Class 5 from this series was used in GCT Episode 333.<\/p>\n
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\nOur speaker for this first
\nsession is Brother Everett Munis<\/p>\n
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\nfrom the Paris Ave.
\nEcclesia. <\/p>\n
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\nHis theme this week is Be Holy,
\nthe High Calling of God in <\/p>\n
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\nChrist Jesus.
\nThis is his 5th and final class <\/p>\n
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\non that subject and the title of
\nhis final class is If God Before<\/p>\n
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\nUs and our reading was taken
\nfrom Romans chapter 8, Brother <\/p>\n
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\nEverett.
\nGood morning again, brothers and<\/p>\n
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\nsisters.
\nWe’ve titled our final session, <\/p>\n
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\nas Brother Paul has mentioned.
\nIf God be for us. <\/p>\n
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\nIn our first session together,
\nwe. <\/p>\n
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\nLooked at our.
\nCalling to holiness and we noted<\/p>\n
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\nthe prominence of the theme
\nthroughout the Bible. <\/p>\n
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\nWe suggested a contextual
\ndefinition and we looked at a <\/p>\n
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\nmodel.
\nFor the pursuit of holiness. <\/p>\n
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\nFrom Philippians Chapter 3 in
\nour second session, we followed <\/p>\n
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\nthe cues that we found in First
\nPeter chapters one and two. <\/p>\n
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\nBack to the events.
\nOf the Exodus. <\/p>\n
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\nTo see what we could learn about
\nOur Calling to holiness from the<\/p>\n
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\nexperience of Israel.
\nWe saw that our holiness <\/p>\n
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\nrequires.
\nGod’s intervention to redeem us,<\/p>\n
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\nand that He has done so in order
\nto make U.S. citizens of a <\/p>\n
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\nKingdom.
\nThat He will use to fill the <\/p>\n
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\nearth with His glory.
\nWe also looked at His desire to <\/p>\n
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\ndwell.
\nWith his people and the. <\/p>\n
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\nRequirement that his dwelling be
\na holy place. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd that ultimately, he wants to
\ndwell within each one of us. <\/p>\n
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\nIn our third session, we looked
\nat the. <\/p>\n
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\nPriestly aspect to our call to
\nholiness God has called us to be<\/p>\n
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\npriests after the.
\nOrder of Melchizedek in order to<\/p>\n
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\nmake us part of.
\nHis work to prepare the whole <\/p>\n
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\nearth to be a holy place.
\nWhere he can dwell. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so we looked at a few
\nlessons about priesthood <\/p>\n
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\ngenerally based on the example.
\nOf the Levitical priesthood. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd then in our fourth session
\nyesterday, we. <\/p>\n
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\nWe shifted gears a bit and we
\nlooked. <\/p>\n
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\nAt the opposition to holiness
\nthat we face from our nature and<\/p>\n
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\nits greater manifestation in the
\nworld, along with a couple of <\/p>\n
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\nimportant.
\nWays that we can resist. <\/p>\n
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\nThose influences now in our
\nsession today, we’re going to <\/p>\n
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\nlook at 4 things we changed the
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\nA little bit from yesterday.
\nBut the content is more or less <\/p>\n
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\nthe same.
\nEssentially, what we want to <\/p>\n
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\nlook at this morning is some of
\nthe comfort and the <\/p>\n
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\nencouragement to be found for
\nthose. <\/p>\n
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\nWho’ve?
\nChosen to do the difficult work <\/p>\n
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\nof crucifying the flesh with its
\naffections and lusts in pursuit <\/p>\n
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\nof holiness.
\nBecause it is difficult and <\/p>\n
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\nwearying work.
\nIt’s not to say that it isn’t <\/p>\n
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\nalso satisfying and rewarding.
\nAs well, but the fact. <\/p>\n
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\nRemains that the pursuit of
\nholiness involves toil and <\/p>\n
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\nadversity there are times in
\nlife when the struggle can feel <\/p>\n
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\nparticularly onerous it can seem
\nas if in. <\/p>\n
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\nSpite of our best.
\nIntentions our nature gets the <\/p>\n
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\nbetter.
\nOf us. <\/p>\n
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\nOver and over, as if we’re
\nfailing our God at every turn. <\/p>\n
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\nWhatever the reasons may be, we
\ncan begin to. <\/p>\n
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\nFeel as if the failures that we
\nare. <\/p>\n
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\nExperiencing define us and that
\nultimately they amount to <\/p>\n
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\ndefeat.
\nIf you felt. <\/p>\n
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\nThis way, then you know how
\nutterly crushing it can be. <\/p>\n
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\nYou know how?
\nIsolated and alone, it can leave<\/p>\n
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\nyou feeling.
\nBut we are not alone. <\/p>\n
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\nBrothers and sisters and young
\npeople, the assurance that <\/p>\n
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\nSamuel offers Israel is no.
\nLess relevant to us. <\/p>\n
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\nFor the Lord will not.
\nForsake his people for His. <\/p>\n
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\nGreat name’s sake.
\nNot only that, we’re in good <\/p>\n
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\ncompany because everyone that’s
\nchosen to take. <\/p>\n
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\nUp God’s call to.
\nHoliness has experienced this <\/p>\n
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\nkind.
\nOf adversity. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd we know that, Paul.
\nExpresses something of this. <\/p>\n
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\nStruggle with the flesh.
\nIn Romans Chapter 7 and in the. <\/p>\n
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\nOne of these particularly rough.<\/p>\n
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\nPatches in our pursuit of
\nholiness and what we’d like to <\/p>\n
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\ndo is come to Romans Chapter 7,
\nwhich. <\/p>\n
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\nShould just be a page.
\nBack or so from where we were in<\/p>\n
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\nour reading for this morning and
\nfor the sake of time, we’ll just<\/p>\n
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\nlook at at verses 16 and 17 and
\nthen we’ll skip down to verse <\/p>\n
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\n20.
\nSo reading from Romans Chapter <\/p>\n
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\n7, verse 16 and 17.
\nIf then I do that, which I would<\/p>\n
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\nTo the law that it is good. <\/p>\n
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\nNow then, it is no.
\nMore I that do it. <\/p>\n
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\nnow, if I do that I would not, <\/p>\n
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\nWe’re skipping down to verse 20,<\/p>\n
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\nNow that if I do that I would <\/p>\n
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\nnot, it is no more I that do it.
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\nEvil.
\nIs present with me, for I <\/p>\n
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\ndelight in the law of God after
\nthe inward man, but I see <\/p>\n
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\nanother law in my members
\nwarring against the law of my <\/p>\n
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\nmind, and bringing me into
\ncaptivity to the law of sin, <\/p>\n
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\nwhich is in my members, a
\nwretched man that I am. <\/p>\n
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\nWho shall?
\nDeliver me from the body of this<\/p>\n
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\nI thank God through Jesus Christ<\/p>\n
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\nour Lord so.
\nThen with the mind I myself. <\/p>\n
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\nServe the law of God, but with
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\nBut did you notice what Paul?
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\nWhat would you say if a brother
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\nI that do it, but.
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\nI’d be inclined to wonder if.
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\nWasn’t shirking their
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\nPaul is not shirking his
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\nSo.
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\nNotice, he says with the mind, I
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\nIt seems that. <\/p>\n
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\nPaul saw his flesh as.
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\nHe certainly understand
\nunderstood rather the need to <\/p>\n
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\nseek forgiveness. <\/p>\n
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\nNevertheless, Paul was in
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\nOf the.
\nPrize of our high calling. <\/p>\n
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\nSo he refused to identify.
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\nHe chose instead to be. <\/p>\n
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\nDefined by the law of God.
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\nverse 22.
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\nIn the law of God after the
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\nis shaped.
\nBy the law of God. <\/p>\n
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\nWe too can find comfort in the
\nhope of God’s ultimate. <\/p>\n
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\nDeliverance to be.
\nClear, brothers and sisters, sin<\/p>\n
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\nis A cause.
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\nIt was an important step for
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\nafflicted and mourn and weep.
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\nmourning and your joy to
\nheaviness. <\/p>\n
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\nHumble yourselves in the sight
\nof the Lord and He. <\/p>\n
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\nThey had befriended the world <\/p>\n
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\naffliction and mourning and
\ntears in a more positive. <\/p>\n
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\nBlessed are they that mourn.
\nFor they shall be. <\/p>\n
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\nComforted in Matthew chapter 5
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\nIf we’re genuinely invested in
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\nBut feel sorrow over. <\/p>\n
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\nThat said, we have to bear in <\/p>\n
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\nmind what Paul says in Second
\nCorinthians Chapter 7 and verse.<\/p>\n
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\n10 For godly sorrow worketh
\nrepentance to salvation. <\/p>\n
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\nNot to be repented of.
\nBut the sorrow of the world <\/p>\n
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\nworketh death to the extent that
\nour sorrow over. <\/p>\n
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\nSin leads us to confess and to
\nrepent and to seek forgiveness. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s.
\nNecessary. <\/p>\n
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\nHealthy.
\nAnd good. <\/p>\n
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\nBut beyond that, it becomes a
\ndistraction from true <\/p>\n
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\nreconciliation and the pressing.
\nWork of actually being. <\/p>\n
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\nHoly in response to Our Calling,
\none of the reasons. <\/p>\n
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\nThe sorrow of this world is so
\ndeadly. <\/p>\n
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\nIs that it blinds us.
\nTo the reality of God’s <\/p>\n
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\npresence.
