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And here this'}, {'start': '64.080', 'end': '69.680', 'text': 'detail was lost on me and all that.'}, {'start': '67.159', 'end': '72.640', 'text': 'Last week our topic for study'}, {'start': '69.680', 'end': '76.119', 'text': 'was spiritual blessings in Christ.'}, {'start': '72.640', 'end': '78.960', 'text': 'And now we come to chapter'}, {'start': '76.119', 'end': '82.799', 'text': '1, verse 5. Ephesians'}, {'start': '78.960', 'end': '84.880', 'text': 'chapter 1, verses we read from 1'}, {'start': '82.799', 'end': '87.880', 'text': 'to 14. The reading now is going to'}, {'start': '84.880', 'end': '89.759', 'text': 'be the same from 1 to 14, sorry, from 3 to'}, {'start': '87.880', 'end': '93.000', 'text': '14.'}, {'start': '89.759', 'end': '96.079', 'text': 'But last Sunday I remember'}, {'start': '93.000', 'end': '98.840', 'text': 'that we only got to and covered up to'}, {'start': '96.079', 'end': '98.840', 'text': 'verse'}, {'start': '101.360', 'end': '108.479', 'text': '4 and it is my intention that we now move'}, {'start': '105.560', 'end': '110.840', 'text': "forward.  I'm not"}, {'start': '108.479', 'end': '114.680', 'text': "running, I'm not desperate to"}, {'start': '110.840', 'end': '117.399', 'text': 'drop off the letter or rush.'}, {'start': '114.680', 'end': '119.640', 'text': 'I want the Lord to help us and'}, {'start': '117.399', 'end': '123.320', 'text': 'give us the ability to be able to speak things'}, {'start': '119.640', 'end': '125.039', 'text': 'that are things that he'}, {'start': '123.320', 'end': '129.399', 'text': 'said, that'}, {'start': '125.039', 'end': '131.879', 'text': 'served the original audience in the'}, {'start': '131.879', 'end': '138.920', 'text': 'original context, but that can also be'}, {'start': '135.920', 'end': '142.760', 'text': 'practical for us.  the'}, {'start': '138.920', 'end': '148.560', 'text': 'application for today.  For'}, {'start': '142.760', 'end': '151.160', 'text': 'us the theme for this afternoon is his'}, {'start': '148.560', 'end': '154.599', 'text': 'plan, his'}, {'start': '151.160', 'end': '157.920', 'text': 'purpose for his'}, {'start': '154.599', 'end': '162.560', 'text': 'glory.  And we read once again, chapter'}, {'start': '157.920', 'end': '165.280', 'text': '1, verses 3 through 14. And I wanted to'}, {'start': '162.560', 'end': '168.360', 'text': 'read it again because we continue to'}, {'start': '165.280', 'end': '170.879', 'text': 'open that chest.'}, {'start': '168.360', 'end': '175.440', 'text': 'of the treasures that we have in'}, {'start': '170.879', 'end': '177.920', 'text': 'Christ.  That chest is an'}, {'start': '175.440', 'end': '181.400', 'text': 'inexhaustible blessing from'}, {'start': '177.920', 'end': '181.400', 'text': 'him.  They are not'}, {'start': '184.519', 'end': '188.000', 'text': 'economic blessings, they are not'}, {'start': '190.920', 'end': '196.200', 'text': 'blessings that lead us to deny'}, {'start': '193.480', 'end': '199.959', 'text': 'him.   These'}, {'start': '196.200', 'end': '202.319', 'text': 'are things that the Lord has prepared for'}, {'start': '199.959', 'end': '205.400', 'text': 'us, and as we'}, {'start': '202.319', 'end': '208.400', 'text': 'read the text, we begin to'}, {'start': '205.400', 'end': '210.920', 'text': 'realize everything we have here.'}, {'start': '208.400', 'end': '216.159', 'text': 'Verse'}, {'start': '210.920', 'end': '220.439', 'text': '3 says where we are going to see his plan.'}, {'start': '216.159', 'end': '222.159', 'text': 'Blessed be the God and Father of our'}, {'start': '220.439', 'end': '225.159', 'text': 'Lord'}, {'start': '222.159', 'end': '229.280', 'text': 'Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every'}, {'start': '225.159', 'end': '232.400', 'text': 'spiritual blessing in the'}, {'start': '229.280', 'end': '236.480', 'text': 'heavenly places in'}, {'start': '232.400', 'end': '238.720', 'text': 'Christ.  There is a place, there is a context in which'}, {'start': '236.480', 'end': '242.079', 'text': 'all this will happen, in the'}, {'start': '238.720', 'end': '245.280', 'text': 'heavenly places in'}, {'start': '242.079', 'end': '249.120', 'text': 'Christ.  Verse 4.'}, {'start': '245.280', 'end': '252.239', 'text': 'According as he hath chosen us in'}, {'start': '249.120', 'end': '256.199', 'text': 'him before the foundation of the world,'}, {'start': '252.239', 'end': '258.280', 'text': 'that we should be holy and without blame before'}, {'start': '258.280', 'end': '262.479', 'text': 'him in'}, {'start': '260.160', 'end': '265.320', 'text': 'love;'}, {'start': '262.479', 'end': '268.759', 'text': 'Having'}, {'start': '265.320', 'end': '270.240', 'text': 'predestinated us unto adoption as sons'}, {'start': '268.759', 'end': '272.440', 'text': 'by'}, {'start': '272.440', 'end': '277.479', 'text': 'Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure'}, {'start': '275.000', 'end': '277.479', 'text': 'of his'}, {'start': '277.639', 'end': '281.600', 'text': 'will, To the praise of the glory of'}, {'start': '280.680', 'end': '286.720', 'text': 'his'}, {'start': '281.600', 'end': '289.280', 'text': 'grace: Whereby he hath made us'}, {'start': '286.720', 'end': '293.680', 'text': 'accepted in the'}, {'start': '289.280', 'end': '296.039', 'text': 'beloved: In whom we have redemption through his'}, {'start': '293.680', 'end': '298.560', 'text': 'blood, the forgiveness of'}, {'start': '296.039', 'end': '300.759', 'text': 'sins, according to the'}, {'start': '298.560', 'end': '303.360', 'text': 'riches of his'}, {'start': '300.759', 'end': '306.720', 'text': 'grace, which he lavished upon us'}, {'start': '303.360', 'end': '308.800', 'text': 'in all'}, {'start': '306.720', 'end': '312.000', 'text': 'wisdom and'}, {'start': '308.800', 'end': '314.759', 'text': 'understanding; Making known unto us the'}, {'start': '312.000', 'end': '317.400', 'text': 'mystery of his'}, {'start': '314.759', 'end': '320.720', 'text': 'will, according to his'}, {'start': '317.400', 'end': '321.880', 'text': 'good pleasure: Which he purposed'}, {'start': '320.720', 'end': '325.080', 'text': 'in'}, {'start': '321.880', 'end': '327.680', 'text': 'himself to gather together in one all things in'}, {'start': '325.080', 'end': '330.400', 'text': 'Christ,'}, {'start': '327.680', 'end': '332.280', 'text': 'which'}, {'start': '330.400', 'end': '334.840', 'text': 'are in heaven, and which are'}, {'start': '332.280', 'end': '334.840', 'text': 'on earth.'}, {'start': '335.360', 'end': '339.360', 'text': 'In'}, {'start': '336.880', 'end': '342.280', 'text': 'it.  We have also obtained an'}, {'start': '339.360', 'end': '345.360', 'text': 'inheritance, having been predestined'}, {'start': '342.280', 'end': '347.160', 'text': 'according to the purpose of him who works out all'}, {'start': '345.360', 'end': '350.120', 'text': 'things'}, {'start': '347.160', 'end': '352.639', 'text': 'according to the counsel of his'}, {'start': '350.120', 'end': '355.400', 'text': 'will, so that we should be for the'}, {'start': '352.639', 'end': '358.000', 'text': 'praise of his glory.  Second'}, {'start': '355.400', 'end': '360.400', 'text': 'time, we who first'}, {'start': '358.000', 'end': '363.720', 'text': 'hoped in'}, {'start': '360.400', 'end': '364.759', 'text': 'Christ, in him.'}, {'start': '364.759', 'end': '371.560', 'text': 'You also, after you heard the word of'}, {'start': '368.680', 'end': '373.960', 'text': 'truth, the gospel of your'}, {'start': '371.560', 'end': '375.800', 'text': 'salvation, and'}, {'start': '373.960', 'end': '379.039', 'text': 'believed in'}, {'start': '375.800', 'end': '382.479', 'text': 'him, were sealed with the'}, {'start': '379.039', 'end': '383.599', 'text': 'Holy Spirit of promise, who is the guarantee of'}, {'start': '382.479', 'end': '387.400', 'text': 'our'}, {'start': '383.599', 'end': '388.960', 'text': 'inheritance until the redemption of the'}, {'start': '388.960', 'end': '394.720', 'text': 'purchased possession, to the praise of his glory.'}, {'start': '391.800', 'end': '394.720', 'text': 'Glory.  Third'}, {'start': '395.039', 'end': '399.560', 'text': 'time.  His'}, {'start': '397.479', 'end': '402.560', 'text': 'plan, his'}, {'start': '399.560', 'end': '406.120', 'text': 'purpose and for his'}, {'start': '402.560', 'end': '406.120', 'text': 'glory.  