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 Well, good morning again. Glad that you guys are here with us.

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 I echo what Berger shared with you. We're so glad that each and every one of you are here, especially for our first-time guest.

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 Aaron and I will be back here to my left at our welcome table.

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 We'd love for you to stop by so that we can meet you, and thank you for being here and worshiping with us.

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 If you've got your Bibles, open up to 1 John chapter 2. We're going to start here in verse 12 here in just a moment.

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 We are working through a series together in 1, 2, and 3 John.

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 And so as we do that, typically we do this at the beginning of the year, and we're doing this.

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 Now we've got a partner series that we're working with with Right Now Media.

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 And so we've got a connection with that with Dr. Tony Evans, and he is working through 1, 2, and 3 John on a Right Now Media series.

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 And we are going to be walking and following the outline, the pattern of scripture that he's using with that as well.

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 And so a lot of our small groups are going through this, and we have a lot of families that are going through this,

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 And so we want to make sure that you're a part of that.

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 Well, we're going to go ahead and jump right in as we continue on in our series.

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 So I'm going to read this morning to begin with verses 12 through 14.

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 So if you join me, 1 John 2, starting in verse 12.

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 John writes, and he says,

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 I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his namesake.

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 I write to you, fathers, because you have known him who was from the beginning.

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 I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the wicked one.

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 I write to you, little children, because you have known the Father.

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 I have written to you, fathers, because you have known him who was from the beginning.

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 I have written to you, young men, because you are strong and the Word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the wicked one.

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 So this is going to be the passage, these three verses, that I think we're going to land on the most this morning.

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 Now we're going to work down through several other verses in this passage as we continue on.

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 But this is going to be our main landing point.

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 Now, this passage creates some complications from the very beginning.

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 John is addressing in the written form that we see, specifically, three groups of people as we read this.

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 He says to young children, he says to young men, and he says to fathers.

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 Now, this week, I'm trying to read through and understand exactly who he is communicating, and more specifically, why is John communicating with these titles?

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 Why is John communicating in these categories?

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 And after, if I had way more hair than I had, it would have been pulled out, right?

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 But I'm holding on to the little parts that I've got left up here, right?

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 So I was trying to stay away from that.

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 Here's the conclusion that multiple scholars have come to.

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 We don't know.

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 We don't know.

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 But what all the scholars agree is this.

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 He's not just speaking to children.

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 He's not just speaking to young men.

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 He's not just speaking to fathers.

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 And instead, what he's doing is casting a large net to the church, to the readers as a whole, that says that this speaks to you, church.

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 For those of you who claim the name of Jesus Christ, to claim that you are in a saving relationship with him, that these three verses apply to you.

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 So as we go from here, our struggle might not be with trying to understand who are the children, who are the young men, who are the fathers.

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 But looking at that, regardless of our age, regardless of our gender, and understanding that if I claim that Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior, then these characteristics apply to me.

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 And I think what John's going to help us out with and help his readers out with at the time is this.

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 Christians who are struggling with an identity crisis.

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 And what I mean by that is this.

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 We looked at last week, you know, walking in darkness versus walking in light.

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 And I kind of came from that as we navigate through this is that are we one of three different types of people?

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 Am I a person who walks in light and desires to grow in light?

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 Am I a person who walks in the truth of the Lord and desires to walk in the truth of the Lord?

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 If that is you, that is an exciting realization for you to have.

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 I am in Christ and I desire to know him and to be obedient to him.

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 Or am I a person who walks in darkness but yet expects to grow in light?

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 That all that I do, that all that I pursue, that all that I want are the ways and the patterns of this world.

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 I love the fact that we sang Graves in the Gardens because it's a wonderful picture of what God has done.

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 I searched the world but it couldn't fill me.

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 Right?

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 And so what we see in this is are you someone who walks in darkness, walks in sin, walks in the pursuits of this world,

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 and then steps back and wonders, why is my relationship with Christ stale?

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 Why am I not growing?

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 Why am I struggling?

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 And if that's the realization that you come to today, I'm sorry that's where you are,

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 but I'm excited that you're listening to the Spirit.

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 Or third, am I a person who walks in darkness and expects to grow in darkness?

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 Nah.

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 This ain't for me.

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 This is not where I'm at.

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 This is not what I'm pursuing.

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 Where I'm heading, I know where I'm heading, I know where I'm going.

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 Whether it's in this life or the next.

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 And what we would say to that is we're glad that you're here.

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 We're glad that this is what you decided to be this morning to find the hope that I'm at.

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 But Christians who struggle with identity crisis, I want to ask a couple of questions.

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 Ask yourself this, what do I want to be?

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 You ever met someone, or maybe it's you, and you've gone through what we call midlife crisis,

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 especially in career, and you have that realization that what I'm doing is not what I want to do,

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 and you have the realization that when I grow up, I want to be this, you know?

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 And it's like, that's a tough realization to hit you at 45.

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 Like, I know, I know, right?

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 But at least I'm acknowledging where I'm at, right?

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 What do I want to be?

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 What do I want to become?

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 Ask yourself this in Christ.

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 In Him, what do you want to be and what do you want to become?

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 That's the part of Christianity, the process of growing in Him, of walking in the light,

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 that I recognize and see in myself who I want to be, and if this is who I want to be,

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 then I need to understand that this is what I need to become.

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 That, praise the Lord, He's working and moving in me, but also, who am I?

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 And who am I right now?

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 Who am I right now?

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 And what John is doing this, is asking this question that we can draw from this, is who

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 are you?

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 Who are you?

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 When it comes to your identity in Christ, who are you?

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 Because when we understand who we are in Christ, and what Christ has done, and what that means

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 in our life, and what He is doing, and what He has done, and what He desires to do,

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 then we can see what it looks like to walk in light, to pursue light, to flee from darkness,

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 and not to walk in darkness, to grow in the light, and not to grow in the darkness.

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 And so, in these three verses, John gives these five categories, as we can draw from, and understand

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 who we are in Christ.

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 This is the affirmation, this is the positive enforcement that John is giving the readers

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 of this, of who are they to be like as they walk in the light.

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 So, in verse 12, he says, I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven

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 for you, for His namesake.

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 So, who are you in Christ?

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 Christ, you are forgiven.

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 You are forgiven.

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 That is who you are.

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 When you are in Christ, you are forgiven fully.

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 Past, present, future.

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 The sins that you pursued, the sins that you're in, the sins that you will pursue, Christ has

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 forgiven you.

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 God, the Father, in His love for you, sent Jesus, His Son, to die for you, and if you are saved,

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 you are forgiven.

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 When you run, He forgives.

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 When you plead for something else, He forgives.

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 This is who they are.

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 And the fact that you and I are forgiven speaks to who God is and not to who we are.

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 We are forgiven.

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 We are forgiven.

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 We are forgiven.

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 We are forgiven.

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 And here's the deal.

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 Satan hates that you are forgiven.

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 He hates that it's not a count that's building against you.

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 He hates that in Christ and in Christ alone, you are forgiven.

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 So He uses shame and guilt to keep you in your sin.

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 And He tries to defeat that which has been redeemed.

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 And so in this, we find within ourselves that we have a hard time forgiving ourselves, that

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 we have a hard time forgiving others.

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 And then we apply that to the Lord.

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 But God doesn't have a hard time forgiving you because He's paid the action through Christ and through Christ fully.

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 And so John says that your sins are forgiven for His namesake.

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 For His namesake.

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 Now, as recipients of grace, we live in the benefit of this.

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 But John says that we are forgiven, that your sins are forgiven for His namesake.

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 And what does that mean?

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 It means this.

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 It's not in your ability and your merit and who you are that you are forgiven,

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 but it is in the name of Jesus Christ that sins are forgiven.

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 It's not in the name of works.

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 It's not in the name of religion.

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 It's not in the name of any other pursuit.

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 But it is in the name of Jesus Christ and Jesus Christ alone that you are forgiven.

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 That's why Jesus says that He is the way, the truth, and the life.

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 Through Him.

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 Which means this.

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 It's for His glory.

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 So that when we live in grace, when we live in the beauty,

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 of what the gospel does for us, it's not for our glory.

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 It's not for my glory.

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 It's not for our glory.

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 It's for His glory in His name.

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 So we are forgiven.

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 You are forgiven.

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 But the next part of our identity that John covers,

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 and we're going to look at the first part of verse 13,

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 is that you know Christ.

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 You know Christ.

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 First part of verse 13, he says,

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 I write to you fathers,

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 because you have known Him who is from the beginning.

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 You know Jesus.

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 You know Jesus.

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 You have experienced and are experiencing a relationship with Him.

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 And when you know Him, He knows you.

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 Jesus paints a picture for this in John 10, chapter 27.

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 And He says this.

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 Jesus says,

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 My sheep hear my voice.

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 I know them, and they follow me.

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 And I love that picture that Jesus gives of what a relationship looks like.

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 He says,

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 My sheep know my voice.

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 I know them, and they follow me.

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 So here's what Jesus describes of what it's like to know Him.

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 Number one within there,

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 Jesus implies through this that He's our shepherd.

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 He's where we find our comfort, our safety, our life.

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 He's where we find our satisfaction.

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 He's where every need is met.

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 This is who Jesus is.

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 He's the provider and the protector of everything.

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 And all we have is because of Him.

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 Jesus is our shepherd.

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 And here's what's beautiful.

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 He says,

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 I know His voice.

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 We have an overly aggressive, energetic dog at our house.

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 All right?

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 Julie just laughed.

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 She lives across the street from us, right?

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 If you've met Otis,

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 you know that Otis is a wild man.

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 And I took him to the vet on Friday.

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 And they, at our vet,

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 they come in and they greet you,

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 and then they put you into a room,

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 and then they take the dog back away from you

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 to do whatever they're going to do now.

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 And I said to the vet tech,

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 I don't recommend that.

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 I just don't.

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 And then Otis went back in the back with her.

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 And then I'll just say for the next five or ten minutes,

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 there was a lot of noise.

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 Right?

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 And then they brought Otis back to me.

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 And he heard my voice.

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 And he listened.

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 The vet came back out.

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 First thing she said,

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 you've got a beautiful

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 and healthy

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 and really energetic dog.

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 It's like, yeah, we know.

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 We know.

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 Next time, let's just do this here.

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 Right?

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 Right?

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 It's where we are.

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 But here's the difference.

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 He's not listening to them

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 because he doesn't know their voice.

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 Jesus says

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 that I know my sheep,

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 my sheep,

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 and they hear my voice.

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 And they run,

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 and they come to,

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 and they listen to the voice that they know.

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 Whose voice are you listening to?

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 Whose voice are you listening to?

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 I hear people say so often,

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 it's so hard in this world

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 to follow and listen to Jesus.

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 And I just want to ask the question,

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 and this is the question

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 when that statement comes up in my heart.

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 Really?

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 Because you know his voice.

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 Is it hard to listen

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 or is it hard to obey?

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 The third thing that Jesus says

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 in John 10, 27

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 is that he knows me.

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 He knows me.

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 My sheep hear my voice,

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 and I know them.

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 I know them.

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 If this isn't a spiritual hug

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 for you this morning,

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 I'm sorry,

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 but I just want to say this.

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 Jesus knows you.

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 He knows right where you're at.

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 He knows every battle you're facing.

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 He knows every insecurity

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 that is building up in you.

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 He knows every area of strength,

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 every area of weakness.

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 He knows all your good,

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 all your bad,

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 all your ugly.

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 Jesus knows the beauty

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 that is in you,

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 and Jesus knows the sin

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 that you're capable of.

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 And he loves you,

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 and the Bible tells us

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 that Jesus knows you.

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 In this world,

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 you may feel insignificant.

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 In this world,

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 you may feel that you're not heard.

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 In this world,

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 you may feel like no one cares.

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 In this world,

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 you may feel that no one knows you.

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 And I just want to tell you,

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 Jesus knows you.

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 He knows you.

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 And we hear his voice.

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 And he knows us.

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 And we know him.

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 And then Jesus says,

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 and here's what my sheep do.

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 They follow me.

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 They follow me.

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 They follow me.

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 They walk where the shepherd walks.

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 They go where the shepherd sins.

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 They do what the shepherd does.

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 They follow me.

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 They walk in light,

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 not in darkness.

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 You know Jesus.

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 The third thing that John says here

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 is he says you were in victory.

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 Look at the second part of verse 13.

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 We're going to look at one more part of this.

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 But he says,

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 I write to you, young men,

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 because you have overcome the wicked one.

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 Now, all of these statements

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 that John is giving

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 are promises,

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 are fulfilled promises

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 and fulfilling promises.

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 Jesus doesn't lie.

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 God's word doesn't lie.

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 Have you ever made a promise

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 you didn't fulfill?

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 Yes, absolutely you have.

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 Jesus doesn't do that.

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 God's word doesn't do that.

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 So when John writes,

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 he says,

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 I write to you, young men,

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 because you have overcome the wicked one.

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 You have.

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 You've overcome.

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 You are in victory.

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 But you say,

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 but I didn't feel like that.

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 I understand.

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 Oftentimes,

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 our feelings lie to us

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 and deceive us

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 of the truth that we know.

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 Spiritual warfare is real.

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 Jesus himself tells us

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 that Satan is like a lion roaming.

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 That Satan seeks to steal,

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 kill, and destroy.

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 That this is who he is.

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 But what happens within us

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 is we forget

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 that we are not hoping

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 for victory that will come,

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 but right now,

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 that you and I,

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 in Christ,

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 we are victors in him.

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 And oftentimes,

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 we see ourselves

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 as those who are solely

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 in the conflict.

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 And we miss the fact

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 that because the tomb

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 is empty,

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 Jesus has already won.

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 And when we are in him,

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 we are in victory.

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 I read this quote.

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 And if you're like,

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 Bobo,

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 you don't know the battle I'm in.

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 You're right.

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 But here's what I want

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 to share with you,

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 this quote.

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 It says,

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 in victory with Christ,

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 this does not mean

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 you are pulled

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 from the battlefield,

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 but it does mean

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 that you can face the battle

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 without fear

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 or wavering.

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 I get it.

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 If you're not in the battle,

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 something's wrong.

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 If you're not in the battle,

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 then you better be waiting for it.

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 But just because we're in the battle

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 doesn't mean that the victory

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 hasn't already been won.

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 The fourth thing

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 that we see here from John

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 is you are instructable.

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 You are instructable.

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 Last part of verse 13.

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 I write to you little children

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 because you have known

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 the Father.

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 Now here,

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 this looks like

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 some similar language

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 that we've seen previously

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 in verse 12

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 and in part of verse 13.

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 But John does something here

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 that is different

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 than what he's done before

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 and particularly in the word

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 that he uses for children.

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 In verse 12,

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 the word for children

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 is used for

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 the description of a child

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 that is depending

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 on its parent.

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 So here's what we can draw

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 from that with verse 12

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 is that you and I

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 as a child of Christ

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 depend on his forgiveness.

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 We cling to that.

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 That's what we need.

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 But here at the end

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 of verse 13,

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 he uses a different word

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 word for children

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 that carries with it

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 a different meaning.

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 And here the word

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 for child

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 that is used

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 is the focus

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 is on the developmental

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 immaturity

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 of a child.

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 And it paints a picture

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 that children,

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 right,

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 they're immature

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 and therefore

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 need to be under

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 the guidance

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 or instruction

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 of the parent.

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 And maybe a better word

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 than immature

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 is ignorance.

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 They're ignorant

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 until they're taught.

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 They're ignorant

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 until they're instructed.

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 And so this is why

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 parents,

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 we teach our kids

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 whether by direct

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 instruction

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 or observation

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 of how to walk

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 through life.

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 It's why we don't take

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 a three-year-old,

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 hey,

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 mom and dad

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 are going out

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 for dinner tonight,

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 fix yourself something

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 to eat.

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 Why?

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 Because they're

00:23:00.760 --> 00:23:01.900
 an immature child.

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 That's bad.

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 You deserve to go to jail

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 if you do that, right?

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 That's where we are.

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 So John writes this

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 and says that we

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 like immature children

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 that need to be

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 instructed by the Father.

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 But it's not

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 in a negative sense

00:23:19.840 --> 00:23:21.540
 that he gives this to us.

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 He doesn't say,

00:23:22.600 --> 00:23:23.280
 you know what,

00:23:23.340 --> 00:23:24.000
 you're so bad

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 and you're so wrong

00:23:24.820 --> 00:23:26.040
 and you need

00:23:26.040 --> 00:23:27.380
 to be instructed.

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 He says,

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 no, no, no, no,

00:23:28.720 --> 00:23:30.280
 you're instructable.

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 You're capable

00:23:32.060 --> 00:23:32.820
 of learning.

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 You're capable

00:23:34.300 --> 00:23:35.080
 of doing.

00:23:35.700 --> 00:23:36.960
 This is who

00:23:36.960 --> 00:23:38.540
 you are

00:23:38.540 --> 00:23:40.160
 in Christ.

00:23:40.440 --> 00:23:41.640
 So not only

00:23:41.640 --> 00:23:42.580
 in your life

00:23:42.580 --> 00:23:43.580
 and in my life

00:23:43.580 --> 00:23:44.620
 is there room

00:23:44.620 --> 00:23:45.340
 for growth

00:23:45.340 --> 00:23:46.140
 and obedience

00:23:46.140 --> 00:23:47.020
 but that through

00:23:47.020 --> 00:23:47.660
 the power

00:23:47.660 --> 00:23:48.980
 of the Holy Spirit

00:23:48.980 --> 00:23:49.880
 in us

00:23:49.880 --> 00:23:50.840
 we're capable

00:23:50.840 --> 00:23:51.360
 of that

00:23:51.360 --> 00:23:52.460
 and no sin

00:23:52.460 --> 00:23:53.340
 that you have

00:23:53.340 --> 00:23:54.340
 and no sin

00:23:54.340 --> 00:23:55.260
 that I have

00:23:55.260 --> 00:23:56.220
 is too big

00:23:56.220 --> 00:23:56.820
 to overcome

00:23:56.820 --> 00:23:57.540
 through the working

00:23:57.540 --> 00:23:58.100
 of the Lord.

