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Psalm 106 · Providence Baptist Church - Sermons

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Alright, this morning we're going to be, our home base is going to be Psalms 106.
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So if everybody could turn there.
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! We're going to read it and then I'm going to lay some of the groundwork for that.
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So Psalms 106.
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Just to lay some groundwork for this Psalm.
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This is a Psalm and it basically covers the Jews from their exile from Egypt until their Babylonian captivity.
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So it's a long span of time and a lot happens.
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And it's just kind of pointing all of that out.
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So let's read it together.
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Praise the Lord.
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Oh, give thanks to the Lord for He is good.
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For His loving kindness is everlasting.
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Who can speak of the mighty deeds of the Lord?
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Or who can show forth all His praise?
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How blessed are those who keep justice.
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Who practice righteousness at all times.
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Remember, oh Lord, in Your favor towards Your people, visit me with Your salvation.
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That I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones.
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That I may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation.
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That I may glory with Your inheritance.
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We have sinned like our fathers.
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We have committed iniquity.
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We have behaved wickedly.
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Our fathers in Egypt did not understand Your wonders.
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They did not remember Your abundant kindness.
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But rebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea.
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Nevertheless, He saved them for the sake of His name.
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That He might make His power known.
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Thus He rebuked the Red Sea and it dried up.
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And He led them through the deeps as through the wilderness.
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So He saved them from the hand of the one who hated them.
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And redeemed them from the hands of their enemy.
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The water covered the adversaries.
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Not one of them was left.
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Then they believed His words and they sang His praises.
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They quickly forgot His works.
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They did not wait for His counsel.
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But craved intensely the wilderness.
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And tempted God in the desert.
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So He gave them their request.
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But sent a wasting disease among them.
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When they became envious of Moses and the camp.
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And Aaron, the Holy One of the Lord.
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The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan.
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And engulfed the company at Abram.
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And a fire blazed up in their company.
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The flame consumed the wicked.
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They made a calf in Horeb.
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And worshipped a molten image.
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Thus they exchanged the glory for the image of an oxen that eats grass.
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They forgot God their Savior.
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Who had done great things in Egypt.
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Wondrous in the land of Ham.
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And awesome things by the Red Sea.
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Therefore He said He would destroy them.
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Had not Moses His chosen one stood in the breach before Him.
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To turn away His wrath for destroying them.
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Then they despised the pleasant land.
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They did not believe in His word.
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But grumbled in their tents.
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They did not listen to the voice of the Lord.
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Therefore He swore to them that He would cast them down in the wilderness.
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And He would cast their seed among the nations and scatter them in the lands.
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They joined themselves also to the Baal Peor.
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And ate sacrifices offered to the dead.
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Thus they provoked Him to anger with their deeds.
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And a plague broke out among them.
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Then Phinehas stood up and interposed.
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And so the plague was stayed.
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And it was reckoned to Him for righteousness to all generations forever.
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They also provoked Him to wrath at the waters of Merhub.
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So that it went hard with Moses on their account.
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Because they were rebellious against His spirit.
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He spoke rashly with His lips.
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They did not destroy the people as the Lord commanded them.
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But they mingled with the nations and learned their practices.
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And served their idols which became a snare to them.
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They even sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons.
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And shed innocent blood.
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The blood of their sons and their daughters.
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Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan.
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And the land was polluted with the blood.
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Thus they became unclean in their practices.
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And played the harlot in their deeds.
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Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against His people.
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And He abhorred His inheritance.
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Then He gave them into the hands of the nations.
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And those who hated them ruled over them.
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Their enemies also opposed them.
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And they were subdued under their power.
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Many times He would deliver them.
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They, however, were rebellious in their counsel.
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And so sank down in their iniquity.
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Nevertheless, He looked up.
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He looked upon their distress when He heard their cry.
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And He remembered His covenant for their sake.
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And relented according to the greatness of His loving kindness.
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He also made them objects of compassion.
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In the presence of all their captors.
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Save us, O Lord our God.
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And gather us from among the nations.
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To give thanks to Your holy name.
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And the glory in Your praise.
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Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel.
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From everlasting to everlasting.
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And let all the people say, Amen.
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Praise the Lord.
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So before we delve into this.
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I want to point out some things.
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And just lay some groundwork.
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We have a dog.
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His name is Cavu.
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And he's a boxer.
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And we love him.
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He's the best dog.
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He's really smart.
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He can do a ton of tricks.
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We can tell him, Go get your squirrel.
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And he'll get his toy that's shaped like a squirrel.
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He can say, Get your ball.
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He'll get a ball.
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He knows all these things.
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And he's a great dog.
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We really enjoy spending time with him.
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But there's something different in the way that we love Cavu.
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And then in the way that we love our new son, Elijah.
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And the main thing is that Elijah is our child.
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And Elijah is a human being.
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Elijah was created in the image of God.
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Whereas Cavu was not.
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Another thing.
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I like to watch the Discovery Channel.
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I like watching Animal Planet.
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Things like that.
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I've always grown up loving animals.
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Being outdoors.
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Being around wildlife.
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And one time we were watching the Discovery Channel.
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When me and Tiffany had just started dating.
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And it was about the Arctic.
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And so they were showing these penguins.
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And they're playing out on the icebergs.
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And Tiffany's talking about how cute they are.
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And how much she liked them.
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And then this leopard seal comes up out of nowhere.
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And it eats the penguin.
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And Tiffany hated that.
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It was devastating to her.
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Because the penguins are so cute.
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And so she was so mad at this leopard seal.
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And as the documentary went on.
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The leopard seal is out.
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Sitting and relaxing after its meal on the iceberg.
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And these three killer whales come up.
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And they start pounding the iceberg.
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They knock the leopard seal off.
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And they eat the leopard seal.
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And she was horrified at that point.
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When the killer whales came.
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She decided that she really liked the leopard seal.
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And so she's rooting for the leopard seal.
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And so she was devastated again.
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There are things that we face.
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That nothing else created by God faces.
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Because we are made differently.
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The leopard seal.
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When it was sitting on the iceberg.
