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 Hi, and welcome to the Willow Ridge Church weekly podcast.

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 Thanks for listening.

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 All right, tons of good stuff going on.

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 So one of those good things that's going on is we're here together this morning.

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 The Lord has us up, alive.

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 It is cool out there.

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 Joel's right.

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 It's tempting.

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 It's tempting not to be in here when it feels like that out there.

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 I get it.

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 But the Lord has us here.

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 I'm grateful to be here with you as a church family.

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 I'm grateful to continue in James.

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 The past couple weeks, we've looked at how we will face trials.

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 That's a certainty.

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 If you're a believing person, just mark it.

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 Put it on the calendar.

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 Every day, there's going to be a trial, and there's going to be perennial temptation.

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 They're always going to deal with that.

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 So my question, my gut reaction to that is, am I ready for that?

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 Now, I don't mean some sweet Sunday school answer.

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 I mean, am I actually ready for that?

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 Am I ready to face tests consistently?

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 Severe trials that cost the life of friends, that cost relationships, that bring uncertainty?

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 Am I ready to face constant temptation?

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 Every ploy by the enemy that wants to wreck me sideways this way and that.

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 Am I ready for that?

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 Well, I hope we're ready for that.

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 And I think the book of James is written to make us ready.

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 But I'd be careful about my response and your response to that question as to why you're ready.

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 What makes you confident that you're ready?

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 The most common answer I hear, because again, he's writing to believing people, Christians,

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 is why?

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 Man, I'm in church every Sunday listening to the Bible.

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 I'm studying the Bible every day for myself.

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 Every day, man.

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 I'm listening to podcasts on the way, on the way back from work.

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 I'm reading books that are steeped in theology.

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 And they're helping give me strength and a spine to approach these things.

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 And James actually would give a different answer than that.

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 If you really want to be ready for tests and temptations.

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 He actually says in verse 22, and that's going to be kind of the key feature of 19 through 27,

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 which is where we're going to be in chapter 1 today.

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 But be doers of the word.

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 And not hearers only deceiving yourselves.

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 He basically says if your response to why you're ready for trials and temptations is that you study the Bible with deep devotion,

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 that's an incomplete response.

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 That's not adequate.

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 He actually says, you're kidding yourself.

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 If you want to dress that up, make it more formal, you're self-deceived.

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 You think that showing up at church and hearing preaching alone,

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 that studying the Bible on your own alone,

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 that being devoted to theological propriety alone makes you ready.

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 And he's saying, you're not ready.

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 Because more generally, his plea with us is actually follow Jesus.

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 And some of the most disobedient moments in our lives, if we're honest,

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 have been sitting in this room doing what we're doing right now.

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 The most disobedient moments are then.

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 Because we hear the word only, and we have no intention of acting on it.

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 None.

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 We think it's right.

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 We would tell our coworkers it's right.

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 We would believe it's true as opposed to untruth.

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 We're not going to do anything about it.

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 I'm not going to align my life with it.

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 Especially if it's inconvenient or I don't happen to like what it says.

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 Anytime I'm challenged or confronted,

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 it isn't neatly fit, I've got enough stress going on in my life.

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 Why would I want to align myself with that word?

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 Unless, unless, I believe that's its purpose.

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 I believe that the purpose of God's word to me

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 is to portray who he is.

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 So I can be who I'm supposed to be by faith in him.

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 So James is going to help us understand.

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 Man, how do we become hearers and doers of the word of God?

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 And I want to make something really clear

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 because I know we have to hop in and out of the service sometimes.

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 People have to go get their kids.

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 So I want to say it at the front end

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 and say it several times throughout.

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 And here's what I want to say.

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 Anybody who very wrongly says to you what this passage teaches is,

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 we just need to be about doing.

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 Not all that learning.

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 Not all that here in the Bible.

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 You spend too much time with your nose in the Bible.

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 That is absolutely not what he's saying.

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 You can't get that out of this passage

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 if you squeezed it in there and tried to pull it out.

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 That's just not going to work.

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 He actually is saying quite the opposite.

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 You don't need less time in the word.

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 You need more obedience as a result.

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 That's what I need.

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 And that's what you need.

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 That's what anyone who follows Jesus needs.

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 So how would we do that?

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 How would we actually become people

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 that do intensely hear the word?

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 We want to hear it.

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 We're starved for it.

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 We need it because we want to actually do something about it.

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 Look at verses 19 through 21 with me.

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 Know this, my beloved brothers.

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 Let every person be quick to hear,

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 slow to speak, slow to anger.

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 For the anger of man does not produce

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 the righteousness of God.

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 Therefore, put away all filthiness

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 and rampant wickedness

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 and receive with meekness the implanted word

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 which is able to save your souls.

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 My question here really is,

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 how can we be this type of person

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 that hears and acts

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 in genuineness and sincerity

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 a man with hot devotion?

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 And the way he starts to frame this

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 is pretty simple.

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 You've got to plead with God

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 to make your gut reaction different.

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 I don't know all of you.

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 I know many of you,

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 but I don't know all of you.

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 But this is going to get eerie real quick

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 because James is reading our mail,

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 all of us, mine too.

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 And he's basically saying,

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 you think about how you're challenged

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 and confronted with something.

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 Just think for a minute.

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 Not how you want to dress it up

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 when you're in small group

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 and act like it's different.

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 I mean how you actually respond.

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 Okay?

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 If you're being honest with yourself,

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 it's something probably how I respond.

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 You challenge and confront me

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 with something that's true.

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 And I immediately have an emotive response.

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 And if I don't like it,

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 I'm upset.

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 I could even get angry.

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 And my next step after that

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 is to defend, deflect,

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 say something, tweet something,

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 text something, email something.

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 Which, by the way,

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 when he's talking about speech

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 in the digital age,

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 yes, your social media isn't off limits

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 from where God's going to grab a hold of

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 and throw it in the trash

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 if that's where it needs to go.

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 So, my response usually

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 when you confront me

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 and I don't like it

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 is in a fleshly way,

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 I get upset.

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 And then I say something to you

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 that communicates,

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 I'm upset.

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 I don't like this.

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 And then if I'm having

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 a really great day

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 and things are magical

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 and I'm feeling really good

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 about everything,

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 I might get around

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 to listening to you.

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 Maybe.

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 Maybe.

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 But that's a long shot

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 when I'm frustrated

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 and self-protective

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 and don't want to give in

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 to what's true

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 and what's right.

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 And isn't it eerie

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 that if you're anything like me,

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 the exact opposite order

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 is what James says

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 we need to do.

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 You actually need

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 to be quick to listen.

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 That needs to be anxious

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 in you, urgent.

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 I got to hear the truth.

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 I want it.

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 I want to get in this

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 and anybody who's associated

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 and aligns themselves

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 with this

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 and speaks that truth to me,

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 I got to have that.

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 And I want to listen,

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 not just hear the words

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 but actually internalize.

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 I want to hear that.

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 And you know the next thing

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 I want to do?

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 I want to shut my mouth

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 which is hard for some of us.

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 I confess that right now.

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 It's hard.

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 I just need to be quiet

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 and actually be humble

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 and teachable

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 and listen to the truth.

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 And then,

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 I have to be very slow

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 to get angry

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 as I internalize the truth.

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 I can't get upset about it.

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 I've got to know

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 this is for my good

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 and mercy.

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 Now, he's making

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 a general statement here

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 but I think he also wants us

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 to specifically apply it

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 to being hearers of the word

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 and doers

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 because here's what

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 your anger will do.

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 It will never produce virtue

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 and righteousness

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 in your life.

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 I am not saying

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 that angry lacks virtue

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 all the time.

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 Sometimes angry

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 may be right.

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 I am just telling you

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 that biblically

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 because we want to bring up

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 Jesus' cleansing

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 of the temple,

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 for example.

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 Do I think

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 that was an expression

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 of his anger?

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 It may have been

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 but it was also

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 determined action

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 by one who never sinned.

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 He visited this setting

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 the night before

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 and came back

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 to visit the wrath

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 on it.

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 He didn't flippantly

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 fly off the handle

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 because he was ticked off

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 because he got sideways

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 with them.

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 So,

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 I mean,

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 if your anger

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 is that devoted,

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 if your anger

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 is that process,

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 if it's that directed

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 that you seek virtue

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 as an outcome,

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 then it's righteous anger.

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 But everything else

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 is sin.

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 And particularly,

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 he's addressing

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 sinful anger

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 which is the vast majority

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 of what we express.

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 And he's saying,

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 that's never going to produce

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 what you think

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 it's going to produce.

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 It's never going to bring

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 the good that you think

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 it's going to bring.

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 It actually makes

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 everything malfunction

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 instead of everything

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 function and hit

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 on all cylinders

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 so you can hear

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 and act

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 in a way that brings

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 glory to God

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 and brings joy

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 to your own soul.

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 So how do we get there,

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 James?

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 I don't want to keep

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 functioning like that.

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 I don't want to do that.

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 It's a way to get there.

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 How do we become

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 like this?

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 That's the next part

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 of what he says.

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 You've got to put away

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 all filthiness.

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 I'll never forget,

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 I worked with a guy

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 and his primary job

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 was plumbing

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 and we had

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 a late afternoon meeting.

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 He'd been working

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 in the trenches

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 on sewer lines all day

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 and he thought

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 it'd be real funny

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 to show up to the meeting

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 without showering.

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 Some of you

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 have flashbacks right now.

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 You're like,

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 I've done that

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 or I've been around people

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 that do that.

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 And they're like,

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 he didn't swing by the house

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 intentionally

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 because he thought

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 it'd be real cute

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 to show up.

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 He walked into the area

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 where we were meeting

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 and gave me a big hug.

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 Hey, you talk about

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 someone to induce vomiting.

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 I mean, I was like,

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 Van, I'm going to puke on you

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 if you don't get out

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 of my face right now.

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 I'm like, man,

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 change that stuff.

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 That's the image

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 that James has.

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 Put away,

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 take off clothing

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 was the most common way

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 this was used.

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 Don't wear that stuff.

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 You don't dress

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 like someone,

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 figuratively speaking,

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 meaning you don't act,

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 you don't portray yourself,

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 you don't have a heart

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 that's prone toward evil

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 and degradation

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 and filth.

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 You just don't want

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 poorness and evil

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 for people,

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 you don't want it

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 for yourself

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 and that's evident in you.

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 So you've got to put that away.

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 Well, that's doing, right?

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 But where's the hearing dimension?

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 And here's the key statement.

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 Instead of acting like that,

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 instead of outwardly

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 portraying

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 what could be evil

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 resident in our heart,

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 instead of doing that,

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 why don't you receive

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 this implanted word

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 that can save

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 your souls.

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 Now that phrase

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 is super interesting,

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 implanted word.

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 You're like,

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 no, that's nerdy.

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 I don't,

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 it's not interested in me at all.

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 It's like two words.

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 Why is that interesting?

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 Because now we're forced

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 to do what we ought to do

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 every single time

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 we come to the Bible.

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 Let's ask the question,

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 what does that have to do

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 with the entire Bible?

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 So let's talk about

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 the entire Bible

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 just for a minute.

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 I didn't say cover

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 the entire Bible.

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 I said talk about it,

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 because that's necessary

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 to understand this.

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 If we think about

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 hearing what God says

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 and acting on it,

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 we can go all the way back

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 to the outset of Scripture.

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 When God speaks,

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 that activity creates

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 all reality for us.

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 He speaks it into existence.

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 He speaks man and woman

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 into existence

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 once he has his place fashioned

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 and he puts them there

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 and he speaks

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 covenant faithfulness to them.

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 You will dwell with me.

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 You will reign over this garden

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 with me.

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 You will tend it

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 and care for it

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 and everything.

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 You have dominion.

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 And what I'm telling you is

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 don't eat the fruit of this tree

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 because in the day you do it,

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 you will surely die.

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 That was his word to them.

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 Did they hear it?

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 Absolutely.

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 Did they do it?

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 Painfully, no.

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 They did not.

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 And on behalf of all of us

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 that would follow

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 and be born generation

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 after generation,

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 we deal with the horrible

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 consequences of that.

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 You want to know

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 why your kids

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 are frustrated with you?

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 You want to know

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 why you're frustrated

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 with your kids?

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 You want to know

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 why you and your spouse

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 can't completely

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 and perfectly get along?

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 Unless any other point

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 of pain you have

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 in your life

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 it all comes

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 from that moment.

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 That sin entered

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 the world

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 through a deceptive word.

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 He surely didn't tell you that.

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 He didn't tell you

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 not to eat it out

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 or you're going to die.

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 That's absurd.

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 Everything else

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 with power

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 and truth

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 he had said

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 exactly came to pass.

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 Why in the world

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 would they doubt

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 that this would be true too?

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 But they did.

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 And so they ate of it

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 and their eyes were opened

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 and they realized

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 that they had sinned.

