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Biblical Counseling · Providence Baptist Church - Sermons

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God's Word in 2 Timothy chapter 3.
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From time to time, we take breaks from our verse-by-verse exposition of the Scripture to help you understand why we do what we do as a church.
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In fact, if you go on our website, you can find the category, why we do what we do, found there.
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So we've been going through the book of James.
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We're at the end of chapter 2, purpose to start into chapter 3 in the coming weeks and looking forward to doing that.
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It is most often that we open up to a text and we get right to reading it and we just spend our time in that text.
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I often say to the younger guys learning to preach, your goal ought to be to keep people's nose in the book, right?
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Keep them focused on the text itself.
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However, it's a little difficult to do that when we do these types of sermons because they're a little more survey-oriented.
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It's a bit of a step back to try to understand conceptually why we might do what we do.
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So I just had you turn to 2 Timothy chapter 3 and it's just going to sit there in your laps for a little while as we set up a case.
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We are going to look at this passage, but we look at some other passages first before we land in this one as well.
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So I want you to know it pains me a little to preach sermons like this.
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It's not my favorite way of preaching.
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And I also want to give you warning.
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It is especially important to be discerning when this type of preaching happens, right?
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When the scripture is being used to proof the point rather than the scripture itself and forming the point in its presentation.
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So I just want to say that to you.
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I'm aware of what is happening, that it's got its danger.
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So be discerning this morning as we open up God's word together.
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The practice, the why we do what we do that we're going to cover today is the practice of biblical counseling.
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And we find this to be of particular importance for us to think together about today for three reasons.
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First and most importantly, you will likely need some extra help for a particular reason at some point in your life.
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Perhaps more often than you even realize.
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And it's important that you know where and how to get the counsel that you need.
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Who should be helping you?
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How do you know when somebody is giving you information worth listening to?
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We live in an age of lots of information.
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What should you and shouldn't you listen to?
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Second, we are committed to biblical counseling as a church.
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We are already committed to this.
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We were committed to this in the founding of the church 13 years ago.
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It is already practiced here.
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It's already a thing that we do in some measure.
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Some of you have been beneficiaries of biblical counseling in the life of our church.
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But we also hope to see it practiced more.
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Thirdly, we have determined as a church to press our efforts forward this year to start a biblical counseling center.
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To more formalize that ministry of our church.
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This endeavor is going to take a bunch of effort on a number of different fronts.
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But the primary one, the primary effort, the thing we're going to need to work the most at is equipping members of our church to provide biblical counseling.
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So we're going to be leading a cohort of people through the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors training.
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So ACBC, if you're here, let's use that term.
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ACBC's training.
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And we would like for you to prayerfully consider being part of this work.
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Prayerfully consider.
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Might the Lord use me in this way as I'm laying out this case for you today?
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We are hoping to see at least 12 people through the training this year.
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If you're at all interested, if you think, sign me up, or you think, maybe I'd like to learn more,
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we're going to have an information session following today's gathering in the large meeting room downstairs.
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It's going to be short.
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We're going to kind of lay out for you what that process looks like and how you can get involved in being trained to be a biblical counselor.
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So as you're listening to this, as you're thinking about the case that the Bible makes for biblical counseling,
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I want you to think in those terms.
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So why do we practice and believe that God would have us further practice biblical counseling?
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I hope to sufficiently answer that question for you with three points.
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This is one of those sermons that's very difficult to condense.
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There's so much I'd like to say and so many ideas I'd like to explore,
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but I'm going to try to sufficiently answer that question.
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Why?
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Why biblical counseling?
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Why should we do it?
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Why should we do more of it?
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The first point is this.
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Number one, humans are troubled as a result of sin.
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I don't think that anybody would say that we're not,
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that there isn't some trouble in the world because of the sinfulness of man.
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We have reason to be troubled generally.
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There has been a curse placed on the world.
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The brokenness of the place in which we live goes back to the fall.
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Genesis chapter 3.
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We can read in verse 16 and following.
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God says to the woman,
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And to Adam he said,
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Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree which I commanded you,
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you shall not eat of it.
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Cursed is the ground because of you.
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In pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life.
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Thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you,
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and you shall eat the plants of the field.
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By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread till you return to the ground.
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For out of it you were taken, for you are dust.
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And to dust you shall return.
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So we can see in these few verses,
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outward trouble, pain in childbearing,
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pain in provision,
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work became labor.
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And we see in this text,
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death.
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Death is now part.
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And all of the aches and pains and things that happen taking us to that place
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is generally part of the fall.
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We also see in that curse,
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inward trouble.
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Relational turmoil that's rooted in desire.
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It's going to be problems in our relationship because of original sin.
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But we also have specific troubles because of sin.
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We are part of that sin nature.
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We received it.
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We are also willingly sinful.
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And it causes trouble in our world.
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A single Bible example of this,
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James chapter 4, verse 1 and following.
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James writes,
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What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you?
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Is it not this,
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that your passions are at war within you?
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You desire and do not have,
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so you murder.
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You covet and cannot obtain,
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so you fight and quarrel.
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You do not have,
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because you do not ask.
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You ask and do not receive,
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because you ask wrongly to spend it on your passions.
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You adulterous people,
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do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God?
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Therefore,
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whoever wishes to be a friend of the world
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makes himself an enemy of God.
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So we are naturally idolatrous people.
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We are naturally seeking satisfaction in a place that it cannot be found.
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We are trading our God for something paltry,
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something not worthy of our worship.
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And this causes all kinds of trouble,
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relational trouble and otherwise.
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We feel it.
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We have felt it this week.
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We have likely felt it this morning.
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If it doesn't hurt for you to roll out of bed yet,
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brace yourself.
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It's coming.
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Young people,
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on the morning of your 30th birthday.
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It's coming.
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Our bodies are falling apart.
