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but<00:17:49.089><c> let's</c><00:17:49.309><c> look</c><00:17:49.569><c> at</c><00:17:49.690><c> verse</c><00:17:49.890><c> 12.</c><00:17:50.750><c> Sometimes</c><00:17:51.269><c> we</c><00:17:51.529><c> read</c><00:17:51.730><c> this</c><00:17:52.009><c> passage</c><00:17:52.289><c> and</c><00:17:52.450><c> we</c>

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say,<00:17:52.890><c> see,</c><00:17:52.970><c> it's</c><00:17:53.130><c> all</c><00:17:53.269><c> up</c><00:17:53.410><c> to</c><00:17:53.589><c> me.</c>

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Wherefore,<00:17:55.690><c> my</c><00:17:55.869><c> beloved,</c><00:17:56.789><c> as</c><00:17:57.089><c> ye</c><00:17:57.250><c> have</c><00:17:57.490><c> always</c><00:17:57.890><c> obeyed,</c><00:17:58.490><c> not</c>

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as<00:17:59.329><c> in</c><00:17:59.410><c> my</c><00:17:59.730><c> presence</c><00:17:59.970><c> only,</c><00:18:00.329><c> but</c><00:18:00.569><c> now,</c><00:18:01.430><c> much</c><00:18:01.710><c> more</c><00:18:02.049><c> in</c><00:18:02.150><c> my</c><00:18:02.450><c> absence,</c>

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work<00:18:03.849><c> out</c><00:18:04.150><c> your</c><00:18:04.509><c> own</c><00:18:04.849><c> salvation</c><00:18:05.430><c> with</c><00:18:05.730><c> fear</c><00:18:05.990><c> and</c><00:18:06.210><c> trembling.</c>

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That's<00:18:08.210><c> the</c><00:18:08.410><c> phrase</c><00:18:08.630><c> we</c><00:18:08.829><c> talked</c><00:18:09.089><c> about</c><00:18:09.269><c> yesterday,</c><00:18:09.869><c> muscular</c>

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Christianity.<00:18:11.150><c> I'll</c><00:18:11.450><c> work</c><00:18:11.650><c> this</c><00:18:11.849><c> out</c><00:18:12.049><c> by</c><00:18:12.230><c> myself.</c>

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But<00:18:13.369><c> see,</c><00:18:13.589><c> verse</c><00:18:13.849><c> 13</c><00:18:14.509><c> gives</c><00:18:14.789><c> us</c><00:18:15.009><c> a</c><00:18:15.230><c> very</c><00:18:15.769><c> different</c><00:18:16.089><c> view.</c>

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For<00:18:18.769><c> it</c><00:18:19.410><c> is</c><00:18:19.809><c> God</c><00:18:20.390><c> which</c><00:18:21.049><c> worketh</c><00:18:21.609><c> in</c><00:18:22.029><c> you,</c><00:18:23.509><c> both</c><00:18:23.829><c> to</c><00:18:24.269><c> will</c><00:18:24.809><c> and</c>

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to<00:18:26.509><c> do</c><00:18:26.769><c> of</c><00:18:27.049><c> his</c><00:18:27.289><c> good</c><00:18:27.589><c> pleasure.</c>

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Again,<00:18:29.849><c> there's</c><00:18:30.029><c> that</c><00:18:30.289><c> Greek</c><00:18:30.569><c> word,</c><00:18:31.089><c> energeo,</c><00:18:31.390><c> which</c><00:18:31.549><c> is</c><00:18:31.769><c> to</c>

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be<00:18:32.150><c> mighty,</c><00:18:32.670><c> to</c><00:18:32.769><c> be</c><00:18:33.289><c> effective,</c><00:18:34.369><c> to</c><00:18:34.450><c> be</c><00:18:34.690><c> effectual,</c><00:18:35.190><c> to</c><00:18:35.230><c> be</c><00:18:35.470><c> active</c><00:18:35.869><c> in</c>

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our<00:18:36.250><c> lives.</c>

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God<00:18:37.529><c> working</c><00:18:37.970><c> in</c><00:18:38.190><c> us,</c><00:18:38.970><c> that</c><00:18:39.450><c> is</c><00:18:39.910><c> the</c><00:18:40.130><c> source</c><00:18:40.450><c> of</c><00:18:40.670><c> our</c><00:18:40.930><c> salvation.</c>

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It's<00:18:42.690><c> interesting,</c><00:18:43.349><c> a</c><00:18:43.450><c> couple</c><00:18:43.670><c> of</c><00:18:43.869><c> other</c><00:18:44.029><c> passages,</c><00:18:44.529><c> and</c><00:18:44.670><c> you</c>

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have<00:18:44.849><c> to</c><00:18:44.950><c> be</c><00:18:45.190><c> very</c><00:18:45.589><c> careful</c><00:18:46.210><c> when</c><00:18:46.630><c> you</c><00:18:46.869><c> read</c><00:18:47.269><c> spirit</c><00:18:47.869><c> passages</c>

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in<00:18:49.029><c> other</c><00:18:50.809><c> translations,</c>

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because<00:18:52.230><c> there's</c><00:18:52.470><c> a</c><00:18:52.549><c> lot</c><00:18:52.750><c> of</c><00:18:53.009><c> false</c><00:18:53.210><c> teaching</c><00:18:53.670><c> that</c><00:18:54.170><c> can</c><00:18:54.690><c> come</c>

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into<00:18:55.150><c> some</c><00:18:55.369><c> of</c><00:18:55.509><c> those.</c>

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But<00:18:56.269><c> the</c><00:18:56.430><c> NIV</c><00:18:56.750><c> says</c><00:18:57.069><c> this,</c><00:18:58.430><c> it</c><00:18:58.509><c> says,</c><00:18:58.910><c> for</c><00:18:58.910><c> it</c><00:18:59.029><c> is</c><00:18:59.150><c> God</c><00:18:59.529><c> who</c><00:18:59.809><c> works</c><00:19:00.089><c> in</c>

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you<00:19:00.849><c> to</c><00:19:01.349><c> will</c><00:19:01.849><c> and</c><00:19:02.450><c> to</c><00:19:02.789><c> act</c><00:19:03.349><c> in</c><00:19:03.849><c> order</c><00:19:04.150><c> to</c><00:19:04.390><c> fulfill</c><00:19:04.789><c> his</c><00:19:05.049><c> good</c><00:19:05.289><c> purpose.</c>

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Or<00:19:06.930><c> JB</c><00:19:07.170><c> Phillips</c><00:19:07.549><c> says,</c><00:19:08.029><c> for</c><00:19:08.069><c> it</c><00:19:08.170><c> is</c><00:19:08.289><c> God</c><00:19:08.490><c> who</c><00:19:08.670><c> is</c><00:19:08.789><c> at</c><00:19:08.930><c> work</c><00:19:09.210><c> within</c><00:19:09.529><c> you,</c><00:19:10.430><c> giving</c><00:19:10.670><c> you</c>

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the<00:19:11.190><c> will</c><00:19:11.450><c> and</c><00:19:11.630><c> the</c><00:19:11.890><c> power</c><00:19:12.309><c> to</c><00:19:12.750><c> achieve</c><00:19:13.109><c> his</c><00:19:13.329><c> purpose.</c>

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So<00:19:13.789><c> there's</c><00:19:14.029><c> two</c><00:19:14.490><c> elements</c><00:19:14.970><c> to</c><00:19:15.210><c> this.</c><00:19:15.750><c> Let's</c><00:19:16.089><c> note</c><00:19:16.349><c> that.</c>

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Number<00:19:17.269><c> one,</c><00:19:18.250><c> that</c><00:19:18.630><c> he's</c><00:19:19.009><c> working</c><00:19:19.430><c> within</c><00:19:19.670><c> us</c><00:19:19.869><c> to</c><00:19:20.130><c> give</c><00:19:20.269><c> us</c><00:19:20.549><c> the</c><00:19:20.869><c> strength,</c><00:19:21.750><c> the</c><00:19:21.990><c> capability,</c><00:19:23.529><c> the</c><00:19:23.769><c> power</c><00:19:24.269><c> to</c>

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achieve<00:19:24.789><c> his</c><00:19:24.990><c> purpose.</c>

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But<00:19:25.869><c> there's</c><00:19:26.170><c> another</c><00:19:26.549><c> factor</c><00:19:26.890><c> here,</c><00:19:27.069><c> did</c><00:19:27.190><c> you</c><00:19:27.369><c> notice</c><00:19:27.650><c> this?</c>

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And<00:19:28.730><c> that</c><00:19:28.910><c> is,</c><00:19:29.609><c> he's</c><00:19:29.910><c> also</c><00:19:30.309><c> working</c><00:19:30.750><c> in</c><00:19:31.069><c> us</c><00:19:31.549><c> to</c><00:19:31.890><c> give</c><00:19:32.049><c> us</c><00:19:32.349><c> the</c>

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will<00:19:33.029><c> or</c><00:19:33.269><c> the</c><00:19:33.690><c> desire</c><00:19:34.150><c> to</c><00:19:34.369><c> do</c><00:19:34.490><c> the</c><00:19:34.690><c> work.</c>

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And<00:19:36.390><c> those</c><00:19:36.710><c> are</c><00:19:36.930><c> the</c><00:19:37.009><c> two</c><00:19:37.230><c> elements</c><00:19:37.750><c> that</c><00:19:38.210><c> are</c><00:19:38.410><c> involved.</c>

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Now,<00:19:40.769><c> Ephesians</c><00:19:41.170><c> chapter</c><00:19:41.529><c> two</c><00:19:41.809><c> is</c><00:19:42.069><c> probably</c><00:19:42.549><c> the</c><00:19:42.930><c> genesis</c><00:19:43.289><c> for</c><00:19:43.529><c> me</c>

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beginning<00:19:44.089><c> to</c><00:19:44.309><c> want</c><00:19:44.470><c> to</c><00:19:44.650><c> study</c><00:19:44.950><c> the</c><00:19:45.430><c> spirit,</c>

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because<00:19:46.450><c> in</c><00:19:47.150><c> Ephesians</c><00:19:47.589><c> chapter</c><00:19:47.869><c> two</c><00:19:48.029><c> we're</c><00:19:48.130><c> going</c><00:19:48.269><c> to</c><00:19:48.369><c> spend</c>

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most<00:19:49.089><c> of</c><00:19:50.509><c> day</c><00:19:50.710><c> three</c><00:19:51.210><c> on</c><00:19:51.450><c> Wednesday</c><00:19:51.809><c> talking</c><00:19:52.369><c> about</c><00:19:53.009><c> this</c><00:19:53.569><c> being</c><00:19:53.849><c> prepared</c><00:19:54.250><c> into</c><00:19:54.509><c> all</c>

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good<00:19:54.869><c> works.</c>

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But<00:19:55.849><c> this</c><00:19:56.130><c> one</c><00:19:56.470><c> stopped</c><00:19:56.950><c> me</c><00:19:57.190><c> in</c><00:19:57.329><c> my</c><00:19:57.690><c> tracks,</c><00:19:58.250><c> because,</c><00:19:59.269><c> well,</c>

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I'll<00:19:59.789><c> let</c><00:19:59.910><c> you</c><00:20:00.190><c> see.</c>

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Beginning<00:20:02.009><c> in</c><00:20:02.309><c> verse,</c><00:20:02.509><c> we're</c><00:20:02.609><c> just</c><00:20:02.769><c> going</c><00:20:02.910><c> to</c><00:20:03.029><c> read</c><00:20:03.490><c> part</c><00:20:03.670><c> of</c>

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this<00:20:04.109><c> passage,</c><00:20:04.529><c> verses</c><00:20:04.789><c> one</c><00:20:05.109><c> through</c><00:20:05.309><c> three</c><00:20:05.529><c> of</c><00:20:05.710><c> Ephesians</c><00:20:06.170><c> two.</c>

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And<00:20:07.250><c> you</c><00:20:07.609><c> hath</c><00:20:07.890><c> he</c><00:20:08.109><c> quickened,</c><00:20:08.509><c> who</c><00:20:08.549><c> were</c><00:20:08.809><c> dead</c><00:20:09.009><c> in</c><00:20:09.230><c> trespasses</c><00:20:09.829><c> and</c><00:20:10.190><c> sin,</c>

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wherein<00:20:11.130><c> in</c><00:20:11.470><c> time</c><00:20:11.730><c> past</c><00:20:11.950><c> he</c><00:20:12.230><c> walked</c><00:20:12.470><c> according</c><00:20:13.009><c> to</c><00:20:13.450><c> the</c><00:20:13.690><c> course</c><00:20:13.910><c> of</c>

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this<00:20:14.349><c> world,</c>

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according<00:20:15.009><c> to</c><00:20:15.410><c> the</c><00:20:15.710><c> prince</c><00:20:15.930><c> of</c><00:20:16.069><c> the</c><00:20:16.269><c> power</c><00:20:16.470><c> of</c><00:20:16.670><c> the</c><00:20:16.730><c> air,</c><00:20:16.869><c> the</c>

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spirit<00:20:17.549><c> that</c><00:20:18.029><c> now</c><00:20:18.410><c> worketh</c><00:20:18.650><c> in</c><00:20:18.789><c> the</c><00:20:18.950><c> children</c><00:20:19.170><c> of</c><00:20:19.470><c> disobedience,</c>

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among<00:20:20.890><c> whom</c><00:20:21.250><c> also</c><00:20:22.190><c> we</c><00:20:23.289><c> all</c><00:20:24.109><c> had</c><00:20:24.410><c> our</c><00:20:24.789><c> conversation</c><00:20:25.470><c> in</c><00:20:26.029><c> times</c>

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past<00:20:26.809><c> in</c><00:20:27.230><c> the</c><00:20:27.430><c> lust</c><00:20:27.569><c> of</c><00:20:27.750><c> our</c><00:20:27.990><c> flesh,</c>

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fulfilling<00:20:29.049><c> the</c><00:20:29.329><c> desires</c><00:20:29.650><c> of</c><00:20:29.849><c> the</c><00:20:30.009><c> flesh</c><00:20:30.190><c> and</c><00:20:30.309><c> of</c><00:20:30.410><c> the</c><00:20:30.569><c> mind,</c>

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and<00:20:31.450><c> were</c><00:20:31.569><c> by</c><00:20:31.849><c> nature</c><00:20:32.130><c> the</c><00:20:32.369><c> children</c><00:20:32.609><c> of</c><00:20:32.829><c> wrath</c><00:20:33.109><c> even</c><00:20:33.630><c> as</c><00:20:33.869><c> others,</c>

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not<00:20:34.849><c> of</c><00:20:35.069><c> works</c><00:20:35.289><c> lest</c><00:20:35.549><c> any</c><00:20:35.750><c> man</c><00:20:35.910><c> should</c><00:20:36.150><c> boast.</c>

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Now,<00:20:37.029><c> look</c><00:20:37.289><c> at</c><00:20:37.450><c> this</c><00:20:37.730><c> next</c><00:20:38.109><c> passage.</c><00:20:38.750><c> This</c><00:20:38.910><c> is</c><00:20:39.250><c> verse</c><00:20:39.569><c> nine</c>

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and<00:20:41.150><c> verse</c><00:20:41.569><c> ten</c><00:20:41.829><c> particularly.</c>

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For<00:20:43.549><c> we</c><00:20:44.509><c> are</c><00:20:45.049><c> his</c><00:20:46.970><c> workmanship,</c><00:20:49.369><c> created</c><00:20:49.829><c> in</c><00:20:50.250><c> Christ</c><00:20:50.670><c> Jesus</c>

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unto<00:20:52.069><c> good</c><00:20:53.009><c> works,</c>

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which<00:20:54.849><c> God</c><00:20:55.670><c> hath</c><00:20:56.210><c> before</c><00:20:56.869><c> ordained</c><00:20:57.829><c> that</c><00:20:58.930><c> we</c><00:20:59.190><c> should</c><00:20:59.450><c> walk</c><00:20:59.789><c> in</c><00:21:00.049><c> them.</c>

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Now,<00:21:01.869><c> that</c><00:21:02.029><c> one</c><00:21:02.910><c> really</c><00:21:04.170><c> floored</c><00:21:04.470><c> me</c><00:21:04.670><c> when</c><00:21:04.809><c> I</c><00:21:05.069><c> stopped</c><00:21:05.230><c> to</c><00:21:05.450><c> think</c><00:21:05.609><c> about</c><00:21:06.170><c> the</c>

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implications<00:21:06.970><c> of</c><00:21:07.190><c> this.</c>

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So<00:21:08.829><c> what</c><00:21:09.089><c> strikes</c><00:21:09.589><c> me</c><00:21:10.069><c> is,</c><00:21:10.450><c> first</c><00:21:10.730><c> of</c><00:21:10.910><c> all,</c><00:21:11.089><c> looking</c><00:21:11.369><c> at</c><00:21:11.549><c> the</c><00:21:11.809><c> tense.</c>

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He<00:21:13.809><c> hath</c><00:21:14.210><c> quickened</c><00:21:14.549><c> us.</c><00:21:15.089><c> We</c><00:21:15.349><c> were</c><00:21:15.690><c> dead.</c>

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In<00:21:16.670><c> time</c><00:21:16.950><c> past</c><00:21:17.190><c> we</c><00:21:17.369><c> walked</c><00:21:17.710><c> according</c><00:21:18.410><c> to</c><00:21:18.730><c> the</c><00:21:18.869><c> course</c><00:21:19.049><c> of</c><00:21:19.190><c> this</c><00:21:19.410><c> world,</c><00:21:19.630><c> but</c>

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now<00:21:20.509><c> we</c><00:21:21.049><c> are</c><00:21:21.190><c> a</c><00:21:21.190><c> new</c><00:21:21.430><c> creation.</c>

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We<00:21:22.410><c> had</c><00:21:22.690><c> our</c><00:21:22.970><c> conversation</c><00:21:23.509><c> in</c><00:21:23.690><c> times</c><00:21:23.890><c> past.</c><00:21:24.529><c> We</c><00:21:24.789><c> were</c><00:21:25.109><c> children</c><00:21:25.670><c> by</c><00:21:26.650><c> nature,</c><00:21:27.250><c> the</c>

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children<00:21:27.650><c> of</c><00:21:27.910><c> wrath,</c>

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but<00:21:29.170><c> we</c><00:21:30.009><c> are</c><00:21:30.549><c> his</c><00:21:30.890><c> workmanship</c><00:21:31.430><c> and</c><00:21:31.730><c> we</c><00:21:31.930><c> are</c><00:21:32.170><c> part</c><00:21:32.410><c> of</c><00:21:32.549><c> this</c><00:21:32.789><c> creation</c><00:21:33.289><c> in</c>

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Christ<00:21:34.250><c> Jesus.</c>

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we<00:21:39.490><c> should</c><00:21:39.650><c> walk</c><00:21:39.950><c> therein.</c>

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So<00:21:40.829><c> here's</c><00:21:41.009><c> some</c><00:21:41.289><c> initial</c><00:21:41.690><c> essential</c><00:21:42.069><c> points.</c><00:21:42.630><c> We'll</c><00:21:42.910><c> come</c>

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back<00:21:43.329><c> to</c><00:21:43.430><c> this</c><00:21:43.609><c> on</c><00:21:43.849><c> Wednesday.</c>

