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+[0.00 --> 9.00]  Hallelujah! All I have is Christ!
+[9.00 --> 19.00]  Hallelujah! Jesus is my life!
+[19.00 --> 28.00]  Hallelujah! All I have is Christ!
+[28.00 --> 39.00]  Hallelujah! Jesus is my life!
+[58.00 --> 60.00]  Amen!
+[60.00 --> 61.00]  Amen!
+[61.00 --> 63.00]  Amen!
+[63.00 --> 65.00]  Amen!
+[65.00 --> 67.00]  Amen!
+[67.00 --> 68.00]  Amen!
+[68.00 --> 72.00]  Amen!
+[72.00 --> 76.00]  Amen!
+[76.00 --> 77.00]  Amen!
+[77.00 --> 81.48]  Make out the love of Christ for me.
+[81.48 --> 86.20]  And my death is made that I may be free.
+[86.48 --> 90.92]  Oh, come, Lord, ever in me reside.
+[91.18 --> 95.62]  When the tender seems to be my faithful God.
+[95.86 --> 100.22]  Joy of promises for me to do.
+[100.50 --> 105.18]  For the battle be fine and be so.
+[107.00 --> 109.50]  Rest in assurance.
+[111.60 --> 114.50]  Jesus is mine.
+[114.50 --> 118.50]  Oh, what a fortune.
+[120.24 --> 122.50]  The glory divine.
+[125.06 --> 127.50]  Hell of salvation.
+[129.52 --> 131.86]  Purchase of God.
+[131.86 --> 132.86]  Purchase of God.
+[132.86 --> 136.36]  For now, His spirit.
+[136.36 --> 141.36]  He washed me in blood.
+[141.36 --> 147.74]  In whom can He do the Savior's light?
+[148.00 --> 152.32]  Did He spell my thoughts in the blackest night?
+[152.58 --> 156.86]  Did He part His power to my soul redeem?
+[156.86 --> 161.58]  The wounds which all my sorrows fear?
+[161.58 --> 166.12]  In His transgressive, in His image we.
+[166.36 --> 170.76]  And by your power to His grace I'll be.
+[171.00 --> 175.42]  On the faith beside that prayer be prayed.
+[175.42 --> 179.92]  When we all leave Jesus' face to face.
+[180.86 --> 180.92]  His intention and mercy on His grant.
+[180.92 --> 182.48]  The魔法 to His strontops she sự.
+[182.48 --> 186.22]  And by his breath is in daily living.
+[186.26 --> 187.58]  Paul and region.
+[187.58 --> 187.62]  Jesus is our landed, Lord, ever in us faith.
+[187.62 --> 189.12]  He pursuit the love of His slaves.
+[189.12 --> 191.06]  This is what our faith is.
+[191.06 --> 191.48]  When you're left, he's running.
+[191.48 --> 193.18]  For now, the Lord is ourах.
+[193.26 --> 193.88]  Father, ever in ever in ever in His reign.
+[195.72 --> 196.24]  And He puts us together with this.
+[196.24 --> 196.96]  With His Son, He puts us to pay.
+[197.38 --> 198.90]  If His Son, He puts us to stand on the 95th.
+[198.94 --> 201.38]  Purchase of God.
+[201.38 --> 227.66]  This my story, this my song, born of spirit washed in blood.
+[227.66 --> 236.48]  This my story, this my song, in my Savior I belong.
+[237.48 --> 246.00]  This my story, this my song, born of spirit washed in blood.
+[246.00 --> 254.78]  This my story, this my song, in my Savior I belong.
+[254.78 --> 263.78]  This my story, this my song, born of spirit washed in blood.
+[264.66 --> 272.78]  This my story, this my song, in my Savior I belong.
+[272.78 --> 282.66]  Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine.
+[282.66 --> 291.90]  Oh, what a poor place, the poor we need to lie.
+[292.44 --> 299.42]  The care of salvation, the purchase of love.
+[301.34 --> 307.66]  Born of spirit washed in blood.
+[307.66 --> 314.66]  Born of spirit washed in blood.
+[314.66 --> 316.66]  Born of spirit washed in blood.
+[316.66 --> 318.66]  I bet you this is mine.
+[318.66 --> 320.66]  Good morning.
+[320.66 --> 327.66]  The special offering for today is for King's University.
+[327.66 --> 332.66]  For over 40 years, King's University has been committed to the highest level of excellence
+[332.66 --> 333.66]  in teaching and research.
+[333.66 --> 340.66]  Located in Edmonton, King's offers exceptional liberal arts education from a Christian perspective.
+[340.66 --> 342.66]  And serves students from across Canada and around the world.
+[342.66 --> 343.66]  Thank you.
+[343.66 --> 344.66]  Thank you.
+[344.66 --> 351.66]  This next song is new to us.
+[351.66 --> 352.66]  And it is a little peppy.
+[352.66 --> 358.66]  So feel free to listen along and join us if you get used to the melody.
+[358.66 --> 365.66]  Or just listen because it has a lot of truths about what we've been learning.
+[365.66 --> 367.66]  It comes directly from Romans 1.
+[367.66 --> 370.66]  So here is We Are Not Ashamed.
+[370.66 --> 373.66]  And it comes directly from Romans 1.
+[373.66 --> 375.66]  So here is We Are Not Ashamed.
+[375.66 --> 377.66]  And it comes directly from Romans 1.
+[377.66 --> 380.66]  And it comes directly from Romans 1.
+[380.66 --> 387.66]  So here is We Are Not Ashamed.
+[387.66 --> 390.66]  We Are Not Ashamed.
+[390.66 --> 409.66]  The news of Jesus Christ.
+[409.66 --> 410.66]  The crucified.
+[410.66 --> 419.66]  The risen raining at the Father's sky.
+[419.66 --> 425.66]  His foolishness to those who cannot see.
+[425.66 --> 432.66]  Blinded by the hearts they can't believe.
+[432.66 --> 433.66]  The risen rain.
+[433.66 --> 435.66]  So let the church arise.
+[435.66 --> 439.66]  Let the anthem ring.
+[439.66 --> 443.66]  To all the world's pastors.
+[443.66 --> 447.66]  Christ the risen King.
+[447.66 --> 451.66]  The Son of the King.
+[451.66 --> 454.66]  The holy we shall sing.
+[454.66 --> 460.66]  The home of all the world is Christ the risen King.
+[460.66 --> 463.66]  For we, we are not ashamed.
+[463.66 --> 473.66]  For the gospel is the power of Christ to stay.
+[473.66 --> 479.66]  Yes, we, we are not ashamed.
+[479.66 --> 480.66]  To all Eve bookings.
+[480.66 --> 489.66]  We are not ashamed.
+[489.66 --> 508.66]  For us, you live.
+[508.66 --> 515.74]  The Holy Spirit in their every starving name
+[515.74 --> 521.72]  The Mary Gage and Gospel will endure
+[521.72 --> 528.50]  The Spirit's within the church forevermore
+[528.50 --> 533.50]  So let the church arise
+[533.50 --> 536.64]  Let the end of the day
+[536.64 --> 539.44]  To all the world that's heard
+[539.44 --> 543.12]  The Christ the risen King
+[543.12 --> 546.36]  The song of every king
+[546.36 --> 549.38]  The holy we shall sing
+[549.38 --> 552.42]  The home of all the world
+[552.42 --> 556.12]  The Christ the risen King
+[556.12 --> 560.94]  Oh, we, we are not ashamed
+[560.94 --> 564.74]  Oh, we're not ashamed
+[564.74 --> 569.42]  We are not afraid to stay
+[569.42 --> 574.46]  Yes, we, we are not ashamed
+[574.46 --> 582.22]  Oh, we have no other Savior to sustain
+[582.22 --> 587.46]  Oh, we, we are not ashamed
+[587.46 --> 591.26]  Oh, we have no other Savior to sustain
+[591.26 --> 599.14]  Yes, we, we are not ashamed
+[599.14 --> 603.10]  Oh, we have no other Savior to sustain
+[603.10 --> 618.74]  Oh, we are not ashamed
+[618.74 --> 627.26]  Good morning, everybody.
+[627.54 --> 631.60]  Can I have all the preschoolers up to grade four come up to the front?
+[631.92 --> 638.24]  And while they're coming up to the front, we have a couple weeks left in our regular season,
+[638.24 --> 642.12]  and we are starting to look for people for our summer season.
+[642.12 --> 650.18]  So if anybody's interested in teaching the preschoolers, we have a link on our bulletin that you can just sign in on,
+[650.42 --> 653.42]  or you can come talk to me if you have any other questions.
+[654.46 --> 656.06]  Good morning, guys. How are you?
+[656.94 --> 662.30]  So today we're going to start a new session, and it's called Campfire.
+[662.76 --> 666.18]  So when we sit around a campfire, what kind of things do we do?
+[667.74 --> 668.12]  Okay.
+[669.24 --> 670.24]  You tell stories?
+[670.24 --> 672.52]  What else do we do around a campfire?
+[676.18 --> 677.32]  Roast marshmallows.
+[677.50 --> 678.36]  What else do we do?
+[680.16 --> 683.58]  Around a campfire, maybe, but not too close.
+[684.56 --> 685.70]  What else do we do?
+[685.92 --> 687.48]  We hang out with our family.
+[687.66 --> 691.38]  We hang out with friends, and we have discussions.
+[692.14 --> 692.84]  Pardon me, Malachi?
+[693.54 --> 695.72]  We sit around the campfire and have discussions.
+[695.72 --> 703.22]  So basically, in the next couple of weeks until this, until summertime, is we are going to talk about different topics.
+[703.80 --> 706.10]  So today, we are going to talk about prayer.
+[706.56 --> 714.56]  So we are going to learn, we're going to learn about the story that we, that Jesus taught his disciples how to pray,
+[714.66 --> 716.70]  and we're going to talk about the Lord's Prayer.
+[716.70 --> 718.30]  So can everybody stand up?
+[722.62 --> 725.06]  And look at your parents and the congregation.
+[725.06 --> 729.62]  And one, two, three, the Lord be with you.
+[729.82 --> 731.50]  And also with you.
+[731.50 --> 756.50]  Thank you.
+[756.50 --> 757.50]  Good morning.
+[757.50 --> 758.50]  My name is Ken.
+[758.50 --> 763.50]  I'm an elder here at Emanuel, and I will be leading us in our church family prayer.
+[763.50 --> 770.50]  So all of you should have access to the e-bulletin, and every week we see numerous items for prayer
+[770.50 --> 774.80]  requests, and I encourage each of us to look at those not only on Sunday, but just throughout
+[774.80 --> 778.18]  the week and keep each other upheld in prayer.
+[778.18 --> 783.50]  In addition to the items in the bulletin right now, there's one other situation or announcement
+[783.50 --> 789.44]  I have, and many of you would know, Dennis DeGroote, who was a teacher at Fraser Valley
+[789.44 --> 794.64]  Christian and Surrey Christian, and he passed away on Friday.
+[794.64 --> 801.26]  And so there's going to be a service, a memorial for him on Friday, this coming Friday at 2
+[801.26 --> 804.18]  p.m. at Fleetwood CRC.
+[804.18 --> 808.56]  So let's all uphold the DeGroote family in our prayers as well.
+[808.56 --> 810.12]  Let's bow our heads together.
+[810.12 --> 819.50]  Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, all your works shall praise your name in earth and sky
+[819.50 --> 821.12]  and sea.
+[821.12 --> 825.70]  What a blessing it is to worship you this morning and to praise your holy name.
+[825.70 --> 831.60]  In our singing songs of praise, in the teaching and hearing of your word, in fellowship, in
+[831.60 --> 835.96]  breaking bread, and in prayer, we praise you, Lord our God.
+[835.96 --> 840.04]  We cry out, hallelujah, all we have is Christ.
+[840.04 --> 843.14]  Hallelujah, Jesus is our life.
+[843.14 --> 849.66]  Lord, when we examine our lives, we see blessings beyond what we can count, and your grace beyond
+[849.66 --> 851.70]  what we can measure.
+[851.70 --> 855.64]  We can give you all the glory and praise to you alone.
+[855.64 --> 860.54]  But still, we find ourselves carrying burdens that make us tired and weary.
+[860.54 --> 864.74]  Lord, we lift up our burdens to you, knowing that you are the creator of the ends of the
+[864.74 --> 865.92]  earth.
+[865.92 --> 871.82]  You will not grow tired or weary, and your understanding is beyond our comprehension.
+[871.82 --> 876.42]  Lord, you give us strength to the weary and increase the power of the weak.
+[876.42 --> 881.60]  This morning we lift up our praise and concerns to you, knowing that those who hope in the Lord,
+[881.60 --> 885.54]  will renew their strength and soar on wings like eagles.
+[885.54 --> 889.96]  We will run and not grow weary, walk and not be faint.
+[889.96 --> 893.58]  We thank you, Lord, for the opportunities and blessings you have provided throughout this
+[893.58 --> 896.92]  school year to students and to their teachers.
+[896.92 --> 901.48]  We ask you for strength to enable them to finish this school year well.
+[901.48 --> 905.48]  We pray, Lord, that you provide discernment and guidance for all who are seeking out what
+[905.48 --> 910.80]  to do in the next chapter of their lives after the school year ends.
+[910.80 --> 914.74]  We thank you for our communities, this beautiful province, and our nation.
+[914.74 --> 918.04]  Lord, we have so many opportunities and privileges.
+[918.04 --> 920.78]  Help us not take them for granted.
+[920.78 --> 927.18]  We pray for your world and many places that are suffering in a time of injustice, hunger,
+[927.18 --> 928.66]  and war.
+[928.66 --> 933.20]  Help us not lose sight of the ministry and mission you have for your church in this time
+[933.20 --> 936.60]  and place and throughout the world.
+[936.60 --> 941.48]  Lord, we celebrate with the Agile family as they have become Canadian citizens.
+[941.48 --> 946.10]  As we have walked this process with them over the years, we see your faithfulness and guidance
+[946.10 --> 950.14]  and praise you for all you have done in this.
+[950.14 --> 953.52]  We pray, Lord, for those who are dealing with burdens of illness.
+[953.52 --> 959.32]  Lord, you sustain them on their sick bed and restore them from their beds of illness.
+[959.32 --> 964.70]  We lift up Kobe DeBoersap as she continues radiation and chemo treatment after bone marrow and stem
+[964.70 --> 966.86]  cell transplants.
+[966.86 --> 970.40]  Lord, we pray for strength and peace for Kobe and her family.
+[970.40 --> 976.24]  Grant Kobe a return to strength and health and recovery from this leukemia.
+[976.24 --> 981.72]  We pray, Lord, for Everly Vartstra and ask for complete healing for her melanoma.
+[981.72 --> 988.32]  Please grant Stephen and Karen your peace and patience in these times of testing and waiting.
+[988.32 --> 993.22]  We ask for wisdom for the medical teams that provide treatment and care to Everly.
+[993.22 --> 997.86]  We're grateful, Lord, to hear positive reports this week and pray for continued healing along
+[997.86 --> 1002.14]  this long road to full healing for Everly.
+[1002.14 --> 1007.42]  We also pray for Rose Vita as she faces health challenges and other struggles.
+[1007.42 --> 1011.04]  Lord, give her your healing touch and renew her strength.
+[1011.04 --> 1015.46]  We pray for Judy Dykstra's friend, Vera, who has been struggling with shingles for a long
+[1015.46 --> 1016.98]  time.
+[1016.98 --> 1020.90]  Please grant her healing and relief and help her get the support that she needs in this
+[1020.90 --> 1022.62]  time.
+[1022.62 --> 1027.22]  We also lift up Lena who had a fall and required stitches this week, Lord, and we ask for quick
+[1027.22 --> 1029.22]  healing for her as well.
+[1029.22 --> 1034.18]  Lord, we pray for others who are dealing with illness in our congregation or in our circles
+[1034.18 --> 1038.12]  of connections, many that we know of and some that we do not.
+[1038.12 --> 1042.64]  Lord, we pray that you'd help us remain confident that we will see the goodness of the Lord in
+[1042.64 --> 1044.40]  the land of the living.
+[1044.40 --> 1049.50]  Help us be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord in all of these things.
