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What If the Walls We Built Were Never Part of God's Plan? · Daily Bible Refresh

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  Message
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  but
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  take
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  any
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  of
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  this
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  for
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  granted.
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  It
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  was
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  only
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  yesterday
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  that
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  you
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  outsiders
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  to
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  God's
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  ways
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  had
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  no
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  idea
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  of
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  any
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  of
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  this.
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  Didn't
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  know
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  the
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  first
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  thing
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  about
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  the
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  way
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  God
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  works,
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  hadn't
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  the
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  faintest
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  idea
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  of
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  Christ.
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  You
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  knew
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  nothing
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  of
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  that
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  rich
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  history
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  of
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  God's
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  covenants
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  and
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  promises
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  to
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  Israel.
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  Hadn't
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  a
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  clue
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  about
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  what
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  God
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  was
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  doing
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  in
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  a
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  world,
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  in
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  the
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  world
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  at
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  large
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  now,
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  because
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  of
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  Christ,
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  dying
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  that
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  death,
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  shedding
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  that
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  blood,
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  you
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  who
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  are
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  once
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  out
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  of
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  it
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  all
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  together
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  are
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  now
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  in
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  on
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  everything.
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  The
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  Messiah
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  has
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  made
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  things
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  up
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  between
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  us
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  so
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  that
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  we're
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  now
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  together
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  in
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  this
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  both
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  non
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  Jewish
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  outsiders
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  and
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  Jewish
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  insiders.
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  He
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  tore
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  down
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  the
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  wall
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  we
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  used
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  to
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  keep
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  each
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  other
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  at
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  a
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  distance.
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  He
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  repealed
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  the
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  law
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  code
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  that
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  had
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  become
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  so
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  clogged
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  with
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  fine
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  print
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  and
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  footnotes
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  that
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  it
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  hindered
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  more
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  than
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  it
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  helped.
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  Then
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  he
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  started
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  over.
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  Instead
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  of
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  continuing
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  with
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  two
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  groups
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  of
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  people
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  separated
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  by
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  centuries
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  of
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  animosity
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  and
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  suspicion,
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  he
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  created
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  a
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  new
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  kind
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  of
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  human
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  being,
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  a
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  fresh
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  start
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  for
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  everybody.
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  Christ
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  brought
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  us
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  together
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  through
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  his
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  death
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  on
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  the
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  cross.
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  The
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  cross
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  got
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  us
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  to
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  embrace
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  and
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  that
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  was
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  the
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  end
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  of
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  hostility.
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  Christ
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  came
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  and
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  preached
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  peace
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  to
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  you
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  outsiders
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  and
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  peace
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  to
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  us
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  insiders.
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  He
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  treated
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  us
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  as
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  equals
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  and
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  so
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  made
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  us
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  equals,
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  though
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  we
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  both
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  share
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  the
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  same
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  spirit
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  and
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  have
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  equal
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  access
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  to
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  the
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  Father.
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  That's
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  plain
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  enough,
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  isn't
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  it?
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  You're
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  no
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  longer
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  wandering
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  exiles.
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  This
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  kingdom
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  of
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  faith
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  is
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  now
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  your
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  home
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  country.
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  You
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  are
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  no
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  longer
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  strangers
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  or
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  outsiders.
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  You
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  belong
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  here
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  with
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  as
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  much
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  right
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  to
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  the
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  name
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  Christian
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  as
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  anyone.
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  God
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  is
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  building
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  a
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  home.
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  He's
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  using
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  us
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  all
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  irrespective
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  of
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  how
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  we
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  got
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  here
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  and
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  what
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  he
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  is
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  building,
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  he
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  used
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  the
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  apostles
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  and
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  prophets
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  for
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  the
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  foundation.
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  Now
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  he's
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  using
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  you,
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  fitting
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  you
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  in
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  brick
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  by
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  brick,
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  stone
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  by
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  stone,
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  with
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  Christ
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  Jesus
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  as
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  the
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  cornerstone
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  that
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  holds
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  all
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  the
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  parts
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  together.
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  We
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  see
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  it
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  taking
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  shape
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  day
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  after
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  day.
