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 With me please to Ephesians chapter 5 and to verse 18 this evening.

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 Ephesians 5 and at verse 18.

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 And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit.

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 Be filled with the Spirit.

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 Now surely friends, this tonight is our greatest need as Christians.

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 It's the Church's greatest need, it's our individual need as well.

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 And for ourselves, for the congregation, for every aspect of the work that we are engaged in,

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 for the preaching of the Gospel, for our outreach, our evangelism,

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 for the work with young folks, for the work with older folks,

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 it doesn't matter what aspect we think about, but this is the greatest need we have,

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 that we be filled with the Spirit of God.

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 Every single thing that Paul is actually setting out for the Ephesians,

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 that they are to be as Christians, that they are to be in relation to each other,

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 in order to love each other, to be in the right relation to each other,

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 to look after each other and so on.

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 Everything they are to be in relation to the world around them,

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 as the world looks in upon them and sees them as the people of God.

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 Every single aspect of that, every single avenue of that,

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 is to be met by being filled with the Spirit of God.

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 We have to have everything in place for sure.

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 We need to have all the mechanisms, if you like,

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 in place in order to function as individuals or as a congregation.

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 We need to have our strategy, our planning.

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 We need to have our buildings.

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 We need to have our various meetings.

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 We need to have the structures that we have in the congregation.

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 We need to have all of these things and more in place.

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 But we can have all of these in place and still lack this.

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 Because this really takes priority and precedence over anything else.

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 Without being filled with the Spirit, without being moved inwardly by the Spirit of God,

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 none of these other things in themselves will produce the results that we long for.

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 And we long for more conversions.

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 We long for more enthusiasm in ourselves, myself included, very much.

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 We long for a lessening of the apathy that's obvious when people don't find it in their hearts to come to church,

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 to come to prayer meetings.

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 And I'm talking here about people who are of the church,

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 people who themselves maybe at times are professing Christians.

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 Paul is actually writing these terms to Christians,

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 to people who know the Lord.

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 And yet it is to them that he's saying,

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 don't be drunk with wine, which is debauchery,

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 but be filled with the Spirit.

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 Be filled with the Spirit.

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 I was watching an episode of,

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 the other night of Captain Mannering and his soldiers in Dad's army.

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 And it's not at all to introduce anything that's funny,

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 but it so happened that he had said he was going to be away for the day.

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 And in fact, he came back early.

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 And instead of being on parade,

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 the platoon had actually gone down to the pub to play darts with the wardens.

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 With the aeroate wardens.

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 So when he came back, of course there was no sign of him,

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 but a couple of them.

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 So he asked where they were and he was told.

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 And of course he just became enraged.

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 What on earth were they doing in the pub instead of being on parade?

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 And off he went to try and take them back.

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 And of course they refused initially to come back.

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 But he sat down and Sergeant Wilson on the other side of the table

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 in one of the aspects of the scene.

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 And he said to Sergeant Wilson,

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 I don't understand it.

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 I cannot understand why these men don't love to be on parade.

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 When I'm actually at my tea and my dinner,

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 when I come home from work and I sit down at the table

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 and I think of getting dressed with my uniform

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 and marching down the road to the hall where the parade is to be placed,

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 I feel a sense of excitement moving up inside me.

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 Of course, Wilson didn't think too much of that

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 because I suppose the reason they weren't too keen on the parade

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 was that it was led by the pompous Captain Mangering.

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 But the point is this.

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 What he said about himself is so applicable to ourselves as Christians.

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 When did I last myself feel a rising sense of excitement

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 at the thought of preaching the gospel,

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 at the thought of going to visit people in their need?

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 Did you feel a sense of rising excitement tonight

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 in order to come to the prayer meeting?

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 A sense of really being led into the thought

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 that would thrill your heart to meet with God in this building?

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 I know these things are hugely challenging,

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 but that's why they're in the Bible.

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 And we're living in times when people find it so easy

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 not to actually follow out the path that God has given us

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 in order to become robust and glowing Christians.

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 I'm not finding fault with anyone here tonight at all.

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 I'm speaking to myself as much as to anyone else

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 and to you at home as well as you take part in the service.

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 Well, this is our greatest need, friends.

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 It doesn't matter how much we've been on the road already.

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 It doesn't matter how experienced we may be

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 either in preaching or in witnessing to Christ.

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 But here is God saying to us tonight,

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 do not get drunk with wine for that is debauchery,

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 but be filled with the Spirit.

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 What does he mean?

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 Why is he saying this?

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 And if we're convinced of this,

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 are we attending to all that's involved in it?

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 If we're convinced that this is our greatest need,

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 and really it shouldn't take us long to reach that conclusion,

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 because the Bible makes it clear to us

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 that it is the Spirit alone that quickens.

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 It's the Spirit alone that changes people.

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 It's the Spirit alone that brings life and vigor

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 to the people of God themselves.

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 And we should, of course, notice here

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 that what Paul is saying is something that needs to go on

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 as our Christian life develops.

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 He's not saying,

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 be filled with the Spirit today,

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 and that'll just last you.

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 No, he's saying,

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 be filled with the Spirit.

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 This is a continuing thing.

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 This is something they need to look for every day,

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 something they need to actually seek

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 from God every day.

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 So, if we look at verse 18,

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 that should feed into our prayers

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 for ourselves,

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 for the cause of God,

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 for the congregation,

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 for the unconverted,

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 for the young folks,

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 for the community around us,

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 for those in authority.

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 It doesn't matter where it is,

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 but if we are filled with the Spirit,

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 all will be encompassed

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 within what we're seeking from God.

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 And so there are two things

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 that the verse actually contains for us.

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 There are other things as well,

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 but we'll confine it to two things.

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 First of all,

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 Paul is bringing the Ephesians

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 a reminder of a great change.

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 A reminder of a great change.

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 Why did Paul include this reference

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 to being drunk with wine?

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 What's it doing in the text?

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 Is it not a little bit strange

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 that he would speak of such a thing

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 and then side by side with that

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 put being filled with the Spirit?

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 Why is Paul actually referring at all

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 to being drunk with wine

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 and then placing that

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 alongside a reference for the need

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 for us to be filled with the Spirit?

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 Well, as we say,

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 it's a reminder of a great change

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 because it's reminding the Ephesians,

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 I think, from this,

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 that the great change

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 that has taken place in their lives

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 when the Lord took them out

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 of their previous habits

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 and lifestyle involved

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 bringing them to be freed from

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 and saved from the debauchery,

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 including drunken orgies

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 that they were actually involved with.

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 It was the cult of the idol Dionysus

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 was something that people of Ephesus

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 and the Greek world of the time

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 gave a lot of time to.

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 And Dionysus was the god of wine.

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 And to follow Dionysus

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 or to worship, as it were, Dionysus

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 involved being involved in drunken orgies.

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 That's why the reference to wine

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 is so relevant

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 and why you're saying to them,

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 that's what you've left behind.

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 That's what you've been rescued from.

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 That's what God now wants you

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 to actually put behind you.

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 It's a great contrast

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 with the life that they had.

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 And it's not just a contrast,

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 but it's a total contrast.

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 And you can see how he picks that up

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 in chapter 4

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 at verse 20 there

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 where he's talking about

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 how different they are now

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 to the way the Gentiles walked

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 in the futility and darkness

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 of their mind.

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 They've become callous.

