{"id":1169,"date":"2024-08-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/307-matt-wigzell-exhortation-treasure-in-earthen-vessels\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T02:27:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T02:27:04","slug":"307-matt-wigzell-exhortation-treasure-in-earthen-vessels","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/307-matt-wigzell-exhortation-treasure-in-earthen-vessels\/","title":{"rendered":"307: Matt Wigzell: Exhortation – Treasure in Earthen Vessels"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we are listening an exhortation from Bro. Matt Wigzell titled \u201cTreasure in Earthen Vessels” that was given at the Cumberland Ecclesia in Adelaide, South Australia, on June 23rd, 2024. <\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to Good Chris selfie and
\ntalks. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m Levi and I’m Chris and I’m
\nBrian. <\/p>\n

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\nweek on this podcast. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd now let’s talk more about
\nthis week’s talk. <\/p>\n

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\nThis week’s talk is an agitation
\ngiven by brother Matt Wigsell on<\/p>\n

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\nJune 23rd of this year.
\nAnd it was fantastic. <\/p>\n

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\nYou’ll, I think you’ll really
\nenjoy kind of the style. <\/p>\n

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\nHe has a really nice tone
\nthrough this whole excitation <\/p>\n

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\nand it’s very beautifully
\nwritten. <\/p>\n

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\nThis would be this would be a
\ntalk that I think you could <\/p>\n

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\ntranscribe directly into an
\narticle. <\/p>\n

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\nThere’s there’s a lot of
\nbeautiful poetry and the content<\/p>\n

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\nreally fits that kind of style.
\nIt’s a, it’s really a discussion<\/p>\n

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\nand exploration on how we as
\nbelievers deal with the reality <\/p>\n

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\nof our imperfection, how we are
\nearthen vessels and how we are <\/p>\n

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\nto see ourselves as our heavenly
\nFather and the Lord Jesus see <\/p>\n

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\nus.
\nSo I, I really, really benefited<\/p>\n

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\nI think this is one that I’m <\/p>\n

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\nSo thank you to the brother who
\nsent this in. <\/p>\n

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\nThank you to everyone who let
\nus, you know, played along with <\/p>\n

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\nus in July, posting our own
\ntalks. <\/p>\n

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\nIt was definitely a different,
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\ndifferent.
\nWe always try to change it up in<\/p>\n

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\nJuly with a guest host or some
\nsort of theme. <\/p>\n

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\nSo thank you for allowing us
\nthat. <\/p>\n

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\nIt was kind of, it was
\ndefinitely a funny, you know, <\/p>\n

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\nfunny, silly exercise to try and
\nfind our own, our own best talk.<\/p>\n

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\nSo thank you for playing along
\nand we hope it was still <\/p>\n

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\nbeneficial.
\nSo here is Brother Matt Wigzell,<\/p>\n

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\nTreasure in earthen vessels.
\nWell, good morning my dear <\/p>\n

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\nbrothers and sisters and young
\npeople. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s actually very nice singing,
\nbrothers and sisters. <\/p>\n

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\nIt was quite touching up here
\nbeing sang that. <\/p>\n

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\nSo thank you a lot of what I
\nhave to share to you this <\/p>\n

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\nmorning is things I’ve been
\nthinking about for a long, long <\/p>\n

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\ntime, but it’s funny the way God
\nworks and brings people into <\/p>\n

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\nyour life that actually provide
\nthe the crowning thing that <\/p>\n

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\nbinds it all together.
\nAnd so I feel that I need to <\/p>\n

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\nacknowledge since dad, brother
\nAxel for actually giving me some<\/p>\n

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\nthoughts and perspectives that
\nactually allow me to tie a lot <\/p>\n

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\nof loose ends together.
\nSo anyway, brothers and sisters,<\/p>\n

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\nhere we are before the total,
\nthe law. <\/p>\n

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\nBut I want to ask the question,
\nwhen you look in the mirror, as <\/p>\n

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\nwe generally do every day mean
\nless these days? <\/p>\n

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\nHow do we perceive ourselves?
\nDo you look and see a flawed <\/p>\n

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\nindividual with a heart that’s
\ndesperately wicked, whose <\/p>\n

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\nrighteousness is as filthy rags,
\nwhose sins are as common and <\/p>\n

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\nmany as the sparks to fly
\noutputs? <\/p>\n

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\nAre we burdened with this
\nnagging guilt that’s quick to <\/p>\n

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\nbring to mind all our failings
\nand weaknesses? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd do we ever think that we’re
\nnot going to be good enough? <\/p>\n

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\nWe’re not going to be able to do
\nenough? <\/p>\n

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\nAnything we do, pals, into a
\nsignificance when compared to <\/p>\n

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\nthe many things that we do that
\nare not good. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s like this, in this debt we
\nhave to pay down. <\/p>\n

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\nOr do we rather see ourselves as
\na man or woman, made in the <\/p>\n

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\nimage and likeness of God, with
\nan intellectual and moral <\/p>\n

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\ncapacity that places us just a
\nlittle lower than the angels <\/p>\n

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\nwho’ve been given power through
\nChrist to be sons and daughters <\/p>\n

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\nof the living God, heirs of the
\ngrace of life and a member of <\/p>\n

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\nthe family of heaven and earth?
\nDo we feel that power? <\/p>\n

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\nDo we have that confidence?
\nCould we say of ourselves that <\/p>\n

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\nwe, through confidence in the
\nlove of Christ, are not just <\/p>\n

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\nconquerors, but we are more than
\nconquerors? <\/p>\n

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\nI think we can all relate to
\nthat first perspective. <\/p>\n

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\nI know I certainly can.
\nAs someone who has spent the <\/p>\n

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\nlast 50 years in our community,
\nthis perception is very <\/p>\n

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\nwidespread.
\nWhen I was a lot younger, I <\/p>\n

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\ncarried with me a a guilt
\ncomplex because of my failings <\/p>\n

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\nand sin, which I tried very hard
\nto keep secret. <\/p>\n

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\nI didn’t have a lot of
\nconfidence in myself, but I <\/p>\n

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\nplaced a lot of focus on
\nexternal measures of wearing the<\/p>\n

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\nright thing at the right time,
\nthings that I did, where I went,<\/p>\n

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\nbut most of all, how I compared
\nto other people who also were <\/p>\n

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\ntrying to measure themselves
\naccording to the same measure. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd in many ways, I felt like
\nthe one talent man who was <\/p>\n

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\ntrying to serve this parole
\nopposite God, who frankly didn’t<\/p>\n

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\nlike me very much.
\nI felt expected too much of me <\/p>\n

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\nand probably wasn’t going to
\ngive me eternal life anyway <\/p>\n

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\nuntil shame otherwise was like
\nthe churches who blindly thought<\/p>\n

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\nthat everybody was saved.
\nNow, Brother Darren de Poris, in<\/p>\n

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\nthe series that we had on the
\njudgement seat, relates a <\/p>\n

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\nsimilar example of brothers or
\nsisters in nursing homes who at <\/p>\n

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\nthe end of their lives confessed
\nthat they were afraid of the <\/p>\n

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\njudgement and scared to die.
\nAnd it was interesting during <\/p>\n

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\nthat series that a brother said
\nto me, you know, why is it that <\/p>\n

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\nI’ve waited 50 years to hear
\nsuch a reassuring message of <\/p>\n

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\nhope about what God actually
\nthinks of me? <\/p>\n

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\nMy mother, before she died of
\ncancer, would always dwell on <\/p>\n

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\nher regrets and her failings and
\nthe things that she’s done <\/p>\n

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\nwrong, but she’d also minimize
\nthe good that she did. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s almost like whatever good
\nshe did could not be enjoyed <\/p>\n

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\nbecause it was overpowered and,
\nand simply down payment on this <\/p>\n

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\nmassive lifelong debt she’d
\naccumulated. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd towards the end, I, I asked
\nher, you know, do you ever look <\/p>\n

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\nat your children?
\nBecause none of us are criminals<\/p>\n

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\nand and take the credit for what
\nwould become as she said that <\/p>\n

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\nshe didn’t, she never did that
\nbecause that would be prideful. <\/p>\n

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\nSo she essentially robbed
\nherself of the joy of her <\/p>\n

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\ninheritance because she was
\nscared of pride. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd she’s not the only one with
\nthis mentality. <\/p>\n

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\nI I know plenty of brothers and
\nsisters who carry in their face <\/p>\n

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\nand eyes the tension and anxiety
\nof a guilt complex. <\/p>\n

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\nWho clearly spend copious
\namounts of time worrying about <\/p>\n

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\nfailings and habits to the point
\nthat they robbed themselves of <\/p>\n

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\nany satisfaction, pleasure or
\nreward of a job well done. <\/p>\n

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\nBecause such satisfied, joyous
\nthoughts might lead to pride. <\/p>\n

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\nSo you probably should nip it in
\nthe bud the moment you, or your <\/p>\n

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\nchildren for that matter, start
\nto feel good about yourself. <\/p>\n

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\nThat would be a sin.
\nA friend of mine who experienced<\/p>\n

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\na breakdown a few years ago also
\nappeared to be somebody who <\/p>\n

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\nexceeded every KPI Key
\nPerformance indicator. <\/p>\n

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\nEnthusiastic, involved, always
\non committees, always there. <\/p>\n

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\nBut talking through this epic
\nbreakdown with him, it became <\/p>\n

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\napparent that he’d set this
\nunattainable bar for himself <\/p>\n

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\nthat despite his best efforts,
\nhe never achieved. <\/p>\n

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\nHe actually believed that God
\nexpected that of him and <\/p>\n

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\nanything short of maximum
\nproductivity was a sin. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd his feverish activity hid
\nthis self loathing as well as <\/p>\n

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\ndistracted him from the fact
\nthat he didn’t know how to <\/p>\n

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\nthink.
\nHe didn’t know how to examine, <\/p>\n

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\nbe introspective, and challenge
\nhis competitive driven spirit. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s kind of like he got all
\nthose fleshy things and simply <\/p>\n

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\nspiritualized them.
\nNow he would have considered a <\/p>\n

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\nmodel brother, someone to look
\nup to, an example for all to <\/p>\n