+[1049.50 --> 1054.74]  Lord, we also lift up those who are grieving loved ones who have passed away.
+[1054.74 --> 1059.44]  We thank especially of the DeGroote family as they're in a time of mourning and pray your
+[1059.44 --> 1063.64]  blessing on the memorial service this upcoming Friday.
+[1063.64 --> 1070.38]  Lord, we lift up our church, this church family here and our ministry here at Emanuel and throughout
+[1070.38 --> 1071.74]  our region and denomination.
+[1072.46 --> 1077.54]  We pray for the work of our church council and staff, our classes and synod.
+[1078.06 --> 1082.72]  Lord, please be near to each of the workers that you have put in place to lead.
+[1082.72 --> 1089.30]  As synod begins later this week, we pray for all the delegates and we pray for Pastor Chris
+[1089.30 --> 1093.90]  and Sean from New Life and Sonia from Willoughby as they are leaving for synod this week.
+[1094.54 --> 1099.18]  And as they prepare for some significant and important conversations and work to be done.
+[1100.04 --> 1105.64]  Holy Spirit, we ask that you work in the hearts and minds of the delegates to lead them.
+[1106.16 --> 1112.08]  Help them correctly handle the word of truth and boldly lead your church to do likewise.
+[1112.72 --> 1117.84]  Lord, this morning as we hear your word and share in the Lord's Supper around the table,
+[1118.24 --> 1122.54]  we pray that you will speak into our hearts and lives in old and new ways alike.
+[1123.16 --> 1123.56]  Hallelujah.
+[1124.14 --> 1125.66]  All we have is Christ.
+[1126.30 --> 1126.70]  Hallelujah.
+[1127.24 --> 1128.48]  Jesus is our life.
+[1128.98 --> 1129.20]  Amen.
+[1129.20 --> 1129.30]  Amen.
+[1142.72 --> 1158.24]  This morning we are going to close out our series in the book of Romans.
+[1158.24 --> 1165.60]  If you are a guest with us this morning, we have been living in the book of Romans for the last year and a half.
+[1165.60 --> 1167.16]  18 months.
+[1168.00 --> 1175.70]  39 sermons including today and lots of conversations and this past year starting in January.
+[1176.18 --> 1177.40]  Podcasts and the like.
+[1178.70 --> 1181.28]  And so I want to say first of all, thank you.
+[1181.80 --> 1184.94]  Thank you for your encouragement and your feedback and for your engagement.
+[1184.94 --> 1193.40]  Thank you for pressing into the challenges and for wrestling and for allowing us to go on this road.
+[1193.76 --> 1201.22]  To Josh and Kevin as well, thank you for your participation in this and for taking this challenge up with me.
+[1201.76 --> 1206.86]  I have been truly blessed and I know at least three of you have been as well.
+[1207.60 --> 1210.84]  And so hopefully it's more, but thank you for your gracious feedback.
+[1210.84 --> 1220.38]  Someone asked me a little while ago if we could provide an overview of the series with the texts and with the big idea from each sermon.
+[1220.98 --> 1223.20]  And so we have a few of these available.
+[1223.42 --> 1227.06]  They're cards that you can just slip in your Bible, maybe at the beginning of Romans.
+[1227.50 --> 1231.52]  And you can go and hold it alongside of what you have there.
+[1231.60 --> 1234.20]  And so we printed 40 of these.
+[1234.88 --> 1237.00]  I'm not sure we will need all 40.
+[1237.00 --> 1241.78]  But if we happen to run out, just touch base with me and I'll get the office to print off some more.
+[1242.18 --> 1244.38]  They're at the Connect booth later.
+[1245.88 --> 1250.56]  We're going to end today with just three verses.
+[1250.84 --> 1256.28]  And so we're going to read together from Romans 16, 25 through 27.
+[1256.54 --> 1259.60]  If you have a Bible, of course, I encourage you to open that up.
+[1259.68 --> 1260.42]  Keep that in front of you.
+[1260.52 --> 1262.06]  There are Bibles available at the back.
+[1262.14 --> 1265.78]  You can also get it on your phone or whatever device you have there.
+[1265.78 --> 1268.36]  The first time through, at least, it should be over my shoulder.
+[1268.92 --> 1269.64]  Let's read together.
+[1272.16 --> 1277.54]  Now to him who is able to establish you in accordance with my gospel,
+[1277.94 --> 1280.80]  the message I proclaim about Jesus Christ,
+[1280.80 --> 1285.32]  in keeping with the revelation of the mystery hidden for long ages past,
+[1285.60 --> 1291.50]  but now revealed and made known through the prophetic writings by the command of the eternal God,
+[1291.64 --> 1295.34]  so that all the Gentiles might come to the obedience that comes from faith,
+[1295.34 --> 1301.62]  to the only wise God be glory forever through Jesus Christ.
+[1302.38 --> 1302.76]  Amen.
+[1304.30 --> 1305.54]  This is the word of the Lord.
+[1310.24 --> 1313.60]  So this morning, as our sort of weigh in,
+[1313.60 --> 1314.72]  I want to ask the question,
+[1315.12 --> 1320.04]  how would you end perhaps the greatest letter ever written?
+[1320.04 --> 1323.72]  Now throughout this series on Romans,
+[1324.18 --> 1329.02]  we've been talking about and in hearing about the impact of this letter,
+[1329.12 --> 1330.34]  this book of the Bible.
+[1331.12 --> 1333.34]  Pastor Kevin, in one of his messages,
+[1333.88 --> 1337.28]  shared how Bible scholars say that
+[1337.28 --> 1341.82]  in this letter is the most important paragraph ever written,
+[1342.16 --> 1343.24]  is how Kevin put it.
+[1343.24 --> 1349.08]  A verse from this letter changed the course of church history.
+[1349.42 --> 1350.68]  Romans 1 verse 17.
+[1350.80 --> 1351.82]  We'll see that in a little bit.
+[1352.24 --> 1354.36]  Three chapters from this letter
+[1354.36 --> 1357.46]  have shaped conversations in biblical theology
+[1357.46 --> 1359.58]  for literally millennia.
+[1360.60 --> 1362.02]  That's chapters 9 through 11.
+[1363.28 --> 1363.88]  Personally,
+[1364.22 --> 1366.18]  my favorite chapter in the whole Bible
+[1366.18 --> 1367.52]  is in the book of Romans.
+[1368.50 --> 1370.10]  Maybe yours is too,
+[1370.10 --> 1371.92]  because a lot of people love Romans 8.
+[1374.18 --> 1374.80]  And so,
+[1375.54 --> 1376.96]  Tony Merida asks,
+[1377.36 --> 1381.56]  how do you end the greatest letter ever written?
+[1383.04 --> 1385.08]  And the answer that I hope we'll see
+[1385.08 --> 1388.56]  is the same way you started it.
+[1389.72 --> 1391.38]  The same way you started it.
+[1391.44 --> 1391.52]  Right?
+[1391.58 --> 1392.48]  From the beginning,
+[1393.14 --> 1394.60]  the letter to the Romans
+[1394.60 --> 1397.32]  has been about one thing.
+[1398.58 --> 1401.52]  The gospel of Jesus Christ.
+[1402.74 --> 1402.90]  Right?
+[1402.94 --> 1404.82]  From the deep, unsettling truth
+[1404.82 --> 1406.64]  of our need for the gospel
+[1406.64 --> 1407.56]  to the reality
+[1407.56 --> 1408.76]  of how the gospel
+[1408.76 --> 1411.00]  works out in the order of salvation
+[1411.00 --> 1411.84]  to the truth
+[1411.84 --> 1413.10]  of how the gospel continues
+[1413.10 --> 1414.16]  to work itself out
+[1414.16 --> 1415.26]  in the lives of those
+[1415.26 --> 1416.76]  who are transformed by it
+[1416.76 --> 1417.34]  and the truth
+[1417.34 --> 1418.46]  of how the gospel
+[1418.46 --> 1420.76]  shapes the community of people
+[1420.76 --> 1422.58]  who are made by it.
+[1423.30 --> 1423.44]  Right?
+[1423.44 --> 1425.16]  These themes are found
+[1425.16 --> 1427.14]  throughout the entire letter.
+[1427.26 --> 1428.08]  And what we have said
+[1428.08 --> 1429.06]  over and over
+[1429.06 --> 1429.94]  is that Romans
+[1429.94 --> 1431.74]  from first to last
+[1431.74 --> 1434.10]  has been about the gospel.
+[1435.86 --> 1437.36]  You end the letter
+[1437.36 --> 1439.04]  the same way you started.
+[1439.90 --> 1440.38]  In fact,
+[1440.50 --> 1441.48]  the language of
+[1441.48 --> 1444.20]  verses 25 through 27
+[1444.20 --> 1446.08]  echo the language
+[1446.08 --> 1449.30]  of the first five verses
+[1449.30 --> 1450.40]  of the book.
+[1450.40 --> 1453.58]  There's a nice bookend
+[1453.58 --> 1454.70]  to the way Paul
+[1454.70 --> 1456.56]  concludes this letter.
+[1457.22 --> 1458.44]  Did we have this image, Linda?
+[1461.44 --> 1463.12]  So, you can see
+[1463.12 --> 1465.80]  maybe
+[1465.80 --> 1477.26]  the first five books
+[1477.26 --> 1478.02]  of the Bible
+[1478.02 --> 1478.88]  have themes
+[1478.88 --> 1479.88]  that correspond
+[1479.88 --> 1480.74]  Linda can get it up
+[1480.74 --> 1481.44]  as she gets it
+[1481.44 --> 1483.84]  to these ones here.
+[1485.30 --> 1485.54]  Right?
+[1485.58 --> 1486.88]  In the first five verses
+[1486.88 --> 1488.90]  and in these last three verses
+[1488.90 --> 1490.74]  Paul talks about the gospel.
+[1490.88 --> 1492.26]  He talks about being set apart
+[1492.26 --> 1493.84]  for the gospel.
+[1493.84 --> 1495.84]  Right?
+[1495.88 --> 1497.48]  He grounds this gospel
+[1497.48 --> 1499.28]  in the person
+[1499.28 --> 1500.86]  and work of Jesus Christ.
+[1501.84 --> 1502.72]  And he shows
+[1502.72 --> 1504.02]  how this gospel
+[1504.02 --> 1505.38]  has been God's plan
+[1505.38 --> 1506.40]  all along
+[1506.40 --> 1507.66]  revealed in the writings
+[1507.66 --> 1508.30]  of the prophets
+[1508.30 --> 1509.38]  and in the writings
+[1509.38 --> 1510.20]  of Holy Scripture.
+[1511.30 --> 1512.18]  The purpose
+[1512.18 --> 1513.72]  has been
+[1513.72 --> 1514.52]  always
+[1514.52 --> 1515.66]  so that
+[1515.66 --> 1516.62]  the Gentiles
+[1516.62 --> 1517.32]  that is people
+[1517.32 --> 1518.28]  who are not Jewish
+[1518.28 --> 1519.58]  you and me
+[1519.58 --> 1521.18]  might come to
+[1521.18 --> 1522.18]  obedience
+[1522.18 --> 1523.06]  that comes
+[1523.06 --> 1524.22]  from faith.
+[1525.08 --> 1525.38]  In fact,
+[1525.46 --> 1525.88]  if you hold
+[1525.88 --> 1526.64]  these two things
+[1526.64 --> 1527.68]  side by each
+[1527.68 --> 1529.52]  it's pretty masterful
+[1529.52 --> 1530.30]  letter writing
+[1530.30 --> 1531.64]  that's going on here.
+[1533.28 --> 1533.90]  But
+[1533.90 --> 1535.70]  what is
+[1535.70 --> 1536.70]  specifically
+[1536.70 --> 1538.14]  unique
+[1538.14 --> 1539.46]  about
+[1539.46 --> 1540.36]  verses 25
+[1540.36 --> 1541.20]  through 27
+[1541.20 --> 1542.70]  is how Paul
+[1542.70 --> 1543.96]  then surrounds
+[1543.96 --> 1544.62]  this
+[1544.62 --> 1545.52]  repeated
+[1545.52 --> 1546.72]  message.
+[1547.92 --> 1548.32]  Right?
+[1548.32 --> 1550.00]  this call
+[1550.00 --> 1551.20]  is to
+[1551.20 --> 1551.96]  surround
+[1551.96 --> 1553.02]  the gospel
+[1553.02 --> 1554.86]  with doxology
+[1554.86 --> 1556.20]  with words
+[1556.20 --> 1557.04]  of praise
+[1557.04 --> 1558.22]  and of blessing.
+[1559.04 --> 1559.12]  Right?
+[1559.12 --> 1559.98]  Notice how he starts
+[1559.98 --> 1560.70]  our text.
+[1560.82 --> 1561.08]  He says
+[1561.08 --> 1562.18]  now to him
+[1562.18 --> 1562.92]  who is able
+[1562.92 --> 1564.10]  to establish you
+[1564.10 --> 1564.72]  in accordance
+[1564.72 --> 1566.16]  with my gospel.
+[1566.26 --> 1567.10]  And then he continues
+[1567.10 --> 1568.36]  as we have seen
+[1568.36 --> 1569.52]  repeating themes
+[1569.52 --> 1570.28]  from the first
+[1570.28 --> 1571.34]  five verses
+[1571.34 --> 1572.08]  of the letter
+[1572.08 --> 1573.50]  and then he comes
+[1573.50 --> 1574.38]  back to
+[1574.38 --> 1575.08]  this idea
+[1575.08 --> 1576.00]  of doxology.
+[1576.56 --> 1576.68]  Right?
+[1577.28 --> 1578.46]  Now to him
+[1578.46 --> 1579.42]  the wise
+[1579.42 --> 1580.02]  God
+[1580.02 --> 1580.74]  be glory
+[1580.74 --> 1581.42]  forever
+[1581.42 --> 1582.32]  through Jesus
+[1582.32 --> 1582.92]  Christ.
+[1583.70 --> 1584.04]  Amen.
+[1585.12 --> 1585.88]  And this is
+[1585.88 --> 1586.86]  the same idea
+[1586.86 --> 1587.68]  that we have seen
+[1587.68 --> 1588.52]  over and over
+[1588.52 --> 1589.40]  and over again
+[1589.40 --> 1590.28]  in the letter
+[1590.28 --> 1590.84]  to the Romans
+[1590.84 --> 1591.66]  that the gospel
+[1591.66 --> 1593.26]  transforms us
+[1593.26 --> 1593.96]  into
+[1593.96 --> 1595.12]  worshipers.
+[1596.92 --> 1597.96]  The gospel
+[1597.96 --> 1599.20]  transforms us
+[1599.20 --> 1600.08]  into worshipers
+[1600.08 --> 1601.66]  and that's
+[1601.66 --> 1602.72]  actually the theme
+[1602.72 --> 1603.74]  for this morning.
+[1604.80 --> 1604.90]  Right?
+[1605.00 --> 1606.16]  God gives the gospel
+[1606.16 --> 1607.30]  to start
+[1607.30 --> 1608.48]  and sustain
+[1608.48 --> 1609.66]  our lives
+[1609.66 --> 1610.50]  of God
+[1610.50 --> 1611.54]  glorifying
+[1611.54 --> 1612.40]  gratitude.
+[1614.24 --> 1615.10]  Now to help
+[1615.10 --> 1615.82]  make this idea
+[1615.82 --> 1616.90]  make sense to us
+[1616.90 --> 1617.94]  coming out of this text
+[1617.94 --> 1619.24]  I'll frame
+[1619.24 --> 1619.86]  what's left
+[1619.86 --> 1620.34]  of our time
+[1620.34 --> 1620.76]  this morning
+[1620.76 --> 1621.76]  around four
+[1621.76 --> 1623.14]  questions.
+[1624.16 --> 1624.82]  And the first
+[1624.82 --> 1625.50]  question
+[1625.50 --> 1627.18]  has to be
+[1627.18 --> 1628.66]  what is the gospel?
+[1629.76 --> 1629.90]  Right?
+[1629.90 --> 1630.82]  What is the gospel?