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 They realized

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 that they had broke

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 the covenant

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 that they had fractured

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 the relationship

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 that they had with God

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 and God

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 in his mercy

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 immediately

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 visits them

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 and gives them

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 a covenant promise.

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 You have been

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 utterly unfaithful to me.

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 Utterly unfaithful.

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 And I will be faithful

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 in an unthinkable way

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 to you.

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 There's someone

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 going to come eventually.

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 Generation after generation

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 you're going to anticipate

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 he's going to come

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 he's going to come

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 he's going to come

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 and you're going to wonder

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 is he even going to show up

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 but he's going to come.

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 And when he shows up

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 he's not going to do

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 what this first Adam did.

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 He's going to be

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 a better second Adam.

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 And when he comes

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 this deceiver

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 that did this to you

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 he's going to think

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 he's won

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 because he's going

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 to attack him.

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 But at the end of the day

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 he's going to crush his head.

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 This deceiver's got

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 no chance in the end.

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 Even though he thinks

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 that he wins battles here

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 and wins battles there.

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 And so the remainder

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 of the Old Testament

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 is covenant after covenant.

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 Abraham,

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 Moses,

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 David

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 to highlight a few.

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 And through all of those

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 God raises up

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 his covenant people

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 and continues to say

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 I'm your God

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 and you're my people.

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 I'm faithful to you.

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 Even though

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 and he uses the term

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 like you're playing

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 the whore a lot.

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 You're not being faithful

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 to me.

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 I don't change who I am.

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 I'm God.

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 I'm committed to you.

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 So I will rescue you

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 and punish you

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 and restore you

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 but you will always

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 be mine.

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 And so prophets

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 rise up

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 and they speak

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 the truth

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 of the word.

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 Priests uphold that

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 and they make sacrifices

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 so people know

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 this sin stuff

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 is nasty and heinous.

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 Like something's got to die

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 if this is going

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 to get forgiven.

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 And kings reign

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 and rule

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 and most of them

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 are really horrible people.

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 They're not examples

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 you want to point to

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 of leadership.

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 I guarantee you that.

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 Even David

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 a man after his own heart

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 has done one of the worst

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 things committed

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 in the Old Testament.

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 So what do they all need?

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 They still need

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 the one that was promised

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 in Genesis 3.

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 All the leaders

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 all the kings

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 all the prophets

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 all the priests

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 all the people

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 that can't get it right

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 and aren't devoted fully

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 they still need

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 the one who was promised.

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 And John the Baptist

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 says behold

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 the Lamb of God

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 who takes away

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 the sin of the world.

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 And there he is

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 Jesus.

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 And Jesus comes

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 and he lives

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 a sinless life

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 in one of the worst

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 pressure cookers

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 that the face

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 of the world

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 has ever seen

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 and ultimately

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 the worst

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 at the point of the cross.

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 And he bears in his body

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 the wrath

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 that I completely deserve

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 for everything

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 I have ever done

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 or will do

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 and he grants me

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 freedom and rescue

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 if I will hope in him

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 because three days later

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 he's resurrected

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 from the dead.

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 Forty days later

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 he's ascended

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 to the right hand

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 of the Father

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 and sure to return

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 so that all of those

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 who were saved

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 right rescued

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 they believe

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 and hope in him

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 they're going to ultimately

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 be in a new creation.

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 the new heaven

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 and the new earth.

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 And the reason

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 they will be there

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 is because of what he says

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 in the upper room

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 when he institutes

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 the Lord's Supper.

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 This is the new covenant

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 in my blood.

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 What do you mean

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 by that Jesus?

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 It's not a new idea

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 even though it has

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 new in the word.

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 Jeremiah 31

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 actually says

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 that God's going to

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 make a new covenant

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 when this Savior comes.

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 And the strict dynamics

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 of the covenant

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 are really beautiful

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 and compelling.

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 Here's what that covenant

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 looks like.

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 You know how you

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 trusted in the law

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 you believed the law

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 you did the word

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 of God right?

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 I mean that's what

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 the law was to them.

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 There's going to come a day

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 I'm going to take that law

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 with the rules

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 and regulations

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 and virtue

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 that will guard your soul

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 and make life

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 beautiful for you

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 and I'm going to

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 write them on your heart.

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 I'm going to actually

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 put them in you

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 so that when you ask

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 should I file my taxes

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 and be truthful

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 should I honor my wife

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 or look at porn

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 should I be

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 forthright

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 with my friend

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 or should I conceal

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 because I actually

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 want to look better

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 when we're hanging out

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 that my truth

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 would actually guide you

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 because the Holy Spirit

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 will take up residence

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 and he will constantly

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 remind you of that truth

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 internally

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 so it can make

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 its way

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 external.

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 You can always hear it

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 so that you can do it.

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 The reason the implanted

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 word is important is

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 it's got to be related

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 to that promise

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 of the new covenant

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 in Jeremiah 31

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 and that's all related

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 to the entirety

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 of the Bible.

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 That is revolutionary

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 compared to what

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 most people think.

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 I go study the Bible

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 I read the Bible

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 I listen to podcasts

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 I read theology books

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 but at the end

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 of the day

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 man I just got to

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 figure this stuff

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 out for myself.

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 No.

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 For an unbelieving

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 person

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 for someone outside

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 of Christ

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 you haven't put

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 your faith in Jesus

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 it feels that way

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 to you

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 because it is

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 that way to you.

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 It's all outside

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 of you

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 and praise be

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 to God

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 that you're here

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 praise be to God

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 that you want

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 to hear the word

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 you want to be

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 around it

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 but it's not

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 the same thing

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 as knowing Jesus

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 being changed

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 by who he is

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 because he's the one

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 who was promised

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 in the garden

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 that would be sent

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 to rescue us

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 and being assured

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 of your hope

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 in him

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 that will last

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 for all eternity

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 that's what life

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 abundantly means

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 when Jesus

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 makes that comment

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 so how do we

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 become hearers

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 and doers

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 we actually

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 receive with meekness

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 the implanted word

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 we actually

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 hunger for the word

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 of God

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 and we respond

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 to the spirit's work

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 that prompts us

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 to actually obey it

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 and when we're tempted

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 to not obey it

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 I would argue

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 in a new covenant

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 community

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 you notice there's

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 more than one person

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 that's a part of that

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 they should reach out

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 to our brothers

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 and sisters

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 and say

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 I don't want to obey this

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 I'll just tell you

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 straight up

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 like I don't want

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 to obey this

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 and they love us

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 and they challenge us

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 and confront us

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 and what do we do

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 we fight that urge

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 and we trust the spirit

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 of God's work

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 to say

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 I'm going to be quick

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 to listen

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 I don't want to listen

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 to you

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 but I'm going to be

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 quick to listen

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 right

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 I'm going to be

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 slow to speak

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 I don't need to

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 defend myself

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 or deflect

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 or shift

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 I'm going to be

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 slow to get angry

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 in this moment

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 I need this

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 confrontation

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 it's good for my soul

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 because I actually

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 do want to hear

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 the word of God

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 and do it

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 not just pretend to

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 and deceive myself

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 so receiving

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 the word of God

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 being open to it

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 responding to the

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 spirit's work

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 that's the first element

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 the other question

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 that I really ask

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 is

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 okay James

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 but I'm thick headed

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 like I'm from Lexington

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 like most of y'all

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 and we can be a little stubborn

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 right

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 just culturally speaking

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 like I get that

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 I am that

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 alright

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 I get it

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 so like

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 can you show me a picture

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 because implanted word

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 that still sounds pretty heady

00:22:44.080 --> 00:22:44.460
 and we just

00:22:44.460 --> 00:22:45.080
 good grief

00:22:45.080 --> 00:22:45.940
 we just covered the whole bible

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 like good night

00:22:47.000 --> 00:22:48.000
 my head's spinning a little bit

00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:48.880
 like can you just

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 I'm a simpleton here James

00:22:50.320 --> 00:22:51.260
 like show me

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 portray what you're talking about

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 because I need an example

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 but be doers of the word

00:23:00.920 --> 00:23:01.960
 and not hearers only

00:23:01.960 --> 00:23:02.880
 deceiving yourselves

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 for if anyone is a hearer of the word

00:23:05.100 --> 00:23:05.980
 and not a doer

00:23:05.980 --> 00:23:07.080
 he's like a man

00:23:07.080 --> 00:23:08.920
 who looks intently

00:23:08.920 --> 00:23:11.000
 at his natural face

00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:11.540
 in a mirror

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 for he looks at himself

00:23:13.040 --> 00:23:14.060
 and goes away

00:23:14.060 --> 00:23:14.300
 and

00:23:14.300 --> 00:23:17.420
 at once he forgets

00:23:17.420 --> 00:23:19.160
 what he was like

00:23:19.160 --> 00:23:21.020
 this is the first of two

00:23:21.020 --> 00:23:21.960
 very different people

00:23:21.960 --> 00:23:23.680
 so he's gonna do exactly

00:23:23.680 --> 00:23:24.580
 what I've asked him to

00:23:24.580 --> 00:23:25.900
 show me an example

00:23:25.900 --> 00:23:27.840
 he's gonna show me a non-example

00:23:27.840 --> 00:23:29.100
 this forgetful hearer

00:23:29.100 --> 00:23:31.160
 and a really good example

00:23:31.160 --> 00:23:32.280
 of what it looks like

00:23:32.280 --> 00:23:33.420
 to actually do this

00:23:33.420 --> 00:23:34.520
 receive the word

00:23:34.520 --> 00:23:35.500
 and act on it

00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:37.940
 well this first guy

00:23:37.940 --> 00:23:38.900
 is a little bit like

00:23:38.900 --> 00:23:40.860
 one of my grandparents

00:23:40.860 --> 00:23:41.920
 loved to say

00:23:41.920 --> 00:23:43.800
 you know

00:23:43.800 --> 00:23:46.140
 I can only get so gussied up

00:23:46.140 --> 00:23:46.860
 right

00:23:46.860 --> 00:23:48.380
 some of you still say that

00:23:48.380 --> 00:23:49.900
 because it's like a hanger on

00:23:49.900 --> 00:23:50.920
 from a bygone era

00:23:50.920 --> 00:23:52.140
 I kind of like the gussied up

00:23:52.140 --> 00:23:52.480
 right

00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:52.940
 kind of want to

00:23:52.940 --> 00:23:53.920
 let's bring that back

00:23:53.920 --> 00:23:54.740
 maybe we'll bring that back

00:23:54.740 --> 00:23:55.600
 after this morning sermon

00:23:55.600 --> 00:23:57.680
 I can only get so gussied up

00:23:57.680 --> 00:23:58.300
 but at the end of the day

00:23:58.300 --> 00:23:59.400
 I'm working what I'm working with

00:23:59.400 --> 00:23:59.580
 right

00:23:59.580 --> 00:24:00.520
 it's like putting perfume

00:24:00.520 --> 00:24:01.120
 on a hog

00:24:01.120 --> 00:24:02.000
 that was their phrase

00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:03.300
 I mean I

00:24:03.300 --> 00:24:04.180
 you know I do so much

00:24:04.180 --> 00:24:04.820
 with what I got

00:24:04.820 --> 00:24:05.180
 right

00:24:05.180 --> 00:24:05.900
 and I'm doing the best

00:24:05.900 --> 00:24:06.560
 that I can do

00:24:06.560 --> 00:24:07.440
 here

00:24:07.440 --> 00:24:09.600
 some of you looking at me

00:24:09.600 --> 00:24:10.200
 going that's what you

00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:11.040
 must have done this morning