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\nfollow.
\nHis recovery took a very long <\/p>\n

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\ntime because when all the
\nexternals were stripped away, it<\/p>\n

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\nbecame apparent that his entire
\nself worth was not in <\/p>\n

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\ncharacteristics by his ability
\nto do and to achieve. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd when people would try to
\nhelp him rebuild, to build on <\/p>\n

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\nhis talents and strengths and
\nthe good that he had done, he <\/p>\n

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\nfeebly recoiled away from such
\nthoughts as prideful. <\/p>\n

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\nMy son also commented on the
\nsame phenomena. <\/p>\n

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\nHe did a psychology research
\nproject and an arsenal number of<\/p>\n

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\nchildren in heritage and they
\nall said they struggle with <\/p>\n

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\nanxiety, worried, overthinking
\nthings, depressive thoughts. <\/p>\n

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\nNow, when he said, well, do you
\nknow how to reassure yourself, <\/p>\n

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\nto remind yourself of the good
\nthat you’ve done, your <\/p>\n

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\nstrengths, and to praise
\nyourself when you do right? <\/p>\n

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\nAgain, they rejected these ideas
\nas prideful. <\/p>\n

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\nIncidentally, brothers and
\nsisters, Lovejoy and Peace are <\/p>\n

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\nmentioned in the Bible 1300
\ntimes. <\/p>\n

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\nPride and proud I mentioned 97
\ntimes. <\/p>\n

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\nSo we can see that the balance
\nis really correct here. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd this really hit me hard
\nbecause these ideas are so <\/p>\n

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\ningrained, brothers and sisters,
\nthat they’re being passed on <\/p>\n

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\nfrom generation to generation.
\nAnd this at a time when the <\/p>\n

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\nworld has never, ever been
\nworse. <\/p>\n

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\nChallenges to faith are
\nmounting. <\/p>\n

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\nDeceptions and strong delusions
\nare everywhere. <\/p>\n

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\nThe days of lot knowing upon us,
\nand now more than ever, we <\/p>\n

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\nactually need to be confident
\nsoldiers of Christ who can <\/p>\n

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\nresist evil, discern deception,
\nand give an answer of our faith <\/p>\n

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\nto be to be conquerors.
\nComing back to the mirror <\/p>\n

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\nexample, we considered two
\nperceptions, didn’t we? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the 2nd perception was
\nessentially a whole lot of Bible<\/p>\n

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\nverses strung together, made in
\nthe image and likeness of God, <\/p>\n

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\nwith an intellectual and moral
\ncapacity that places us a little<\/p>\n

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\nlower than the angels who have
\nbeen given power through Christ <\/p>\n

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\nto be sons and daughters of the
\nliving God, heirs of the grace <\/p>\n

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\nof life, and a member of the
\nfamily of heaven and earth more <\/p>\n

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\nthan conquerors.
\nBut what does any of that <\/p>\n

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\nactually mean, brothers and
\nsisters, and how? <\/p>\n

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\nHow does it relate to us?
\nDo we need to overcome sin <\/p>\n

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\nfirst, or can we, through God’s
\ngrace, still enjoy all of this <\/p>\n

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\neven though we sin and fall
\nshort? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd it is.
\nSo how do you do that? <\/p>\n

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\nWhere do you start?
\nAnd how do we start changing our<\/p>\n

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\nperceptions and our very
\nhabitual and ingrained thinking?<\/p>\n

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\nWell, let’s start by correcting
\nthis chronically negative <\/p>\n

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\nperception that we generally
\nhave of ourselves starting in <\/p>\n

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\nGenesis one, verse 26.
\nAs we know, God says let us make<\/p>\n

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\nman in our image and our
\nlikeness right now. <\/p>\n

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\nGod says of the animals, let the
\nearth bring forth, let living <\/p>\n

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\ncreatures according to their
\nkind, livestock creeping things <\/p>\n

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\nand beasts of the earth
\naccording to their kind. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd it was so for brothers and
\nsisters. <\/p>\n

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\nHumans are different.
\nMen and women are different. <\/p>\n

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\nWe are created in God’s image
\nand likeness. <\/p>\n

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\nNow we know what these ideas
\nmean. <\/p>\n

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\nWe explain them in Sunday
\nSchool. <\/p>\n

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\nImage means we look like angels
\nand by extension, God. <\/p>\n

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\nThe likeness means that God has
\ncreated us with his likeness <\/p>\n

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\ninside us.
\nHumans, unlike animals, have the<\/p>\n

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\nability to conceptualize God.
\nHumans have a similar <\/p>\n

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\nintellectual and moral awareness
\nof God. <\/p>\n

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\nHumans can create and destroy,
\nexplore, interact, sacrifice, <\/p>\n

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\nserve, and love to name a few
\nattributes that separate us from<\/p>\n

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\nthe animals.
\nWe don’t use the word likeness <\/p>\n

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\ntoday in in modern English it
\nwould read Let us make man like <\/p>\n

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\nus.
\nNow Psalm 8 elaborates on this. <\/p>\n

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\nIf you’ll turn there with me.
\nWhat does it mean to be made <\/p>\n

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\nlike God?
\nWell, we’re giving more details <\/p>\n

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\nin Psalm 8.
\nPsalm 8, verse four. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat is man that you are mindful
\nof them. <\/p>\n

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\nThe Son of man that you care for
\nhim. <\/p>\n

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\nYou have made him a little lower
\nthan the heavenly beings and <\/p>\n

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\ncrowned him with glory and
\nhonour. <\/p>\n

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\nYou’ve given him dominion,
\nyou’ve put all things under his <\/p>\n

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\nfeet, said the Simon.
\nSo not only are we are we <\/p>\n

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\ncreated like God, with God’s
\nlikeness inside us, but we are <\/p>\n

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\nonly a little lower than the
\nangels crowned with glory and <\/p>\n

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\nhonour.
\nNow think about that. <\/p>\n

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\nAngels are God’s ministers, they
\nserve him and do his will. <\/p>\n

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\nThey are intelligent, they are
\nwise, dignified, honourable, <\/p>\n

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\nmighty.
\nAnd we humans are just a little <\/p>\n

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\nlower and we are capable of
\nexactly the same thing. <\/p>\n

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\nHumans, actually all humans,
\naspire to these character <\/p>\n

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\ntraits.
\nThey value them, they teach them<\/p>\n

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\nand respect those who display
\nthem, attending on the flags and<\/p>\n

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\nthe banners of countries, You
\nknow, honour, integrity. <\/p>\n

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\nSure, not everybody tries.
\nAnd most humans, well, a lot of <\/p>\n

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\nhumans fail miserably.
\nBut these attributes are part of<\/p>\n

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\nthe human experience and they
\nare God’s character traits and <\/p>\n

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\nhow the image and likeness of
\nGod manifests in US. <\/p>\n

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\nCome with me to Romans chapter
\n2. <\/p>\n

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\nWe get another dimension of what
\nthat these ideas mean, but it <\/p>\n

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\ncomes it takes us into the moral
\nspectrum, brothers and sisters. <\/p>\n

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\nSo Romans 2 verse 13 For it is
\nnot the hearers of the law who <\/p>\n

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\nare righteous before God, but
\nthe doers of the law who will be<\/p>\n

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\njustified.
\nFor when Gentiles who do not <\/p>\n

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\nhave the law by nature do what
\nthe law requires, they’re a law <\/p>\n

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\nto themselves, even though they
\ndon’t have the law, what does <\/p>\n

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\nthis mean?
\nVerse 15? <\/p>\n

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\nThey show that the work of the
\nlaw is written on their hearts <\/p>\n

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\nand their conscience bears
\nwitness, and their conflicting <\/p>\n

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\nthoughts will either excuse or
\naccuse them. <\/p>\n

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\nSo being made in God’s likeness
\ngives all human beings a basic <\/p>\n

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\nmoral conscience that operates
\nindependently of any external <\/p>\n

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\nlaw.
\nThis conscience commends and <\/p>\n

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\ncondemns people when they do
\nthings such as lie, steal, <\/p>\n

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\nslander, or commit violence.
\nAnd we know this is the case, <\/p>\n

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\nbut not just in ourselves, but
\nin those people that we interact<\/p>\n

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\nwith every single day.
\nEverybody has an innate <\/p>\n

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\nunderstanding of what is fair,
\nwhat is reasonable, what is of <\/p>\n

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\nwhat is honest and kind.
\nIn consumer law, the most of <\/p>\n

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\nrepeated phrase is fair and
\nreasonable. <\/p>\n

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\nThe highest court in the land,
\nthe Supreme Court, faces what is<\/p>\n

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\nright and wrong in the hands of
\na jury of normal people who <\/p>\n

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\nexercise their conscience to
\njudge what is right and wrong. <\/p>\n

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\nSites like eBay would collapse
\nif people didn’t tell the truth <\/p>\n

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\nand if honesty wasn’t the
\nexception, not the rule. <\/p>\n

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\nCharities, charities and
\nvolunteer organisations run on <\/p>\n

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\npeople’s desire to show
\ncompassion, to sacrifice, to <\/p>\n

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\nserve, to love.
\nAnd I find it tragic that <\/p>\n

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\nthere’s a number of people in
\nour community that believes that<\/p>\n

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\nthe honesty and compassion of
\npeople in the world has nothing <\/p>\n

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\nto do with God.
\nThat’s not God’s truth. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s not God’s love.
\nBut it’s like a like a quasi <\/p>\n

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\nanimal selfish self-interest.
\nI actually don’t know where such<\/p>\n

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\nelitist ideas come from,
\nbrothers and sisters. <\/p>\n

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\nCertainly not the Bible, that’s
\nfor sure. <\/p>\n

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\nBeing like God means that when
\nhumans tell the truth and serve <\/p>\n

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\nothers and show love, they
\nresonate with God and feel a <\/p>\n

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\nsense of peace and contentment,
\neven if they don’t know why. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd by the same token, when
\nhumans lie and behave badly, God<\/p>\n

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\nis created in such a way that we
\nfeel immediately stress and <\/p>\n

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\ntension.
\nThis is the basis of a lie <\/p>\n