+[1631.58 --> 1632.06]  Earlier
+[1632.06 --> 1633.52]  we sang a song
+[1633.52 --> 1634.68]  We Are Not Ashamed
+[1634.68 --> 1635.66]  and that idea
+[1635.66 --> 1636.36]  comes from
+[1636.36 --> 1637.04]  Romans 1
+[1637.04 --> 1638.26]  verse 16
+[1638.26 --> 1638.72]  it says
+[1638.72 --> 1639.82]  I'm not ashamed
+[1639.82 --> 1640.56]  of the gospel
+[1640.56 --> 1641.80]  for it is the power
+[1641.80 --> 1642.56]  of God
+[1642.56 --> 1643.48]  unto salvation.
+[1644.36 --> 1644.92]  The power
+[1644.92 --> 1645.34]  of God
+[1645.34 --> 1646.06]  unto salvation
+[1646.06 --> 1647.10]  is the gospel.
+[1647.22 --> 1647.62]  The gospel
+[1647.62 --> 1648.40]  is the power
+[1648.40 --> 1648.80]  of God
+[1648.80 --> 1649.84]  unto salvation.
+[1650.02 --> 1650.32]  And then in
+[1650.32 --> 1651.58]  Romans 17
+[1651.58 --> 1653.06]  he continues
+[1653.06 --> 1654.08]  in the gospel
+[1654.08 --> 1654.90]  the righteousness
+[1654.90 --> 1655.58]  of God
+[1655.58 --> 1656.22]  is revealed
+[1656.22 --> 1657.16]  a righteousness
+[1657.16 --> 1658.44]  that is by faith
+[1658.44 --> 1659.16]  from first
+[1659.16 --> 1660.00]  to last
+[1660.00 --> 1661.92]  just as it is written
+[1661.92 --> 1662.84]  the righteous
+[1662.84 --> 1663.66]  will live
+[1663.66 --> 1664.94]  by faith.
+[1665.96 --> 1666.64]  Jesus
+[1666.64 --> 1668.12]  is
+[1668.12 --> 1669.00]  the righteousness
+[1669.00 --> 1670.30]  of God.
+[1670.80 --> 1671.58]  The truth
+[1671.58 --> 1672.54]  is that in Adam
+[1672.54 --> 1673.50]  all sin
+[1673.50 --> 1674.56]  and death
+[1674.56 --> 1675.50]  has now entered
+[1675.50 --> 1676.34]  the world
+[1676.34 --> 1677.16]  through sin
+[1677.16 --> 1678.64]  and in Christ
+[1678.64 --> 1680.04]  the gospel reality
+[1680.04 --> 1681.02]  is that all
+[1681.02 --> 1682.28]  are made alive
+[1682.28 --> 1683.02]  that life
+[1683.02 --> 1683.72]  is granted
+[1683.72 --> 1684.80]  by him.
+[1684.80 --> 1686.40]  This is the gospel
+[1686.40 --> 1687.04]  in its most
+[1687.04 --> 1687.78]  fundamental
+[1687.78 --> 1689.44]  core form.
+[1690.36 --> 1691.22]  The idea
+[1691.22 --> 1691.68]  that I am
+[1691.68 --> 1692.34]  more sinful
+[1692.34 --> 1693.00]  than I would
+[1693.00 --> 1694.26]  ever dare
+[1694.26 --> 1694.98]  admit
+[1694.98 --> 1696.72]  and yet
+[1696.72 --> 1698.14]  I am more
+[1698.14 --> 1698.84]  loved
+[1698.84 --> 1699.34]  than I could
+[1699.34 --> 1700.66]  ever imagine
+[1700.66 --> 1701.62]  possible.
+[1702.80 --> 1703.20]  And out
+[1703.20 --> 1704.44]  of this love
+[1704.44 --> 1704.86]  God
+[1704.86 --> 1705.90]  came into
+[1705.90 --> 1706.42]  the world
+[1706.42 --> 1707.50]  in Jesus Christ
+[1707.50 --> 1708.18]  and he lived
+[1708.18 --> 1708.70]  the life
+[1708.70 --> 1709.58]  I should have
+[1709.58 --> 1709.96]  lived.
+[1712.10 --> 1712.90]  In living
+[1712.90 --> 1713.40]  the life
+[1713.40 --> 1713.98]  I should have
+[1713.98 --> 1714.58]  lived even
+[1714.58 --> 1715.20]  though he
+[1715.20 --> 1716.06]  was innocent
+[1716.06 --> 1716.96]  and perfect
+[1716.96 --> 1717.58]  even though
+[1717.58 --> 1718.06]  he kept
+[1718.06 --> 1718.46]  all the
+[1718.46 --> 1718.98]  requirements
+[1718.98 --> 1720.08]  of the law
+[1720.08 --> 1721.10]  even though
+[1721.10 --> 1721.52]  he was
+[1721.52 --> 1721.86]  innocent
+[1721.86 --> 1722.56]  this same
+[1722.56 --> 1723.16]  Jesus
+[1723.16 --> 1724.10]  died the
+[1724.10 --> 1724.46]  death
+[1724.46 --> 1725.14]  that I
+[1725.14 --> 1725.66]  deserved.
+[1726.84 --> 1727.38]  And that in
+[1727.38 --> 1727.82]  dying the
+[1727.82 --> 1728.34]  death that I
+[1728.34 --> 1728.92]  deserved for
+[1728.92 --> 1729.48]  sin he
+[1729.48 --> 1730.06]  paid the
+[1730.06 --> 1730.34]  penalty.
+[1730.52 --> 1730.98]  He bore
+[1730.98 --> 1731.74]  the wrath
+[1731.74 --> 1732.20]  of God
+[1732.20 --> 1732.62]  for sin
+[1732.62 --> 1732.98]  so that
+[1732.98 --> 1733.74]  I might
+[1733.74 --> 1734.20]  not have
+[1734.20 --> 1734.40]  to.
+[1735.16 --> 1735.76]  That's the
+[1735.76 --> 1736.22]  gospel.
+[1737.42 --> 1738.08]  That he
+[1738.08 --> 1738.52]  lived the
+[1738.52 --> 1738.86]  life I
+[1738.86 --> 1739.18]  should have
+[1739.18 --> 1739.54]  lived and
+[1739.54 --> 1739.96]  died the
+[1739.96 --> 1740.32]  death that
+[1740.32 --> 1740.78]  I deserved
+[1740.78 --> 1741.02]  and that
+[1741.02 --> 1741.64]  three days
+[1741.64 --> 1742.40]  later he
+[1742.40 --> 1743.02]  was raised
+[1743.02 --> 1743.56]  again.
+[1743.98 --> 1744.66]  victorious
+[1744.66 --> 1745.50]  over sin
+[1745.50 --> 1746.02]  and death
+[1746.02 --> 1746.56]  and now
+[1746.56 --> 1747.04]  he has
+[1747.04 --> 1747.74]  called us
+[1747.74 --> 1748.22]  to be
+[1748.22 --> 1748.68]  his
+[1748.68 --> 1749.08]  witnesses
+[1749.08 --> 1749.82]  in Judea
+[1749.82 --> 1750.50]  and Samaria
+[1750.50 --> 1751.00]  and to the
+[1751.00 --> 1751.44]  ends of the
+[1751.44 --> 1751.62]  earth.
+[1751.92 --> 1752.38]  He has
+[1752.38 --> 1753.02]  ascended to
+[1753.02 --> 1753.44]  the right
+[1753.44 --> 1754.22]  hand of
+[1754.22 --> 1754.60]  God the
+[1754.60 --> 1754.86]  Father
+[1754.86 --> 1755.26]  and from
+[1755.26 --> 1755.64]  there
+[1755.64 --> 1756.28]  together
+[1756.28 --> 1756.66]  they have
+[1756.66 --> 1757.20]  sent the
+[1757.20 --> 1757.96]  Holy Spirit
+[1757.96 --> 1758.54]  so that
+[1758.54 --> 1759.14]  we might
+[1759.14 --> 1760.04]  live this
+[1760.04 --> 1761.36]  truth out
+[1761.36 --> 1761.80]  in the
+[1761.80 --> 1762.10]  world.
+[1764.24 --> 1764.96]  That's the
+[1764.96 --> 1765.44]  gospel.
+[1767.18 --> 1767.96]  And here's
+[1767.96 --> 1768.36]  what I want
+[1768.36 --> 1768.76]  us to make
+[1768.76 --> 1769.44]  sure we hear
+[1769.44 --> 1769.98]  coming out
+[1769.98 --> 1770.70]  of this
+[1770.70 --> 1771.52]  letter to
+[1771.52 --> 1771.68]  the
+[1771.68 --> 1772.00]  Romans.
+[1773.58 --> 1774.52]  The gospel
+[1774.52 --> 1775.48]  is not
+[1775.48 --> 1776.90]  that you
+[1776.90 --> 1778.36]  love God
+[1778.36 --> 1778.74]  and love
+[1778.74 --> 1779.10]  your neighbor.
+[1780.74 --> 1781.58]  The gospel
+[1781.58 --> 1782.36]  is not
+[1782.36 --> 1783.02]  that you
+[1783.02 --> 1783.50]  try to be
+[1783.50 --> 1783.86]  good to
+[1783.86 --> 1784.34]  everyone.
+[1785.52 --> 1786.40]  The gospel
+[1786.40 --> 1787.06]  isn't that
+[1787.06 --> 1787.38]  you love
+[1787.38 --> 1787.96]  your enemies
+[1787.96 --> 1789.28]  and the
+[1789.28 --> 1789.98]  gospel isn't
+[1789.98 --> 1790.30]  that you're
+[1790.30 --> 1790.84]  created in
+[1790.84 --> 1791.18]  the image
+[1791.18 --> 1791.58]  of God
+[1791.58 --> 1792.08]  and loved
+[1792.08 --> 1792.94]  just how
+[1792.94 --> 1793.40]  you are
+[1793.40 --> 1794.30]  and remain
+[1794.30 --> 1794.60]  there.
+[1795.18 --> 1796.12]  Even though
+[1796.12 --> 1796.80]  every one
+[1796.80 --> 1797.14]  of those
+[1797.14 --> 1797.60]  things is
+[1797.60 --> 1798.22]  true except
+[1798.22 --> 1798.56]  for the
+[1798.56 --> 1798.88]  remaining
+[1798.88 --> 1799.24]  there a
+[1799.24 --> 1799.42]  bit.
+[1801.28 --> 1802.00]  In some
+[1802.00 --> 1802.50]  way every
+[1802.50 --> 1802.84]  one of
+[1802.84 --> 1803.36]  those things
+[1803.36 --> 1803.74]  is a
+[1803.74 --> 1804.56]  calling and
+[1804.56 --> 1805.06]  a reality
+[1805.06 --> 1805.40]  that we're
+[1805.40 --> 1805.92]  supposed to
+[1805.92 --> 1806.52]  live out
+[1806.52 --> 1807.50]  after the
+[1807.50 --> 1808.32]  gospel has
+[1808.32 --> 1808.68]  been made
+[1808.68 --> 1809.28]  effective in
+[1809.28 --> 1809.64]  our lives.
+[1809.72 --> 1810.22]  The order
+[1810.22 --> 1811.08]  matters.
+[1812.50 --> 1813.44]  The gospel
+[1813.44 --> 1814.60]  as the
+[1814.60 --> 1815.14]  gospel,
+[1815.64 --> 1816.10]  the good
+[1816.10 --> 1816.74]  news of
+[1816.74 --> 1817.88]  Jesus Christ
+[1817.88 --> 1819.32]  matters here.
+[1820.02 --> 1820.32]  And too
+[1820.32 --> 1821.14]  many times
+[1821.14 --> 1821.72]  too many
+[1821.72 --> 1822.16]  people,
+[1822.32 --> 1822.68]  Christian
+[1822.68 --> 1823.36]  people,
+[1823.48 --> 1823.98]  well-meaning
+[1823.98 --> 1824.62]  people,
+[1824.84 --> 1825.72]  invert the
+[1825.72 --> 1826.04]  order.
+[1826.78 --> 1827.22]  Too many
+[1827.22 --> 1828.26]  times people
+[1828.26 --> 1829.34]  change the
+[1829.34 --> 1830.14]  expectations.
+[1831.40 --> 1831.78]  Too many
+[1831.78 --> 1832.40]  times Christians
+[1832.40 --> 1832.92]  say you
+[1832.92 --> 1833.34]  need to
+[1833.34 --> 1833.90]  live the
+[1833.90 --> 1834.40]  way we
+[1834.40 --> 1835.32]  live before
+[1835.32 --> 1836.28]  you have
+[1836.28 --> 1836.44]  the
+[1836.44 --> 1836.96]  transformation
+[1836.96 --> 1837.94]  we have.
+[1840.36 --> 1841.22]  The gospel
+[1841.22 --> 1842.40]  is the
+[1842.40 --> 1843.14]  good news
+[1843.14 --> 1843.70]  of Jesus
+[1843.70 --> 1844.28]  Christ.
+[1844.70 --> 1845.30]  And it's
+[1845.30 --> 1846.16]  laying hold
+[1846.16 --> 1846.48]  of the
+[1846.48 --> 1847.22]  gospel that
+[1847.22 --> 1847.82]  transforms
+[1847.82 --> 1848.22]  us.
+[1848.50 --> 1849.08]  By grace
+[1849.08 --> 1849.70]  through faith
+[1849.70 --> 1850.22]  when people
+[1850.22 --> 1850.98]  believe this
+[1850.98 --> 1851.38]  truth,
+[1851.68 --> 1852.08]  you are
+[1852.08 --> 1852.76]  transformed.
+[1853.18 --> 1853.80]  The gospel
+[1853.80 --> 1854.72]  transforms you
+[1854.72 --> 1855.48]  because God
+[1855.48 --> 1856.46]  has already
+[1856.46 --> 1857.76]  regenerated your
+[1857.76 --> 1858.26]  heart so
+[1858.26 --> 1858.56]  that you
+[1858.56 --> 1859.50]  can believe.
+[1860.14 --> 1860.22]  Right?
+[1860.32 --> 1861.00]  Regeneration
+[1861.00 --> 1861.78]  precedes
+[1861.78 --> 1862.36]  faith.
+[1862.46 --> 1862.68]  We had a
+[1862.68 --> 1863.14]  whole sermon
+[1863.14 --> 1863.64]  on that
+[1863.64 --> 1864.40]  from Romans
+[1864.40 --> 1865.12]  9, 30
+[1865.12 --> 1865.96]  to 10, 13.
+[1867.40 --> 1867.92]  Believing
+[1867.92 --> 1869.12]  this gospel
+[1869.12 --> 1870.74]  unites us
+[1870.74 --> 1871.78]  to Christ.
+[1873.50 --> 1874.02]  And so we
+[1874.02 --> 1875.30]  cannot exchange
+[1875.30 --> 1876.00]  the gospel
+[1876.00 --> 1877.06]  for what we've
+[1877.06 --> 1877.42]  called a
+[1877.42 --> 1878.22]  nova lex,
+[1878.30 --> 1878.78]  a new
+[1878.78 --> 1879.44]  law.
+[1880.22 --> 1880.84]  And we
+[1880.84 --> 1881.72]  cannot exchange
+[1881.72 --> 1882.38]  the gospel
+[1882.38 --> 1883.52]  for no
+[1883.52 --> 1884.04]  law.
+[1885.00 --> 1885.50]  We can't
+[1885.50 --> 1886.12]  exchange the
+[1886.12 --> 1886.76]  gospel for
+[1886.76 --> 1887.26]  the messaging
+[1887.26 --> 1888.00]  of the
+[1888.00 --> 1888.40]  world.
+[1889.38 --> 1889.92]  The gospel
+[1889.92 --> 1890.72]  is a
+[1890.72 --> 1891.60]  message and
+[1891.60 --> 1892.20]  an eternal
+[1892.20 --> 1893.00]  message that
+[1893.00 --> 1893.66]  gives us an
+[1893.66 --> 1894.56]  eternal hope.
+[1895.22 --> 1895.68]  And we
+[1895.68 --> 1896.20]  can't settle
+[1896.20 --> 1896.80]  for a
+[1896.80 --> 1897.40]  terrestrial
+[1897.40 --> 1898.68]  hope and
+[1898.68 --> 1899.08]  a lesser
+[1899.08 --> 1899.82]  glory in
+[1899.82 --> 1900.44]  its place.