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First<00:21:45.150><c> of</c><00:21:45.349><c> all,</c><00:21:45.490><c> this</c><00:21:45.690><c> is</c><00:21:45.970><c> about</c><00:21:46.190><c> a</c><00:21:46.690><c> creative</c><00:21:47.009><c> process</c><00:21:47.690><c> and</c><00:21:48.250><c> it's</c><00:21:48.650><c> already</c><00:21:49.009><c> in</c><00:21:49.269><c> play.</c>

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We<00:21:50.130><c> are</c><00:21:50.430><c> a</c><00:21:50.490><c> new</c><00:21:50.670><c> creation.</c><00:21:51.109><c> It's</c><00:21:51.529><c> happening</c><00:21:51.910><c> right</c><00:21:52.769><c> now.</c>

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We're<00:21:53.930><c> not</c><00:21:54.269><c> leading</c><00:21:54.849><c> this</c><00:21:55.230><c> spiritual</c><00:21:55.730><c> creation</c><00:21:56.170><c> and</c><00:21:56.309><c> that's</c>

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really<00:21:57.130><c> critical.</c>

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We<00:21:59.410><c> are</c><00:21:59.730><c> the</c><00:22:00.009><c> Lord's</c><00:22:00.589><c> workmanship.</c>

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The<00:22:03.029><c> Lord's</c><00:22:03.569><c> workmanship.</c>

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And<00:22:05.710><c> our</c><00:22:06.150><c> role</c><00:22:06.509><c> then</c><00:22:06.970><c> is</c><00:22:07.309><c> to</c><00:22:07.609><c> submit</c><00:22:08.069><c> to</c><00:22:08.309><c> his</c><00:22:08.609><c> correction.</c>

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To<00:22:09.750><c> allow</c><00:22:10.109><c> the</c><00:22:10.430><c> engrafted</c><00:22:11.190><c> word</c><00:22:11.509><c> to</c><00:22:12.170><c> grow</c><00:22:12.369><c> within</c><00:22:12.650><c> us.</c>

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And<00:22:13.849><c> what</c><00:22:14.970><c> he</c><00:22:15.150><c> then</c><00:22:15.349><c> creates</c><00:22:15.809><c> within</c><00:22:16.410><c> willing</c><00:22:16.809><c> hearts</c><00:22:17.430><c> is</c><00:22:18.789><c> the</c>

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desire<00:22:19.789><c> to</c><00:22:20.029><c> do</c><00:22:20.190><c> his</c><00:22:20.450><c> work,</c>

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but<00:22:21.250><c> also</c><00:22:21.849><c> we</c><00:22:22.109><c> are</c><00:22:22.430><c> created</c><00:22:22.930><c> for</c><00:22:23.289><c> good</c><00:22:23.609><c> works</c><00:22:24.029><c> prepared</c><00:22:25.049><c> in</c><00:22:25.289><c> advance</c><00:22:25.549><c> for</c><00:22:25.750><c> us</c>

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to<00:22:26.029><c> do.</c>

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So<00:22:26.869><c> I</c><00:22:27.150><c> just</c><00:22:27.390><c> want</c><00:22:27.509><c> you</c><00:22:27.690><c> to</c><00:22:28.130><c> contemplate</c><00:22:28.569><c> what</c><00:22:28.710><c> that's</c><00:22:29.089><c> all</c><00:22:29.309><c> about.</c>

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When<00:22:30.410><c> we're</c><00:22:30.750><c> going</c><00:22:30.970><c> through</c><00:22:31.289><c> the</c><00:22:31.549><c> things</c><00:22:31.730><c> that</c><00:22:31.910><c> we</c><00:22:32.029><c> go</c><00:22:32.250><c> through</c><00:22:32.390><c> in</c><00:22:32.569><c> our</c><00:22:32.730><c> lives,</c>

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the<00:22:34.630><c> difficulties,</c><00:22:35.430><c> the</c><00:22:35.769><c> trials,</c><00:22:36.289><c> the</c><00:22:36.430><c> temptations</c><00:22:37.230><c> coming</c>

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out<00:22:38.009><c> the</c><00:22:38.150><c> other</c><00:22:38.470><c> side,</c>

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that's<00:22:39.549><c> not</c><00:22:39.970><c> without</c><00:22:40.430><c> purpose.</c>

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It's<00:22:42.990><c> preparing</c><00:22:43.450><c> us</c><00:22:44.109><c> for</c><00:22:44.930><c> work</c><00:22:45.309><c> that's</c><00:22:45.829><c> already</c><00:22:46.289><c> planned</c><00:22:47.089><c> for</c>

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us<00:22:47.970><c> to</c><00:22:48.170><c> do.</c>

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Not<00:22:49.069><c> planned</c><00:22:49.289><c> by</c><00:22:49.509><c> us,</c><00:22:50.630><c> but</c><00:22:50.890><c> planned</c><00:22:51.109><c> by</c><00:22:51.329><c> the</c><00:22:51.470><c> Lord</c><00:22:51.589><c> himself.</c>

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The<00:22:52.970><c> full</c><00:22:53.289><c> activity</c><00:22:53.750><c> of</c><00:22:53.890><c> the</c><00:22:54.029><c> Lord</c><00:22:54.170><c> in</c><00:22:54.309><c> our</c><00:22:54.509><c> lives</c><00:22:54.769><c> is</c><00:22:55.109><c> to</c><00:22:55.349><c> prepare</c><00:22:55.650><c> us</c>

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toward<00:22:56.450><c> an</c><00:22:56.650><c> end.</c>

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Not<00:22:57.769><c> only</c><00:22:57.970><c> for</c><00:22:58.150><c> the</c><00:22:58.309><c> kingdom,</c><00:22:58.509><c> but</c><00:22:58.710><c> right</c><00:22:58.910><c> for</c><00:22:59.109><c> now.</c>

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And<00:22:59.809><c> as</c><00:23:00.009><c> you</c><00:23:00.109><c> would</c><00:23:00.329><c> expect,</c><00:23:01.529><c> the</c><00:23:01.769><c> price</c><00:23:02.109><c> that</c><00:23:02.289><c> was</c><00:23:02.529><c> paid</c><00:23:02.750><c> is</c>

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the<00:23:03.210><c> precious</c><00:23:03.509><c> blood</c><00:23:03.769><c> of</c><00:23:03.950><c> the</c><00:23:04.089><c> Lord</c><00:23:04.309><c> Jesus</c><00:23:04.710><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:23:05.990><c> so</c><00:23:06.410><c> you</c><00:23:06.829><c> would</c><00:23:07.130><c> rightly</c><00:23:07.410><c> expect</c><00:23:07.950><c> a</c><00:23:08.210><c> return</c><00:23:08.609><c> on</c><00:23:08.890><c> that</c><00:23:09.069><c> investment.</c>

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And<00:23:10.569><c> so</c><00:23:10.730><c> the</c><00:23:11.089><c> trials,</c><00:23:11.990><c> our</c><00:23:12.230><c> development</c><00:23:12.589><c> itself,</c><00:23:13.269><c> the</c><00:23:13.390><c> very</c>

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shaping<00:23:14.470><c> of</c><00:23:14.970><c> this</c><00:23:15.230><c> handiwork,</c>

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is<00:23:16.589><c> to</c><00:23:16.869><c> prepare</c><00:23:17.390><c> us</c><00:23:18.109><c> as</c><00:23:18.849><c> a</c><00:23:19.210><c> work</c><00:23:19.430><c> of</c><00:23:19.670><c> art</c><00:23:20.029><c> to</c><00:23:21.009><c> serve</c><00:23:21.470><c> a</c><00:23:21.769><c> particular</c><00:23:22.150><c> purpose.</c>

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To<00:23:23.390><c> do</c><00:23:23.609><c> a</c><00:23:23.789><c> good</c><00:23:23.970><c> work</c><00:23:24.210><c> that</c><00:23:24.369><c> was</c><00:23:24.609><c> pre</c><00:23:24.970><c>-planned.</c>

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And<00:23:26.130><c> this</c><00:23:26.289><c> is</c><00:23:26.490><c> not</c><00:23:26.670><c> under</c><00:23:27.150><c> the</c><00:23:27.529><c> direction</c><00:23:27.789><c> of</c><00:23:28.029><c> ourselves,</c><00:23:28.849><c> or</c>

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the<00:23:29.170><c> direction</c><00:23:29.470><c> of</c><00:23:29.690><c> man,</c>

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because<00:23:30.829><c> we</c><00:23:31.190><c> can't</c><00:23:31.730><c> accurately</c><00:23:32.069><c> see</c><00:23:32.390><c> the</c><00:23:32.609><c> future.</c>

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But<00:23:33.529><c> it</c><00:23:33.670><c> is</c><00:23:33.950><c> commanded</c><00:23:34.329><c> by</c><00:23:34.630><c> our</c><00:23:34.849><c> Lord.</c>

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He<00:23:35.809><c> knows</c><00:23:36.250><c> our</c><00:23:36.490><c> hearts,</c><00:23:37.390><c> and</c><00:23:37.529><c> he</c><00:23:37.789><c> prepares</c><00:23:38.190><c> us,</c><00:23:38.990><c> and</c><00:23:39.170><c> he</c><00:23:39.289><c> knows</c>

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what<00:23:39.869><c> lies</c><00:23:40.130><c> in</c><00:23:40.309><c> the</c><00:23:40.470><c> future.</c>

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So<00:23:42.410><c> this</c><00:23:42.569><c> is</c><00:23:42.769><c> really</c><00:23:42.990><c> a</c><00:23:43.230><c> concept</c><00:23:43.589><c> that</c><00:23:43.849><c> is</c><00:23:44.309><c> powerful.</c>

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It<00:23:45.089><c> suggests</c><00:23:45.609><c> that</c><00:23:45.829><c> the</c><00:23:46.029><c> development</c><00:23:46.529><c> that</c><00:23:47.029><c> our</c><00:23:47.210><c> Lord</c><00:23:47.430><c> leads</c>

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us<00:23:47.970><c> through,</c>

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even<00:23:48.490><c> our</c><00:23:48.769><c> trials,</c><00:23:49.349><c> these</c><00:23:49.589><c> aren't</c><00:23:49.789><c> just</c><00:23:50.150><c> random</c><00:23:50.670><c> kind</c><00:23:51.049><c> of</c><00:23:51.269><c> acts.</c>

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God<00:23:52.170><c> is</c><00:23:52.450><c> developing</c><00:23:52.789><c> us</c><00:23:53.809><c> for</c><00:23:54.390><c> specific</c><00:23:55.170><c> work</c><00:23:55.529><c> that</c><00:23:55.690><c> he</c><00:23:55.849><c> has</c><00:23:56.109><c> planned</c><00:23:56.490><c> in</c>

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advance<00:23:57.309><c> for</c><00:23:57.529><c> us</c><00:23:57.670><c> to</c><00:23:57.849><c> do.</c>

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Our<00:23:58.849><c> development</c><00:23:59.430><c> has</c><00:24:00.490><c> purpose.</c>

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You<00:24:01.890><c> could</c><00:24:02.109><c> say</c><00:24:02.549><c> it</c><00:24:02.809><c> even</c><00:24:03.069><c> has</c><00:24:03.369><c> a</c><00:24:04.269><c> target.</c>

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And<00:24:05.410><c> the</c><00:24:05.609><c> learning</c><00:24:05.849><c> and</c><00:24:06.089><c> faith</c><00:24:06.349><c> building</c><00:24:06.609><c> of</c><00:24:06.829><c> today</c><00:24:07.190><c> is</c><00:24:07.789><c> critical</c><00:24:08.250><c> for</c><00:24:08.430><c> us</c>

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to<00:24:08.829><c> have</c><00:24:08.970><c> the</c><00:24:09.190><c> capability</c><00:24:09.789><c> of</c><00:24:10.430><c> performing</c><00:24:10.789><c> that</c><00:24:11.109><c> work.</c>

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So<00:24:11.490><c> we</c><00:24:11.569><c> need</c><00:24:11.730><c> to</c><00:24:11.869><c> be</c><00:24:12.410><c> willing</c><00:24:12.869><c> students</c><00:24:13.549><c> and</c><00:24:13.849><c> faithful</c><00:24:14.150><c> in</c><00:24:14.329><c> our</c><00:24:14.529><c> trials.</c>

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That<00:24:15.329><c> changes</c><00:24:15.789><c> the</c><00:24:15.970><c> way</c><00:24:16.130><c> we</c><00:24:16.269><c> look</c><00:24:16.470><c> at</c><00:24:16.650><c> life,</c><00:24:16.890><c> right?</c>

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That<00:24:18.650><c> changes,</c><00:24:20.369><c> this</c><00:24:20.690><c> is</c><00:24:20.890><c> why</c><00:24:21.130><c> in</c><00:24:21.329><c> Hebrews</c><00:24:21.670><c> chapter</c><00:24:22.089><c> 12</c><00:24:22.470><c> he</c><00:24:22.609><c> says,</c>

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unto<00:24:24.029><c> them</c><00:24:24.670><c> that</c><00:24:25.329><c> go</c><00:24:25.730><c> through</c><00:24:25.970><c> these</c><00:24:26.349><c> trials</c><00:24:26.750><c> and</c><00:24:26.990><c> tribulations</c>

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they<00:24:29.529><c> will</c><00:24:29.869><c> get</c><00:24:30.150><c> the</c><00:24:30.549><c> peaceable</c><00:24:30.990><c> fruit</c><00:24:31.170><c> of</c><00:24:31.390><c> righteousness</c>

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if<00:24:32.250><c> their</c><00:24:32.589><c> minds</c><00:24:33.190><c> are</c><00:24:33.990><c> exercised</c><00:24:34.730><c> there</c><00:24:35.009><c> by.</c>

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You<00:24:36.009><c> can</c><00:24:36.089><c> go</c><00:24:36.250><c> through</c><00:24:36.390><c> difficult</c><00:24:36.750><c> times</c><00:24:37.289><c> and</c><00:24:37.710><c> not</c><00:24:37.869><c> come</c><00:24:38.069><c> out</c>

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any<00:24:38.410><c> better.</c>

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But<00:24:39.390><c> if</c><00:24:39.589><c> we</c><00:24:39.869><c> exercise</c><00:24:40.490><c> our</c><00:24:40.730><c> minds,</c><00:24:40.930><c> if</c><00:24:41.109><c> we</c><00:24:41.329><c> learn</c><00:24:41.589><c> for</c><00:24:41.789><c> them,</c>

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the<00:24:42.829><c> Lord</c><00:24:43.049><c> is</c><00:24:43.349><c> preparing</c><00:24:43.789><c> us</c><00:24:44.089><c> for</c><00:24:44.289><c> purpose.</c>

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Now<00:24:47.950><c> we</c><00:24:48.029><c> also</c><00:24:48.329><c> mentioned</c><00:24:48.589><c> this</c><00:24:48.829><c> idea</c><00:24:49.230><c> of</c><00:24:49.609><c> intimacy.</c>

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Well,<00:24:51.369><c> this</c><00:24:51.569><c> is</c><00:24:51.829><c> a</c><00:24:51.970><c> beautiful</c><00:24:52.490><c> passage</c><00:24:53.049><c> in</c><00:24:54.329><c> Ephesians</c><00:24:54.849><c> chapter</c><00:24:55.250><c> 1,</c>

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verses<00:24:57.390><c> 10</c><00:24:57.710><c> through</c><00:24:57.869><c> 14.</c>

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That<00:24:59.230><c> in</c><00:24:59.410><c> the</c><00:24:59.630><c> dispensation</c><00:25:00.250><c> of</c><00:25:00.450><c> the</c><00:25:00.609><c> fullness</c><00:25:00.829><c> of</c><00:25:01.150><c> time</c>

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he<00:25:02.410><c> might</c><00:25:02.710><c> gather</c><00:25:03.109><c> together</c><00:25:03.569><c> in</c><00:25:03.910><c> one</c><00:25:04.109><c> all</c><00:25:04.549><c> things</c><00:25:04.809><c> in</c><00:25:05.049><c> Christ</c>

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both<00:25:07.069><c> which</c><00:25:07.509><c> are</c><00:25:07.829><c> in</c><00:25:07.950><c> heaven</c><00:25:08.349><c> and</c><00:25:08.910><c> which</c><00:25:09.109><c> are</c><00:25:09.289><c> in</c><00:25:09.430><c> earth,</c>

00:25:09.650 --> 00:25:14.509
even<00:25:09.869><c> in</c><00:25:10.150><c> him</c><00:25:10.410><c> in</c><00:25:10.789><c> whom</c><00:25:11.029><c> also</c><00:25:11.789><c> we</c><00:25:12.390><c> have</c><00:25:12.769><c> obtained</c><00:25:13.650><c> an</c><00:25:13.970><c> inheritance</c>

00:25:14.509 --> 00:25:18.630
being<00:25:15.309><c> predestinated</c><00:25:16.589><c> according</c><00:25:17.190><c> to</c><00:25:17.490><c> the</c><00:25:17.670><c> purpose</c><00:25:18.069><c> of</c><00:25:18.329><c> him</c>

00:25:18.630 --> 00:25:22.569
who<00:25:19.190><c> worketh</c><00:25:19.569><c> all</c><00:25:20.049><c> things</c><00:25:20.549><c> after</c><00:25:21.210><c> the</c><00:25:21.529><c> counsel</c><00:25:21.869><c> of</c><00:25:22.029><c> his</c><00:25:22.190><c> own</c><00:25:22.410><c> will.</c>

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You<00:25:22.869><c> see,</c><00:25:23.410><c> there</c><00:25:23.630><c> it</c><00:25:23.750><c> is.</c>

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There's<00:25:24.269><c> my</c><00:25:24.750><c> silver</c><00:25:25.369><c> Volkswagen</c><00:25:25.869><c> again.</c>

00:25:26.609 --> 00:25:29.049
It<00:25:26.910><c> keeps</c><00:25:27.230><c> popping</c><00:25:27.609><c> up</c><00:25:27.990><c> time</c><00:25:28.329><c> after</c><00:25:28.609><c> time.</c>

00:25:29.390 --> 00:25:32.509
He's<00:25:29.789><c> prepared</c><00:25:30.470><c> and</c><00:25:31.109><c> according</c><00:25:31.490><c> to</c><00:25:31.690><c> his</c><00:25:31.869><c> purpose</c>

00:25:32.509 --> 00:25:36.769
he<00:25:32.970><c> works</c><00:25:33.390><c> in</c><00:25:33.609><c> us</c><00:25:34.049><c> that</c><00:25:34.609><c> we</c><00:25:34.890><c> should</c><00:25:35.089><c> be</c><00:25:35.349><c> to</c><00:25:35.529><c> the</c><00:25:35.750><c> praise</c><00:25:35.930><c> of</c><00:25:36.069><c> his</c><00:25:36.250><c> glory</c>

00:25:36.769 --> 00:25:40.569
who<00:25:37.329><c> first</c><00:25:37.730><c> trusted</c><00:25:38.109><c> in</c><00:25:38.369><c> Christ</c><00:25:38.690><c> in</c><00:25:39.230><c> whom</c><00:25:39.450><c> he</c><00:25:39.690><c> also</c><00:25:40.150><c> trusted</c>

00:25:40.569 --> 00:25:42.690
that<00:25:41.170><c> after</c><00:25:41.549><c> he</c><00:25:41.769><c> heard</c><00:25:41.970><c> the</c><00:25:42.150><c> word</c><00:25:42.289><c> of</c><00:25:42.529><c> truth,</c>