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  A
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  holy
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  temple
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  built
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  by
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  God,
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  an
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  all
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  of
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  us
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  built
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  into
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  it.
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  A
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  temple
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  which
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  God
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  is
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  quite
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  at
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  home.
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  Well,
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  my
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  friends,
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  I'm
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  glad
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  you're
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  here.
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  Let's
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  get
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  into
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  the
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  scripture
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  here
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  today
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  and,
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  and
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  just
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  dig,
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  dig
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  a
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  little
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  deeper
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  about
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  this
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  inside,
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  outside
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  group,
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  the
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  in
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  group
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  and
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  the
• 3:39
  out
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  group
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  and
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  how
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  the
• 3:41
  tradition
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  and
• 3:41
  those
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  are
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  outside
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  the
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  circle
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  and
• 3:43
  those
• 3:43
  inside
• 3:43
  the
• 3:43
  circle
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  kind
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  of
• 3:45
  whether,
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  you
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  know,
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  sometimes
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  said
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  the
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  real
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  people
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  gather.
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  And
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  this
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  passage
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  is
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  speaking
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  to
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  those
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  of
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  us
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  who
• 3:51
  see
• 3:51
  the
• 3:52
  world
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  as
• 3:52
  us
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  and
• 3:53
  them
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  kind
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  of
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  a
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  thing.
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  And
• 3:56
  the
• 3:56
  passage
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  really
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  helps
• 3:57
  us
• 3:57
  to
• 3:57
  pull
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  things
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  together.
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  So
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  let's
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  talk
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  about
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  two
• 4:00
  points
• 4:00
  to
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  ponder.
• 4:02
  The
• 4:02
  first
• 4:02
  one
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  is
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  this.
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  The
• 4:04
  walls
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  between
• 4:05
  us,
• 4:05
  between
• 4:06
  us
• 4:06
  are
• 4:07
  human
• 4:08
  construction,
• 4:09
  not
• 4:09
  God's
• 4:10
  thing.
• 4:11
  Paul
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  is
• 4:12
  crystal
• 4:12
  clear
• 4:12
  here.
• 4:13
  The
• 4:13
  wall
• 4:13
  between
• 4:13
  insider
• 4:14
  and
• 4:14
  outsider.
• 4:15
  Christ
• 4:16
  tore
• 4:16
  it
• 4:16
  down.
• 4:18
  It
• 4:18
  wasn't
• 4:18
  something
• 4:18
  God
• 4:19
  built
• 4:19
  to
• 4:19
  protect
• 4:20
  sacred
• 4:21
  space.
• 4:22
  It
• 4:22
  was
• 4:22
  something
• 4:22
  we
• 4:23
  built
• 4:23
  to
• 4:23
  protect
• 4:24
  our
• 4:24
  own
• 4:25
  sense
• 4:25
  of
• 4:25
  superiority.
• 4:26
  And
• 4:26
  the
• 4:27
  religious
• 4:27
  law
• 4:27
  that
• 4:27
  was
• 4:27
  supposed
• 4:28
  to
• 4:28
  point
• 4:28
  people
• 4:28
  toward
• 4:29
  God
• 4:29
  had
• 4:30
  become
• 4:30
  so
• 4:30
  loaded
• 4:31
  with
• 4:31
  fine
• 4:31
  print
• 4:32
  that
• 4:32
  it
• 4:32
  was
• 4:32
  actually
• 4:33
  keeping
• 4:33
  people
• 4:33
  away.
• 4:35
  Now,
• 4:35
  let's
• 4:35
  be
• 4:35
  honest
• 4:36
  about
• 4:36
  how
• 4:36
  alive
• 4:37
  this
• 4:37
  still
• 4:38
  is
• 4:38
  right
• 4:38
  now.
• 4:39
  Every
• 4:40
  generation
• 4:40
  of
• 4:40
  the
• 4:41
  church
• 4:41
  and
• 4:41
  of
• 4:42
  society
• 4:42
  seems
• 4:43
  to
• 4:43
  rebuild
• 4:44
  these
• 4:44
  walls
• 4:45
  and
• 4:45
  using
• 4:45
  different
• 4:46
  materials.
