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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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 Well, good morning, and to all the dads out there, happy Father's Day.

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 You know, one of the greatest blessings that God's ever given me is the opportunity

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 to be a dad to Emma and Grayson.

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 Over the last several years, he's developed a deep joy in me, more so than ever before,

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 of what it means to be a dad as my kids have become teenagers and all that that means and

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 all that looks like.

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 And in fact, I'm walking over here, Grayson's serving over in kids' ministry, but Emma's

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 here.

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 So I'll tell this story real quickly.

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 Did you say I'm scared?

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 Is that what you just said?

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 Yes, she's down her head, yes.

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 Normally, I have to get permission to tell the stories, but since it's Father's Day, I don't

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 have to have permission to tell stories.

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 So one of the things in how God's done this in my life is what I've realized as my beautiful

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 daughter is 14 years old is that things that I used to do that she thinks, that she thought

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 were funny, now I do them, and they're embarrassing, right?

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 And so one of the things that I love to do, and she knows this, is I love to go to the grocery

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 store with her and dance while we walk down the aisles, and I like to sing as loud as

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 I possibly can in there as well.

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 And so, Emma, thank you for letting me be your dad and for dancing and singing and embarrassing

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 you, just like I'm doing right now, sweetie.

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 I love you.

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 And your brother worked that out well that he's over at Kids Ministry right now.

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 If you got your Bibles, we're going to be in Romans chapter 12 this morning.

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 I want to echo everything that Berger said about all that happened and took place at VBS.

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 It was an absolutely wonderful week, one of the doors that God opened for us.

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 If you were here, whether that be a volunteer, whether that be a kid, whether that be a parent,

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 grandparent, you know that, and you saw it last Sunday, right?

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 We had this building decorated with all the rooms, all the walls.

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 There was this wonderful train and Rocky Mountain theme that just wrapped through all of the building,

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 and it really helped add to the week.

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 And so God last week began to open doors.

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 I just want to share this because I believe that this is a part of what the church is called

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 to be in unity, and not just our church, but as we look at the church as a whole.

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 And we started taking phone calls from other churches in our state who heard about or had access

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 to knowing about the decorations that we have.

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 And the cool thing is usually for a lot of this happens with VBS is we have these decorations.

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 A lot of people put a lot of time and energy and effort and ability into creating them.

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 They're not free, and so they cost us, and you guys give faithfully a lot of money to buy the supplies

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 or buy the materials and things needed to build these sets.

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 And then they either break or they get thrown away or they get put in a storage closet,

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 and maybe we use them again, but more than likely not.

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 And so this past week, Lisa Van Ham did a wonderful job as our director, and I started taking phone

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 calls.

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 And so when it's all said and done, there's going to be four churches that are going to

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 end up using all of the resources that we've had to help show and do their VBS for their

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 churches.

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 And what's remarkable about that is every single one of these churches is not a church that

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 could afford to do some of the things that we were able to do.

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 And so it's just a praise to the Lord for all that He's done and opened up for that.

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 And so just for me, that's a big celebration for this past week.

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 Going into next week, I got a prayer request for you guys.

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 We're going to be taking 28 students and adults to Somersault.

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 That's our youth camp.

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 I'll be going on that trip this year and leading that and looking forward to that.

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 And so tomorrow morning, we'll be meeting up here, a group of us, and headed down to Charleston

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 Southern University for a week-long summer camp.

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 And it'll be a wonderful time.

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 If you were raised going to youth camps, you know how impactful they can be.

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 And so I'm looking forward to a lot of energy, a lot of loud music, a lot of fun and games

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 with students, and minimal sleep, all right?

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 And so when I get back on Friday, I'll go hibernate for the remainder of Friday and Saturday

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 and be back with you guys next Sunday, but looking forward to that.

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 So we're going to be continuing on in our series on the fruit of the Spirit.

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 And so I want to read to you guys Galatians 5, 22 through 23.

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 This is where Paul lists these, and this is what we've been studying from.

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 And he writes and says,

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 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

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 gentleness, self-control.

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 Against such things there is no law.

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 And so we've been working through these each week.

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 We've done love, and we've done joy, and this week we will get to peace.

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 Now, when we think of these, remember, I want to kind of recap all of them briefly, right?

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 And so love is not our love.

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 Love is not a fading love.

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 Love is not a temporary love.

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 Love is not a conditional love.

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 Love is an unconditional love.

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 It's God's love.

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 It's the love that God's shown us, and what God has done for us, and how God has loved us.

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 And so God says, take that love and go love others.

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 Go love everyone.

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 Go love sacrificially.

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 Go love unconditionally.

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 And begin to see people the way that I see people as we love them.

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 And then in that, we experience joy, all right?

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 And so we looked at joy last week.

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 Joy is not found in our circumstances, but joy is found in our relationship with God.

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 Joy is centered in the spiritual things of the Lord, and that's what we have this out of.

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 Happiness is a wonderful, beautiful thing that God gives us that in these moments, like that video that we just saw about all those precious kids kind of talking and making fun about their dad a little bit, right?

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 That brought great happiness into the room as we were able to laugh and to experience that and to have those moments.

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 But that is not what joy is.

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 Joy is not from moment to moment, but joy rises above all of conditions.

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 And so that's why we can walk through some of the hardest times in our life with our joy firm and our joy secured, because our joy is found in Christ and not in the situations of life.

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 And so this morning, what we're going to look at, what we're going to talk about is peace.

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 Now, I want to give you guys a little disclaimer.

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 Studying for this message this week, there were so many verses, so many aspects of understanding peace,

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 that honestly, like one message wouldn't come close to doing it justice.

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 Like we could take a whole section, a whole season of our year and dedicate that to studying biblical peace,

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 and we would still walk away not having fully grasped all of the richness that scripture draws from that.

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 But this morning, I want to kind of just give us an overview, but diving into some very specific areas about peace that you and I can know what it means to live in peace,

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 to be people of peace, and extend peace to others, right?

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 Because that can be a very, very difficult time.

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 I don't know when it started, but I feel like I heard someone say one time the issue of the great debates that centralized in the United States started in the 1980s with talk shows.

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 Debates have always been around.

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 Political debates have been around.

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 Debates between neighbors have been around.

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 Debate between husband and wives, debates between churches over theological matters have always been there.

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 But in the 1980s, when talk shows really became prevalent, that people would actually sit down from their busy, chaotic, hectic week

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 and watch people, in order to relax, yell at each other for 30 to 45 minutes on TV.

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 And what has happened over the course of time has been that has spilled over into every area of our life.

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 To the point to where this morning, I get in my truck, I crank up my truck, and I'm heading here,

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 and I'm listening to a national talk show, a sports talk show.

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 And in the 20 minutes that it takes to ride from my house to the church this morning,

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 all everyone did was call in and yell at one another about who was a better basketball player,

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 LeBron James or Steph Curry.

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 20 minutes of it.

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 And it's going to continue on and on and on.

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 And so we live in a culture and a time,

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 whether it's politically,

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 whether it's sports,

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 whether it's pop culture or no matter what it is,

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 we are stuck in this cycle of debating and arguing and battling back and forth.

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 And as I've looked through these and as I've thought through these different aspects of the fruit of the Spirit,

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 I think my heart would go this morning that peace may be the most difficult one based off the culture in which we live right now.

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 Some of these details as we look at peace,

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 peace is not a New Testament concept.

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 It's not an Old Testament concept.

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 It is a biblical concept.

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 And the Old Testament is referred to as shalom would be the word that you see.

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 And the definition,

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 and I love this as you look at Old Testament peace,

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 it's the appearance of calm between individuals, groups, and nations.

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 The appearance of calm between individuals, groups, and nations.

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 So not that there's really truly peace,

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 but there's the appearance of peace.

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 Yes, amen, we know what that looks like, right?

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 We walk into work, there's conflict,

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 but we've got to get along.

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 So there's the appearance of peace.

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 We're walking through a difficulty in our marriage, right?

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 And we come in and we don't want to yell,

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 we don't want to scream anymore,

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 but there's the underlying tension.

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 And so there's the appearance of peace, right?

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 We know what that can mean,

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 and we know how that can be fading.

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 Just as quickly as it came, it can pass.

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 In the New Testament, though,

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 the word that is used for peace is the Greek word irene.

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 And it means unity and accord,

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 which to kind of summarize a lot of what happens in the New Testament,

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 it's the objective of the New Testament church, right?

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 So it's the goal,

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 it's what the New Testament church is working for,

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 it's what the New Testament church is fighting for.

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 Now, in both of these,

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 in both the Old Testament and New Testament,

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 both of these words could be used as greetings, right?

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 And so it would not be uncommon during either time of God's people

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 to greet one another with peace, right?

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 Probably a lot different than when I was saying that repeatedly

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 over and over in middle school, right?

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 But that's what it was.

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 That's the greeting that they would have back and forth from one another.

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 As we look into some other of Paul's writings,

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 Philippians 4 tells us about God's peace,

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 and it says that it transcends earthly matters, right?

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 So that peace is not actually found in the earth and the circumstances.

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 That peace transcends every argument, every debate, every moment of conflict.

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 That in spite of all that exists, all the tension, all the turmoil,

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 that peace is still accessible and that peace is still there.

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 And so that's why we can look at Scripture and see some crazy things from Jesus,

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 from the words of the apostles, some crazy things from God's Word,

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 where he says things like, don't be anxious for anything, right?

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 But you don't understand the circumstance that I'm in.

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 But you've got to understand that peace transcends all that.

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 So don't be anxious for anything.

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 Have peace.

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 And in that, in having peace and transcending all of these earthly things,

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 that God, in those moments, will guard our hearts and our minds.

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 In spite of the circumstances.

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 And that this peace, the peace of God,

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 not only does it transcend all earthly matters,

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 but it transcends all understanding, right?

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 So the level of peace that we're talking about,

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 definitely if you're outside of the faith,

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 but even for us who are in the faith,

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 even for those who are matured into faith,

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 to completely comprehend the peace of God is not obtainable for you or I.

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 We can't.

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 It's trying to fully wrap our mind around something

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 that our minds and our earthly limitations cannot handle.

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 But because of the Holy Spirit who dwells in us,

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 peace is abundant in every situation,

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 unlike anything the world has to offer.

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 So that we can know no matter what we battle,

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 what we face,

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 that peace dwells within us

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 and that this peace is obtainable.

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 So this week when I was sitting down

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 and looking over all of these themes

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 as we look at it,

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 as we begin to study and understand more

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 about the fruit of the Spirit in Galatians 5,

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 I began to just write down like,

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 all right, but what are the things that you're remembering

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 with different parts and different places of the Bible

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 where this is definitely a topic.

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 And the first thing that came to my mind,

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 the first thing that hit me

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 as I began to think about peace

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 was the Christmas narrative, right?

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 With the shepherds and the angels.

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 And the Bible tells us that there was a multitude

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 of heavenly hosts praising God,

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 saying glory to God in the highest

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 and on earth what?

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 Peace.

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 Peace among those with whom he is pleased.

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 That's the greeting of the angels.

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 Glory to God in the highest

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 and on earth literally embodied

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 in the form of the baby of Christ.

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 There is peace.

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 And so what I want to begin with this morning

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 and us looking and beginning to understand this

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 is that Jesus in the theme of Christmas,

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 that Jesus is the Prince of Peace.

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 Jesus is the Prince of Peace.

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 Isaiah 9, 6.

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 Isaiah writes and says,

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 for to us a child is born,

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 to a son is given,

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 and the government shall be upon his shoulder.