\nAnd the. <\/p>\n
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\nAffect reconciliation and move <\/p>\n
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\nforward in hope of ultimate
\ndeliverance. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd this is when we.
\nLose courage and a. <\/p>\n
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\nLoss of courage is an enormous
\nloss. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s an enormous.
\nLoss because when courage fails.<\/p>\n
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\nWe’re more likely to consider
\ngiving up or changing. <\/p>\n
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\nCourse, of course, our heavenly.
\nFather knows this all too well. <\/p>\n
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\nHe understands our need for
\nencouragement, and there’s no <\/p>\n
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\nshortage of it to be found in
\nthe pages of Scripture. <\/p>\n
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\nFor instance, Psalms 27 and 31
\nhave. <\/p>\n
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\nLovely exhortations to courage.
\nIn Psalm 27 at. <\/p>\n
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\nVerse 14 we read.
\nWait on the Lord, be of good. <\/p>\n
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\nCourage, and he shall.
\nStrengthen thine heart. <\/p>\n
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\nWait.
\nI say. <\/p>\n
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\nOn the Lord and in Psalm 31,
\nwhich is. <\/p>\n
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\nDisplayed on the slide O love
\nthe. <\/p>\n
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\nLord, all ye his Saints.
\nFor the Lord preserveth. <\/p>\n
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\nThe faithful and plentifully
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\nBless the Lord, O my soul, and
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\nWho?
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\nabove the earth, so great is his<\/p>\n
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\nVerse five that really.
\nStood out to me as I looked into<\/p>\n
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\nGod is described as. <\/p>\n
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\nSatisfying our mouth with good
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\nSo that our youth is.
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\nmay have reference to the way
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\nEagles are designed by God.
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\nAnd this is what the National
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\nIt says molting is the natural. <\/p>\n
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\n00:20:54,000 –> 00:20:56,440
\nProcess of replacing feathers.
\nFeathers. <\/p>\n
345
\n00:20:56,440 –> 00:20:57,920
\nWear out and and they need to
\nbe. <\/p>\n
346
\n00:20:57,920 –> 00:21:02,400
\nReplaced over.
\nTime Raptors molt once a year, <\/p>\n
347
\n00:21:02,400 –> 00:21:06,960
\nusually in spring and summer.
\nThey tend to molt symmetrically,<\/p>\n
348
\n00:21:07,360 –> 00:21:10,400
\nmeaning.
\nIf they lose the third primary <\/p>\n
349
\n00:21:10,400 –> 00:21:12,240
\non the right, they also lose the
\nthird. <\/p>\n
350
\n00:21:12,240 –> 00:21:15,120
\nPrimary on the left.
\nRaptors do not. <\/p>\n
351
\n00:21:15,120 –> 00:21:20,120
\nLose all their flight feathers.
\nAt one time and are never <\/p>\n
352
\n00:21:20,240 –> 00:21:27,640
\nrendered flightless by a molt.
\nIt can take up to. <\/p>\n
353
\n00:21:27,640 –> 00:21:30,400
\nFour years.
\nFor an eagle to complete a molt,<\/p>\n
354
\n00:21:31,920 –> 00:21:35,920
\nto put it simply, an.
\nEagle has to be able to soar to <\/p>\n
355
\n00:21:35,920 –> 00:21:38,240
\nsurvive.
\nI’m not sure any of us have ever<\/p>\n
356
\n00:21:38,240 –> 00:21:41,080
\nseen a nature documentary where
\nan eagle is running down its <\/p>\n
357
\n00:21:41,080 –> 00:21:42,640
\nprey.
\nIt’s not the way. <\/p>\n
358
\n00:21:42,960 –> 00:21:44,360
\nIt’s not the way eagles hunt, is
\nit? <\/p>\n
359
\n00:21:44,360 –> 00:21:46,280
\nThey have.
\nTo be able to get above the <\/p>\n
360
\n00:21:46,280 –> 00:21:49,800
\nearth, their life.
\nDepends on being able to. <\/p>\n
361
\n00:21:49,800 –> 00:21:52,320
\nRise above the.
\nEarth and God designed them. <\/p>\n
362
\n00:21:53,320 –> 00:21:55,680
\nTo be sure, that’s always
\npossible. <\/p>\n
363
\n00:21:55,680 –> 00:21:58,600
\nTheir youth, as it were, is.
\nRenewed in such. <\/p>\n
364
\n00:21:58,600 –> 00:22:02,160
\nA way that their life.
\nIs never in jeopardy. <\/p>\n
365
\n00:22:05,000 –> 00:22:08,960
\nThe children of God like.
\nEagles have to be able to soar <\/p>\n
366
\n00:22:09,280 –> 00:22:12,000
\nto survive.
\nWe have to be able to rise <\/p>\n
367
\n00:22:12,000 –> 00:22:14,440
\nabove.
\nEarthly lusts and desires in <\/p>\n
368
\n00:22:14,440 –> 00:22:21,160
\norder to be successful in our
\npursuit of holiness, brothers <\/p>\n
369
\n00:22:21,160 –> 00:22:22,360
\nand.
\nSisters, if the father has. <\/p>\n
370
\n00:22:22,360 –> 00:22:28,320
\nTaken such care for eagles, then
\nhow much greater must his? <\/p>\n
371
\n00:22:28,320 –> 00:22:31,280
\nCare be for his.
\nChildren who reverence him and <\/p>\n
372
\n00:22:31,280 –> 00:22:34,440
\nkeep his covenant and remember
\nhis commandments. <\/p>\n
373
\n00:22:34,680 –> 00:22:43,600
\nTo do them.
\nIn First John 3, John touches on<\/p>\n
374
\n00:22:43,600 –> 00:22:47,080
\nthe theme of God’s.
\nFatherhood as well, it says. <\/p>\n
375
\n00:22:47,080 –> 00:22:48,840
\nBehold, what manner of love the.
\nFather has. <\/p>\n
376
\n00:22:48,840 –> 00:22:51,200
\nBestowed upon us that we.
\nShould be. <\/p>\n
377
\n00:22:51,200 –> 00:22:54,720
\nCalled the sons of God.
\nTherefore. <\/p>\n
378
\n00:22:54,720 –> 00:22:57,880
\nThe world knoweth us not because
\nit knew Him not. <\/p>\n
379
\n00:22:58,680 –> 00:23:01,840
\nBehold now are we the sons of
\nGod, and it does not yet appear <\/p>\n
380
\n00:23:01,840 –> 00:23:04,640
\nwhat we shall be, but we know
\nthat when He shall. <\/p>\n
381
\n00:23:04,640 –> 00:23:09,560
\nAppear, we shall be like.
\nHim, for we shall see him as he <\/p>\n
382
\n00:23:09,560 –> 00:23:15,040
\nis, and every man that hath this
\nhope in him, this expectation, <\/p>\n
383
\n00:23:15,800 –> 00:23:19,520
\npurifieth himself even as he is.
\nPure. <\/p>\n
384
\n00:23:20,960 –> 00:23:25,520
\nThis is what God has always.
\nWanted from humanity, sons and <\/p>\n
385
\n00:23:25,520 –> 00:23:27,840
\ndaughters.
\nWho purify themselves because. <\/p>\n
386
\n00:23:28,040 –> 00:23:30,920
\nThey want to be like.
\nTheir heavenly Father, <\/p>\n
387
\n00:23:32,080 –> 00:23:34,520
\ntragically.
\nIn spite of all that he’s done <\/p>\n
388
\n00:23:34,520 –> 00:23:35,960
\nfor us, very.
\nFew of us. <\/p>\n
389
\n00:23:36,360 –> 00:23:38,560
\nAre willing to.
\nRespond to God this way. <\/p>\n
390
\n00:23:40,000 –> 00:23:43,280
\nAnd the language of a family
\nisn’t just a convenient <\/p>\n
391
\n00:23:43,360 –> 00:23:46,320
\nmetaphor.
\nGod deliberately reveals Himself<\/p>\n
392
\n00:23:46,320 –> 00:23:48,080
\nas a Father to help us
\nunderstand. <\/p>\n
393
\n00:23:48,320 –> 00:23:49,800
\nWho he is and.
\nHow he? <\/p>\n
394
\n00:23:49,800 –> 00:23:53,680
\nFeels towards.
\nUs in fact, it’s so important to<\/p>\n
395
\n00:23:53,680 –> 00:23:55,280
\nhim that.
\nThat he’s established. <\/p>\n
396
\n00:23:55,280 –> 00:23:59,480
\nThe institution of the family,
\nin part to reinforce that <\/p>\n
397
\n00:23:59,480 –> 00:24:02,360
\nlesson.
\nIt’s a theme that runs. <\/p>\n
398
\n00:24:02,360 –> 00:24:05,680
\nRight throughout the Bible.
\nIsn’t it we can never forget? <\/p>\n
399
\n00:24:05,680 –> 00:24:08,800
\nThat God is a righteous judge
\nthat requires. <\/p>\n
400
\n00:24:08,800 –> 00:24:11,160
\nObedience from his children.
\nBut he is. <\/p>\n
401
\n00:24:11,160 –> 00:24:15,400
\nAlso a loving father, deeply
\ninvested in their success. <\/p>\n
402
\n00:24:16,040 –> 00:24:19,680
\nIn fact, God’s judgement is
\noften the direct outworking of <\/p>\n
403
\n00:24:19,680 –> 00:24:21,760
\nhis fatherhood, either in
\ndefense. <\/p>\n
404
\n00:24:21,760 –> 00:24:24,280
\nOf those who respond.