+[1901.26 --> 1901.92]  But all
+[1901.92 --> 1902.58]  too often
+[1902.58 --> 1903.78]  that's what
+[1903.78 --> 1904.16]  we do.
+[1906.02 --> 1906.74]  And so that
+[1906.74 --> 1907.16]  brings us to
+[1907.16 --> 1907.52]  the second
+[1907.52 --> 1908.06]  question.
+[1909.00 --> 1909.46]  How does
+[1909.46 --> 1910.26]  God give
+[1910.26 --> 1911.24]  the gospel?
+[1911.24 --> 1912.20]  How does
+[1912.20 --> 1912.64]  God make
+[1912.64 --> 1913.34]  known this
+[1913.34 --> 1913.76]  truth?
+[1913.98 --> 1914.28]  How do
+[1914.28 --> 1914.82]  we ensure
+[1914.82 --> 1915.14]  that we're
+[1915.14 --> 1915.48]  getting the
+[1915.48 --> 1916.06]  real thing
+[1916.06 --> 1916.36]  and not
+[1916.36 --> 1917.20]  some lesser
+[1917.20 --> 1918.02]  gospel,
+[1918.22 --> 1919.14]  some substitute?
+[1919.94 --> 1920.34]  And how do
+[1920.34 --> 1921.26]  we have other
+[1921.26 --> 1922.08]  people hear
+[1922.08 --> 1922.78]  this truth
+[1922.78 --> 1923.16]  and be
+[1923.16 --> 1923.86]  convicted by
+[1923.86 --> 1924.10]  it and
+[1924.10 --> 1924.36]  believe?
+[1925.64 --> 1926.26]  We've seen
+[1926.26 --> 1926.82]  this too.
+[1927.46 --> 1928.38]  Romans 10
+[1928.38 --> 1929.28]  tells us
+[1929.28 --> 1930.68]  very clearly,
+[1930.88 --> 1931.48]  if you declare
+[1931.48 --> 1932.20]  with your mouth
+[1932.20 --> 1933.18]  Jesus is Lord
+[1933.18 --> 1933.78]  and believe
+[1933.78 --> 1934.38]  in your heart
+[1934.38 --> 1934.74]  that God
+[1934.74 --> 1935.24]  raised him
+[1935.24 --> 1935.60]  from the
+[1935.60 --> 1935.82]  dead,
+[1935.92 --> 1936.40]  you will
+[1936.40 --> 1937.04]  be saved.
+[1938.16 --> 1938.44]  And there's
+[1938.44 --> 1939.04]  another summary
+[1939.04 --> 1939.66]  of the gospel.
+[1939.84 --> 1940.72]  Jesus is Lord
+[1940.72 --> 1941.22]  and God
+[1941.22 --> 1941.80]  raised him
+[1941.80 --> 1942.18]  from the
+[1942.18 --> 1942.40]  dead.
+[1943.28 --> 1943.90]  That's all
+[1943.90 --> 1944.28]  it takes
+[1944.28 --> 1944.58]  to be
+[1944.58 --> 1944.86]  saved.
+[1945.88 --> 1946.32]  Believing
+[1946.32 --> 1946.88]  this truth
+[1946.88 --> 1947.24]  is the
+[1947.24 --> 1947.76]  gift of
+[1947.76 --> 1948.16]  God
+[1948.16 --> 1948.94]  by grace
+[1948.94 --> 1949.58]  through faith.
+[1950.44 --> 1950.72]  And Paul
+[1950.72 --> 1951.48]  says very
+[1951.48 --> 1952.46]  clearly to
+[1952.46 --> 1953.12]  everyone who
+[1953.12 --> 1953.90]  calls on
+[1953.90 --> 1954.14]  the name
+[1954.14 --> 1954.38]  of the
+[1954.38 --> 1954.58]  Lord
+[1954.58 --> 1955.12]  that you
+[1955.12 --> 1955.80]  will be
+[1955.80 --> 1956.24]  saved.
+[1957.68 --> 1958.24]  But again,
+[1958.96 --> 1959.52]  that begs
+[1959.52 --> 1960.26]  the question,
+[1960.88 --> 1961.48]  how can
+[1961.48 --> 1962.14]  they call
+[1962.14 --> 1962.50]  on the
+[1962.50 --> 1962.76]  name of
+[1962.76 --> 1963.04]  the Lord?
+[1963.12 --> 1963.60]  How will
+[1963.60 --> 1964.44]  they hear
+[1964.44 --> 1964.80]  the name
+[1964.80 --> 1965.02]  of the
+[1965.02 --> 1965.36]  Lord in
+[1965.36 --> 1965.68]  order to
+[1965.68 --> 1966.46]  call on
+[1966.46 --> 1966.66]  him?
+[1967.68 --> 1967.82]  And
+[1967.82 --> 1968.06]  scripture
+[1968.06 --> 1968.68]  has this
+[1968.68 --> 1969.30]  answer too.
+[1969.30 --> 1970.62]  How then
+[1970.62 --> 1970.96]  can they
+[1970.96 --> 1971.40]  call on
+[1971.40 --> 1971.78]  the one
+[1971.78 --> 1973.12]  they have
+[1973.12 --> 1973.66]  not believed
+[1973.66 --> 1973.94]  in?
+[1974.18 --> 1974.44]  And how
+[1974.44 --> 1974.74]  can they
+[1974.74 --> 1975.26]  believe in
+[1975.26 --> 1975.72]  one of
+[1975.72 --> 1976.10]  whom they
+[1976.10 --> 1976.48]  have not
+[1976.48 --> 1976.80]  heard?
+[1977.04 --> 1977.40]  And how
+[1977.40 --> 1977.72]  can they
+[1977.72 --> 1978.72]  hear without
+[1978.72 --> 1979.50]  someone preaching
+[1979.50 --> 1979.94]  to them?
+[1979.98 --> 1980.26]  And how
+[1980.26 --> 1980.86]  can anyone
+[1980.86 --> 1981.74]  preach unless
+[1981.74 --> 1982.20]  they are
+[1982.20 --> 1982.58]  sent?
+[1983.72 --> 1984.64]  God gives
+[1984.64 --> 1985.28]  the gospel
+[1985.28 --> 1986.04]  by sending
+[1986.04 --> 1987.28]  out preachers.
+[1988.04 --> 1988.64]  And let me
+[1988.64 --> 1989.08]  be really
+[1989.08 --> 1989.42]  clear,
+[1989.56 --> 1989.70]  okay,
+[1989.74 --> 1990.22]  it is true
+[1990.22 --> 1990.60]  that I
+[1990.60 --> 1990.98]  have a
+[1990.98 --> 1991.26]  unique
+[1991.26 --> 1991.76]  calling
+[1991.76 --> 1992.62]  standing on
+[1992.62 --> 1993.04]  this stage
+[1993.04 --> 1993.28]  as a
+[1993.28 --> 1993.50]  preacher,
+[1993.66 --> 1994.18]  Pastor Kevin,
+[1994.52 --> 1995.06]  Pastor Josh,
+[1995.14 --> 1995.58]  anyone who
+[1995.58 --> 1996.02]  comes up
+[1996.02 --> 1996.68]  here and
+[1996.68 --> 1997.60]  is given
+[1997.60 --> 1998.42]  to speak
+[1998.42 --> 1998.86]  God's
+[1998.86 --> 1999.24]  word to
+[1999.24 --> 1999.52]  you has
+[1999.52 --> 2000.00]  a unique
+[2000.00 --> 2000.68]  calling in
+[2000.68 --> 2001.18]  a way that
+[2001.18 --> 2002.02]  is intended
+[2002.02 --> 2002.52]  to build
+[2002.52 --> 2002.82]  up the
+[2002.82 --> 2003.28]  church and
+[2003.28 --> 2003.86]  to equip
+[2003.86 --> 2004.70]  you for
+[2004.70 --> 2005.68]  your expression
+[2005.68 --> 2006.68]  of faith,
+[2006.78 --> 2007.22]  for your
+[2007.22 --> 2008.72]  expression of
+[2008.72 --> 2009.64]  the same
+[2009.64 --> 2010.48]  calling.
+[2011.42 --> 2012.30]  Because you,
+[2012.68 --> 2013.46]  every one of
+[2013.46 --> 2013.76]  you who
+[2013.76 --> 2014.08]  believe,
+[2014.20 --> 2014.64]  are called
+[2014.64 --> 2015.16]  to preach
+[2015.16 --> 2015.78]  the gospel.
+[2016.46 --> 2017.02]  That's how
+[2017.02 --> 2017.76]  people hear,
+[2018.08 --> 2018.48]  that's how
+[2018.48 --> 2019.18]  people know,
+[2019.52 --> 2020.04]  that's how
+[2020.04 --> 2020.66]  God gives
+[2020.66 --> 2021.08]  us the
+[2021.08 --> 2021.52]  message.
+[2022.34 --> 2022.66]  Again,
+[2022.76 --> 2023.08]  in Romans
+[2023.08 --> 2023.40]  10,
+[2023.52 --> 2023.96]  Paul says,
+[2023.96 --> 2024.96]  consequently,
+[2025.20 --> 2025.86]  faith comes
+[2025.86 --> 2026.52]  from hearing
+[2026.52 --> 2027.24]  the message
+[2027.24 --> 2027.56]  and the
+[2027.56 --> 2028.08]  message is
+[2028.08 --> 2028.96]  heard through
+[2028.96 --> 2029.58]  the word
+[2029.58 --> 2030.90]  of Christ.
+[2033.22 --> 2033.96]  And here,
+[2034.40 --> 2035.28]  I'm going to
+[2035.28 --> 2036.02]  slow down
+[2036.02 --> 2037.80]  because I
+[2037.80 --> 2038.28]  want to be
+[2038.28 --> 2039.74]  really clear
+[2039.74 --> 2040.90]  about the
+[2040.90 --> 2041.32]  next thing
+[2041.32 --> 2041.76]  I say.
+[2042.98 --> 2043.56]  Because
+[2043.56 --> 2044.30]  sometimes,
+[2045.06 --> 2045.88]  well-meaning
+[2045.88 --> 2047.00]  people hear
+[2047.00 --> 2048.22]  this message,
+[2048.34 --> 2048.84]  hear this
+[2048.84 --> 2049.50]  truth,
+[2049.80 --> 2050.78]  and immediately
+[2050.78 --> 2052.72]  our brains
+[2052.72 --> 2053.26]  have been
+[2053.26 --> 2053.78]  conditioned
+[2053.78 --> 2054.78]  to hear
+[2054.78 --> 2055.34]  the words
+[2055.34 --> 2055.94]  of Francis
+[2055.94 --> 2056.44]  Assisi,
+[2057.36 --> 2057.96]  who said,
+[2058.40 --> 2058.92]  always preach
+[2058.92 --> 2059.52]  the gospel,
+[2060.12 --> 2061.50]  if necessary,
+[2062.20 --> 2062.92]  use words.
+[2064.36 --> 2065.38]  The idea
+[2065.38 --> 2066.10]  there being
+[2066.10 --> 2067.04]  that if you
+[2067.04 --> 2067.96]  live the
+[2067.96 --> 2068.88]  kind of life
+[2068.88 --> 2069.62]  that the
+[2069.62 --> 2070.40]  gospel talks
+[2070.40 --> 2070.84]  about,
+[2071.18 --> 2072.62]  and people
+[2072.62 --> 2073.32]  see that,
+[2073.94 --> 2075.26]  then they
+[2075.26 --> 2075.78]  will see
+[2075.78 --> 2076.50]  that life
+[2076.50 --> 2077.38]  and want
+[2077.38 --> 2078.02]  that life,
+[2078.06 --> 2078.68]  and you
+[2078.68 --> 2079.46]  don't actually
+[2079.46 --> 2080.08]  have to say
+[2080.08 --> 2080.46]  anything.
+[2080.74 --> 2081.30]  You don't
+[2081.30 --> 2081.86]  actually have
+[2081.86 --> 2082.72]  to use words.
+[2082.72 --> 2084.28]  but hear
+[2084.28 --> 2084.54]  this,
+[2084.60 --> 2084.84]  this is
+[2084.84 --> 2085.14]  really
+[2085.14 --> 2085.74]  important,
+[2086.14 --> 2086.24]  right?
+[2086.74 --> 2087.34]  Salvation
+[2087.34 --> 2088.20]  doesn't come
+[2088.20 --> 2089.18]  to anyone
+[2089.18 --> 2091.14]  by following
+[2091.14 --> 2092.38]  someone's
+[2092.38 --> 2093.04]  example.
+[2096.12 --> 2096.68]  Now,
+[2096.72 --> 2096.94]  don't hear
+[2096.94 --> 2097.16]  what I'm
+[2097.16 --> 2097.66]  not saying.
+[2098.40 --> 2098.90]  Set a
+[2098.90 --> 2099.54]  good example.
+[2101.06 --> 2101.88]  But it is
+[2101.88 --> 2102.78]  not by your
+[2102.78 --> 2104.06]  example that
+[2104.06 --> 2104.52]  people are
+[2104.52 --> 2104.82]  saved.
+[2104.98 --> 2105.48]  It's not
+[2105.48 --> 2106.04]  even by
+[2106.04 --> 2106.86]  following the
+[2106.86 --> 2107.64]  example of
+[2107.64 --> 2108.66]  Jesus that
+[2108.66 --> 2109.16]  people are
+[2109.16 --> 2109.54]  saved.
+[2109.54 --> 2109.60]  saved.
+[2110.48 --> 2111.30]  Because in
+[2111.30 --> 2112.02]  following the
+[2112.02 --> 2112.52]  example,
+[2112.84 --> 2113.28]  what do we
+[2113.28 --> 2113.58]  do?
+[2114.66 --> 2115.30]  At least
+[2115.30 --> 2115.70]  what do I
+[2115.70 --> 2115.96]  do?
+[2116.74 --> 2117.66]  I fail
+[2117.66 --> 2118.84]  all the
+[2118.84 --> 2119.22]  time.
+[2120.06 --> 2120.74]  I can't
+[2120.74 --> 2121.24]  do it.
+[2121.70 --> 2122.40]  I can't
+[2122.40 --> 2122.92]  keep it
+[2122.92 --> 2123.66]  perfectly.
+[2124.72 --> 2125.00]  And so
+[2125.00 --> 2125.44]  it's true
+[2125.44 --> 2125.86]  for people
+[2125.86 --> 2126.38]  who follow
+[2126.38 --> 2127.30]  me as
+[2127.30 --> 2127.90]  an example.
+[2128.06 --> 2128.40]  You're not
+[2128.40 --> 2128.60]  going to
+[2128.60 --> 2128.86]  do it
+[2128.86 --> 2129.30]  because I
+[2129.30 --> 2129.60]  can't
+[2129.60 --> 2129.96]  do it.
+[2130.68 --> 2131.34]  People are
+[2131.34 --> 2132.04]  saved not
+[2132.04 --> 2132.78]  by following
+[2132.78 --> 2133.92]  the example
+[2133.92 --> 2135.38]  but by
+[2135.38 --> 2136.82]  believing the
+[2136.82 --> 2137.34]  message.
+[2137.34 --> 2137.42]  message.
+[2139.00 --> 2139.26]  And so
+[2139.26 --> 2139.84]  again, let
+[2139.84 --> 2140.36]  me be really
+[2140.36 --> 2140.62]  clear.
+[2140.94 --> 2141.78]  The life
+[2141.78 --> 2142.70]  you live
+[2142.70 --> 2144.46]  confirms that
+[2144.46 --> 2144.96]  you believe
+[2144.96 --> 2145.70]  this message.
+[2146.28 --> 2146.92]  The life
+[2146.92 --> 2147.66]  you live
+[2147.66 --> 2149.36]  helps validate
+[2149.36 --> 2150.50]  the truth of
+[2150.50 --> 2151.04]  the gospel
+[2151.04 --> 2151.50]  that you
+[2151.50 --> 2152.08]  declare.