00:24:11.040 --> 00:24:12.300
 because that's what you did

00:24:12.300 --> 00:24:13.360
 when you looked in the mirror

00:24:13.360 --> 00:24:13.580
 right

00:24:13.580 --> 00:24:14.860
 which we all did this morning

00:24:14.860 --> 00:24:15.340
 presumably

00:24:15.340 --> 00:24:17.060
 every single one of us

00:24:17.060 --> 00:24:19.860
 and again James

00:24:19.860 --> 00:24:21.180
 is reading that mail on us

00:24:21.180 --> 00:24:24.200
 not a one of us

00:24:24.200 --> 00:24:26.120
 looked in our reflection

00:24:26.120 --> 00:24:27.280
 there in the mirror

00:24:27.280 --> 00:24:28.940
 it told the truth

00:24:28.940 --> 00:24:30.200
 unless you got fun house mirrors

00:24:30.200 --> 00:24:31.620
 in your house

00:24:31.620 --> 00:24:32.120
 and if you do

00:24:32.120 --> 00:24:32.740
 that's weird

00:24:32.740 --> 00:24:33.800
 okay let's have another

00:24:33.800 --> 00:24:34.760
 conversation about that

00:24:34.760 --> 00:24:35.940
 that's a totally different matter

00:24:35.940 --> 00:24:36.400
 all right

00:24:36.400 --> 00:24:37.080
 but I'm assuming you have

00:24:37.080 --> 00:24:38.200
 a standard mirror in your house

00:24:38.200 --> 00:24:40.020
 when you looked at it

00:24:40.020 --> 00:24:41.640
 nobody would walk away

00:24:41.640 --> 00:24:42.160
 from that

00:24:42.160 --> 00:24:43.380
 and not fix their hair

00:24:43.380 --> 00:24:43.860
 or try to

00:24:43.860 --> 00:24:46.400
 nobody would walk away

00:24:46.400 --> 00:24:46.860
 and see

00:24:46.860 --> 00:24:47.320
 man I got

00:24:47.320 --> 00:24:48.080
 my eyes are puffy

00:24:48.080 --> 00:24:49.080
 I gotta deal with something here

00:24:49.080 --> 00:24:51.220
 nobody would walk away

00:24:51.220 --> 00:24:51.640
 from that

00:24:51.640 --> 00:24:51.980
 and see

00:24:51.980 --> 00:24:52.680
 oh my goodness

00:24:52.680 --> 00:24:53.660
 I look pale

00:24:53.660 --> 00:24:54.780
 or I got too much sun

00:24:54.780 --> 00:24:55.180
 or whatever

00:24:55.180 --> 00:24:56.080
 I gotta do something

00:24:56.080 --> 00:24:57.880
 you ladies

00:24:57.880 --> 00:24:59.040
 got all kinds of chemicals

00:24:59.040 --> 00:24:59.980
 and like there's vats

00:24:59.980 --> 00:25:00.600
 and stuff in there

00:25:00.600 --> 00:25:01.100
 I don't even know

00:25:01.100 --> 00:25:01.440
 what all that

00:25:01.440 --> 00:25:02.460
 I need some of that

00:25:02.460 --> 00:25:03.040
 I'm just not

00:25:03.040 --> 00:25:04.400
 I don't have a chemist degree

00:25:04.400 --> 00:25:05.280
 to work with this

00:25:05.280 --> 00:25:05.860
 I can't do that

00:25:05.860 --> 00:25:06.240
 but anyway

00:25:06.240 --> 00:25:07.240
 you do all that

00:25:07.240 --> 00:25:07.660
 and it's like

00:25:07.660 --> 00:25:08.660
 this is incredible

00:25:08.660 --> 00:25:11.440
 no one looks at

00:25:11.440 --> 00:25:12.740
 what is undeniably

00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:14.100
 telling you the truth

00:25:14.100 --> 00:25:15.120
 about the situation

00:25:15.120 --> 00:25:18.020
 who really wants

00:25:18.020 --> 00:25:18.720
 to be different

00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:19.580
 and then walks away

00:25:19.580 --> 00:25:19.880
 and goes

00:25:19.880 --> 00:25:20.780
 I have no idea

00:25:20.780 --> 00:25:21.720
 what that showed me

00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:22.760
 and I don't plan

00:25:22.760 --> 00:25:23.920
 to do anything about it

00:25:23.920 --> 00:25:27.340
 no person

00:25:27.340 --> 00:25:28.220
 who's earnest

00:25:28.220 --> 00:25:30.220
 about wanting

00:25:30.220 --> 00:25:31.220
 to fix

00:25:31.220 --> 00:25:31.920
 what's wrong

00:25:31.920 --> 00:25:32.860
 what's out of alignment

00:25:32.860 --> 00:25:33.640
 looks at that

00:25:33.640 --> 00:25:34.340
 and does that

00:25:34.340 --> 00:25:35.560
 but how many times

00:25:35.560 --> 00:25:36.180
 are we

00:25:36.180 --> 00:25:37.000
 right now

00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:39.680
 literally with the Bible

00:25:39.680 --> 00:25:40.280
 open

00:25:40.280 --> 00:25:41.800
 looking at it

00:25:41.800 --> 00:25:42.500
 and we have

00:25:42.500 --> 00:25:43.780
 zero intention

00:25:43.780 --> 00:25:44.940
 to obey it

00:25:44.940 --> 00:25:45.500
 none

00:25:45.500 --> 00:25:48.660
 every time

00:25:48.660 --> 00:25:49.460
 we do that

00:25:49.460 --> 00:25:49.780
 it's like

00:25:49.780 --> 00:25:50.720
 we looked in the mirror

00:25:50.720 --> 00:25:51.500
 turned around

00:25:51.500 --> 00:25:52.440
 like I have no idea

00:25:52.440 --> 00:25:53.120
 what it showed me

00:25:53.120 --> 00:25:53.880
 and I'm not going

00:25:53.880 --> 00:25:54.340
 to look back

00:25:54.340 --> 00:25:55.100
 because I don't care

00:25:55.100 --> 00:25:56.120
 or maybe I'll look back

00:25:56.120 --> 00:25:56.600
 next week

00:25:56.600 --> 00:25:57.200
 but I'm still not going

00:25:57.200 --> 00:25:58.000
 to do anything about it

00:25:58.000 --> 00:25:59.180
 and I'll go week

00:25:59.180 --> 00:25:59.540
 after week

00:25:59.540 --> 00:26:00.000
 after week

00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:01.480
 and I'll look at it

00:26:01.480 --> 00:26:01.900
 and look at it

00:26:01.900 --> 00:26:02.300
 and look at it

00:26:02.300 --> 00:26:02.880
 but I don't do anything

00:26:02.880 --> 00:26:03.500
 about it

00:26:03.500 --> 00:26:04.380
 I'm not going

00:26:04.380 --> 00:26:05.320
 to act on it

00:26:05.320 --> 00:26:08.260
 how different

00:26:08.260 --> 00:26:10.080
 is that person

00:26:10.080 --> 00:26:12.380
 from the one

00:26:12.380 --> 00:26:13.000
 who looks

00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:14.120
 into the perfect law

00:26:14.120 --> 00:26:14.960
 the law of liberty

00:26:14.960 --> 00:26:17.300
 and perseveres

00:26:17.300 --> 00:26:18.620
 being no hearer

00:26:18.620 --> 00:26:19.480
 who forgets

00:26:19.480 --> 00:26:20.900
 but a doer

00:26:20.900 --> 00:26:21.460
 who acts

00:26:21.460 --> 00:26:22.760
 he will be blessed

00:26:22.760 --> 00:26:25.140
 in his doing

00:26:25.140 --> 00:26:28.560
 stark contrast

00:26:28.560 --> 00:26:31.280
 in this joyful doer

00:26:31.280 --> 00:26:34.140
 keep in mind

00:26:34.140 --> 00:26:36.460
 it's the same word

00:26:36.460 --> 00:26:37.220
 in the metaphor

00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:38.680
 they're not looking

00:26:38.680 --> 00:26:39.360
 at a different mirror

00:26:39.360 --> 00:26:39.940
 they don't have

00:26:39.940 --> 00:26:40.660
 a fun house mirror

00:26:40.660 --> 00:26:42.500
 it's the same mirror

00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:44.340
 it's the same truth

00:26:44.340 --> 00:26:45.700
 it's the same reflection

00:26:45.700 --> 00:26:46.360
 of reality

00:26:46.360 --> 00:26:47.180
 the difference

00:26:47.180 --> 00:26:48.000
 is the response

00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:49.200
 that's the difference

00:26:49.200 --> 00:26:51.720
 that's why I do think

00:26:51.720 --> 00:26:52.220
 emphatically

00:26:52.220 --> 00:26:52.840
 what I said

00:26:52.840 --> 00:26:53.300
 at the outset

00:26:53.300 --> 00:26:53.960
 it's true

00:26:53.960 --> 00:26:56.800
 you can't tell

00:26:56.800 --> 00:26:57.420
 in here

00:26:57.420 --> 00:26:58.880
 the difference

00:26:58.880 --> 00:26:59.840
 between someone

00:26:59.840 --> 00:27:00.580
 who is going

00:27:00.580 --> 00:27:01.400
 to act on this

00:27:01.400 --> 00:27:01.960
 even now

00:27:01.960 --> 00:27:02.520
 is being stirred

00:27:02.520 --> 00:27:03.020
 by God's spirit

00:27:03.020 --> 00:27:03.740
 to act on this

00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:04.460
 and someone

00:27:04.460 --> 00:27:05.560
 who's not

00:27:05.560 --> 00:27:07.480
 because we all

00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:08.040
 sitting here

00:27:08.040 --> 00:27:08.800
 either swiping

00:27:08.800 --> 00:27:09.420
 our bible

00:27:09.420 --> 00:27:10.220
 or turning the pages

00:27:10.220 --> 00:27:11.180
 whichever mode

00:27:11.180 --> 00:27:11.640
 you use

00:27:11.640 --> 00:27:13.680
 we're all looking

00:27:13.680 --> 00:27:14.300
 at the screen

00:27:14.300 --> 00:27:14.660
 right

00:27:14.660 --> 00:27:15.580
 and whatever it says

00:27:15.580 --> 00:27:17.900
 we all seem

00:27:17.900 --> 00:27:18.500
 to be somewhat

00:27:18.500 --> 00:27:19.000
 dialed in

00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:20.040
 as much as we can be

00:27:20.040 --> 00:27:20.780
 bleary eyes

00:27:20.780 --> 00:27:21.620
 caffeine on board

00:27:21.620 --> 00:27:21.800
 right

00:27:21.800 --> 00:27:22.360
 but we're trying

00:27:22.360 --> 00:27:23.280
 we're all trying

00:27:23.280 --> 00:27:23.960
 in this room

00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:27.380
 the difference

00:27:27.380 --> 00:27:27.940
 will be made

00:27:27.940 --> 00:27:28.520
 in the balance

00:27:28.520 --> 00:27:29.160
 of this week

00:27:29.160 --> 00:27:29.660
 in the balance

00:27:29.660 --> 00:27:30.280
 of our life

00:27:30.280 --> 00:27:32.060
 what are we doing

00:27:32.060 --> 00:27:33.360
 what do we intend

00:27:33.360 --> 00:27:33.920
 to do

00:27:33.920 --> 00:27:35.720
 and James

00:27:35.720 --> 00:27:36.720
 plea with us

00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:37.280
 with me

00:27:37.280 --> 00:27:37.900
 and with you

00:27:37.900 --> 00:27:38.340
 is

00:27:38.340 --> 00:27:40.920
 look at that mirror

00:27:40.920 --> 00:27:41.800
 like your life

00:27:41.800 --> 00:27:42.580
 depends on it

00:27:42.580 --> 00:27:44.860
 I mean

00:27:44.860 --> 00:27:45.920
 consistently

00:27:45.920 --> 00:27:47.600
 aggressively

00:27:47.600 --> 00:27:48.680
 look at it

00:27:48.680 --> 00:27:50.820
 don't turn away

00:27:50.820 --> 00:27:51.340
 from it

00:27:51.340 --> 00:27:54.360
 look at it

00:27:54.360 --> 00:27:55.380
 with expectation

00:27:55.380 --> 00:27:56.540
 because you need

00:27:56.540 --> 00:27:57.200
 to actually

00:27:57.200 --> 00:27:57.920
 trust the Lord

00:27:57.920 --> 00:27:58.580
 to fix

00:27:58.580 --> 00:27:59.100
 what looks

00:27:59.100 --> 00:27:59.720
 misaligned

00:27:59.720 --> 00:28:00.260
 in that mirror

00:28:00.260 --> 00:28:01.100
 because that mirror

00:28:01.100 --> 00:28:01.520
 is telling you

00:28:01.520 --> 00:28:02.000
 the truth

00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:04.620
 and you and I

00:28:04.620 --> 00:28:05.600
 can be self-deceived

00:28:05.600 --> 00:28:06.100
 enough to go

00:28:06.100 --> 00:28:06.500
 well it's not

00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:07.300
 totally the truth

00:28:07.300 --> 00:28:07.720
 well it's not

00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:08.360
 that bad

00:28:08.360 --> 00:28:09.500
 I know that God

00:28:09.500 --> 00:28:11.120
 says that that form

00:28:11.120 --> 00:28:12.080
 of sin

00:28:12.080 --> 00:28:12.900
 is really vile

00:28:12.900 --> 00:28:13.380
 and it's going to

00:28:13.380 --> 00:28:14.500
 shipwreck my whole life

00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:14.980
 it's going to ruin

00:28:14.980 --> 00:28:15.600
 my experience

00:28:15.600 --> 00:28:16.780
 even if I am a believer

00:28:16.780 --> 00:28:17.440
 it's going to destroy

00:28:17.440 --> 00:28:18.060
 my relationships

00:28:18.060 --> 00:28:18.660
 but at the end

00:28:18.660 --> 00:28:19.420
 it's not that bad

00:28:19.420 --> 00:28:20.340
 I mean relationships

00:28:20.340 --> 00:28:20.820
 are hard

00:28:20.820 --> 00:28:25.240
 that's turning away

00:28:25.240 --> 00:28:27.840
 from the mirror

00:28:27.840 --> 00:28:28.740
 and forgetting

00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:30.060
 what you look like