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 And his name shall be called

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 Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,

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 Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

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 Prince of Peace.

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 And so what we want us to understand is this,

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 that peace is God's gift to mankind

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 accomplished through the work and life of Jesus.

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 That as we look at peace,

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 we have to understand that the source,

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 the person, the embodiment of this

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 in the life and the work

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 in which he came to do is Jesus.

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 So what does it mean in all of the titles

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 and everything that was given?

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 What does it mean that Jesus is the Prince of Peace?

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 And in order to understand that,

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 we have to look at the gospel,

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 understand the gospel,

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 and see what Jesus came to do.

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 Right?

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 And to give a perspective of our self.

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 Right?

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 We have to understand that before Christ,

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 before our relationship with him,

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 that you and I,

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 we weren't just like these buddies,

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 acquaintances with the Lord,

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 but we're out kind of doing our own little thing,

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 and it just hasn't lined up with us and him yet.

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 Right?

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 That the Bible teaches us

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 that we were at war with God.

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 We were at war with God.

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 And so God sent Jesus to die for us.

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 Romans 5, 8 through 10 says this,

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 that God shows his love for us,

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 that while we were still sinners,

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 Christ died for us.

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 Since therefore we have now been justified by his blood,

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 much more shall we be saved by him

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 from the wrath of God.

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 For if while we were enemies,

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 we were reconciled to God

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 by the death of his son,

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 much more now that we are reconciled,

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 shall we be saved by his life.

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 So look at this.

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 Right?

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 We were objects,

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 is what Ephesians 2 tells us.

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 We were objects of wrath for God

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 because we were enemies of God.

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 And so he sent Jesus to reconcile us,

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 to bring peace.

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 And so now our relationship with God

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 is not marked by war

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 and conflict,

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 but our relationship with God

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 for all of us who know him,

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 who are found in him,

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 who have the Holy Spirit,

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 all of us are not marked by war

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 and conflict,

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 but by peace.

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 Romans 5, 1.

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 Therefore, since we have been justified

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 by faith,

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 we have peace with God

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 through our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 And this is eternal peace.

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 This peace isn't going away.

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 Even sometimes we can still fight,

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 we can still rebel,

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 we can still run,

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 we can still choose the things

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 lesser than God.

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 There's still the peace

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 of the Lord that's there.

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 Right?

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 It's the work that Jesus came to do

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 and to came fully, right?

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 And then what God does

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 is God gives us

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 the Holy Spirit

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 who manifests himself in us

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 so that not only do we have peace,

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 but this is important,

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 that we show peace to the world.

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 We show peace to the world.

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 So Jesus is our prince of peace

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 and then God calls for us

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 to be people of peace.

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 This is it.

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 We are called

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 to be people of peace.

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 Now, this past week at VBS,

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 I had a really cool job.

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 I love the job that I was able to do.

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 I got to dress up in Bible clothes

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 and tell the Bible adventure each week.

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 And it was a wonderful time.

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 Each night there was a different story

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 that we would tell,

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 that we would walk through,

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 be able to ask kids questions,

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 have them talk about it in their groups.

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 And I love each week

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 of being able to do that.

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 And on the last night,

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 we talked about the Great Commission.

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 And in talking about the Great Commission,

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 we looked at it and said,

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 you know,

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 it's not just about telling people

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 about Jesus

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 and seeing them come to faith.

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 Now, let me pause really quick.

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 Those are two very important parts

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 of the Great Commission, right?

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 But that's not the fullness

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 of the Great Commission.

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 Yes, it's telling people.

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 It's seeing people come to faith.

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 But the third aspect of that

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 is Jesus looks at his disciples

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 and he says,

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 and then teach them

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 all that I've commanded you.

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 All that I've instructed you.

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 All that I've shown you.

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 All that you've modeled.

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 So here's what this means.

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 What we see,

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 what we've heard,

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 what we've learned,

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 what we've been told by Jesus

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 is then not left up for us

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 to see if we feel like

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 we are called to do it,

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 if we want to do it,

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 if we're able to do it,

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 if we're good at doing it.

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 Jesus says,

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 no, you do it

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 because I've commanded you

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 to do it.

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 So that when we look

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 at these different aspects

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 of the fruit of the Spirit,

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 it's not like,

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 well, nah,

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 I'm good at this,

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 good at this,

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 good at this,

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 good at this,

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 not good at this,

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 not going to worry about it,

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 good at this,

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 good at this,

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 good at this,

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 right?

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 No, Jesus says,

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 no, you do them

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 because I've commanded you,

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 this is who you are to be,

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 right?

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 And so when Jesus commands us

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 and we see from God's word

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 that we're called to be people of peace,

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 here's what Peter is going to talk about this

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 in 1 Peter.

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 Now, if you know the Apostle Peter,

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 his personality was not necessarily peaceful,

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 right?

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 He was a guy that was pretty good with conflict,

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 right?

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 Have you ever heard people say,

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 like, I love conflict,

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 I love the tension,

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 I love those moments,

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 right?

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 Right?

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 That's not some of us,

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 but man,

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 that was the Apostle Peter.

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 He wasn't afraid of the moment.

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 But here's what he says

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 in 1 Peter 3, 11.

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 He says,

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 let him turn away from evil

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 and do good.

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 Let him seek peace

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 and pursue it.

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 Pursue it.

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 Right?

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 So,

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 peace

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 for you and I

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 isn't something we get to decide

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 if we want to pursue or not.

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 We're commanded to pursue it.

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 And for the rest of this message,

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 we're going to look and see what that means.

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 Because you're probably sitting there

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 thinking right now,

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 like,

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 there's these individuals in my life

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 and man,

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 we're just meshed so well together

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 and when we hang out,

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 there's never a moment of argument,

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 there's never a moment of conflict,

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 and man,

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 to live in peace with them

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 absolutely signed me up.

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 And then,

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 but then there's those other people,

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 right?

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 Or that other person.

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 And right now,

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 you're picturing them in their brain

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 and you know who they are,

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 okay?

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 You know them

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 and you're like,

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 but that's not me with them.

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 The rub that we have,

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 the issue that we have,

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 what they've done to me,

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 all that's gone on.

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 But God calls us,

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 you and I,

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 to be people of peace.

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 And so we're called to do it.

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 So where and with whom

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 does God call us to pursue peace?

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 We'll look at three aspects

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 that we can see in Scripture.

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 Number one is in the home.

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 It's in the home.

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 For some of you,

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 your home is a place of peace

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 and for others,

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 yours isn't.

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 And here's what God says

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 in Ephesians 6,

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 Paul writes.

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 He says,

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 children,

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 obey your parents and the Lord

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 for this is right.

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 Honor your father and mother.

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 This is the first commandment

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 with a promise.

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 That it may go well with you

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 and that you may live long

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 in the land.

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 All right,

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 let's pause here

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 for just a second.

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 So I'm going to walk over now

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 and head over to the kids

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 ministry building.

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 And parents,

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 I'll be back in about 10 minutes.

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 I'm about to lay it on them.

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 All right?

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 That's what we think.

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 Why aren't they all in here?

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 Why is Emma just in here

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 and gracing it?

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 You know what I mean?

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 This is all of them.

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 Here's something I want to point at

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 is we're largely in a group

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 of people who are adults.

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 This doesn't come

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 with an age limit.

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 Honor your father and mother

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 doesn't go away

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 when you turn 18.

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 So some of you are like,

00:23:03.380 --> 00:23:03.480
 yeah,

00:23:03.540 --> 00:23:04.420
 I'm nudging my kid,

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 but what if your parents

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 were here with you this morning

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 at 35,

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 45,

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 55,

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 65 years old?

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 This is the answer.

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 Children,

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 obey your parents

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 and the Lord

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 for this is right.

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 Honor your father and mother.

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 This is the first

00:23:18.940 --> 00:23:19.820
 commandment

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 with a promise

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 that it may go well with you

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 and that you may live long

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 in the land.

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 But then it continues on,

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 right?

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 Not with limit.

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 Fathers,

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 do not provoke

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 your children to anger,

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 but bring them up

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 in discipline

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 and instruction

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 of the Lord.

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 Happy Father's Day,

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 dads.

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 Fathers,

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 as the spiritual leaders

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 in your home,

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 fathers is the one

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 that God has entrusted

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 and called.

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 Do not provoke

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 your children to anger,

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 but bring them up

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 in discipline

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 and instruction

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 of the Lord.

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 And the beautiful thing

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 is that when the home

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 is under Christ

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 and that children,

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 whether they're five,

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 they're 15,

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 or they're 45,

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 understand what it means

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 to honor their father

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 and mother

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 and fathers understand

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 what it means

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 to raise

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 and to nurture

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 and to discipline

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 and to instruct

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 and to do all those things,

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 what we see in the home

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 is peace.

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 So maybe I need to dance

00:24:29.580 --> 00:24:30.180
 a little less

00:24:30.180 --> 00:24:31.020
 in Walmart, right?

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 Nah, she still laughs at me.

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 All right, number two.

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 In the church,

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 in the church,

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 us,

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 in the church,

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 Paul writes in Ephesians 4,

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 3,

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 be eager to maintain

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 the unity of the Spirit

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 in the bond of peace.

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 Eager to maintain

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 the unity of the Spirit

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 in the bond of peace.

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 The first thing,

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 the first word that we see there,

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 eager.

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 Be eager.

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 This is what you've determined

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 to do.

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 This is what you are looking for.

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 Be eager to do this.

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 This is what you're waiting for.

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 This is the anticipation.

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 This is what you're fighting for.

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 You are eager to do something.

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 You woke up this morning

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 with the excitement

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 of what you get to do today,

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 of what you've got to be on guard for,

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 of what you've got to look out for.

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 And us as a church,

00:25:20.080 --> 00:25:20.880
 what we have to,

00:25:21.120 --> 00:25:22.920
 within our walls together,

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 is to be eager.

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 What we have to do

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 as we work with our brothers

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 and sisters in Christ

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 who are Methodist

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 and Pentecostal

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 and Presbyterian

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 and different denominations,

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 is we have to be eager

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 because we're the body of Christ.

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 We have to be eager.

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 We have to look for it.

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 We have to aim for it.

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 We have to set for it.

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 And we have to stop fighting

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 over the things

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 that don't matter

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 and be eager

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 to maintain the unity

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 of the Spirit

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 and the bond of peace.

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 And what we see here

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 is that peace and unity

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 are connected.

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 Peace and unity

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 are connected.

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 Now, it doesn't mean

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 that there's not conflict.

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 I don't want to paint

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 this false facade of life

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 that in order to have peace

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 that you cannot have conflict.

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 You do have conflict.

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 You do see conflict.

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 You see conflict in Scripture.

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 You see conflict

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 amongst the disciples.

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 You see conflict

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 in church discipline

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 be handled and walked through.

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 There is those aspects

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 of those things there,

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 but the conflict

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 is working towards something.

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 The conflict is not working toward

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 let me prove how I am right.

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 Let me prove my agenda.

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 But the conflict

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 is working toward peace.

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 And then the third one,

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 in all relationships,

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 the writer of Hebrews,

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 chapter 12, verse 14,

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 says,

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 strive for peace

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 with everyone, right?

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 Even that neighbor.

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 Even that co-worker.

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 And for the holiness

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 without which

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 no one will see the Lord.

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 Strive for peace

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 with everyone.

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 We're about to look

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 at a passage of Scripture

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 in Romans chapter 12.