00:25:42.829 --> 00:25:44.730
the<00:25:42.950><c> gospel</c><00:25:43.230><c> of</c><00:25:43.430><c> your</c><00:25:43.609><c> salvation,</c>

00:25:44.829 --> 00:25:47.250
in<00:25:45.069><c> whom</c><00:25:45.289><c> also</c><00:25:45.789><c> after</c><00:25:46.349><c> that</c><00:25:46.609><c> he</c><00:25:46.829><c> believed</c>

00:25:47.250 --> 00:25:50.690
you<00:25:47.769><c> were</c><00:25:48.130><c> sealed</c><00:25:48.470><c> with</c><00:25:48.730><c> that</c><00:25:48.990><c> Holy</c><00:25:49.309><c> Spirit</c><00:25:49.650><c> of</c><00:25:49.890><c> promise.</c>

00:25:51.089 --> 00:25:53.809
And<00:25:51.369><c> this</c><00:25:51.509><c> is</c><00:25:51.589><c> what</c><00:25:51.630><c> he</c><00:25:51.849><c> calls</c><00:25:52.009><c> the</c><00:25:52.210><c> Holy</c><00:25:52.410><c> Spirit</c><00:25:52.710><c> of</c><00:25:52.910><c> promise</c>

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which<00:25:54.089><c> is</c><00:25:54.450><c> the</c><00:25:54.849><c> earnest</c><00:25:55.329><c> of</c><00:25:56.009><c> our</c><00:25:56.309><c> inheritance</c>

00:25:56.849 --> 00:26:01.150
until<00:25:57.869><c> the</c><00:25:58.170><c> redemption</c><00:25:58.490><c> of</c><00:25:58.910><c> the</c><00:25:59.670><c> purchase</c><00:25:59.950><c> possession</c>

00:26:01.069 --> 00:26:02.390
unto<00:26:01.369><c> the</c><00:26:01.710><c> praise</c><00:26:01.890><c> of</c><00:26:02.049><c> his</c><00:26:02.230><c> glory.</c>

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So<00:26:02.589><c> what</c><00:26:02.690><c> does</c><00:26:02.829><c> that</c><00:26:03.049><c> mean?</c>

00:26:03.369 --> 00:26:05.009
The<00:26:03.569><c> earnest</c><00:26:03.730><c> of</c><00:26:03.950><c> our</c><00:26:04.109><c> inheritance.</c>

00:26:05.309 --> 00:26:07.630
This<00:26:05.490><c> is</c><00:26:05.650><c> a</c><00:26:05.730><c> really</c><00:26:06.130><c> interesting</c><00:26:06.529><c> concept.</c>

00:26:08.049 --> 00:26:11.470
This<00:26:08.190><c> word</c><00:26:08.549><c> earnest</c><00:26:08.809><c> is</c><00:26:09.130><c> actually</c><00:26:09.750><c> this</c><00:26:10.589><c> Phoenician</c><00:26:11.049><c> word,</c>

00:26:11.829 --> 00:26:13.730
arabon,<00:26:12.109><c> that's</c><00:26:12.410><c> used</c><00:26:12.650><c> in</c><00:26:12.869><c> scripture.</c>

00:26:13.849 --> 00:26:16.109
And<00:26:14.049><c> it's</c><00:26:14.269><c> the</c><00:26:14.430><c> word</c><00:26:14.650><c> used</c><00:26:14.950><c> for</c><00:26:15.250><c> a</c><00:26:15.529><c> down</c><00:26:15.809><c> payment</c>

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or<00:26:16.589><c> a</c><00:26:16.829><c> promissory</c><00:26:18.029><c> note.</c>

00:26:18.990 --> 00:26:22.049
It's<00:26:19.250><c> money</c><00:26:19.609><c> that</c><00:26:19.849><c> is</c><00:26:20.190><c> deposited</c><00:26:20.829><c> by</c><00:26:21.250><c> the</c><00:26:21.509><c> purchaser</c>

00:26:22.049 --> 00:26:24.730
and<00:26:22.690><c> lost</c><00:26:23.089><c> if</c><00:26:23.250><c> it's</c><00:26:23.509><c> not</c><00:26:23.769><c> claimed.</c>

00:26:25.269 --> 00:26:28.670
It's<00:26:25.690><c> actually</c><00:26:25.970><c> used</c><00:26:26.309><c> in</c><00:26:27.289><c> Phoenician</c><00:26:28.049><c> language,</c>

00:26:28.670 --> 00:26:31.549
not<00:26:29.210><c> that</c><00:26:29.410><c> I</c><00:26:29.490><c> read</c><00:26:29.710><c> Phoenician</c><00:26:30.710><c> manuscripts,</c>

00:26:31.930 --> 00:26:33.450
but<00:26:32.089><c> I'm</c><00:26:32.250><c> told</c><00:26:32.630><c> that</c><00:26:32.789><c> it's</c><00:26:32.990><c> used</c>

00:26:33.450 --> 00:26:36.289
in<00:26:34.029><c> the</c><00:26:34.170><c> idea</c><00:26:34.450><c> of</c><00:26:34.630><c> an</c><00:26:34.910><c> engagement</c><00:26:35.349><c> ring.</c>

00:26:36.990 --> 00:26:40.329
So<00:26:37.210><c> this</c><00:26:37.430><c> idea</c><00:26:38.109><c> of</c><00:26:38.470><c> the</c><00:26:38.730><c> Lord</c><00:26:38.950><c> working</c><00:26:39.410><c> in</c><00:26:39.650><c> your</c><00:26:39.950><c> life</c>

00:26:40.329 --> 00:26:41.990
and<00:26:40.789><c> bringing</c><00:26:41.150><c> us</c><00:26:41.369><c> to</c><00:26:41.549><c> the</c><00:26:41.750><c> point</c>

00:26:41.990 --> 00:26:46.869
that<00:26:42.470><c> we</c><00:26:42.869><c> have</c><00:26:43.390><c> the</c><00:26:43.829><c> capability</c><00:26:44.390><c> to</c><00:26:44.730><c> serve</c><00:26:44.970><c> him</c><00:26:45.309><c> when</c><00:26:45.589><c> it's</c><00:26:45.970><c> planned.</c>

00:26:47.230 --> 00:26:48.250
Well,<00:26:47.650><c> brothers</c><00:26:47.730><c> and</c><00:26:47.930><c> sisters,</c>

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that's<00:26:49.369><c> like</c><00:26:49.589><c> an</c><00:26:49.849><c> engagement</c><00:26:50.190><c> ring.</c>

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It's<00:26:51.230><c> a</c><00:26:51.369><c> sign</c><00:26:51.569><c> to</c><00:26:51.809><c> us</c><00:26:52.329><c> of</c><00:26:52.690><c> the</c><00:26:53.009><c> intent</c><00:26:53.430><c> to</c><00:26:55.289><c> purchase</c>

00:26:56.130 --> 00:26:59.609
what<00:26:56.730><c> was</c><00:26:57.650><c> money</c><00:26:58.250><c> that</c><00:26:58.390><c> was</c><00:26:58.630><c> deposited.</c>

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We<00:27:00.250><c> see</c><00:27:00.450><c> this</c><00:27:00.650><c> also</c><00:27:01.029><c> in</c><00:27:01.369><c> second</c><00:27:01.609><c> Corinthians</c><00:27:02.009><c> chapter</c><00:27:02.450><c> five,</c>

00:27:03.369 --> 00:27:04.210
where<00:27:03.490><c> it</c><00:27:03.670><c> says</c><00:27:03.890><c> now,</c>

00:27:04.390 --> 00:27:07.069
he<00:27:04.390><c> that</c><00:27:05.369><c> hath</c><00:27:05.650><c> wrought</c><00:27:05.869><c> us</c><00:27:06.029><c> for</c><00:27:06.190><c> the</c><00:27:06.410><c> self</c><00:27:06.609><c> same</c><00:27:06.829><c> thing</c>

00:27:07.069 --> 00:27:11.950
is<00:27:07.269><c> God</c><00:27:07.670><c> who</c><00:27:08.089><c> has</c><00:27:08.369><c> given</c><00:27:08.609><c> unto</c><00:27:08.930><c> us</c><00:27:09.329><c> the</c><00:27:09.710><c> earnest</c><00:27:10.130><c> of</c><00:27:10.829><c> the</c><00:27:11.130><c> spirit.</c>

00:27:12.390 --> 00:27:15.470
So<00:27:12.609><c> the</c><00:27:12.789><c> promise</c><00:27:13.130><c> or</c><00:27:13.329><c> the</c><00:27:13.549><c> earnest</c><00:27:13.890><c> of</c><00:27:14.430><c> the</c><00:27:15.089><c> spirit</c>

00:27:15.470 --> 00:27:17.130
is<00:27:15.809><c> intended</c><00:27:16.130><c> to</c><00:27:16.329><c> be</c><00:27:16.529><c> a</c><00:27:16.670><c> reminder</c>

00:27:17.130 --> 00:27:21.269
to<00:27:17.789><c> believers</c><00:27:18.250><c> of</c><00:27:18.549><c> the</c><00:27:18.769><c> divine</c><00:27:19.529><c> intent</c><00:27:20.049><c> to</c><00:27:20.349><c> redeem.</c>

00:27:21.390 --> 00:27:23.730
And<00:27:21.589><c> this</c><00:27:22.329><c> really</c><00:27:22.769><c> should</c><00:27:23.049><c> speak</c><00:27:23.390><c> to</c><00:27:23.589><c> us,</c>

00:27:23.910 --> 00:27:24.529
brothers<00:27:23.930><c> and</c><00:27:24.190><c> sisters,</c>

00:27:24.529 --> 00:27:26.710
about<00:27:25.089><c> the</c><00:27:25.369><c> love</c><00:27:25.549><c> of</c><00:27:25.809><c> God</c><00:27:26.009><c> to</c><00:27:26.329><c> us,</c>

00:27:27.029 --> 00:27:28.910
because<00:27:27.349><c> it's</c><00:27:28.029><c> experienced</c><00:27:28.309><c> now,</c>

00:27:28.950 --> 00:27:31.089
it's<00:27:29.289><c> intended</c><00:27:29.769><c> to</c><00:27:29.990><c> be</c><00:27:30.210><c> experienced</c><00:27:30.650><c> now,</c>

00:27:31.410 --> 00:27:33.910
it's<00:27:31.650><c> to</c><00:27:31.809><c> encourage</c><00:27:32.369><c> us</c><00:27:32.650><c> in</c><00:27:32.829><c> our</c><00:27:33.130><c> mortal</c><00:27:33.430><c> state.</c>

00:27:34.250 --> 00:27:36.069
And<00:27:34.470><c> it's</c><00:27:34.730><c> designed</c><00:27:35.150><c> to</c><00:27:35.349><c> be</c><00:27:35.490><c> an</c><00:27:35.730><c> awareness</c>

00:27:36.069 --> 00:27:40.490
that<00:27:36.549><c> the</c><00:27:36.849><c> Lord</c><00:27:37.150><c> is</c><00:27:37.730><c> with</c><00:27:37.990><c> us</c><00:27:38.250><c> and</c><00:27:38.789><c> actively</c><00:27:39.349><c> involved.</c>

00:27:41.190 --> 00:27:43.210
So<00:27:41.410><c> this</c><00:27:41.549><c> is</c><00:27:41.730><c> the</c><00:27:41.910><c> first</c><00:27:42.250><c> comment</c><00:27:42.509><c> we'd</c><00:27:42.789><c> like</c><00:27:42.890><c> to</c><00:27:43.089><c> make,</c>

00:27:43.269 --> 00:27:45.769
and<00:27:43.349><c> that</c><00:27:43.470><c> is</c><00:27:43.750><c> we</c><00:27:44.130><c> are</c><00:27:44.490><c> intended</c><00:27:44.789><c> to</c><00:27:45.069><c> experience</c>

00:27:45.769 --> 00:27:47.990
the<00:27:46.369><c> activity</c><00:27:46.809><c> of</c><00:27:46.990><c> the</c><00:27:47.190><c> spirit</c><00:27:47.329><c> in</c><00:27:47.509><c> our</c><00:27:47.690><c> lives.</c>

00:27:48.390 --> 00:27:51.869
It<00:27:48.710><c> is</c><00:27:49.230><c> a</c><00:27:49.529><c> gift</c><00:27:49.849><c> of</c><00:27:50.170><c> God</c><00:27:50.430><c> to</c><00:27:50.670><c> us</c><00:27:50.970><c> today.</c>

00:27:52.329 --> 00:27:56.490
So<00:27:52.910><c> when</c><00:27:53.089><c> we</c><00:27:53.190><c> look</c><00:27:53.349><c> at</c><00:27:53.450><c> the</c><00:27:53.609><c> principle</c><00:27:54.069><c> of</c><00:27:55.049><c> the</c><00:27:55.250><c> new</c><00:27:55.430><c> creation,</c>

00:27:57.650 --> 00:27:58.930
we<00:27:57.769><c> really</c><00:27:58.089><c> have</c><00:27:58.289><c> to</c><00:27:58.369><c> go</c><00:27:58.589><c> back</c>

00:27:58.930 --> 00:28:02.150
and<00:27:59.109><c> look</c><00:27:59.309><c> at</c><00:27:59.569><c> the</c><00:27:59.869><c> original</c><00:28:00.230><c> creation,</c><00:28:00.670><c> the</c><00:28:00.789><c> physical</c><00:28:01.170><c> creation.</c>

00:28:02.329 --> 00:28:04.509
Remember<00:28:02.589><c> what</c><00:28:02.710><c> we're</c><00:28:02.930><c> told</c><00:28:03.150><c> about</c><00:28:03.450><c> the</c><00:28:03.650><c> original</c><00:28:04.009><c> creation.</c>

00:28:04.910 --> 00:28:07.789
The<00:28:05.089><c> earth</c><00:28:05.349><c> was</c><00:28:06.029><c> without</c><00:28:06.410><c> form</c><00:28:06.950><c> and</c><00:28:07.430><c> void,</c>

00:28:08.289 --> 00:28:10.269
and<00:28:08.549><c> darkness</c><00:28:08.970><c> was</c><00:28:09.269><c> upon</c><00:28:09.490><c> the</c><00:28:09.730><c> face</c><00:28:09.890><c> of</c><00:28:10.049><c> the</c><00:28:10.190><c> deep.</c>

00:28:10.309 --> 00:28:12.069
By<00:28:10.509><c> the</c><00:28:10.609><c> way,</c><00:28:10.769><c> I've</c><00:28:10.910><c> often</c><00:28:11.170><c> said,</c>

00:28:12.269 --> 00:28:14.569
if<00:28:12.410><c> you're</c><00:28:12.710><c> really</c><00:28:13.109><c> reading</c><00:28:13.450><c> Genesis,</c>

00:28:14.609 --> 00:28:17.170
and<00:28:14.809><c> you</c><00:28:15.049><c> can't</c><00:28:15.450><c> go</c><00:28:15.789><c> to</c><00:28:16.089><c> Genesis</c><00:28:16.470><c> chapter</c><00:28:16.890><c> one</c>

00:28:17.170 --> 00:28:19.970
and<00:28:17.569><c> ask</c><00:28:18.130><c> 50</c><00:28:18.769><c> questions</c>

00:28:19.900 --> 00:28:21.809
that<00:28:20.150><c> you</c><00:28:20.329><c> probably</c><00:28:20.690><c> can't</c><00:28:20.950><c> have</c><00:28:21.150><c> answers</c><00:28:21.450><c> to,</c>

00:28:22.009 --> 00:28:23.170
or<00:28:22.109><c> can't</c><00:28:22.450><c> find</c><00:28:22.609><c> answers</c><00:28:22.890><c> to,</c>

00:28:23.369 --> 00:28:24.950
you're<00:28:23.470><c> not</c><00:28:23.670><c> reading</c><00:28:23.910><c> well</c><00:28:24.210><c> enough.</c>

00:28:25.029 --> 00:28:26.529
There<00:28:25.210><c> are</c><00:28:25.609><c> so</c><00:28:25.890><c> many</c><00:28:26.109><c> things,</c>

00:28:26.809 --> 00:28:29.089
and<00:28:26.930><c> this</c><00:28:27.109><c> is</c><00:28:27.230><c> kind</c><00:28:27.430><c> of</c><00:28:27.470><c> an</c><00:28:27.670><c> interesting</c><00:28:27.930><c> exercise</c><00:28:28.529><c> to</c><00:28:28.789><c> do</c>

00:28:29.089 --> 00:28:30.930
with<00:28:29.490><c> teenagers</c><00:28:30.069><c> or</c><00:28:30.470><c> adults,</c>

00:28:31.250 --> 00:28:33.630
is<00:28:31.369><c> to</c><00:28:31.549><c> say,</c><00:28:31.869><c> how</c><00:28:31.990><c> many</c><00:28:32.230><c> questions</c><00:28:32.650><c> can</c><00:28:32.869><c> we</c><00:28:33.130><c> ask</c>

00:28:33.630 --> 00:28:36.349
about<00:28:34.349><c> Genesis</c><00:28:34.869><c> chapter</c><00:28:35.390><c> one?</c>

00:28:36.470 --> 00:28:38.490
Well,<00:28:36.930><c> the</c><00:28:37.049><c> earth</c><00:28:37.289><c> was</c><00:28:37.569><c> without</c><00:28:37.910><c> form</c><00:28:38.210><c> and</c><00:28:38.390><c> void.</c>

00:28:38.549 --> 00:28:40.069
It's<00:28:38.690><c> in</c><00:28:38.910><c> darkness.</c>

00:28:41.809 --> 00:28:44.750
And<00:28:42.049><c> then</c><00:28:42.230><c> what</c><00:28:42.430><c> happens</c><00:28:42.890><c> is</c><00:28:43.210><c> that</c><00:28:43.410><c> the</c><00:28:43.710><c> spirit</c><00:28:44.130><c> of</c><00:28:44.369><c> God</c>

00:28:44.750 --> 00:28:46.990
moves<00:28:45.170><c> upon</c><00:28:45.509><c> the</c><00:28:45.690><c> face</c><00:28:45.869><c> of</c><00:28:46.089><c> the</c><00:28:46.210><c> earth,</c>

00:28:47.089 --> 00:28:48.190
the<00:28:47.410><c> face</c><00:28:47.630><c> of</c><00:28:47.789><c> the</c><00:28:47.930><c> waters,</c>

00:28:48.190 --> 00:28:49.849
and<00:28:48.410><c> God</c><00:28:48.690><c> said,</c><00:28:49.049><c> let</c><00:28:49.190><c> there</c><00:28:49.369><c> be</c><00:28:49.509><c> light,</c>

00:28:50.049 --> 00:28:51.009
and<00:28:50.289><c> there</c><00:28:50.490><c> was</c><00:28:50.750><c> light,</c>

00:28:51.069 --> 00:28:53.029
and<00:28:51.190><c> God</c><00:28:51.470><c> saw</c><00:28:51.750><c> the</c><00:28:51.990><c> light,</c><00:28:52.170><c> that</c><00:28:52.289><c> it</c><00:28:52.390><c> was</c><00:28:52.589><c> good,</c>

00:28:53.369 --> 00:28:56.309
and<00:28:53.549><c> God</c><00:28:53.829><c> divided</c><00:28:54.230><c> the</c><00:28:54.490><c> light</c><00:28:54.710><c> from</c><00:28:55.089><c> the</c><00:28:55.329><c> darkness.</c>

