.840
 dying for

00:54:03.840 --> 00:54:05.559
 and shown

00:54:05.559 --> 00:54:05.880
 to be

00:54:05.880 --> 00:54:06.500
 magnificent

00:54:06.500 --> 00:54:07.880
 in the way

00:54:07.880 --> 00:54:08.460
 we die.

00:54:08.460 --> 00:54:10.340
 and Father,

00:54:10.519 --> 00:54:11.159
 if we have

00:54:11.159 --> 00:54:11.320
 you,

00:54:11.440 --> 00:54:12.240
 nothing can

00:54:12.240 --> 00:54:14.079
 take you

00:54:14.079 --> 00:54:14.519
 away from

00:54:14.519 --> 00:54:14.800
 us.

00:54:15.800 --> 00:54:16.220
 You're

00:54:16.220 --> 00:54:17.240
 holding us

00:54:17.240 --> 00:54:17.659
 with your

00:54:17.659 --> 00:54:19.199
 powerful right

00:54:19.199 --> 00:54:20.159
 hand and

00:54:20.159 --> 00:54:22.139
 no one will

00:54:22.139 --> 00:54:22.679
 snatch us

00:54:22.679 --> 00:54:23.179
 out of your

00:54:23.179 --> 00:54:23.500
 hand.

00:54:24.559 --> 00:54:25.500
 And if we're

00:54:25.500 --> 00:54:26.099
 in Christ,

00:54:26.179 --> 00:54:26.840
 we cannot be

00:54:26.840 --> 00:54:27.440
 condemned.

00:54:28.639 --> 00:54:29.119
 Father,

00:54:29.300 --> 00:54:31.019
 we praise you

00:54:31.019 --> 00:54:31.599
 for not just

00:54:31.599 --> 00:54:32.159
 leaving us

00:54:32.159 --> 00:54:32.960
 in darkness

00:54:32.960 --> 00:54:34.840
 and in a

00:54:34.840 --> 00:54:35.220
 place of

00:54:35.220 --> 00:54:35.800
 misery in

00:54:35.800 --> 00:54:36.280
 the world.

00:54:37.079 --> 00:54:37.559
 But for

00:54:37.559 --> 00:54:38.179
 calling us

00:54:38.179 --> 00:54:39.960
 out and

00:54:39.960 --> 00:54:41.780
 saving us,

00:54:41.880 --> 00:54:42.260
 bringing us

00:54:42.260 --> 00:54:42.679
 into the

00:54:42.679 --> 00:54:43.380
 light and

00:54:43.380 --> 00:54:44.519
 making us

00:54:44.519 --> 00:54:45.059
 your people,

00:54:45.199 --> 00:54:45.659
 making us

00:54:45.659 --> 00:54:46.199
 your children

00:54:46.199 --> 00:54:48.000
 and delighting

00:54:48.000 --> 00:54:48.980
 in us and

00:54:48.980 --> 00:54:50.380
 giving us

00:54:50.380 --> 00:54:52.579
 new names

00:54:52.579 --> 00:54:52.940
 as your

00:54:52.940 --> 00:54:53.639
 sons and

00:54:53.639 --> 00:54:54.179
 your daughters

00:54:54.179 --> 00:54:57.139
 and help

00:54:57.139 --> 00:54:57.519
 us to be

00:54:57.519 --> 00:54:58.119
 reminded that

00:54:58.119 --> 00:54:58.639
 Lord and

00:54:58.639 --> 00:54:59.679
 the price

00:54:59.679 --> 00:55:00.399
 that it was

00:55:00.399 --> 00:55:00.960
 to bring us

00:55:00.960 --> 00:55:01.239
 to that

00:55:01.239 --> 00:55:01.719
 place,

00:55:02.559 --> 00:55:03.379
 the precious

00:55:03.379 --> 00:55:04.119
 blood of

00:55:04.119 --> 00:55:04.579
 Christ.

00:55:05.119 --> 00:55:06.039
 And he

00:55:06.039 --> 00:55:06.579
 bought us

00:55:06.579 --> 00:55:07.079
 and purchased

00:55:07.079 --> 00:55:07.639
 us with

00:55:07.639 --> 00:55:08.099
 his own

00:55:08.099 --> 00:55:08.539
 blood.