May the Lord'}, {'start': '406.840', 'end': '411.840', 'text': 'help us as we continue to carry on with this treasure chest of all'}, {'start': '409.599', 'end': '415.080', 'text': 'the treasures we have in'}, {'start': '411.840', 'end': '418.160', 'text': 'Christ, which we will'}, {'start': '415.080', 'end': '422.160', 'text': 'discover through what the apostle'}, {'start': '418.160', 'end': '422.160', 'text': 'wrote to these brothers.'}, {'start': '422.240', 'end': '427.440', 'text': 'And as I said, there are so many truths that'}, {'start': '424.280', 'end': '429.520', 'text': 'we can unpack and there are'}, {'start': '427.440', 'end': '431.639', 'text': 'so many truths that we can'}, {'start': '431.639', 'end': '437.759', 'text': 'extract from this first'}, {'start': '434.440', 'end': '439.720', 'text': 'chapter.'}, {'start': '437.759', 'end': '442.160', 'text': 'Last week, continuing by way of'}, {'start': '439.720', 'end': '445.560', 'text': 'introduction, we said that in verses'}, {'start': '442.160', 'end': '448.960', 'text': '1-14, we can see a'}, {'start': '445.560', 'end': '453.120', 'text': 'triune God actively working, carrying'}, {'start': '448.960', 'end': '456.479', 'text': 'out his eternal plan.  From verse 3'}, {'start': '453.120', 'end': '459.120', 'text': 'to verse 6 we said that we saw the'}, {'start': '456.479', 'end': '463.039', 'text': 'work of the Father.  From verse 7 to'}, {'start': '459.120', 'end': '465.759', 'text': 'verse 12, we see the'}, {'start': '463.039', 'end': '470.319', 'text': 'work of the Son and verse 13 and 14'}, {'start': '465.759', 'end': '470.319', 'text': 'we see the work of the'}, {'start': '470.720', 'end': '477.800', 'text': 'Holy Spirit.  And among what we'}, {'start': '473.520', 'end': '479.039', 'text': 'saw is that the only way for'}, {'start': '477.800', 'end': '482.039', 'text': 'a'}, {'start': '479.039', 'end': '484.960', 'text': 'person to achieve a true'}, {'start': '482.039', 'end': '488.240', 'text': 'sense of personal dignity,'}, {'start': '484.960', 'end': '491.319', 'text': 'spiritual dignity, spiritual worth'}, {'start': '488.240', 'end': '494.680', 'text': 'in life, is and'}, {'start': '491.319', 'end': '495.639', 'text': 'consists of having a right relationship'}, {'start': '494.680', 'end': '498.840', 'text': 'with'}, {'start': '495.639', 'end': '502.159', 'text': 'God, a right understanding of who'}, {'start': '498.840', 'end': '505.800', 'text': 'He is and what He has given us, what do we have in'}, {'start': '502.159', 'end': '508.879', 'text': 'Christ?  That will give us'}, {'start': '505.800', 'end': '512.519', 'text': 'fulfillment.  That will give us'}, {'start': '508.879', 'end': '514.640', 'text': 'a confidence that is not a door to'}, {'start': '512.519', 'end': '518.120', 'text': 'emptiness.  Our faith does not have to'}, {'start': '514.640', 'end': '520.599', 'text': 'be a faith that throws us into the'}, {'start': '518.120', 'end': '524.880', 'text': 'void, it has to have a foundation and'}, {'start': '520.599', 'end': '524.880', 'text': 'that foundation is'}, {'start': '526.040', 'end': '530.320', 'text': 'explicitly in the Scripture.'}, {'start': '531.240', 'end': '536.680', 'text': 'Paul writes to him in First'}, {'start': '533.279', 'end': '539.440', 'text': 'Corinthians, chapter 2, verses 9 and 10'}, {'start': '536.680', 'end': '540.320', 'text': 'speaking about these things.'}, {'start': '540.320', 'end': '546.399', 'text': 'First Corinthians says quite well, as it is'}, {'start': '544.839', 'end': '549.160', 'text': 'written,'}, {'start': '546.399', 'end': '551.800', 'text': 'things that no eye has'}, {'start': '549.160', 'end': '555.160', 'text': 'seen, nor ear'}, {'start': '551.800', 'end': '557.720', 'text': 'heard, nor have entered into the heart of man'}, {'start': '555.160', 'end': '560.880', 'text': 'in the heart of man, are what God'}, {'start': '557.720', 'end': '564.760', 'text': 'has prepared.  For'}, {'start': '560.880', 'end': '564.760', 'text': 'whom?  For those who'}, {'start': '564.959', 'end': '570.560', 'text': 'love him.  But God revealed it to'}, {'start': '567.839', 'end': '570.560', 'text': 'us.   As'}, {'start': '571.920', 'end': '577.079', 'text': '?  By the'}, {'start': '574.120', 'end': '579.640', 'text': 'Spirit, because the Spirit searches all things,'}, {'start': '577.079', 'end': '581.760', 'text': 'even the depths of God.'}, {'start': '579.640', 'end': '584.560', 'text': 'First Corinthians, chapter 2,'}, {'start': '581.760', 'end': '587.240', 'text': 'verses 9 through 10. These are the things'}, {'start': '584.560', 'end': '589.120', 'text': 'prepared for you in this'}, {'start': '587.240', 'end': '591.880', 'text': "chest of the apostle Paul's letter to"}, {'start': '589.120', 'end': '594.279', 'text': 'the Ephesians, where we can go and lend a'}, {'start': '591.880', 'end': '595.680', 'text': "hand.  And that's why I've been saying"}, {'start': '594.279', 'end': '597.640', 'text': 'how I come, what my'}, {'start': '595.680', 'end': '601.320', 'text': 'needs are, my joys, my'}, {'start': '597.640', 'end': '602.880', 'text': 'sorrows.  The day may seem gray'}, {'start': '601.320', 'end': '605.959', 'text': 'to'}, {'start': '602.880', 'end': '608.040', 'text': 'us, but we have these'}, {'start': '605.959', 'end': '611.560', 'text': 'treasures in'}, {'start': '608.040', 'end': '615.920', 'text': 'Christ.  And we will see all these things'}, {'start': '611.560', 'end': '615.920', 'text': 'through the eyes of'}, {'start': '616.040', 'end': '622.560', 'text': 'faith.  And when I think about what we already have in'}, {'start': '619.800', 'end': '625.040', 'text': 'Christ, this, our identity, what'}, {'start': '622.560', 'end': '627.959', 'text': 'makes us possessors of all'}, {'start': '625.040', 'end': '630.920', 'text': 'this, it leads me to think about'}, {'start': '627.959', 'end': '633.839', 'text': 'something or it led me to think about'}, {'start': '630.920', 'end': '635.959', 'text': 'something.  Whenever a citizen, if you'}, {'start': '633.839', 'end': '635.959', 'text': 'are a'}, {'start': '636.399', 'end': '641.399', 'text': 'citizen, whoever is a citizen of'}, {'start': '638.720', 'end': '641.399', 'text': 'the United'}, {'start': '641.480', 'end': '648.480', 'text': 'States, travels anywhere in the'}, {'start': '645.240', 'end': '650.600', 'text': 'world, you remain in every sense and'}, {'start': '648.480', 'end': '654.600', 'text': 'in every way a'}, {'start': '650.600', 'end': '654.600', 'text': 'United States citizen.'}, {'start': '654.839', 'end': '662.560', 'text': 'No matter where he'}, {'start': '657.160', 'end': '664.920', 'text': 'goes, no matter how he feels'}, {'start': '662.560', 'end': '668.000', 'text': 'emotionally, he could be on any'}, {'start': '664.920', 'end': '670.440', 'text': 'continent, in Africa, in Oceania, in'}, {'start': '668.000', 'end': '674.240', 'text': 'Central America, wherever he is, he is'}, {'start': '670.440', 'end': '676.360', 'text': 'still fully an'}, {'start': '676.360', 'end': '681.720', 'text': 'American citizen, with all the'}, {'start': '679.399', 'end': '685.160', 'text': 'privileges, with all the'}, {'start': '681.720', 'end': '687.760', 'text': 'rights, but also with all the'}, {'start': '690.160', 'end': '694.399', 'text': 'responsibilities.  And when the apostle'}, {'start': '692.000', 'end': '697.000', 'text': 'Paul teaches us in'}, {'start': '694.399', 'end': '698.839', 'text': 'his letter to the Philippians, he tells us'}, {'start': '697.000', 'end': '700.920', 'text': 'that our citizenship is in'}, {'start': '698.839', 'end': '703.040', 'text': 'heaven, from where we await our'}, {'start': '700.920', 'end': '704.839', 'text': "Lord, our Savior Jesus Christ, isn't that"}, {'start': '703.040', 'end': '707.079', 'text': "true?  That's what we say."}, {'start': '704.839', 'end': '710.399', 'text': 'We are citizens of'}, {'start': '707.079', 'end': '713.480', 'text': 'heaven and citizens of'}, {'start': '710.399', 'end': '715.920', 'text': 'heavenly places, we Christians.'}, {'start': '713.480', 'end': '719.360', 'text': 'So, in the same way, we have'}, {'start': '715.920', 'end': '722.279', 'text': 'rights that have been granted to us by having'}, {'start': '719.360', 'end': '725.720', 'text': 'been chosen from'}, {'start': '722.279', 'end': '728.720', 'text': 'before the world was created for the'}, {'start': '725.720', 'end': '730.959', 'text': 'purpose of being holy and blameless'}, {'start': '728.720', 'end': '733.279', 'text': 'before him.  