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 One of my favorite passages

00:27:05.740 --> 00:27:06.340
 of Scripture

00:27:06.340 --> 00:27:07.280
 that hurts my feelings

00:27:07.280 --> 00:27:08.340
 every time that I read it.

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 All right?

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 But to strive for peace

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 with everyone.

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 So how do we do this?

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 How do you and I

00:27:17.840 --> 00:27:18.780
 on our day-to-day

00:27:18.780 --> 00:27:19.520
 in our life

00:27:19.520 --> 00:27:20.620
 and our interactions

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 with what we do,

00:27:21.640 --> 00:27:22.440
 how do we do this?

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 So earlier,

00:27:23.660 --> 00:27:24.500
 we said,

00:27:24.840 --> 00:27:25.900
 peace is God's gift

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 to man

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 accomplished

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 through the work

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 and life of Jesus.

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 That's what Romans 5

00:27:31.100 --> 00:27:31.720
 teaches us.

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 Romans 5 teaches us

00:27:33.460 --> 00:27:34.780
 that peace is God's gift

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 to man

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 accomplished

00:27:35.940 --> 00:27:36.800
 through the work

00:27:36.800 --> 00:27:38.060
 and the life of Jesus.

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 So if this is true,

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 if we can yes

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 and amen

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 that the peace of God

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 that you and I experience,

00:27:48.600 --> 00:27:49.860
 the peace of God

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 that is eternal,

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 that rest in us,

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 if it's found

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 in the work

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 and in the life

00:27:57.020 --> 00:27:57.980
 of Jesus,

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 then the conclusion

00:27:59.560 --> 00:28:01.960
 we have to come to

00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:03.540
 is that the peace of God

00:28:03.540 --> 00:28:04.560
 requires sacrifice.

00:28:06.280 --> 00:28:07.480
 The peace of God

00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:08.260
 requires sacrifice.

00:28:10.100 --> 00:28:11.520
 So in order to you

00:28:11.520 --> 00:28:12.500
 to be a man

00:28:12.500 --> 00:28:13.520
 or a woman

00:28:13.520 --> 00:28:14.580
 of peace,

00:28:15.140 --> 00:28:16.640
 what you need

00:28:16.640 --> 00:28:17.620
 to embrace

00:28:17.620 --> 00:28:19.280
 in your life

00:28:19.280 --> 00:28:20.980
 is sacrifice.

00:28:22.420 --> 00:28:23.440
 The Bible calls us

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 and tells us

00:28:23.960 --> 00:28:24.900
 that we are ambassadors

00:28:24.900 --> 00:28:26.040
 of Christ.

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 And when an ambassador,

00:28:28.040 --> 00:28:28.580
 during the time

00:28:28.580 --> 00:28:29.660
 when Paul wrote that,

00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:30.460
 when an ambassador

00:28:30.460 --> 00:28:31.240
 would go

00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:32.300
 and speak for someone,

00:28:32.660 --> 00:28:33.620
 that ambassador

00:28:33.620 --> 00:28:35.820
 carried the authority

00:28:35.820 --> 00:28:36.760
 of the one

00:28:36.760 --> 00:28:37.440
 who sent them.

00:28:38.620 --> 00:28:39.140
 And so that

00:28:39.140 --> 00:28:39.920
 when the Bible says

00:28:39.920 --> 00:28:41.820
 that we are ambassadors,

00:28:42.200 --> 00:28:42.960
 that means that

00:28:42.960 --> 00:28:44.900
 we represent Christ

00:28:44.900 --> 00:28:46.060
 and that we're called

00:28:46.060 --> 00:28:46.620
 to tell

00:28:46.620 --> 00:28:47.300
 and to show

00:28:47.300 --> 00:28:48.060
 the world

00:28:48.060 --> 00:28:50.500
 who He is.

00:28:50.660 --> 00:28:51.500
 So we seek

00:28:51.500 --> 00:28:52.860
 to live in peace

00:28:52.860 --> 00:28:53.940
 with everyone.

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 And then here's

00:28:54.740 --> 00:28:55.420
 where this gets this.

00:28:55.600 --> 00:28:56.240
 Here's where it hurts

00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:56.840
 my feelings.

00:28:57.080 --> 00:28:57.640
 Here's where it steps

00:28:57.640 --> 00:28:58.180
 on my toes.

00:28:58.400 --> 00:28:58.940
 Here's the parts

00:28:58.940 --> 00:28:59.680
 that I wrestle with.

00:28:59.920 --> 00:29:00.580
 Even the people

00:29:00.580 --> 00:29:04.100
 who we deem

00:29:04.100 --> 00:29:05.440
 do not deserve it.

00:29:07.980 --> 00:29:09.200
 But do you know

00:29:09.200 --> 00:29:10.200
 they don't deserve

00:29:10.200 --> 00:29:11.020
 my peace.

00:29:13.040 --> 00:29:14.220
 But I didn't deserve

00:29:14.220 --> 00:29:15.000
 the peace of God

00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:17.460
 when Jesus died.

00:29:19.960 --> 00:29:22.360
 So what prevents this?

00:29:23.260 --> 00:29:24.040
 What prevents

00:29:24.040 --> 00:29:25.480
 from showing peace?

00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:26.400
 And here's what

00:29:26.400 --> 00:29:26.860
 we're going to look at

00:29:26.860 --> 00:29:27.120
 and see.

00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:27.860
 The fight against

00:29:27.860 --> 00:29:28.520
 in Romans 12

00:29:28.520 --> 00:29:28.960
 is this,

00:29:29.300 --> 00:29:30.880
 that pride prevents peace.

00:29:31.700 --> 00:29:32.440
 Pride prevents it.

00:29:33.680 --> 00:29:35.020
 Your and my

00:29:35.020 --> 00:29:36.480
 deep desire

00:29:36.480 --> 00:29:37.900
 to want to be right,

00:29:39.240 --> 00:29:40.280
 to want our own

00:29:40.280 --> 00:29:41.180
 justification,

00:29:42.540 --> 00:29:43.280
 torn our own

00:29:43.280 --> 00:29:44.040
 standing.

00:29:45.260 --> 00:29:46.480
 Our pride prevents

00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:47.060
 peace.

00:29:47.340 --> 00:29:48.040
 Look at Romans 12

00:29:48.040 --> 00:29:49.140
 starting in verse 14.

00:29:51.140 --> 00:29:51.800
 Paul writes

00:29:51.800 --> 00:29:52.200
 and he says,

00:29:52.620 --> 00:29:53.260
 bless those

00:29:53.260 --> 00:29:54.420
 who persecute you.

00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:55.780
 Bless and do not

00:29:55.780 --> 00:29:56.560
 curse them.

00:29:57.060 --> 00:29:58.040
 Rejoice with those

00:29:58.040 --> 00:29:58.800
 who rejoice.

00:29:59.380 --> 00:30:00.020
 Weep with those

00:30:00.020 --> 00:30:00.640
 who weep.

00:30:01.020 --> 00:30:01.860
 Live in harmony

00:30:01.860 --> 00:30:02.800
 with one another.

00:30:03.160 --> 00:30:04.120
 Do not be haughty

00:30:04.120 --> 00:30:04.700
 but associate

00:30:04.700 --> 00:30:05.660
 with the lowly.

00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:07.020
 Never be wise

00:30:07.020 --> 00:30:08.000
 in your own sight.

00:30:08.420 --> 00:30:09.500
 Repay no one

00:30:09.500 --> 00:30:10.680
 evil for evil

00:30:10.680 --> 00:30:11.780
 but give thought

00:30:11.780 --> 00:30:12.760
 to do what

00:30:12.760 --> 00:30:13.640
 is honorable

00:30:13.640 --> 00:30:14.820
 in the sight

00:30:14.820 --> 00:30:15.580
 of all people.

00:30:15.800 --> 00:30:16.620
 So how do we

00:30:16.620 --> 00:30:17.460
 live in peace?

00:30:17.800 --> 00:30:18.540
 Romans 12

00:30:18.540 --> 00:30:19.360
 is going to cover

00:30:19.360 --> 00:30:20.320
 some three aspects

00:30:20.320 --> 00:30:21.180
 of what it means

00:30:21.180 --> 00:30:22.460
 to live in peace

00:30:22.460 --> 00:30:23.300
 that would ring true

00:30:23.300 --> 00:30:24.300
 for those Christians

00:30:24.300 --> 00:30:25.540
 and first century Christians

00:30:25.540 --> 00:30:26.460
 and ring true

00:30:26.460 --> 00:30:27.120
 for us today.

00:30:27.360 --> 00:30:28.120
 The number one thing

00:30:28.120 --> 00:30:28.800
 that you and I

00:30:28.800 --> 00:30:29.200
 if we're going to be

00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:30.080
 people of peace

00:30:30.080 --> 00:30:31.320
 is that we have

00:30:31.320 --> 00:30:32.200
 to be

00:30:32.200 --> 00:30:33.640
 counter culture

00:30:33.640 --> 00:30:34.400
 Christians.

00:30:35.440 --> 00:30:36.680
 our culture

00:30:36.680 --> 00:30:38.880
 cannot determine

00:30:38.880 --> 00:30:39.700
 for us

00:30:39.700 --> 00:30:41.300
 what peace

00:30:41.300 --> 00:30:41.820
 is

00:30:41.820 --> 00:30:43.080
 what peace

00:30:43.080 --> 00:30:43.820
 looks like

00:30:43.820 --> 00:30:45.240
 and for us

00:30:45.240 --> 00:30:45.960
 to decide

00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:46.740
 if we are going

00:30:46.740 --> 00:30:47.340
 to be people

00:30:47.340 --> 00:30:47.920
 of peace.