00:28:57.069 --> 00:28:59.069
And<00:28:57.390><c> he</c><00:28:57.470><c> made</c><00:28:57.670><c> this</c><00:28:57.990><c> beautiful</c><00:28:58.549><c> creation,</c>

00:28:59.390 --> 00:29:01.190
everything<00:28:59.849><c> with</c><00:29:00.130><c> a</c><00:29:00.250><c> purpose.</c>

00:29:01.349 --> 00:29:04.170
All<00:29:01.670><c> things</c><00:29:02.049><c> that</c><00:29:02.470><c> were</c><00:29:02.990><c> involved</c><00:29:03.390><c> in</c><00:29:03.549><c> the</c><00:29:03.769><c> creation,</c>

00:29:04.470 --> 00:29:05.450
I<00:29:04.809><c> had</c><00:29:04.990><c> a</c><00:29:05.190><c> harmony.</c>

00:29:05.529 --> 00:29:08.829
They<00:29:05.730><c> had</c><00:29:06.029><c> a</c><00:29:06.509><c> purpose</c><00:29:07.029><c> that</c><00:29:07.390><c> made</c><00:29:07.730><c> the</c><00:29:08.250><c> world</c><00:29:08.490><c> work.</c>

00:29:08.890 --> 00:29:10.210
And<00:29:09.049><c> then</c><00:29:09.430><c> finally,</c><00:29:09.730><c> of</c><00:29:09.930><c> course,</c>

00:29:10.549 --> 00:29:13.190
on<00:29:10.670><c> the</c><00:29:10.869><c> sixth</c><00:29:11.049><c> day,</c><00:29:11.250><c> he</c><00:29:11.609><c> formed</c><00:29:12.170><c> man.</c>

00:29:13.369 --> 00:29:15.589
This<00:29:13.670><c> is</c><00:29:13.829><c> this</c><00:29:14.309><c> Hebrew</c><00:29:14.710><c> word,</c><00:29:15.230><c> yetzar,</c>

00:29:15.589 --> 00:29:18.369
which<00:29:15.869><c> is</c><00:29:16.170><c> used</c><00:29:16.549><c> to</c><00:29:17.150><c> squeeze</c><00:29:17.609><c> into</c><00:29:17.910><c> a</c><00:29:18.190><c> shape,</c>

00:29:18.529 --> 00:29:21.609
as<00:29:18.609><c> if</c><00:29:18.750><c> it's</c><00:29:19.349><c> being</c><00:29:19.730><c> molded</c><00:29:20.170><c> into</c><00:29:20.490><c> a</c><00:29:20.769><c> form.</c>

00:29:21.670 --> 00:29:23.849
And<00:29:21.829><c> that's</c><00:29:21.990><c> what</c><00:29:22.150><c> we</c><00:29:22.410><c> read</c><00:29:22.569><c> about</c><00:29:22.809><c> with</c><00:29:23.089><c> man.</c>

00:29:23.869 --> 00:29:26.049
So<00:29:24.029><c> what</c><00:29:24.230><c> is</c><00:29:24.410><c> it</c><00:29:24.549><c> about</c><00:29:24.809><c> the</c><00:29:25.109><c> natural</c><00:29:25.509><c> creation?</c>

00:29:26.150 --> 00:29:32.089
Well,<00:29:27.069><c> it's</c><00:29:27.269><c> taking</c><00:29:27.789><c> man</c><00:29:28.569><c> from</c><00:29:29.569><c> basic</c><00:29:30.230><c> dust</c><00:29:30.690><c> of</c><00:29:30.869><c> the</c><00:29:31.130><c> ground.</c>

00:29:32.250 --> 00:29:38.130
God<00:29:32.710><c> took</c><00:29:33.349><c> Adam</c><00:29:33.769><c> from</c><00:29:34.430><c> this</c><00:29:34.809><c> soil</c><00:29:35.230><c> and</c><00:29:36.049><c> made</c><00:29:36.490><c> him</c><00:29:36.910><c> a</c><00:29:37.369><c> living</c><00:29:37.650><c> being.</c>

00:29:38.369 --> 00:29:40.950
And<00:29:38.670><c> he</c><00:29:38.910><c> shaped</c><00:29:39.309><c> man,</c><00:29:39.829><c> not</c><00:29:40.049><c> just</c><00:29:40.269><c> in</c><00:29:40.430><c> any</c><00:29:40.650><c> way,</c>

00:29:41.289 --> 00:29:44.009
but<00:29:41.390><c> he</c><00:29:41.710><c> shaped</c><00:29:41.950><c> man</c><00:29:42.250><c> in</c><00:29:42.450><c> a</c><00:29:42.549><c> way</c><00:29:42.730><c> that</c><00:29:42.890><c> he</c><00:29:43.049><c> could</c><00:29:43.269><c> be</c><00:29:43.509><c> equipped</c>

00:29:44.009 --> 00:29:47.210
to<00:29:44.490><c> do</c><00:29:44.710><c> all</c><00:29:45.170><c> the</c><00:29:45.450><c> tasks</c><00:29:45.829><c> in</c><00:29:46.150><c> the</c><00:29:46.329><c> garden.</c>

00:29:47.549 --> 00:29:51.049
He<00:29:47.630><c> had</c><00:29:47.849><c> arms</c><00:29:48.250><c> to</c><00:29:48.490><c> lift,</c><00:29:48.890><c> he</c><00:29:48.890><c> had</c><00:29:49.549><c> feet</c><00:29:50.009><c> that</c><00:29:50.309><c> allowed</c><00:29:50.490><c> him</c><00:29:50.630><c> to</c><00:29:50.869><c> walk,</c>

00:29:51.150 --> 00:29:53.930
eyes<00:29:51.490><c> to</c><00:29:51.789><c> see,</c><00:29:52.349><c> a</c><00:29:52.589><c> back</c><00:29:52.849><c> that</c><00:29:53.009><c> was</c><00:29:53.210><c> able</c><00:29:53.430><c> to</c><00:29:53.690><c> bend,</c>

00:29:54.069 --> 00:29:55.410
all<00:29:54.369><c> those</c><00:29:54.589><c> things</c><00:29:54.849><c> were</c><00:29:55.089><c> involved.</c>

00:29:55.750 --> 00:29:59.789
But<00:29:55.950><c> most</c><00:29:56.329><c> importantly,</c><00:29:57.450><c> he</c><00:29:57.730><c> formed</c><00:29:58.089><c> man</c><00:29:58.529><c> to</c><00:29:58.849><c> have</c><00:29:59.029><c> a</c><00:29:59.309><c> mind</c>

00:29:59.789 --> 00:30:02.630
that<00:30:00.250><c> was</c><00:30:00.630><c> capable</c><00:30:01.170><c> of</c><00:30:01.650><c> spiritual</c><00:30:02.109><c> thought</c>

00:30:02.630 --> 00:30:04.650
and<00:30:03.170><c> fellowship</c><00:30:03.549><c> with</c><00:30:03.769><c> God.</c>

00:30:04.809 --> 00:30:08.329
It<00:30:04.990><c> was</c><00:30:05.349><c> a</c><00:30:05.529><c> habitation</c><00:30:06.450><c> for</c><00:30:07.329><c> God,</c>

00:30:08.789 --> 00:30:11.069
the<00:30:09.089><c> ability</c><00:30:09.509><c> for</c><00:30:09.849><c> him</c><00:30:10.009><c> to</c><00:30:10.170><c> have</c><00:30:10.309><c> a</c><00:30:10.549><c> mind</c>

00:30:11.069 --> 00:30:13.490
which<00:30:11.670><c> could</c><00:30:11.910><c> be</c><00:30:12.269><c> in</c><00:30:12.490><c> harmony</c><00:30:12.789><c> with</c><00:30:13.009><c> God.</c>

00:30:13.490 --> 00:30:17.869
Man<00:30:14.250><c> was</c><00:30:14.589><c> the</c><00:30:15.170><c> work</c><00:30:15.410><c> of</c><00:30:15.630><c> God's</c><00:30:16.049><c> hand,</c><00:30:16.269><c> the</c><00:30:16.569><c> handiwork,</c>

00:30:18.049 --> 00:30:19.869
his<00:30:18.309><c> handiwork,</c><00:30:19.049><c> work</c><00:30:19.329><c> of</c><00:30:19.529><c> art,</c>

00:30:20.150 --> 00:30:22.029
and<00:30:20.349><c> the</c><00:30:20.650><c> standout</c><00:30:21.029><c> of</c><00:30:21.190><c> all</c><00:30:21.329><c> his</c><00:30:21.589><c> creation.</c>

00:30:22.450 --> 00:30:25.470
And<00:30:22.589><c> he</c><00:30:22.670><c> was</c><00:30:23.029><c> formed</c><00:30:23.549><c> to</c><00:30:24.210><c> be</c><00:30:24.450><c> able</c><00:30:24.750><c> to</c><00:30:24.990><c> do</c><00:30:25.230><c> work</c>

00:30:25.470 --> 00:30:27.450
which<00:30:25.769><c> God</c><00:30:26.170><c> intended</c><00:30:26.710><c> him</c><00:30:26.930><c> to</c><00:30:27.150><c> do.</c>

00:30:27.809 --> 00:30:30.230
Man<00:30:28.109><c> was</c><00:30:28.470><c> formed</c><00:30:28.829><c> with</c><00:30:29.230><c> purpose.</c>

00:30:31.369 --> 00:30:32.829
Now<00:30:31.549><c> that's</c><00:30:31.829><c> the</c><00:30:31.950><c> natural</c><00:30:32.329><c> creation.</c>

00:30:33.049 --> 00:30:36.910
Begins<00:30:33.390><c> in</c><00:30:33.609><c> darkness,</c><00:30:34.529><c> a</c><00:30:34.789><c> world</c><00:30:34.970><c> without</c><00:30:35.309><c> light,</c><00:30:35.650><c> without</c><00:30:35.950><c> hope,</c>

00:30:37.210 --> 00:30:40.890
nothing<00:30:37.529><c> that</c><00:30:37.910><c> man</c><00:30:38.230><c> did</c><00:30:38.829><c> assisted</c><00:30:39.730><c> in</c><00:30:39.910><c> the</c><00:30:40.130><c> creative</c><00:30:40.369><c> process.</c>

00:30:40.890 --> 00:30:44.049
He<00:30:41.289><c> was</c><00:30:41.490><c> unconscious,</c><00:30:42.150><c> he</c><00:30:42.170><c> was</c><00:30:42.670><c> out</c><00:30:42.849><c> of</c><00:30:42.970><c> the</c><00:30:43.150><c> soil.</c>

00:30:44.250 --> 00:30:46.490
While<00:30:44.490><c> in</c><00:30:44.730><c> darkness,</c><00:30:45.589><c> God</c><00:30:45.809><c> sends</c><00:30:46.130><c> light,</c>

00:30:46.690 --> 00:30:49.430
and<00:30:46.869><c> Adam</c><00:30:47.230><c> was</c><00:30:47.930><c> then</c><00:30:48.309><c> specifically</c><00:30:48.849><c> formed</c>

00:30:49.430 --> 00:30:51.910
for<00:30:49.950><c> the</c><00:30:50.170><c> work</c><00:30:50.349><c> that</c><00:30:50.529><c> was</c><00:30:50.849><c> planned</c><00:30:51.150><c> for</c><00:30:51.309><c> him</c><00:30:51.450><c> to</c><00:30:51.670><c> do.</c>

00:30:52.190 --> 00:30:54.269
And<00:30:52.289><c> it</c><00:30:52.349><c> was</c><00:30:52.549><c> the</c><00:30:52.869><c> spirit</c><00:30:53.230><c> power</c><00:30:53.609><c> physically</c>

00:30:54.269 --> 00:30:56.630
that<00:30:54.990><c> quickened</c><00:30:55.390><c> Adam,</c><00:30:55.750><c> that</c><00:30:55.829><c> made</c><00:30:55.970><c> him</c><00:30:56.170><c> alive</c>

00:30:56.630 --> 00:30:59.769
and<00:30:57.130><c> gave</c><00:30:57.390><c> him</c><00:30:57.650><c> breath</c><00:30:57.930><c> to</c><00:30:58.170><c> make</c><00:30:58.309><c> him</c><00:30:58.509><c> a</c><00:30:58.609><c> living</c><00:30:58.829><c> being.</c>

00:31:01.289 --> 00:31:03.710
All<00:31:01.470><c> right,</c><00:31:01.589><c> so</c><00:31:01.750><c> let's</c><00:31:01.869><c> move</c><00:31:02.109><c> on</c><00:31:02.369><c> to</c><00:31:02.529><c> the</c><00:31:02.849><c> spiritual</c><00:31:03.230><c> creation.</c>

00:31:04.109 --> 00:31:06.210
What<00:31:04.329><c> about</c><00:31:04.589><c> the</c><00:31:04.930><c> spiritual</c><00:31:05.230><c> creation?</c>

00:31:06.789 --> 00:31:07.970
Well,<00:31:07.029><c> in</c><00:31:07.190><c> this</c><00:31:07.430><c> creation,</c>

00:31:07.970 --> 00:31:10.890
we<00:31:08.250><c> see</c><00:31:08.609><c> that</c><00:31:08.910><c> man's</c><00:31:10.109><c> spiritual</c><00:31:10.490><c> creation</c>

00:31:10.890 --> 00:31:12.970
was<00:31:11.269><c> also</c><00:31:11.609><c> out</c><00:31:11.829><c> of</c><00:31:11.990><c> darkness.</c>

00:31:13.170 --> 00:31:16.769
We<00:31:13.410><c> too</c><00:31:13.630><c> were</c><00:31:14.049><c> spiritually</c><00:31:14.549><c> without</c><00:31:14.970><c> form</c><00:31:15.509><c> and</c><00:31:16.369><c> void.</c>

00:31:17.049 --> 00:31:18.670
We<00:31:17.069><c> were</c><00:31:17.349><c> without</c><00:31:17.650><c> hope.</c>

00:31:19.109 --> 00:31:22.210
Aliens<00:31:19.789><c> from</c><00:31:20.130><c> the</c><00:31:20.329><c> Commonwealth</c><00:31:20.650><c> of</c><00:31:20.829><c> Israel,</c><00:31:21.250><c> weren't</c><00:31:21.349><c> we?</c>

00:31:22.450 --> 00:31:24.289
Nothing<00:31:22.789><c> about</c><00:31:23.109><c> our</c><00:31:23.490><c> spiritual</c><00:31:23.829><c> creation</c>

00:31:24.289 --> 00:31:28.470
was<00:31:24.549><c> due</c><00:31:24.730><c> to</c><00:31:24.970><c> our</c><00:31:25.130><c> own</c><00:31:25.349><c> power,</c><00:31:26.269><c> but</c><00:31:26.430><c> the</c><00:31:26.630><c> power</c><00:31:27.190><c> of</c><00:31:27.710><c> the</c><00:31:27.930><c> potter.</c>

00:31:28.849 --> 00:31:33.390
God<00:31:29.230><c> formed</c><00:31:29.809><c> in</c><00:31:30.269><c> Christ</c><00:31:30.710><c> the</c><00:31:31.089><c> new</c><00:31:31.329><c> man</c><00:31:31.789><c> in</c><00:31:32.150><c> his</c><00:31:32.450><c> image</c>

00:31:33.410 --> 00:31:37.309
with<00:31:33.769><c> a</c><00:31:34.029><c> purpose,</c><00:31:35.009><c> and</c><00:31:35.210><c> that</c><00:31:35.490><c> purpose</c><00:31:35.849><c> was</c><00:31:36.150><c> to</c><00:31:36.410><c> develop</c><00:31:36.630><c> a</c><00:31:36.869><c> mind</c>

00:31:37.309 --> 00:31:40.849
like<00:31:37.970><c> his</c><00:31:38.470><c> and</c><00:31:39.329><c> to</c><00:31:39.549><c> do</c><00:31:39.690><c> good</c><00:31:39.930><c> work.</c>

00:31:41.170 --> 00:31:44.569
So<00:31:41.490><c> man</c><00:31:41.990><c> would</c><00:31:42.549><c> be</c><00:31:42.869><c> capable</c><00:31:43.269><c> in</c><00:31:43.549><c> the</c><00:31:43.710><c> new</c><00:31:43.930><c> creation</c>

00:31:44.569 --> 00:31:48.869
of<00:31:45.289><c> either</c><00:31:45.670><c> reflecting</c><00:31:46.250><c> God's</c><00:31:47.029><c> character</c><00:31:47.430><c> or</c><00:31:48.329><c> failing</c>

00:31:48.869 --> 00:31:50.849
and<00:31:49.730><c> adhering</c><00:31:50.190><c> to</c><00:31:50.329><c> the</c><00:31:50.569><c> flesh.</c>

00:31:51.289 --> 00:31:55.029
It's<00:31:51.569><c> a</c><00:31:51.670><c> matter</c><00:31:51.869><c> of</c><00:31:52.130><c> choice,</c><00:31:53.150><c> as</c><00:31:53.230><c> it</c><00:31:53.369><c> has</c><00:31:53.509><c> always</c><00:31:53.809><c> been</c><00:31:54.089><c> true.</c>

00:31:55.509 --> 00:31:56.829
Justice<00:31:55.930><c> has</c><00:31:56.190><c> always</c><00:31:56.430><c> been</c><00:31:56.609><c> true,</c>

00:31:56.829 --> 00:31:58.930
even<00:31:57.069><c> with</c><00:31:57.390><c> the</c><00:31:57.589><c> original</c><00:31:57.970><c> creation.</c>

00:31:58.990 --> 00:32:01.809
And<00:31:59.170><c> so</c><00:31:59.269><c> when</c><00:31:59.390><c> we</c><00:31:59.529><c> read</c><00:31:59.730><c> passages</c><00:32:00.109><c> like</c><00:32:00.430><c> this</c><00:32:00.609><c> in</c><00:32:00.750><c> John</c><00:32:01.009><c> chapter</c><00:32:01.369><c> one,</c>

00:32:01.990 --> 00:32:03.670
we<00:32:02.349><c> read</c><00:32:02.569><c> about</c><00:32:02.789><c> this</c><00:32:03.009><c> new</c><00:32:03.190><c> creation,</c>

00:32:04.150 --> 00:32:06.950
talking<00:32:04.630><c> about</c><00:32:04.890><c> how</c><00:32:05.150><c> the</c><00:32:05.390><c> word</c><00:32:05.750><c> in</c><00:32:06.509><c> the</c><00:32:06.710><c> beginning</c>

00:32:06.950 --> 00:32:09.730
was<00:32:07.210><c> the</c><00:32:07.450><c> word</c><00:32:07.609><c> and</c><00:32:07.710><c> the</c><00:32:07.950><c> word</c><00:32:08.109><c> was</c><00:32:08.529><c> with</c><00:32:08.970><c> God</c>

00:32:11.049 --> 00:32:13.150
and<00:32:11.569><c> the</c><00:32:11.750><c> word</c><00:32:12.029><c> was</c><00:32:12.309><c> God.</c>

00:32:13.170 --> 00:32:16.349
And<00:32:13.470><c> we</c><00:32:13.670><c> read</c><00:32:13.890><c> these</c><00:32:14.130><c> passages</c><00:32:14.569><c> and</c><00:32:14.829><c> we</c><00:32:15.069><c> see</c><00:32:15.349><c> it's</c><00:32:15.670><c> about</c>