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We are,
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apart from the grace of God,
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wretched inside.
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And all people,
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rightly,
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wish to be freed
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from their troubles.
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We all want ease.
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We all want to be carefree.
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We want to be set free
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from the troubles of this life.
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God's people know.
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We have a theology for this.
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We understand
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the nature of the world in which we live.
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And
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we also know that one day
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we will be fully and finally
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freed
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from our troubles.
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Wonderful
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truth.
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A wonderful thing
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to reflect on
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together.
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We sing often
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a song together
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on the Lord's Day
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called
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On Jordan's Stormy Banks
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I Stand.
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Which picks up
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that typology
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of God's people,
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Israel,
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waiting to cross over
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into the promised land.
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And it applies it rightly
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to
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the future reality
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that will be delivered
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from this world.
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Verse 3 says,
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No chilling winds
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or poisonous breath
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can reach that healthful shore
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where sickness,
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sorrow,
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pain,
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and death
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are felt
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and feared.
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No more.
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And then the chorus goes,
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I am bound,
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I am bound,
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I am bound
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for the promised land
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and repeats.
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Right?
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We look forward
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to that great day.
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But while we await
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that day,
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is there any
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temporal relief
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for our troubles?
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Right?
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Are there instructions?
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Is there help
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given
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to us?
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And the answer
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is absolutely
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yes.
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But first,
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to understand
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where to look
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for this relief,
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we need to understand
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the nature
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of our being.
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How is it that God
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made us,
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which brings me
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to our next point.
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So number two,
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humans
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are
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embodied
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souls.
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We are
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embodied
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souls.
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We are
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dichotomous
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creatures.
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And dichotomous
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actually means
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that we can be
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divided in two,
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which is really
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not the best term.
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That's why I like
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to say instead
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embodied souls.
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Right?
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Because our humanity
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is both
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our soul
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and our body.
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We will be
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separated from
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this body
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upon death.
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But our final
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eternal state,
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if we're in Christ,
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will be in a
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resurrected body.
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Right?
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Bodily
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dwelling
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is part of
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being
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human.
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So you've got
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the two things,
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both body
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and soul.
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Both important.
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Both
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God-bearing,
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image-bearing
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parts of who
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we are
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as
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people.
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And I'm going
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to juxtapose
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that to
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trichotomous
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being
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momentarily.
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But I want
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to make the
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case to you
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that we are
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two-part
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in a whole.
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Right?
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We are
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embodied
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souls.
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Genesis
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chapter 2,
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verse 7.
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The Lord God
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formed the man
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of dust
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from the ground,
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body,
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and breathed
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into his nostrils
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the breath
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of life,
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soul,
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and the man
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became a
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living creature.
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Right?
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This is something
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that the rest
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of the creative
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world does not
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have a soul.
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God-breathed
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life.
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Right?
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So we're both
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parts,
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body and soul,
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and both parts
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are affected
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by the curse
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of sin.
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The body,
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right?
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There are a
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myriad number
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of ailments
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affecting our
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bodies.
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Right?
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Viruses.
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Here's a wonderful
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example.
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Have we all
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felt the curse
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of viruses
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over this
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past couple
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of years?
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You guys know
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that just a
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couple of weeks
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ago,
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I was up here
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with a sling
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on my arm
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because I had
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an accident
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and I,
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turns out,
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bruised ribs.
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So I'm feeling
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much better
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now,
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wonderfully.
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Right?
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I think
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pre-fall,
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I just wouldn't
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have been stupid
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enough to have
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the accident.
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We would have
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avoided it
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altogether.
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I think my
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brain would
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have been
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sharper than
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it was.
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Or some
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super cool
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regenerative
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property would
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have made
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it not painful.
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I don't know.
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I'm a type
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one diabetic.
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Right?
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My immune
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system killed
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the part of
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my pancreas
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that makes
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insulin.
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So I have
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to do it
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synthetically.
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Right?
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I have a
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pump and I
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do all this
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stuff to put
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insulin into
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my body.
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There are
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mental disorders.
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extreme
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examples.
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Schizophrenia.
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Right?
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These are
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ailments of
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the body.
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However,
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one day
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these bodies
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will be no
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more and
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we will
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have new
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resurrected
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bodies that
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will be
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devoid of
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the corruption
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of sin.
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In the
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meantime,
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God has
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extended to
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us many
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common
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graces.
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Ways that
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we can care
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for our
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failing bodies.
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We don't
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give up on
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our bodies.
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We can
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exercise.
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It's
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helpful to
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maintaining
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health.
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We can
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eat healthy
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food.
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Right?
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We can
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help each
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other think
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about that,
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what that
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looks like.
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There's
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lots of
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good natural
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things still
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that are
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good for
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our bodies.
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There are
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also
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synthesized
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medicines.
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Right?
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Praise God
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for some
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of the
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discoveries
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and the
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things that
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have happened
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and ways
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in which
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we can
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be cared
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for.
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Our
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lives,
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by the
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grace of
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God,
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extended.
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There's
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wisdom to
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apply these
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types of
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remedies.
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Just think
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of the
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grace that
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people have
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knowledge to
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be able to
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do the
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things that
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they are
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doing.
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This morning,
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Jacob Kelly and
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David Mewson,
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who are physical
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therapists,
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I've got a
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little ache in
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my finger that
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will not go
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away.
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And they
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gave me some
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advice about
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my finger.
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Right?
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Don't need an
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MRI.
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I just need to do
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some things to
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my finger to
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help it be
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better.
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Speaking of
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fingers,
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Sam lopped off a
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good portion of
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the tip of her
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finger a couple
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of weeks ago.
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And praise
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God for the
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wisdom to
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put antibiotic
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on it.
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Like we
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understand germs
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and what
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happens with
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bacteria in
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a cut.
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So her
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finger's healing
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quite nicely.