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\ndetector test, which measures
\nspikes in blood pressure and <\/p>\n

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\nheart rate when human beings
\ntell lies. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd this applies to the very
\nworst human beings. <\/p>\n

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\nBrothers and sisters, look at
\nHerod, a totally evil and <\/p>\n

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\ncorrupt man who locked up John
\nthe Baptist for making him and <\/p>\n

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\nhis wife look bad.
\nBut while John was in jail, Mark<\/p>\n

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\nSix tells us that Herod was
\nafraid to kill John because he <\/p>\n

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\nknew he was a good and holy man,
\nso he protected him and he liked<\/p>\n

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\nlistening to John, although what
\nJohn said left him with so many <\/p>\n

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\nquestions.
\nThat’s from God’s Word. <\/p>\n

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\nSo.
\nSo what drew a corrupt man like <\/p>\n

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\nHerod down to John’s cell?
\nWhy did he like listening to <\/p>\n

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\nhim?
\nWhat drew him to that damn dingy<\/p>\n

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\nplace to ask all those
\nquestions? <\/p>\n

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\nThe same reason Felix kept Paul
\nin jail and kept visiting him <\/p>\n

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\nand asking questions.
\nThe same reason why Pilot was <\/p>\n

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\nfascinated with Jesus and wanted
\nto free him. <\/p>\n

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\nThe same reason Ahab turned to
\nbutter and felt bad at the word <\/p>\n

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\nof Elijah.
\nThe same reason Manasseh <\/p>\n

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\nrepented of his evil and felt
\nremorse. <\/p>\n

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\nThe same reason Nebuchadnezzar
\nkept searching for something <\/p>\n

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\nhigher than himself.
\nBeing like God is not reserved <\/p>\n

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\nfor people of faith, or even
\ngood people for that matter. <\/p>\n

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\nEven corrupt and wicked people
\nfeel the tension, stress and <\/p>\n

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\nregret of how they live and what
\nthey do, which can they can only<\/p>\n

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\nrun away from for so long.
\nAnd when a John or an Elijah or <\/p>\n

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\na poor present themselves, they
\nwill cling to these people <\/p>\n

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\nbecause they know that these
\npeople can lead them to peace, a<\/p>\n

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\nclear conscience, and a happier
\nlife. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s a much more positive basis
\nof appeal, I feel. <\/p>\n

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\nThe closer humans conform to the
\nlikeness of God is directly <\/p>\n

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\nproportionate to the peace and
\ncontentment that they will <\/p>\n

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\nexperience in life.
\nThe further humans move away <\/p>\n

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\nfrom God’s character and lie and
\nsteal and behave selfishly is <\/p>\n

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\ndirectly proportionate to the
\namount of stress, pain and <\/p>\n

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\ndisease that they will
\nexperience. <\/p>\n

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\nSolomon, the richest man in the
\nworld, conducted one of the <\/p>\n

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\ngreatest, most costly
\nexperiments of all time. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd Ecclesiastes to prove to us,
\nbrothers and sisters, that those<\/p>\n

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\nwho live a simple life, who
\nenjoy the simple things, are <\/p>\n

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\nhappier than all the
\nbillionaires that the world has <\/p>\n

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\nproduced, put together.
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\nthings, brothers and sisters,
\nand absorb them and change the <\/p>\n

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\nway we see ourselves and others.
\nYou know, we have Psalm 79 where<\/p>\n

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\nAsaf is envious of the wicked
\nbecause he’s looking at their <\/p>\n

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\nconfident smiles and their
\narrogant demeanours and the <\/p>\n

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\nflaunting of their success and
\nhe thinks that that’s an <\/p>\n

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\naccurate picture of what their
\nlives are like. <\/p>\n

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\nBut it wasn’t real.
\nIt’s an illusion, it’s a game <\/p>\n

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\nface, it’s an act, it’s a lie.
\nMoving along in John chapter <\/p>\n

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\none, we’ve covered that many
\ntimes. <\/p>\n

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\nJohn speaks of Lagos purpose,
\nmeaning and intent that is <\/p>\n

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\nanother aspect of the divine in
\nUS and how that everything God <\/p>\n

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\ndoes has purpose, meaning and
\nintent and how this is revealed <\/p>\n

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\nin the human experiences
\nenlightenment. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so humans are gifted with
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\nfor the freedom that
\nenlightenment can bring. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know, I work in the
\ndisability sector and I always <\/p>\n

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\nhear behavioural therapists and
\npsychologists say that people <\/p>\n

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\nneed a sense of purpose.
\nThey need to contribute <\/p>\n

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\nmeaningfully.
\nThey need to find a reason to <\/p>\n

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\nget out of bed.
\nWhy brothers and sisters? <\/p>\n

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\nWell, that’s the likeness of God
\nin the form of Logos, creating <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:14,680 –> 00:20:18,600
\nin them a desire, an urge, a
\nmotivation to live a life that <\/p>\n

330
\n00:20:18,600 –> 00:20:22,920
\nresonates with God, a life that
\nhas purpose and meaning. <\/p>\n

331
\n00:20:24,240 –> 00:20:28,000
\nIn Ecclesiastes 3, God says He
\nput eternity in human hearts <\/p>\n

332
\n00:20:28,200 –> 00:20:32,360
\nalong with the desire for things
\nthat last forever, a desire to <\/p>\n

333
\n00:20:32,360 –> 00:20:36,960
\npush boundaries, to seek eternal
\nthings, be it in a futile <\/p>\n

334
\n00:20:36,960 –> 00:20:42,720
\nattempt to prolong youth, beauty
\nand life, or the pursuit of <\/p>\n

335
\n00:20:42,720 –> 00:20:46,920
\neternal things, which is God.
\nRomans 8 tells us that God made <\/p>\n

336
\n00:20:46,920 –> 00:20:50,640
\nus subject to futility to cause
\nus to feel bondage and <\/p>\n

337
\n00:20:50,640 –> 00:20:54,600
\ndissatisfaction so that we
\ndesire the liberty that only <\/p>\n

338
\n00:20:54,600 –> 00:20:58,320
\neternal life can bring.
\nNow we know this, don’t we? <\/p>\n

339
\n00:20:58,320 –> 00:21:01,000
\nWe experience it.
\nIt’s why our children get bored <\/p>\n

340
\n00:21:01,000 –> 00:21:03,960
\nwith their toys while no one is
\nsatisfied. <\/p>\n

341
\n00:21:04,400 –> 00:21:07,640
\nIt’s how we can have more
\nentertainment and knowledge than<\/p>\n

342
\n00:21:07,640 –> 00:21:11,160
\nSolomon, yet still get bored,
\ndissatisfied, and depressed. <\/p>\n

343
\n00:21:11,920 –> 00:21:15,080
\nIt’s it’s how we know that no
\namount of money and things will <\/p>\n

344
\n00:21:15,080 –> 00:21:18,520
\nbreak this internal battle that
\nhumans have with eternity and <\/p>\n

345
\n00:21:18,520 –> 00:21:21,640
\nfutility.
\nAs Roman says, only freedom, <\/p>\n

346
\n00:21:22,320 –> 00:21:26,400
\nfreedom in Christ will break the
\nchains of futility, and it’s the<\/p>\n

347
\n00:21:26,400 –> 00:21:28,640
\nfreedom God’s holding out to all
\nhis children. <\/p>\n

348
\n00:21:29,760 –> 00:21:32,960
\nContentment, brothers and
\nsisters, is a decision we make <\/p>\n

349
\n00:21:32,960 –> 00:21:36,920
\nby accepting futility and
\nrefusing to fight it with <\/p>\n

350
\n00:21:36,920 –> 00:21:40,520
\nmaterial things.
\nAnd moving along. <\/p>\n

351
\n00:21:40,520 –> 00:21:45,120
\nRomans one God affirms, does he
\nnot, that he can hold the entire<\/p>\n

352
\n00:21:45,120 –> 00:21:48,920
\nworld accountable by the
\npowerful witness of creation? <\/p>\n

353
\n00:21:48,920 –> 00:21:54,160
\nRomans one verse 19 because that
\nwhich may be no one of God is <\/p>\n

354
\n00:21:54,160 –> 00:22:00,160
\nmanifest in them in them, for
\nGod has shown unto them. <\/p>\n

355
\n00:22:00,160 –> 00:22:03,080
\nSo what has God created inside
\nall human beings? <\/p>\n

356
\n00:22:03,680 –> 00:22:06,200
\nWell, it’s an awareness of him,
\nisn’t it so so how’s that? <\/p>\n

357
\n00:22:06,280 –> 00:22:09,720
\nHow does that work?
\nWell, it says verse 20 for the <\/p>\n

358
\n00:22:09,720 –> 00:22:13,440
\ninvisible things of him from the
\ncreation of the world, God is <\/p>\n

359
\n00:22:13,440 –> 00:22:18,000
\ninvisible are clearly seen how
\nbeing understood by the things <\/p>\n

360
\n00:22:18,000 –> 00:22:22,280
\nthat are made even his eternal
\npower and Godhead so that all <\/p>\n

361
\n00:22:22,280 –> 00:22:28,320
\npeople are without an excuse.
\nSo brothers and sisters, there’s<\/p>\n

362
\n00:22:28,360 –> 00:22:31,480
\nnumerous quotes from atheists
\nwhere they they cite the <\/p>\n

363
\n00:22:31,480 –> 00:22:34,600
\nstruggle they have with feeling
\nawe and wonder and a desire to <\/p>\n

364
\n00:22:34,600 –> 00:22:37,440
\nworship with their atheistic
\nconvictions. <\/p>\n

365
\n00:22:37,920 –> 00:22:41,760
\nAnd we get the same thing,
\nbrothers and sisters, where we <\/p>\n

366
\n00:22:41,760 –> 00:22:44,840
\nsee something beautiful, we hear
\nuplifting music, we see <\/p>\n

367
\n00:22:44,840 –> 00:22:48,400
\nsomething incredible and we know
\nthat with that feeling there is <\/p>\n

368
\n00:22:48,400 –> 00:22:52,160
\nsomething spiritual going on.
\nI saw it when I my wife dragged <\/p>\n

