Pastor Hector Pineda (EFE 1 : 11-14) LA GARANTIA DE NUESTRA HERENCIA
IGLESIA BIBLICA SEGUIDORES DE JESUS LOS ANGELES
[{'start': '7.879', 'end': '11.559', 'text': "It's good to see you again, brothers."}, {'start': '10.040', 'end': '14.120', 'text': 'How good it is to'}, {'start': '11.559', 'end': '18.560', 'text': 'have you among us, as I said, and'}, {'start': '14.120', 'end': '20.600', 'text': 'for matters of eh announcement again'}, {'start': '18.560', 'end': '22.160', 'text': 'next Sunday, whoever wants to be'}, {'start': '20.600', 'end': '24.279', 'text': 'watching this and wants to'}, {'start': '22.160', 'end': '26.840', 'text': 'join us,'}, {'start': '24.279', 'end': '29.119', 'text': 'Pastor Noel Chávez of the'}, {'start': '26.840', 'end': '32.160', 'text': 'Followers of Jesus Church Long Island, New'}, {'start': '29.119', 'end': '34.399', 'text': 'York, will be with us.  So please, we extend a'}, {'start': '32.160', 'end': '37.879', 'text': "kind invitation to you.  If you're looking for a"}, {'start': '34.399', 'end': '39.680', 'text': "church to attend, if you're"}, {'start': '37.879', 'end': '43.440', 'text': "thinking about visiting a church and don't"}, {'start': '39.680', 'end': '45.600', 'text': "have one, you're welcome if you"}, {'start': '43.440', 'end': '47.760', 'text': 'decide, if the Lord puts it in your heart to'}, {'start': '45.600', 'end': '49.399', 'text': "visit us.  So we're not"}, {'start': '47.760', 'end': '51.440', 'text': 'only going to be listening to'}, {'start': '49.399', 'end': '53.800', 'text': 'the word of God from our brother,'}, {'start': '51.440', 'end': '55.920', 'text': "but we're also going to be participating"}, {'start': '53.800', 'end': '58.800', 'text': "in the Lord's Supper.  We're also going to"}, {'start': '55.920', 'end': '61.199', 'text': 'be at our monthly get-together'}, {'start': '58.800', 'end': '64.680', 'text': 'where we celebrate not only the'}, {'start': '61.199', 'end': '66.280', 'text': 'birthdays of the month, but also the'}, {'start': '64.680', 'end': '69.840', 'text': 'get-together we have as brothers.  We'}, {'start': '66.280', 'end': '71.600', 'text': 'sat there, talked, and it was a nice'}, {'start': '69.840', 'end': '74.400', 'text': 'time, so please'}, {'start': '71.600', 'end': '76.159', 'text': 'join us then.'}, {'start': '74.400', 'end': '79.320', 'text': "And regarding the speakers' conference,"}, {'start': '76.159', 'end': '80.920', 'text': "too, eh, I already told you, but I'll"}, {'start': '79.320', 'end': '83.280', 'text': 'repeat it for those who want to'}, {'start': '80.920', 'end': '84.680', 'text': 'join us, for those who'}, {'start': '83.280', 'end': '88.840', 'text': 'are listening to us,'}, {'start': '84.680', 'end': '92.880', 'text': "speakers' conference, September 15 and 16, we're going to"}, {'start': '88.840', 'end': '94.520', 'text': 'be there learning, eh, more, being'}, {'start': '92.880', 'end': '97.840', 'text': 'instructed through the word of the'}, {'start': '94.520', 'end': '101.360', 'text': 'Lord.  And this year, as I said, the theme'}, {'start': '97.840', 'end': '104.000', 'text': 'is contemplating the glory of God.'}, {'start': '101.360', 'end': '106.759', 'text': 'Contemplating the glory of God.  So'}, {'start': '104.000', 'end': '109.600', 'text': "you're all invited.  Let's go"}, {'start': '106.759', 'end': '113.079', 'text': 'then after having said'}, {'start': '109.600', 'end': '114.840', 'text': 'that to the letter of the apostle Paul to the'}, {'start': '113.079', 'end': '118.320', 'text': 'Ephesians.  Once'}, {'start': '114.840', 'end': '120.119', 'text': 'again, please let us stand.'}, {'start': '118.320', 'end': '123.119', 'text': 'The topic'}, {'start': '120.119', 'end': '124.240', 'text': 'before us this afternoon is the assurance of'}, {'start': '123.119', 'end': '126.880', 'text': 'our'}, {'start': '124.240', 'end': '129.720', 'text': 'inheritance.  The guarantee of our'}, {'start': '126.880', 'end': '132.200', 'text': 'heritage.'}, {'start': '129.720', 'end': '135.160', 'text': "And we're going to be reading and"}, {'start': '132.200', 'end': '140.120', 'text': 'doing our best'}, {'start': '135.160', 'end': '140.120', 'text': 'to preach this letter'}, {'start': '142.000', 'end': '147.920', 'text': "consecutively.  It's been three weeks since we"}, {'start': '145.040', 'end': '150.400', 'text': 'started this letter and'}, {'start': '147.920', 'end': '152.239', 'text': "up to now we've reached"}, {'start': '150.400', 'end': '154.440', 'text': 'verse 10. We arrived'}, {'start': '152.239', 'end': '156.560', 'text': 'last week where the apostle Paul said'}, {'start': '154.440', 'end': '158.000', 'text': 'that at the end of all things the Lord will gather together'}, {'start': '156.560', 'end': '160.680', 'text': 'all things, those in'}, {'start': '158.000', 'end': '162.959', 'text': 'heaven and those on earth.'}, {'start': '160.680', 'end': '165.680', 'text': "So, having stopped there, let's"}, {'start': '162.959', 'end': '167.959', 'text': 'read from verse 11 to'}, {'start': '165.680', 'end': '171.599', 'text': 'verse'}, {'start': '167.959', 'end': '174.760', 'text': '14. 11 to 14. And please, I want us'}, {'start': '171.599', 'end': '179.159', 'text': 'all to read it together.  In'}, {'start': '174.760', 'end': '183.760', 'text': 'it, in whom?  In Christ.  In it.   We have'}, {'start': '179.159', 'end': '186.720', 'text': 'also obtained an inheritance, having been'}, {'start': '183.760', 'end': '190.040', 'text': 'predestined according to the purpose of him who'}, {'start': '186.720', 'end': '193.159', 'text': 'works all things'}, {'start': '190.040', 'end': '197.599', 'text': 'by the permission I'}, {'start': '193.159', 'end': '200.159', 'text': 'give him.  No, according to the purpose of his'}, {'start': '197.599', 'end': '203.599', 'text': 'will, so that we may be to the'}, {'start': '200.159', 'end': '205.400', 'text': 'praise of his glory.  We, says the'}, {'start': '203.599', 'end': '208.280', 'text': 'apostle'}, {'start': '205.400', 'end': '209.080', 'text': 'Paul, who first hoped'}, {'start': '208.280', 'end': '212.799', 'text': 'in'}, {'start': '209.080', 'end': '214.560', 'text': 'Christ, in him also again in'}, {'start': '212.799', 'end': '218.280', 'text': 'Christ,'}, {'start': '214.560', 'end': '220.560', 'text': 'you, having heard the word of'}, {'start': '218.280', 'end': '223.480', 'text': 'truth, two very'}, {'start': '220.560', 'end': '226.560', 'text': 'important elements, the word of'}, {'start': '223.480', 'end': '229.439', 'text': 'truth, the gospel of your'}, {'start': '226.560', 'end': '232.159', 'text': 'salvation, and having believed in him, you'}, {'start': '229.439', 'end': '235.079', 'text': 'were sealed the other element.'}, {'start': '232.159', 'end': '239.560', 'text': 'with the Holy Spirit of'}, {'start': '235.079', 'end': '243.000', 'text': 'promise, who is the guarantee, who is the'}, {'start': '239.560', 'end': '245.519', 'text': 'deposit, who is the earnest of our'}, {'start': '243.000', 'end': '248.400', 'text': 'inheritance, the security of our'}, {'start': '245.519', 'end': '251.640', 'text': 'inheritance until the redemption of the'}, {'start': '248.400', 'end': '256.000', 'text': 'acquired possession.  And again,'}, {'start': '251.640', 'end': '258.720', 'text': 'why?  To the praise of his'}, {'start': '256.000', 'end': '260.320', 'text': "glory.  Please, come on, let's pray."}, {'start': '260.320', 'end': '265.320', 'text': 'Blessed Father, once again we come to you,'}, {'start': '262.880', 'end': '269.800', 'text': 'Lord,'}, {'start': '265.320', 'end': '269.800', 'text': 'with joy in our'}, {'start': '270.080', 'end': '276.840', 'text': 'hearts, Lord, because as we read, Lord, over and over again'}, {'start': '273.800', 'end': '277.720', 'text': 'this letter, Lord, this letter'}, {'start': '276.840', 'end': '281.479', 'text': 'that was'}, {'start': '277.720', 'end': '285.960', 'text': 'written to a church, to a few'}, {'start': '281.479', 'end': '285.960', 'text': 'churches, a circular letter, to several'}, {'start': '286.320', 'end': '290.080', 'text': 'churches, we realize, Lord,'}, {'start': '288.400', 'end': '292.560', 'text': 'Lord, in your'}, {'start': '290.080', 'end': '294.800', 'text': 'plan we realize,'}, {'start': '292.560', 'end': '297.520', 'text': 'Lord, that all the things that'}, {'start': '294.800', 'end': '299.320', 'text': 'happen happen by the pure counsel of'}, {'start': '297.520', 'end': '303.280', 'text': 'your'}, {'start': '299.320', 'end': '306.560', 'text': 'will, without the counsel of anyone, without'}, {'start': '303.280', 'end': '309.120', 'text': 'the approval of anyone, without the'}, {'start': '306.560', 'end': '313.600', 'text': 'consent of'}, {'start': '309.120', 'end': '317.440', 'text': 'anyone, but by the pure'}, {'start': '313.600', 'end': '318.800', 'text': 'affection of your will.'}, {'start': '317.440', 'end': '322.759', 'text': 'Bless us,'}, {'start': '318.800', 'end': '326.560', 'text': 'Lord, and may your word instruct us and'}, {'start': '322.759', 'end': '328.560', 'text': 'speak to us, so that we may be'}, {'start': '326.560', 'end': '330.360', 'text': 'edified,'}, {'start': '328.560', 'end': '332.400', 'text': 'comforted,'}, {'start': '330.360', 'end': '334.880', 'text': 'exhorted, and'}, {'start': '332.400', 'end': '337.240', 'text': 'encouraged, because, Lord, without having done'}, {'start': '334.880', 'end': '339.840', 'text': 'anything, you chose us before the'}, {'start': '337.240', 'end': '343.479', 'text': 'foundation of the world, and may this, as we have'}, {'start': '339.840', 'end': '347.120', 'text': 'been saying, cause'}, {'start': '343.479', 'end': '349.639', 'text': 'trouble, may this cause divisions'}, {'start': '347.120', 'end': '352.080', 'text': 'among the immature.'}, {'start': '349.639', 'end': '358.520', 'text': 'But the truth'}, {'start': '352.080', 'end': '360.600', 'text': 'is, Lord, you have planned'}, {'start': '358.520', 'end': '363.039', 'text': 'something, you'}, {'start': '360.600', 'end': '365.919', 'text': 'have orchestrated a'}, {'start': '363.039', 'end': '367.360', 'text': 'plan and that plan, Lord, is being carried'}, {'start': '367.360', 'end': '375.680', 'text': 'out and will be consummated, Lord,'}, {'start': '372.000', 'end': '379.080', 'text': 'with the new heavens and the'}, {'start': '375.680', 'end': '380.759', 'text': 'new earth, where you will gather together all the things'}, {'start': '379.080', 'end': '383.560', 'text': 'that are in heaven, those that are'}, {'start': '380.759', 'end': '385.840', 'text': 'on earth and on earth, Lord, is'}, {'start': '383.560', 'end': '385.840', 'text': 'your'}, {'start': '386.639', 'end': '392.000', 'text': 'church.  Thank you for everything, Lord.'}, {'start': '389.400', 'end': '394.400', 'text': 'Help us in the name of Christ.  Once'}, {'start': '392.000', 'end': '399.120', 'text': 'again we pray.'}, {'start': '394.400', 'end': '399.120', 'text': "Amen.  You may take your seats.   We're going to"}, {'start': '426.039', 'end': '431.560', 'text': 'talk briefly because'}, {'start': '428.520', 'end': '433.599', 'text': 'I also want to get into the topic of you.'}, {'start': '431.560', 'end': '436.039', 'text': 'Do you remember when we began to'}, {'start': '433.599', 'end': '438.000', 'text': 'study the letter we mentioned, that'}, {'start': '436.039', 'end': '442.000', 'text': 'here in these'}, {'start': '438.000', 'end': '444.479', 'text': 'verses 3 to 14 we said that in'}, {'start': '442.000', 'end': '447.879', 'text': 'the original language it is a single prayer, it'}, {'start': '444.479', 'end': '450.560', 'text': 'is a single praise where we see a'}, {'start': '447.879', 'end': '451.280', 'text': 'triune God working in the salvation of'}, {'start': '451.280', 'end': '459.280', 'text': "men.  So, we've already seen the"}, {'start': '453.759', 'end': '461.080', 'text': 'work of the Father from verses 3 to 6.'}, {'start': '459.280', 'end': '464.400', 'text': "We've already seen the work of the Son from"}, {'start': '461.080', 'end': '466.560', 'text': 'verses 7 to 12. And I want us in this'}, {'start': '464.400', 'end': '468.919', 'text': 'time that we have to go into'}, {'start': '466.560', 'end': '470.919', 'text': 'verses 13 and 14, which is going to be at the'}, {'start': '468.919', 'end': '473.039', 'text': 'end.  