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Right?
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So there are
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remedies.
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Right?
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We have ways
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in which we
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can care for
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the troubles
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of our body.
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But they
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don't go away.
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Right?
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We're just
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seeing ourselves
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right through
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this temporal
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dwelling toward
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an eternal
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dwelling.
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But we also
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have souls.
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Right?
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And this
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term soul
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is referred to
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in a bunch
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of different
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ways in the
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scripture.
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Genesis 2
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calls this
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the breath
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of life.
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Elsewhere
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in the
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scripture,
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this part
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of our
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being is
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called our
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spirit.
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You can
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see 1 Samuel
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chapter 1
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and verse 15.
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It's called
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our hidden
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person.
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1 Peter 3
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and verse 4.
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Our inner
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self, 2
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Corinthians 4,
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verse 16.
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In other
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places, this
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part of our
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being is
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described by
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its functioning.
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The function
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of volition
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is called
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our will.
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John chapter
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7 and
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verse 17.
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Cognition
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is called
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our mind.
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Colossians 1
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and verse 21.
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This should
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be distinguished
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from our
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brain, the
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gray matter,
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actual physical
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gray matter
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that resides
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between our
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ears.
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consciousness.
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It's the
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functioning
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that's happening
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inside, the
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cognition that's
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happening between
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our brains.
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Our moral
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sense of
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right and
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wrong is
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called our
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conscience.
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1 Corinthians 8
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and verse 12.
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And the
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center, like the
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seat of our
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emotions, is
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most often
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called our
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heart.
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John chapter
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14 and
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verse 1.
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For our
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time frame, this
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is a very
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brief survey of
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these terms.
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And I would
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gladly talk with
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you more about
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this, but be
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warned, I'm
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probably going to
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give you
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something weighty
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to read if
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you want to
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talk about
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this more, but
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happy to do
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it.
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I hope this
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morning for
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you to see
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that these
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terms are used
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interchangeably
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and that there
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are so many
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terms because
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while we are
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only two-part
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beings, we are
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still rather
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complex creations.
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The Bible uses
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so much
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different language
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to label and
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describe our
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soul because
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it is complex
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enough that it
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needs to be
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observed through
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different perspectives
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or lenses.
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So we're to
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love the Lord
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our God with
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all our heart,
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soul,
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might,
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strength,
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all of that.
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It's compounding
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every ounce of
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your being.
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It's what's being
17:36
communicated there.
17:38
Not that we're
17:39
made of all
17:40
these varied
17:40
parts.
17:41
We are embodied
17:43
souls.
17:46
So why would I
17:46
spend all this
17:47
time, briefly
17:48
anyway, making
17:49
this case to
17:49
you this
17:50
morning?
17:52
It is because
17:53
so many
17:54
well-meaning
17:56
Christians
17:56
consider us to
17:58
be trichotomous
17:59
three parts.
18:01
And they don't
18:01
all agree on
18:02
what those
18:02
trichotomous
18:03
three parts
18:03
are.
18:04
But what it
18:05
does is it
18:05
regularly opens
18:06
the door for
18:08
secular psychology
18:09
to be an
18:10
active part
18:10
of the
18:10
ministry
18:11
of the
18:12
church.
18:13
The reasoning
18:14
goes something
18:15
like you
18:16
have a body
18:17
which should be
18:18
cared for by
18:19
medical professionals.
18:21
You have a
18:22
soul that should
18:23
be cared for
18:23
by pastors,
18:26
other Christians.
18:27
And you have
18:28
a spirit,
18:29
sometimes mind,
18:30
that should be
18:30
cared for by a
18:32
psychologist.
18:34
Beloved,
18:35
this should not
18:36
be so.
18:39
And I hope to
18:40
show you why
18:40
with our
18:42
concluding point.
18:43
So this
18:44
point
18:45
assumes
18:48
that we are
18:49
dichotomous
18:51
and proves
18:53
that we are.
18:55
Third point,
18:56
the Bible
18:56
is sufficient
18:57
for the task
18:58
of solving
18:59
the problems
19:00
of our soul.
19:02
The Bible
19:03
is sufficient
19:04
for the task
19:04
of solving
19:06
the problems
19:06
of our soul.
19:08
Now hear me
19:08
carefully.
19:10
It's not
19:10
sufficient for
19:11
the task
19:11
of solving
19:12
the problems
19:12
of our body
19:13
temporally.
19:14
Fully and
19:15
finally,
19:16
yes,
19:16
we'll have
19:17
new bodies.
19:18
But not
19:19
temporally.
19:20
I would not
19:21
make the case
19:21
to you this
19:21
morning that
19:22
I should
19:23
stop using
19:23
insulin
19:24
and just
19:25
have faith.
19:27
I use
19:28
insulin
19:29
by faith.
19:30
God has
19:31
provided it
19:31
for me
19:32
that I might
19:32
have my
19:33
being.
19:34
I might
19:35
do good
19:36
works that
19:36
he prepared
19:37
beforehand
19:37
for me
19:37
to walk
19:39
in.
19:39
We're not
19:39
making that
19:39
case.
19:40
And it gets
19:40
a little more
19:41
complex when
19:41
we're talking
19:42
about issues
19:43
of the mind.
19:45
That gets
19:45
hard.
19:46
It gets
19:46
hard to
19:47
navigate.
19:47
I'm not
19:48
saying that
19:49
we are
19:49
anti-medication.
19:51
I would say
19:51
we're cautious
19:53
when it comes
19:54
to psychotropic
19:55
medication.
19:56
But beloved,
19:57
if you have
19:58
schizophrenia,
20:00
I would
20:00
strongly encourage
20:01
you to
20:01
proceed.
20:02
Medical help
20:02
is a good
20:03
important thing
20:04
for that
20:05
type of
20:05
ailment.