369
\n00:22:52,160 –> 00:22:55,000
\nme up a hill and we saw all
\nthese mountains and the sun rose<\/p>\n

370
\n00:22:55,040 –> 00:22:58,440
\nup and I, I hated the journey to
\nget there. <\/p>\n

371
\n00:22:58,440 –> 00:23:02,040
\nBut when the sun hit those snow
\ncapped mountains, you feel <\/p>\n

372
\n00:23:02,040 –> 00:23:04,760
\nsomething spiritual and no one
\ntalks. <\/p>\n

373
\n00:23:05,600 –> 00:23:10,800
\nThis is God in US, and This Is
\nUs resonating with God and what <\/p>\n

374
\n00:23:10,800 –> 00:23:14,320
\nHe’s done.
\nThis is what it means to be made<\/p>\n

375
\n00:23:14,320 –> 00:23:15,840
\nlike God.
\nFor all the urges and <\/p>\n

376
\n00:23:15,840 –> 00:23:20,040
\ntemptations that draw us away
\nfrom God, there are as many, <\/p>\n

377
\n00:23:20,040 –> 00:23:24,480
\npossibly more aspects of God
\nthat work together to pull us <\/p>\n

378
\n00:23:24,480 –> 00:23:28,000
\nback to Him.
\nAnd we know this not just <\/p>\n

379
\n00:23:28,280 –> 00:23:33,000
\nbecause we have been taught it,
\nbecause we’ve experienced it, <\/p>\n

380
\n00:23:33,640 –> 00:23:38,200
\nwe’ve tasted it and we’ve seen
\nthat God is good and that God is<\/p>\n

381
\n00:23:38,200 –> 00:23:41,160
\nin US.
\nNow, perhaps the greatest <\/p>\n

382
\n00:23:41,160 –> 00:23:46,040
\nevidence of God in US is love
\nand the fruits of Lovejoy and <\/p>\n

383
\n00:23:46,040 –> 00:23:48,560
\npeace.
\nAnd we’ve seen, haven’t we, that<\/p>\n

384
\n00:23:48,560 –> 00:23:51,400
\nwhen humans emulate God’s
\ncharacter, they experience the <\/p>\n

385
\n00:23:51,440 –> 00:23:56,160
\nabsence of tension, tension and
\nand a transcendent peace. <\/p>\n

386
\n00:23:56,880 –> 00:24:00,400
\nWhen we behave selfishly and
\nwe’re a patient and angry, we <\/p>\n

387
\n00:24:00,400 –> 00:24:04,320
\nexperience the absence of peace
\nand tension rises up in our <\/p>\n

388
\n00:24:04,320 –> 00:24:07,920
\nbodies.
\nSo the presence of or absence of<\/p>\n

389
\n00:24:07,920 –> 00:24:11,160
\npeace is like a moral barometer.
\nIt’s like an umpire. <\/p>\n

390
\n00:24:11,560 –> 00:24:14,440
\nIt blows the whistle on us when
\nwe behave badly. <\/p>\n

391
\n00:24:15,480 –> 00:24:18,040
\nAnd that’s what Colossians 3
\nverse 15 says. <\/p>\n

392
\n00:24:18,040 –> 00:24:21,240
\nIt should be.
\nAbove all these things, says <\/p>\n

393
\n00:24:21,240 –> 00:24:25,000
\nPaul, put on love, which is a
\nbond of completeness, and let <\/p>\n

394
\n00:24:25,000 –> 00:24:27,680
\nthe peace of God be an umpire in
\nyour heart. <\/p>\n

395
\n00:24:28,880 –> 00:24:33,560
\nImagine if our sensitivity to
\nGod in us was so finely tuned <\/p>\n

396
\n00:24:33,880 –> 00:24:38,320
\nthat we modelled our behaviour
\nnot on rules but on the presence<\/p>\n

397
\n00:24:38,720 –> 00:24:41,600
\nor absence of the peace of God
\nin us. <\/p>\n

398
\n00:24:42,640 –> 00:24:46,680
\nThen the peace of God which
\npasses understanding would keep <\/p>\n

399
\n00:24:46,680 –> 00:24:50,120
\nour hearts and minds in Christ
\nJesus, wouldn’t it? <\/p>\n

400
\n00:24:51,640 –> 00:24:53,400
\nAnd wouldn’t that be called
\nbrothers and sisters? <\/p>\n

401
\n00:24:53,400 –> 00:24:56,560
\nAnd when we know this is true,
\nwe know this is possible because<\/p>\n

402
\n00:24:56,560 –> 00:24:59,320
\nwe’ve all experienced it to a
\ngreater or lesser degree. <\/p>\n

403
\n00:24:59,680 –> 00:25:05,280
\nThe question is, are we prepared
\nto renew our thinking, transform<\/p>\n

404
\n00:25:05,280 –> 00:25:09,240
\nour thoughts, and change the way
\nwe approach ourselves and our <\/p>\n

405
\n00:25:09,240 –> 00:25:11,480
\nbrothers and sisters and
\neverybody for that matter. <\/p>\n

406
\n00:25:13,400 –> 00:25:17,120
\nOne of the of all the things
\nwe’ve considered the greatest <\/p>\n

407
\n00:25:17,120 –> 00:25:21,440
\nproof of God in US is love.
\nWe know from first to John 4 <\/p>\n

408
\n00:25:21,440 –> 00:25:24,640
\nverse 16, and we have known and
\nbelieved the love that God has <\/p>\n

409
\n00:25:24,640 –> 00:25:29,120
\nto us.
\nGod is love, and he that dwells <\/p>\n

410
\n00:25:29,120 –> 00:25:32,600
\nin love dwells in God and God in
\nhim. <\/p>\n

411
\n00:25:33,800 –> 00:25:38,680
\nThere’s so much that could be
\nsaid about love as a proof for <\/p>\n

412
\n00:25:38,680 –> 00:25:42,560
\nGod in us, but let us first
\nconsider the words of atheists <\/p>\n

413
\n00:25:42,800 –> 00:25:46,520
\nwho thought so hard about love
\nthat they ended up finding God. <\/p>\n

414
\n00:25:48,120 –> 00:25:51,960
\nLovin Platinka I think God is
\nthe most natural explanation for<\/p>\n

415
\n00:25:51,960 –> 00:25:55,240
\nthe way things are.
\nLove plays a big role in this <\/p>\n

416
\n00:25:55,240 –> 00:25:59,200
\nunderstanding.
\nAlastair Mcglire The love of God<\/p>\n

417
\n00:25:59,200 –> 00:26:01,480
\nis not something that I sat down
\nand tried to figure out <\/p>\n

418
\n00:26:01,480 –> 00:26:04,760
\nintellectually.
\nInstead, it’s something I’ve <\/p>\n

419
\n00:26:04,760 –> 00:26:07,840
\nexperienced in my own life
\nbefore he converted. <\/p>\n

420
\n00:26:08,400 –> 00:26:12,040
\nJosh McDowell I’ve always said
\nthat there’s nothing greater in <\/p>\n

421
\n00:26:12,040 –> 00:26:14,400
\nlife than to love and to be
\nloved. <\/p>\n

422
\n00:26:15,000 –> 00:26:19,400
\nGod offices that you know.
\nThere’s not a single part of our<\/p>\n

423
\n00:26:19,400 –> 00:26:21,480
\nlives that love does not
\ntransform. <\/p>\n

424
\n00:26:21,480 –> 00:26:24,800
\nIts effects are emotional,
\nintellectual, physical, <\/p>\n

425
\n00:26:24,800 –> 00:26:28,280
\nspiritual.
\nLove heals, restores and <\/p>\n

426
\n00:26:28,280 –> 00:26:33,600
\nrejuvenates and energizes more
\nthan any other medical procedure<\/p>\n

427
\n00:26:33,600 –> 00:26:37,080
\nthat we could ever have.
\nBrothers and sisters, when was <\/p>\n

428
\n00:26:37,080 –> 00:26:39,440
\nthe last time you celebrated
\nyour loved ones? <\/p>\n

429
\n00:26:39,440 –> 00:26:42,400
\nWhen was the last time you sat
\ndown with your spouse and not <\/p>\n

430
\n00:26:42,400 –> 00:26:44,960
\nonly told them you loved them,
\nbut gave them all the reasons <\/p>\n

431
\n00:26:44,960 –> 00:26:47,200
\nwhy?
\nWhen was the last time your <\/p>\n

432
\n00:26:47,200 –> 00:26:50,440
\nchildren went to bed basking in
\ntheir parents praise? <\/p>\n

433
\n00:26:51,440 –> 00:26:55,200
\nA 15 year study on 2000
\nmarriages demonstrated that <\/p>\n

434
\n00:26:55,200 –> 00:26:59,800
\nhappy marriages conform to the
\nfive to one rule. 5 words of <\/p>\n

435
\n00:26:59,800 –> 00:27:03,840
\naffirmation, praise, interest,
\naffection to one word of <\/p>\n

436
\n00:27:03,840 –> 00:27:10,160
\ncriticism. 5050 demonstrated a
\nvery strained marriage, and <\/p>\n

437
\n00:27:10,160 –> 00:27:12,680
\nmarriages where there was more
\nnegative than positive were <\/p>\n

438
\n00:27:12,680 –> 00:27:17,920
\ndoomed to misery or divorce, and
\nthis was accurate to about 98%. <\/p>\n

439
\n00:27:19,320 –> 00:27:22,400
\nI’ve tried to live by this, not
\njust for my children but <\/p>\n

440
\n00:27:22,400 –> 00:27:24,680
\neveryone I know, and it’s
\nactually really hard because you<\/p>\n

441
\n00:27:24,680 –> 00:27:27,880
\nmust learn an entirely new
\nvocabulary. <\/p>\n

442
\n00:27:28,880 –> 00:27:31,320
\nBut it does work in my limited
\nexperience. <\/p>\n

443
\n00:27:31,480 –> 00:27:35,280
\nAnd when you do need to sink the
\nboot in, you can sink it in hard<\/p>\n

444
\n00:27:35,280 –> 00:27:38,960
\nand your children will take it
\nbecause you are primarily <\/p>\n