And that is what we'}, {'start': '730.959', 'end': '734.440', 'text': 'just read in the introduction of'}, {'start': '733.279', 'end': '738.000', 'text': 'the letter in'}, {'start': '734.440', 'end': '743.720', 'text': 'verse 3, four,'}, {'start': '738.000', 'end': '743.720', 'text': 'forgiveness.  As he chose us in him.'}, {'start': '745.199', 'end': '747.399', 'text': 'As I'}, {'start': '747.560', 'end': '750.560', 'text': 'said,'}, {'start': '750.680', 'end': '753.680', 'text': 'this'}, {'start': '754.480', 'end': '757.880', 'text': 'idea that'}, {'start': '758.240', 'end': '762.839', 'text': 'we have been'}, {'start': '760.560', 'end': '767.680', 'text': 'chosen by'}, {'start': '762.839', 'end': '769.279', 'text': 'God is one of the most hated doctrines'}, {'start': '767.680', 'end': '771.480', 'text': 'even by the'}, {'start': '769.279', 'end': '774.480', 'text': 'church or by'}, {'start': '771.480', 'end': '777.600', 'text': 'evangelical Christians.'}, {'start': '774.480', 'end': '781.639', 'text': 'and that enemy and they are enemies of this'}, {'start': '777.600', 'end': '781.639', 'text': 'doctrine because they cannot'}, {'start': '782.680', 'end': '790.959', 'text': 'conceive.  How can God'}, {'start': '786.279', 'end': '790.959', 'text': 'decide for them and not they for'}, {'start': '793.639', 'end': '796.639', 'text': 'God?'}, {'start': '798.440', 'end': '804.199', 'text': 'They fight, they rebel against this'}, {'start': '801.519', 'end': '804.199', 'text': 'doctrine.'}, {'start': '807.199', 'end': '814.120', 'text': "And if there's something that moves me to be"}, {'start': '809.320', 'end': '816.120', 'text': "able to talk about this, it's because it"}, {'start': '814.120', 'end': '820.839', 'text': "'s in His"}, {'start': '816.120', 'end': '824.040', 'text': 'word.  It would go against my'}, {'start': '820.839', 'end': '825.720', 'text': 'convictions if I just skip it'}, {'start': '824.040', 'end': '828.760', 'text': "because I already know it, I've already embraced it, so"}, {'start': '825.720', 'end': '832.320', 'text': "the rest of us, well, we shouldn't"}, {'start': '828.760', 'end': '834.720', 'text': "talk about it because it's there."}, {'start': '832.320', 'end': '837.959', 'text': "And as I said, it's a doctrine that"}, {'start': '834.720', 'end': '840.839', 'text': 'many struggle with.  Our finite minds'}, {'start': '837.959', 'end': '843.680', 'text': 'are not capable of understanding that I'}, {'start': '840.839', 'end': '845.680', 'text': 'cannot decide for God.  He comes to me'}, {'start': '843.680', 'end': '847.880', 'text': 'when I am dead in my'}, {'start': '845.680', 'end': '850.480', 'text': 'crimes and sins.  And so'}, {'start': '847.880', 'end': '853.399', 'text': 'we already had some texts'}, {'start': '850.480', 'end': '857.920', 'text': "last week because you didn't choose"}, {'start': '853.399', 'end': '857.920', 'text': 'me, I chose'}, {'start': '860.800', 'end': '864.600', 'text': 'you.  In Ephesians we see the'}, {'start': '863.040', 'end': '868.120', 'text': 'fulfillment of'}, {'start': '864.600', 'end': '871.759', 'text': 'this.  It reveals what God has already prepared'}, {'start': '868.120', 'end': '874.040', 'text': 'for those who love him.'}, {'start': '871.759', 'end': '877.519', 'text': 'I always like to read some of the'}, {'start': '874.040', 'end': '880.759', 'text': 'comments from other men who are'}, {'start': '877.519', 'end': '883.639', 'text': 'obviously uh'}, {'start': '880.759', 'end': '885.959', 'text': "academics, what they think or what they've said"}, {'start': '883.639', 'end': '887.880', 'text': 'regarding this letter.  And one'}, {'start': '885.959', 'end': '890.040', 'text': 'named Salmon says that among the'}, {'start': '887.880', 'end': '892.360', 'text': 'epistles that bear the name of the'}, {'start': '890.040', 'end': '895.680', 'text': 'apostle Paul there is none greater'}, {'start': '892.360', 'end': '897.360', 'text': 'than this one.  Not that the others are less,'}, {'start': '895.680', 'end': '900.240', 'text': 'not that the others do not have much'}, {'start': '897.360', 'end': '903.040', 'text': 'meaning or that they are not true, no,'}, {'start': '900.240', 'end': '906.440', 'text': 'but in no way with a'}, {'start': '903.040', 'end': '910.160', 'text': 'character more entirely its own there is a'}, {'start': '906.440', 'end': '913.000', 'text': 'peculiar and lofty exaltation in its'}, {'start': '910.160', 'end': '916.240', 'text': 'teaching which has'}, {'start': '913.000', 'end': '919.800', 'text': 'deeply impressed the greatest minds and'}, {'start': '916.240', 'end': '922.560', 'text': 'has thereby earned the title of the'}, {'start': '919.800', 'end': '924.759', 'text': 'epistle of ascension.  Everything has to'}, {'start': '922.560', 'end': '927.000', 'text': 'do with heaven, everything has to do with'}, {'start': '924.759', 'end': '929.000', 'text': 'the glory of Christ, everything has to do'}, {'start': '927.000', 'end': '932.319', 'text': 'with the work of the Father, the Son and their'}, {'start': '929.000', 'end': '937.240', 'text': "Spirit in the salvation of man.   It's"}, {'start': '932.319', 'end': '937.240', 'text': 'all about eternity.'}, {'start': '937.319', 'end': '942.240', 'text': 'Carlos Spurgon also said that the'}, {'start': '939.360', 'end': '944.199', 'text': 'Epistle to the Ephesians is a complete body of'}, {'start': '942.240', 'end': '947.199', 'text': 'divinity'}, {'start': '944.199', 'end': '949.680', 'text': '.  In the first chapter you have or'}, {'start': '947.199', 'end': '952.000', 'text': 'we have the doctrines of the gospel.  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Here we have all these'}, {'start': '988.880', 'end': '992.120', 'text': 'truths, all these'}, {'start': '993.600', 'end': '998.279', 'text': 'things, all of them, many of'}, {'start': '998.839', 'end': '1005.839', 'text': 'us,'}, {'start': '1001.240', 'end': '1008.440', 'text': 'one thing that happens with us is that'}, {'start': '1005.839', 'end': '1011.319', 'text': 'the call for us is to'}, {'start': '1008.440', 'end': '1013.600', 'text': 'come and depend on God through'}, {'start': '1011.319', 'end': '1016.720', 'text': 'prayer and to come and pray without'}, {'start': '1013.600', 'end': '1021.279', 'text': 'ceasing and that we always eh'}, {'start': '1016.720', 'end': '1021.279', 'text': 'be continually eh praying to the'}, {'start': '1021.720', 'end': '1025.400', 'text': 'Lord.  And many of us find ourselves'}, {'start': '1025.400', 'end': '1034.120', 'text': 'praying to God for what he has already'}, {'start': '1031.240', 'end': '1038.160', 'text': 'given us.  We pray to'}, {'start': '1034.120', 'end': '1040.880', 'text': 'God to give us love and for and I'}, {'start': '1038.160', 'end': '1043.720', 'text': 'mention this because these are all the'}, {'start': '1040.880', 'end': '1045.480', 'text': 'treasures that we have in this'}, {'start': '1043.720', 'end': '1047.439', 'text': 'chest.   We'}, {'start': '1045.480', 'end': '1049.600', 'text': 'pray to God that he gives us love.'}, {'start': '1047.439', 'end': '1053.200', 'text': 'But when we read in Romans chapter'}, {'start': '1049.600', 'end': '1055.320', 'text': '5, verse 5 and it says, "For the love'}, {'start': '1053.200', 'end': '1058.000', 'text': 'of God has been poured into our'}, {'start': '1055.320', 'end': '1061.799', 'text': 'hearts through the Holy Spirit who'}, {'start': '1058.000', 'end': '1065.160', 'text': "was given to us. It's something that we"}, {'start': '1061.799', 'end': '1068.960', 'text': 'already have within us.'}, {'start': '1065.160', 'end': '1070.600', 'text': 'Sometimes we find ourselves praying for peace and'}, {'start': '1068.960', 'end': '1073.520', 'text': 'when we get to the gospel of John,'}, {'start': '1070.600', 'end': '1076.679', 'text': 'chapter 14, verse 27, we'}, {'start': '1073.520', 'end': '1079.159', 'text': 'read, "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you,'}, {'start': '1076.679', 'end': '1083.840', 'text': 'not as the world gives do I give to you.   Let'}, {'start': '1079.159', 'end': '1083.840', 'text': 'not your hearts be troubled, neither be ye'}, {'start': '1084.159', 'end': '1089.039', 'text': 'afraid.'}, {'start': '1086.320', 'end': '1091.480', 'text': 'Sometimes our requests or our'}, {'start': '1089.039', 'end': '1093.520', 'text': 'petition is also because we have reached'}, {'start': '1091.480', 'end': '1095.559', 'text': 'a gray point where it seems there is no'}, {'start': '1093.520', 'end': '1097.880', 'text': 'joy.  