00:28:30.060 --> 00:28:30.780
 what you saw

00:28:30.780 --> 00:28:31.640
 there

00:28:31.640 --> 00:28:34.220
 the interesting phrase

00:28:34.220 --> 00:28:34.720
 he uses

00:28:34.720 --> 00:28:35.420
 is this law

00:28:35.420 --> 00:28:35.800
 right

00:28:35.800 --> 00:28:36.880
 appearing to the law

00:28:36.880 --> 00:28:37.900
 and we're kind of

00:28:37.900 --> 00:28:38.680
 back to what I said

00:28:38.680 --> 00:28:39.540
 about implanted word

00:28:39.540 --> 00:28:39.740
 now

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.900
 the law

00:28:40.900 --> 00:28:41.920
 certainly for James

00:28:41.920 --> 00:28:42.800
 would have included

00:28:42.800 --> 00:28:43.720
 the Torah

00:28:43.720 --> 00:28:44.260
 alright

00:28:44.260 --> 00:28:45.260
 so the idea was

00:28:45.260 --> 00:28:45.700
 the rules

00:28:45.700 --> 00:28:46.260
 regulations

00:28:46.260 --> 00:28:46.960
 in the first five

00:28:46.960 --> 00:28:47.540
 books of the Bible

00:28:47.540 --> 00:28:48.100
 that certainly

00:28:48.100 --> 00:28:48.580
 he would have had

00:28:48.580 --> 00:28:49.160
 that in mind

00:28:49.160 --> 00:28:50.180
 but that can't be

00:28:50.180 --> 00:28:51.100
 all he has in mind

00:28:51.100 --> 00:28:51.540
 he has something

00:28:51.540 --> 00:28:52.480
 actually much greater

00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:53.200
 in mind

00:28:53.200 --> 00:28:54.820
 here's why I say that

00:28:54.820 --> 00:28:57.080
 earlier in chapter one

00:28:57.080 --> 00:28:57.940
 he's already called it

00:28:57.940 --> 00:28:58.700
 the word of truth

00:28:58.700 --> 00:29:00.200
 he's used the word

00:29:00.200 --> 00:29:02.300
 twice in this text already

00:29:02.300 --> 00:29:03.940
 he's clearly making

00:29:03.940 --> 00:29:04.880
 the law synonymous

00:29:04.880 --> 00:29:05.420
 with the word

00:29:05.420 --> 00:29:06.700
 I guess the word is

00:29:06.700 --> 00:29:09.060
 it's everything

00:29:09.060 --> 00:29:10.100
 that God has given

00:29:10.100 --> 00:29:11.140
 his covenant people

00:29:11.140 --> 00:29:12.740
 in the Old Testament

00:29:12.740 --> 00:29:13.580
 in James writing

00:29:13.580 --> 00:29:14.100
 at this point

00:29:14.100 --> 00:29:17.360
 and everything

00:29:17.360 --> 00:29:18.140
 that Jesus

00:29:18.140 --> 00:29:18.640
 has done

00:29:18.640 --> 00:29:19.760
 to interpret it

00:29:19.760 --> 00:29:21.040
 expand it

00:29:21.040 --> 00:29:21.880
 and fulfill it

00:29:21.880 --> 00:29:23.320
 that's what

00:29:23.320 --> 00:29:24.000
 he's talking about

00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:25.940
 so if we go back

00:29:25.940 --> 00:29:26.600
 to our quick

00:29:26.600 --> 00:29:27.980
 like fly over the Bible

00:29:27.980 --> 00:29:28.980
 from a few moments ago

00:29:28.980 --> 00:29:31.100
 Jesus is the one

00:29:31.100 --> 00:29:31.740
 that was promised

00:29:31.740 --> 00:29:33.180
 to do what

00:29:33.180 --> 00:29:35.460
 be a burden

00:29:35.460 --> 00:29:35.920
 to you

00:29:35.920 --> 00:29:38.320
 he was supposed

00:29:38.320 --> 00:29:39.340
 to come and do what

00:29:39.340 --> 00:29:41.900
 give me eight easy rules

00:29:41.900 --> 00:29:42.700
 to follow tomorrow

00:29:42.700 --> 00:29:43.720
 so I can be a good person

00:29:43.720 --> 00:29:44.220
 on my own

00:29:44.220 --> 00:29:48.200
 he came to rescue you

00:29:48.200 --> 00:29:49.100
 from death and hell

00:29:49.100 --> 00:29:50.980
 which you were

00:29:50.980 --> 00:29:52.100
 certainly headed toward

00:29:52.100 --> 00:29:52.600
 and if you were

00:29:52.600 --> 00:29:53.300
 outside of Christ

00:29:53.300 --> 00:29:54.420
 you are still headed there

00:29:54.420 --> 00:29:57.480
 that's what he came to do

00:29:57.480 --> 00:30:00.820
 so that's why the law

00:30:00.820 --> 00:30:02.420
 is a law of liberty

00:30:02.420 --> 00:30:06.060
 a law in this sense

00:30:06.060 --> 00:30:07.140
 is meant to provide

00:30:07.140 --> 00:30:08.380
 absolute freedom

00:30:08.380 --> 00:30:10.300
 because it's the word

00:30:10.300 --> 00:30:11.000
 of the one

00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:12.140
 who's faithful to you

00:30:12.140 --> 00:30:13.840
 to sustain your life

00:30:13.840 --> 00:30:14.400
 and save it

00:30:14.400 --> 00:30:15.340
 for all eternity

00:30:15.340 --> 00:30:17.860
 that's what he intends

00:30:17.860 --> 00:30:18.800
 because he loves you

00:30:18.800 --> 00:30:19.760
 and cares for you

00:30:19.760 --> 00:30:21.740
 his word is not a burden

00:30:21.740 --> 00:30:24.660
 it's the guidance

00:30:24.660 --> 00:30:25.280
 for life

00:30:25.280 --> 00:30:27.680
 if you and I think

00:30:27.680 --> 00:30:28.400
 that applying it

00:30:28.400 --> 00:30:29.080
 is a burden

00:30:29.080 --> 00:30:30.320
 or an inconvenience

00:30:30.320 --> 00:30:31.560
 or just a downright

00:30:31.560 --> 00:30:32.960
 pain in the rear end

00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:35.340
 that's on you

00:30:35.340 --> 00:30:36.800
 or me

00:30:36.800 --> 00:30:38.260
 it's not on God

00:30:38.260 --> 00:30:40.500
 that's your problem

00:30:40.500 --> 00:30:41.460
 it's my problem

00:30:41.460 --> 00:30:42.760
 it is never his

00:30:42.760 --> 00:30:43.200
 because he doesn't

00:30:43.200 --> 00:30:43.840
 have a problem

00:30:43.840 --> 00:30:47.780
 you are not an inconvenience

00:30:47.780 --> 00:30:48.260
 to him

00:30:48.260 --> 00:30:48.840
 to the tune

00:30:48.840 --> 00:30:49.340
 of the blood

00:30:49.340 --> 00:30:50.180
 of his own son

00:30:50.180 --> 00:30:52.880
 he shed his blood

00:30:52.880 --> 00:30:54.280
 to secure your life

00:30:54.280 --> 00:30:54.800
 and mine

00:30:54.800 --> 00:30:55.920
 if you hope in Jesus

00:30:55.920 --> 00:30:59.700
 how dare we

00:30:59.700 --> 00:31:00.420
 point the finger

00:31:00.420 --> 00:31:00.680
 at him

00:31:00.680 --> 00:31:00.980
 and say

00:31:00.980 --> 00:31:01.400
 do you really

00:31:01.400 --> 00:31:02.060
 care about me

00:31:02.060 --> 00:31:04.380
 do you really

00:31:04.380 --> 00:31:04.860
 love me

00:31:04.860 --> 00:31:06.100
 do you really

00:31:06.100 --> 00:31:06.640
 want what's good

00:31:06.640 --> 00:31:06.900
 for me

00:31:06.900 --> 00:31:07.500
 when I'm reading

00:31:07.500 --> 00:31:08.100
 these verses

00:31:08.100 --> 00:31:10.360
 without hesitation

00:31:10.360 --> 00:31:11.160
 every time

00:31:11.160 --> 00:31:11.940
 the answer is yes

00:31:11.940 --> 00:31:13.780
 even though

00:31:13.780 --> 00:31:14.260
 it's hard

00:31:14.260 --> 00:31:14.820
 sometimes

00:31:14.820 --> 00:31:15.700
 and it is

00:31:15.700 --> 00:31:17.120
 even though

00:31:17.120 --> 00:31:17.680
 it's difficult

00:31:17.680 --> 00:31:18.700
 to internalize

00:31:18.700 --> 00:31:19.200
 and take

00:31:19.200 --> 00:31:20.840
 he wants us

00:31:20.840 --> 00:31:21.360
 to stare

00:31:21.360 --> 00:31:22.200
 into this law

00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:23.700
 and recognize

00:31:23.700 --> 00:31:24.140
 the liberty

00:31:24.140 --> 00:31:24.700
 that's there

00:31:24.700 --> 00:31:25.140
 and again

00:31:25.140 --> 00:31:25.900
 I think this

00:31:25.900 --> 00:31:26.360
 is going back

00:31:26.360 --> 00:31:27.300
 to Jeremiah 31

00:31:27.300 --> 00:31:28.180
 but there's a third

00:31:28.180 --> 00:31:28.800
 question I think

00:31:28.800 --> 00:31:29.880
 we need to cover

00:31:29.880 --> 00:31:33.360
 how would we know

00:31:33.360 --> 00:31:35.340
 if we're doing this

00:31:35.340 --> 00:31:37.520
 like I think

00:31:37.520 --> 00:31:37.960
 he's told us

00:31:37.960 --> 00:31:38.360
 how to do it

00:31:38.360 --> 00:31:38.760
 receive

00:31:38.760 --> 00:31:39.660
 with meekness

00:31:39.660 --> 00:31:40.760
 like be humble

00:31:40.760 --> 00:31:41.500
 actually be

00:31:41.500 --> 00:31:42.500
 expectant

00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:43.400
 I want to hear

00:31:43.400 --> 00:31:43.800
 the word

00:31:43.800 --> 00:31:44.640
 and I want to act

00:31:44.640 --> 00:31:44.920
 on it

00:31:44.920 --> 00:31:45.820
 so I'm motivated

00:31:45.820 --> 00:31:46.440
 to do it

00:31:46.440 --> 00:31:47.260
 but at the end

00:31:47.260 --> 00:31:47.780
 of the day

00:31:47.780 --> 00:31:49.300
 like how do I

00:31:49.300 --> 00:31:49.980
 take the test

00:31:49.980 --> 00:31:51.260
 like how do I know

00:31:51.260 --> 00:31:52.840
 because I like to know

00:31:52.840 --> 00:31:54.320
 before I confront

00:31:54.320 --> 00:31:55.620
 massive trials

00:31:55.620 --> 00:31:56.060
 in life

00:31:56.060 --> 00:31:56.820
 I like to know

00:31:56.820 --> 00:31:57.620
 before I face

00:31:57.620 --> 00:31:58.480
 today's temptation

00:31:58.480 --> 00:31:59.960
 like how would we know

00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:01.680
 if we were doing this

00:32:01.680 --> 00:32:03.740
 and so I think

00:32:03.740 --> 00:32:04.380
 he gives us

00:32:04.380 --> 00:32:05.360
 a handful of tests

00:32:05.360 --> 00:32:06.700
 he says

00:32:06.700 --> 00:32:07.700
 if anyone thinks

00:32:07.700 --> 00:32:08.440
 he is religious

00:32:08.440 --> 00:32:10.000
 and does not

00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:10.740
 bridle his tongue

00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:11.680
 but deceives his heart