445
\n00:27:38,960 –> 00:27:41,520
\nenabling their lives and not
\nalways raining on them. <\/p>\n

446
\n00:27:42,920 –> 00:27:46,240
\nIt’s heartbreaking when you see
\npeople who are Satan’s to their <\/p>\n

447
\n00:27:46,240 –> 00:27:49,240
\nchildren always opposing,
\ncorrecting, criticizing and <\/p>\n

448
\n00:27:49,560 –> 00:27:52,520
\npouncing.
\nThey’ll make them take full <\/p>\n

449
\n00:27:52,520 –> 00:27:57,400
\nresponsibility for what they do
\nwrong, but temper or deny them <\/p>\n

450
\n00:27:57,920 –> 00:28:00,120
\nthe love and praise for what
\nthey do right. <\/p>\n

451
\n00:28:01,880 –> 00:28:06,640
\nKeep them humble I guess.
\nSo why are we so quick to self <\/p>\n

452
\n00:28:06,640 –> 00:28:10,040
\nsabotage, brothers and sisters?
\nWhy are we so prone to latch on <\/p>\n

453
\n00:28:10,040 –> 00:28:11,920
\nto the worst possible
\nperspective? <\/p>\n

454
\n00:28:12,720 –> 00:28:16,120
\nWhy do we turn our backs on the
\nlikeness of God in as yet <\/p>\n

455
\n00:28:16,440 –> 00:28:20,400
\namplify and fixate on the animal
\nside of our nature? <\/p>\n

456
\n00:28:21,360 –> 00:28:24,720
\nSomething I used to hear a lot
\nwhen I was young in Isaiah 57 <\/p>\n

457
\n00:28:24,720 –> 00:28:27,240
\nverse 15.
\nFor thus saith the high and holy<\/p>\n

458
\n00:28:27,240 –> 00:28:30,760
\none that inhabits eternity.
\nHis name is holy. <\/p>\n

459
\n00:28:31,200 –> 00:28:35,120
\nI dwell in the high and holy
\nplace, but with Him also that is<\/p>\n

460
\n00:28:35,120 –> 00:28:37,880
\nof a contrite, a broken and
\nhumble spirit. <\/p>\n

461
\n00:28:38,080 –> 00:28:41,200
\nWhy?
\nTo revive the spirit of the <\/p>\n

462
\n00:28:41,200 –> 00:28:45,720
\nhumble and to make alive the
\nheart of the contrite one. <\/p>\n

463
\n00:28:46,280 –> 00:28:49,040
\nWe’re kind of not supposed to
\nstay here, brothers and sisters.<\/p>\n

464
\n00:28:49,480 –> 00:28:53,360
\nAnd Paul in Galatians 6 urges
\nthe same thing when he says, <\/p>\n

465
\n00:28:53,360 –> 00:28:57,440
\nprove your own work, Then you
\ncan rejoice in yourself alone <\/p>\n

466
\n00:28:57,440 –> 00:29:01,320
\nand not another.
\nThe Word rejoices to celebrate, <\/p>\n

467
\n00:29:01,800 –> 00:29:07,360
\nto boast, to be exuberant.
\nIt sounds pretty prideful to me,<\/p>\n

468
\n00:29:07,360 –> 00:29:09,400
\nI know.
\nBut I’ve shown this passage to <\/p>\n

469
\n00:29:09,400 –> 00:29:12,240
\nmany people and you’d be
\nstaggered at the amount of <\/p>\n

470
\n00:29:12,240 –> 00:29:14,800
\npeople who will refuse to
\nentertain such biblical <\/p>\n

471
\n00:29:14,800 –> 00:29:18,200
\nbehaviour because they’ve
\nconfused joy with pride, <\/p>\n

472
\n00:29:18,520 –> 00:29:22,720
\nwretchedness with righteousness,
\nand humility with brokenness. <\/p>\n

473
\n00:29:23,560 –> 00:29:26,040
\nNow it’s inevitable, brothers
\nand sisters, that if you develop<\/p>\n

474
\n00:29:26,040 –> 00:29:29,280
\nyour God-given talents to become
\nvery good at something, you will<\/p>\n

475
\n00:29:29,280 –> 00:29:32,880
\nexperience some form of pride.
\nBut if you’re honest and self <\/p>\n

476
\n00:29:32,880 –> 00:29:36,200
\naware and you take that thought
\nand you remind yourself of all <\/p>\n

477
\n00:29:36,200 –> 00:29:39,440
\nyour failings that you need
\nGod’s grace to remove on a daily<\/p>\n

478
\n00:29:39,440 –> 00:29:42,920
\nbasis, and you remind yourself
\nthat to whom much is given, <\/p>\n

479
\n00:29:43,040 –> 00:29:45,480
\nactually now much is expected.
\nI’m judged at a different <\/p>\n

480
\n00:29:45,480 –> 00:29:48,000
\nmeasure and God holds me to a
\nhigher standard. <\/p>\n

481
\n00:29:48,720 –> 00:29:51,200
\nWell, now suddenly we’re seeing
\nthings in perspective again. <\/p>\n

482
\n00:29:52,400 –> 00:29:55,600
\nNow we could develop that
\nprocess of accountability in <\/p>\n

483
\n00:29:55,600 –> 00:30:00,480
\nourselves, or we could break
\nourselves and break our children<\/p>\n

484
\n00:30:00,480 –> 00:30:03,880
\nso that they never have to deal
\nwith the pride a healthy <\/p>\n

485
\n00:30:03,880 –> 00:30:08,320
\nconfidence can generate.
\nIt sounds silly, but there are <\/p>\n

486
\n00:30:08,320 –> 00:30:12,040
\npeople alive today who have
\nconvinced themselves that this <\/p>\n

487
\n00:30:12,040 –> 00:30:15,960
\nis what religion looks like and
\nwill feebly and anxiously fight <\/p>\n

488
\n00:30:15,960 –> 00:30:19,000
\nyou off if you try to use the
\nBible to convince them <\/p>\n

489
\n00:30:19,000 –> 00:30:22,640
\notherwise.
\nThis mindset does not come from <\/p>\n

490
\n00:30:22,640 –> 00:30:25,760
\nGod or the Bible.
\nIt is not the life that Christ <\/p>\n

491
\n00:30:25,760 –> 00:30:28,520
\nis calling us to.
\nAnd it is a lesson to all of us,<\/p>\n

492
\n00:30:28,520 –> 00:30:32,920
\nbrothers and sisters, to not
\ntrust in authority figures who #<\/p>\n

493
\n00:30:32,920 –> 00:30:36,280
\nrostrums and browbeat their
\nlisteners into brokenness. <\/p>\n

494
\n00:30:36,520 –> 00:30:39,800
\nIt is a lesson for all of us to
\nchoose leaders who lead with <\/p>\n

495
\n00:30:39,800 –> 00:30:45,120
\nservice, humility as sacrifice.
\nBeing able to admit you’re wrong<\/p>\n

496
\n00:30:45,120 –> 00:30:47,840
\nand apologizing is probably a
\npretty critical first step. <\/p>\n

497
\n00:30:49,400 –> 00:30:53,920
\nGod did not create us broken,
\nwretched and evil continually. <\/p>\n

498
\n00:30:53,920 –> 00:30:57,320
\nYes, we have animal instincts.
\nYes, there are thoughts and <\/p>\n

499
\n00:30:57,320 –> 00:31:00,200
\nbehaviours in us that we need to
\ncontinually put off. <\/p>\n

500
\n00:31:00,600 –> 00:31:04,240
\nBut look at the wonderful things
\nthe likeness of God has given us<\/p>\n

501
\n00:31:04,600 –> 00:31:08,040
\nto develop and cultivate in
\nourselves and in our children. <\/p>\n

502
\n00:31:08,240 –> 00:31:10,040
\nThe groundwork has already been
\nlaid. <\/p>\n

503
\n00:31:10,200 –> 00:31:13,440
\nThe treasure is already there.
\nWe just have to cultivate it, <\/p>\n

504
\n00:31:13,720 –> 00:31:18,000
\nnurture it, water it, and God
\nwill provide the increase. <\/p>\n

505
\n00:31:19,520 –> 00:31:22,280
\nWe are made with the likeness of
\nGod, which means that we are <\/p>\n

506
\n00:31:22,280 –> 00:31:25,640
\nlittle lower than the angels,
\ncapable of wisdom, dignity, <\/p>\n

507
\n00:31:25,640 –> 00:31:29,040
\nservice, integrity, aspiring to
\nglory and honour. <\/p>\n

508
\n00:31:29,520 –> 00:31:32,160
\nBeing made like God means that
\nwe have a basic conscience <\/p>\n

509
\n00:31:32,160 –> 00:31:35,560
\nwhich, independent of the Bible,
\ncommends or condemns our words <\/p>\n

510
\n00:31:35,560 –> 00:31:38,200
\nand actions.
\nWe experience peace and contempt<\/p>\n

511
\n00:31:38,200 –> 00:31:41,880
\nwhen we tell the truth,
\nsacrifice for others and show <\/p>\n

512
\n00:31:41,880 –> 00:31:44,560
\nlove.
\nWe experience tension and stress<\/p>\n

513
\n00:31:44,560 –> 00:31:46,200
\nwhen we give in to our animal
\nside. <\/p>\n

514
\n00:31:46,760 –> 00:31:49,280
\nHaving God’s likeness in US
\nmeans we’re gifted with logic, <\/p>\n

515
\n00:31:49,280 –> 00:31:52,200
\ncommon sense, discernment, a
\nthirst for knowledge, <\/p>\n

516
\n00:31:52,400 –> 00:31:55,640
\nexploration, the capacity to
\ncreate and destroy. <\/p>\n

517
\n00:31:56,080 –> 00:31:59,760
\nHaving God in US allows us to
\ndesire eternity, experience <\/p>\n

518
\n00:31:59,760 –> 00:32:02,120
\nfutility, search for freedom
\nfrom bondage. <\/p>\n

519
\n00:32:02,800 –> 00:32:05,520
\nAnd God has created in US an
\ninnate knowledge of Him, <\/p>\n