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 we're instructable

00:24:00.060 --> 00:24:02.020
 and that gives us

00:24:02.020 --> 00:24:02.880
 some great freedom

00:24:02.880 --> 00:24:04.920
 and hope

00:24:04.920 --> 00:24:06.680
 to know

00:24:06.680 --> 00:24:07.300
 that that

00:24:07.300 --> 00:24:08.020
 which tries

00:24:08.020 --> 00:24:09.400
 to imprison me

00:24:09.400 --> 00:24:10.760
 and enslave me

00:24:10.760 --> 00:24:12.420
 victory's already

00:24:12.420 --> 00:24:13.520
 been won

00:24:13.520 --> 00:24:14.660
 and through the power

00:24:14.660 --> 00:24:16.000
 of the Holy Spirit

00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:17.300
 not through the power

00:24:17.300 --> 00:24:18.520
 of my own

00:24:18.520 --> 00:24:19.480
 there's victory

00:24:19.480 --> 00:24:20.360
 that can be found

00:24:20.360 --> 00:24:20.920
 in that

00:24:20.920 --> 00:24:22.300
 because I'm

00:24:22.300 --> 00:24:23.360
 instructable.

00:24:25.000 --> 00:24:25.520
 and then John

00:24:25.520 --> 00:24:26.620
 says in verse 14

00:24:26.620 --> 00:24:28.400
 he says

00:24:28.400 --> 00:24:29.420
 you are strong

00:24:29.420 --> 00:24:31.120
 you are strong

00:24:31.120 --> 00:24:32.760
 I have written

00:24:32.760 --> 00:24:33.740
 to you fathers

00:24:33.740 --> 00:24:35.700
 because you have

00:24:35.700 --> 00:24:36.560
 known him

00:24:36.560 --> 00:24:37.640
 who was from

00:24:37.640 --> 00:24:38.200
 the beginning

00:24:38.200 --> 00:24:39.940
 I have written

00:24:39.940 --> 00:24:41.460
 to you young men

00:24:41.460 --> 00:24:42.340
 because you

00:24:42.340 --> 00:24:43.400
 were strong

00:24:43.400 --> 00:24:45.080
 and the word

00:24:45.080 --> 00:24:46.140
 of God

00:24:46.140 --> 00:24:47.780
 abides in you

00:24:47.780 --> 00:24:49.000
 and you

00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:50.820
 have overcome

00:24:50.820 --> 00:24:52.580
 the wicked

00:24:52.580 --> 00:24:53.600
 one.