00:30:48.720 --> 00:30:49.980
 If you and I

00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:50.580
 are going to

00:30:50.580 --> 00:30:51.540
 defeat pride

00:30:51.540 --> 00:30:53.060
 and be people

00:30:53.060 --> 00:30:53.520
 of peace

00:30:53.520 --> 00:30:54.380
 we have to

00:30:54.380 --> 00:30:55.420
 understand

00:30:55.420 --> 00:30:56.680
 we have to be

00:30:56.680 --> 00:30:58.060
 counter cultural

00:30:58.060 --> 00:30:59.820
 and it's been

00:30:59.820 --> 00:31:00.640
 counter cultural

00:31:00.640 --> 00:31:01.700
 from the beginning

00:31:01.700 --> 00:31:04.000
 that we're called

00:31:04.000 --> 00:31:04.800
 to be a light

00:31:04.800 --> 00:31:05.340
 in a world

00:31:05.340 --> 00:31:06.180
 of darkness

00:31:06.180 --> 00:31:07.700
 that we're called

00:31:07.700 --> 00:31:08.480
 to be hope

00:31:08.480 --> 00:31:09.840
 where there is no hope

00:31:09.840 --> 00:31:11.260
 this is not

00:31:11.260 --> 00:31:11.820
 an attack

00:31:11.820 --> 00:31:13.520
 on 2022 culture

00:31:13.520 --> 00:31:15.220
 this is an attack

00:31:15.220 --> 00:31:16.200
 on the sin

00:31:16.200 --> 00:31:16.820
 of man

00:31:16.820 --> 00:31:19.320
 where we're called

00:31:19.320 --> 00:31:19.960
 to shine

00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:20.620
 the light

00:31:20.620 --> 00:31:21.980
 Paul says

00:31:21.980 --> 00:31:23.200
 bless those

00:31:23.200 --> 00:31:24.440
 who persecute you

00:31:24.440 --> 00:31:25.440
 bless

00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:26.340
 and do not

00:31:26.340 --> 00:31:27.300
 curse them

00:31:27.300 --> 00:31:28.140
 I'll ask you

00:31:28.140 --> 00:31:28.660
 a question

00:31:28.660 --> 00:31:30.640
 like

00:31:30.640 --> 00:31:32.460
 what do you

00:31:32.460 --> 00:31:33.060
 want to do

00:31:33.060 --> 00:31:33.500
 to people

00:31:33.500 --> 00:31:34.280
 who hurt you

00:31:34.280 --> 00:31:35.520
 right

00:31:35.520 --> 00:31:38.960
 like yesterday

00:31:38.960 --> 00:31:41.540
 I'm driving

00:31:41.540 --> 00:31:42.620
 down the interstate

00:31:42.620 --> 00:31:44.740
 and I hear

00:31:44.740 --> 00:31:45.760
 this noise

00:31:45.760 --> 00:31:50.540
 and I look

00:31:50.540 --> 00:31:51.240
 in the rear view

00:31:51.240 --> 00:31:51.600
 mirror

00:31:51.600 --> 00:31:53.700
 and there's a guy

00:31:53.700 --> 00:31:54.780
 on a motorcycle

00:31:54.780 --> 00:31:56.640
 and we're coming

00:31:56.640 --> 00:31:57.360
 into Charlotte

00:31:57.360 --> 00:31:58.860
 and I don't

00:31:58.860 --> 00:31:59.760
 know about you

00:31:59.760 --> 00:32:00.880
 but there's

00:32:00.880 --> 00:32:02.280
 about a billion

00:32:02.280 --> 00:32:03.080
 punishments

00:32:03.080 --> 00:32:03.660
 in the world

00:32:03.660 --> 00:32:04.140
 that I would

00:32:04.140 --> 00:32:04.740
 take other

00:32:04.740 --> 00:32:05.280
 than driving

00:32:05.280 --> 00:32:06.000
 through Charlotte

00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:06.440
 traffic

00:32:06.440 --> 00:32:06.760
 okay

00:32:06.760 --> 00:32:07.780
 it's just

00:32:07.780 --> 00:32:08.540
 terrible

00:32:08.540 --> 00:32:10.200
 and I hear

00:32:10.200 --> 00:32:10.980
 beep

00:32:10.980 --> 00:32:12.780
 coming in

00:32:12.780 --> 00:32:13.740
 and then I see

00:32:13.740 --> 00:32:14.500
 him like flying

00:32:14.500 --> 00:32:15.600
 in and around

00:32:15.600 --> 00:32:16.700
 and then right

00:32:16.700 --> 00:32:17.600
 in between me

00:32:17.600 --> 00:32:18.460
 and another car

00:32:18.460 --> 00:32:19.140
 who was like this

00:32:19.140 --> 00:32:20.120
 he comes over

00:32:20.120 --> 00:32:20.820
 and comes over

00:32:20.820 --> 00:32:21.260
 in front

00:32:21.260 --> 00:32:22.660
 and I hit the brakes

00:32:22.660 --> 00:32:23.500
 and all of this

00:32:23.500 --> 00:32:24.120
 and then we

00:32:24.120 --> 00:32:24.560
 watch him

00:32:24.560 --> 00:32:26.400
 and he didn't

00:32:26.400 --> 00:32:27.040
 hurt me

00:32:27.040 --> 00:32:27.720
 but he made me

00:32:27.720 --> 00:32:28.100
 mad

00:32:28.100 --> 00:32:30.080
 right

00:32:30.080 --> 00:32:31.880
 and I wanted

00:32:31.880 --> 00:32:32.460
 to speed up

00:32:32.460 --> 00:32:32.900
 the car

00:32:32.900 --> 00:32:33.800
 and instruct him

00:32:33.800 --> 00:32:34.380
 on how that

00:32:34.380 --> 00:32:35.120
 was not wise

00:32:35.120 --> 00:32:35.700
 to do that

00:32:35.700 --> 00:32:36.020
 right

00:32:36.020 --> 00:32:38.560
 I wanted to

00:32:38.560 --> 00:32:40.720
 but peace

00:32:40.720 --> 00:32:41.840
 right

00:32:41.840 --> 00:32:43.060
 what do you do

00:32:43.060 --> 00:32:43.440
 if you want

00:32:43.440 --> 00:32:43.780
 to hurt you

00:32:43.780 --> 00:32:44.080
 do you want

00:32:44.080 --> 00:32:44.560
 to hurt them

00:32:44.560 --> 00:32:46.400
 do you want

00:32:46.400 --> 00:32:46.940
 to let others

00:32:46.940 --> 00:32:47.520
 know who they

00:32:47.520 --> 00:32:48.160
 really are

00:32:48.160 --> 00:32:50.160
 do you want

00:32:50.160 --> 00:32:50.580
 to shut them

00:32:50.580 --> 00:32:50.940
 out of your

00:32:50.940 --> 00:32:51.400
 life

00:32:51.400 --> 00:32:53.120
 here's what

00:32:53.120 --> 00:32:53.640
 Paul says

00:32:53.640 --> 00:32:54.280
 let me sum up

00:32:54.280 --> 00:32:54.960
 these several

00:32:54.960 --> 00:32:55.360
 verses

00:32:55.360 --> 00:32:57.420
 Paul says

00:32:57.420 --> 00:32:58.160
 when there are

00:32:58.160 --> 00:32:58.880
 those who

00:32:58.880 --> 00:32:59.620
 hurt you

00:32:59.620 --> 00:33:00.820
 Paul says

00:33:00.820 --> 00:33:01.540
 do good for

00:33:01.540 --> 00:33:01.800
 them

00:33:01.800 --> 00:33:04.020
 even the good

00:33:04.020 --> 00:33:04.500
 they do not

00:33:04.500 --> 00:33:04.880
 deserve

00:33:04.880 --> 00:33:07.180
 that's what it

00:33:07.180 --> 00:33:07.800
 means to fight

00:33:07.800 --> 00:33:08.400
 against culture

00:33:08.400 --> 00:33:10.180
 that's what it

00:33:10.180 --> 00:33:10.960
 means to head

00:33:10.960 --> 00:33:12.060
 into the opposite

00:33:12.060 --> 00:33:12.500
 direction

00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:13.540
 and then he

00:33:13.540 --> 00:33:13.920
 says

00:33:13.920 --> 00:33:14.220
 right

00:33:14.220 --> 00:33:15.400
 rejoice with

00:33:15.400 --> 00:33:15.720
 those who

00:33:15.720 --> 00:33:16.160
 rejoice

00:33:16.160 --> 00:33:16.600
 and weep

00:33:16.600 --> 00:33:16.900
 with those

00:33:16.900 --> 00:33:18.440
 who weep

00:33:18.440 --> 00:33:19.280
 so what

00:33:19.280 --> 00:33:20.120
 Paul's getting

00:33:20.120 --> 00:33:20.760
 to is in

00:33:20.760 --> 00:33:21.260
 being people

00:33:21.260 --> 00:33:21.640
 of peace

00:33:21.640 --> 00:33:22.020
 what we do

00:33:22.020 --> 00:33:22.560
 is we

00:33:22.560 --> 00:33:23.480
 empathize

00:33:23.480 --> 00:33:24.160
 with all

00:33:24.160 --> 00:33:24.680
 people in

00:33:24.680 --> 00:33:25.380
 all situations

00:33:25.380 --> 00:33:25.960
 when there

00:33:25.960 --> 00:33:26.420
 are those

00:33:26.420 --> 00:33:27.240
 who hurt

00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:28.080
 we hurt

00:33:28.080 --> 00:33:29.800
 when there

00:33:29.800 --> 00:33:30.080
 are those

00:33:30.080 --> 00:33:30.800
 who rejoice

00:33:30.800 --> 00:33:31.860
 re-rejoice

00:33:31.860 --> 00:33:32.580
 and what this

00:33:32.580 --> 00:33:33.100
 does when we

00:33:33.100 --> 00:33:33.680
 begin to think

00:33:33.680 --> 00:33:33.940
 of this

00:33:33.940 --> 00:33:34.480
 what does

00:33:34.480 --> 00:33:34.900
 it do

00:33:34.900 --> 00:33:35.840
 if I'm

00:33:35.840 --> 00:33:36.300
 having the

00:33:36.300 --> 00:33:37.360
 best day

00:33:37.360 --> 00:33:38.020
 of my

00:33:38.020 --> 00:33:38.700
 life

00:33:38.700 --> 00:33:39.940
 it's

00:33:39.940 --> 00:33:40.540
 phenomenal

00:33:40.540 --> 00:33:41.200
 everything's

00:33:41.200 --> 00:33:42.100
 going wonderful

00:33:42.100 --> 00:33:43.140
 and my wife

00:33:43.140 --> 00:33:43.820
 walks in

00:33:43.880 --> 00:33:44.480
 and she's

00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:44.720
 had a

00:33:44.720 --> 00:33:45.080
 terrible

00:33:45.080 --> 00:33:45.360
 day

00:33:45.360 --> 00:33:45.740