\nTo his love with faithfulness <\/p>\n
405
\n00:24:24,280 –> 00:24:27,960
\nand thankfulness or in
\npunishment of those who show <\/p>\n
406
\n00:24:27,960 –> 00:24:31,840
\ncontempt for it one of the
\nimportant lessons that we learn <\/p>\n
407
\n00:24:31,840 –> 00:24:34,280
\nabout our.
\nHeavenly Father, from our <\/p>\n
408
\n00:24:34,280 –> 00:24:37,280
\nexperience of.
\nParenthood has to do with. <\/p>\n
409
\n00:24:37,280 –> 00:24:40,560
\nWhy he loves us.
\nWhy do parents? <\/p>\n
410
\n00:24:40,960 –> 00:24:44,680
\nLove their children, do our.
\nChildren earn it. <\/p>\n
411
\n00:24:45,480 –> 00:24:48,080
\nSome would argue at times they
\ndo just the opposite. <\/p>\n
412
\n00:24:49,080 –> 00:24:53,200
\nIn the way that they behave,
\nthey may provoke us from time to<\/p>\n
413
\n00:24:53,200 –> 00:24:56,720
\ntime.
\nI think most parents would. <\/p>\n
414
\n00:24:56,720 –> 00:24:58,880
\nSay that they love their.
\nChildren long. <\/p>\n
415
\n00:24:58,880 –> 00:25:01,520
\nBefore their.
\nChildren could have possibly <\/p>\n
416
\n00:25:01,520 –> 00:25:03,760
\ndone anything.
\nTo deserve it. <\/p>\n
417
\n00:25:04,920 –> 00:25:07,440
\nBrothers and sisters.
\nGod made us this way. <\/p>\n
418
\n00:25:08,520 –> 00:25:11,400
\nHe made us this way because He
\nwants us to understand and to <\/p>\n
419
\n00:25:11,400 –> 00:25:14,160
\nappreciate.
\nHow he feels towards us. <\/p>\n
420
\n00:25:14,160 –> 00:25:17,760
\nHe loves us because it’s who he
\nis. <\/p>\n
421
\n00:25:18,040 –> 00:25:21,920
\nIt is part of his identity.
\nWe. <\/p>\n
422
\n00:25:21,920 –> 00:25:26,360
\nHaven’t done anything to earn
\nit, John says. <\/p>\n
423
\n00:25:26,360 –> 00:25:29,840
\nWe love him because.
\nHe first loved us. <\/p>\n
424
\n00:25:31,640 –> 00:25:34,160
\nThis is much like the message.
\nThat Moses delivered to Israel. <\/p>\n
425
\n00:25:34,160 –> 00:25:37,960
\nOn the eve of their entry into
\nthe Promised Land, he says to <\/p>\n
426
\n00:25:37,960 –> 00:25:41,240
\nthem, For thou art and holy
\npeople unto the. <\/p>\n
427
\n00:25:41,240 –> 00:25:45,280
\nLord thy God, the Lord thy God
\nhath. <\/p>\n
428
\n00:25:45,280 –> 00:25:49,000
\nChosen thee to be a special
\npeople unto himself above all. <\/p>\n
429
\n00:25:49,000 –> 00:25:51,440
\nPeople upon the face of the.
\nEarth and why? <\/p>\n
430
\n00:25:51,600 –> 00:25:53,880
\nWhy did God do this?
\nWhy had he made them? <\/p>\n
431
\n00:25:54,040 –> 00:25:58,640
\nA holy people.
\nMoses goes on to say, the Lord <\/p>\n
432
\n00:25:58,640 –> 00:26:00,280
\ndid not set his love on you,
\nnor. <\/p>\n
433
\n00:26:00,280 –> 00:26:03,320
\nChoose you because you were.
\nMore in number than any people <\/p>\n
434
\n00:26:03,320 –> 00:26:06,120
\nfor you were the.
\nFewest of all people, but <\/p>\n
435
\n00:26:06,120 –> 00:26:10,240
\nbecause the Lord loved you and.
\nBecause he would keep the. <\/p>\n
436
\n00:26:10,320 –> 00:26:12,040
\nOath.
\nWhich he had sworn unto. <\/p>\n
437
\n00:26:12,040 –> 00:26:15,240
\nYour father’s half the Lord
\nbrought you out. <\/p>\n
438
\n00:26:15,440 –> 00:26:18,880
\nWith a mighty hand, and redeemed
\nyou out of the House of Bondsman<\/p>\n
439
\n00:26:19,320 –> 00:26:20,760
\nfrom the hand of Pharaoh, king
\nof. <\/p>\n
440
\n00:26:20,760 –> 00:26:26,480
\nEgypt, like the Israelites who
\nGod brought out of Egypt, we. <\/p>\n
441
\n00:26:26,920 –> 00:26:30,920
\nAre born into slavery.
\nSlavery to sin and death. <\/p>\n
442
\n00:26:31,840 –> 00:26:34,600
\nBut our Heavenly Father redeems
\nus out of the house. <\/p>\n
443
\n00:26:34,600 –> 00:26:38,120
\nOf bond with a stretched out arm
\nand with great judgments. <\/p>\n
444
\n00:26:39,120 –> 00:26:43,520
\nHe blesses us with all spiritual
\nblessings in heavenly places. <\/p>\n
445
\n00:26:43,520 –> 00:26:49,240
\nAccording as He hath chosen us
\nin him before the foundation of <\/p>\n
446
\n00:26:49,240 –> 00:26:50,840
\nthe.
\nWorld that we should be. <\/p>\n
447
\n00:26:50,840 –> 00:26:57,440
\nHoly and without blame before
\nHim, in love, having predestined<\/p>\n
448
\n00:26:57,440 –> 00:27:02,920
\nus unto the adoption of children
\nby Jesus Christ to Himself, <\/p>\n
449
\n00:27:03,640 –> 00:27:07,480
\naccording to the good.
\nPleasure of His will, the praise<\/p>\n
450
\n00:27:07,480 –> 00:27:09,320
\nof the glory of His grace
\nwherein? <\/p>\n
451
\n00:27:09,920 –> 00:27:12,920
\nHe hath made us accepted in the
\nBeloved. <\/p>\n
452
\n00:27:15,640 –> 00:27:20,080
\nGod has chosen us.
\nTo be his children because of <\/p>\n
453
\n00:27:20,080 –> 00:27:23,680
\nhis love.
\nAnd because he would keep the <\/p>\n
454
\n00:27:23,720 –> 00:27:26,440
\noath which he swore.
\nTo Abraham and Isaac and Jacob. <\/p>\n
455
\n00:27:26,440 –> 00:27:28,880
\nThat they would be.
\nFathers of a great nation, and <\/p>\n
456
\n00:27:28,880 –> 00:27:31,320
\nthrough one of their
\ndescendants, all nations of the <\/p>\n
457
\n00:27:31,320 –> 00:27:35,240
\nearth.
\nWould be blessed through Jesus <\/p>\n
458
\n00:27:35,240 –> 00:27:40,520
\nwe have received the.
\nAdoption of children according. <\/p>\n
459
\n00:27:40,680 –> 00:27:42,640
\nTo our heavenly Fathers, good
\npleasure. <\/p>\n
460
\n00:27:44,520 –> 00:27:46,160
\nThink of it.
\nBrothers and sisters and young <\/p>\n
461
\n00:27:46,160 –> 00:27:48,840
\npeople.
\nIt is the good pleasure of God. <\/p>\n
462
\n00:27:49,240 –> 00:27:52,520
\nAlmighty, that you and.
\nI should be his children. <\/p>\n
463
\n00:27:53,080 –> 00:27:58,560
\nMembers of his family Paul
\nexpands on the incredible <\/p>\n
464
\n00:27:58,560 –> 00:28:01,600
\nprivilege of being a part of the
\ndivine family in Romans chapter <\/p>\n
465
\n00:28:01,600 –> 00:28:09,200
\n8 when he says, among other
\nthings in verse 15 not received <\/p>\n
466
\n00:28:09,280 –> 00:28:10,560
\nwe have not.
\nReceived the spirit of. <\/p>\n
467
\n00:28:10,560 –> 00:28:13,760
\nBondage again to fear, but.
\nYe have received the Spirit. <\/p>\n
468
\n00:28:13,800 –> 00:28:19,080
\nOf adoption.
\nWhereby we cry ABBA, Father, the<\/p>\n
469
\n00:28:19,080 –> 00:28:21,760
\nSpirit itself bear.
\nWitness with our spirit. <\/p>\n
470
\n00:28:21,760 –> 00:28:24,280
\nThat we are the.
\nChildren of God and if children <\/p>\n
471
\n00:28:24,440 –> 00:28:26,160
\nthen.
\nHeirs, Heirs. <\/p>\n
472
\n00:28:26,160 –> 00:28:32,280
\nOf God and joint heirs.
\nWith Christ here Paul links our.<\/p>\n
473
\n00:28:32,280 –> 00:28:36,560
\nAdoption into the family.
\nOf God with the cry ABBA father <\/p>\n
474
\n00:28:37,680 –> 00:28:39,720
\nthis same.
\nPhrase shows up in Galatians. <\/p>\n
475
\n00:28:39,720 –> 00:28:41,320
\nChapter 4.
\nVerse 6. <\/p>\n
476
\n00:28:41,320 –> 00:28:45,000
\nIn a very similar context.
\nPaul says that because we are <\/p>\n
477
\n00:28:45,000 –> 00:28:49,240
\nsons, God has sent forth the.