00:24:54.560 --> 00:24:55.960
 John surmises

00:24:55.960 --> 00:24:57.820
 in verse 14

00:24:57.820 --> 00:24:59.980
 all that he says

00:24:59.980 --> 00:25:03.140
 this is the word

00:25:03.140 --> 00:25:04.140
 what the world

00:25:04.140 --> 00:25:05.360
 wants to tell you

00:25:05.360 --> 00:25:06.400
 that you're weak

00:25:06.400 --> 00:25:08.480
 but because

00:25:08.480 --> 00:25:09.200
 the word

00:25:09.200 --> 00:25:10.520
 of God

00:25:10.520 --> 00:25:11.940
 is in you

00:25:11.940 --> 00:25:13.260
 you

00:25:13.260 --> 00:25:14.480
 are

00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:15.860
 strong

00:25:15.860 --> 00:25:19.220
 go walk

00:25:19.220 --> 00:25:19.740
 in light

00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:21.740
 go be

00:25:21.740 --> 00:25:22.220
 who God

00:25:22.220 --> 00:25:22.780
 owe all

00:25:22.780 --> 00:25:23.360
 that God

00:25:23.360 --> 00:25:23.820
 has called you

00:25:23.820 --> 00:25:24.240
 to be

00:25:24.240 --> 00:25:26.240
 go grow

00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:26.940
 in the areas

00:25:26.940 --> 00:25:27.340
 that you need

00:25:27.340 --> 00:25:27.920
 to grow

00:25:27.920 --> 00:25:29.840
 live in victory

00:25:29.840 --> 00:25:30.900
 on the battlefield

00:25:30.900 --> 00:25:32.800
 not in a

00:25:32.800 --> 00:25:33.800
 in a

00:25:33.800 --> 00:25:34.300
 in a

00:25:34.300 --> 00:25:35.380
 false sense

00:25:35.380 --> 00:25:36.480
 of defeat

00:25:36.480 --> 00:25:38.980
 be who you are

00:25:38.980 --> 00:25:41.060
 walk in light

00:25:41.060 --> 00:25:42.960
 and then

00:25:42.960 --> 00:25:44.040
 he continues on

00:25:44.040 --> 00:25:44.380
 we're gonna

00:25:44.380 --> 00:25:45.460
 we're gonna look at these

00:25:45.460 --> 00:25:46.540
 the remainder

00:25:46.540 --> 00:25:47.200
 of chapter 2

00:25:47.200 --> 00:25:49.640
 he says this

00:25:49.640 --> 00:25:50.860
 look at verse 15

00:25:50.860 --> 00:25:51.480
 through 17

00:25:51.480 --> 00:25:53.840
 do not love

00:25:53.840 --> 00:25:55.160
 the world

00:25:55.160 --> 00:25:57.300
 or the things

00:25:57.300 --> 00:25:58.380
 in the world

00:25:58.380 --> 00:26:00.240
 if anyone

00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:01.540
 loves the world

00:26:01.540 --> 00:26:03.040
 the love

00:26:03.040 --> 00:26:03.880
 of the father

00:26:03.880 --> 00:26:05.000
 is not in him

00:26:05.000 --> 00:26:06.920
 for all that

00:26:06.920 --> 00:26:08.080
 is in the world

00:26:08.080 --> 00:26:09.660
 the lust

00:26:09.660 --> 00:26:10.700
 of the flesh

00:26:10.700 --> 00:26:12.120
 the lust

00:26:12.120 --> 00:26:13.160
 of the eyes

00:26:13.160 --> 00:26:14.380
 and the pride

00:26:14.380 --> 00:26:15.060
 of life

00:26:15.060 --> 00:26:16.400
 is not

00:26:16.400 --> 00:26:17.420
 of the father

00:26:17.420 --> 00:26:18.720
 but is of

00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:19.300
 the world

00:26:19.300 --> 00:26:21.220
 and the world

00:26:21.220 --> 00:26:22.140
 is passing

00:26:22.140 --> 00:26:22.800
 away

00:26:22.800 --> 00:26:24.680
 and the lust

00:26:24.680 --> 00:26:25.140
 of it

00:26:25.140 --> 00:26:26.820
 but he

00:26:26.820 --> 00:26:27.940
 who does

00:26:27.940 --> 00:26:28.540
 the will

00:26:28.540 --> 00:26:29.420
 of God

00:26:29.420 --> 00:26:30.980
 abides forever

00:26:30.980 --> 00:26:33.500
 and the challenge

00:26:33.500 --> 00:26:34.800
 that I wanna give us

00:26:34.800 --> 00:26:35.720
 this morning

00:26:35.720 --> 00:26:36.360
 is this

00:26:36.360 --> 00:26:37.940
 don't waste

00:26:37.940 --> 00:26:38.680
 your love

00:26:38.680 --> 00:26:40.400
 don't waste

00:26:40.400 --> 00:26:41.020
 your love

00:26:41.020 --> 00:26:43.680
 have you ever been

00:26:43.680 --> 00:26:44.580
 hurt in love

00:26:44.580 --> 00:26:47.220
 from everything

00:26:47.220 --> 00:26:48.760
 from that first

00:26:48.760 --> 00:26:49.360
 girlfriend

00:26:49.360 --> 00:26:51.860
 in fifth grade

00:26:51.860 --> 00:26:53.040
 you wrote

00:26:53.040 --> 00:26:53.460
 the note

00:26:53.460 --> 00:26:53.860
 too

00:26:53.860 --> 00:26:54.880
 and she

00:26:54.880 --> 00:26:55.360
 circled

00:26:55.360 --> 00:26:55.840
 yes

00:26:55.840 --> 00:26:56.680
 right

00:26:56.680 --> 00:26:58.360
 I just realized

00:26:58.360 --> 00:26:59.020
 that I spoke

00:26:59.020 --> 00:26:59.840
 to a generation

00:26:59.840 --> 00:27:00.500
 just then

00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:02.680
 that have

00:27:02.680 --> 00:27:03.360
 no clue

00:27:03.360 --> 00:27:03.660
 what I'm

00:27:03.660 --> 00:27:04.380
 talking about

00:27:04.380 --> 00:27:05.360
 right

00:27:05.360 --> 00:27:06.720
 or you sent

00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:07.380
 her a text

00:27:07.380 --> 00:27:07.840
 right

00:27:07.840 --> 00:27:08.820
 there we are

00:27:08.820 --> 00:27:09.300
 right

00:27:09.300 --> 00:27:11.460
 said yes

00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:11.900
 and then a few

00:27:11.900 --> 00:27:12.520
 minutes later

00:27:12.520 --> 00:27:13.880
 you got one

00:27:13.880 --> 00:27:14.600
 back that said

00:27:14.600 --> 00:27:15.560
 nah never mind

00:27:15.560 --> 00:27:16.020
 just kidding

00:27:16.020 --> 00:27:16.280
 right

00:27:16.280 --> 00:27:18.600
 all the way

00:27:18.600 --> 00:27:19.700
 to a relationship

00:27:19.700 --> 00:27:21.580
 that you're

00:27:21.580 --> 00:27:22.700
 investing in

00:27:22.700 --> 00:27:24.420
 and that you're

00:27:24.420 --> 00:27:25.280
 hoping to share

00:27:25.280 --> 00:27:26.220
 the gospel with

00:27:26.220 --> 00:27:27.520
 and they've hurt

00:27:27.520 --> 00:27:27.800
 you

00:27:27.800 --> 00:27:30.220
 and you feel

00:27:30.220 --> 00:27:31.180
 like my love

00:27:31.180 --> 00:27:31.960
 has been wasted

00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:33.780
 I've poured

00:27:33.780 --> 00:27:34.720
 all of that

00:27:34.720 --> 00:27:35.260
 into this

00:27:35.260 --> 00:27:36.000
 and yet I feel

00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:36.740
 like it's gone

00:27:36.740 --> 00:27:39.000
 all the way

00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:39.560
 to the things

00:27:39.560 --> 00:27:40.260
 of this world

00:27:40.260 --> 00:27:41.760
 that we pursue

00:27:41.760 --> 00:27:42.780
 that are not

00:27:42.780 --> 00:27:43.200
 of God

00:27:43.200 --> 00:27:44.240
 here's the truth

00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:45.160
 of what it means

00:27:45.160 --> 00:27:45.660
 to love

00:27:45.660 --> 00:27:47.020
 God calls us

00:27:47.020 --> 00:27:47.600
 to love

00:27:47.600 --> 00:27:48.940
 we are to be

00:27:48.940 --> 00:27:50.020
 people of love

00:27:50.020 --> 00:27:50.980
 and in that

00:27:50.980 --> 00:27:52.080
 he loves us

00:27:52.080 --> 00:27:53.120
 and we love him

00:27:53.120 --> 00:27:54.460
 and we love each other

00:27:54.460 --> 00:27:55.960
 and we love lost people

00:27:55.960 --> 00:27:57.820
 it's why we gather

00:27:57.820 --> 00:27:58.280
 together

00:27:58.280 --> 00:27:59.180
 it's why we open

00:27:59.180 --> 00:27:59.660
 his word

00:27:59.660 --> 00:28:00.360
 it's why we give

00:28:00.360 --> 00:28:01.000
 our offerings

00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:01.880
 it's why we come

00:28:01.880 --> 00:28:02.460
 to him in prayer

00:28:02.460 --> 00:28:03.740
 it's why we invest

00:28:03.740 --> 00:28:04.260
 in others

00:28:04.260 --> 00:28:05.480
 it's why we share hope

00:28:05.480 --> 00:28:06.580
 it's why we disciple

00:28:06.580 --> 00:28:07.560
 it's why we go

00:28:07.560 --> 00:28:08.340
 it's why we do

00:28:08.340 --> 00:28:09.760
 anything that we do

00:28:09.760 --> 00:28:11.260
 is out of love

00:28:11.260 --> 00:28:13.120
 God loves us

00:28:13.120 --> 00:28:14.220
 and calls us

00:28:14.220 --> 00:28:14.840
 to love

00:28:14.840 --> 00:28:16.560
 from two weeks ago

00:28:16.560 --> 00:28:17.920
 it's why we turn

00:28:17.920 --> 00:28:18.680
 the other cheek

00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:19.460
 it's why we give

00:28:19.460 --> 00:28:19.980
 our cloak

00:28:19.980 --> 00:28:20.760
 it's why we go

00:28:20.760 --> 00:28:21.680
 the extra mile

00:28:21.680 --> 00:28:22.520
 it's why we give

00:28:22.520 --> 00:28:23.300
 to those who need

00:28:23.300 --> 00:28:24.600
 because God calls

00:28:24.600 --> 00:28:25.580
 us to love

00:28:25.580 --> 00:28:27.080
 and all of this

00:28:27.080 --> 00:28:29.140
 flows from something

00:28:29.140 --> 00:28:30.040
 all that he's

00:28:30.040 --> 00:28:30.800
 called us to

00:28:30.800 --> 00:28:32.160
 all that he demands

00:28:32.160 --> 00:28:32.580
 from us

00:28:32.580 --> 00:28:33.440
 it comes from

00:28:33.440 --> 00:28:34.880
 our love for him

00:28:34.880 --> 00:28:35.980
 and his love

00:28:35.980 --> 00:28:36.540
 for us

00:28:36.540 --> 00:28:37.480
 the love that he

00:28:37.480 --> 00:28:38.320
 calls us to

00:28:38.320 --> 00:28:39.100
 is a love

00:28:39.100 --> 00:28:40.000
 that is not rooted

00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:41.120
 in ourselves

00:28:41.120 --> 00:28:42.560
 in our circumstances

00:28:42.560 --> 00:28:43.720
 or in our culture

00:28:43.720 --> 00:28:44.740
 but is rooted

00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:45.680
 watered

00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:46.500
 and grown

00:28:46.500 --> 00:28:47.660
 in our love

00:28:47.660 --> 00:28:48.420
 for him

00:28:48.420 --> 00:28:50.640
 all love

00:28:50.640 --> 00:28:53.640
 that he calls us to

00:28:53.640 --> 00:28:55.900
 comes from him

00:28:55.900 --> 00:28:58.440
 and when we go

00:28:58.440 --> 00:28:59.780
 and love

00:28:59.780 --> 00:29:01.020
 out of that source

00:29:01.020 --> 00:29:02.840
 when we go

00:29:02.840 --> 00:29:03.520
 and love

00:29:03.520 --> 00:29:04.380
 because he

00:29:04.380 --> 00:29:05.760
 first loved

00:29:05.760 --> 00:29:06.400
 us

00:29:06.400 --> 00:29:07.700
 it's not

00:29:07.700 --> 00:29:08.460
 wasted

00:29:08.460 --> 00:29:10.840
 it's not

00:29:10.840 --> 00:29:11.420
 wasted

00:29:11.420 --> 00:29:12.880
 because it

00:29:12.880 --> 00:29:13.380
 brings him

00:29:13.380 --> 00:29:13.980
 glory

00:29:13.980 --> 00:29:15.200
 in our

00:29:15.200 --> 00:29:15.740
 obedience

00:29:15.740 --> 00:29:18.240
 but John warns

00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:18.560
 here

00:29:18.560 --> 00:29:20.000
 that when we

00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:21.220
 walk in light

00:29:21.220 --> 00:29:22.540
 this is the love

00:29:22.540 --> 00:29:23.480
 but his warning

00:29:23.480 --> 00:29:24.280
 is when we

00:29:24.280 --> 00:29:25.720
 walk in darkness

00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:26.920
 there's wasted

00:29:26.920 --> 00:29:27.460
 love

00:29:27.460 --> 00:29:30.080
 there's sinful

00:29:30.080 --> 00:29:30.680
 love

00:29:30.680 --> 00:29:32.260
 and he

00:29:32.260 --> 00:29:33.180
 categorizes

00:29:33.180 --> 00:29:33.780
 it by the

00:29:33.780 --> 00:29:35.440
 love of the

00:29:35.440 --> 00:29:35.820
 world

00:29:35.820 --> 00:29:36.500
 but then he

00:29:36.500 --> 00:29:37.440
 describes it

00:29:37.440 --> 00:29:38.040
 he says

00:29:38.040 --> 00:29:38.720
 it's the lust

00:29:38.720 --> 00:29:39.420
 of the flesh

00:29:39.420 --> 00:29:40.080
 it's the lust

00:29:40.080 --> 00:29:40.720
 of the eyes

00:29:40.720 --> 00:29:41.760
 it's the pride

00:29:41.760 --> 00:29:42.260
 of life

00:29:42.260 --> 00:29:43.020
 of the things

00:29:43.020 --> 00:29:44.000
 we look at

00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:44.600
 and we pursue

00:29:44.600 --> 00:29:45.580
 and I'm sure

00:29:45.580 --> 00:29:46.400
 we can break

00:29:46.400 --> 00:29:47.320
 out smaller

00:29:47.320 --> 00:29:48.020
 categories

00:29:48.020 --> 00:29:48.740
 that flow

00:29:48.740 --> 00:29:49.260
 from here

00:29:49.260 --> 00:29:49.900
 but John

00:29:49.900 --> 00:29:50.960
 surmises

00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:51.920
 all of this

00:29:51.920 --> 00:29:52.880
 of the wasted

00:29:52.880 --> 00:29:53.240
 love

00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:53.960
 he describes

00:29:53.960 --> 00:29:54.620
 the sins

00:29:54.620 --> 00:29:55.360
 of the flesh

00:29:55.360 --> 00:29:55.880
 so these

00:29:55.880 --> 00:29:56.840
 are the sinful

00:29:56.840 --> 00:29:59.060
 cravings

00:29:59.060 --> 00:30:00.000
 that you

00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:00.700
 and I

00:30:00.700 --> 00:30:01.520
 desire

00:30:01.520 --> 00:30:02.540
 in our

00:30:02.540 --> 00:30:02.920
 life

00:30:02.920 --> 00:30:03.140
 right

00:30:03.140 --> 00:30:03.680
 like our

00:30:03.680 --> 00:30:04.280
 need to be

00:30:04.280 --> 00:30:04.680
 right

00:30:04.680 --> 00:30:05.120
 our need

00:30:05.120 --> 00:30:05.740
 to acquire

00:30:05.740 --> 00:30:06.120
 more

00:30:06.120 --> 00:30:06.700
 our need

00:30:06.700 --> 00:30:07.220
 to engage

00:30:07.220 --> 00:30:07.780
 in gossip

00:30:07.780 --> 00:30:08.440
 our need

00:30:08.440 --> 00:30:09.140
 to be selfish

00:30:09.140 --> 00:30:09.640
 our need

00:30:09.640 --> 00:30:10.120
 to take

00:30:10.120 --> 00:30:10.640
 our need

00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:11.020
 to speak

00:30:11.020 --> 00:30:11.580
 ill of

00:30:11.580 --> 00:30:12.000
 our need

00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:12.540
 to murder

00:30:12.540 --> 00:30:13.180
 our need

00:30:13.180 --> 00:30:13.540
 to build

00:30:13.540 --> 00:30:13.980
 idols

00:30:13.980 --> 00:30:15.200
 all of these

00:30:15.200 --> 00:30:16.020
 would fall

00:30:16.020 --> 00:30:16.680
 into this

00:30:16.680 --> 00:30:17.280
 category

00:30:17.280 --> 00:30:18.220
 of the lust

00:30:18.220 --> 00:30:18.700
 of the flesh

00:30:18.700 --> 00:30:19.260
 that we have

00:30:19.260 --> 00:30:20.480
 it's the cravings

00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:20.940
 the sinful

00:30:20.940 --> 00:30:21.500
 desires

00:30:21.500 --> 00:30:22.580
 that we find

00:30:22.580 --> 00:30:23.260
 within us

00:30:23.260 --> 00:30:23.860
 and John

00:30:23.860 --> 00:30:24.020
 says

00:30:24.020 --> 00:30:25.100
 when we love

00:30:25.100 --> 00:30:26.500
 those things

00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:27.400
 it's not

00:30:27.400 --> 00:30:27.760
 the love

00:30:27.760 --> 00:30:28.300
 of God

00:30:28.300 --> 00:30:29.000
 it's the love

00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:29.480
 of sin

00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:29.820
 that's in