 at work

00:33:45.740 --> 00:33:46.320
 then what

00:33:46.320 --> 00:33:46.660
 do I

00:33:46.660 --> 00:33:46.880
 do

00:33:46.880 --> 00:33:47.340
 do I

00:33:47.340 --> 00:33:47.840
 listen to

00:33:47.840 --> 00:33:47.960
 her

00:33:47.960 --> 00:33:48.180
 and say

00:33:48.180 --> 00:33:48.620
 I'm

00:33:48.620 --> 00:33:48.900
 sorry

00:33:48.900 --> 00:33:49.280
 your day

00:33:49.280 --> 00:33:49.400
 is

00:33:49.400 --> 00:33:49.700
 terrible

00:33:49.700 --> 00:33:50.040
 but let

00:33:50.040 --> 00:33:50.200
 me tell you

00:33:50.200 --> 00:33:50.640
 how great

00:33:50.640 --> 00:33:51.060
 my day

00:33:51.060 --> 00:33:51.360
 was

00:33:51.360 --> 00:33:51.920
 no

00:33:51.920 --> 00:33:53.760
 when she

00:33:53.760 --> 00:33:54.020
 hurts

00:33:54.020 --> 00:33:54.460
 I hurt

00:33:54.460 --> 00:33:57.080
 counter to

00:33:57.080 --> 00:33:57.400
 that

00:33:57.400 --> 00:33:59.460
 when she

00:33:59.460 --> 00:33:59.920
 comes home

00:33:59.920 --> 00:34:00.220
 and she's

00:34:00.220 --> 00:34:00.420
 had the

00:34:00.420 --> 00:34:00.880
 terrible day

00:34:00.880 --> 00:34:01.100
 and I've

00:34:01.100 --> 00:34:01.320
 had the

00:34:01.320 --> 00:34:01.680
 good day

00:34:01.680 --> 00:34:01.960
 and she

00:34:01.960 --> 00:34:02.440
 walks right

00:34:02.440 --> 00:34:02.620
 in

00:34:02.620 --> 00:34:03.200
 and before

00:34:03.200 --> 00:34:03.560
 she can

00:34:03.560 --> 00:34:03.860
 set her

00:34:03.860 --> 00:34:04.420
 bag down

00:34:04.420 --> 00:34:05.040
 I begin

00:34:05.040 --> 00:34:05.340
 to tell

00:34:05.340 --> 00:34:05.680
 her

00:34:05.680 --> 00:34:06.360
 all the

00:34:06.360 --> 00:34:06.700
 wonderful

00:34:06.700 --> 00:34:07.020
 things

00:34:07.020 --> 00:34:07.380
 that happened

00:34:07.380 --> 00:34:07.760
 to me

00:34:07.760 --> 00:34:08.180
 that day

00:34:08.180 --> 00:34:08.740
 what does

00:34:08.740 --> 00:34:08.980
 she do

00:34:08.980 --> 00:34:09.360
 for me

00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:09.740
 right

00:34:09.740 --> 00:34:10.460
 she rejoices

00:34:10.460 --> 00:34:12.100
 she rejoices

00:34:12.100 --> 00:34:13.800
 her day

00:34:13.800 --> 00:34:14.320
 wasn't great

00:34:14.320 --> 00:34:15.800
 but mine

00:34:15.800 --> 00:34:16.180
 was

00:34:16.180 --> 00:34:17.600
 and so

00:34:17.600 --> 00:34:18.060
 that's what

00:34:18.060 --> 00:34:18.600
 it looks

00:34:18.600 --> 00:34:18.920
 like

00:34:18.920 --> 00:34:19.540
 and what

00:34:19.540 --> 00:34:20.220
 it does

00:34:20.220 --> 00:34:21.600
 this crazy

00:34:21.600 --> 00:34:21.980
 thing

00:34:21.980 --> 00:34:22.520
 we weep

00:34:22.520 --> 00:34:22.840
 with those

00:34:22.840 --> 00:34:23.260
 who weep

00:34:23.260 --> 00:34:23.540
 when we

00:34:23.540 --> 00:34:23.920
 rejoice

00:34:23.920 --> 00:34:24.260
 with those

00:34:24.260 --> 00:34:24.780
 who rejoice

00:34:24.780 --> 00:34:25.600
 what happens

00:34:25.600 --> 00:34:25.840
 us

00:34:25.840 --> 00:34:26.180
 is we

00:34:26.180 --> 00:34:26.440
 begin

00:34:26.440 --> 00:34:26.720
 to not

00:34:26.720 --> 00:34:26.880
 think

00:34:26.880 --> 00:34:26.980
 of

00:34:26.980 --> 00:34:27.280
 ourselves

00:34:27.280 --> 00:34:28.440
 first

00:34:28.440 --> 00:34:29.700
 first

00:34:29.700 --> 00:34:29.960
 right

00:34:29.960 --> 00:34:31.400
 Paul

00:34:31.400 --> 00:34:31.720
 continues

00:34:31.720 --> 00:34:32.060
 on

00:34:32.060 --> 00:34:32.500
 and he

00:34:32.500 --> 00:34:32.680
 says

00:34:32.680 --> 00:34:32.980
 live

00:34:32.980 --> 00:34:33.840
 in harmony

00:34:33.840 --> 00:34:34.260
 with one

00:34:34.260 --> 00:34:34.520
 another

00:34:34.520 --> 00:34:34.860
 do not

00:34:34.860 --> 00:34:35.400
 be haughty

00:34:35.400 --> 00:34:35.880
 but associate

00:34:35.880 --> 00:34:36.280
 with the

00:34:36.280 --> 00:34:36.700
 lowly

00:34:36.700 --> 00:34:38.160
 never be

00:34:38.160 --> 00:34:38.520
 wise

00:34:38.520 --> 00:34:38.800
 in your

00:34:38.800 --> 00:34:39.320
 own sight

00:34:39.320 --> 00:34:39.640
 repay

00:34:39.640 --> 00:34:40.080
 no one

00:34:40.080 --> 00:34:40.380
 evil

00:34:40.380 --> 00:34:40.920
 for evil

00:34:40.920 --> 00:34:41.640
 but give

00:34:41.640 --> 00:34:42.060
 thought

00:34:42.060 --> 00:34:42.460
 to do

00:34:42.460 --> 00:34:42.800
 what is

00:34:42.800 --> 00:34:43.240
 honorable

00:34:43.240 --> 00:34:43.640
 in the

00:34:43.640 --> 00:34:43.820
 sight

00:34:43.820 --> 00:34:44.220
 of all

00:34:44.220 --> 00:34:45.140
 so here's

00:34:45.140 --> 00:34:45.280
 what I

00:34:45.280 --> 00:34:45.360
 think

00:34:45.360 --> 00:34:45.600
 we can

00:34:45.600 --> 00:34:45.900
 we can

00:34:45.900 --> 00:34:46.200
 draw

00:34:46.200 --> 00:34:46.680
 from this

00:34:46.680 --> 00:34:46.900
 in the

00:34:46.900 --> 00:34:47.220
 context

00:34:47.220 --> 00:34:47.580
 of living

00:34:47.580 --> 00:34:47.920
 in peace

00:34:47.920 --> 00:34:48.620
 we got

00:34:48.620 --> 00:34:48.920
 to change

00:34:48.920 --> 00:34:49.200
 our view

00:34:49.200 --> 00:34:49.760
 on humanity

00:34:49.760 --> 00:34:51.580
 we got

00:34:51.580 --> 00:34:51.880
 to change

00:34:51.880 --> 00:34:52.060
 our view

00:34:52.060 --> 00:34:52.560
 on humanity

00:34:54.780 --> 00:34:55.220
 stop seeing

00:34:55.220 --> 00:34:55.920
 the world

00:34:55.920 --> 00:34:58.660
 as us

00:34:58.660 --> 00:34:59.340
 versus them

00:34:59.340 --> 00:35:01.600
 we got

00:35:01.600 --> 00:35:01.940
 to stop

00:35:01.940 --> 00:35:02.500
 living in

00:35:02.500 --> 00:35:03.100
 the world

00:35:03.100 --> 00:35:03.780
 that it's

00:35:03.780 --> 00:35:04.240
 a fight

00:35:04.240 --> 00:35:04.560
 that it's

00:35:04.560 --> 00:35:05.180
 a battle

00:35:05.180 --> 00:35:07.160
 and instead

00:35:07.160 --> 00:35:07.800
 we begin

00:35:07.800 --> 00:35:08.480
 to see

00:35:08.480 --> 00:35:09.880
 the world

00:35:09.880 --> 00:35:10.540
 not in

00:35:10.540 --> 00:35:11.340
 the battle

00:35:11.340 --> 00:35:12.020
 of us

00:35:12.020 --> 00:35:12.880
 versus them

00:35:12.880 --> 00:35:13.180
 but we

00:35:13.180 --> 00:35:13.720
 begin to

00:35:13.720 --> 00:35:14.600
 see the

00:35:14.600 --> 00:35:15.080
 world

00:35:15.080 --> 00:35:15.820
 in the

00:35:15.820 --> 00:35:16.200
 spiritual

00:35:16.200 --> 00:35:16.780
 fight

00:35:16.780 --> 00:35:17.320
 of us

00:35:17.320 --> 00:35:17.860
 for them

00:35:17.860 --> 00:35:19.960
 to declare

00:35:19.960 --> 00:35:20.380
 the hope

00:35:20.380 --> 00:35:20.620
 of the

00:35:20.620 --> 00:35:20.980
 gospel

00:35:20.980 --> 00:35:22.640
 and to

00:35:22.640 --> 00:35:23.080
 love

00:35:23.080 --> 00:35:23.400
 and to

00:35:23.400 --> 00:35:23.880
 care

00:35:23.880 --> 00:35:25.120
 and to

00:35:25.120 --> 00:35:25.220
 be

00:35:25.220 --> 00:35:25.540
 people

00:35:25.540 --> 00:35:26.000
 of peace

00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:28.180
 verse 18

00:35:28.180 --> 00:35:30.580
 here's

00:35:30.580 --> 00:35:31.880
 what Paul

00:35:31.880 --> 00:35:32.120
 says

00:35:32.120 --> 00:35:33.040
 if

00:35:33.040 --> 00:35:33.780
 possible

00:35:33.780 --> 00:35:35.700
 so far

00:35:35.700 --> 00:35:36.040
 as it

00:35:36.040 --> 00:35:36.500
 depends

00:35:36.500 --> 00:35:37.220
 on you

00:35:37.220 --> 00:35:38.780
 live

00:35:38.780 --> 00:35:39.700
 peaceably

00:35:39.700 --> 00:35:40.540
 with all

00:35:40.540 --> 00:35:42.360
 with all

00:35:42.360 --> 00:35:43.300
 if

00:35:43.300 --> 00:35:43.900
 possibly

00:35:43.900 --> 00:35:44.580
 so far

00:35:44.580 --> 00:35:45.060
 as it

00:35:45.060 --> 00:35:45.520
 depends

00:35:45.520 --> 00:35:46.560
 on you

00:35:46.560 --> 00:35:47.760
 live

00:35:47.760 --> 00:35:48.660
 peaceably

00:35:48.660 --> 00:35:49.560
 with

00:35:49.560 --> 00:35:50.120
 all

00:35:50.120 --> 00:35:50.520
 now

00:35:50.520 --> 00:35:51.920
 yes

00:35:51.920 --> 00:35:52.480
 I said

00:35:52.480 --> 00:35:53.020
 earlier

00:35:53.020 --> 00:35:53.420
 right

00:35:53.420 --> 00:35:54.380
 we're

00:35:54.380 --> 00:35:54.480
 going

00:35:54.480 --> 00:35:54.600
 to

00:35:54.600 --> 00:35:54.920
 hit

00:35:54.920 --> 00:35:55.640
 situations

00:35:55.640 --> 00:35:55.980