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It wasn't thinking about how regretful it was for killing the penguin.
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It wasn't thinking.
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Oh no.
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I did it again.
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I just can't control myself.
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I don't know what happens.
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I just get this urge.
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And I have to kill this penguin.
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The leopard seal was content.
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It was happy.
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Because it got a meal.
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And it's whole purpose and drive is to survive.
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Same thing with the orcas.
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When they attacked the leopard seal.
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They weren't thinking about the harm that they were causing.
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They weren't facing regret.
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They weren't doing any of that.
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That is an emotion specifically for humans.
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And the reason for that is because we were created in the image of God.
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Our dog Cabu was not created in the image of God.
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The lions aren't created in the image of God.
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No other creature on the earth is created in the image of God.
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To show that we're going to.
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I'm going to read.
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You don't have to turn there if you don't want to.
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Genesis 1.
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26 through 28.
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This is also known as the Imago Dei.
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Which is image of God.
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So Genesis 1.
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26 through 28.
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Then God said.
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Let us make man in our image.
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According to our likeness.
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And let them rule over the fish of the sea.
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And over the birds of the sky.
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And over everything creeping.
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That creeps on the earth.
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God created man in his own image.
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And the image of God he created them.
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God blessed them.
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And God said to them.
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Be fruitful and multiply.
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Fill the earth and subdue it.
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And rule over the fish of the sea.
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And over the birds of the sky.
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And over every living thing.
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That moves on the earth.
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And so here.
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God creates Adam.
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And then God.
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Ordains Adam.
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To rule over.
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And to subdue.
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All the other creatures on the earth.
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And so.
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We see that Adam is created.
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In this Imago Dei.
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This image of God.
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A good word for that.
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Is spirit.
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Adam has a spirit.
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God is spirit.
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And Adam.
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Has a spirit.
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We have a spirit.
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We have a conscience.
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We wrestle with things.
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And so.
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We see that we have a spirit.
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With the sanctity of human life.
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The thing that always.
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Initially would come up is.
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When do we get that spirit?
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As a human being.
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Do we get that spirit when we're born?
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Do we get that spirit in the womb?
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At what point in the womb do we get that spirit?
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And so.
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We're going to just look at that really quickly.
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The first thing.
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Is Psalms 51.
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Verse 5.
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David.
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Is writing this psalm.
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And what he says is.
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Behold I was brought forth in iniquity.
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And in sin my mother conceived me.
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And so we see here.
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That.
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When he was brought forth and conceived.
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It was in sin.
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The thing with that.
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This is showing.
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That we're born into sin.
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Animals.
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They.
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They don't wrestle with sin.
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Like we wrestle with.
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That's a spiritual matter.
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And because we are born.
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In the image of God.
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We are born.
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Wrestling with sin.
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Because of Adam's.
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Guilt.
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We are.
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Guilty before the Lord.
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And so we.
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We deal with and we wrestle with sin.
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And this shows us that we do that.
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He says.
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I was brought forth in iniquity.
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And in sin my mother conceived me.
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So at conception.
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There's this idea.
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Of wrestling with sin.
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And then.
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The other perspective of it.
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We're going to look at Luke 1.
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26 through 44.
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And this is the story of Mary.
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When Gabriel announces.
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That Christ is going to be born.
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And then when she goes to her aunt's house.
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And so.
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Starting in verse 26.
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Of Luke 1.
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It says.
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Now in the sixth month.
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The angel Gabriel was sent from God.
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To a city in Galilee.
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Named Nazareth.
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To a virgin engaged.
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To a man.
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Whose name was Joseph.
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Of the descendant of David.
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And the virgin's name was Mary.
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And coming in.
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He said to her.
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Greetings favored one.
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The Lord is with you.
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But she was very perplexed at this statement.
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And kept pondering.
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What kind of.
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Salutation this was.
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The angel said to her.
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Do not be afraid Mary.
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For you have found favor with God.
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And behold.
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You will conceive in your womb.
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And bear a son.
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And you shall name him Jesus.
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He will be great.
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And will be called the son.
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Of the most high.
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The Lord God.
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Will give him.
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The throne of his father David.
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And he will reign.
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Over the house of Jacob forever.
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And his kingdom.
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Will have no end.
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Mary said to the angel.
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How can this be.
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Since I am a virgin.
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The angel answered.
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And said to her.
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The Holy Spirit.
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Will come.
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Upon you.
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And the power of the most high.
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Will overshadow you.
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For this reason.
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The holy child.
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Shall be called.
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The son of God.
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And behold.
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Even your relative.
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Elizabeth.
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Has also conceived.
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A son.
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In her old age.
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And she who was called.
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Barren.
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Is now.
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In her sixth month.
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For nothing will be impossible.
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With God.
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And Mary said.
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Behold.
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The bond slave of the Lord.
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May it be done.
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To me.
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According to your word.
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And the angel.
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Departed from her.
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Now at this time.
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Mary arose.
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And went.
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In a hurry.
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To the hill country.
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To a city.
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Of Judah.
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And entered the house.
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Of Zacharias.
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And greeting Elizabeth.
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When Elizabeth.
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Heard Mary's greeting.
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The baby.
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Leaped in her womb.
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And Elizabeth.
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Was filled with the Holy Spirit.
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And she cried out.
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With a loud voice.
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And said.
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Blessed are you.
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Among women.
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And blessed is the fruit.
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Of your womb.
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And how has it happened.
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To me.
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That the mother.
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Of my Lord.
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Would come to me.
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For behold.
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When the sound.
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Of your greeting.
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Reached my ears.
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The baby.
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Leaped in my womb.
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For joy.
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And so what's happening here.
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Is.
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Mary's.
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Sitting in her house.
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And an angel.
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Comes to her.
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And says.
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Even though you're a virgin.
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The Lord.
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Is going to.
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Put a child.
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In your womb.
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And.
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She says.
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How can that be.
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He describes it.
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And so.
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Right after that.
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She leaves.
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It's about a two day journey.
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To where she was going.
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And so.
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From the time she left.
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To the time she got there.
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Which is about two days.