00:30:29.820 --> 00:30:30.460
 our life

00:30:30.460 --> 00:30:32.180
 and not

00:30:32.180 --> 00:30:32.800
 to pursue

00:30:32.800 --> 00:30:34.720
 he gives us

00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:35.480
 another category

00:30:35.480 --> 00:30:36.000
 he says

00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:37.560
 it's the lust

00:30:37.560 --> 00:30:38.440
 of the eyes

00:30:38.440 --> 00:30:41.280
 it's the lust

00:30:41.280 --> 00:30:42.840
 of sexual

00:30:42.840 --> 00:30:43.840
 and sexuality

00:30:43.840 --> 00:30:45.520
 that's not

00:30:45.520 --> 00:30:46.440
 from the Lord

00:30:46.440 --> 00:30:48.560
 but from the world

00:30:48.560 --> 00:30:50.680
 of what captures

00:30:50.680 --> 00:30:51.820
 our eyes

00:30:51.820 --> 00:30:52.880
 of the places

00:30:52.880 --> 00:30:53.860
 that we go

00:30:53.860 --> 00:30:54.600
 to seek

00:30:54.600 --> 00:30:55.280
 the carnal

00:30:55.280 --> 00:30:56.600
 satisfactions

00:30:56.600 --> 00:30:57.640
 that we long

00:30:57.640 --> 00:30:57.960
 for

00:30:57.960 --> 00:30:58.460
 that are

00:30:58.460 --> 00:30:58.860
 outside

00:30:58.860 --> 00:30:59.360
 of the will

00:30:59.360 --> 00:30:59.880
 of the Lord

00:30:59.880 --> 00:31:01.360
 he says

00:31:01.360 --> 00:31:02.160
 it's the pride

00:31:02.160 --> 00:31:02.980
 of life

00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:04.580
 that's there

00:31:04.580 --> 00:31:05.980
 the possessions

00:31:05.980 --> 00:31:06.920
 of this world

00:31:06.920 --> 00:31:07.740
 that say

00:31:07.740 --> 00:31:08.860
 look at me

00:31:08.860 --> 00:31:10.140
 and look

00:31:10.140 --> 00:31:10.600
 at who

00:31:10.600 --> 00:31:11.340
 I am

00:31:11.340 --> 00:31:13.100
 and God

00:31:13.100 --> 00:31:13.400
 says

00:31:13.400 --> 00:31:14.180
 no no no

00:31:14.180 --> 00:31:14.660
 that's not

00:31:14.660 --> 00:31:14.980
 what I

00:31:14.980 --> 00:31:16.020
 what I have

00:31:16.020 --> 00:31:16.700
 for you

00:31:16.700 --> 00:31:17.420
 right

00:31:17.420 --> 00:31:18.620
 the last

00:31:18.620 --> 00:31:18.880
 verse

00:31:18.880 --> 00:31:19.400
 that we see

00:31:19.400 --> 00:31:20.200
 the world

00:31:20.200 --> 00:31:21.360
 is passing

00:31:21.360 --> 00:31:21.980
 away

00:31:21.980 --> 00:31:23.860
 and the lust

00:31:23.860 --> 00:31:24.320
 of it

00:31:24.320 --> 00:31:26.120
 but he

00:31:26.120 --> 00:31:27.020
 who does

00:31:27.020 --> 00:31:28.440
 the will

00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:29.700
 of the Father

00:31:29.700 --> 00:31:31.100
 abides forever

00:31:31.100 --> 00:31:33.960
 Pastor John

00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:34.540
 Piper said

00:31:34.540 --> 00:31:34.800
 this

00:31:34.800 --> 00:31:35.260
 read in one

00:31:35.260 --> 00:31:35.520
 of his

00:31:35.520 --> 00:31:35.840
 sermons

00:31:35.840 --> 00:31:36.400
 this week

00:31:36.400 --> 00:31:38.100
 he's talking

00:31:38.100 --> 00:31:38.700
 about pursuing

00:31:38.700 --> 00:31:39.280
 the love

00:31:39.280 --> 00:31:39.940
 of the world

00:31:39.940 --> 00:31:40.480
 of the love

00:31:40.480 --> 00:31:40.980
 of God

00:31:40.980 --> 00:31:41.520
 and he said

00:31:41.520 --> 00:31:42.700
 the love

00:31:42.700 --> 00:31:43.660
 for the world

00:31:43.660 --> 00:31:45.060
 in our hearts

00:31:45.060 --> 00:31:45.980
 pushes out

00:31:45.980 --> 00:31:46.400
 the love

00:31:46.400 --> 00:31:46.920
 for God

00:31:46.920 --> 00:31:49.100
 but the love

00:31:49.100 --> 00:31:49.840
 for God

00:31:49.840 --> 00:31:51.620
 in our hearts

00:31:51.620 --> 00:31:53.600
 pushes out

00:31:53.600 --> 00:31:54.660
 the love

00:31:54.660 --> 00:31:55.340
 for the world

00:31:55.340 --> 00:31:57.300
 so who do

00:31:57.300 --> 00:31:57.780
 we seek

00:31:57.780 --> 00:31:59.780
 what are we

00:31:59.780 --> 00:32:00.460
 longing for

00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:02.380
 the things

00:32:02.380 --> 00:32:02.820
 that will

00:32:02.820 --> 00:32:05.280
 are the things

00:32:05.280 --> 00:32:05.940
 that we treasure

00:32:05.940 --> 00:32:07.480
 the things

00:32:07.480 --> 00:32:08.000
 that fade

00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:10.000
 or do we

00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:10.900
 treasure him

00:32:10.900 --> 00:32:12.840
 who's eternal

00:32:12.840 --> 00:32:14.820
 what are we

00:32:14.820 --> 00:32:15.160
 seeking

00:32:15.160 --> 00:32:17.740
 as we

00:32:17.740 --> 00:32:18.360
 wrap up

00:32:18.360 --> 00:32:18.680
 and look

00:32:18.680 --> 00:32:19.360
 at the last

00:32:19.360 --> 00:32:20.460
 several verses

00:32:20.460 --> 00:32:21.200
 of this chapter

00:32:21.200 --> 00:32:24.140
 John is

00:32:24.140 --> 00:32:24.600
 addressing

00:32:24.600 --> 00:32:25.180
 the topic

00:32:25.180 --> 00:32:26.220
 within here

00:32:26.220 --> 00:32:26.500
 that we

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:26.940
 haven't really

00:32:26.940 --> 00:32:27.680
 talked a lot

00:32:27.680 --> 00:32:28.220
 about yet

00:32:28.220 --> 00:32:28.780
 for those

00:32:28.780 --> 00:32:30.700
 that he's

00:32:30.700 --> 00:32:31.040
 writing

00:32:31.040 --> 00:32:32.860
 and he's

00:32:32.860 --> 00:32:33.440
 building them

00:32:33.440 --> 00:32:34.220
 to live

00:32:34.220 --> 00:32:35.740
 in a world

00:32:35.740 --> 00:32:36.520
 that is broken

00:32:36.520 --> 00:32:37.520
 in a world

00:32:37.520 --> 00:32:38.740
 that is fallen

00:32:38.740 --> 00:32:40.060
 and to go

00:32:40.060 --> 00:32:40.900
 and to be

00:32:40.900 --> 00:32:41.720
 those who

00:32:41.720 --> 00:32:42.540
 walk in the

00:32:42.540 --> 00:32:42.980
 truth

00:32:42.980 --> 00:32:44.080
 but yet

00:32:44.080 --> 00:32:44.660
 there

00:32:44.660 --> 00:32:45.800
 and today

00:32:45.800 --> 00:32:47.580
 there are

00:32:47.580 --> 00:32:48.180
 those

00:32:48.180 --> 00:32:48.900
 who claim

00:32:48.900 --> 00:32:49.520
 truth

00:32:49.520 --> 00:32:50.540
 but who

00:32:50.540 --> 00:32:51.760
 lay a path

00:32:51.760 --> 00:32:52.680
 of false

00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:53.140
 teaching

00:32:53.140 --> 00:32:54.780
 and John

00:32:54.780 --> 00:32:55.260
 addresses

00:32:55.260 --> 00:32:55.760
 this

00:32:55.760 --> 00:32:56.300
 look at

00:32:56.300 --> 00:32:56.460
 verse

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:56.960
 18

00:32:56.960 --> 00:32:58.880
 he says

00:32:58.880 --> 00:32:59.120
 little

00:32:59.120 --> 00:32:59.760
 children

00:32:59.760 --> 00:33:00.940
 it is

00:33:00.940 --> 00:33:01.400
 in the

00:33:01.400 --> 00:33:01.760
 last

00:33:01.760 --> 00:33:02.320
 hour

00:33:02.320 --> 00:33:03.480
 and as

00:33:03.480 --> 00:33:03.820
 you have

00:33:03.820 --> 00:33:04.300
 heard

00:33:04.300 --> 00:33:04.800
 that the

00:33:04.800 --> 00:33:06.060
 antichrist

00:33:06.060 --> 00:33:06.840
 is coming

00:33:06.840 --> 00:33:09.020
 but even

00:33:09.020 --> 00:33:09.600
 now

00:33:09.600 --> 00:33:10.580
 many

00:33:10.580 --> 00:33:12.020
 antichrists

00:33:12.020 --> 00:33:13.240
 have come

00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:15.100
 by which

00:33:15.100 --> 00:33:15.740
 we know

00:33:15.740 --> 00:33:16.420
 that it is

00:33:16.420 --> 00:33:16.960
 the last

00:33:16.960 --> 00:33:17.540
 hour

00:33:17.540 --> 00:33:19.300
 they went

00:33:19.300 --> 00:33:19.520
 out

00:33:19.520 --> 00:33:20.560
 from us

00:33:20.560 --> 00:33:21.720
 but they

00:33:21.720 --> 00:33:22.200
 were not

00:33:22.200 --> 00:33:23.080
 of us

00:33:23.080 --> 00:33:24.480
 for if

00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:24.820
 they had

00:33:24.820 --> 00:33:25.520
 been of

00:33:25.520 --> 00:33:25.800
 us

00:33:25.800 --> 00:33:26.140
 they would

00:33:26.140 --> 00:33:26.280
 have

00:33:26.280 --> 00:33:26.740
 continued

00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:27.620
 with us

00:33:27.620 --> 00:33:28.320
 but they

00:33:28.320 --> 00:33:29.020
 went out

00:33:29.020 --> 00:33:29.720
 that they

00:33:29.720 --> 00:33:30.260
 might be

00:33:30.260 --> 00:33:30.600
 made

00:33:30.600 --> 00:33:31.220
 manifest

00:33:31.220 --> 00:33:32.440
 that none

00:33:32.440 --> 00:33:33.020
 of them

00:33:33.020 --> 00:33:33.720
 were of

00:33:33.720 --> 00:33:34.200
 us

00:33:34.200 --> 00:33:35.300
 but you

00:33:35.300 --> 00:33:35.980
 have an

00:33:35.980 --> 00:33:36.700
 anointing

00:33:36.700 --> 00:33:37.280
 from the

00:33:37.280 --> 00:33:37.920
 holy one

00:33:37.920 --> 00:33:38.780
 and you

00:33:38.780 --> 00:33:39.780
 know all

00:33:39.780 --> 00:33:40.360
 things

00:33:40.360 --> 00:33:41.160
 I have

00:33:41.160 --> 00:33:41.860
 not written

00:33:41.860 --> 00:33:42.480
 to you

00:33:42.480 --> 00:33:43.180
 because you

00:33:43.180 --> 00:33:43.480
 do not

00:33:43.480 --> 00:33:44.040
 know the

00:33:44.040 --> 00:33:44.420
 truth

00:33:44.420 --> 00:33:45.180
 but because

00:33:45.180 --> 00:33:45.780
 you know

00:33:45.780 --> 00:33:46.000
 it

00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:46.640
 and that

00:33:46.640 --> 00:33:47.680
 no lie

00:33:47.680 --> 00:33:48.320
 is of

00:33:48.320 --> 00:33:48.860
 the truth

00:33:48.860 --> 00:33:49.760
 who is

00:33:49.760 --> 00:33:50.640
 a liar

00:33:50.640 --> 00:33:51.440
 but he

00:33:51.440 --> 00:33:52.500
 who denies

00:33:52.500 --> 00:33:53.340
 that Jesus

00:33:53.340 --> 00:33:53.920
 is the

00:33:53.920 --> 00:33:54.360
 Christ

00:33:54.360 --> 00:33:55.320
 he is

00:33:55.320 --> 00:33:56.280
 antichrist

00:33:56.280 --> 00:33:57.140
 for who

00:33:57.140 --> 00:33:58.040
 denies the

00:33:58.040 --> 00:33:58.780
 father and

00:33:58.780 --> 00:33:59.400
 the son

00:33:59.400 --> 00:34:00.640
 whoever denies

00:34:00.640 --> 00:34:01.240
 the son

00:34:01.240 --> 00:34:01.980
 does not

00:34:01.980 --> 00:34:02.360
 have the

00:34:02.360 --> 00:34:02.720
 father

00:34:02.720 --> 00:34:03.220
 either

00:34:03.220 --> 00:34:04.060
 he who

00:34:04.060 --> 00:34:04.940
 acknowledges

00:34:04.940 --> 00:34:05.660
 the son

00:34:05.660 --> 00:34:06.500
 has the

00:34:06.500 --> 00:34:06.920
 father

00:34:06.920 --> 00:34:07.700
 also

00:34:07.700 --> 00:34:10.500
 now we

00:34:10.500 --> 00:34:11.520
 can read

00:34:11.520 --> 00:34:12.440
 this passage

00:34:12.440 --> 00:34:13.060
 of scripture

00:34:13.060 --> 00:34:15.420
 where

00:34:15.420 --> 00:34:15.740
 John

00:34:15.740 --> 00:34:16.160
 says

00:34:16.160 --> 00:34:16.620
 there

00:34:16.620 --> 00:34:17.000
 is

00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:17.280
 a

00:34:17.280 --> 00:34:17.880
 coming

00:34:17.880 --> 00:34:19.420
 large

00:34:19.420 --> 00:34:20.420
 a

00:34:20.420 --> 00:34:21.420
 antichrist

00:34:21.420 --> 00:34:21.840
 that we

00:34:21.840 --> 00:34:22.600
 see in

00:34:22.600 --> 00:34:23.200
 revelation

00:34:23.200 --> 00:34:25.480
 but right

00:34:25.480 --> 00:34:26.100
 now we

00:34:26.100 --> 00:34:26.960
 live in a

00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:27.420
 world

00:34:27.420 --> 00:34:28.740
 of multiple

00:34:28.740 --> 00:34:29.780
 they aren't

00:34:29.780 --> 00:34:30.580
 the but

00:34:30.580 --> 00:34:31.120
 they take

00:34:31.120 --> 00:34:31.760
 the form

00:34:31.760 --> 00:34:32.420
 and act

00:34:32.420 --> 00:34:33.300
 like those

00:34:33.300 --> 00:34:33.740
 who want

00:34:33.740 --> 00:34:34.420
 to deceive

00:34:34.420 --> 00:34:36.220
 and we

00:34:36.220 --> 00:34:36.820
 can act

00:34:36.820 --> 00:34:37.220
 like you

00:34:37.220 --> 00:34:37.480
 know what

00:34:37.480 --> 00:34:38.020
 this is a

00:34:38.020 --> 00:34:39.160
 first church

00:34:39.160 --> 00:34:40.140
 problem

00:34:40.140 --> 00:34:41.540
 and we've

00:34:41.540 --> 00:34:42.260
 grown from

00:34:42.260 --> 00:34:42.620
 that

00:34:42.620 --> 00:34:44.620
 we've

00:34:44.620 --> 00:34:45.120
 evolved

00:34:45.120 --> 00:34:45.820
 from that

00:34:45.820 --> 00:34:47.100
 no

00:34:47.100 --> 00:34:47.860
 we

00:34:47.860 --> 00:34:49.440
 haven't

00:34:49.440 --> 00:34:50.600
 John's

00:34:50.600 --> 00:34:51.120
 warning

00:34:51.120 --> 00:34:52.200
 to the

00:34:52.200 --> 00:34:52.680
 church

00:34:52.680 --> 00:34:53.720
 is this

00:34:53.720 --> 00:34:54.800
 don't

00:34:54.800 --> 00:34:55.360
 be

00:34:55.360 --> 00:34:56.260
 deceived

00:34:56.260 --> 00:34:58.620
 don't

00:34:58.620 --> 00:34:59.520
 be

00:34:59.520 --> 00:35:00.620
 deceived

00:35:00.620 --> 00:35:04.960
 Satan's

00:35:04.960 --> 00:35:05.420
 like that

00:35:05.420 --> 00:35:05.860
 lion

00:35:05.860 --> 00:35:09.100
 roaming

00:35:09.100 --> 00:35:11.280
 seeking

00:35:11.280 --> 00:35:11.580
 seeking to

00:35:11.580 --> 00:35:11.800
 be

00:35:11.800 --> 00:35:12.660
 seeking to

00:35:12.660 --> 00:35:13.300
 destroy

00:35:13.300 --> 00:35:15.240
 don't be

00:35:15.240 --> 00:35:15.740
 deceived

00:35:15.740 --> 00:35:19.360
 this week

00:35:19.360 --> 00:35:21.640
 isn't uncommon

00:35:21.640 --> 00:35:22.460
 and unlike

00:35:22.460 --> 00:35:23.140
 any other

00:35:23.140 --> 00:35:24.120
 week and a lot

00:35:24.120 --> 00:35:24.720
 of the things

00:35:24.720 --> 00:35:25.440
 that pop up

00:35:25.440 --> 00:35:26.680
 but it just

00:35:26.680 --> 00:35:27.220
 seemed that

00:35:27.220 --> 00:35:27.560
 through the

00:35:27.560 --> 00:35:28.180
 news that I

00:35:28.180 --> 00:35:28.920
 read God

00:35:28.920 --> 00:35:29.480
 just began to

00:35:29.480 --> 00:35:30.560
 draw me to

00:35:30.560 --> 00:35:31.180
 some things

00:35:31.180 --> 00:35:31.740
 that just

00:35:31.740 --> 00:35:33.060
 hurt my

00:35:33.060 --> 00:35:33.560
 heart

00:35:33.560 --> 00:35:35.360
 for where

00:35:35.360 --> 00:35:36.120
 those who

00:35:36.120 --> 00:35:37.040
 claim to

00:35:37.040 --> 00:35:37.600
 be

00:35:37.600 --> 00:35:38.860
 followers

00:35:38.860 --> 00:35:39.660
 and pastors

00:35:39.660 --> 00:35:40.400
 and teachers

00:35:40.400 --> 00:35:41.580
 of God's

00:35:41.580 --> 00:35:41.920
 word have

00:35:41.920 --> 00:35:42.160
 gone

00:35:42.160 --> 00:35:44.720
 I read

00:35:44.720 --> 00:35:45.300
 way too

00:35:45.300 --> 00:35:46.220
 many instances

00:35:46.220 --> 00:35:48.660
 of pastors

00:35:48.660 --> 00:35:49.120
 who were

00:35:49.120 --> 00:35:49.740
 speaking

00:35:49.740 --> 00:35:51.020
 not truth

00:35:51.020 --> 00:35:53.340
 but lies

00:35:53.340 --> 00:35:55.480
 and basing

00:35:55.480 --> 00:35:55.980
 it out of

00:35:55.980 --> 00:35:56.340
 scripture

00:35:56.340 --> 00:35:59.220
 I think

00:35:59.220 --> 00:35:59.660
 the one

00:35:59.660 --> 00:36:00.120
 that struck