We have lost the joy of'}, {'start': '1095.559', 'end': '1097.880', 'text': 'our'}, {'start': '1098.480', 'end': '1103.039', 'text': 'salvation at times.  So, our'}, {'start': '1100.720', 'end': '1105.679', 'text': 'request is to have joy and'}, {'start': '1103.039', 'end': '1109.039', 'text': 'happiness.  Although in chapter'}, {'start': '1105.679', 'end': '1111.559', 'text': '15 of the Gospel of John, verse 11, we'}, {'start': '1109.039', 'end': '1114.799', 'text': 'also read these words.  These'}, {'start': '1111.559', 'end': '1119.679', 'text': 'things I have spoken to you, that my joy may'}, {'start': '1114.799', 'end': '1122.120', 'text': 'be in you, and that your joy may be'}, {'start': '1119.679', 'end': '1124.720', 'text': 'full.  We have these'}, {'start': '1122.120', 'end': '1127.960', 'text': 'treasures because of the circumstances that'}, {'start': '1124.720', 'end': '1130.200', 'text': 'arise in our lives.  We too are'}, {'start': '1127.960', 'end': '1132.880', 'text': 'tempted and must go,'}, {'start': '1130.200', 'end': '1135.960', 'text': 'obviously, to the source of all joy and'}, {'start': '1132.880', 'end': '1138.280', 'text': 'all strength.  In Philippians 4:13'}, {'start': '1135.960', 'end': '1140.360', 'text': "we also read and it's a text"}, {'start': '1138.280', 'end': '1143.720', 'text': 'that we all quote and sometimes we'}, {'start': '1140.360', 'end': '1146.480', 'text': 'misquote it, but when we come to'}, {'start': '1143.720', 'end': '1148.200', 'text': 'understand eternity and'}, {'start': '1146.480', 'end': '1151.159', 'text': 'understand all the'}, {'start': '1148.200', 'end': '1153.440', 'text': 'heavenly treasures, Philippians 4:13 tells us,'}, {'start': '1151.159', 'end': '1156.440', 'text': '"I can do all things through Christ who'}, {'start': '1153.440', 'end': '1156.440', 'text': 'strengthens me."'}, {'start': '1157.080', 'end': '1162.840', 'text': 'And all these things are not something or are they'}, {'start': '1159.720', 'end': '1166.280', 'text': 'things that God is considering the'}, {'start': '1162.840', 'end': '1169.080', 'text': 'possibility of giving us these things,'}, {'start': '1166.280', 'end': '1171.799', 'text': 'right? He has already blessed us with every'}, {'start': '1169.080', 'end': '1175.520', 'text': 'spiritual blessing. We are already'}, {'start': '1171.799', 'end': '1178.679', 'text': 'complete in Him, according to Colossians 2:10.'}, {'start': '1175.520', 'end': '1182.600', 'text': 'And here, just to continue moving forward, the'}, {'start': '1178.679', 'end': '1185.600', 'text': 'word chose, that eclegó indicates that it is'}, {'start': '1182.600', 'end': '1190.880', 'text': 'a completely'}, {'start': '1185.600', 'end': '1193.320', 'text': 'independent election that is on the part of God. It'}, {'start': '1190.880', 'end': '1199.240', 'text': 'means that God did not'}, {'start': '1193.320', 'end': '1202.080', 'text': 'only choose for himself, but for'}, {'start': '1199.240', 'end': '1204.200', 'text': 'himself. His primary purpose with the'}, {'start': '1202.080', 'end': '1209.520', 'text': 'election of the church'}, {'start': '1204.200', 'end': '1212.640', 'text': 'was, as we already read, verse 6,'}, {'start': '1209.520', 'end': '1215.799', 'text': 'verse 12 and verse 14.'}, {'start': '1212.640', 'end': '1218.039', 'text': 'Verse 6 says, "To the praise of'}, {'start': '1215.799', 'end': '1220.960', 'text': 'glory." eh after'}, {'start': '1218.039', 'end': '1222.720', 'text': 'chapter 3, 4  and 5. Then all that,'}, {'start': '1220.960', 'end': '1225.000', 'text': 'blessed be the God and Father of our'}, {'start': '1222.720', 'end': '1227.280', 'text': 'Lord Jesus Christ.  After all that,'}, {'start': '1225.000', 'end': '1229.760', 'text': 'verse 6 comes along and says, "All of'}, {'start': '1227.280', 'end': '1232.240', 'text': 'this will be to the praise of the'}, {'start': '1229.760', 'end': '1234.000', 'text': 'glory of his grace with which he has made us'}, {'start': '1232.240', 'end': '1235.880', 'text': 'accepted in the beloved."  Then it goes on in'}, {'start': '1234.000', 'end': '1238.120', 'text': 'seven, "In whom we have redemption'}, {'start': '1235.880', 'end': '1239.720', 'text': 'through his blood, the forgiveness of sins. He'}, {'start': '1238.120', 'end': '1241.960', 'text': 'has made known to us the mystery of his'}, {'start': '1239.720', 'end': '1243.960', 'text': 'will according to his good pleasure. He wants to'}, {'start': '1241.960', 'end': '1246.240', 'text': 'unify all things in one place in Christ. 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Then'}, {'start': '1259.760', 'end': '1263.480', 'text': 'later in verse 13 it goes on to'}, {'start': '1261.320', 'end': '1265.080', 'text': 'say, "In him we,'}, {'start': '1263.480', 'end': '1267.159', 'text': 'having heard the word of truth, the'}, {'start': '1265.080', 'end': '1269.840', 'text': 'gospel of your salvation."'}, {'start': '1267.159', 'end': '1272.400', 'text': 'Verse 14 comes and says that he is the pawn of'}, {'start': '1269.840', 'end': '1274.120', 'text': 'your inheritance for the redemption of your'}, {'start': '1272.400', 'end': '1276.520', 'text': 'purchased position. And again, for'}, {'start': '1274.120', 'end': '1279.559', 'text': 'what? For the'}, {'start': '1276.520', 'end': '1281.679', 'text': "praise of his glory. That's what he"}, {'start': '1281.679', 'end': '1286.440', 'text': "chose us for. 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And yes,'}, {'start': '1315.679', 'end': '1322.320', 'text': 'we are beneficiaries of'}, {'start': '1318.919', 'end': '1324.080', 'text': 'that.  It is for the glory of Christ.  The'}, {'start': '1322.320', 'end': '1326.480', 'text': 'very'}, {'start': '1324.080', 'end': '1329.159', 'text': 'reason believers were'}, {'start': '1326.480', 'end': '1333.520', 'text': 'called is to conform to the church'}, {'start': '1329.159', 'end': '1336.880', 'text': 'which was for the manifold wisdom of'}, {'start': '1333.520', 'end': '1338.880', 'text': 'God.  Let it now be made known through'}, {'start': '1336.880', 'end': '1341.279', 'text': 'the church.  to the principalities and'}, {'start': '1338.880', 'end': '1342.840', 'text': 'powers in the heavenly places.'}, {'start': '1341.279', 'end': '1344.600', 'text': 'There we will find it in chapter'}, {'start': '1342.840', 'end': '1348.200', 'text': '3, verse'}, {'start': '1344.600', 'end': '1351.080', 'text': '10. That is what we were chosen for, that is what we'}, {'start': '1348.200', 'end': '1353.679', 'text': 'were'}, {'start': '1353.679', 'end': '1362.000', 'text': "set apart for, chosen beforehand.  That's"}, {'start': '1356.960', 'end': '1362.000', 'text': 'the word in the original.'}, {'start': '1363.520', 'end': '1368.279', 'text': 'And it all has to do with a plan that'}, {'start': '1365.919', 'end': '1371.720', 'text': 'begins in the will of God.  And'}, {'start': '1368.279', 'end': '1373.880', 'text': 'we are going to be seeing how it'}, {'start': '1371.720', 'end': '1377.720', 'text': 'is that God has the initiative.  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He was told,'}, {'start': '1406.159', 'end': '1410.880', 'text': '"The'}, {'start': '1408.400', 'end': '1413.799', 'text': 'Lord did not set his affection on you and'}, {'start': '1410.880', 'end': '1416.559', 'text': 'choose you because you were more'}, {'start': '1413.799', 'end': '1418.159', 'text': 'numerous than any other peoples, for you were the least of all'}, {'start': '1416.559', 'end': '1422.840', 'text': 'peoples,'}, {'start': '1418.159', 'end': '1425.880', 'text': 'but because the Lord loved you."'}, {'start': '1422.840', 'end': '1428.559', 'text': 'Jehovah chose his people Israel.  The'}, {'start': '1425.880', 'end': '1430.559', 'text': 'angels of God in heaven have also'}, {'start': '1428.559', 'end': '1433.840', 'text': 'been chosen by him.  First'}, {'start': '1430.559', 'end': '1436.200', 'text': 'Timothy 5:21.  Chosen by God to'}, {'start': '1433.840', 'end': '1438.919', 'text': 'glorify his name and to be his'}, {'start': '1436.200', 'end': '1441.200', 'text': 'messenger.  