520
\n00:32:05,520 –> 00:32:09,400
\nembedded in all that He has made
\nin such a powerful way that even<\/p>\n

521
\n00:32:09,400 –> 00:32:12,880
\natheists do not have an excuse.
\nAnd God has allowed us to <\/p>\n

522
\n00:32:12,880 –> 00:32:16,760
\nexperience the pleasure he feels
\nwith music, creativity, and <\/p>\n

523
\n00:32:16,760 –> 00:32:20,280
\nbeauty.
\nFinally, the peace of God can <\/p>\n

524
\n00:32:20,280 –> 00:32:24,480
\nguide us, assure us, and help us
\nto transcend our traits. <\/p>\n

525
\n00:32:25,120 –> 00:32:28,280
\nAnd the love of God allows us to
\ngive light to those around us. <\/p>\n

526
\n00:32:29,680 –> 00:32:31,880
\nSo what do we see when we look
\nin the mirror, brothers and <\/p>\n

527
\n00:32:31,880 –> 00:32:34,520
\nsisters?
\nOr more to the point, what does <\/p>\n

528
\n00:32:34,520 –> 00:32:40,520
\nthe Bible tell us we should see?
\nGod or animal, good or bad, evil<\/p>\n

529
\n00:32:40,520 –> 00:32:43,440
\nor divine.
\nAnd the answer is both. <\/p>\n

530
\n00:32:44,320 –> 00:32:48,280
\nWe should see two entities, an
\nold man and a new man, flesh and<\/p>\n

531
\n00:32:48,280 –> 00:32:51,440
\nspirit, the likeness of God and
\nthe likeness of animals, good <\/p>\n

532
\n00:32:51,440 –> 00:32:55,600
\nand bad, and in a man who
\ndelights in God’s ways, wrapped <\/p>\n

533
\n00:32:55,600 –> 00:32:58,800
\nin a body of death.
\nAnd when we’re raising our <\/p>\n

534
\n00:32:58,800 –> 00:33:01,960
\nchildren, we should at the
\nearliest possible age highlight <\/p>\n

535
\n00:33:01,960 –> 00:33:05,360
\nthe animal side of their
\nbehaviour and nature, but also <\/p>\n

536
\n00:33:05,360 –> 00:33:09,720
\nilluminate and celebrate and
\ncultivate all the aspects of God<\/p>\n

537
\n00:33:09,720 –> 00:33:12,760
\nin them.
\nPaul talks about this split <\/p>\n

538
\n00:33:13,160 –> 00:33:17,040
\nthing when he says I delight
\nRomans 7, verse 22. <\/p>\n

539
\n00:33:17,480 –> 00:33:20,080
\nI delight in the law of God in
\nmy inner being. <\/p>\n

540
\n00:33:20,080 –> 00:33:24,680
\nA part of him loved God, loved
\nhearing, loved getting inspired.<\/p>\n

541
\n00:33:24,840 –> 00:33:27,960
\nBut I see in my members another
\nlaw waging war against the law <\/p>\n

542
\n00:33:28,000 –> 00:33:31,560
\nof my mind, two entities making
\nme captive to the law of sin <\/p>\n

543
\n00:33:31,560 –> 00:33:34,920
\nthat also dwells in my members.
\nA wretched man that I am, He’ll <\/p>\n

544
\n00:33:34,920 –> 00:33:38,400
\ndeliver me from this body of
\ndeath, thanks be to God through <\/p>\n

545
\n00:33:38,480 –> 00:33:41,320
\nJesus Christ.
\nSo then I myself serve the law <\/p>\n

546
\n00:33:41,360 –> 00:33:44,920
\nof God with my mind, but with my
\nflesh I serve the law of sin. <\/p>\n

547
\n00:33:46,120 –> 00:33:48,720
\nI think we can relate to this,
\nbrothers and sisters I know <\/p>\n

548
\n00:33:48,720 –> 00:33:50,400
\nwe’re experiencing in our daily
\nlife. <\/p>\n

549
\n00:33:50,880 –> 00:33:54,000
\nThe question is, well, how does
\nit all work? <\/p>\n

550
\n00:33:54,000 –> 00:33:56,720
\nAnd, and where is the line
\nbetween the divine <\/p>\n

551
\n00:33:56,720 –> 00:33:58,680
\ncharacteristics and the fleshly
\nones? <\/p>\n

552
\n00:33:58,960 –> 00:34:01,920
\nWhat, what part of us do we need
\nto focus on and refine and <\/p>\n

553
\n00:34:01,920 –> 00:34:05,080
\ndevelop to be more sensitive to
\nGod in US? <\/p>\n

554
\n00:34:06,080 –> 00:34:08,679
\nWell, again, the Bible provides
\nthe answer and I’m just going to<\/p>\n

555
\n00:34:08,679 –> 00:34:10,560
\nlist these quotes.
\nYou can write them down if you <\/p>\n

556
\n00:34:10,560 –> 00:34:13,840
\nlike.
\nLuke 6 verse 45, The good <\/p>\n

557
\n00:34:13,840 –> 00:34:16,440
\nperson, how the good treasure is
\nheart produces good. <\/p>\n

558
\n00:34:16,800 –> 00:34:20,239
\nThe evil person, how the evil
\ntreasure produces evil. <\/p>\n

559
\n00:34:20,639 –> 00:34:23,280
\nFor out of the abundance of the
\nheart, the mouth speaks. <\/p>\n

560
\n00:34:23,800 –> 00:34:27,639
\nMatthew 621 where your treasure
\nis, there will your heart be <\/p>\n

561
\n00:34:27,639 –> 00:34:31,719
\nalso.
\nMatthew 12 verse 34, you brood <\/p>\n

562
\n00:34:31,719 –> 00:34:34,320
\nof Vipers, how can you speak
\ngood way? <\/p>\n

563
\n00:34:34,320 –> 00:34:36,239
\nYou are evil.
\nFor out of the abundance of the <\/p>\n

564
\n00:34:36,239 –> 00:34:40,560
\nheart the mouth speaks.
\nSo the heart is the place where <\/p>\n

565
\n00:34:40,560 –> 00:34:43,239
\nflesh and spirit reside.
\nThe heart is the place where <\/p>\n

566
\n00:34:43,239 –> 00:34:46,880
\ndivine characteristics and
\nfleshly characteristics leads <\/p>\n

567
\n00:34:46,880 –> 00:34:49,719
\nlive side by side.
\nAnd the heart is where we need <\/p>\n

568
\n00:34:49,719 –> 00:34:53,239
\nto focus our attention if we
\nwant to turn our lives into a <\/p>\n

569
\n00:34:53,239 –> 00:34:56,080
\ntemple where God and Jesus can
\ndwell. <\/p>\n

570
\n00:34:57,000 –> 00:35:00,320
\nNow some may say, well, doesn’t
\nthe Bible say in Jeremiah that <\/p>\n

571
\n00:35:00,320 –> 00:35:03,280
\nthe heart is deceitful above all
\nthings and desperately wicked? <\/p>\n

572
\n00:35:03,440 –> 00:35:06,800
\nWho can know it?
\nAnd Matthew 15 Out of the heart <\/p>\n

573
\n00:35:06,800 –> 00:35:09,840
\ncomes evil thoughts, murder,
\nadultery, and all the rest. <\/p>\n

574
\n00:35:10,520 –> 00:35:13,320
\nBut again, brothers and sisters,
\nthat’s only half the story. <\/p>\n

575
\n00:35:14,160 –> 00:35:17,120
\nHere’s some more quotes.
\nLuke 6, verse 45. <\/p>\n

576
\n00:35:17,120 –> 00:35:20,440
\nThe good person out of the good
\ntreasure of his heart produces <\/p>\n

577
\n00:35:20,440 –> 00:35:24,000
\ngood.
\nMatthew 2237 You will love the <\/p>\n

578
\n00:35:24,000 –> 00:35:27,880
\nLord of God with all your heart,
\nall your soul, all your mind. <\/p>\n

579
\n00:35:28,360 –> 00:35:32,640
\nProverbs 4 verse 23 Keep your
\nheart with all vigilance, for <\/p>\n

580
\n00:35:32,640 –> 00:35:36,560
\nfrom it flows springs of life.
\nFirst to Timothy one verse five.<\/p>\n

581
\n00:35:36,560 –> 00:35:40,800
\nMy goal in giving this to you
\nis, is this order is to love for<\/p>\n

582
\n00:35:40,800 –> 00:35:44,360
\nlove to flow from a pure heart,
\na clear conscience and a sincere<\/p>\n

583
\n00:35:44,360 –> 00:35:47,920
\nfaith.
\nJohn 738 Whoever believes in me,<\/p>\n

584
\n00:35:47,920 –> 00:35:51,800
\nas the scripture says, out of
\nhis heart will flow rivers of <\/p>\n

585
\n00:35:51,800 –> 00:35:55,360
\nliving water.
\nEphesians 5 verse 19, addressing<\/p>\n

586
\n00:35:55,360 –> 00:35:58,200
\none another as psalms, hymns and
\nspiritual songs, singing and <\/p>\n

587
\n00:35:58,200 –> 00:36:00,880
\nmaking melody to the Lord with
\nyour heart. <\/p>\n

588
\n00:36:01,560 –> 00:36:06,440
\nPsalm 57 verse seven My heart is
\ntuned, my heart is tuned, I will<\/p>\n

589
\n00:36:06,440 –> 00:36:10,040
\nsing and touch the strings.
\nFirst of Peter 3 verse three. <\/p>\n

590
\n00:36:10,440 –> 00:36:13,360
\nDon’t let your dawning be
\nexternal, but let it be the <\/p>\n

591
\n00:36:13,360 –> 00:36:18,920
\nhidden person of the heart with
\nimperishable beauty of a gentle <\/p>\n

592
\n00:36:18,920 –> 00:36:22,440
\nand quiet spirit.
\nPaul adds to this terms like <\/p>\n

593
\n00:36:22,480 –> 00:36:27,840
\ninner being, inner man, inner
\nself as a part of us that’s <\/p>\n

594
\n00:36:27,840 –> 00:36:29,760
\ndivine.
\nAnd no, brothers and sisters, <\/p>\n