00:36:00.120 --> 00:36:00.420
 me the

00:36:00.420 --> 00:36:00.760
 most

00:36:00.760 --> 00:36:01.040
 that I'll

00:36:01.040 --> 00:36:01.280
 share

00:36:01.280 --> 00:36:01.600
 with you

00:36:01.600 --> 00:36:02.060
 just

00:36:02.060 --> 00:36:02.620
 briefly

00:36:02.620 --> 00:36:03.080
 about

00:36:03.080 --> 00:36:05.600
 was this

00:36:05.600 --> 00:36:05.840
 I read

00:36:05.840 --> 00:36:06.100
 about a

00:36:06.100 --> 00:36:06.460
 pastor

00:36:06.460 --> 00:36:06.940
 this week

00:36:06.940 --> 00:36:07.300
 an

00:36:07.300 --> 00:36:08.140
 evangelical

00:36:08.140 --> 00:36:08.620
 pastor

00:36:08.620 --> 00:36:08.980
 we're

00:36:08.980 --> 00:36:09.120
 talking

00:36:09.120 --> 00:36:09.240
 about

00:36:09.240 --> 00:36:09.740
 evangelical

00:36:09.740 --> 00:36:10.520
 here in

00:36:10.520 --> 00:36:10.820
 a minute

00:36:10.820 --> 00:36:11.420
 but we'll

00:36:11.420 --> 00:36:11.720
 give some

00:36:11.720 --> 00:36:12.180
 examples

00:36:12.180 --> 00:36:12.880
 but here's

00:36:12.880 --> 00:36:13.440
 what let me

00:36:13.440 --> 00:36:13.760
 say let me

00:36:13.760 --> 00:36:14.300
 kind of define

00:36:14.300 --> 00:36:14.800
 that I don't

00:36:14.800 --> 00:36:15.220
 know really

00:36:15.220 --> 00:36:15.500
 what that

00:36:15.500 --> 00:36:16.040
 word means

00:36:16.040 --> 00:36:16.260
 and there's

00:36:16.260 --> 00:36:16.620
 kind of a

00:36:16.620 --> 00:36:17.040
 negative

00:36:17.040 --> 00:36:17.580
 connotation

00:36:17.580 --> 00:36:18.160
 maybe even

00:36:18.160 --> 00:36:18.640
 in that

00:36:18.640 --> 00:36:18.880
 word

00:36:18.880 --> 00:36:19.520
 so what

00:36:19.520 --> 00:36:19.980
 we think

00:36:19.980 --> 00:36:20.260
 about

00:36:20.260 --> 00:36:20.500
 an

00:36:20.500 --> 00:36:21.100
 evangelical

00:36:21.100 --> 00:36:21.780
 if you

00:36:21.780 --> 00:36:22.020
 don't

00:36:22.020 --> 00:36:22.260
 like

00:36:22.260 --> 00:36:23.220
 evangelicals

00:36:23.220 --> 00:36:23.800
 but you're

00:36:23.800 --> 00:36:24.600
 here guess

00:36:24.600 --> 00:36:25.140
 what you're

00:36:25.140 --> 00:36:25.720
 evangelical

00:36:25.720 --> 00:36:26.100
 right

00:36:26.100 --> 00:36:26.480
 that's

00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:26.580
 who

00:36:26.580 --> 00:36:26.720
 we

00:36:26.720 --> 00:36:26.960
 are

00:36:26.960 --> 00:36:27.660
 we

00:36:27.660 --> 00:36:27.800
 are

00:36:27.800 --> 00:36:28.260
 evangelical

00:36:28.260 --> 00:36:28.720
 so when

00:36:28.720 --> 00:36:29.060
 you think

00:36:29.060 --> 00:36:29.240
 through

00:36:29.240 --> 00:36:30.300
 evangelicals

00:36:30.300 --> 00:36:31.080
 there's

00:36:31.080 --> 00:36:31.640
 a large

00:36:31.640 --> 00:36:32.720
 umbrella

00:36:32.720 --> 00:36:33.660
 of denominations

00:36:33.660 --> 00:36:34.100
 that fall

00:36:34.100 --> 00:36:34.640
 under that

00:36:34.640 --> 00:36:35.620
 baptist

00:36:35.620 --> 00:36:36.140
 we are

00:36:36.140 --> 00:36:36.460
 that

00:36:36.460 --> 00:36:37.100
 we will

00:36:37.100 --> 00:36:37.520
 find that

00:36:37.520 --> 00:36:37.800
 in our

00:36:37.800 --> 00:36:38.380
 pentecostal

00:36:38.380 --> 00:36:38.860
 brothers and

00:36:38.860 --> 00:36:39.160
 sisters

00:36:39.160 --> 00:36:39.560
 our

00:36:39.560 --> 00:36:40.060
 methodist

00:36:40.060 --> 00:36:40.520
 brothers and

00:36:40.520 --> 00:36:40.800
 sisters

00:36:40.800 --> 00:36:41.360
 other

00:36:41.360 --> 00:36:42.040
 denominations

00:36:42.040 --> 00:36:42.320
 if you

00:36:42.320 --> 00:36:42.720
 want more

00:36:42.720 --> 00:36:42.920
 of a

00:36:42.920 --> 00:36:43.120
 list

00:36:43.120 --> 00:36:43.640
 we can

00:36:43.640 --> 00:36:43.960
 sit down

00:36:43.960 --> 00:36:44.160
 and have

00:36:44.160 --> 00:36:44.320
 that

00:36:44.320 --> 00:36:44.820
 conversation

00:36:44.820 --> 00:36:45.160
 later

00:36:45.160 --> 00:36:45.780
 but a

00:36:45.780 --> 00:36:46.140
 well

00:36:46.140 --> 00:36:46.560
 known

00:36:46.560 --> 00:36:47.260
 popular

00:36:47.260 --> 00:36:48.400
 influential

00:36:48.400 --> 00:36:49.780
 evangelical

00:36:49.780 --> 00:36:50.420
 pastor

00:36:50.420 --> 00:36:51.140
 preached

00:36:51.140 --> 00:36:51.580
 this

00:36:51.580 --> 00:36:52.260
 this past

00:36:52.260 --> 00:36:52.640
 Sunday

00:36:52.640 --> 00:36:55.780
 here's the

00:36:55.780 --> 00:36:56.180
 main point

00:36:56.180 --> 00:36:56.340
 of the

00:36:56.340 --> 00:36:56.700
 message

00:36:56.700 --> 00:37:00.200
 Jesus

00:37:00.200 --> 00:37:02.440
 struggled

00:37:02.440 --> 00:37:04.140
 with

00:37:04.140 --> 00:37:04.960
 pedophilia

00:37:04.960 --> 00:37:05.940
 and

00:37:05.940 --> 00:37:06.880
 homosexuality

00:37:06.880 --> 00:37:13.820
 nope

00:37:13.820 --> 00:37:16.940
 nope

00:37:16.940 --> 00:37:18.900
 nope

00:37:18.900 --> 00:37:23.140
 and you

00:37:23.140 --> 00:37:23.380
 think

00:37:23.380 --> 00:37:23.640
 that's

00:37:23.640 --> 00:37:24.000
 crazy

00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:27.100
 but

00:37:27.100 --> 00:37:28.680
 the

00:37:28.680 --> 00:37:29.120
 lies

00:37:29.120 --> 00:37:29.420
 of

00:37:29.420 --> 00:37:29.840
 satan

00:37:29.840 --> 00:37:30.180
 are

00:37:30.180 --> 00:37:30.500
 real

00:37:30.500 --> 00:37:32.240
 and

00:37:32.240 --> 00:37:32.420
 they

00:37:32.420 --> 00:37:32.860
 fill

00:37:32.860 --> 00:37:33.660
 pulpits

00:37:33.660 --> 00:37:34.660
 all

00:37:34.660 --> 00:37:34.840
 over

00:37:34.840 --> 00:37:35.040
 this

00:37:35.040 --> 00:37:35.280
 world

00:37:35.280 --> 00:37:37.440
 in

00:37:37.440 --> 00:37:37.900
 november

00:37:37.900 --> 00:37:38.080
 of

00:37:38.080 --> 00:37:38.680
 2022

00:37:38.680 --> 00:37:41.640
 christianity

00:37:41.640 --> 00:37:42.200
 today

00:37:42.200 --> 00:37:44.120
 released

00:37:44.120 --> 00:37:44.500
 a

00:37:44.500 --> 00:37:45.460
 survey

00:37:45.460 --> 00:37:47.340
 and

00:37:47.340 --> 00:37:47.480
 I

00:37:47.480 --> 00:37:47.980
 apologize

00:37:47.980 --> 00:37:48.420
 I

00:37:48.420 --> 00:37:48.920
 forget

00:37:48.920 --> 00:37:49.180
 the

00:37:49.180 --> 00:37:49.660
 number

00:37:49.660 --> 00:37:49.940
 of

00:37:49.940 --> 00:37:50.240
 people

00:37:50.240 --> 00:37:50.480
 but

00:37:50.480 --> 00:37:50.560
 it

00:37:50.560 --> 00:37:50.700
 was

00:37:50.700 --> 00:37:50.840
 a

00:37:50.840 --> 00:37:51.060
 large

00:37:51.060 --> 00:37:51.320
 number

00:37:51.320 --> 00:37:51.460
 of

00:37:51.460 --> 00:37:51.660
 people

00:37:51.660 --> 00:37:51.860
 that

00:37:51.860 --> 00:37:52.000
 they

00:37:52.000 --> 00:37:52.320
 polled

00:37:52.320 --> 00:37:53.720
 the

00:37:53.720 --> 00:37:54.000
 people

00:37:54.000 --> 00:37:54.180
 that

00:37:54.180 --> 00:37:54.340
 they

00:37:54.340 --> 00:37:54.840
 polled

00:37:54.840 --> 00:37:55.600
 all

00:37:55.600 --> 00:37:56.600
 claim

00:37:56.600 --> 00:37:56.960
 to be

00:37:56.960 --> 00:37:57.300
 followers

00:37:57.300 --> 00:37:57.460
 of

00:37:57.460 --> 00:37:57.680
 christ

00:37:57.680 --> 00:37:59.600
 and

00:37:59.600 --> 00:38:00.600
 evangelicals

00:38:00.600 --> 00:38:01.620
 so

00:38:01.620 --> 00:38:02.220
 brothers

00:38:02.220 --> 00:38:02.940
 and sisters

00:38:02.940 --> 00:38:04.000
 who are

00:38:04.000 --> 00:38:04.640
 like-minded

00:38:04.640 --> 00:38:05.380
 with us

00:38:05.380 --> 00:38:06.680
 right

00:38:06.680 --> 00:38:07.380
 so we're

00:38:07.380 --> 00:38:07.840
 baptists

00:38:07.840 --> 00:38:08.060
 there's

00:38:08.060 --> 00:38:08.200
 some

00:38:08.200 --> 00:38:08.760
 differences

00:38:08.760 --> 00:38:09.180
 between

00:38:09.180 --> 00:38:09.600
 us

00:38:09.600 --> 00:38:10.340
 and

00:38:10.340 --> 00:38:11.240
 presbyterians

00:38:11.240 --> 00:38:11.840
 and

00:38:11.840 --> 00:38:12.600
 methodists

00:38:12.600 --> 00:38:13.240
 and

00:38:13.240 --> 00:38:13.440
 and

00:38:13.440 --> 00:38:13.480
 and

00:38:13.480 --> 00:38:13.700
 and

00:38:13.700 --> 00:38:14.440
 pentecostals

00:38:14.440 --> 00:38:14.800
 but

00:38:14.800 --> 00:38:15.120
 but we

00:38:15.120 --> 00:38:15.440
 all

00:38:15.440 --> 00:38:15.880
 understand

00:38:15.880 --> 00:38:16.180
 that

00:38:16.180 --> 00:38:16.340
 we're

00:38:16.340 --> 00:38:16.540
 all

00:38:16.540 --> 00:38:16.800
 part

00:38:16.800 --> 00:38:16.900
 of

00:38:16.900 --> 00:38:17.000
 the

00:38:17.000 --> 00:38:17.220
 same

00:38:17.220 --> 00:38:17.740
 family

00:38:17.740 --> 00:38:17.980
 right

00:38:17.980 --> 00:38:18.360
 we

00:38:18.360 --> 00:38:18.920
 disagree

00:38:18.920 --> 00:38:19.200
 on

00:38:19.200 --> 00:38:19.380
 some

00:38:19.380 --> 00:38:19.700
 things

00:38:19.700 --> 00:38:20.240
 but we

00:38:20.240 --> 00:38:20.780
 agree

00:38:20.780 --> 00:38:21.360
 at

00:38:21.360 --> 00:38:21.520
 the

00:38:21.520 --> 00:38:21.860
 core

00:38:21.860 --> 00:38:22.080
 of

00:38:22.080 --> 00:38:22.260
 who

00:38:22.260 --> 00:38:22.620
 christ

00:38:22.620 --> 00:38:22.840
 is

00:38:22.840 --> 00:38:23.340
 what

00:38:23.340 --> 00:38:23.500
 it

00:38:23.500 --> 00:38:23.700
 means

00:38:23.700 --> 00:38:23.820
 to

00:38:23.820 --> 00:38:23.980
 be

00:38:23.980 --> 00:38:24.240
 saved

00:38:24.240 --> 00:38:24.600
 so

00:38:24.600 --> 00:38:24.860
 if

00:38:24.860 --> 00:38:25.020
 you're

00:38:25.020 --> 00:38:25.480
 visiting

00:38:25.480 --> 00:38:25.780
 with us

00:38:25.780 --> 00:38:25.940
 this

00:38:25.940 --> 00:38:26.180
 morning

00:38:26.180 --> 00:38:26.560
 and

00:38:26.560 --> 00:38:26.740
 you're

00:38:26.740 --> 00:38:27.040
 not

00:38:27.040 --> 00:38:27.460
 baptist

00:38:27.460 --> 00:38:27.780
 man

00:38:27.780 --> 00:38:27.980
 we

00:38:27.980 --> 00:38:28.540
 love

00:38:28.540 --> 00:38:28.760
 you

00:38:28.760 --> 00:38:29.160
 we're

00:38:29.160 --> 00:38:29.560
 glad

00:38:29.560 --> 00:38:29.920
 we're

00:38:29.920 --> 00:38:30.020
 gonna

00:38:30.020 --> 00:38:30.340
 hang

00:38:30.340 --> 00:38:30.500
 out

00:38:30.500 --> 00:38:30.620
 in

00:38:30.620 --> 00:38:30.880
 heaven

00:38:30.880 --> 00:38:31.240
 if

00:38:31.240 --> 00:38:31.340
 you

00:38:31.340 --> 00:38:31.460
 want

00:38:31.460 --> 00:38:31.540
 to

00:38:31.540 --> 00:38:31.660
 sit

00:38:31.660 --> 00:38:31.820
 down

00:38:41.240 --> 00:38:41.680
 number

00:38:41.680 --> 00:38:42.020
 of

00:38:42.020 --> 00:38:43.060
 evangelicals

00:38:43.060 --> 00:38:43.420
 and

00:38:43.420 --> 00:38:43.940
 ask

00:38:43.940 --> 00:38:44.320
 them

00:38:44.320 --> 00:38:44.920
 core

00:38:44.920 --> 00:38:45.500
 questions

00:38:45.500 --> 00:38:45.800
 about

00:38:45.800 --> 00:38:46.040
 our

00:38:46.040 --> 00:38:46.340
 faith

00:38:46.340 --> 00:38:46.780
 things

00:38:46.780 --> 00:38:46.960
 we

00:38:46.960 --> 00:38:47.220
 don't

00:38:47.220 --> 00:38:47.580
 disagree

00:38:47.580 --> 00:38:47.980
 on

00:38:47.980 --> 00:38:49.520
 and

00:38:49.520 --> 00:38:49.660
 here

00:38:49.660 --> 00:38:49.760
 are

00:38:49.760 --> 00:38:49.860
 the

00:38:49.860 --> 00:38:50.260
 results

00:38:50.260 --> 00:38:54.080
 56%

00:38:54.080 --> 00:38:55.580
 of

00:38:55.580 --> 00:38:56.420
 evangelical

00:38:56.420 --> 00:38:57.120
 christians

00:38:57.120 --> 00:38:57.780
 in the

00:38:57.780 --> 00:38:58.180
 united

00:38:58.180 --> 00:38:58.740
 states

00:38:58.740 --> 00:38:59.520
 believe

00:38:59.520 --> 00:38:59.960
 that

00:38:59.960 --> 00:39:00.340
 jesus

00:39:00.340 --> 00:39:00.840
 christ

00:39:00.840 --> 00:39:01.240
 is

00:39:01.240 --> 00:39:01.580
 not

00:39:01.580 --> 00:39:01.780
 the

00:39:01.780 --> 00:39:01.960
 only

00:39:01.960 --> 00:39:02.120
 way

00:39:02.120 --> 00:39:02.240
 to

00:39:02.240 --> 00:39:02.480
 god

00:39:02.480 --> 00:39:06.920
 73%

00:39:06.920 --> 00:39:08.880
 believe

00:39:08.880 --> 00:39:09.300
 that

00:39:09.300 --> 00:39:09.840
 jesus

00:39:09.840 --> 00:39:10.440
 was

00:39:10.440 --> 00:39:11.000
 created

00:39:11.000 --> 00:39:11.280
 by

00:39:11.280 --> 00:39:11.640
 god

00:39:11.640 --> 00:39:15.980
 43%

00:39:15.980 --> 00:39:17.580
 believe

00:39:17.580 --> 00:39:17.960
 that

00:39:17.960 --> 00:39:18.440
 jesus

00:39:18.440 --> 00:39:18.960
 is

00:39:18.960 --> 00:39:19.240
 not

00:39:19.240 --> 00:39:19.660
 god

00:39:19.660 --> 00:39:23.000
 60%

00:39:23.000 --> 00:39:24.520
 believe

00:39:24.520 --> 00:39:24.720
 that

00:39:24.720 --> 00:39:24.860
 the

00:39:24.860 --> 00:39:25.100
 holy

00:39:25.100 --> 00:39:25.680
 spirit

00:39:25.680 --> 00:39:26.540
 is

00:39:26.540 --> 00:39:26.880
 not

00:39:26.880 --> 00:39:27.040
 a

00:39:27.040 --> 00:39:27.400
 personal

00:39:27.400 --> 00:39:27.820
 being

00:39:27.820 --> 00:39:28.440
 and

00:39:28.440 --> 00:39:28.740
 therefore

00:39:28.740 --> 00:39:29.120
 deny

00:39:29.120 --> 00:39:29.300
 the

00:39:29.300 --> 00:39:29.600
 trinity

00:39:29.600 --> 00:39:31.480
 and

00:39:31.480 --> 00:39:32.640
 57%

00:39:32.640 --> 00:39:34.160
 believe

00:39:34.160 --> 00:39:34.380
 that

00:39:34.380 --> 00:39:34.820
 humans

00:39:34.820 --> 00:39:36.040
 are

00:39:36.040 --> 00:39:36.320
 not

00:39:36.320 --> 00:39:36.600
 sinful

00:39:36.600 --> 00:39:36.840
 by

00:39:36.840 --> 00:39:37.140
 nature

00:39:37.140 --> 00:39:39.120
 so

00:39:39.120 --> 00:39:39.400
 here's

00:39:39.400 --> 00:39:39.500
 the

00:39:39.500 --> 00:39:39.740
 deal

00:39:39.740 --> 00:39:41.560
 we're

00:39:41.560 --> 00:39:41.780
 not

00:39:41.780 --> 00:39:42.060
 that

00:39:42.060 --> 00:39:42.540
 far

00:39:42.540 --> 00:39:43.680
 from

00:39:43.680 --> 00:39:44.100
 first

00:39:44.100 --> 00:39:45.240
 generation

00:39:45.240 --> 00:39:46.500
 christianity

00:39:46.500 --> 00:39:48.020
 and

00:39:48.020 --> 00:39:48.260
 there

00:39:48.260 --> 00:39:48.520
 are

00:39:48.520 --> 00:39:49.640
 antichrists

00:39:49.640 --> 00:39:50.860
 who

00:39:50.860 --> 00:39:51.280
 roam

00:39:51.280 --> 00:39:51.860
 around

00:39:51.860 --> 00:39:53.280
 doing

00:39:53.280 --> 00:39:53.740
 the

00:39:53.740 --> 00:39:54.220
 work

00:39:54.220 --> 00:39:55.160
 of

00:39:55.160 --> 00:39:55.660
 satan

00:39:55.660 --> 00:39:56.780
 behind

00:39:56.780 --> 00:39:56.980
 the

00:39:56.980 --> 00:39:57.420
 pulpit

00:39:57.420 --> 00:39:59.280
 every

00:39:59.280 --> 00:40:00.720
 sunday

00:40:00.720 --> 00:40:01.680
 in

00:40:01.680 --> 00:40:02.840
 america

00:40:02.840 --> 00:40:05.820
 but

00:40:05.820 --> 00:40:06.100
 john

00:40:06.100 --> 00:40:06.840
 continues

00:40:06.840 --> 00:40:08.460
 how

00:40:08.460 --> 00:40:08.560
 do

00:40:08.560 --> 00:40:08.660
 we

00:40:08.660 --> 00:40:08.960
 fight

00:40:08.960 --> 00:40:09.400
 this

00:40:09.400 --> 00:40:11.340
 how

00:40:11.340 --> 00:40:11.520
 do

00:40:11.520 --> 00:40:11.740
 we

00:40:11.740 --> 00:40:12.220
 say