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She's already.
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Got a baby forming.
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In her womb.
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When she gets there.
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Elizabeth hears her voice.
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And John the Baptist.
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Leaps for joy.
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At the presence.
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Of Jesus Christ.
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And so.
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Just as he will.
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Continue to do.
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When he goes before the Lord.
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And says.
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I'm not worthy.
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To.
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To unstrap your sandals.
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And so.
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What we see here.
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At two days.
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That Jesus being.
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100% man.
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And 100% God.
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Has the spirit of God.
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Inside of him.
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Two days after conception.
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And so.
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We see from.
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From conception.
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That.
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We are made in God's image.
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And.
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And so.
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When we.
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Talk about abortion.
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We're talking about.
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Destroying.
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Men and women.
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Created in the image of God.
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From conception.
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Before we were born.
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The Lord knows us.
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He knows.
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The hair on our head.
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And.
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And so.
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When we talk about abortion.
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That's what we're talking about.
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Just some stats.
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Real quick.
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That I've.
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Pulled up.
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Since Roe v.
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Wade.
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In 1974.
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There has been.
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Between.
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40 and 50 million abortions.
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And that's according to the.
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Who website.
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The World Health Organization.
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Since January.
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The 1st.
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2014.
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There's.
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I've got.
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1 million.
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500,000.
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Nathan said.
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1 million.
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200,000.
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Somewhere.
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In between that.
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There's been.
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That many abortions.
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Since January.
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1st.
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Of last year.
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And that's roughly.
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The size.
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Of the population.
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Of San Diego.
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To kind of put this.
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Into perspective.
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This.
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Past year.
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2014.
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Was the largest.
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Ebola outbreak.
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Recorded in history.
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And.
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According to the CDC.
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The total death.
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Number.
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Was 8,371.
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And so.
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With the.
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8,371 deaths.
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That occurred.
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It was all over the news.
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It was all over.
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All media.
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Social media.
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People were talking.
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About it.
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And we're talking.
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About 8,371 deaths.
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While that's.
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A tragic.
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And horrible thing.
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40 to 50 million deaths.
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Is a lot more tragic.
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And it's.
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It's a lot more horrible.
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With that being said.
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One out of four women.
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Statistically.
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Will have an abortion.
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And with.
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With that ratio.
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It's likely.
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That there are.
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Women here.
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That have had an abortion.
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Or will have an abortion.
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And.
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I don't want somebody.
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To leave here.
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Thinking.
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That.
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We're beating up.
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On them.
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Or that.
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The church.
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Doesn't love them.
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Or that God.
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Doesn't love them.
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As.
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As we look.
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In Psalms 106.
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We see that there's no sin.
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That God.
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Cannot overcome.
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That we are all sinners.
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And Christ died for us.
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In our sins.
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We see that if we.
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Confess our sins.
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He is faithful.
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And just.
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To forgive us.
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Of our sins.
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And to purify us.
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From all unrighteousness.
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And so.
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As we talk about this today.
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If you have.
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Experienced an abortion.
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Or.
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If you experience an abortion.
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Down the road.
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That's not the impardonable sin.
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God can forgive you.
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God.
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Will forgive you.
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If you call upon his name.
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And.
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And so.
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As we deal with this.
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I do want to tread lightly.
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With that.
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Knowing that there could be people here.
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But.
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When you talk to people.
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About abortion.
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Today.
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Science.
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Has.
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Advanced.
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Greatly.
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Since.
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1974.
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And.
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Science.
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Is really.
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On.
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The.
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Pro-life.
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Side.
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Here.
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So.
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When you talk to people.
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It's.
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Today.
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It's not.
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About the science.
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Like it used to be.
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Now.
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It's more.
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About.
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The freedom.
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Of choice.
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And.
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And.
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So.
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Just to.
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I gave you some stats.
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Let's look at some of the things.
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That science has.
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Shown us.
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In 1974.
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There were no 3D ultrasounds.
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Or sonograms.
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Now.
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We can have 3D ultrasounds.
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With.
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With our son.
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Elijah.
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We went and paid for a 3D ultrasound.
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And.
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And.
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We could see him.
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He was sucking his.
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His thumb.
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He was.
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Making the same faces.
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That he makes now.
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His hand positions.
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Were the same as when he sleeps now.
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And.
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And.
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You could see.
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A visible.
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Manifestation.
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Of.
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Of Elijah.
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In the womb.
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And so.
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With that technology.
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People have been able to see that.
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At 8 weeks.
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Organs are developing.
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But they're functioning.
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All of the major organs.
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Are functioning.
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In an 8 week old.
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Embryo.
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A fetus.
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And.
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That the baby.
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At that.
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Stage.
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Will.
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Recoil from pain.
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So.
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If they have to.
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Draw blood.
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Or things like that.
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The baby can.
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Can feel pain.
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And it will recoil.
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From pain.
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At.
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At that stage.
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It's also.
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Worthy to note that.
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The 8.
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From 8 weeks.
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And on.
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Is when the majority.
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Of abortions happen.
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At 28 weeks.
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The.
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There is a.
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Extremely high chance.
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Of survival.
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Outside of the womb.
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And so.
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A 28 week year old.
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A 28 week.
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Child.
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Can survive.
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Outside of the womb.
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They will have to go to.
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Neonatal.
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And things like that.
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But.
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From 28 weeks.
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And on.
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It's a 90% chance.
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That the child.
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Will survive.
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Some other things.
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50 states.
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Have.
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Laws.
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Against.
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The abuse.
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Of animals.
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It's illegal.
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To torture.
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Or to kill animals.
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Just.
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For.
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A person's.
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Desire.
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And so.
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That's illegal.
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In all 50 states.
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Another interesting thing.
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Is that 38 states.
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Have.
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And enforce.
19:49
Laws.
19:50
On fetal homicide.
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And so.
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What that is.
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Is.
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Say a lady.
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Is driving.
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To an abortion clinic.
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To get an abortion done.
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That day.
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If she gets hit.
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By a drunk driver.
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On the way.
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To the abortion clinic.
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That driver.
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Will be charged.