• 4:47
  Sometimes
• 4:48
  it's
• 4:48
  theology,
• 4:50
  sometimes
• 4:50
  it's
• 4:50
  politics,
• 4:52
  sometimes
• 4:53
  it's
• 4:53
  sexuality
• 4:54
  or
• 4:54
  gender
• 4:55
  or
• 4:56
  nationality
• 4:57
  or
• 4:57
  being
• 4:58
  an
• 4:58
  immigrant
• 4:59
  or
• 4:59
  maybe
• 4:59
  the
• 5:00
  style
• 5:00
  of
• 5:00
  music
• 5:00
  that
• 5:01
  you
• 5:01
  sing.
• 5:02
  But
• 5:03
  the
• 5:03
  project
• 5:03
  is
• 5:04
  always
• 5:04
  the
• 5:04
  same,
• 5:04
  drawing
• 5:05
  a
• 5:05
  line
• 5:06
  and
• 5:06
  deciding
• 5:07
  who's
• 5:07
  in
• 5:07
  and
• 5:07
  who's
• 5:07
  out.
• 5:08
  And
• 5:09
  Paul
• 5:09
  says
• 5:09
  Christ's
• 5:10
  whole
• 5:10
  mission
• 5:10
  is
• 5:10
  to
• 5:11
  demolish
• 5:12
  that
• 5:12
  way
• 5:12
  of
• 5:12
  thinking.
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  Jesus
• 5:14
  died
• 5:15
  to
• 5:15
  tear
• 5:16
  down
• 5:16
  the
• 5:16
  walls.
• 5:17
  And
• 5:17
  we
• 5:17
  should
• 5:18
  probably
• 5:18
  stop
• 5:18
  and
• 5:18
  ask
• 5:18
  ourselves
• 5:19
  whose
• 5:20
  work
• 5:20
  we're
• 5:20
  actually
• 5:21
  doing
• 5:22
  when
• 5:22
  we
• 5:22
  build
• 5:22
  up
• 5:22
  walls.
• 5:24
  I
• 5:24
  think
• 5:24
  about
• 5:25
  it,
• 5:25
  when
• 5:25
  I
• 5:25
  think
• 5:26
  about
• 5:26
  my
• 5:26
  cancer
• 5:26
  podcast
• 5:27
  that
• 5:27
  I
• 5:27
  have,
• 5:27
  and
• 5:28
  I'm
• 5:28
  talking
• 5:28
  with
• 5:28
  someone
• 5:29
  who's
• 5:30
  been
• 5:30
  told
• 5:30
  that
• 5:31
  they
• 5:31
  have
• 5:31
  some
• 5:31
  sort
• 5:31
  of
• 5:31
  a
• 5:32
  spiritual
• 5:32
  failing
• 5:33
  or
• 5:33
  something
• 5:34
  like
• 5:34
  that
• 5:34
  because
• 5:35
  they
• 5:35
  have
• 5:35
  cancer.
• 5:36
  They
• 5:37
  were
• 5:37
  told
• 5:37
  they
• 5:37
  didn't
• 5:37
  belong,
• 5:39
  they
• 5:39
  didn't
• 5:39
  belong
• 5:39
  in
• 5:39
  those
• 5:39
  walls.
• 5:40
  It
• 5:40
  has
• 5:40
  nothing
• 5:41
  to
• 5:41
  do
• 5:41
  with
• 5:41
  God.
• 5:42
  It
• 5:42
  has
• 5:42
  nothing
• 5:43
  to
• 5:43
  do
• 5:43
  with
• 5:43
  anything
• 5:43
  along
• 5:43
  that
• 5:44
  line.
• 5:45
  Tear
• 5:46
  down
• 5:47
  the
• 5:47
  walls.
• 5:49
  The
• 5:49
  second
• 5:49
  point
• 5:49
  to
• 5:50
  ponder
• 5:50
  is
• 5:50
  this.
• 5:51
  Belonging
• 5:52
  comes
• 5:52
  before
• 5:52
  God.
• 5:53
  Belonging
• 5:54
  comes
• 5:54
  before
• 5:55
  believing
• 5:56
  the
• 5:56
  right
• 5:56
  things.