00:32:11.680 --> 00:32:12.620
 this person's religion

00:32:12.620 --> 00:32:13.100
 is worthless

00:32:13.100 --> 00:32:14.580
 religion that is pure

00:32:14.580 --> 00:32:15.120
 and undefiled

00:32:15.120 --> 00:32:15.660
 before God

00:32:15.660 --> 00:32:16.640
 the father is this

00:32:16.640 --> 00:32:17.880
 to visit orphans

00:32:17.880 --> 00:32:18.460
 and widows

00:32:18.460 --> 00:32:19.540
 in their affliction

00:32:19.540 --> 00:32:20.560
 and to keep oneself

00:32:20.560 --> 00:32:21.980
 unstained

00:32:21.980 --> 00:32:24.020
 from the world

00:32:24.020 --> 00:32:27.140
 he tries to help us

00:32:27.140 --> 00:32:27.920
 understand what it would

00:32:27.920 --> 00:32:29.020
 look like to be faithful

00:32:29.020 --> 00:32:31.540
 what would it actually

00:32:31.540 --> 00:32:32.300
 look like for us

00:32:32.300 --> 00:32:33.020
 to be hearers

00:32:33.020 --> 00:32:33.600
 of the word

00:32:33.600 --> 00:32:34.600
 and expectancy

00:32:34.600 --> 00:32:35.760
 and doers actively

00:32:35.760 --> 00:32:36.940
 what would that look like

00:32:36.940 --> 00:32:38.800
 and I want to be

00:32:38.800 --> 00:32:39.440
 really clear

00:32:39.440 --> 00:32:40.520
 the tests he's going

00:32:40.520 --> 00:32:41.000
 to give us

00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:41.460
 they're three

00:32:41.460 --> 00:32:43.280
 they're not exhaustive

00:32:43.280 --> 00:32:44.000
 or comprehensive

00:32:44.000 --> 00:32:45.140
 some people talk

00:32:45.140 --> 00:32:45.740
 about this passage

00:32:45.740 --> 00:32:46.020
 and they go

00:32:46.020 --> 00:32:47.460
 that's the totality

00:32:47.460 --> 00:32:48.400
 of the Christian life

00:32:48.400 --> 00:32:49.240
 is to do these three things

00:32:49.240 --> 00:32:50.040
 that's not what

00:32:50.040 --> 00:32:50.720
 James is saying

00:32:50.720 --> 00:32:53.860
 but let this

00:32:53.860 --> 00:32:54.620
 get in our business

00:32:54.620 --> 00:32:55.260
 a little bit

00:32:55.260 --> 00:32:57.160
 he's simply saying

00:32:57.160 --> 00:32:58.260
 without these three things

00:32:58.260 --> 00:32:59.100
 you definitely don't

00:32:59.100 --> 00:32:59.940
 have the Christian faith

00:32:59.940 --> 00:33:01.820
 well it doesn't mean

00:33:01.820 --> 00:33:02.740
 you don't believe in Jesus

00:33:02.740 --> 00:33:04.480
 it just means

00:33:04.480 --> 00:33:05.400
 you're not being faithful

00:33:05.400 --> 00:33:07.020
 to what it would look like

00:33:07.020 --> 00:33:07.660
 to be a disciple

00:33:07.660 --> 00:33:08.680
 if you're not doing

00:33:08.680 --> 00:33:09.320
 some measure

00:33:09.320 --> 00:33:10.360
 or brand of these things

00:33:10.360 --> 00:33:11.340
 they're irreducible

00:33:11.340 --> 00:33:11.840
 in that way

00:33:11.840 --> 00:33:13.100
 like this has got to be there

00:33:13.100 --> 00:33:14.920
 and they're broader

00:33:14.920 --> 00:33:15.560
 than what he says

00:33:15.560 --> 00:33:16.280
 but I'll try to comment

00:33:16.280 --> 00:33:16.880
 on that for you

00:33:16.880 --> 00:33:18.480
 a little bit

00:33:18.480 --> 00:33:19.540
 I think the first question

00:33:19.540 --> 00:33:19.940
 to ask

00:33:19.940 --> 00:33:20.480
 if we're going to

00:33:20.480 --> 00:33:21.440
 apply that there

00:33:21.440 --> 00:33:23.140
 do we speak

00:33:23.140 --> 00:33:24.140
 like renewed people

00:33:24.140 --> 00:33:26.320
 and let me cut

00:33:26.320 --> 00:33:26.700
 something off

00:33:26.700 --> 00:33:27.260
 at the past

00:33:27.260 --> 00:33:28.340
 this is not

00:33:28.340 --> 00:33:29.200
 do you cuss

00:33:29.200 --> 00:33:29.900
 less than everybody

00:33:29.900 --> 00:33:30.680
 else around you

00:33:30.680 --> 00:33:30.980
 okay

00:33:30.980 --> 00:33:32.200
 that's like the most

00:33:32.200 --> 00:33:33.720
 diminutive way

00:33:33.720 --> 00:33:34.600
 we could read this

00:33:34.600 --> 00:33:35.060
 alright

00:33:35.060 --> 00:33:37.120
 should you be a person

00:33:37.120 --> 00:33:37.560
 that just like

00:33:37.560 --> 00:33:38.840
 wallows in profanity

00:33:38.840 --> 00:33:40.380
 I just think

00:33:40.380 --> 00:33:40.820
 that sounds

00:33:40.820 --> 00:33:41.940
 ignorant and undignified

00:33:41.940 --> 00:33:42.300
 and I'd probably

00:33:42.300 --> 00:33:42.760
 say that to you

00:33:42.760 --> 00:33:43.100
 if I wasn't

00:33:43.100 --> 00:33:43.840
 a believing person

00:33:43.840 --> 00:33:45.960
 it just sounds

00:33:45.960 --> 00:33:46.480
 immature

00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:48.120
 now you're going

00:33:48.120 --> 00:33:48.600
 to push back

00:33:48.600 --> 00:33:49.000
 some of you

00:33:49.000 --> 00:33:49.220
 and go

00:33:49.220 --> 00:33:50.000
 that's not bad

00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:51.740
 it's just words

00:33:51.740 --> 00:33:52.200
 okay

00:33:52.200 --> 00:33:53.020
 if I had your

00:33:53.020 --> 00:33:53.540
 four year old

00:33:53.540 --> 00:33:54.380
 stand up right now

00:33:54.380 --> 00:33:55.460
 and drop a bomb

00:33:55.460 --> 00:33:55.980
 right here

00:33:55.980 --> 00:33:57.080
 would it just be a word

00:33:57.080 --> 00:33:59.080
 why are we uneasy

00:33:59.080 --> 00:33:59.960
 with that all of a sudden

00:33:59.960 --> 00:34:00.700
 it's just a word

00:34:00.700 --> 00:34:01.600
 you teach them

00:34:01.600 --> 00:34:02.260
 all kinds of words

00:34:02.260 --> 00:34:02.520
 right

00:34:02.520 --> 00:34:03.580
 because they learn

00:34:03.580 --> 00:34:04.220
 that in your house

00:34:04.220 --> 00:34:04.880
 is that bad

00:34:04.880 --> 00:34:06.540
 this isn't about

00:34:06.540 --> 00:34:07.100
 cussing

00:34:07.100 --> 00:34:08.720
 again that's the easiest

00:34:08.720 --> 00:34:09.580
 way to read this

00:34:09.580 --> 00:34:10.660
 but I think

00:34:10.660 --> 00:34:11.220
 that's probably

00:34:11.220 --> 00:34:11.640
 in view

00:34:11.640 --> 00:34:12.100
 why

00:34:12.100 --> 00:34:13.400
 because of the

00:34:13.400 --> 00:34:14.220
 deeper issue here

00:34:14.220 --> 00:34:16.020
 do your words

00:34:16.020 --> 00:34:16.940
 reflect that your

00:34:16.940 --> 00:34:17.920
 hope is in Christ

00:34:17.920 --> 00:34:18.780
 and you want

00:34:18.780 --> 00:34:20.080
 dignity for yourself

00:34:20.080 --> 00:34:21.200
 and virtue for yourself

00:34:21.200 --> 00:34:22.360
 and everyone around you

00:34:22.360 --> 00:34:23.520
 who contacts you

00:34:23.520 --> 00:34:25.200
 is that what you want

00:34:25.200 --> 00:34:27.180
 okay well then

00:34:27.180 --> 00:34:28.220
 the way we speak

00:34:28.220 --> 00:34:29.360
 to and about people

00:34:29.360 --> 00:34:30.580
 it absolutely

00:34:30.580 --> 00:34:31.280
 matters

00:34:31.280 --> 00:34:32.240
 absolutely

00:34:32.240 --> 00:34:34.280
 how you speak

00:34:34.280 --> 00:34:34.700
 about people

00:34:34.700 --> 00:34:35.280
 when they're not

00:34:35.280 --> 00:34:35.680
 in the room

00:34:35.680 --> 00:34:36.400
 are they safe

00:34:36.400 --> 00:34:37.080
 with you

00:34:37.080 --> 00:34:37.580
 when they're not

00:34:37.580 --> 00:34:38.000
 with you

00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:39.520
 are you looking

00:34:39.520 --> 00:34:39.960
 to kind of

00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:40.900
 edge out somebody

00:34:40.900 --> 00:34:42.580
 kind of chip away

00:34:42.580 --> 00:34:43.360
 at their reputation

00:34:43.360 --> 00:34:44.280
 because that's fun

00:34:44.280 --> 00:34:45.560
 and it endears you

00:34:45.560 --> 00:34:46.260
 to this other person

00:34:46.260 --> 00:34:46.620
 that you want

00:34:46.620 --> 00:34:47.300
 to be cool with

00:34:47.300 --> 00:34:48.920
 I'm talking to

00:34:48.920 --> 00:34:49.540
 every age group

00:34:49.540 --> 00:34:51.520
 but you and I

00:34:51.520 --> 00:34:52.000
 both know

00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:52.520
 whether you're in it

00:34:52.520 --> 00:34:53.200
 now or you're in it

00:34:53.200 --> 00:34:53.580
 at some point

00:34:53.580 --> 00:34:54.000
 middle school

00:34:54.000 --> 00:34:54.500
 and high school

00:34:54.500 --> 00:34:55.040
 like that's a

00:34:55.040 --> 00:34:55.880
 constant temptation

00:34:55.880 --> 00:34:57.480
 I can make myself

00:34:57.480 --> 00:34:58.260
 a little bit better

00:34:58.260 --> 00:34:58.960
 like we all

00:34:58.960 --> 00:34:59.500
 jeer each other

00:34:59.500 --> 00:34:59.840
 anyway

00:34:59.840 --> 00:35:00.980
 and guys give each

00:35:00.980 --> 00:35:01.560
 other a hard time

00:35:01.560 --> 00:35:02.000
 I get that

00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:02.140
 alright

00:35:02.140 --> 00:35:02.520
 that's not what

00:35:02.520 --> 00:35:03.120
 I'm talking about

00:35:03.120 --> 00:35:05.080
 but are they safe

00:35:05.080 --> 00:35:05.440
 around you

00:35:05.440 --> 00:35:05.960
 do you speak

00:35:05.960 --> 00:35:06.420
 in such a way

00:35:06.420 --> 00:35:07.000
 that's honest

00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:07.760
 and has integrity