 in

00:35:55.980 --> 00:35:56.260
 our

00:35:56.260 --> 00:35:56.760
 life

00:35:56.760 --> 00:35:57.340
 as we

00:35:57.340 --> 00:35:57.720
 live

00:35:57.720 --> 00:35:57.980
 in

00:35:57.980 --> 00:35:58.300
 this

00:35:58.300 --> 00:35:58.820
 world

00:35:58.820 --> 00:35:59.280
 we're

00:35:59.280 --> 00:35:59.420
 in

00:35:59.420 --> 00:35:59.560
 a

00:35:59.560 --> 00:36:00.160
 relationship

00:36:00.160 --> 00:36:00.500
 with

00:36:00.500 --> 00:36:00.860
 someone

00:36:00.860 --> 00:36:01.320
 where peace

00:36:01.320 --> 00:36:01.780
 cannot be

00:36:01.780 --> 00:36:02.040
 found

00:36:02.040 --> 00:36:04.060
 they're

00:36:04.060 --> 00:36:04.260
 going to

00:36:04.260 --> 00:36:04.560
 live in

00:36:04.560 --> 00:36:05.020
 conflict

00:36:05.020 --> 00:36:05.380
 they're

00:36:05.380 --> 00:36:05.540
 going to

00:36:05.540 --> 00:36:05.800
 live in

00:36:05.800 --> 00:36:06.100
 hatred

00:36:06.100 --> 00:36:06.660
 they're

00:36:06.660 --> 00:36:06.880
 going to

00:36:06.880 --> 00:36:07.100
 live

00:36:07.100 --> 00:36:07.320
 in

00:36:07.320 --> 00:36:07.700
 anger

00:36:07.700 --> 00:36:09.600
 and I

00:36:09.600 --> 00:36:09.840
 heard

00:36:09.840 --> 00:36:10.060
 this

00:36:10.060 --> 00:36:10.340
 verse

00:36:10.340 --> 00:36:10.760
 talked

00:36:10.760 --> 00:36:11.140
 about

00:36:11.140 --> 00:36:11.820
 as

00:36:11.820 --> 00:36:12.100
 kind

00:36:12.100 --> 00:36:12.240
 of

00:36:12.240 --> 00:36:12.580
 the

00:36:12.580 --> 00:36:14.100
 clause

00:36:14.100 --> 00:36:14.300
 that

00:36:14.300 --> 00:36:14.560
 gets

00:36:14.560 --> 00:36:14.780
 us

00:36:14.780 --> 00:36:15.060
 out

00:36:15.060 --> 00:36:16.380
 Lord

00:36:16.380 --> 00:36:16.600
 I

00:36:16.600 --> 00:36:17.080
 tried

00:36:17.080 --> 00:36:18.660
 wash

00:36:18.660 --> 00:36:18.860
 my

00:36:18.860 --> 00:36:19.100
 hands

00:36:19.100 --> 00:36:19.280
 I'm

00:36:19.280 --> 00:36:19.600
 done

00:36:19.600 --> 00:36:21.460
 but I

00:36:21.460 --> 00:36:21.580
 don't

00:36:21.580 --> 00:36:21.760
 think

00:36:21.760 --> 00:36:21.980
 that's

00:36:21.980 --> 00:36:22.260
 what we're

00:36:22.260 --> 00:36:22.480
 seeing

00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:23.520
 here

00:36:23.520 --> 00:36:24.480
 if

00:36:24.480 --> 00:36:25.220
 possible

00:36:25.220 --> 00:36:26.220
 so far

00:36:26.220 --> 00:36:26.520
 as it

00:36:26.520 --> 00:36:26.960
 depends

00:36:26.960 --> 00:36:27.380
 on

00:36:27.380 --> 00:36:28.040
 you

00:36:28.040 --> 00:36:29.260
 now let me

00:36:29.260 --> 00:36:29.840
 read it to me

00:36:29.840 --> 00:36:31.240
 if possible

00:36:31.240 --> 00:36:32.080
 so far

00:36:32.080 --> 00:36:32.440
 as it

00:36:32.440 --> 00:36:32.820
 depends

00:36:32.820 --> 00:36:33.580
 on me

00:36:33.580 --> 00:36:35.260
 live

00:36:35.260 --> 00:36:36.020
 peaceably

00:36:36.020 --> 00:36:36.960
 with all

00:36:36.960 --> 00:36:38.260
 I

00:36:38.260 --> 00:36:38.260
 I

00:36:38.260 --> 00:36:38.480
 wrote

00:36:38.480 --> 00:36:38.780
 three

00:36:38.780 --> 00:36:39.120
 words

00:36:39.120 --> 00:36:39.500
 in my

00:36:39.500 --> 00:36:39.840
 notes

00:36:39.840 --> 00:36:41.380
 to

00:36:41.380 --> 00:36:41.860
 explain

00:36:41.860 --> 00:36:42.220
 this

00:36:42.220 --> 00:36:42.900
 verse

00:36:42.900 --> 00:36:44.580
 worry

00:36:44.580 --> 00:36:44.920
 about

00:36:44.920 --> 00:36:45.300
 you

00:36:45.300 --> 00:36:47.300
 worry

00:36:47.300 --> 00:36:47.640
 about

00:36:47.640 --> 00:36:48.040
 you

00:36:48.040 --> 00:36:50.040
 so many

00:36:50.040 --> 00:36:50.520
 times

00:36:50.520 --> 00:36:51.060
 in this

00:36:51.060 --> 00:36:51.720
 in this

00:36:51.720 --> 00:36:52.020
 life

00:36:52.020 --> 00:36:52.500
 in these

00:36:52.500 --> 00:36:53.120
 relationships

00:36:53.120 --> 00:36:53.660
 in these

00:36:53.660 --> 00:36:54.000
 moments

00:36:54.000 --> 00:36:54.560
 in these

00:36:54.560 --> 00:36:54.860
 pieces

00:36:54.860 --> 00:36:55.080
 of

00:36:55.080 --> 00:36:55.520
 conflict

00:36:55.520 --> 00:36:55.960
 I

00:36:55.960 --> 00:36:56.160
 will

00:36:56.160 --> 00:36:56.460
 sit

00:36:56.460 --> 00:36:56.720
 there

00:36:56.720 --> 00:36:57.080
 and

00:36:57.080 --> 00:36:57.620
 unpack

00:36:57.620 --> 00:36:57.860
 for

00:36:57.860 --> 00:36:58.420
 hours

00:36:58.420 --> 00:36:59.080
 all

00:36:59.080 --> 00:36:59.300
 the

00:36:59.300 --> 00:36:59.680
 things

00:36:59.680 --> 00:37:00.280
 all

00:37:00.280 --> 00:37:00.500
 the

00:37:00.500 --> 00:37:01.040
 wrongs

00:37:01.040 --> 00:37:01.460
 all

00:37:01.460 --> 00:37:01.680
 that

00:37:01.680 --> 00:37:02.020
 they've

00:37:02.020 --> 00:37:02.340
 done

00:37:02.340 --> 00:37:02.700
 and

00:37:02.700 --> 00:37:03.000
 why

00:37:03.000 --> 00:37:03.340
 in

00:37:03.340 --> 00:37:03.600
 them

00:37:03.600 --> 00:37:04.020
 this

00:37:04.020 --> 00:37:04.360
 can't

00:37:04.360 --> 00:37:04.860
 possibly

00:37:04.860 --> 00:37:05.280
 happen

00:37:05.280 --> 00:37:05.720
 this

00:37:05.720 --> 00:37:06.240
 possibly

00:37:06.240 --> 00:37:06.600
 can't

00:37:06.600 --> 00:37:06.880
 exist

00:37:06.880 --> 00:37:07.260
 but

00:37:07.260 --> 00:37:07.600
 Paul

00:37:07.600 --> 00:37:07.900
 says

00:37:07.900 --> 00:37:08.360
 if

00:37:08.360 --> 00:37:08.960
 possible

00:37:08.960 --> 00:37:09.740
 so far

00:37:09.740 --> 00:37:10.040
 as it

00:37:10.040 --> 00:37:10.400
 depends

00:37:10.400 --> 00:37:10.780
 on

00:37:10.780 --> 00:37:11.040
 you

00:37:11.040 --> 00:37:11.400
 guess

00:37:11.400 --> 00:37:11.560
 what

00:37:11.560 --> 00:37:11.720
 I

00:37:11.720 --> 00:37:11.960
 can't

00:37:11.960 --> 00:37:12.360
 control

00:37:12.360 --> 00:37:13.000
 them

00:37:13.000 --> 00:37:13.380
 guess

00:37:13.380 --> 00:37:13.520
 who

00:37:13.520 --> 00:37:13.700
 I

00:37:13.700 --> 00:37:14.020
 can

00:37:14.020 --> 00:37:14.540
 me

00:37:14.540 --> 00:37:15.400
 as far

00:37:15.400 --> 00:37:15.840
 as

00:37:15.840 --> 00:37:16.200
 so

00:37:16.200 --> 00:37:16.660
 as far

00:37:16.660 --> 00:37:17.040
 as it

00:37:17.040 --> 00:37:17.500
 depends

00:37:17.500 --> 00:37:17.840
 on

00:37:17.840 --> 00:37:18.240
 me

00:37:18.240 --> 00:37:18.760
 live

00:37:18.760 --> 00:37:19.420
 peaceably

00:37:19.420 --> 00:37:20.240
 with all

00:37:20.240 --> 00:37:20.600
 so

00:37:20.600 --> 00:37:21.040
 they're

00:37:21.040 --> 00:37:21.260
 going to

00:37:21.260 --> 00:37:21.560
 hurt

00:37:21.560 --> 00:37:21.800
 me

00:37:21.800 --> 00:37:22.120
 they're

00:37:22.120 --> 00:37:22.300
 going to

00:37:22.300 --> 00:37:22.460
 do

00:37:22.460 --> 00:37:22.660
 these

00:37:22.660 --> 00:37:22.900
 things

00:37:22.900 --> 00:37:23.120
 they're

00:37:23.120 --> 00:37:23.260
 going to

00:37:23.260 --> 00:37:23.400
 be

00:37:23.400 --> 00:37:23.720
 against

00:37:23.720 --> 00:37:23.940
 me

00:37:23.940 --> 00:37:24.260
 then

00:37:24.260 --> 00:37:24.480
 what

00:37:24.480 --> 00:37:24.600
 is

00:37:24.600 --> 00:37:24.800
 my

00:37:24.800 --> 00:37:25.320
 reaction

00:37:25.320 --> 00:37:25.800
 as

00:37:25.800 --> 00:37:26.120
 far

00:37:26.120 --> 00:37:26.300
 as

00:37:26.300 --> 00:37:26.420
 it

00:37:26.420 --> 00:37:26.840
 depends

00:37:26.840 --> 00:37:27.180
 on

00:37:27.180 --> 00:37:27.600
 me

00:37:27.600 --> 00:37:28.500
 live

00:37:28.500 --> 00:37:29.460
 peaceably

00:37:29.460 --> 00:37:29.960
 with

00:37:29.960 --> 00:37:30.220
 all

00:37:30.220 --> 00:37:30.540
 and

00:37:35.280 --> 00:37:35.380
 how do

00:37:35.380 --> 00:37:35.440
 we

00:37:35.440 --> 00:37:35.600
 live

00:37:35.600 --> 00:37:35.720
 in

00:37:35.720 --> 00:37:36.100
 peace

00:37:36.100 --> 00:37:37.720
 well

00:37:37.720 --> 00:37:38.140
 stop

00:37:38.140 --> 00:37:38.740
 giving

00:37:38.740 --> 00:37:38.980
 the

00:37:38.980 --> 00:37:39.560
 excuse

00:37:39.560 --> 00:37:39.800
 of

00:37:39.800 --> 00:37:39.960
 your

00:37:39.960 --> 00:37:40.460
 conflict

00:37:40.460 --> 00:37:40.860
 and

00:37:40.860 --> 00:37:41.080
 how

00:37:41.080 --> 00:37:41.640
 they're

00:37:41.640 --> 00:37:41.800
 the

00:37:41.800 --> 00:37:42.000
 sole

00:37:42.000 --> 00:37:42.280
 reason

00:37:42.280 --> 00:37:42.520