\nSpirit of his son into our <\/p>\n
478
\n00:28:49,240 –> 00:28:55,840
\nhearts crying ABBA father, this
\nphrase only appears in. <\/p>\n
479
\n00:28:56,520 –> 00:28:57,520
\nOne other.
\nPassage. <\/p>\n
480
\n00:28:57,520 –> 00:29:00,040
\nAnd that passage highlights the
\nincredible privilege. <\/p>\n
481
\n00:29:00,280 –> 00:29:02,920
\nThat we have to be.
\nCalled into the family of God. <\/p>\n
482
\n00:29:04,200 –> 00:29:07,120
\nJesus uses.
\nThis very phrase in Gethsemane. <\/p>\n
483
\n00:29:07,160 –> 00:29:09,040
\nBefore his trial and
\ncrucifixion. <\/p>\n
484
\n00:29:10,840 –> 00:29:13,560
\nIn a profound.
\nDepth of sorrow he prays ABBA <\/p>\n
485
\n00:29:14,040 –> 00:29:16,280
\nfather, all things are possible.
\nUnto thee. <\/p>\n
486
\n00:29:16,480 –> 00:29:21,080
\nTake away this cup.
\nFrom me, nevertheless, not what <\/p>\n
487
\n00:29:21,080 –> 00:29:22,840
\nI.
\nWill but what thou wilt. <\/p>\n
488
\n00:29:25,040 –> 00:29:28,320
\nThis is the intimate plea of a
\nbeloved son in. <\/p>\n
489
\n00:29:28,320 –> 00:29:33,120
\nGreat distress.
\nLuke records God’s response. <\/p>\n
490
\n00:29:34,040 –> 00:29:37,560
\nAnd there appeared an Angel unto
\nhim from heaven, strengthening <\/p>\n
491
\n00:29:37,560 –> 00:29:41,280
\nhim.
\nBrothers and sisters, our <\/p>\n
492
\n00:29:41,280 –> 00:29:43,880
\nfather.
\nIs not an absentee parent. <\/p>\n
493
\n00:29:44,800 –> 00:29:47,160
\nHe is ever.
\nPresent to guide and to <\/p>\n
494
\n00:29:47,160 –> 00:29:50,360
\nstrengthen His children in their
\npursuit of holiness. <\/p>\n
495
\n00:29:51,960 –> 00:29:55,440
\nConsider the Lord’s words in
\nMatthew Chapter 7, verses 7:00 <\/p>\n
496
\n00:29:55,440 –> 00:29:58,480
\nto 11:00.
\nAsk, and it shall be given you <\/p>\n
497
\n00:29:58,480 –> 00:30:01,560
\nseek, and ye shall find.
\nKnock, and it shall be opened <\/p>\n
498
\n00:30:01,560 –> 00:30:03,840
\nunto you.
\nFor everyone that asketh. <\/p>\n
499
\n00:30:03,840 –> 00:30:06,440
\nReceiveth.
\nAnd he that seeketh findeth, and<\/p>\n
500
\n00:30:06,440 –> 00:30:08,960
\nto him that knocketh it shall be
\nopened. <\/p>\n
501
\n00:30:09,560 –> 00:30:12,000
\nOr what man?
\nIs there of you? <\/p>\n
502
\n00:30:12,000 –> 00:30:15,040
\nWhom if his son asked bread,
\nwill he give him a stone, or if <\/p>\n
503
\n00:30:15,040 –> 00:30:15,880
\nhe.
\nAsked a fish. <\/p>\n
504
\n00:30:15,880 –> 00:30:19,960
\nWill he give him a serpent?
\nIf ye then, being evil, know how<\/p>\n
505
\n00:30:19,960 –> 00:30:24,400
\nto give good gifts unto your
\nchildren, how much more shall <\/p>\n
506
\n00:30:24,400 –> 00:30:26,480
\nyour.
\nFather, which is in heaven. <\/p>\n
507
\n00:30:27,120 –> 00:30:29,400
\nGive good things to them that
\nask. <\/p>\n
508
\n00:30:29,400 –> 00:30:33,760
\nHim, Jesus testifies to our
\nheavenly Father’s. <\/p>\n
509
\n00:30:33,760 –> 00:30:37,840
\nWillingness and ability to
\nprovide those things we need. <\/p>\n
510
\n00:30:38,880 –> 00:30:42,000
\nSo that.
\nHis will is done both in and <\/p>\n
511
\n00:30:42,000 –> 00:30:45,320
\nthrough us.
\nBack in Romans 8, Paul touches <\/p>\n
512
\n00:30:45,320 –> 00:30:48,200
\non that, on what that will is.
\nFor you and I. <\/p>\n
513
\n00:30:49,280 –> 00:30:52,520
\nWe left off in verse 17, but
\nwe’ll pick back up in verse 28. <\/p>\n
514
\n00:30:54,440 –> 00:30:56,960
\nWe know that all things work
\ntogether for good to them that <\/p>\n
515
\n00:30:56,960 –> 00:30:59,880
\nlove God, to them who are.
\nThe called according to his <\/p>\n
516
\n00:30:59,880 –> 00:31:02,400
\npurpose.
\nFor whom He did foreknow, He <\/p>\n
517
\n00:31:02,400 –> 00:31:06,000
\nalso did predestinate, to be
\nconformed to the image of His <\/p>\n
518
\n00:31:06,000 –> 00:31:09,680
\nSon, that He might be the first
\nborn among many brethren. <\/p>\n
519
\n00:31:10,680 –> 00:31:13,320
\nMoreover, whom He did
\npredestinate them He also <\/p>\n
520
\n00:31:13,320 –> 00:31:17,400
\ncalled, and whom He called them
\nHe also justified, and whom He <\/p>\n
521
\n00:31:17,400 –> 00:31:22,640
\njustified them He.
\nAlso glorified God’s will. <\/p>\n
522
\n00:31:22,640 –> 00:31:24,640
\nFor you and me.
\nIs that we? <\/p>\n
523
\n00:31:24,640 –> 00:31:30,360
\nShould be conformed to the image
\nof his son, the Holy 1, and <\/p>\n
524
\n00:31:30,400 –> 00:31:32,640
\nultimately that.
\nWe should be glorified. <\/p>\n
525
\n00:31:33,720 –> 00:31:35,720
\nAnd isn’t it?
\nBeautiful that Paul uses the. <\/p>\n
526
\n00:31:35,720 –> 00:31:38,240
\nPast tense.
\nHere it may represent an <\/p>\n
527
\n00:31:38,240 –> 00:31:40,720
\ninstance of that principle that
\nhe refers to in Romans. <\/p>\n
528
\n00:31:40,720 –> 00:31:43,880
\nChapter 4 that God calls.
\nThose things that are not. <\/p>\n
529
\n00:31:44,560 –> 00:31:46,960
\nAs though they.
\nWere, in other words, he. <\/p>\n
530
\n00:31:46,960 –> 00:31:49,200
\nSpeaks of the future as though
\nit had already. <\/p>\n
531
\n00:31:49,200 –> 00:31:52,240
\nHappened.
\nThis is a testimony to the <\/p>\n
532
\n00:31:52,320 –> 00:31:57,800
\nabsolute certainty of God’s work
\nin us if we allow Him to do it. <\/p>\n
533
\n00:31:59,240 –> 00:32:02,800
\nHe is able to do.
\nExceeding abundantly above all. <\/p>\n
534
\n00:32:02,800 –> 00:32:04,720
\nThat we are able to ask.
\nOr. <\/p>\n
535
\n00:32:04,720 –> 00:32:13,160
\nThink by the power that worketh.
\nIn US and this is another awe <\/p>\n
536
\n00:32:13,160 –> 00:32:15,800
\ninspiring.
\nAspect to God’s fatherhood. <\/p>\n
537
\n00:32:16,440 –> 00:32:18,960
\nIsaiah expresses it this way.
\nBut now, O Lord. <\/p>\n
538
\n00:32:18,960 –> 00:32:22,640
\nThou art our Father, we are the
\nclay. <\/p>\n
539
\n00:32:22,640 –> 00:32:23,480
\nAnd thou.
\nOur. <\/p>\n
540
\n00:32:23,480 –> 00:32:26,760
\nPotter, and we all are the work
\nof thy hand. <\/p>\n
541
\n00:32:28,520 –> 00:32:30,160
\nOur Heavenly Father is
\ncarefully. <\/p>\n
542
\n00:32:30,160 –> 00:32:35,640
\nAnd lovingly at work to make us
\nconformable to the image of His <\/p>\n
543
\n00:32:35,640 –> 00:32:38,000
\nSon.
\nWe are vessels of mercy. <\/p>\n
544
\n00:32:38,080 –> 00:32:41,360
\nWhich he is preparing for glory,
\nas Paul says. <\/p>\n
545
\n00:32:41,360 –> 00:32:46,200
\nIn Ephesians chapter 2, we are
\nhis workmanship. <\/p>\n
546
\n00:32:49,200 –> 00:32:52,320
\nThose of you who are.
\nMakers of one sort or another <\/p>\n
547
\n00:32:52,880 –> 00:32:55,800
\nunderstand the intimate
\nconnection that exists between <\/p>\n
548
\n00:32:56,000 –> 00:33:01,360
\nthe maker and the thing made if.
\nWe feel that way. <\/p>\n
549
\n00:33:01,440 –> 00:33:04,640
\nAbout the things we make with
\nour hands, how must. <\/p>\n
550
\n00:33:04,640 –> 00:33:10,360
\nOur Heavenly Father feel about.