00:35:07.760 --> 00:35:10.100
 if God

00:35:10.100 --> 00:35:11.140
 speaks truth

00:35:11.140 --> 00:35:11.800
 and that's

00:35:11.800 --> 00:35:12.380
 his character

00:35:12.380 --> 00:35:13.100
 his people

00:35:13.100 --> 00:35:13.920
 are intended

00:35:13.920 --> 00:35:14.880
 to reflect truth

00:35:14.880 --> 00:35:17.680
 Jesus actually

00:35:17.680 --> 00:35:18.180
 says

00:35:18.180 --> 00:35:18.480
 from

00:35:18.480 --> 00:35:20.080
 out of the

00:35:20.080 --> 00:35:20.480
 heart

00:35:20.480 --> 00:35:22.960
 there's overflow

00:35:22.960 --> 00:35:23.860
 to your mouth

00:35:23.860 --> 00:35:24.900
 mouth you 12

00:35:24.900 --> 00:35:25.880
 so whatever's

00:35:25.880 --> 00:35:26.300
 in the well

00:35:26.300 --> 00:35:26.780
 is what comes

00:35:26.780 --> 00:35:27.120
 up when you

00:35:27.120 --> 00:35:27.580
 pull the bucket

00:35:27.580 --> 00:35:27.800
 up

00:35:27.800 --> 00:35:29.980
 so here's

00:35:29.980 --> 00:35:30.440
 the severe

00:35:30.440 --> 00:35:30.960
 question

00:35:30.960 --> 00:35:31.520
 like what

00:35:31.520 --> 00:35:32.000
 do you really

00:35:32.000 --> 00:35:32.620
 like on the

00:35:32.620 --> 00:35:33.040
 inside

00:35:33.040 --> 00:35:33.520
 well how

00:35:33.520 --> 00:35:34.180
 you talk

00:35:34.180 --> 00:35:36.840
 tells us

00:35:36.840 --> 00:35:37.900
 what you're

00:35:37.900 --> 00:35:38.520
 really like

00:35:38.520 --> 00:35:38.780
 on the

00:35:38.780 --> 00:35:39.160
 inside

00:35:39.160 --> 00:35:40.620
 Jesus is

00:35:40.620 --> 00:35:41.060
 very clear

00:35:41.060 --> 00:35:41.560
 about that

00:35:41.560 --> 00:35:42.280
 so what

00:35:42.280 --> 00:35:42.800
 what do you

00:35:42.800 --> 00:35:43.100
 say

00:35:43.100 --> 00:35:43.580
 what do you

00:35:43.580 --> 00:35:43.980
 withhold

00:35:43.980 --> 00:35:44.480
 what do you

00:35:44.480 --> 00:35:44.800
 make sure

00:35:44.800 --> 00:35:45.240
 you say

00:35:45.240 --> 00:35:46.180
 well in a

00:35:46.180 --> 00:35:46.800
 caring way

00:35:46.800 --> 00:35:47.560
 what do you

00:35:47.560 --> 00:35:48.060
 say directly

00:35:48.060 --> 00:35:48.360
 because it

00:35:48.360 --> 00:35:49.280
 aligns with

00:35:49.280 --> 00:35:49.520
 truth

00:35:49.520 --> 00:35:49.820
 the second

00:35:49.820 --> 00:35:50.300
 question is

00:35:50.300 --> 00:35:50.920
 do we care

00:35:50.920 --> 00:35:51.340
 for helpless

00:35:51.340 --> 00:35:51.780
 people

00:35:51.780 --> 00:35:52.680
 again

00:35:52.680 --> 00:35:53.360
 portraying the

00:35:53.360 --> 00:35:53.820
 character of

00:35:53.820 --> 00:35:54.120
 God

00:35:54.120 --> 00:35:54.900
 he is emphatic

00:35:54.900 --> 00:35:55.640
 in Psalm 68

00:35:55.640 --> 00:35:56.520
 he's a father

00:35:56.520 --> 00:35:57.420
 to the fatherless

00:35:57.420 --> 00:35:58.520
 that's meant

00:35:58.520 --> 00:35:59.120
 to be again

00:35:59.120 --> 00:35:59.740
 a more general

00:35:59.740 --> 00:36:00.460
 statement of

00:36:00.460 --> 00:36:01.020
 yes caring

00:36:01.020 --> 00:36:01.760
 for orphans

00:36:01.760 --> 00:36:04.180
 but it really

00:36:04.180 --> 00:36:04.880
 is to undercut

00:36:04.880 --> 00:36:05.500
 any notion

00:36:05.500 --> 00:36:06.060
 that you

00:36:06.060 --> 00:36:06.420
 and I

00:36:06.420 --> 00:36:07.120
 as believing

00:36:07.120 --> 00:36:07.780
 people should

00:36:07.780 --> 00:36:08.140
 not care

00:36:08.140 --> 00:36:08.500
 for people

00:36:08.500 --> 00:36:08.760
 who are

00:36:08.760 --> 00:36:09.120
 helpless

00:36:09.120 --> 00:36:09.860
 to care

00:36:09.860 --> 00:36:10.380
 for themselves

00:36:10.380 --> 00:36:12.780
 this is why

00:36:12.780 --> 00:36:13.400
 I care for

00:36:13.400 --> 00:36:14.380
 the pre-born

00:36:14.380 --> 00:36:15.240
 in the womb

00:36:15.240 --> 00:36:16.280
 and care for

00:36:16.280 --> 00:36:17.140
 those who

00:36:17.140 --> 00:36:17.440
 have been

00:36:17.440 --> 00:36:17.760
 born

00:36:17.760 --> 00:36:20.620
 and those

00:36:20.620 --> 00:36:20.820
 who are

00:36:20.820 --> 00:36:21.280
 suffering from

00:36:21.280 --> 00:36:21.820
 dementia

00:36:21.820 --> 00:36:22.440
 and are about

00:36:22.440 --> 00:36:23.080
 to die

00:36:23.080 --> 00:36:26.040
 that caring

00:36:26.040 --> 00:36:26.580
 for the whole

00:36:26.580 --> 00:36:27.520
 span of life

00:36:27.520 --> 00:36:27.860
 for those

00:36:27.860 --> 00:36:28.300
 who can't

00:36:28.300 --> 00:36:28.780
 care for

00:36:28.780 --> 00:36:29.340
 themselves

00:36:29.340 --> 00:36:30.500
 is never

00:36:30.500 --> 00:36:31.200
 a question

00:36:31.200 --> 00:36:32.000
 of if

00:36:32.000 --> 00:36:33.000
 but how

00:36:33.000 --> 00:36:33.960
 for believing

00:36:33.960 --> 00:36:34.420
 people

00:36:34.420 --> 00:36:37.420
 never a question

00:36:37.420 --> 00:36:38.220
 of if

00:36:38.220 --> 00:36:39.500
 but how

00:36:39.500 --> 00:36:40.860
 so how are we

00:36:40.860 --> 00:36:41.360
 caring for

00:36:41.360 --> 00:36:41.860
 widows

00:36:41.860 --> 00:36:42.720
 and orphans

00:36:42.720 --> 00:36:44.320
 those who are

00:36:44.320 --> 00:36:44.840
 mentally and

00:36:44.840 --> 00:36:45.620
 physically challenged

00:36:45.620 --> 00:36:46.040
 how are we

00:36:46.040 --> 00:36:46.740
 caring for those

00:36:46.740 --> 00:36:48.440
 who are

00:36:48.440 --> 00:36:49.120
 without income

00:36:49.120 --> 00:36:49.680
 how are we

00:36:49.680 --> 00:36:50.400
 caring for those

00:36:50.400 --> 00:36:51.480
 who can't seem

00:36:51.480 --> 00:36:52.140
 to socially

00:36:52.140 --> 00:36:52.860
 connect with

00:36:52.860 --> 00:36:53.500
 how are we

00:36:53.500 --> 00:36:54.440
 doing for

00:36:54.440 --> 00:36:54.840
 them

00:36:54.840 --> 00:36:55.940
 and thirdly

00:36:55.940 --> 00:36:57.280
 do we

00:36:57.280 --> 00:36:57.840
 live like

00:36:57.840 --> 00:36:58.620
 reconciled

00:36:58.620 --> 00:36:58.940
 people

00:36:58.940 --> 00:37:01.460
 but how do

00:37:01.460 --> 00:37:01.900
 we stay

00:37:01.900 --> 00:37:02.800
 unstained from

00:37:02.800 --> 00:37:03.160
 the world

00:37:03.160 --> 00:37:03.480
 what does he

00:37:03.480 --> 00:37:03.860
 even mean

00:37:03.860 --> 00:37:04.400
 by that

00:37:04.400 --> 00:37:06.100
 it's pretty

00:37:06.100 --> 00:37:06.560
 clear what he

00:37:06.560 --> 00:37:06.980
 means

00:37:06.980 --> 00:37:09.440
 what he

00:37:09.440 --> 00:37:10.040
 means is not

00:37:10.040 --> 00:37:10.600
 that you are

00:37:10.600 --> 00:37:11.400
 in the world

00:37:11.400 --> 00:37:12.340
 and ignore

00:37:12.340 --> 00:37:12.900
 the world

00:37:12.900 --> 00:37:15.560
 Jesus pretty

00:37:15.560 --> 00:37:16.080
 emphatically says

00:37:16.080 --> 00:37:16.440
 you're in the

00:37:16.440 --> 00:37:16.840
 world but you're

00:37:16.840 --> 00:37:17.640
 not of the

00:37:17.640 --> 00:37:17.960
 world

00:37:17.960 --> 00:37:20.080
 you're not to

00:37:20.080 --> 00:37:20.620
 turn your back

00:37:20.620 --> 00:37:21.140
 on your neighbor

00:37:21.140 --> 00:37:22.060
 who hates

00:37:22.060 --> 00:37:22.540
 Jesus

00:37:22.540 --> 00:37:24.180
 very much

00:37:24.180 --> 00:37:24.640
 the opposite

00:37:24.640 --> 00:37:26.740
 you're not to

00:37:26.740 --> 00:37:27.480
 be unfeeling

00:37:27.480 --> 00:37:28.480
 to tribal

00:37:28.480 --> 00:37:29.260
 peoples at the

00:37:29.260 --> 00:37:29.780
 other side of

00:37:29.780 --> 00:37:30.060
 the planet

00:37:30.060 --> 00:37:30.500
 who have no

00:37:30.500 --> 00:37:31.280
 access to the

00:37:31.280 --> 00:37:31.680
 gospel

00:37:31.680 --> 00:37:33.280
 because they're

00:37:33.280 --> 00:37:33.820
 not American

00:37:33.820 --> 00:37:37.280
 there's no

00:37:37.280 --> 00:37:37.980
 quarter for that

00:37:37.980 --> 00:37:38.720
 kind of nonsense

00:37:38.720 --> 00:37:39.360
 that's not gonna

00:37:39.360 --> 00:37:39.640
 work

00:37:39.640 --> 00:37:43.140
 the only people

00:37:43.140 --> 00:37:44.200
 who discredit

00:37:44.200 --> 00:37:44.880
 devalue

00:37:44.880 --> 00:37:45.800
 don't care about

00:37:45.800 --> 00:37:47.020
 and think you can

00:37:47.020 --> 00:37:47.640
 treat human beings

00:37:47.640 --> 00:37:48.680
 however you want

00:37:48.680 --> 00:37:49.560
 are people who

00:37:49.560 --> 00:37:50.180
 don't know

00:37:50.180 --> 00:37:50.640
 Jesus

00:37:50.640 --> 00:37:54.000
 because Jesus

00:37:54.000 --> 00:37:55.240
 has brought in

00:37:55.240 --> 00:37:56.960
 the most vile

00:37:56.960 --> 00:37:58.040
 people ever

00:37:58.040 --> 00:37:59.400
 at the expense

00:37:59.400 --> 00:38:00.200
 of his own

00:38:00.200 --> 00:38:00.680
 blood

00:38:00.680 --> 00:38:01.440
 and guess who

00:38:01.440 --> 00:38:01.940
 those people

00:38:01.940 --> 00:38:02.300
 were

00:38:02.300 --> 00:38:03.680
 I'm in the

00:38:03.680 --> 00:38:03.980
 front of the

00:38:03.980 --> 00:38:04.280
 line

00:38:04.280 --> 00:38:08.340
 what he means

00:38:08.340 --> 00:38:08.880
 here is you

00:38:08.880 --> 00:38:09.920
 cannot allow

00:38:09.920 --> 00:38:11.540
 worldly notions

00:38:11.540 --> 00:38:12.360
 of truth

00:38:12.360 --> 00:38:13.700
 reality

00:38:13.700 --> 00:38:14.980
 advancement

00:38:14.980 --> 00:38:16.060
 work

00:38:16.060 --> 00:38:16.960
 fill in the

00:38:16.960 --> 00:38:17.340
 blank

00:38:17.340 --> 00:38:18.580
 to guide what

00:38:18.580 --> 00:38:18.940
 you do

00:38:18.940 --> 00:38:19.380
 toward other

00:38:19.380 --> 00:38:19.740
 people

00:38:19.740 --> 00:38:22.100
 because it

00:38:22.100 --> 00:38:22.840
 will disallow

00:38:22.840 --> 00:38:23.600
 your hearing

00:38:23.600 --> 00:38:24.140
 and doing

00:38:24.140 --> 00:38:24.860
 of the word

00:38:24.860 --> 00:38:27.940
 Rwanda

00:38:27.940 --> 00:38:28.540
 is one of

00:38:28.540 --> 00:38:28.700
 the most

00:38:28.700 --> 00:38:29.280
 special places

00:38:29.280 --> 00:38:29.720
 in the world

00:38:29.720 --> 00:38:30.040
 to me

00:38:30.040 --> 00:38:30.480
 not because

00:38:30.480 --> 00:38:30.820
 I've spent

00:38:30.820 --> 00:38:31.420
 tons of time

00:38:31.420 --> 00:38:31.640
 there

00:38:31.640 --> 00:38:32.120
 but I spent

00:38:32.120 --> 00:38:32.680
 several weeks

00:38:32.680 --> 00:38:32.940
 there

00:38:32.940 --> 00:38:34.100
 in April

00:38:34.100 --> 00:38:34.900
 several years

00:38:34.900 --> 00:38:35.160
 ago

00:38:35.160 --> 00:38:36.180
 and April

00:38:36.180 --> 00:38:36.740
 was a dark

00:38:36.740 --> 00:38:37.120
 month

00:38:37.120 --> 00:38:37.840
 in Rwanda

00:38:37.840 --> 00:38:39.420
 April 94

00:38:39.420 --> 00:38:40.220
 what I remember

00:38:40.220 --> 00:38:40.900
 about that is

00:38:40.900 --> 00:38:41.520
 Kurt Cobain

00:38:41.520 --> 00:38:42.280
 committed suicide

00:38:42.280 --> 00:38:42.920
 and that's all

00:38:42.920 --> 00:38:43.320
 I remember

00:38:43.320 --> 00:38:44.900
 from that time

00:38:44.900 --> 00:38:46.440
 and that was

00:38:46.440 --> 00:38:47.060
 a horrible

00:38:47.060 --> 00:38:47.540
 story

00:38:47.540 --> 00:38:48.100
 and a horrible

00:38:48.100 --> 00:38:48.580
 circumstance

00:38:48.580 --> 00:38:49.200
 it was much

00:38:49.200 --> 00:38:49.820
 more difficult