20:06
An ailment
20:06
of the
20:07
body,
20:07
which
20:07
connects
20:09
to a
20:09
soul and
20:10
also needs
20:11
the care
20:12
of the
20:12
scripture.
20:13
So the
20:13
Bible is
20:14
sufficient for
20:14
the task
20:15
of solving
20:15
the problems
20:16
of our
20:17
soul.
20:19
And this
20:19
is the
20:20
text.
20:20
2 Timothy
20:20
chapter 3
20:21
verse 14
20:23
and 17
20:25
through 17.
20:26
2 Timothy
20:27
3, 14
20:27
to 17.
20:28
17.
20:28
17.
20:29
Paul
20:33
writing to
20:34
Timothy,
20:34
talking about
20:35
people who
20:36
have abandoned
20:36
the truth,
20:37
and then he
20:37
says,
20:37
but as for
20:38
you,
20:39
continue in
20:40
what you
20:40
have learned
20:41
and have
20:42
firmly
20:42
believed,
20:43
knowing from
20:43
whom you
20:45
learned it,
20:45
and how from
20:46
childhood you
20:46
have been
20:47
acquainted with
20:47
the sacred
20:48
writings which
20:49
are able to
20:50
make you wise
20:51
for salvation
20:52
through faith
20:52
in Christ
20:53
Jesus.
20:54
all scripture
20:56
is breathed
20:57
out by God
20:58
and profitable
20:59
for teaching,
21:00
for reproof,
21:01
for correction,
21:02
and for training
21:02
in righteousness
21:04
that the man
21:06
of God
21:07
may be
21:08
complete,
21:10
equipped
21:11
for every
21:13
good
21:14
work.
21:17
This is our
21:18
classic
21:18
sufficiency
21:18
of scripture
21:19
text.
21:20
And here it
21:20
applies to
21:21
the life
21:23
of the
21:24
follower of
21:24
Jesus.
21:25
It is
21:26
sufficient
21:26
for this
21:27
task.
21:28
Paul says
21:29
some striking
21:30
things here.
21:31
He says
21:32
that the
21:32
Bible teaches
21:33
us what we
21:33
need to know
21:34
to be
21:35
saved.
21:36
It makes
21:37
us wise
21:37
for salvation
21:39
through faith
21:39
in Christ
21:41
Jesus.
21:42
Paul says
21:43
that elsewhere,
21:43
Romans chapter
21:43
10 and
21:44
verse 17.
21:45
So faith
21:45
comes from
21:45
hearing and
21:46
hearing through
21:46
the word
21:48
of Christ.
21:51
If you
21:52
are in
21:52
Christ,
21:53
if it's
21:53
true of
21:54
you this
21:54
morning that
21:55
you have
21:55
been justified
21:55
before God,
21:56
that you've
21:57
placed believing
21:58
faith in the
21:58
person and
21:59
work of
21:59
Jesus Christ,
22:00
you have
22:01
done that
22:01
because God
22:02
worked that
22:03
in you by
22:05
his word,
22:06
power of
22:07
the spirit
22:07
and his
22:08
word.
22:09
Faith comes
22:10
from hearing
22:10
and hearing
22:11
random
22:12
philosophy,
22:15
pop
22:15
psychology,
22:16
no,
22:16
the word
22:17
of
22:18
Christ.
22:19
Paul also
22:22
says in
22:22
this text
22:22
that the
22:23
Bible has
22:23
God as
22:24
its
22:25
author.
22:27
Carried
22:27
along men,
22:28
men's pins,
22:30
wrote the
22:30
text,
22:31
but he is
22:32
its source.
22:34
It was
22:35
exhaled by
22:36
him.
22:38
And because
22:38
of this,
22:40
it makes
22:40
it authoritative.
22:42
If God
22:43
has spoken
22:43
to the
22:43
world,
22:44
he has a
22:44
right to
22:45
speak over
22:45
his creation.
22:47
it's
22:48
authoritative.
22:49
And because
22:49
he is
22:50
God,
22:50
he cannot
22:51
lie.
22:52
Therefore,
22:53
it's
22:53
inerrant,
22:54
which means
22:54
it does
22:54
not
22:55
err,
22:56
and it's
22:56
infallible,
22:57
which means
22:57
it cannot
22:58
err,
23:00
praise be
23:00
to God.
23:01
And because
23:01
of all
23:02
these things,
23:02
then it
23:03
is sufficient.
23:05
It is
23:06
enough.
23:08
Life
23:09
and godliness,
23:10
what we
23:10
need to
23:11
know to
23:11
be in
23:11
right
23:12
relationship
23:12
with our
23:12
God,
23:13
and to
23:13
live lives
23:14
that are
23:14
honoring to
23:15
him,
23:15
can be
23:15
found in
23:16
the Bible,
23:17
and it
23:18
needs not
23:18
be found
23:19
anywhere
23:19
else.
23:22
What a
23:22
comfort,
23:23
and such
23:23
a day
23:23
of turmoil.
23:25
I have
23:26
been reminded
23:26
as the
23:28
information's
23:28
coming at
23:28
me,
23:29
as fast
23:30
as it's
23:30
coming at
23:30
you,
23:30
maybe faster
23:31
because some
23:32
of you
23:32
send information
23:32
to me,
23:34
I go,
23:34
what do we
23:35
do?
23:35
What do we
23:35
do in
23:36
such an
23:36
age?
23:36
And I've
23:36
just been
23:37
reminded
23:37
again,
23:38
and again,
23:38
and again,
23:39
preach the
23:40
word.
23:40
Just keep
23:41
bringing people
23:41
back to
23:42
the word.
23:43
The Bible
23:43
is sufficient.
23:45
The man
23:45
of God
23:45
will be
23:46
complete,
23:47
equipped for
23:48
every good
23:49
work.