595
\n00:36:29,760 –> 00:36:33,640
\nit’s all inner.
\nSo the heart is not just evil <\/p>\n

596
\n00:36:33,640 –> 00:36:37,720
\ncontinually, it’s capable of
\ngood and bad, of godly words and<\/p>\n

597
\n00:36:37,720 –> 00:36:39,640
\nthoughts and actions, and the
\nworst evil. <\/p>\n

598
\n00:36:39,840 –> 00:36:43,640
\nIn fact, brothers and sisters,
\nof the 110 mentions of the word <\/p>\n

599
\n00:36:43,640 –> 00:36:46,400
\nheart in the New Testament, ten
\nare neutral. <\/p>\n

600
\n00:36:46,640 –> 00:36:49,680
\nThe heart of the sea, where your
\ntreasure is, there your heart is<\/p>\n

601
\n00:36:49,680 –> 00:36:55,360
\nalso. 67 talk about its
\npotential for positive thoughts,<\/p>\n

602
\n00:36:55,360 –> 00:37:00,000
\nemotions, and traits.
\nOnly 33 focus on the negative <\/p>\n

603
\n00:37:00,000 –> 00:37:03,200
\naspects, and this tells us where
\nour focus must be. <\/p>\n

604
\n00:37:05,280 –> 00:37:08,320
\nRather than fixating on the
\nnegative, we should be seeking <\/p>\n

605
\n00:37:08,320 –> 00:37:12,440
\nto build and develop the divine.
\nThe heart is described as pure, <\/p>\n

606
\n00:37:12,440 –> 00:37:17,280
\nsincere, tender, honest, having
\nintegrity, loving and good. <\/p>\n

607
\n00:37:17,600 –> 00:37:21,040
\nBut my favorite analogy is that
\nprovided by Jesus in the parable<\/p>\n

608
\n00:37:21,040 –> 00:37:24,960
\nthe sower when explaining the
\nparable to his disciples in Luke<\/p>\n

609
\n00:37:25,000 –> 00:37:27,720
\n8.
\nIf you come there with me, look <\/p>\n

610
\n00:37:27,720 –> 00:37:29,880
\nat carefully how he describes
\nthe heart. <\/p>\n

611
\n00:37:31,240 –> 00:37:34,360
\nNow the parable is this says
\nJesus, the seed is the word of <\/p>\n

612
\n00:37:34,360 –> 00:37:38,680
\nGod.
\nVerse 12 the ones along the path<\/p>\n

613
\n00:37:38,680 –> 00:37:41,200
\nof those who have heard.
\nThen the devil comes and takes <\/p>\n

614
\n00:37:41,200 –> 00:37:45,520
\naway the word from their hearts.
\nSo the ground is the hearts that<\/p>\n

615
\n00:37:45,520 –> 00:37:49,600
\nthey may not believe and be
\nsaved Ones on the rock who those<\/p>\n

616
\n00:37:49,600 –> 00:37:53,360
\nwho receive it with joy.
\nAgain, there’s a part of us that<\/p>\n

617
\n00:37:53,360 –> 00:37:58,120
\nlove to hear something good.
\nIt resonates deep inside us, but<\/p>\n

618
\n00:37:58,120 –> 00:38:00,400
\nthe thorns come and choke.
\nAs for the good soil. <\/p>\n

619
\n00:38:00,400 –> 00:38:05,160
\nVerse 15 are those who, hearing
\nthe word, hold it fast in an <\/p>\n

620
\n00:38:05,160 –> 00:38:09,640
\nhonest and good heart and bear
\nfruit with patience. <\/p>\n

621
\n00:38:10,760 –> 00:38:13,440
\nSo according to Jesus, the heart
\nis like soil. <\/p>\n

622
\n00:38:13,440 –> 00:38:17,040
\nIt can be hard and impenetrable,
\nit can have rocks and thorns, <\/p>\n

623
\n00:38:17,400 –> 00:38:21,040
\nbut with ploughing, clearing,
\nwatering, cultivation, it could <\/p>\n

624
\n00:38:21,040 –> 00:38:25,840
\nalso receive the word and react
\nwith joy and bear fruit. <\/p>\n

625
\n00:38:26,920 –> 00:38:30,880
\nAnd Paul expands on these ideas
\nwhen he says, you know, second <\/p>\n

626
\n00:38:30,880 –> 00:38:33,320
\nof Corinthians 4 verse 6 for
\nGod. <\/p>\n

627
\n00:38:33,320 –> 00:38:37,800
\nHe said, let light shine out of
\ndarkness has shone in our hearts<\/p>\n

628
\n00:38:38,360 –> 00:38:40,960
\nto give the light of the
\nknowledge of the glory of God in<\/p>\n

629
\n00:38:40,960 –> 00:38:44,840
\nthe face of Jesus Christ.
\nBut, says Paul, we have this <\/p>\n

630
\n00:38:44,840 –> 00:38:48,760
\ntreasure in earth and vessels to
\nshow that the surpassing power <\/p>\n

631
\n00:38:48,760 –> 00:38:53,720
\nbelongs to God and not to us.
\nAnd that, brothers and sisters, <\/p>\n

632
\n00:38:53,720 –> 00:38:56,680
\nis the correct balance.
\nWe cannot take credit for being <\/p>\n

633
\n00:38:56,680 –> 00:39:00,440
\nmade like God, but we can be
\ngrateful, we can be confident, <\/p>\n

634
\n00:39:00,560 –> 00:39:03,400
\nand we can make the most of what
\nGod gives us. <\/p>\n

635
\n00:39:03,920 –> 00:39:05,280
\nThink of the parable, the
\ntalents. <\/p>\n

636
\n00:39:05,280 –> 00:39:08,520
\nIt was the master who gave the
\ntalents to his servants to use. <\/p>\n

637
\n00:39:08,920 –> 00:39:12,960
\nAnd it’s our duty to cultivate,
\ndevelop and maximize and <\/p>\n

638
\n00:39:12,960 –> 00:39:16,880
\ncelebrate the God-given
\nabilities we have and to rejoice<\/p>\n

639
\n00:39:16,880 –> 00:39:19,120
\nin the good that we are able to
\ndo. <\/p>\n

640
\n00:39:20,360 –> 00:39:24,080
\nWe have been made like God,
\nwhich means God has embedded <\/p>\n

641
\n00:39:24,080 –> 00:39:28,840
\ninside of us divine treasure in
\nearthen vessels, glory, honour, <\/p>\n

642
\n00:39:28,840 –> 00:39:32,120
\neternity, logos, all wonder, a
\nconscience, mercy, truth, <\/p>\n

643
\n00:39:32,360 –> 00:39:35,560
\nLovejoy, peace.
\nWe have a heart that is capable <\/p>\n

644
\n00:39:35,560 –> 00:39:38,360
\nof resonating with God’s heart.
\nThat’s why devil was a man after<\/p>\n

645
\n00:39:38,360 –> 00:39:41,320
\nGod’s own heart.
\nProviding we break up the soil, <\/p>\n

646
\n00:39:41,760 –> 00:39:43,720
\nremove the rocks and pull up the
\nweeds. <\/p>\n

647
\n00:39:44,000 –> 00:39:45,720
\nAnd this is the language God
\nuses. <\/p>\n

648
\n00:39:45,720 –> 00:39:50,920
\nYes, we put to death, we put off
\nthe old man, but we bring to <\/p>\n

649
\n00:39:50,920 –> 00:39:54,360
\nlife the likeness of God, the
\nnew man. <\/p>\n

650
\n00:39:54,520 –> 00:39:58,480
\nThe Bible uses terms such as
\nrenew, transform, building up, <\/p>\n

651
\n00:39:58,480 –> 00:40:03,480
\nplanting, watering, assurance,
\ncomfort, exhort, mould, shape, <\/p>\n

652
\n00:40:03,720 –> 00:40:09,840
\nfan, flame, exercise, grow.
\nThese are not self sabotaging <\/p>\n

653
\n00:40:09,840 –> 00:40:12,920
\nterms brothers and sisters.
\nThey are words that require us <\/p>\n

654
\n00:40:12,920 –> 00:40:16,480
\nto develop and nurture what God
\nhas already given us with <\/p>\n

655
\n00:40:16,480 –> 00:40:19,120
\npatience, persistence and
\nassurance. <\/p>\n

656
\n00:40:20,040 –> 00:40:23,120
\nAnd we do the same.
\nTo our children as well. <\/p>\n

657
\n00:40:24,200 –> 00:40:26,880
\nAnd the amazing thing is that
\nwhen we focus on these divine <\/p>\n

658
\n00:40:26,880 –> 00:40:30,680
\ntraits and water, develop,
\npractice and exercise, they <\/p>\n

659
\n00:40:30,680 –> 00:40:34,120
\nbecome stronger, more effective
\nand more influential in our <\/p>\n

660
\n00:40:34,120 –> 00:40:37,040
\nlives.
\nAnd so our glory and honour is <\/p>\n

661
\n00:40:37,040 –> 00:40:39,600
\nmade to conform to Christ’s
\nglory and honour. <\/p>\n

662
\n00:40:39,600 –> 00:40:41,440
\nHe was also made a little of the
\nangels. <\/p>\n

663
\n00:40:41,840 –> 00:40:44,920
\nOur conscience grows from a
\nbasic awareness of right and <\/p>\n

664
\n00:40:44,920 –> 00:40:49,560
\nwrong to the mind of Christ and
\nthe love of Christ. <\/p>\n

665
\n00:40:49,840 –> 00:40:53,120
\nThe Logos in US is developed
\ninto an awareness of Jesus, who <\/p>\n

666
\n00:40:53,120 –> 00:40:57,640
\nwas the Logos made flesh, and
\nthe desire of eternity becomes a<\/p>\n

667
\n00:40:57,640 –> 00:40:59,720
\nvision of the Kingdom with
\nChrist as King. <\/p>\n

668
\n00:40:59,720 –> 00:41:04,200
\nOur appreciation for music and
\nbeauty and creation becomes an <\/p>\n

669
\n00:41:04,200 –> 00:41:06,520
\nexpression of praise for all
\nthat he has done. <\/p>\n

