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don't<00:10:01.720><c> quite</c><00:10:01.960><c> understand</c><00:10:02.419><c> it</c><00:10:02.620><c> yet.</c>

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But<00:10:04.299><c> but</c><00:10:04.519><c> there's</c><00:10:04.899><c> the</c><00:10:05.220><c> next</c><00:10:05.620><c> verse</c><00:10:05.899><c> is</c><00:10:06.100><c> the</c><00:10:06.240><c> one</c><00:10:06.320><c> that</c><00:10:06.460><c> we</c><00:10:06.659><c> often</c><00:10:07.039><c> forego</c><00:10:07.539><c> looking</c><00:10:07.919><c> at</c>

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It<00:10:16.460><c> says,</c><00:10:16.840><c> For</c><00:10:16.840><c> as</c><00:10:17.039><c> much</c><00:10:17.240><c> then</c><00:10:17.419><c> as</c><00:10:17.559><c> the</c><00:10:17.779><c> children</c><00:10:18.039><c> are</c><00:10:18.279><c> partakers</c><00:10:18.700><c> of</c><00:10:18.940><c> flesh</c><00:10:19.120><c> and</c>

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blood,<00:10:20.259><c> he</c><00:10:20.600><c> himself</c><00:10:21.320><c> also</c><00:10:21.820><c> he</c><00:10:22.100><c> also</c><00:10:22.539><c> himself</c><00:10:22.960><c> likewise,</c><00:10:23.679><c> very</c><00:10:24.000><c> emphatic,</c>

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took<00:10:25.120><c> part</c><00:10:25.399><c> of</c><00:10:25.580><c> the</c><00:10:25.860><c> same</c><00:10:26.120><c> that</c><00:10:26.460><c> through</c><00:10:26.860><c> death</c><00:10:27.200><c> he</c><00:10:27.419><c> might</c><00:10:27.559><c> destroy</c><00:10:28.159><c> him</c>

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We<00:10:30.480><c> know</c><00:10:30.679><c> that</c><00:10:30.940><c> verse.</c>

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deliver<00:10:35.820><c> them</c><00:10:36.639><c> who</c><00:10:37.059><c> through</c><00:10:37.419><c> fear</c><00:10:38.019><c> of</c><00:10:38.340><c> death</c><00:10:38.519><c> were</c><00:10:38.840><c> all</c><00:10:39.240><c> their</c>

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life<00:10:39.820><c> subject</c><00:10:40.240><c> to</c><00:10:40.500><c> bondage.</c>

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of<00:10:44.039><c> the</c><00:10:44.440><c> express</c><00:10:44.740><c> purposes</c><00:10:45.440><c> of</c><00:10:46.200><c> Christ</c><00:10:46.720><c> coming</c><00:10:47.379><c> and</c><00:10:48.000><c> defeating</c><00:10:48.460><c> our</c>

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adversary<00:10:49.799><c> death,</c>

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the<00:10:51.559><c> final</c><00:10:51.879><c> enemy</c><00:10:52.360><c> was</c><00:10:52.860><c> to</c><00:10:53.240><c> deliver</c><00:10:53.460><c> us</c><00:10:53.720><c> from</c><00:10:54.019><c> fear.</c>

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And<00:10:56.120><c> I</c><00:10:56.360><c> understand</c><00:10:56.679><c> we</c><00:10:56.960><c> all</c><00:10:57.360><c> wrestle</c><00:10:57.659><c> with</c><00:10:57.940><c> fear.</c>

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It's<00:10:58.519><c> human</c><00:10:58.759><c> nature.</c>

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I<00:10:59.559><c> get</c><00:10:59.820><c> it.</c>

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But<00:11:00.840><c> but</c><00:11:01.240><c> can</c><00:11:01.360><c> we</c><00:11:01.620><c> believe</c><00:11:01.940><c> that</c><00:11:02.100><c> that</c><00:11:02.340><c> was</c><00:11:02.620><c> part</c><00:11:02.960><c> and</c><00:11:03.220><c> parcel?</c>

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The<00:11:03.740><c> one</c><00:11:04.039><c> of</c><00:11:04.220><c> the</c><00:11:04.340><c> reasons</c><00:11:04.759><c> why</c><00:11:05.159><c> he</c><00:11:05.399><c> came</c><00:11:05.659><c> was</c><00:11:05.840><c> to</c><00:11:06.179><c> deliver</c><00:11:06.399><c> us</c>

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And<00:11:08.720><c> so</c><00:11:09.240><c> if</c><00:11:10.840><c> Christ</c><00:11:11.419><c> came</c><00:11:12.059><c> to</c><00:11:12.720><c> deliver</c><00:11:13.080><c> us</c><00:11:13.440><c> from</c><00:11:13.759><c> the</c><00:11:14.139><c> fear</c><00:11:14.279><c> of</c>

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death,<00:11:14.720><c> that's</c><00:11:15.100><c> the</c><00:11:15.320><c> ultimate</c><00:11:15.840><c> like</c><00:11:16.779><c> that's</c><00:11:17.159><c> the</c><00:11:17.320><c> ultimate</c>

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That<00:11:19.820><c> then</c><00:11:20.159><c> follows</c><00:11:20.559><c> logically</c><00:11:21.059><c> because</c><00:11:21.440><c> God</c><00:11:21.720><c> is</c><00:11:22.000><c> logical</c><00:11:22.419><c> that</c><00:11:22.799><c> anything</c><00:11:23.220><c> below</c><00:11:23.879><c> that</c><00:11:24.559><c> we</c>

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shouldn't<00:11:25.700><c> have</c><00:11:25.919><c> to</c><00:11:26.120><c> fear</c><00:11:26.259><c> either,</c><00:11:26.659><c> should</c><00:11:26.879><c> we?</c>

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I<00:11:27.879><c> mean,</c><00:11:28.059><c> the</c><00:11:28.120><c> ultimate</c><00:11:28.460><c> thing</c><00:11:28.620><c> would</c><00:11:28.779><c> be</c><00:11:29.000><c> death.</c>

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that<00:12:07.860><c> it's</c><00:12:08.080><c> God's</c><00:12:08.440><c> intention</c><00:12:08.820><c> to</c><00:12:09.100><c> save</c><00:12:09.220><c> us.</c>

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develop<00:12:16.100><c> our</c><00:12:16.379><c> faith,</c><00:12:16.600><c> our</c><00:12:16.820><c> connection</c><00:12:17.159><c> to</c><00:12:17.340><c> him.</c>

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We<00:12:19.139><c> think</c><00:12:19.460><c> sometimes,</c><00:12:20.360><c> and</c><00:12:20.600><c> you</c><00:12:20.720><c> may</c><00:12:21.100><c> think</c><00:12:21.460><c> this</c><00:12:21.740><c> way.</c>

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It's<00:12:50.820><c> akin</c><00:12:51.080><c> to</c><00:12:51.259><c> the</c><00:12:51.419><c> argument</c><00:12:51.679><c> to</c><00:12:51.940><c> say</c><00:12:52.100><c> this</c><00:12:52.399><c> part</c><00:12:52.600><c> of</c><00:12:52.779><c> scripture</c><00:12:53.000><c> is</c><00:12:53.279><c> inspired</c><00:12:53.620><c> but</c>

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not<00:12:54.039><c> this</c><00:12:54.320><c> part.</c>

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Yep.

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I'll<00:12:56.120><c> take</c><00:12:56.220><c> that</c><00:12:56.419><c> on</c><00:12:56.559><c> board.</c>

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That's<00:12:57.019><c> the</c><00:12:57.100><c> word</c><00:12:57.159><c> of</c><00:12:57.340><c> God.</c>

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This<00:12:58.080><c> part's</c><00:12:58.419><c> not</c><00:12:58.600><c> inspired.</c>

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And<00:13:04.759><c> yet</c><00:13:04.899><c> we</c><00:13:05.220><c> pick</c><00:13:05.440><c> and</c><00:13:05.659><c> choose</c><00:13:05.799><c> when</c><00:13:05.940><c> it</c><00:13:06.120><c> comes</c><00:13:06.320><c> to</c><00:13:06.580><c> the</c><00:13:06.879><c> details.</c>

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God<00:13:09.360><c> allowed</c><00:13:09.600><c> that.</c>

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God's<00:13:10.240><c> in</c><00:13:10.379><c> that.</c>

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Well,<00:13:10.820><c> I</c><00:13:10.980><c> get</c><00:13:11.120><c> to</c><00:13:11.299><c> pick</c><00:13:11.419><c> and</c><00:13:11.620><c> choose.</c>

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What's<00:13:12.399><c> the</c><00:13:12.600><c> barometer?</c>

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What's<00:13:13.320><c> the</c><00:13:13.500><c> criteria</c><00:13:14.019><c> by</c><00:13:14.259><c> which</c><00:13:14.460><c> we</c><00:13:14.720><c> make</c><00:13:14.879><c> that</c><00:13:15.139><c> decision?</c>

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It's<00:13:18.679><c> probably</c><00:13:18.899><c> just</c><00:13:19.220><c> subjective.</c>

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He's<00:13:22.259><c> either</c><00:13:22.500><c> involved</c><00:13:22.980><c> and</c><00:13:23.220><c> knows</c><00:13:23.480><c> about</c><00:13:23.759><c> everything</c><00:13:24.059><c> in</c><00:13:24.179><c> our</c><00:13:24.340><c> life</c><00:13:24.519><c> and</c><00:13:24.600><c> he's</c><00:13:24.980><c> interested</c><00:13:25.320><c> in</c>

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He's<00:13:28.019><c> interested</c><00:13:28.379><c> in</c><00:13:28.580><c> our</c><00:13:28.740><c> response</c><00:13:29.299><c> of</c><00:13:29.860><c> faith</c><00:13:30.259><c> or</c><00:13:31.139><c> he's</c><00:13:31.419><c> not</c>

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involved<00:13:31.899><c> in</c><00:13:32.059><c> our</c><00:13:32.240><c> lives.</c>

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And<00:13:34.139><c> so</c><00:13:34.419><c> my</c><00:13:34.659><c> question</c><00:13:35.039><c> is,</c><00:13:35.539><c> on</c><00:13:35.759><c> what</c><00:13:36.000><c> basis</c><00:13:36.559><c> do</c><00:13:36.919><c> we</c><00:13:37.100><c> make</c><00:13:37.240><c> that</c><00:13:37.539><c> decision?</c>

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What<00:13:38.299><c> is</c><00:13:38.539><c> the</c><00:13:38.799><c> criteria?</c>

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If<00:13:40.000><c> we</c><00:13:40.240><c> are</c><00:13:40.639><c> students</c><00:13:41.000><c> of</c><00:13:41.200><c> the</c><00:13:41.340><c> book,</c><00:13:41.580><c> then</c><00:13:41.639><c> we</c><00:13:41.899><c> have</c><00:13:42.159><c> to</c><00:13:42.480><c> use</c>

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And<00:13:45.960><c> so</c><00:13:46.080><c> that's</c><00:13:46.340><c> the</c><00:13:46.519><c> challenge.</c>

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But<00:13:47.080><c> here's</c><00:13:47.879><c> a</c><00:13:48.059><c> verse</c><00:13:48.240><c> to</c><00:13:48.539><c> support</c><00:13:48.840><c> the</c><00:13:49.080><c> idea</c><00:13:49.360><c> that</c><00:13:49.580><c> he</c><00:13:49.879><c> is</c><00:13:50.240><c> involved</c><00:13:50.620><c> in</c>

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It's<00:13:54.340><c> just</c><00:13:54.580><c> a</c><00:13:54.700><c> few</c><00:13:54.799><c> pages</c><00:13:55.100><c> over.</c>

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This<00:14:06.399><c> is</c><00:14:06.559><c> just</c><00:14:06.740><c> such</c><00:14:06.919><c> a</c><00:14:07.080><c> hopeful</c><00:14:07.460><c> and</c><00:14:07.899><c> inspiring</c><00:14:08.279><c> verse</c><00:14:08.580><c> because</c><00:14:09.019><c> at</c><00:14:09.440><c> the</c><00:14:09.700><c> center</c><00:14:09.879><c> of</c>

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It<00:14:12.840><c> says</c><00:14:13.159><c> in</c><00:14:13.399><c> verse</c><00:14:13.899><c> 25</c><00:14:14.500><c> of</c><00:14:14.700><c> Hebrews</c><00:14:15.000><c> 7</c><00:14:15.580><c> that</c><00:14:16.759><c> Christ</c><00:14:17.340><c> is</c><00:14:17.740><c> able</c>

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And<00:14:21.100><c> all</c><00:14:21.399><c> of</c><00:14:21.480><c> them</c><00:14:21.639><c> that</c><00:14:21.899><c> come</c><00:14:22.059><c> unto</c><00:14:22.320><c> God</c><00:14:22.580><c> by</c><00:14:22.860><c> him,</c><00:14:23.820><c> seeing</c><00:14:24.000><c> that</c><00:14:24.259><c> he</c>

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ever<00:14:25.240><c> liveth</c><00:14:25.639><c> to</c><00:14:25.960><c> make</c><00:14:26.240><c> intercession</c><00:14:26.879><c> for</c><00:14:27.120><c> us.</c>

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Just<00:14:28.919><c> have</c><00:14:29.080><c> a</c><00:14:29.279><c> think</c><00:14:29.460><c> about</c><00:14:29.659><c> that</c><00:14:29.840><c> for</c><00:14:29.980><c> a</c><00:14:30.080><c> moment.</c>

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He<00:14:30.679><c> ever</c><00:14:31.259><c> liveth.</c>

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In<00:14:31.639><c> other</c><00:14:31.779><c> words,</c><00:14:32.059><c> one</c><00:14:32.139><c> of</c><00:14:32.259><c> the</c><00:14:32.480><c> reasons</c><00:14:32.980><c> that</c><00:14:33.299><c> Christ</c><00:14:33.659><c> is</c><00:14:34.039><c> alive</c><00:14:34.600><c> is</c>

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That's<00:14:38.940><c> why</c><00:14:39.139><c> he</c><00:14:39.299><c> did</c><00:14:39.460><c> it.</c>

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That's<00:14:39.840><c> why</c><00:14:40.080><c> he</c><00:14:40.279><c> laid</c><00:14:40.480><c> down</c><00:14:40.679><c> his</c><00:14:40.879><c> life</c><00:14:41.000><c> in</c><00:14:41.179><c> the</c><00:14:41.299><c> first</c><00:14:41.500><c> place.</c>

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Our<00:15:07.919><c> iniquities</c><00:15:08.519><c> have</c><00:15:08.820><c> separated</c><00:15:09.159><c> us</c><00:15:09.399><c> from</c><00:15:09.539><c> God,</c><00:15:10.460><c> but</c><00:15:10.600><c> we</c><00:15:10.799><c> are</c>

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Now,<00:15:18.419><c> Jude</c><00:15:18.500><c> tells</c><00:15:18.779><c> us</c><00:15:19.000><c> this</c><00:15:19.139><c> beautiful</c><00:15:19.659><c> verse</c><00:15:19.960><c> in</c><00:15:20.200><c> praising</c><00:15:20.399><c> God.</c>

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throne<00:15:54.340><c> of</c><00:15:54.480><c> his</c><00:15:54.639><c> grace.</c>

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They're<00:15:56.100><c> singing</c><00:15:56.340><c> a</c><00:15:56.539><c> new</c><00:15:56.740><c> song.</c>

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I<00:15:58.019><c> mean,</c><00:15:58.200><c> there's</c><00:15:58.539><c> there's</c><00:15:58.799><c> all</c><00:15:59.019><c> this</c><00:15:59.340><c> care</c><00:15:59.740><c> in</c><00:15:59.940><c> the</c><00:16:00.120><c> Bible</c><00:16:00.360><c> when</c><00:16:00.559><c> you</c><00:16:00.779><c> pull</c><00:16:00.919><c> it</c>

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Isaiah<00:16:06.440><c> 26</c><00:16:07.000><c> says</c><00:16:07.460><c> that</c><00:16:08.159><c> God</c><00:16:08.440><c> says</c><00:16:08.720><c> to</c><00:16:08.899><c> his</c><00:16:09.159><c> sacred</c><00:16:09.480><c> ones,</c><00:16:09.860><c> to</c>

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his<00:16:10.139><c> family,</c><00:16:10.620><c> Come,</c><00:16:10.860><c> my</c><00:16:11.039><c> people,</c><00:16:11.860><c> enter</c><00:16:12.019><c> thou</c><00:16:12.220><c> into</c><00:16:12.419><c> thy</c><00:16:12.600><c> chambers</c><00:16:13.019><c> and</c>

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shut<00:16:13.639><c> the</c><00:16:13.879><c> doors</c><00:16:14.159><c> about</c><00:16:14.500><c> thee.</c>

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Hide<00:16:15.320><c> thyself,</c><00:16:15.940><c> as</c><00:16:16.080><c> it</c><00:16:16.259><c> were,</c><00:16:16.480><c> for</c><00:16:16.679><c> a</c><00:16:16.779><c> little</c><00:16:16.919><c> moment</c><00:16:17.220><c> until</c>

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the<00:16:17.899><c> indignation</c><00:16:18.500><c> be</c><00:16:18.759><c> overpassed.</c>

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For<00:16:20.360><c> behold,</c><00:16:21.240><c> Yahweh</c><00:16:21.519><c> comes</c><00:16:21.820><c> out</c><00:16:22.019><c> of</c><00:16:22.080><c> his</c><00:16:22.299><c> place</c><00:16:22.500><c> to</c><00:16:22.759><c> punish</c>

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the<00:16:23.279><c> inhabitants</c><00:16:23.679><c> of</c><00:16:23.860><c> the</c><00:16:24.019><c> earth</c><00:16:24.159><c> for</c><00:16:24.360><c> their</c><00:16:24.600><c> iniquity.</c>

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The<00:16:25.740><c> earth</c><00:16:25.960><c> also</c><00:16:26.419><c> shall</c><00:16:26.700><c> disclose</c><00:16:27.159><c> her</c><00:16:27.399><c> blood</c><00:16:27.679><c> and</c><00:16:27.980><c> shall</c><00:16:28.159><c> no</c>

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more<00:16:28.620><c> cover</c><00:16:28.860><c> her</c><00:16:29.159><c> slain.</c>

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And<00:16:31.159><c> all</c><00:16:31.440><c> this</c><00:16:31.679><c> harmonizes</c><00:16:32.299><c> with</c><00:16:32.519><c> what</c><00:16:32.720><c> Jesus</c><00:16:33.059><c> said.</c>

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He<00:16:33.440><c> said,</c><00:16:33.700><c> Fear</c><00:16:33.960><c> not,</c><00:16:34.340><c> little</c><00:16:34.500><c> flock.</c>

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It<00:16:35.639><c> is</c><00:16:35.860><c> the</c><00:16:36.039><c> Father's</c><00:16:36.500><c> good</c><00:16:36.759><c> pleasure</c><00:16:37.299><c> to</c><00:16:37.580><c> give</c><00:16:37.700><c> you</c><00:16:37.840><c> the</c><00:16:38.059><c> kingdom.</c>

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And<00:16:39.259><c> he</c><00:16:39.399><c> gives</c><00:16:39.580><c> us</c><00:16:39.940><c> details</c><00:16:40.320><c> of</c><00:16:40.539><c> that</c><00:16:41.139><c> to</c><00:16:41.559><c> hold</c><00:16:41.779><c> the</c><00:16:41.960><c> vision</c><00:16:42.200><c> sure</c><00:16:42.559><c> in</c>

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our<00:16:43.039><c> minds</c><00:16:43.360><c> when</c><00:16:43.480><c> he</c><00:16:43.740><c> says,</c><00:16:44.340><c> Come,</c><00:16:44.639><c> ye</c><00:16:44.759><c> blessed</c><00:16:45.039><c> of</c><00:16:45.259><c> my</c><00:16:45.480><c> father,</c><00:16:46.539><c> inherit</c><00:16:46.840><c> the</c><00:16:47.080><c> kingdom</c><00:16:47.279><c> which</c><00:16:47.480><c> is</c>

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prepared<00:16:48.000><c> for</c><00:16:48.240><c> you</c><00:16:49.100><c> from</c><00:16:49.500><c> the</c><00:16:49.679><c> foundation</c><00:16:50.059><c> of</c><00:16:50.240><c> the</c><00:16:50.419><c> world.</c>

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You<00:16:52.720><c> see,</c><00:16:53.220><c> just</c><00:16:53.379><c> as</c><00:16:53.480><c> Paul</c><00:16:53.679><c> was</c><00:16:53.840><c> teaching</c><00:16:54.100><c> the</c><00:16:54.320><c> believers</c><00:16:54.559><c> in</c>

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Philippi,<00:16:55.259><c> our</c><00:16:55.379><c> names</c><00:16:55.580><c> are</c><00:16:55.799><c> written</c><00:16:55.899><c> in</c><00:16:56.059><c> the</c><00:16:56.159><c> Book</c><00:16:56.299><c> of</c><00:16:56.480><c> Life.</c>

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And<00:16:57.100><c> Jesus</c><00:16:57.519><c> told</c><00:16:57.779><c> his</c><00:16:58.019><c> disciples,</c><00:16:58.740><c> Don't</c><00:16:58.779><c> be</c><00:16:59.019><c> too</c><00:16:59.259><c> pleased</c><00:16:59.500><c> with</c><00:16:59.720><c> yourselves</c><00:17:00.240><c> because</c><00:17:00.779><c> the</c><00:17:01.200><c> spirits</c><00:17:01.480><c> are</c><00:17:01.840><c> subject</c><00:17:02.179><c> unto</c><00:17:02.440><c> you,</c><00:17:03.220><c> but</c><00:17:03.419><c> you</c><00:17:03.659><c> should</c><00:17:03.860><c> rejoice</c><00:17:04.279><c> because</c><00:17:04.640><c> your</c><00:17:04.920><c> names</c><00:17:05.240><c> are</c><00:17:05.480><c> written</c><00:17:05.579><c> in</c>

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the<00:17:05.799><c> Book</c><00:17:06.000><c> of</c><00:17:06.200><c> Life.</c>

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And<00:17:08.140><c> yet</c><00:17:08.380><c> we</c><00:17:09.220><c> say,</c><00:17:09.759><c> doubting,</c><00:17:10.460><c> I</c><00:17:10.680><c> might</c><00:17:10.920><c> have</c><00:17:11.039><c> done</c><00:17:11.180><c> some</c><00:17:11.480><c> bad</c>

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things<00:17:11.940><c> this</c><00:17:12.240><c> week.</c>

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I'm<00:17:13.200><c> not</c><00:17:13.619><c> sure</c><00:17:13.880><c> if</c><00:17:14.079><c> Christ</c><00:17:14.380><c> has</c><00:17:14.640><c> rubbed</c><00:17:14.839><c> my</c><00:17:15.039><c> name</c><00:17:15.180><c> out</c><00:17:15.319><c> of</c><00:17:15.420><c> the</c><00:17:15.599><c> book.</c>

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And<00:17:16.440><c> I</c><00:17:16.660><c> mentioned</c><00:17:16.920><c> this</c><00:17:17.140><c> earlier,</c><00:17:17.420><c> is</c><00:17:17.519><c> that</c><00:17:17.599><c> what's</c><00:17:17.819><c> going</c><00:17:18.000><c> on?</c>

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Is<00:17:18.579><c> Christ</c><00:17:18.880><c> erasing</c><00:17:19.519><c> our</c><00:17:19.859><c> name</c><00:17:20.059><c> out</c><00:17:20.180><c> of</c><00:17:20.259><c> the</c><00:17:20.359><c> book</c><00:17:20.460><c> and</c><00:17:20.579><c> then</c><00:17:20.920><c> adding</c><00:17:21.119><c> it</c><00:17:21.400><c> back</c><00:17:21.599><c> in</c><00:17:21.819><c> based</c><00:17:22.079><c> on</c><00:17:22.259><c> our</c><00:17:22.500><c> works</c><00:17:22.680><c> if</c><00:17:22.799><c> we've</c><00:17:23.000><c> had</c><00:17:23.099><c> a</c>

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good<00:17:23.359><c> week</c><00:17:23.500><c> or</c><00:17:23.680><c> not?</c>

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In<00:17:24.259><c> other</c><00:17:24.420><c> words,</c><00:17:24.819><c> can</c><00:17:25.000><c> we</c><00:17:25.180><c> get</c><00:17:25.380><c> our</c><00:17:25.680><c> name</c><00:17:26.000><c> added</c><00:17:26.339><c> back</c><00:17:26.799><c> into</c>

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Not<00:17:30.619><c> so.</c>

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You'd<00:17:31.599><c> think</c><00:17:31.700><c> that</c><00:17:31.839><c> he</c><00:17:31.940><c> was</c><00:17:32.059><c> tearing</c><00:17:32.339><c> the</c><00:17:32.579><c> page</c><00:17:32.759><c> for</c><00:17:32.900><c> all</c><00:17:33.019><c> the</c>

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rubbing<00:17:33.319><c> out</c><00:17:33.559><c> and</c><00:17:33.680><c> putting</c><00:17:33.880><c> back</c><00:17:34.180><c> into</c><00:17:34.380><c> the</c><00:17:34.579><c> book</c><00:17:34.700><c> we</c><00:17:34.880><c> think</c>

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It's<00:17:35.920><c> not</c><00:17:36.220><c> so.</c>

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Our<00:17:37.779><c> names</c><00:17:37.980><c> are</c><00:17:38.259><c> written</c><00:17:38.400><c> in</c><00:17:38.559><c> the</c><00:17:38.660><c> Book</c><00:17:38.819><c> of</c><00:17:39.039><c> Life.</c>

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This<00:17:40.180><c> is</c><00:17:40.440><c> cause</c><00:17:40.599><c> for</c><00:17:40.859><c> great</c><00:17:41.099><c> rejoicing.</c>

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You<00:17:41.980><c> are</c><00:17:42.259><c> a</c><00:17:42.400><c> son</c><00:17:42.799><c> or</c><00:17:43.160><c> a</c><00:17:43.400><c> daughter</c><00:17:43.680><c> of</c><00:17:43.900><c> God.</c>

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And<00:17:45.079><c> with</c><00:17:45.319><c> that</c><00:17:45.559><c> in</c><00:17:45.779><c> mind,</c><00:17:46.279><c> apprehended</c><00:17:46.559><c> in</c><00:17:46.819><c> faith,</c><00:17:47.000><c> God</c><00:17:47.160><c> is</c>

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simply<00:17:47.779><c> saying,</c><00:17:48.900><c> serve</c><00:17:49.079><c> me</c><00:17:49.359><c> in</c><00:17:49.500><c> love.</c>

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Just<00:17:51.119><c> serve</c><00:17:51.319><c> me</c><00:17:51.539><c> in</c><00:17:51.619><c> love</c><00:17:51.700><c> and</c><00:17:51.779><c> be</c><00:17:52.079><c> thankful</c><00:17:52.380><c> for</c><00:17:52.579><c> what</c><00:17:52.720><c> I've</c>

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done<00:17:52.980><c> for</c><00:17:53.220><c> you.</c>

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Now,<00:17:57.220><c> the</c><00:17:57.400><c> end</c><00:17:57.660><c> of</c><00:17:57.920><c> last</c><00:17:58.160><c> class,</c><00:17:58.500><c> what</c><00:17:58.660><c> we</c><00:17:59.579><c> concluded</c><00:18:00.000><c> with</c><00:18:00.259><c> is</c>

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that<00:18:00.799><c> if</c><00:18:01.660><c> this</c><00:18:01.960><c> is</c><00:18:02.200><c> the</c><00:18:02.380><c> case,</c><00:18:03.579><c> if</c><00:18:03.759><c> this</c><00:18:04.039><c> is</c><00:18:04.240><c> what</c><00:18:04.380><c> God</c><00:18:04.619><c> thinks</c>

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of<00:18:05.039><c> us,</c><00:18:05.240><c> then</c><00:18:05.400><c> why</c><00:18:05.519><c> do</c><00:18:05.619><c> we</c><00:18:05.680><c> have</c><00:18:05.819><c> such</c><00:18:06.019><c> trouble</c><00:18:06.339><c> believing</c><00:18:06.700><c> it?</c>

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And<00:18:08.460><c> it's</c><00:18:08.799><c> interesting</c><00:18:09.119><c> we</c><00:18:09.339><c> said</c><00:18:09.460><c> that</c><00:18:09.660><c> on</c><00:18:10.039><c> a</c><00:18:10.259><c> first</c><00:18:10.460><c> principles</c><00:18:10.940><c> level,</c>