• 5:58
  Look
• 5:58
  at
• 5:59
  the
• 5:59
  order
• 5:59
  here.
• 6:00
  Paul
• 6:00
  doesn't
• 6:01
  say,
• 6:01
  once
• 6:01
  you
• 6:01
  started
• 6:02
  out
• 6:02
  your
• 6:02
  theology
• 6:02
  and
• 6:03
  Cleared
• 6:03
  up
• 6:03
  your
• 6:03
  life,
• 6:03
  then
• 6:04
  you'll
• 6:04
  belong.
• 6:04
  No,
• 6:05
  he
• 6:05
  says,
• 6:06
  you
• 6:06
  are
• 6:06
  no
• 6:07
  longer
• 6:07
  strangers
• 6:08
  or
• 6:08
  outsiders.
• 6:09
  You
• 6:09
  belong
• 6:10
  here
• 6:11
  with
• 6:11
  as
• 6:11
  much
• 6:12
  right
• 6:12
  to
• 6:12
  the
• 6:12
  name
• 6:12
  Christian
• 6:13
  as
• 6:13
  anyone
• 6:13
  else.
• 6:14
  So
• 6:15
  Paul
• 6:15
  talks
• 6:15
  about
• 6:16
  beginning
• 6:16
  at
• 6:16
  the
• 6:16
  starting
• 6:17
  point,
• 6:17
  not
• 6:17
  the
• 6:17
  reward.
• 6:18
  God
• 6:19
  is
• 6:19
  building
• 6:19
  a
• 6:19
  home
• 6:19
  and
• 6:20
  using
• 6:20
  everyone,
• 6:21
  irrespective
• 6:22
  of
• 6:22
  how
• 6:22
  we
• 6:22
  got
• 6:22
  here,
• 6:22
  is
• 6:23
  what
• 6:23
  he
• 6:23
  says.
• 6:24
  Irrespective.
• 6:25
  Get
• 6:25
  that
• 6:25
  word?
• 6:26
  The
• 6:27
  word
• 6:27
  is.
• 6:27
  That
• 6:28
  word
• 6:28
  is
• 6:28
  doing
• 6:28
  enormous
• 6:29
  work
• 6:29
  in
• 6:29
  that
• 6:30
  sentence.
• 6:30
  It
• 6:31
  means
• 6:31
  your
• 6:31
  path.
• 6:31
  It
• 6:32
  doesn't
• 6:32
  have
• 6:32
  to
• 6:32
  look
• 6:32
  like
• 6:33
  my
• 6:33
  path.
• 6:34
  It
• 6:34
  means
• 6:34
  the
• 6:35
  person
• 6:35
  who
• 6:35
  grew
• 6:35
  up
• 6:35
  memorizing
• 6:36
  scripture
• 6:36
  and
• 6:36
  the
• 6:37
  person
• 6:37
  who
• 6:37
  wandered
• 6:37
  in
• 6:37
  last
• 6:38
  week
• 6:39
  with
• 6:39
  nothing
• 6:39
  but
• 6:40
  questions.
• 6:40
  They
• 6:40
  both
• 6:41
  get
• 6:41
  into
• 6:42
  the
• 6:42
  family.
• 6:43
  The
• 6:43
  structure
• 6:43
  is
• 6:44
  made
• 6:44
  for
• 6:44
  both.
• 6:46
  I
• 6:46
  think
• 6:46
  about
• 6:46
  my
• 6:46
  own
• 6:47
  family.
• 6:47
  My
• 6:47
  wife
• 6:47
  and
• 6:48
  I
• 6:48
  raised
• 6:48
  three
• 6:48
  great
• 6:48
  kids,
• 6:49
  and
• 6:50
  all
• 6:50
  three
• 6:50
  of
• 6:50
  them
• 6:50
  have
• 6:51
  found
• 6:51
  their
• 6:51
  own
• 6:51
  way
• 6:51
  in
• 6:52
  the
• 6:52
  world
• 6:52
  and
• 6:53
  they're
• 6:53
  thriving
• 6:53
  and
• 6:54
  doing
• 6:54
  well.