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 They've given themselves up to sensuality.

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 And of course,

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 that's what the Ephesians were.

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 But that is not the way

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 you learned Christ,

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 assuming that you have heard about him

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 and were taught in him

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 as the truth is in Jesus.

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 And in chapter 2,

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 verses 1 to 5,

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 of course, he brings out

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 how they once were,

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 the children of wrath,

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 just as others,

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 following the prince

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 of the power of the air,

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 following the way

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 of the course of this world.

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 But God, being rich in mercy

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 because of the great love

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 with which he loved us,

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 even when we were dead

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 in our trespasses,

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 made us alive together with Christ.

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 All the way through here

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 in the epistle,

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 you find a reminder given,

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 and this verse 2 in chapter 5

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 is a reminder

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 that this was what once characterized

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 their lives,

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 this kind of lifestyle

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 was what they lived for

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 and lived in.

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 Now Paul is reminding them

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 that is no longer the case.

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 Be no longer drunk with wine.

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 You're no longer following

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 Dionysus

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 or any other idol

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 in the ways of the world.

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 And in fact,

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 that's something that the apostles,

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 Peter included,

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 set before the people

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 in their preaching,

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 in their epistles as well.

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 You remember Peter

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 in 1 Peter chapter 4.

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 Again, similar to Paul here,

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 just to show that this was common

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 to the preaching of the apostles

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 for the time in which they lived,

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 for the church of the time,

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 just as it must be for ourselves.

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 He says here,

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 1 Peter 4 verses 3 to 4,

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 the time that is past

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 is sufficient for doing

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 what the Gentiles want to do,

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 living in sensuality,

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 passions,

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 drunkenness,

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 orgies,

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 drinking parties,

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 lawless idolatry.

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 With respect to this,

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 they are surprised

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 when you do not join them

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 in the same flood of debauchery

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 and they malign you.

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 They speak shamefully of you.

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 So it's a reminder

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 of a great change.

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 And whenever we think of ourselves,

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 our conversion is a great change.

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 It's a reminder

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 of what God has done

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 to bring us into

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 a living relationship

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 with himself.

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 But the second thing

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 I want to emphasize more

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 or deal with more fully,

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 not only is it a reminder

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 of a great change,

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 it's also an illustration

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 of a spirit-filled life.

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 The way that he puts things

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 in this verse

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 is an illustration

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 of a spirit-filled life.

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 It's interesting the words

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 that Paul actually uses here,

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 especially the word drunk

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 and the word debauchery.

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 Do not be drunk with wine.

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 The word drunk literally,

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 in that usage of it,

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 has the idea of being soaked

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 in the treatment of skins,

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 for example,

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 animal skins.

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 In those days,

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 in order to stretch them out

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 and make them supple,

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 they used to soak them

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 for a while.

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 Then they could actually

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 handle them more.

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 So the soaking,

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 or something that's soaked

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 into the skin

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 in the liquid

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 that it was soaked in.

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 And so there's that idea

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 of being soaked.

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 But this word debauchery,

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 don't be soaked with wine,

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 don't be drunk with wine.

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 The word debauchery

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 is probably not the best

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 translation here in the ESV.

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 The authorized version,

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 you recall,

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 maybe has the word excess.

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 Don't be drunk with wine,

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 wherein is excess.

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 And there's an interesting way

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 in which we can follow that word

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 in the way it's used in Scripture.

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 For example,

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 in Luke's Gospel,

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 chapter 15,

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 you find the account

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 of the prodigal son.

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 And the prodigal son,

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 in verse 13,

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 we're told that he'd left home,

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 he took the goods

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 that were falling to him,

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 and then he wasted his life

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 in this debauchery.

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 He wasted his life

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 just flittered it away

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 recklessly.

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 And reckless living,

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 I think is how the ESV puts it.

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 He wasted his life.

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 And nobody,

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 when he went away,

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 took his journey

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 into a far country,

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 he squandered his property

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 in reckless living.

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 That's the idea behind this word

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 in Ephesians as well.

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 It's reckless.

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 It's a squandering.

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 It's a wastage.

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 It's the opposite of saving something.

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 It's just being reckless

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 in giving it away

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 and spending it

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 unwisely and foolishly.

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 And so you could say,

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 this is really

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 what Paul means

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 in verse 18.

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 Don't be soaked with wine,

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 for that is just sheer wastage.

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 But be filled with the Spirit.

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 The opposite

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 to being soaked or drunk

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 with wine.

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 What are the implications of that?

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 What are the implications

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 of that for ourselves?

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 Now, nothing of what I'm saying at all

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 is indicative

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 of lack of sympathy

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 for those

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 who have problems

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 with alcohol

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 or with drug addiction.

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 Our heart goes out

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 to these people.

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 Davy here

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 shares with us

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 from time to time

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 the challenges

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 of working with that.

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 And we pray for them

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 as we pray for him.

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 Our heart goes out

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 and it's nothing to do

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 with a lack of sympathy.

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 But the Bible, nevertheless,

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 is clear

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 that this is something

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 that is very wrong

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 in human life.

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 And they need

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 all the help they can,

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 but the Bible brings

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 the spiritual dimension

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 to it

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 as well as

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 the physical or mental.

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 And the three things

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 that follow on

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 from what we said already

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 from the words

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 that Paul used

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 as an illustration

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 of the Christian life,

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 as an illustration

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 of the Spirit-filled life,

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 there are three things

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 that we can focus on.

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 First of all,

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 self-control,

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 a word that Paul uses

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 elsewhere

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 in his epistles frequently.

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 Secondly,

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 stewardship,

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 looking after things,

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 looking after oneself.

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 And thirdly,

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 stimulation.

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 And these three things

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 come into

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 the contrast,

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 if you like,

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 and the comparison

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 that Paul is making

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 between being drunk

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 with wine

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 and being filled

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 with the Spirit.

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 There is a comparison

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 as well as a contrast,

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 though most of it

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 is to do with contrast.

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 Firstly,

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 self-control.

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 Now you remember

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 the list that we have

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 in Galatians chapter 5,

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 which Paul refers to

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 as the fruit

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 of the Spirit.

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 Galatians chapter 5

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 and verse 23.

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 The works of the flesh,

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 he says before that,

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 are evident.

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 Sexual immorality,

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 impurity,

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 sensuality,

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 and so on,

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 he gives us that list.

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 Drunkenness is one of them,

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 orgies,

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 and these things,

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 like these.

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 But the fruit of the Spirit

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 is love,

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 joy,

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 peace,

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 patience,

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 kindness,

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 goodness,

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 gentleness,

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 self-control.

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 That's one of the lists

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 of the fruit of the Spirit,

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 of the elements

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 that make up

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 the total fruit

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 of the Spirit

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 in that passage.

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 And that self-control

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 is exactly the same thing

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 you find Paul saying

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 to Timothy as well,

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 where he's giving him

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 advice as he's going

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 to carry on

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 with the work

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 of the Gospel

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 when Paul has gone

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 from the scene of time.

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 2 Timothy chapter 1,

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 verse 7,

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 this is what he says.

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 For this reason,

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 he says,

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 I remind you

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 to fan into flame

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 the gift of God

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 which is in you

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 through the laying on

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 of my hands.

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 For God gave us

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 a spirit not of fear,

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 but of power

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 and love

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 and self-control.

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 Power and love

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 and self-control.

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 This is the contrast.