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we<00:18:11.500><c> have</c><00:18:11.799><c> rightly</c><00:18:12.140><c> concluded</c><00:18:12.500><c> there</c><00:18:13.019><c> is</c><00:18:13.380><c> no</c><00:18:13.640><c> supernatural</c><00:18:14.200><c> devil,</c>

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that<00:18:14.900><c> there</c><00:18:15.180><c> isn't</c><00:18:15.380><c> an</c><00:18:15.660><c> entity</c><00:18:16.220><c> out</c><00:18:16.660><c> there</c><00:18:16.839><c> running</c><00:18:17.039><c> around</c>

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in<00:18:17.559><c> the</c><00:18:17.759><c> world</c><00:18:18.079><c> wreaking</c><00:18:18.799><c> havoc</c><00:18:19.119><c> on</c><00:18:19.380><c> God's</c><00:18:19.819><c> creation,</c><00:18:20.640><c> tempting</c><00:18:20.859><c> and</c><00:18:21.160><c> poking</c><00:18:21.480><c> and</c><00:18:21.759><c> prodding</c><00:18:22.039><c> men</c><00:18:22.240><c> and</c><00:18:22.319><c> women</c><00:18:22.480><c> to</c>

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do<00:18:22.839><c> wrong.</c>

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We<00:18:24.200><c> know</c><00:18:24.440><c> that</c><00:18:24.660><c> to</c><00:18:24.799><c> be</c><00:18:25.000><c> ourselves,</c><00:18:26.319><c> that</c><00:18:26.619><c> susceptibility</c><00:18:27.740><c> to</c>

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wrong<00:18:28.559><c> suggestion,</c><00:18:30.019><c> which</c><00:18:30.140><c> is</c><00:18:30.339><c> temptation</c><00:18:30.880><c> defined,</c><00:18:32.700><c> need</c>

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not<00:18:33.339><c> come</c><00:18:33.619><c> from</c><00:18:33.859><c> without.</c>

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It<00:18:34.500><c> comes</c><00:18:34.700><c> from</c><00:18:34.900><c> within.</c>

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Temptation<00:18:36.740><c> comes</c><00:18:36.940><c> from</c><00:18:37.160><c> a</c><00:18:37.279><c> man's</c><00:18:37.559><c> heart</c><00:18:37.720><c> and</c><00:18:37.900><c> we</c><00:18:38.119><c> are</c><00:18:38.319><c> drawn</c>

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away<00:18:38.940><c> of</c><00:18:39.380><c> our</c><00:18:39.599><c> own</c><00:18:39.819><c> lust</c><00:18:40.180><c> and</c><00:18:40.519><c> enticed.</c>

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makes<00:18:53.240><c> a</c><00:18:53.599><c> false</c><00:18:53.900><c> accusation</c><00:18:54.640><c> against</c><00:18:55.059><c> God.</c>

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about<00:18:57.559><c> you.</c>

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But<00:18:58.380><c> I</c><00:18:58.559><c> can</c><00:18:58.779><c> freely</c><00:18:58.980><c> admit</c><00:18:59.240><c> that</c><00:18:59.400><c> what</c><00:18:59.559><c> makes</c><00:18:59.759><c> it</c><00:18:59.960><c> so</c><00:19:00.240><c> challenging</c><00:19:00.700><c> for</c><00:19:00.980><c> me</c><00:19:01.180><c> at</c><00:19:01.420><c> times</c><00:19:01.779><c> to</c><00:19:02.480><c> believe</c><00:19:02.900><c> all</c><00:19:03.140><c> those</c><00:19:03.319><c> things</c><00:19:03.539><c> that</c><00:19:03.680><c> God</c><00:19:03.900><c> says</c><00:19:04.160><c> about</c><00:19:04.400><c> me</c><00:19:04.680><c> is</c><00:19:05.119><c> that</c><00:19:05.259><c> there's</c><00:19:05.519><c> a</c>

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These<00:19:13.160><c> are</c><00:19:13.480><c> contrary</c><00:19:14.000><c> one</c><00:19:14.200><c> to</c><00:19:14.339><c> another</c><00:19:14.539><c> so</c><00:19:14.759><c> that</c><00:19:14.880><c> I</c><00:19:15.420><c> cannot</c><00:19:15.660><c> do</c>

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So<00:19:17.740><c> the</c><00:19:17.940><c> great</c><00:19:18.200><c> adversary</c><00:19:18.779><c> I've</c><00:19:19.119><c> concluded</c><00:19:19.420><c> or</c><00:19:19.700><c> the</c><00:19:20.200><c> Satan</c><00:19:20.500><c> of</c>

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It's<00:19:27.180><c> the</c><00:19:27.380><c> false</c><00:19:27.759><c> accusation</c><00:19:28.559><c> against</c><00:19:29.000><c> God</c><00:19:29.240><c> to</c><00:19:29.460><c> say,</c><00:19:30.259><c> no,</c><00:19:30.819><c> I'm</c>

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not<00:19:31.259><c> one</c><00:19:31.400><c> of</c><00:19:31.579><c> yours.</c>

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I<00:19:32.259><c> couldn't</c><00:19:32.519><c> be.</c><00:19:33.019><c> I</c><00:19:33.319><c> make</c><00:19:33.500><c> too</c><00:19:33.700><c> many</c><00:19:33.839><c> mistakes</c><00:19:34.259><c> to</c><00:19:34.440><c> be</c><00:19:34.599><c> yours.</c>

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I<00:19:34.900><c> have</c><00:19:35.160><c> far</c><00:19:35.440><c> too</c><00:19:35.680><c> many</c><00:19:35.940><c> sins</c><00:19:36.259><c> to</c><00:19:36.700><c> be</c><00:19:36.819><c> one</c><00:19:37.000><c> of</c><00:19:37.180><c> yours.</c>

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Despite<00:19:38.740><c> the</c><00:19:39.059><c> simple</c><00:19:39.279><c> fact</c><00:19:39.599><c> that</c><00:19:39.779><c> God</c><00:19:40.019><c> has</c><00:19:40.339><c> made</c><00:19:40.579><c> provision</c>

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for<00:19:41.240><c> our</c><00:19:41.480><c> sins,</c><00:19:42.319><c> it's</c><00:19:42.779><c> slander</c><00:19:43.279><c> against</c><00:19:43.779><c> the</c><00:19:44.019><c> very</c><00:19:44.240><c> words</c><00:19:44.440><c> of</c><00:19:44.640><c> God.</c>

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And<00:19:46.079><c> so</c><00:19:46.539><c> there's</c><00:19:47.019><c> a</c><00:19:47.240><c> problem</c><00:19:47.500><c> with</c><00:19:47.740><c> our</c><00:19:48.019><c> thinking.</c>

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And<00:19:49.319><c> so</c><00:19:49.420><c> the</c><00:19:49.539><c> question</c><00:19:49.819><c> then</c><00:19:50.019><c> becomes,</c><00:19:51.119><c> how</c><00:19:51.279><c> does</c><00:19:51.480><c> God</c><00:19:51.759><c> fix</c>

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this<00:19:52.359><c> problem?</c>

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And<00:19:53.720><c> this</c><00:19:53.940><c> is</c><00:19:54.079><c> what</c><00:19:54.160><c> we</c><00:19:54.359><c> want</c><00:19:54.460><c> to</c><00:19:54.660><c> spend</c><00:19:54.779><c> some</c><00:19:55.099><c> time</c><00:19:55.339><c> on</c><00:19:55.539><c> this</c><00:19:55.759><c> morning.</c>

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He's<00:19:56.819><c> given</c><00:19:57.019><c> reasons</c><00:19:57.599><c> for</c><00:19:57.819><c> us</c><00:19:57.980><c> to</c><00:19:58.220><c> believe</c><00:19:58.660><c> and</c><00:19:59.279><c> he</c><00:19:59.519><c> even</c><00:19:59.779><c> works</c><00:20:00.140><c> on</c><00:20:00.319><c> our</c><00:20:00.539><c> faith</c><00:20:00.819><c> on</c><00:20:01.140><c> a</c>

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One<00:20:03.059><c> of</c><00:20:03.220><c> the</c><00:20:03.460><c> key</c><00:20:03.680><c> things</c><00:20:03.980><c> that</c><00:20:04.180><c> I</c><00:20:04.460><c> shared</c><00:20:04.960><c> with</c><00:20:05.880><c> you</c><00:20:06.380><c> is</c><00:20:06.900><c> I</c><00:20:07.259><c> asked</c><00:20:07.720><c> a</c>

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simple<00:20:08.180><c> question.</c>

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And<00:20:13.140><c> that</c><00:20:13.380><c> question</c><00:20:13.759><c> was,</c><00:20:15.059><c> I</c><00:20:15.180><c> believe</c><00:20:15.460><c> God</c><00:20:15.700><c> asked</c><00:20:15.940><c> the</c><00:20:16.160><c> question,</c><00:20:16.539><c> what</c>

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do<00:20:16.799><c> my</c><00:20:17.079><c> children,</c><00:20:17.500><c> what</c><00:20:17.640><c> do</c><00:20:17.839><c> my</c><00:20:18.119><c> children</c><00:20:18.460><c> need</c><00:20:18.759><c> to</c><00:20:18.920><c> be</c><00:20:19.180><c> successful?</c>

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And<00:20:20.779><c> I</c><00:20:20.920><c> think</c><00:20:21.099><c> we</c><00:20:21.319><c> already</c><00:20:21.539><c> talked</c><00:20:21.839><c> about</c><00:20:22.079><c> this,</c><00:20:22.359><c> but</c><00:20:22.480><c> it's</c>

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And<00:20:30.240><c> in</c><00:20:30.900><c> him,</c><00:20:32.660><c> we</c><00:20:33.579><c> see</c><00:20:34.220><c> that</c><00:20:35.240><c> he</c><00:20:35.480><c> would</c><00:20:35.680><c> declare</c><00:20:36.059><c> God's</c><00:20:36.519><c> righteousness,</c><00:20:37.759><c> that</c>

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sin<00:20:38.480><c> is</c><00:20:38.900><c> worthy</c><00:20:39.220><c> of</c><00:20:39.480><c> death.</c>

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The<00:20:46.880><c> Lord</c><00:20:47.079><c> laid</c><00:20:47.380><c> down</c><00:20:47.619><c> his</c><00:20:47.819><c> life</c><00:20:48.000><c> for</c><00:20:48.299><c> us,</c><00:20:48.759><c> his</c><00:20:49.180><c> friends.</c>

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That's<00:20:50.319><c> the</c><00:20:50.500><c> gift</c><00:20:50.839><c> that</c><00:20:51.079><c> God</c><00:20:51.279><c> has</c><00:20:51.519><c> given</c><00:20:51.660><c> us.</c>

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That's<00:20:52.160><c> the</c><00:20:52.339><c> reassurance.</c>

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That<00:20:53.099><c> is</c><00:20:53.500><c> the</c><00:20:53.740><c> number</c><00:20:53.960><c> one</c><00:20:54.160><c> thing</c><00:20:54.339><c> that</c><00:20:54.500><c> he</c><00:20:54.680><c> does</c><00:20:55.099><c> to</c><00:20:55.640><c> increase</c>

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That's<00:20:58.619><c> the</c><00:20:58.799><c> token</c><00:20:59.000><c> of</c><00:20:59.140><c> his</c><00:20:59.339><c> love.</c>

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And<00:20:59.920><c> it's</c><00:21:00.259><c> the</c><00:21:00.420><c> very</c><00:21:00.740><c> model</c><00:21:01.359><c> of</c><00:21:01.920><c> love</c><00:21:02.400><c> that</c><00:21:03.099><c> is</c><00:21:03.559><c> motivated</c><00:21:03.940><c> by</c>

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you<00:21:07.720><c> and</c><00:21:07.779><c> I.</c>

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It's<00:21:08.240><c> the</c><00:21:08.420><c> basis</c><00:21:08.839><c> of</c><00:21:09.079><c> the</c><00:21:09.299><c> relationship</c><00:21:09.900><c> that</c><00:21:10.400><c> God</c><00:21:10.900><c> desires</c>

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to<00:21:12.279><c> see</c><00:21:12.460><c> in</c><00:21:12.680><c> his</c><00:21:13.000><c> children.</c>

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And<00:21:14.180><c> that's</c><00:21:14.480><c> the</c><00:21:14.660><c> grace.</c>

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That's<00:21:15.319><c> the</c><00:21:15.480><c> gift</c><00:21:15.660><c> that</c><00:21:15.880><c> Paul</c><00:21:16.099><c> and</c><00:21:16.240><c> the</c><00:21:16.400><c> apostles</c><00:21:16.700><c> were</c><00:21:16.960><c> preaching</c><00:21:17.500><c> in</c><00:21:17.940><c> Acts.</c>

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And<00:21:18.599><c> that</c><00:21:18.740><c> was</c><00:21:18.900><c> the</c><00:21:19.119><c> undercurrent</c><00:21:19.460><c> of</c><00:21:19.640><c> their</c><00:21:19.839><c> mind.</c>

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It's<00:21:20.279><c> how</c><00:21:20.420><c> they</c><00:21:20.680><c> thought.</c>

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on<00:21:23.920><c> fire.</c>

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And<00:21:24.599><c> that's</c><00:21:24.799><c> what</c><00:21:25.099><c> changed</c><00:21:25.359><c> the</c><00:21:25.579><c> course</c><00:21:25.799><c> of</c><00:21:26.039><c> human</c><00:21:26.220><c> history.</c>

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They<00:21:27.160><c> didn't</c><00:21:27.440><c> set</c><00:21:27.660><c> out</c><00:21:27.799><c> to</c><00:21:28.119><c> prove</c><00:21:28.319><c> their</c><00:21:28.599><c> love</c><00:21:28.720><c> to</c><00:21:28.880><c> God</c><00:21:29.039><c> by</c>

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And<00:21:30.319><c> they</c><00:21:30.400><c> wouldn't</c><00:21:30.559><c> have</c><00:21:30.779><c> gotten</c><00:21:30.920><c> very</c><00:21:31.500><c> far</c><00:21:31.740><c> if</c><00:21:31.920><c> they</c><00:21:32.160><c> did.</c>

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of<00:21:35.700><c> Jesus</c><00:21:35.940><c> Christ.</c>

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But<00:21:37.019><c> brothers</c><00:21:37.200><c> and</c><00:21:37.460><c> sisters,</c><00:21:37.700><c> if</c><00:21:37.940><c> we</c><00:21:38.140><c> invert</c><00:21:38.359><c> the</c><00:21:38.640><c> process</c><00:21:38.960><c> and</c><00:21:39.180><c> we</c>

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go<00:21:40.079><c> out</c><00:21:40.339><c> and</c><00:21:40.579><c> we</c><00:21:41.039><c> try</c><00:21:41.460><c> to</c><00:21:41.740><c> generate</c><00:21:42.119><c> faith</c><00:21:42.460><c> by</c><00:21:42.660><c> going</c><00:21:42.779><c> out</c><00:21:42.980><c> and</c>

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doing<00:21:43.299><c> something</c><00:21:43.599><c> nice</c><00:21:43.920><c> for</c><00:21:44.140><c> others,</c>

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without<00:21:45.099><c> the</c><00:21:45.339><c> proper</c><00:21:45.599><c> motivation,</c><00:21:46.680><c> we</c><00:21:46.920><c> can</c><00:21:47.200><c> end</c><00:21:47.480><c> up</c><00:21:47.700><c> deceiving</c><00:21:48.119><c> ourselves</c><00:21:48.839><c> and</c><00:21:49.319><c> we</c>

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get<00:21:49.640><c> weary</c><00:21:49.900><c> and</c><00:21:50.119><c> well</c><00:21:50.319><c>-doing</c><00:21:50.660><c> because</c><00:21:51.259><c> our</c><00:21:51.519><c> willpower</c><00:21:51.960><c> is</c><00:21:52.160><c> unsustainable.</c>

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But<00:21:53.720><c> there's</c><00:21:53.940><c> every</c><00:21:54.180><c> reason</c><00:21:54.440><c> to</c><00:21:54.660><c> believe</c><00:21:54.799><c> that</c><00:21:55.000><c> God</c><00:21:55.160><c> is</c><00:21:55.420><c> working</c><00:21:55.680><c> daily</c>

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and<00:21:57.000><c> the</c><00:21:57.119><c> Lord</c><00:21:57.279><c> Jesus</c><00:21:57.599><c> Christ</c><00:21:57.819><c> is</c><00:21:57.980><c> working</c><00:21:58.220><c> daily</c><00:21:58.539><c> to</c><00:21:58.779><c> develop</c>

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our<00:21:59.319><c> faith.</c>

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Now,<00:22:00.319><c> can</c><00:22:00.819><c> we</c><00:22:01.039><c> lose</c><00:22:01.339><c> the</c><00:22:01.559><c> kingdom?</c>

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Am<00:22:02.440><c> I</c><00:22:02.539><c> just</c><00:22:02.839><c> stacking</c><00:22:03.059><c> the</c><00:22:03.299><c> deck?</c>

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Am<00:22:03.559><c> I</c><00:22:03.660><c> just</c><00:22:03.880><c> pulling</c><00:22:04.079><c> together</c><00:22:04.380><c> all</c><00:22:04.700><c> the</c><00:22:04.839><c> verses</c><00:22:05.059><c> that</c><00:22:05.240><c> I</c><00:22:05.440><c> want</c>

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to<00:22:05.799><c> prove</c><00:22:05.920><c> my</c><00:22:06.240><c> point,</c><00:22:07.079><c> to</c><00:22:07.319><c> convince</c><00:22:07.619><c> you</c><00:22:07.799><c> to</c><00:22:08.000><c> my</c><00:22:08.240><c> side</c><00:22:08.400><c> of</c><00:22:08.539><c> the</c><00:22:08.680><c> argument?</c>

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Can<00:22:09.740><c> we</c><00:22:09.900><c> lose</c><00:22:10.079><c> the</c><00:22:10.279><c> kingdom?</c>

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Well,<00:22:11.400><c> every</c><00:22:11.779><c> one</c><00:22:11.920><c> of</c><00:22:12.000><c> those</c><00:22:12.200><c> verses</c><00:22:12.539><c> that</c><00:22:12.720><c> we've</c><00:22:12.940><c> looked</c><00:22:13.099><c> at</c>

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about<00:22:13.579><c> God's</c><00:22:14.200><c> love</c><00:22:14.420><c> for</c><00:22:14.660><c> us</c><00:22:14.900><c> comes</c><00:22:15.099><c> with</c><00:22:15.299><c> a</c><00:22:15.480><c> warning.</c>

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And<00:22:16.759><c> that</c><00:22:16.960><c> warning</c><00:22:17.180><c> is</c><00:22:17.400><c> our</c><00:22:17.599><c> liberty</c><00:22:17.980><c> in</c><00:22:18.240><c> Christ</c><00:22:18.539><c> cannot</c><00:22:18.940><c> breed</c><00:22:19.240><c> license</c><00:22:19.920><c> to</c>

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live<00:22:20.619><c> ungodly</c><00:22:21.119><c> lives.</c>

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But<00:22:23.279><c> the</c><00:22:23.480><c> point</c><00:22:23.720><c> is,</c><00:22:26.160><c> is</c><00:22:26.380><c> that</c><00:22:26.539><c> we</c><00:22:26.759><c> can't</c><00:22:27.559><c> simply</c><00:22:28.160><c> let</c><00:22:28.660><c> all</c>

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those<00:22:29.420><c> things</c><00:22:30.099><c> breed</c><00:22:30.579><c> complacency.</c>

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All<00:22:31.920><c> those</c><00:22:32.200><c> things</c><00:22:32.440><c> that</c><00:22:32.640><c> we've</c><00:22:33.000><c> shared</c><00:22:33.339><c> about</c><00:22:33.660><c> God's</c><00:22:34.039><c> love</c>

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for<00:22:34.380><c> us</c><00:22:34.539><c> are</c><00:22:34.740><c> there</c><00:22:34.940><c> to</c><00:22:35.279><c> inspire</c><00:22:35.640><c> us</c><00:22:36.539><c> and</c><00:22:36.880><c> to</c><00:22:37.220><c> build</c><00:22:37.559><c> our</c><00:22:37.880><c> faith</c>

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in<00:22:38.279><c> him,</c>

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not<00:22:38.640><c> to</c><00:22:39.039><c> let</c><00:22:39.460><c> us</c><00:22:40.059><c> run</c><00:22:40.319><c> amok.</c>

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And<00:22:41.779><c> we're</c><00:22:41.940><c> not</c><00:22:42.200><c> Calvinists</c><00:22:42.720><c> either,</c><00:22:43.099><c> brothers</c><00:22:43.259><c> and</c><00:22:43.539><c> sisters,</c><00:22:43.960><c> who</c>

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believe<00:22:44.359><c> that</c><00:22:44.599><c> once</c><00:22:44.779><c> you're</c><00:22:45.059><c> saved,</c><00:22:45.319><c> you're</c><00:22:45.539><c> always</c><00:22:45.940><c> saved,</c>

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regardless<00:22:47.519><c> of</c><00:22:47.740><c> what</c><00:22:47.920><c> manner</c><00:22:48.079><c> of</c><00:22:48.279><c> life</c><00:22:48.519><c> you</c><00:22:48.759><c> live,</c><00:22:49.579><c> what</c><00:22:49.740><c> you</c>

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believe<00:22:50.339><c> in,</c><00:22:50.720><c> whatever</c><00:22:51.000><c> you</c><00:22:51.259><c> do.</c>

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It's<00:22:52.599><c> ridiculous.</c>

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So<00:22:53.660><c> we</c><00:22:53.799><c> have</c><00:22:53.980><c> to</c><00:22:54.099><c> ask</c><00:22:54.200><c> the</c><00:22:54.380><c> question</c><00:22:54.619><c> in</c><00:22:54.759><c> some</c><00:22:54.900><c> regard,</c><00:22:55.359><c> well,</c>

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can<00:22:55.559><c> we</c><00:22:56.200><c> lose</c><00:22:56.480><c> the</c><00:22:56.700><c> kingdom?</c>

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Well,<00:22:57.079><c> of</c><00:22:57.259><c> course</c><00:22:57.480><c> we</c><00:22:57.680><c> can.</c>

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It's<00:22:58.920><c> kind</c><00:22:59.039><c> of</c><00:22:59.180><c> a</c><00:22:59.299><c> strange</c><00:22:59.579><c> question</c><00:22:59.940><c> to</c><00:23:00.200><c> ask</c><00:23:00.519><c> in</c><00:23:00.740><c> some</c><00:23:00.920><c> way,</c>

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but<00:23:01.859><c> can</c><00:23:02.180><c> we</c><00:23:02.359><c> lose</c><00:23:02.539><c> the</c><00:23:02.740><c> kingdom?</c>

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Of<00:23:03.140><c> course</c><00:23:03.380><c> we</c><00:23:03.579><c> can.</c>

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How?

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Well,<00:23:05.200><c> we</c><00:23:05.440><c> invert</c><00:23:05.759><c> the</c><00:23:06.019><c> truth.</c>

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We<00:23:06.619><c> effectively</c><00:23:07.059><c> stop</c><00:23:07.480><c> believing.</c>

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The<00:23:08.180><c> Bible</c><00:23:08.400><c> doesn't</c><00:23:08.680><c> really</c><00:23:09.099><c> outline</c><00:23:09.680><c> how</c><00:23:09.960><c> you</c><00:23:10.119><c> can</c><00:23:10.359><c> lose</c><00:23:10.559><c> the</c><00:23:10.779><c> kingdom,</c>

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but<00:23:11.420><c> it</c><00:23:11.619><c> does</c><00:23:12.019><c> indicate</c><00:23:12.640><c> behaviors</c><00:23:13.500><c> of</c><00:23:13.960><c> somebody</c><00:23:14.200><c> who</c><00:23:14.500><c> stopped</c><00:23:14.740><c> believing</c><00:23:15.099><c> in</c><00:23:15.359><c> God.</c>

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And<00:23:16.259><c> you</c><00:23:16.359><c> can</c><00:23:16.640><c> find</c><00:23:16.779><c> these</c><00:23:16.980><c> in</c><00:23:17.119><c> 1</c><00:23:17.299><c> Corinthians</c><00:23:17.619><c> 6</c><00:23:18.240><c> and</c><00:23:18.680><c> Galatians</c><00:23:19.119><c> 5.</c>

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I'll<00:23:19.599><c> just</c><00:23:19.819><c> read</c><00:23:20.039><c> one.</c>

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I'll<00:23:20.579><c> just</c><00:23:20.759><c> read</c><00:23:20.880><c> one</c><00:23:21.099><c> of</c><00:23:21.160><c> those</c><00:23:21.400><c> two</c><00:23:21.960><c> for</c><00:23:22.220><c> sake</c><00:23:22.420><c> of</c><00:23:22.640><c> time.</c>

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Behaviors<00:23:24.279><c> that</c><00:23:24.640><c> indicate</c><00:23:25.140><c> unbelief.</c>

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He<00:23:26.140><c> says,</c><00:23:26.900><c> Know</c><00:23:26.900><c> ye</c><00:23:27.160><c> not</c><00:23:27.380><c> that</c><00:23:27.579><c> the</c><00:23:27.880><c> unrighteous,</c><00:23:28.900><c> if</c><00:23:29.119><c> righteousness</c><00:23:29.480><c> is</c><00:23:29.720><c> by</c><00:23:30.019><c> faith,</c>

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the<00:23:31.319><c> unrighteous</c><00:23:31.859><c> would</c><00:23:32.039><c> be</c><00:23:32.240><c> somebody</c><00:23:32.539><c> who</c><00:23:32.819><c> is</c><00:23:33.720><c> not</c><00:23:34.079><c> demonstrating</c><00:23:34.579><c> your</c><00:23:34.779><c> living</c><00:23:34.940><c> by</c><00:23:35.259><c> faith.</c>

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Know<00:23:36.160><c> ye</c><00:23:36.319><c> not</c><00:23:36.440><c> that</c><00:23:36.599><c> the</c><00:23:36.900><c> unrighteous</c><00:23:37.359><c> shall</c><00:23:37.640><c> not</c><00:23:38.079><c> inherit</c><00:23:38.359><c> the</c><00:23:38.539><c> kingdom</c><00:23:38.740><c> of</c><00:23:38.980><c> God?</c>

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Be<00:23:39.640><c> not</c><00:23:39.900><c> deceived.</c>

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Neither<00:23:41.299><c> fornicators,</c><00:23:42.700><c> idolaters,</c><00:23:43.619><c> adulterers,</c><00:23:44.380><c> effeminate,</c>

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nor<00:23:45.279><c> abusers</c><00:23:45.740><c> of</c><00:23:45.880><c> themselves</c><00:23:46.299><c> with</c><00:23:46.500><c> mankind,</c><00:23:47.759><c> nor</c><00:23:47.960><c> thieves,</c>

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nor<00:23:48.740><c> covetousness,</c>

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nor<00:23:49.819><c> drunkards,</c><00:23:50.359><c> nor</c><00:23:50.519><c> revilers,</c><00:23:51.119><c> nor</c><00:23:51.259><c> extortioners</c><00:23:52.319><c> shall</c>

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inherit<00:23:53.019><c> the</c><00:23:53.259><c> kingdom</c><00:23:53.460><c> of</c><00:23:53.720><c> God.</c>

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And<00:23:55.519><c> what</c><00:23:55.700><c> all</c><00:23:55.980><c> those</c><00:23:56.160><c> things</c><00:23:56.420><c> have</c><00:23:56.640><c> in</c><00:23:56.859><c> common,</c><00:23:57.079><c> and</c><00:23:57.180><c> there's</c>

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a<00:23:57.599><c> longer</c><00:23:57.819><c> list</c><00:23:58.099><c> in</c><00:23:58.279><c> Galatians</c><00:23:58.640><c> 5,</c>

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what<00:24:00.279><c> all</c><00:24:00.880><c> those</c><00:24:01.619><c> behaviors</c><00:24:02.500><c> have</c><00:24:02.880><c> in</c><00:24:03.140><c> common</c><00:24:03.559><c> is</c><00:24:04.880><c> the</c><00:24:05.359><c> thought</c><00:24:05.619><c> pattern</c><00:24:05.940><c> behind</c><00:24:06.500><c> them</c>

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of<00:24:06.799><c> somebody</c><00:24:07.099><c> who</c><00:24:07.440><c> disregards</c><00:24:08.099><c> God</c><00:24:08.380><c> now,</c><00:24:09.279><c> who</c><00:24:09.440><c> isn't</c><00:24:09.700><c> believing</c><00:24:10.119><c> in</c><00:24:10.359><c> God</c><00:24:10.519><c> anymore,</c>