He says, "I charge you before'}, {'start': '1441.600', 'end': '1448.679', 'text': 'God and the Lord Jesus Christ and his'}, {'start': '1445.480', 'end': '1452.120', 'text': 'elect angels,'}, {'start': '1448.679', 'end': '1455.600', 'text': 'that you observe these things openly,'}, {'start': '1452.120', 'end': '1459.039', 'text': 'doing nothing by'}, {'start': '1455.600', 'end': '1461.080', 'text': 'partiality. Christ himself also the'}, {'start': '1459.039', 'end': '1463.080', 'text': 'first letter of the apostle Peter tells us'}, {'start': '1461.080', 'end': '1465.760', 'text': 'in chapter 2 verse 6,'}, {'start': '1463.080', 'end': '1468.240', 'text': '"Wherefore it is also contained in the scripture, behold, I'}, {'start': '1465.760', 'end': '1473.200', 'text': 'lay in Zion a'}, {'start': '1468.240', 'end': '1473.200', 'text': 'chosen chief cornerstone, Jesus Christ'}, {'start': '1473.480', 'end': '1481.840', 'text': 'himself, chosen, precious, and in whom and whoever'}, {'start': '1477.559', 'end': '1484.120', 'text': 'believes in him will not be'}, {'start': '1481.840', 'end': '1487.360', 'text': 'ashamed." The apostles were'}, {'start': '1484.120', 'end': '1490.360', 'text': 'chosen. Chapter 15 verse 16.'}, {'start': '1487.360', 'end': '1493.200', 'text': 'You did not choose me, but I'}, {'start': '1490.360', 'end': '1495.960', 'text': 'chose you and appointed you that you should'}, {'start': '1493.200', 'end': '1497.679', 'text': 'bear fruit and that your fruit should'}, {'start': '1495.960', 'end': '1500.880', 'text': 'remain, that whatever'}, {'start': '1497.679', 'end': '1503.360', 'text': 'you ask the Father in my name, he may'}, {'start': '1500.880', 'end': '1504.600', 'text': 'give it to you.'}, {'start': '1503.360', 'end': '1508.000', 'text': 'Again'}, {'start': '1504.600', 'end': '1508.000', 'text': ', all'}, {'start': '1508.279', 'end': '1513.159', 'text': 'initiative'}, {'start': '1509.880', 'end': '1513.159', 'text': 'originates in'}, {'start': '1514.960', 'end': '1521.760', 'text': 'God. By that same sovereign plan and will'}, {'start': '1518.679', 'end': '1525.520', 'text': ', the church is chosen of'}, {'start': '1521.760', 'end': '1528.159', 'text': 'God. He has also saved us and called us with a'}, {'start': '1525.520', 'end': '1531.120', 'text': 'holy calling, not according to'}, {'start': '1528.159', 'end': '1533.000', 'text': 'our works but according to his'}, {'start': '1531.120', 'end': '1535.279', 'text': 'own purpose and grace which was given us in'}, {'start': '1533.000', 'end': '1539.559', 'text': 'Christ  Jesus before the times of the'}, {'start': '1535.279', 'end': '1539.559', 'text': 'centuries.  Second Timothy 1:9.'}, {'start': '1541.120', 'end': '1545.840', 'text': 'Paul is preaching there and in the book'}, {'start': '1544.039', 'end': '1549.720', 'text': 'of Acts he tells us that in'}, {'start': '1545.840', 'end': '1549.720', 'text': 'Acts 13:48 and'}, {'start': '1552.520', 'end': '1558.720', 'text': 'all who were'}, {'start': '1555.760', 'end': '1562.080', 'text': 'ordained to'}, {'start': '1558.720', 'end': '1562.080', 'text': 'eternal life believed.  Acts'}, {'start': '1562.960', 'end': '1568.159', 'text': '13:48.  Second Timothy 210.'}, {'start': '1568.159', 'end': '1573.760', 'text': "Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sake"}, {'start': '1571.640', 'end': '1576.080', 'text': ', that they also may'}, {'start': '1573.760', 'end': '1578.640', 'text': 'obtain the salvation that is in Christ'}, {'start': '1576.080', 'end': '1582.600', 'text': 'Jesus with'}, {'start': '1578.640', 'end': '1582.600', 'text': 'eternal glory.  And we could continue'}, {'start': '1584.840', 'end': '1589.440', 'text': 'citing more scriptural texts that'}, {'start': '1593.200', 'end': '1599.919', 'text': 'lead us to the truth.'}, {'start': '1597.120', 'end': '1601.440', 'text': 'that if we have any'}, {'start': '1601.440', 'end': '1606.120', 'text': 'virtue, if we have had any response'}, {'start': '1606.120', 'end': '1613.720', 'text': 'and if we are here it'}, {'start': '1609.360', 'end': '1613.720', 'text': 'is by the pure will of'}, {'start': '1613.919', 'end': '1619.960', 'text': 'God.  You did not choose me,'}, {'start': '1616.840', 'end': '1622.159', 'text': 'but I chose'}, {'start': '1619.960', 'end': '1623.919', 'text': 'you.  And he puts in us the'}, {'start': '1622.159', 'end': '1627.159', 'text': 'will and the doing of his good'}, {'start': '1623.919', 'end': '1629.440', 'text': 'pleasure.  and we were still'}, {'start': '1627.159', 'end': '1631.360', 'text': 'there.'}, {'start': '1629.440', 'end': '1634.320', 'text': 'Now, that'}, {'start': '1631.360', 'end': '1636.880', 'text': 'election has a purpose, that'}, {'start': '1634.320', 'end': '1638.159', 'text': 'salvation has a purpose.  That plan'}, {'start': '1636.880', 'end': '1641.840', 'text': 'has a'}, {'start': '1638.159', 'end': '1644.640', 'text': 'purpose.  So that?  Verse 4,'}, {'start': '1641.840', 'end': '1647.799', 'text': 'that we should be holy and blameless before'}, {'start': '1644.640', 'end': '1650.279', 'text': 'him.  It is obvious, as I said earlier, that'}, {'start': '1647.799', 'end': '1652.919', 'text': 'Paul is talking about our'}, {'start': '1650.279', 'end': '1655.399', 'text': 'position and not our practice.'}, {'start': '1652.919', 'end': '1657.039', 'text': 'Because our position has already been,'}, {'start': '1655.399', 'end': '1659.000', 'text': 'we have already been forgiven, we have already been'}, {'start': '1657.039', 'end': '1661.519', 'text': 'Ephesians eh Romans'}, {'start': '1659.000', 'end': '1663.919', 'text': '8:28, our position has already been, we are already'}, {'start': '1661.519', 'end': '1666.320', 'text': 'there.  We have a salvation that is'}, {'start': '1663.919', 'end': '1669.559', 'text': 'assured, that has been purchased, that is'}, {'start': '1666.320', 'end': '1672.240', 'text': 'part of us through the work of Christ.'}, {'start': '1669.559', 'end': '1674.200', 'text': "He's already, I mean, we've already been there,"}, {'start': '1672.240', 'end': '1676.720', 'text': "but we're not here yet dealing"}, {'start': '1674.200', 'end': '1682.039', 'text': 'with sin while Jesus Christ comes'}, {'start': '1676.720', 'end': '1682.039', 'text': 'for us.  He already does, but not yet.'}, {'start': '1682.440', 'end': '1687.720', 'text': 'So the apostle Paul is talking'}, {'start': '1684.399', 'end': '1690.080', 'text': 'about our position as sons and not'}, {'start': '1687.720', 'end': '1692.960', 'text': 'our practice.  We know that in'}, {'start': '1690.080', 'end': '1695.760', 'text': 'our lives we are far from the'}, {'start': '1692.960', 'end': '1699.799', 'text': 'standard of holiness and far from being'}, {'start': '1695.760', 'end': '1702.640', 'text': "free from all stain.  We're far away."}, {'start': '1699.799', 'end': '1704.880', 'text': 'We have already quoted what'}, {'start': '1702.640', 'end': '1707.279', 'text': 'Paul says, what we do in'}, {'start': '1704.880', 'end': '1708.919', 'text': 'our own lives we can'}, {'start': '1707.279', 'end': '1710.880', 'text': 'consider ourselves forgiven, we'}, {'start': '1708.919', 'end': '1712.880', 'text': 'can consider ourselves saved, but'}, {'start': '1710.880', 'end': '1716.679', 'text': 'who does not struggle with sin?  Who among'}, {'start': '1712.880', 'end': '1718.960', 'text': "us doesn't?"}, {'start': '1716.679', 'end': '1720.720', 'text': 'Yes, there is'}, {'start': '1718.960', 'end': '1723.120', 'text': 'a'}, {'start': '1720.720', 'end': '1724.240', 'text': 'purpose, but there is also a motive,'}, {'start': '1723.120', 'end': '1727.480', 'text': 'verse'}, {'start': '1724.240', 'end': '1730.399', 'text': '5, and that motive is in'}, {'start': '1727.480', 'end': '1733.559', 'text': 'love, having predestined us to be'}, {'start': '1730.399', 'end': '1737.640', 'text': 'adopted as sons through'}, {'start': '1733.559', 'end': '1740.480', 'text': 'Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His'}, {'start': '1737.640', 'end': '1744.159', 'text': 'will.'}, {'start': '1740.480', 'end': '1747.440', 'text': 'In the supreme divine act of'}, {'start': '1744.159', 'end': '1750.279', 'text': 'love, God determined before the'}, {'start': '1747.440', 'end': '1753.320', 'text': 'foundation of the world that he would give his'}, {'start': '1750.279', 'end': '1757.039', 'text': 'only begotten Son to save us and he'}, {'start': '1753.320', 'end': '1758.440', 'text': 'did so out of the pure affection of his will.   There is no'}, {'start': '1758.440', 'end': '1765.279', 'text': 'more.  The pure affection of his will.  And'}, {'start': '1762.120', 'end': '1768.000', 'text': 'that also brings us to the question of whether there is a'}, {'start': '1765.279', 'end': '1770.760', 'text': 'purpose, whether there is a motive,'}, {'start': '1768.000', 'end': '1776.640', 'text': 'that also has to have a result.  So'}, {'start': '1770.760', 'end': '1776.640', 'text': 'that?  