Before we get there, I want us to'}, {'start': '470.919', 'end': '476.000', 'text': 'finish analyzing the work that'}, {'start': '473.039', 'end': '478.960', 'text': 'the Son does in the salvation of'}, {'start': '476.000', 'end': '482.120', 'text': 'us, in the salvation of his'}, {'start': '478.960', 'end': '485.159', 'text': "people.  And as I said briefly, we're going to"}, {'start': '482.120', 'end': '487.840', 'text': 'look at these verses 11 and 12, because'}, {'start': '485.159', 'end': '491.039', 'text': 'I want us to go into verses 11'}, {'start': '487.840', 'end': '492.319', 'text': 'and 14. So, from the section 7 to'}, {'start': '491.039', 'end': '495.639', 'text': '12,'}, {'start': '492.319', 'end': '497.720', 'text': 'we said a couple of weeks ago that we'}, {'start': '495.639', 'end': '500.520', 'text': 'were going to look at three elements that are'}, {'start': '497.720', 'end': '503.599', 'text': 'part of the blessings that we find'}, {'start': '500.520', 'end': '505.800', 'text': 'in the word of God.  What are they?  And'}, {'start': '503.599', 'end': '509.280', 'text': 'we have spoken and we have said that it is a'}, {'start': '505.800', 'end': '512.240', 'text': 'treasure, eh, it is a treasure in which'}, {'start': '509.280', 'end': '514.680', 'text': 'we find many, it is a chest,'}, {'start': '512.240', 'end': '516.640', 'text': 'sorry, in which we find many'}, {'start': '514.680', 'end': '518.640', 'text': 'treasures, many'}, {'start': '516.640', 'end': '520.919', 'text': 'blessings.  We find, for example,'}, {'start': '518.640', 'end': '524.200', 'text': 'the forgiveness of our'}, {'start': '520.919', 'end': '526.160', 'text': 'sins, we find the knowledge of the'}, {'start': '524.200', 'end': '528.640', 'text': 'mystery that we were looking at'}, {'start': '526.160', 'end': '530.959', 'text': 'last week.  And the third element that we are going'}, {'start': '528.640', 'end': '534.120', 'text': 'to see briefly is the inheritance that'}, {'start': '530.959', 'end': '538.240', 'text': 'we have in'}, {'start': '534.120', 'end': '540.320', 'text': 'Christ.  What determines, brothers and'}, {'start': '538.240', 'end': '543.079', 'text': 'sisters, what'}, {'start': '540.320', 'end': '545.959', 'text': 'determines our'}, {'start': '543.079', 'end': '548.839', 'text': 'destiny is not called'}, {'start': '545.959', 'end': '551.240', 'text': 'luck, nor does it have anything to do with'}, {'start': '548.839', 'end': '553.839', 'text': 'human merit.  What'}, {'start': '551.240', 'end': '556.399', 'text': 'determines our destiny is not'}, {'start': '553.839', 'end': '559.560', 'text': 'luck or human merit, but'}, {'start': '556.399', 'end': '563.519', 'text': "God's gracious purpose that we should"}, {'start': '559.560', 'end': '567.440', 'text': 'be holy and blameless before'}, {'start': '563.519', 'end': '570.480', 'text': 'him, that we should be children of God.  Verse'}, {'start': '567.440', 'end': '573.760', 'text': '4, we have been destined to'}, {'start': '570.480', 'end': '576.959', 'text': 'glorify Him eternally.  Verses 6,'}, {'start': '573.760', 'end': '580.079', 'text': 'verses 12, verse 14. So his'}, {'start': '576.959', 'end': '583.800', 'text': 'providence through time is as'}, {'start': '580.079', 'end': '586.640', 'text': 'broad as his decree is from'}, {'start': '583.800', 'end': '590.200', 'text': 'eternity.  So what Paul is'}, {'start': '586.640', 'end': '593.560', 'text': 'literally stating is that God works, operates with'}, {'start': '590.200', 'end': '595.480', 'text': 'his divine grace in all things.'}, {'start': '593.560', 'end': '598.519', 'text': 'And if that is true,'}, {'start': '595.480', 'end': '601.720', 'text': "then God's decree is so"}, {'start': '598.519', 'end': '604.640', 'text': 'perfect that it encompasses everything.  And if it is'}, {'start': '601.720', 'end': '607.120', 'text': 'fully realized in the course, in the'}, {'start': '604.640', 'end': '609.880', 'text': 'course of'}, {'start': '607.120', 'end': '612.560', 'text': 'history, and if'}, {'start': '609.880', 'end': '616.040', 'text': 'our destiny, the destiny'}, {'start': '612.560', 'end': '618.920', 'text': 'of his children, was included in that plan, then if that plan was'}, {'start': '616.040', 'end': '620.079', 'text': 'orchestrated by God from'}, {'start': '618.920', 'end': '623.680', 'text': 'eternity'}, {'start': '620.079', 'end': '627.000', 'text': 'past, that means that neither Paul,'}, {'start': '623.680', 'end': '631.279', 'text': 'nor the original readers, nor you nor'}, {'start': '627.000', 'end': '634.279', 'text': 'I have any reason to boast.'}, {'start': '631.279', 'end': '638.200', 'text': 'own.  He orchestrated everything and'}, {'start': '634.279', 'end': '641.240', 'text': 'did it by the pure design of his'}, {'start': '638.200', 'end': '644.360', 'text': 'will.  We have received, for example,'}, {'start': '641.240', 'end': '647.079', 'text': 'blessings such as redemption.   We'}, {'start': '644.360', 'end': '648.079', 'text': 'have received blessings such as the'}, {'start': '647.079', 'end': '651.040', 'text': 'forgiveness of'}, {'start': '648.079', 'end': '653.360', 'text': 'sins, such as the spiritual enlightenment we'}, {'start': '651.040', 'end': '656.399', 'text': 'were talking about'}, {'start': '653.360', 'end': '659.560', 'text': 'last week, we have'}, {'start': '656.399', 'end': '663.360', 'text': 'received spiritual blessing, we have'}, {'start': '659.560', 'end': '664.519', 'text': 'received intelligence, we have received'}, {'start': '664.519', 'end': '669.560', 'text': 'discernment, in addition to those favors'}, {'start': '666.760', 'end': '672.560', 'text': 'that focus on the'}, {'start': '669.560', 'end': '674.800', 'text': 'past, from the terrible power that had us'}, {'start': '672.560', 'end': '678.519', 'text': 'bound to you.  You and'}, {'start': '674.800', 'end': '682.000', 'text': 'I have been granted the forgiveness of past sins,'}, {'start': '678.519', 'end': '684.959', 'text': 'the dissipation of the ancient darkness'}, {'start': '682.000', 'end': '688.720', 'text': 'that was part of us,'}, {'start': '684.959', 'end': '690.720', 'text': 'and the right to'}, {'start': '688.720', 'end': '693.680', 'text': 'future glory.  We have received so many'}, {'start': '690.720', 'end': '695.839', 'text': 'blessings, but the greatest blessing'}, {'start': '693.680', 'end': '698.399', 'text': 'we can have is that we have the'}, {'start': '695.839', 'end': '701.680', 'text': 'right to an inheritance, we have the right'}, {'start': '698.399', 'end': '703.519', 'text': 'to future glory.  We have been made'}, {'start': '701.680', 'end': '706.519', 'text': 'heirs.'}, {'start': '703.519', 'end': '708.600', 'text': 'Yeah, we said that too.  What does it mean to'}, {'start': '706.519', 'end': '710.440', 'text': 'be an'}, {'start': '708.600', 'end': '713.680', 'text': 'heir?  The'}, {'start': '710.440', 'end': '718.760', 'text': 'legal right, the'}, {'start': '713.680', 'end': '721.240', 'text': 'total right of the person who transfers'}, {'start': '718.760', 'end': '723.320', 'text': 'something to us.  Who are the heirs?'}, {'start': '721.240', 'end': '725.320', 'text': 'So, the question, first question,'}, {'start': '723.320', 'end': '726.360', 'text': "we're going to ask three questions.  Who"}, {'start': '725.320', 'end': '729.680', 'text': 'are the'}, {'start': '726.360', 'end': '732.880', 'text': 'heirs?  First question.  Second'}, {'start': '729.680', 'end': '735.920', 'text': 'question, are'}, {'start': '732.880', 'end': '740.360', 'text': 'you an'}, {'start': '735.920', 'end': '742.639', 'text': 'heir?  And the third question, am'}, {'start': '740.360', 'end': '746.560', 'text': 'I an'}, {'start': '742.639', 'end': '749.279', 'text': 'heir to this right to'}, {'start': '746.560', 'end': '751.600', 'text': 'future glory?'}, {'start': '749.279', 'end': '754.959', 'text': 'Heirs, brother, are those who, without'}, {'start': '751.600', 'end': '757.320', 'text': 'personal merit, and since'}, {'start': '754.959', 'end': '759.920', 'text': 'everything is about the kingdom of God, the'}, {'start': '757.320', 'end': '760.880', 'text': 'glory of God, the heavenly things'}, {'start': '759.920', 'end': '763.519', 'text': 'in'}, {'start': '760.880', 'end': '766.320', 'text': 'Christ, we are talking about the inheritance'}, {'start': '763.519', 'end': '768.760', 'text': 'that the apostle Paul is telling us about.'}, {'start': '766.320', 'end': '771.600', 'text': 'And so, heirs are those who,'}, {'start': '768.760', 'end': '774.360', 'text': 'without personal merit,'}, {'start': '771.600', 'end': '777.040', 'text': 'receive the right to all the'}, {'start': '774.360', 'end': '778.399', 'text': 'blessings corresponding to'}, {'start': '777.040', 'end': '782.279', 'text': 'salvation.'}, {'start': '778.399', 'end': '784.519', 'text': 'in Christ and that will never be'}, {'start': '782.279', 'end': '788.440', 'text': 'taken away.  An inheritance can be'}, {'start': '784.519', 'end': '792.079', 'text': "revoked if we're talking in"}, {'start': '788.440', 'end': '794.320', 'text': 'human terms.  Someone may be, uh,'}, {'start': '792.079', 'end': '796.120', 'text': 'who inherits a vehicle from me, but'}, {'start': '794.320', 'end': '798.959', 'text': 'maybe tomorrow they change their'}, {'start': '796.120', 'end': '799.959', 'text': 'mind and what happened?  The brother was left without a car'}, {'start': '799.959', 'end': '804.399', 'text': '.'}, {'start': '801.560', 'end': '808.639', 'text': 'But we understand from the word of God'}, {'start': '804.399', 'end': '811.480', 'text': 'that when the Lord promises us something, he'}, {'start': '808.639', 'end': '814.440', 'text': 'himself carries it out, he'}, {'start': '811.480', 'end': '817.120', 'text': 'fulfills it, and we will see that'}, {'start': '814.440', 'end': '820.639', 'text': 'later.  And'}, {'start': '817.120', 'end': '823.120', 'text': 'God grants us that inheritance in stages.'}, {'start': '820.639', 'end': '825.600', 'text': 'All these blessings, analyzing the'}, {'start': '823.120', 'end': '827.839', 'text': 'scriptures, he grants in two'}, {'start': '825.600', 'end': '829.839', 'text': 'stages.  What are they?'}, {'start': '827.839', 'end': '834.079', 'text': "certain blessings, aren't they?  that"}, {'start': '829.839', 'end': '836.959', 'text': 'are not granted to us right now, the'}, {'start': '834.079', 'end': '836.959', 'text': 'peace that the Lord'}, {'start': '837.240', 'end': '843.440', 'text': 'gives us, the joy that comes to us, the'}, {'start': '841.120', 'end': '845.160', 'text': 'communion that we have with our brothers,'}, {'start': '843.440', 'end': '847.399', 'text': 'the forgiveness of our sins,'}, {'start': '845.160', 'end': '851.000', 'text': 'intelligence, discernment, all of'}, {'start': '847.399', 'end': '854.160', 'text': 'these are things that he provides us here and'}, {'start': '851.000', 'end': '857.800', 'text': 'now and others are in the'}, {'start': '854.160', 'end': '860.079', 'text': 'future.  Other blessings are in the future.'}, {'start': '857.800', 'end': '862.600', 'text': 'And the apostle Peter, for example,'}, {'start': '860.079', 'end': '864.880', 'text': 'tells us about this inheritance that'}, {'start': '862.600', 'end': '868.240', 'text': 'we have.  First Peter,'}, {'start': '864.880', 'end': '871.399', 'text': 'chapter 1, verses 3 and 4, says,'}, {'start': '868.240', 'end': '873.360', 'text': '"Blessed be the God and Father of our'}, {'start': '871.399', 'end': '878.600', 'text': 'Lord Jesus Christ."  First Peter,'}, {'start': '873.360', 'end': '881.759', 'text': 'chapter 1, verses 3 and 4. Blessed'}, {'start': '878.600', 'end': '885.519', 'text': 'be the God and Father of our Lord'}, {'start': '881.759', 'end': '888.839', 'text': 'Jesus Christ, who according to his abundant'}, {'start': '885.519', 'end': '893.240', 'text': 'mercy has given us new birth.  So'}, {'start': '888.839', 'end': '897.199', 'text': 'that?  He made us reborn, he gave us life, he'}, {'start': '893.240', 'end': '901.040', 'text': 'made us reborn for a living hope.'}, {'start': '897.199', 'end': '903.320', 'text': 'That is not lifeless.  She is alive.   