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who<00:24:11.319><c> doesn't</c><00:24:11.579><c> have</c><00:24:11.839><c> God</c><00:24:12.119><c> at</c><00:24:12.259><c> the</c><00:24:12.480><c> center</c><00:24:12.660><c> or</c><00:24:12.880><c> is</c><00:24:13.099><c> trying</c><00:24:13.299><c> to</c><00:24:13.519><c> make</c><00:24:13.640><c> God</c><00:24:14.140><c> at</c>

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the<00:24:14.480><c> center</c><00:24:14.759><c> of</c><00:24:15.279><c> what</c><00:24:15.440><c> they</c><00:24:16.059><c> do.</c>

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And<00:24:18.299><c> so</c><00:24:19.160><c> Paul</c><00:24:19.640><c> says</c><00:24:20.140><c> to</c><00:24:20.359><c> Timothy,</c>

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This<00:24:22.000><c> charge</c><00:24:22.460><c> I</c><00:24:22.839><c> commit</c><00:24:23.180><c> thee,</c><00:24:23.579><c> son</c><00:24:23.799><c> Timothy,</c><00:24:24.299><c> according</c><00:24:24.559><c> to</c>

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the<00:24:25.000><c> prophecies</c><00:24:25.380><c> which</c><00:24:25.599><c> went</c><00:24:26.000><c> before</c><00:24:26.619><c> thee,</c>

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that<00:24:27.500><c> thou</c><00:24:27.720><c> mightest</c><00:24:28.200><c> war</c><00:24:28.359><c> a</c><00:24:28.500><c> good</c><00:24:28.660><c> warfare,</c><00:24:29.500><c> holding</c><00:24:29.900><c> faith,</c>

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a<00:24:31.359><c> good</c><00:24:31.599><c> conscience,</c>

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which<00:24:32.920><c> some,</c><00:24:33.480><c> having</c><00:24:33.680><c> put</c><00:24:33.940><c> away</c><00:24:34.539><c> concerning</c><00:24:35.119><c> faith,</c><00:24:35.720><c> they've</c>

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made<00:24:36.279><c> shipwreck</c><00:24:36.759><c> of</c><00:24:37.799><c> their</c><00:24:38.000><c> lives.</c>

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It's<00:24:39.099><c> in</c><00:24:39.259><c> 1</c><00:24:39.420><c> Timothy</c><00:24:39.720><c> 1,</c><00:24:40.119><c> right</c><00:24:40.240><c> at</c><00:24:40.359><c> the</c><00:24:40.420><c> beginning</c><00:24:40.599><c> of</c><00:24:40.779><c> the</c><00:24:40.779><c> letter.</c>

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If<00:24:41.460><c> you</c><00:24:41.619><c> read</c><00:24:41.779><c> the</c><00:24:41.960><c> book</c><00:24:42.119><c> of</c><00:24:42.359><c> Jude,</c><00:24:42.599><c> you</c><00:24:42.680><c> get</c><00:24:42.920><c> a</c><00:24:43.119><c> similar</c><00:24:44.119><c> sort</c>

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of<00:24:44.619><c> commentary</c>

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about<00:24:45.180><c> those</c><00:24:45.460><c> who</c><00:24:45.619><c> have</c><00:24:45.839><c> turned</c><00:24:46.079><c> away</c><00:24:46.380><c> from</c><00:24:46.539><c> the</c><00:24:46.720><c> one</c><00:24:46.920><c> true</c><00:24:47.140><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:24:48.440><c> yet</c><00:24:48.640><c> there's</c><00:24:49.039><c> a</c><00:24:49.119><c> positive</c><00:24:49.579><c> contrast</c><00:24:50.079><c> in</c><00:24:50.339><c> Jude</c><00:24:50.539><c> saying,</c>

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Build<00:24:51.200><c> yourself</c><00:24:51.680><c> up</c><00:24:51.940><c> in</c><00:24:52.059><c> the</c><00:24:52.200><c> most</c><00:24:52.420><c> holy</c><00:24:52.660><c> faith.</c>

00:24:54.099 --> 00:24:58.019
Now,<00:24:54.960><c> what</c><00:24:55.119><c> we</c><00:24:55.339><c> want</c><00:24:55.480><c> to</c><00:24:55.680><c> do</c><00:24:56.200><c> is</c><00:24:56.599><c> we</c><00:24:56.740><c> want</c><00:24:56.900><c> to</c><00:24:57.519><c> spend</c><00:24:57.740><c> a</c><00:24:57.900><c> little</c>

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bit<00:24:58.180><c> of</c><00:24:58.359><c> time</c>

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looking<00:24:59.640><c> at</c><00:24:59.859><c> ways</c><00:25:00.059><c> in</c><00:25:00.240><c> which</c><00:25:00.400><c> God</c><00:25:00.680><c> generates</c><00:25:01.359><c> faith.</c>

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We<00:25:03.240><c> looked</c><00:25:03.440><c> at</c><00:25:03.599><c> John</c><00:25:03.940><c> 3,</c><00:25:04.339><c> 16,</c><00:25:05.220><c> and</c><00:25:05.480><c> we</c><00:25:05.619><c> looked</c><00:25:05.839><c> at</c><00:25:06.000><c> how</c><00:25:06.259><c> God</c><00:25:06.500><c> has</c>

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given<00:25:06.920><c> us</c>

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His<00:25:07.660><c> only</c><00:25:08.019><c> begotten</c><00:25:08.480><c> Son</c><00:25:08.660><c> as</c><00:25:08.839><c> the</c><00:25:09.079><c> ultimate</c><00:25:09.519><c> expression</c><00:25:09.980><c> of</c>

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His<00:25:10.339><c> love,</c>

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and<00:25:11.059><c> that</c><00:25:11.299><c> should</c><00:25:11.539><c> generate</c><00:25:12.019><c> faith.</c>

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But<00:25:13.160><c> turn</c><00:25:13.319><c> with</c><00:25:13.500><c> me,</c><00:25:13.680><c> if</c><00:25:13.819><c> you</c><00:25:14.039><c> would,</c><00:25:14.660><c> to</c><00:25:14.900><c> Romans</c><00:25:15.420><c> 8,</c><00:25:16.720><c> at</c><00:25:16.839><c> verse</c><00:25:17.079><c> 32.</c>

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Again,<00:25:21.900><c> the</c><00:25:22.019><c> Bible</c><00:25:22.299><c> is</c><00:25:22.559><c> very</c><00:25:22.859><c> logical,</c>

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and<00:25:24.539><c> that's</c><00:25:25.119><c> one</c><00:25:25.259><c> way</c><00:25:25.460><c> in</c><00:25:25.579><c> which</c><00:25:25.819><c> He</c><00:25:26.319><c> increases</c><00:25:26.779><c> our</c><00:25:27.079><c> faith.</c>

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We'll<00:25:27.500><c> get</c><00:25:27.680><c> into</c><00:25:27.859><c> that</c><00:25:28.079><c> a</c><00:25:28.160><c> bit</c><00:25:28.299><c> later,</c>

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but<00:25:29.339><c> we'll</c><00:25:29.900><c> take</c><00:25:30.059><c> a</c><00:25:30.220><c> quick</c><00:25:30.339><c> look</c><00:25:30.559><c> at</c><00:25:30.819><c> Romans</c><00:25:31.140><c> 8,</c><00:25:31.519><c> at</c><00:25:31.619><c> verse</c><00:25:31.819><c> 32.</c>

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This<00:25:37.000><c> is</c><00:25:37.119><c> what</c><00:25:37.240><c> it</c><00:25:37.500><c> says</c><00:25:37.660><c> there.</c>

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He<00:25:39.680><c> that</c><00:25:40.079><c> spared</c><00:25:40.420><c> not</c><00:25:40.799><c> his</c><00:25:41.099><c> own</c><00:25:41.539><c> Son,</c><00:25:42.460><c> but</c><00:25:42.599><c> delivered</c><00:25:43.039><c> him</c><00:25:43.380><c> up</c>

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for<00:25:43.920><c> us</c><00:25:44.359><c> all,</c>

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how<00:25:45.599><c> shall</c><00:25:45.940><c> he</c><00:25:46.259><c> not</c><00:25:46.700><c> with</c><00:25:47.160><c> Him</c><00:25:47.799><c> also</c><00:25:48.500><c> freely</c><00:25:49.000><c> give</c><00:25:49.180><c> us</c><00:25:49.400><c> all</c><00:25:49.660><c> things?</c>

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Now,<00:25:52.740><c> that's</c><00:25:53.299><c> logical,</c><00:25:53.900><c> right?</c>

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If<00:25:54.119><c> He's</c><00:25:54.480><c> given</c><00:25:54.940><c> His</c><00:25:55.480><c> Son,</c><00:25:56.640><c> everything</c><00:25:57.019><c> else</c><00:25:57.299><c> is</c><00:25:57.480><c> going</c><00:25:57.559><c> to</c><00:25:57.619><c> be</c>

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less<00:25:58.000><c> than</c><00:25:58.279><c> that.</c>

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Everything<00:25:59.380><c> else</c><00:25:59.619><c> is</c><00:25:59.759><c> going</c><00:25:59.819><c> to</c><00:25:59.940><c> be</c><00:26:00.259><c> smaller</c><00:26:00.599><c> than</c><00:26:01.259><c> His</c><00:26:01.839><c> Son,</c>

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His<00:26:02.680><c> only</c><00:26:03.119><c> Son.</c>

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And<00:26:05.200><c> so</c><00:26:05.440><c> what</c><00:26:05.640><c> I</c><00:26:05.740><c> was</c><00:26:05.960><c> trying</c><00:26:06.200><c> to</c><00:26:06.339><c> get</c><00:26:06.519><c> across</c><00:26:06.819><c> to</c><00:26:07.059><c> the</c><00:26:07.299><c> teens</c>

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and<00:26:08.960><c> even</c><00:26:09.240><c> the</c><00:26:09.400><c> other</c><00:26:09.579><c> night</c><00:26:09.759><c> is,</c>

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what<00:26:11.200><c> do</c><00:26:11.359><c> we</c><00:26:11.559><c> need</c><00:26:11.819><c> to</c><00:26:12.019><c> be</c><00:26:12.220><c> spiritually</c><00:26:12.640><c> successful?</c>

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And<00:26:14.359><c> I'm</c><00:26:14.460><c> not</c><00:26:14.700><c> talking</c><00:26:14.920><c> about</c><00:26:15.119><c> a</c><00:26:15.380><c> car</c><00:26:15.559><c> or</c><00:26:15.779><c> a</c><00:26:15.839><c> Lamborghini</c><00:26:16.380><c> or</c>

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those<00:26:16.740><c> sorts</c><00:26:16.940><c> of</c><00:26:17.059><c> things,</c>

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and<00:26:17.359><c> in</c><00:26:17.519><c> some</c><00:26:17.680><c> sense</c><00:26:17.859><c> we</c><00:26:18.019><c> have</c><00:26:18.240><c> to</c><00:26:18.380><c> have</c><00:26:18.759><c> those</c><00:26:19.039><c> things</c><00:26:19.299><c> satisfied</c>

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so<00:26:20.299><c> that</c><00:26:20.420><c> we</c><00:26:20.519><c> can</c><00:26:20.700><c> lift</c><00:26:20.920><c> up</c><00:26:21.099><c> our</c><00:26:21.319><c> head</c><00:26:21.579><c> to</c><00:26:22.000><c> heaven</c><00:26:22.299><c> and</c><00:26:22.819><c> to</c><00:26:23.000><c> God</c>

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and<00:26:23.420><c> to</c><00:26:23.579><c> worship.</c>

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And<00:26:24.480><c> I</c><00:26:24.619><c> said</c><00:26:24.700><c> it</c><00:26:24.880><c> becomes</c><00:26:25.099><c> then</c><00:26:25.420><c> incumbent</c><00:26:25.680><c> upon</c><00:26:26.039><c> us</c><00:26:26.380><c> to</c><00:26:26.839><c> do</c><00:26:27.079><c> that</c>

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and<00:26:27.559><c> lift</c><00:26:27.799><c> that</c><00:26:28.140><c> burden</c><00:26:28.359><c> off</c><00:26:28.559><c> of</c><00:26:28.680><c> our</c><00:26:28.819><c> dear</c><00:26:29.039><c> brothers</c><00:26:29.299><c> and</c><00:26:29.559><c> sisters</c>

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in<00:26:30.099><c> places</c><00:26:30.339><c> like</c><00:26:30.619><c> Nepal</c><00:26:31.079><c> or</c><00:26:31.660><c> Kenya</c><00:26:32.099><c> or</c><00:26:32.440><c> in</c><00:26:32.579><c> the</c><00:26:32.660><c> mission</c><00:26:32.960><c> field.</c>

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But<00:26:34.539><c> once</c><00:26:34.880><c> we</c><00:26:35.119><c> have</c><00:26:35.259><c> all</c><00:26:35.539><c> those</c><00:26:35.859><c> basic</c><00:26:36.460><c> human</c><00:26:36.859><c> needs</c><00:26:37.160><c> satisfied,</c>

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what<00:26:39.900><c> do</c><00:26:40.000><c> we</c><00:26:40.160><c> need</c><00:26:40.299><c> to</c><00:26:40.480><c> be</c><00:26:40.819><c> spiritually</c><00:26:41.279><c> successful?</c>

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And<00:26:43.279><c> what</c><00:26:43.460><c> I'm</c><00:26:43.960><c> suggesting</c><00:26:44.519><c> is</c><00:26:44.759><c> that</c><00:26:44.980><c> you</c><00:26:45.180><c> already</c><00:26:45.519><c> have</c><00:26:45.720><c> it.</c>

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We<00:26:46.980><c> already</c><00:26:47.339><c> have</c><00:26:47.559><c> that</c><00:26:47.799><c> available</c><00:26:48.200><c> to</c><00:26:48.440><c> us,</c><00:26:48.579><c> we</c><00:26:48.740><c> just</c><00:26:48.960><c> didn't</c>

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perceive<00:26:50.319><c> it.</c>

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So<00:26:51.599><c> you</c><00:26:51.740><c> have</c><00:26:51.920><c> a</c><00:26:52.200><c> story</c><00:26:52.380><c> of</c><00:26:52.519><c> the</c><00:26:52.759><c> prodigal,</c>

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and<00:26:54.039><c> you've</c><00:26:54.259><c> got</c><00:26:54.420><c> the</c><00:26:54.779><c> young</c><00:26:55.000><c> man</c><00:26:55.279><c> who</c><00:26:55.819><c> takes</c><00:26:56.119><c> the</c><00:26:56.480><c> inheritance</c><00:26:56.859><c> early,</c>

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which<00:26:57.500><c> is</c><00:26:57.759><c> astonishing</c><00:26:58.180><c> in</c><00:26:58.359><c> and</c><00:26:58.440><c> of</c><00:26:58.539><c> itself,</c>

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and<00:26:59.380><c> he</c><00:26:59.579><c> goes</c><00:26:59.859><c> and</c><00:27:00.140><c> wastes</c><00:27:00.480><c> his</c><00:27:00.779><c> living</c><00:27:01.099><c> and</c><00:27:01.519><c> he</c><00:27:01.680><c> comes</c><00:27:01.920><c> back.</c>

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But<00:27:02.319><c> then</c><00:27:02.500><c> there's</c><00:27:02.759><c> the</c><00:27:02.920><c> story</c><00:27:03.240><c> of</c><00:27:03.420><c> the</c><00:27:03.619><c> other</c><00:27:03.920><c> son,</c>

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and<00:27:04.759><c> he's</c><00:27:05.039><c> very</c><00:27:05.380><c> upset</c><00:27:05.700><c> with</c><00:27:05.880><c> his</c><00:27:06.119><c> dad</c><00:27:06.519><c> that</c><00:27:07.039><c> his</c><00:27:07.359><c> dad</c><00:27:07.559><c> is</c>

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making<00:27:08.039><c> merry</c>

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and<00:27:08.559><c> killed</c><00:27:08.779><c> the</c><00:27:09.079><c> fattened</c><00:27:09.440><c> calf</c><00:27:09.559><c> for</c><00:27:09.759><c> this</c><00:27:10.039><c> guy</c><00:27:10.420><c> who</c><00:27:11.119><c> wasted</c>

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all<00:27:11.839><c> the</c><00:27:12.039><c> inheritance.</c>

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I've<00:27:12.700><c> been</c><00:27:12.880><c> so</c><00:27:13.259><c> diligent</c><00:27:13.579><c> and</c><00:27:14.000><c> so</c><00:27:14.279><c> faithful,</c><00:27:14.539><c> I've</c><00:27:14.759><c> been</c><00:27:14.920><c> so</c><00:27:15.240><c> obedient,</c>

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and<00:27:15.920><c> you</c><00:27:16.099><c> never</c><00:27:16.319><c> even</c><00:27:16.660><c> gave</c><00:27:16.819><c> me</c><00:27:17.000><c> a</c><00:27:17.140><c> kid</c><00:27:17.220><c> of</c><00:27:17.359><c> the</c><00:27:17.519><c> ghost</c>

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so<00:27:17.859><c> that</c><00:27:18.019><c> I</c><00:27:18.200><c> could</c><00:27:18.359><c> make</c><00:27:18.519><c> merry</c><00:27:18.720><c> with</c><00:27:18.880><c> my</c><00:27:19.180><c> friends.</c>

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And<00:27:20.920><c> the</c><00:27:21.099><c> father</c><00:27:21.380><c> just</c><00:27:21.680><c> takes</c><00:27:21.900><c> this</c><00:27:22.119><c> huge</c><00:27:22.460><c> step</c><00:27:22.680><c> back</c><00:27:22.960><c> and</c>

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he's<00:27:23.400><c> astonished</c>

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because<00:27:24.759><c> he</c><00:27:25.119><c> says</c><00:27:25.559><c> what</c><00:27:26.059><c> I</c><00:27:26.240><c> think</c><00:27:26.359><c> we</c><00:27:26.619><c> need</c><00:27:26.759><c> to</c><00:27:27.019><c> know</c><00:27:27.200><c> also,</c>

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everything<00:27:29.339><c> I</c><00:27:29.680><c> have</c><00:27:29.859><c> is</c><00:27:30.160><c> yours.</c><00:27:31.180><c> Why</c><00:27:31.380><c> didn't</c><00:27:31.599><c> you</c><00:27:31.859><c> ask?</c>

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Everything<00:27:34.700><c> that</c><00:27:35.160><c> God,</c><00:27:35.619><c> what</c><00:27:36.079><c> do</c><00:27:36.200><c> we</c><00:27:36.339><c> need?</c>

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God's<00:27:37.059><c> willing</c><00:27:37.259><c> to</c><00:27:37.559><c> provide</c><00:27:37.799><c> it,</c><00:27:38.039><c> just</c><00:27:38.180><c> as</c><00:27:38.359><c> you</c><00:27:38.500><c> would</c><00:27:38.599><c> your</c><00:27:38.779><c> children</c>

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for<00:27:39.400><c> them</c><00:27:39.599><c> to</c><00:27:39.779><c> be</c><00:27:40.000><c> spiritually</c><00:27:40.339><c> successful.</c>

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You<00:27:41.400><c> will</c><00:27:41.660><c> give</c><00:27:41.799><c> them</c><00:27:42.059><c> the</c><00:27:42.319><c> things</c><00:27:42.539><c> they</c><00:27:42.880><c> need</c><00:27:43.339><c> so</c><00:27:43.799><c> that</c><00:27:43.940><c> they</c>

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can<00:27:44.259><c> have</c><00:27:44.500><c> success.</c>

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That's<00:27:45.700><c> what</c><00:27:45.799><c> a</c><00:27:45.900><c> good</c><00:27:46.059><c> parent</c><00:27:46.299><c> does.</c>

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Now<00:27:47.339><c> we</c><00:27:47.440><c> think</c><00:27:47.559><c> of</c><00:27:47.680><c> that</c><00:27:47.799><c> in</c><00:27:48.000><c> human</c><00:27:48.240><c> terms,</c><00:27:48.519><c> but</c><00:27:48.619><c> then</c><00:27:48.759><c> we</c><00:27:48.920><c> elevate</c><00:27:49.240><c> that</c>

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to<00:27:50.119><c> spiritual</c><00:27:50.619><c> terms,</c>

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and<00:27:51.480><c> I</c><00:27:51.980><c> just</c><00:27:52.220><c> don't</c><00:27:52.400><c> think</c><00:27:52.539><c> we</c><00:27:52.779><c> perceive</c><00:27:53.299><c> that</c><00:27:53.500><c> God</c><00:27:53.900><c> is</c><00:27:54.460><c> willing</c><00:27:54.700><c> to</c><00:27:55.039><c> give</c><00:27:55.140><c> us</c>

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what<00:27:55.539><c> we</c><00:27:55.779><c> need.</c>

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It's<00:27:58.019><c> just</c><00:27:58.259><c> a</c><00:27:58.400><c> matter</c><00:27:58.599><c> of</c><00:27:58.880><c> belief,</c><00:27:59.279><c> you</c><00:27:59.460><c> see.</c>

00:28:00.579 --> 00:28:02.940
Can<00:28:00.779><c> we</c><00:28:01.099><c> believe</c><00:28:01.420><c> that</c><00:28:01.740><c> whatsoever,</c><00:28:02.500><c> he</c><00:28:02.700><c> says,</c>

00:28:02.940 --> 00:28:07.700
whatsoever<00:28:03.460><c> you</c><00:28:03.839><c> ask</c><00:28:04.059><c> for,</c><00:28:05.420><c> believing</c><00:28:05.880><c> in</c><00:28:06.279><c> prayer,</c><00:28:06.799><c> you</c><00:28:06.799><c> have</c>

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received<00:28:08.940><c> it?</c>

00:28:09.359 --> 00:28:11.380
How<00:28:09.619><c> does</c><00:28:09.759><c> this</c><00:28:10.000><c> make</c><00:28:10.200><c> sense?</c>

00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:15.000
And<00:28:12.240><c> we're</c><00:28:12.420><c> not</c><00:28:12.759><c> talking</c><00:28:13.119><c> about</c><00:28:13.500><c> a</c><00:28:13.660><c> Lamborghini</c><00:28:14.299><c> or</c><00:28:14.519><c> a</c><00:28:14.700><c> nice</c>

00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:15.640
car<00:28:15.259><c> or</c><00:28:15.420><c> anything.</c>

00:28:15.819 --> 00:28:19.660
We're<00:28:16.099><c> talking</c><00:28:16.440><c> about</c><00:28:17.180><c> spiritual</c><00:28:18.039><c> fortification.</c>

00:28:19.799 --> 00:28:21.900
These<00:28:20.220><c> things</c><00:28:20.480><c> that</c><00:28:20.700><c> were</c><00:28:20.900><c> thorns</c><00:28:21.099><c> to</c><00:28:21.319><c> our</c><00:28:21.599><c> faith,</c>

00:28:22.180 --> 00:28:25.559
he's<00:28:22.579><c> willing</c><00:28:22.839><c> to</c><00:28:23.160><c> bolster</c><00:28:23.559><c> and</c><00:28:23.960><c> strengthen</c><00:28:24.240><c> us</c><00:28:24.539><c> in</c><00:28:25.000><c> so</c><00:28:25.339><c> that</c>

00:28:25.559 --> 00:28:27.440
we<00:28:25.700><c> can</c><00:28:25.920><c> do</c><00:28:26.140><c> his</c><00:28:26.500><c> work.</c>

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So<00:28:30.400><c> another</c><00:28:30.799><c> way</c><00:28:31.019><c> in</c><00:28:31.140><c> which</c><00:28:31.299><c> God</c><00:28:31.579><c> increases</c><00:28:32.099><c> our</c><00:28:32.460><c> faith</c><00:28:32.819><c> is</c><00:28:33.660><c> that</c><00:28:33.859><c> he</c>

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reassures<00:28:34.720><c> us</c>

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by<00:28:36.119><c> speaking</c><00:28:36.519><c> to</c><00:28:36.819><c> us</c><00:28:37.240><c> through</c><00:28:37.440><c> his</c><00:28:37.680><c> word.</c>

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This<00:28:38.160><c> is</c><00:28:39.299><c> a</c><00:28:39.480><c> memory</c><00:28:39.799><c> verse.</c>

00:28:40.539 --> 00:28:44.559
So<00:28:40.880><c> then</c><00:28:41.119><c> faith</c><00:28:41.359><c> comes</c><00:28:41.660><c> by</c><00:28:41.980><c> hearing</c><00:28:42.579><c> and</c><00:28:43.200><c> hearing</c><00:28:43.460><c> by</c><00:28:43.720><c> the</c><00:28:43.859><c> word</c><00:28:43.960><c> of</c><00:28:44.220><c> God.</c>

00:28:45.059 --> 00:28:47.680
If<00:28:45.380><c> you</c><00:28:45.599><c> turn</c><00:28:45.799><c> up</c><00:28:46.000><c> with</c><00:28:46.180><c> me,</c><00:28:46.460><c> Hebrews</c><00:28:46.680><c> 1</c><00:28:46.980><c> at</c><00:28:47.200><c> verse</c><00:28:47.500><c> 1,</c>

00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:51.460
the<00:28:47.880><c> very</c><00:28:48.119><c> first</c><00:28:48.400><c> thing</c><00:28:48.819><c> the</c><00:28:49.279><c> writer</c><00:28:49.500><c> to</c><00:28:49.740><c> the</c><00:28:50.000><c> Hebrews</c><00:28:50.299><c> says,</c>

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I'm<00:28:53.940><c> pretty</c><00:28:54.160><c> sure</c><00:28:54.279><c> that</c><00:28:54.480><c> you'll</c><00:28:54.700><c> know</c><00:28:54.859><c> this</c><00:28:55.160><c> one.</c>

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Hebrews<00:28:56.000><c> 1</c><00:28:56.299><c> at</c><00:28:56.460><c> verse</c><00:28:56.720><c> 1.</c>

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There<00:29:01.160><c> it</c><00:29:01.380><c> says,</c><00:29:02.380><c> God,</c><00:29:02.660><c> who</c><00:29:02.819><c> at</c><00:29:03.099><c> sundry</c><00:29:03.500><c> times</c><00:29:03.880><c> and</c><00:29:04.039><c> in</c><00:29:04.240><c> diverse</c><00:29:04.680><c> manners</c><00:29:05.460><c> in</c>

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times<00:29:06.279><c> past,</c>

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spake<00:29:07.640><c> in</c><00:29:07.880><c> times</c><00:29:08.200><c> past</c><00:29:08.539><c> unto</c><00:29:08.759><c> the</c><00:29:09.000><c> fathers</c><00:29:09.299><c> by</c><00:29:09.539><c> the</c><00:29:09.779><c> prophets,</c>

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hath<00:29:10.700><c> in</c><00:29:10.859><c> these</c><00:29:11.279><c> last</c><00:29:11.680><c> days</c><00:29:12.019><c> spoken</c><00:29:12.480><c> unto</c><00:29:12.940><c> us</c><00:29:13.640><c> by</c><00:29:14.019><c> his</c><00:29:14.339><c> Son,</c>

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whom<00:29:15.539><c> he</c><00:29:15.759><c> hath</c><00:29:15.900><c> appointed</c><00:29:16.400><c> heir</c><00:29:16.779><c> of</c><00:29:17.019><c> all</c><00:29:17.420><c> things,</c><00:29:17.680><c> by</c><00:29:17.880><c> whom</c><00:29:18.000><c> he</c>

00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:19.940
also<00:29:18.539><c> made</c><00:29:18.799><c> the</c><00:29:19.039><c> worlds.</c>

00:29:20.079 --> 00:29:24.279
God<00:29:20.420><c> speaks</c><00:29:20.799><c> to</c><00:29:21.019><c> us</c><00:29:21.240><c> through</c><00:29:21.440><c> his</c><00:29:21.720><c> Son,</c><00:29:22.720><c> and</c><00:29:23.119><c> we</c><00:29:23.400><c> have</c><00:29:23.519><c> it</c><00:29:23.720><c> all</c><00:29:23.900><c> recorded.</c>

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There<00:29:24.579><c> used</c><00:29:24.859><c> to</c><00:29:24.980><c> be</c><00:29:25.119><c> times</c><00:29:25.380><c> in</c><00:29:25.519><c> which</c><00:29:25.920><c> people</c><00:29:26.180><c> didn't</c><00:29:26.500><c> have</c><00:29:26.740><c> access</c><00:29:27.059><c> to</c>