\nUs Undoubtedly he is deeply <\/p>\n
551
\n00:33:10,360 –> 00:33:14,440
\ninvested, and personally so in
\nthe work he has begun in each <\/p>\n
552
\n00:33:14,440 –> 00:33:17,920
\none of us.
\nLike a master Potter, he softens<\/p>\n
553
\n00:33:17,920 –> 00:33:19,840
\nus with the.
\nWater of his word. <\/p>\n
554
\n00:33:20,000 –> 00:33:21,880
\nAnd through the loving pressure.
\nOf his. <\/p>\n
555
\n00:33:21,880 –> 00:33:24,360
\nProvidential hands.
\nHe shapes us. <\/p>\n
556
\n00:33:25,880 –> 00:33:28,720
\nWe know, don’t we, that that
\npressure can occasionally be <\/p>\n
557
\n00:33:29,240 –> 00:33:33,040
\nintense.
\nBut God’s purpose is always. <\/p>\n
558
\n00:33:33,040 –> 00:33:36,240
\nCreative, the unswerving
\nintention. <\/p>\n
559
\n00:33:36,440 –> 00:33:43,160
\nOf our heavenly Father is to
\nprepare us for glory, to prepare<\/p>\n
560
\n00:33:43,160 –> 00:33:49,720
\nus to be partakers.
\nOf His Holiness and Hebrews. <\/p>\n
561
\n00:33:49,720 –> 00:33:52,880
\nChapter 12 speaks to this.
\nWe’re exhorted to look to Jesus,<\/p>\n
562
\n00:33:53,040 –> 00:33:54,920
\nthe author.
\nAnd the finisher of our faith, <\/p>\n
563
\n00:33:54,920 –> 00:33:57,760
\nwho is set down at the right
\nhand of God. <\/p>\n
564
\n00:33:58,320 –> 00:34:01,360
\nAs proof.
\nThat even when God’s hand feels <\/p>\n
565
\n00:34:01,360 –> 00:34:03,320
\nheavy upon us, we.
\nCan rest. <\/p>\n
566
\n00:34:03,320 –> 00:34:06,800
\nAssured that he is preparing.
\nUs to be partakers. <\/p>\n
567
\n00:34:06,800 –> 00:34:11,679
\nOf His Holiness beginning at
\nverse 5 of. <\/p>\n
568
\n00:34:11,679 –> 00:34:14,040
\nHebrews chapter 12 it.
\nSays, And you have forgotten the<\/p>\n
569
\n00:34:14,040 –> 00:34:20,719
\nexhortation with which speaketh
\nunto you as unto children, My <\/p>\n
570
\n00:34:20,719 –> 00:34:23,960
\nson, despise not thou the
\nchastening of the Lord, nor <\/p>\n
571
\n00:34:23,960 –> 00:34:25,600
\nfaint when thou art rebuked of
\nHim. <\/p>\n
572
\n00:34:25,600 –> 00:34:27,560
\nFor when the.
\nWhom the Lord loveth He? <\/p>\n
573
\n00:34:27,560 –> 00:34:32,000
\nChasteneth and scourgeth every
\nson whom he receiveth, if he <\/p>\n
574
\n00:34:32,000 –> 00:34:34,719
\nendure chastening God.
\nDealeth with you as with. <\/p>\n
575
\n00:34:34,719 –> 00:34:38,639
\nSons for what son is.
\nHe whom the Father chasteneth. <\/p>\n
576
\n00:34:38,639 –> 00:34:41,120
\nNot.
\nBut if he be without <\/p>\n
577
\n00:34:41,120 –> 00:34:43,400
\nchastisement, wherefore all are
\npartakers. <\/p>\n
578
\n00:34:44,440 –> 00:34:48,600
\nThen are you bastards and not
\nsons Furthermore. <\/p>\n
579
\n00:34:49,280 –> 00:34:51,800
\nWe have had fathers after our
\nflesh which corrected. <\/p>\n
580
\n00:34:51,800 –> 00:34:55,440
\nUs and we gave them reverence.
\nShall we not much rather be in <\/p>\n
581
\n00:34:55,440 –> 00:34:59,520
\nsubjection into the?
\nFather of spirits, and live for <\/p>\n
582
\n00:34:59,520 –> 00:35:03,520
\nthey verily for a few days.
\nChastened us after their own <\/p>\n
583
\n00:35:03,520 –> 00:35:06,760
\npleasure.
\nBut he for our profit. <\/p>\n
584
\n00:35:07,320 –> 00:35:12,960
\nThat we might be partakers of
\nHis Holiness now. <\/p>\n
585
\n00:35:13,320 –> 00:35:16,280
\nNo chastening, for the present
\nseemeth to be joyous. <\/p>\n
586
\n00:35:16,280 –> 00:35:18,600
\nBut grievous.
\nNevertheless. <\/p>\n
587
\n00:35:18,600 –> 00:35:21,720
\nAfterward it yieldeth the
\npeaceable fruit of. <\/p>\n
588
\n00:35:21,720 –> 00:35:28,040
\nRighteousness and to them.
\nWhich are exercised thereby How?<\/p>\n
589
\n00:35:28,040 –> 00:35:31,440
\nTruly incredible that the
\ncreator of heaven and earth. <\/p>\n
590
\n00:35:31,600 –> 00:35:35,560
\nShould want us as his.
\nChildren and take such personal <\/p>\n
591
\n00:35:35,800 –> 00:35:41,000
\ninterest in each one of us to
\nmake. <\/p>\n
592
\n00:35:41,000 –> 00:35:47,840
\nUS partakers of His Holiness the
\nProphet Malachi has this to say <\/p>\n
593
\n00:35:47,840 –> 00:35:52,040
\nabout those that cooperate with
\nthe Father’s efforts to prepare <\/p>\n
594
\n00:35:52,040 –> 00:35:57,480
\nthem to be partakers of His.
\nHoliness reading from Malachi. <\/p>\n
595
\n00:35:57,480 –> 00:36:00,400
\nChapter 3 Verse. 16 it says then
\nthey. <\/p>\n
596
\n00:36:00,400 –> 00:36:03,200
\nThat feared the Lord spake.
\nOften one to another, and the <\/p>\n
597
\n00:36:03,200 –> 00:36:06,640
\nLord hearkened and heard it, and
\na book of remembrance was <\/p>\n
598
\n00:36:06,640 –> 00:36:10,000
\nwritten before him for them that
\nfeared the Lord, and that <\/p>\n
599
\n00:36:10,000 –> 00:36:14,200
\nthought upon His name.
\nAnd they shall be mine, say at <\/p>\n
600
\n00:36:14,200 –> 00:36:18,160
\nthe Lord of hosts in that day
\nwhen I make up my jewels, and I <\/p>\n
601
\n00:36:18,160 –> 00:36:25,640
\nwill spare them as a man spareth
\nhis own son that serveth him. <\/p>\n
602
\n00:36:31,360 –> 00:36:34,240
\nWe would be remiss if we didn’t
\nalso mention that the blessing <\/p>\n
603
\n00:36:34,240 –> 00:36:37,360
\nof being adopted into the family
\nof God comes with the <\/p>\n
604
\n00:36:37,360 –> 00:36:42,040
\nsignificant responsibility of
\ndeveloping a family resemblance <\/p>\n
605
\n00:36:42,960 –> 00:36:46,520
\nin Matthew chapter 5.
\nJesus says to his disciples, Let<\/p>\n
606
\n00:36:46,520 –> 00:36:48,560
\nyour light so.
\nShine before men that. <\/p>\n
607
\n00:36:48,560 –> 00:36:55,160
\nThey may see your good.
\nWorks and glorify your Father, <\/p>\n
608
\n00:36:55,680 –> 00:37:01,080
\nwhich is in heaven in the
\ndisciples of Christ. <\/p>\n
609
\n00:37:01,120 –> 00:37:05,160
\nThe character of God A.
\nFamily resemblance ought to be <\/p>\n
610
\n00:37:05,160 –> 00:37:06,720
\nevident.
\nGod. <\/p>\n
611
\n00:37:06,720 –> 00:37:09,320
\nExpects his.
\nChildren to represent the family<\/p>\n
612
\n00:37:09,320 –> 00:37:12,000
\nwell, our character and our
\nworks. <\/p>\n
613
\n00:37:12,000 –> 00:37:13,920
\nShould reflect the character.
\nAnd the. <\/p>\n
614
\n00:37:13,920 –> 00:37:17,120
\nPurpose of our heavenly Father
\nto his glory. <\/p>\n
615
\n00:37:18,240 –> 00:37:20,920
\nYou recall that, Peter?
\nFramed his argument for Our <\/p>\n
616
\n00:37:20,920 –> 00:37:22,760
\nHoliness on the.
\nBasis of God’s. <\/p>\n
617
\n00:37:22,920 –> 00:37:27,640
\nFatherhood back in first Peter
\nchapter one in verse 14, he <\/p>\n
618
\n00:37:27,640 –> 00:37:28,800
\nsays.
\nAs. <\/p>\n
619
\n00:37:28,920 –> 00:37:32,960
\nObedient children, not
\nfashioning yourselves according <\/p>\n
620
\n00:37:32,960 –> 00:37:34,800
\nto the former lusts in your
\nignorance. <\/p>\n
621
\n00:37:35,400 –> 00:37:38,920
\nBut as he which has called you
\nas holy, so be ye holy. <\/p>\n
622
\n00:37:38,920 –> 00:37:41,680
\nIn all manner of conversation,
\nbecause it is written. <\/p>\n
623
\n00:37:41,920 –> 00:37:47,720
\nBe ye holy for I.