To be adopted as their children.'}, {'start': '1784.840', 'end': '1787.840', 'text': 'verse'}, {'start': '1791.240', 'end': '1798.159', 'text': 'five to be adopted as'}, {'start': '1794.760', 'end': '1802.039', 'text': 'his sons.  Some of us know what'}, {'start': '1798.159', 'end': '1802.039', 'text': 'adoption entails.   For'}, {'start': '1802.919', 'end': '1807.399', 'text': 'adoption to take place,'}, {'start': '1804.880', 'end': '1811.919', 'text': 'someone must be an'}, {'start': '1807.399', 'end': '1814.279', 'text': 'orphan.  It would be a'}, {'start': '1811.919', 'end': '1816.640', 'text': 'scenario.  Another scenario could be that'}, {'start': '1814.279', 'end': '1816.640', 'text': 'there is a'}, {'start': '1816.840', 'end': '1820.919', 'text': 'lack of support.  Another thing that'}, {'start': '1819.080', 'end': '1824.440', 'text': 'adoption entails is that there is an'}, {'start': '1820.919', 'end': '1827.159', 'text': 'old family, there is someone, eh, who has'}, {'start': '1824.440', 'end': '1829.519', 'text': 'been with you, there is an old'}, {'start': '1827.159', 'end': '1830.640', 'text': 'family.'}, {'start': '1829.519', 'end': '1832.559', 'text': 'But what is certain is that'}, {'start': '1830.640', 'end': '1835.320', 'text': 'regardless of everything that can'}, {'start': '1832.559', 'end': '1837.919', 'text': 'happen with adoption, once'}, {'start': '1835.320', 'end': '1840.600', 'text': 'adopted, this new adoption or this'}, {'start': '1837.919', 'end': '1842.399', 'text': 'new member of the family'}, {'start': '1840.600', 'end': '1845.519', 'text': 'has all the rights and'}, {'start': '1842.399', 'end': '1848.360', 'text': 'privileges of home.  And that is what'}, {'start': '1845.519', 'end': '1852.320', 'text': 'God has done for us in Christ.   He'}, {'start': '1848.360', 'end': '1856.000', 'text': 'has adopted us to be his children.  In'}, {'start': '1852.320', 'end': '1858.919', 'text': 'his great love, he makes us more than'}, {'start': '1856.000', 'end': '1860.000', 'text': 'citizens and servants.  He makes us'}, {'start': '1858.919', 'end': '1864.039', 'text': 'his'}, {'start': '1860.000', 'end': '1866.480', 'text': 'children, brings us closer to him, and by becoming'}, {'start': '1864.039', 'end': '1868.960', 'text': 'Christians, by coming to Christ, we'}, {'start': '1866.480', 'end': '1871.600', 'text': 'become children of God.  And that is'}, {'start': '1868.960', 'end': '1873.799', 'text': 'a great privilege.  Romans 8:15.  For you'}, {'start': '1871.600', 'end': '1876.320', 'text': 'have not received the spirit of'}, {'start': '1873.799', 'end': '1879.159', 'text': 'slavery leading again to fear,'}, {'start': '1876.320', 'end': '1882.039', 'text': 'but you have received the Spirit of'}, {'start': '1879.159', 'end': '1884.880', 'text': 'adoption by whom we cry, “Aba,'}, {'start': '1882.039', 'end': '1888.559', 'text': 'Father.”  A close expression, a'}, {'start': '1884.880', 'end': '1888.559', 'text': 'tender expression.'}, {'start': '1890.360', 'end': '1896.320', 'text': 'Aba.  A term of endearment, an'}, {'start': '1892.760', 'end': '1899.159', 'text': 'Aramaic expression that means or'}, {'start': '1896.320', 'end': '1899.159', 'text': 'meant'}, {'start': '1899.880', 'end': '1905.799', 'text': 'affection.  Human parents can'}, {'start': '1903.240', 'end': '1908.279', 'text': 'adopt children and come to love them as much'}, {'start': '1905.799', 'end': '1910.600', 'text': 'as our'}, {'start': '1908.279', 'end': '1913.960', 'text': 'natural children.  We can offer an'}, {'start': '1910.600', 'end': '1915.440', 'text': 'adopted child complete equality in'}, {'start': '1913.960', 'end': '1918.320', 'text': 'family life.'}, {'start': '1915.440', 'end': '1921.559', 'text': 'However, even though we can do'}, {'start': '1918.320', 'end': '1924.679', 'text': 'all these things, no human parent'}, {'start': '1921.559', 'end': '1928.559', 'text': 'can impart their own'}, {'start': '1924.679', 'end': '1931.880', 'text': 'distinctive nature to an'}, {'start': '1928.559', 'end': '1934.039', 'text': "adopted child.  But that's what God does."}, {'start': '1931.880', 'end': '1937.080', 'text': 'We may have the best'}, {'start': '1934.039', 'end': '1942.279', 'text': 'will, but we are not going'}, {'start': '1937.080', 'end': '1946.919', 'text': 'to impart our'}, {'start': '1942.279', 'end': '1949.320', 'text': 'distinctive nature to it.  God'}, {'start': '1946.919', 'end': '1952.799', 'text': 'does, and as we have already'}, {'start': '1949.320', 'end': '1955.120', 'text': 'seen, we continue to uncover these'}, {'start': '1952.799', 'end': '1957.960', 'text': 'spiritual treasures we have in Christ.'}, {'start': '1955.120', 'end': '1960.399', 'text': 'We have peace, we have joy, we have'}, {'start': '1957.960', 'end': '1962.799', 'text': 'future treasures in which He has'}, {'start': '1960.399', 'end': '1966.639', 'text': 'blessed us with every blessing in the'}, {'start': '1962.799', 'end': '1969.440', 'text': 'heavenly places.  We have all these'}, {'start': '1966.639', 'end': '1972.039', 'text': 'things and everything above, as I said,'}, {'start': '1969.440', 'end': '1974.919', 'text': 'we are beneficiaries, we did nothing'}, {'start': '1972.039', 'end': '1975.919', 'text': 'to obtain it.  All in all, many struggle with'}, {'start': '1974.919', 'end': '1978.679', 'text': 'these'}, {'start': '1975.919', 'end': '1981.840', 'text': 'things, but the truth is that we'}, {'start': '1978.679', 'end': '1985.880', 'text': 'did nothing to achieve'}, {'start': '1981.840', 'end': '1988.919', 'text': 'this.  How does this happen?  And an example'}, {'start': '1985.880', 'end': '1992.480', 'text': "that comes to mind, I don't"}, {'start': '1988.919', 'end': '1995.480', 'text': "know if you have seen it on, I don't know,"}, {'start': '1992.480', 'end': '1998.000', 'text': 'television or if you have witnessed it, you have'}, {'start': '1995.480', 'end': '2000.519', 'text': 'gone to a place where there are'}, {'start': '1998.000', 'end': '2003.159', 'text': 'old cars, there is scrap metal and all these things'}, {'start': '2000.519', 'end': '2005.480', 'text': 'and what they do in the yon, what they call'}, {'start': '2003.159', 'end': '2009.039', 'text': 'this, is that they move around'}, {'start': '2005.480', 'end': '2012.080', 'text': 'with some big magnets.  And what'}, {'start': '2009.039', 'end': '2015.799', 'text': 'this does, these cranes and this is that they'}, {'start': '2012.080', 'end': '2018.720', 'text': 'go around selecting the metal they'}, {'start': '2015.799', 'end': '2023.279', 'text': 'want.  There goes the crane, I'}, {'start': '2018.720', 'end': '2026.240', 'text': 'can get something out of this one.  And he brings it and'}, {'start': '2023.279', 'end': '2028.799', 'text': "takes it out.  That's what God does with"}, {'start': '2026.240', 'end': '2030.880', 'text': 'us.  He he many people think,'}, {'start': '2028.799', 'end': '2033.320', 'text': "why is God so bad?  If you're going to talk to me"}, {'start': '2030.880', 'end': '2035.240', 'text': 'about that doctrine, then explain to me how He'}, {'start': '2033.320', 'end': '2037.200', 'text': 'is a God of love if He allows everyone to'}, {'start': '2035.240', 'end': '2038.720', 'text': "go to hell.  It's not that what happens"}, {'start': '2037.200', 'end': '2042.000', 'text': "is that after Adam's death we"}, {'start': '2038.720', 'end': '2044.120', 'text': 'all go downhill, we all go'}, {'start': '2042.000', 'end': '2047.960', 'text': 'downhill and we all go to'}, {'start': '2044.120', 'end': '2052.040', 'text': 'eternal damnation.  And what he does is that'}, {'start': '2047.960', 'end': '2053.000', 'text': 'he sovereignly decides to save what'}, {'start': '2052.040', 'end': '2056.839', 'text': 'he'}, {'start': '2053.000', 'end': '2059.200', 'text': 'decides.  He does not give, he does not want everything,'}, {'start': '2056.839', 'end': '2060.679', 'text': 'anyone to perish.  He wants everyone to'}, {'start': '2059.200', 'end': '2063.200', 'text': 'come to'}, {'start': '2060.679', 'end': '2065.280', 'text': 'repentance.  How can that be?'}, {'start': '2063.200', 'end': '2067.359', 'text': 'How can this be possible?  And another thing'}, {'start': '2065.280', 'end': '2069.200', 'text': 'that came to mind was that'}, {'start': '2067.359', 'end': '2071.399', 'text': 'all this is so that we'}, {'start': '2069.200', 'end': '2074.520', 'text': 'cannot boast.  