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a<00:29:27.400><c> Bible,</c>

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and<00:29:27.720><c> they'd</c><00:29:27.980><c> row</c><00:29:28.079><c> out</c><00:29:28.319><c> to</c><00:29:28.480><c> the</c><00:29:28.579><c> middle</c><00:29:28.700><c> of</c><00:29:28.980><c> a</c><00:29:29.059><c> lake</c><00:29:29.220><c> to</c><00:29:29.380><c> read</c>

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the<00:29:29.700><c> Bible</c>

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because<00:29:30.099><c> they</c><00:29:30.259><c> were</c><00:29:30.440><c> afraid</c><00:29:30.700><c> of</c><00:29:30.960><c> persecution.</c>

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We<00:29:32.180><c> have</c><00:29:32.380><c> the</c><00:29:32.559><c> word</c><00:29:32.680><c> of</c><00:29:32.920><c> God</c><00:29:33.279><c> in</c><00:29:33.720><c> our</c><00:29:33.960><c> hands.</c>

00:29:35.039 --> 00:29:38.240
And<00:29:35.259><c> we've</c><00:29:35.619><c> all</c><00:29:35.759><c> done</c><00:29:35.900><c> this,</c><00:29:36.160><c> and</c><00:29:36.339><c> we've</c><00:29:36.579><c> lapsed</c><00:29:36.880><c> into</c><00:29:37.180><c> just</c><00:29:37.680><c> complacency</c>

00:29:38.240 --> 00:29:41.099
and<00:29:38.839><c> getting</c><00:29:39.079><c> overwhelmed</c><00:29:39.519><c> by</c><00:29:39.720><c> the</c><00:29:39.900><c> cares</c><00:29:40.039><c> of</c><00:29:40.220><c> this</c><00:29:40.440><c> life.</c>

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It's<00:29:43.059><c> almost</c><00:29:43.180><c> as</c><00:29:43.359><c> if</c><00:29:43.400><c> we</c><00:29:43.619><c> forget</c><00:29:43.900><c> that</c><00:29:44.380><c> this</c><00:29:44.779><c> is</c><00:29:45.339><c> the</c><00:29:46.900><c> God</c><00:29:47.480><c>-breathed,</c><00:29:48.079><c> inspired</c><00:29:49.160><c> word</c>

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waiting<00:29:50.440><c> to</c><00:29:50.720><c> teach</c><00:29:50.940><c> us</c><00:29:51.200><c> and</c><00:29:51.359><c> guide</c><00:29:51.579><c> us</c><00:29:51.779><c> into</c><00:29:51.960><c> all</c><00:29:52.240><c> things</c><00:29:52.980><c> whenever</c><00:29:53.440><c> we</c>

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read<00:29:54.000><c> it.</c>

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How<00:29:54.759><c> does</c><00:29:54.920><c> God</c><00:29:55.079><c> generate</c><00:29:55.460><c> faith?</c><00:29:55.700><c> He</c><00:29:55.859><c> speaks</c><00:29:56.180><c> to</c><00:29:56.420><c> us.</c>

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And<00:29:59.940><c> God</c><00:30:00.359><c> uses</c><00:30:00.759><c> logic</c><00:30:01.359><c> to</c><00:30:01.980><c> convince</c><00:30:02.339><c> us.</c>

00:30:03.720 --> 00:30:07.640
1<00:30:03.859><c> Corinthians</c><00:30:04.339><c> 14</c><00:30:05.000><c> of</c><00:30:05.160><c> verse</c><00:30:05.380><c> 33</c><00:30:05.799><c> says</c><00:30:06.180><c> very</c><00:30:06.640><c> plainly,</c>

00:30:08.059 --> 00:30:11.539
God<00:30:08.200><c> is</c><00:30:08.400><c> not</c><00:30:08.619><c> the</c><00:30:08.819><c> author</c><00:30:09.079><c> of</c><00:30:09.339><c> confusion,</c><00:30:10.079><c> but</c><00:30:10.140><c> of</c><00:30:10.460><c> peace,</c>

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as<00:30:11.700><c> in</c><00:30:11.779><c> all</c><00:30:12.000><c> the</c><00:30:12.160><c> ecclesias</c><00:30:12.500><c> of</c><00:30:12.740><c> the</c><00:30:12.880><c> saints.</c>

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Like,<00:30:14.160><c> if</c><00:30:14.400><c> you</c><00:30:14.700><c> read</c><00:30:14.900><c> the</c><00:30:15.160><c> Koran,</c><00:30:15.400><c> and</c><00:30:15.559><c> I</c><00:30:15.779><c> haven't</c><00:30:16.240><c> extensively,</c>

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but<00:30:16.980><c> for</c><00:30:17.859><c> example,</c><00:30:18.319><c> if</c><00:30:18.539><c> you</c><00:30:18.680><c> have</c><00:30:18.839><c> a</c><00:30:18.960><c> glass</c><00:30:19.140><c> of</c><00:30:19.460><c> water</c><00:30:19.759><c> and</c><00:30:19.940><c> a</c>

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fly<00:30:20.480><c> falls</c><00:30:20.880><c> into</c><00:30:21.140><c> the</c><00:30:21.400><c> water,</c>

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you're<00:30:23.000><c> supposed</c><00:30:23.240><c> to</c><00:30:24.220><c> take</c><00:30:24.319><c> that</c><00:30:24.640><c> fly</c><00:30:24.799><c> out</c><00:30:25.059><c> and</c><00:30:25.259><c> dip</c><00:30:25.440><c> it</c><00:30:25.599><c> in</c><00:30:25.819><c> seven</c><00:30:26.079><c> more</c><00:30:26.420><c> times</c><00:30:26.940><c> to</c>

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purify<00:30:27.859><c> the</c><00:30:28.079><c> water.</c>

00:30:28.380 --> 00:30:32.480
Now,<00:30:28.559><c> logically,</c><00:30:28.960><c> that</c><00:30:29.119><c> makes</c><00:30:29.380><c> no</c><00:30:29.619><c> sense.</c><00:30:30.779><c> It's</c><00:30:31.299><c> just</c><00:30:31.460><c> bizarre.</c>

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It's<00:30:32.980><c> hooey.</c><00:30:33.420><c> It's</c><00:30:33.720><c> superstition.</c><00:30:34.559><c> It's</c><00:30:34.880><c> not</c><00:30:35.180><c> the</c><00:30:35.380><c> word</c><00:30:35.480><c> of</c><00:30:35.759><c> God.</c>

00:30:37.839 --> 00:30:42.700
You<00:30:38.359><c> go</c><00:30:38.579><c> back</c><00:30:38.779><c> to</c><00:30:38.940><c> the</c><00:30:39.160><c> clean</c><00:30:39.460><c> food</c><00:30:39.880><c> laws,</c><00:30:40.940><c> and</c><00:30:40.940><c> now,</c><00:30:42.220><c> hundreds</c>

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of<00:30:42.960><c> years</c><00:30:43.119><c> later,</c>

00:30:43.339 --> 00:30:46.400
we<00:30:43.519><c> begin</c><00:30:43.720><c> to</c><00:30:43.960><c> find</c><00:30:44.119><c> out</c><00:30:44.279><c> about</c><00:30:44.500><c> bacteria,</c><00:30:45.519><c> and</c><00:30:45.619><c> God</c><00:30:45.880><c> had</c><00:30:46.079><c> all</c>

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that<00:30:46.720><c> organized</c><00:30:47.099><c> ahead</c><00:30:47.319><c> of</c><00:30:47.420><c> time.</c>

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God<00:30:47.940><c> is</c><00:30:48.180><c> logical.</c>

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And<00:30:50.119><c> when</c><00:30:50.539><c> you</c><00:30:50.700><c> get</c><00:30:50.819><c> into</c><00:30:51.019><c> the</c><00:30:51.279><c> arguments</c><00:30:51.619><c> of</c><00:30:51.920><c> Paul</c><00:30:52.240><c> in</c><00:30:52.440><c> the</c>

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New<00:30:52.720><c> Testament,</c>

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you<00:30:53.539><c> can</c><00:30:53.839><c> logically</c><00:30:54.339><c> follow</c><00:30:54.980><c> what</c><00:30:55.160><c> he's</c><00:30:55.500><c> saying,</c><00:30:56.160><c> and</c><00:30:56.319><c> it</c>

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makes<00:30:56.660><c> sense.</c>

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And<00:30:58.079><c> so</c><00:30:58.440><c> even</c><00:30:58.720><c> a</c><00:30:58.880><c> moment</c><00:30:59.039><c> ago,</c><00:30:59.859><c> I</c><00:30:59.980><c> tried</c><00:31:00.140><c> to</c><00:31:01.140><c> show</c><00:31:01.220><c> you</c><00:31:01.400><c> how</c><00:31:01.839><c> logical</c><00:31:02.440><c> God</c><00:31:02.660><c> is,</c>

00:31:02.940 --> 00:31:07.099
that<00:31:03.000><c> if</c><00:31:03.160><c> he</c><00:31:03.319><c> has</c><00:31:03.500><c> given</c><00:31:03.640><c> us</c><00:31:03.859><c> his</c><00:31:04.039><c> only</c><00:31:04.400><c> begotten</c><00:31:04.839><c> son,</c><00:31:05.319><c> it</c><00:31:05.539><c> logically</c><00:31:05.940><c> follows</c><00:31:06.319><c> that</c><00:31:06.799><c> all</c>

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things<00:31:07.359><c> are</c><00:31:07.599><c> yours.</c>

00:31:09.799 --> 00:31:11.359
God's<00:31:10.240><c> not</c><00:31:10.400><c> the</c><00:31:10.559><c> author</c><00:31:10.779><c> of</c><00:31:11.000><c> confusion.</c>

00:31:11.359 --> 00:31:15.839
That<00:31:11.559><c> is</c><00:31:11.859><c> a</c><00:31:12.059><c> basis</c><00:31:12.500><c> for</c><00:31:12.759><c> our</c><00:31:13.059><c> faith.</c><00:31:13.339><c> If</c><00:31:13.339><c> it</c><00:31:13.440><c> was</c><00:31:13.640><c> illogical</c><00:31:14.539><c> or</c><00:31:14.819><c> if...</c>

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God<00:31:16.140><c> doesn't</c><00:31:16.480><c> change.</c>

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He's<00:31:18.440><c> consistent,</c><00:31:19.039><c> and</c><00:31:19.240><c> we</c><00:31:19.380><c> can</c><00:31:19.680><c> count</c><00:31:19.920><c> on</c><00:31:20.160><c> that,</c><00:31:20.380><c> and</c><00:31:20.460><c> that</c>

00:31:20.660 --> 00:31:23.920
is<00:31:21.299><c> solid</c><00:31:21.660><c> footing</c><00:31:22.000><c> for</c><00:31:22.420><c> believing</c><00:31:22.779><c> in</c><00:31:23.039><c> him.</c>

00:31:24.140 --> 00:31:26.839
He<00:31:24.259><c> uses</c><00:31:24.579><c> logic</c><00:31:24.980><c> to</c><00:31:25.279><c> convince</c><00:31:25.700><c> us.</c>

00:31:27.880 --> 00:31:32.339
Now,<00:31:28.480><c> he</c><00:31:28.759><c> also</c><00:31:29.759><c> promises</c><00:31:30.299><c> to</c><00:31:30.640><c> work</c><00:31:30.799><c> in</c><00:31:31.000><c> us,</c><00:31:31.140><c> and</c><00:31:31.319><c> this</c><00:31:31.599><c> is...</c>

00:31:32.339 --> 00:31:34.299
I<00:31:32.440><c> don't</c><00:31:32.619><c> think</c><00:31:32.759><c> we</c><00:31:33.039><c> think</c><00:31:33.220><c> this...</c><00:31:33.599><c> Well,</c><00:31:33.819><c> I</c><00:31:33.900><c> won't</c><00:31:34.079><c> speak</c>

00:31:34.299 --> 00:31:34.839
for<00:31:34.460><c> other</c><00:31:34.640><c> people.</c>

00:31:35.259 --> 00:31:37.980
I<00:31:35.519><c> haven't</c><00:31:35.799><c> thought</c><00:31:36.099><c> this</c><00:31:36.400><c> way</c><00:31:36.900><c> enough.</c>

00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:41.779
In<00:31:38.720><c> Philippians</c><00:31:39.119><c> 2,</c><00:31:39.519><c> at</c><00:31:39.680><c> verse</c><00:31:39.880><c> 12</c><00:31:40.259><c> and</c><00:31:40.400><c> 13,</c><00:31:40.779><c> we</c><00:31:40.980><c> know</c><00:31:41.220><c> this</c><00:31:41.460><c> verse,</c>

00:31:41.940 --> 00:31:44.160
and<00:31:42.119><c> you</c><00:31:42.220><c> often</c><00:31:42.539><c> hear</c><00:31:42.700><c> it</c><00:31:42.880><c> without</c><00:31:43.140><c> the</c><00:31:43.400><c> second</c><00:31:43.579><c> part</c><00:31:43.779><c> of</c><00:31:43.900><c> the</c><00:31:44.000><c> verse.</c>

00:31:44.180 --> 00:31:47.640
It<00:31:44.259><c> says,</c><00:31:44.880><c> work</c><00:31:45.019><c> out</c><00:31:45.319><c> your</c><00:31:45.519><c> salvation</c><00:31:46.039><c> with</c><00:31:46.319><c> fear</c><00:31:46.619><c> and</c><00:31:46.859><c> trembling.</c>

00:31:48.460 --> 00:31:50.700
But<00:31:48.619><c> the</c><00:31:48.779><c> next</c><00:31:48.980><c> part</c><00:31:49.099><c> of</c><00:31:49.299><c> the</c><00:31:49.380><c> verse</c><00:31:49.619><c> says...</c>

00:31:50.700 --> 00:31:54.440
The<00:31:51.220><c> next</c><00:31:51.460><c> verse</c><00:31:51.599><c> says,</c><00:31:51.859><c> for</c><00:31:51.980><c> it</c><00:31:52.220><c> is</c><00:31:52.460><c> God</c><00:31:52.960><c> which</c><00:31:53.259><c> works</c><00:31:53.640><c> in</c><00:31:53.980><c> you,</c>

00:31:54.940 --> 00:31:59.019
both<00:31:55.220><c> to</c><00:31:55.579><c> will</c><00:31:56.000><c> and</c><00:31:56.900><c> to</c><00:31:57.240><c> do</c><00:31:57.759><c> his</c><00:31:58.380><c> good</c><00:31:58.640><c> pleasure.</c>

00:31:59.240 --> 00:32:02.339
But<00:31:59.380><c> we</c><00:31:59.519><c> say,</c><00:31:59.759><c> no,</c><00:31:59.859><c> no,</c><00:32:00.079><c> I</c><00:32:00.380><c> have</c><00:32:00.579><c> to</c><00:32:00.779><c> work</c><00:32:00.960><c> out</c><00:32:01.140><c> my</c><00:32:01.359><c> salvation.</c>

00:32:02.579 --> 00:32:04.160
You<00:32:02.740><c> have</c><00:32:02.859><c> to</c><00:32:02.980><c> be</c><00:32:03.200><c> willing.</c><00:32:03.440><c> It's</c><00:32:03.680><c> true.</c>

00:32:04.160 --> 00:32:07.299
You<00:32:04.700><c> have</c><00:32:04.859><c> to</c><00:32:05.099><c> have</c><00:32:05.220><c> a</c><00:32:05.559><c> desire</c><00:32:06.039><c> for</c><00:32:06.500><c> the</c><00:32:06.640><c> things</c><00:32:06.779><c> of</c><00:32:07.019><c> God.</c>

00:32:07.500 --> 00:32:09.940
That's<00:32:07.819><c> our</c><00:32:08.019><c> task.</c><00:32:08.380><c> That's</c><00:32:08.660><c> our</c><00:32:08.819><c> job.</c>

00:32:10.140 --> 00:32:12.000
And<00:32:10.160><c> later,</c><00:32:10.460><c> we're</c><00:32:10.759><c> going</c><00:32:10.779><c> to</c><00:32:10.839><c> come</c><00:32:11.000><c> to</c><00:32:11.079><c> this</c><00:32:11.279><c> beautiful</c><00:32:11.700><c> verse</c>

00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:14.599
in<00:32:12.119><c> which</c><00:32:12.279><c> the</c><00:32:12.519><c> disciples</c><00:32:12.940><c> come</c><00:32:13.480><c> to</c><00:32:13.660><c> Jesus,</c><00:32:13.920><c> and</c><00:32:14.039><c> they</c><00:32:14.319><c> want</c>

00:32:14.599 --> 00:32:15.519
to<00:32:14.799><c> work</c><00:32:14.940><c> the</c><00:32:15.059><c> works</c><00:32:15.220><c> of</c><00:32:15.420><c> God,</c>

00:32:15.519 --> 00:32:17.980
and<00:32:15.640><c> they</c><00:32:15.779><c> say,</c><00:32:16.299><c> what</c><00:32:16.420><c> should</c><00:32:16.619><c> we</c><00:32:16.880><c> do</c><00:32:17.099><c> that</c><00:32:17.279><c> we</c><00:32:17.440><c> may</c><00:32:17.599><c> work</c><00:32:17.839><c> the</c>

00:32:17.980 --> 00:32:18.740
works<00:32:18.140><c> of</c><00:32:18.380><c> God?</c>

00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:22.559
And<00:32:19.319><c> I</c><00:32:19.420><c> can</c><00:32:19.619><c> imagine</c><00:32:19.920><c> him</c><00:32:20.240><c> smiling</c><00:32:20.559><c> at</c><00:32:20.740><c> them</c><00:32:20.900><c> and</c><00:32:21.119><c> saying,</c><00:32:22.220><c> your</c><00:32:22.359><c> job</c>

00:32:22.559 --> 00:32:24.019
is<00:32:22.799><c> to</c><00:32:23.059><c> believe.</c>

00:32:26.000 --> 00:32:28.259
That's<00:32:26.400><c> too</c><00:32:26.640><c> easy,</c><00:32:26.940><c> isn't</c><00:32:27.140><c> it?</c><00:32:27.319><c> That's</c><00:32:27.700><c> not</c><00:32:27.859><c> what</c><00:32:27.920><c> I</c><00:32:28.140><c> wanted</c>

00:32:28.259 --> 00:32:28.599
to<00:32:28.500><c> hear.</c>

00:32:28.619 --> 00:32:30.579
I<00:32:28.680><c> wanted</c><00:32:28.859><c> to</c><00:32:29.019><c> hear</c><00:32:29.119><c> something</c><00:32:29.400><c> different.</c>

00:32:32.019 --> 00:32:35.619
In<00:32:32.420><c> Isaiah</c><00:32:32.819><c> 55,</c><00:32:33.400><c> it</c><00:32:33.539><c> says,</c><00:32:34.039><c> so</c><00:32:34.039><c> shall</c><00:32:34.279><c> my</c><00:32:34.619><c> word</c><00:32:34.900><c> be</c><00:32:35.220><c> that</c><00:32:35.359><c> goes</c>

00:32:35.619 --> 00:32:36.259
out<00:32:35.839><c> from</c><00:32:35.960><c> my</c><00:32:36.140><c> mouth,</c>

00:32:36.339 --> 00:32:40.819
it<00:32:36.420><c> shall</c><00:32:36.599><c> not</c><00:32:36.839><c> return</c><00:32:37.140><c> to</c><00:32:37.319><c> me</c><00:32:37.519><c> void,</c><00:32:37.799><c> it</c><00:32:38.099><c> shall</c><00:32:38.460><c> accomplish</c><00:32:39.160><c> that</c><00:32:39.440><c> which</c><00:32:39.619><c> I</c><00:32:39.900><c> please.</c>

00:32:40.880 --> 00:32:44.819
It<00:32:41.059><c> shall</c><00:32:41.319><c> prosper</c><00:32:41.779><c> in</c><00:32:41.980><c> the</c><00:32:42.099><c> thing</c><00:32:42.240><c> wherein</c><00:32:42.519><c> to</c><00:32:42.720><c> I</c><00:32:42.980><c> sent</c><00:32:43.140><c> it.</c>

00:32:45.279 --> 00:32:47.980
In<00:32:45.680><c> Philippians</c><00:32:46.039><c> 1,</c><00:32:46.339><c> verse</c><00:32:46.599><c> 6,</c><00:32:46.920><c> it</c><00:32:46.940><c> says,</c><00:32:47.240><c> be</c><00:32:47.420><c> confident</c><00:32:47.799><c> of</c>

00:32:47.980 --> 00:32:48.539
this<00:32:48.140><c> very</c><00:32:48.359><c> thing,</c>

00:32:48.660 --> 00:32:50.619
that<00:32:48.759><c> he</c><00:32:49.000><c> which</c><00:32:49.180><c> has</c><00:32:49.359><c> begun</c><00:32:49.599><c> a</c><00:32:49.720><c> good</c><00:32:49.900><c> work</c><00:32:50.099><c> in</c><00:32:50.319><c> you,</c>

00:32:50.759 --> 00:32:53.740
he<00:32:51.059><c> will</c><00:32:51.339><c> perform</c><00:32:51.740><c> it</c><00:32:51.920><c> until</c><00:32:52.099><c> the</c><00:32:52.200><c> day</c><00:32:52.380><c> of</c><00:32:52.500><c> Jesus</c><00:32:52.799><c> Christ.</c>

00:32:53.980 --> 00:32:57.579
But<00:32:54.160><c> sometimes,</c><00:32:54.859><c> brothers</c><00:32:54.940><c> and</c><00:32:55.180><c> sisters,</c><00:32:55.559><c> and</c><00:32:55.559><c> I</c><00:32:55.740><c> don't</c><00:32:56.059><c> know,</c><00:32:56.359><c> I</c><00:32:56.359><c> won't...</c>

00:32:57.740 --> 00:33:01.380
Sometimes,<00:33:00.039><c> we</c><00:33:00.119><c> take</c><00:33:00.380><c> one</c><00:33:00.519><c> of</c><00:33:00.559><c> those</c><00:33:00.799><c> thorns</c><00:33:00.940><c> to</c><00:33:01.140><c> the</c><00:33:01.279><c> faith,</c>

00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:04.019
and<00:33:01.519><c> we</c><00:33:01.640><c> say,</c><00:33:01.839><c> I</c><00:33:01.839><c> have</c><00:33:02.079><c> ability,</c><00:33:02.599><c> I</c><00:33:03.019><c> can</c><00:33:03.160><c> do</c><00:33:03.440><c> this</c><00:33:03.680><c> and</c><00:33:03.859><c> that</c>

00:33:04.019 --> 00:33:04.220
and<00:33:04.099><c> thus,</c>

00:33:04.279 --> 00:33:06.039
I'm<00:33:04.420><c> going</c><00:33:04.539><c> to</c><00:33:04.740><c> apply</c><00:33:05.099><c> that</c><00:33:05.339><c> in</c><00:33:05.500><c> a</c><00:33:05.539><c> collegial</c><00:33:05.839><c> work,</c>

00:33:06.200 --> 00:33:11.079
but<00:33:06.240><c> unless</c><00:33:06.779><c> the</c><00:33:07.079><c> Lord</c><00:33:07.380><c> builds</c><00:33:07.779><c> the</c><00:33:08.079><c> house,</c><00:33:09.799><c> the</c><00:33:10.059><c> workers</c><00:33:10.380><c> work</c><00:33:10.640><c> in</c><00:33:10.920><c> vain.</c>

00:33:11.140 --> 00:33:14.359
Sometimes,<00:33:11.519><c> we</c><00:33:11.740><c> chase</c><00:33:12.019><c> our</c><00:33:12.299><c> tails</c><00:33:12.599><c> and</c><00:33:12.839><c> get</c><00:33:13.019><c> so</c><00:33:13.380><c> busy,</c><00:33:14.059><c> and</c>

00:33:14.359 --> 00:33:15.420
we're<00:33:14.660><c> doing</c><00:33:14.900><c> it,</c>

00:33:15.420 --> 00:33:19.720
and<00:33:15.619><c> you</c><00:33:15.859><c> wonder,</c><00:33:17.200><c> where</c><00:33:17.380><c> is</c><00:33:17.599><c> the</c><00:33:17.779><c> wise</c><00:33:17.980><c> master</c><00:33:18.380><c> builder</c><00:33:18.700><c> in</c><00:33:18.880><c> this?</c>

00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:25.160
I<00:33:20.279><c> wonder</c><00:33:20.720><c> how</c><00:33:21.500><c> much</c><00:33:21.720><c> of</c><00:33:21.900><c> my</c><00:33:22.140><c> work</c><00:33:22.440><c> in</c><00:33:22.660><c> my</c><00:33:22.940><c> life</c><00:33:23.220><c> has</c><00:33:23.480><c> been</c><00:33:23.839><c> Jason</c><00:33:24.299><c>-centered</c><00:33:24.680><c> or</c>

00:33:25.160 --> 00:33:25.880
God<00:33:25.480><c>-centered,</c>

00:33:25.880 --> 00:33:29.740
because<00:33:26.400><c> the</c><00:33:26.779><c> promise</c><00:33:27.119><c> is</c><00:33:27.400><c> that</c><00:33:27.799><c> Christ</c><00:33:28.460><c> will</c><00:33:28.720><c> come</c><00:33:29.099><c> and</c><00:33:29.500><c> work</c>

00:33:29.740 --> 00:33:30.359
in<00:33:29.920><c> me</c>

00:33:30.359 --> 00:33:34.240
and<00:33:30.579><c> do</c><00:33:30.839><c> things</c><00:33:31.079><c> that</c><00:33:31.220><c> I'm</c><00:33:31.359><c> not</c><00:33:31.599><c> able</c><00:33:31.839><c> to,</c><00:33:32.660><c> or</c><00:33:32.819><c> he'll</c><00:33:33.000><c> do</c><00:33:33.180><c> the</c><00:33:33.339><c> work.</c>

00:33:34.400 --> 00:33:40.559
It's<00:33:35.000><c> in</c><00:33:35.200><c> John</c><00:33:35.420><c> 15.</c><00:33:37.339><c> You</c><00:33:37.839><c> have</c><00:33:38.160><c> to</c><00:33:38.480><c> abide</c><00:33:38.920><c> in</c><00:33:39.259><c> the</c><00:33:39.559><c> vine.</c>

00:33:41.480 --> 00:33:44.980
He's<00:33:42.039><c> the</c><00:33:42.299><c> vine.</c><00:33:43.319><c> I'm</c><00:33:43.480><c> just</c><00:33:43.700><c> like</c><00:33:43.880><c> a</c><00:33:44.019><c> little</c><00:33:44.359><c> twig,</c><00:33:44.839><c> right?</c>

00:33:44.980 --> 00:33:48.019
That's<00:33:45.200><c> what</c><00:33:45.359><c> we</c><00:33:45.619><c> are.</c><00:33:46.779><c> He's</c><00:33:47.380><c> doing</c><00:33:47.599><c> the</c><00:33:47.839><c> work,</c>

00:33:48.099 --> 00:33:50.960
and<00:33:48.200><c> yet</c><00:33:48.359><c> sometimes,</c><00:33:49.960><c> human</c><00:33:50.000><c> nature</c><00:33:50.339><c> takes</c><00:33:50.660><c> over,</c>

00:33:51.099 --> 00:33:54.319
and<00:33:51.099><c> we</c><00:33:51.259><c> just</c><00:33:51.900><c> bulldoze</c><00:33:52.440><c> through,</c><00:33:52.900><c> and</c><00:33:53.019><c> we</c><00:33:53.200><c> just</c><00:33:53.539><c> push</c><00:33:53.839><c> and</c><00:33:54.079><c> say,</c>

00:33:54.319 --> 00:33:58.099
I<00:33:54.700><c> know</c><00:33:54.859><c> how</c><00:33:55.039><c> to</c><00:33:55.200><c> solve</c><00:33:55.420><c> this</c><00:33:55.660><c> problem,</c><00:33:56.500><c> and</c><00:33:56.640><c> yet</c><00:33:56.839><c> God</c><00:33:57.180><c> promises</c><00:33:57.660><c> to</c><00:33:57.940><c> work</c>

00:33:58.099 --> 00:33:58.720
in<00:33:58.240><c> us.</c>

00:33:59.119 --> 00:34:01.859
It's<00:33:59.400><c> a</c><00:33:59.599><c> different</c><00:33:59.839><c> mindset.</c><00:34:00.460><c> It's</c><00:34:00.720><c> one</c><00:34:00.880><c> we</c><00:34:01.119><c> have</c><00:34:01.380><c> to</c><00:34:01.619><c> practice,</c>