It'}, {'start': '901.040', 'end': '905.959', 'text': 'is not a dead hope, it is a'}, {'start': '903.320', 'end': '909.959', 'text': 'living hope.  Because?  By the'}, {'start': '905.959', 'end': '913.360', 'text': 'resurrection of Jesus Christ from the'}, {'start': '909.959', 'end': '915.920', 'text': 'dead.  Verse 4. For an'}, {'start': '915.920', 'end': '920.800', 'text': 'incorruptible, undefiled,'}, {'start': '918.120', 'end': '924.560', 'text': 'incorruptible experience.  It is that it has no'}, {'start': '920.800', 'end': '927.240', 'text': 'corruption, it is eh it has no'}, {'start': '924.560', 'end': '929.160', 'text': 'uncontaminated corruption that is not'}, {'start': '927.240', 'end': '931.440', 'text': 'contaminated and'}, {'start': '929.160', 'end': '934.120', 'text': 'unfading.  That word inmarces'}, {'start': '931.440', 'end': '937.240', 'text': 'means that it does not wither like a'}, {'start': '934.120', 'end': '941.000', 'text': 'flower.  It is unfading, reserved in'}, {'start': '937.240', 'end': '944.519', 'text': 'heaven for you and me, for'}, {'start': '941.000', 'end': '948.040', 'text': 'us who are kept by the power'}, {'start': '944.519', 'end': '950.880', 'text': 'of God through faith for'}, {'start': '948.040', 'end': '953.800', 'text': 'salvation.  which is prepared to be'}, {'start': '950.880', 'end': '957.240', 'text': 'manifested in the final time, in the'}, {'start': '953.800', 'end': '960.120', 'text': 'last time.  There is the hope'}, {'start': '957.240', 'end': '962.319', 'text': 'that we already have, but'}, {'start': '960.120', 'end': '966.240', 'text': 'not yet, which is for the'}, {'start': '962.319', 'end': '970.120', 'text': 'future.  Our inheritance in Christ is'}, {'start': '966.240', 'end': '973.839', 'text': 'one of the most amazing and magnificent'}, {'start': '970.120', 'end': '977.319', 'text': 'blessings the Father has blessed us with'}, {'start': '973.839', 'end': '980.880', 'text': 'in the beloved,'}, {'start': '977.319', 'end': '983.959', 'text': 'in his Son.  Paul has already told us in'}, {'start': '980.880', 'end': '987.319', 'text': 'verse 3 that our inheritance includes'}, {'start': '983.959', 'end': '990.360', 'text': 'every spiritual blessing in the'}, {'start': '987.319', 'end': '993.199', 'text': 'heavenly places in Christ.  And to continue'}, {'start': '990.360', 'end': '996.319', 'text': 'speaking on that, chapter 2 of'}, {'start': '993.199', 'end': '999.240', 'text': 'chapter 1 of the second letter'}, {'start': '996.319', 'end': '1001.959', 'text': 'of the apostle Peter, verses 3 and 4.'}, {'start': '999.240', 'end': '1004.920', 'text': 'Second Peter, chapter 1, verses'}, {'start': '1001.959', 'end': '1007.399', 'text': '3 and 4, says, "As all things are'}, {'start': '1004.920', 'end': '1010.560', 'text': 'blessings that have been given to us,'}, {'start': '1007.399', 'end': '1013.279', 'text': 'as all things that pertain to'}, {'start': '1010.560', 'end': '1015.920', 'text': 'life and godliness have been given to us'}, {'start': '1013.279', 'end': '1018.720', 'text': 'by his divine power through the'}, {'start': '1015.920', 'end': '1021.959', 'text': 'knowledge of him who called us by'}, {'start': '1018.720', 'end': '1023.640', 'text': 'his own grace and goodness."  There it is.'}, {'start': '1021.959', 'end': '1025.559', 'text': 'Things we'}, {'start': '1023.640', 'end': '1030.480', 'text': 'needed because of'}, {'start': '1025.559', 'end': '1033.400', 'text': 'our spiritual death have been'}, {'start': '1030.480', 'end': '1035.520', 'text': 'given to us.  His divine power has given us all things that pertain to'}, {'start': '1033.400', 'end': '1037.919', 'text': 'life and godliness'}, {'start': '1035.520', 'end': '1040.839', 'text': 'through the'}, {'start': '1037.919', 'end': '1043.919', 'text': 'knowledge of Him who called us by'}, {'start': '1040.839', 'end': '1047.959', 'text': 'glory and goodness.  Because?  through'}, {'start': '1043.919', 'end': '1050.919', 'text': 'which he has given us'}, {'start': '1050.919', 'end': '1057.080', 'text': 'very great and precious'}, {'start': '1053.480', 'end': '1060.320', 'text': 'promises, so that through them you might become'}, {'start': '1057.080', 'end': '1063.799', 'text': 'partakers of the'}, {'start': '1060.320', 'end': '1066.640', 'text': 'divine nature.  And he is showing us the'}, {'start': '1063.799', 'end': '1068.679', 'text': 'resurrection.  He rose first, he is'}, {'start': '1066.640', 'end': '1072.840', 'text': 'the firstfruits, and then who comes'}, {'start': '1068.679', 'end': '1075.360', 'text': "next?  Let's go."}, {'start': '1072.840', 'end': '1078.240', 'text': 'And how can we be sure'}, {'start': '1075.360', 'end': '1080.679', 'text': 'that God has promised in his'}, {'start': '1078.240', 'end': '1083.320', 'text': 'word, we have already seen that he, through'}, {'start': '1080.679', 'end': '1084.960', 'text': 'which, through those things that'}, {'start': '1083.320', 'end': '1086.960', 'text': 'pertain to life and godliness have been'}, {'start': '1084.960', 'end': '1089.440', 'text': 'given to us by his divine power'}, {'start': '1086.960', 'end': '1091.720', 'text': 'through the knowledge of him who'}, {'start': '1089.440', 'end': '1093.520', 'text': 'called us by his own glory and goodness,'}, {'start': '1091.720', 'end': '1096.120', 'text': 'through which he has given us'}, {'start': '1093.520', 'end': '1099.240', 'text': 'has given us very great and precious'}, {'start': '1096.120', 'end': '1101.120', 'text': 'promises.  There are those promises.  How can'}, {'start': '1099.240', 'end': '1103.600', 'text': 'you and I be sure that'}, {'start': '1101.120', 'end': '1105.880', 'text': 'God will fulfill'}, {'start': '1103.600', 'end': '1108.080', 'text': 'these promises?  What he has promised he'}, {'start': '1105.880', 'end': '1108.080', 'text': 'will'}, {'start': '1109.039', 'end': '1114.000', 'text': 'fulfill.  Why do we walk'}, {'start': '1111.600', 'end': '1115.799', 'text': 'through the world as if we are'}, {'start': '1114.000', 'end': '1117.720', 'text': 'helpless?  Why do'}, {'start': '1115.799', 'end': '1120.640', 'text': 'we walk on earth when we have been'}, {'start': '1117.720', 'end': '1122.679', 'text': 'told that we have received an'}, {'start': '1120.640', 'end': '1124.919', 'text': 'inheritance that is undefiled,'}, {'start': '1122.679', 'end': '1127.600', 'text': 'incorruptible, unfading, that is'}, {'start': '1124.919', 'end': '1129.640', 'text': 'prepared for us?  and a small'}, {'start': '1127.600', 'end': '1132.240', 'text': 'problem, a small difficulty,'}, {'start': '1129.640', 'end': '1134.480', 'text': 'robs us of the joy of our'}, {'start': '1132.240', 'end': '1137.679', 'text': 'salvation.'}, {'start': '1134.480', 'end': '1140.520', 'text': 'Because?  How can we be'}, {'start': '1137.679', 'end': '1142.200', 'text': 'certain that what God promised, he will'}, {'start': '1140.520', 'end': '1144.600', 'text': 'fulfill?  And that is what we read in the'}, {'start': '1142.200', 'end': '1146.520', 'text': 'second letter to the Corinthians,'}, {'start': '1144.600', 'end': '1148.840', 'text': 'chapter 1, verse 20. Please'}, {'start': '1146.520', 'end': '1152.120', 'text': 'go with me so that you realize that'}, {'start': '1148.840', 'end': '1154.720', 'text': 'God fulfills what he has promised.'}, {'start': '1152.120', 'end': '1157.000', 'text': 'That inheritance that has been promised to'}, {'start': '1154.720', 'end': '1159.440', 'text': 'his church, to his children, to'}, {'start': '1157.000', 'end': '1161.520', 'text': 'those he chose before the'}, {'start': '1159.440', 'end': '1164.280', 'text': 'foundation of the world, to be'}, {'start': '1161.520', 'end': '1166.919', 'text': 'holy and blameless before him,'}, {'start': '1164.280', 'end': '1169.520', 'text': 'is there, and he is going to'}, {'start': '1166.919', 'end': '1175.000', 'text': 'fulfill it.  Second Corinthians, chapter'}, {'start': '1169.520', 'end': '1175.000', 'text': '1, verse 20. What does it say?  Chapter'}, {'start': '1175.159', 'end': '1179.240', 'text': 'chapter 1, verse 20 of Second'}, {'start': '1177.760', 'end': '1181.360', 'text': 'Corinthians.'}, {'start': '1179.240', 'end': '1182.360', 'text': 'Because all the promises of God, what'}, {'start': '1181.360', 'end': '1185.840', 'text': 'happens'}, {'start': '1182.360', 'end': '1188.640', 'text': 'there?  They are in him,'}, {'start': '1185.840', 'end': '1192.080', 'text': 'yes, and in him,'}, {'start': '1188.640', 'end': '1195.039', 'text': 'amen, through us.  That is,'}, {'start': '1192.080', 'end': '1196.679', 'text': 'all these things take place'}, {'start': '1195.039', 'end': '1200.240', 'text': 'in'}, {'start': '1196.679', 'end': '1203.039', 'text': 'us.  But these things happen for a'}, {'start': '1200.240', 'end': '1203.919', 'text': 'reason.  And what do they happen for?  For the glory'}, {'start': '1203.039', 'end': '1207.159', 'text': 'of'}, {'start': '1203.919', 'end': '1209.679', 'text': 'God.  For the glory of God.'}, {'start': '1207.159', 'end': '1213.200', 'text': 'So who'}, {'start': '1209.679', 'end': '1214.440', 'text': 'predestined us?  For what purpose have we been'}, {'start': '1214.440', 'end': '1220.159', 'text': 'predestined?  According to whom have we been'}, {'start': '1217.400', 'end': '1223.880', 'text': 'predestined?  And we find all of that'}, {'start': '1220.159', 'end': '1227.840', 'text': 'in verse 11 of Ephesians'}, {'start': '1223.880', 'end': '1229.960', 'text': '1. It says, "In him we have also obtained an'}, {'start': '1227.840', 'end': '1232.400', 'text': 'inheritance."  which is something that was already'}, {'start': '1229.960', 'end': '1235.280', 'text': 'given to us through that'}, {'start': '1232.400', 'end': '1238.559', 'text': 'election, having been predestined'}, {'start': '1235.280', 'end': '1239.960', 'text': 'according to the purpose of the one who does all'}, {'start': '1238.559', 'end': '1243.120', 'text': 'things,'}, {'start': '1239.960', 'end': '1247.200', 'text': 'according to, as I said a little while ago,'}, {'start': '1243.120', 'end': '1252.159', 'text': 'according to the authorization that I'}, {'start': '1247.200', 'end': '1254.559', 'text': 'gave him according to the plan of his will.'}, {'start': '1252.159', 'end': '1258.600', 'text': 'But moving on to verse 12,'}, {'start': '1254.559', 'end': '1260.440', 'text': 'it says that he has predestined us for a purpose.'}, {'start': '1258.600', 'end': '1262.200', 'text': 'What was the purpose of'}, {'start': '1260.440', 'end': '1266.320', 'text': 'doing this?'}, {'start': '1262.200', 'end': '1271.279', 'text': 'So that we who first hoped in Christ might be to the praise of his'}, {'start': '1266.320', 'end': '1274.520', 'text': 'glory'}, {'start': '1271.279', 'end': '1276.799', 'text': '.  Who were'}, {'start': '1274.520', 'end': '1278.679', 'text': 'those who were waiting?  For example,'}, {'start': '1276.799', 'end': '1280.120', 'text': 'who is writing the'}, {'start': '1278.679', 'end': '1282.799', 'text': 'letter?'}, {'start': '1280.120', 'end': '1285.000', 'text': 'The apostle Paul, who is his'}, {'start': '1282.799', 'end': '1286.840', 'text': 'original audience?  Well, we already said that this was'}, {'start': '1285.000', 'end': '1289.600', 'text': 'a circular letter.  There are two types of'}, {'start': '1286.840', 'end': '1292.120', 'text': 'letters in the New Testament.  A'}, {'start': '1289.600', 'end': '1294.840', 'text': "personal letter like Filemón's, do you"}, {'start': '1292.120', 'end': '1297.120', 'text': 'remember?  But there are other letters that are'}, {'start': '1294.840', 'end': '1299.120', 'text': 'circular.  Eh, for example, the one about'}, {'start': '1297.120', 'end': '1302.320', 'text': 'Colossae, read it there in the'}, {'start': '1299.120', 'end': '1304.200', 'text': 'Odyssey too.  Eh, one church would read it, then'}, {'start': '1302.320', 'end': '1307.000', 'text': 'when the church had read it,'}, {'start': '1304.200', 'end': '1310.200', 'text': 'the other churches would read it too.  That is'}, {'start': '1307.000', 'end': '1312.559', 'text': 'the case of Ephesians.'}, {'start': '1310.200', 'end': '1314.360', 'text': 'So who were they waiting for?'}, {'start': '1312.559', 'end': '1316.720', 'text': 'So that we who first hoped in Christ might be to the praise of his'}, {'start': '1314.360', 'end': '1318.880', 'text': 'glory'}, {'start': '1316.720', 'end': '1322.520', 'text': '.  