23:51
So we
23:52
don't need
23:52
secular
23:53
psychology to
23:54
remedy our
23:55
spiritual
23:56
conditions.
23:57
We need
23:58
to look
23:59
to the
24:00
word.
24:00
And we
24:01
need to
24:01
help one
24:01
another look
24:02
to the
24:03
word.
24:03
And we
24:04
need to
24:04
help others,
24:05
we need to
24:05
help those
24:05
outside the
24:06
church look
24:07
to the
24:08
word.
24:11
Secular
24:11
psychology,
24:12
which I have
24:13
to talk about
24:13
very broadly
24:14
right now,
24:14
but it's
24:15
insufficient for
24:16
the task of
24:17
helping people.
24:18
Secular
24:19
psychology is
24:19
insufficient for
24:20
the task of
24:22
helping people.
24:22
Did you know
24:23
that there are
24:23
more than
24:24
250 competing
24:27
views of
24:29
human behavior?
24:32
Researchers vying
24:33
for their
24:33
position to
24:34
explain how it
24:35
is that man
24:37
works.
24:39
Secular
24:39
psychology,
24:40
as practiced
24:40
in many
24:41
places,
24:42
has
24:42
unscriptural
24:44
presuppositions.
24:45
Now,
24:45
you might
24:46
know somebody
24:46
who's a
24:47
licensed
24:47
counselor,
24:48
who's a
24:48
Christian.
24:49
Don't be
24:50
offended by
24:51
everything I'm
24:51
about to
24:51
say.
24:52
I have to
24:52
speak in
24:53
broad
24:53
generalities
24:54
to have
24:54
a conversation
24:54
about this.
24:57
If they
24:57
counsel well,
24:59
they do so
25:00
because they're
25:00
really being
25:01
biblical
25:01
counselors.
25:02
It has
25:03
nothing to
25:03
do with
25:04
the secular
25:05
psychology that
25:06
they may have
25:06
learned in
25:07
school.
25:07
You could
25:08
be a
25:09
biblical
25:09
counselor in
25:10
spite of
25:10
your training.
25:10
This is a
25:11
very possible
25:11
thing to
25:13
do.
25:14
But generally
25:15
speaking, it
25:15
has unscriptural
25:17
presuppositions.
25:18
First, it has
25:18
an incorrect
25:19
view of
25:20
man.
25:21
Broadly
25:21
speaking,
25:22
secular
25:22
psychology
25:23
believes that
25:24
man is only
25:25
an advanced
25:25
animal.
25:26
It has
25:27
evolved to
25:28
be the
25:28
most advanced
25:29
of creatures.
25:30
It's so
25:31
complex in
25:33
us.
25:34
But man
25:34
is so much
25:35
more than
25:36
a cosmic
25:37
accident.
25:39
We have a
25:40
creator and
25:40
therefore a
25:42
design granted
25:43
to us by
25:44
this creator.
25:47
Way more
25:48
than advanced
25:48
animals.
25:50
Some point
25:51
of process
25:52
in evolutionary
25:53
theory.
25:56
Another
25:56
incorrect
25:57
view of
25:58
man,
25:58
secular
25:58
psychology
25:59
holds,
25:59
is that
25:59
man is
26:00
basically
26:00
good or
26:02
possibly at
26:03
worst a
26:04
blank slate.
26:05
evil.
26:06
This is not
26:07
what the
26:07
Bible teaches.
26:08
The Bible teaches
26:09
us that man
26:09
is evil.
26:11
Altogether
26:12
evil.
26:14
I wrote in my
26:14
notes man is
26:15
basically evil and
26:16
realized that's an
26:17
insufficient term,
26:18
right?
26:19
Altogether evil
26:21
apart from the
26:21
saving work of
26:22
Christ.
26:23
So we have a
26:24
great problem and
26:25
we need a
26:27
great helper.
26:28
Psalm 51
26:30
and verse 5,
26:31
Behold,
26:32
I was brought
26:32
forth in
26:33
iniquity and
26:34
in sin did
26:36
my mother
26:36
conceive me,
26:38
right?
26:38
We are born
26:39
with a
26:40
sinful nature.
26:42
How are we
26:43
ever going to
26:43
find the right
26:44
solution to our
26:45
problem if we
26:46
don't understand
26:46
the problem?
26:49
Secular
26:50
psychology also
26:51
believes that
26:51
man is
26:52
autonomous,
26:53
can change
26:54
themselves.
26:56
This is not
26:57
true.
26:57
We need
26:58
God's
26:59
help.
27:01
We need an
27:01
outside agent
27:02
to work
27:03
upon us.
27:05
For those of
27:06
us in Christ,
27:07
that outside
27:07
agent becomes
27:08
an inside
27:09
agent as the
27:09
Holy Spirit
27:10
indwells us.
27:12
Our catechism
27:13
question was
27:13
about that
27:14
this morning.
27:15
Jesus said
27:16
in John
27:16
chapter 15
27:17
and verse 5,
27:18
I am the
27:18
vine,
27:19
you are the
27:19
branches.
27:20
Whoever
27:20
abides in
27:21
me and I
27:22
in him,
27:22
he it is
27:23
that bears
27:23
much fruit
27:24
for a part
27:25
for me,
27:26
you can
27:27
do
27:27
nothing.
27:32
Secular
27:32
psychology
27:33
also
27:34
excuses
27:35
sin
27:35
and denies
27:37
personal
27:38
responsibility.
27:40
There is a
27:40
lot of
27:40
blame
27:41
shifting
27:41
that happens
27:41
in secular
27:42
psychology.
27:43
You are a
27:44
product of
27:45
something.
27:46
Your parents,
27:47
your teachers,
27:48
your society,
27:49
a given
27:50
circumstance.
27:51
Of course you are
27:52
acting the way
27:52
you are because
27:54
again and
27:55
again and
27:55
again that
27:56
blame gets
27:56
shifted away.