00:34:01.960 --> 00:34:04.000
because<00:34:02.079><c> it</c><00:34:02.359><c> doesn't</c><00:34:02.599><c> come</c><00:34:02.880><c> naturally</c><00:34:03.279><c> to</c><00:34:03.579><c> us,</c>

00:34:04.400 --> 00:34:07.720
and<00:34:04.740><c> so</c><00:34:05.279><c> keeping</c><00:34:05.720><c> those</c><00:34:05.980><c> things</c><00:34:06.180><c> in</c><00:34:06.420><c> mind,</c><00:34:07.039><c> how</c><00:34:07.339><c> do</c><00:34:07.480><c> you</c><00:34:07.579><c> make</c>

00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:08.179
it<00:34:07.940><c> practical?</c>

00:34:08.460 --> 00:34:10.340
We're<00:34:08.739><c> instant</c><00:34:09.059><c> in</c><00:34:09.360><c> prayer.</c>

00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:14.300
You<00:34:10.460><c> say,</c><00:34:11.099><c> please,</c><00:34:11.739><c> I</c><00:34:11.739><c> mean,</c><00:34:12.840><c> work</c><00:34:13.019><c> in</c><00:34:13.219><c> me.</c><00:34:13.440><c> Do</c><00:34:13.659><c> things</c><00:34:14.039><c> that</c><00:34:14.199><c> I</c>

00:34:14.300 --> 00:34:14.800
can't<00:34:14.639><c> do.</c>

00:34:14.820 --> 00:34:16.000
I<00:34:14.980><c> need</c><00:34:15.199><c> your</c><00:34:15.420><c> help</c><00:34:15.599><c> on</c><00:34:15.739><c> this</c><00:34:15.880><c> one.</c>

00:34:16.079 --> 00:34:19.440
Everything<00:34:16.440><c> that</c><00:34:16.719><c> I</c><00:34:16.880><c> could</c><00:34:17.119><c> do</c><00:34:17.480><c> would</c><00:34:17.800><c> go</c><00:34:18.119><c> a</c><00:34:18.340><c> million</c><00:34:18.599><c> times</c><00:34:18.940><c> better</c>

00:34:19.440 --> 00:34:21.940
with<00:34:19.940><c> God</c><00:34:20.340><c> at</c><00:34:20.619><c> our</c><00:34:20.780><c> right</c><00:34:21.039><c> hand.</c>

00:34:23.800 --> 00:34:27.579
Another<00:34:24.280><c> way</c><00:34:24.599><c> in</c><00:34:24.739><c> which</c><00:34:24.940><c> God</c><00:34:25.559><c> builds</c><00:34:26.159><c> our</c><00:34:26.519><c> faith</c><00:34:26.800><c> or</c><00:34:27.159><c> works</c><00:34:27.400><c> on</c>

00:34:27.579 --> 00:34:28.159
our<00:34:27.820><c> faith</c>

00:34:28.159 --> 00:34:31.380
is<00:34:28.960><c> about</c><00:34:29.199><c> his</c><00:34:29.599><c> consistency.</c><00:34:30.420><c> It's</c><00:34:30.460><c> that</c><00:34:30.639><c> God</c><00:34:30.840><c> is</c><00:34:31.099><c> faithful.</c>

00:34:31.480 --> 00:34:33.440
We<00:34:31.619><c> spoke</c><00:34:31.840><c> about</c><00:34:32.000><c> this</c><00:34:32.199><c> just</c><00:34:32.420><c> a</c><00:34:32.539><c> moment</c><00:34:32.699><c> ago,</c>

00:34:33.500 --> 00:34:35.219
that<00:34:33.780><c> God</c><00:34:34.000><c> is</c><00:34:34.179><c> faithful,</c><00:34:34.460><c> and</c><00:34:34.599><c> he</c><00:34:34.760><c> changes</c><00:34:35.000><c> not.</c>

00:34:35.400 --> 00:34:38.260
1<00:34:35.519><c> Corinthians</c><00:34:36.039><c> 1</c><00:34:36.380><c> at</c><00:34:36.500><c> verse</c><00:34:36.699><c> 9</c><00:34:36.960><c> says</c><00:34:37.619><c> it</c><00:34:37.880><c> plainly,</c>

00:34:38.280 --> 00:34:42.159
God<00:34:38.480><c> is</c><00:34:38.739><c> faithful,</c><00:34:39.860><c> by</c><00:34:40.039><c> whom</c><00:34:40.280><c> you</c><00:34:40.519><c> were</c><00:34:40.719><c> called</c><00:34:40.880><c> into</c><00:34:41.119><c> the</c><00:34:41.420><c> fellowship</c><00:34:41.800><c> of</c>

00:34:42.159 --> 00:34:42.639
his<00:34:42.400><c> Son,</c>

00:34:42.739 --> 00:34:44.019
Christ<00:34:43.019><c> our</c><00:34:43.219><c> Lord.</c>

00:34:44.099 --> 00:34:48.119
There<00:34:44.340><c> is</c><00:34:44.460><c> no</c><00:34:44.619><c> temptation</c><00:34:45.199><c> that</c><00:34:45.380><c> has</c><00:34:45.619><c> taken</c><00:34:45.860><c> you,</c><00:34:46.739><c> such</c><00:34:46.860><c> as</c><00:34:47.119><c> common</c><00:34:47.380><c> to</c><00:34:47.559><c> man,</c>

00:34:48.119 --> 00:34:51.579
but<00:34:48.920><c> such</c><00:34:49.480><c> as</c><00:34:49.719><c> common</c><00:34:49.960><c> to</c><00:34:50.139><c> man,</c><00:34:50.739><c> but</c><00:34:50.860><c> God</c><00:34:51.039><c> is</c><00:34:51.300><c> faithful.</c>

00:34:51.639 --> 00:34:54.920
He<00:34:51.780><c> will</c><00:34:52.019><c> not</c><00:34:52.480><c> suffer</c><00:34:52.840><c> you</c><00:34:53.039><c> to</c><00:34:53.179><c> be</c><00:34:53.380><c> tempted</c><00:34:53.780><c> above</c><00:34:54.440><c> that</c><00:34:54.739><c> which</c>

00:34:54.920 --> 00:34:56.159
you<00:34:55.059><c> are</c><00:34:55.239><c> able,</c>

00:34:56.380 --> 00:34:59.280
but<00:34:56.599><c> will</c><00:34:56.880><c> with</c><00:34:57.079><c> the</c><00:34:57.260><c> temptation</c><00:34:57.800><c> make</c><00:34:58.340><c> a</c><00:34:58.480><c> way</c><00:34:58.599><c> of</c><00:34:58.820><c> escape</c>

00:34:59.280 --> 00:35:00.920
that<00:34:59.940><c> you</c><00:35:00.099><c> may</c><00:35:00.239><c> be</c><00:35:00.380><c> able</c><00:35:00.539><c> to</c><00:35:00.699><c> bear</c><00:35:00.800><c> it.</c>

00:35:00.940 --> 00:35:02.420
Now,<00:35:01.079><c> this</c><00:35:01.400><c> can</c><00:35:01.599><c> be</c><00:35:01.840><c> a</c><00:35:01.960><c> funny</c><00:35:02.159><c> verse.</c>

00:35:02.519 --> 00:35:06.440
I've<00:35:02.659><c> heard</c><00:35:02.739><c> it</c><00:35:02.940><c> said</c><00:35:03.099><c> to</c><00:35:03.380><c> me</c><00:35:03.840><c> as</c><00:35:04.079><c> we're</c><00:35:04.340><c> going</c><00:35:04.539><c> through</c><00:35:04.840><c> great</c><00:35:05.139><c> difficulty,</c>

00:35:07.420 --> 00:35:10.880
you<00:35:07.860><c> know,</c><00:35:08.599><c> you</c><00:35:08.860><c> must</c><00:35:09.039><c> be</c><00:35:09.239><c> able</c><00:35:09.380><c> to</c><00:35:09.619><c> handle</c><00:35:09.820><c> that,</c>

00:35:10.940 --> 00:35:13.739
because<00:35:11.320><c> God</c><00:35:11.539><c> would</c><00:35:11.739><c> not</c><00:35:11.960><c> tempt</c><00:35:12.159><c> you</c><00:35:12.440><c> above</c><00:35:12.679><c> what</c><00:35:12.900><c> you</c><00:35:13.039><c> are</c><00:35:13.219><c> able.</c>

00:35:13.739 --> 00:35:17.900
I<00:35:14.599><c> thought</c><00:35:14.960><c> to</c><00:35:15.139><c> myself,</c><00:35:16.119><c> you</c><00:35:16.320><c> have</c><00:35:16.559><c> a</c><00:35:16.739><c> wrong</c><00:35:16.960><c> perception</c><00:35:17.460><c> of</c><00:35:17.699><c> me.</c>

00:35:17.940 --> 00:35:19.980
I<00:35:18.019><c> don't</c><00:35:18.219><c> know</c><00:35:18.340><c> how</c><00:35:18.559><c> you</c><00:35:18.760><c> got</c><00:35:18.900><c> that</c><00:35:19.139><c> perception</c><00:35:19.539><c> of</c><00:35:19.719><c> me.</c>

00:35:20.280 --> 00:35:21.019
It's<00:35:20.519><c> ridiculous.</c>

00:35:21.519 --> 00:35:24.500
There's<00:35:21.900><c> no</c><00:35:22.219><c> way</c><00:35:22.500><c> that</c><00:35:22.760><c> I'm</c><00:35:23.059><c> able</c><00:35:23.340><c> to</c><00:35:23.659><c> cope,</c><00:35:24.139><c> honestly.</c>

00:35:24.579 --> 00:35:26.440
Let's<00:35:24.800><c> just</c><00:35:25.000><c> be</c><00:35:25.360><c> honest,</c><00:35:25.820><c> dead</c><00:35:26.019><c> honest.</c>

00:35:26.739 --> 00:35:28.360
There's<00:35:27.019><c> no</c><00:35:27.300><c> way.</c>

00:35:31.119 --> 00:35:34.000
But<00:35:31.639><c> with</c><00:35:32.159><c> Christ,</c><00:35:32.519><c> we</c><00:35:32.679><c> can</c><00:35:32.860><c> do</c><00:35:33.019><c> everything,</c><00:35:33.619><c> right?</c>

00:35:34.440 --> 00:35:36.019
That's<00:35:34.880><c> from</c><00:35:35.039><c> where</c><00:35:35.199><c> our</c><00:35:35.440><c> help</c><00:35:35.579><c> comes.</c>

00:35:36.099 --> 00:35:37.780
That's<00:35:36.480><c> to</c><00:35:36.639><c> whom</c><00:35:36.780><c> our</c><00:35:37.039><c> eyes</c><00:35:37.280><c> look.</c>

00:35:38.239 --> 00:35:40.400
It's<00:35:38.320><c> not</c><00:35:38.460><c> because</c><00:35:38.880><c> I'm,</c><00:35:39.500><c> like,</c><00:35:39.780><c> really?</c>

00:35:40.599 --> 00:35:42.340
It's<00:35:40.960><c> just</c><00:35:41.139><c> so</c><00:35:41.360><c> ridiculous</c><00:35:41.760><c> to</c><00:35:42.019><c> me.</c>

00:35:42.340 --> 00:35:45.199
And<00:35:42.920><c> that's</c><00:35:43.179><c> how</c><00:35:43.400><c> we</c><00:35:43.639><c> overcome,</c><00:35:43.940><c> not</c><00:35:44.159><c> in</c><00:35:44.340><c> our</c><00:35:44.500><c> own</c><00:35:44.719><c> strength.</c>

00:35:45.460 --> 00:35:46.360
I<00:35:45.619><c> mean,</c><00:35:45.679><c> it's</c><00:35:45.780><c> really</c><00:35:46.059><c> nice.</c>

00:35:46.400 --> 00:35:49.239
Like,<00:35:46.579><c> you'd</c><00:35:46.760><c> like</c><00:35:46.880><c> to</c><00:35:47.039><c> take</c><00:35:47.179><c> that</c><00:35:47.440><c> compliment,</c><00:35:47.760><c> but</c><00:35:47.920><c> you</c><00:35:48.099><c> know</c><00:35:48.219><c> it's</c><00:35:48.480><c> not</c><00:35:48.719><c> true.</c>

00:35:49.679 --> 00:35:50.659
Like,<00:35:50.019><c> come</c><00:35:50.239><c> on.</c>

00:35:51.079 --> 00:35:56.980
The<00:35:51.320><c> only</c><00:35:51.619><c> way</c><00:35:51.840><c> we're</c><00:35:52.079><c> able</c><00:35:52.320><c> to</c><00:35:52.679><c> stand</c><00:35:52.920><c> is</c><00:35:53.179><c> because</c><00:35:54.380><c> God</c><00:35:55.639><c> strengthens</c><00:35:56.699><c> us.</c>

00:35:56.980 --> 00:35:58.880
That's<00:35:57.400><c> how</c><00:35:57.599><c> we</c><00:35:57.920><c> overcome.</c>

00:35:59.059 --> 00:36:01.579
That's<00:35:59.320><c> how</c><00:35:59.440><c> we're</c><00:35:59.719><c> able</c><00:36:00.039><c> to</c><00:36:00.320><c> bear</c><00:36:00.500><c> it.</c>

00:36:01.699 --> 00:36:04.980
And<00:36:01.960><c> we</c><00:36:02.119><c> get</c><00:36:02.300><c> this</c><00:36:02.519><c> concept</c><00:36:02.880><c> of</c><00:36:03.019><c> God's</c><00:36:03.420><c> faithfulness</c><00:36:03.860><c> in</c><00:36:04.039><c> Malachi</c><00:36:04.460><c> 3,</c>

00:36:04.980 --> 00:36:05.519
verse<00:36:05.239><c> 6.</c>

00:36:05.539 --> 00:36:08.760
He<00:36:05.659><c> says,</c><00:36:06.000><c> for</c><00:36:06.039><c> I</c><00:36:06.260><c> am</c><00:36:06.360><c> the</c><00:36:06.500><c> Lord,</c><00:36:07.579><c> I</c><00:36:07.960><c> change</c><00:36:08.239><c> not.</c>

00:36:08.760 --> 00:36:12.320
Therefore,<00:36:09.880><c> you</c><00:36:10.000><c> sons</c><00:36:10.139><c> of</c><00:36:10.280><c> Jacob,</c><00:36:10.699><c> you're</c><00:36:10.860><c> not</c><00:36:11.139><c> consumed.</c>

00:36:12.880 --> 00:36:15.980
Now,<00:36:13.139><c> how</c><00:36:13.300><c> does</c><00:36:13.519><c> God</c><00:36:14.019><c> build</c><00:36:14.380><c> and</c><00:36:14.619><c> work</c><00:36:14.760><c> on</c><00:36:14.920><c> our</c><00:36:15.159><c> faith?</c>

00:36:16.920 --> 00:36:20.179
God<00:36:17.239><c> says,</c><00:36:18.760><c> I</c><00:36:18.780><c> will</c><00:36:19.079><c> never</c><00:36:19.400><c> leave</c><00:36:19.780><c> you.</c>

00:36:20.559 --> 00:36:22.840
I<00:36:20.900><c> will</c><00:36:21.260><c> never</c><00:36:21.800><c> forsake</c><00:36:22.460><c> you.</c>

00:36:23.280 --> 00:36:25.340
This<00:36:23.480><c> is</c><00:36:23.599><c> what</c><00:36:23.699><c> God</c><00:36:24.000><c> said</c><00:36:24.179><c> to</c><00:36:24.460><c> Moses.</c>

00:36:26.159 --> 00:36:30.440
Moses<00:36:26.639><c> then</c><00:36:27.059><c> turns</c><00:36:27.380><c> and</c><00:36:27.599><c> he</c><00:36:27.920><c> tells</c><00:36:28.139><c> the</c><00:36:28.480><c> whole</c><00:36:28.800><c> nation</c><00:36:29.159><c> of</c><00:36:29.360><c> Israel,</c><00:36:30.179><c> God</c>

00:36:30.440 --> 00:36:31.460
will<00:36:30.739><c> not</c><00:36:31.000><c> leave</c><00:36:31.280><c> you.</c>

00:36:31.460 --> 00:36:32.780
He<00:36:31.599><c> will</c><00:36:31.900><c> not</c><00:36:32.119><c> forsake</c><00:36:32.599><c> you.</c>

00:36:32.840 --> 00:36:34.360
Stop<00:36:33.139><c> panicking.</c>

00:36:36.300 --> 00:36:39.679
Moses<00:36:36.820><c> specifically</c><00:36:37.340><c> tells</c><00:36:37.739><c> it</c><00:36:38.079><c> to</c><00:36:38.199><c> Joshua,</c><00:36:39.260><c> right,</c><00:36:39.599><c> because</c>

00:36:39.679 --> 00:36:41.380
we<00:36:39.900><c> keep</c><00:36:40.139><c> reading,</c><00:36:41.380><c> you</c><00:36:41.380><c> know,</c>

00:36:41.519 --> 00:36:42.679
don't<00:36:41.780><c> fear,</c><00:36:42.079><c> don't</c><00:36:42.300><c> worry.</c>

00:36:43.159 --> 00:36:46.119
Joshua<00:36:43.579><c> needed</c><00:36:44.000><c> to</c><00:36:44.320><c> hear</c><00:36:44.440><c> it,</c><00:36:44.599><c> as</c><00:36:44.760><c> we</c><00:36:44.900><c> all</c><00:36:45.119><c> do.</c>

00:36:47.099 --> 00:36:49.860
David<00:36:47.500><c> then</c><00:36:47.800><c> later</c><00:36:48.119><c> says</c><00:36:48.360><c> it</c><00:36:48.579><c> to</c><00:36:48.900><c> Solomon.</c>

00:36:49.900 --> 00:36:50.760
He<00:36:50.059><c> says</c><00:36:50.199><c> it</c><00:36:50.380><c> this</c><00:36:50.579><c> way.</c>

00:36:50.760 --> 00:36:53.519
He<00:36:50.760><c> says,</c><00:36:51.340><c> God</c><00:36:51.460><c> will</c><00:36:51.739><c> not</c><00:36:52.039><c> fail</c><00:36:52.300><c> thee</c><00:36:52.460><c> nor</c><00:36:52.719><c> forsake</c><00:36:53.219><c> thee.</c>

00:36:53.940 --> 00:36:56.519
So<00:36:54.280><c> Solomon</c><00:36:54.500><c> then</c><00:36:54.840><c> turns,</c><00:36:55.179><c> and</c><00:36:55.360><c> as</c><00:36:55.559><c> a</c><00:36:55.679><c> leader</c><00:36:55.800><c> of</c><00:36:55.940><c> the</c><00:36:56.039><c> nation,</c>

00:36:56.780 --> 00:36:57.559
it's<00:36:56.880><c> like</c><00:36:57.199><c> Moses,</c>

00:36:57.599 --> 00:36:59.900
and<00:36:57.760><c> just</c><00:36:57.920><c> like</c><00:36:58.139><c> Joshua,</c><00:36:58.539><c> he</c><00:36:58.699><c> turns</c><00:36:59.000><c> and</c><00:36:59.179><c> tells</c><00:36:59.440><c> the</c><00:36:59.679><c> people</c>

00:36:59.900 --> 00:37:01.420
the<00:37:00.139><c> same</c><00:37:00.460><c> thing.</c>

00:37:01.679 --> 00:37:04.659
In<00:37:02.239><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:37:03.360><c> it</c><00:37:03.719><c> just</c><00:37:03.840><c> keeps</c><00:37:04.079><c> coming</c><00:37:04.320><c> up.</c>

00:37:05.000 --> 00:37:06.780
Jeremiah<00:37:05.420><c> says</c><00:37:05.619><c> it</c><00:37:05.780><c> this</c><00:37:05.980><c> way.</c>

00:37:07.659 --> 00:37:11.400
I<00:37:07.880><c> am</c><00:37:08.099><c> with</c><00:37:08.380><c> you</c><00:37:08.519><c> to</c><00:37:08.800><c> save</c><00:37:09.159><c> you</c><00:37:09.500><c> and</c><00:37:09.659><c> to</c><00:37:09.940><c> deliver</c><00:37:10.139><c> you.</c>

00:37:11.659 --> 00:37:13.239
Haggai<00:37:12.119><c> reminds</c><00:37:12.519><c> the</c><00:37:12.739><c> people</c><00:37:12.900><c> this</c><00:37:13.139><c> way.</c>

00:37:13.460 --> 00:37:16.239
Yahweh<00:37:13.699><c> of</c><00:37:14.099><c> armies</c><00:37:14.619><c> is</c><00:37:15.000><c> with</c><00:37:15.260><c> you.</c>

00:37:16.360 --> 00:37:18.400
Nehemiah<00:37:16.920><c> reminds</c><00:37:17.420><c> God</c><00:37:17.739><c> of</c><00:37:17.860><c> it</c><00:37:18.039><c> in</c><00:37:18.179><c> prayer.</c>

00:37:18.880 --> 00:37:21.460
Paul<00:37:19.199><c> passes</c><00:37:19.599><c> it</c><00:37:19.820><c> on</c><00:37:19.960><c> to</c><00:37:20.139><c> the</c><00:37:20.300><c> Hebrews</c><00:37:20.519><c> in</c><00:37:20.739><c> chapter</c><00:37:21.039><c> 13.</c>

00:37:21.780 --> 00:37:25.280
Christ<00:37:22.320><c> said</c><00:37:22.559><c> it</c><00:37:22.860><c> directly</c><00:37:23.380><c> to</c><00:37:23.659><c> his</c><00:37:23.920><c> disciples,</c><00:37:25.000><c> including</c>

00:37:25.280 --> 00:37:27.639
us,<00:37:25.800><c> at</c><00:37:25.940><c> the</c><00:37:26.159><c> end</c><00:37:26.380><c> with</c><00:37:26.559><c> his</c><00:37:26.780><c> last</c><00:37:27.079><c> words.</c>

00:37:27.639 --> 00:37:33.619
Lo,<00:37:28.880><c> I</c><00:37:29.139><c> am</c><00:37:29.440><c> with</c><00:37:29.739><c> you</c><00:37:30.079><c> always,</c><00:37:31.340><c> even</c><00:37:31.699><c> until</c><00:37:32.000><c> the</c><00:37:32.079><c> end</c><00:37:32.380><c> of</c><00:37:32.539><c> the</c><00:37:32.719><c> world.</c>

00:37:33.860 --> 00:37:35.900
Those<00:37:34.320><c> are</c><00:37:34.460><c> some</c><00:37:34.639><c> of</c><00:37:34.719><c> his</c><00:37:34.920><c> last</c><00:37:35.300><c> words.</c>

00:37:36.320 --> 00:37:37.940
Like<00:37:36.480><c> in</c><00:37:36.619><c> teaching,</c><00:37:37.059><c> there's</c><00:37:37.199><c> this</c><00:37:37.380><c> thing</c><00:37:37.480><c> called</c><00:37:37.719><c> the</c>

00:37:37.940 --> 00:37:39.099
primacy<00:37:38.320><c> recency</c><00:37:38.760><c> effect.</c>

00:37:39.440 --> 00:37:41.420
The<00:37:39.659><c> first</c><00:37:39.920><c> thing</c><00:37:40.139><c> and</c><00:37:40.320><c> the</c><00:37:40.460><c> last</c><00:37:40.679><c> thing</c><00:37:40.800><c> you</c><00:37:41.000><c> said,</c><00:37:41.199><c> people</c>

00:37:41.420 --> 00:37:42.420
pay<00:37:41.639><c> attention</c><00:37:42.039><c> to,</c>

00:37:42.760 --> 00:37:46.059
and<00:37:42.880><c> everything</c><00:37:43.139><c> in</c><00:37:43.280><c> the</c><00:37:43.420><c> middle</c><00:37:43.599><c> goes</c><00:37:44.760><c> pear</c><00:37:45.239><c>-shaped.</c>

00:37:47.340 --> 00:37:50.519
And<00:37:47.619><c> so</c><00:37:47.980><c> the</c><00:37:48.460><c> critical</c><00:37:48.820><c> words</c><00:37:49.119><c> of</c><00:37:49.340><c> Christ</c><00:37:49.619><c> just</c><00:37:49.880><c> before</c><00:37:50.260><c> he</c>

00:37:50.519 --> 00:37:51.380
ascends<00:37:50.780><c> into</c><00:37:51.039><c> heaven.</c>

00:37:51.860 --> 00:37:55.760
Lo,<00:37:52.219><c> I</c><00:37:52.360><c> am</c><00:37:52.559><c> with</c><00:37:52.860><c> you</c><00:37:53.239><c> always,</c><00:37:53.900><c> even</c><00:37:54.280><c> until</c><00:37:54.679><c> the</c><00:37:54.900><c> end</c><00:37:55.119><c> of</c><00:37:55.280><c> the</c><00:37:55.460><c> world.</c>

00:37:55.760 --> 00:37:58.179
And<00:37:56.219><c> yet,</c><00:37:56.599><c> brothers</c><00:37:56.719><c> and</c><00:37:56.880><c> sisters,</c><00:37:57.139><c> we</c><00:37:57.360><c> talk</c><00:37:57.599><c> about</c><00:37:57.820><c> the</c>

00:37:58.179 --> 00:37:58.820
absent<00:37:58.500><c> Lord.</c>

00:37:59.000 --> 00:38:00.440
You<00:37:59.320><c> hear</c><00:37:59.500><c> this.</c>

00:38:00.519 --> 00:38:02.219
We<00:38:00.780><c> don't</c><00:38:01.039><c> believe</c><00:38:01.420><c> that</c><00:38:01.599><c> God</c><00:38:01.760><c> is</c><00:38:01.920><c> in</c><00:38:02.059><c> everything.</c>

00:38:02.539 --> 00:38:07.019
Revelation<00:38:03.019><c> tells</c><00:38:03.340><c> us</c><00:38:03.719><c> he</c><00:38:04.340><c> walks</c><00:38:04.820><c> in</c><00:38:05.159><c> the</c><00:38:05.360><c> midst</c><00:38:05.619><c> of</c><00:38:05.880><c> the</c><00:38:06.079><c> lampstands,</c>

00:38:07.019 --> 00:38:09.019
and<00:38:07.119><c> we</c><00:38:07.400><c> say,</c><00:38:07.679><c> our</c><00:38:07.800><c> absent</c><00:38:08.139><c> Lord.</c>

00:38:10.000 --> 00:38:10.539
True,<00:38:10.320><c> true.</c>

00:38:10.619 --> 00:38:12.980
It's<00:38:10.920><c> true</c><00:38:11.119><c> that</c><00:38:11.300><c> the</c><00:38:11.579><c> kingdom</c><00:38:11.820><c> hasn't</c><00:38:12.139><c> been</c><00:38:12.400><c> established</c><00:38:12.800><c> at</c>

00:38:12.980 --> 00:38:13.599
this<00:38:13.159><c> point</c><00:38:13.300><c> in</c><00:38:13.440><c> time.</c>

00:38:13.920 --> 00:38:14.619
Right,<00:38:14.179><c> we</c><00:38:14.340><c> get</c><00:38:14.460><c> that.</c>

00:38:14.639 --> 00:38:17.800
Our<00:38:14.900><c> king</c><00:38:15.280><c> is</c><00:38:15.599><c> not</c><00:38:15.820><c> in</c><00:38:16.000><c> our</c><00:38:16.159><c> midst</c><00:38:16.380><c> in</c><00:38:16.619><c> the</c><00:38:16.800><c> same</c><00:38:17.059><c> way</c><00:38:17.519><c> in</c><00:38:17.659><c> which</c>

00:38:17.800 --> 00:38:18.940
I<00:38:18.139><c> see</c><00:38:18.380><c> you,</c>

00:38:18.940 --> 00:38:22.880
but<00:38:19.300><c> he</c><00:38:19.440><c> is</c><00:38:19.739><c> in</c><00:38:19.920><c> our</c><00:38:20.079><c> midst</c><00:38:20.619><c> by</c><00:38:21.820><c> faith.</c>

00:38:25.960 --> 00:38:27.980
This<00:38:26.400><c> is</c><00:38:26.599><c> the</c><00:38:26.780><c> hard</c><00:38:26.980><c> one.</c>