00:38:49.820 --> 00:38:50.460
 the Rwandan

00:38:50.460 --> 00:38:50.980
 genocide

00:38:50.980 --> 00:38:53.380
 beginning in

00:38:53.380 --> 00:38:53.880
 early April

00:38:53.880 --> 00:38:54.440
 and running

00:38:54.440 --> 00:38:55.180
 a hundred

00:38:55.180 --> 00:38:56.160
 days

00:38:56.160 --> 00:38:58.040
 an estimated

00:38:58.040 --> 00:38:59.080
 half a million

00:38:59.080 --> 00:38:59.760
 Rwandans

00:38:59.760 --> 00:39:00.240
 were killed

00:39:00.240 --> 00:39:00.940
 by their own

00:39:00.940 --> 00:39:01.500
 neighbors

00:39:01.500 --> 00:39:02.540
 and government

00:39:02.540 --> 00:39:02.940
 officials

00:39:02.940 --> 00:39:05.460
 why

00:39:05.460 --> 00:39:06.800
 because they

00:39:06.800 --> 00:39:07.580
 had systematically

00:39:07.580 --> 00:39:08.540
 communicated

00:39:08.540 --> 00:39:09.080
 among the

00:39:09.080 --> 00:39:09.560
 primary

00:39:09.560 --> 00:39:10.140
 ethnicity

00:39:10.140 --> 00:39:12.120
 these people

00:39:12.120 --> 00:39:12.960
 are cockroaches

00:39:12.960 --> 00:39:13.400
 these people

00:39:13.400 --> 00:39:13.700
 need to be

00:39:13.700 --> 00:39:14.340
 exterminated

00:39:14.340 --> 00:39:14.700
 these people

00:39:14.700 --> 00:39:15.360
 will overtake

00:39:15.360 --> 00:39:15.700
 us

00:39:15.700 --> 00:39:16.120
 these people

00:39:16.120 --> 00:39:17.280
 will malign

00:39:17.280 --> 00:39:17.660
 us

00:39:17.660 --> 00:39:18.700
 and they

00:39:18.700 --> 00:39:19.600
 cultivated that

00:39:19.600 --> 00:39:19.920
 through what

00:39:19.920 --> 00:39:20.380
 they said

00:39:20.380 --> 00:39:21.080
 and communicated

00:39:21.080 --> 00:39:22.120
 and broadcasted

00:39:22.120 --> 00:39:23.760
 and they

00:39:23.760 --> 00:39:24.220
 made sure

00:39:24.220 --> 00:39:25.020
 to systematically

00:39:25.020 --> 00:39:25.580
 set up a

00:39:25.580 --> 00:39:25.800
 time

00:39:25.800 --> 00:39:26.060
 and they

00:39:26.060 --> 00:39:26.620
 carried out

00:39:26.620 --> 00:39:27.040
 the mass

00:39:27.040 --> 00:39:27.420
 slaughter

00:39:27.420 --> 00:39:28.480
 of their own

00:39:28.480 --> 00:39:28.880
 neighbors

00:39:28.880 --> 00:39:29.760
 to the tune

00:39:29.760 --> 00:39:30.260
 of at times

00:39:30.260 --> 00:39:30.880
 banging on the

00:39:30.880 --> 00:39:31.600
 gate next door

00:39:31.600 --> 00:39:32.700
 when they

00:39:32.700 --> 00:39:33.120
 came to the

00:39:33.120 --> 00:39:33.260
 door

00:39:33.260 --> 00:39:33.520
 they had

00:39:33.520 --> 00:39:33.940
 a machete

00:39:33.940 --> 00:39:34.460
 in hand

00:39:34.460 --> 00:39:34.860
 and they

00:39:34.860 --> 00:39:35.080
 met the

00:39:35.080 --> 00:39:35.280
 end of

00:39:35.280 --> 00:39:35.660
 their life

00:39:35.660 --> 00:39:36.020
 because they

00:39:36.020 --> 00:39:36.440
 answered the

00:39:36.440 --> 00:39:36.640
 gate

00:39:36.640 --> 00:39:37.960
 your own

00:39:37.960 --> 00:39:38.280
 neighbor

00:39:38.280 --> 00:39:38.940
 that you

00:39:38.940 --> 00:39:39.320
 lived next

00:39:39.320 --> 00:39:39.700
 to for

00:39:39.700 --> 00:39:40.360
 20 years

00:39:40.360 --> 00:39:43.040
 and never

00:39:43.040 --> 00:39:43.520
 forget going

00:39:43.520 --> 00:39:43.840
 to those

00:39:43.840 --> 00:39:44.620
 memorial sites

00:39:44.620 --> 00:39:45.280
 and culturally

00:39:45.280 --> 00:39:46.360
 that contrast

00:39:46.360 --> 00:39:46.980
 couldn't be

00:39:46.980 --> 00:39:47.880
 more stark

00:39:47.880 --> 00:39:48.740
 see we

00:39:48.740 --> 00:39:49.640
 memorialized

00:39:49.640 --> 00:39:50.140
 through stone

00:39:50.140 --> 00:39:50.600
 and marble

00:39:50.600 --> 00:39:51.300
 with names

00:39:51.300 --> 00:39:51.740
 etched

00:39:51.740 --> 00:39:52.180
 right

00:39:52.180 --> 00:39:53.800
 you go to

00:39:53.800 --> 00:39:54.240
 those sites

00:39:54.240 --> 00:39:54.740
 like one

00:39:54.740 --> 00:39:55.200
 I visited

00:39:55.200 --> 00:39:56.460
 where they

00:39:56.460 --> 00:39:56.960
 ran all the

00:39:56.960 --> 00:39:57.260
 kids from

00:39:57.260 --> 00:39:57.560
 the school

00:39:57.560 --> 00:39:57.980
 house into

00:39:57.980 --> 00:39:58.420
 this one

00:39:58.420 --> 00:39:58.820
 building

00:39:58.820 --> 00:40:00.460
 they threw

00:40:00.460 --> 00:40:01.200
 grenades in

00:40:01.200 --> 00:40:01.660
 Molotov

00:40:01.660 --> 00:40:02.240
 cocktails

00:40:02.240 --> 00:40:02.940
 blew up

00:40:02.940 --> 00:40:03.240
 what they

00:40:03.240 --> 00:40:03.480
 could

00:40:03.480 --> 00:40:03.740
 when they

00:40:03.740 --> 00:40:04.000
 would run

00:40:04.000 --> 00:40:04.580
 back out

00:40:04.580 --> 00:40:05.000
 they would

00:40:05.000 --> 00:40:05.380
 fire at

00:40:05.380 --> 00:40:05.780
 the machine

00:40:05.780 --> 00:40:06.160
 guns

00:40:06.160 --> 00:40:06.460
 they'd run

00:40:06.460 --> 00:40:06.680
 them back

00:40:06.680 --> 00:40:06.820
 in

00:40:06.820 --> 00:40:07.200
 they'd repeat

00:40:07.200 --> 00:40:07.680
 the process

00:40:07.680 --> 00:40:08.040
 until they

00:40:08.040 --> 00:40:08.260
 were all

00:40:08.260 --> 00:40:08.520
 dead

00:40:08.520 --> 00:40:10.420
 they literally

00:40:10.420 --> 00:40:11.220
 just formed

00:40:11.220 --> 00:40:11.800
 scaffolding

00:40:11.800 --> 00:40:12.320
 and put rows

00:40:12.320 --> 00:40:13.100
 of skulls

00:40:13.100 --> 00:40:13.900
 femur bones

00:40:13.900 --> 00:40:14.900
 in there

00:40:14.900 --> 00:40:15.400
 that's the

00:40:15.400 --> 00:40:15.800
 memorial

00:40:15.800 --> 00:40:17.400
 so you walk

00:40:17.400 --> 00:40:18.040
 in and there's

00:40:18.040 --> 00:40:18.720
 still ash

00:40:18.720 --> 00:40:19.120
 and broken

00:40:19.120 --> 00:40:19.700
 bone on the

00:40:19.700 --> 00:40:20.000
 floor

00:40:20.000 --> 00:40:20.780
 and you got

00:40:20.780 --> 00:40:21.380
 skulls in

00:40:21.380 --> 00:40:21.920
 front of you

00:40:21.920 --> 00:40:24.840
 little skulls

00:40:24.840 --> 00:40:25.560
 children

00:40:25.560 --> 00:40:30.420
 incredibly horrifying

00:40:30.420 --> 00:40:31.260
 not the most

00:40:31.260 --> 00:40:31.880
 haunting thing

00:40:31.880 --> 00:40:32.240
 I heard

00:40:32.240 --> 00:40:32.600
 while I was

00:40:32.600 --> 00:40:32.820
 there

00:40:32.820 --> 00:40:33.780
 this is it

00:40:33.780 --> 00:40:35.040
 sat across

00:40:35.040 --> 00:40:35.920
 at lunch

00:40:35.920 --> 00:40:36.260
 from a

00:40:36.260 --> 00:40:36.620
 pastor

00:40:36.620 --> 00:40:38.660
 and he said

00:40:38.660 --> 00:40:39.020
 you gotta

00:40:39.020 --> 00:40:39.580
 understand man

00:40:39.580 --> 00:40:39.860
 we've heard

00:40:39.860 --> 00:40:40.180
 the bible

00:40:40.180 --> 00:40:40.580
 our whole

00:40:40.580 --> 00:40:40.980
 life

00:40:40.980 --> 00:40:42.000
 we believe

00:40:42.000 --> 00:40:42.240
 it

00:40:42.240 --> 00:40:43.280
 and we

00:40:43.280 --> 00:40:43.660
 can still

00:40:43.660 --> 00:40:44.220
 justify

00:40:44.220 --> 00:40:44.500
 that

00:40:44.500 --> 00:40:45.020
 genocide

00:40:45.020 --> 00:40:48.540
 we can

00:40:48.540 --> 00:40:48.860
 still tell

00:40:48.860 --> 00:40:49.080
 you why

00:40:49.080 --> 00:40:49.260
 it was

00:40:49.260 --> 00:40:49.580
 the right

00:40:49.580 --> 00:40:49.780
 thing

00:40:49.780 --> 00:40:50.600
 to do

00:40:50.600 --> 00:40:54.900
 that's

00:40:54.900 --> 00:40:55.060
 one of

00:40:55.060 --> 00:40:55.200
 the most

00:40:55.200 --> 00:40:55.420
 evil

00:40:55.420 --> 00:40:55.720
 things

00:40:55.720 --> 00:40:55.900
 I've

00:40:55.900 --> 00:40:56.060
 ever

00:40:56.060 --> 00:40:56.320
 heard

00:40:56.320 --> 00:40:56.600
 you talk

00:40:56.600 --> 00:40:56.780
 about

00:40:56.780 --> 00:40:57.080
 a chill

00:40:57.080 --> 00:40:57.240
 down

00:40:57.240 --> 00:40:57.380
 your

00:40:57.380 --> 00:40:57.740
 spine

00:40:57.740 --> 00:40:58.240
 that scared

00:40:58.240 --> 00:40:58.380
 me

00:40:58.380 --> 00:40:58.820
 to death

00:40:58.820 --> 00:41:00.980
 so you

00:41:00.980 --> 00:41:01.780
 you've

00:41:01.780 --> 00:41:02.280
 seen this

00:41:02.280 --> 00:41:02.500
 you've

00:41:02.500 --> 00:41:02.800
 read it

00:41:02.800 --> 00:41:03.040
 you've

00:41:03.040 --> 00:41:03.360
 heard it

00:41:03.360 --> 00:41:03.700
 good grief

00:41:03.700 --> 00:41:04.200
 you teach

00:41:04.200 --> 00:41:04.480
 it

00:41:04.480 --> 00:41:05.000
 man

00:41:05.000 --> 00:41:07.880
 but it

00:41:07.880 --> 00:41:08.360
 has no

00:41:08.360 --> 00:41:08.880
 effect

00:41:08.880 --> 00:41:09.720
 on what

00:41:09.720 --> 00:41:10.120
 you believe

00:41:10.120 --> 00:41:10.360
 to be

00:41:10.360 --> 00:41:10.720
 true

00:41:10.720 --> 00:41:11.280
 and right

00:41:11.280 --> 00:41:11.860
 about God

00:41:11.860 --> 00:41:12.140
 or other

00:41:12.140 --> 00:41:12.720
 human beings

00:41:12.720 --> 00:41:13.060
 at the end

00:41:13.060 --> 00:41:13.500
 of the day

00:41:13.500 --> 00:41:14.880
 and you

00:41:14.880 --> 00:41:15.400
 didn't even

00:41:15.400 --> 00:41:15.980
 bat an eye

00:41:15.980 --> 00:41:16.380
 at telling

00:41:16.380 --> 00:41:16.840
 me that

00:41:16.840 --> 00:41:19.540
 because he

00:41:19.540 --> 00:41:19.800
 thinks

00:41:19.800 --> 00:41:20.100
 somehow

00:41:20.100 --> 00:41:20.780
 that hearing

00:41:20.780 --> 00:41:22.000
 can be

00:41:22.000 --> 00:41:22.400
 disconnected

00:41:22.400 --> 00:41:23.220
 from doing

00:41:23.220 --> 00:41:25.280
 and so

00:41:25.280 --> 00:41:25.620
 this is a

00:41:25.620 --> 00:41:25.840
 haunting

00:41:25.840 --> 00:41:26.120
 moment

00:41:26.120 --> 00:41:26.480
 for us

00:41:26.480 --> 00:41:26.700
 too

00:41:26.700 --> 00:41:26.900
 isn't

00:41:26.900 --> 00:41:27.180
 it

00:41:27.180 --> 00:41:27.880
 because

00:41:27.880 --> 00:41:28.060
 we're

00:41:28.060 --> 00:41:28.340
 hearing

00:41:28.340 --> 00:41:30.040
 we're

00:41:30.040 --> 00:41:30.220
 hearing

00:41:30.220 --> 00:41:30.660
 right now

00:41:30.660 --> 00:41:30.880
 we've

00:41:30.880 --> 00:41:31.000
 been

00:41:31.000 --> 00:41:31.280
 hearing

00:41:31.280 --> 00:41:31.540
 right

00:41:31.540 --> 00:41:31.800
 now

00:41:31.800 --> 00:41:31.940
 we

00:41:31.940 --> 00:41:32.180
 continue

00:41:32.180 --> 00:41:32.480
 to hear

00:41:32.480 --> 00:41:32.840
 anytime

00:41:32.840 --> 00:41:33.000
 we

00:41:33.000 --> 00:41:33.340
 read

00:41:33.340 --> 00:41:34.360
 the

00:41:34.360 --> 00:41:34.640
 word

00:41:34.640 --> 00:41:35.020
 but I

00:41:35.020 --> 00:41:35.440
 think

00:41:35.440 --> 00:41:35.620
 the

00:41:35.620 --> 00:41:35.960
 question

00:41:35.960 --> 00:41:36.160
 that

00:41:36.160 --> 00:41:36.260
 we

00:41:36.260 --> 00:41:36.400
 have

00:41:36.400 --> 00:41:36.500
 to

00:41:36.500 --> 00:41:36.820
 ask

00:41:36.820 --> 00:41:37.020
 is

00:41:37.020 --> 00:41:38.500
 what

00:41:38.500 --> 00:41:38.640
 are we

00:41:38.640 --> 00:41:38.720
 going

00:41:38.720 --> 00:41:38.840
 to

00:41:38.840 --> 00:41:39.140
 do

00:41:39.140 --> 00:41:40.240
 so

00:41:40.240 --> 00:41:40.640
 I

00:41:40.640 --> 00:41:41.320
 need

00:41:41.320 --> 00:41:41.460
 to

00:41:41.460 --> 00:41:41.680
 pray

00:41:41.680 --> 00:41:42.000
 to

00:41:42.000 --> 00:41:42.140