00:32:16.349 --> 00:32:19.910
light<00:32:16.849><c> shining</c><00:32:17.210><c> in</c><00:32:17.470><c> darkness</c><00:32:17.970><c> and</c><00:32:18.650><c> darkness</c><00:32:19.230><c> comprehending</c>

00:32:19.910 --> 00:32:21.009
it<00:32:20.210><c> not.</c>

00:32:22.130 --> 00:32:25.349
So<00:32:22.410><c> we</c><00:32:22.609><c> read</c><00:32:22.750><c> in</c><00:32:22.910><c> John</c><00:32:23.190><c> chapter</c><00:32:23.529><c> one,</c><00:32:24.009><c> this</c><00:32:24.029><c> passage,</c>

00:32:25.450 --> 00:32:27.410
verses<00:32:25.849><c> nine</c><00:32:26.170><c> through</c><00:32:26.349><c> 13.</c>

00:32:27.710 --> 00:32:29.150
That<00:32:27.849><c> was</c><00:32:28.250><c> the</c><00:32:28.450><c> true</c><00:32:28.670><c> light,</c>

00:32:29.309 --> 00:32:31.789
which<00:32:29.690><c> lighteth</c><00:32:30.009><c> every</c><00:32:30.470><c> man</c><00:32:30.710><c> that</c><00:32:30.950><c> cometh</c><00:32:31.170><c> into</c><00:32:31.329><c> the</c><00:32:31.549><c> world.</c>

00:32:32.009 --> 00:32:35.390
He<00:32:32.250><c> was</c><00:32:32.470><c> in</c><00:32:32.630><c> the</c><00:32:32.849><c> world</c><00:32:33.250><c> and</c><00:32:34.069><c> the</c><00:32:34.309><c> world</c><00:32:34.549><c> was</c><00:32:34.789><c> made</c><00:32:35.009><c> by</c><00:32:35.250><c> him</c>

00:32:35.390 --> 00:32:36.809
and<00:32:35.470><c> the</c><00:32:35.549><c> world</c><00:32:35.869><c> knew</c><00:32:36.109><c> him</c><00:32:36.369><c> not.</c>

00:32:37.210 --> 00:32:40.329
He<00:32:37.410><c> came</c><00:32:37.809><c> unto</c><00:32:38.170><c> his</c><00:32:38.410><c> own</c><00:32:38.730><c> and</c><00:32:39.009><c> his</c><00:32:39.170><c> own</c><00:32:39.349><c> received</c><00:32:39.769><c> him</c><00:32:39.990><c> not.</c>

00:32:40.730 --> 00:32:44.369
But<00:32:40.869><c> as</c><00:32:41.230><c> many</c><00:32:41.609><c> as</c><00:32:42.130><c> received</c><00:32:42.630><c> him,</c><00:32:43.349><c> here</c><00:32:43.690><c> we</c><00:32:43.890><c> go</c><00:32:44.069><c> again,</c>

00:32:44.450 --> 00:32:48.829
there's<00:32:44.710><c> another</c><00:32:45.309><c> Volkswagen,</c><00:32:47.109><c> as</c><00:32:47.390><c> many</c><00:32:47.650><c> as</c><00:32:47.910><c> received</c><00:32:48.329><c> him,</c>

00:32:49.049 --> 00:32:56.930
to<00:32:49.329><c> them</c><00:32:50.170><c> gave</c><00:32:50.930><c> he</c><00:32:51.869><c> power</c><00:32:52.549><c> to</c><00:32:53.829><c> become</c><00:32:54.650><c> the</c><00:32:55.609><c> sons</c><00:32:56.069><c> of</c><00:32:56.430><c> God.</c>

00:32:57.269 --> 00:32:59.109
Even<00:32:57.589><c> to</c><00:32:57.789><c> them</c><00:32:57.910><c> that</c><00:32:58.230><c> believe</c><00:32:58.369><c> on</c><00:32:58.509><c> his</c><00:32:58.750><c> name,</c>

00:32:59.450 --> 00:33:02.950
which<00:32:59.650><c> were</c><00:32:59.930><c> born</c><00:33:00.170><c> not</c><00:33:00.529><c> of</c><00:33:00.750><c> blood,</c><00:33:01.630><c> nor</c><00:33:01.789><c> of</c><00:33:01.930><c> the</c><00:33:02.109><c> will</c><00:33:02.230><c> of</c><00:33:02.390><c> the</c><00:33:02.630><c> flesh,</c>

00:33:02.950 --> 00:33:05.849
nor<00:33:03.450><c> of</c><00:33:03.670><c> the</c><00:33:03.750><c> will</c><00:33:03.869><c> of</c><00:33:04.109><c> man,</c><00:33:05.130><c> but</c><00:33:05.250><c> of</c><00:33:05.410><c> God.</c>

00:33:06.329 --> 00:33:09.289
So<00:33:06.569><c> the</c><00:33:06.730><c> new</c><00:33:06.950><c> creation</c><00:33:07.470><c> is</c><00:33:07.970><c> formed</c><00:33:08.289><c> on</c><00:33:08.809><c> choice.</c>

00:33:09.710 --> 00:33:11.309
The<00:33:09.849><c> light's</c><00:33:10.089><c> available</c><00:33:10.450><c> to</c><00:33:10.710><c> all</c><00:33:10.890><c> men,</c>

00:33:11.670 --> 00:33:13.509
but<00:33:11.809><c> you</c><00:33:11.990><c> have</c><00:33:12.170><c> to</c><00:33:12.410><c> choose</c><00:33:12.650><c> it.</c>

00:33:13.609 --> 00:33:16.549
And<00:33:13.789><c> if</c><00:33:13.930><c> they</c><00:33:14.150><c> do,</c><00:33:14.410><c> they</c><00:33:14.529><c> are</c><00:33:14.769><c> born</c><00:33:15.029><c> of</c><00:33:15.190><c> God</c><00:33:15.450><c> and</c><00:33:15.670><c> given</c><00:33:15.890><c> power</c>

00:33:16.549 --> 00:33:19.470
to<00:33:17.029><c> become</c><00:33:17.730><c> the</c><00:33:18.190><c> sons</c><00:33:18.390><c> of</c><00:33:18.549><c> God.</c>

00:33:19.529 --> 00:33:21.390
And<00:33:19.710><c> that's</c><00:33:19.849><c> why</c><00:33:20.009><c> we</c><00:33:20.190><c> read</c><00:33:20.349><c> in</c><00:33:20.549><c> places</c><00:33:20.789><c> like</c>

00:33:21.390 --> 00:33:24.390
first<00:33:21.670><c> Peter</c><00:33:21.930><c> chapter</c><00:33:22.289><c> two,</c><00:33:23.470><c> speaking</c><00:33:23.670><c> to</c><00:33:23.990><c> believers,</c>

00:33:24.549 --> 00:33:28.289
ye<00:33:24.809><c> are</c><00:33:25.269><c> a</c><00:33:25.529><c> chosen</c><00:33:25.910><c> generation,</c><00:33:27.130><c> a</c><00:33:27.529><c> royal</c><00:33:27.849><c> priesthood,</c>

00:33:28.369 --> 00:33:31.509
a<00:33:28.569><c> holy</c><00:33:28.730><c> nation,</c><00:33:30.269><c> a</c><00:33:30.430><c> peculiar</c><00:33:30.910><c> people,</c>

00:33:31.509 --> 00:33:34.329
that<00:33:32.069><c> ye</c><00:33:32.269><c> should</c><00:33:32.529><c> show</c><00:33:32.869><c> forth</c><00:33:33.130><c> the</c><00:33:33.390><c> praises</c><00:33:33.670><c> of</c><00:33:33.890><c> him</c>

00:33:34.329 --> 00:33:39.630
who<00:33:34.930><c> hath</c><00:33:35.190><c> called</c><00:33:35.569><c> you</c><00:33:35.869><c> out</c><00:33:36.130><c> of</c><00:33:36.410><c> darkness</c><00:33:36.990><c> into</c><00:33:37.869><c> his</c><00:33:38.150><c> marvelous</c><00:33:38.569><c> light.</c>

00:33:40.509 --> 00:33:42.549
Now<00:33:40.690><c> we</c><00:33:40.730><c> don't</c><00:33:40.910><c> really</c><00:33:41.089><c> have</c><00:33:41.309><c> time,</c><00:33:41.710><c> especially</c><00:33:42.049><c> today,</c>

00:33:42.750 --> 00:33:44.329
to<00:33:42.869><c> go</c><00:33:43.069><c> through</c><00:33:43.230><c> all</c><00:33:43.509><c> these</c><00:33:43.750><c> in</c><00:33:43.970><c> detail,</c>

00:33:44.369 --> 00:33:47.730
but<00:33:44.849><c> the</c><00:33:45.349><c> number</c><00:33:45.670><c> of</c><00:33:45.990><c> allusions</c><00:33:46.349><c> to</c><00:33:46.630><c> being</c><00:33:46.930><c> made</c><00:33:47.329><c> alive,</c>

00:33:47.849 --> 00:33:49.650
to<00:33:47.990><c> being</c><00:33:48.349><c> quickened</c><00:33:48.769><c> by</c><00:33:49.009><c> the</c><00:33:49.329><c> spirit,</c>

00:33:49.970 --> 00:33:51.890
and<00:33:50.210><c> these</c><00:33:50.329><c> are</c><00:33:50.490><c> only</c><00:33:50.670><c> a</c><00:33:50.910><c> few</c><00:33:51.029><c> of</c><00:33:51.210><c> the</c><00:33:51.470><c> examples,</c>

00:33:52.190 --> 00:33:54.630
they're<00:33:52.470><c> all</c><00:33:52.869><c> through</c><00:33:53.289><c> the</c><00:33:53.450><c> New</c><00:33:53.650><c> Testament.</c>

00:33:54.650 --> 00:33:57.289
It<00:33:54.829><c> is</c><00:33:55.049><c> the</c><00:33:55.309><c> spirit</c><00:33:55.809><c> that</c><00:33:56.109><c> quickeneth.</c>

00:33:57.569 --> 00:33:59.170
The<00:33:57.970><c> words</c><00:33:58.230><c> that</c><00:33:58.390><c> I</c><00:33:58.609><c> speak</c><00:33:58.789><c> to</c><00:33:58.970><c> you,</c>

00:33:59.170 --> 00:34:01.490
they<00:33:59.329><c> are</c><00:33:59.750><c> spirit</c><00:34:00.210><c> and</c><00:34:00.730><c> they</c><00:34:00.930><c> are</c><00:34:01.069><c> life.</c>

00:34:01.950 --> 00:34:06.109
Romans<00:34:02.150><c> six,</c><00:34:04.390><c> speaking</c><00:34:04.630><c> about</c><00:34:04.829><c> he</c><00:34:04.990><c> shall</c><00:34:05.269><c> also</c><00:34:05.829><c> quicken</c>

00:34:06.109 --> 00:34:09.530
your<00:34:06.390><c> mortal</c><00:34:06.670><c> bodies</c><00:34:07.150><c> by</c><00:34:07.670><c> his</c><00:34:08.090><c> spirit</c><00:34:08.389><c> that</c><00:34:08.650><c> dwelleth</c><00:34:09.010><c> in</c><00:34:09.190><c> you.</c>

00:34:09.849 --> 00:34:12.050
Ephesians<00:34:10.329><c> two,</c><00:34:11.409><c> verse</c><00:34:11.610><c> one,</c>

00:34:12.329 --> 00:34:15.070
that<00:34:12.469><c> he</c><00:34:12.730><c> hath</c><00:34:13.030><c> quickened</c><00:34:13.409><c> us</c><00:34:13.570><c> together</c><00:34:13.889><c> with</c><00:34:14.130><c> Christ.</c>

00:34:15.190 --> 00:34:17.769
Colossians<00:34:15.670><c> chapter</c><00:34:16.070><c> two,</c><00:34:16.449><c> verse</c><00:34:16.630><c> 13,</c>

00:34:17.789 --> 00:34:20.010
that<00:34:18.150><c> he</c><00:34:18.389><c> hath</c><00:34:18.630><c> quickened</c><00:34:18.989><c> together</c><00:34:19.409><c> with</c><00:34:19.630><c> him,</c>

00:34:20.269 --> 00:34:22.369
having<00:34:20.570><c> forgiven</c><00:34:20.989><c> you</c><00:34:21.409><c> all</c><00:34:21.610><c> your</c><00:34:21.869><c> trespasses.</c>

00:34:22.670 --> 00:34:24.789
So<00:34:22.929><c> we</c><00:34:23.090><c> get</c><00:34:23.250><c> this</c><00:34:23.510><c> idea</c><00:34:23.849><c> of</c><00:34:23.949><c> being</c><00:34:24.210><c> made</c><00:34:24.530><c> alive,</c>

00:34:24.789 --> 00:34:26.750
we<00:34:24.789><c> are</c><00:34:24.829><c> part</c><00:34:25.070><c> of</c><00:34:25.269><c> a</c><00:34:25.369><c> new</c><00:34:25.570><c> creation</c>

00:34:27.090 --> 00:34:29.809
that<00:34:27.389><c> is</c><00:34:27.889><c> made</c><00:34:28.130><c> very</c><00:34:28.489><c> clear</c><00:34:28.929><c> in</c><00:34:29.469><c> scripture.</c>

00:34:29.929 --> 00:34:31.409
So<00:34:30.090><c> there</c><00:34:30.230><c> are</c><00:34:30.449><c> the</c><00:34:30.630><c> two</c><00:34:30.809><c> creations,</c>

00:34:31.889 --> 00:34:34.369
the<00:34:32.150><c> natural</c><00:34:32.530><c> creation</c><00:34:33.050><c> and</c><00:34:33.469><c> the</c><00:34:33.630><c> new</c><00:34:33.809><c> creation,</c>

00:34:34.789 --> 00:34:36.909
but<00:34:35.010><c> the</c><00:34:35.309><c> importance</c><00:34:35.630><c> of</c><00:34:35.809><c> this</c><00:34:35.989><c> topic</c><00:34:36.289><c> is</c><00:34:36.550><c> this,</c>

00:34:37.389 --> 00:34:40.210
it's<00:34:37.829><c> always</c><00:34:38.389><c> the</c><00:34:38.610><c> spirit</c><00:34:38.889><c> of</c><00:34:39.050><c> God</c><00:34:39.250><c> that</c><00:34:39.429><c> gives</c><00:34:39.590><c> life,</c>

00:34:40.449 --> 00:34:44.050
both<00:34:40.730><c> to</c><00:34:40.889><c> the</c><00:34:40.989><c> physical</c><00:34:41.530><c> creation</c><00:34:42.150><c> as</c><00:34:42.889><c> well</c><00:34:43.150><c> as</c><00:34:43.309><c> to</c><00:34:43.429><c> the</c><00:34:43.710><c> spiritual.</c>

00:34:44.429 --> 00:34:47.110
And<00:34:44.630><c> the</c><00:34:44.949><c> spirit</c><00:34:45.269><c> itself</c><00:34:45.889><c> is</c><00:34:46.050><c> what</c><00:34:46.510><c> quickens</c>

00:34:47.110 --> 00:34:50.090
and<00:34:47.610><c> delivers</c><00:34:48.130><c> from</c><00:34:48.530><c> darkness</c><00:34:48.969><c> to</c><00:34:49.269><c> light.</c>

00:34:50.230 --> 00:34:52.769
We<00:34:50.510><c> are</c><00:34:50.849><c> quickened</c><00:34:51.349><c> in</c><00:34:51.769><c> the</c><00:34:51.949><c> new</c><00:34:52.170><c> creation</c>

00:34:52.769 --> 00:34:57.269
to<00:34:53.130><c> be</c><00:34:53.409><c> alive</c><00:34:53.809><c> unto</c><00:34:54.010><c> God</c><00:34:54.369><c> through</c><00:34:54.630><c> Jesus</c><00:34:55.030><c> Christ</c><00:34:55.389><c> our</c><00:34:55.570><c> Lord</c><00:34:55.989><c> now.</c>

00:34:58.110 --> 00:35:01.429
And<00:34:58.269><c> the</c><00:34:58.550><c> spirit's</c><00:34:59.050><c> new</c><00:34:59.230><c> creation</c><00:34:59.750><c> then</c><00:35:00.130><c> begins</c><00:35:00.489><c> a</c><00:35:00.750><c> process</c>

00:35:01.429 --> 00:35:03.409
within<00:35:01.869><c> us</c><00:35:02.070><c> to</c><00:35:02.190><c> be</c><00:35:02.489><c> free</c><00:35:02.730><c> from</c><00:35:03.050><c> sin</c>

00:35:03.409 --> 00:35:06.070
and<00:35:03.949><c> empowered</c><00:35:04.429><c> unto</c><00:35:04.730><c> all</c><00:35:05.010><c> good</c><00:35:05.210><c> works.</c>

00:35:06.090 --> 00:35:08.510
It's<00:35:06.309><c> this</c><00:35:06.590><c> new</c><00:35:06.889><c> creation</c><00:35:07.389><c> where</c><00:35:07.670><c> both</c><00:35:07.929><c> our</c><00:35:08.190><c> Lord</c>

00:35:08.510 --> 00:35:11.610
and<00:35:09.170><c> his</c><00:35:09.429><c> father</c><00:35:09.730><c> will</c><00:35:10.030><c> make</c><00:35:10.230><c> their</c><00:35:10.489><c> abode.</c>

00:35:11.630 --> 00:35:16.670
And<00:35:11.789><c> the</c><00:35:11.949><c> word</c><00:35:12.150><c> provided</c><00:35:12.690><c> is</c><00:35:13.610><c> a</c><00:35:13.969><c> lead</c><00:35:14.170><c> part</c><00:35:14.710><c> in</c><00:35:15.250><c> this</c><00:35:15.550><c> transformation.</c>

00:35:18.250 --> 00:35:19.929
So<00:35:18.570><c> some</c><00:35:18.750><c> of</c><00:35:18.869><c> the</c><00:35:18.969><c> questions</c><00:35:19.289><c> we'll</c><00:35:19.610><c> examine</c>

00:35:19.929 --> 00:35:21.230
as<00:35:20.130><c> we</c><00:35:20.269><c> go</c><00:35:20.429><c> through</c><00:35:20.610><c> the</c><00:35:20.769><c> week</c><00:35:20.909><c> is,</c>

00:35:21.230 --> 00:35:25.090
how<00:35:21.590><c> then</c><00:35:22.110><c> does</c><00:35:22.510><c> the</c><00:35:22.829><c> spirit</c><00:35:23.110><c> dwell</c><00:35:23.809><c> with</c><00:35:24.110><c> believers?</c>

00:35:25.429 --> 00:35:28.409
How<00:35:25.809><c> specifically</c><00:35:26.409><c> is</c><00:35:26.849><c> the</c><00:35:27.150><c> spirit</c><00:35:27.369><c> active?</c>

00:35:28.590 --> 00:35:31.289
How<00:35:28.809><c> is</c><00:35:29.010><c> the</c><00:35:29.289><c> spirit</c><00:35:29.489><c> involved</c><00:35:29.989><c> in</c><00:35:30.150><c> our</c><00:35:30.369><c> prayers?</c>

00:35:31.369 --> 00:35:33.909
And<00:35:31.510><c> how</c><00:35:31.690><c> are</c><00:35:31.849><c> we</c><00:35:31.969><c> to</c><00:35:32.190><c> understand</c><00:35:32.670><c> the</c><00:35:32.889><c> work</c><00:35:33.030><c> of</c><00:35:33.170><c> the</c><00:35:33.449><c> spirit</c>