00:40:12.220 --> 00:40:12.980
 no

00:40:12.980 --> 00:40:13.340
 not

00:40:13.340 --> 00:40:13.660
 me

00:40:13.660 --> 00:40:14.060
 how

00:40:14.060 --> 00:40:14.180
 do

00:40:14.180 --> 00:40:14.320
 we

00:40:14.320 --> 00:40:14.520
 say

00:40:14.520 --> 00:40:14.800
 no

00:40:14.800 --> 00:40:15.060
 not

00:40:15.060 --> 00:40:15.280
 my

00:40:15.280 --> 00:40:15.740
 family

00:40:15.740 --> 00:40:16.100
 how

00:40:16.100 --> 00:40:16.220
 do

00:40:16.220 --> 00:40:16.360
 we

00:40:16.360 --> 00:40:16.540
 say

00:40:16.540 --> 00:40:16.780
 no

00:40:16.780 --> 00:40:17.000
 not

00:40:17.000 --> 00:40:17.260
 my

00:40:17.260 --> 00:40:17.740
 church

00:40:17.740 --> 00:40:19.360
 how

00:40:19.360 --> 00:40:19.480
 do

00:40:19.480 --> 00:40:19.560
 we

00:40:19.560 --> 00:40:19.740
 do

00:40:19.740 --> 00:40:20.100
 that

00:40:20.100 --> 00:40:20.620
 look

00:40:20.620 --> 00:40:20.780
 verse

00:40:20.780 --> 00:40:21.200
 24

00:40:21.200 --> 00:40:21.380
 through

00:40:21.380 --> 00:40:21.800
 27

00:40:21.800 --> 00:40:22.080
 we'll

00:40:22.080 --> 00:40:22.300
 close

00:40:22.300 --> 00:40:22.460
 with

00:40:22.460 --> 00:40:22.700
 this

00:40:22.700 --> 00:40:25.520
 therefore

00:40:25.520 --> 00:40:27.560
 let

00:40:27.560 --> 00:40:27.880
 that

00:40:27.880 --> 00:40:28.960
 abide

00:40:28.960 --> 00:40:29.640
 in

00:40:29.640 --> 00:40:30.040
 you

00:40:30.040 --> 00:40:30.760
 which

00:40:30.760 --> 00:40:30.980
 you

00:40:30.980 --> 00:40:31.720
 heard

00:40:31.720 --> 00:40:32.240
 from

00:40:32.240 --> 00:40:32.400
 the

00:40:32.400 --> 00:40:32.740
 beginning

00:40:32.740 --> 00:40:34.500
 if

00:40:34.500 --> 00:40:34.700
 what

00:40:34.700 --> 00:40:34.860
 you

00:40:34.860 --> 00:40:35.360
 heard

00:40:35.360 --> 00:40:35.580
 from

00:40:35.580 --> 00:40:35.740
 the

00:40:35.740 --> 00:40:36.120
 beginning

00:40:36.120 --> 00:40:36.840
 abides

00:40:36.840 --> 00:40:37.200
 in

00:40:37.200 --> 00:40:37.480
 you

00:40:37.480 --> 00:40:37.980
 you

00:40:37.980 --> 00:40:38.580
 also

00:40:38.580 --> 00:40:39.500
 abide

00:40:39.500 --> 00:40:39.760
 in

00:40:39.760 --> 00:40:39.960
 the

00:40:39.960 --> 00:40:40.480
 son

00:40:40.480 --> 00:40:41.020
 and

00:40:41.020 --> 00:40:41.260
 in

00:40:41.260 --> 00:40:41.460
 the

00:40:41.460 --> 00:40:41.880
 father

00:40:41.880 --> 00:40:43.000
 and

00:40:43.000 --> 00:40:43.260
 this

00:40:43.260 --> 00:40:43.500
 is

00:40:43.500 --> 00:40:43.680
 the

00:40:43.680 --> 00:40:44.240
 promise

00:40:44.240 --> 00:40:44.720
 that

00:40:44.720 --> 00:40:44.980
 he

00:40:44.980 --> 00:40:45.240
 has

00:40:45.240 --> 00:40:45.740
 promised

00:40:45.740 --> 00:40:46.180
 us

00:40:46.180 --> 00:40:46.880
 eternal

00:40:46.880 --> 00:40:47.460
 life

00:40:47.460 --> 00:40:48.660
 these

00:40:48.660 --> 00:40:49.120
 things

00:40:49.120 --> 00:40:49.340
 I

00:40:49.340 --> 00:40:49.560
 have

00:40:49.560 --> 00:40:49.860
 written

00:40:49.860 --> 00:40:50.080
 to

00:40:50.080 --> 00:40:50.340
 you

00:40:50.340 --> 00:40:51.060
 concerning

00:40:51.060 --> 00:40:51.640
 those

00:40:51.640 --> 00:40:52.000
 who

00:40:52.000 --> 00:40:52.360
 try

00:40:52.360 --> 00:40:52.580
 to

00:40:52.580 --> 00:40:53.040
 deceive

00:40:53.040 --> 00:40:53.380
 you

00:40:53.380 --> 00:40:53.980
 but

00:40:53.980 --> 00:40:54.220
 the

00:40:54.220 --> 00:40:54.840
 anointing

00:40:54.840 --> 00:40:55.140
 which

00:40:55.140 --> 00:40:55.300
 you

00:40:55.300 --> 00:40:55.540
 have

00:40:55.540 --> 00:40:56.220
 received

00:40:56.220 --> 00:40:56.780
 from

00:40:56.780 --> 00:40:57.100
 him

00:40:57.100 --> 00:40:57.880
 abides

00:40:57.880 --> 00:40:58.280
 in

00:40:58.280 --> 00:40:58.580
 you

00:40:58.580 --> 00:40:59.100
 and

00:40:59.100 --> 00:40:59.300
 you

00:40:59.300 --> 00:40:59.480
 do

00:40:59.480 --> 00:40:59.720
 not

00:40:59.720 --> 00:41:00.100
 need

00:41:00.100 --> 00:41:00.460
 that

00:41:00.460 --> 00:41:00.960
 anyone

00:41:00.960 --> 00:41:01.460
 teach

00:41:01.460 --> 00:41:01.680
 you

00:41:01.680 --> 00:41:02.020
 but

00:41:02.020 --> 00:41:02.280
 as

00:41:02.280 --> 00:41:02.460
 the

00:41:02.460 --> 00:41:03.020
 anointing

00:41:03.020 --> 00:41:03.460
 teaches

00:41:03.460 --> 00:41:03.820
 you

00:41:03.820 --> 00:41:04.540
 concerning

00:41:04.540 --> 00:41:05.060
 all

00:41:05.060 --> 00:41:05.580
 things

00:41:05.580 --> 00:41:05.940
 that

00:41:05.940 --> 00:41:06.120
 is

00:41:06.120 --> 00:41:06.520
 true

00:41:06.520 --> 00:41:06.940
 and

00:41:06.940 --> 00:41:07.200
 is

00:41:07.200 --> 00:41:07.440
 not

00:41:07.440 --> 00:41:07.620
 a

00:41:07.620 --> 00:41:07.880
 lie

00:41:07.880 --> 00:41:08.340
 just

00:41:08.340 --> 00:41:08.540
 as

00:41:08.540 --> 00:41:08.680
 it

00:41:08.680 --> 00:41:08.940
 has

00:41:08.940 --> 00:41:09.340
 taught

00:41:09.340 --> 00:41:09.600
 you

00:41:09.600 --> 00:41:10.180
 you

00:41:10.180 --> 00:41:10.780
 will

00:41:10.780 --> 00:41:11.460
 abide

00:41:11.460 --> 00:41:11.860
 in

00:41:11.860 --> 00:41:12.280
 him

00:41:12.280 --> 00:41:14.560
 here's

00:41:14.560 --> 00:41:14.820
 where we

00:41:14.820 --> 00:41:15.000
 have

00:41:15.000 --> 00:41:15.100
 to

00:41:15.100 --> 00:41:15.260
 be

00:41:15.260 --> 00:41:15.580
 church

00:41:15.580 --> 00:41:17.500
 let

00:41:17.500 --> 00:41:18.000
 God's

00:41:18.000 --> 00:41:18.380
 word

00:41:18.380 --> 00:41:18.880
 abide

00:41:18.880 --> 00:41:19.280
 in

00:41:19.280 --> 00:41:19.640
 you

00:41:19.640 --> 00:41:21.160
 and

00:41:21.160 --> 00:41:21.600
 you

00:41:21.600 --> 00:41:22.300
 abide

00:41:22.300 --> 00:41:22.820
 in

00:41:22.820 --> 00:41:23.040
 the

00:41:23.040 --> 00:41:23.420
 spirit

00:41:23.420 --> 00:41:23.920
 of

00:41:23.920 --> 00:41:24.200
 God

00:41:24.200 --> 00:41:26.520
 let

00:41:26.520 --> 00:41:26.960
 God's

00:41:26.960 --> 00:41:27.620
 word

00:41:27.620 --> 00:41:28.640
 abide

00:41:28.640 --> 00:41:28.960
 in

00:41:28.960 --> 00:41:29.340
 you

00:41:29.340 --> 00:41:30.440
 and

00:41:30.440 --> 00:41:30.900
 you

00:41:30.900 --> 00:41:31.780
 abide

00:41:31.780 --> 00:41:32.200
 in

00:41:32.200 --> 00:41:32.380
 the

00:41:32.380 --> 00:41:32.620
 spirit

00:41:32.620 --> 00:41:32.800
 of

00:41:32.800 --> 00:41:33.040
 God

00:41:33.040 --> 00:41:34.480
 and

00:41:34.480 --> 00:41:34.760
 here's

00:41:34.760 --> 00:41:34.840
 what

00:41:34.840 --> 00:41:34.960
 it

00:41:34.960 --> 00:41:35.240
 means

00:41:35.240 --> 00:41:35.960
 to

00:41:35.960 --> 00:41:36.440
 abide

00:41:36.440 --> 00:41:36.680
 in

00:41:36.680 --> 00:41:36.980
 God's

00:41:36.980 --> 00:41:37.160
 word

00:41:37.160 --> 00:41:39.060
 that

00:41:39.060 --> 00:41:39.640
 this

00:41:39.640 --> 00:41:41.920
 is

00:41:41.920 --> 00:41:42.380
 true

00:41:42.380 --> 00:41:44.980
 this

00:41:44.980 --> 00:41:45.160
 is

00:41:45.160 --> 00:41:45.560
 true

00:41:45.560 --> 00:41:47.800
 every

00:41:47.800 --> 00:41:48.300
 word

00:41:48.300 --> 00:41:49.900
 from

00:41:49.900 --> 00:41:50.360
 Genesis

00:41:50.360 --> 00:41:50.720
 to

00:41:50.720 --> 00:41:51.220
 Revelation

00:41:51.220 --> 00:41:53.220
 every

00:41:53.220 --> 00:41:53.680
 word

00:41:53.680 --> 00:41:54.020
 of it

00:41:54.020 --> 00:41:54.700
 is

00:41:54.700 --> 00:41:55.100
 true

00:41:55.100 --> 00:41:57.260
 and

00:41:57.260 --> 00:41:57.340
 that

00:41:57.340 --> 00:41:57.460
 we

00:41:57.460 --> 00:41:57.900
 abide

00:41:57.900 --> 00:41:58.080
 in

00:41:58.080 --> 00:41:58.600
 it

00:41:58.600 --> 00:42:00.180
 and

00:42:00.180 --> 00:42:00.360
 that

00:42:00.360 --> 00:42:01.720
 what

00:42:01.720 --> 00:42:01.960
 God

00:42:01.960 --> 00:42:02.380
 gives

00:42:02.380 --> 00:42:02.840
 us

00:42:02.840 --> 00:42:03.980
 through

00:42:03.980 --> 00:42:04.200
 his

00:42:04.200 --> 00:42:04.620
 grace

00:42:04.620 --> 00:42:04.760
 and

00:42:04.760 --> 00:42:04.940
 his

00:42:04.940 --> 00:42:05.540
 kindness

00:42:05.540 --> 00:42:06.900
 are

00:42:06.900 --> 00:42:07.420
 preachers

00:42:07.420 --> 00:42:07.600
 and

00:42:07.600 --> 00:42:08.020
 teachers

00:42:08.020 --> 00:42:09.400
 who

00:42:09.400 --> 00:42:09.560
 are

00:42:09.560 --> 00:42:09.800
 filled

00:42:09.800 --> 00:42:09.980
 by

00:42:09.980 --> 00:42:10.180
 the

00:42:10.180 --> 00:42:10.620
 spirit

00:42:10.620 --> 00:42:11.720
 to

00:42:11.720 --> 00:42:12.280
 walk

00:42:12.280 --> 00:42:12.440
 and

00:42:12.440 --> 00:42:12.560
 to

00:42:12.560 --> 00:42:13.120
 instruct

00:42:13.120 --> 00:42:13.300
 and

00:42:13.300 --> 00:42:13.420
 to

00:42:13.420 --> 00:42:13.800
 guide

00:42:13.800 --> 00:42:13.960
 and

00:42:13.960 --> 00:42:14.100
 to

00:42:14.100 --> 00:42:14.540
 teach

00:42:14.540 --> 00:42:16.840
 but

00:42:16.840 --> 00:42:17.020
 what

00:42:17.020 --> 00:42:17.180
 he

00:42:17.180 --> 00:42:17.660
 also

00:42:17.660 --> 00:42:18.200
 gives

00:42:18.200 --> 00:42:19.200
 us

00:42:19.200 --> 00:42:21.320
 is

00:42:21.320 --> 00:42:21.520
 his

00:42:21.520 --> 00:42:21.760
 Holy

00:42:21.760 --> 00:42:22.220
 Spirit

00:42:22.220 --> 00:42:24.100
 who

00:42:24.100 --> 00:42:24.480
 lives

00:42:24.480 --> 00:42:24.700
 in

00:42:24.700 --> 00:42:25.100
 us

00:42:25.100 --> 00:42:26.400
 and

00:42:26.400 --> 00:42:26.580
 who

00:42:26.580 --> 00:42:27.480
 testifies

00:42:27.480 --> 00:42:28.220
 to

00:42:28.220 --> 00:42:28.540
 what's

00:42:28.540 --> 00:42:28.800
 true

00:42:28.800 --> 00:42:31.220
 in

00:42:31.220 --> 00:42:31.400
 that

00:42:31.400 --> 00:42:31.660
 same

00:42:31.660 --> 00:42:32.140
 study

00:42:32.140 --> 00:42:35.560
 26%

00:42:35.560 --> 00:42:35.980
 of

00:42:35.980 --> 00:42:36.980
 evangelicals

00:42:36.980 --> 00:42:37.320
 openly

00:42:37.320 --> 00:42:37.860
 stated that

00:42:37.860 --> 00:42:38.180
 they don't

00:42:38.180 --> 00:42:38.520
 believe the

00:42:38.520 --> 00:42:38.720
 Bible

00:42:38.720 --> 00:42:39.180
 is true

00:42:39.180 --> 00:42:40.600
 which

00:42:40.600 --> 00:42:40.800
 let me

00:42:40.800 --> 00:42:41.100
 go back

00:42:41.100 --> 00:42:41.340
 and look

00:42:41.340 --> 00:42:41.560
 at my

00:42:41.560 --> 00:42:41.900
 notes

00:42:41.900 --> 00:42:43.000
 if

00:42:43.000 --> 00:42:43.960
 73%

00:42:43.960 --> 00:42:44.340
 believe

00:42:44.340 --> 00:42:44.720
 Jesus

00:42:44.720 --> 00:42:44.940
 was

00:42:44.940 --> 00:42:45.280
 created

00:42:45.280 --> 00:42:45.500
 by

00:42:45.500 --> 00:42:45.840
 God

00:42:45.840 --> 00:42:45.980
 I

00:42:45.980 --> 00:42:46.120
 would

00:42:46.120 --> 00:42:46.260
 say

00:42:46.260 --> 00:42:46.400
 that

00:42:46.400 --> 00:42:47.180
 73%

00:42:47.180 --> 00:42:47.420
 don't

00:42:47.420 --> 00:42:47.640
 believe

00:42:47.640 --> 00:42:47.780
 that

00:42:47.780 --> 00:42:47.880
 the

00:42:47.880 --> 00:42:48.060
 Bible

00:42:48.060 --> 00:42:48.220
 was

00:42:48.220 --> 00:42:48.440
 true

00:42:48.440 --> 00:42:52.000
 38%

00:42:52.000 --> 00:42:52.340
 of

00:42:52.340 --> 00:42:53.480
 evangelicals

00:42:53.480 --> 00:42:54.880
 do

00:42:54.880 --> 00:42:55.200
 not

00:42:55.200 --> 00:42:55.740
 believe

00:42:55.740 --> 00:42:56.720
 an

00:42:56.720 --> 00:42:57.280
 objective

00:42:57.280 --> 00:42:58.380
 absolute

00:42:58.380 --> 00:42:58.960
 truth

00:42:58.960 --> 00:43:00.980
 38%

00:43:00.980 --> 00:43:01.540
 but what

00:43:01.540 --> 00:43:01.660
 does

00:43:01.660 --> 00:43:01.800
 that

00:43:01.800 --> 00:43:02.020
 mean

00:43:02.020 --> 00:43:02.560
 here's

00:43:02.560 --> 00:43:02.660
 what

00:43:02.660 --> 00:43:02.820
 that

00:43:02.820 --> 00:43:03.120
 means

00:43:03.120 --> 00:43:05.460
 38%

00:43:05.460 --> 00:43:05.760
 of

00:43:05.760 --> 00:43:06.960
 evangelicals

00:43:06.960 --> 00:43:07.960
 believe

00:43:07.960 --> 00:43:08.520
 that truth

00:43:08.520 --> 00:43:08.880
 is what

00:43:08.880 --> 00:43:09.480
 they determine

00:43:09.480 --> 00:43:09.680
 it

00:43:09.680 --> 00:43:09.840
 to

00:43:09.840 --> 00:43:10.040
 be

00:43:10.040 --> 00:43:11.340
 and

00:43:11.340 --> 00:43:11.460
 if

00:43:11.460 --> 00:43:11.540
 it

00:43:11.540 --> 00:43:11.760
 doesn't

00:43:11.760 --> 00:43:12.020
 feel

00:43:12.020 --> 00:43:12.460
 right

00:43:12.460 --> 00:43:13.380
 and

00:43:13.380 --> 00:43:13.480
 it

00:43:13.480 --> 00:43:13.720
 doesn't

00:43:13.720 --> 00:43:14.040
 feel

00:43:14.040 --> 00:43:14.580
 good

00:43:14.580 --> 00:43:15.220
 then

00:43:15.220 --> 00:43:15.360
 it

00:43:15.360 --> 00:43:15.500
 is

00:43:15.500 --> 00:43:15.680
 no

00:43:15.680 --> 00:43:15.900
 longer

00:43:15.900 --> 00:43:16.360
 truth

00:43:16.360 --> 00:43:18.180
 right

00:43:18.180 --> 00:43:21.040
 so

00:43:21.040 --> 00:43:21.280
 how

00:43:21.280 --> 00:43:21.440
 do

00:43:21.440 --> 00:43:21.700
 we

00:43:21.700 --> 00:43:23.980
 how

00:43:23.980 --> 00:43:24.140
 are we

00:43:24.140 --> 00:43:24.500
 different

00:43:24.500 --> 00:43:26.360
 right

00:43:26.360 --> 00:43:27.580
 we've

00:43:27.580 --> 00:43:27.800
 got to

00:43:27.800 --> 00:43:28.160
 devour

00:43:28.160 --> 00:43:28.540
 God's

00:43:28.540 --> 00:43:28.760
 word

00:43:28.760 --> 00:43:30.280
 we

00:43:30.280 --> 00:43:30.500
 got to

00:43:30.500 --> 00:43:30.800
 devour

00:43:30.800 --> 00:43:31.120
 God's

00:43:31.120 --> 00:43:31.320
 word

00:43:31.320 --> 00:43:33.900
 so

00:43:33.900 --> 00:43:36.280
 my

00:43:36.280 --> 00:43:36.680
 morning

00:43:36.680 --> 00:43:37.300
 routine

00:43:37.300 --> 00:43:38.900
 is

00:43:38.900 --> 00:43:39.140
 I

00:43:39.140 --> 00:43:39.480
 get

00:43:39.480 --> 00:43:39.760
 up

00:43:39.760 --> 00:43:40.900
 and

00:43:40.900 --> 00:43:41.060
 it's

00:43:41.060 --> 00:43:41.220
 my

00:43:41.220 --> 00:43:41.520
 job

00:43:41.520 --> 00:43:41.680
 to

00:43:41.680 --> 00:43:41.880
 start

00:43:41.880 --> 00:43:42.020
 the

00:43:42.020 --> 00:43:42.320
 coffee

00:43:42.320 --> 00:43:44.020
 so

00:43:44.020 --> 00:43:44.120
 I

00:43:44.120 --> 00:43:44.260
 get

00:43:44.260 --> 00:43:44.520
 up

00:43:44.520 --> 00:43:45.480
 every

00:43:45.480 --> 00:43:45.780
 morning

00:43:45.780 --> 00:43:47.060
 go

00:43:47.060 --> 00:43:47.340
 downstairs

00:43:47.340 --> 00:43:47.680
 start

00:43:47.680 --> 00:43:47.800
 the

00:43:47.800 --> 00:43:48.100
 coffee

00:43:48.100 --> 00:43:49.420
 Aaron's

00:43:49.420 --> 00:43:49.660
 been up

00:43:49.660 --> 00:43:49.880
 way

00:43:49.880 --> 00:43:50.300
 longer

00:43:50.300 --> 00:43:51.180
 I

00:43:51.180 --> 00:43:51.320
 get

00:43:51.320 --> 00:43:51.440
 up

00:43:51.440 --> 00:43:51.580
 get

00:43:51.580 --> 00:43:51.660
 it

00:43:51.660 --> 00:43:51.920
 going

00:43:51.920 --> 00:43:53.300
 once

00:43:53.300 --> 00:43:53.460
 that

00:43:53.460 --> 00:43:53.740
 coffee