28:00
John writes
28:01
in 1 John 1
28:02
verse 8,
28:03
if we say we
28:03
have no sin,
28:04
we deceive
28:04
ourselves and
28:05
the truth
28:06
is not in
28:07
us.
28:08
The Bible
28:09
never justifies
28:10
our sin
28:11
as people
28:12
who are
28:12
victims.
28:14
People are
28:14
victims of
28:15
sin.
28:16
This is a
28:16
very true
28:17
thing,
28:18
but sinful
28:18
responses to
28:19
sin are not
28:20
justified in the
28:21
scripture.
28:22
They never
28:22
are,
28:23
and we
28:23
ought not
28:24
counsel people
28:24
as if they
28:26
are.
28:28
Second,
28:28
psychology
28:29
calls sin
28:31
sickness in
28:33
this attempt to
28:33
excuse it and
28:35
to deny personal
28:35
responsibility.
28:37
There certainly
28:38
is such a
28:39
thing as
28:39
physical brain
28:41
illness.
28:42
I don't want to
28:43
minimize that
28:43
point,
28:44
but the Bible
28:45
does not allow
28:45
for these maladies
28:47
to become
28:47
excusers of
28:49
sinful activity.
28:51
right?
28:52
When you
28:52
think about
28:52
the logic
28:53
of it,
28:53
every time I
28:54
get angry at
28:55
somebody,
28:55
I can simply
28:56
say,
28:56
well,
28:56
that's my
28:57
personality.
28:59
I've got a
29:00
propensity for
29:01
that kind of
29:02
thing,
29:02
right?
29:02
The scripture
29:03
would say,
29:03
well,
29:03
of course you
29:04
do,
29:04
because you're
29:05
sinful,
29:05
and you're
29:06
in need of
29:06
grace,
29:06
and you
29:07
deny that
29:08
impulse in
29:08
you and
29:09
respond
29:10
righteously.
29:13
So it
29:13
tends to
29:14
call sin
29:14
sickness,
29:16
and secular
29:16
psychology has
29:17
no fixed
29:17
moral values,
29:19
right?
29:19
a system
29:20
that largely
29:21
denies a
29:21
creator,
29:23
therefore leaves
29:24
morality to
29:25
our own
29:25
definition.
29:28
As long as
29:29
we feel
29:30
positive,
29:30
we're feeling
29:31
good about the
29:32
things we're
29:32
doing,
29:32
the decisions
29:33
that we're
29:33
making,
29:34
then our
29:35
behavior,
29:35
whatever it
29:36
may be,
29:36
becomes
29:37
justifiable.
29:39
There's no
29:40
standard that
29:41
we're meant
29:41
to aim at
29:42
for our
29:43
high and
29:44
ultimate
29:45
good.
29:46
good.
29:47
So secular
29:48
psychology is
29:49
not sufficient
29:50
to the
29:51
task to
29:52
help people
29:53
change.
29:54
It is
29:55
possible for
29:56
a secular
29:56
psychologist to
29:57
treat symptoms.
29:59
It's possible.
30:00
Perhaps for a
30:01
counselee to
30:02
receive some
30:02
temporary relief,
30:04
but the
30:05
primary problem
30:06
will still
30:07
persist.
30:09
It's a sin
30:09
nature that
30:10
needs the
30:11
changing power
30:12
of the gospel
30:12
of Jesus
30:13
Christ.
30:14
real change
30:16
happens in
30:16
relation to
30:17
God,
30:19
which is why
30:19
God's word
30:20
must be brought
30:21
to bear if
30:21
we want to
30:22
really help
30:22
people with
30:24
their spiritual,
30:25
with their
30:25
soul problems.
30:28
2 Timothy
30:29
chapter 3,
30:29
again, all
30:30
scripture breathed
30:30
out by God,
30:31
and it is
30:32
profitable,
30:33
it's good for
30:34
the task,
30:35
teaching and
30:35
reproof and
30:36
correction and
30:37
training in
30:38
a standard
30:39
morality,
30:40
in righteousness,
30:42
that the man
30:43
of God may
30:43
be complete,
30:45
equipped for
30:46
every good
30:47
work.
30:49
So what is
30:50
biblical
30:50
counseling?
30:52
Biblical
30:52
counseling is
30:54
discipling from
30:56
the Bible for
30:58
a particular
30:58
problem, for
31:00
a particular
31:01
amount of
31:01
time, so
31:03
that a
31:04
counselee can
31:04
honor God
31:05
in their
31:05
life.
31:08
Biblical
31:08
counseling is
31:09
discipling from
31:10
the Bible for
31:10
a particular
31:11
problem, for
31:11
a particular
31:12
amount of
31:12
time, so
31:13
that a
31:14
counselee can
31:14
honor God
31:15
in their
31:16
life, right?
31:17
It's taking
31:17
up the
31:18
scripture, and
31:19
it's helping
31:19
people to
31:20
believe it in
31:21
a way, it's
31:22
empowered by
31:22
the Spirit,
31:23
that they
31:23
actually change.
31:27
Romans 12,
31:28
2, you may
31:29
be familiar
31:29
with this
31:29
text.
31:30
Paul says,
31:31
do not be
31:32
conformed to
31:32
this world, but
31:33
be transformed
31:34
by your
31:37
feelings,
31:37
the renewal
31:40
of your
31:41
mind.
31:43
The
31:43
things that
31:45
you believe
31:46
to be
31:46
true are
31:47
transforming
31:48
to who
31:49
we are.
31:52
So it's
31:53
that careful
31:53
application,
31:54
particular
31:55
problem for
31:56
a particular
31:57
period of
31:57
time, but
31:58
what does
31:59
the scripture
31:59
say about
32:00
this issue
32:01
in your
32:01
life, and
32:02
how can you
32:03
bring it
32:03
to bear?