\nAm holy, and if ye call on the <\/p>\n
624
\n00:37:47,720 –> 00:37:52,040
\nFather, who, without respect of
\npersons, judgeth according to <\/p>\n
625
\n00:37:52,080 –> 00:37:56,920
\nevery man’s work past the time
\nof your sojourning here in fear,<\/p>\n
626
\n00:37:58,480 –> 00:38:02,720
\nthe impetus for our holiness,
\nthe argument, the necessity. <\/p>\n
627
\n00:38:03,680 –> 00:38:07,680
\nHas to do with the fact.
\nThat we are children of our <\/p>\n
628
\n00:38:07,680 –> 00:38:11,280
\nFather and he.
\nRequires that we demonstrate a. <\/p>\n
629
\n00:38:11,280 –> 00:38:15,880
\nFamily resemblance.
\nPaul touches on this as well in <\/p>\n
630
\n00:38:15,880 –> 00:38:19,640
\nSecond Corinthians chapter 6,
\nverse 14 through Chapter 7 and <\/p>\n
631
\n00:38:19,640 –> 00:38:22,480
\nverse one.
\nHaving pressed his exhortation <\/p>\n
632
\n00:38:22,680 –> 00:38:26,240
\nnot to be unequally yoked with
\nunbelievers, he goes on to say, <\/p>\n
633
\n00:38:26,400 –> 00:38:28,120
\nYou are the temple of the living
\nGod. <\/p>\n
634
\n00:38:28,520 –> 00:38:31,120
\nAs God has said, I will.
\nDwell in them and walk in them <\/p>\n
635
\n00:38:31,120 –> 00:38:32,360
\nand.
\nI will be their God. <\/p>\n
636
\n00:38:32,520 –> 00:38:35,800
\nAnd they shall be my people.
\nAnd he goes on to. <\/p>\n
637
\n00:38:35,800 –> 00:38:38,920
\nSay wherefore come out.
\nFrom among them and be separate,<\/p>\n
638
\n00:38:39,280 –> 00:38:43,280
\nsaith the Lord, And touch not
\nthe unclean thing, and I will <\/p>\n
639
\n00:38:43,280 –> 00:38:46,760
\nreceive you, and will be a
\nFather unto. <\/p>\n
640
\n00:38:47,280 –> 00:38:51,240
\nYou and ye shall be.
\nMy sons and daughters, saith the<\/p>\n
641
\n00:38:51,240 –> 00:38:56,120
\nLord Almighty.
\nHaving therefore these promises,<\/p>\n
642
\n00:38:56,120 –> 00:38:59,560
\ndearly beloved, let us cleanse
\nourselves from all filthiness of<\/p>\n
643
\n00:38:59,560 –> 00:39:03,360
\nflesh and spirit, perfecting
\nholiness in the. <\/p>\n
644
\n00:39:03,360 –> 00:39:07,560
\nFear of God being received by
\nGod. <\/p>\n
645
\n00:39:07,560 –> 00:39:11,280
\nAs his sons and daughters is
\ncontingent upon separating from <\/p>\n
646
\n00:39:11,280 –> 00:39:15,200
\nunholy things, brothers and
\nsisters and young people, when <\/p>\n
647
\n00:39:15,200 –> 00:39:19,000
\nwe make a place for unholiness
\nin ourselves, we undo. <\/p>\n
648
\n00:39:19,280 –> 00:39:21,880
\nThe work that.
\nGod has done in US. <\/p>\n
649
\n00:39:23,000 –> 00:39:27,960
\nHow can we love and honor our
\nGod as we undo His? <\/p>\n
650
\n00:39:27,960 –> 00:39:33,720
\nWork.
\nJesus tells us that unto <\/p>\n
651
\n00:39:33,720 –> 00:39:37,480
\nwhomsoever much is given of him
\nshall much be. <\/p>\n
652
\n00:39:37,480 –> 00:39:39,880
\nRequired, our Heavenly Father
\nhas. <\/p>\n
653
\n00:39:39,880 –> 00:39:45,560
\nGiven us an amazing gift of love
\nand He requires that we love and<\/p>\n
654
\n00:39:45,560 –> 00:39:49,840
\nhonor him in return in
\nEphesians. <\/p>\n
655
\n00:39:49,880 –> 00:39:53,280
\nVerse chapter 6 and verse.
\nOne Paul points out that honour <\/p>\n
656
\n00:39:53,280 –> 00:39:56,280
\nthy father and thy mother is the
\nfirst commandment with. <\/p>\n
657
\n00:39:56,280 –> 00:40:01,040
\nPromise if our natural.
\nParents are worthy of love and <\/p>\n
658
\n00:40:01,480 –> 00:40:03,320
\nhonour.
\nAnd there is a promise <\/p>\n
659
\n00:40:03,320 –> 00:40:06,320
\nassociated.
\nWith that, then, how much more <\/p>\n
660
\n00:40:06,320 –> 00:40:08,640
\ndo we?
\nOwe it to our Heavenly Father to<\/p>\n
661
\n00:40:08,680 –> 00:40:10,960
\nhonour.
\nAnd to love him and how much? <\/p>\n
662
\n00:40:10,960 –> 00:40:15,160
\nGreater is the.
\nPromise that he has extended. <\/p>\n
663
\n00:40:15,160 –> 00:40:23,080
\nTo us by grace through faith.
\nOne of the things that seems to <\/p>\n
664
\n00:40:23,080 –> 00:40:26,880
\nhappen as we embrace God’s call
\nto holiness is that we become <\/p>\n
665
\n00:40:26,880 –> 00:40:29,640
\nincreasingly.
\nAware of our need to. <\/p>\n
666
\n00:40:29,640 –> 00:40:33,560
\nChange.
\nIt can be the source of no small<\/p>\n
667
\n00:40:33,560 –> 00:40:34,760
\namount of.
\nStress. <\/p>\n
668
\n00:40:35,240 –> 00:40:37,160
\nAnd anxiety.
\nWhere do we start? <\/p>\n
669
\n00:40:38,000 –> 00:40:42,480
\nHow precisely do we go about it?
\nHow do we measure progress? <\/p>\n
670
\n00:40:43,760 –> 00:40:47,520
\nWhen we imagine that we’re
\nresponsible for overseeing the <\/p>\n
671
\n00:40:47,520 –> 00:40:50,680
\nprocess, it can be downright
\noverwhelming. <\/p>\n
672
\n00:40:54,520 –> 00:40:59,000
\nBut thankfully, we’re not
\nresponsible for overseeing the <\/p>\n
673
\n00:40:59,000 –> 00:41:00,440
\nprocess.
\nOur. <\/p>\n
674
\n00:41:00,440 –> 00:41:02,280
\nPrimary responsibility is to
\ntake. <\/p>\n
675
\n00:41:02,280 –> 00:41:04,440
\nIn a regular.
\nDiet of God’s Word. <\/p>\n
676
\n00:41:04,600 –> 00:41:07,960
\nAnd then apply what we’ve
\nlearned to the moment that we’re<\/p>\n
677
\n00:41:07,960 –> 00:41:09,720
\nin.
\nOver. <\/p>\n
678
\n00:41:10,360 –> 00:41:15,880
\nAnd over and over again.
\nThankfully, God is a change. <\/p>\n
679
\n00:41:16,040 –> 00:41:18,960
\nExpert.
\nAnd if we put ourselves into His<\/p>\n
680
\n00:41:19,040 –> 00:41:21,480
\ninfinitely wise and loving
\nhands, he. <\/p>\n
681
\n00:41:21,480 –> 00:41:25,840
\nWill oversee the process of.
\nChange in US. <\/p>\n
682
\n00:41:27,240 –> 00:41:30,520
\nThere are a couple of passages
\nthat I resort to regularly. <\/p>\n
683
\n00:41:30,520 –> 00:41:34,720
\nTo remind myself of my part in
\nthe process of change. <\/p>\n
684
\n00:41:34,720 –> 00:41:37,600
\nAnd one of them is.
\nEcclesiastes Chapter. 12 and <\/p>\n
685
\n00:41:37,600 –> 00:41:41,960
\nverse 13 let us hear the
\nconclusion of the whole matter. <\/p>\n
686
\n00:41:41,960 –> 00:41:45,760
\nFear God and keep his
\ncommandments for this. <\/p>\n
687
\n00:41:45,800 –> 00:41:52,960
\nIs the whole duty.
\nOf man, our son Isaiah when he <\/p>\n
688
\n00:41:52,960 –> 00:41:55,720
\nwas very small.
\nThis was one of his very first <\/p>\n
689
\n00:41:56,000 –> 00:41:59,240
\nmemory verses.
\nThis and Psalms 9 verse one. <\/p>\n
690
\n00:41:59,360 –> 00:42:00,600
\nThat’s exactly.
\nHow you would say it? <\/p>\n
691
\n00:42:00,600 –> 00:42:04,000
\nPsalms 9 verse one and every
\ntime I read. <\/p>\n
692
\n00:42:04,000 –> 00:42:08,640
\nThis verse I I have a picture of
\nhis jubilant little face. <\/p>\n
693
\n00:42:08,960 –> 00:42:14,880
\nHe was a a square of a toddler,
\nvery a very blocky little guy. <\/p>\n
694
\n00:42:15,400 –> 00:42:19,160
\nAnd.
\nHe would say with with just so <\/p>\n
695
\n00:42:19,160 –> 00:42:22,520
\nmuch enthusiasm.