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With.
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A fetal homicide.
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If the baby dies.
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If.
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She makes it there.
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And then aborts the baby.
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There's.
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There's no laws.
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Against that.
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And so.
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The laws.
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That we have.
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And that we enforce.
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Don't match up.
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With.
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Things like this.
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Like fetal homicide.
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And so.
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As I started studying this.
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And getting into this.
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I started to see.
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That we're really.
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No longer battling over.
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A fetus.
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Being a life or not.
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I know.
20:36
In.
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In Roe v.
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Wade.
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In 74.
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And really.
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When I was in high school.
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And they would talk to us.
20:41
About things.
20:42
The battle was.
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That it's not just a bunch of cells.
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But that it's a life.
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Today.
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We're.
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We're not battling that.
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We're battling something different today.
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January 23rd.
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2013.
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A pro-choice advocate.
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Mary Elizabeth Williams.
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She wrote.
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A blog.
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And it was titled.
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So what if abortion ends life?
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I believe that life starts at conception.
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And it's never stopped me from being pro-choice.
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I'm going to.
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I took out two excerpts.
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Just to read to you.
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So we can get an understanding.
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Of.
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What we're facing.
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When we.
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When we deal with.
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Pro-life.
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Versus pro-choice.
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Today.
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First thing she said is.
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I know that throughout my own pregnancies.
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I never wavered for a moment.
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In the belief that I was carrying a human life inside of me.
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I believe.
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That's what a fetus is.
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A human life.
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And that does not make me one iota less.
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Solidly pro-choice.
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Then the other thing she said is.
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Here's the.
21:42
Complicated reality in which we live.
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All life is not equal.
21:46
That's a difficult thing.
21:47
For liberals like me to talk about.
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Lest we end up looking like.
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Death panel loving.
21:52
Kill your grandma.
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And your precious baby stormtroopers.
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Yet.
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Yet a fetus.
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Can be a human life.
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Without having the same rights.
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As the woman.
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In whose body it resides.
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She's the boss.
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Her life.
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And what's right for her circumstances.
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Should automatically trump.
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The rights of the non-autonomous entity inside of her.
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Period.
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Always.
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Period.
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And so what happened there.
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She understands that a fetus is a life.
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And she understands that.
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Abortion is.
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Is killing.
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A person.
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It's taking life.
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But what she says is that.
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Yet a fetus can be a human life.
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Without having the same rights.
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As the woman.
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In whom's body it resides.
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She is the boss.
22:44
Her life.
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And what's right for her circumstances.
22:47
Should automatically trump.
22:49
The rights of the non-autonomous entity.
22:50
Inside of her.
22:51
I was listening to.
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John Piper sermon.
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And he was talking about.
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That it's no coincidence that we have.
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The sanctity of human life.
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And then the following.
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Week we celebrate Martin Luther King.
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Because we're facing the same issue here.
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We're facing.
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People.
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That have.
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Rejected God.
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They've rejected.
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The sovereignty of God.
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And.
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They've rejected that.
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That we are all.
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Subject to his lordship.
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What's happening here.
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Just like what happened.
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When.
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Black people were said.
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That they did not have the right to vote.
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Or when women did not have the right to vote.
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Is.
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We look at.
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The individual's rights.
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And how we are in control.
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We are.
23:41
We are better.
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We are.
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The God of our universe.
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And we have the right to choose.
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What is important.
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We have the right to choose.
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Who gets to live.
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And who gets to die.
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She is the boss.
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Her life.
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And what's right for her circumstances.
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Should automatically.
23:57
Chump the rights.
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Of the non-autonomous entity.
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Inside of her.
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The question is.
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Who.
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Gets to decide that.
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For us as Christians.
24:05
We stand on the word of God.
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We stand on the whole counsel of the word.
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We know that all of scripture.
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Is God breathed.
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And.
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And so we can stand on that firmly.
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And we see that.
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That God is the one that decides that.
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He lays it out very clearly.
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That.
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That he is the creator of all things.
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And.
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And he decides.
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Who lives and who dies.
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It's.
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It's not up to us.
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It's not our choice.
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We have no say in the matter.
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We didn't create ourselves.
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And we didn't create the child.
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Elijah was our first child.
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And it was just.
24:37
It was such a blessing.
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To see the miracle that is life.
24:41
We did nothing to create the child.
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The child was being created.
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And fashioned by God in the womb.
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And it was.
24:48
You could see it every single time.
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That we would go and get an ultrasound.
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Or every single time.
24:52
That we would measure Tiffany's belly.
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And see the child growing.
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To the boy that he is today.
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That wasn't anything that we were doing.
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She would take prenatal vitamins.
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And try to eat right.
25:05
And live a healthy lifestyle.
25:06
And get checkups.
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And all that stuff.
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But there was nothing that we could do.
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To sustain life.
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There was nothing that we could do.
25:12
To create that life.
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It was completely created by God.
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And so.
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If we can't create it.
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We have no right.
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To decide to end a life either.
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And so that brings us to Psalm 106.
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And.
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We're going to look at.
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There's.
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Ten major sins.
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I broke it up.
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Into these ten sins.
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That it talks about.
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And then we're going to look at.
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God's response to that as well.
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I do want to point out.
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That the very beginning.
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Psalms 106.
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1 through 5.
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And then the very end.
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I'll read them real quick.
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It says.
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Praise the Lord.
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I'll give thanks to the Lord.
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For he is good.
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For his loving kindness is everlasting.
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Who can speak of the mighty deeds of the Lord.
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Or who can show forth all his praise.
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How blessed are those who keep justice.
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Who practice righteousness at all times.
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Remember me oh Lord.
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In your favor towards your people.
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Visit me with your salvation.
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That I may see the prosperity of your chosen one.
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That I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation.
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That I may glory with your inheritance.
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And then at the end.
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We see.
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Save us oh Lord our God.
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And gather us from among the nations.
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To give thanks to your holy name.
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And glory in your praises.
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Blessed be the Lord.
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The God of Israel.
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From everlasting to everlasting.
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And let all the people say.
26:38
Amen and praise the Lord.