We are talking'}, {'start': '1318.880', 'end': '1322.520', 'text': 'about believing Jews and Gentiles'}, {'start': '1324.200', 'end': '1330.039', 'text': '.  And'}, {'start': '1326.799', 'end': '1333.279', 'text': 'for what purpose have we'}, {'start': '1330.039', 'end': '1335.559', 'text': 'been saved?  We have been chosen,'}, {'start': '1333.279', 'end': '1337.159', 'text': 'we have been predestined.  We, if'}, {'start': '1335.559', 'end': '1340.480', 'text': "you have your Bible open, we're"}, {'start': '1337.159', 'end': '1342.799', 'text': "going to see it in verse 6, we're"}, {'start': '1340.480', 'end': '1344.640', 'text': "going to see it in verse 12 and we're"}, {'start': '1342.799', 'end': '1346.960', 'text': 'going to see it in verse 14, in'}, {'start': '1344.640', 'end': '1349.000', 'text': 'verse 6. It says, "Why are'}, {'start': '1346.960', 'end': '1351.080', 'text': 'all these things happening?"  Blessed be the God'}, {'start': '1349.000', 'end': '1352.320', 'text': 'and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has'}, {'start': '1351.080', 'end': '1354.039', 'text': 'blessed us with every'}, {'start': '1352.320', 'end': '1356.720', 'text': 'spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in'}, {'start': '1354.039', 'end': '1358.159', 'text': 'Christ, just as he chose us in him'}, {'start': '1356.720', 'end': '1360.559', 'text': 'before the foundation of the world, that we should'}, {'start': '1358.159', 'end': '1363.440', 'text': 'be holy and blameless before'}, {'start': '1360.559', 'end': '1365.240', 'text': 'him in love, having'}, {'start': '1363.440', 'end': '1367.520', 'text': 'predestined us to adoption as sons'}, {'start': '1365.240', 'end': '1369.880', 'text': 'through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the'}, {'start': '1367.520', 'end': '1372.159', 'text': 'good pleasure of his will.  So that?'}, {'start': '1369.880', 'end': '1374.360', 'text': 'For in verse 6, to the praise of'}, {'start': '1372.159', 'end': '1376.559', 'text': 'the glory of his grace.  Then we come'}, {'start': '1374.360', 'end': '1379.360', 'text': 'to verse 12 and it says, "That we should'}, {'start': '1376.559', 'end': '1381.320', 'text': 'be to the praise of'}, {'start': '1379.360', 'end': '1383.120', 'text': 'his glorious glory, we who first'}, {'start': '1381.320', 'end': '1385.600', 'text': 'hoped in him." And as we come to verse'}, {'start': '1383.120', 'end': '1388.880', 'text': '14, which is the mark of our inheritance'}, {'start': '1385.600', 'end': '1391.320', 'text': 'until the purchased redemption of the'}, {'start': '1388.880', 'end': '1393.520', 'text': 'acquired position. For what? To the'}, {'start': '1391.320', 'end': '1395.520', 'text': 'praise of his glory. It has a'}, {'start': '1393.520', 'end': '1400.120', 'text': 'purpose, it'}, {'start': '1395.520', 'end': '1402.840', 'text': "'s not random, it's not for me to do whatever"}, {'start': '1400.120', 'end': '1404.600', 'text': 'I want on earth, while'}, {'start': '1402.840', 'end': '1406.640', 'text': 'I walk on this earth, while the'}, {'start': '1404.600', 'end': '1409.279', 'text': 'Lord chose me, he chose me for a'}, {'start': '1406.640', 'end': '1411.919', 'text': 'purpose. While the Lord chose him, he'}, {'start': '1409.279', 'end': '1413.640', 'text': 'chose him for a purpose. And as I said last'}, {'start': '1411.919', 'end': '1416.159', 'text': 'week, on Friday, we were'}, {'start': '1413.640', 'end': '1419.240', 'text': 'talking about that, that many clash with'}, {'start': '1416.159', 'end': '1423.159', 'text': 'this much-attacked doctrine, many clash'}, {'start': '1419.240', 'end': '1425.480', 'text': 'with this much-misinterpreted doctrine.'}, {'start': '1423.159', 'end': '1427.880', 'text': "Many clash because the fact that I've been"}, {'start': '1425.480', 'end': '1430.799', 'text': 'chosen for something, that already'}, {'start': '1427.880', 'end': '1433.440', 'text': 'puts a mark on me and that mark has to be'}, {'start': '1430.799', 'end': '1436.600', 'text': 'displayed. And since I am a sinner and'}, {'start': '1433.440', 'end': '1438.520', 'text': 'like anyone who thinks that he can go to'}, {'start': '1436.600', 'end': '1440.000', 'text': 'God however he wants, whenever he'}, {'start': '1438.520', 'end': '1442.520', 'text': 'wants, then he can live  As he'}, {'start': '1440.000', 'end': '1444.320', 'text': 'pleases, he can decide and do things and'}, {'start': '1442.520', 'end': '1445.840', 'text': 'do as the people of Israel did,'}, {'start': '1444.320', 'end': '1448.200', 'text': 'as he sees fit.  But when'}, {'start': '1445.840', 'end': '1450.559', 'text': 'we have a seal and the seal of the'}, {'start': '1448.200', 'end': '1453.840', 'text': 'Spirit, that has to reflect on'}, {'start': '1450.559', 'end': '1456.559', 'text': 'us.  There is a lot of demand'}, {'start': '1453.840', 'end': '1460.279', 'text': 'placed on us.  There is a lot of demand placed on us.  And'}, {'start': '1456.559', 'end': '1464.600', 'text': 'I said that this doctrine is well'}, {'start': '1460.279', 'end': '1468.240', 'text': 'attacked.  Even we, or some'}, {'start': '1464.600', 'end': '1470.840', 'text': 'Christian groups, embrace'}, {'start': '1468.240', 'end': '1473.240', 'text': 'this teaching that does not come from my heart,'}, {'start': '1470.840', 'end': '1475.919', 'text': 'nor from anyone here, nor from another'}, {'start': '1473.240', 'end': '1477.880', 'text': 'human being; it is born from the very word of'}, {'start': '1475.919', 'end': '1480.200', 'text': 'God.  If we say that the word of God'}, {'start': '1477.880', 'end': '1483.399', 'text': 'is inerrant, that it does not change, that it'}, {'start': '1480.200', 'end': '1486.799', 'text': 'is not infallible, then why'}, {'start': '1483.399', 'end': '1489.679', 'text': 'fight against this?  Why fight'}, {'start': '1486.799', 'end': '1493.360', 'text': 'this?'}, {'start': '1489.679', 'end': '1495.240', 'text': 'So, our life must give'}, {'start': '1493.360', 'end': '1498.279', 'text': 'glory to'}, {'start': '1495.240', 'end': '1502.039', 'text': 'God, because that is what He has saved us for'}, {'start': '1498.279', 'end': '1505.919', 'text': ".  My life is not about me, it's"}, {'start': '1502.039', 'end': '1509.760', 'text': 'about Christ.  We are not here to'}, {'start': '1505.919', 'end': '1513.320', 'text': 'fulfill our dreams.  We are not here'}, {'start': '1509.760', 'end': '1516.520', 'text': 'to achieve our goals.  We are not'}, {'start': '1513.320', 'end': '1519.880', 'text': 'here to be happy, but to give'}, {'start': '1516.520', 'end': '1519.880', 'text': 'glory to God.'}, {'start': '1521.000', 'end': '1525.520', 'text': 'Brother, the Lord has not saved us so'}, {'start': '1523.240', 'end': '1529.399', 'text': "that we don't have"}, {'start': '1525.520', 'end': '1531.880', 'text': 'problems, but so that whatever'}, {'start': '1529.399', 'end': '1531.880', 'text': 'the'}, {'start': '1531.960', 'end': '1535.919', 'text': 'circumstance, whatever the'}, {'start': '1534.279', 'end': '1538.640', 'text': 'situation, in the midst of any'}, {'start': '1535.919', 'end': '1542.640', 'text': 'circumstance, we may bring glory to his'}, {'start': '1538.640', 'end': '1545.320', 'text': "name.  And that's what we must"}, {'start': '1542.640', 'end': '1548.840', 'text': 'do.  And look at things, how we'}, {'start': '1545.320', 'end': '1551.520', 'text': 'can give glory to God.  There are so many'}, {'start': '1548.840', 'end': '1554.039', 'text': 'ways in which we can'}, {'start': '1551.520', 'end': '1556.880', 'text': 'give glory to God.  We give glory to God'}, {'start': '1554.039', 'end': '1559.880', 'text': 'when we preach his word.  We give'}, {'start': '1556.880', 'end': '1562.240', 'text': 'glory to God when we love others.'}, {'start': '1559.880', 'end': '1565.320', 'text': 'We fulfill our role in the family and that is'}, {'start': '1562.240', 'end': '1567.320', 'text': 'when we honor and give glory to God.   We'}, {'start': '1565.320', 'end': '1569.679', 'text': 'give glory to God when we study his'}, {'start': '1567.320', 'end': '1571.960', 'text': 'word.  We give glory to God when'}, {'start': '1569.679', 'end': '1573.840', 'text': 'we fulfill our role.  As I said, we give'}, {'start': '1571.960', 'end': '1575.840', 'text': 'glory to God when we are good'}, {'start': '1573.840', 'end': '1577.960', 'text': 'employees.  We give glory to God when'}, {'start': '1575.840', 'end': '1580.760', 'text': 'we relate to others.  We give glory'}, {'start': '1577.960', 'end': '1582.360', 'text': 'to God with our way of speaking.   We'}, {'start': '1580.760', 'end': '1584.159', 'text': 'give glory to God with our way'}, {'start': '1582.360', 'end': '1586.039', 'text': 'of dressing.  We give glory to God with the'}, {'start': '1584.159', 'end': '1588.840', 'text': 'way we conduct ourselves with'}, {'start': '1586.039', 'end': '1591.320', 'text': 'others.  When we bear witness to good'}, {'start': '1588.840', 'end': '1593.440', 'text': 'works, we give glory to God.  We give glory'}, {'start': '1591.320', 'end': '1596.000', 'text': 'to God when we gather together, when'}, {'start': '1593.440', 'end': '1598.600', 'text': 'we care for others.  We give'}, {'start': '1596.000', 'end': '1604.120', 'text': 'glory to'}, {'start': '1598.600', 'end': '1604.120', 'text': 'God for mentioning a few things.'}, {'start': '1605.120', 'end': '1608.480', 'text': 'And here we are not talking'}, {'start': '1606.640', 'end': '1612.399', 'text': 'about behaviors and when'}, {'start': '1608.480', 'end': '1616.120', 'text': 'we talk about false spirituality,'}, {'start': '1612.399', 'end': '1618.679', 'text': 'we are not talking about mere'}, {'start': '1616.120', 'end': '1620.720', 'text': 'moralism, because moralism is also'}, {'start': '1622.240', 'end': '1631.159', 'text': 'sin.  It involves being a'}, {'start': '1626.880', 'end': '1635.120', 'text': 'Pharisee, being a legalist.   I'}, {'start': '1631.159', 'end': '1638.960', 'text': 'do this, I do that, and I do this here, and I do that'}, {'start': '1635.120', 'end': '1641.880', 'text': 'there.  That creates pride in us'}, {'start': '1638.960', 'end': '1641.880', 'text': "because we don't"}, {'start': '1647.279', 'end': '1654.679', 'text': 'feel sorry for ourselves.  We then speak of what'}, {'start': '1650.120', 'end': '1657.880', 'text': 'gives glory to God, of what produces'}, {'start': '1654.679', 'end': '1660.360', 'text': 'fruit and what does so in order to give'}, {'start': '1657.880', 'end': '1663.799', 'text': 'glory to his name.'}, {'start': '1660.360', 'end': '1666.600', 'text': 'If God has saved him, if God has'}, {'start': '1663.799', 'end': '1669.240', 'text': 'saved me, how am I giving glory to'}, {'start': '1666.600', 'end': '1671.559', 'text': 'his name?  How am I glorifying'}, {'start': '1669.240', 'end': '1673.440', 'text': 'the name?  How am I not doing the'}, {'start': '1671.559', 'end': '1676.480', 'text': "opposite?  How is God's name not"}, {'start': '1673.440', 'end': '1678.760', 'text': 'being blasphemed by me, by'}, {'start': '1676.480', 'end': '1680.720', 'text': 'my conduct, by my walk, by the'}, {'start': '1678.760', 'end': '1683.240', 'text': 'things I do not do to bring glory'}, {'start': '1680.720', 'end': '1685.760', 'text': 'to his name?  the'}, {'start': '1683.240', 'end': '1688.960', 'text': 'opposite is done.  We said at the beginning then'}, {'start': '1685.760', 'end': '1692.720', 'text': 'that this section from 13 to 14 in the'}, {'start': '1688.960', 'end': '1696.159', 'text': 'original is a single'}, {'start': '1692.720', 'end': '1699.360', 'text': 'uninterrupted prayer, a praise to and'}, {'start': '1696.159', 'end': '1701.279', 'text': 'about God working in three persons.'}, {'start': '1699.360', 'end': '1703.279', 'text': 'We saw then the work of the Father'}, {'start': '1701.279', 'end': '1705.880', 'text': 'from the foundation of the world; he'}, {'start': '1703.279', 'end': '1708.720', 'text': 'chose us, he called us to be his sons and'}, {'start': '1705.880', 'end': '1712.799', 'text': 'daughters.  