• 6:55
  And
• 6:55
  their
• 6:55
  lives
• 6:56
  are
• 6:56
  very
• 6:57
  different,
• 6:57
  all
• 6:57
  three
• 6:58
  of
• 6:58
  them,
• 6:58
  very
• 6:59
  different
• 6:59
  than
• 6:59
  ours.
• 7:01
  And
• 7:01
  if
• 7:01
  I
• 7:02
  told
• 7:02
  any
• 7:02
  of
• 7:02
  them,
• 7:02
  you
• 7:03
  only
• 7:03
  belong
• 7:03
  to
• 7:03
  this
• 7:03
  family
• 7:04
  if
• 7:04
  you
• 7:04
  do
• 7:04
  things
• 7:04
  exactly
• 7:05
  the
• 7:05
  way
• 7:05
  I
• 7:05
  did,
• 7:06
  that
• 7:06
  wouldn't
• 7:06
  be
• 7:06
  love.
• 7:07
  That
• 7:07
  would
• 7:08
  be
• 7:08
  something
• 7:08
  else.
• 7:09
  That
• 7:09
  would
• 7:09
  be
• 7:10
  control.
• 7:11
  God
• 7:11
  is
• 7:12
  building
• 7:12
  something
• 7:12
  bigger
• 7:12
  than
• 7:13
  any
• 7:13
  single
• 7:13
  tradition
• 7:14
  or
• 7:14
  formula.
• 7:15
  And
• 7:15
  the
• 7:15
  building
• 7:15
  material
• 7:16
  is
• 7:16
  people,
• 7:17
  all
• 7:17
  kinds
• 7:18
  of
• 7:18
  people,
• 7:19
  fitting
• 7:20
  together
• 7:21
  stone
• 7:22
  by
• 7:22
  stone.
• 7:23
  So
• 7:23
  here's
• 7:23
  your
• 7:23
  action
• 7:24
  step.
• 7:25
  Paul
• 7:25
  says
• 7:26
  God
• 7:26
  is
• 7:27
  building
• 7:27
  a
• 7:27
  home
• 7:27
  and
• 7:27
  fitting
• 7:27
  us
• 7:28
  all
• 7:28
  together
• 7:28
  brick
• 7:28
  by
• 7:28
  brick.
• 7:29
  And
• 7:29
  I
• 7:30
  want
• 7:30
  you
• 7:30
  to
• 7:30
  identify
• 7:30
  a
• 7:31
  person
• 7:31
  in
• 7:31
  your
• 7:31
  life
• 7:32
  or
• 7:32
  perhaps
• 7:33
  a
• 7:33
  group
• 7:33
  of
• 7:33
  people
• 7:34
  in
• 7:34
  your
• 7:34
  community
• 7:34
  that
• 7:35
  you've
• 7:36
  may
• 7:36
  have
• 7:36
  sort
• 7:37
  of
• 7:37
  thought
• 7:37
  in
• 7:37
  your
• 7:37
  own
• 7:37
  mind
• 7:38
  or
• 7:38
  somehow
• 7:38
  group
• 7:38
  you're
• 7:39
  part
• 7:39
  of,
• 7:39
  categorized
• 7:40
  as
• 7:40
  outsiders.
• 7:41
  Maybe
• 7:41
  it's
• 7:42
  an
• 7:42
  unconscious
• 7:42
  thing,
• 7:43
  or
• 7:44
  maybe
• 7:44
  it's
• 7:44
  an
• 7:44
  overt
• 7:45
  thing,
• 7:46
  or
• 7:46
  maybe
• 7:46
  it's
• 7:46
  somebody
• 7:46
  from
• 7:47
  a
• 7:47
  different
• 7:47
  faith
• 7:47
  background
• 7:48
  or
• 7:48
  an
• 7:48
  immigrant
• 7:49
  or
• 7:49
  someone
• 7:49
  from
• 7:50
  a
• 7:50
  different
• 7:50
  political
• 7:51
  or
• 7:51
  sexual
• 7:51
  perspective.
• 7:53
  A
• 7:53
  different
• 7:53
  experience.