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 Be not drunk with wine

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 which is wastage,

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 which is debauchery,

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 but be filled

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 with a spirit.

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 When a person is drunk,

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 when a person is under

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 the influence

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 of alcohol,

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 whether it's wine

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 or spirits

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 or drugs

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 have a similar

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 kind of effect,

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 I'm sure,

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 but when a person

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 is drinking

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 under the influence

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 of excessive drink,

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 I mean,

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 one of the things

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 that's obvious

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 from that

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 is a lack of control.

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 Because the more

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 a person gets drunk,

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 the less control

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 that person has.

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 They lose control

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 of the mind,

00:18:09.080 --> 00:18:09.559
 lose control

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 of the body

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 or certain functions

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 of the body.

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 Control of movement,

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 control of moods,

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 control of emotions.

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 All of that

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 are affected

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 so drastically,

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 all of these

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 by being drunk

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 by the effect

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 of excessive alcohol.

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 Sadly,

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 of course,

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 as you well know,

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 many people

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 lose their lives

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 through excess

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 use of alcohol,

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 not just on themselves,

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 but in road accidents.

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 We hear of that

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 every day.

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 The devastating effects

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 of excessive drinking.

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 But,

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 here is Paul saying,

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 instead of

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 that kind of lifestyle,

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 and it's not just

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 actually being drunk,

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 it's the kind of thing

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 where you lose control,

00:19:03.639 --> 00:19:04.659
 whatever reason it is,

00:19:05.039 --> 00:19:05.959
 instead of being

00:19:05.959 --> 00:19:07.279
 filled with the Spirit.

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 Don't be drunk,

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 don't be,

00:19:10.479 --> 00:19:11.899
 don't lose your self-control,

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 instead be filled

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 with the Spirit.

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 Be under the order

00:19:16.219 --> 00:19:17.199
 that the Spirit

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 brings into your life.

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 Be under the control

00:19:19.699 --> 00:19:21.039
 that the Spirit brings

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 as the Spirit

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 comes into your life.

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 Be under the direction

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 of the Spirit.

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 Be under the power

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 of the Spirit

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 to take you away

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 from the things

00:19:30.059 --> 00:19:30.799
 that otherwise

00:19:30.799 --> 00:19:32.059
 you would be led by

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 and led into.

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 So,

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 that's the first thing,

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 the self-control element

00:19:38.279 --> 00:19:39.759
 of being filled

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 with the Spirit.

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 The second thing

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 is stewardship.

00:19:45.620 --> 00:19:45.880
 Again,

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 go back in your mind

00:19:46.720 --> 00:19:49.039
 to the prodigal son

00:19:49.039 --> 00:19:50.279
 in Luke chapter 15,

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 and where it says

00:19:52.360 --> 00:19:53.640
 that he squandered

00:19:53.640 --> 00:19:54.420
 his living,

00:19:54.920 --> 00:19:56.240
 squandered his property

00:19:56.240 --> 00:19:57.579
 recklessly.

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 The same word

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 as we see here

00:20:01.579 --> 00:20:03.759
 in Ephesians 5.18.

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 Now,

00:20:04.960 --> 00:20:06.240
 that's another thing

00:20:06.240 --> 00:20:06.759
 that makes

00:20:06.759 --> 00:20:07.799
 a big difference

00:20:07.799 --> 00:20:09.579
 between the person

00:20:09.579 --> 00:20:10.960
 that is addicted

00:20:10.960 --> 00:20:11.899
 to alcohol,

00:20:12.419 --> 00:20:13.579
 especially regularly

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 loses control,

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 but also comes

00:20:18.119 --> 00:20:20.659
 to have so much wastage.

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 One of the really

00:20:22.700 --> 00:20:24.220
 sad things

00:20:24.220 --> 00:20:27.279
 about the grip

00:20:27.279 --> 00:20:28.200
 of alcohol

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 or drugs

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 is the sheer wastage

00:20:31.000 --> 00:20:31.819
 that's involved

00:20:31.819 --> 00:20:33.680
 in that person's life

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 and in the life

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 of their family as well,

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 a waste of energy

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 and a waste of time

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 and a waste of money

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 and a waste of opportunities

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 and a waste of relationships

00:20:43.680 --> 00:20:44.819
 and all of that stuff

00:20:44.819 --> 00:20:45.759
 comes into it.

00:20:46.720 --> 00:20:47.500
 But here is Paul

00:20:47.500 --> 00:20:48.620
 drawing the contrast

00:20:48.620 --> 00:20:49.680
 as well as making

00:20:49.680 --> 00:20:50.400
 the comparison.

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 Don't be

00:20:51.880 --> 00:20:53.299
 drunk with wine.

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 Don't be under

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 the control

00:20:55.299 --> 00:20:56.059
 or influence

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 of alcohol.

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 Instead,

00:20:57.559 --> 00:20:58.200
 be controlled

00:20:58.200 --> 00:20:58.940
 by the Spirit

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 and be under

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 the stewardship

00:21:00.700 --> 00:21:01.319
 of the Spirit

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 because the wastage

00:21:03.039 --> 00:21:04.220
 and the opposite

00:21:04.220 --> 00:21:05.139
 of the wastage

00:21:05.139 --> 00:21:05.720
 that you have

00:21:05.720 --> 00:21:07.000
 in being drunk,

00:21:07.519 --> 00:21:08.519
 the opposite of that

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 is a life

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 which saves,

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 which cares for things

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 and cares for people.

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 You look after

00:21:16.259 --> 00:21:17.559
 what you gain

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 when you come

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 to know Christ,

00:21:19.920 --> 00:21:21.279
 what Jesus gives you

00:21:21.279 --> 00:21:22.099
 to enjoy,

00:21:22.519 --> 00:21:23.519
 what Jesus gives you

00:21:23.519 --> 00:21:24.420
 to share out.

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 You don't waste it.

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 You don't set about it

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 carelessly.

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 You look at it

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 in such a way

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 as saying,

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 this is the most precious

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 thing that I've got.

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 I've got to look

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 after this.

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 I've got to look

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 after myself.

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 I've got to look

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 after my well-being.

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 I've got to look

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 after my mind.

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 I've got to look

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 after my fellow

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 human beings,

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 my family.

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 Everything's to do

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 with saving,

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 with looking after,

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 with conserving,

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 not with wastage.

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 That's the Christian

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 for you.

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 That's the difference

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 between the Christian

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 and the person

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 that is just

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 the sheer worldly person.

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 Don't,

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 on the one hand,

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 be this,

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 on the other hand,

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 but be filled

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 with the Spirit.

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 How do we live

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 a self-controlled life?

00:22:06.060 --> 00:22:06.240
 Well,

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 not by our own ability.

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 It's not something

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 that we manufacture.

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 It's something

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 that comes from

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 being filled

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 with the Spirit.

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 How do we actually

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 have the stewardship

00:22:16.980 --> 00:22:17.860
 that looks after

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 ourselves and other

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 things properly,

00:22:19.880 --> 00:22:20.560
 that looks after

00:22:20.560 --> 00:22:21.580
 the life that God

00:22:21.580 --> 00:22:23.220
 has placed in us

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 in his salvation

00:22:24.900 --> 00:22:26.000
 by the Holy Spirit?

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 It's by being filled

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 with the Spirit.