00:43:53.740 --> 00:43:53.980
 pot

00:43:53.980 --> 00:43:54.320
 beeps

00:43:54.320 --> 00:43:54.500
 that

00:43:54.500 --> 00:43:54.600
 is

00:43:54.600 --> 00:43:54.800
 the

00:43:54.800 --> 00:43:55.180
 sweetest

00:43:55.180 --> 00:43:55.600
 noise

00:43:55.600 --> 00:43:57.640
 because

00:43:57.640 --> 00:43:57.820
 this

00:43:57.820 --> 00:43:57.960
 is

00:43:57.960 --> 00:43:58.120
 the

00:43:58.120 --> 00:43:58.380
 perfect

00:43:58.380 --> 00:43:58.760
 time

00:43:58.760 --> 00:44:00.440
 and

00:44:00.440 --> 00:44:00.560
 I

00:44:00.560 --> 00:44:00.800
 sit

00:44:00.800 --> 00:44:01.180
 down

00:44:01.180 --> 00:44:01.520
 first

00:44:01.520 --> 00:44:01.720
 thing

00:44:01.720 --> 00:44:01.820
 I

00:44:01.820 --> 00:44:02.020
 do

00:44:02.020 --> 00:44:02.120
 and

00:44:02.120 --> 00:44:02.360
 pour

00:44:02.360 --> 00:44:02.480
 me

00:44:02.480 --> 00:44:02.560
 a

00:44:02.560 --> 00:44:02.760
 nice

00:44:02.760 --> 00:44:02.980
 big

00:44:02.980 --> 00:44:03.360
 tall

00:44:03.360 --> 00:44:03.640
 cup

00:44:03.640 --> 00:44:03.760
 of

00:44:03.760 --> 00:44:04.100
 coffee

00:44:04.100 --> 00:44:05.760
 I

00:44:05.760 --> 00:44:05.940
 sit

00:44:05.940 --> 00:44:06.220
 down

00:44:06.220 --> 00:44:06.360
 I

00:44:06.360 --> 00:44:06.560
 reach

00:44:07.300 --> 00:44:08.100
 grab

00:44:08.100 --> 00:44:08.320
 this

00:44:08.320 --> 00:44:08.640
 thing

00:44:08.640 --> 00:44:10.520
 and

00:44:10.520 --> 00:44:10.580
 I

00:44:10.580 --> 00:44:10.680
 get

00:44:10.680 --> 00:44:10.820
 on

00:44:10.820 --> 00:44:11.100
 Twitter

00:44:11.100 --> 00:44:12.580
 you

00:44:12.580 --> 00:44:12.760
 thought

00:44:12.760 --> 00:44:12.840
 I

00:44:12.840 --> 00:44:12.900
 was

00:44:12.900 --> 00:44:12.960
 gonna

00:44:12.960 --> 00:44:13.060
 say

00:44:13.060 --> 00:44:13.200
 my

00:44:13.200 --> 00:44:13.460
 Bible

00:44:13.460 --> 00:44:13.720
 app

00:44:13.720 --> 00:44:15.300
 I

00:44:15.300 --> 00:44:15.600
 appreciate

00:44:15.600 --> 00:44:16.020
 that

00:44:16.020 --> 00:44:18.060
 I

00:44:18.060 --> 00:44:18.200
 get

00:44:18.200 --> 00:44:18.320
 on

00:44:18.320 --> 00:44:18.600
 Twitter

00:44:18.600 --> 00:44:20.560
 and

00:44:20.560 --> 00:44:21.020
 here's

00:44:21.020 --> 00:44:21.160
 a

00:44:21.160 --> 00:44:21.420
 tweet

00:44:21.420 --> 00:44:21.640
 that

00:44:21.640 --> 00:44:21.760
 I

00:44:21.760 --> 00:44:22.040
 read

00:44:22.040 --> 00:44:25.720
 if

00:44:25.720 --> 00:44:25.880
 you

00:44:25.880 --> 00:44:26.080
 have

00:44:26.080 --> 00:44:26.380
 time

00:44:26.380 --> 00:44:26.520
 to

00:44:26.520 --> 00:44:26.660
 get

00:44:26.660 --> 00:44:26.780
 on

00:44:26.780 --> 00:44:27.080
 social

00:44:27.080 --> 00:44:27.420
 media

00:44:27.420 --> 00:44:27.780
 watch

00:44:27.780 --> 00:44:27.900
 a

00:44:27.900 --> 00:44:28.100
 TV

00:44:28.100 --> 00:44:28.420
 show

00:44:28.420 --> 00:44:28.540
 and

00:44:28.540 --> 00:44:28.720
 have

00:44:28.720 --> 00:44:28.820
 a

00:44:28.820 --> 00:44:28.960
 cup

00:44:28.960 --> 00:44:29.060
 of

00:44:29.060 --> 00:44:29.360
 coffee

00:44:29.360 --> 00:44:29.580
 you

00:44:29.580 --> 00:44:29.760
 have

00:44:29.760 --> 00:44:29.960
 time

00:44:29.960 --> 00:44:30.100
 to

00:44:30.100 --> 00:44:30.280
 open

00:44:30.280 --> 00:44:30.580
 God's

00:44:30.580 --> 00:44:30.800
 word

00:44:30.800 --> 00:44:34.360
 so

00:44:34.360 --> 00:44:34.520
 I

00:44:34.520 --> 00:44:34.740
 reached

00:44:34.740 --> 00:44:34.960
 over

00:44:34.960 --> 00:44:35.060
 and

00:44:35.060 --> 00:44:35.180
 grabbed

00:44:35.180 --> 00:44:35.320
 my

00:44:37.300 --> 00:44:42.840
 devour

00:44:42.840 --> 00:44:43.240
 God's

00:44:43.240 --> 00:44:43.480
 word

00:44:43.480 --> 00:44:45.100
 devour

00:44:45.100 --> 00:44:45.400
 it

00:44:45.400 --> 00:44:46.560
 is it

00:44:46.560 --> 00:44:46.980
 confusing

00:44:46.980 --> 00:44:47.500
 sometimes

00:44:47.500 --> 00:44:47.880
 yes

00:44:47.880 --> 00:44:48.860
 is it

00:44:48.860 --> 00:44:49.100
 hard

00:44:49.100 --> 00:44:49.620
 sometimes

00:44:49.620 --> 00:44:50.640
 absolutely

00:44:50.640 --> 00:44:52.100
 devour

00:44:52.100 --> 00:44:52.440
 it

00:44:52.440 --> 00:44:53.720
 devour

00:44:53.720 --> 00:44:54.080
 it

00:44:54.080 --> 00:44:55.360
 devour

00:44:55.360 --> 00:44:55.700
 it

00:44:55.700 --> 00:44:56.840
 read

00:44:56.840 --> 00:44:57.100
 it

00:44:57.100 --> 00:44:57.840
 and read

00:44:57.840 --> 00:44:58.060
 it

00:44:58.060 --> 00:44:58.680
 and read

00:44:58.680 --> 00:44:58.920
 it

00:44:58.920 --> 00:44:59.460
 decorate

00:44:59.460 --> 00:45:00.160
 your house

00:45:00.160 --> 00:45:00.600
 with it

00:45:00.600 --> 00:45:01.440
 put it

00:45:01.440 --> 00:45:01.780
 all over

00:45:01.780 --> 00:45:02.480
 your office

00:45:02.480 --> 00:45:03.580
 talk about

00:45:03.580 --> 00:45:03.820
 it with

00:45:03.820 --> 00:45:04.440
 your kids

00:45:04.440 --> 00:45:05.220
 take

00:45:05.220 --> 00:45:05.660
 notes

00:45:05.660 --> 00:45:05.820
 and

00:45:05.820 --> 00:45:06.200
 messages

00:45:06.200 --> 00:45:07.120
 devour

00:45:07.120 --> 00:45:07.400
 it

00:45:07.400 --> 00:45:08.200
 devour

00:45:08.200 --> 00:45:08.580
 God's

00:45:08.580 --> 00:45:08.760
 word

00:45:08.760 --> 00:45:10.640
 and depend

00:45:10.640 --> 00:45:10.920
 on the

00:45:10.920 --> 00:45:11.080
 Holy

00:45:11.080 --> 00:45:11.420
 Spirit

00:45:11.420 --> 00:45:12.720
 depend

00:45:12.720 --> 00:45:13.020
 on the

00:45:13.020 --> 00:45:13.180
 Holy

00:45:13.180 --> 00:45:13.500
 Spirit

00:45:13.500 --> 00:45:15.920
 if

00:45:15.920 --> 00:45:16.100
 you're

00:45:16.100 --> 00:45:16.460
 there

00:45:16.460 --> 00:45:18.020
 and you're

00:45:18.020 --> 00:45:18.180
 like

00:45:18.180 --> 00:45:18.360
 well

00:45:18.360 --> 00:45:18.940
 I don't

00:45:18.940 --> 00:45:19.360
 know

00:45:19.360 --> 00:45:19.520
 where

00:45:19.520 --> 00:45:19.620
 to

00:45:19.620 --> 00:45:19.900
 begin

00:45:19.900 --> 00:45:20.040
 I

00:45:20.040 --> 00:45:20.140
 don't

00:45:20.140 --> 00:45:20.240
 know

00:45:20.240 --> 00:45:20.380
 what

00:45:20.380 --> 00:45:20.520
 to

00:45:20.520 --> 00:45:20.680
 do

00:45:20.680 --> 00:45:20.800
 I

00:45:20.800 --> 00:45:20.900
 want

00:45:20.900 --> 00:45:21.000
 to

00:45:21.000 --> 00:45:21.340
 encourage

00:45:21.340 --> 00:45:21.480
 you

00:45:21.480 --> 00:45:21.620
 with

00:45:21.620 --> 00:45:21.860
 just

00:45:21.860 --> 00:45:22.540
 a

00:45:22.540 --> 00:45:22.680
 few

00:45:22.680 --> 00:45:23.040
 things

00:45:23.040 --> 00:45:23.500
 how

00:45:23.500 --> 00:45:23.760
 I've

00:45:23.760 --> 00:45:23.980
 noticed

00:45:23.980 --> 00:45:24.180
 the

00:45:24.180 --> 00:45:24.420
 Spirit

00:45:24.420 --> 00:45:24.560
 of

00:45:24.560 --> 00:45:24.800
 God

00:45:24.800 --> 00:45:25.160
 work

00:45:25.160 --> 00:45:25.420
 in

00:45:25.420 --> 00:45:25.760
 me

00:45:25.760 --> 00:45:26.640
 still

00:45:26.640 --> 00:45:27.060
 today

00:45:27.060 --> 00:45:27.880
 when

00:45:27.880 --> 00:45:28.000
 it

00:45:28.000 --> 00:45:28.160
 comes

00:45:28.160 --> 00:45:28.300
 to

00:45:28.300 --> 00:45:28.580
 God's

00:45:28.580 --> 00:45:28.780
 word

00:45:28.780 --> 00:45:30.600
 start

00:45:30.600 --> 00:45:31.080
 small

00:45:31.080 --> 00:45:32.840
 start

00:45:32.840 --> 00:45:33.300
 small

00:45:33.300 --> 00:45:34.520
 right

00:45:34.520 --> 00:45:36.240
 how many

00:45:36.240 --> 00:45:36.360
 of you

00:45:36.360 --> 00:45:36.440
 have

00:45:36.440 --> 00:45:36.580
 ever

00:45:36.580 --> 00:45:36.720
 set

00:45:36.720 --> 00:45:36.860
 a

00:45:36.860 --> 00:45:37.160
 fitness

00:45:37.160 --> 00:45:37.480
 goal

00:45:37.480 --> 00:45:38.780
 maybe

00:45:38.780 --> 00:45:38.960
 something

00:45:38.960 --> 00:45:39.440
 crazy

00:45:39.440 --> 00:45:39.680
 like

00:45:39.680 --> 00:45:39.840
 run

00:45:39.840 --> 00:45:39.940
 a

00:45:39.940 --> 00:45:40.240
 marathon

00:45:40.240 --> 00:45:40.700
 never

00:45:40.700 --> 00:45:40.900
 done

00:45:40.900 --> 00:45:41.160
 that

00:45:41.160 --> 00:45:41.440
 right

00:45:41.440 --> 00:45:42.400
 but I'm

00:45:42.400 --> 00:45:42.560
 gonna run

00:45:42.560 --> 00:45:42.660
 a

00:45:42.660 --> 00:45:43.000
 marathon

00:45:43.000 --> 00:45:44.040
 you

00:45:44.040 --> 00:45:44.120
 know

00:45:44.120 --> 00:45:44.180
 what

00:45:44.180 --> 00:45:44.240
 you

00:45:44.240 --> 00:45:44.380
 do

00:45:44.380 --> 00:45:44.540
 day

00:45:44.540 --> 00:45:44.860
 one

00:45:44.860 --> 00:45:45.900
 if

00:45:45.900 --> 00:45:46.000
 your

00:45:46.000 --> 00:45:46.380
 goal

00:45:46.380 --> 00:45:47.640
 is

00:45:47.640 --> 00:45:47.900
 to run

00:45:47.900 --> 00:45:48.000
 a

00:45:48.000 --> 00:45:48.260
 marathon

00:45:48.260 --> 00:45:48.460
 you

00:45:48.460 --> 00:45:48.520
 know

00:45:48.520 --> 00:45:48.640
 what

00:45:48.640 --> 00:45:48.720
 you

00:45:48.720 --> 00:45:48.860
 should

00:45:48.860 --> 00:45:49.100
 do

00:45:49.100 --> 00:45:49.920
 go

00:45:49.920 --> 00:45:50.080
 out

00:45:50.080 --> 00:45:50.240
 that

00:45:50.240 --> 00:45:50.440
 day

00:45:50.440 --> 00:45:50.580
 and

00:45:50.580 --> 00:45:50.760
 run

00:45:50.760 --> 00:45:51.080
 one

00:45:51.080 --> 00:45:52.320
 nope

00:45:52.320 --> 00:45:54.000
 go

00:45:54.000 --> 00:45:54.140
 out

00:45:54.140 --> 00:45:54.280
 that

00:45:54.280 --> 00:45:54.420
 day

00:45:54.420 --> 00:45:54.540
 and

00:45:54.540 --> 00:45:54.740
 walk

00:45:54.740 --> 00:45:54.920
 around

00:45:54.920 --> 00:45:55.060
 the

00:45:55.060 --> 00:45:55.360
 yard

00:45:55.360 --> 00:45:55.660
 like

00:45:55.660 --> 00:45:56.260
 let's

00:45:56.260 --> 00:45:56.840
 begin

00:45:56.840 --> 00:45:57.020
 there

00:45:57.020 --> 00:45:57.280
 start

00:45:57.280 --> 00:45:57.700
 small

00:45:57.700 --> 00:45:58.980
 start

00:45:58.980 --> 00:45:59.200
 small

00:45:59.200 --> 00:45:59.340
 with

00:45:59.340 --> 00:45:59.560
 God's

00:45:59.560 --> 00:45:59.780
 word

00:45:59.780 --> 00:46:01.340
 start

00:46:01.340 --> 00:46:01.720
 small

00:46:01.720 --> 00:46:02.440
 God's

00:46:02.440 --> 00:46:02.660
 word

00:46:02.660 --> 00:46:02.920
 isn't

00:46:02.920 --> 00:46:03.360
 small

00:46:03.360 --> 00:46:04.660
 but maybe

00:46:04.660 --> 00:46:04.900
 we need

00:46:04.900 --> 00:46:05.160
 to start

00:46:05.160 --> 00:46:05.500
 small

00:46:05.500 --> 00:46:06.580
 maybe

00:46:06.580 --> 00:46:06.900
 we don't

00:46:06.900 --> 00:46:07.160
 need to

00:46:07.160 --> 00:46:07.360
 jump

00:46:07.360 --> 00:46:07.580
 into

00:46:07.580 --> 00:46:08.160
 Leviticus

00:46:08.160 --> 00:46:09.120
 Isaiah

00:46:09.120 --> 00:46:10.000
 Romans

00:46:10.000 --> 00:46:10.760
 Revelation

00:46:10.760 --> 00:46:12.760
 but maybe

00:46:12.760 --> 00:46:13.060
 take a

00:46:13.060 --> 00:46:13.320
 season

00:46:13.320 --> 00:46:13.640
 and hang

00:46:13.640 --> 00:46:13.780
 out

00:46:13.780 --> 00:46:13.880
 in

00:46:13.880 --> 00:46:14.160
 Mark

00:46:14.160 --> 00:46:16.100
 and watch

00:46:16.100 --> 00:46:16.560
 the power

00:46:16.560 --> 00:46:16.860
 of the

00:46:16.860 --> 00:46:17.180
 truth

00:46:17.180 --> 00:46:17.540
 that comes

00:46:17.540 --> 00:46:17.740
 out of

00:46:17.740 --> 00:46:17.980
 God's

00:46:17.980 --> 00:46:18.220
 word

00:46:18.220 --> 00:46:18.440
 when we

00:46:18.440 --> 00:46:18.580
 start

00:46:18.580 --> 00:46:18.960
 small

00:46:18.960 --> 00:46:20.380
 number

00:46:20.380 --> 00:46:20.640
 two

00:46:20.640 --> 00:46:21.060
 journal

00:46:21.060 --> 00:46:22.840
 journal

00:46:22.840 --> 00:46:24.380
 write

00:46:24.380 --> 00:46:24.880
 down

00:46:24.880 --> 00:46:25.140
 what

00:46:25.140 --> 00:46:25.400
 you're

00:46:25.400 --> 00:46:26.040
 reading

00:46:26.040 --> 00:46:26.540
 write

00:46:26.540 --> 00:46:27.140
 down

00:46:27.140 --> 00:46:27.520
 what

00:46:27.520 --> 00:46:28.160
 confuses

00:46:28.160 --> 00:46:28.440
 you

00:46:28.440 --> 00:46:28.880
 write

00:46:28.880 --> 00:46:29.420
 down

00:46:29.420 --> 00:46:29.840
 what

00:46:29.840 --> 00:46:30.000
 is

00:46:30.000 --> 00:46:30.440
 difficult

00:46:30.440 --> 00:46:31.120
 journal

00:46:31.120 --> 00:46:32.800
 journal

00:46:32.800 --> 00:46:34.520
 number

00:46:34.520 --> 00:46:34.920
 three

00:46:34.920 --> 00:46:36.440
 do it

00:46:36.440 --> 00:46:36.840
 more

00:46:36.840 --> 00:46:38.080
 and not

00:46:38.080 --> 00:46:38.480
 less

00:46:38.480 --> 00:46:39.800
 do it

00:46:39.800 --> 00:46:40.260
 more

00:46:40.260 --> 00:46:41.220
 and not

00:46:41.220 --> 00:46:41.600
 less

00:46:41.600 --> 00:46:43.220
 start

00:46:43.220 --> 00:46:43.880
 small

00:46:43.880 --> 00:46:45.460
 read

00:46:45.460 --> 00:46:45.920
 while you

00:46:45.920 --> 00:46:46.740
 sip

00:46:46.740 --> 00:46:47.000
 on your

00:46:47.000 --> 00:46:47.340
 coffee

00:46:47.340 --> 00:46:48.960
 do it

00:46:48.960 --> 00:46:49.240
 more

00:46:49.240 --> 00:46:49.540
 start

00:46:49.540 --> 00:46:50.040
 small

00:46:50.040 --> 00:46:51.220
 open up

00:46:51.220 --> 00:46:51.660
 your Bible

00:46:51.660 --> 00:46:52.800
 at lunch

00:46:52.800 --> 00:46:54.180
 start

00:46:54.180 --> 00:46:54.680
 small

00:46:54.680 --> 00:46:55.080
 do it

00:46:55.080 --> 00:46:55.300
 more

00:46:55.300 --> 00:46:55.520
 not

00:46:55.520 --> 00:46:55.900
 less

00:46:55.900 --> 00:46:57.000
 open

00:46:57.000 --> 00:46:57.140
 it

00:46:57.140 --> 00:46:57.280
 up

00:46:57.280 --> 00:46:57.420
 at

00:46:57.420 --> 00:46:57.600
 dinner

00:46:57.600 --> 00:46:57.900
 time

00:46:57.900 --> 00:46:58.200
 start

00:46:58.200 --> 00:46:58.640
 small

00:46:58.640 --> 00:46:59.160
 not

00:46:59.160 --> 00:46:59.600
 less

00:46:59.600 --> 00:47:00.860
 read

00:47:00.860 --> 00:47:00.980
 it

00:47:00.980 --> 00:47:01.120
 as

00:47:01.120 --> 00:47:01.280
 you

00:47:01.280 --> 00:47:01.820
 go

00:47:01.820 --> 00:47:01.940
 to

00:47:01.940 --> 00:47:02.220
 bed

00:47:02.220 --> 00:47:02.980
 and

00:47:02.980 --> 00:47:03.320
 watch

00:47:03.320 --> 00:47:03.540
 what

00:47:03.540 --> 00:47:03.880
 God

00:47:03.880 --> 00:47:04.800
 does

00:47:04.800 --> 00:47:05.300
 in

00:47:05.300 --> 00:47:05.680
 this

00:47:05.680 --> 00:47:07.400
 number

00:47:07.400 --> 00:47:07.840
 four

00:47:07.840 --> 00:47:09.760
 engage

00:47:09.760 --> 00:47:10.960
 with

00:47:10.960 --> 00:47:11.280
 a group

00:47:11.280 --> 00:47:11.460
 of

00:47:11.460 --> 00:47:11.800
 people

00:47:11.800 --> 00:47:13.040
 who

00:47:13.040 --> 00:47:13.160
 are

00:47:13.160 --> 00:47:13.360
 doing

00:47:13.360 --> 00:47:13.500
 it

00:47:13.500 --> 00:47:13.640
 as

00:47:13.640 --> 00:47:13.840
 well

00:47:13.840 --> 00:47:15.140
 your

00:47:15.140 --> 00:47:15.480
 Christian

00:47:15.480 --> 00:47:15.740
 walk

00:47:15.740 --> 00:47:15.880
 was