• 7:54
  And
• 7:55
  this
• 7:55
  week,
• 7:55
  I
• 7:55
  want
• 7:55
  you
• 7:56
  to
• 7:56
  take
• 7:56
  one
• 7:56
  concrete
• 7:57
  step
• 7:57
  toward
• 7:58
  them
• 7:58
  rather
• 7:59
  than
• 8:00
  away
• 8:00
  from
• 8:00
  them.
• 8:02
  Share
• 8:02
  a
• 8:02
  cup
• 8:03
  of
• 8:03
  coffee,
• 8:03
  a
• 8:03
  meal,
• 8:04
  just
• 8:05
  have
• 8:05
  a
• 8:05
  conversation.
• 8:06
  Make
• 8:06
  a
• 8:07
  friendly
• 8:07
  Facebook
• 8:07
  post.
• 8:09
  Not.
• 8:09
  This
• 8:10
  isn't
• 8:10
  about
• 8:10
  trying
• 8:10
  to
• 8:11
  convert
• 8:11
  them
• 8:12
  or
• 8:12
  to
• 8:12
  convince
• 8:13
  them
• 8:13
  of
• 8:13
  anything.
• 8:14
  Just
• 8:15
  to
• 8:15
  practice
• 8:15
  what
• 8:15
  Paul
• 8:16
  is
• 8:16
  preaching
• 8:16
  here.
• 8:17
  Tear
• 8:18
  down
• 8:18
  one
• 8:18
  brick,
• 8:19
  one
• 8:19
  wall
• 8:19
  at
• 8:19
  a
• 8:20
  time.
• 8:20
  That's
• 8:21
  how
• 8:21
  homes
• 8:22
  get
• 8:22
  built.
• 8:24
  Come
• 8:24
  back
• 8:24
  and
• 8:24
  have
• 8:25
  a
• 8:25
  prayer
• 8:25
  here
• 8:25
  in
• 8:25
  just
• 8:25
  a
• 8:25
  minute.
• 8:26
  But
• 8:26
  let
• 8:26
  me
• 8:27
  share
• 8:27
  with
• 8:27
  you
• 8:27
  before
• 8:27
  we
• 8:28
  pray
• 8:28
  that
• 8:28
  we
• 8:28
  have
• 8:28
  a
• 8:28
  great
• 8:29
  resource
• 8:29
  for
• 8:29
  you.
• 8:30
  It's
• 8:30
  called
• 8:30
  the
• 8:31
  ABC123
• 8:32
  Bible
• 8:32
  Study
• 8:33
  Method
• 8:34
  and
• 8:34
  love
• 8:35
  for
• 8:35
  you
• 8:35
  to
• 8:35
  pick
• 8:35
  it
• 8:35
  up
• 8:35
  at
• 8:35
  our
• 8:36
  website,
• 8:36
  voiceofgoddaily.com
• 8:39
  let's
• 8:39
  pray.
• 8:41
  God,
• 8:41
  we
• 8:42
  are
• 8:42
  very
• 8:42
  good
• 8:42
  at
• 8:43
  building
• 8:43
  walls.
• 8:43
  We
• 8:43
  build
• 8:44
  them
• 8:44
  fast,
• 8:44
  we
• 8:44
  build
• 8:45
  them
• 8:45
  high,
• 8:45
  and
• 8:45
  we
• 8:46
  slap
• 8:46
  your
• 8:46
  name
• 8:47
  on
• 8:47
  them
• 8:47
  to
• 8:47
  make
• 8:47
  it
• 8:47
  look
• 8:48
  official.
• 8:48
  Forgive
• 8:48
  us
• 8:49
  for
• 8:49
  building
• 8:49
  walls.
• 8:50
  Forgive
• 8:50
  us
• 8:51
  for
• 8:51
  every
• 8:51
  time
• 8:51
  we've
• 8:51
  made
• 8:51
  someone
• 8:52
  feel
• 8:52
  like
• 8:52
  a
• 8:52
  stranger
• 8:53
  in
• 8:53
  a
• 8:53
  place
• 8:53
  where.
• 8:54
  Where
• 8:54
  you
• 8:54
  wanted
• 8:54
  them
• 8:54
  to
• 8:55
  feel
• 8:55
  at
• 8:55
  home.