We would never have come to'}, {'start': '1708.720', 'end': '1715.880', 'text': 'him if he had not interceded, if it had been'}, {'start': '1712.799', 'end': '1719.159', 'text': 'up to'}, {'start': '1715.880', 'end': '1721.640', 'text': 'us, we would not have come to him.  And that is what'}, {'start': '1719.159', 'end': '1724.840', 'text': 'we read in the Gospel of'}, {'start': '1721.640', 'end': '1727.880', 'text': 'St. John, chapter 6, verse 44.'}, {'start': '1724.840', 'end': '1732.600', 'text': 'No one can come to me unless the'}, {'start': '1727.880', 'end': '1734.760', 'text': 'Father who sent me draws him.'}, {'start': '1732.600', 'end': '1738.960', 'text': 'None.'}, {'start': '1734.760', 'end': '1741.880', 'text': "None.  That's what John"}, {'start': '1738.960', 'end': '1745.760', 'text': '6:44 says.  So we see there the work of the'}, {'start': '1741.880', 'end': '1750.039', 'text': 'Father.  And there are multiple texts that'}, {'start': '1745.760', 'end': '1753.360', 'text': 'teach us that if it were up to us, we would'}, {'start': '1750.039', 'end': '1755.760', 'text': 'not come to salvation because there is'}, {'start': '1753.360', 'end': '1757.000', 'text': 'nothing good.  There is none righteous, not even one,'}, {'start': '1755.760', 'end': '1759.440', 'text': 'nor is there one who understands, nor is there one who'}, {'start': '1757.000', 'end': '1763.640', 'text': 'seeks after God.  They all became'}, {'start': '1759.440', 'end': '1763.640', 'text': 'useless, they'}, {'start': '1764.679', 'end': '1769.640', 'text': 'disobeyed together.  No one can come to me'}, {'start': '1766.919', 'end': '1772.840', 'text': 'unless the Father who sent me'}, {'start': '1769.640', 'end': '1775.600', 'text': 'draws him.  And as the Father brought him, says'}, {'start': '1772.840', 'end': '1778.880', 'text': 'Jesus Christ, I will raise him up at the'}, {'start': '1775.600', 'end': '1781.840', 'text': 'last day.  There it is.  That is a blessing'}, {'start': '1778.880', 'end': '1784.159', 'text': "that if we don't see it as such, what"}, {'start': '1781.840', 'end': '1788.799', 'text': 'can we call it?'}, {'start': '1784.159', 'end': '1791.240', 'text': 'And this applies to me and it applies to'}, {'start': '1788.799', 'end': '1794.440', 'text': 'you.  Or it only applies to those to'}, {'start': '1791.240', 'end': '1798.120', 'text': 'whom these words were said.'}, {'start': '1794.440', 'end': '1800.440', 'text': 'No. Then we see the work of the Son.  In him'}, {'start': '1798.120', 'end': '1802.760', 'text': 'we receive the forgiveness of sins.'}, {'start': '1800.440', 'end': '1805.480', 'text': 'Because of his sacrifice we live free from'}, {'start': '1802.760', 'end': '1807.960', 'text': 'condemnation, free from guilt,'}, {'start': '1805.480', 'end': '1810.080', 'text': 'constantly accepted by God,'}, {'start': '1807.960', 'end': '1812.559', 'text': 'recognizing our weakness,'}, {'start': '1810.080', 'end': '1815.320', 'text': 'confessing our sin and receiving'}, {'start': '1812.559', 'end': '1818.600', 'text': 'his mercies.  And those mercies,'}, {'start': '1815.320', 'end': '1822.519', 'text': 'the scripture says, are new every'}, {'start': '1818.600', 'end': '1825.000', 'text': 'morning.  They are new every morning.'}, {'start': '1822.519', 'end': '1827.640', 'text': 'He is our advocate, our'}, {'start': '1825.000', 'end': '1830.600', 'text': 'intercessor, and He is breaking down the'}, {'start': '1827.640', 'end': '1833.240', 'text': 'barriers in our own'}, {'start': '1830.600', 'end': '1835.880', 'text': 'hearts, the divisions between one'}, {'start': '1833.240', 'end': '1837.240', 'text': 'another, the estrangements within the'}, {'start': '1837.240', 'end': '1841.880', 'text': 'human family, and as the Scriptures say, and as we'}, {'start': '1839.799', 'end': '1844.760', 'text': 'saw last week in'}, {'start': '1841.880', 'end': '1847.519', 'text': 'verse 10, that Christ will ultimately'}, {'start': '1844.760', 'end': '1849.640', 'text': 'reunite all things at the coming of the'}, {'start': '1847.519', 'end': '1852.240', 'text': 'glorious manifestation, the new'}, {'start': '1849.640', 'end': '1857.639', 'text': 'creation, all of these things will be'}, {'start': '1852.240', 'end': '1857.639', 'text': 'unified, and they will be unified in'}, {'start': '1859.360', 'end': '1866.919', 'text': 'Christ.  So, from the 3rd to the 12th to the 14th,'}, {'start': '1864.279', 'end': '1869.600', 'text': 'sorry, we said three weeks ago that we'}, {'start': '1866.919', 'end': '1872.240', 'text': 'were going to look at the work of the Father, we already'}, {'start': '1869.600', 'end': '1874.639', 'text': 'mentioned it, the work of the Son that I just'}, {'start': '1872.240', 'end': '1878.000', 'text': 'mentioned and now we are going to'}, {'start': '1874.639', 'end': '1880.679', 'text': 'look at the work of the Holy Spirit from the 13th to the'}, {'start': '1878.000', 'end': '1881.880', 'text': '14th.'}, {'start': '1880.679', 'end': '1884.519', 'text': 'And we are going to'}, {'start': '1881.880', 'end': '1888.320', 'text': 'read it in'}, {'start': '1884.519', 'end': '1891.919', 'text': 'him, in Christ.'}, {'start': '1888.320', 'end': '1894.159', 'text': 'Others, those who are reading this letter,'}, {'start': '1891.919', 'end': '1897.559', 'text': 'those who are listening'}, {'start': '1894.159', 'end': '1903.799', 'text': 'to him this evening,'}, {'start': '1897.559', 'end': '1907.159', 'text': 'you, having heard the word of'}, {'start': '1903.799', 'end': '1911.279', 'text': 'truth, the gospel of your'}, {'start': '1907.159', 'end': '1915.399', 'text': 'salvation, and having believed in'}, {'start': '1911.279', 'end': '1917.279', 'text': 'him, were sealed with the'}, {'start': '1915.399', 'end': '1920.240', 'text': 'Holy Spirit of promise,'}, {'start': '1917.279', 'end': '1923.600', 'text': 'And there is the'}, {'start': '1920.240', 'end': '1927.639', 'text': 'promise once.  14, which'}, {'start': '1923.600', 'end': '1930.320', 'text': 'is the pledge of our'}, {'start': '1927.639', 'end': '1933.399', 'text': 'inheritance.  There is the heritage that I'}, {'start': '1930.320', 'end': '1935.279', 'text': 'mentioned as a theme.  Until the redemption'}, {'start': '1933.399', 'end': '1938.919', 'text': 'of the'}, {'start': '1935.279', 'end': '1941.600', 'text': 'acquired possession.  It is something you already have,'}, {'start': '1938.919', 'end': '1944.840', 'text': 'but it is not yet fully'}, {'start': '1941.600', 'end': '1948.320', 'text': 'manifested.  And all of this will be for the'}, {'start': '1944.840', 'end': '1948.320', 'text': 'praise of his glory.'}, {'start': '1949.360', 'end': '1952.519', 'text': 'The work of the'}, {'start': '1952.960', 'end': '1959.240', 'text': 'Holy Spirit, the works or forgiveness, the'}, {'start': '1956.200', 'end': '1961.000', 'text': 'promises that God has made to us, the'}, {'start': '1959.240', 'end': '1965.720', 'text': 'promises that he'}, {'start': '1961.000', 'end': '1965.720', 'text': 'gives us, are not promises like'}, {'start': '1966.960', 'end': '1973.039', 'text': "ours.  And if not, let's look"}, {'start': '1970.960', 'end': '1978.000', 'text': 'around us.  Men have always'}, {'start': '1973.039', 'end': '1978.000', 'text': 'wanted certainties and guarantees.'}, {'start': '1979.120', 'end': '1983.519', 'text': 'But since promises made by'}, {'start': '1981.320', 'end': '1988.000', 'text': 'other human beings'}, {'start': '1983.519', 'end': '1989.559', 'text': 'lack credit, lack'}, {'start': '1988.000', 'end': '1992.919', 'text': 'credibility, we'}, {'start': '1989.559', 'end': '1997.039', 'text': 'always demand'}, {'start': '1992.919', 'end': '1999.120', 'text': 'sureties, we always demand or ask for'}, {'start': '1997.039', 'end': '2000.960', 'text': 'oaths.'}, {'start': '1999.120', 'end': '2002.760', 'text': 'In fact, you go before a judge and'}, {'start': '2000.960', 'end': '2004.320', 'text': 'you have to raise your hand and you'}, {'start': '2002.760', 'end': '2006.679', 'text': 'say that you are going to tell the truth, you'}, {'start': '2004.320', 'end': '2009.080', 'text': 'raise the truth and the whole truth and everything is'}, {'start': '2006.679', 'end': '2013.120', 'text': 'there.'}, {'start': '2009.080', 'end': '2014.519', 'text': 'Because?  Because our word sometimes'}, {'start': '2013.120', 'end': '2017.639', 'text': 'lacks'}, {'start': '2014.519', 'end': '2019.480', 'text': 'credibility,'}, {'start': '2017.639', 'end': '2022.399', 'text': 'sworn statements,'}, {'start': '2019.480', 'end': '2025.279', 'text': 'guarantees, deposits in the people, in'}, {'start': '2022.399', 'end': '2028.080', 'text': 'our neighborhoods.  You go to the'}, {'start': '2025.279', 'end': '2031.480', 'text': "pawn shop and you're not going to go to the"}, {'start': '2028.080', 'end': '2034.159', 'text': 'pawn shop and tell the guy, "'}, {'start': '2031.480', 'end': '2035.480', 'text': 'What are they called in English'}, {'start': '2034.159', 'end': '2038.919', 'text': 'here?"'}, {'start': '2035.480', 'end': '2040.360', 'text': 'Pound Shop Pawn Shops.  There it is.  Po Shop.'}, {'start': '2038.919', 'end': '2042.120', 'text': "You're not going to go to the pawn shop and"}, {'start': '2040.360', 'end': '2046.200', 'text': "tell the guy at the counter, '"}, {'start': '2042.120', 'end': '2048.119', 'text': "I have a big need there.'  My mom,"}, {'start': '2046.200', 'end': '2051.599', 'text': 'my son, whatever, is dying,'}, {'start': '2048.119', 'end': '2055.000', 'text': 'please.  Hey, I need $1,000.  Hey,'}, {'start': '2051.599', 'end': '2058.159', 'text': 'I want you to lend them to me'}, {'start': '2055.000', 'end': '2060.760', 'text': '.  This guy at the window goes,'}, {'start': '2058.159', 'end': '2063.919', 'text': 'he\'s going to say, "Okay, he\'s in great'}, {'start': '2060.760', 'end': '2065.399', 'text': 'need, here\'s the $1,000."  No,'}, {'start': '2063.919', 'end': '2069.280', 'text': 'what does'}, {'start': '2065.399', 'end': '2069.280', 'text': 'he expect?  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Because I may have a great'}, {'start': '2103.280', 'end': '2107.040', 'text': 'need, I may come to you and'}, {'start': '2105.240', 'end': '2108.480', 'text': 'I may cry and pour myself out'}, {'start': '2107.040', 'end': '2111.240', 'text': 'before'}, {'start': '2108.480', 'end': '2114.079', 'text': 'you, but then the'}, {'start': '2111.240', 'end': '2116.440', 'text': 'next day or the next hour all of that may'}, {'start': '2114.079', 'end': '2119.160', 'text': 'change.'}, {'start': '2116.440', 'end': '2121.800', 'text': "So that's why men need"}, {'start': '2119.160', 'end': '2126.280', 'text': 'sworn statements, guarantees,'}, {'start': '2121.800', 'end': '2129.480', 'text': 'deposits.  To what end?  In order to'}, {'start': '2126.280', 'end': '2133.119', 'text': 'ensure that what has been'}, {'start': '2129.480', 'end': '2137.880', 'text': 'promised to us is fulfilled to that'}, {'start': '2133.119', 'end': '2137.880', 'text': 'end.  The word of God.'}, {'start': '2138.960', 'end': '2145.680', 'text': "And that's what happens in a generation like"}, {'start': '2142.280', 'end': '2148.680', 'text': 'ours, so malignant and perverse in'}, {'start': '2145.680', 'end': '2150.680', 'text': 'which we live, that kind of distrust'}, {'start': '2148.680', 'end': '2153.480', 'text': 'is there and we, in fact, we'}, {'start': '2150.680', 'end': '2155.000', 'text': 'receive instruction about that.'}, {'start': '2153.480', 'end': '2157.599', 'text': 'What does the scripture say when someone'}, {'start': '2155.000', 'end': '2160.280', 'text': 'comes talking about these things, that we'}, {'start': '2157.599', 'end': '2162.200', 'text': 'look bad?'}, {'start': '2160.280', 'end': '2164.079', 'text': "And we've gotten into serious trouble"}, {'start': '2162.200', 'end': '2166.359', 'text': 'when we talk about someone'}, {'start': '2164.079', 'end': '2169.079', 'text': 'wanting to come and'}, {'start': '2166.359', 'end': '2170.920', 'text': 'use us'}, {'start': '2169.079', 'end': '2173.520', 'text': 'as'}, {'start': '2170.920', 'end': '2174.960', 'text': 'guarantors.  It is a great sin.  If you'}, {'start': '2173.520', 'end': '2177.640', 'text': 'say'}, {'start': '2174.960', 'end': '2180.000', 'text': 'no.  You turn on people, you make'}, {'start': '2177.640', 'end': '2182.040', 'text': 'enemies of people if you say'}, {'start': '2180.000', 'end': '2185.200', 'text': 'no.  