+[2153.16 --> 2153.76]  But for
+[2153.76 --> 2154.54]  people to
+[2154.54 --> 2155.84]  receive salvation
+[2155.84 --> 2156.56]  and to be
+[2156.56 --> 2157.24]  saved by
+[2157.24 --> 2157.88]  their believing,
+[2158.02 --> 2158.46]  they have to
+[2158.46 --> 2159.36]  hear the
+[2159.36 --> 2160.02]  message of
+[2160.02 --> 2161.42]  Jesus and
+[2161.42 --> 2162.26]  confess that
+[2162.26 --> 2162.94]  Jesus is
+[2162.94 --> 2163.66]  Lord and
+[2163.66 --> 2164.24]  believe that
+[2164.24 --> 2164.72]  God raised
+[2164.72 --> 2165.04]  him from
+[2165.04 --> 2165.42]  the dead.
+[2165.42 --> 2171.08]  the life
+[2171.08 --> 2171.50]  you live
+[2171.50 --> 2172.54]  confirms the
+[2172.54 --> 2173.02]  truth of
+[2173.02 --> 2173.58]  the gospel
+[2173.58 --> 2175.36]  but it
+[2175.36 --> 2175.66]  doesn't
+[2175.66 --> 2176.18]  preach it.
+[2177.40 --> 2178.22]  To preach
+[2178.22 --> 2178.92]  it, you've
+[2178.92 --> 2179.38]  got to use
+[2179.38 --> 2179.78]  words.
+[2180.50 --> 2181.08]  You've got to
+[2181.08 --> 2181.40]  use the
+[2181.40 --> 2181.68]  scriptures.
+[2181.86 --> 2182.16]  You've got to
+[2182.16 --> 2182.70]  rely on the
+[2182.70 --> 2183.16]  Holy Spirit
+[2183.16 --> 2183.96]  to transform
+[2183.96 --> 2184.66]  lives by
+[2184.66 --> 2184.86]  it.
+[2185.40 --> 2186.02]  But here's
+[2186.02 --> 2186.50]  the promise
+[2186.50 --> 2186.92]  that comes
+[2186.92 --> 2187.18]  with the
+[2187.18 --> 2187.48]  gospel,
+[2187.76 --> 2188.02]  that he
+[2188.02 --> 2188.40]  will do
+[2188.40 --> 2188.64]  it,
+[2189.08 --> 2189.36]  that he
+[2189.36 --> 2189.96]  will use
+[2189.96 --> 2190.56]  you and
+[2190.56 --> 2190.82]  me.
+[2191.12 --> 2191.44]  The good
+[2191.44 --> 2192.06]  news of
+[2192.06 --> 2192.86]  our call
+[2192.86 --> 2193.34]  to mission
+[2193.34 --> 2193.94]  together is
+[2193.94 --> 2194.32]  that God
+[2194.32 --> 2195.26]  promises to
+[2195.26 --> 2196.02]  use broken
+[2196.02 --> 2197.22]  vessels like
+[2197.22 --> 2198.22]  us to
+[2198.22 --> 2199.00]  accomplish his
+[2199.00 --> 2199.46]  purposes.
+[2200.44 --> 2200.90]  God says
+[2200.90 --> 2201.24]  that when he
+[2201.24 --> 2201.82]  sends out
+[2201.82 --> 2202.32]  his word,
+[2202.48 --> 2203.18]  it will not
+[2203.18 --> 2203.78]  return to
+[2203.78 --> 2204.60]  him except
+[2204.60 --> 2205.54]  for accomplishing
+[2205.54 --> 2206.16]  the purposes
+[2206.16 --> 2206.74]  that he has
+[2206.74 --> 2207.08]  sent it.
+[2207.26 --> 2208.00]  He promises
+[2208.00 --> 2209.04]  to use our
+[2209.04 --> 2209.54]  feeble
+[2209.54 --> 2210.18]  attempts.
+[2210.30 --> 2210.78]  He promises
+[2210.78 --> 2211.58]  to use our
+[2211.58 --> 2212.14]  stumbling
+[2212.14 --> 2212.86]  words.
+[2213.00 --> 2213.50]  He promises
+[2213.50 --> 2215.10]  to use our
+[2215.10 --> 2216.94]  boring examples
+[2216.94 --> 2218.18]  and our bad
+[2218.18 --> 2220.14]  sermons because
+[2220.14 --> 2220.74]  he is a good
+[2220.74 --> 2222.34]  God who can
+[2222.34 --> 2222.82]  do that.
+[2222.82 --> 2224.88]  God gives
+[2224.88 --> 2225.64]  the seed of
+[2225.64 --> 2226.22]  the gospel.
+[2226.50 --> 2226.96]  He gives
+[2226.96 --> 2227.22]  it the
+[2227.22 --> 2227.54]  growth.
+[2227.86 --> 2228.56]  He causes
+[2228.56 --> 2228.96]  it to
+[2228.96 --> 2229.52]  take root.
+[2231.12 --> 2231.68]  So God
+[2231.68 --> 2232.18]  gives the
+[2232.18 --> 2232.92]  gospel through
+[2232.92 --> 2233.56]  his word
+[2233.56 --> 2234.90]  proclaimed by
+[2234.90 --> 2235.30]  you and
+[2235.30 --> 2235.54]  me.
+[2236.30 --> 2236.92]  God gives
+[2236.92 --> 2237.68]  the message
+[2237.68 --> 2238.72]  when we are
+[2238.72 --> 2239.40]  not ashamed
+[2239.40 --> 2239.86]  and we
+[2239.86 --> 2240.46]  declare it
+[2240.46 --> 2240.74]  to the
+[2240.74 --> 2241.12]  nations.
+[2242.44 --> 2243.28]  You are
+[2243.28 --> 2244.02]  his witnesses
+[2244.02 --> 2245.22]  through Judea
+[2245.22 --> 2245.88]  and Samaria
+[2245.88 --> 2246.54]  and to all
+[2246.54 --> 2247.16]  the nations
+[2247.16 --> 2247.76]  of the world.
+[2248.08 --> 2248.94]  You proclaim
+[2248.94 --> 2249.58]  his kingdom
+[2249.58 --> 2250.30]  come and his
+[2250.30 --> 2250.90]  kingdom coming.
+[2250.90 --> 2252.32]  You are the
+[2252.32 --> 2253.70]  ambassadors of
+[2253.70 --> 2254.26]  the gospel.
+[2255.88 --> 2256.70]  And when we
+[2256.70 --> 2257.94]  go out with
+[2257.94 --> 2258.86]  this message
+[2258.86 --> 2260.24]  lives are
+[2260.24 --> 2260.72]  changed.
+[2262.08 --> 2262.86]  The world
+[2262.86 --> 2263.66]  is transformed
+[2263.66 --> 2265.28]  because that's
+[2265.28 --> 2265.78]  how God has
+[2265.78 --> 2266.40]  set it up
+[2266.40 --> 2267.74]  in that order.
+[2268.78 --> 2269.28]  That's our
+[2269.28 --> 2270.40]  third question,
+[2270.48 --> 2271.18]  our third point
+[2271.18 --> 2271.74]  this morning.
+[2272.14 --> 2273.12]  How then does
+[2273.12 --> 2273.78]  the gospel
+[2273.78 --> 2275.32]  from start to
+[2275.32 --> 2276.80]  finish sustain
+[2276.80 --> 2277.86]  our lives?
+[2278.68 --> 2279.40]  Believing in the
+[2279.40 --> 2280.12]  gospel is how we
+[2280.12 --> 2280.82]  are born again.
+[2281.34 --> 2281.84]  Believing in the
+[2281.84 --> 2282.44]  gospel is how
+[2282.44 --> 2283.20]  Christian life
+[2283.20 --> 2283.76]  starts.
+[2284.28 --> 2285.14]  But believing
+[2285.14 --> 2285.96]  and applying
+[2285.96 --> 2286.82]  the gospel is
+[2286.82 --> 2288.32]  also how our
+[2288.32 --> 2289.08]  Christian life
+[2289.08 --> 2289.92]  is sustained.
+[2290.98 --> 2291.74]  Paul writes
+[2291.74 --> 2292.36]  in our text,
+[2292.52 --> 2293.20]  now to him
+[2293.20 --> 2293.92]  who is able
+[2293.92 --> 2294.72]  to establish
+[2294.72 --> 2295.70]  you in
+[2295.70 --> 2296.44]  accordance with
+[2296.44 --> 2297.08]  my gospel.
+[2297.92 --> 2298.50]  Sometimes I
+[2298.50 --> 2298.94]  think when we
+[2298.94 --> 2299.44]  hear the word
+[2299.44 --> 2299.94]  establish,
+[2300.50 --> 2300.92]  we think of
+[2300.92 --> 2301.38]  the beginning.
+[2302.12 --> 2302.48]  We think of
+[2302.48 --> 2303.04]  the start,
+[2303.46 --> 2304.12]  the new thing
+[2304.12 --> 2304.66]  that is done.
+[2304.78 --> 2305.24]  God is able
+[2305.24 --> 2305.86]  to establish
+[2305.86 --> 2307.14]  you by faith
+[2307.14 --> 2307.80]  in the gospel.
+[2308.42 --> 2309.28]  But the word
+[2309.28 --> 2309.96]  here that's
+[2309.96 --> 2311.14]  translated establish
+[2311.14 --> 2312.30]  also means
+[2312.30 --> 2312.94]  strengthen.
+[2313.98 --> 2314.54]  In fact,
+[2314.62 --> 2315.36]  if you read
+[2315.36 --> 2315.76]  a different
+[2315.76 --> 2316.44]  translation of
+[2316.44 --> 2316.82]  the Bible,
+[2316.98 --> 2317.64]  you might see
+[2317.64 --> 2318.50]  something like
+[2318.50 --> 2319.72]  who is able
+[2319.72 --> 2320.40]  to make you
+[2320.40 --> 2321.08]  strong or
+[2321.08 --> 2321.64]  who is able
+[2321.64 --> 2322.24]  to strengthen
+[2322.24 --> 2322.60]  you.
+[2323.40 --> 2323.96]  The gospel
+[2323.96 --> 2324.58]  isn't just
+[2324.58 --> 2325.46]  the way into
+[2325.46 --> 2326.32]  Christian faith,
+[2326.46 --> 2327.36]  it is the way
+[2327.36 --> 2328.18]  of Christian
+[2328.18 --> 2328.58]  faith.
+[2329.80 --> 2330.40]  Our faith
+[2330.40 --> 2331.00]  is started
+[2331.00 --> 2331.70]  by believing
+[2331.70 --> 2332.28]  in the gospel
+[2332.28 --> 2332.98]  and we are
+[2332.98 --> 2333.58]  transformed
+[2333.58 --> 2334.70]  by believing
+[2334.70 --> 2335.32]  the gospel.
+[2336.12 --> 2336.88]  To put this
+[2336.88 --> 2337.42]  in theological
+[2337.42 --> 2337.94]  terms that
+[2337.94 --> 2338.26]  we've used
+[2338.26 --> 2338.58]  before,
+[2338.70 --> 2339.52]  we are justified
+[2339.52 --> 2340.96]  when we believe
+[2340.96 --> 2341.50]  the gospel
+[2341.50 --> 2342.52]  and we are
+[2342.52 --> 2343.78]  sanctified in
+[2343.78 --> 2344.56]  our believing
+[2344.56 --> 2345.50]  of the gospel.
+[2346.52 --> 2347.32]  This is actually
+[2347.32 --> 2348.12]  the point we saw
+[2348.12 --> 2349.00]  in Romans 6
+[2349.00 --> 2350.66]  verse 5 to 7.
+[2350.74 --> 2351.18]  It's a little bit
+[2351.18 --> 2352.18]  longer but it's
+[2352.18 --> 2353.00]  worth reading again.
+[2354.60 --> 2355.76]  For if we have
+[2355.76 --> 2356.82]  been united with
+[2356.82 --> 2357.66]  him in a death
+[2357.66 --> 2358.40]  like his,
+[2358.78 --> 2359.54]  we will certainly
+[2359.54 --> 2360.98]  also be united
+[2360.98 --> 2361.64]  with him in a
+[2361.64 --> 2362.84]  resurrection like
+[2362.84 --> 2363.18]  his.
+[2363.18 --> 2364.54]  For we know
+[2364.54 --> 2365.26]  that our old
+[2365.26 --> 2366.24]  self was crucified
+[2366.24 --> 2367.12]  with him so
+[2367.12 --> 2367.68]  that the body
+[2367.68 --> 2368.54]  ruled by sin
+[2368.54 --> 2369.00]  might be done
+[2369.00 --> 2369.48]  away with,
+[2369.68 --> 2370.18]  that we should
+[2370.18 --> 2370.96]  no longer be
+[2370.96 --> 2371.96]  slaves to sin
+[2371.96 --> 2373.16]  because anyone
+[2373.16 --> 2373.98]  who has died
+[2373.98 --> 2374.68]  has been set
+[2374.68 --> 2375.56]  free from sin.
+[2375.98 --> 2376.86]  Now if we died
+[2376.86 --> 2377.44]  with Christ,
+[2377.54 --> 2378.22]  we believe that
+[2378.22 --> 2378.70]  we will also
+[2378.70 --> 2379.80]  live with him
+[2379.80 --> 2381.34]  for we know
+[2381.34 --> 2382.26]  that since Christ
+[2382.26 --> 2382.86]  was raised
+[2382.86 --> 2383.42]  from the dead,
+[2383.52 --> 2384.38]  he cannot die
+[2384.38 --> 2384.80]  again.
+[2385.28 --> 2386.22]  Death no longer
+[2386.22 --> 2387.02]  has mastery
+[2387.02 --> 2387.72]  over him.
+[2388.06 --> 2389.06]  The death he died,
+[2389.16 --> 2390.10]  he died to sin
+[2390.10 --> 2390.96]  once for all,
+[2391.02 --> 2392.38]  but the life he lives,
+[2392.38 --> 2395.06]  he lives for God.
+[2395.62 --> 2396.84]  The life he lives,
+[2396.92 --> 2398.06]  he lives for God
+[2398.06 --> 2399.54]  because of the gospel.
+[2400.90 --> 2401.96]  And I can't overstate
+[2401.96 --> 2402.50]  this truth.
+[2402.88 --> 2403.78]  It is applying
+[2403.78 --> 2405.06]  the gospel to
+[2405.06 --> 2406.32]  every aspect
+[2406.32 --> 2407.54]  of our lives
+[2407.54 --> 2408.52]  that transforms
+[2408.52 --> 2409.84]  every aspect
+[2409.84 --> 2410.88]  of our lives.
+[2412.12 --> 2412.64]  And so how do we
+[2412.64 --> 2413.68]  have victory over sin
+[2413.68 --> 2414.26]  in our lives?
+[2414.34 --> 2415.04]  How do we overcome
+[2415.04 --> 2416.74]  addictions and pain
+[2416.74 --> 2417.76]  and our brokenness?
+[2417.96 --> 2418.86]  It's through the gospel.
+[2418.86 --> 2420.60]  It's through our being
+[2420.60 --> 2421.84]  united to Christ.
+[2422.10 --> 2423.24]  It's by the application
+[2423.24 --> 2424.00]  of the gospel
+[2424.00 --> 2425.16]  in every corner
+[2425.16 --> 2426.02]  of our hearts
+[2426.02 --> 2426.86]  and in every corner
+[2426.86 --> 2427.66]  of our being
+[2427.66 --> 2428.92]  that our union
+[2428.92 --> 2429.58]  with Christ
+[2429.58 --> 2430.44]  is made more
+[2430.44 --> 2431.54]  and more effective
+[2431.54 --> 2432.60]  in the lives
+[2432.60 --> 2433.12]  that we live.
+[2439.12 --> 2440.24]  My heart,
+[2440.62 --> 2442.86]  my heart is burdened
+[2443.50 --> 2445.20]  for this truth
+[2445.20 --> 2446.72]  in the church today.
+[2446.72 --> 2450.04]  And I'm afraid
+[2450.04 --> 2450.74]  that what you're
+[2450.74 --> 2451.66]  hearing me say
+[2451.66 --> 2454.44]  is that you need
+[2454.44 --> 2455.12]  to have a personal
+[2455.12 --> 2455.70]  relationship
+[2455.70 --> 2456.56]  with Jesus Christ.