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And so we see here.
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That.
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Despite all of these sins.
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That we're going to talk about.
26:45
God is greater than all of them.
26:46
God overcomes all of them.
26:47
God sees his people through.
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And.
26:50
And so we can.
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We can take hope in that.
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And have.
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Heart in that.
26:55
That the Lord is going to equip us.
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To do what he's called us to do.
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But the first thing that we're going to look at.
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The first sin.
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It starts in verse 7.
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Says.
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Our fathers in Egypt.
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Did not understand your wonders.
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And they did not remember.
27:09
Your abundant kindnesses.
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But they rebelled by the sea.
27:12
At the Red Sea.
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So.
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In Egypt.
27:16
They did not understand.
27:17
The wonders of God.
27:18
And they.
27:19
Did not remember.
27:20
The abundant kindnesses.
27:21
But they rebelled.
27:22
And a major reason for this.
27:24
Is.
27:24
When they were in Egypt.
27:25
They were in bondage.
27:26
To the Egyptians.
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And they lost.
27:29
A lot of who they were.
27:30
They.
27:31
Started to drift away.
27:32
From the Lord.
27:33
And they started to.
27:35
Resemble more.
27:37
Of.
27:37
The Egyptians around them.
27:38
They let culture dictate.
27:40
The way that they.
27:41
Thought about God.
27:42
Because.
27:43
They were filling their minds.
27:44
With the culture around them.
27:45
As opposed to filling their minds.
27:47
With who God is.
27:48
And remembering what he has done.
27:50
The next thing.
27:52
In verse 13.
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The second thing we see.
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They quickly forgot his works.
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But they did not wait for his counsel.
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They craved intensely the wilderness.
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And tempted God in the desert.
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And so.
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They are not waiting on the Lord.
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They are forgetting what the Lord has done in their life.
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And they are not waiting on the Lord.
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And this happens to us a lot too.
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When we.
28:13
The Lord will do something mighty in our life.
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He.
28:17
Brings us on this mountaintop.
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Where he delivers us from sin.
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And how quickly we forget.
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The Bible tells us that.
28:25
The law of the Lord is like a mirror.
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It shows us our reflection.
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But we tend to walk away.
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And we tend to forget what we look like.
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When I was in Iraq.
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When I was in the military.
28:35
When I was in Iraq.
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We had no mirrors over there.
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We.
28:38
We didn't see our reflections very often.
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And there is about a.
28:42
Three month time.
28:43
When we first went in.
28:44
That we didn't have showers.
28:46
We didn't have.
28:48
Food.
28:48
We had the MREs.
28:49
But we had no.
28:50
Hot meals.
28:52
And.
28:52
And so for three months.
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We're sleeping in the dirt.
28:54
We're.
28:56
Doing mission.
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After mission.
28:57
After mission.
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And.
28:58
We didn't have mirrors.
28:59
So I didn't get to see what I looked like.
29:00
But once we got to Kuwait.
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And we were about to fly back home.
29:03
We all.
29:04
Got to take hot showers.
29:05
And they had these big mirrors.
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And when I looked at my face.
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It was.
29:08
A lot thinner.
29:10
And.
29:10
And I just got to see myself.
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In the dirt.
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And the filth.
29:12
That was.
29:13
That was on me.
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That I didn't know was there.
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Because I hadn't.
29:16
Seen my reflection.
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In a long time.
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And I think a lot of Christians.
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Tend to do that.
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We.
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We see.
29:22
Our reflection.
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In the word.
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And.
29:24
We get away from that.
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Because we don't want to see.
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The filth.
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We don't want to see.
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That our hair is messed up.
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That.
29:31
That we have dirt on our face.
29:33
All these things.
29:33
We don't want to see the sins in our life.
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We don't want to be shown.
29:36
That we deal.
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And that we have these sins in our life.
29:38
And so we don't.
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Deal with the word.
29:40
And the Lord.
29:41
Just like what happened to the people here.
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Where.
29:43
They craved intensely the wilderness.
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The longer we're apart from the Lord.
29:47
The more we crave the things of this world.
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And.
29:50
And so.
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We have to be in the word.
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We have to.
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Look at that mirror.
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So that we can see.
29:56
The filth in our life.
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To get it off of us.
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The third thing.
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In verse 16.
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When they became.
30:02
Envious of Moses in the camp.
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And Aaron.
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And.
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The holy one of the Lord.
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The earth opened.
30:08
And swallowed up Dathan.
30:10
And engulfed the company of Abram.
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And so.
30:13
They became envious of.
30:15
Moses.
30:15
And of Aaron.
30:16
And what the.
30:17
That the Lord was speaking through them.
30:18
They didn't want to listen to them.
30:20
And so.
30:20
The earth opened up Dathan.
30:22
And swallowed them.
30:24
A fire blazed up in their company.
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And a flame consumed all of the wicked.
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So.
30:30
Because of that.
30:31
Because of their envy.
30:33
This happened to them.
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The fourth thing.
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In verse 19.
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They made a calf.
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And worshiped the molten image.
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Thus they exchanged the glory.
30:44
For the image of an oxen.
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That eats grass.
30:47
This is something that we do.
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A lot.
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We might not go.
30:52
And make an idol.
30:54
But what they were doing here is.
30:57
A calf would represent.
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One.
30:59
A calf is young.
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And then.
31:01
Calf were very.
31:03
The oxen were very strong animals.
31:05
And so.
31:06
They're.
31:07
Understanding that their God.
31:08
Lives forever.
31:09
And that he's strong.
31:11
But.
31:11
What.
31:12
What they did is.
31:13
They took God.
31:14
And they gave.
31:15
They were worshiping.
31:16
Physical attributes.
31:18
They were.
31:18
Worshiping things that he created.
31:20
And the Lord said that he does not desire to be worshiped like that.
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And so they're worshiping these things.
31:26
They're making this.
31:27
Image.
31:28
And worshiping this image.
31:29
As opposed to worshiping God.
31:31
In spirit.
31:31
And in truth of his word.
31:33
And so.
31:34
We do that all the time.