 for

00:37:42.520 --> 00:37:42.980
 it

00:37:42.980 --> 00:37:44.620
 and

00:37:44.620 --> 00:37:44.900
 instead

00:37:44.900 --> 00:37:45.220
 how it

00:37:45.220 --> 00:37:45.380
 rests

00:37:45.380 --> 00:37:45.560
 with

00:37:45.560 --> 00:37:45.860
 us

00:37:45.860 --> 00:37:47.520
 and

00:37:47.520 --> 00:37:47.720
 we'll

00:37:47.720 --> 00:37:47.960
 close

00:37:47.960 --> 00:37:48.100
 with

00:37:48.100 --> 00:37:48.260
 this

00:37:48.260 --> 00:37:48.460
 verse

00:37:48.460 --> 00:37:48.860
 19

00:37:48.860 --> 00:37:51.880
 beloved

00:37:51.880 --> 00:37:52.340
 never

00:37:52.340 --> 00:37:52.780
 avenge

00:37:52.780 --> 00:37:53.300
 yourself

00:37:53.300 --> 00:37:54.900
 but

00:37:54.900 --> 00:37:55.120
 leave

00:37:55.120 --> 00:37:55.220
 it

00:37:55.220 --> 00:37:55.320
 to

00:37:55.320 --> 00:37:55.460
 the

00:37:55.460 --> 00:37:55.700
 wrath

00:37:55.700 --> 00:37:55.860
 of

00:37:55.860 --> 00:37:56.160
 God

00:37:56.160 --> 00:37:57.480
 for

00:37:57.480 --> 00:37:57.600
 it

00:37:57.600 --> 00:37:57.720
 is

00:37:57.720 --> 00:37:57.960
 written

00:37:57.960 --> 00:37:58.340
 vengeance

00:37:58.340 --> 00:37:58.660
 is

00:37:58.660 --> 00:37:59.040
 mine

00:37:59.040 --> 00:37:59.800
 I

00:37:59.800 --> 00:38:00.000
 will

00:38:00.000 --> 00:38:00.400
 repay

00:38:00.400 --> 00:38:00.720
 says

00:38:00.720 --> 00:38:00.900
 the

00:38:00.900 --> 00:38:01.160
 Lord

00:38:01.160 --> 00:38:02.200
 to

00:38:02.200 --> 00:38:02.340
 the

00:38:02.340 --> 00:38:02.940
 contrary

00:38:02.940 --> 00:38:03.240
 if

00:38:03.240 --> 00:38:03.380
 your

00:38:03.380 --> 00:38:03.580
 enemy

00:38:03.580 --> 00:38:03.800
 is

00:38:03.800 --> 00:38:04.160
 hungry

00:38:04.160 --> 00:38:05.240
 feed

00:38:05.240 --> 00:38:05.540
 him

00:38:05.540 --> 00:38:06.880
 if

00:38:06.880 --> 00:38:06.980
 he

00:38:06.980 --> 00:38:07.160
 is

00:38:07.160 --> 00:38:07.620
 thirsty

00:38:07.620 --> 00:38:08.940
 give

00:38:08.940 --> 00:38:09.080
 him

00:38:09.080 --> 00:38:09.320
 something

00:38:09.320 --> 00:38:09.540
 to

00:38:09.540 --> 00:38:09.860
 drink

00:38:09.860 --> 00:38:11.380
 for

00:38:11.380 --> 00:38:11.600
 by

00:38:11.600 --> 00:38:11.800
 so

00:38:11.800 --> 00:38:12.200
 doing

00:38:12.200 --> 00:38:13.300
 you

00:38:13.300 --> 00:38:13.480
 will

00:38:13.480 --> 00:38:13.660
 heap

00:38:13.680 --> 00:38:14.220
 coals

00:38:14.220 --> 00:38:14.480
 on

00:38:14.480 --> 00:38:14.680
 his

00:38:14.680 --> 00:38:15.060
 head

00:38:15.060 --> 00:38:16.360
 do

00:38:16.360 --> 00:38:16.540
 not

00:38:16.540 --> 00:38:16.920
 become

00:38:16.920 --> 00:38:17.240
 be

00:38:17.240 --> 00:38:17.600
 overcome

00:38:17.600 --> 00:38:17.980
 by

00:38:17.980 --> 00:38:18.360
 evil

00:38:18.360 --> 00:38:19.540
 but

00:38:19.540 --> 00:38:19.940
 overcome

00:38:19.940 --> 00:38:20.460
 evil

00:38:20.460 --> 00:38:21.180
 with

00:38:21.180 --> 00:38:21.520
 good

00:38:21.520 --> 00:38:24.020
 so

00:38:24.020 --> 00:38:24.200
 how

00:38:24.200 --> 00:38:24.340
 do

00:38:24.340 --> 00:38:24.500
 we

00:38:24.500 --> 00:38:25.040
 live

00:38:25.040 --> 00:38:25.160
 in

00:38:25.160 --> 00:38:25.480
 peace

00:38:25.480 --> 00:38:26.520
 we

00:38:26.520 --> 00:38:26.700
 just

00:38:26.700 --> 00:38:26.820
 gotta

00:38:26.820 --> 00:38:27.100
 trust

00:38:27.100 --> 00:38:27.340
 God

00:38:27.340 --> 00:38:29.000
 we

00:38:29.000 --> 00:38:29.140
 just

00:38:29.140 --> 00:38:29.260
 gotta

00:38:29.260 --> 00:38:29.480
 trust

00:38:29.480 --> 00:38:29.760
 God

00:38:29.760 --> 00:38:31.660
 Jesus

00:38:31.660 --> 00:38:33.240
 is

00:38:33.240 --> 00:38:34.320
 our

00:38:34.320 --> 00:38:35.460
 standard

00:38:35.460 --> 00:38:37.140
 right

00:38:37.140 --> 00:38:39.400
 Jesus

00:38:39.400 --> 00:38:40.000
 is

00:38:40.000 --> 00:38:40.280
 our

00:38:40.280 --> 00:38:40.780
 standard

00:38:40.780 --> 00:38:41.900
 and

00:38:41.900 --> 00:38:42.080
 for

00:38:42.080 --> 00:38:42.460
 Jesus

00:38:42.460 --> 00:38:43.200
 life

00:38:43.200 --> 00:38:44.880
 trusting

00:38:44.880 --> 00:38:45.200
 the

00:38:45.200 --> 00:38:45.740
 plan

00:38:45.740 --> 00:38:46.080
 of

00:38:46.080 --> 00:38:46.300
 the

00:38:46.300 --> 00:38:46.860
 father

00:38:46.860 --> 00:38:47.980
 was

00:38:47.980 --> 00:38:48.120
 what

00:38:48.120 --> 00:38:48.240
 he

00:38:48.240 --> 00:38:48.500
 did

00:38:48.500 --> 00:38:49.760
 in

00:38:49.760 --> 00:38:49.920
 his

00:38:49.920 --> 00:38:50.360
 work

00:38:50.360 --> 00:38:51.100
 in

00:38:51.100 --> 00:38:51.320
 his

00:38:51.320 --> 00:38:51.760
 life

00:38:51.760 --> 00:38:52.360
 in

00:38:52.360 --> 00:38:52.540
 his

00:38:52.540 --> 00:38:52.900
 death

00:38:52.900 --> 00:38:53.880
 and

00:38:53.880 --> 00:38:54.100
 so

00:38:54.100 --> 00:38:54.280
 if

00:38:54.280 --> 00:38:54.480
 you

00:38:54.480 --> 00:38:54.620
 are

00:38:54.620 --> 00:38:54.800
 going

00:38:54.800 --> 00:38:55.000
 to

00:38:55.000 --> 00:38:55.180
 be

00:38:55.180 --> 00:38:55.340
 a

00:38:55.340 --> 00:38:55.640
 person

00:38:55.640 --> 00:38:55.860
 of

00:38:55.860 --> 00:38:56.220
 peace

00:38:56.220 --> 00:38:56.880
 if

00:38:56.880 --> 00:38:57.260
 you

00:38:57.260 --> 00:38:57.580
 and

00:38:57.580 --> 00:38:57.900
 I

00:38:57.900 --> 00:38:58.320
 are

00:38:58.320 --> 00:38:58.440
 going

00:38:58.440 --> 00:38:58.460
 to

00:38:58.460 --> 00:38:58.580
 be

00:38:58.580 --> 00:38:58.960
 people

00:38:58.960 --> 00:38:59.240
 of

00:38:59.240 --> 00:38:59.580
 peace

00:38:59.580 --> 00:39:00.120
 we

00:39:00.120 --> 00:39:00.700
 must

00:39:00.700 --> 00:39:01.240
 be

00:39:01.240 --> 00:39:01.580
 willing

00:39:01.580 --> 00:39:01.880
 to

00:39:01.880 --> 00:39:02.200
 be

00:39:02.200 --> 00:39:02.720
 a

00:39:02.720 --> 00:39:03.060
 person

00:39:03.060 --> 00:39:03.300
 of

00:39:03.300 --> 00:39:03.940
 sacrifice

00:39:03.940 --> 00:39:06.020
 peace

00:39:06.020 --> 00:39:06.180
 is

00:39:06.180 --> 00:39:06.360
 not

00:39:06.360 --> 00:39:06.600
 about

00:39:06.600 --> 00:39:07.040
 fair

00:39:07.040 --> 00:39:08.840
 but

00:39:08.840 --> 00:39:09.020
 it's

00:39:09.020 --> 00:39:09.280
 about

00:39:09.280 --> 00:39:09.600
 laying

00:39:09.600 --> 00:39:10.020
 aside

00:39:10.020 --> 00:39:10.280
 our

00:39:10.280 --> 00:39:10.700
 rights

00:39:10.700 --> 00:39:12.360
 in

00:39:12.360 --> 00:39:12.580
 the

00:39:12.580 --> 00:39:12.960
 hopes

00:39:12.960 --> 00:39:13.280
 that

00:39:13.280 --> 00:39:13.780
 others

00:39:13.780 --> 00:39:14.440
 may

00:39:14.440 --> 00:39:14.640
 come

00:39:14.640 --> 00:39:14.760
 to

00:39:14.760 --> 00:39:14.900
 know

00:39:14.900 --> 00:39:15.280
 him

00:39:15.280 --> 00:39:16.980
 and

00:39:16.980 --> 00:39:17.360
 in

00:39:17.360 --> 00:39:17.640
 that

00:39:17.640 --> 00:39:18.420
 process

00:39:18.420 --> 00:39:19.860
 you

00:39:19.860 --> 00:39:20.220
 and

00:39:20.220 --> 00:39:20.700
 I

00:39:20.700 --> 00:39:21.620
 grow

00:39:21.620 --> 00:39:22.200
 and

00:39:22.200 --> 00:39:22.700
 mature

00:39:22.700 --> 00:39:23.320
 our

00:39:23.320 --> 00:39:23.780
 faith

00:39:23.780 --> 00:39:24.280
 in

00:39:24.280 --> 00:39:24.680
 Christ

00:39:24.680 --> 00:39:25.780
 would

00:39:25.780 --> 00:39:25.860
 you

00:39:25.860 --> 00:39:26.000
 pray

00:39:26.000 --> 00:39:26.180
 with

00:39:26.180 --> 00:39:26.920
 me

00:39:26.920 --> 00:39:34.000
 Lord I

00:39:34.000 --> 00:39:34.300
 thank you

00:39:34.300 --> 00:39:34.840
 so much

00:39:34.840 --> 00:39:35.200
 for your

00:39:35.200 --> 00:39:35.520
 word

00:39:35.520 --> 00:39:37.840
 I

00:39:37.840 --> 00:39:38.120
 thank you

00:39:38.120 --> 00:39:38.400
 for the

00:39:38.400 --> 00:39:38.720
 hard

00:39:38.720 --> 00:39:39.040
 cutting

00:39:39.040 --> 00:39:39.720
 truth

00:39:39.720 --> 00:39:42.400
 of

00:39:42.400 --> 00:39:42.560
 your

00:39:42.560 --> 00:39:42.980
 scripture

00:39:42.980 --> 00:39:45.380
 Lord thank

00:39:45.380 --> 00:39:45.740
 you for

00:39:45.740 --> 00:39:46.300
 reminding

00:39:46.300 --> 00:39:47.200
 us of

00:39:47.200 --> 00:39:48.260
 who we

00:39:48.260 --> 00:39:48.580
 were

00:39:48.580 --> 00:39:49.900
 we were

00:39:49.900 --> 00:39:50.600