32:05
What's the
32:05
practical ways
32:06
we're going
32:06
to work
32:07
out these
32:07
truths in
32:09
your life?
32:11
So if you
32:12
have a
32:12
bulletin,
32:12
real quick
32:13
on the
32:13
back, I
32:14
sort of
32:15
drew a
32:15
river.
32:18
This is
32:19
what the
32:19
scribble is
32:19
on the
32:20
back of
32:20
your page.
32:24
This is
32:25
an analogy
32:26
I picked
32:26
up from
32:26
Joel Teague
32:27
from Faith
32:27
Community
32:28
Church,
32:28
which is
32:29
kind of a
32:30
sister church
32:30
to us,
32:31
and a lot
32:31
of people
32:32
that we
32:32
love and
32:33
care about
32:33
that are
32:34
part or
32:34
have been
32:34
part of
32:35
Faith
32:35
Community
32:35
Church.
32:38
This
32:38
example
32:39
really
32:39
resonated
32:39
with me
32:40
because I
32:40
used to
32:40
teach
32:40
whitewater
32:41
kayaking,
32:42
so you
32:42
kind of
32:42
catch that
32:43
as we
32:43
talk about
32:44
this.
32:45
So you
32:45
have a
32:45
river,
32:46
and here
32:46
in the
32:47
river flow,
32:49
number one,
32:49
what you
32:50
would label
32:51
this,
32:51
whether you
32:51
have a pen
32:52
or not,
32:52
you can
32:52
just mentally
32:53
think about
32:53
it,
32:54
the general
32:54
activity in
32:55
this analogy
32:56
of the
32:56
church is
32:57
discipleship,
32:58
right?
32:59
Helping
32:59
people to
33:01
follow Jesus
33:01
faithfully,
33:02
to look more
33:02
like Jesus.
33:03
Be disciples
33:04
of Jesus
33:05
Christ.
33:06
Discipleship is
33:07
the noun,
33:07
and so I
33:08
always like
33:08
the verb
33:09
form of
33:09
discipling,
33:11
right?
33:11
It's the
33:11
activity of
33:13
helping people
33:14
faithfully
33:14
follow Jesus,
33:16
which should
33:16
be everything
33:17
a church
33:17
does,
33:18
what we
33:19
exist for.
33:20
Everything we
33:21
do ought to
33:21
be trying to
33:22
aim people
33:23
at faithfully
33:24
following
33:25
Jesus.
33:26
Jesus.
33:27
Just as a
33:27
river is
33:28
fed by
33:28
a tributary,
33:29
so that's
33:29
the little
33:30
thing going
33:31
off to
33:31
the side
33:31
there,
33:33
sometimes
33:33
this is
33:34
going to
33:34
happen
33:34
preemptively.
33:36
So you
33:36
could write
33:36
in that
33:37
blank number
33:37
two,
33:37
preemptive
33:38
discipling,
33:41
also most
33:42
regularly
33:42
called
33:42
evangelism,
33:44
helping people
33:46
see from
33:46
the scripture
33:47
their great
33:48
need of
33:48
God.
33:49
Therefore,
33:51
the solution
33:52
to their
33:52
problem is
33:53
the Lord
33:54
Jesus Christ,
33:55
bringing about
33:56
faith in
33:57
them.
33:57
So preemptive
33:59
discipling
33:59
would be
34:01
one of the
34:01
things we
34:02
would do
34:03
as a
34:03
church,
34:04
working to
34:04
do biblical
34:05
counseling,
34:05
evangelizing
34:07
people with
34:07
problems,
34:09
showing them
34:09
their greater
34:10
need than
34:11
temporal
34:11
fixes,
34:13
their need
34:13
of eternal
34:14
fixes,
34:14
and empowering
34:15
for temporal
34:17
fixes.
34:18
That's
34:19
preemptive
34:19
discipling.
34:20
People come
34:20
into the
34:21
flow of the
34:21
life of a
34:22
church,
34:22
a healthy
34:22
church is
34:23
going to
34:23
be about
34:24
discipling
34:24
people in
34:25
many,
34:26
many varied
34:26
ways.
34:28
But from
34:28
time to
34:29
time,
34:30
people need
34:31
to be
34:31
drawn to
34:32
quiet
34:33
water for
34:35
a particular
34:35
problem for
34:37
a particular
34:37
amount of
34:38
time.
34:39
So that's
34:39
a rock in
34:40
the middle
34:40
of the
34:40
river with
34:41
some calm
34:42
water behind
34:42
it,
34:43
or a dip
34:44
in the
34:44
bank with
34:45
some calm
34:45
water there.
34:47
These are
34:47
called eddies.
34:48
The flow of
34:49
the water
34:49
slows down.
34:51
And as a
34:51
whitewater kayak
34:52
instructor,
34:53
these are the
34:53
places that
34:53
we taught
34:54
skills.
34:54
If somebody
34:55
wasn't doing
34:55
well on
34:56
the river,
34:57
you've got a
34:57
group going
34:57
down the
34:58
river,
34:59
you would
34:59
pull somebody
35:00
aside and
35:00
say,
35:00
hey,
35:00
come over
35:01
here with
35:01
me,
35:02
and you
35:02
would teach
35:03
them a
35:03
particular
35:03
skill before
35:05
you return
35:05
them back
35:06
into the
35:06
regular flow
35:07
of the
35:07
discipling of
35:08
the church.
35:10
I think
35:10
understanding it
35:11
this way ought
35:12
to help us
35:13
destigmatize
35:14
counseling,
35:15
right?
35:15
Because we
35:15
all need
35:16
good counsel,
35:17
right?
35:18
I need to
35:18
be reminded
35:19
of the
35:19
wonderful truths
35:20
of the
35:20
Bible,
35:21
right?