Look, I sought'}, {'start': '2071.399', 'end': '2076.639', 'text': "Christ, I am saved.  He didn't, yes, he"}, {'start': '2074.520', 'end': '2079.119', 'text': 'saved me, but I took the initiative'}, {'start': '2076.639', 'end': '2081.159', 'text': '.  That does not happen in the gospel.'}, {'start': '2079.119', 'end': '2083.599', 'text': 'We who have participated in'}, {'start': '2081.159', 'end': '2085.919', 'text': 'football or have participated in schools or'}, {'start': '2083.599', 'end': '2088.399', 'text': 'in things, why is someone'}, {'start': '2085.919', 'end': '2091.440', 'text': 'selected to participate in something?'}, {'start': '2088.399', 'end': '2093.240', 'text': 'Do you see a gift in him?  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Reason"}, {'start': '2125.119', 'end': '2132.599', 'text': 'for boasting.  In the gospel it is not like'}, {'start': '2129.119', 'end': '2135.400', 'text': "that.  The same thing happens in classes.  That's where things"}, {'start': '2132.599', 'end': '2138.320', 'text': 'went wrong for me.  Nobody tells me But when they are going to'}, {'start': '2135.400', 'end': '2140.160', 'text': 'send someone to a school competition,'}, {'start': '2138.320', 'end': '2143.520', 'text': "what do they do?  Well, let's"}, {'start': '2140.160', 'end': '2145.720', 'text': 'send it to spelling be, go, for example,'}, {'start': '2143.520', 'end': '2149.440', 'text': 'that, spelling be.  There they choose those who'}, {'start': '2145.720', 'end': '2152.319', 'text': 'are good at'}, {'start': '2149.440', 'end': '2154.480', 'text': 'deciphering the words and all'}, {'start': '2152.319', 'end': '2156.680', 'text': 'that.  Why do they send it?  Because it has'}, {'start': '2154.480', 'end': '2156.680', 'text': 'a'}, {'start': '2158.160', 'end': '2165.960', 'text': 'virtue.  In the gospel, the Lord has'}, {'start': '2162.839', 'end': '2167.680', 'text': 'saved us.  He did not save us because he saw virtue'}, {'start': '2165.960', 'end': '2171.240', 'text': 'in'}, {'start': '2167.680', 'end': '2173.440', 'text': 'us.  He has saved us by the pure'}, {'start': '2171.240', 'end': '2176.839', 'text': "affection of his will.  And as we're going to"}, {'start': '2173.440', 'end': '2179.839', 'text': 'see, Ephesians chapter 2, verses 9 and'}, {'start': '2176.839', 'end': '2183.000', 'text': '10 I heard Ephesians 28, what does it say?  For by'}, {'start': '2179.839', 'end': '2186.720', 'text': 'grace you have been saved through faith, and'}, {'start': '2183.000', 'end': '2189.040', 'text': 'this is not the gift of God, not by works.'}, {'start': '2186.720', 'end': '2192.079', 'text': 'Because?  So that?  So that no one can'}, {'start': '2189.040', 'end': '2195.520', 'text': 'boast, because we were his workmanship,'}, {'start': '2192.079', 'end': '2199.640', 'text': 'created for good works.  So, it'}, {'start': '2195.520', 'end': '2202.640', 'text': "'s not something that depends on us."}, {'start': '2199.640', 'end': '2203.599', 'text': 'And all these things have a purpose.   We'}, {'start': '2202.640', 'end': '2206.920', 'text': 'were'}, {'start': '2203.599', 'end': '2211.200', 'text': 'chosen, we have been accepted in the'}, {'start': '2206.920', 'end': '2211.200', 'text': 'beloved, in the sacrifice of the'}, {'start': '2212.560', 'end': '2216.960', 'text': 'beloved.  But why did he do all this for'}, {'start': '2215.280', 'end': '2219.480', 'text': 'us?'}, {'start': '2216.960', 'end': '2222.599', 'text': 'We celebrated the supper this'}, {'start': '2219.480', 'end': '2225.160', 'text': 'evening and the blood of the spotless'}, {'start': '2222.599', 'end': '2228.920', 'text': 'Passover lamb was shed and it was'}, {'start': '2225.160', 'end': '2228.920', 'text': 'shed in a'}, {'start': '2233.240', 'end': '2240.599', 'text': 'violent way.  Do we know why God did'}, {'start': '2236.599', 'end': '2240.599', 'text': 'all this for us?'}, {'start': '2240.960', 'end': '2247.000', 'text': 'Ask.  Why did he want us to be'}, {'start': '2243.760', 'end': '2247.000', 'text': 'his children?'}, {'start': '2247.599', 'end': '2251.560', 'text': 'verse 6 with which we are going to'}, {'start': '2253.720', 'end': '2259.280', 'text': "finish.  It wasn't because he saw virtue in"}, {'start': '2256.319', 'end': '2260.319', 'text': 'us.'}, {'start': '2259.280', 'end': '2264.599', 'text': 'He'}, {'start': '2260.319', 'end': '2268.119', 'text': 'did this to the praise of the glory of his'}, {'start': '2264.599', 'end': '2270.119', 'text': 'grace, by which he made us'}, {'start': '2268.119', 'end': '2273.680', 'text': 'accepted in the'}, {'start': '2270.119', 'end': '2275.880', 'text': 'beloved.  So, beloved brothers and'}, {'start': '2273.680', 'end': '2279.359', 'text': 'sisters'}, {'start': '2275.880', 'end': '2283.760', 'text': ', above all'}, {'start': '2279.359', 'end': '2285.920', 'text': 'else, he saves us and chooses us for his'}, {'start': '2283.760', 'end': '2289.480', 'text': 'own glory.'}, {'start': '2285.920', 'end': '2292.359', 'text': 'He does it for his own glory.  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God'}, {'start': '2304.319', 'end': '2308.960', 'text': 'chose and ordained before the foundation'}, {'start': '2306.480', 'end': '2312.000', 'text': 'of the world so that no'}, {'start': '2308.960', 'end': '2314.800', 'text': 'human being could boast or receive'}, {'start': '2312.000', 'end': '2318.040', 'text': 'glory for himself, but that all'}, {'start': '2314.800', 'end': '2322.079', 'text': 'glory would be for him.'}, {'start': '2318.040', 'end': '2325.240', 'text': 'Salvation is not partly of'}, {'start': '2322.079', 'end': '2327.520', 'text': 'God or partly of man.  That would be'}, {'start': '2325.240', 'end': '2330.119', 'text': "blasphemy, it would be a, I don't know what it would be"}, {'start': '2327.520', 'end': '2333.240', 'text': ', but salvation is not part of'}, {'start': '2330.119', 'end': '2337.760', 'text': 'God and it is not part of man.  Everything'}, {'start': '2333.240', 'end': '2339.880', 'text': 'completely depends on God.'}, {'start': '2337.760', 'end': '2342.960', 'text': "Let's raise our"}, {'start': '2339.880', 'end': '2344.839', 'text': "children, let's not take them anywhere, let's let"}, {'start': '2342.960', 'end': '2345.920', 'text': "our children's house be"}, {'start': '2344.839', 'end': '2349.480', 'text': 'four'}, {'start': '2345.920', 'end': '2349.480', 'text': "walls, so they don't"}, {'start': '2349.640', 'end': '2354.960', 'text': "see things they shouldn't see,"}, {'start': '2352.319', 'end': '2358.280', 'text': "so they don't expose themselves to the world.   Let's"}, {'start': '2354.960', 'end': '2360.400', 'text': 'have it there within four walls for five to'}, {'start': '2358.280', 'end': '2362.440', 'text': 'ten years.  You know what?  Within those four'}, {'start': '2360.400', 'end': '2364.119', 'text': 'walls, inside those four walls,'}, {'start': '2362.440', 'end': '2365.880', 'text': 'there are hearts that need to'}, {'start': '2364.119', 'end': '2368.160', 'text': 'repent, deserving of'}, {'start': '2365.880', 'end': '2369.800', 'text': 'condemnation.  That is why salvation'}, {'start': '2368.160', 'end': '2372.520', 'text': 'depends on'}, {'start': '2369.800', 'end': '2375.240', 'text': 'God, not on'}, {'start': '2372.520', 'end': '2378.440', 'text': 'us.  Salvation is not partly of'}, {'start': '2375.240', 'end': '2379.920', 'text': 'God and partly of man.  We'}, {'start': '2378.440', 'end': '2382.480', 'text': 'do our best for'}, {'start': '2379.920', 'end': '2385.280', 'text': 'our children.  We take them to'}, {'start': '2382.480', 'end': '2387.480', 'text': 'church, we sing to them, we read to them, we'}, {'start': '2385.280', 'end': '2390.720', 'text': 'pray to them, we speak the Word to them.  Well,'}, {'start': '2387.480', 'end': '2390.720', 'text': 'if we do it.'}, {'start': '2391.680', 'end': '2397.040', 'text': 'But salvation is entirely a'}, {'start': '2394.040', 'end': '2400.480', 'text': "work of God.  And I'm going to say it once"}, {'start': '2397.040', 'end': '2402.400', 'text': "again.  It's good that it is like this.  How good that"}, {'start': '2400.480', 'end': '2405.599', 'text': 'salvation depends on God.  Because if it'}, {'start': '2402.400', 'end': '2407.960', 'text': 'were dependent on us or that it'}, {'start': '2405.599', 'end': '2411.440', 'text': 'depended on us, brothers, what does it'}, {'start': '2407.960', 'end': '2412.599', 'text': 'do?  