 not people

00:39:50.600 --> 00:39:51.100
 of peace

00:39:51.100 --> 00:39:51.480
 we weren't

00:39:51.480 --> 00:39:51.820
 even at

00:39:51.820 --> 00:39:52.440
 peace with

00:39:52.440 --> 00:39:53.060
 ourselves

00:39:53.060 --> 00:39:53.880
 at peace

00:39:53.880 --> 00:39:54.320
 with you

00:39:54.320 --> 00:39:54.620
 we were

00:39:54.620 --> 00:39:55.160
 at war

00:39:55.160 --> 00:39:55.760
 with you

00:39:55.760 --> 00:39:58.040
 and so

00:39:58.040 --> 00:39:58.640
 father you

00:39:58.640 --> 00:39:59.220
 sent your

00:39:59.220 --> 00:39:59.800
 son

00:39:59.800 --> 00:40:01.240
 to die

00:40:01.240 --> 00:40:01.680
 on the

00:40:01.680 --> 00:40:02.120
 cross

00:40:02.120 --> 00:40:02.840
 for us

00:40:02.840 --> 00:40:04.920
 we would

00:40:04.920 --> 00:40:05.120
 be

00:40:05.120 --> 00:40:05.940
 justified

00:40:05.940 --> 00:40:07.420
 that we

00:40:07.420 --> 00:40:07.740
 would be

00:40:07.740 --> 00:40:08.280
 saved

00:40:08.280 --> 00:40:08.840
 from your

00:40:08.840 --> 00:40:09.400
 wrath

00:40:09.400 --> 00:40:10.620
 that we

00:40:10.620 --> 00:40:10.960
 would no

00:40:10.960 --> 00:40:11.600
 longer be

00:40:11.600 --> 00:40:12.160
 enemies

00:40:12.160 --> 00:40:12.440
 but

00:40:12.440 --> 00:40:13.900
 reconciled

00:40:13.900 --> 00:40:14.540
 to you

00:40:14.540 --> 00:40:15.280
 through the

00:40:15.280 --> 00:40:15.800
 death

00:40:15.800 --> 00:40:16.180
 of your

00:40:16.180 --> 00:40:16.520
 son

00:40:16.520 --> 00:40:19.260
 and

00:40:19.260 --> 00:40:19.980
 Lord now

00:40:19.980 --> 00:40:21.600
 we have

00:40:21.600 --> 00:40:22.240
 peace

00:40:22.240 --> 00:40:23.320
 with you

00:40:23.320 --> 00:40:25.680
 Lord if

00:40:25.680 --> 00:40:26.140
 there's anyone

00:40:26.140 --> 00:40:26.720
 in here

00:40:26.720 --> 00:40:27.300
 who doesn't

00:40:27.300 --> 00:40:27.700
 know

00:40:27.700 --> 00:40:28.340
 that

00:40:28.340 --> 00:40:28.820
 peace

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 the peace

00:40:30.880 --> 00:40:31.260
 of the

00:40:31.260 --> 00:40:31.560
 Lord

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 Lord I

00:40:31.900 --> 00:40:32.360
 pray that

00:40:32.360 --> 00:40:32.640
 we would

00:40:32.640 --> 00:40:33.080
 begin

00:40:33.080 --> 00:40:33.400
 there

00:40:33.400 --> 00:40:33.720
 this

00:40:33.720 --> 00:40:34.180
 morning

00:40:34.180 --> 00:40:38.860
 Lord that

00:40:38.860 --> 00:40:39.340
 today

00:40:39.340 --> 00:40:39.820
 that the

00:40:39.820 --> 00:40:40.300
 truth

00:40:40.300 --> 00:40:42.260
 that they

00:40:42.260 --> 00:40:42.680
 are a

00:40:42.680 --> 00:40:42.960
 sinner

00:40:42.960 --> 00:40:45.480
 incapable

00:40:45.480 --> 00:40:46.340
 of saving

00:40:46.340 --> 00:40:47.000
 themselves

00:40:47.000 --> 00:40:51.860
 they can't

00:40:51.860 --> 00:40:52.280
 do enough

00:40:52.280 --> 00:40:52.660
 good

00:40:52.660 --> 00:40:55.660
 they can't

00:40:55.660 --> 00:40:56.360
 make enough

00:40:56.360 --> 00:40:56.960
 wrongs

00:40:56.960 --> 00:40:57.300
 right

00:40:57.300 --> 00:41:00.680
 the Bible

00:41:00.680 --> 00:41:01.280
 tells us

00:41:01.280 --> 00:41:01.520
 that

00:41:01.520 --> 00:41:02.460
 before

00:41:02.460 --> 00:41:02.940
 Christ

00:41:02.940 --> 00:41:03.320
 we're

00:41:03.320 --> 00:41:04.220
 we're

00:41:04.220 --> 00:41:04.660
 dead

00:41:04.660 --> 00:41:05.560
 in our

00:41:05.560 --> 00:41:06.180
 trespasses

00:41:06.180 --> 00:41:06.720
 and sins

00:41:06.720 --> 00:41:09.680
 so God

00:41:09.680 --> 00:41:10.320
 you sent

00:41:10.320 --> 00:41:10.900
 your son

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 and it's

00:41:13.240 --> 00:41:13.560
 through his

00:41:13.560 --> 00:41:14.640
 perfect life

00:41:14.640 --> 00:41:16.240
 and his

00:41:16.240 --> 00:41:16.680
 death

00:41:16.680 --> 00:41:17.940
 and his

00:41:17.940 --> 00:41:18.580
 resurrection

00:41:18.580 --> 00:41:20.260
 that they're

00:41:20.260 --> 00:41:20.940
 saved

00:41:20.940 --> 00:41:22.460
 from their

00:41:22.460 --> 00:41:22.980
 sins

00:41:22.980 --> 00:41:24.040
 that they're

00:41:24.040 --> 00:41:24.680
 saved

00:41:24.680 --> 00:41:25.520
 from the

00:41:25.520 --> 00:41:26.080
 wrath of

00:41:26.080 --> 00:41:26.460
 God

00:41:26.460 --> 00:41:27.420
 and their

00:41:27.420 --> 00:41:28.140
 relationship

00:41:28.140 --> 00:41:28.840
 with you

00:41:28.840 --> 00:41:30.060
 is restored

00:41:30.060 --> 00:41:32.780
 we're no

00:41:32.780 --> 00:41:33.600
 longer enemies

00:41:33.600 --> 00:41:34.020
 but we're

00:41:34.020 --> 00:41:34.560
 children

00:41:34.560 --> 00:41:36.340
 of God

00:41:36.340 --> 00:41:40.500
 Lord I pray

00:41:40.500 --> 00:41:41.000
 today

00:41:41.000 --> 00:41:42.480
 would be the

00:41:42.480 --> 00:41:43.060
 day they put

00:41:43.060 --> 00:41:43.540
 their faith

00:41:43.540 --> 00:41:43.920
 their hope

00:41:43.920 --> 00:41:44.460
 their trust

00:41:44.460 --> 00:41:44.920
 in you

00:41:44.920 --> 00:41:47.560
 that today

00:41:47.560 --> 00:41:47.960
 on this

00:41:47.960 --> 00:41:48.760
 father's day

00:41:48.760 --> 00:41:49.160
 they would

00:41:49.160 --> 00:41:49.740
 acknowledge

00:41:49.740 --> 00:41:50.400
 who their

00:41:50.400 --> 00:41:50.820
 heavenly

00:41:50.820 --> 00:41:51.780
 father is

00:41:51.780 --> 00:41:54.980
 and their

00:41:54.980 --> 00:41:55.400
 identity

00:41:55.400 --> 00:41:55.760
 would be

00:41:55.760 --> 00:41:56.380
 found in

00:41:56.380 --> 00:41:56.680
 you

00:41:56.680 --> 00:41:57.740
 and you

00:41:57.740 --> 00:41:58.100
 alone

00:41:58.100 --> 00:42:01.460
 Lord help

00:42:01.460 --> 00:42:01.780
 us be

00:42:01.780 --> 00:42:02.360
 people of

00:42:02.360 --> 00:42:02.740
 peace

00:42:02.740 --> 00:42:06.600
 Lord I

00:42:06.600 --> 00:42:07.180
 pray that

00:42:07.180 --> 00:42:07.720
 peace would

00:42:07.720 --> 00:42:08.120
 ring in

00:42:08.120 --> 00:42:08.780
 our homes

00:42:08.780 --> 00:42:10.540
 and reign

00:42:10.540 --> 00:42:10.780
 in our

00:42:10.780 --> 00:42:11.340
 lives

00:42:11.340 --> 00:42:13.860
 in our

00:42:13.860 --> 00:42:14.660
 relationships

00:42:14.660 --> 00:42:17.580
 Lord where

00:42:17.580 --> 00:42:18.320
 it's difficult

00:42:18.320 --> 00:42:20.560
 Lord that

00:42:20.560 --> 00:42:20.780
 we would

00:42:20.780 --> 00:42:21.500
 fight for

00:42:21.500 --> 00:42:22.060
 it

00:42:22.060 --> 00:42:23.460
 Lord that

00:42:23.460 --> 00:42:23.780
 we would

00:42:23.780 --> 00:42:24.440
 embrace

00:42:24.440 --> 00:42:24.860
 what your

00:42:24.860 --> 00:42:26.260
 word says

00:42:26.260 --> 00:42:26.940
 that if

00:42:26.940 --> 00:42:27.800
 possible so

00:42:27.800 --> 00:42:28.460
 far as it

00:42:28.460 --> 00:42:29.220
 depends on

00:42:29.220 --> 00:42:29.760
 us

00:42:29.760 --> 00:42:31.060
 that we

00:42:31.060 --> 00:42:31.760
 choose to

00:42:31.760 --> 00:42:32.060
 live in

00:42:32.060 --> 00:42:32.360
 peace

00:42:32.360 --> 00:42:32.900
 even those

00:42:32.900 --> 00:42:33.520
 that hurt

00:42:33.520 --> 00:42:33.880
 us

00:42:33.880 --> 00:42:34.860
 even those

00:42:34.860 --> 00:42:35.420
 that mock

00:42:35.420 --> 00:42:35.920
 us

00:42:35.920 --> 00:42:40.700
 we would

00:42:40.700 --> 00:42:41.440
 show them

00:42:41.440 --> 00:42:44.120
 the unity

00:42:44.120 --> 00:42:44.400
 in the

00:42:44.400 --> 00:42:44.880
 body

00:42:44.880 --> 00:42:46.380
 that we

00:42:46.380 --> 00:42:47.000
 would show

00:42:47.000 --> 00:42:47.620
 them the

00:42:47.620 --> 00:42:48.520
 peace that

00:42:48.520 --> 00:42:48.820
 you give

00:42:48.820 --> 00:42:49.120
 us

00:42:49.120 --> 00:42:49.660
 the love

00:42:49.660 --> 00:42:50.040
 that you

00:42:50.040 --> 00:42:51.360
 give us

00:42:51.360 --> 00:42:55.260
 Lord do

00:42:55.260 --> 00:42:56.000
 that maturing

00:42:56.000 --> 00:42:57.680
 deep

00:42:57.680 --> 00:42:58.860
 in us

00:42:58.860 --> 00:42:59.280
 today

00:42:59.280 --> 00:43:01.120
 in this

00:43:01.120 --> 00:43:01.520
 in Jesus

00:43:01.520 --> 00:43:14.860
 thanks again

00:43:14.860 --> 00:43:15.360
 for listening

00:43:15.360 --> 00:43:15.740
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