00:35:33.909 --> 00:35:36.630
and<00:35:34.389><c> the</c><00:35:34.570><c> work</c><00:35:35.010><c> of</c><00:35:35.250><c> Jesus</c><00:35:35.610><c> Christ?</c>

00:35:36.710 --> 00:35:39.769
And<00:35:36.909><c> what</c><00:35:36.989><c> does</c><00:35:37.130><c> it</c><00:35:37.349><c> mean</c><00:35:37.610><c> to</c><00:35:37.849><c> be</c><00:35:38.070><c> led</c><00:35:38.530><c> by</c><00:35:39.110><c> the</c><00:35:39.429><c> spirit?</c>

00:35:40.250 --> 00:35:42.190
And<00:35:40.570><c> finally</c><00:35:40.789><c> then,</c><00:35:41.289><c> what</c><00:35:41.449><c> is</c><00:35:41.650><c> the</c><00:35:41.889><c> role</c>

00:35:42.190 --> 00:35:44.929
of<00:35:42.650><c> the</c><00:35:42.869><c> word</c><00:35:43.170><c> in</c><00:35:43.449><c> our</c><00:35:43.769><c> spirit</c><00:35:43.989><c> life?</c>

00:35:45.650 --> 00:35:47.849
Now<00:35:46.210><c> we</c><00:35:46.289><c> talked</c><00:35:46.550><c> earlier</c><00:35:46.789><c> about</c><00:35:47.050><c> flesh</c><00:35:47.309><c> and</c><00:35:47.650><c> spirit,</c>

00:35:47.869 --> 00:35:49.869
so<00:35:48.030><c> let's</c><00:35:48.190><c> come</c><00:35:48.429><c> back</c><00:35:48.610><c> to</c><00:35:48.750><c> that</c><00:35:48.969><c> topic.</c>

00:35:51.230 --> 00:35:54.469
We're<00:35:51.730><c> familiar</c><00:35:52.090><c> with</c><00:35:52.269><c> these</c><00:35:52.449><c> passages,</c><00:35:53.150><c> Colossians</c><00:35:53.530><c> chapter</c><00:35:53.929><c> three.</c>

00:35:54.809 --> 00:35:57.630
If<00:35:55.010><c> ye</c><00:35:55.250><c> be</c><00:35:55.489><c> risen</c><00:35:55.809><c> with</c><00:35:56.070><c> Christ,</c><00:35:56.789><c> seek</c><00:35:57.050><c> those</c><00:35:57.349><c> things</c>

00:35:57.630 --> 00:36:00.070
which<00:35:57.889><c> are</c><00:35:58.130><c> above,</c><00:35:58.809><c> where</c><00:35:59.090><c> Christ</c><00:35:59.730><c> sitteth</c>

00:36:00.070 --> 00:36:01.230
on<00:36:00.230><c> the</c><00:36:00.409><c> right</c><00:36:00.590><c> hand</c><00:36:00.769><c> of</c><00:36:00.909><c> God.</c>

00:36:01.650 --> 00:36:03.670
Set<00:36:01.829><c> your</c><00:36:02.190><c> affection</c><00:36:02.670><c> on</c><00:36:02.929><c> things</c><00:36:03.210><c> above,</c>

00:36:04.130 --> 00:36:09.090
not<00:36:04.369><c> on</c><00:36:04.690><c> things</c><00:36:05.170><c> on</c><00:36:05.849><c> the</c><00:36:06.050><c> earth,</c><00:36:06.570><c> for</c><00:36:06.849><c> ye</c><00:36:07.289><c> are</c><00:36:07.929><c> dead</c>

00:36:09.349 --> 00:36:12.590
and<00:36:09.989><c> your</c><00:36:10.269><c> life</c><00:36:10.650><c> is</c><00:36:11.070><c> hid</c><00:36:11.250><c> with</c><00:36:11.550><c> Christ</c><00:36:11.969><c> in</c><00:36:12.269><c> God.</c>

00:36:12.949 --> 00:36:15.949
When<00:36:13.230><c> Christ</c><00:36:13.630><c> who</c><00:36:13.869><c> is</c><00:36:14.269><c> our</c><00:36:14.489><c> life</c><00:36:14.710><c> shall</c><00:36:14.929><c> appear,</c>

00:36:16.130 --> 00:36:19.210
then<00:36:16.510><c> shall</c><00:36:16.849><c> ye</c><00:36:17.150><c> also</c><00:36:17.510><c> appear</c><00:36:17.750><c> with</c><00:36:17.929><c> him</c><00:36:18.050><c> in</c><00:36:18.250><c> glory.</c>

00:36:20.130 --> 00:36:22.630
Mortify,<00:36:20.889><c> deaden,</c><00:36:21.429><c> subdue,</c><00:36:22.269><c> therefore,</c>

00:36:23.130 --> 00:36:24.849
your<00:36:23.289><c> members</c><00:36:23.630><c> which</c><00:36:23.909><c> are</c><00:36:24.050><c> upon</c><00:36:24.289><c> the</c><00:36:24.530><c> earth,</c>

00:36:25.170 --> 00:36:28.389
fornication,<00:36:25.989><c> uncleanness,</c><00:36:27.050><c> inordinate</c><00:36:27.369><c> affection,</c>

00:36:28.869 --> 00:36:32.150
evil<00:36:29.389><c> concupiscence</c><00:36:29.909><c> and</c><00:36:30.150><c> covetousness,</c><00:36:31.230><c> which</c><00:36:31.309><c> is</c><00:36:31.590><c> idolatry.</c>

00:36:32.170 --> 00:36:36.489
So<00:36:32.309><c> we</c><00:36:32.409><c> need</c><00:36:32.570><c> to</c><00:36:32.989><c> mortify,</c><00:36:33.869><c> put</c><00:36:34.309><c> to</c><00:36:34.590><c> death,</c><00:36:35.369><c> the</c><00:36:35.590><c> flesh.</c>

00:36:36.670 --> 00:36:39.650
And<00:36:36.909><c> this</c><00:36:37.090><c> is</c><00:36:37.349><c> the</c><00:36:37.449><c> idea</c><00:36:38.130><c> that's</c><00:36:38.829><c> given</c><00:36:39.010><c> in</c><00:36:39.190><c> the</c><00:36:39.389><c> NIV</c>

00:36:39.650 --> 00:36:41.369
where<00:36:39.829><c> it</c><00:36:39.929><c> says</c><00:36:40.030><c> put</c><00:36:40.429><c> to</c><00:36:40.590><c> death,</c><00:36:40.909><c> therefore,</c>

00:36:41.750 --> 00:36:44.309
whatever<00:36:42.030><c> belongs</c><00:36:42.550><c> to</c><00:36:42.789><c> your</c><00:36:43.050><c> earthly</c><00:36:43.309><c> nature.</c>

00:36:46.409 --> 00:36:48.610
So<00:36:46.789><c> the</c><00:36:46.949><c> mind</c><00:36:47.190><c> of</c><00:36:47.289><c> the</c><00:36:47.469><c> flesh</c><00:36:47.650><c> are</c><00:36:47.829><c> the</c><00:36:47.929><c> mind</c><00:36:48.170><c> of</c><00:36:48.309><c> the</c><00:36:48.469><c> spirit.</c>

00:36:48.610 --> 00:36:50.090
This<00:36:48.769><c> is</c><00:36:48.909><c> what</c><00:36:48.949><c> it</c><00:36:49.010><c> kind</c><00:36:49.150><c> of</c><00:36:49.210><c> comes</c><00:36:49.469><c> down</c><00:36:49.789><c> to.</c>

00:36:50.230 --> 00:36:53.309
Romans<00:36:50.489><c> chapter</c><00:36:50.909><c> eight,</c><00:36:51.269><c> verses</c><00:36:51.570><c> five</c><00:36:52.269><c> through</c><00:36:52.570><c> nine.</c>

00:36:53.389 --> 00:36:55.710
For<00:36:53.449><c> they</c><00:36:53.670><c> that</c><00:36:53.869><c> are</c><00:36:54.090><c> after</c><00:36:54.329><c> the</c><00:36:54.670><c> flesh</c>

00:36:55.889 --> 00:36:58.889
do<00:36:56.250><c> mind</c><00:36:56.769><c> or</c><00:36:57.110><c> serve</c><00:36:57.690><c> the</c><00:36:57.949><c> things</c><00:36:58.230><c> of</c><00:36:58.409><c> the</c><00:36:58.590><c> flesh.</c>

00:36:59.250 --> 00:37:00.909
But<00:36:59.389><c> they</c><00:36:59.670><c> that</c><00:36:59.789><c> are</c><00:36:59.969><c> after</c><00:37:00.210><c> the</c><00:37:00.630><c> spirit,</c>

00:37:01.050 --> 00:37:02.210
the<00:37:01.130><c> things</c><00:37:01.429><c> of</c><00:37:01.610><c> the</c><00:37:01.889><c> spirit.</c>

00:37:02.670 --> 00:37:06.289
For<00:37:02.730><c> to</c><00:37:02.909><c> be</c><00:37:03.269><c> carnally</c><00:37:03.710><c> minded,</c><00:37:04.550><c> fleshly</c><00:37:04.929><c> minded,</c><00:37:05.650><c> is</c><00:37:05.869><c> death.</c>

00:37:06.750 --> 00:37:09.929
But<00:37:06.969><c> to</c><00:37:07.170><c> be</c><00:37:07.550><c> spiritually</c><00:37:07.909><c> minded</c><00:37:08.349><c> is</c><00:37:08.590><c> life</c><00:37:08.789><c> and</c><00:37:09.070><c> peace.</c>

00:37:10.130 --> 00:37:11.510
Now<00:37:10.309><c> listen</c><00:37:10.510><c> closely.</c>

00:37:11.650 --> 00:37:14.869
Because<00:37:12.210><c> the</c><00:37:12.769><c> carnal</c><00:37:13.130><c> mind,</c><00:37:13.389><c> the</c><00:37:13.650><c> mind</c><00:37:13.829><c> of</c><00:37:13.969><c> the</c><00:37:14.150><c> flesh,</c>

00:37:14.889 --> 00:37:17.489
is<00:37:15.449><c> enmity</c><00:37:16.030><c> against</c><00:37:16.429><c> God.</c>

00:37:17.550 --> 00:37:20.809
For<00:37:18.070><c> it</c><00:37:18.250><c> is</c><00:37:18.590><c> not</c><00:37:18.949><c> subject</c><00:37:19.369><c> to</c><00:37:19.550><c> the</c><00:37:19.670><c> will</c><00:37:19.769><c> of</c><00:37:20.309><c> the</c><00:37:20.449><c> law,</c>

00:37:20.809 --> 00:37:27.010
excuse<00:37:21.130><c> me,</c><00:37:21.550><c> to</c><00:37:21.550><c> the</c><00:37:22.050><c> law</c><00:37:22.250><c> of</c><00:37:22.429><c> God,</c><00:37:23.550><c> neither</c><00:37:24.070><c> indeed</c><00:37:25.309><c> can</c><00:37:25.949><c> be.</c>

00:37:27.550 --> 00:37:32.650
So<00:37:27.869><c> then,</c><00:37:28.449><c> they</c><00:37:28.769><c> that</c><00:37:28.909><c> are</c><00:37:29.050><c> in</c><00:37:29.150><c> the</c><00:37:29.349><c> flesh</c><00:37:29.809><c> cannot</c><00:37:31.150><c> please</c><00:37:31.550><c> God.</c>

00:37:33.210 --> 00:37:35.869
But<00:37:33.389><c> ye</c><00:37:33.489><c> are</c><00:37:33.650><c> not</c><00:37:33.889><c> in</c><00:37:34.010><c> the</c><00:37:34.210><c> flesh,</c><00:37:34.769><c> but</c><00:37:34.929><c> in</c><00:37:35.130><c> the</c><00:37:35.389><c> spirit,</c>

00:37:36.190 --> 00:37:38.690
if<00:37:36.469><c> so</c><00:37:36.730><c> be</c><00:37:36.949><c> that</c><00:37:37.090><c> the</c><00:37:37.329><c> spirit</c><00:37:37.610><c> of</c><00:37:37.670><c> God</c><00:37:37.929><c> dwell</c><00:37:38.170><c> in</c><00:37:38.429><c> you.</c>

00:37:38.969 --> 00:37:41.389
Now<00:37:39.190><c> if</c><00:37:39.349><c> any</c><00:37:39.570><c> man</c><00:37:39.809><c> have</c><00:37:40.130><c> not</c><00:37:40.389><c> the</c><00:37:40.550><c> spirit</c><00:37:40.789><c> of</c><00:37:40.909><c> Christ,</c>

00:37:41.769 --> 00:37:43.369
he<00:37:41.989><c> is</c><00:37:42.250><c> none</c><00:37:42.389><c> of</c><00:37:42.550><c> his.</c>

00:37:44.010 --> 00:37:46.170
Or<00:37:44.269><c> this</c><00:37:44.510><c> passage</c><00:37:44.909><c> in</c><00:37:45.429><c> the</c><00:37:45.590><c> same</c><00:37:45.789><c> chapter,</c>

00:37:46.170 --> 00:37:48.570
chapter<00:37:46.530><c> eight,</c><00:37:47.010><c> verses</c><00:37:47.070><c> 10</c><00:37:47.389><c> through</c><00:37:47.590><c> 11.</c>

00:37:48.829 --> 00:37:52.010
And<00:37:48.969><c> if</c><00:37:49.150><c> Christ</c><00:37:49.489><c> be</c><00:37:49.730><c> in</c><00:37:49.829><c> you,</c><00:37:50.030><c> the</c><00:37:50.110><c> body</c><00:37:50.429><c> is</c><00:37:50.809><c> dead</c><00:37:51.150><c> because</c><00:37:51.510><c> of</c><00:37:51.789><c> sin,</c>

00:37:52.329 --> 00:37:55.590
but<00:37:52.510><c> the</c><00:37:52.909><c> spirit</c><00:37:53.190><c> is</c><00:37:53.630><c> life</c><00:37:53.869><c> because</c><00:37:54.309><c> of</c><00:37:54.610><c> righteousness.</c>

00:37:55.849 --> 00:37:57.449
That's<00:37:56.150><c> the</c><00:37:56.269><c> new</c><00:37:56.429><c> creation.</c>

00:37:57.510 --> 00:37:59.530
But<00:37:57.630><c> if</c><00:37:57.789><c> the</c><00:37:58.110><c> spirit</c><00:37:58.269><c> of</c><00:37:58.369><c> him</c><00:37:58.550><c> that</c><00:37:58.730><c> raised</c><00:37:58.969><c> up</c><00:37:59.170><c> Jesus</c>

00:37:59.530 --> 00:38:02.130
from<00:37:59.730><c> the</c><00:37:59.889><c> dead</c><00:38:00.289><c> dwell</c><00:38:00.809><c> in</c><00:38:01.130><c> you,</c>

00:38:02.309 --> 00:38:04.289
he<00:38:02.550><c> that</c><00:38:02.809><c> raised</c><00:38:03.150><c> up</c><00:38:03.429><c> Christ</c><00:38:03.690><c> from</c><00:38:03.909><c> the</c><00:38:04.130><c> dead</c>

00:38:04.289 --> 00:38:08.570
shall<00:38:04.610><c> also</c><00:38:05.730><c> quicken</c><00:38:06.530><c> your</c><00:38:06.949><c> mortal</c><00:38:07.389><c> bodies</c>

00:38:08.800 --> 00:38:12.070
by<00:38:09.110><c> his</c><00:38:09.429><c> spirit</c><00:38:10.030><c> that</c><00:38:10.690><c> dwelleth</c><00:38:11.050><c> in</c><00:38:11.190><c> you.</c>

00:38:12.750 --> 00:38:16.389
So<00:38:13.309><c> here's</c><00:38:13.590><c> my</c><00:38:13.829><c> realization</c><00:38:14.429><c> as</c><00:38:14.809><c> I</c><00:38:14.949><c> looked</c><00:38:15.090><c> at</c><00:38:15.230><c> these</c><00:38:15.449><c> passages.</c>

00:38:16.710 --> 00:38:22.150
I<00:38:16.769><c> used</c><00:38:16.949><c> to</c><00:38:17.070><c> think</c><00:38:17.269><c> the</c><00:38:17.889><c> idea</c><00:38:18.250><c> was</c><00:38:18.510><c> just</c><00:38:18.710><c> to</c><00:38:18.909><c> kind</c><00:38:19.030><c> of</c><00:38:19.949><c> take</c><00:38:20.690><c> myself</c>

00:38:22.429 --> 00:38:26.010
and<00:38:22.989><c> through</c><00:38:23.170><c> the</c><00:38:23.570><c> influence</c><00:38:23.929><c> of</c><00:38:24.530><c> the</c><00:38:24.769><c> word</c><00:38:25.110><c> and</c><00:38:25.630><c> fellowship,</c>

00:38:26.210 --> 00:38:30.289
et<00:38:26.269><c> cetera,</c><00:38:27.349><c> kind</c><00:38:27.489><c> of</c><00:38:27.670><c> just</c><00:38:28.010><c> rub</c><00:38:28.170><c> off</c><00:38:28.590><c> the</c><00:38:29.210><c> things</c><00:38:29.489><c> that</c><00:38:29.690><c> don't</c><00:38:29.929><c> work.</c>

00:38:30.710 --> 00:38:34.349
Just<00:38:31.110><c> kind</c><00:38:31.369><c> of</c><00:38:32.070><c> improve</c><00:38:32.630><c> myself,</c><00:38:33.309><c> right?</c>

00:38:34.789 --> 00:38:36.670
That's<00:38:35.349><c> not</c><00:38:35.550><c> the</c><00:38:35.750><c> picture</c><00:38:35.969><c> here</c><00:38:36.210><c> at</c><00:38:36.389><c> all.</c>

00:38:37.030 --> 00:38:39.730
The<00:38:37.349><c> process</c><00:38:37.909><c> of</c><00:38:38.869><c> the</c><00:38:39.070><c> life</c><00:38:39.269><c> of</c><00:38:39.510><c> a</c><00:38:39.570><c> believer</c>

00:38:39.730 --> 00:38:44.449
isn't<00:38:39.969><c> to</c><00:38:40.369><c> modify</c><00:38:41.250><c> or</c><00:38:41.909><c> to</c><00:38:42.269><c> improve</c><00:38:42.949><c> the</c><00:38:43.190><c> mind</c><00:38:43.369><c> of</c><00:38:43.530><c> the</c><00:38:43.730><c> flesh.</c>

00:38:44.690 --> 00:38:47.210
Rather,<00:38:45.150><c> the</c><00:38:45.210><c> mind</c><00:38:45.429><c> of</c><00:38:45.550><c> the</c><00:38:45.630><c> flesh</c><00:38:45.769><c> has</c><00:38:46.010><c> no</c><00:38:46.250><c> value.</c>

00:38:47.369 --> 00:38:49.070
No<00:38:47.730><c> value</c><00:38:48.050><c> at</c><00:38:48.289><c> all.</c>

00:38:49.309 --> 00:38:52.809
It<00:38:49.429><c> is</c><00:38:49.670><c> to</c><00:38:49.849><c> be</c><00:38:50.130><c> completely</c><00:38:51.030><c> deadened</c><00:38:51.710><c> and</c><00:38:52.250><c> subdued</c>