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 in 2 Peter,

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 again,

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 we have something

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 that's very close

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 to that,

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 2 Peter 1,

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 verses 5-8.

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 You find

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 the apostle there

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 saying,

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 for this very reason,

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 make every effort

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 to supplement

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 your faith

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 or to add

00:22:49.259 --> 00:22:49.960
 to your faith

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 virtue,

00:22:51.160 --> 00:22:52.360
 virtue with knowledge,

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 knowledge with

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 self-control.

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 There it is again,

00:22:55.740 --> 00:22:56.440
 self-control

00:22:56.440 --> 00:22:57.660
 with steadfastness,

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 steadfastness

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 with godliness,

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 godliness

00:23:00.759 --> 00:23:02.140
 with brotherly affection,

00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:03.580
 brotherly affection

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 with love.

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 For if these qualities

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 are huge and increasing,

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 they keep you

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 from being ineffective

00:23:08.740 --> 00:23:09.759
 or unfruitful

00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:10.820
 in the knowledge

00:23:10.820 --> 00:23:12.240
 of our Lord Jesus Christ.

00:23:12.279 --> 00:23:13.160
 What is Peter saying?

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 Peter is saying

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 the Christian life

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 is about additions,

00:23:16.060 --> 00:23:16.880
 not subtraction.

00:23:17.160 --> 00:23:18.180
 It's about keeping,

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 it's about conserving,

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 it's about making sure

00:23:20.640 --> 00:23:21.300
 you look after

00:23:21.300 --> 00:23:22.380
 what God has given you,

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 whether it's

00:23:22.820 --> 00:23:24.259
 the working of your faith,

00:23:24.360 --> 00:23:25.100
 your prayer life,

00:23:25.160 --> 00:23:26.100
 your reading of the Bible,

00:23:26.099 --> 00:23:27.199
 your relationship

00:23:27.199 --> 00:23:27.959
 with others,

00:23:28.159 --> 00:23:28.939
 your attendance

00:23:28.939 --> 00:23:29.619
 at church,

00:23:29.759 --> 00:23:30.439
 all of the things

00:23:30.439 --> 00:23:31.639
 that he has given you,

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 you add to them

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 and you keep on

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 seeking that they

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 be increased for you.

00:23:38.459 --> 00:23:38.939
 Why?

00:23:39.099 --> 00:23:39.859
 So that you will not

00:23:39.859 --> 00:23:40.779
 be unfruitful

00:23:40.779 --> 00:23:42.079
 in the knowledge

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 of God.

00:23:44.399 --> 00:23:45.699
 That's a huge challenge

00:23:45.699 --> 00:23:46.339
 to myself,

00:23:46.859 --> 00:23:47.639
 to yourselves

00:23:47.639 --> 00:23:48.059
 tonight,

00:23:48.119 --> 00:23:48.559
 isn't it?

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 But this is the way

00:23:50.139 --> 00:23:52.039
 that the Bible argues,

00:23:52.199 --> 00:23:53.240
 the Bible reasons

00:23:53.240 --> 00:23:53.819
 with us,

00:23:54.319 --> 00:23:54.959
 the way that Paul

00:23:54.960 --> 00:23:55.940
 is here setting out

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 a life of growth

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 rather than wastage,

00:24:00.220 --> 00:24:01.420
 a life of conserving

00:24:01.420 --> 00:24:02.279
 and looking after

00:24:02.279 --> 00:24:03.860
 rather than just

00:24:03.860 --> 00:24:05.680
 spreading things out

00:24:05.680 --> 00:24:06.640
 wastefully.

00:24:07.480 --> 00:24:09.380
 So there's self-control,

00:24:10.640 --> 00:24:11.240
 there's secondly,

00:24:11.799 --> 00:24:12.579
 stewardship,

00:24:13.360 --> 00:24:14.240
 and thirdly,

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 there's stimulation.

00:24:18.700 --> 00:24:19.960
 If you think about

00:24:19.960 --> 00:24:21.640
 alcohol abuse,

00:24:22.340 --> 00:24:22.720
 and again,

00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:23.600
 I'm going to stress

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 that we're actually

00:24:25.440 --> 00:24:27.140
 very mindful

00:24:27.140 --> 00:24:27.980
 of those who have

00:24:27.980 --> 00:24:29.880
 problems with alcohol.

00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:30.559
 We don't want to

00:24:30.559 --> 00:24:31.279
 in any way

00:24:31.279 --> 00:24:33.559
 speak in such a way

00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:34.059
 that would

00:24:34.059 --> 00:24:35.940
 give the impression

00:24:35.940 --> 00:24:36.740
 that somehow

00:24:36.740 --> 00:24:37.299
 we're just there

00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:37.839
 to criticize

00:24:37.839 --> 00:24:39.140
 and to condemn.

00:24:39.660 --> 00:24:40.180
 It's not what

00:24:40.180 --> 00:24:40.720
 we're about.

00:24:41.720 --> 00:24:42.059
 But

00:24:42.059 --> 00:24:43.759
 you know very well

00:24:43.759 --> 00:24:44.440
 that alcohol

00:24:44.440 --> 00:24:46.799
 is not a stimulant.

00:24:47.579 --> 00:24:48.259
 Some people make

00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:49.339
 a mistake about this.

00:24:49.339 --> 00:24:50.659
 they think,

00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:51.779
 if I want a good time,

00:24:52.059 --> 00:24:52.699
 I'm going to have

00:24:52.699 --> 00:24:53.919
 to grab myself

00:24:53.919 --> 00:24:54.879
 plenty of alcohol

00:24:54.879 --> 00:24:55.959
 for Friday night

00:24:55.959 --> 00:24:56.579
 or for Saturday

00:24:56.579 --> 00:24:57.599
 or whenever it is.

00:24:58.359 --> 00:24:58.839
 And of course,

00:24:58.919 --> 00:24:59.359
 that's what the

00:24:59.359 --> 00:25:00.339
 glossy adverts

00:25:00.339 --> 00:25:01.819
 actually set out

00:25:01.819 --> 00:25:02.480
 for you.

00:25:03.139 --> 00:25:03.839
 The glossy adverts

00:25:03.839 --> 00:25:04.619
 don't take you

00:25:04.619 --> 00:25:05.740
 behind the scenes

00:25:05.740 --> 00:25:07.339
 to the many people

00:25:07.339 --> 00:25:08.519
 that have problems

00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:09.159
 of addiction.

00:25:10.019 --> 00:25:10.279
 Yes,

00:25:10.339 --> 00:25:10.699
 there's a little

00:25:10.699 --> 00:25:11.519
 warning perhaps

00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:13.240
 somewhere in the advert

00:25:13.240 --> 00:25:13.980
 or on the bottle

00:25:13.980 --> 00:25:15.419
 or on the pack,

00:25:15.420 --> 00:25:16.820
 but mostly

00:25:16.820 --> 00:25:18.100
 they're very small

00:25:18.100 --> 00:25:19.220
 compared to the

00:25:19.220 --> 00:25:19.759
 glossy,

00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:21.300
 wonderful

00:25:21.300 --> 00:25:24.420
 atmosphere

00:25:24.420 --> 00:25:25.420
 or environment

00:25:25.420 --> 00:25:26.640
 that's projected

00:25:26.640 --> 00:25:28.100
 in the adversity.

00:25:28.300 --> 00:25:29.279
 Have a good time.

00:25:30.039 --> 00:25:30.759
 Go down to the beach.