31:35
There are people.
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That grow up in church.
31:38
And.
31:39
They confess to be believers.
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And.
31:42
When you ask them what that means.
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Or you have them talk to you about.
31:45
Who God is.
31:46
God is a God of love.
31:48
And.
31:48
And that's predominant.
31:49
Even though I sin.
31:50
God loves me.
31:51
He's not going to send me to hell.
31:52
He won't send people to hell.
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Because God is a God of love.
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And so.
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We take part of God's truth.
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And we worship that.
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Without worshiping the full counsel of God's word.
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And that's a very dangerous thing to do.
32:04
We have to worship God.
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Fully.
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As he desires to be worshipped.
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We can't make an idol.
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We can't make God.
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Think and say what we want him to.
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We have to.
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Die to ourself.
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And live to what he says.
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Also.
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The fifth thing in 21.
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They forgot God their savior.
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Who had done great things in Egypt.
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Wondrous in the land of Ham.
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And awesome things at the Red Sea.
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So they are forgetting again.
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All that God did.
32:30
The sixth thing in verse 24.
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They despised the pleasant land.
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They did not.
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They did not believe in his word.
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But grumbled in their tents.
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And did not listen to the voice of the Lord.
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The seventh thing in verse 28.
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They joined themselves also to Baal Peor.
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And ate sacrifices offered to the dead.
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So they are joining themselves to this little G God.
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And eating sacrifices.
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The eighth thing.
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They also provoked him to wrath at the waters of Merhab.
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So it was.
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So that it went hard with Moses.
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On their account.
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Because they were rebellious against his spirit.
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He spoke rashly with his lips.
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The ninth thing in verse 34.
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They did not destroy the peoples.
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As the Lord commanded them.
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But they mingled with the nations.
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And learned their practices.
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And served their idols.
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Which became a snare to them.
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And that led to the tenth thing.
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They even sacrificed their sons and their daughters.
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To the demons.
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And they shed innocent blood.
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The blood of their sons.
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The blood of their daughters.
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Who they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan.
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And the land was polluted with the blood.
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And so.
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This is the main reason I picked this passage.
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To talk about today.
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Because.
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The ninth and the tenth thing.
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The ninth thing.
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They didn't destroy the people.
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But they mingled with them.
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And they learned their practices.
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And they served their idols.
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And.
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That led to.
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The shedding of innocent blood.
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They sacrificed their sons and their daughters.
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To the demons.
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And then they sacrificed them.
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To the idols of Canaan.
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And so.
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The way that.
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We were talking about.
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The conversation.
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Between pro-choice.
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And pro-life.
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Has changed.
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From scientific.
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To.
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A woman's right to choose.
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Is.
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What this is talking about here.
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The church.
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Has.
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Has.
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We all.
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Have culture.
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No matter where you live.
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Culture is around us.
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And culture affects.
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Our daily lives.
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If we don't have.
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A spiritual filter.
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A biblical filter.
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To the culture around us.
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Then.
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What is normal.
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For those around us.
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Becomes normal.
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For us.
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And it eventually.
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Becomes normal.
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For the church.
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Church.
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There's.
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Tons of examples.
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Of that.
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But.
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One of the.
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The great examples.
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In our generation.
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Is.
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Abortion.
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The fact.
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That there has been.
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Forty to fifty million.
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Babies aborted.
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And that the church.
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Has not had as big of a voice.
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As it should have had.
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There are people.
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That stand up.
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There are people.
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That do things.
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But the church.
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In general.
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Has.
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Become very apathetic.
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To.
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The.
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Issue of abortion.
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And.
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We think.
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Well.
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I'm not going to get an abortion.
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And so.
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I'm good.
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I'm supporting.
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Pro-life.
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But that is not.
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What God calls.
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Calls us to do.
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Is to just.
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Withhold.
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We have to present truth.
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We have to speak truth.
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In love.
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And so.
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There's a mingling.
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With the nations.
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Learning their practices.
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And that leads to the sacrifice.
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Of sons and daughters.
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To the demons.
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And the shedding of innocent blood.
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The blood of their sons.
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And their daughters.
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Whom they sacrifice.
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To the idols of Canaan.
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And so.
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This is happening.
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By the.
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Like what Nathan said.
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Every 26 seconds.
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There's an abortion.
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There's.
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This sacrifice.
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Sacrifice.
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Of.
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Of.
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Human blood.
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And.
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And it says.
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It's a shedding of innocent blood.
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The blood of their sons.
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And their daughters.
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Whom they sacrifice.
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To the idols of Canaan.
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And.
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What happens.
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Because of that.
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Is.
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In verse 39.
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It says.
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Thus they became unclean.
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In their practices.
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And played the harlot.
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In their deeds.
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Therefore.
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The anger of the Lord.
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Was kindled against his people.
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And he abhorred his inheritance.
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Then he gave them to.
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Into the hands of the nations.
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And those who hated them.
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Ruled over them.
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Their enemies also oppressed them.
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And they were subdued.
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Under their power.
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Many times.
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He would deliver them.
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They however.
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Were rebellious.
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In their counsel.
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And so sank down.
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In their iniquities.
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Something.
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That's also worthy.
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To bring up right now.
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Is.
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While America.
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Was founded on Christian principles.
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America.
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Is not God's chosen nation.
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The church.
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Are God's chosen people.
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And.
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The church in America.
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Are God's chosen people.
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The church.
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In China.
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The church.
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All around the world.
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Are God's chosen people.
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America.
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Is not God's chosen nation.
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And so.
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A country.
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That.
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That leads in abortion.
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That leads in the slaughtering.
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Of innocent life.
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The Lord.
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Is not going to bless that country.
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The Lord.
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Is going to do the same thing here.
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They became unclean.
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In their practices.
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And played the harlot.
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In their deeds.
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Therefore.
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The anger of the Lord.
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Was kindled against his people.
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And he abhorred his inheritance.
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And he gave them.
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Into the hands of the nations.
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Those who hated them.
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Ruled over them.
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Their enemies also oppressed them.
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And they were subdued.
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Under their power.
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But then.