00:38:28.239 --> 00:38:32.840
This<00:38:28.679><c> is</c><00:38:29.119><c> God</c><00:38:29.340><c> working</c><00:38:29.780><c> on</c><00:38:30.000><c> our</c><00:38:30.300><c> faith</c><00:38:30.840><c> by</c><00:38:31.500><c> putting</c><00:38:31.760><c> us</c><00:38:32.039><c> through</c><00:38:32.360><c> severe</c>

00:38:32.840 --> 00:38:34.360
suffering<00:38:33.380><c> to</c><00:38:33.679><c> grow</c><00:38:33.900><c> our</c><00:38:34.199><c> faith.</c>

00:38:34.440 --> 00:38:37.199
This<00:38:34.679><c> is</c><00:38:34.940><c> the</c><00:38:35.119><c> one</c><00:38:35.500><c> from</c><00:38:35.880><c> 1</c><00:38:36.159><c> Peter</c><00:38:36.400><c> 1</c><00:38:36.679><c> and</c><00:38:36.800><c> 1</c><00:38:36.960><c> Peter</c><00:38:37.059><c> 7.</c>

00:38:37.280 --> 00:38:39.500
And<00:38:37.360><c> I</c><00:38:37.599><c> said</c><00:38:37.719><c> to</c><00:38:37.880><c> the</c><00:38:37.940><c> young</c><00:38:38.099><c> people,</c><00:38:38.559><c> look,</c><00:38:39.059><c> you're</c><00:38:39.300><c> starting</c>

00:38:39.500 --> 00:38:40.460
to<00:38:39.679><c> get</c><00:38:39.780><c> to</c><00:38:39.920><c> know</c><00:38:40.039><c> the</c><00:38:40.159><c> Bible,</c>

00:38:40.460 --> 00:38:42.579
some<00:38:40.719><c> better</c><00:38:40.960><c> than</c><00:38:41.139><c> others,</c><00:38:41.380><c> but</c><00:38:41.480><c> if</c><00:38:41.639><c> there</c><00:38:41.780><c> was</c><00:38:41.920><c> only</c><00:38:42.179><c> one</c><00:38:42.460><c> thing,</c>

00:38:42.579 --> 00:38:44.280
and<00:38:42.699><c> I</c><00:38:42.800><c> didn't</c><00:38:43.039><c> ask</c><00:38:43.300><c> them</c><00:38:43.460><c> to</c><00:38:43.679><c> verbalize</c><00:38:44.139><c> this.</c>

00:38:44.280 --> 00:38:47.699
I<00:38:44.380><c> just</c><00:38:44.559><c> said,</c><00:38:44.739><c> if</c><00:38:44.739><c> there</c><00:38:44.920><c> was</c><00:38:45.139><c> only</c><00:38:45.539><c> one</c><00:38:45.880><c> thing</c><00:38:46.039><c> that</c><00:38:46.199><c> you</c><00:38:46.340><c> could</c><00:38:46.500><c> tell</c><00:38:46.739><c> people</c><00:38:47.019><c> about</c><00:38:47.219><c> the</c><00:38:47.440><c> Bible,</c>

00:38:47.699 --> 00:38:49.599
what<00:38:48.260><c> would</c><00:38:48.480><c> you</c><00:38:48.719><c> say?</c>

00:38:49.619 --> 00:38:51.659
But<00:38:49.760><c> instead</c><00:38:50.079><c> of</c><00:38:50.260><c> asking</c><00:38:50.539><c> them</c><00:38:50.780><c> and</c><00:38:50.900><c> putting</c><00:38:51.059><c> them</c><00:38:51.219><c> on</c><00:38:51.360><c> the</c><00:38:51.539><c> spot,</c>

00:38:51.679 --> 00:38:53.820
I<00:38:51.780><c> just</c><00:38:51.960><c> said,</c><00:38:52.179><c> this</c><00:38:52.280><c> is</c><00:38:52.440><c> what</c><00:38:52.539><c> I</c><00:38:52.739><c> would</c><00:38:52.920><c> say,</c>

00:38:54.340 --> 00:38:56.400
that<00:38:54.519><c> the</c><00:38:54.840><c> sufferings</c><00:38:55.059><c> of</c><00:38:55.239><c> life</c><00:38:55.380><c> are</c><00:38:55.599><c> actually</c><00:38:55.880><c> supposed</c><00:38:56.159><c> to</c>

00:38:56.400 --> 00:38:57.519
draw<00:38:56.500><c> you</c><00:38:56.780><c> closer</c><00:38:57.119><c> to</c><00:38:57.300><c> God</c>

00:38:57.519 --> 00:39:00.300
because<00:38:57.800><c> most</c><00:38:58.099><c> of</c><00:38:58.280><c> the</c><00:38:58.500><c> world</c><00:38:58.880><c> disassociates</c><00:38:59.940><c> themselves</c>

00:39:00.300 --> 00:39:00.820
from<00:39:00.539><c> God</c>

00:39:00.820 --> 00:39:02.659
thinking<00:39:01.119><c> that</c><00:39:01.340><c> God</c><00:39:01.480><c> is</c><00:39:01.699><c> angry</c><00:39:01.920><c> with</c><00:39:02.139><c> me.</c>

00:39:02.880 --> 00:39:05.360
That's<00:39:03.260><c> why</c><00:39:03.420><c> I'm</c><00:39:03.500><c> going</c><00:39:03.739><c> through</c><00:39:03.960><c> this</c><00:39:04.159><c> hard</c><00:39:04.400><c> time.</c>

00:39:05.420 --> 00:39:07.179
This<00:39:05.599><c> is</c><00:39:06.579><c> a</c><00:39:06.599><c> difference</c><00:39:06.880><c> maker.</c>

00:39:07.260 --> 00:39:08.860
This<00:39:07.380><c> is</c><00:39:07.659><c> a</c><00:39:07.780><c> game</c><00:39:08.079><c> changer.</c>

00:39:09.260 --> 00:39:14.480
If<00:39:09.519><c> you</c><00:39:09.980><c> know</c><00:39:10.719><c> that</c><00:39:11.260><c> this</c><00:39:12.260><c> is</c><00:39:12.519><c> about</c><00:39:12.679><c> the</c><00:39:13.219><c> refinement</c><00:39:13.800><c> of</c><00:39:14.019><c> your</c><00:39:14.280><c> faith,</c>

00:39:14.659 --> 00:39:17.179
gold<00:39:15.059><c> being</c><00:39:15.280><c> put</c><00:39:15.460><c> through</c><00:39:15.659><c> the</c><00:39:15.880><c> furnace</c><00:39:16.079><c> becomes</c><00:39:16.380><c> more</c><00:39:16.820><c> pure,</c>

00:39:17.179 --> 00:39:18.199
and<00:39:17.360><c> that's</c><00:39:17.739><c> the</c><00:39:18.000><c> metaphor.</c>

00:39:18.260 --> 00:39:21.119
That's<00:39:18.559><c> the</c><00:39:18.679><c> illusion</c><00:39:19.059><c> to</c><00:39:19.619><c> our</c><00:39:19.860><c> faith</c><00:39:20.039><c> becoming</c><00:39:20.360><c> more</c><00:39:20.800><c> pure,</c>

00:39:21.460 --> 00:39:24.840
the<00:39:21.619><c> connection</c><00:39:21.900><c> to</c><00:39:22.039><c> God</c><00:39:22.260><c> becoming</c><00:39:22.699><c> deeper</c><00:39:23.380><c> and</c><00:39:23.840><c> closer,</c>

00:39:24.900 --> 00:39:28.659
and<00:39:24.900><c> hopefully</c><00:39:25.940><c> you</c><00:39:26.059><c> get</c><00:39:26.199><c> to</c><00:39:26.340><c> the</c><00:39:26.420><c> point</c><00:39:26.500><c> where</c><00:39:26.679><c> you</c><00:39:27.039><c> trust</c><00:39:27.400><c> God</c><00:39:27.679><c> in</c><00:39:28.139><c> everything</c>

00:39:28.659 --> 00:39:33.159
after<00:39:29.199><c> you</c><00:39:29.340><c> go</c><00:39:29.539><c> through</c><00:39:30.579><c> grievous</c><00:39:31.039><c> times</c><00:39:31.400><c> and</c><00:39:31.539><c> challenging</c><00:39:31.940><c> times.</c>

00:39:33.900 --> 00:39:36.679
And<00:39:34.119><c> so</c><00:39:34.960><c> there's</c><00:39:35.639><c> this</c><00:39:35.880><c> part</c><00:39:36.079><c> in</c><00:39:36.380><c> Acts.</c>

00:39:36.860 --> 00:39:38.300
It's<00:39:37.079><c> just</c><00:39:37.340><c> an</c><00:39:37.500><c> extraordinary</c><00:39:38.019><c> thing.</c>

00:39:38.579 --> 00:39:40.980
Paul<00:39:38.880><c> goes</c><00:39:39.179><c> through</c><00:39:39.500><c> the</c><00:39:39.840><c> region</c><00:39:40.179><c> of</c><00:39:40.400><c> Galatia,</c>

00:39:41.360 --> 00:39:44.199
setting<00:39:41.800><c> up</c><00:39:42.079><c> ecclesias</c><00:39:42.659><c> and</c><00:39:43.059><c> preaching</c><00:39:43.380><c> the</c><00:39:43.579><c> kingdom</c><00:39:43.820><c> of</c><00:39:44.079><c> God</c>

00:39:44.199 --> 00:39:44.920
and<00:39:44.360><c> the</c><00:39:44.480><c> good</c><00:39:44.599><c> news</c>

00:39:44.920 --> 00:39:47.360
and<00:39:45.659><c> the</c><00:39:45.900><c> things</c><00:39:46.059><c> of</c><00:39:46.219><c> Jesus</c><00:39:46.500><c> Christ,</c>

00:39:48.039 --> 00:39:50.360
and<00:39:48.599><c> he</c><00:39:49.159><c> gets,</c><00:39:49.500><c> I</c><00:39:49.559><c> think,</c><00:39:49.940><c> to</c><00:39:49.960><c> Lystra,</c>

00:39:50.639 --> 00:39:53.260
and<00:39:50.639><c> the</c><00:39:51.780><c> Judaizers</c><00:39:52.300><c> are</c><00:39:52.539><c> on</c><00:39:52.760><c> his</c><00:39:53.000><c> heels.</c>

00:39:53.539 --> 00:39:56.239
They're<00:39:54.079><c> trying</c><00:39:54.440><c> to</c><00:39:54.719><c> undo</c><00:39:55.119><c> everything</c><00:39:55.639><c> he</c><00:39:55.980><c> does,</c>

00:39:56.400 --> 00:39:59.559
and<00:39:56.440><c> they</c><00:39:56.739><c> finally</c><00:39:57.039><c> catch</c><00:39:57.300><c> up</c><00:39:57.460><c> with</c><00:39:57.599><c> him,</c><00:39:57.980><c> and</c><00:39:58.159><c> they</c><00:39:58.599><c> stone</c><00:39:58.960><c> him.</c>

00:39:59.860 --> 00:40:01.780
They<00:40:00.000><c> take</c><00:40:00.159><c> huge</c><00:40:00.500><c> rocks</c><00:40:00.860><c> and</c><00:40:01.079><c> murder</c><00:40:01.420><c> him,</c>

00:40:01.980 --> 00:40:06.599
and<00:40:02.280><c> the</c><00:40:02.500><c> disciples</c><00:40:03.119><c> drag</c><00:40:04.380><c> him</c><00:40:04.480><c> out</c><00:40:04.639><c> of</c><00:40:04.760><c> the</c><00:40:04.940><c> city</c><00:40:05.239><c> and</c><00:40:05.639><c> circle</c><00:40:05.960><c> him.</c>

00:40:06.679 --> 00:40:09.699
They<00:40:07.039><c> pray,</c><00:40:07.679><c> probably</c><00:40:08.079><c> with</c><00:40:08.380><c> tears</c><00:40:08.739><c> falling</c><00:40:09.019><c> from</c><00:40:09.179><c> their</c><00:40:09.420><c> eyes,</c>

00:40:09.699 --> 00:40:12.639
and<00:40:09.860><c> he</c><00:40:10.099><c> stands</c><00:40:10.440><c> up</c><00:40:10.780><c> and</c><00:40:10.900><c> he</c><00:40:11.059><c> goes</c><00:40:11.300><c> back</c><00:40:11.739><c> into</c><00:40:12.099><c> the</c><00:40:12.320><c> city.</c>

00:40:12.639 --> 00:40:14.960
And<00:40:13.239><c> then</c><00:40:13.460><c> he</c><00:40:13.579><c> says,</c><00:40:14.039><c> I</c><00:40:14.219><c> got</c><00:40:14.420><c> an</c><00:40:14.639><c> idea.</c>

00:40:15.320 --> 00:40:17.079
And<00:40:15.420><c> they're</c><00:40:15.559><c> like,</c><00:40:15.739><c> okay,</c><00:40:16.119><c> we're</c><00:40:16.300><c> listening.</c>

00:40:17.219 --> 00:40:20.739
And<00:40:17.380><c> then</c><00:40:17.719><c> they</c><00:40:17.980><c> go</c><00:40:18.340><c> back</c><00:40:18.820><c> through</c><00:40:19.260><c> the</c><00:40:19.539><c> region</c><00:40:19.940><c> of</c><00:40:20.239><c> Galatia,</c>

00:40:20.920 --> 00:40:21.780
and<00:40:20.960><c> do</c><00:40:21.139><c> you</c><00:40:21.139><c> know</c><00:40:21.260><c> what</c><00:40:21.440><c> they...</c>

00:40:21.780 --> 00:40:25.760
like,<00:40:22.099><c> the</c><00:40:22.280><c> exhortation</c><00:40:22.920><c> that</c><00:40:23.079><c> he</c><00:40:23.340><c> tells</c><00:40:23.699><c> all</c><00:40:24.239><c> those</c><00:40:24.440><c> ecclesias</c>

00:40:25.760 --> 00:40:29.840
is<00:40:26.599><c> it's</c><00:40:27.179><c> through</c><00:40:27.320><c> much</c><00:40:27.519><c> suffering</c><00:40:27.920><c> that</c><00:40:28.119><c> we</c><00:40:28.260><c> enter</c><00:40:28.420><c> the</c><00:40:28.619><c> kingdom</c><00:40:28.780><c> of</c><00:40:29.039><c> God.</c>

00:40:30.340 --> 00:40:33.119
Whoa,<00:40:30.739><c> I</c><00:40:30.900><c> mean,</c><00:40:31.039><c> could</c><00:40:31.159><c> you</c><00:40:31.360><c> imagine</c><00:40:31.760><c> this</c><00:40:32.019><c> guy</c><00:40:32.519><c> just...</c>

00:40:33.119 --> 00:40:35.940
like,<00:40:33.280><c> they're</c><00:40:33.500><c> trying</c><00:40:33.780><c> to</c><00:40:34.019><c> murder</c><00:40:34.219><c> you,</c><00:40:34.500><c> and</c><00:40:34.760><c> they</c><00:40:35.199><c> effectively</c><00:40:35.559><c> did.</c>

00:40:36.019 --> 00:40:37.780
We<00:40:36.139><c> don't</c><00:40:36.360><c> know</c><00:40:36.500><c> if</c><00:40:36.599><c> it</c><00:40:36.739><c> was</c><00:40:36.900><c> a</c><00:40:37.019><c> resurrection</c><00:40:37.380><c> or</c><00:40:37.599><c> not,</c>

00:40:37.820 --> 00:40:40.380
but<00:40:38.320><c> they</c><00:40:38.880><c> effectively</c><00:40:39.639><c> killed</c><00:40:40.039><c> him.</c>

00:40:40.380 --> 00:40:42.679
Do<00:40:40.699><c> you</c><00:40:40.900><c> imagine</c><00:40:41.300><c> how</c><00:40:41.539><c> that</c><00:40:41.760><c> would</c><00:40:41.940><c> have...</c>

00:40:42.679 --> 00:40:45.019
like,<00:40:42.820><c> the</c><00:40:43.079><c> word</c><00:40:43.380><c> came</c><00:40:43.699><c> to</c><00:40:43.840><c> them</c><00:40:44.079><c> with</c><00:40:44.360><c> power.</c>

00:40:45.519 --> 00:40:48.739
They<00:40:45.699><c> would</c><00:40:45.880><c> have</c><00:40:46.139><c> saw</c><00:40:46.360><c> this</c><00:40:46.639><c> man</c><00:40:46.920><c> who</c><00:40:47.340><c> is</c><00:40:47.820><c> risking</c><00:40:48.199><c> his</c><00:40:48.559><c> life</c>

00:40:48.739 --> 00:40:51.260
to<00:40:48.980><c> tell</c><00:40:49.159><c> them</c><00:40:49.480><c> a</c><00:40:50.000><c> simple</c><00:40:50.219><c> message.</c>

00:40:51.519 --> 00:40:54.820
It's<00:40:51.940><c> through</c><00:40:52.099><c> much</c><00:40:52.340><c> tribulation</c><00:40:52.940><c> that</c><00:40:53.139><c> we</c><00:40:53.239><c> enter</c><00:40:53.420><c> the</c><00:40:53.599><c> kingdom</c><00:40:53.780><c> of</c><00:40:54.039><c> God.</c>

00:40:55.360 --> 00:40:58.480
These<00:40:55.619><c> are</c><00:40:55.840><c> extraordinary</c><00:40:56.559><c> things,</c><00:40:57.099><c> brothers</c><00:40:57.199><c> and</c><00:40:57.519><c> sisters.</c>

00:40:58.960 --> 00:41:01.280
You<00:40:59.099><c> don't</c><00:40:59.340><c> just</c><00:40:59.579><c> see</c><00:40:59.760><c> it</c><00:41:00.099><c> in</c><00:41:00.460><c> the</c><00:41:00.579><c> life</c><00:41:00.760><c> of</c><00:41:01.059><c> Paul.</c>

00:41:01.280 --> 00:41:04.460
You<00:41:01.539><c> see</c><00:41:01.739><c> it</c><00:41:01.940><c> in</c><00:41:02.260><c> Jeremiah's</c><00:41:03.079><c> life,</c><00:41:03.719><c> the</c><00:41:03.940><c> suffering</c><00:41:04.239><c> man,</c>

00:41:04.500 --> 00:41:05.780
this<00:41:04.699><c> poor</c><00:41:04.980><c> man</c><00:41:05.300><c> Jeremiah.</c>

00:41:05.960 --> 00:41:06.739
He's<00:41:06.099><c> in</c><00:41:06.320><c> the</c><00:41:06.500><c> pit.</c>

00:41:06.739 --> 00:41:10.019
You<00:41:07.199><c> see</c><00:41:07.619><c> David</c><00:41:08.059><c> in</c><00:41:08.280><c> the</c><00:41:08.440><c> pit</c><00:41:08.739><c> in</c><00:41:09.159><c> Psalm</c><00:41:09.420><c> 40,</c>

00:41:10.460 --> 00:41:13.119
and<00:41:10.760><c> you</c><00:41:11.099><c> see</c><00:41:11.460><c> all</c><00:41:11.800><c> sorts</c><00:41:12.059><c> of</c><00:41:12.199><c> people</c><00:41:12.400><c> throughout</c><00:41:12.659><c> the</c><00:41:12.880><c> Bible</c>

00:41:13.119 --> 00:41:16.019
going<00:41:13.380><c> through</c><00:41:13.679><c> troublesome</c><00:41:14.079><c> times</c><00:41:14.679><c> strengthened</c><00:41:15.480><c> by</c><00:41:15.760><c> God,</c>

00:41:16.039 --> 00:41:21.000
but<00:41:16.179><c> it</c><00:41:16.320><c> is</c><00:41:16.619><c> a</c><00:41:16.880><c> characteristic</c><00:41:17.559><c> of</c><00:41:18.139><c> any</c><00:41:19.739><c> entrance</c><00:41:20.119><c> into</c><00:41:20.460><c> the</c><00:41:20.679><c> kingdom.</c>

00:41:21.260 --> 00:41:23.260
It's<00:41:21.679><c> not</c><00:41:21.900><c> without</c><00:41:22.219><c> suffering.</c>

00:41:23.559 --> 00:41:25.019
But<00:41:23.739><c> then</c><00:41:23.860><c> you</c><00:41:23.920><c> get</c><00:41:24.019><c> this</c><00:41:24.199><c> beautiful</c><00:41:24.579><c> portrait</c>

00:41:25.019 --> 00:41:29.000
of<00:41:25.380><c> those</c><00:41:25.679><c> that</c><00:41:25.860><c> are</c><00:41:26.039><c> redeemed,</c><00:41:26.440><c> again,</c><00:41:26.920><c> in</c><00:41:27.119><c> Revelation</c><00:41:27.440><c> 6</c><00:41:27.920><c> verse</c><00:41:28.179><c> 9</c>

00:41:29.000 --> 00:41:31.340
and<00:41:29.840><c> later</c><00:41:30.179><c> in</c><00:41:30.380><c> the</c><00:41:30.519><c> Bible.</c>

00:41:31.699 --> 00:41:34.719
In<00:41:31.840><c> Romans</c><00:41:32.099><c> 8</c><00:41:32.420><c> verse</c><00:41:32.679><c> 36,</c><00:41:33.840><c> it</c><00:41:33.860><c> is</c><00:41:34.059><c> written,</c><00:41:34.400><c> it</c><00:41:34.400><c> says,</c>

00:41:34.719 --> 00:41:35.780
this<00:41:34.920><c> is</c><00:41:35.119><c> quoting</c><00:41:35.260><c> the</c><00:41:35.400><c> Old</c><00:41:35.539><c> Testament,</c>

00:41:36.119 --> 00:41:38.639
for<00:41:36.300><c> thy</c><00:41:36.639><c> sake</c><00:41:36.920><c> we</c><00:41:37.099><c> are</c><00:41:37.219><c> killed</c><00:41:37.420><c> all</c><00:41:37.840><c> the</c><00:41:37.960><c> day</c><00:41:38.179><c> long.</c>

00:41:38.860 --> 00:41:42.059
We<00:41:39.119><c> are</c><00:41:39.280><c> counted</c><00:41:39.519><c> as</c><00:41:39.860><c> sheep</c><00:41:40.239><c> for</c><00:41:40.780><c> the</c><00:41:41.119><c> slaughter.</c>

00:41:43.920 --> 00:41:47.300
Now,<00:41:44.360><c> one</c><00:41:44.559><c> thing</c><00:41:44.719><c> I</c><00:41:44.880><c> wanted</c><00:41:45.000><c> to</c><00:41:45.300><c> point</c><00:41:45.480><c> out</c><00:41:45.699><c> about</c><00:41:46.000><c> 1</c><00:41:46.320><c> Peter</c><00:41:46.699><c> 1</c>

00:41:47.300 --> 00:41:48.059
at<00:41:47.539><c> verse</c><00:41:47.800><c> 7</c>

00:41:48.059 --> 00:41:50.219
is<00:41:48.219><c> you'll</c><00:41:48.500><c> see</c><00:41:48.679><c> the</c><00:41:48.840><c> word</c><00:41:49.079><c> trial,</c>

00:41:50.239 --> 00:41:51.920
and<00:41:50.400><c> that</c><00:41:50.599><c> word</c><00:41:50.840><c> trial,</c><00:41:51.199><c> you</c><00:41:51.360><c> will</c><00:41:51.519><c> look</c><00:41:51.639><c> it</c><00:41:51.760><c> up,</c>

00:41:51.920 --> 00:41:53.159
and<00:41:52.039><c> it</c><00:41:52.119><c> will</c><00:41:52.320><c> say</c><00:41:52.559><c> test.</c>

00:41:53.519 --> 00:41:55.559
And<00:41:53.699><c> as</c><00:41:53.840><c> a</c><00:41:54.019><c> teacher,</c><00:41:54.739><c> we</c><00:41:54.920><c> give</c><00:41:55.179><c> tests,</c>

00:41:55.579 --> 00:41:57.940
and<00:41:55.719><c> we</c><00:41:55.980><c> expect</c><00:41:56.219><c> students</c><00:41:56.559><c> to</c><00:41:56.920><c> study</c><00:41:57.159><c> ahead</c><00:41:57.400><c> of</c><00:41:57.659><c> time,</c>

00:41:58.179 --> 00:42:00.079
and<00:41:58.579><c> I</c><00:41:58.780><c> will</c><00:41:58.960><c> usually</c><00:41:59.219><c> typically</c><00:41:59.519><c> walk</c><00:41:59.800><c> around</c>

00:42:00.079 --> 00:42:01.920
to<00:42:00.239><c> make</c><00:42:00.360><c> sure</c><00:42:00.480><c> everybody</c><00:42:00.619><c> has</c><00:42:00.760><c> their</c><00:42:00.960><c> name</c><00:42:01.159><c> on</c><00:42:01.300><c> their</c><00:42:01.539><c> paper</c>

00:42:01.920 --> 00:42:05.039
and<00:42:02.500><c> just</c><00:42:03.239><c> to</c><00:42:03.500><c> see</c><00:42:03.619><c> if</c><00:42:03.719><c> they</c><00:42:03.980><c> understand</c><00:42:04.400><c> the</c><00:42:04.639><c> questions.</c>

00:42:05.340 --> 00:42:08.960
But<00:42:05.579><c> I'm</c><00:42:05.860><c> not</c><00:42:06.380><c> apt</c><00:42:06.760><c> to</c><00:42:07.079><c> help</c><00:42:07.320><c> them</c><00:42:07.619><c> really</c><00:42:07.960><c> through</c><00:42:08.179><c> the</c><00:42:08.500><c> test,</c>

00:42:09.260 --> 00:42:09.500
you<00:42:09.340><c> see.</c>

00:42:09.739 --> 00:42:11.880
I<00:42:09.940><c> want</c><00:42:10.099><c> to</c><00:42:10.199><c> see</c><00:42:10.320><c> if</c><00:42:10.400><c> they've</c><00:42:10.760><c> studied,</c><00:42:11.099><c> if</c><00:42:11.179><c> they've</c><00:42:11.539><c> prepared,</c>

00:42:12.019 --> 00:42:13.300
if<00:42:12.159><c> they're</c><00:42:12.380><c> ready</c><00:42:12.639><c> for</c><00:42:12.840><c> the</c><00:42:13.059><c> test.</c>

00:42:13.639 --> 00:42:17.519
But<00:42:13.860><c> when</c><00:42:14.059><c> you</c><00:42:14.320><c> look</c><00:42:14.500><c> up</c><00:42:14.679><c> this</c><00:42:15.039><c> word</c><00:42:15.500><c> test</c><00:42:16.239><c> or</c><00:42:16.739><c> this</c><00:42:16.920><c> word</c><00:42:17.139><c> trial,</c>

00:42:17.639 --> 00:42:19.760
it's<00:42:17.780><c> in</c><00:42:17.960><c> 1</c><00:42:18.099><c> Peter</c><00:42:18.420><c> 1</c><00:42:19.159><c> verse</c><00:42:19.380><c> 7,</c>

00:42:20.079 --> 00:42:22.900
when<00:42:20.260><c> you</c><00:42:20.440><c> get</c><00:42:20.980><c> to</c><00:42:21.480><c> the</c><00:42:22.039><c> bottom</c><00:42:22.380><c> of</c><00:42:22.639><c> that,</c>

00:42:23.199 --> 00:42:25.599
the<00:42:23.340><c> word</c><00:42:23.500><c> actually</c><00:42:23.840><c> means</c><00:42:24.179><c> experience.</c>

00:42:26.199 --> 00:42:27.900
Now,<00:42:26.380><c> what's</c><00:42:26.679><c> so</c><00:42:26.900><c> interesting</c><00:42:27.260><c> about</c><00:42:27.559><c> that?</c>

00:42:28.079 --> 00:42:29.920
What<00:42:28.239><c> it's</c><00:42:28.719><c> suggesting,</c><00:42:29.159><c> I</c><00:42:29.420><c> believe,</c>

00:42:29.920 --> 00:42:34.679
is<00:42:30.659><c> that</c><00:42:31.500><c> the</c><00:42:31.920><c> suffering,</c><00:42:33.159><c> the</c><00:42:33.460><c> tests,</c><00:42:34.079><c> the</c><00:42:34.340><c> trial,</c>

00:42:35.159 --> 00:42:39.019
is<00:42:35.360><c> intended</c><00:42:35.860><c> to</c><00:42:36.179><c> be</c><00:42:36.420><c> an</c><00:42:36.679><c> experience</c><00:42:37.599><c> with</c><00:42:38.099><c> God.</c>

00:42:39.639 --> 00:42:41.980
He<00:42:39.840><c> doesn't</c><00:42:40.099><c> stand</c><00:42:40.400><c> aloof,</c><00:42:41.099><c> afar</c><00:42:41.440><c> off,</c>

00:42:42.300 --> 00:42:43.599
wondering<00:42:42.559><c> how</c><00:42:42.780><c> you're</c><00:42:43.000><c> going</c><00:42:43.079><c> to</c><00:42:43.219><c> go.</c>

00:42:44.019 --> 00:42:46.940
Over<00:42:44.300><c> to</c><00:42:44.480><c> you.</c><00:42:45.159><c> You</c><00:42:45.420><c> should</c><00:42:45.599><c> have</c><00:42:45.739><c> read</c><00:42:45.739><c> your</c><00:42:45.900><c> Bible</c><00:42:46.159><c> more.</c>

00:42:47.320 --> 00:42:49.400
There<00:42:47.840><c> aren't</c><00:42:48.119><c> many</c><00:42:48.400><c> times,</c><00:42:48.900><c> brothers</c><00:42:48.920><c> and</c><00:42:49.139><c> sisters,</c>

00:42:49.460 --> 00:42:53.539
in<00:42:49.579><c> which</c><00:42:49.820><c> Jesus</c><00:42:50.519><c> Christ</c><00:42:51.079><c> calls</c><00:42:51.820><c> attention</c><00:42:52.320><c> to</c><00:42:52.539><c> himself.</c>

00:42:54.059 --> 00:42:55.699
He<00:42:54.219><c> wasn't</c><00:42:54.380><c> that</c><00:42:54.599><c> sort</c><00:42:54.739><c> of</c><00:42:54.880><c> a</c><00:42:54.920><c> man.</c>

00:42:56.119 --> 00:42:58.000
But<00:42:56.280><c> then</c><00:42:56.400><c> there</c><00:42:56.500><c> is</c><00:42:56.699><c> one</c><00:42:56.920><c> time</c><00:42:57.139><c> in</c><00:42:57.260><c> which</c><00:42:57.420><c> he</c><00:42:57.599><c> says,</c>

00:42:58.000 --> 00:43:03.099
Come<00:42:58.800><c> unto</c><00:42:59.139><c> me,</c><00:43:00.360><c> all</c><00:43:00.599><c> ye</c><00:43:00.840><c> that</c><00:43:00.980><c> are</c><00:43:01.340><c> heavy,</c><00:43:01.800><c> laden,</c><00:43:02.239><c> and</c><00:43:02.420><c> burdened.</c>

00:43:03.159 --> 00:43:04.179
Come<00:43:03.300><c> unto</c><00:43:03.500><c> me,</c><00:43:03.659><c> and</c><00:43:03.699><c> you</c><00:43:03.780><c> will</c><00:43:04.000><c> find...</c>

00:43:04.179 --> 00:43:06.380
He's<00:43:04.519><c> drawing</c><00:43:04.780><c> attention</c><00:43:05.179><c> to</c><00:43:05.400><c> himself.</c>

00:43:06.559 --> 00:43:08.159
And<00:43:06.760><c> what</c><00:43:06.880><c> does</c><00:43:06.980><c> he</c><00:43:07.239><c> say?</c>

00:43:08.460 --> 00:43:11.019
He<00:43:08.579><c> says,</c><00:43:08.920><c> I</c><00:43:08.920><c> am</c><00:43:09.179><c> meek</c><00:43:09.460><c> and</c><00:43:09.639><c> lowly</c><00:43:09.940><c> of</c><00:43:10.179><c> spirit.</c>

00:43:11.139 --> 00:43:14.099
And<00:43:11.320><c> what</c><00:43:11.440><c> he's</c><00:43:11.760><c> saying</c><00:43:11.860><c> is,</c><00:43:12.119><c> I</c><00:43:12.139><c> want</c><00:43:12.360><c> to</c><00:43:12.639><c> shoulder</c><00:43:12.900><c> the</c><00:43:13.159><c> burden</c><00:43:13.380><c> with</c><00:43:13.760><c> you.</c>

00:43:14.440 --> 00:43:16.860
I'm<00:43:14.659><c> going</c><00:43:14.739><c> to</c><00:43:14.900><c> bear</c><00:43:15.000><c> that</c><00:43:15.300><c> burden</c><00:43:15.559><c> with</c><00:43:15.860><c> you.</c>

00:43:17.320 --> 00:43:17.800
Wow.