00:55:09.339 --> 00:55:10.519
 And we

00:55:10.519 --> 00:55:11.139
 are his

00:55:11.139 --> 00:55:11.579
 and we

00:55:11.579 --> 00:55:11.859
 are the

00:55:11.859 --> 00:55:12.480
 church and

00:55:12.480 --> 00:55:13.079
 we belong

00:55:13.079 --> 00:55:14.259
 to him

00:55:14.259 --> 00:55:14.960
 exclusively,

00:55:15.480 --> 00:55:16.500
 not to have

00:55:16.500 --> 00:55:16.980
 any other

00:55:16.980 --> 00:55:17.500
 lovers.

00:55:18.539 --> 00:55:19.219
 And Lord,

00:55:19.319 --> 00:55:19.859
 we are also

00:55:19.859 --> 00:55:20.619
 called to each

00:55:20.619 --> 00:55:21.659
 other and we

00:55:21.659 --> 00:55:22.139
 need each

00:55:22.139 --> 00:55:22.960
 other to

00:55:22.960 --> 00:55:23.419
 remind

00:55:23.420 --> 00:55:24.519
 ourselves of

00:55:24.519 --> 00:55:24.980
 the gospel

00:55:24.980 --> 00:55:25.559
 every day

00:55:25.559 --> 00:55:25.940
 and to

00:55:25.940 --> 00:55:26.539
 fight the

00:55:26.539 --> 00:55:27.119
 good fight

00:55:27.119 --> 00:55:27.980
 that's in

00:55:27.980 --> 00:55:28.559
 front of us.

00:55:28.880 --> 00:55:29.920
 And Lord,

00:55:29.960 --> 00:55:30.700
 help us to

00:55:30.700 --> 00:55:32.659
 remain your

00:55:32.659 --> 00:55:33.079
 people and

00:55:33.079 --> 00:55:33.840
 to live like

00:55:33.840 --> 00:55:34.320
 your people

00:55:34.320 --> 00:55:34.740
 while we

00:55:34.740 --> 00:55:35.159
 are here on

00:55:35.159 --> 00:55:35.619
 this earth

00:55:35.619 --> 00:55:37.000
 until you

00:55:37.000 --> 00:55:37.619
 come back

00:55:37.619 --> 00:55:38.519
 or you

00:55:38.519 --> 00:55:38.940
 take us

00:55:38.940 --> 00:55:39.599
 to be

00:55:39.599 --> 00:55:40.059
 with you,

00:55:40.820 --> 00:55:41.619
 to set our

00:55:41.619 --> 00:55:42.139
 minds on the

00:55:42.139 --> 00:55:42.760
 eternal and

00:55:42.760 --> 00:55:43.340
 the unseen

00:55:43.340 --> 00:55:43.780
 rather than

00:55:43.780 --> 00:55:44.300
 the seen

00:55:44.300 --> 00:55:45.059
 and the

00:55:45.059 --> 00:55:45.380
 temporal,

00:55:45.539 --> 00:55:45.940
 to be

00:55:45.940 --> 00:55:46.920
 strangers

00:55:46.920 --> 00:55:48.700
 and pilgrims

00:55:48.700 --> 00:55:49.420
 and aliens

00:55:49.420 --> 00:55:50.700
 and travelers

00:55:50.700 --> 00:55:51.460
 in this earth

00:55:51.460 --> 00:55:51.920
 and not to

00:55:51.920 --> 00:55:52.920
 become settlers.

00:55:53.420 --> 00:55:55.460
 And to

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 keep our

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 hope and

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 our joy

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 fixed on

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 Christ.

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 And Lord,

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 we love

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 you and

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 praise you.

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 Thank you

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 for your

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 word that

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 reveals this

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 truth to

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 us.

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 And may

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 we just

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 continue to

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 think of

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 these things

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 tonight and

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 in the

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 coming days.

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 In Christ's

00:56:13.300 --> 00:56:13.500
 name,

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 Amen.