+[2458.94 --> 2459.96]  That somehow
+[2459.96 --> 2460.80]  what we're talking
+[2460.80 --> 2461.48]  about here
+[2461.48 --> 2462.42]  is that you need
+[2462.42 --> 2463.74]  to have this emotive,
+[2463.92 --> 2465.58]  experiential expression
+[2465.58 --> 2466.90]  of this personal
+[2466.90 --> 2467.86]  relationship
+[2467.86 --> 2468.84]  with Jesus Christ.
+[2469.14 --> 2469.30]  Now,
+[2470.68 --> 2471.30]  I want you
+[2471.30 --> 2472.02]  to have that.
+[2473.14 --> 2474.12]  But when I'm talking
+[2474.12 --> 2474.84]  about union
+[2474.84 --> 2475.70]  with Christ,
+[2475.70 --> 2476.56]  I'm talking
+[2476.56 --> 2477.48]  one step
+[2477.48 --> 2478.56]  before that even.
+[2479.60 --> 2479.72]  Right?
+[2479.76 --> 2481.12]  If the experiential
+[2481.12 --> 2482.62]  emotional reality
+[2482.62 --> 2484.26]  is what is expressed,
+[2484.48 --> 2485.22]  I want to talk
+[2485.22 --> 2486.52]  about the spiritual
+[2486.52 --> 2487.80]  internal reality,
+[2487.96 --> 2489.90]  the new ontological truth
+[2489.90 --> 2491.24]  that you have been
+[2491.24 --> 2492.34]  united with Jesus
+[2492.34 --> 2493.70]  and that redefines
+[2493.70 --> 2494.54]  reality.
+[2494.80 --> 2495.56]  It's less about
+[2495.56 --> 2496.60]  your expression
+[2496.60 --> 2497.80]  and your feeling
+[2497.80 --> 2498.72]  and more about
+[2498.72 --> 2500.18]  His reality
+[2500.18 --> 2501.52]  of being connected
+[2501.52 --> 2502.04]  to you.
+[2502.04 --> 2506.10]  My heart is burdened
+[2506.10 --> 2507.58]  for us as a church
+[2507.58 --> 2508.62]  and for all the church
+[2508.62 --> 2509.10]  to know
+[2509.10 --> 2510.58]  that the reality
+[2510.58 --> 2512.10]  of being a Christian
+[2512.10 --> 2513.76]  means you are united
+[2513.76 --> 2514.50]  with Jesus,
+[2514.66 --> 2515.82]  that you and He
+[2515.82 --> 2516.66]  are one.
+[2518.56 --> 2519.98]  And that changes
+[2519.98 --> 2522.34]  everything about you.
+[2522.84 --> 2524.32]  That changes everything
+[2524.32 --> 2526.06]  possible for you.
+[2527.06 --> 2528.70]  Broken are made whole,
+[2528.90 --> 2530.24]  not because we feel it,
+[2530.24 --> 2531.14]  but because Jesus
+[2531.14 --> 2531.84]  has done it.
+[2533.60 --> 2533.82]  Right?
+[2533.88 --> 2534.40]  The hurting
+[2534.40 --> 2535.22]  are helped,
+[2535.40 --> 2536.76]  not because our problems
+[2536.76 --> 2537.38]  are solved,
+[2537.56 --> 2538.50]  but because Jesus
+[2538.50 --> 2539.44]  is in us
+[2539.44 --> 2540.16]  and with us
+[2540.16 --> 2541.70]  and working through us.
+[2541.70 --> 2545.30]  this is the reality
+[2545.30 --> 2546.74]  that we declare
+[2546.74 --> 2547.64]  as Christians
+[2547.64 --> 2549.14]  proclaiming the gospel
+[2549.14 --> 2550.46]  that if you confess
+[2550.46 --> 2551.22]  with your mouth
+[2551.22 --> 2552.44]  and believe in your heart
+[2552.44 --> 2553.94]  that God raised Him
+[2553.94 --> 2554.48]  from the dead,
+[2554.78 --> 2555.92]  you, by grace
+[2555.92 --> 2556.48]  through faith,
+[2556.62 --> 2558.64]  are united to Him.
+[2559.02 --> 2561.04]  And that changes
+[2561.04 --> 2561.70]  everything.
+[2566.70 --> 2567.58]  Which brings us
+[2567.58 --> 2568.16]  to the last
+[2568.16 --> 2569.34]  and final question.
+[2569.34 --> 2571.82]  God gives the gospel
+[2571.82 --> 2573.08]  to start and sustain
+[2573.08 --> 2573.92]  our lives
+[2573.92 --> 2576.92]  of God-glorifying gratitude.
+[2578.60 --> 2580.52]  Why God-glorifying gratitude?
+[2582.24 --> 2583.14]  Well, in a word,
+[2584.02 --> 2585.06]  how could we not?
+[2586.06 --> 2587.28]  How could we not
+[2587.28 --> 2588.10]  if we're united
+[2588.10 --> 2589.62]  with this Jesus Christ?
+[2589.70 --> 2590.42]  How could we not
+[2590.42 --> 2591.40]  if we've been saved
+[2591.40 --> 2592.40]  from the wrath of God
+[2592.40 --> 2593.26]  and the depths of hell
+[2593.26 --> 2594.04]  for our sin?
+[2594.16 --> 2595.18]  How could we not
+[2595.18 --> 2596.92]  but give praise to Him?
+[2596.92 --> 2599.52]  How could we not
+[2599.52 --> 2602.32]  worship this good God?
+[2603.04 --> 2604.16]  And that's what Paul does.
+[2604.62 --> 2604.88]  He says,
+[2605.12 --> 2605.54]  Now to Him
+[2605.54 --> 2607.00]  who is able to establish you
+[2607.00 --> 2608.62]  to the only wise God
+[2608.62 --> 2610.24]  be glory forever
+[2610.24 --> 2612.70]  through Jesus Christ.
+[2613.88 --> 2615.42]  In this journey of Romans,
+[2615.54 --> 2616.20]  we have seen
+[2616.20 --> 2617.52]  the depth of our guilt.
+[2617.66 --> 2618.28]  We have seen
+[2618.28 --> 2619.12]  the magnitude
+[2619.12 --> 2620.58]  of God's grace.
+[2620.84 --> 2622.20]  And now we live
+[2622.20 --> 2623.56]  in gratitude.
+[2623.56 --> 2625.82]  In this journey
+[2625.82 --> 2626.48]  through Romans,
+[2626.60 --> 2627.50]  we have moved
+[2627.50 --> 2629.88]  from our worry in life
+[2629.88 --> 2631.38]  to worshiping
+[2631.38 --> 2632.76]  through our worry.
+[2632.88 --> 2633.70]  In this journey
+[2633.70 --> 2634.26]  through Romans,
+[2634.38 --> 2635.24]  we have seen
+[2635.24 --> 2636.18]  how our work
+[2636.18 --> 2637.30]  and our worship
+[2637.30 --> 2639.20]  are connected together.
+[2640.00 --> 2641.06]  In this journey
+[2641.06 --> 2641.88]  through Romans,
+[2642.06 --> 2643.34]  we have seen
+[2643.34 --> 2645.04]  just how good
+[2645.04 --> 2646.04]  and great
+[2646.04 --> 2647.44]  our God is
+[2647.44 --> 2648.56]  because we have heard
+[2648.56 --> 2649.86]  over and over
+[2649.86 --> 2650.90]  and over again
+[2650.90 --> 2651.76]  from the first
+[2651.76 --> 2652.66]  to the last
+[2652.66 --> 2654.76]  just how good
+[2654.76 --> 2656.14]  the good news
+[2656.14 --> 2657.18]  of the gospel
+[2657.18 --> 2658.80]  really is.
+[2658.96 --> 2659.66]  And so how
+[2659.66 --> 2660.94]  could we not
+[2660.94 --> 2663.56]  worship our God?
+[2666.36 --> 2668.62]  God has given us
+[2668.62 --> 2669.10]  Himself
+[2669.10 --> 2670.60]  in the gospel.
+[2670.84 --> 2671.92]  God has united us
+[2671.92 --> 2672.94]  to Jesus Christ
+[2672.94 --> 2674.30]  in the gospel.
+[2674.76 --> 2676.34]  God has taken us
+[2676.34 --> 2677.14]  from death
+[2677.14 --> 2678.38]  into life
+[2678.38 --> 2679.86]  by the gospel.
+[2679.86 --> 2683.80]  God gives the gospel
+[2683.80 --> 2685.14]  to start
+[2685.14 --> 2686.68]  and to strengthen,
+[2686.94 --> 2687.68]  to sustain
+[2687.68 --> 2688.90]  our lives
+[2688.90 --> 2690.56]  of God-glorifying
+[2690.56 --> 2691.28]  gratitude.
+[2692.76 --> 2693.62]  That's why
+[2693.62 --> 2694.50]  we gather here.
+[2695.58 --> 2696.30]  And that's why
+[2696.30 --> 2697.28]  you go from here
+[2697.28 --> 2697.72]  today
+[2697.72 --> 2698.60]  to proclaim
+[2698.60 --> 2701.22]  this same truth.
+[2702.08 --> 2703.96]  Go with this message
+[2703.96 --> 2704.90]  of grace.
+[2705.06 --> 2705.78]  Go with this
+[2705.78 --> 2707.38]  beautiful gospel.
+[2707.38 --> 2708.86]  Go as a people
+[2708.86 --> 2709.92]  who can't help
+[2709.92 --> 2711.28]  but praise
+[2711.28 --> 2712.24]  our God
+[2712.24 --> 2713.14]  and proclaim
+[2713.14 --> 2714.88]  His goodness
+[2714.88 --> 2716.00]  to the world.
+[2716.16 --> 2716.96]  Go because
+[2716.96 --> 2718.28]  this is who
+[2718.28 --> 2719.14]  He has
+[2719.14 --> 2720.48]  made you
+[2720.48 --> 2721.70]  to be.
+[2722.26 --> 2722.66]  Amen.
+[2723.44 --> 2724.68]  Let's pray together.
+[2729.42 --> 2730.22]  Lord,
+[2730.38 --> 2731.94]  our God,
+[2731.94 --> 2735.28]  we ask here
+[2735.28 --> 2736.08]  that you would
+[2736.08 --> 2737.22]  continue
+[2737.22 --> 2738.56]  to establish
+[2738.56 --> 2739.32]  us
+[2739.32 --> 2740.18]  in accordance
+[2740.18 --> 2741.70]  with your gospel.
+[2742.72 --> 2743.28]  Continue
+[2743.28 --> 2744.40]  to reveal
+[2744.40 --> 2745.00]  to us
+[2745.00 --> 2745.56]  the truth
+[2745.56 --> 2747.10]  of Jesus Christ,
+[2747.26 --> 2747.82]  the revelation
+[2747.82 --> 2748.42]  of the mystery
+[2748.42 --> 2749.02]  that was hidden
+[2749.02 --> 2749.72]  for so long
+[2749.72 --> 2750.24]  but has now
+[2750.24 --> 2750.76]  been revealed
+[2750.76 --> 2751.24]  to us
+[2751.24 --> 2752.20]  through the scriptures
+[2752.20 --> 2752.92]  and through
+[2752.92 --> 2753.76]  His life,
+[2753.88 --> 2754.12]  death,
+[2754.30 --> 2754.74]  resurrection,
+[2755.22 --> 2755.74]  through the working
+[2755.74 --> 2756.32]  and the power
+[2756.32 --> 2757.24]  of the Holy Spirit
+[2757.24 --> 2758.16]  so that we
+[2758.16 --> 2758.90]  all here
+[2758.90 --> 2759.82]  might come
+[2759.82 --> 2760.70]  to believe
+[2760.70 --> 2762.10]  and to the obedience
+[2762.10 --> 2763.14]  that comes
+[2763.14 --> 2764.30]  from faith.
+[2766.78 --> 2767.84]  And may we
+[2767.84 --> 2769.02]  go from this
+[2769.02 --> 2769.52]  place
+[2769.52 --> 2770.86]  to the table
+[2770.86 --> 2771.84]  and then out
+[2771.84 --> 2772.82]  to the world
+[2772.82 --> 2774.72]  to give You
+[2774.72 --> 2776.16]  glory forever
+[2776.16 --> 2778.08]  through Jesus Christ
+[2778.08 --> 2778.74]  our Lord.
+[2779.74 --> 2780.40]  In Your name
+[2780.40 --> 2780.90]  we pray.
+[2781.84 --> 2782.20]  Amen.
+[2782.20 --> 2782.38]  Amen.
+[2783.96 --> 2784.64]  Amen.
+[2784.64 --> 2784.70]  Amen.
+[2784.70 --> 2794.40]  One of the things
+[2794.40 --> 2795.06]  that our Lord
+[2795.06 --> 2796.14]  Jesus has done
+[2796.14 --> 2797.96]  is given us
+[2797.96 --> 2798.60]  a meal
+[2798.60 --> 2800.04]  by which
+[2800.04 --> 2800.94]  we recognize
+[2800.94 --> 2801.46]  Him,
+[2802.14 --> 2802.78]  by which
+[2802.78 --> 2803.24]  we take
+[2803.24 --> 2803.74]  the truth
+[2803.74 --> 2804.66]  of the words
+[2804.66 --> 2805.66]  of His revelation
+[2805.66 --> 2806.90]  and we hold
+[2806.90 --> 2807.64]  them in our hands
+[2807.64 --> 2808.10]  that we might
+[2808.10 --> 2809.14]  taste and see
+[2809.14 --> 2810.12]  that the Lord
+[2810.12 --> 2810.56]  is good.
+[2811.72 --> 2812.34]  The truth
+[2812.34 --> 2813.04]  of the gospel
+[2813.04 --> 2813.76]  is proclaimed
+[2813.76 --> 2814.32]  in word
+[2814.32 --> 2814.98]  and it is
+[2814.98 --> 2815.40]  proclaimed
+[2815.40 --> 2816.68]  here at the
+[2816.68 --> 2817.00]  table.
+[2817.82 --> 2818.22]  So we're going
+[2818.22 --> 2818.84]  to come to the
+[2818.84 --> 2819.54]  table together.
+[2819.68 --> 2820.08]  We have some
+[2820.08 --> 2821.18]  liturgy that will
+[2821.18 --> 2822.16]  usher us into
+[2822.16 --> 2822.88]  the presence of
+[2822.88 --> 2823.66]  God here to
+[2823.66 --> 2824.64]  receive from Him
+[2824.64 --> 2825.46]  His grace
+[2825.46 --> 2826.10]  confirmed.
+[2827.60 --> 2828.06]  And we will
+[2828.06 --> 2828.46]  gather
+[2828.46 --> 2830.08]  as a body of
+[2830.08 --> 2831.04]  those who believe
+[2831.04 --> 2832.78]  and who profess
+[2832.78 --> 2834.34]  this truth.
+[2835.16 --> 2835.88]  And so lift
+[2835.88 --> 2837.06]  up your hearts.
+[2837.06 --> 2840.72]  let us give
+[2840.72 --> 2841.50]  thanks to the
+[2841.50 --> 2842.44]  Lord our God.
+[2845.38 --> 2846.10]  Let's pray
+[2846.10 --> 2846.44]  together.
+[2847.90 --> 2848.80]  With joy
+[2848.80 --> 2849.50]  we praise
+[2849.50 --> 2850.24]  you gracious
+[2850.24 --> 2851.34]  God for you
+[2851.34 --> 2852.06]  have created
+[2852.06 --> 2853.12]  heaven and
+[2853.12 --> 2853.54]  earth.
+[2854.26 --> 2854.64]  You've made
+[2854.64 --> 2855.22]  us in your
+[2855.22 --> 2855.90]  image and you
+[2855.90 --> 2856.32]  have kept
+[2856.32 --> 2857.12]  covenant with
+[2857.12 --> 2858.36]  us even when
+[2858.36 --> 2859.04]  we fell into
+[2859.04 --> 2859.34]  sin.