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Verse 44.
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Nevertheless.
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He looked upon.
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Their distress.
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When he heard their cry.
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And he remembered his covenant.
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For their sake.
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And relented.
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According to the greatness.
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Of his loving kindness.
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He also made them objects.
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Of compassion.
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In the presence.
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Of all their captors.
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Save us.
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Oh Lord.
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Our God.
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And gather us.
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From among the nations.
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To give thanks.
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To your holy name.
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And to glory.
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In your praise.
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Blessed be the name of the Lord.
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The God of Israel.
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From everlasting.
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To everlasting.
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So the final thing.
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That I want to talk about here.
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Is how do we respond.
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To this today.
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Today.
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We understand.
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That there is.
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Millions.
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Of innocent life.
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Being killed.
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How do we.
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As Christians.
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Respond to this.
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Or how do we.
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Everybody sitting here.
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In this room.
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How do we respond.
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The first thing is.
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If you're here today.
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And you have had an abortion.
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How do you respond to that.
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The Bible says.
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That if you confess your sins.
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He's faithful and just.
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To forgive you of your sins.
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And to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
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Romans 3.
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23 through 25.
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It says.
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For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
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Being justified as a gift.
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By his grace through the redemption.
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In which.
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Is in Christ Jesus.
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Who God displayed publicly.
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As a propitiation in his blood.
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Through faith.
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This was the demonstration.
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His righteousness.
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Because in the forbearance.
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Of God.
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He passed over the sins.
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Previously committed.
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And what.
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Paul is saying here in Romans.
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Is that.
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Everybody is sinned.
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Everybody is guilty before God.
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We all fall short.
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Of his glory.
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But.
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For those of us.
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That believe.
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We've been justified.
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As a gift from God.
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And Christ.
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Publicly became our propitiation.
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What that word.
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Propitiation means is.
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When Christ died on the cross.
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He.
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Not only took our guilt.
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But he gave us his purity.
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He gave us his sinful.
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Sinlessness.
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Sinlessness.
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He took our sinfulness.
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And he gave us his sinlessness.
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And so.
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For.
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When the Lord sees me.
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He doesn't see Matt the sinner.
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He doesn't see.
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All of the horrible.
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Wicked things that I've done.
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But he sees the blood of Christ.
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That covers me.
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And it's the same thing.
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For all believers.
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Christ sees.
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When God the Father.
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Looks at us.
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He sees Jesus Christ.
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Blood covering us.
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Just like.
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The Passover.
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In Egypt.
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When.
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The death angel came through.
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Those that were covered with the blood.
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They lived.
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Those that did not have the blood on the door.
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Their firstborn died.
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It's the same thing.
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When we stand before God the Father.
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If we're covered in the blood of Christ.
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He sees.
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Christ's purity in our life.
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And Christ took our guilt.
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And so.
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Like I said.
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Abortion is not.
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The one.
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Unpardonable sin.
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Sin.
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We all sin.
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We are all guilty of sin.
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But Christ loved us enough.
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To come and die for us.
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And so.
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If you.
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Confess.
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With your mouth.
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That Jesus is Lord.
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Believe in your heart.
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You shall be saved.
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And.
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For believers.
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If you confess your sins.
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He's faithful and just.
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To forgive you.
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And to purify you.
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And so.
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You have to do that.
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You have to confess of your sins.
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What about everybody else?
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What.
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How do we respond to this?
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The first thing is.
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We have to stop being apathetic.
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We can't be complacent to this.
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We can't.
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Um.
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Stick our head in the sand.
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And hope that this goes away.
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We have to.
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Um.
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Stand up for this.
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And so.
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The.
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What.
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What are some ways that we can do that?
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Reach out to.
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These women that are.
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Considering abortions.
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Reach out to these women that have had abortions.
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Um.
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We.
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We need to be.
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Looking for.
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People to share with.
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Um.
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Um.
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An interesting thing.
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When Christ went to.
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The woman at the well.
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The disciples were in town getting food.
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Uh.
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To meet up.
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Um.
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To meet physical needs.
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But Christ saw.
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A spiritual need.
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And he.
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Talks to the woman.
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At the well.
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And then they come back.
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And they say.
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Lord we brought you food.
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He said I've already eaten.
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They said where.
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Where did you get this food?
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He said I've got food that you know not of.
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And um.
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Um.
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Uh.
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I was reading through this.
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Back when.
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Chick-fil-a.
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Um.
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Was under attack for.
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Speaking out against homosexuality.
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And um.
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And then.
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A bunch of people started going to Chick-fil-a.
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To support.
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Their stance on.
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Uh.
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Gay marriage.
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And.
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And I started thinking about this.
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The people that were going.
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Some of them were going with good intentions.
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But.
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They were doing exactly what the disciples did.
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They were thinking about.
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Going and supporting.
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Uh.
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Against gay marriages.
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Instead of doing what Christ did.
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And that's going to.
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The homosexual in love.
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And loving them.
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And showing the love of God to them.
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Speaking truth in their life.
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Um.
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And so.
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It's the same thing with this.
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We can't just.
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Make these stands.
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And support these things.
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Oh well this person's.
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Pro-life.
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So I'm going to support them.
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And in doing that.
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I'm supporting.
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Uh.
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Pro-life.
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We have to go to people that are in sin.
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That are in darkness.
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And we have to show the love of Christ to them.
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That's what he's called us to do.
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Uh.
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The second thing.
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Um.
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Reaching out to them.
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Also ministering to them.
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And then finally.
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Um.
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Adoption.
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We need to.
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If.
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If.
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Abortion.
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Were to be eradicated.
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That's 40 to 50 million children.
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That.
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Mothers did not want them.
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And.
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And so there.
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There has to be.
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Places for these people.
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And so we have to.
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Um.
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Start thinking about living a lifestyle.
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That.
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That we would be able to do that.
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That we could.
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Adopt a child.
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That we could give a home.
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That we could foster a child.
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Things like that.
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The church needs to step up.
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Um.
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In Corinth.
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Corinth.
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That the.
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Paul writes to the Corinthian church.