• 8:56
  Thank
• 8:56
  you
• 8:56
  that
• 8:57
  your
• 8:57
  construction
• 8:57
  project
• 8:58
  is
• 8:58
  so
• 8:58
  different
• 8:58
  than
• 8:59
  ours.
• 9:00
  That
• 9:00
  you're
• 9:00
  taking
• 9:01
  all
• 9:01
  of
• 9:01
  us
• 9:02
  with
• 9:02
  our
• 9:02
  messy
• 9:03
  arrivals
• 9:04
  and
• 9:04
  complicated
• 9:05
  histories
• 9:05
  and
• 9:06
  fitting
• 9:06
  us
• 9:06
  all
• 9:07
  together
• 9:07
  into
• 9:07
  something
• 9:07
  holy.
• 9:08
  And
• 9:09
  for
• 9:09
  anyone
• 9:09
  listening
• 9:10
  who
• 9:10
  may
• 9:10
  have
• 9:10
  felt
• 9:11
  like
• 9:11
  you
• 9:11
  were
• 9:11
  outside
• 9:12
  the
• 9:12
  wall
• 9:13
  because
• 9:13
  of
• 9:13
  someone
• 9:13
  else's
• 9:14
  fine
• 9:14
  print,
• 9:15
  would
• 9:15
  you
• 9:15
  speak
• 9:16
  to
• 9:16
  them
• 9:16
  today
• 9:17
  and
• 9:18
  tell
• 9:18
  them
• 9:18
  that
• 9:18
  you
• 9:18
  belong
• 9:19
  here.
• 9:19
  You
• 9:20
  with
• 9:20
  as
• 9:20
  much
• 9:20
  right
• 9:20
  as
• 9:21
  anyone.
• 9:22
  And
• 9:22
  for
• 9:22
  the
• 9:22
  rest
• 9:22
  of
• 9:23
  us,
• 9:23
  give
• 9:23
  us
• 9:23
  the
• 9:23
  guts
• 9:24
  to
• 9:24
  grab
• 9:24
  a
• 9:24
  sledgehammer
• 9:25
  and
• 9:25
  start
• 9:25
  tearing
• 9:26
  down
• 9:26
  the
• 9:26
  walls.
• 9:27
  Help
• 9:27
  us
• 9:27
  become
• 9:28
  the
• 9:28
  kind
• 9:28
  of
• 9:28
  home
• 9:28
  where
• 9:29
  you'd
• 9:29
  actually
• 9:30
  want
• 9:30
  to
• 9:30
  live.
• 9:31
  Brick
• 9:31
  by
• 9:31
  brick,
• 9:32
  stone
• 9:32
  by
• 9:33
  stone,
• 9:33
  make
• 9:34
  us
• 9:34
  new.
• 9:35
  Amen.
• 9:46
  My
• 9:46
  friend.
• 9:46
  I
• 9:47
  am
• 9:47
  delighted
• 9:48
  you
• 9:48
  chose
• 9:48
  to
• 9:49
  join
• 9:49
  me
• 9:49
  for
• 9:49
  today's
• 9:50
  reading.
• 9:51
  The
• 9:51
  Daily
• 9:51
  Bible
• 9:52
  Refresh
• 9:53
  is
• 9:53
  completely
• 9:54
  listener
• 9:55
  supported.
• 9:56
  Your
• 9:57
  gift
• 9:57
  goes
• 9:57
  a
• 9:58
  long
• 9:58
  way
• 9:58
  to
• 9:58
  getting
• 9:58
  the
• 9:59
  audible
• 9:59
  word
• 9:59
  of
• 10:00
  God
• 10:00
  from
• 10:01
  a
• 10:01
  progressive
• 10:01
  perspective
• 10:02
  into
• 10:03
  2
• 10:03
  million
• 10:03
  years,
• 10:04
  a
• 10:04
  million
• 10:04
  people
• 10:05
  by
• 10:05
  2028.
• 10:07
  I
• 10:07
  would
• 10:07
  be
• 10:07
  so
• 10:08
  grateful
• 10:08
  if
• 10:08
  you
• 10:09
  would
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