00:38:52.809 --> 00:38:55.590
or<00:38:53.030><c> mortified</c><00:38:53.929><c> in</c><00:38:54.469><c> our</c><00:38:54.710><c> lives.</c>

00:38:55.630 --> 00:38:58.969
The<00:38:55.929><c> thinking</c><00:38:56.210><c> of</c><00:38:56.409><c> the</c><00:38:56.690><c> flesh</c><00:38:57.110><c> is</c><00:38:57.929><c> enmity</c><00:38:58.309><c> to</c><00:38:58.510><c> God</c>

00:38:58.969 --> 00:39:05.690
and<00:39:00.070><c> cannot,</c><00:39:01.550><c> no</c><00:39:01.769><c> matter</c><00:39:02.010><c> how</c><00:39:02.369><c> hard</c><00:39:02.550><c> it</c><00:39:02.690><c> might</c><00:39:02.969><c> try,</c><00:39:04.409><c> please</c><00:39:04.630><c> God.</c>

00:39:06.469 --> 00:39:09.949
Therefore,<00:39:07.630><c> a</c><00:39:07.829><c> life</c><00:39:07.989><c> in</c><00:39:08.110><c> the</c><00:39:08.309><c> truth</c><00:39:08.449><c> is</c><00:39:08.630><c> not</c><00:39:08.829><c> about</c><00:39:09.190><c> adapting</c>

00:39:09.949 --> 00:39:13.389
or<00:39:10.690><c> tweaking</c><00:39:11.510><c> or</c><00:39:11.989><c> modifying,</c>

00:39:13.610 --> 00:39:18.389
but<00:39:13.789><c> about</c><00:39:14.050><c> a</c><00:39:14.409><c> complete</c><00:39:15.130><c> new</c><00:39:16.429><c> character</c><00:39:17.050><c> and</c><00:39:17.710><c> way</c><00:39:17.929><c> of</c><00:39:18.150><c> thinking,</c>

00:39:18.530 --> 00:39:20.670
a<00:39:18.889><c> complete</c><00:39:19.349><c> transformation.</c>

00:39:20.750 --> 00:39:23.269
And<00:39:20.949><c> this,</c><00:39:21.269><c> I</c><00:39:21.269><c> believe,</c><00:39:21.769><c> is</c><00:39:21.949><c> really</c><00:39:22.289><c> what</c><00:39:22.429><c> the</c><00:39:22.630><c> primary</c><00:39:23.050><c> role</c>

00:39:23.269 --> 00:39:25.929
of<00:39:23.429><c> the</c><00:39:23.630><c> spirit</c><00:39:23.809><c> is</c><00:39:24.210><c> in</c><00:39:24.690><c> our</c><00:39:24.929><c> lives.</c>

00:39:26.570 --> 00:39:29.530
Brother<00:39:26.869><c> L</c><00:39:27.110><c>.G.</c><00:39:27.429><c> Sargent</c><00:39:27.690><c> wrote</c><00:39:28.170><c> in</c><00:39:28.489><c> 1949,</c>

00:39:30.030 --> 00:39:32.250
if<00:39:30.329><c> the</c><00:39:30.730><c> spirit</c><00:39:31.010><c> is</c><00:39:31.489><c> in</c><00:39:31.730><c> him,</c>

00:39:32.250 --> 00:39:36.130
then<00:39:33.010><c> he</c><00:39:33.289><c> is</c><00:39:33.570><c> embraced</c><00:39:34.110><c> and</c><00:39:34.550><c> included</c><00:39:34.929><c> in</c><00:39:35.429><c> the</c><00:39:35.750><c> spirit</c>

00:39:36.130 --> 00:39:38.750
as<00:39:36.809><c> he</c><00:39:37.050><c> was</c><00:39:37.329><c> before</c><00:39:37.710><c> included</c><00:39:38.190><c> only</c>

00:39:38.750 --> 00:39:41.190
in<00:39:39.210><c> that</c><00:39:39.369><c> which</c><00:39:39.550><c> relates</c><00:39:39.909><c> to</c><00:39:40.110><c> the</c><00:39:40.289><c> flesh.</c>

00:39:41.210 --> 00:39:44.429
To<00:39:41.349><c> be</c><00:39:41.530><c> in</c><00:39:41.670><c> the</c><00:39:42.030><c> spirit,</c><00:39:43.110><c> while</c><00:39:43.210><c> it</c><00:39:43.389><c> is</c><00:39:43.570><c> yet</c><00:39:43.789><c> still</c>

00:39:44.429 --> 00:39:48.670
to<00:39:44.730><c> be</c><00:39:44.889><c> an</c><00:39:45.010><c> immortal</c><00:39:45.429><c> body,</c><00:39:46.510><c> is</c><00:39:46.590><c> at</c><00:39:47.769><c> the</c><00:39:48.030><c> same</c><00:39:48.289><c> time</c>

00:39:48.670 --> 00:39:51.489
to<00:39:49.110><c> be</c><00:39:49.369><c> related</c><00:39:49.710><c> to</c><00:39:49.949><c> an</c><00:39:50.190><c> eternal</c><00:39:50.750><c> environment</c>

00:39:51.489 --> 00:39:55.730
which<00:39:52.190><c> holds</c><00:39:52.590><c> the</c><00:39:52.869><c> promise</c><00:39:53.289><c> of</c><00:39:54.050><c> imperishable</c><00:39:54.670><c> life.</c>

00:39:56.550 --> 00:40:00.409
And<00:39:56.829><c> all</c><00:39:57.070><c> this,</c><00:39:57.309><c> Paul</c><00:39:57.590><c> says</c><00:39:57.949><c> in</c><00:39:58.090><c> his</c><00:39:58.349><c> vivid</c><00:39:58.809><c> elliptical</c><00:39:59.309><c> language,</c>

00:40:00.199 --> 00:40:04.250
and<00:40:00.510><c> if</c><00:40:00.789><c> Christ</c><00:40:01.269><c> be</c><00:40:01.650><c> in</c><00:40:01.849><c> you,</c><00:40:02.550><c> the</c><00:40:02.670><c> body</c><00:40:02.929><c> is</c><00:40:03.170><c> dead</c><00:40:03.409><c> because</c><00:40:03.730><c> of</c><00:40:03.989><c> sin,</c>

00:40:04.530 --> 00:40:07.989
but<00:40:04.730><c> the</c><00:40:05.010><c> spirit</c><00:40:05.289><c> is</c><00:40:05.710><c> life</c><00:40:06.050><c> because</c><00:40:06.849><c> of</c><00:40:07.070><c> righteousness.</c>

00:40:08.190 --> 00:40:11.389
This<00:40:08.389><c> is</c><00:40:08.710><c> the</c><00:40:10.110><c> eternal</c><00:40:10.670><c> environment</c>

00:40:11.389 --> 00:40:14.909
which<00:40:12.030><c> we</c><00:40:12.409><c> have</c><00:40:12.690><c> been</c><00:40:13.510><c> given</c><00:40:14.190><c> the</c><00:40:14.489><c> promise,</c>

00:40:15.329 --> 00:40:17.849
which<00:40:15.570><c> is</c><00:40:15.829><c> that</c><00:40:16.130><c> of</c><00:40:16.389><c> imperishable</c><00:40:16.949><c> life.</c>

00:40:18.230 --> 00:40:22.230
So<00:40:18.449><c> if</c><00:40:18.530><c> we</c><00:40:18.769><c> have</c><00:40:18.969><c> a</c><00:40:19.250><c> thirst</c><00:40:19.610><c> for</c><00:40:20.030><c> a</c><00:40:20.170><c> more</c><00:40:20.730><c> powerful</c><00:40:21.250><c> spiritual</c><00:40:21.789><c> life,</c>

00:40:22.530 --> 00:40:24.130
we<00:40:22.730><c> can</c><00:40:22.949><c> read</c><00:40:23.210><c> passages</c><00:40:23.590><c> like</c><00:40:23.909><c> this</c>

00:40:24.130 --> 00:40:26.230
in<00:40:24.289><c> 1</c><00:40:24.449><c> Corinthians</c><00:40:24.949><c> chapter</c><00:40:25.769><c> two.</c>

00:40:26.650 --> 00:40:29.070
Now<00:40:26.889><c> we</c><00:40:27.010><c> have</c><00:40:27.269><c> received</c><00:40:27.670><c> not</c><00:40:28.030><c> the</c><00:40:28.289><c> spirit</c><00:40:28.429><c> of</c><00:40:28.570><c> the</c><00:40:28.750><c> world,</c>

00:40:29.070 --> 00:40:31.409
but<00:40:29.750><c> the</c><00:40:30.369><c> spirit</c><00:40:30.670><c> which</c><00:40:30.849><c> is</c><00:40:30.989><c> of</c><00:40:31.150><c> God,</c>

00:40:31.449 --> 00:40:34.730
that<00:40:31.650><c> we</c><00:40:31.949><c> might</c><00:40:32.309><c> know</c><00:40:32.750><c> the</c><00:40:33.010><c> things</c><00:40:33.389><c> that</c><00:40:33.809><c> are</c><00:40:34.150><c> freely</c><00:40:34.429><c> given</c>

00:40:34.730 --> 00:40:35.449
to<00:40:35.010><c> us,</c>

00:40:35.730 --> 00:40:37.389
which<00:40:35.989><c> things</c><00:40:36.309><c> also</c><00:40:36.750><c> we</c><00:40:37.090><c> speak,</c>

00:40:37.750 --> 00:40:40.050
not<00:40:37.889><c> in</c><00:40:38.050><c> the</c><00:40:38.250><c> words</c><00:40:38.510><c> which</c><00:40:38.769><c> man's</c><00:40:39.170><c> wisdom</c><00:40:39.550><c> teacheth,</c>

00:40:40.409 --> 00:40:42.289
but<00:40:40.610><c> which</c><00:40:40.849><c> the</c><00:40:41.090><c> Holy</c><00:40:41.329><c> Spirit</c><00:40:41.650><c> teacheth,</c>

00:40:42.769 --> 00:40:47.329
comparing<00:40:43.469><c> spiritual</c><00:40:44.610><c> things</c><00:40:45.449><c> with</c><00:40:46.210><c> spiritual.</c>

00:40:47.590 --> 00:40:50.050
But<00:40:47.849><c> the</c><00:40:48.070><c> natural</c><00:40:48.429><c> man</c><00:40:48.829><c> receiveth</c><00:40:49.289><c> not</c><00:40:49.670><c> the</c><00:40:49.869><c> things</c>

00:40:50.050 --> 00:40:53.289
of<00:40:50.210><c> the</c><00:40:50.409><c> spirit</c><00:40:50.590><c> of</c><00:40:50.750><c> God,</c><00:40:51.570><c> for</c><00:40:51.650><c> they</c><00:40:51.869><c> are</c><00:40:52.110><c> foolishness</c><00:40:52.690><c> unto</c><00:40:52.929><c> him.</c>

00:40:53.730 --> 00:40:55.250
Neither<00:40:53.989><c> can</c><00:40:54.329><c> he</c><00:40:54.510><c> know</c><00:40:54.769><c> them</c>

00:40:55.250 --> 00:40:59.469
because<00:40:56.289><c> they</c><00:40:56.969><c> are</c><00:40:57.369><c> spiritually</c><00:40:58.070><c> discerned.</c>

00:40:59.489 --> 00:41:02.429
And<00:40:59.650><c> this</c><00:40:59.809><c> idea</c><00:41:00.110><c> of</c><00:41:00.349><c> discern</c><00:41:00.590><c> is</c><00:41:00.789><c> to</c><00:41:01.690><c> scrutinize,</c>

00:41:02.449 --> 00:41:04.469
to<00:41:02.650><c> examine,</c><00:41:03.329><c> to</c><00:41:03.550><c> search,</c><00:41:04.010><c> to</c><00:41:04.170><c> judge.</c>

00:41:04.809 --> 00:41:08.969
Use<00:41:05.150><c> your</c><00:41:05.429><c> mind,</c><00:41:05.909><c> but</c><00:41:06.130><c> to</c><00:41:06.389><c> do</c><00:41:06.590><c> that</c><00:41:07.090><c> with</c><00:41:07.389><c> a</c><00:41:07.750><c> spiritual</c><00:41:08.409><c> mind</c>

00:41:08.969 --> 00:41:10.250
rather<00:41:09.269><c> than</c><00:41:09.489><c> mind</c><00:41:09.690><c> of</c><00:41:09.809><c> the</c><00:41:10.030><c> flesh.</c>

00:41:10.730 --> 00:41:12.630
So<00:41:10.949><c> our</c><00:41:11.250><c> road</c><00:41:11.449><c> to</c><00:41:11.690><c> a</c><00:41:11.909><c> spiritual</c><00:41:12.250><c> mind,</c>

00:41:12.909 --> 00:41:14.789
though<00:41:13.070><c> we</c><00:41:13.349><c> start</c><00:41:13.590><c> in</c><00:41:13.809><c> darkness,</c>

00:41:14.829 --> 00:41:17.849
we're<00:41:15.150><c> offered</c><00:41:15.710><c> this</c><00:41:16.489><c> quickening</c><00:41:16.929><c> light,</c>

00:41:18.050 --> 00:41:20.349
and<00:41:18.409><c> progressively</c><00:41:18.949><c> the</c><00:41:19.210><c> Lord</c><00:41:19.469><c> works</c><00:41:19.829><c> in</c><00:41:20.010><c> our</c><00:41:20.170><c> lives</c>

00:41:20.349 --> 00:41:23.289
to<00:41:20.610><c> create</c><00:41:20.809><c> both</c><00:41:21.110><c> a</c><00:41:21.389><c> desire</c><00:41:21.869><c> to</c><00:41:22.429><c> do</c><00:41:22.710><c> good</c><00:41:22.949><c> works</c>

00:41:23.289 --> 00:41:26.889
and<00:41:23.869><c> to</c><00:41:24.230><c> give</c><00:41:24.429><c> strength</c><00:41:24.949><c> to</c><00:41:25.210><c> them,</c><00:41:25.769><c> to</c><00:41:25.949><c> us</c><00:41:26.190><c> to</c><00:41:26.389><c> do</c><00:41:26.610><c> them.</c>

00:41:27.210 --> 00:41:31.210
This<00:41:27.530><c> is</c><00:41:27.769><c> the</c><00:41:27.889><c> process</c><00:41:28.349><c> of</c><00:41:28.710><c> deadening</c><00:41:29.090><c> the</c><00:41:29.409><c> impulses</c><00:41:30.269><c> of</c><00:41:30.670><c> the</c><00:41:30.889><c> flesh</c>

00:41:31.210 --> 00:41:33.489
and<00:41:31.750><c> replacing</c><00:41:32.250><c> them</c><00:41:32.530><c> with</c><00:41:32.690><c> the</c><00:41:32.869><c> mind</c><00:41:33.030><c> of</c><00:41:33.190><c> Christ.</c>

00:41:33.769 --> 00:41:36.969
It's<00:41:34.070><c> a</c><00:41:34.170><c> journey,</c><00:41:35.150><c> and</c><00:41:35.369><c> the</c><00:41:35.650><c> navigator</c><00:41:36.070><c> isn't</c><00:41:36.269><c> you</c><00:41:36.510><c> and</c><00:41:36.650><c> me.</c>

00:41:37.469 --> 00:41:40.329
The<00:41:37.809><c> navigator</c><00:41:38.489><c> is</c><00:41:38.849><c> the</c><00:41:39.050><c> Lord</c><00:41:39.210><c> himself.</c>

00:41:41.730 --> 00:41:45.010
Now<00:41:41.949><c> as</c><00:41:42.050><c> we</c><00:41:42.289><c> close</c><00:41:42.469><c> here,</c><00:41:42.590><c> I'd</c><00:41:42.849><c> like</c><00:41:42.849><c> to</c><00:41:42.989><c> just</c><00:41:43.250><c> share</c><00:41:43.469><c> a</c><00:41:43.750><c> final</c><00:41:44.010><c> story.</c>

00:41:47.210 --> 00:41:51.909
This<00:41:47.769><c> is</c><00:41:48.329><c> one</c><00:41:48.449><c> of</c><00:41:48.670><c> the,</c><00:41:49.010><c> this</c><00:41:49.190><c> is</c><00:41:49.369><c> about</c><00:41:49.690><c> 22,</c><00:41:50.369><c> 23</c><00:41:50.710><c> years</c><00:41:51.030><c> ago.</c>

00:41:51.889 --> 00:41:55.949
We<00:41:52.150><c> lived</c><00:41:52.369><c> in</c><00:41:52.570><c> Texas</c><00:41:53.190><c> in</c><00:41:53.929><c> 1991,</c><00:41:54.849><c> 1992,</c>

00:41:56.070 --> 00:41:58.610
and<00:41:56.449><c> that's</c><00:41:57.269><c> the</c><00:41:57.429><c> hill</c><00:41:57.610><c> country.</c>

00:41:58.789 --> 00:42:02.130
It's<00:41:59.269><c> pretty</c><00:41:59.510><c> flat,</c><00:42:00.869><c> pretty</c><00:42:01.650><c> flat</c><00:42:01.969><c> area.</c>

00:42:02.250 --> 00:42:05.050
This,<00:42:02.789><c> every</c><00:42:03.030><c> Sunday</c><00:42:03.269><c> we</c><00:42:03.449><c> lived</c><00:42:03.610><c> in</c><00:42:03.769><c> the</c><00:42:03.929><c> Dallas</c><00:42:04.190><c>-Fort</c><00:42:04.409><c> Worth</c><00:42:04.570><c> area,</c>

00:42:05.369 --> 00:42:08.230
and<00:42:05.610><c> we</c><00:42:05.809><c> would</c><00:42:05.949><c> drive</c><00:42:06.329><c> up</c><00:42:06.710><c> to</c><00:42:06.869><c> Wichita</c><00:42:07.210><c> Falls.</c>

00:42:08.309 --> 00:42:09.630
And<00:42:08.650><c> I</c><00:42:08.769><c> forgot</c><00:42:08.949><c> the</c><00:42:09.190><c> road</c><00:42:09.369><c> number.</c>

00:42:09.670 --> 00:42:11.929
I<00:42:09.809><c> think</c><00:42:09.949><c> it's</c><00:42:10.150><c> like</c><00:42:10.409><c> 183</c><00:42:10.989><c> or</c><00:42:11.110><c> something</c><00:42:11.329><c> like</c><00:42:11.610><c> this.</c>

00:42:12.250 --> 00:42:16.250
But<00:42:12.489><c> this</c><00:42:13.050><c> was,</c><00:42:13.289><c> by</c><00:42:13.530><c> the</c><00:42:13.590><c> way,</c><00:42:13.829><c> during</c><00:42:13.949><c> the</c><00:42:14.210><c> 55</c><00:42:14.769><c> mile</c><00:42:15.230><c> per</c><00:42:15.449><c> hour</c><00:42:15.789><c> time</c>

00:42:16.250 --> 00:42:19.210
where<00:42:16.909><c> you</c><00:42:17.090><c> could</c><00:42:17.250><c> only</c><00:42:17.730><c> go</c><00:42:18.210><c> on</c><00:42:18.329><c> these</c><00:42:18.530><c> beautiful</c><00:42:18.929><c> roads,</c>

00:42:19.329 --> 00:42:20.949
55<00:42:19.630><c> miles</c><00:42:19.989><c> an</c><00:42:20.150><c> hour.</c>