But why would you say'}, {'start': '2182.040', 'end': '2187.000', 'text': 'no?  Because you will first let yourself be'}, {'start': '2185.200', 'end': '2189.400', 'text': 'guided by the word of God.  And the'}, {'start': '2187.000', 'end': '2191.760', 'text': 'word of God says, "Do not stand'}, {'start': '2189.400', 'end': '2194.560', 'text': 'surety for your brother, or he will'}, {'start': '2191.760', 'end': '2196.720', 'text': 'take your bed and you will be left sleeping on'}, {'start': '2194.560', 'end': '2196.720', 'text': 'the'}, {'start': '2196.880', 'end': '2203.560', 'text': 'floor."  Men change, we'}, {'start': '2200.280', 'end': '2205.520', 'text': "change.  God's promises are not"}, {'start': '2203.560', 'end': '2209.319', 'text': "like that, they do not change.  And that's why I've"}, {'start': '2205.520', 'end': '2211.400', 'text': 'come this far saying this.'}, {'start': '2209.319', 'end': '2213.400', 'text': 'We already read it in Second'}, {'start': '2211.400', 'end': '2215.800', 'text': 'Corinthians'}, {'start': '2213.400', 'end': '2217.760', 'text': '1:20, for all the promises of God'}, {'start': '2215.800', 'end': '2220.000', 'text': 'are in him.  Yes. Amen.  Through'}, {'start': '2217.760', 'end': '2222.160', 'text': 'us for the glory of God.  And'}, {'start': '2220.000', 'end': '2224.640', 'text': 'so for us to be'}, {'start': '2222.160', 'end': '2227.839', 'text': 'assured of all these blessings, of'}, {'start': '2224.640', 'end': '2231.000', 'text': 'all these promises, the word of God'}, {'start': '2227.839', 'end': '2235.079', 'text': 'must or should be sufficient for'}, {'start': '2231.000', 'end': '2237.200', 'text': 'us to believe in his promises.'}, {'start': '2235.079', 'end': '2240.079', 'text': 'He in his grace makes his promises more secure'}, {'start': '2237.200', 'end': '2244.560', 'text': 'and as a means of guaranteeing'}, {'start': '2240.079', 'end': '2247.400', 'text': 'his promises to those of us who have believed in'}, {'start': '2244.560', 'end': '2248.520', 'text': 'him, to those of us who have believed'}, {'start': '2247.400', 'end': '2250.839', 'text': 'in'}, {'start': '2248.520', 'end': '2254.040', 'text': 'Jesus Christ.  Look at the'}, {'start': '2250.839', 'end': '2258.400', 'text': 'promise, what a promise you and'}, {'start': '2254.040', 'end': '2260.920', 'text': 'I have been given.  We have been sealed with'}, {'start': '2258.400', 'end': '2262.200', 'text': 'the Holy Spirit, as if the word were not'}, {'start': '2262.200', 'end': '2268.079', 'text': 'enough.  The Lord came and'}, {'start': '2264.920', 'end': '2271.960', 'text': 'sealed us with his spirit.'}, {'start': '2268.079', 'end': '2271.960', 'text': 'The apostle Paul says in verse'}, {'start': '2277.760', 'end': '2283.839', 'text': '13, in him you, having heard the'}, {'start': '2280.520', 'end': '2286.520', 'text': 'word of truth, three elements here'}, {'start': '2283.839', 'end': '2289.240', 'text': "that I don't know if we're going to be able to cover."}, {'start': '2286.520', 'end': '2292.280', 'text': 'In him you also, having heard the'}, {'start': '2289.240', 'end': '2295.040', 'text': 'word of truth, the first, the'}, {'start': '2292.280', 'end': '2298.079', 'text': 'gospel of your salvation, the second'}, {'start': '2295.040', 'end': '2299.440', 'text': ', and having'}, {'start': '2298.079', 'end': '2302.560', 'text': 'believed in'}, {'start': '2299.440', 'end': '2306.440', 'text': 'him, were sealed with the'}, {'start': '2302.560', 'end': '2310.440', 'text': 'Holy Spirit of promise.  Look,'}, {'start': '2306.440', 'end': '2313.599', 'text': 'look, this is like God, okay, if my'}, {'start': '2310.440', 'end': '2316.160', 'text': 'word is not enough, okay, then'}, {'start': '2313.599', 'end': '2319.240', 'text': "I'm going to seal it with my spirit, I'm going to"}, {'start': '2316.160', 'end': '2321.680', 'text': 'leave it imprinted there.  And when the apostle'}, {'start': '2319.240', 'end': '2325.119', 'text': 'Paul had in'}, {'start': '2321.680', 'end': '2325.119', 'text': 'mind that'}, {'start': '2326.240', 'end': '2333.400', 'text': 'seal, the seal that Paul speaks of here'}, {'start': '2329.520', 'end': '2336.160', 'text': 'refers to an official'}, {'start': '2333.400', 'end': '2339.280', 'text': 'identifying mark that was placed on a'}, {'start': '2336.160', 'end': '2341.480', 'text': 'letter or a contract or some other'}, {'start': '2341.480', 'end': '2347.520', 'text': 'important document.  This seal was usually'}, {'start': '2344.040', 'end': '2349.880', 'text': 'made of hot wax, that is, speaking,'}, {'start': '2347.520', 'end': '2352.160', 'text': 'we want to see what it is that how that, that'}, {'start': '2349.880', 'end': '2354.640', 'text': 'is, what seal is Paul saying or what'}, {'start': '2352.160', 'end': '2357.319', 'text': 'this seal had in mind.  It was'}, {'start': '2354.640', 'end': '2360.240', 'text': 'usually done with hot wax that was'}, {'start': '2357.319', 'end': '2362.319', 'text': 'placed on a document and then'}, {'start': '2362.319', 'end': '2368.520', 'text': 'stamped with an official ring, with'}, {'start': '2366.680', 'end': '2369.880', 'text': 'that of the authority.'}, {'start': '2368.520', 'end': '2372.079', 'text': 'For example, do you remember when'}, {'start': '2369.880', 'end': '2374.160', 'text': 'those men were put in the'}, {'start': '2372.079', 'end': '2377.079', 'text': "lion's den, what happened?  The king goes and"}, {'start': '2374.160', 'end': '2379.000', 'text': 'puts his seal there and they come to him and'}, {'start': '2377.079', 'end': '2382.000', 'text': 'say, "No, have mercy on them."'}, {'start': '2379.000', 'end': '2384.680', 'text': "And what does it say?  No, you can't.  That seal"}, {'start': '2382.000', 'end': '2388.040', 'text': 'cannot be broken.  The law must be'}, {'start': '2384.680', 'end': '2389.040', 'text': 'complied with, it must be carried out, and in'}, {'start': '2388.040', 'end': '2392.040', 'text': 'that'}, {'start': '2389.040', 'end': '2394.599', 'text': 'sense, in that way, then that'}, {'start': '2392.040', 'end': '2397.200', 'text': 'document was'}, {'start': '2394.599', 'end': '2399.440', 'text': 'legally identified with the authority of the'}, {'start': '2397.200', 'end': '2402.000', 'text': 'person to whom the stamp belonged.'}, {'start': '2399.440', 'end': '2404.440', 'text': 'There it is.  And from and to whom does the'}, {'start': '2402.000', 'end': '2406.720', 'text': 'image of the Holy Spirit belong in your life and'}, {'start': '2404.440', 'end': '2410.720', 'text': 'in mine.  It is not of the'}, {'start': '2406.720', 'end': '2414.119', 'text': 'triune God.  Is it not of the'}, {'start': '2410.720', 'end': '2417.400', 'text': "triune God?  That's the idea behind the phrase"}, {'start': '2414.119', 'end': '2420.200', 'text': 'that you were sealed, that we were sealed'}, {'start': '2417.400', 'end': '2422.839', 'text': 'with the earnest of the'}, {'start': '2420.200', 'end': '2424.680', 'text': 'spirit.  And that is a'}, {'start': '2422.839', 'end': '2426.240', 'text': 'non-negotiable reality.'}, {'start': '2424.680', 'end': '2429.400', 'text': 'But it is also important that'}, {'start': '2426.240', 'end': '2432.000', 'text': 'we analyze the following.  When we'}, {'start': '2429.400', 'end': '2436.079', 'text': 'have the earnest of the Spirit and have become the'}, {'start': '2432.000', 'end': '2438.319', 'text': 'temple and'}, {'start': '2436.079', 'end': '2441.359', 'text': 'dwelling place of the'}, {'start': '2438.319', 'end': '2443.560', 'text': 'Holy Spirit, let us look at two things that are'}, {'start': '2441.359', 'end': '2446.560', 'text': 'emphasized here, which are always'}, {'start': '2443.560', 'end': '2448.680', 'text': 'found together in the Scriptures, the'}, {'start': '2446.560', 'end': '2451.599', 'text': 'word and the spirit.  Lord,'}, {'start': '2448.680', 'end': '2454.440', 'text': 'sanctify them in your truth.  Your word is'}, {'start': '2451.599', 'end': '2457.400', 'text': 'true.'}, {'start': '2454.440', 'end': '2460.079', 'text': 'Both are absolutely essential, the'}, {'start': '2457.400', 'end': '2463.160', 'text': 'word and the spirit.  There is no'}, {'start': '2460.079', 'end': '2465.280', 'text': 'salvation without both.  These are the'}, {'start': '2463.160', 'end': '2468.319', 'text': 'instruments through which'}, {'start': '2465.280', 'end': '2469.960', 'text': 'God carries out his'}, {'start': '2468.319', 'end': '2474.079', 'text': 'work.   It'}, {'start': '2469.960', 'end': '2477.200', 'text': 'is always a mistake to emphasize one to the'}, {'start': '2474.079', 'end': '2479.520', 'text': 'exclusion of the other.'}, {'start': '2477.200', 'end': '2482.720', 'text': 'There are groups today that are doing'}, {'start': '2479.520', 'end': '2485.839', 'text': 'this.  Some say, "We don\'t need the'}, {'start': '2482.720', 'end': '2485.839', 'text': 'word,'}, {'start': '2488.079', 'end': '2494.280', 'text': 'the inner guidance of the'}, {'start': '2491.079', 'end': '2494.280', 'text': 'spirit that we'}, {'start': '2494.720', 'end': '2500.400', 'text': 'have is enough. All we need is the'}, {'start': '2497.359', 'end': '2503.319', 'text': 'inner guidance. All we need'}, {'start': '2500.400', 'end': '2507.640', 'text': 'is to simply trust our'}, {'start': '2503.319', 'end': '2507.640', 'text': 'heart, our feelings.'}, {'start': '2508.640', 'end': '2515.079', 'text': 'Anyway, God is spirit and'}, {'start': '2511.920', 'end': '2518.119', 'text': 'lives within us and He will'}, {'start': '2515.079', 'end': '2520.880', 'text': "guide us. But that's a great danger,"}, {'start': '2518.119', 'end': '2523.400', 'text': "brother. That's a great danger to let ourselves be"}, {'start': '2520.880', 'end': '2527.480', 'text': 'guided by what we feel or by what we'}, {'start': '2523.400', 'end': '2531.520', 'text': 'say we are.'}, {'start': '2527.480', 'end': '2534.560', 'text': 'When a group does that, it results in'}, {'start': '2531.520', 'end': '2536.880', 'text': 'individualism. 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We'}, {'start': '2558.680', 'end': '2563.920', 'text': 'cannot let ourselves be guided, I mean, or or'}, {'start': '2561.880', 'end': '2565.720', 'text': 'say, obviously if we do it'}, {'start': '2563.920', 'end': '2568.240', 'text': 'in the true context, with the'}, {'start': '2565.720', 'end': '2570.720', 'text': 'true sense, that we are guided by'}, {'start': '2568.240', 'end': '2573.599', 'text': 'the spirit, but also without leaving'}, {'start': '2570.720', 'end': '2576.079', 'text': 'aside divine inspiration, the word'}, {'start': '2573.599', 'end': '2578.480', 'text': "of God, we're fine.  But the one who"}, {'start': '2576.079', 'end': '2580.720', 'text': 'only lets himself be guided by the spirit and'}, {'start': '2578.480', 'end': '2582.359', 'text': "does things that we don't find in the"}, {'start': '2580.720', 'end': '2585.119', 'text': 'scripture and lets himself be guided by his'}, {'start': '2582.359', 'end': '2586.880', 'text': 'own hunches and someone comes'}, {'start': '2585.119', 'end': '2588.400', 'text': 'to me and says, "God told me to'}, {'start': '2586.880', 'end': '2590.680', 'text': 'tell you."  So let\'s open the Bible and'}, {'start': '2588.400', 'end': '2594.359', 'text': 'what did you read that made God'}, {'start': '2590.680', 'end': '2596.920', 'text': 'say something to you and you said it to'}, {'start': '2594.359', 'end': '2598.359', 'text': "me?  Because if it doesn't have chapter and"}, {'start': '2596.920', 'end': '2600.359', 'text': 'verse, as we have said'}, {'start': '2598.359', 'end': '2604.800', 'text': 'before,'}, {'start': '2600.359', 'end': '2604.800', 'text': 'doubt it.  Doubt it, ask yourself,'}, {'start': '2606.440', 'end': '2612.520', 'text': 'question it.  What results is when'}, {'start': '2609.960', 'end': '2615.800', 'text': 'everyone is led by others or some are led by others'}, {'start': '2612.520', 'end': '2618.280', 'text': ', and that is why it results in total'}, {'start': '2615.800', 'end': '2620.800', 'text': 'confusion.  