\nFear God and keep his <\/p>\n
696
\n00:42:22,520 –> 00:42:24,920
\ncommandments, for this is the
\nwhole duty of man. <\/p>\n
697
\n00:42:28,080 –> 00:42:32,840
\nIt’s it’s the kind.
\nOf precept. <\/p>\n
698
\n00:42:33,120 –> 00:42:35,720
\nThat even a small child can
\nremember. <\/p>\n
699
\n00:42:35,720 –> 00:42:38,000
\nAnd so for me, I tend to sort of
\ndiscount it. <\/p>\n
700
\n00:42:38,000 –> 00:42:39,840
\nIt’s not all that significant,
\nright? <\/p>\n
701
\n00:42:39,840 –> 00:42:42,320
\nI mean, if a kid can remember it
\na little one, right? <\/p>\n
702
\n00:42:42,720 –> 00:42:44,400
\nHow how important could it
\nreally be? <\/p>\n
703
\n00:42:45,560 –> 00:42:48,600
\nEnormously so to my life,
\nbrothers and sisters. <\/p>\n
704
\n00:42:49,240 –> 00:42:53,120
\nIt frames our responsibility in
\nthe process of change that God <\/p>\n
705
\n00:42:53,120 –> 00:42:58,240
\nhas has invited us into.
\nThe other passage. <\/p>\n
706
\n00:42:58,240 –> 00:43:00,960
\nThat’s been helpful to me in
\nthis regard is Micah chapter 6 <\/p>\n
707
\n00:43:00,960 –> 00:43:04,480
\nand verse 8.
\nHe hath showed the old man what <\/p>\n
708
\n00:43:04,480 –> 00:43:06,960
\nis good and what does the Lord.
\nRequire of thee. <\/p>\n
709
\n00:43:08,800 –> 00:43:11,440
\nNotice overseeing the process of
\nour change is not. <\/p>\n
710
\n00:43:11,440 –> 00:43:14,560
\nPart of it is it.
\nIt’s to do justly. <\/p>\n
711
\n00:43:15,680 –> 00:43:18,720
\nAnd to love mercy, and to walk
\nhumbly. <\/p>\n
712
\n00:43:19,160 –> 00:43:23,360
\nWith our God not to make sure
\nother people do justly. <\/p>\n
713
\n00:43:23,600 –> 00:43:25,680
\nAnd love mercy and walk humbly
\nwith their God. <\/p>\n
714
\n00:43:27,280 –> 00:43:32,200
\nBut ourselves to do justly.
\nAnd to love mercy, and to walk <\/p>\n
715
\n00:43:32,200 –> 00:43:35,760
\nhumbly with our Heavenly Father
\npassages. <\/p>\n
716
\n00:43:35,760 –> 00:43:39,160
\nLike these describe our part.
\nIn God’s work of transformation <\/p>\n
717
\n00:43:39,160 –> 00:43:41,560
\nin a simple.
\nBut powerful way that’s. <\/p>\n
718
\n00:43:42,120 –> 00:43:45,840
\nPretty easy to remember.
\nThey can be a touchstone for <\/p>\n
719
\n00:43:45,840 –> 00:43:47,440
\nthose moments when we begin to
\nfeel. <\/p>\n
720
\n00:43:47,440 –> 00:43:51,680
\nOverwhelmed by our perception of
\nall the work. <\/p>\n
721
\n00:43:51,920 –> 00:43:54,440
\nThat needs to be done to make us
\nready. <\/p>\n
722
\n00:43:57,680 –> 00:44:01,080
\nWe’ve seen that God likens our
\npursuit of holiness to a <\/p>\n
723
\n00:44:01,080 –> 00:44:04,400
\njourney.
\nHiking imagery comes to mind for<\/p>\n
724
\n00:44:04,400 –> 00:44:06,880
\nme when I think about this.
\nIt was certainly a common. <\/p>\n
725
\n00:44:06,880 –> 00:44:11,200
\nWay to get from here?
\nTo there in Bible times an <\/p>\n
726
\n00:44:11,200 –> 00:44:13,680
\nimportant part of hiking.
\nEspecially over rough. <\/p>\n
727
\n00:44:13,680 –> 00:44:17,120
\nTerrain is to focus on the.
\nStep that you’re taking? <\/p>\n
728
\n00:44:19,240 –> 00:44:20,520
\nYou certainly have to look.
\nAhead. <\/p>\n
729
\n00:44:20,520 –> 00:44:26,080
\nBut if you’re too focused, too
\nfar ahead, or worse. <\/p>\n
730
\n00:44:26,080 –> 00:44:31,320
\nYet on some previous step, then
\nyou’re likely to take a nasty <\/p>\n
731
\n00:44:31,320 –> 00:44:36,920
\ntumble, as we said in a previous
\nsession, the moment over which. <\/p>\n
732
\n00:44:36,920 –> 00:44:41,080
\nWe have the greatest.
\nOpportunity for effect is the <\/p>\n
733
\n00:44:41,080 –> 00:44:46,360
\none that we’re in right now if
\nwe focus on being present for <\/p>\n
734
\n00:44:46,360 –> 00:44:49,600
\nthe moment that we’re in and.
\nDoing what’s right with what’s? <\/p>\n
735
\n00:44:49,640 –> 00:44:53,320
\nRight in front of us, then God.
\nWill be able to do. <\/p>\n
736
\n00:44:53,320 –> 00:44:55,920
\nThe work of change that needs to
\nbe done in US. <\/p>\n
737
\n00:44:56,920 –> 00:45:01,680
\nIn effect, God changes us
\nthrough our obedience 1. <\/p>\n
738
\n00:45:01,680 –> 00:45:06,360
\nChoice at a time.
\nWe don’t have to concern <\/p>\n
739
\n00:45:06,360 –> 00:45:09,520
\nourselves so much.
\nWith the greater process only <\/p>\n
740
\n00:45:09,520 –> 00:45:12,360
\nwith the choices before us
\ntoday. <\/p>\n
741
\n00:45:13,720 –> 00:45:17,520
\nWhat a blessing that our Father
\nshould have structured. <\/p>\n
742
\n00:45:17,520 –> 00:45:22,600
\nThings this way you know we have
\nan interesting case. <\/p>\n
743
\n00:45:22,600 –> 00:45:27,960
\nStudy for God’s ability to.
\nExpertly manage even the most <\/p>\n
744
\n00:45:27,960 –> 00:45:33,280
\nsignificant changes in his
\nchildren in the model for our <\/p>\n
745
\n00:45:33,280 –> 00:45:35,560
\npursuit of holiness that we
\nlooked at earlier in the week <\/p>\n
746
\n00:45:35,560 –> 00:45:41,240
\nfrom philippians chapter 3
\nverses 13 and 14 Paul says this <\/p>\n
747
\n00:45:41,240 –> 00:45:42,800
\none thing I.
\nDo for getting those things. <\/p>\n
748
\n00:45:42,800 –> 00:45:45,320
\nWhich are behind and reaching
\nforth unto those things. <\/p>\n
749
\n00:45:45,320 –> 00:45:49,560
\nWhich are before I press.
\nFor the mark for the. <\/p>\n
750
\n00:45:49,560 –> 00:45:52,280
\nPrize of the High.
\nCalling of God in Christ. <\/p>\n
751
\n00:45:52,280 –> 00:45:55,920
\nJesus.
\nOne of the other occurrences. <\/p>\n
752
\n00:45:55,960 –> 00:45:58,120
\nOf.
\nThe Greek word that’s translated<\/p>\n
753
\n00:45:58,160 –> 00:46:02,600
\npress here in Philippians
\nchapter 3 and verse 14 is in <\/p>\n
754
\n00:46:02,600 –> 00:46:08,000
\nActs Chapter 9 and verse 4 and
\nit helps us to understand the <\/p>\n
755
\n00:46:08,000 –> 00:46:11,280
\nkind of intensity.
\nPaul brought to his pursuit. <\/p>\n
756
\n00:46:11,600 –> 00:46:15,120
\nOf Holiness in Acts Chapter 9
\nand. <\/p>\n
757
\n00:46:15,120 –> 00:46:17,520
\nVerse 4 as Saul.
\nWas journeying toward Damascus. <\/p>\n
758
\n00:46:17,520 –> 00:46:20,360
\nThere was suddenly a light from
\nheaven that shined around about <\/p>\n
759
\n00:46:20,360 –> 00:46:23,040
\nhim, and after falling to the
\nearth he heard. <\/p>\n
760
\n00:46:23,040 –> 00:46:25,680
\nA voice.
\nAnd the voice. <\/p>\n
761
\n00:46:25,680 –> 00:46:29,000
\nSaid Saul.
\nSaul. <\/p>\n
762
\n00:46:30,080 –> 00:46:38,240
\nWhy persecutest thou me?
\nThe word persecutest here. <\/p>\n
763
\n00:46:38,240 –> 00:46:42,680
\nIn Acts 9 and verse 4 is the
\nsame word translated press. <\/p>\n
764
\n00:46:43,840 –> 00:46:49,840
\nIn Philippians chapter 3 and
\nverse 14, we know the intensity <\/p>\n
765
\n00:46:49,840 –> 00:46:54,040
\nand.
\nSheer ferocity that Paul brought<\/p>\n
766
\n00:46:54,040 –> 00:46:56,000
\nto the.
\nPersecution of the early Church.<\/p>\n
767
\n00:46:56,000 –> 00:46:59,440
\nHe testifies to it himself.
\nHe was. <\/p>\n
768
\n00:46:59,640 –> 00:47:10,160
\nDogged and relentless.