00:25:30.860 --> 00:25:31.720
 Take plenty of booze

00:25:31.720 --> 00:25:32.140
 with you.

00:25:32.400 --> 00:25:33.180
 Take your pals.

00:25:33.400 --> 00:25:34.060
 Live it up.

00:25:34.960 --> 00:25:36.080
 That's your stimulant.

00:25:36.220 --> 00:25:37.259
 It's not a stimulant at all.

00:25:37.519 --> 00:25:37.920
 Alcohol

00:25:37.920 --> 00:25:39.880
 is a depressant.

00:25:40.920 --> 00:25:42.180
 It gets to the points

00:25:42.180 --> 00:25:43.000
 of your mind

00:25:43.000 --> 00:25:44.840
 that are most important

00:25:44.839 --> 00:25:46.459
 and instead of stimulation

00:25:46.459 --> 00:25:47.399
 it's depression.

00:25:49.359 --> 00:25:50.579
 It comes to actually

00:25:50.579 --> 00:25:51.299
 affect them

00:25:51.299 --> 00:25:52.220
 in such a way

00:25:52.220 --> 00:25:53.079
 that they don't function

00:25:53.079 --> 00:25:53.919
 the way they should.

00:25:55.679 --> 00:25:56.279
 And so what Paul

00:25:56.279 --> 00:25:56.939
 is saying is

00:25:56.939 --> 00:25:58.500
 instead of that

00:25:58.500 --> 00:25:59.939
 here is something

00:25:59.939 --> 00:26:00.819
 that stimulates

00:26:00.819 --> 00:26:01.559
 the filling

00:26:01.559 --> 00:26:02.379
 of the spirit

00:26:02.379 --> 00:26:03.319
 the opposite

00:26:03.319 --> 00:26:04.279
 of the effects

00:26:04.279 --> 00:26:05.459
 of being drunk

00:26:05.459 --> 00:26:06.439
 the effects

00:26:06.439 --> 00:26:07.079
 of alcohol

00:26:07.079 --> 00:26:07.919
 excessively

00:26:07.919 --> 00:26:09.359
 it's

00:26:09.359 --> 00:26:11.759
 the spirit

00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:12.459
 of God

00:26:12.459 --> 00:26:13.699
 stimulates.

00:26:13.879 --> 00:26:14.259
 What is it

00:26:14.259 --> 00:26:15.099
 that lifts

00:26:15.099 --> 00:26:16.500
 our hearts?

00:26:16.599 --> 00:26:16.940
 What is it

00:26:16.940 --> 00:26:17.440
 that lifts

00:26:17.440 --> 00:26:18.059
 our mind?

00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:19.160
 What is it

00:26:19.160 --> 00:26:20.099
 that brings us

00:26:20.099 --> 00:26:21.299
 to think positively

00:26:21.299 --> 00:26:22.140
 of such things

00:26:22.140 --> 00:26:23.440
 as the children's

00:26:23.440 --> 00:26:24.099
 education

00:26:24.099 --> 00:26:25.519
 their well-being

00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:26.460
 their safety

00:26:26.460 --> 00:26:27.759
 all of those things?

00:26:28.160 --> 00:26:28.839
 Where do we really

00:26:28.839 --> 00:26:30.259
 find our hearts

00:26:30.259 --> 00:26:31.759
 being lifted up

00:26:31.759 --> 00:26:32.299
 to consider

00:26:32.299 --> 00:26:33.039
 these things

00:26:33.039 --> 00:26:34.059
 in the magnitude

00:26:34.059 --> 00:26:34.879
 that we should?

00:26:35.259 --> 00:26:35.799
 It's from the

00:26:35.799 --> 00:26:36.940
 filling of the spirit.

00:26:38.640 --> 00:26:39.420
 You see that

00:26:39.420 --> 00:26:40.660
 for example

00:26:40.660 --> 00:26:41.059
 when

00:26:41.059 --> 00:26:42.819
 the reformation

00:26:42.819 --> 00:26:43.259
 took place

00:26:43.259 --> 00:26:43.819
 in Scotland

00:26:43.819 --> 00:26:45.220
 under the

00:26:45.220 --> 00:26:45.779
 leadership of

00:26:45.779 --> 00:26:46.119
 Knox

00:26:46.119 --> 00:26:46.559
 and his

00:26:46.559 --> 00:26:47.079
 companions

00:26:47.079 --> 00:26:48.439
 one of the

00:26:48.439 --> 00:26:48.960
 things they

00:26:48.960 --> 00:26:49.639
 set about

00:26:49.639 --> 00:26:50.200
 doing

00:26:50.200 --> 00:26:51.480
 with conviction

00:26:51.480 --> 00:26:53.119
 was to have

00:26:53.119 --> 00:26:54.179
 a school

00:26:54.179 --> 00:26:55.659
 in every parish

00:26:55.659 --> 00:26:56.379
 in the kingdom.

00:26:57.599 --> 00:26:58.339
 They were people

00:26:58.339 --> 00:26:59.539
 under the direction

00:26:59.539 --> 00:27:00.299
 of the spirit.

00:27:01.159 --> 00:27:01.819
 They were filled

00:27:01.819 --> 00:27:02.419
 with the spirit.

00:27:02.599 --> 00:27:03.099
 They were seeking

00:27:03.099 --> 00:27:04.000
 that the spirit

00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:05.079
 as he guided them

00:27:05.079 --> 00:27:05.679
 would actually

00:27:05.679 --> 00:27:06.419
 bring about

00:27:06.419 --> 00:27:06.799
 what they were

00:27:06.799 --> 00:27:07.319
 praying for.

00:27:07.559 --> 00:27:07.980
 And one of the

00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:08.399
 things they were

00:27:08.399 --> 00:27:08.839
 praying for

00:27:08.839 --> 00:27:09.279
 and seeking

00:27:09.279 --> 00:27:10.480
 practically to bring

00:27:10.480 --> 00:27:11.640
 about was a

00:27:11.640 --> 00:27:12.339
 school in every

00:27:12.339 --> 00:27:12.720
 parish.

00:27:12.920 --> 00:27:13.220
 Why?

00:27:13.539 --> 00:27:14.259
 So that the

00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:15.140
 children of the

00:27:15.140 --> 00:27:15.900
 land could be

00:27:15.900 --> 00:27:16.539
 educated.

00:27:17.039 --> 00:27:17.980
 Not just in the

00:27:17.980 --> 00:27:18.460
 things of the

00:27:18.460 --> 00:27:19.380
 Bible though that

00:27:19.380 --> 00:27:19.980
 was centrally

00:27:19.980 --> 00:27:21.559
 important but in

00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:22.700
 other aspects of

00:27:22.700 --> 00:27:23.339
 education.

00:27:25.160 --> 00:27:25.940
 Isn't that really

00:27:25.940 --> 00:27:26.640
 where our

00:27:26.640 --> 00:27:28.019
 education system

00:27:28.019 --> 00:27:28.740
 came from?

00:27:29.539 --> 00:27:30.079
 It didn't come

00:27:30.079 --> 00:27:30.900
 from atheism.

00:27:32.180 --> 00:27:33.000
 It didn't come

00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:33.799
 from debauchery.