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They have'}, {'start': '2662.280', 'end': '2665.160', 'text': 'become'}, {'start': '2668.839', 'end': '2675.200', 'text': 'more intellectual now with what'}, {'start': '2671.559', 'end': '2677.880', 'text': 'we have around us that is'}, {'start': '2675.200', 'end': '2680.119', 'text': 'fashionable, the fact of mentioning that we are'}, {'start': '2677.880', 'end': '2682.160', 'text': 'reformed or that someone is reformed,'}, {'start': '2680.119', 'end': '2684.400', 'text': 'everything matters what the Bible says and'}, {'start': '2682.160', 'end': '2687.480', 'text': 'everything that matters.  And it is true, we'}, {'start': '2684.400', 'end': '2690.599', 'text': 'cannot separate and divorce the spirit'}, {'start': '2687.480', 'end': '2690.599', 'text': 'from the word.'}, {'start': '2691.160', 'end': '2697.839', 'text': 'But there is no longer in us or in'}, {'start': '2694.559', 'end': '2701.160', 'text': 'men who let themselves be guided or believe'}, {'start': '2697.839', 'end': '2704.079', 'text': 'that it is only the word and and see'}, {'start': '2701.160', 'end': '2706.680', 'text': 'everything else as wrong.  If you see a brother'}, {'start': '2704.079', 'end': '2709.599', 'text': 'come to a church and that brother'}, {'start': '2706.680', 'end': '2712.160', 'text': 'acknowledges his bankruptcy and acknowledges that he has'}, {'start': '2709.599', 'end': '2714.680', 'text': 'sinned and acknowledges his need for Christ'}, {'start': '2712.160', 'end': '2717.200', 'text': 'and you see him weeping and you see him on his'}, {'start': '2714.680', 'end': '2718.960', 'text': 'knees and you see that he is broken,'}, {'start': '2717.200', 'end': '2720.960', 'text': 'what happens in the mind of the intellectual and'}, {'start': '2718.960', 'end': '2724.400', 'text': 'of the one who only lets himself be guided by'}, {'start': '2720.960', 'end': '2726.920', 'text': 'the word?  This poor thing, look'}, {'start': '2724.400', 'end': '2728.800', 'text': 'at him.  So we have lost all'}, {'start': '2726.920', 'end': '2731.839', 'text': 'sensitivity.'}, {'start': '2728.800', 'end': '2734.480', 'text': 'Now these men are'}, {'start': '2731.839', 'end': '2736.720', 'text': 'more concerned with mentioning what Luther said, they are'}, {'start': '2734.480', 'end': '2738.800', 'text': 'more concerned with mentioning what'}, {'start': '2736.720', 'end': '2741.480', 'text': 'Calvin said, with mentioning what'}, {'start': '2738.800', 'end': '2744.040', 'text': 'Spuron said and they forget what'}, {'start': '2741.480', 'end': '2745.800', 'text': 'God actually says in his word.  They'}, {'start': '2744.040', 'end': '2748.400', 'text': 'mock, as I said, the little brother who'}, {'start': '2745.800', 'end': '2751.040', 'text': 'sheds tears before God when he'}, {'start': '2748.400', 'end': '2752.920', 'text': 'recognizes his need and acknowledges his'}, {'start': '2751.040', 'end': '2755.960', 'text': 'weakness.   We'}, {'start': '2752.920', 'end': '2758.079', 'text': 'cannot become insensitive.'}, {'start': '2755.960', 'end': '2760.160', 'text': 'Then these groups come and'}, {'start': '2758.079', 'end': '2762.680', 'text': 'become sterile,'}, {'start': '2760.160', 'end': '2766.160', 'text': "boring, lifeless groups.  That's what"}, {'start': '2762.680', 'end': '2769.160', 'text': 'happens when you try to adhere to the'}, {'start': '2766.160', 'end': '2771.720', 'text': 'word without the spirit.  We'}, {'start': '2769.160', 'end': '2774.559', 'text': 'cannot come and we cannot read the'}, {'start': '2771.720', 'end': '2776.720', 'text': 'word without the illumination of the spirit.'}, {'start': '2774.559', 'end': '2779.319', 'text': 'And I cannot come here without asking the'}, {'start': '2776.720', 'end': '2781.319', 'text': 'Spirit to guide my words, to guide'}, {'start': '2779.319', 'end': '2784.000', 'text': 'my life, and to guide you to'}, {'start': '2781.319', 'end': '2786.240', 'text': "hear this word.  We can't come"}, {'start': '2784.000', 'end': '2786.240', 'text': 'without'}, {'start': '2788.960', 'end': '2796.680', 'text': 'that.  They result in'}, {'start': '2792.200', 'end': '2799.359', 'text': 'dry, mechanical cults and people go'}, {'start': '2796.680', 'end': '2801.319', 'text': 'home'}, {'start': '2799.359', 'end': '2804.960', 'text': 'lifeless and'}, {'start': '2801.319', 'end': '2806.800', 'text': 'dry.  There is no motivation.   There'}, {'start': '2804.960', 'end': '2809.359', 'text': 'is no hunger, no'}, {'start': '2806.800', 'end': '2812.280', 'text': 'satisfaction, no love, no'}, {'start': '2809.359', 'end': '2815.000', 'text': 'warmth, no joy, no life, no'}, {'start': '2812.280', 'end': '2818.520', 'text': 'sensitivity.  But in the scriptures'}, {'start': '2815.000', 'end': '2823.240', 'text': 'we always find both of these'}, {'start': '2818.520', 'end': '2823.240', 'text': 'elements together, the word and the'}, {'start': '2823.839', 'end': '2829.160', 'text': 'spirit.  The word and the spirit.'}, {'start': '2829.280', 'end': '2834.240', 'text': 'The word is interpreted by the'}, {'start': '2831.359', 'end': '2838.000', 'text': 'Holy Spirit and the word becomes'}, {'start': '2834.240', 'end': '2838.000', 'text': 'fresh and comes'}, {'start': '2838.319', 'end': '2847.440', 'text': 'alive in the Holy Spirit to make'}, {'start': '2843.440', 'end': '2850.720', 'text': 'Jesus Christ come out of these pages.  It is the'}, {'start': '2847.440', 'end': '2854.599', 'text': 'spirit that makes his word come'}, {'start': '2850.720', 'end': '2854.599', 'text': 'alive from these pages.   We'}, {'start': '2854.839', 'end': '2859.160', 'text': 'should never come to the Bible'}, {'start': '2856.599', 'end': '2862.079', 'text': 'without asking the Holy Spirit to take'}, {'start': '2859.160', 'end': '2865.000', 'text': 'these words and give them life, to give'}, {'start': '2862.079', 'end': '2867.880', 'text': 'us life.  It is the work of the'}, {'start': '2865.000', 'end': '2870.400', 'text': 'Holy Spirit to do'}, {'start': '2867.880', 'end': '2873.760', 'text': "this.  That's"}, {'start': '2870.400', 'end': '2876.000', 'text': 'why we see when we approach'}, {'start': '2873.760', 'end': '2878.800', 'text': 'only with what the Spirit says,'}, {'start': '2876.000', 'end': '2880.839', 'text': "without what the Word says.  That's why"}, {'start': '2878.800', 'end': '2884.640', 'text': 'we see uncommitted Christians'}, {'start': '2880.839', 'end': '2886.160', 'text': 'in their local church.'}, {'start': '2884.640', 'end': '2891.319', 'text': 'No, I have the spirit, I am a'}, {'start': '2886.160', 'end': '2893.400', 'text': 'Christian and I can be absent from church for one, two,'}, {'start': '2891.319', 'end': '2896.240', 'text': 'three months, one or two Sundays'}, {'start': '2893.400', 'end': '2896.240', 'text': 'and nothing happens'}, {'start': '2898.119', 'end': '2902.640', 'text': '.  When we'}, {'start': '2900.319', 'end': '2905.119', 'text': 'sing we'}, {'start': '2902.640', 'end': '2907.920', 'text': 'also'}, {'start': '2905.119', 'end': '2911.839', 'text': 'have or there must be the Bible when'}, {'start': '2907.920', 'end': '2915.160', 'text': 'we sing.  What do we sing?   We'}, {'start': '2911.839', 'end': '2915.160', 'text': 'cannot sing mere'}, {'start': '2915.760', 'end': '2920.920', 'text': 'sentimentality.  We should not'}, {'start': '2918.280', 'end': '2924.680', 'text': 'sing as if the dead can hear us.  Have you'}, {'start': '2920.920', 'end': '2927.760', 'text': 'heard songs that speak to a song'}, {'start': '2924.680', 'end': '2929.799', 'text': 'that was talked about a lot that says, "I will'}, {'start': '2927.760', 'end': '2931.559', 'text': 'wait for you, be sure of it," from a'}, {'start': '2929.799', 'end': '2933.559', 'text': 'group called Tercer Cielo,'}, {'start': '2931.559', 'end': '2935.680', 'text': 'singing to a dead person, someone who'}, {'start': '2933.559', 'end': '2936.960', 'text': 'had died. I will wait for you, be'}, {'start': '2935.680', 'end': '2942.319', 'text': 'sure of it.'}, {'start': '2936.960', 'end': '2942.319', 'text': 'How in our right mind can we do'}, {'start': '2944.319', 'end': '2948.079', 'text': 'that? And why do we say that there has to be'}, {'start': '2948.079', 'end': '2952.440', 'text': 'sensitivity? Why do we say'}, {'start': '2950.119', 'end': '2954.240', 'text': 'no, that we have to be guided by'}, {'start': '2952.440', 'end': '2957.000', 'text': 'the spirit? The word is important,'}, {'start': '2954.240', 'end': '2959.000', 'text': 'the spirit is important. They are'}, {'start': '2957.000', 'end': '2961.119', 'text': 'indivor elements, that is, they cannot be'}, {'start': '2959.000', 'end': '2964.359', 'text': 'divorced. Do you remember'}, {'start': '2961.119', 'end': '2965.880', 'text': 'that story when they are on the road to'}, {'start': '2964.359', 'end': '2968.359', 'text': 'Emmau? The Lord appeared to two of his'}, {'start': '2965.880', 'end': '2969.280', 'text': 'disciples in chapter 24'}, {'start': '2968.359', 'end': '2972.079', 'text': 'of'}, {'start': '2969.280', 'end': '2975.040', 'text': 'Luke and he goes, he stands next to them'}, {'start': '2972.079', 'end': '2977.960', 'text': 'and walks with them. They are not'}, {'start': '2975.040', 'end': '2980.480', 'text': 'recognizing that it is him and he does and the Lord'}, {'start': '2977.960', 'end': '2982.079', 'text': 'pretends, that is, he pretends that'}, {'start': '2980.480', 'end': '2984.559', 'text': 'he is going to continue on his way and they,'}, {'start': '2982.079', 'end': '2987.839', 'text': 'what does he say? They force him to stay and'}, {'start': '2984.559', 'end': '2990.400', 'text': 'once he is in their house he says that the Lord has come to'}, {'start': '2987.839', 'end': '2991.799', 'text': 'him  revealed, "I am the one'}, {'start': '2990.400', 'end': '2994.520', 'text': 'you are talking about." And what does it'}, {'start': '2991.799', 'end': '2997.359', 'text': 'say in verse 24, verse 7'}, {'start': '2994.520', 'end': '3000.119', 'text': 'to 32?  They say, these'}, {'start': '2997.359', 'end': '3002.920', 'text': 'disciples say, "Did not our'}, {'start': '3000.119', 'end': '3004.839', 'text': 'hearts burn within us while he talked on'}, {'start': '3002.920', 'end': '3007.400', 'text': 'the road and while he opened the'}, {'start': '3004.839', 'end': '3009.640', 'text': 'Scriptures to us?"  There\'s a feeling there,'}, {'start': '3007.400', 'end': '3011.920', 'text': 'but also what he was telling us'}, {'start': '3009.640', 'end': '3015.280', 'text': 'about the Scriptures.  And he says that from the'}, {'start': '3011.920', 'end': '3019.359', 'text': 'time of Moses and the prophets he'}, {'start': '3015.280', 'end': '3021.799', 'text': 'explained to them all things concerning'}, {'start': '3019.359', 'end': '3024.880', 'text': 'himself.  And later recounting the experience, they'}, {'start': '3021.799', 'end': '3027.000', 'text': 'said, "Did not our'}, {'start': '3024.880', 'end': '3028.079', 'text': 'hearts burn within us while we talked on'}, {'start': '3027.000', 'end': '3030.799', 'text': 'the'}, {'start': '3028.079', 'end': '3032.559', 'text': 'road?"  There it is.  We can\'t get a divorce.'}, {'start': '3030.799', 'end': '3034.480', 'text': 'I can\'t say, "I am a great'}, {'start': '3032.559', 'end': '3037.720', 'text': 'intellectual."  The Bible is here.  And'}, {'start': '3034.480', 'end': '3041.280', 'text': 'if anyone wants to come there and'}, {'start': '3037.720', 'end': '3044.520', 'text': 'cry and raise their hands,'}, {'start': '3041.280', 'end': '3047.400', 'text': 'brothers, all that has been lost'}, {'start': '3044.520', 'end': '3050.040', 'text': '.  The fact of'}, {'start': '3047.400', 'end': '3053.520', 'text': 'coming has been lost and we, uh,'}, {'start': '3050.040', 'end': '3059.440', 'text': "uh, I'm not saying that we bring a"}, {'start': '3053.520', 'end': '3059.440', 'text': 'strange fire here, but we have become'}, {'start': '3060.599', 'end': '3064.359', 'text': 'insensitive.  we have become'}, {'start': '3065.119', 'end': '3071.319', 'text': 'insensitive.  These'}, {'start': '3068.799', 'end': '3075.119', 'text': 'things are inseparable.'}, {'start': '3071.319', 'end': '3077.559', 'text': 'How do you know what is right?  How do'}, {'start': '3075.119', 'end': '3081.640', 'text': 'you know that what I'}, {'start': '3077.559', 'end': '3081.640', 'text': "'m saying is correct?"}, {'start': '3082.839', 'end': '3088.400', 'text': 'Alright?  