+[2860.26 --> 2861.06]  We give you
+[2861.06 --> 2861.74]  thanks for
+[2861.74 --> 2862.54]  Jesus Christ
+[2862.54 --> 2863.30]  who by His
+[2863.30 --> 2864.30]  life, death,
+[2864.30 --> 2865.02]  and resurrection
+[2865.02 --> 2866.20]  opened to us
+[2866.20 --> 2866.98]  the way of
+[2866.98 --> 2868.32]  everlasting life.
+[2869.20 --> 2869.54]  Amen.
+[2872.24 --> 2873.46]  Our Lord Jesus
+[2873.46 --> 2874.70]  before He
+[2874.70 --> 2875.62]  suffered gave
+[2875.62 --> 2876.40]  us this
+[2876.40 --> 2877.58]  memorial of
+[2877.58 --> 2878.62]  His sacrifice
+[2878.62 --> 2879.64]  until He
+[2879.64 --> 2880.30]  comes again.
+[2881.32 --> 2881.90]  And the Lord
+[2881.90 --> 2883.42]  Jesus on the
+[2883.42 --> 2883.92]  night that He
+[2883.92 --> 2884.60]  was betrayed
+[2884.60 --> 2885.96]  took bread.
+[2886.64 --> 2887.04]  And when He
+[2887.04 --> 2887.36]  had given
+[2887.36 --> 2888.06]  thanks He
+[2888.06 --> 2888.78]  broke it and
+[2888.78 --> 2889.62]  He said this
+[2889.62 --> 2890.66]  is my body
+[2890.66 --> 2892.38]  which is for
+[2892.38 --> 2892.64]  you.
+[2893.20 --> 2893.96]  Do this
+[2893.96 --> 2894.74]  in remembrance
+[2894.74 --> 2895.84]  of me.
+[2897.02 --> 2897.86]  In the same
+[2897.86 --> 2898.40]  way He
+[2898.40 --> 2898.84]  took the
+[2898.84 --> 2899.80]  cup after
+[2899.80 --> 2901.34]  supper saying
+[2901.34 --> 2902.78]  this cup is
+[2902.78 --> 2903.24]  the new
+[2903.24 --> 2904.08]  covenant in
+[2904.08 --> 2904.70]  my blood.
+[2905.22 --> 2906.06]  Do this
+[2906.06 --> 2907.02]  whenever you
+[2907.02 --> 2908.06]  drink it in
+[2908.06 --> 2909.46]  remembrance of
+[2909.46 --> 2909.76]  me.
+[2910.64 --> 2911.34]  For whenever
+[2911.34 --> 2912.64]  we eat this
+[2912.64 --> 2913.36]  bread and
+[2913.36 --> 2914.02]  drink this
+[2914.02 --> 2914.90]  cup we
+[2914.90 --> 2915.76]  proclaim the
+[2915.76 --> 2916.52]  Lord's death
+[2916.52 --> 2917.88]  until He
+[2917.88 --> 2918.62]  comes again.
+[2919.30 --> 2920.92]  This is the
+[2920.92 --> 2922.22]  mystery of
+[2922.22 --> 2922.78]  our faith.
+[2923.96 --> 2925.20]  Your death
+[2925.20 --> 2925.96]  of Christ
+[2925.96 --> 2926.78]  we proclaim
+[2926.78 --> 2927.94]  your
+[2927.94 --> 2928.52]  resurrection
+[2928.52 --> 2929.50]  we affirm
+[2929.50 --> 2930.14]  with joy
+[2930.14 --> 2931.58]  your coming
+[2931.58 --> 2932.32]  we await
+[2932.32 --> 2932.98]  with hope
+[2932.98 --> 2934.76]  glory be to
+[2934.76 --> 2935.52]  you Lord
+[2935.52 --> 2936.06]  Jesus.
+[2937.12 --> 2938.34]  Church family
+[2938.34 --> 2939.42]  the Lord has
+[2939.42 --> 2940.06]  prepared His
+[2940.06 --> 2941.08]  table for all
+[2941.08 --> 2942.14]  who love
+[2942.14 --> 2942.92]  Him and
+[2942.92 --> 2943.66]  trust in Him
+[2943.66 --> 2944.40]  alone for
+[2944.40 --> 2945.04]  their salvation
+[2945.04 --> 2946.28]  and so come
+[2946.28 --> 2948.00]  to this table
+[2948.00 --> 2950.08]  you who have
+[2950.08 --> 2950.90]  been here
+[2950.90 --> 2951.38]  before.
+[2952.38 --> 2952.82]  Come to
+[2952.82 --> 2953.56]  this table
+[2953.56 --> 2954.52]  you who
+[2954.52 --> 2955.30]  have much
+[2955.30 --> 2955.92]  faith and
+[2955.92 --> 2956.32]  you who
+[2956.32 --> 2956.72]  would like
+[2956.72 --> 2957.10]  to have
+[2957.10 --> 2957.44]  more.
+[2958.22 --> 2958.80]  Come to
+[2958.80 --> 2959.32]  this table
+[2959.32 --> 2959.80]  you who
+[2959.80 --> 2960.14]  have been
+[2960.14 --> 2960.54]  to this
+[2960.54 --> 2960.96]  sacrament
+[2960.96 --> 2962.20]  often and
+[2962.20 --> 2962.58]  you who
+[2962.58 --> 2963.06]  have not
+[2963.06 --> 2964.08]  been for a
+[2964.08 --> 2964.54]  long time.
+[2964.68 --> 2965.08]  Come to
+[2965.08 --> 2965.58]  this table
+[2965.58 --> 2966.22]  you who
+[2966.22 --> 2967.20]  have tried
+[2967.20 --> 2967.84]  to follow
+[2967.84 --> 2969.18]  Jesus and
+[2969.18 --> 2969.66]  you who
+[2969.66 --> 2970.36]  have failed.
+[2970.78 --> 2971.30]  Come to
+[2971.30 --> 2971.94]  this table
+[2971.94 --> 2972.72]  because Jesus
+[2972.72 --> 2973.50]  is raised
+[2973.50 --> 2974.22]  and He
+[2974.22 --> 2975.02]  invites you.
+[2975.34 --> 2975.72]  Come to
+[2975.72 --> 2976.24]  this table
+[2976.24 --> 2976.92]  because this
+[2976.92 --> 2977.60]  is His
+[2977.60 --> 2978.86]  table set
+[2978.86 --> 2980.00]  for you.
+[2981.20 --> 2981.64]  These are
+[2981.64 --> 2982.00]  the gifts
+[2982.00 --> 2982.62]  of God
+[2982.62 --> 2983.54]  for the
+[2983.54 --> 2984.68]  people of
+[2984.68 --> 2985.04]  God.
+[2986.40 --> 2987.10]  As we
+[2987.10 --> 2988.08]  come to
+[2988.08 --> 2988.70]  this table
+[2988.70 --> 2989.80]  we have a
+[2989.80 --> 2990.20]  bit of a
+[2990.20 --> 2991.06]  process that
+[2991.06 --> 2991.72]  we do here.
+[2992.16 --> 2992.94]  We come up
+[2992.94 --> 2993.50]  in groups
+[2993.50 --> 2994.02]  and so we
+[2994.02 --> 2994.30]  will have
+[2994.30 --> 2995.00]  ushers that
+[2995.00 --> 2995.60]  will indicate
+[2995.60 --> 2996.00]  when it's
+[2996.00 --> 2996.44]  time for
+[2996.44 --> 2996.88]  your row
+[2996.88 --> 2997.30]  to come
+[2997.30 --> 2997.74]  forward
+[2997.74 --> 2998.80]  and then
+[2998.80 --> 2999.06]  we will
+[2999.06 --> 2999.32]  gather
+[2999.32 --> 2999.88]  around
+[2999.88 --> 3000.56]  and we
+[3000.56 --> 3001.02]  will pass
+[3001.02 --> 3001.66]  the elements
+[3001.66 --> 3003.12]  to the
+[3003.12 --> 3003.62]  left or
+[3003.62 --> 3003.92]  to your
+[3003.92 --> 3004.42]  right depending
+[3004.42 --> 3004.78]  on which
+[3004.78 --> 3005.04]  way you
+[3005.04 --> 3005.24]  go.
+[3005.32 --> 3005.66]  As you
+[3005.66 --> 3006.16]  pass the
+[3006.16 --> 3006.98]  bread we
+[3006.98 --> 3007.48]  invite you
+[3007.48 --> 3007.90]  to say
+[3007.90 --> 3008.42]  the body
+[3008.42 --> 3008.96]  of Christ
+[3008.96 --> 3009.46]  given for
+[3009.46 --> 3009.70]  you.
+[3009.92 --> 3010.26]  As you
+[3010.26 --> 3010.74]  pass the
+[3010.74 --> 3011.26]  juice we
+[3011.26 --> 3011.66]  invite you
+[3011.66 --> 3012.04]  to say
+[3012.04 --> 3012.78]  the blood
+[3012.78 --> 3013.32]  of Christ
+[3013.32 --> 3013.90]  shed for
+[3013.90 --> 3014.12]  you.
+[3014.88 --> 3015.32]  If you
+[3015.32 --> 3015.78]  are unable
+[3015.78 --> 3016.18]  to come
+[3016.18 --> 3016.46]  to the
+[3016.46 --> 3016.86]  front but
+[3016.86 --> 3017.20]  would like
+[3017.20 --> 3017.92]  to participate
+[3017.92 --> 3018.32]  in the
+[3018.32 --> 3018.88]  supper please
+[3018.88 --> 3019.62]  indicate that
+[3019.62 --> 3019.96]  to the
+[3019.96 --> 3020.64]  ushers and
+[3020.64 --> 3020.90]  they will
+[3020.90 --> 3021.44]  meet you
+[3021.44 --> 3021.86]  where you
+[3021.86 --> 3022.34]  are and
+[3022.34 --> 3023.00]  serve you
+[3023.00 --> 3023.50]  in your
+[3023.50 --> 3024.16]  seat in
+[3024.16 --> 3024.54]  the same
+[3024.54 --> 3025.12]  manner as
+[3025.12 --> 3025.38]  we are
+[3025.38 --> 3025.74]  all being
+[3025.74 --> 3026.26]  served up
+[3026.26 --> 3026.44]  here.
+[3027.20 --> 3027.66]  As well
+[3027.66 --> 3028.12]  on each
+[3028.12 --> 3028.70]  tray of
+[3028.70 --> 3029.16]  bread there
+[3029.16 --> 3029.62]  is little
+[3029.62 --> 3030.10]  cups in
+[3030.10 --> 3030.40]  the middle
+[3030.40 --> 3030.76]  that has
+[3030.76 --> 3031.36]  gluten-free
+[3031.36 --> 3032.34]  bread for
+[3032.34 --> 3032.78]  those who
+[3032.78 --> 3033.52]  would prefer
+[3033.52 --> 3034.40]  that.
+[3034.98 --> 3035.34]  We are
+[3035.34 --> 3035.50]  going to
+[3035.50 --> 3036.34]  begin with
+[3036.34 --> 3036.82]  the first
+[3036.82 --> 3037.62]  table and
+[3037.62 --> 3037.82]  that is
+[3037.82 --> 3038.00]  going to
+[3038.00 --> 3038.48]  be those
+[3038.48 --> 3039.06]  worship
+[3039.06 --> 3039.92]  volunteers and
+[3039.92 --> 3040.46]  others who
+[3040.46 --> 3040.92]  are helping
+[3040.92 --> 3041.82]  facilitate this
+[3041.82 --> 3042.82]  service so
+[3042.82 --> 3043.16]  that they
+[3043.16 --> 3043.76]  can then lead
+[3043.76 --> 3044.28]  us in
+[3044.28 --> 3045.50]  song as
+[3045.50 --> 3045.96]  we come
+[3045.96 --> 3046.62]  table by
+[3046.62 --> 3047.42]  table together.
+[3047.70 --> 3047.94]  So I am
+[3047.94 --> 3048.06]  going to
+[3048.06 --> 3048.68]  invite those
+[3048.68 --> 3049.62]  worship
+[3049.62 --> 3050.16]  leaders and
+[3050.16 --> 3051.54]  elders to
+[3051.54 --> 3051.98]  come up to
+[3051.98 --> 3053.36]  the front to
+[3053.36 --> 3054.24]  participate in
+[3054.24 --> 3054.74]  this table.
+[3054.74 --> 3064.76]  as they
+[3064.76 --> 3065.08]  are making
+[3065.08 --> 3065.48]  their way
+[3065.48 --> 3065.86]  forward.
+[3066.68 --> 3067.12]  Additionally,
+[3067.34 --> 3067.64]  if you would
+[3067.64 --> 3068.76]  like to meet
+[3068.76 --> 3069.30]  someone for
+[3069.30 --> 3069.92]  prayer, there
+[3069.92 --> 3070.46]  will be people
+[3070.46 --> 3071.12]  in the foyer
+[3071.12 --> 3071.78]  at the back
+[3071.78 --> 3072.26]  with yellow
+[3072.26 --> 3073.06]  name tags on
+[3073.06 --> 3073.84]  who will
+[3073.84 --> 3074.42]  meet you and
+[3074.42 --> 3075.04]  will pray with
+[3075.04 --> 3075.58]  you, for
+[3075.58 --> 3076.16]  you, over
+[3076.16 --> 3077.32]  you, either
+[3077.32 --> 3077.90]  before you
+[3077.90 --> 3078.48]  come up or
+[3078.48 --> 3078.98]  in lieu of
+[3078.98 --> 3079.54]  coming up.
+[3080.06 --> 3080.86]  Please share
+[3080.86 --> 3081.64]  with them your
+[3081.64 --> 3083.20]  thanksgivings and
+[3083.20 --> 3084.26]  your petitions.
+[3084.74 --> 3090.92]  body of
+[3090.92 --> 3091.40]  Christ given
+[3091.40 --> 3091.80]  for you.
+[3095.46 --> 3096.02]  Body of
+[3096.02 --> 3096.48]  Christ given
+[3096.48 --> 3096.84]  for you.
+[3114.74 --> 3115.06]  eats, works, won't
+[3115.06 --> 3116.08]  drink, and
+[3116.08 --> 3116.58]  when you
+[3116.58 --> 3117.56]  will be
+[3117.78 --> 3124.62]  número 45.
+[3133.40 --> 3134.10]  And you
+[3134.10 --> 3134.80]  visit your
+[3134.80 --> 3135.24]  example to
+[3135.24 --> 3139.70]  the
+[3139.70 --> 3141.26]  people in the
+[3141.26 --> 3141.88]  country who
+[3141.88 --> 3145.26]  eat and remember.
+[3155.60 --> 3157.12]  The blood of Christ shed for you.
+[3160.74 --> 3162.12]  The blood of Christ shed for you.
+[3171.88 --> 3201.86]  The blood of Christ shed for you.
+[3201.88 --> 3231.86]  The blood of Christ shed for you.
+[3231.88 --> 3233.88]  The blood of Christ shed for you.
+[3233.88 --> 3237.88]  The blood of Christ shed for you.
+[3237.88 --> 3241.88]  The blood of Christ shed for you.
+[3241.88 --> 3243.88]  Amen.
+[3271.88 --> 3273.88]  Amen.
+[3301.88 --> 3303.88]  Amen.
+[3331.88 --> 3333.88]  Amen.
+[3361.88 --> 3363.88]  Amen.
+[3391.88 --> 3393.88]  Amen.
+[3421.88 --> 3423.88]  Amen.
+[3451.88 --> 3453.88]  Amen.
+[3481.88 --> 3483.88]  Amen.
+[3511.88 --> 3513.88]  Amen.
+[3513.88 --> 3515.88]  Amen.
+[3515.88 --> 3517.88]  Amen.
+[3517.88 --> 3532.88]  I cast my mind to Calvary, where Jesus bled and died for me.
+[3532.88 --> 3549.88]  I see His wounds, His hands, His feet, my Savior on that cursed tree.
+[3549.88 --> 3564.88]  His body bound and drenched in tears, they laid Him down in Joseph's tomb.
+[3564.88 --> 3579.88]  The entrance sealed by heavy stone, Messiah still and all alone.
+[3579.88 --> 3581.88]  Amen.
+[3581.88 --> 3589.88]  O praise the name of the Lord our God.
+[3589.88 --> 3596.88]  O praise His name forevermore.