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In first and second Corinthians.
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But.
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That was.
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Corinth was a filthy city.
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It was said that the.
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Uh.
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Sewage of Corinth leads to Rome.
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That the sin.
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And that the.
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Things that were going on in Corinth.
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Is what led to Rome.
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And ended up corrupting Rome.
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Um.
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But the.
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The Christians in.
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In.
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Corinth.
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Were the first ones to be called Christians.
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And they were.
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Uh.
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Christians.
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It was little Christ.
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And it was a derogatory thing.
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Um.
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Christ had.
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Had recently been killed.
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And they're saying.
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You're just little Christ.
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You want to be like this guy.
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And.
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Uh.
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They took that.
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And they.
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Uh.
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They ran with that title.
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But it was said.
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Um.
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That the.
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Um.
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Leprosy had broke out in Corinth.
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And mothers.
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With children that had leprosy.
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They would leave them in the streets.
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In the sewers.
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In the gutters.
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Uh.
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Because the family didn't want to get leprosy.
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They didn't want to die.
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And the Christians would go out.
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And they would pick up these little children.
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And they would love them.
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And nurse them back to health.
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And they would raise them.
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In the admonition of the Lord.
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And.
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That is.
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The same heart that we need to have.
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We need to be these little Christ.
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These.
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Christians that are.
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Um.
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Looking after.
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The orphans.
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And the widows.
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And.
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And so.
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Um.
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The second thing that we need to do.
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Is we need to cry out to God.
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For the sins of our generations.
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If we look at.
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Psalms 106.
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23.
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We see.
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Therefore he said that he would destroy them.
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Had not Moses his chosen one.
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Stood in the breach before him.
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And turned away his wrath from the.
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From destroying them.
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Also in verse 30.
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We'll start in 29.
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Thus they provoked him to anger with their deeds.
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And plague broke out among them.
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Then Phineas stood up.
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And interposed.
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And so the plague was stayed.
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We as believers.
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Have to stand in the gap.
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We have to do.
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What Moses did.
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We had to do what Phineas did.
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Um.
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We are God's chosen ones.
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We need to.
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Be in the breach before him.
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And.
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Um.
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We need to.
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To cry out to the Lord.
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For the sins of our generation.
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We need to cry out to the Lord.
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The reason that.
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People around us.
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Are being.
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So blinded by the God.
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Of this world.
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Is because.
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The church is.
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Is not being the light.
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That it needs to be.
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And so.
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I'm going to end.
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With a prayer.
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Out of Daniel.
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And then.
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We'll close.
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Alas.
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O Lord.
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The great and awesome God.
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Who keeps his covenant.
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And loving kindness.
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For those who love him.
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And keep his commandments.
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We have sinned.
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We have committed iniquity.
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We have acted wickedly.
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And rebelled.
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Even turning aside.
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From your commandments.
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And ordinances.
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Moreover.
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We have not listened.
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To your servant.
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The prophets.
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Who spoke in your name.
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To our kings.
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Our princes.
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Our fathers.
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And all the people.
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Of the land.
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Righteousness.
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Belongs to you.
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O Lord.
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But to us.
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Open shame.
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As it is this day.
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To the men of Judah.
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The inhabitants.
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Of Jerusalem.
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And to all Israel.
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Those who are nearby.
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And those who are far away.
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And all the countries.
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To which you have driven them.
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Because of their unfaithful deeds.
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Which they have committed against you.
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Open shame belongs to us.
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O Lord.
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To our kings.
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To our princes.
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Our fathers.
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Because we have sinned against you.
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To the Lord.
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Our God.
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Belongs compassion.
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And forgiveness.
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We have rebelled against him.
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Nor have we obeyed his voice.
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The voice of the Lord.
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Our God.
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To walk in his teachings.
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Which he has set before us.
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Through his servants.
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And the prophets.
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Indeed.
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All Israel.
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Has transgressed.
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Your law.
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And turned aside.
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Not obeying your voice.
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So the curse.
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Has been poured out.
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On us.
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Along with the oath.
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Which is written.
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In the law of Moses.
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The servant of God.
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For we have sinned.
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Against him.
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Thus he has confirmed his word.
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Which he has spoken against us.
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And against our rulers.
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And those who rule over us.
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Bringing us great calamity.
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For under the whole heaven.
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There has not been done anything.
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Like what was done in Jerusalem.
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As it is written.
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In the law of Moses.
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All this calamity.
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Has come on us.
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Yet we have sought.
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Not sought the favor of the Lord.
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Our God.
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By turning from our iniquities.
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And giving attention.
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To your truth.
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Therefore.
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The Lord has kept.
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The calamity.
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In store.
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And brought it on us.
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For the Lord our God.
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Is righteous.
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With respect to all his deeds.
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Which he has done.
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But we have not obeyed his voice.
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And now.
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Oh Lord our God.
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You have brought people.
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Out of the land of Egypt.
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With a mighty hand.
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And have made.
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A name for yourself.
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And it is this day.
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We have sinned.
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We have been wicked.
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Oh Lord.
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In accordance with.
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All of your righteous acts.
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Let now.
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Your anger.
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And your wrath.
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Be turned away.
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From your city.
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Jerusalem.
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Your holy mountain.
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Because of our sins.
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And iniquities.
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And our fathers.
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Jerusalem.
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And your people.
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Have become.
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A reproach.
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For all those around us.
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So now.
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Our God.
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Listen to our prayer.
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Of your servant.
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And of his supplication.
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And for your sake.
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Oh Lord.
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Let your face shine.
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On your desolate sanctuary.
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Oh my God.
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Incline your ear.
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And hear.
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Open your eyes.
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And see our desolation.
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And the city.
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Which is called your name.
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For we are not.
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Presenting our.
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Supplications before you.
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On account of any merit.
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Of our own.
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But on account of your great compassion.
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Oh Lord.
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Hear.
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Oh Lord.
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Forgive.
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Oh Lord.
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Listen and take action.
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For your own sake.
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Oh mighty God.
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Do not delay.
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Because your city.
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And your people.
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Are called by your name.
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Amen.