00:27:33.920 --> 00:27:34.339
 It didn't come

00:27:34.339 --> 00:27:35.599
 from any of the

00:27:35.599 --> 00:27:36.860
 things that you

00:27:36.860 --> 00:27:37.700
 find so much

00:27:37.700 --> 00:27:38.759
 commended

00:27:38.759 --> 00:27:39.259
 nowadays.

00:27:39.700 --> 00:27:40.240
 It came from

00:27:40.240 --> 00:27:41.099
 Christians.

00:27:41.339 --> 00:27:41.720
 It came from

00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:42.359
 the people of

00:27:42.359 --> 00:27:42.700
 God.

00:27:43.119 --> 00:27:43.559
 It came from

00:27:43.559 --> 00:27:44.119
 the movement

00:27:44.119 --> 00:27:44.819
 of the spirit.

00:27:45.119 --> 00:27:45.599
 It came from

00:27:45.599 --> 00:27:46.039
 the spirit

00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:46.559
 coming to

00:27:46.559 --> 00:27:47.559
 fill people,

00:27:48.039 --> 00:27:48.759
 to bring the

00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:49.240
 conviction,

00:27:49.420 --> 00:27:49.940
 to bring the

00:27:49.940 --> 00:27:50.460
 concern,

00:27:50.779 --> 00:27:51.559
 to bring the

00:27:51.559 --> 00:27:52.920
 energy by which

00:27:52.920 --> 00:27:53.640
 they set about

00:27:53.640 --> 00:27:54.259
 these things.

00:27:54.359 --> 00:27:54.819
 Whether it was

00:27:54.819 --> 00:27:56.059
 medical care,

00:27:56.220 --> 00:27:56.799
 hospitals,

00:27:57.259 --> 00:27:58.039
 or education,

00:27:58.240 --> 00:27:58.759
 all of these

00:27:58.759 --> 00:27:59.000
 things,

00:27:59.099 --> 00:27:59.579
 ultimately,

00:27:59.579 --> 00:28:00.819
 they came from

00:28:00.819 --> 00:28:01.319
 this.

00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:06.339
 And you can

00:28:06.339 --> 00:28:07.799
 include the

00:28:07.799 --> 00:28:09.039
 joy of salvation

00:28:09.039 --> 00:28:09.659
 in that as

00:28:09.659 --> 00:28:09.940
 well.

00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:12.539
 Because the

00:28:12.539 --> 00:28:13.539
 joy that we

00:28:13.539 --> 00:28:15.000
 experience in

00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:15.759
 knowing Christ

00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:16.339
 and following

00:28:16.339 --> 00:28:18.599
 Christ is

00:28:18.599 --> 00:28:19.960
 itself related

00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:20.980
 so closely to

00:28:20.980 --> 00:28:21.819
 the working of

00:28:21.819 --> 00:28:22.500
 the spirit of

00:28:22.500 --> 00:28:23.980
 God, to being

00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:25.079
 filled with the

00:28:25.079 --> 00:28:25.480
 spirit.

00:28:26.299 --> 00:28:26.619
 There are so

00:28:26.619 --> 00:28:27.019
 many other

00:28:27.019 --> 00:28:27.700
 aspects of this

00:28:27.700 --> 00:28:28.440
 that we could

00:28:28.440 --> 00:28:29.319
 spend time on.

00:28:29.419 --> 00:28:29.899
 We might indeed

00:28:29.899 --> 00:28:30.680
 come back to it,

00:28:30.700 --> 00:28:31.099
 God willing,

00:28:31.740 --> 00:28:33.720
 if God brings us

00:28:33.720 --> 00:28:35.220
 to think of that,

00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:36.000
 to give us that

00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:37.119
 direction of the

00:28:37.119 --> 00:28:37.739
 spirit as we're

00:28:37.739 --> 00:28:39.139
 saying, because

00:28:39.139 --> 00:28:39.739
 there's so much

00:28:39.739 --> 00:28:40.399
 to this.

00:28:40.559 --> 00:28:41.179
 And indeed, I

00:28:41.179 --> 00:28:41.479
 think I would

00:28:41.479 --> 00:28:43.299
 like to take

00:28:43.299 --> 00:28:43.959
 some time to

00:28:43.959 --> 00:28:44.519
 just look at

00:28:44.519 --> 00:28:45.539
 different aspects

00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:46.839
 of the ministry

00:28:46.839 --> 00:28:47.439
 of the Holy

00:28:47.439 --> 00:28:48.939
 Spirit, not

00:28:48.939 --> 00:28:49.459
 just at our

00:28:49.459 --> 00:28:49.859
 prayer marriage,

00:28:49.919 --> 00:28:50.259
 but on the

00:28:50.259 --> 00:28:51.379
 Lord's Day as

00:28:51.379 --> 00:28:51.739
 well.

00:28:52.739 --> 00:28:53.339
 That would

00:28:53.339 --> 00:28:53.879
 certainly be

00:28:53.879 --> 00:28:54.759
 very profitable

00:28:54.759 --> 00:28:55.439
 for us.

00:28:55.539 --> 00:28:56.419
 But for the

00:28:56.419 --> 00:28:56.979
 moment, let's

00:28:56.979 --> 00:28:57.799
 think of this

00:28:57.799 --> 00:28:58.379
 in conclusion.

00:28:58.859 --> 00:28:59.619
 The stimulation

00:28:59.619 --> 00:29:01.599
 that comes from

00:29:01.599 --> 00:29:02.419
 the filling of

00:29:02.419 --> 00:29:02.959
 the spirit,

00:29:03.679 --> 00:29:04.159
 the stimulation

00:29:04.159 --> 00:29:05.299
 that brings

00:29:05.299 --> 00:29:05.899
 such things

00:29:05.899 --> 00:29:06.659
 as joy

00:29:06.659 --> 00:29:08.059
 and rejoicing,

00:29:08.379 --> 00:29:09.279
 even in times

00:29:09.279 --> 00:29:10.000
 of sorrow

00:29:10.000 --> 00:29:10.700
 and times

00:29:10.700 --> 00:29:11.899
 of trial

00:29:11.899 --> 00:29:12.379
 and times

00:29:12.379 --> 00:29:13.079
 of difficulty.

00:29:13.200 --> 00:29:13.460
 I know it's

00:29:13.460 --> 00:29:14.059
 easy to say

00:29:14.059 --> 00:29:14.519
 these things

00:29:14.519 --> 00:29:15.359
 from pulpits,

00:29:16.139 --> 00:29:16.559
 but it's

00:29:16.559 --> 00:29:17.019
 something I've

00:29:17.019 --> 00:29:18.000
 experienced myself,

00:29:18.079 --> 00:29:18.579
 so I can say

00:29:18.579 --> 00:29:19.139
 it's true,

00:29:20.879 --> 00:29:21.419
 that even in

00:29:21.419 --> 00:29:21.940
 the midst of

00:29:21.940 --> 00:29:22.799
 trials and

00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:23.519
 things that

00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:24.740
 really wrench

00:29:24.740 --> 00:29:25.379
 your heart

00:29:25.379 --> 00:29:26.000
 and wring it

00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:27.200
 out in pain,

00:29:28.539 --> 00:29:29.039
 you still,

00:29:29.419 --> 00:29:30.220
 by God's grace

00:29:30.220 --> 00:29:30.779
 and God's

00:29:30.779 --> 00:29:31.099
 goodness,

00:29:31.779 --> 00:29:32.460
 can experience

00:29:32.460 --> 00:29:32.980
 the joy

00:29:32.980 --> 00:29:33.380
 of being

00:29:33.380 --> 00:29:33.960
 a Christian,

00:29:35.100 --> 00:29:35.980
 the satisfaction

00:29:35.980 --> 00:29:36.840
 of knowing

00:29:36.840 --> 00:29:37.420
 God,

00:29:38.700 --> 00:29:39.620
 and the

00:29:39.620 --> 00:29:40.200
 contrast

00:29:40.200 --> 00:29:41.480
 between you

00:29:41.480 --> 00:29:42.059
 and those

00:29:42.059 --> 00:29:42.480
 who don't

00:29:42.480 --> 00:29:43.000
 have that,

00:29:43.059 --> 00:29:43.279
 or your

00:29:43.279 --> 00:29:43.740
 heart goes

00:29:43.740 --> 00:29:44.079
 out to

00:29:44.079 --> 00:29:44.220
 them.