Or how do you'}, {'start': '3085.200', 'end': '3091.720', 'text': 'know that what you are hearing is not'}, {'start': '3088.400', 'end': '3094.280', 'text': 'the voice of Satan or the enemy?'}, {'start': '3091.720', 'end': '3096.839', 'text': 'cleverly disguised and hidden'}, {'start': '3094.280', 'end': '3099.400', 'text': 'as if it were the voice of God, sounding'}, {'start': '3096.839', 'end': '3101.799', 'text': 'as if it were about to offer a blessing.'}, {'start': '3099.400', 'end': '3101.799', 'text': 'How do you'}, {'start': '3103.680', 'end': '3108.920', 'text': 'know?  How do you know that what I'}, {'start': '3106.440', 'end': '3112.920', 'text': 'am saying is something you should listen to and'}, {'start': '3108.920', 'end': '3114.480', 'text': 'pay attention to as the'}, {'start': '3112.920', 'end': '3115.799', 'text': 'word of God, not the word of'}, {'start': '3114.480', 'end': '3118.040', 'text': 'man?'}, {'start': '3115.799', 'end': '3120.240', 'text': 'Or how do you know that what I'}, {'start': '3118.040', 'end': '3121.960', 'text': "'m saying is a pure lie and"}, {'start': '3120.240', 'end': '3125.799', 'text': "I'm just disguised as a"}, {'start': '3121.960', 'end': '3125.799', 'text': 'messenger of Satan.  How do you'}, {'start': '3125.920', 'end': '3131.240', 'text': 'know?  How can you tell the'}, {'start': '3133.119', 'end': '3137.400', 'text': "difference?  It's just by the word,"}, {'start': '3135.160', 'end': '3140.520', 'text': 'brothers.  Just by the word.  It is the'}, {'start': '3137.400', 'end': '3144.319', 'text': 'word that identifies the'}, {'start': '3140.520', 'end': '3146.520', 'text': 'Holy Spirit and all false spirits are'}, {'start': '3144.319', 'end': '3148.720', 'text': 'detected by the'}, {'start': '3146.520', 'end': '3150.520', 'text': 'word.  So, to'}, {'start': '3148.720', 'end': '3154.359', 'text': 'conclude, the'}, {'start': '3150.520', 'end': '3156.240', 'text': 'word is the filter through which everything'}, {'start': '3154.359', 'end': '3160.119', 'text': 'must be'}, {'start': '3156.240', 'end': '3164.960', 'text': 'examined.  It is the word through which'}, {'start': '3160.119', 'end': '3164.960', 'text': 'everything I hear I have to filter.'}, {'start': '3165.640', 'end': '3170.280', 'text': 'The word is the'}, {'start': '3168.440', 'end': '3173.119', 'text': 'filter,'}, {'start': '3170.280', 'end': '3176.160', 'text': 'lest by believing something wrong,'}, {'start': '3173.119', 'end': '3178.920', 'text': 'someone goes on the road to perdition.'}, {'start': '3176.160', 'end': '3182.520', 'text': 'We have to filter it with the word,'}, {'start': '3178.920', 'end': '3184.520', 'text': 'having been sealed with the spirit.'}, {'start': '3182.520', 'end': '3187.160', 'text': 'So we must have the word'}, {'start': '3184.520', 'end': '3189.720', 'text': 'and the spirit together, have that balance, that'}, {'start': '3187.160', 'end': '3192.200', 'text': 'sanity in our Christian lives.  And'}, {'start': '3189.720', 'end': '3195.359', 'text': 'in examining these'}, {'start': '3192.200', 'end': '3198.480', 'text': 'passages, as I said, we can'}, {'start': '3195.359', 'end': '3201.319', 'text': 'notice three things that the apostle says'}, {'start': '3198.480', 'end': '3206.200', 'text': 'are normative for Christians.  Every'}, {'start': '3201.319', 'end': '3208.960', 'text': 'Christian who reads this letter can'}, {'start': '3206.200', 'end': '3211.400', 'text': 'expect to have his or her own experience with'}, {'start': '3208.960', 'end': '3214.319', 'text': 'these three fundamental things.'}, {'start': '3211.400', 'end': '3217.680', 'text': "The first one, to finish, I'm just going to"}, {'start': '3214.319', 'end': '3219.880', 'text': 'leave it there.  The first is in verse'}, {'start': '3217.680', 'end': '3222.400', 'text': '13.'}, {'start': '3219.880', 'end': '3225.559', 'text': 'you were sealed with the Holy Spirit'}, {'start': '3222.400', 'end': '3228.119', 'text': 'of promise.  Sorry, the first is'}, {'start': '3225.559', 'end': '3232.040', 'text': 'having heard the word of'}, {'start': '3228.119', 'end': '3235.359', 'text': 'truth, the second having believed in'}, {'start': '3232.040', 'end': '3237.359', 'text': 'him, that is, in Christ, and the third,'}, {'start': '3235.359', 'end': '3240.079', 'text': 'you were sealed with the Holy Spirit'}, {'start': '3237.359', 'end': '3241.760', 'text': 'of promise.  These three things are'}, {'start': '3241.760', 'end': '3246.240', 'text': 'essential experiences.  If you have come to know'}, {'start': '3244.720', 'end': '3249.359', 'text': 'Christ, you are'}, {'start': '3246.240', 'end': '3255.040', 'text': "there.  I'm there.   I"}, {'start': '3249.359', 'end': '3259.760', 'text': 'heard someone say a few'}, {'start': '3255.040', 'end': '3259.760', 'text': 'weeks ago that he regularly goes to'}, {'start': '3260.640', 'end': '3266.839', 'text': 'church and that when it comes to praying,'}, {'start': '3263.960', 'end': '3270.040', 'text': 'talking about work, and'}, {'start': '3266.839', 'end': '3272.280', 'text': "everything that's coming up in the"}, {'start': '3270.040', 'end': '3274.799', 'text': 'future, everything is'}, {'start': '3272.280', 'end': '3278.079', 'text': 'guaranteed.  But my question is, and since'}, {'start': '3274.799', 'end': '3282.839', 'text': 'we are very easy to'}, {'start': '3278.079', 'end': '3285.200', 'text': 'think and meditate and and and and to'}, {'start': '3282.839', 'end': '3288.559', 'text': 'draw a'}, {'start': '3285.200', 'end': '3292.440', 'text': 'conclusion in my mind, I said, "But'}, {'start': '3288.559', 'end': '3292.440', 'text': "if you don't even"}, {'start': '3293.880', 'end': '3299.400', 'text': "attend church, but you don't even have"}, {'start': '3296.319', 'end': '3303.119', 'text': 'responsibility or have an awareness'}, {'start': '3299.400', 'end': '3305.680', 'text': 'of what your church is.'}, {'start': '3303.119', 'end': '3307.839', 'text': 'Second, I asked him, "Do you know when they'}, {'start': '3305.680', 'end': '3310.799', 'text': 'clean the church?  You know when they'}, {'start': '3307.839', 'end': '3310.799', 'text': 'clean up at your'}, {'start': '3311.040', 'end': '3315.119', 'text': 'church.  Do you know when'}, {'start': '3313.200', 'end': '3318.040', 'text': 'your church is cleaned?  Have you already told your'}, {'start': '3315.119', 'end': '3320.720', 'text': 'brothers how they'}, {'start': '3318.040', 'end': '3323.240', 'text': "are?  It's not that we are Christians"}, {'start': '3320.720', 'end': '3325.720', 'text': 'because we say we are'}, {'start': '3323.240', 'end': '3327.720', 'text': '.  In the word of God we'}, {'start': '3325.720', 'end': '3331.920', 'text': 'find everything we need for'}, {'start': '3327.720', 'end': '3334.039', 'text': 'life and godliness.'}, {'start': '3331.920', 'end': '3336.200', 'text': "May the Lord help us, brothers.  Let's"}, {'start': '3341.240', 'end': '3344.400', 'text': 'pray.'}, {'start': '3347.960', 'end': '3351.280', 'text': 'We bless you,'}, {'start': '3352.240', 'end': '3357.240', 'text': 'heavenly Father, for you are'}, {'start': '3355.119', 'end': '3360.240', 'text': 'good, for your'}, {'start': '3357.240', 'end': '3360.240', 'text': 'loving-kindness is everlasting.'}, {'start': '3363.880', 'end': '3367.839', 'text': 'May your name be exalted in this'}, {'start': '3369.480', 'end': '3376.280', 'text': 'meeting, may we be moved, Lord, to'}, {'start': '3373.599', 'end': '3378.079', 'text': 'obedience to those who are already believers,'}, {'start': '3376.280', 'end': '3381.440', 'text': 'who belong to your family, who have been'}, {'start': '3378.079', 'end': '3385.400', 'text': 'sealed by the seal of your spirit'}, {'start': '3381.440', 'end': '3385.400', 'text': '.'}, {'start': '3387.359', 'end': '3391.359', 'text': 'Guide us to obedience and also,'}, {'start': '3389.160', 'end': '3395.319', 'text': 'Lord, for those among us who do not know you'}, {'start': '3391.359', 'end': '3401.319', 'text': '.  Guide him to repentance, for'}, {'start': '3395.319', 'end': '3401.319', 'text': 'without faith it is impossible to please God.'}, {'start': '3403.240', 'end': '3408.880', 'text': 'May your Holy Spirit guide us and'}, {'start': '3406.359', 'end': '3413.039', 'text': 'make us see through your word'}, {'start': '3408.880', 'end': '3413.039', 'text': 'the need we have for'}, {'start': '3413.799', 'end': '3422.799', 'text': 'you.  Do not allow,'}, {'start': '3418.000', 'end': '3427.720', 'text': 'Lord, that we do not think about where we'}, {'start': '3422.799', 'end': '3431.079', 'text': 'are in our spiritual condition.'}, {'start': '3427.720', 'end': '3435.039', 'text': 'Allow, Lord, that your Holy Spirit may'}, {'start': '3431.079', 'end': '3437.839', 'text': 'bring life, may bring'}, {'start': '3435.039', 'end': '3440.000', 'text': 'initiative so that those who are'}, {'start': '3437.839', 'end': '3443.319', 'text': 'spiritually blind may see'}, {'start': '3440.000', 'end': '3448.240', 'text': 'you and may come to repentance and'}, {'start': '3443.319', 'end': '3448.240', 'text': 'faith for the salvation of their souls.'}, {'start': '3448.799', 'end': '3454.079', 'text': 'Bring life,'}, {'start': '3451.240', 'end': '3458.920', 'text': "Lord.  It's not"}, {'start': '3454.079', 'end': '3458.920', 'text': 'about what I say I am.  It is'}, {'start': '3459.160', 'end': '3466.799', 'text': 'about what your word asks, demands'}, {'start': '3463.119', 'end': '3470.119', 'text': 'of us, and is displayed through'}, {'start': '3466.799', 'end': '3470.119', 'text': 'us.  Our'}, {'start': '3470.640', 'end': '3478.319', 'text': 'obedience brings life,'}, {'start': '3474.319', 'end': '3478.319', 'text': 'Lord.  Guide us.   Do'}, {'start': '3479.039', 'end': '3484.520', 'text': 'not allow, Lord, that the message of the'}, {'start': '3480.960', 'end': '3487.640', 'text': 'gospel be softened so as not to please'}, {'start': '3484.520', 'end': '3487.640', 'text': 'or displease'}, {'start': '3488.599', 'end': '3494.039', 'text': 'people.  Nor, Lord, allow'}, {'start': '3492.160', 'end': '3497.960', 'text': 'us to speak from our own'}, {'start': '3494.039', 'end': '3501.280', 'text': 'hearts and that may hurt someone.   It'}, {'start': '3497.960', 'end': '3505.000', 'text': 'is your word, Lord, that we have'}, {'start': '3501.280', 'end': '3507.680', 'text': 'set forth, and that word, Lord, is living and'}, {'start': '3505.000', 'end': '3510.640', 'text': 'active, sharper than any'}, {'start': '3507.680', 'end': '3513.839', 'text': 'two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing of'}, {'start': '3510.640', 'end': '3515.720', 'text': 'soul and spirit, penetrating even to'}, {'start': '3513.839', 'end': '3518.559', 'text': 'the'}, {'start': '3515.720', 'end': '3520.680', 'text': 'marrow, discerning intentions and'}, {'start': '3520.680', 'end': '3525.720', 'text': 'thoughts.  So,'}, {'start': '3522.760', 'end': '3526.680', 'text': 'Lord, be you and not us.  How good'}, {'start': '3525.720', 'end': '3528.799', 'text': 'that'}, {'start': '3526.680', 'end': '3530.680', 'text': 'salvation depends on you and not on'}, {'start': '3528.799', 'end': '3534.520', 'text': 'us.  How good that'}, {'start': '3530.680', 'end': '3534.520', 'text': 'salvation is yours and not'}, {'start': '3535.119', 'end': '3540.160', 'text': 'ours.  May we be gathered here together on Friday, Lord, and may'}, {'start': '3540.160', 'end': '3545.599', 'text': 'next Sunday'}, {'start': '3542.599', 'end': '3547.680', 'text': 'be a time of rejoicing, and may everything we'}, {'start': '3545.599', 'end': '3550.440', 'text': 'do be for the glory of your'}, {'start': '3547.680', 'end': '3551.920', 'text': 'name.'}, {'start': '3550.440', 'end': '3554.480', 'text': 'Thank you, Lord, for'}, {'start': '3551.920', 'end': '3557.319', 'text': 'everything.  In the name of Jesus and for your'}, {'start': '3554.480', 'end': '3559.880', 'text': 'glory we pray.'}, {'start': '3557.319', 'end': '3563.559', 'text': 'Amen.'}, {'start': '3559.880', 'end': '3563.559', 'text': 'Amen.  God bless you,'}, {'start': '3563.640', 'end': '3569.160', 'text': 'brothers.  May the Lord be with each one'}, {'start': '3566.720', 'end': '3571.240', 'text': 'of us.'}, {'start': '3569.160', 'end': '3571.240', 'text': 'Yeah.'}]