00:43:18.219 --> 00:43:20.300
So<00:43:18.380><c> you</c><00:43:18.500><c> mean,</c><00:43:18.739><c> like,</c><00:43:18.900><c> one</c><00:43:19.059><c> of</c><00:43:19.199><c> the</c><00:43:19.460><c> worst</c><00:43:19.699><c> things</c><00:43:20.019><c> that</c><00:43:20.199><c> we</c>

00:43:20.300 --> 00:43:21.099
can<00:43:20.599><c> feel</c>

00:43:21.099 --> 00:43:23.699
when<00:43:21.519><c> we're</c><00:43:21.800><c> suffering</c><00:43:22.199><c> is</c><00:43:22.619><c> isolation.</c>

00:43:23.960 --> 00:43:26.039
One<00:43:24.099><c> of</c><00:43:24.159><c> the</c><00:43:24.260><c> worst</c><00:43:24.380><c> things</c><00:43:24.539><c> you</c><00:43:24.619><c> can</c><00:43:24.860><c> feel</c><00:43:24.980><c> is</c><00:43:25.219><c> alone,</c><00:43:25.579><c> right?</c>

00:43:26.039 --> 00:43:29.219
And<00:43:26.840><c> he</c><00:43:27.059><c> said,</c><00:43:27.400><c> I'm</c><00:43:27.460><c> never</c><00:43:27.699><c> alone.</c><00:43:28.019><c> I'm</c><00:43:28.099><c> always</c><00:43:28.460><c> with</c><00:43:28.659><c> the</c><00:43:28.900><c> Father.</c>

00:43:29.719 --> 00:43:31.800
But<00:43:29.820><c> when</c><00:43:30.440><c> you're</c><00:43:30.659><c> in</c><00:43:30.980><c> the</c><00:43:31.079><c> midst</c><00:43:31.280><c> of</c><00:43:31.559><c> trial,</c>

00:43:31.900 --> 00:43:34.960
there's<00:43:32.179><c> going</c><00:43:32.300><c> to</c><00:43:32.380><c> be</c><00:43:32.599><c> parts</c><00:43:32.800><c> of</c><00:43:32.940><c> it</c><00:43:33.079><c> where</c><00:43:33.280><c> it's</c><00:43:33.579><c> just</c><00:43:34.039><c> you.</c>

00:43:35.039 --> 00:43:38.760
There's<00:43:35.519><c> your</c><00:43:36.000><c> brothers</c><00:43:36.239><c> and</c><00:43:36.559><c> sisters,</c><00:43:37.400><c> your</c><00:43:37.860><c> loved</c><00:43:38.460><c> ones</c>

00:43:38.760 --> 00:43:40.780
are<00:43:39.039><c> going</c><00:43:39.199><c> to</c><00:43:39.519><c> try</c><00:43:39.659><c> and</c><00:43:39.940><c> shoulder</c><00:43:40.179><c> that</c><00:43:40.500><c> burden</c>

00:43:40.780 --> 00:43:42.900
because<00:43:41.139><c> they</c><00:43:41.440><c> love</c><00:43:41.599><c> you,</c><00:43:41.820><c> and</c><00:43:41.920><c> that's</c><00:43:42.179><c> by</c><00:43:42.340><c> God's</c><00:43:42.719><c> design.</c>

00:43:42.980 --> 00:43:44.780
They're<00:43:43.260><c> going</c><00:43:43.440><c> to</c><00:43:43.599><c> do</c><00:43:43.699><c> it,</c><00:43:43.840><c> and</c><00:43:43.900><c> that's</c><00:43:44.179><c> the</c><00:43:44.320><c> right</c><00:43:44.519><c> spirit.</c>

00:43:45.079 --> 00:43:46.719
But<00:43:45.219><c> there's</c><00:43:45.539><c> going</c><00:43:45.699><c> to</c><00:43:45.800><c> be</c><00:43:46.000><c> part</c><00:43:46.099><c> of</c><00:43:46.239><c> that</c><00:43:46.460><c> trial</c>

00:43:46.719 --> 00:43:48.559
where<00:43:46.960><c> it's</c><00:43:47.099><c> just</c><00:43:47.280><c> you</c><00:43:47.480><c> and</c><00:43:47.559><c> God.</c>

00:43:49.599 --> 00:43:50.579
Why?

00:43:51.119 --> 00:43:52.840
Because<00:43:51.440><c> it's</c><00:43:51.760><c> a</c><00:43:51.920><c> shared</c><00:43:52.139><c> experience.</c>

00:43:53.000 --> 00:43:55.199
He<00:43:53.460><c> wants</c><00:43:53.920><c> to</c><00:43:54.260><c> connect</c><00:43:54.619><c> with</c><00:43:54.880><c> you,</c>

00:43:55.199 --> 00:43:58.840
and<00:43:55.420><c> you've</c><00:43:56.519><c> seen</c><00:43:56.719><c> that</c><00:43:57.079><c> poem</c><00:43:57.320><c> about</c><00:43:57.579><c> the</c><00:43:57.780><c> footprints</c><00:43:58.139><c> in</c><00:43:58.360><c> the</c><00:43:58.559><c> sand.</c>

00:43:59.000 --> 00:44:00.179
I<00:43:59.039><c> think</c><00:43:59.179><c> you've</c><00:43:59.460><c> probably</c><00:43:59.659><c> seen</c><00:43:59.940><c> that.</c>

00:44:00.260 --> 00:44:01.519
He's<00:44:00.739><c> carrying</c><00:44:01.079><c> you.</c>

00:44:01.659 --> 00:44:02.840
You're<00:44:01.820><c> thinking,</c><00:44:02.019><c> where</c><00:44:02.360><c> are</c><00:44:02.659><c> you?</c>

00:44:02.880 --> 00:44:05.400
And<00:44:03.000><c> he</c><00:44:03.119><c> said,</c><00:44:03.239><c> I've</c><00:44:03.460><c> been</c><00:44:03.679><c> carrying</c><00:44:03.920><c> you</c><00:44:04.159><c> the</c><00:44:04.280><c> whole</c><00:44:04.500><c> time.</c>

00:44:05.519 --> 00:44:07.900
That's<00:44:05.980><c> the</c><00:44:06.219><c> concept</c><00:44:06.659><c> of</c><00:44:06.820><c> that</c><00:44:07.019><c> poem,</c>

00:44:08.019 --> 00:44:10.880
but<00:44:08.300><c> this</c><00:44:08.559><c> is</c><00:44:08.800><c> the</c><00:44:09.039><c> reality</c><00:44:09.400><c> of</c><00:44:09.639><c> it,</c><00:44:09.880><c> right?</c>

00:44:11.260 --> 00:44:13.179
Later,<00:44:11.739><c> we'll</c><00:44:12.219><c> probably</c><00:44:12.460><c> go</c><00:44:12.760><c> over</c><00:44:12.840><c> this</c><00:44:12.980><c> again,</c>

00:44:13.280 --> 00:44:15.579
but<00:44:13.619><c> when</c><00:44:13.800><c> you</c><00:44:13.980><c> get</c><00:44:14.219><c> to</c><00:44:14.460><c> Daniel</c><00:44:14.800><c> 3</c>

00:44:15.579 --> 00:44:20.099
and<00:44:16.260><c> you've</c><00:44:16.579><c> got</c><00:44:16.699><c> these</c><00:44:17.000><c> incredible,</c><00:44:18.639><c> faithful</c><00:44:19.199><c> lovers</c><00:44:19.579><c> of</c><00:44:19.880><c> God,</c>

00:44:20.320 --> 00:44:22.219
Shadrach,<00:44:20.699><c> Meshach,</c><00:44:21.119><c> and</c><00:44:21.239><c> Abednego,</c>

00:44:22.820 --> 00:44:23.699
and<00:44:23.139><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:44:23.460><c> says,</c>

00:44:23.699 --> 00:44:26.800
you<00:44:24.000><c> will</c><00:44:24.360><c> bow</c><00:44:24.659><c> down</c><00:44:25.019><c> and</c><00:44:25.460><c> worship</c><00:44:25.900><c> my</c><00:44:26.519><c> image,</c>

00:44:26.880 --> 00:44:28.760
and<00:44:26.920><c> they</c><00:44:27.079><c> said,</c><00:44:27.400><c> not</c><00:44:27.539><c> going</c><00:44:27.719><c> to</c><00:44:27.920><c> happen.</c>

00:44:28.840 --> 00:44:32.500
Even<00:44:29.059><c> if</c><00:44:29.260><c> you</c><00:44:29.500><c> kill</c><00:44:29.619><c> us,</c><00:44:29.920><c> we</c><00:44:30.179><c> will</c><00:44:30.579><c> not</c><00:44:30.880><c> change</c><00:44:31.260><c> our</c><00:44:31.679><c> faith.</c>

00:44:32.960 --> 00:44:34.500
They<00:44:33.260><c> get</c><00:44:33.500><c> tossed</c><00:44:33.800><c> into</c><00:44:34.039><c> the</c><00:44:34.300><c> fire,</c>

00:44:34.699 --> 00:44:37.019
and<00:44:34.780><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:44:35.460><c> is</c><00:44:35.780><c> scratching</c><00:44:36.099><c> his</c><00:44:36.360><c> head</c><00:44:36.539><c> wondering,</c>

00:44:37.380 --> 00:44:39.260
how<00:44:37.599><c> many</c><00:44:37.800><c> did</c><00:44:38.019><c> we</c><00:44:38.239><c> send</c><00:44:38.420><c> into</c><00:44:38.719><c> the</c><00:44:38.980><c> fire?</c>

00:44:39.619 --> 00:44:40.860
I<00:44:39.820><c> thought</c><00:44:39.980><c> we</c><00:44:40.199><c> sent</c><00:44:40.440><c> three.</c>

00:44:40.860 --> 00:44:45.079
He<00:44:41.119><c> looks</c><00:44:41.420><c> in,</c><00:44:42.079><c> and</c><00:44:42.260><c> he</c><00:44:42.500><c> sees</c><00:44:42.719><c> one</c><00:44:43.380><c> like</c><00:44:43.719><c> into</c><00:44:43.960><c> the</c><00:44:44.179><c> Son</c><00:44:44.300><c> of</c><00:44:44.619><c> God,</c>

00:44:45.539 --> 00:44:48.059
in<00:44:45.719><c> the</c><00:44:46.000><c> fire</c><00:44:46.219><c> with</c><00:44:46.460><c> him,</c><00:44:46.679><c> in</c><00:44:46.900><c> the</c><00:44:47.119><c> fire.</c>

00:44:48.400 --> 00:44:50.960
Now,<00:44:49.440><c> again,</c><00:44:49.960><c> it's</c><00:44:50.179><c> a</c><00:44:50.280><c> matter</c><00:44:50.480><c> of</c><00:44:50.739><c> faith.</c>

00:44:50.960 --> 00:44:53.840
Sometimes<00:44:51.659><c> we</c><00:44:51.860><c> feel</c><00:44:52.099><c> alone</c><00:44:52.380><c> because</c><00:44:52.599><c> we</c><00:44:52.880><c> haven't</c><00:44:53.300><c> perceived</c>

00:44:53.840 --> 00:44:56.460
that<00:44:54.179><c> Christ</c><00:44:54.579><c> is</c><00:44:55.039><c> helping</c><00:44:55.420><c> us,</c>

00:44:56.880 --> 00:45:00.059
and<00:44:56.880><c> we're</c><00:44:57.579><c> not</c><00:44:57.800><c> necessarily</c><00:44:58.360><c> privy</c><00:44:58.739><c> to</c><00:44:59.000><c> how,</c>

00:45:00.119 --> 00:45:03.760
but<00:45:00.420><c> we</c><00:45:00.719><c> can</c><00:45:00.940><c> be</c><00:45:01.179><c> assured</c><00:45:01.599><c> of,</c><00:45:02.119><c> because</c><00:45:02.380><c> it's</c><00:45:02.579><c> his</c><00:45:02.820><c> word,</c>

00:45:03.800 --> 00:45:06.719
that<00:45:03.900><c> he's</c><00:45:04.059><c> helping</c><00:45:04.340><c> us,</c><00:45:05.320><c> shouldering</c><00:45:05.659><c> the</c><00:45:05.880><c> burden.</c>

00:45:07.159 --> 00:45:12.179
So<00:45:07.519><c> if</c><00:45:08.260><c> you</c><00:45:08.480><c> can</c><00:45:08.739><c> only</c><00:45:09.079><c> say</c><00:45:09.340><c> one</c><00:45:09.659><c> thing</c><00:45:09.820><c> to</c><00:45:10.039><c> somebody</c><00:45:10.340><c> about</c><00:45:10.780><c> Christianity,</c>

00:45:13.179 --> 00:45:16.900
it's<00:45:13.739><c> the</c><00:45:13.940><c> simple</c><00:45:14.280><c> idea</c><00:45:14.780><c> that</c><00:45:15.280><c> the</c><00:45:15.880><c> challenges</c><00:45:16.380><c> of</c><00:45:16.679><c> life</c>

00:45:16.900 --> 00:45:19.039
are<00:45:17.219><c> actually</c><00:45:17.639><c> almost</c><00:45:18.099><c> a</c><00:45:18.280><c> clarion</c><00:45:18.699><c> call,</c>

00:45:19.039 --> 00:45:22.420
a<00:45:19.320><c> beacon</c><00:45:19.619><c> call</c><00:45:19.980><c> to</c><00:45:20.320><c> bring</c><00:45:20.760><c> you</c><00:45:21.139><c> to</c><00:45:21.400><c> God.</c>

00:45:22.900 --> 00:45:24.539
And<00:45:23.159><c> some</c><00:45:23.340><c> people</c><00:45:23.639><c> respond</c><00:45:24.059><c> that</c><00:45:24.300><c> way,</c>

00:45:24.559 --> 00:45:27.579
and<00:45:24.699><c> some</c><00:45:24.940><c> people</c><00:45:25.360><c> put</c><00:45:25.679><c> their</c><00:45:25.960><c> arms</c><00:45:26.179><c> up</c><00:45:26.440><c> like</c><00:45:26.739><c> this</c>

00:45:28.380 --> 00:45:30.920
and<00:45:28.860><c> frown</c><00:45:29.199><c> their</c><00:45:29.440><c> face</c><00:45:29.639><c> and</c><00:45:29.820><c> say,</c><00:45:30.059><c> I'm</c><00:45:30.199><c> going</c><00:45:30.400><c> on</c><00:45:30.699><c> strike</c>

00:45:30.920 --> 00:45:31.519
from<00:45:31.119><c> God.</c>

00:45:31.920 --> 00:45:34.099
Clearly,<00:45:32.280><c> he</c><00:45:32.380><c> doesn't</c><00:45:32.619><c> care</c><00:45:32.900><c> about</c><00:45:33.159><c> me.</c>

00:45:34.500 --> 00:45:35.639
And<00:45:34.780><c> that's</c><00:45:35.059><c> not</c><00:45:35.280><c> the</c><00:45:35.460><c> point.</c>

00:45:35.679 --> 00:45:36.900
That<00:45:35.780><c> was</c><00:45:35.980><c> never</c><00:45:36.219><c> the</c><00:45:36.480><c> intention.</c>

00:45:37.340 --> 00:45:39.840
So<00:45:37.699><c> how</c><00:45:38.860><c> does</c><00:45:39.059><c> God</c><00:45:39.239><c> grow</c><00:45:39.460><c> our</c><00:45:39.699><c> faith?</c>

00:45:39.900 --> 00:45:41.820
Well,<00:45:40.059><c> there</c><00:45:40.179><c> it</c><00:45:40.300><c> is,</c><00:45:40.440><c> Daniel</c><00:45:40.760><c> 3,</c><00:45:41.139><c> verse</c><00:45:41.340><c> 25.</c>

00:45:41.880 --> 00:45:45.059
This<00:45:42.059><c> is</c><00:45:42.280><c> the</c><00:45:42.400><c> one</c><00:45:42.500><c> that</c><00:45:42.639><c> I</c><00:45:42.760><c> just</c><00:45:42.920><c> spoke</c><00:45:43.179><c> about,</c>

00:45:46.179 --> 00:45:48.440
about<00:45:46.619><c> four</c><00:45:47.059><c> men</c><00:45:47.639><c> being</c><00:45:48.059><c> loosed,</c>

00:45:48.559 --> 00:45:50.739
walking<00:45:48.860><c> in</c><00:45:49.099><c> the</c><00:45:49.179><c> midst</c><00:45:49.340><c> of</c><00:45:49.519><c> the</c><00:45:49.699><c> fire</c><00:45:49.920><c> in</c><00:45:50.099><c> Daniel.</c>

00:45:51.119 --> 00:45:52.239
Lo,<00:45:51.300><c> they</c><00:45:51.460><c> have</c><00:45:51.659><c> no</c><00:45:51.940><c> hurt,</c>

00:45:52.599 --> 00:45:55.559
and<00:45:52.760><c> the</c><00:45:53.039><c> form</c><00:45:53.179><c> of</c><00:45:53.420><c> the</c><00:45:53.559><c> fourth</c><00:45:53.780><c> is</c><00:45:53.940><c> like</c><00:45:54.119><c> the</c><00:45:54.300><c> Son</c><00:45:54.460><c> of</c><00:45:54.699><c> God.</c>

00:45:55.980 --> 00:45:58.480
What<00:45:56.179><c> an</c><00:45:56.440><c> extraordinary</c><00:45:56.940><c> white</c><00:45:57.159><c> thing</c><00:45:57.320><c> to</c><00:45:57.500><c> think</c><00:45:57.639><c> about.</c>

00:45:58.639 --> 00:45:59.760
It's<00:45:58.800><c> just</c><00:45:59.340><c> beautiful.</c>

00:45:59.920 --> 00:46:02.019
Like,<00:46:00.019><c> the</c><00:46:00.119><c> Word</c><00:46:00.219><c> of</c><00:46:00.340><c> God</c><00:46:00.460><c> is</c><00:46:00.619><c> just</c><00:46:00.820><c> so</c><00:46:01.079><c> beautiful.</c>

00:46:02.179 --> 00:46:04.840
Now,<00:46:02.500><c> what</c><00:46:02.639><c> else</c><00:46:02.840><c> does</c><00:46:03.019><c> God</c><00:46:03.280><c> do</c><00:46:03.719><c> to</c><00:46:04.019><c> build,</c><00:46:04.179><c> I</c><00:46:04.199><c> mean,</c>

00:46:04.860 --> 00:46:07.260
just<00:46:04.860><c> abundance</c><00:46:05.360><c> of</c><00:46:05.599><c> things</c><00:46:05.739><c> that</c><00:46:05.940><c> God</c><00:46:06.079><c> does</c><00:46:06.340><c> to</c><00:46:06.539><c> build</c><00:46:06.699><c> our</c><00:46:07.019><c> faith?</c>

00:46:07.500 --> 00:46:08.599
What<00:46:07.659><c> else</c><00:46:07.880><c> does</c><00:46:08.079><c> God</c><00:46:08.280><c> do?</c>

00:46:08.739 --> 00:46:11.480
Well,<00:46:09.079><c> he</c><00:46:09.340><c> tells</c><00:46:09.639><c> us</c><00:46:09.880><c> what</c><00:46:10.079><c> to</c><00:46:10.340><c> have</c><00:46:10.559><c> faith</c><00:46:10.900><c> in,</c>

00:46:11.480 --> 00:46:13.840
and<00:46:11.980><c> he</c><00:46:12.219><c> gives</c><00:46:12.420><c> us</c><00:46:12.699><c> examples.</c>

00:46:15.380 --> 00:46:18.480
And<00:46:15.480><c> Brother</c><00:46:16.079><c> Bernard</c><00:46:16.420><c> pointed</c><00:46:16.860><c> out</c><00:46:17.199><c> five</c><00:46:17.639><c> verses</c><00:46:17.980><c> to</c><00:46:18.239><c> me,</c>

00:46:18.559 --> 00:46:20.199
and<00:46:18.699><c> if</c><00:46:18.800><c> you're</c><00:46:19.000><c> interested,</c><00:46:19.219><c> I</c><00:46:19.300><c> can</c><00:46:19.480><c> give</c><00:46:19.639><c> those</c><00:46:19.800><c> to</c><00:46:19.960><c> you</c><00:46:20.039><c> later,</c>

00:46:20.460 --> 00:46:24.239
five<00:46:20.960><c> verses</c><00:46:21.300><c> that</c><00:46:21.559><c> talk</c><00:46:21.739><c> about</c><00:46:21.980><c> the</c><00:46:22.260><c> faith</c><00:46:22.579><c> of</c><00:46:23.099><c> Christ,</c>

00:46:24.400 --> 00:46:26.059
that<00:46:24.579><c> Christ</c><00:46:24.840><c> had</c><00:46:25.139><c> faith.</c>

00:46:26.139 --> 00:46:28.019
But<00:46:26.300><c> when</c><00:46:26.460><c> you</c><00:46:26.519><c> get</c><00:46:26.659><c> to</c><00:46:26.820><c> Galatians</c><00:46:27.239><c> 3,</c><00:46:27.519><c> at</c><00:46:27.659><c> 26,</c>

00:46:28.059 --> 00:46:29.980
it<00:46:28.179><c> says,</c><00:46:28.559><c> For</c><00:46:28.559><c> ye</c><00:46:28.820><c> are</c><00:46:29.019><c> all</c><00:46:29.199><c> children</c><00:46:29.500><c> of</c><00:46:29.639><c> God</c>

00:46:29.980 --> 00:46:31.739
by<00:46:30.440><c> faith</c><00:46:30.820><c> in</c><00:46:31.179><c> Christ</c><00:46:31.440><c> Jesus.</c>

00:46:32.059 --> 00:46:36.679
But<00:46:32.519><c> we've</c><00:46:33.539><c> also</c><00:46:33.800><c> heard</c><00:46:34.000><c> about</c><00:46:34.900><c> the</c><00:46:35.300><c> author,</c><00:46:36.320><c> excuse</c><00:46:36.579><c> me,</c>

00:46:36.880 --> 00:46:39.239
and<00:46:36.980><c> finisher</c><00:46:37.360><c> of</c><00:46:37.659><c> faith,</c><00:46:38.619><c> that</c><00:46:38.739><c> is</c><00:46:38.960><c> Christ.</c>

00:46:39.239 --> 00:46:42.099
I<00:46:39.340><c> mean,</c><00:46:39.559><c> the</c><00:46:39.679><c> ultimate</c><00:46:39.980><c> example</c><00:46:40.639><c> is</c><00:46:41.760><c> Christ.</c>

00:46:42.139 --> 00:46:43.480
But<00:46:42.239><c> if</c><00:46:42.420><c> you</c><00:46:42.519><c> read</c><00:46:42.719><c> Hebrews</c><00:46:43.039><c> 11,</c>

00:46:43.780 --> 00:46:47.659
there<00:46:43.940><c> are</c><00:46:44.119><c> all</c><00:46:44.260><c> these</c><00:46:44.539><c> examples</c><00:46:45.079><c> for</c><00:46:45.360><c> you</c><00:46:45.500><c> and</c><00:46:45.679><c> I</c><00:46:45.960><c> to</c><00:46:47.059><c> look</c><00:46:47.400><c> at,</c>

00:46:47.659 --> 00:46:50.019
to<00:46:47.860><c> see</c><00:46:48.280><c> what</c><00:46:48.559><c> a</c><00:46:48.780><c> life</c><00:46:48.920><c> of</c><00:46:49.260><c> faith</c><00:46:49.519><c> looks</c><00:46:49.840><c> like,</c>

00:46:50.139 --> 00:46:52.820
a<00:46:50.239><c> developed</c><00:46:50.699><c> life</c><00:46:50.960><c> of</c><00:46:51.239><c> faith,</c><00:46:51.900><c> right?</c>

00:46:53.260 --> 00:46:59.059
But<00:46:53.820><c> later</c><00:46:54.380><c> we'll</c><00:46:54.679><c> see</c><00:46:54.960><c> that</c><00:46:56.300><c> when</c><00:46:57.460><c> Abraham</c><00:46:58.079><c> was</c><00:46:58.500><c> asked</c><00:46:58.739><c> to</c>