00:29:44.640 --> 00:29:45.400
 You express

00:29:45.400 --> 00:29:46.220
 your thankfulness

00:29:46.220 --> 00:29:46.500
 and say,

00:29:46.620 --> 00:29:46.880
 Lord,

00:29:47.059 --> 00:29:47.920
 I'm thankful,

00:29:48.059 --> 00:29:48.799
 I experience

00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:49.660
 even this

00:29:49.660 --> 00:29:51.160
 ingredient of

00:29:51.160 --> 00:29:51.579
 joy,

00:29:51.700 --> 00:29:52.660
 it is a

00:29:52.660 --> 00:29:53.380
 testimony to

00:29:53.380 --> 00:29:53.720
 me that

00:29:53.720 --> 00:29:54.000
 you're in

00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:54.759
 my life.

00:29:57.539 --> 00:29:58.079
 And so,

00:29:58.480 --> 00:29:59.640
 be filled

00:29:59.640 --> 00:30:00.840
 with the

00:30:00.840 --> 00:30:01.100
 Spirit.

00:30:02.880 --> 00:30:03.460
 And in

00:30:03.460 --> 00:30:03.940
 conclusion,

00:30:05.500 --> 00:30:06.220
 do notice,

00:30:06.440 --> 00:30:06.680
 friends,

00:30:06.780 --> 00:30:07.120
 that this

00:30:07.120 --> 00:30:07.920
 tonight is

00:30:07.920 --> 00:30:09.340
 an imperative.

00:30:11.500 --> 00:30:12.120
 He's not

00:30:12.120 --> 00:30:12.420
 saying,

00:30:12.780 --> 00:30:13.140
 if you think

00:30:13.140 --> 00:30:13.580
 it's a good

00:30:13.580 --> 00:30:14.160
 idea,

00:30:14.320 --> 00:30:14.720
 be filled

00:30:14.720 --> 00:30:15.080
 with the

00:30:15.080 --> 00:30:15.320
 Spirit.

00:30:16.820 --> 00:30:17.700
 He's actually

00:30:17.700 --> 00:30:18.100
 saying,

00:30:18.360 --> 00:30:18.660
 in the way

00:30:18.660 --> 00:30:18.920
 of an

00:30:18.920 --> 00:30:19.360
 imperative,

00:30:19.560 --> 00:30:19.780
 which is

00:30:19.780 --> 00:30:20.100
 really the

00:30:20.100 --> 00:30:20.460
 same thing

00:30:20.460 --> 00:30:20.740
 as a

00:30:20.740 --> 00:30:21.120
 command,

00:30:21.720 --> 00:30:22.380
 do not

00:30:22.380 --> 00:30:22.960
 get drunk

00:30:22.960 --> 00:30:23.480
 with wine,

00:30:23.560 --> 00:30:24.000
 for that's

00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:24.700
 debauchery,

00:30:25.320 --> 00:30:26.240
 but be

00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:27.080
 filled with

00:30:27.080 --> 00:30:27.540
 the Spirit.

00:30:28.860 --> 00:30:29.220
 It's

00:30:29.220 --> 00:30:29.600
 something

00:30:29.600 --> 00:30:30.440
 for which

00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:31.019
 we are

00:30:31.019 --> 00:30:31.940
 responsible.

00:30:32.980 --> 00:30:33.200
 Now,

00:30:33.240 --> 00:30:33.700
 we cannot

00:30:33.700 --> 00:30:34.860
 manufacture

00:30:34.860 --> 00:30:35.360
 the filling

00:30:35.360 --> 00:30:35.700
 of the

00:30:35.700 --> 00:30:35.940
 Spirit.

00:30:36.339 --> 00:30:36.940
 We can't

00:30:36.940 --> 00:30:37.700
 produce the

00:30:37.700 --> 00:30:38.160
 filling of

00:30:38.160 --> 00:30:38.559
 the Spirit.

00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:39.819
 We can't

00:30:39.819 --> 00:30:40.759
 control the

00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:41.519
 Spirit so

00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:41.880
 that we

00:30:41.880 --> 00:30:42.660
 ourselves can

00:30:42.660 --> 00:30:43.079
 bring it

00:30:43.079 --> 00:30:44.220
 about when

00:30:44.220 --> 00:30:44.779
 we're filled

00:30:44.779 --> 00:30:45.200
 or when

00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:45.839
 we're not.

00:30:46.779 --> 00:30:47.400
 But it's

00:30:47.400 --> 00:30:48.279
 our responsibility

00:30:48.279 --> 00:30:50.240
 to see to

00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:51.039
 this filling.

00:30:52.039 --> 00:30:52.339
 He is

00:30:52.339 --> 00:30:53.259
 addressing them

00:30:53.259 --> 00:30:53.860
 in such a

00:30:53.860 --> 00:30:54.160
 way as

00:30:54.160 --> 00:30:54.360
 saying,

00:30:54.960 --> 00:30:55.839
 be filled

00:30:55.839 --> 00:30:56.460
 with the

00:30:56.460 --> 00:30:56.720
 Spirit.

00:30:56.720 --> 00:30:56.980
 it.

00:30:59.220 --> 00:30:59.740
 And so

00:30:59.740 --> 00:31:00.180
 it is

00:31:00.180 --> 00:31:01.220
 for you

00:31:01.220 --> 00:31:01.480
 and for

00:31:01.480 --> 00:31:01.980
 me tonight,

00:31:02.059 --> 00:31:02.480
 for us as

00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:03.000
 a congregation,

00:31:03.360 --> 00:31:04.019
 for us as

00:31:04.019 --> 00:31:04.460
 a group of

00:31:04.460 --> 00:31:05.180
 Christian people.

00:31:06.220 --> 00:31:07.160
 We can't

00:31:07.160 --> 00:31:07.920
 produce the

00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:08.200
 filling,

00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:09.799
 but we

00:31:09.799 --> 00:31:10.559
 can pray

00:31:10.559 --> 00:31:11.039
 for it.

00:31:11.579 --> 00:31:12.000
 And we

00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:12.640
 must pray

00:31:12.640 --> 00:31:13.039
 for it.

00:31:13.500 --> 00:31:14.039
 And we

00:31:14.039 --> 00:31:14.660
 must seek

00:31:14.660 --> 00:31:14.980
 it.