\nWhat an incredible change our <\/p>\n
769
\n00:47:10,160 –> 00:47:12,560
\nHeavenly Father affected in this
\nman. <\/p>\n
770
\n00:47:16,840 –> 00:47:19,280
\nWhereas.
\nHe had doggedly, relentlessly <\/p>\n
771
\n00:47:19,680 –> 00:47:23,880
\npursued those of the way.
\nTo their destruction in <\/p>\n
772
\n00:47:23,880 –> 00:47:25,240
\nPhilippians.
\nChapter 3. <\/p>\n
773
\n00:47:27,120 –> 00:47:32,200
\nPaul himself has become a fellow
\ntraveller on. <\/p>\n
774
\n00:47:32,200 –> 00:47:38,720
\nThat way, doggedly, relentlessly
\npursuing the prize of our high. <\/p>\n
775
\n00:47:38,720 –> 00:47:57,840
\nCalling in Christ Jesus.
\nBrothers and. <\/p>\n
776
\n00:47:57,840 –> 00:48:02,040
\nSisters, if God could affect.
\nSuch a change in. <\/p>\n
777
\n00:48:02,040 –> 00:48:08,160
\nPaul, he can surely change.
\nUs in mind now. <\/p>\n
778
\n00:48:08,640 –> 00:48:13,000
\nIn order to prepare us.
\nFor a change in body when his <\/p>\n
779
\n00:48:13,000 –> 00:48:25,860
\nson returns.
\nIn Paul’s own words. <\/p>\n
780
\n00:48:26,060 –> 00:48:28,300
\nBrothers and sisters reading
\nfrom Romans. <\/p>\n
781
\n00:48:28,300 –> 00:48:30,740
\nChapter 8.
\nVerses 31 to 39. <\/p>\n
782
\n00:48:33,140 –> 00:48:37,600
\nIf God be for us.
\nWho can be against us? <\/p>\n
783
\n00:48:38,920 –> 00:48:42,720
\nHe that prepared, not prepared?
\nExcuse me, He that spared not <\/p>\n
784
\n00:48:42,920 –> 00:48:45,480
\nhis own son, but delivered him
\nup for us all? <\/p>\n
785
\n00:48:45,640 –> 00:48:49,680
\nHow shall he not with him freely
\ngive us all things? <\/p>\n
786
\n00:48:50,520 –> 00:48:52,080
\nWho shall?
\nLay anything to the. <\/p>\n
787
\n00:48:52,080 –> 00:48:54,960
\nCharge of God’s elect.
\nIt is God that justifieth. <\/p>\n
788
\n00:48:55,360 –> 00:48:57,320
\nWho is he that condemneth?
\nIt is. <\/p>\n
789
\n00:48:57,320 –> 00:49:00,600
\nChrist that died ye rather.
\nThat is risen, who is even at <\/p>\n
790
\n00:49:00,600 –> 00:49:04,280
\nthe right hand of God, who also
\nmaketh intercession for us. <\/p>\n
791
\n00:49:04,680 –> 00:49:07,720
\nWho shall separate?
\nUs, from the love of Christ <\/p>\n
792
\n00:49:08,920 –> 00:49:11,720
\nshall tribulation.
\nOr distress or persecution, or. <\/p>\n
793
\n00:49:11,720 –> 00:49:14,240
\nFamine or nakedness?
\nOr peril. <\/p>\n
794
\n00:49:14,240 –> 00:49:16,200
\nOr sword.
\nAs it. <\/p>\n
795
\n00:49:16,200 –> 00:49:17,520
\nIs written for thy sake.
\nWe are. <\/p>\n
796
\n00:49:17,520 –> 00:49:20,240
\nKilled all the day long.
\nWe are counted as sheep for the <\/p>\n
797
\n00:49:20,240 –> 00:49:24,360
\nslaughter.
\nNay, in all these things we are <\/p>\n
798
\n00:49:24,360 –> 00:49:26,400
\nmore than conquerors through Him
\nthat loved. <\/p>\n
799
\n00:49:26,400 –> 00:49:31,520
\nUs, for I am persuaded.
\nThat neither death, nor life, <\/p>\n
800
\n00:49:31,520 –> 00:49:37,600
\nnor angels, nor principalities,
\nnor powers, nor things present, <\/p>\n
801
\n00:49:37,680 –> 00:49:40,880
\nnor things to come, nor height,
\nnor depth, nor any other. <\/p>\n
802
\n00:49:40,880 –> 00:49:45,920
\nCreature shall be able to
\nseparate us. <\/p>\n
803
\n00:49:45,920 –> 00:49:49,800
\nFrom the love of God.
\nWhich is in Christ Jesus our <\/p>\n
804
\n00:49:49,800 –> 00:49:55,240
\nLord.
\nBrothers and sisters, the only <\/p>\n
805
\n00:49:55,240 –> 00:49:59,040
\nthing that can separate us from
\nthe love of God. <\/p>\n
806
\n00:50:00,720 –> 00:50:04,560
\nIs US.
\nBut if our earnest. <\/p>\n
807
\n00:50:04,560 –> 00:50:07,040
\nDesire is to be holy as He is
\nholy. <\/p>\n
808
\n00:50:07,040 –> 00:50:10,800
\nAnd we reverence Him, we keep
\nHis covenant and remember His <\/p>\n
809
\n00:50:10,800 –> 00:50:15,440
\ncommandments to do them.
\nThen we have nothing to fear and<\/p>\n
810
\n00:50:15,560 –> 00:50:18,720
\nevery reason to be strong and of
\ngood. <\/p>\n
811
\n00:50:18,720 –> 00:50:22,400
\nCourage.
\nSo, brothers and sisters, we’ll <\/p>\n
812
\n00:50:22,400 –> 00:50:25,320
\nbring our time together.
\nThis week to a close with the <\/p>\n
813
\n00:50:25,320 –> 00:50:28,840
\nwords of Isaiah 35, verses 4 to
\n10. <\/p>\n
814
\n00:50:30,520 –> 00:50:34,680
\nBe strong, Fear not.
\nBehold your God. <\/p>\n
815
\n00:50:34,680 –> 00:50:38,160
\nWill come with vengeance, even
\nGod with a recompense He will <\/p>\n
816
\n00:50:38,160 –> 00:50:41,440
\ncome and save you.
\nThen the eyes of the blind shall<\/p>\n
817
\n00:50:41,440 –> 00:50:44,200
\nbe opened, and the ears of the
\ndeath shall be unstopped. <\/p>\n
818
\n00:50:44,880 –> 00:50:48,080
\nThen shall the lame man leap as
\nin heart, and the tongue of the <\/p>\n
819
\n00:50:48,080 –> 00:50:50,760
\ndumb sing.
\nFor in the wilderness shall <\/p>\n
820
\n00:50:50,760 –> 00:50:54,800
\nwaters break out, and streams in
\nthe desert, and the parched <\/p>\n
821
\n00:50:54,800 –> 00:50:57,640
\nground shall become a pool in
\nthe thirsty land springs of <\/p>\n
822
\n00:50:57,640 –> 00:51:00,880
\nwater, in the habitation of
\nDragons, where each. <\/p>\n
823
\n00:51:00,880 –> 00:51:03,760
\nLay shall be grass with weeds
\nand rushes. <\/p>\n
824
\n00:51:04,680 –> 00:51:07,000
\nAnd in.
\nHighway, she’ll be there and. <\/p>\n
825
\n00:51:07,000 –> 00:51:10,440
\nAway and.
\nIt shall be called the way of. <\/p>\n
826
\n00:51:10,440 –> 00:51:16,600
\nHoliness, the unclean shall not.
\nPassover it, but it shall be for<\/p>\n
827
\n00:51:16,600 –> 00:51:19,720
\nthose the wayfaring.
\nMen those, though fools, shall <\/p>\n
828
\n00:51:19,720 –> 00:51:24,120
\nnot air therein.
\nNo lion shall be there, nor any <\/p>\n
829
\n00:51:24,120 –> 00:51:25,080
\nravenous.
\nBeast. <\/p>\n
830
\n00:51:25,080 –> 00:51:27,880
\nShall go up there on it shall
\nbe. <\/p>\n
831
\n00:51:30,120 –> 00:51:33,480
\nIt shall not be found there, but
\nthe redeemed shall walk there, <\/p>\n
832
\n00:51:33,480 –> 00:51:36,600
\nand the ransomed of the Lord
\nshall return and come to Zion <\/p>\n
833
\n00:51:36,600 –> 00:51:39,840
\nwith songs and everlasting joy
\nupon their. <\/p>\n
834
\n00:51:39,840 –> 00:51:43,360
\nHeads they shall.
\nObtain joy and gladness, and <\/p>\n
835
\n00:51:43,360 –> 00:51:49,840
\nsorrow and sighing shall.
\nFlee away, this is. <\/p>\n
836
\n00:51:50,160 –> 00:51:53,480
\nThe way, brothers and sisters,
\nand May God bless our. <\/p>\n
837
\n00:51:53,480 –> 00:51:55,080
\nEfforts to walk.
\nIn it. <\/p>\n
838
\n00:51:57,200 –> 00:52:01,360
\nSo that we are blessed.
\nTo come together with the. <\/p>\n
839
\n00:52:01,360 –> 00:52:06,160
\nFaithful of every generation to
\nZion with. <\/p>\n
840
\n00:52:06,160 –> 00:52:09,600
\nSongs.
\nAnd everlasting joy upon our. <\/p>\n
841
\n00:52:09,600 –> 00:52:13,520
\nHeads Even so, come Lord Jesus.\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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