35:22
It's just
35:22
discipleship.
35:23
It's just
35:24
taking a
35:24
particular form.
35:25
It's taking a
35:26
specific problem
35:28
for a specific
35:29
amount of time
35:30
and addressing
35:31
that before
35:32
being turned
35:33
back out into
35:33
the regular
35:34
discipling
35:35
practices of
35:37
a church,
35:38
right?
35:38
So we have
35:39
discipling,
35:40
we have
35:40
preemptive
35:41
discipling,
35:41
and then we
35:42
have particular
35:43
discipling.
35:44
That's biblical
35:45
counseling.
35:45
Particular
35:46
discipling.
35:49
So,
35:51
who can
35:52
provide
35:53
biblical
35:54
counseling?
35:55
I think
35:56
you may
35:56
rightly
35:57
be thinking,
35:58
alright,
35:59
good luck,
35:59
y'all.
36:00
Like,
36:00
have fun
36:01
with that.
36:03
Honestly,
36:04
if you're
36:04
sitting here
36:05
hearing me
36:06
and you're
36:06
thinking,
36:07
I got that,
36:08
then you
36:09
need some
36:09
biblical
36:09
counseling.
36:10
We need
36:10
to preach
36:11
the gospel
36:11
to you.
36:13
We should
36:14
be saying,
36:14
who is
36:15
worthy
36:15
for such
36:16
things,
36:17
right?
36:18
Paul says
36:19
in Romans
36:19
chapter 15
36:20
and verse
36:20
14,
36:22
I myself
36:23
am satisfied
36:23
about you,
36:24
my brothers,
36:25
that you
36:25
yourselves
36:26
are full
36:27
of goodness,
36:28
filled with
36:28
all knowledge
36:29
and able
36:30
to instruct
36:31
one another.
36:34
So,
36:35
the answer
36:35
is,
36:37
you.
36:39
Now,
36:40
if you're
36:40
in Christ,
36:41
none of us
36:42
are perfect
36:42
Christians,
36:43
but we ought
36:44
to be growing
36:45
in our
36:45
Christ-likeness,
36:46
which means
36:46
we can
36:48
and should
36:48
share
36:49
what we're
36:50
learning,
36:51
how we're
36:51
growing,
36:52
with others.
36:52
We ought
36:53
to be bringing
36:53
others along
36:54
with us
36:54
in this
36:55
process of
36:56
following
36:56
Jesus,
36:58
right?
36:58
As we,
36:59
by faith,
37:00
follow the
37:00
Lord,
37:01
Jesus Christ,
37:02
right?
37:03
And these
37:04
should be
37:04
people,
37:04
right?
37:05
We should
37:05
be filled
37:06
with all
37:07
knowledge,
37:07
right?
37:07
We should
37:07
be working
37:08
at being
37:08
equipped
37:09
equipped
37:39
because what
37:39
we need
37:39
to work
37:40
at doing
37:40
is having
37:40
our
37:41
counseling
37:41
Bibles
37:41
be this
37:42
thick,
37:43
and picks
37:43
up the
37:43
Bible
37:44
off his
37:45
podium,
37:46
right?
37:47
The Bible
37:47
speaks to
37:48
the everyday
37:48
problems of
37:49
our life.
37:50
The gospel
37:50
has application
37:51
for today,
37:54
and we want
37:54
to be equipped
37:55
to know
37:56
and how to
37:57
apply and how
37:58
to help
37:58
others believe
37:59
these things
38:00
to be true.
38:02
So,
38:03
because of the
38:03
great love
38:04
that God
38:04
has shown
38:05
us,
38:06
Christ Family
38:07
Church,
38:07
we want
38:08
to love
38:08
others with
38:09
the truth
38:09
of God's
38:09
word,
38:10
and this
38:10
is why
38:10
we want
38:11
to press
38:11
into
38:12
biblical
38:12
counseling
38:12
and start
38:14
a biblical
38:14
counseling
38:14
center.
38:16
You can
38:17
and should
38:19
play a part
38:19
in this.
38:21
First,
38:22
pray.
38:24
Just pray.
38:24
If we
38:25
go through
38:26
all of the
38:26
trouble,
38:28
get everybody
38:29
trained,
38:29
get them
38:30
certified,
38:32
set up
38:32
spaces to
38:33
meet in,
38:33
let the
38:34
community know
38:34
that it
38:35
exists,
38:35
we go through
38:35
all the
38:36
effort,
38:37
and God
38:37
doesn't
38:38
empower the
38:38
effort,
38:39
it will
38:39
be fruitless.
38:41
It will
38:41
be absolutely
38:42
pointless.
38:44
So,
38:45
pray for
38:45
wisdom,
38:46
the process
38:46
of getting
38:46
things set
38:47
up,
38:47
pray for
38:48
people as
38:48
they work
38:49
to be
38:49
trained,
38:50
pray about
38:51
whether or
38:51
not you
38:52
should be
38:52
trained,
38:54
be part of
38:55
praying for
38:56
this effort
38:56
of our
38:57
church.
38:59
Be a good
39:00
church member,
39:00
recognized as
39:01
a member of
39:02
our church,
39:02
speaking to
39:03
members,
39:04
you have a
39:04
responsibility to
39:05
care for
39:05
one another,
39:06
right?
39:07
You ought to
39:07
be giving
39:07
each other
39:08
counsel in
39:10
some measure,
39:11
so please be
39:12
doing that
39:13
faithfully from
39:14
God's word.
39:17
And consider
39:18
getting equipped,
39:19
getting equipped to
39:20
a higher level,
39:21
being certified to
39:23
provide this
39:24
particular discipling
39:25
through the
39:26
biblical counseling
39:26
center of our
39:28
church.
39:28
Let's pray to
39:29
that end.
39:29
Amen.