 the

00:41:42.140 --> 00:41:42.360
 Lord

00:41:42.360 --> 00:41:42.600
 I

00:41:42.600 --> 00:41:42.760
 ask

00:41:42.760 --> 00:41:42.860
 you

00:41:42.860 --> 00:41:43.060
 pray

00:41:43.060 --> 00:41:43.320
 with

00:41:43.320 --> 00:41:43.640
 me

00:41:43.640 --> 00:41:44.280
 that

00:41:44.280 --> 00:41:44.340
 he

00:41:44.340 --> 00:41:44.480
 would

00:41:44.480 --> 00:41:44.680
 call

00:41:44.680 --> 00:41:44.840
 us

00:41:44.840 --> 00:41:45.080
 to be

00:41:45.080 --> 00:41:45.480
 hearers

00:41:45.480 --> 00:41:45.640
 and

00:41:45.640 --> 00:41:46.060
 doers

00:41:46.060 --> 00:41:46.320
 of

00:41:46.320 --> 00:41:46.440
 the

00:41:46.440 --> 00:41:46.660
 word

00:41:46.660 --> 00:41:46.900
 in

00:41:46.900 --> 00:41:47.080
 all

00:41:47.080 --> 00:41:47.280
 these

00:41:47.280 --> 00:41:47.540
 ways

00:41:47.540 --> 00:41:47.640
 that

00:41:47.640 --> 00:41:47.760
 he's

00:41:47.760 --> 00:41:48.120
 outlined

00:41:48.120 --> 00:41:48.280
 we

00:41:48.280 --> 00:41:48.740
 celebrate

00:41:48.740 --> 00:41:49.040
 the

00:41:49.040 --> 00:41:49.200
 fact

00:41:49.200 --> 00:41:49.420
 that

00:41:49.420 --> 00:41:49.820
 in

00:41:49.820 --> 00:41:50.200
 Christ

00:41:50.200 --> 00:41:50.420
 we

00:41:50.420 --> 00:41:50.740
 can

00:41:50.740 --> 00:41:51.260
 do

00:41:51.260 --> 00:41:51.420
 that

00:41:51.420 --> 00:41:51.560
 by

00:41:51.560 --> 00:41:51.700
 the

00:41:51.700 --> 00:41:51.880
 power

00:41:51.880 --> 00:41:51.980
 of

00:41:51.980 --> 00:41:52.060
 the

00:41:52.060 --> 00:41:52.240
 spirit

00:41:52.240 --> 00:41:52.400
 so

00:41:52.400 --> 00:41:52.520
 let's

00:41:52.520 --> 00:41:52.640
 pray

00:41:52.640 --> 00:41:52.900
 together

00:41:52.900 --> 00:41:55.320
 God

00:41:55.320 --> 00:41:55.460
 we

00:41:55.460 --> 00:41:55.560
 do

00:41:55.560 --> 00:41:55.880
 thank you

00:41:55.880 --> 00:41:56.000
 that

00:41:56.000 --> 00:41:56.180
 you

00:41:56.180 --> 00:41:56.460
 are

00:41:56.460 --> 00:41:56.960
 ever

00:41:56.960 --> 00:41:57.260
 faithful

00:41:57.260 --> 00:41:57.460
 to

00:41:57.460 --> 00:41:57.760
 us

00:41:57.760 --> 00:41:57.960
 we

00:41:57.960 --> 00:41:58.340
 thank you

00:41:58.340 --> 00:41:58.540
 that

00:41:58.540 --> 00:41:58.860
 you

00:41:58.860 --> 00:42:00.060
 don't

00:42:00.060 --> 00:42:00.260
 leave

00:42:00.260 --> 00:42:00.620
 us

00:42:00.620 --> 00:42:01.320
 even

00:42:01.320 --> 00:42:01.520
 though

00:42:01.520 --> 00:42:01.840
 we

00:42:01.840 --> 00:42:02.700
 are

00:42:02.700 --> 00:42:02.980
 certainly

00:42:02.980 --> 00:42:03.660
 disobedient

00:42:03.660 --> 00:42:04.020
 God

00:42:04.020 --> 00:42:04.260
 we're

00:42:04.260 --> 00:42:04.860
 confused

00:42:04.860 --> 00:42:05.340
 we

00:42:05.340 --> 00:42:05.460
 don't

00:42:05.460 --> 00:42:05.660
 know

00:42:05.660 --> 00:42:05.820
 what

00:42:05.820 --> 00:42:05.940
 to

00:42:05.940 --> 00:42:06.120
 do

00:42:06.120 --> 00:42:06.240
 and

00:42:06.240 --> 00:42:06.680
 we

00:42:06.680 --> 00:42:06.940
 know

00:42:06.940 --> 00:42:07.120
 what

00:42:07.120 --> 00:42:07.260
 to

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 do

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 we

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 choose

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 not

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 to

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 do

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 it

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 Lord

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 we

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 are

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 resistant

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 and

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 rebellious

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 at

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 points

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 and

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 we

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 need

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 you

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 Lord

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 to

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 care

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 for

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 us

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 we

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 need

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 you

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 by

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 your

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 spirit

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 to

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 sustain

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 us

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 thank

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 you

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 that

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 you

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 preserve

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 our

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 souls

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 and

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 you

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 save

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 us

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 God

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 by

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 faith

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 in

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 Jesus

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 so

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 I

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 would

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 pray

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 God

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 that

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 you

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 would

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 make

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 us

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 as

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 a

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 church

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 make

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 us

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 as

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 individual

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 men

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 women

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 and

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 children

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 who

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 are

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 believing

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 in

00:42:31.520 --> 00:42:31.820
 Jesus

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 to

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 aggressively

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 that

00:42:38.400 --> 00:42:38.560
 you

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 have

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 implanted

00:42:40.540 --> 00:42:40.740
 it

00:42:40.740 --> 00:42:40.860
 you

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 have

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 written

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 it

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 on

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 our

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 hearts

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 and

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 I

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 pray

00:42:42.720 --> 00:42:42.880
 that

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 by

00:42:42.980 --> 00:42:43.140
 the

00:42:43.140 --> 00:42:43.480
 spirit's

00:42:43.480 --> 00:42:43.660
 work

00:42:43.660 --> 00:42:43.760
 you

00:42:43.760 --> 00:42:43.880
 would

00:42:43.880 --> 00:42:44.140
 call

00:42:44.140 --> 00:42:44.280
 us

00:42:44.280 --> 00:42:44.440
 to

00:42:44.440 --> 00:42:44.900
 obedience

00:42:44.900 --> 00:42:45.220
 so

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 whatever

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 that

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 means

00:42:46.040 --> 00:42:46.240
 for

00:42:46.240 --> 00:42:46.540
 us

00:42:46.540 --> 00:42:46.660
 in

00:42:46.660 --> 00:42:46.880
 these

00:42:46.880 --> 00:42:47.280
 moments

00:42:47.280 --> 00:42:47.500
 in

00:42:47.500 --> 00:42:47.700
 this

00:42:47.700 --> 00:42:48.060
 day

00:42:48.060 --> 00:42:48.860
 in

00:42:48.860 --> 00:42:48.960
 the

00:42:48.960 --> 00:42:49.200
 balance

00:42:49.200 --> 00:42:49.320
 of

00:42:49.320 --> 00:42:49.440
 our

00:42:49.440 --> 00:42:49.740
 life

00:42:49.740 --> 00:42:50.000
 God

00:42:50.000 --> 00:42:50.140
 I

00:42:50.140 --> 00:42:50.300
 would

00:42:50.300 --> 00:42:50.800
 pray

00:42:50.800 --> 00:42:52.140
 by

00:42:52.140 --> 00:42:52.280
 the

00:42:52.280 --> 00:42:52.500
 work

00:42:52.500 --> 00:42:52.620
 of

00:42:52.620 --> 00:42:52.780
 your

00:42:52.780 --> 00:42:53.200
 spirit

00:42:53.200 --> 00:42:54.780
 for

00:42:54.780 --> 00:42:54.940
 the

00:42:54.940 --> 00:42:55.280
 glory

00:42:55.280 --> 00:42:55.480
 of

00:42:55.480 --> 00:42:55.600
 your

00:42:55.600 --> 00:42:55.900
 name

00:42:55.900 --> 00:42:57.760
 that

00:42:57.760 --> 00:42:57.920
 if

00:42:57.920 --> 00:42:58.100
 we

00:42:58.100 --> 00:42:58.320
 are

00:42:58.320 --> 00:42:58.820
 anything

00:42:58.820 --> 00:42:59.420
 we

00:42:59.420 --> 00:42:59.740
 are

00:42:59.740 --> 00:43:01.320
 hearers

00:43:01.320 --> 00:43:01.740
 and

00:43:01.740 --> 00:43:02.340
 doers

00:43:02.340 --> 00:43:03.780
 of

00:43:03.780 --> 00:43:03.940
 your

00:43:08.200 --> 00:43:08.560
 that

00:43:08.560 --> 00:43:08.900
 Jesus

00:43:08.900 --> 00:43:10.140
 is

00:43:10.140 --> 00:43:10.300
 our

00:43:10.300 --> 00:43:10.640
 savior

00:43:10.640 --> 00:43:12.080
 we

00:43:12.080 --> 00:43:12.220
 pray

00:43:12.220 --> 00:43:12.420
 these

00:43:12.420 --> 00:43:12.600
 things

00:43:12.600 --> 00:43:12.720
 in

00:43:12.720 --> 00:43:12.900
 his

00:43:12.900 --> 00:43:13.180
 name

00:43:13.180 --> 00:43:14.920
 amen

00:43:14.920 --> 00:43:30.660
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