670
\n00:41:07,560 –> 00:41:10,440
\nAnd through this internal
\nprocess of cultivating, <\/p>\n

671
\n00:41:10,440 –> 00:41:16,320
\nexercising, moulding, shaping,
\nencouraging and watering these <\/p>\n

672
\n00:41:16,320 –> 00:41:21,280
\ndivine traits that make up gods
\nresemblance, God’s similarities,<\/p>\n

673
\n00:41:21,280 –> 00:41:25,880
\nGod’s likeness, these divine
\ntraits start to take on the form<\/p>\n

674
\n00:41:25,880 –> 00:41:29,240
\nthat was intended for them from
\nthe very beginning. <\/p>\n

675
\n00:41:30,080 –> 00:41:32,880
\nAnd this, brothers and sisters,
\nis the mystery that Paul speaks <\/p>\n

676
\n00:41:32,880 –> 00:41:37,200
\nof in Colossians chapter one,
\nColossians chapter one, verse <\/p>\n

677
\n00:41:37,200 –> 00:41:41,600
\n25, of which I became a minister
\naccording to the stewardship <\/p>\n

678
\n00:41:41,600 –> 00:41:46,000
\nfrom God that was given to me
\nfor you to make the word of God <\/p>\n

679
\n00:41:46,000 –> 00:41:49,720
\nfully known.
\nThe mystery hidden for ages and <\/p>\n

680
\n00:41:49,720 –> 00:41:54,600
\ngenerations, but now revealed to
\nhis Saints, to them God chose to<\/p>\n

681
\n00:41:54,600 –> 00:41:58,440
\nmake known how great among the
\nGentiles are the riches of the <\/p>\n

682
\n00:41:58,440 –> 00:42:04,480
\nglory of this mystery, which is
\nChrist in you the hope of glory.<\/p>\n

683
\n00:42:06,000 –> 00:42:10,400
\nAnd in Luke 17 verse 21 Jesus
\nsays, neither shall they say, lo<\/p>\n

684
\n00:42:10,400 –> 00:42:13,640
\nhere lo, therefore behold, the
\nKingdom of God is in you, that <\/p>\n

685
\n00:42:13,840 –> 00:42:18,000
\nthe elements that you need to
\nlive a Kingdom life are in you. <\/p>\n

686
\n00:42:18,800 –> 00:42:23,120
\nJohn 14 verse 23 If a man love
\nme, he will keep my words, and <\/p>\n

687
\n00:42:23,120 –> 00:42:26,000
\nmy Father will love him, and we
\nwill come to him and make our <\/p>\n

688
\n00:42:26,000 –> 00:42:30,160
\nabode with him.
\nGalatians 2 verse 20 I am <\/p>\n

689
\n00:42:30,160 –> 00:42:33,200
\ncrucified with Christ.
\nNevertheless, I live, but not I.<\/p>\n

690
\n00:42:33,920 –> 00:42:38,360
\nBut Christ lives in me and the
\nlife I now live in the flesh. <\/p>\n

691
\n00:42:38,360 –> 00:42:41,920
\nI live by the faith of the Son
\nof God who loved me and gave <\/p>\n

692
\n00:42:41,920 –> 00:42:45,880
\nhimself for me.
\nYeah, I used to think, brothers <\/p>\n

693
\n00:42:45,880 –> 00:42:48,680
\nand sisters, me bad, me really,
\nreally bad. <\/p>\n

694
\n00:42:48,680 –> 00:42:53,400
\nBible good, ecclesia good.
\nThe only hope for me is to read <\/p>\n

695
\n00:42:53,400 –> 00:42:57,120
\nthe Bible and engage in many
\nexternal activities as I can to <\/p>\n

696
\n00:42:57,120 –> 00:43:01,000
\nkeep the flesh of Bay.
\nWhat we’re seeing, brothers and <\/p>\n

697
\n00:43:01,000 –> 00:43:04,480
\nsisters, is the process of
\nconversion is all internal. <\/p>\n

698
\n00:43:05,200 –> 00:43:09,840
\nWe are gardeners of the heart.
\nWe are treasure hunters looking <\/p>\n

699
\n00:43:09,840 –> 00:43:13,000
\ninside ourselves for divine
\ntreasure in the field of our <\/p>\n

700
\n00:43:13,000 –> 00:43:15,560
\nheart.
\nWe are grateful recipients of <\/p>\n

701
\n00:43:15,560 –> 00:43:19,680
\nGod’s Excellency and power,
\nwhich can surge through these <\/p>\n

702
\n00:43:19,680 –> 00:43:23,960
\nearthen vessels and can give us
\nconfidence, courage, strength <\/p>\n

703
\n00:43:24,080 –> 00:43:26,960
\nand love.
\nAnd now imagine the kind of <\/p>\n

704
\n00:43:26,960 –> 00:43:30,440
\nthings that a life empowered by
\nChrist can inspire you to <\/p>\n

705
\n00:43:30,640 –> 00:43:33,200
\nperform.
\nImagine the good you can <\/p>\n

706
\n00:43:33,200 –> 00:43:35,040
\nachieve, the motivation you’ll
\nhave. <\/p>\n

707
\n00:43:35,040 –> 00:43:37,880
\nAnd if you get knocked down,
\neven if it happened 7 times or <\/p>\n

708
\n00:43:37,880 –> 00:43:42,600
\n77 * 7 times, you keep getting
\nback up because you know better <\/p>\n

709
\n00:43:42,600 –> 00:43:45,000
\nthan to let anyone get in the
\nway of love, of the love of <\/p>\n

710
\n00:43:45,000 –> 00:43:50,000
\nChrist that is inside you.
\nAnd This is why Paul focuses on <\/p>\n

711
\n00:43:50,000 –> 00:43:53,800
\nfaith not works.
\nBecause when someone has that <\/p>\n

712
\n00:43:53,800 –> 00:43:56,680
\nkind of faith, works are
\ninevitable. <\/p>\n

713
\n00:43:57,400 –> 00:44:00,280
\nKind of like a spring of living
\nwater that keeps on welling up. <\/p>\n

714
\n00:44:01,680 –> 00:44:08,000
\nSo the New Testament, in the New
\nTestament, God in you, Christ in<\/p>\n

715
\n00:44:08,000 –> 00:44:12,080
\nyou, and related ideas are
\nmentioned over 50 times. <\/p>\n

716
\n00:44:12,080 –> 00:44:15,840
\nBrothers and sisters, this is
\nhow God’s Spirit works and <\/p>\n

717
\n00:44:15,840 –> 00:44:18,560
\nguides our lives.
\nIf we are sensitive to it, if <\/p>\n

718
\n00:44:18,560 –> 00:44:22,000
\nwe’re listening to it, if we’re
\naware of it and cultivating it. <\/p>\n

719
\n00:44:23,200 –> 00:44:25,440
\nSo hopefully, brothers and
\nsisters, we have a better <\/p>\n

720
\n00:44:25,440 –> 00:44:28,720
\nunderstanding of what it means
\nto be made like God. <\/p>\n

721
\n00:44:29,240 –> 00:44:35,280
\nThe hope of glory, Christ in
\nyou, if we get there is entirely<\/p>\n

722
\n00:44:35,280 –> 00:44:39,200
\nup to us, brothers and sisters.
\nBut just understand it’s neither<\/p>\n

723
\n00:44:39,200 –> 00:44:42,200
\nto do with the mountain or the
\ntemple that we go to, but it’s a<\/p>\n

724
\n00:44:42,200 –> 00:44:48,440
\ndecision in our heart to seek
\nGod honestly, truthfully, and <\/p>\n

725
\n00:44:48,440 –> 00:44:51,440
\nwith mercy.
\nI’d like to conclude with a <\/p>\n

726
\n00:44:51,440 –> 00:44:54,800
\nprayer from our brother Paul in
\nEphesians chapter 3. <\/p>\n

727
\n00:44:56,600 –> 00:45:01,640
\nEphesians 3 verse 14 For this
\nreason I bow my knees before the<\/p>\n

728
\n00:45:01,640 –> 00:45:05,440
\nFather, from whom every family
\nin heaven on earth is named. <\/p>\n

729
\n00:45:06,360 –> 00:45:10,080
\nThat according to the riches of
\nHis glory He may grant you to be<\/p>\n

730
\n00:45:10,080 –> 00:45:15,120
\nstrengthened with power through
\nHis Spirit in your inner being. <\/p>\n

731
\n00:45:16,280 –> 00:45:19,560
\nThat Christ may dwell in your
\nhearts through faith. <\/p>\n

732
\n00:45:19,560 –> 00:45:24,200
\nThat you, being rooted and
\ngrounded in love, may have <\/p>\n

733
\n00:45:24,200 –> 00:45:27,200
\nstrength to comprehend with all
\nthe Saints what is the breadth <\/p>\n

734
\n00:45:27,400 –> 00:45:31,680
\nand length and height and depth,
\nand to know the love of Christ <\/p>\n

735
\n00:45:31,680 –> 00:45:36,080
\nthat surpasses knowledge, that
\nyou may be filled with all the <\/p>\n

736
\n00:45:36,080 –> 00:45:40,840
\nfullness of God, filled now to
\nHim that He’s able to do far <\/p>\n

737
\n00:45:40,840 –> 00:45:44,920
\nmore abundantly than all that we
\nask or think, according to the <\/p>\n

738
\n00:45:44,920 –> 00:45:48,840
\npower at work within us.
\nTo Him be glory in the ecclesia <\/p>\n

739
\n00:45:48,840 –> 00:45:52,440
\nand in Christ Jesus throughout
\nall generation, forever and <\/p>\n

740
\n00:45:52,440 –> 00:46:06,970
\never.
\nThank you for listening to the <\/p>\n

741
\n00:46:06,970 –> 00:46:08,570
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\npodcast. <\/p>\n

742
\n00:46:09,410 –> 00:46:11,850
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743
\n00:46:11,850 –> 00:46:14,210
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\n00:46:20,730 –> 00:46:23,170
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748
\n00:46:26,000 –> 00:46:28,720
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749
\n00:46:28,720 –> 00:46:32,600
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754
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759
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