00:42:21.849 --> 00:42:25.630
And<00:42:22.329><c> there</c><00:42:22.769><c> was</c><00:42:23.070><c> nothing</c><00:42:23.309><c> but</c><00:42:23.670><c> mesquite</c><00:42:24.610><c> and</c><00:42:25.130><c> cows.</c>

00:42:26.050 --> 00:42:27.349
That<00:42:26.230><c> was</c><00:42:26.449><c> it.</c>

00:42:27.630 --> 00:42:29.210
I<00:42:27.630><c> don't,</c><00:42:27.929><c> and</c><00:42:28.030><c> if</c><00:42:28.070><c> there's</c><00:42:28.250><c> anybody</c><00:42:28.449><c> with</c><00:42:28.690><c> Texas</c><00:42:29.010><c> roots,</c>

00:42:29.309 --> 00:42:31.869
I<00:42:29.449><c> apologize,</c><00:42:30.030><c> it's</c><00:42:30.250><c> gonna</c><00:42:30.389><c> sound</c><00:42:30.670><c> like</c><00:42:30.909><c> I'm</c><00:42:31.389><c> being</c><00:42:31.650><c> critical.</c>

00:42:31.889 --> 00:42:33.590
I'm<00:42:32.030><c> not</c><00:42:32.210><c> really</c><00:42:32.489><c> trying</c><00:42:32.690><c> to</c><00:42:32.909><c> be.</c>

00:42:33.989 --> 00:42:36.349
The<00:42:34.269><c> problem</c><00:42:34.550><c> is,</c><00:42:35.170><c> is</c><00:42:35.409><c> we</c><00:42:35.550><c> had</c><00:42:35.690><c> this</c><00:42:35.989><c> minivan,</c>

00:42:36.469 --> 00:42:39.650
and<00:42:36.590><c> we'd</c><00:42:36.789><c> be</c><00:42:36.969><c> driving</c><00:42:37.269><c> this</c><00:42:37.550><c> minivan</c><00:42:38.389><c> down</c><00:42:39.150><c> the</c><00:42:39.409><c> road,</c>

00:42:39.670 --> 00:42:42.349
and<00:42:39.849><c> all</c><00:42:40.070><c> of</c><00:42:40.309><c> a</c><00:42:40.329><c> sudden,</c><00:42:41.230><c> out</c><00:42:41.329><c> of</c><00:42:41.489><c> nowhere,</c>

00:42:42.429 --> 00:42:43.550
this<00:42:42.710><c> wind</c><00:42:43.010><c> would</c><00:42:43.309><c> blow,</c>

00:42:43.630 --> 00:42:46.289
and<00:42:43.750><c> it</c><00:42:43.829><c> almost</c><00:42:44.070><c> blow</c><00:42:44.409><c> the</c><00:42:44.650><c> minivan</c><00:42:45.050><c> off</c><00:42:45.309><c> the</c><00:42:45.530><c> road.</c>

00:42:46.369 --> 00:42:48.590
But<00:42:46.530><c> here's</c><00:42:46.769><c> the</c><00:42:46.949><c> problem,</c><00:42:47.110><c> you</c><00:42:47.230><c> couldn't</c><00:42:47.469><c> see</c><00:42:47.650><c> it</c><00:42:47.849><c> coming.</c>

00:42:48.849 --> 00:42:50.469
And<00:42:49.070><c> so</c><00:42:49.190><c> I</c><00:42:49.329><c> would</c><00:42:49.489><c> be</c><00:42:49.769><c> looking,</c>

00:42:50.469 --> 00:42:51.909
when<00:42:50.690><c> I</c><00:42:50.809><c> was</c><00:42:51.010><c> driving</c><00:42:51.369><c> like</c><00:42:51.710><c> this,</c>

00:42:52.369 --> 00:42:54.730
and<00:42:52.570><c> as</c><00:42:52.690><c> I</c><00:42:52.789><c> was</c><00:42:52.969><c> driving,</c><00:42:53.389><c> I'd</c><00:42:53.550><c> be</c><00:42:53.650><c> kind</c><00:42:53.769><c> of</c><00:42:53.949><c> looking</c><00:42:54.150><c> out</c><00:42:54.389><c> this</c><00:42:54.570><c> way,</c>

00:42:54.769 --> 00:42:58.329
thinking<00:42:54.949><c> maybe</c><00:42:55.269><c> I</c><00:42:55.389><c> can</c><00:42:55.570><c> see</c><00:42:55.730><c> some</c><00:42:55.989><c> mesquite</c><00:42:56.369><c> moving</c><00:42:56.710><c> or</c><00:42:57.210><c> who</c><00:42:57.449><c> knows.</c>

00:42:58.610 --> 00:43:01.590
And<00:42:58.969><c> Mary</c><00:42:59.150><c> Kay</c><00:42:59.250><c> said</c><00:42:59.469><c> to</c><00:42:59.670><c> me,</c><00:43:00.329><c> what</c><00:43:00.610><c> are</c><00:43:00.750><c> you</c><00:43:00.949><c> looking</c><00:43:01.190><c> at?</c>

00:43:01.789 --> 00:43:04.429
And<00:43:01.989><c> I</c><00:43:02.050><c> said,</c><00:43:02.170><c> well,</c><00:43:02.409><c> I'm</c><00:43:02.690><c> just</c><00:43:02.949><c> looking</c><00:43:03.230><c> for</c><00:43:03.429><c> the</c><00:43:03.610><c> wind.</c>

00:43:06.670 --> 00:43:08.530
And<00:43:06.889><c> of</c><00:43:07.030><c> course,</c><00:43:07.530><c> there's</c><00:43:07.550><c> only</c><00:43:07.750><c> Mary</c><00:43:08.010><c> Kay</c><00:43:08.190><c> can</c><00:43:08.389><c> do.</c>

00:43:08.550 --> 00:43:11.150
She<00:43:08.769><c> said,</c><00:43:08.929><c> you</c><00:43:09.030><c> know,</c><00:43:09.130><c> that's</c><00:43:09.670><c> not</c><00:43:10.030><c> logical.</c>

00:43:11.949 --> 00:43:17.110
And<00:43:12.230><c> then</c><00:43:12.809><c> that</c><00:43:13.590><c> same</c><00:43:13.909><c> day,</c><00:43:15.070><c> when</c><00:43:15.190><c> we</c><00:43:15.349><c> got</c><00:43:15.510><c> to</c><00:43:15.710><c> Wichita</c><00:43:16.030><c> Falls,</c>

00:43:17.349 --> 00:43:19.969
we<00:43:17.570><c> were</c><00:43:17.730><c> reading</c><00:43:18.010><c> John</c><00:43:18.389><c> chapter</c><00:43:18.789><c> three.</c>

00:43:20.369 --> 00:43:24.269
And<00:43:20.929><c> this</c><00:43:21.090><c> is</c><00:43:21.230><c> what</c><00:43:21.369><c> Jesus</c><00:43:21.730><c> says</c><00:43:22.250><c> to</c><00:43:22.550><c> Nicodemus.</c>

00:43:24.369 --> 00:43:26.050
Verily,<00:43:24.809><c> verily,</c><00:43:25.230><c> I</c><00:43:25.230><c> say</c><00:43:25.429><c> unto</c><00:43:25.650><c> thee,</c>

00:43:26.269 --> 00:43:27.949
except<00:43:26.670><c> a</c><00:43:26.869><c> man</c><00:43:27.030><c> be</c><00:43:27.289><c> born</c><00:43:27.510><c> again,</c>

00:43:28.210 --> 00:43:30.869
he<00:43:28.630><c> cannot</c><00:43:29.110><c> see</c><00:43:29.389><c> the</c><00:43:29.510><c> kingdom</c><00:43:29.789><c> of</c><00:43:29.989><c> God.</c>

00:43:31.030 --> 00:43:34.730
That<00:43:31.530><c> which</c><00:43:31.869><c> is</c><00:43:32.190><c> born</c><00:43:32.550><c> of</c><00:43:32.849><c> the</c><00:43:33.110><c> flesh</c><00:43:33.530><c> is</c><00:43:34.389><c> flesh,</c>

00:43:34.809 --> 00:43:37.849
and<00:43:34.969><c> that</c><00:43:35.110><c> which</c><00:43:35.269><c> is</c><00:43:35.409><c> born</c><00:43:35.570><c> of</c><00:43:35.710><c> the</c><00:43:35.949><c> spirit</c><00:43:36.269><c> is</c><00:43:36.809><c> spirit.</c>

00:43:38.250 --> 00:43:41.389
Marvel<00:43:38.610><c> not</c><00:43:38.849><c> that</c><00:43:39.010><c> I</c><00:43:39.170><c> said</c><00:43:39.329><c> unto</c><00:43:39.610><c> thee,</c><00:43:40.210><c> he</c><00:43:40.349><c> must</c><00:43:40.590><c> be</c><00:43:40.829><c> born</c><00:43:40.969><c> again.</c>

00:43:41.530 --> 00:43:46.409
Now<00:43:41.769><c> here</c><00:43:41.849><c> it</c><00:43:42.010><c> is,</c><00:43:43.289><c> the</c><00:43:43.630><c> wind</c><00:43:44.110><c> blows</c><00:43:44.710><c> where</c><00:43:45.090><c> it</c><00:43:45.369><c> listeth,</c>

00:43:46.670 --> 00:43:49.349
and<00:43:46.949><c> thou</c><00:43:47.190><c> hear</c><00:43:47.550><c> the</c><00:43:47.829><c> sound</c><00:43:48.170><c> thereof,</c>

00:43:50.050 --> 00:43:54.349
but<00:43:50.269><c> canst</c><00:43:50.670><c> tell</c><00:43:51.010><c> whence</c><00:43:51.389><c> it</c><00:43:51.550><c> cometh</c><00:43:51.969><c> and</c><00:43:52.829><c> whither</c><00:43:53.070><c> it</c><00:43:53.309><c> goeth.</c>

00:43:54.610 --> 00:43:56.489
So<00:43:54.829><c> is</c><00:43:55.030><c> every</c><00:43:55.309><c> one</c><00:43:55.449><c> that</c><00:43:55.590><c> is</c><00:43:55.750><c> born</c><00:43:55.909><c> of</c><00:43:56.030><c> the</c><00:43:56.250><c> spirit.</c>

00:43:56.869 --> 00:43:59.969
And<00:43:57.130><c> that</c><00:43:57.369><c> lesson</c><00:43:57.789><c> from</c><00:43:58.269><c> Highway</c><00:43:58.730><c> 183</c><00:43:59.389><c> in</c><00:43:59.590><c> Texas</c>

00:43:59.969 --> 00:44:01.710
all<00:44:00.570><c> of</c><00:44:00.769><c> a</c><00:44:00.769><c> sudden</c><00:44:00.949><c> hit</c><00:44:01.230><c> me,</c>

00:44:02.030 --> 00:44:05.409
because<00:44:02.429><c> that's</c><00:44:03.050><c> the</c><00:44:03.190><c> way</c><00:44:03.349><c> the</c><00:44:03.690><c> spirit</c><00:44:04.050><c> operates</c><00:44:04.789><c> in</c><00:44:04.969><c> our</c><00:44:05.130><c> lives.</c>

00:44:05.670 --> 00:44:08.550
You<00:44:05.969><c> can't</c><00:44:06.710><c> look</c><00:44:07.110><c> to</c><00:44:07.309><c> see</c><00:44:07.469><c> it</c><00:44:07.710><c> coming,</c>

00:44:08.809 --> 00:44:10.809
but<00:44:09.030><c> you</c><00:44:09.190><c> might</c><00:44:09.429><c> be</c><00:44:09.650><c> able</c><00:44:09.869><c> to</c><00:44:10.289><c> experience</c><00:44:10.610><c> it,</c>

00:44:10.809 --> 00:44:13.650
and<00:44:10.909><c> you</c><00:44:11.070><c> can</c><00:44:11.250><c> be</c><00:44:11.610><c> certain</c><00:44:12.030><c> that</c><00:44:12.449><c> it's</c><00:44:12.630><c> gonna</c><00:44:12.789><c> have</c><00:44:13.050><c> a</c><00:44:13.289><c> power</c>

00:44:13.650 --> 00:44:15.929
and<00:44:14.210><c> an</c><00:44:14.289><c> energy</c><00:44:14.570><c> in</c><00:44:14.750><c> your</c><00:44:14.949><c> life.</c>

00:44:16.170 --> 00:44:18.050
Here's<00:44:16.769><c> the</c><00:44:16.929><c> implications.</c>

00:44:18.210 --> 00:44:20.429
Our<00:44:18.489><c> fundamental</c><00:44:19.090><c> role</c><00:44:19.469><c> is</c><00:44:19.710><c> to</c><00:44:19.949><c> believe,</c>

00:44:20.809 --> 00:44:23.130
to<00:44:21.070><c> love</c><00:44:21.349><c> and</c><00:44:21.510><c> to</c><00:44:21.730><c> keep</c><00:44:21.889><c> the</c><00:44:22.210><c> commandments.</c>

00:44:23.730 --> 00:44:26.849
And<00:44:23.869><c> when</c><00:44:24.030><c> we</c><00:44:24.250><c> do</c><00:44:24.449><c> this,</c><00:44:24.869><c> our</c><00:44:25.130><c> spiritual</c><00:44:25.610><c> minds</c><00:44:25.949><c> become</c><00:44:26.309><c> a</c><00:44:26.570><c> place</c>

00:44:26.849 --> 00:44:28.949
where<00:44:27.349><c> the</c><00:44:27.550><c> Lord</c><00:44:27.690><c> will</c><00:44:28.050><c> choose</c><00:44:28.329><c> to</c><00:44:28.710><c> operate</c>

00:44:28.949 --> 00:44:33.610
and<00:44:29.110><c> the</c><00:44:29.309><c> son</c><00:44:29.650><c> and</c><00:44:29.969><c> his</c><00:44:30.230><c> father</c><00:44:30.730><c> will</c><00:44:31.389><c> promise</c><00:44:31.889><c> to</c><00:44:32.190><c> make</c><00:44:32.349><c> their</c><00:44:32.610><c> abode.</c>

00:44:34.650 --> 00:44:37.650
But<00:44:34.889><c> we</c><00:44:35.070><c> will</c><00:44:35.369><c> likely</c><00:44:35.769><c> not</c><00:44:36.190><c> always</c><00:44:36.690><c> understand</c>

00:44:37.650 --> 00:44:41.289
where<00:44:37.929><c> the</c><00:44:38.289><c> spirit</c><00:44:38.610><c> is</c><00:44:39.250><c> blowing</c><00:44:39.650><c> or</c><00:44:40.489><c> where</c><00:44:40.710><c> it's</c><00:44:40.989><c> going.</c>

00:44:41.650 --> 00:44:45.349
We<00:44:41.849><c> can't</c><00:44:42.150><c> observe</c><00:44:42.550><c> it,</c><00:44:43.750><c> but</c><00:44:43.969><c> we</c><00:44:44.170><c> can</c><00:44:44.389><c> experience</c><00:44:44.949><c> it.</c>

00:44:45.349 --> 00:44:50.829
And<00:44:45.929><c> its</c><00:44:46.210><c> presence</c><00:44:46.869><c> we</c><00:44:47.630><c> can</c><00:44:47.829><c> acknowledge</c><00:44:48.550><c> and</c><00:44:49.250><c> the</c><00:44:49.369><c> power</c><00:44:49.750><c> of</c><00:44:49.949><c> God.</c>

00:44:51.230 --> 00:44:54.570
And<00:44:51.429><c> we</c><00:44:51.550><c> can</c><00:44:51.789><c> know</c><00:44:52.269><c> that</c><00:44:53.230><c> while</c><00:44:53.570><c> we</c><00:44:53.829><c> aren't</c><00:44:54.110><c> the</c><00:44:54.329><c> ones</c>

00:44:54.570 --> 00:44:55.849
that<00:44:55.010><c> are</c><00:44:55.010><c> controlling</c><00:44:55.269><c> this</c><00:44:55.570><c> journey,</c>

00:44:56.210 --> 00:44:58.710
we<00:44:56.389><c> are</c><00:44:56.769><c> safely</c><00:44:57.130><c> under</c><00:44:57.369><c> the</c><00:44:57.590><c> control</c><00:44:57.929><c> of</c><00:44:58.110><c> our</c><00:44:58.289><c> master</c>

00:44:58.710 --> 00:45:02.889
and<00:44:59.550><c> in</c><00:45:00.190><c> all</c><00:45:00.449><c> aspects</c><00:45:01.090><c> of</c><00:45:02.230><c> our</c><00:45:02.449><c> lives.</c>

00:45:03.389 --> 00:45:06.309
And<00:45:03.610><c> that</c><00:45:03.710><c> he</c><00:45:03.849><c> will</c><00:45:04.130><c> develop</c><00:45:04.590><c> us</c><00:45:04.849><c> and</c><00:45:05.170><c> bring</c><00:45:05.349><c> us</c><00:45:05.570><c> to</c><00:45:05.730><c> a</c><00:45:05.889><c> point</c>

00:45:06.309 --> 00:45:10.469
where<00:45:07.210><c> we</c><00:45:07.949><c> can</c><00:45:08.329><c> serve</c><00:45:08.590><c> him</c><00:45:09.489><c> with</c><00:45:10.030><c> purpose</c>

00:45:10.469 --> 00:45:12.449
that<00:45:10.610><c> he</c><00:45:10.789><c> has</c><00:45:10.969><c> prepared</c><00:45:11.289><c> in</c><00:45:11.550><c> advance.</c>

00:45:12.909 --> 00:45:15.050
And<00:45:13.429><c> so</c><00:45:13.690><c> tomorrow,</c><00:45:14.110><c> what</c><00:45:14.269><c> we</c><00:45:14.409><c> will</c><00:45:14.550><c> look</c><00:45:14.789><c> at</c>

00:45:15.050 --> 00:45:16.809
is<00:45:15.389><c> the</c><00:45:15.630><c> operation</c><00:45:16.070><c> of</c><00:45:16.289><c> the</c><00:45:16.510><c> spirit.</c>

00:45:17.289 --> 00:45:21.030
How<00:45:17.510><c> has</c><00:45:17.730><c> God</c><00:45:18.030><c> worked</c><00:45:18.610><c> with</c><00:45:19.010><c> men</c><00:45:19.170><c> and</c><00:45:19.369><c> women</c><00:45:19.829><c> through</c><00:45:20.389><c> the</c><00:45:20.670><c> spirit?</c>

00:45:21.369 --> 00:45:23.489
And<00:45:21.570><c> how</c><00:45:21.750><c> is</c><00:45:21.969><c> there</c><00:45:22.150><c> a</c><00:45:22.449><c> consistency,</c>

00:45:23.550 --> 00:45:26.050
not<00:45:23.650><c> only</c><00:45:23.869><c> from</c><00:45:24.110><c> the</c><00:45:24.309><c> times</c><00:45:24.590><c> of</c><00:45:24.809><c> the</c><00:45:24.909><c> Old</c><00:45:25.090><c> Testament,</c>

00:45:26.130 --> 00:45:30.789
but<00:45:26.409><c> till</c><00:45:26.849><c> this</c><00:45:27.210><c> year,</c><00:45:27.789><c> 2015,</c><00:45:29.190><c> in</c><00:45:29.409><c> the</c><00:45:29.550><c> lives</c><00:45:29.750><c> of</c><00:45:29.989><c> believers?</c>