00:46:59.059 --> 00:46:59.579
offer<00:46:59.239><c> Isaac,</c>

00:46:59.639 --> 00:47:02.079
that<00:46:59.840><c> wasn't</c><00:47:00.139><c> the</c><00:47:00.460><c> first</c><00:47:00.739><c> act</c><00:47:01.039><c> of</c><00:47:01.300><c> faith.</c>

00:47:02.119 --> 00:47:04.780
So<00:47:02.320><c> faith</c><00:47:02.519><c> grows</c><00:47:02.880><c> incrementally</c><00:47:03.480><c> over</c><00:47:03.880><c> time.</c>

00:47:04.840 --> 00:47:07.940
But<00:47:05.039><c> the</c><00:47:05.260><c> idea</c><00:47:05.559><c> is</c><00:47:05.840><c> that</c><00:47:06.000><c> there</c><00:47:06.179><c> are</c><00:47:06.360><c> all</c><00:47:06.659><c> sorts</c><00:47:06.980><c> of</c><00:47:07.280><c> examples</c>

00:47:07.940 --> 00:47:11.980
throughout<00:47:08.619><c> the</c><00:47:08.840><c> Bible</c><00:47:09.219><c> to</c><00:47:10.800><c> give</c><00:47:11.099><c> us</c><00:47:11.340><c> a</c><00:47:11.460><c> clear</c><00:47:11.619><c> picture</c>

00:47:11.980 --> 00:47:14.920
of<00:47:12.119><c> what</c><00:47:12.340><c> a</c><00:47:12.460><c> life</c><00:47:12.579><c> of</c><00:47:12.840><c> faith</c><00:47:13.000><c> looks</c><00:47:13.260><c> like,</c><00:47:13.500><c> which</c><00:47:13.639><c> is</c><00:47:13.800><c> what</c><00:47:13.900><c> we</c><00:47:14.119><c> want.</c>

00:47:16.139 --> 00:47:17.699
This<00:47:16.420><c> is</c><00:47:16.679><c> kind</c><00:47:16.900><c> of</c><00:47:17.059><c> a</c><00:47:17.199><c> misnomer.</c>

00:47:18.099 --> 00:47:20.579
One<00:47:18.239><c> of</c><00:47:18.340><c> the</c><00:47:18.420><c> ways</c><00:47:18.619><c> in</c><00:47:18.780><c> which</c><00:47:18.960><c> God</c><00:47:19.539><c> grows</c><00:47:20.000><c> or</c><00:47:20.219><c> works</c><00:47:20.440><c> on</c>

00:47:20.579 --> 00:47:23.079
or<00:47:20.739><c> increases</c><00:47:21.099><c> our</c><00:47:21.380><c> faith</c><00:47:21.500><c> is</c><00:47:21.599><c> that</c><00:47:21.760><c> he</c><00:47:21.980><c> remembers</c><00:47:22.400><c> us,</c>

00:47:23.320 --> 00:47:24.860
as<00:47:23.500><c> if</c><00:47:23.639><c> God</c><00:47:23.840><c> forgets.</c>

00:47:25.139 --> 00:47:29.679
But<00:47:25.380><c> there's</c><00:47:25.559><c> such</c><00:47:25.760><c> a</c><00:47:25.920><c> beautiful</c><00:47:26.440><c> poetic</c><00:47:27.619><c> verse</c><00:47:28.440><c> in</c><00:47:28.760><c> Psalm</c><00:47:29.039><c> 56,</c>

00:47:29.820 --> 00:47:32.059
verse<00:47:30.000><c> 8,</c><00:47:30.599><c> Thou</c><00:47:30.800><c> tellest</c><00:47:31.199><c> my</c><00:47:31.420><c> wanderings,</c>

00:47:32.360 --> 00:47:34.579
put<00:47:32.500><c> thou</c><00:47:32.719><c> my</c><00:47:33.000><c> tears</c><00:47:33.239><c> into</c><00:47:33.460><c> thy</c><00:47:33.699><c> bottle.</c>

00:47:34.659 --> 00:47:35.820
Are<00:47:34.840><c> they</c><00:47:34.960><c> not</c><00:47:35.099><c> in</c><00:47:35.300><c> thy</c><00:47:35.460><c> book?</c>

00:47:35.820 --> 00:47:38.900
Like,<00:47:36.940><c> here's</c><00:47:37.280><c> a</c><00:47:37.440><c> person</c><00:47:37.719><c> who's</c><00:47:38.099><c> distressed.</c>

00:47:39.280 --> 00:47:43.300
Here's<00:47:39.559><c> a</c><00:47:39.699><c> person</c><00:47:40.619><c> through</c><00:47:40.940><c> whom</c><00:47:41.139><c> much</c><00:47:41.900><c> strong</c><00:47:42.519><c> tears</c><00:47:42.760><c> and</c><00:47:43.099><c> crying</c>

00:47:43.300 --> 00:47:45.840
is<00:47:43.579><c> beseeching,</c><00:47:44.300><c> doing</c><00:47:44.619><c> the</c><00:47:44.820><c> right</c><00:47:45.059><c> thing</c><00:47:45.280><c> in</c><00:47:45.519><c> crisis,</c>

00:47:45.960 --> 00:47:46.940
with<00:47:46.159><c> tears</c><00:47:46.460><c> flowing.</c>

00:47:47.320 --> 00:47:48.960
It<00:47:47.340><c> says,</c><00:47:48.000><c> just</c><00:47:48.099><c> remember</c><00:47:48.679><c> me.</c>

00:47:48.960 --> 00:47:51.400
Just<00:47:49.219><c> put</c><00:47:49.420><c> my</c><00:47:49.719><c> tears</c><00:47:49.920><c> in</c><00:47:50.059><c> your</c><00:47:50.300><c> bottle,</c><00:47:50.559><c> Lord.</c>

00:47:51.719 --> 00:47:53.960
It's<00:47:51.960><c> just</c><00:47:52.079><c> such,</c><00:47:52.559><c> and</c><00:47:52.639><c> could</c><00:47:52.760><c> that</c><00:47:53.000><c> person</c><00:47:53.280><c> have</c><00:47:53.500><c> ever</c><00:47:53.760><c> thought</c>

00:47:53.960 --> 00:47:55.960
that<00:47:54.139><c> those</c><00:47:54.360><c> words</c><00:47:54.579><c> would</c><00:47:54.860><c> be</c><00:47:55.239><c> recorded</c><00:47:55.699><c> eternally</c>

00:47:56.360 --> 00:47:58.559
for<00:47:56.619><c> people</c><00:47:57.019><c> thousands</c><00:47:57.539><c> of</c><00:47:57.760><c> years</c><00:47:57.920><c> down</c><00:47:58.159><c> the</c><00:47:58.400><c> track</c>

00:47:58.559 --> 00:48:00.719
like<00:47:58.800><c> you</c><00:47:59.000><c> and</c><00:47:59.099><c> I</c><00:47:59.219><c> to</c><00:47:59.420><c> contemplate?</c>

00:48:00.920 --> 00:48:02.699
But<00:48:01.139><c> Nehemiah</c><00:48:01.719><c> says</c><00:48:02.000><c> three</c><00:48:02.320><c> times,</c>

00:48:02.699 --> 00:48:05.699
God,<00:48:03.239><c> remember</c><00:48:03.679><c> me,</c><00:48:03.980><c> remember</c><00:48:04.340><c> me</c><00:48:04.719><c> concerning</c><00:48:05.079><c> this.</c>

00:48:06.099 --> 00:48:07.679
Wipe<00:48:06.360><c> out</c><00:48:06.519><c> not</c><00:48:06.719><c> my</c><00:48:07.219><c> good</c><00:48:07.400><c> deeds</c>

00:48:07.679 --> 00:48:09.119
that<00:48:07.880><c> I</c><00:48:08.019><c> have</c><00:48:08.139><c> done</c><00:48:08.300><c> for</c><00:48:08.480><c> the</c><00:48:08.619><c> house</c><00:48:08.739><c> of</c><00:48:08.940><c> God.</c>

00:48:09.500 --> 00:48:12.920
But<00:48:09.659><c> it's</c><00:48:10.099><c> not</c><00:48:10.199><c> like</c><00:48:10.460><c> remember</c><00:48:10.940><c> me,</c><00:48:11.480><c> like</c><00:48:11.679><c> God's</c><00:48:11.960><c> going</c><00:48:12.059><c> to</c><00:48:12.199><c> forget.</c>

00:48:13.179 --> 00:48:15.980
It's<00:48:13.659><c> remember</c><00:48:14.139><c> the</c><00:48:14.460><c> things</c><00:48:14.699><c> you've</c><00:48:15.000><c> done</c><00:48:15.280><c> through</c><00:48:15.559><c> me.</c>

00:48:16.320 --> 00:48:18.500
And<00:48:16.559><c> this</c><00:48:16.780><c> is</c><00:48:16.940><c> even</c><00:48:17.079><c> an</c><00:48:17.340><c> interesting</c><00:48:17.679><c> thing</c><00:48:17.960><c> in</c><00:48:18.079><c> and</c><00:48:18.159><c> of</c><00:48:18.239><c> itself.</c>

00:48:18.840 --> 00:48:21.219
When<00:48:19.079><c> you</c><00:48:19.260><c> get</c><00:48:19.440><c> to</c><00:48:19.639><c> these</c><00:48:19.840><c> verses</c><00:48:20.159><c> where</c><00:48:20.360><c> it</c><00:48:20.579><c> says,</c>

00:48:21.280 --> 00:48:23.940
like,<00:48:21.280><c> the</c><00:48:21.500><c> good</c><00:48:21.860><c> hand</c><00:48:22.280><c> of</c><00:48:22.480><c> the</c><00:48:22.679><c> Lord</c><00:48:22.900><c> was</c><00:48:23.159><c> upon</c><00:48:23.559><c> me,</c>

00:48:24.300 --> 00:48:25.539
I<00:48:24.559><c> think</c><00:48:24.679><c> to</c><00:48:24.860><c> myself,</c><00:48:25.139><c> and</c><00:48:25.260><c> I</c><00:48:25.380><c> wonder,</c>

00:48:25.880 --> 00:48:29.340
how<00:48:26.079><c> in</c><00:48:26.239><c> the</c><00:48:26.460><c> world</c><00:48:26.599><c> did</c><00:48:26.780><c> the</c><00:48:27.139><c> angels</c><00:48:27.699><c> convince</c><00:48:28.679><c> this</c><00:48:29.019><c> man</c>

00:48:29.340 --> 00:48:32.699
that<00:48:29.639><c> the</c><00:48:29.920><c> good</c><00:48:30.260><c> hand</c><00:48:30.519><c> of</c><00:48:30.679><c> the</c><00:48:30.860><c> Lord</c><00:48:31.179><c> was</c><00:48:31.460><c> upon</c><00:48:31.800><c> him?</c>

00:48:32.840 --> 00:48:35.019
Because<00:48:33.159><c> I</c><00:48:33.460><c> wonder</c><00:48:33.460><c> if</c><00:48:33.719><c> you</c><00:48:33.980><c> and</c><00:48:34.099><c> I</c><00:48:34.260><c> could</c><00:48:34.579><c> think</c>

00:48:35.019 --> 00:48:37.699
the<00:48:35.840><c> good</c><00:48:36.099><c> hand</c><00:48:36.340><c> of</c><00:48:36.480><c> the</c><00:48:36.619><c> Lord</c><00:48:36.760><c> was</c><00:48:37.000><c> upon</c><00:48:37.320><c> me.</c>

00:48:38.039 --> 00:48:40.059
And<00:48:38.199><c> I</c><00:48:38.280><c> don't</c><00:48:38.599><c> just</c><00:48:38.820><c> mean,</c><00:48:39.280><c> like,</c><00:48:39.280><c> let's</c><00:48:39.460><c> just</c><00:48:39.699><c> do</c><00:48:39.840><c> anything</c>

00:48:40.059 --> 00:48:41.980
and<00:48:40.239><c> say</c><00:48:40.420><c> God's</c><00:48:41.019><c> inspiring</c><00:48:41.280><c> me</c><00:48:41.460><c> to</c><00:48:41.639><c> do</c><00:48:41.780><c> this.</c>

00:48:42.019 --> 00:48:43.500
Like,<00:48:42.260><c> I</c><00:48:42.380><c> think</c><00:48:42.539><c> that's</c><00:48:42.780><c> a</c><00:48:42.860><c> bit</c><00:48:43.019><c> ridiculous.</c>

00:48:43.840 --> 00:48:45.699
But<00:48:44.000><c> this</c><00:48:44.320><c> man</c><00:48:44.579><c> clearly</c><00:48:45.119><c> believed</c>

00:48:45.699 --> 00:48:49.860
that<00:48:46.039><c> he</c><00:48:46.440><c> was</c><00:48:46.739><c> stirred</c><00:48:46.920><c> up</c><00:48:47.159><c> by</c><00:48:47.480><c> Yahweh,</c><00:48:48.260><c> and</c><00:48:48.480><c> clearly</c><00:48:48.719><c> he</c><00:48:48.900><c> was.</c>

00:48:49.920 --> 00:48:51.980
But<00:48:50.079><c> my</c><00:48:50.340><c> question</c><00:48:50.619><c> is,</c><00:48:51.260><c> how</c><00:48:51.440><c> did</c><00:48:51.619><c> he</c><00:48:51.820><c> get,</c>

00:48:52.039 --> 00:48:54.780
he<00:48:52.119><c> didn't,</c><00:48:52.719><c> he</c><00:48:52.860><c> wasn't</c><00:48:53.099><c> born</c><00:48:53.500><c> thinking</c><00:48:53.820><c> that</c><00:48:54.019><c> way</c><00:48:54.159><c> necessarily.</c>

00:48:55.280 --> 00:48:57.340
Somehow<00:48:55.699><c> he</c><00:48:55.960><c> got</c><00:48:56.280><c> to</c><00:48:56.480><c> that</c><00:48:56.619><c> way</c><00:48:56.739><c> of</c><00:48:57.019><c> thinking</c>

00:48:57.340 --> 00:49:00.219
and<00:48:57.800><c> that</c><00:48:58.019><c> level</c><00:48:58.280><c> of</c><00:48:58.559><c> faith,</c><00:48:58.760><c> and</c><00:48:58.940><c> that's</c><00:48:59.260><c> inspiring.</c>

00:49:01.000 --> 00:49:03.239
God<00:49:01.219><c> keeps</c><00:49:01.500><c> us</c><00:49:01.760><c> as</c><00:49:01.980><c> the</c><00:49:02.260><c> apple</c><00:49:02.440><c> of</c><00:49:02.679><c> his</c><00:49:02.940><c> eye,</c>

00:49:03.519 --> 00:49:07.039
and<00:49:03.519><c> so,</c><00:49:04.019><c> well,</c><00:49:04.659><c> his</c><00:49:04.880><c> people</c><00:49:05.159><c> and</c><00:49:05.460><c> us</c><00:49:05.800><c> as</c><00:49:06.119><c> the</c><00:49:06.340><c> apple</c><00:49:06.539><c> of</c><00:49:06.699><c> his</c><00:49:06.900><c> eye.</c>

00:49:07.280 --> 00:49:11.300
We're<00:49:07.420><c> getting</c><00:49:07.579><c> close</c><00:49:07.860><c> to</c><00:49:07.940><c> being</c><00:49:08.139><c> done,</c><00:49:08.360><c> so</c><00:49:08.940><c> you're</c><00:49:09.840><c> almost</c><00:49:10.239><c> free.</c>

00:49:12.519 --> 00:49:15.079
God<00:49:12.739><c> has</c><00:49:12.920><c> made</c><00:49:13.139><c> promises,</c><00:49:13.639><c> and</c><00:49:13.780><c> he</c><00:49:13.900><c> cannot</c><00:49:14.179><c> lie.</c>

00:49:15.340 --> 00:49:17.199
The<00:49:15.539><c> immutable</c><00:49:15.860><c> word</c><00:49:16.059><c> of</c><00:49:16.280><c> God.</c>

00:49:17.280 --> 00:49:19.219
And<00:49:17.500><c> our</c><00:49:17.719><c> community</c><00:49:18.219><c> is</c><00:49:18.900><c> poised,</c>

00:49:19.219 --> 00:49:21.159
better<00:49:19.480><c> than</c><00:49:19.739><c> anyone</c><00:49:20.019><c> else</c><00:49:20.280><c> in</c><00:49:20.420><c> the</c><00:49:20.539><c> world,</c><00:49:20.719><c> I</c><00:49:20.840><c> believe,</c>

00:49:21.219 --> 00:49:23.940
to<00:49:21.519><c> teach</c><00:49:22.139><c> the</c><00:49:23.019><c> truth</c><00:49:23.340><c> of</c><00:49:23.599><c> God.</c>

00:49:24.440 --> 00:49:26.139
People<00:49:24.639><c> don't</c><00:49:24.860><c> even</c><00:49:25.159><c> talk</c><00:49:25.360><c> about</c><00:49:25.559><c> the</c><00:49:25.840><c> promises</c>

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that<00:49:26.280><c> are</c><00:49:26.500><c> Christians,</c><00:49:27.760><c> the</c><00:49:27.880><c> fulfillment</c><00:49:28.280><c> of</c><00:49:28.440><c> those</c><00:49:28.639><c> promises,</c>

00:49:29.440 --> 00:49:30.880
and<00:49:29.679><c> being</c><00:49:29.920><c> part</c><00:49:30.179><c> of</c><00:49:30.280><c> those</c><00:49:30.500><c> promises</c>

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as<00:49:31.539><c> outlined</c><00:49:31.800><c> in</c><00:49:32.000><c> Galatians</c><00:49:32.400><c> 3.</c>

00:49:33.039 --> 00:49:36.260
God<00:49:33.280><c> has</c><00:49:33.699><c> given</c><00:49:33.860><c> us</c><00:49:34.440><c> reason</c><00:49:34.940><c> to</c><00:49:35.280><c> believe</c><00:49:35.760><c> in</c><00:49:35.920><c> his</c><00:49:36.119><c> word.</c>

00:49:36.300 --> 00:49:38.619
He's<00:49:36.800><c> outlined</c><00:49:37.340><c> the</c><00:49:37.639><c> plan</c><00:49:37.840><c> of</c><00:49:38.079><c> salvation,</c>

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logically<00:49:39.360><c> and</c><00:49:39.739><c> clearly</c><00:49:39.980><c> through</c><00:49:40.239><c> scripture.</c>

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Yes,<00:49:41.019><c> we</c><00:49:41.179><c> have</c><00:49:41.400><c> to</c><00:49:41.579><c> dig</c><00:49:41.699><c> a</c><00:49:41.860><c> little</c><00:49:42.059><c> bit,</c>

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but<00:49:42.840><c> we</c><00:49:43.019><c> also</c><00:49:43.340><c> have</c><00:49:43.579><c> help</c><00:49:43.860><c> to</c><00:49:44.460><c> know</c><00:49:44.960><c> how</c><00:49:45.500><c> we</c><00:49:45.699><c> can</c><00:49:45.840><c> be</c><00:49:46.099><c> saved.</c>

00:49:46.760 --> 00:49:49.679
So<00:49:46.960><c> you</c><00:49:47.019><c> get</c><00:49:47.159><c> these</c><00:49:47.380><c> verses</c><00:49:48.039><c> where</c><00:49:49.019><c> we</c><00:49:49.400><c> see</c>

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how<00:49:49.980><c> Abraham</c><00:49:50.500><c> is</c><00:49:50.860><c> counted</c><00:49:51.099><c> righteous.</c>

00:49:51.900 --> 00:49:53.460
He<00:49:52.099><c> believed.</c>

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Righteousness<00:49:54.099><c> is</c><00:49:54.239><c> by</c><00:49:54.480><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:49:55.760><c> you</c><00:49:56.320><c> get</c><00:49:56.679><c> the</c><00:49:56.860><c> same</c><00:49:57.019><c> thing.</c>

00:49:57.440 --> 00:49:58.579
He<00:49:57.519><c> believed</c><00:49:57.880><c> in</c><00:49:58.079><c> the</c><00:49:58.179><c> Lord,</c>

00:49:59.019 --> 00:50:02.599
and<00:49:59.019><c> he,</c><00:49:59.619><c> Yahweh,</c><00:50:00.099><c> counted</c><00:50:00.340><c> it</c><00:50:00.880><c> to</c><00:50:01.059><c> him</c><00:50:01.280><c> for</c><00:50:01.539><c> righteousness.</c>

00:50:02.960 --> 00:50:06.260
Galatians<00:50:03.320><c> 3</c><00:50:03.599><c> says</c><00:50:03.900><c> the</c><00:50:04.099><c> same</c><00:50:04.300><c> thing</c><00:50:04.500><c> at</c><00:50:04.679><c> verse</c><00:50:04.880><c> 14.</c>

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I<00:50:10.320><c> think</c><00:50:10.679><c> that</c><00:50:11.079><c> that's</c><00:50:11.679><c> pretty</c><00:50:12.059><c> close</c><00:50:12.360><c> to</c><00:50:12.519><c> being</c><00:50:12.699><c> it,</c>

00:50:12.860 --> 00:50:15.119
so<00:50:13.019><c> let's</c><00:50:13.260><c> just</c><00:50:13.539><c> wrap</c><00:50:13.719><c> up</c><00:50:14.000><c> and</c><00:50:14.340><c> try</c><00:50:14.500><c> to</c><00:50:14.760><c> summarize</c>

00:50:15.119 --> 00:50:16.440
what<00:50:15.320><c> we've</c><00:50:15.579><c> gone</c><00:50:15.699><c> over</c><00:50:16.000><c> today</c>

00:50:16.440 --> 00:50:20.880
in<00:50:16.840><c> thinking</c><00:50:17.139><c> about</c><00:50:17.440><c> how</c><00:50:17.760><c> God</c><00:50:18.500><c> works</c><00:50:19.599><c> on</c><00:50:19.820><c> our</c><00:50:20.059><c> faith.</c>

00:50:21.119 --> 00:50:22.159
Some<00:50:21.239><c> of</c><00:50:21.340><c> the</c><00:50:21.340><c> most</c><00:50:21.559><c> challenging</c><00:50:21.920><c> ways</c>

00:50:22.159 --> 00:50:23.519
in<00:50:22.199><c> which</c><00:50:22.380><c> God</c><00:50:22.559><c> can</c><00:50:22.760><c> work</c><00:50:22.960><c> on</c><00:50:23.119><c> our</c><00:50:23.320><c> faith</c>

00:50:23.519 --> 00:50:25.960
is<00:50:23.719><c> by</c><00:50:24.019><c> allowing</c><00:50:24.800><c> trial</c><00:50:25.239><c> into</c><00:50:25.500><c> our</c><00:50:25.699><c> life,</c>

00:50:26.420 --> 00:50:27.980
but<00:50:26.539><c> we</c><00:50:26.880><c> have</c><00:50:27.139><c> the</c><00:50:27.599><c> assurance</c>

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that<00:50:28.239><c> he</c><00:50:28.599><c> is</c><00:50:29.320><c> with</c><00:50:29.739><c> us</c><00:50:30.119><c> in</c><00:50:30.340><c> the</c><00:50:30.539><c> suffering.</c>

00:50:31.440 --> 00:50:33.940
There<00:50:31.619><c> are</c><00:50:31.820><c> all</c><00:50:31.940><c> sorts</c><00:50:32.119><c> of</c><00:50:32.300><c> things</c><00:50:32.480><c> that</c><00:50:32.719><c> can</c><00:50:33.019><c> impede</c><00:50:33.340><c> our</c><00:50:33.699><c> faith.</c>

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We've<00:50:34.579><c> talked</c><00:50:34.739><c> about</c><00:50:34.940><c> those</c><00:50:35.199><c> yesterday,</c>

00:50:36.119 --> 00:50:40.059
but<00:50:36.380><c> it's</c><00:50:37.139><c> faith</c><00:50:37.420><c>-inspiring</c><00:50:38.079><c> to</c><00:50:38.480><c> see</c><00:50:38.860><c> the</c><00:50:39.079><c> Lord</c><00:50:39.320><c> Jesus</c><00:50:39.719><c> Christ,</c>

00:50:40.199 --> 00:50:43.280
the<00:50:40.360><c> ultimate</c><00:50:40.760><c> expression</c><00:50:41.239><c> of</c><00:50:41.420><c> God's</c><00:50:41.840><c> love</c><00:50:42.260><c> towards</c><00:50:42.619><c> you</c><00:50:42.900><c> and</c><00:50:43.000><c> I.</c>

00:50:43.619 --> 00:50:45.360
And<00:50:43.800><c> so</c><00:50:44.159><c> with</c><00:50:44.639><c> that</c><00:50:44.880><c> in</c><00:50:45.079><c> mind,</c>

00:50:45.500 --> 00:50:47.360
with<00:50:45.739><c> that</c><00:50:45.900><c> as</c><00:50:46.119><c> the</c><00:50:46.340><c> motivator,</c><00:50:46.840><c> the</c><00:50:47.099><c> core,</c>

00:50:47.460 --> 00:50:48.920
the<00:50:47.679><c> center</c><00:50:47.920><c> of</c><00:50:48.079><c> what</c><00:50:48.320><c> we</c><00:50:48.559><c> do,</c>

00:50:49.159 --> 00:50:52.019
what<00:50:49.320><c> we</c><00:50:49.539><c> want</c><00:50:49.719><c> to</c><00:50:49.900><c> think</c><00:50:50.059><c> about</c><00:50:50.320><c> next</c><00:50:50.619><c> together</c>

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is<00:50:52.980><c> how</c><00:50:53.199><c> do</c><00:50:53.400><c> we</c><00:50:53.559><c> respond?</c>

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Because<00:50:55.199><c> that's</c><00:50:55.460><c> what</c><00:50:55.579><c> God's</c><00:50:55.900><c> really</c><00:50:56.239><c> interested</c><00:50:56.639><c> in.</c>

00:50:57.820 --> 00:51:00.440
How<00:50:58.119><c> do</c><00:50:58.320><c> we</c><00:50:58.539><c> respond,</c><00:50:59.480><c> taking</c><00:50:59.820><c> on</c><00:51:00.199><c> board</c>

00:51:00.440 --> 00:51:01.860
the<00:51:00.659><c> things</c><00:51:00.800><c> that</c><00:51:00.980><c> we've</c><00:51:01.280><c> studied</c><00:51:01.420><c> together,</c>

00:51:02.139 --> 00:51:03.400
how<00:51:02.360><c> much</c><00:51:02.619><c> God</c><00:51:02.840><c> loves</c><00:51:03.079><c> us,</c>

00:51:03.539 --> 00:51:05.860
how<00:51:03.739><c> much</c><00:51:03.980><c> he</c><00:51:04.340><c> wants</c><00:51:04.679><c> us</c><00:51:04.920><c> to</c><00:51:05.119><c> draw</c><00:51:05.280><c> close</c><00:51:05.599><c> to</c><00:51:05.719><c> him?</c>

00:51:06.079 --> 00:51:08.159
What<00:51:06.300><c> should</c><00:51:06.500><c> we</c><00:51:06.719><c> do?</c><00:51:07.019><c> How</c><00:51:07.179><c> do</c><00:51:07.320><c> we</c><00:51:07.500><c> work</c><00:51:07.659><c> with</c><00:51:07.900><c> that?</c>

00:51:08.460 --> 00:51:09.760
How<00:51:08.579><c> do</c><00:51:08.719><c> we</c><00:51:08.880><c> work</c><00:51:09.019><c> with</c><00:51:09.239><c> our</c><00:51:09.380><c> angels</c>

00:51:09.760 --> 00:51:11.980
so<00:51:10.239><c> that</c><00:51:10.420><c> we</c><00:51:10.519><c> can</c><00:51:10.719><c> be</c><00:51:11.360><c> better</c><00:51:11.719><c> fit</c>

00:51:11.980 --> 00:51:13.820
to<00:51:12.300><c> share</c><00:51:12.539><c> the</c><00:51:12.739><c> hope</c><00:51:12.900><c> with</c><00:51:13.119><c> other</c><00:51:13.300><c> people</c>

00:51:13.820 --> 00:51:16.800
and<00:51:14.300><c> to</c><00:51:14.460><c> be</c><00:51:14.619><c> better</c><00:51:14.840><c> disciples</c><00:51:15.400><c> of</c><00:51:15.780><c> the</c><00:51:15.900><c> Lord</c><00:51:16.059><c> Jesus</c><00:51:16.420><c> Christ</c>

00:51:16.800 --> 00:51:19.179
and<00:51:16.980><c> his</c><00:51:17.179><c> Father,</c><00:51:17.920><c> our</c><00:51:18.059><c> Lord</c><00:51:18.239><c> God?</c>