00:47:15.880 --> 00:47:16.080
 never

00:47:16.080 --> 00:47:16.520
 designed

00:47:16.520 --> 00:47:16.720
 for

00:47:16.720 --> 00:47:16.900
 you

00:47:16.900 --> 00:47:17.020
 to

00:47:17.020 --> 00:47:17.160
 be

00:47:17.160 --> 00:47:17.660
 isolated

00:47:17.660 --> 00:47:17.880
 and

00:47:17.880 --> 00:47:18.160
 alone

00:47:18.160 --> 00:47:18.360
 just

00:47:18.360 --> 00:47:18.700
 walking

00:47:18.700 --> 00:47:18.880
 on

00:47:18.880 --> 00:47:18.960
 and

00:47:18.960 --> 00:47:19.120
 trying

00:47:19.120 --> 00:47:19.220
 to

00:47:19.220 --> 00:47:19.380
 figure

00:47:19.380 --> 00:47:19.600
 this

00:47:19.600 --> 00:47:19.820
 out

00:47:19.820 --> 00:47:20.260
 your

00:47:20.260 --> 00:47:20.600
 Christian

00:47:20.600 --> 00:47:20.820
 walk

00:47:20.820 --> 00:47:21.100
 God

00:47:21.100 --> 00:47:21.380
 never

00:47:21.380 --> 00:47:21.740
 planned

00:47:21.740 --> 00:47:22.040
 for you

00:47:22.040 --> 00:47:22.340
 to come

00:47:22.340 --> 00:47:22.560
 to a

00:47:22.560 --> 00:47:22.780
 church

00:47:22.780 --> 00:47:23.060
 every

00:47:23.060 --> 00:47:23.260
 Sunday

00:47:23.260 --> 00:47:23.560
 morning

00:47:23.560 --> 00:47:24.120
 sit

00:47:24.120 --> 00:47:24.400
 down

00:47:24.400 --> 00:47:24.640
 hear

00:47:24.640 --> 00:47:24.900
 some

00:47:24.900 --> 00:47:25.200
 guy

00:47:25.200 --> 00:47:25.720
 talk

00:47:25.720 --> 00:47:25.940
 about

00:47:25.940 --> 00:47:26.260
 God's

00:47:26.260 --> 00:47:26.500
 word

00:47:26.500 --> 00:47:26.680
 and

00:47:26.680 --> 00:47:26.800
 then

00:47:26.800 --> 00:47:27.000
 go

00:47:27.000 --> 00:47:27.260
 home

00:47:27.260 --> 00:47:27.380
 and

00:47:27.380 --> 00:47:27.500
 try

00:47:27.500 --> 00:47:27.680
 to do

00:47:27.680 --> 00:47:27.780
 it

00:47:27.780 --> 00:47:27.880
 all

00:47:27.880 --> 00:47:28.020
 by

00:47:28.020 --> 00:47:28.320
 yourself

00:47:28.320 --> 00:47:28.460
 for

00:47:28.460 --> 00:47:28.560
 the

00:47:28.560 --> 00:47:28.700
 rest

00:47:28.700 --> 00:47:28.820
 of

00:47:28.820 --> 00:47:28.880
 the

00:47:28.880 --> 00:47:29.060
 week

00:47:29.060 --> 00:47:30.440
 you

00:47:30.440 --> 00:47:30.740
 didn't

00:47:30.740 --> 00:47:31.820
 it's

00:47:31.820 --> 00:47:32.000
 not

00:47:32.000 --> 00:47:32.140
 in

00:47:32.140 --> 00:47:32.360
 there

00:47:32.360 --> 00:47:33.380
 it's

00:47:33.380 --> 00:47:33.600
 a group

00:47:33.600 --> 00:47:33.700
 of

00:47:33.700 --> 00:47:33.900
 people

00:47:33.900 --> 00:47:34.040
 that

00:47:34.040 --> 00:47:34.140
 are

00:47:34.140 --> 00:47:34.420
 gathering

00:47:34.420 --> 00:47:34.840
 together

00:47:34.840 --> 00:47:35.880
 do

00:47:35.880 --> 00:47:36.020
 it

00:47:36.020 --> 00:47:36.040
 with

00:47:36.040 --> 00:47:36.120
 a

00:47:36.120 --> 00:47:36.240
 group

00:47:36.240 --> 00:47:36.360
 of

00:47:36.360 --> 00:47:36.640
 people

00:47:36.640 --> 00:47:37.440
 do

00:47:37.440 --> 00:47:37.540
 it

00:47:37.540 --> 00:47:37.660
 in a

00:47:37.660 --> 00:47:37.900
 small

00:47:37.900 --> 00:47:38.140
 group

00:47:38.140 --> 00:47:38.340
 do

00:47:38.340 --> 00:47:38.460
 with

00:47:38.460 --> 00:47:38.580
 your

00:47:38.580 --> 00:47:38.860
 family

00:47:38.860 --> 00:47:39.080
 do

00:47:39.080 --> 00:47:39.220
 with

00:47:39.220 --> 00:47:39.660
 people

00:47:39.660 --> 00:47:39.860
 at

00:47:39.860 --> 00:47:40.140
 work

00:47:40.140 --> 00:47:40.580
 come

00:47:40.580 --> 00:47:41.080
 alongside

00:47:41.080 --> 00:47:41.840
 learn

00:47:41.840 --> 00:47:42.060
 from

00:47:42.060 --> 00:47:42.240
 one

00:47:42.240 --> 00:47:42.500
 another

00:47:42.500 --> 00:47:43.100
 every

00:47:43.100 --> 00:47:43.700
 Thursday

00:47:43.700 --> 00:47:44.100
 I

00:47:44.100 --> 00:47:44.340
 meet

00:47:44.340 --> 00:47:44.480
 with

00:47:44.480 --> 00:47:44.600
 a

00:47:44.600 --> 00:47:44.780
 group

00:47:44.780 --> 00:47:44.920
 of

00:47:44.920 --> 00:47:45.120
 men

00:47:45.120 --> 00:47:45.320
 for

00:47:45.320 --> 00:47:45.740
 lunch

00:47:45.740 --> 00:47:47.060
 and

00:47:47.060 --> 00:47:47.180
 we

00:47:47.180 --> 00:47:47.460
 sit

00:47:47.460 --> 00:47:47.880
 down

00:47:47.880 --> 00:47:48.480
 and

00:47:48.480 --> 00:47:48.640
 we

00:47:48.640 --> 00:47:49.120
 talk

00:47:49.120 --> 00:47:49.440
 about

00:47:49.440 --> 00:47:50.000
 what

00:47:50.000 --> 00:47:50.460
 God

00:47:50.460 --> 00:47:50.940
 has

00:47:50.940 --> 00:47:51.420
 taught

00:47:51.420 --> 00:47:51.940
 us

00:47:51.940 --> 00:47:52.560
 and

00:47:52.560 --> 00:47:52.760
 the

00:47:52.760 --> 00:47:53.100
 beauty

00:47:53.100 --> 00:47:53.440
 of

00:47:53.440 --> 00:47:53.860
 that

00:47:53.860 --> 00:47:54.320
 is

00:47:54.320 --> 00:47:54.600
 I

00:47:54.600 --> 00:47:54.980
 learn

00:47:54.980 --> 00:47:55.640
 way

00:47:55.640 --> 00:47:56.260
 more

00:47:56.260 --> 00:47:56.560
 from

00:47:56.560 --> 00:47:56.840
 them

00:47:56.840 --> 00:47:57.020
 than

00:47:57.020 --> 00:47:57.180
 they

00:47:57.180 --> 00:47:57.340
 do

00:47:57.340 --> 00:47:57.600
 me

00:47:57.600 --> 00:48:00.020
 engage

00:48:00.020 --> 00:48:00.160
 with

00:48:00.160 --> 00:48:00.240
 a

00:48:00.240 --> 00:48:00.360
 group

00:48:00.360 --> 00:48:00.500
 of

00:48:00.500 --> 00:48:00.760
 people

00:48:00.760 --> 00:48:02.600
 and

00:48:02.600 --> 00:48:03.120
 lastly

00:48:03.120 --> 00:48:05.240
 before

00:48:05.240 --> 00:48:05.440
 you

00:48:05.440 --> 00:48:05.680
 open

00:48:05.680 --> 00:48:05.980
 God's

00:48:05.980 --> 00:48:06.220
 word

00:48:06.220 --> 00:48:07.760
 pray

00:48:07.760 --> 00:48:09.580
 while

00:48:09.580 --> 00:48:09.760
 you're

00:48:09.760 --> 00:48:10.000
 reading

00:48:10.000 --> 00:48:10.380
 God's

00:48:10.380 --> 00:48:10.640
 word

00:48:10.640 --> 00:48:11.720
 pray

00:48:11.720 --> 00:48:13.480
 after

00:48:13.480 --> 00:48:13.720
 you

00:48:13.720 --> 00:48:13.920
 read

00:48:13.920 --> 00:48:14.220
 God's

00:48:14.220 --> 00:48:14.440
 word

00:48:14.440 --> 00:48:15.420
 pray

00:48:15.420 --> 00:48:17.100
 pray

00:48:17.100 --> 00:48:19.080
 because

00:48:19.080 --> 00:48:19.340
 there's

00:48:19.340 --> 00:48:20.040
 antichrist

00:48:20.040 --> 00:48:22.160
 that roam

00:48:22.160 --> 00:48:22.460
 around

00:48:22.460 --> 00:48:24.640
 and if

00:48:24.640 --> 00:48:24.960
 they can't

00:48:24.960 --> 00:48:25.400
 get you

00:48:25.400 --> 00:48:27.060
 they want

00:48:27.060 --> 00:48:27.220
 to get

00:48:27.220 --> 00:48:27.400
 those

00:48:27.400 --> 00:48:27.640
 that you

00:48:27.640 --> 00:48:27.920
 love

00:48:27.920 --> 00:48:29.800
 and what

00:48:29.800 --> 00:48:30.380
 we need

00:48:30.380 --> 00:48:32.120
 is not

00:48:32.120 --> 00:48:32.520
 men and

00:48:32.520 --> 00:48:32.680
 women

00:48:32.680 --> 00:48:33.220
 standing on

00:48:33.220 --> 00:48:33.780
 the sidelines

00:48:33.780 --> 00:48:34.280
 saying that's

00:48:34.280 --> 00:48:34.560
 not my

00:48:34.560 --> 00:48:34.860
 fight

00:48:34.860 --> 00:48:36.620
 but we

00:48:36.620 --> 00:48:37.200
 want warriors

00:48:37.200 --> 00:48:37.620
 of God's

00:48:37.620 --> 00:48:37.860
 word

00:48:37.860 --> 00:48:39.220
 in the

00:48:39.220 --> 00:48:39.500
 battle

00:48:39.500 --> 00:48:41.260
 proclaiming

00:48:41.260 --> 00:48:41.680
 the truth

00:48:41.680 --> 00:48:43.040
 of who

00:48:43.040 --> 00:48:43.320
 Christ

00:48:43.320 --> 00:48:43.700
 is

00:48:43.700 --> 00:48:44.800
 and his

00:48:44.800 --> 00:48:45.000
 love

00:48:45.000 --> 00:48:45.540
 for us

00:48:45.540 --> 00:48:46.960
 would you

00:48:46.960 --> 00:48:47.200
 pray with

00:48:47.200 --> 00:48:48.240
 me

00:48:48.240 --> 00:48:54.520
 Lord we

00:48:54.520 --> 00:48:54.840
 come to

00:48:54.840 --> 00:48:55.160
 you this

00:48:55.160 --> 00:48:55.480
 morning

00:48:55.480 --> 00:48:57.400
 we're just

00:48:57.400 --> 00:48:57.900
 thanking you

00:48:57.900 --> 00:48:58.300
 for who

00:48:58.300 --> 00:48:59.060
 you are

00:48:59.060 --> 00:49:00.820
 and Lord

00:49:00.820 --> 00:49:01.540
 your kindness

00:49:01.540 --> 00:49:02.440
 toward us

00:49:02.440 --> 00:49:03.960
 Lord I

00:49:03.960 --> 00:49:04.380
 thank you

00:49:04.380 --> 00:49:04.820
 that in

00:49:04.820 --> 00:49:05.380
 Christ

00:49:05.380 --> 00:49:06.320
 that I

00:49:06.320 --> 00:49:06.760
 am

00:49:06.760 --> 00:49:07.380
 forgiven

00:49:07.380 --> 00:49:08.800
 that this

00:49:08.800 --> 00:49:09.140
 is who

00:49:09.140 --> 00:49:09.720
 we are

00:49:09.720 --> 00:49:12.440
 Lord I

00:49:12.440 --> 00:49:12.880
 thank you

00:49:12.880 --> 00:49:13.520
 that we

00:49:13.520 --> 00:49:14.120
 know

00:49:14.120 --> 00:49:14.700
 Christ

00:49:14.700 --> 00:49:17.020
 that you

00:49:17.020 --> 00:49:17.700
 are our

00:49:17.700 --> 00:49:18.040
 shepherd

00:49:18.040 --> 00:49:20.000
 that we

00:49:20.000 --> 00:49:20.480
 hear your

00:49:20.480 --> 00:49:21.000
 voice

00:49:21.000 --> 00:49:22.580
 that you

00:49:22.580 --> 00:49:23.420
 know us

00:49:23.420 --> 00:49:24.580
 and that we

00:49:24.580 --> 00:49:25.600
 follow you

00:49:25.600 --> 00:49:27.620
 God I

00:49:27.620 --> 00:49:28.160
 thank you

00:49:28.160 --> 00:49:29.880
 that while

00:49:29.880 --> 00:49:30.500
 the battle

00:49:30.500 --> 00:49:31.300
 is real

00:49:31.300 --> 00:49:33.080
 and we

00:49:33.080 --> 00:49:33.440
 have the

00:49:33.440 --> 00:49:34.260
 scars and the

00:49:34.260 --> 00:49:34.800
 wounds to

00:49:34.800 --> 00:49:35.220
 prove it

00:49:35.220 --> 00:49:37.020
 we are

00:49:37.020 --> 00:49:37.580
 not simply

00:49:37.580 --> 00:49:38.080
 a people

00:49:38.080 --> 00:49:38.760
 waiting for

00:49:38.760 --> 00:49:39.240
 victory

00:49:39.240 --> 00:49:40.300
 but we

00:49:40.300 --> 00:49:40.920
 are we

00:49:40.920 --> 00:49:41.420
 are in

00:49:41.420 --> 00:49:42.100
 the victory

00:49:42.100 --> 00:49:42.580
 now

00:49:42.580 --> 00:49:44.340
 Lord I

00:49:44.340 --> 00:49:44.760
 thank you

00:49:44.760 --> 00:49:45.240
 that I

00:49:45.240 --> 00:49:45.860
 am not a

00:49:45.860 --> 00:49:47.160
 lost product

00:49:47.160 --> 00:49:48.720
 that there's

00:49:48.720 --> 00:49:49.420
 not hope

00:49:49.420 --> 00:49:49.940
 for me

00:49:49.940 --> 00:49:51.700
 that in

00:49:51.700 --> 00:49:52.300
 your kindness

00:49:52.300 --> 00:49:52.840
 and in your

00:49:52.840 --> 00:49:54.100
 mercy and in

00:49:54.100 --> 00:49:54.780
 your spirit

00:49:54.780 --> 00:49:55.380
 in me Lord

00:49:55.380 --> 00:49:56.100
 that I am

00:49:56.100 --> 00:49:56.880
 instructable

00:49:56.880 --> 00:49:57.640
 that this is

00:49:57.640 --> 00:49:58.600
 not as good

00:49:58.600 --> 00:49:59.220
 as it gets

00:49:59.220 --> 00:49:59.820
 that you

00:49:59.820 --> 00:50:00.580
 that the world

00:50:00.580 --> 00:50:01.040
 just doesn't

00:50:01.040 --> 00:50:01.600
 have to take

00:50:01.600 --> 00:50:02.320
 me for who

00:50:02.320 --> 00:50:02.800
 I am

00:50:02.800 --> 00:50:03.360
 no no no

00:50:03.360 --> 00:50:03.760
 there's

00:50:03.760 --> 00:50:04.720
 more of

00:50:04.720 --> 00:50:05.460
 your spirit

00:50:05.460 --> 00:50:06.160
 in me

00:50:06.160 --> 00:50:06.660
 that needs

00:50:06.660 --> 00:50:07.260
 to work

00:50:07.260 --> 00:50:07.900
 on me

00:50:07.900 --> 00:50:08.620
 and work

00:50:08.620 --> 00:50:09.220
 in me

00:50:09.220 --> 00:50:09.920
 and make

00:50:09.920 --> 00:50:10.420
 me more

00:50:10.420 --> 00:50:11.280
 like Jesus

00:50:11.280 --> 00:50:12.280
 and Lord I

00:50:12.280 --> 00:50:12.680
 thank you

00:50:12.680 --> 00:50:13.160
 for that

00:50:13.160 --> 00:50:16.360
 and Lord I

00:50:16.360 --> 00:50:16.960
 thank you

00:50:16.960 --> 00:50:18.640
 we are

00:50:18.640 --> 00:50:19.560
 strong

00:50:19.560 --> 00:50:21.520
 we are

00:50:21.520 --> 00:50:22.340
 strong

00:50:22.340 --> 00:50:25.580
 because your

00:50:25.580 --> 00:50:26.140
 word

00:50:26.140 --> 00:50:27.320
 is in

00:50:27.320 --> 00:50:27.800
 us

00:50:27.800 --> 00:50:29.860
 the spirit

00:50:29.860 --> 00:50:30.640
 of God

00:50:30.640 --> 00:50:31.460
 is in

00:50:31.460 --> 00:50:31.940
 us

00:50:31.940 --> 00:50:35.820
 and so

00:50:35.820 --> 00:50:36.180
 Lord I

00:50:36.180 --> 00:50:36.580
 pray

00:50:36.580 --> 00:50:38.060
 we would

00:50:38.060 --> 00:50:38.560
 go

00:50:38.560 --> 00:50:39.580
 be people

00:50:39.580 --> 00:50:40.300
 of truth

00:50:40.300 --> 00:50:40.960
 and we

00:50:40.960 --> 00:50:41.580
 would go

00:50:41.580 --> 00:50:42.420
 be people

00:50:42.420 --> 00:50:43.140
 of love

00:50:43.140 --> 00:50:43.800
 Lord that

00:50:43.800 --> 00:50:44.080
 we would

00:50:44.080 --> 00:50:45.140
 walk in

00:50:45.140 --> 00:50:45.820
 the light

00:50:45.820 --> 00:50:46.360
 and be

00:50:46.360 --> 00:50:46.880
 people

00:50:46.880 --> 00:50:47.680
 of light

00:50:47.680 --> 00:50:48.500
 of truth

00:50:48.500 --> 00:50:50.600
 in hope

00:50:50.600 --> 00:50:52.340
 and forgiveness

00:50:52.340 --> 00:50:54.280
 in grace

00:50:54.280 --> 00:50:56.060
 in mercy

00:50:56.060 --> 00:50:57.620
 in redemption

00:50:57.620 --> 00:50:59.600
 in sanctification

00:50:59.600 --> 00:51:02.940
 and that

00:51:02.940 --> 00:51:03.340
 Lord as

00:51:03.340 --> 00:51:04.040
 we live

00:51:04.040 --> 00:51:06.520
 we would

00:51:06.520 --> 00:51:07.480
 live for

00:51:07.480 --> 00:51:08.300
 your glory

00:51:08.300 --> 00:51:09.200
 for your

00:51:09.200 --> 00:51:09.680
 name

00:51:09.680 --> 00:51:10.460
 that those

00:51:10.460 --> 00:51:11.280
 who know

00:51:11.280 --> 00:51:12.180
 I'm sorry

00:51:12.180 --> 00:51:12.540
 Lord that

00:51:12.540 --> 00:51:12.920
 those who

00:51:12.920 --> 00:51:13.600
 don't know

00:51:13.600 --> 00:51:14.580
 may know

00:51:14.580 --> 00:51:16.440
 that they

00:51:16.440 --> 00:51:16.680
 would be

00:51:16.680 --> 00:51:17.300
 introduced

00:51:17.300 --> 00:51:18.200
 to the

00:51:18.200 --> 00:51:18.500
 shepherd

00:51:18.500 --> 00:51:20.100
 and that

00:51:20.100 --> 00:51:20.360
 they would

00:51:20.360 --> 00:51:20.900
 be found

00:51:20.900 --> 00:51:21.520
 in him

00:51:21.520 --> 00:51:24.280
 Lord may

00:51:24.280 --> 00:51:24.700
 we go

00:51:24.700 --> 00:51:25.480
 from here

00:51:25.480 --> 00:51:26.940
 loving

00:51:26.940 --> 00:51:27.620
 because you

00:51:27.620 --> 00:51:28.120
 have loved

00:51:28.120 --> 00:51:28.680
 us

00:51:28.680 --> 00:51:32.080
 and that

00:51:32.080 --> 00:51:32.440
 that's who

00:51:32.440 --> 00:51:32.940
 we are

00:51:32.940 --> 00:51:36.060
 and it's in

00:51:36.060 --> 00:51:36.540
 Jesus name

00:51:36.540 --> 00:51:36.960
 we pray

00:51:36.960 --> 00:51:38.700
 amen

00:51:38.700 --> 00:51:51.840
 thanks again

00:51:51.840 --> 00:51:52.340
 for listening

00:51:52.340 --> 00:51:52.720
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