It was already stated that no one'}, {'start': '2411.440', 'end': '2414.440', 'text': 'would be'}, {'start': '2412.599', 'end': '2416.960', 'text': 'saved.'}, {'start': '2414.440', 'end': '2418.720', 'text': 'Nobody.  For there is none righteous, no, not one.'}, {'start': '2416.960', 'end': '2420.920', 'text': 'No one understands.  There is no one who'}, {'start': '2418.720', 'end': '2423.960', 'text': 'seeks God because everyone has turned away.'}, {'start': '2420.920', 'end': '2426.160', 'text': 'All of them became useless because they'}, {'start': '2423.960', 'end': '2428.800', 'text': 'rebelled against God and'}, {'start': '2426.160', 'end': '2430.880', 'text': 'worshipped creatures rather than the'}, {'start': '2428.800', 'end': '2432.160', 'text': 'creator.  Now we see it in'}, {'start': '2430.880', 'end': '2435.880', 'text': 'our'}, {'start': '2432.160', 'end': '2438.760', 'text': 'system.  We see it in our'}, {'start': '2435.880', 'end': '2441.520', 'text': 'education system, we see it in stores, we'}, {'start': '2438.760', 'end': '2444.520', 'text': 'see it everywhere.  We have a corrupt system that is'}, {'start': '2445.200', 'end': '2449.640', 'text': "anti-God, anti-God's design."}, {'start': '2454.400', 'end': '2461.480', 'text': 'Salvation depends on the Lord.'}, {'start': '2458.560', 'end': '2464.160', 'text': 'So, beloved brothers and sisters'}, {'start': '2461.480', 'end': '2467.040', 'text': ', the reason'}, {'start': '2464.160', 'end': '2469.680', 'text': 'for all things, the reason why'}, {'start': '2467.040', 'end': '2472.720', 'text': 'you and I are here, the reason'}, {'start': '2469.680', 'end': '2475.599', 'text': 'why there is a certain desire and a certain'}, {'start': '2472.720', 'end': '2478.079', 'text': 'willingness to gather together and if there is'}, {'start': '2475.599', 'end': '2481.280', 'text': 'a certain willingness to read his word and if there'}, {'start': '2478.079', 'end': '2486.160', 'text': 'is a certain willingness to come in prayer'}, {'start': '2481.280', 'end': '2489.079', 'text': 'to him, if there are all those things,'}, {'start': '2486.160', 'end': '2491.200', 'text': 'holy desires, they had no beginning.  neither in you'}, {'start': '2489.079', 'end': '2496.200', 'text': 'nor in me,'}, {'start': '2491.200', 'end': '2497.400', 'text': 'but in God and that all of this together'}, {'start': '2496.200', 'end': '2499.599', 'text': 'has to'}, {'start': '2497.400', 'end': '2502.560', 'text': 'lead us and is'}, {'start': '2499.599', 'end': '2505.040', 'text': 'ultimately for the glory of his'}, {'start': '2502.560', 'end': '2508.079', 'text': 'grace.  There is nothing else'}, {'start': '2505.040', 'end': '2511.760', 'text': '.  These are truths that we, I,'}, {'start': '2508.079', 'end': '2511.760', 'text': 'cannot negotiate.'}, {'start': '2514.119', 'end': '2519.319', 'text': 'Negotiating it would be going against our'}, {'start': '2520.440', 'end': '2524.440', 'text': 'conscience.  We pray.'}, {'start': '2525.960', 'end': '2528.599', 'text': 'Blessed'}, {'start': '2531.359', 'end': '2534.359', 'text': 'Christ,'}, {'start': '2534.800', 'end': '2542.680', 'text': "for I don't know how many"}, {'start': '2537.520', 'end': '2542.680', 'text': "more times and how many more times I'm going to"}, {'start': '2543.400', 'end': '2551.040', 'text': 'say it.  How good you are that salvation'}, {'start': '2546.800', 'end': '2551.040', 'text': 'depends on you and not on us.'}, {'start': '2554.359', 'end': '2560.040', 'text': 'How good, Lord, that we have your word'}, {'start': '2557.280', 'end': '2561.079', 'text': 'to draw from and conclude in this'}, {'start': '2560.040', 'end': '2564.640', 'text': 'great'}, {'start': '2561.079', 'end': '2567.720', 'text': 'truth, in this harsh truth, in this'}, {'start': '2564.640', 'end': '2569.880', 'text': 'harsh reality that we were all born'}, {'start': '2567.720', 'end': '2573.440', 'text': 'dead in crimes and sins.  We will'}, {'start': '2569.880', 'end': '2577.680', 'text': 'see with your help'}, {'start': '2573.440', 'end': '2579.319', 'text': 'later, that we were enemies by'}, {'start': '2577.680', 'end': '2583.000', 'text': 'nature,'}, {'start': '2579.319', 'end': '2586.400', 'text': 'we were children of wrath, the same as the'}, {'start': '2583.000', 'end': '2589.480', 'text': 'others.  What you saw in'}, {'start': '2586.400', 'end': '2592.520', 'text': "us, you surely didn't see anything"}, {'start': '2589.480', 'end': '2595.400', 'text': 'good.  The only thing you did see was that'}, {'start': '2592.520', 'end': '2597.599', 'text': 'we were the perfect stage to'}, {'start': '2595.400', 'end': '2599.160', 'text': 'show your grace.'}, {'start': '2597.599', 'end': '2601.440', 'text': 'We were, Lord, the'}, {'start': '2599.160', 'end': '2605.280', 'text': 'propitious stage for your'}, {'start': '2601.440', 'end': '2607.720', 'text': 'mercy and your grace, Lord, to be'}, {'start': '2605.280', 'end': '2609.920', 'text': 'poured out upon our'}, {'start': '2607.720', 'end': '2611.119', 'text': 'hearts and the only thing that'}, {'start': '2609.920', 'end': '2614.160', 'text': 'we'}, {'start': '2611.119', 'end': '2615.240', 'text': 'participated in the saving work that is'}, {'start': '2614.160', 'end': '2617.720', 'text': 'yours,'}, {'start': '2615.240', 'end': '2622.280', 'text': 'was bringing our'}, {'start': '2617.720', 'end': '2622.280', 'text': 'sin, repenting of our'}, {'start': '2622.400', 'end': '2627.559', 'text': 'sin.  How good that salvation'}, {'start': '2624.800', 'end': '2631.960', 'text': 'depends on you,'}, {'start': '2627.559', 'end': '2631.960', 'text': 'Lord.  Please help us'}, {'start': '2632.280', 'end': '2636.960', 'text': 'understand that you are the sovereign, Lord,'}, {'start': '2634.920', 'end': '2639.200', 'text': 'and not us, that your word has already been'}, {'start': '2636.960', 'end': '2642.200', 'text': 'revealed and that in it you show your'}, {'start': '2642.280', 'end': '2647.000', 'text': 'decreed will and that in everything we must'}, {'start': '2644.680', 'end': '2651.280', 'text': 'say amen.  Yes,'}, {'start': '2647.000', 'end': '2653.240', 'text': 'amen.  Help us, Lord, to obey you.'}, {'start': '2651.280', 'end': '2656.640', 'text': 'Help us, Lord, to'}, {'start': '2653.240', 'end': '2659.760', 'text': 'follow in your'}, {'start': '2656.640', 'end': '2663.079', 'text': 'footsteps, awaiting the'}, {'start': '2659.760', 'end': '2666.079', 'text': 'glorious manifestation of your Son, Jesus Christ, Lord,'}, {'start': '2663.079', 'end': '2668.839', 'text': 'coming in the clouds, where every eye will'}, {'start': '2666.079', 'end': '2674.079', 'text': 'see him and every knee will'}, {'start': '2668.839', 'end': '2674.079', 'text': 'confess that Jesus Christ is'}, {'start': '2675.040', 'end': '2681.920', 'text': 'Lord.  Thank you, blessed Father, for'}, {'start': '2678.119', 'end': '2683.960', 'text': 'everything.  I pray, Lord, for this group of'}, {'start': '2681.920', 'end': '2687.119', 'text': 'brothers and sisters, Lord, who are'}, {'start': '2683.960', 'end': '2690.240', 'text': 'here, that we may live before that truth,'}, {'start': '2687.119', 'end': '2692.440', 'text': 'Lord, and that we may display all your'}, {'start': '2690.240', 'end': '2695.319', 'text': 'greatness, your wonders, Lord, the'}, {'start': '2692.440', 'end': '2696.920', 'text': 'treasures that we find here.  And'}, {'start': '2695.319', 'end': '2699.240', 'text': 'if there is anyone who has also been'}, {'start': '2696.920', 'end': '2701.800', 'text': 'listening or is going to listen, may you'}, {'start': '2699.240', 'end': '2705.520', 'text': 'also, Lord, come with your power,'}, {'start': '2701.800', 'end': '2707.079', 'text': 'with your spirit, Lord, and'}, {'start': '2705.520', 'end': '2710.079', 'text': 'save,'}, {'start': '2707.079', 'end': '2713.000', 'text': 'save those and bring'}, {'start': '2710.079', 'end': '2716.599', 'text': 'those, Lord, who are ordained'}, {'start': '2713.000', 'end': '2716.599', 'text': 'for eternal life.'}, {'start': '2717.079', 'end': '2723.760', 'text': 'May your name, Lord, be exalted among'}, {'start': '2721.280', 'end': '2726.040', 'text': 'us at all'}, {'start': '2723.760', 'end': '2727.720', 'text': 'times, in the name of'}, {'start': '2726.040', 'end': '2731.640', 'text': 'Jesus.'}, {'start': '2727.720', 'end': '2734.839', 'text': 'Amen.  Amen.  God bless you,'}, {'start': '2731.640', 'end': '2738.319', 'text': 'brothers.  We look forward to seeing you on Friday, with'}, {'start': '2734.839', 'end': '2738.319', 'text': "God's help.  M."}]