00:31:16.059 --> 00:31:16.819
 Because it

00:31:16.819 --> 00:31:17.220
 is,

00:31:17.519 --> 00:31:18.559
 very much,

00:31:19.779 --> 00:31:20.240
 the only

00:31:20.240 --> 00:31:20.799
 thing to

00:31:20.799 --> 00:31:21.519
 help us

00:31:21.519 --> 00:31:22.879
 in our

00:31:22.879 --> 00:31:23.279
 day,

00:31:23.720 --> 00:31:24.139
 in our

00:31:24.139 --> 00:31:24.960
 circumstances,

00:31:25.579 --> 00:31:26.160
 in the

00:31:26.160 --> 00:31:26.900
 need for

00:31:26.900 --> 00:31:27.720
 further

00:31:27.720 --> 00:31:28.400
 conversions,

00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:29.519
 for our

00:31:29.519 --> 00:31:30.200
 increase in

00:31:30.200 --> 00:31:30.920
 holiness for

00:31:30.920 --> 00:31:31.519
 ourselves,

00:31:32.079 --> 00:31:32.759
 in every

00:31:32.759 --> 00:31:33.440
 other aspect

00:31:33.440 --> 00:31:33.779
 that you

00:31:33.779 --> 00:31:34.240
 might think

00:31:34.240 --> 00:31:34.500
 of in

00:31:34.500 --> 00:31:34.819
 your own

00:31:34.819 --> 00:31:35.200
 life,

00:31:35.500 --> 00:31:35.720
 and in

00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:35.859
 the

00:31:35.859 --> 00:31:36.779
 congregation's

00:31:36.779 --> 00:31:37.059
 life,

00:31:37.200 --> 00:31:37.539
 and in

00:31:37.539 --> 00:31:37.680
 your

00:31:37.680 --> 00:31:38.200
 relationship

00:31:38.200 --> 00:31:38.660
 with the

00:31:38.660 --> 00:31:39.059
 world.

00:31:40.519 --> 00:31:41.619
 The key

00:31:41.619 --> 00:31:42.839
 is the

00:31:42.839 --> 00:31:43.420
 filling of

00:31:43.420 --> 00:31:43.879
 the Spirit.

00:31:45.180 --> 00:31:45.700
 And without

00:31:45.700 --> 00:31:46.240
 that,

00:31:47.559 --> 00:31:47.859
 we're

00:31:47.859 --> 00:31:48.500
 impotent,

00:31:48.980 --> 00:31:49.619
 we're weak.

00:31:51.519 --> 00:31:51.859
 we're at

00:31:51.859 --> 00:31:52.220
 the mercy

00:31:52.220 --> 00:31:52.559
 of the

00:31:52.559 --> 00:31:52.960
 world,

00:31:53.680 --> 00:31:54.559
 to a

00:31:54.559 --> 00:31:54.759
 great

00:31:54.759 --> 00:31:55.279
 extent,

00:31:56.359 --> 00:31:57.559
 but filled

00:31:57.559 --> 00:31:57.960
 with the

00:31:57.960 --> 00:31:58.359
 Spirit.

00:32:00.599 --> 00:32:01.139
 Well,

00:32:01.180 --> 00:32:01.519
 God is

00:32:01.519 --> 00:32:01.799
 saying,

00:32:02.200 --> 00:32:02.819
 filled with

00:32:02.819 --> 00:32:03.220
 the Spirit,

00:32:03.740 --> 00:32:04.319
 watch this

00:32:04.319 --> 00:32:04.859
 space.

00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:07.400
 Because that's

00:32:07.400 --> 00:32:07.940
 where life

00:32:07.940 --> 00:32:08.299
 is.

00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:10.019
 That's where

00:32:10.019 --> 00:32:10.920
 energy is.

00:32:11.759 --> 00:32:12.339
 That's where

00:32:12.339 --> 00:32:13.160
 results come

00:32:13.160 --> 00:32:13.579
 from.

00:32:15.279 --> 00:32:16.119
 Don't be

00:32:16.119 --> 00:32:17.759
 drunk with

00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:18.200
 wine,

00:32:18.339 --> 00:32:18.859
 which is

00:32:18.859 --> 00:32:19.819
 excess,

00:32:20.319 --> 00:32:20.660
 which is

00:32:20.660 --> 00:32:21.319
 wastage,

00:32:21.519 --> 00:32:23.500
 but be

00:32:23.500 --> 00:32:25.019
 filled with

00:32:25.019 --> 00:32:25.700
 the Spirit.

00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:27.279
 Now,

00:32:27.319 --> 00:32:27.599
 there's a

00:32:27.599 --> 00:32:28.740
 challenge for

00:32:28.740 --> 00:32:29.220
 me as

00:32:29.220 --> 00:32:29.879
 the minister

00:32:29.879 --> 00:32:30.400
 tonight.

00:32:32.319 --> 00:32:32.839
 And there's

00:32:32.839 --> 00:32:33.299
 a challenge

00:32:33.299 --> 00:32:34.259
 for yourselves

00:32:34.259 --> 00:32:34.980
 as Christians

00:32:34.980 --> 00:32:35.740
 in the

00:32:35.740 --> 00:32:36.319
 congregation.

00:32:37.619 --> 00:32:38.299
 There's a

00:32:38.299 --> 00:32:39.160
 challenge for

00:32:39.160 --> 00:32:39.539
 the whole

00:32:39.539 --> 00:32:40.180
 congregation,

00:32:40.379 --> 00:32:40.539
 indeed,

00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:41.180
 especially for

00:32:41.180 --> 00:32:41.519
 those who

00:32:41.519 --> 00:32:42.099
 profess the

00:32:42.099 --> 00:32:42.400
 Lord,

00:32:43.400 --> 00:32:45.440
 to seek

00:32:45.440 --> 00:32:45.779
 to be

00:32:45.779 --> 00:32:46.460
 filled with

00:32:46.460 --> 00:32:46.960
 the Spirit

00:32:46.960 --> 00:32:48.940
 and to

00:32:48.940 --> 00:32:49.440
 take it to

00:32:49.440 --> 00:32:50.960
 God until

00:32:50.960 --> 00:32:51.460
 He fills

00:32:51.460 --> 00:32:51.960
 us,

00:32:53.620 --> 00:32:54.059
 realizing

00:32:54.059 --> 00:32:55.000
 that without

00:32:55.000 --> 00:32:55.559
 His filling,

00:32:56.680 --> 00:32:58.259
 we are far

00:32:58.259 --> 00:32:58.900
 short of what

00:32:58.900 --> 00:32:59.420
 we need to

00:32:59.420 --> 00:33:01.220
 be as

00:33:01.220 --> 00:33:02.039
 witnesses to

00:33:02.039 --> 00:33:02.319
 Him.

00:33:03.660 --> 00:33:04.059
 May He

00:33:04.059 --> 00:33:05.140
 bless these

00:33:05.140 --> 00:33:05.600
 thoughts on

00:33:05.600 --> 00:33:06.340
 His word to

00:33:06.340 --> 00:33:06.539
 us.

00:33:06.539 --> 00:33:06.759
 Let's

00:33:06.759 --> 00:33:07.579
 him.

00:33:07.920 --> 00:33:08.680
 He

00:33:08.680 --> 00:33:08.740
 Thank you.

00:33:11.079 --> 00:33:11.259
耳

00:33:11.379 --> 00:33:11.900
 Praise

00:33:11.900 --> 00:33:11.980
 God.

00:33:12.519 --> 00:33:13.740
 Là it's

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