+[3596.88 --> 3603.88]  For endless days we will sing Your praise.
+[3603.88 --> 3609.88]  O Lord, O Lord our God.
+[3609.88 --> 3610.88]  O Lord our God.
+[3610.88 --> 3612.88]  O Lord our God.
+[3612.88 --> 3614.88]  O Lord our God.
+[3614.88 --> 3626.88]  Then on the third at break of dawn, the Son of Heaven rose again.
+[3626.88 --> 3632.88]  O trampled death, where is Your sting?
+[3632.88 --> 3633.88]  The angels roar.
+[3633.88 --> 3634.88]  The angels roar.
+[3634.88 --> 3639.88]  For Christ our King.
+[3639.88 --> 3652.88]  O praise the name of the Lord our God.
+[3652.88 --> 3658.88]  O praise His name forevermore.
+[3658.88 --> 3665.88]  For endless days we will sing Your praise.
+[3665.88 --> 3671.88]  O Lord, O Lord our God.
+[3671.88 --> 3682.88]  We shall return in rose of light.
+[3682.88 --> 3689.88]  The pleasing sun shall pierce the light.
+[3689.88 --> 3697.88]  And I will rise among the saints.
+[3697.88 --> 3705.88]  My gates shall stand on Jesus' face.
+[3705.88 --> 3720.88]  Theaving נ dramatic Palmet.
+[3720.88 --> 3727.88] che'l抑รbirthCI Right little Tears.
+[3727.88 --> 3728.88]  Amen.
+[3757.88 --> 3759.88]  Amen.
+[3787.88 --> 3789.88]  Amen.
+[3817.88 --> 3819.88]  Amen.
+[3847.88 --> 3849.88]  Amen.
+[3877.88 --> 3879.88]  Amen.
+[3907.88 --> 3909.88]  Amen.
+[3937.88 --> 3939.88]  Amen.
+[3967.88 --> 3969.88]  Amen.
+[3997.88 --> 3999.88]  Amen.
+[4027.88 --> 4029.88]  Amen.
+[4057.88 --> 4059.88]  Amen.
+[4087.88 --> 4089.88]  Amen.
+[4117.88 --> 4119.88]  Amen.
+[4147.88 --> 4149.88]  Amen.
+[4177.88 --> 4179.88]  Amen.
+[4179.88 --> 4195.84]  God has given me and God reassure me and God bless You innegotiable peace as I have made from You.
+[4195.84 --> 4202.78]  For Word, phone, responsibility are Mahdi.
+[4202.88 --> 4204.82] rig FEES
+[4204.82 --> 4215.54]  I would love to make one request and do one last song because this has been an anthem to our church for a bit.
+[4216.34 --> 4217.66]  I am not my own.
+[4234.82 --> 4264.80]  I am not my own.
+[4264.82 --> 4267.82]  I am not my own.
+[4269.62 --> 4273.94]  When the precious blood will set me free.
+[4276.34 --> 4279.82]  I am not my own.
+[4281.20 --> 4283.86]  But be loved.
+[4284.40 --> 4286.82]  Body and soul.
+[4286.82 --> 4289.82]  In my life.
+[4290.70 --> 4292.82]  And in death.
+[4292.82 --> 4296.98]  And to you Lord.
+[4297.46 --> 4300.66]  God is my Lord.
+[4301.94 --> 4307.82]  You deserve my life in such a way that without you.
+[4308.70 --> 4311.78]  Not I dare can fall from me.
+[4311.78 --> 4313.78]  I am not my own.
+[4313.78 --> 4317.78]  I am not my own.
+[4317.78 --> 4319.78]  I am not my own.
+[4319.78 --> 4321.78]  I am not my own.
+[4321.78 --> 4326.78]  All things work together for my salvation.
+[4326.78 --> 4328.78]  I am not my own.
+[4328.78 --> 4331.78]  I am not my own.
+[4331.78 --> 4333.78]  I am not my own.
+[4333.78 --> 4334.78]  But be loved.
+[4334.78 --> 4337.78]  Body and soul.
+[4337.78 --> 4339.78]  In my life.
+[4339.78 --> 4341.78]  In my life.
+[4341.78 --> 4344.78]  And in death.
+[4344.78 --> 4347.78]  To you Lord.
+[4347.78 --> 4351.78]  Christ my Lord.
+[4351.78 --> 4352.78]  You are.
+[4352.78 --> 4354.78]  For you Lord.
+[4354.78 --> 4355.78]  For you Lord.
+[4355.78 --> 4356.78]  You are.
+[4356.78 --> 4358.78]  For you Lord.
+[4358.78 --> 4360.78]  For you Lord.
+[4360.78 --> 4361.78]  Amen.
+[4390.78 --> 4392.78]  Amen.
+[4420.78 --> 4422.78]  Amen.
+[4450.78 --> 4451.78]  Amen.
+[4451.78 --> 4459.40]  To you, Lord, Christ my Lord.
+[4470.08 --> 4478.40]  As we sing that song, I'm mindful of what I am going into in this next week
+[4478.40 --> 4481.72]  and what some of you are going into in this next week.
+[4482.06 --> 4485.74]  I'm mindful that I don't know what you're going into this next week.
+[4487.34 --> 4493.74]  But we go as those over whom God says you are not your own.
+[4494.42 --> 4494.94]  You're bought.
+[4496.06 --> 4499.14]  You belong to your Savior, Jesus Christ.
+[4500.08 --> 4503.30]  I'm mindful, again, knowing what I'm going into this week,
+[4503.40 --> 4505.02]  knowing what some of you are going into this week,
+[4505.06 --> 4507.58]  and not knowing what others of you are going into this week.
+[4507.58 --> 4511.62]  I am mindful that this blessing that you are about to receive
+[4511.62 --> 4515.54]  is a word from God over whatever it is to come.
+[4516.38 --> 4520.52]  And so receive the blessing of God today.
+[4522.04 --> 4524.96]  God, go before you to lead you.
+[4525.82 --> 4528.54]  God, go behind you to protect you.
+[4529.22 --> 4531.12]  God, go beneath you to support you.
+[4531.50 --> 4533.72]  God, go beside you to befriend you.
+[4534.64 --> 4537.06]  Do not be afraid.
+[4537.58 --> 4540.02]  Let the blessing of God come upon you today.
+[4540.18 --> 4541.92]  Do not be afraid.
+[4542.84 --> 4547.72]  But go in peace to love and serve the Lord.
+[4548.86 --> 4549.18]  Amen.
+[4550.78 --> 4554.52]  After our final song, I'm going to invite you to be seated
+[4554.52 --> 4557.30]  because there's one quick announcement that will be made,
+[4557.38 --> 4558.66]  an explanation of process,
+[4558.78 --> 4563.66]  before we move into the foyer for fellowship and time to spend there.
+[4563.66 --> 4566.08]  So after our song, please just take a quick seat.
+[4566.08 --> 4566.94]  So after our song, please us to jump on.
+[4566.96 --> 4567.74]  Amen.
+[4567.94 --> 4568.24]  Let's go.
+[4568.40 --> 4568.92]  Thank you.
+[4569.02 --> 4569.54]  God, I will not take you to pray every time.
+[4569.72 --> 4569.76]  I have a great idea.
+[4569.82 --> 4570.58]  Thank you.
+[4574.62 --> 4575.12]  Let's pray in thisう qui polarThey,
+[4581.82 --> 4582.64]  who will continue our time to row.
+[4582.82 --> 4583.34]  I will go.
+[4583.34 --> 4585.24]  Put your ground on watch among them.
+[4585.24 --> 4585.44]  Thank you.
+[4585.52 --> 4585.62]  Thank you.
+[4585.68 --> 4586.84]  God, I will lift you prepared.
+[4587.00 --> 4588.34]  I will get you prepared for the incomplete messages,
+[4588.34 --> 4588.84]  which will continue� Zhig.
+[4588.96 --> 4589.88]  And Matthew,
+[4589.88 --> 4591.46]  and he will continue to be taken
+[4591.64 --> 4592.84]  through the тр ind unaware keeps you Loud.
+[4592.84 --> 4593.84]  Amen.
+[4622.84 --> 4624.84]  Amen.
+[4652.84 --> 4654.84]  Amen.
+[4682.84 --> 4683.84]  Amen.
+[4712.84 --> 4732.58]  Good morning, congregation.
+[4732.58 --> 4739.48]  The reason for my being here is if you enter the sanctuary, you'll see all these little
+[4739.48 --> 4741.74]  flags and cake out there.
+[4741.74 --> 4744.02]  You're probably wondering what that's about.
+[4744.02 --> 4750.34]  We've invited the Agile family to be here about this time, and I noticed Talala's here.
+[4750.34 --> 4756.76]  But anyway, what I'm going to do is rather than wait around for them to show up, I just
+[4756.76 --> 4764.94]  want to say that as a refugee sponsorship committee that we've been so thankful that the Agile
+[4764.94 --> 4770.14]  family has achieved their citizenship, so they are now Canadian citizens.
+[4770.14 --> 4773.58]  And they also, each of them, have a passport.
+[4773.58 --> 4779.52]  So first of all, there's the family, Nawaf and Noof, and they came here with two children,
+[4779.52 --> 4781.82]  Mohammed and Ibrahim.
+[4781.82 --> 4785.76]  And since that time they've been here, they've had another one.
+[4785.76 --> 4794.80]  And so with citizenship, before you get that, you have a certain level of language understanding,
+[4794.80 --> 4796.50]  and they have achieved that.
+[4796.50 --> 4801.18]  And they've been to school, and all these different types of things.
+[4801.18 --> 4805.00]  And they've had another, they've had a baby while they're here.
+[4805.00 --> 4808.44]  Talal, come here.
+[4808.44 --> 4809.44]  Anyway.
+[4809.44 --> 4824.44]  Talal is totally hearing impaired, and so if you wonder why, he's my buddy, my buddy here.
+[4824.44 --> 4830.02]  But anyway, with, with, he came with his, with his brother Nawaf and Noof and their two, and
+[4830.02 --> 4835.06]  their two children, in September 2017.
+[4835.06 --> 4841.06]  And so, we're looking at almost six, seven years to, to get the process.
+[4841.06 --> 4844.40]  And as you know, through COVID and everything, everything slowed down.
+[4844.40 --> 4848.10]  But they have all the documentation now, including a passport.
+[4848.10 --> 4852.10]  As a matter of fact, Nawaf and Noof had saved up enough money.
+[4852.10 --> 4857.06]  And so once they had their passport, they flew to Kuwait to connect with their family over
+[4857.06 --> 4858.06]  there.
+[4858.06 --> 4860.20]  And so that was awesome.
+[4860.20 --> 4863.42]  That was awesome for them.
+[4863.42 --> 4866.94]  So Talal is the brother of Nawaf.
+[4866.94 --> 4872.90]  And Talal, as, when, when the committee we looked at, at sponsoring, we knew that he was
+[4872.90 --> 4878.74]  coming along, and we, we, we were certainly happy to have him come.
+[4878.74 --> 4884.60]  But he's been a wonderful friend, and a great addition to a Canadian society.
+[4884.60 --> 4891.66]  So Nawaf also works, has had a steady job right from the get-go, and with, actually with Eric
+[4891.66 --> 4893.94]  Paquette's company.
+[4893.94 --> 4902.66]  And Talal works for my son Eric's, and Tracy's company in the, in the landscape division.
+[4902.66 --> 4907.66]  Anyway, the interesting thing here is for, for Talal.
+[4907.66 --> 4919.24]  All right, what does that, so online he's discovered that there is a girl in Morocco who he's, he's
+[4919.24 --> 4920.80]  going to visit.
+[4920.80 --> 4930.16]  He leaves on July 2, he'll be flying over there, and then he'll be, everything's set up for him
+[4930.16 --> 4933.96]  to go with the girl, to, to get married.
+[4933.96 --> 4939.16]  And then he'll come back at the end of July, and then we'll begin the process of bringing
+[4939.16 --> 4943.16]  her over to, to, to Canada.
+[4943.16 --> 4944.16]  Anyway, let's.
+[4944.16 --> 4950.16]  What are you, what's your, uh, they're here?
+[4950.16 --> 4952.16]  They're coming.
+[4952.16 --> 4953.16]  They're coming.
+[4953.16 --> 4962.16]  Okay, so what we want to do, of course, is, uh, we want to, uh, serve you cake when you're,
+[4962.16 --> 4963.16]  you're out there.
+[4963.16 --> 4970.16]  Many of you have had access, many of you have known, have been supporters, uh, of, for when
+[4970.16 --> 4971.16]  we began.
+[4971.16 --> 4976.16]  And so it, it's going to be nice just to, uh, explain that, uh, to them.
+[4976.16 --> 4981.16]  You, you're just going to have to wait, uh, 15 seconds.
+[4981.16 --> 4982.16]  Okay, here comes Noof.
+[4982.16 --> 4983.16]  All right.
+[4983.16 --> 4984.16]  All right.
+[4984.16 --> 4985.16]  All right.
+[4985.16 --> 4986.16]  Good morning.
+[4986.16 --> 4987.16]  Good morning.
+[4987.16 --> 4988.16]  Good morning.
+[4988.16 --> 4989.16]  Hello, Noof.
+[4989.16 --> 4990.16]  How are you?
+[4990.16 --> 4991.16]  And, Noof?
+[4991.16 --> 5006.16]  And, you know, so this, this, this fellow here, he was four, I think, when he came here,
+[5006.16 --> 5007.16]  uh, Canada, right?
+[5007.16 --> 5008.16]  So how are, how, how are you now?
+[5008.16 --> 5009.16]  How old are you now?
+[5009.16 --> 5010.16]  How old are you now?
+[5010.16 --> 5011.16]  How old are you now?
+[5011.16 --> 5012.16]  Ten.
+[5012.16 --> 5013.16]  Ten.
+[5013.16 --> 5014.16]  There you go.
+[5014.16 --> 5021.16]  Seven years ago, they came, Noof and Noof, we picked them up at YVR, and, uh, Ibrahim was
+[5021.16 --> 5026.16]  just a little guy, and since that time, Omar, Omar came.
+[5026.16 --> 5035.16]  So, um, and these boys are in school, and they're doing really, really well, but you know what
+[5035.16 --> 5042.16]  they, what, uh, do you think they, uh, they're supporting, uh, the Vancouver Canucks?
+[5042.16 --> 5047.16]  Or, or are they into soccer?
+[5047.16 --> 5048.16]  Football.
+[5048.16 --> 5049.16]  Football.
+[5049.16 --> 5050.16]  Yeah.
+[5050.16 --> 5054.16]  These boys can really, really kick a ball around, right, Ibrahim?
+[5054.16 --> 5055.16]  Yeah, for sure.
+[5055.16 --> 5058.16]  And then, Omar, how old is Omar?
+[5058.16 --> 5059.16]  Four.
+[5059.16 --> 5060.16]  Four.
+[5060.16 --> 5062.16]  Four, yes.
+[5062.16 --> 5067.16]  So, I gave a little speech about you, and about your history, and about when you came,
+[5067.16 --> 5073.16]  September 2017, and how you had to take English lessons, and you had to find jobs, and make
+[5073.16 --> 5078.16]  your way, and how your kids are all doing well at school, and everything so far is going
+[5078.16 --> 5082.16]  right, and you've traveled to Kuwait and Iraq to see your family.
+[5082.16 --> 5083.16]  Awesome.
+[5083.16 --> 5084.16]  Just so awesome.
+[5084.16 --> 5088.16]  But we're very thankful that we could support you, and so there's going to be some cake,
+[5088.16 --> 5091.16]  cake out there, and, uh, so much.
+[5091.16 --> 5097.16]  So, um, yeah, anyway, we just wanted, we're very happy for you, and we just wanted, now
+[5097.16 --> 5099.16]  that you were a Canadian citizen.
+[5099.16 --> 5104.16]  So, you know what we're going to try to do, is we're going to try and sing, uh, O Canada.
+[5104.16 --> 5105.16]  Alright?
+[5105.16 --> 5106.16]  Do you know, do you know O Canada?
+[5106.16 --> 5107.16]  Do you know that song?
+[5107.16 --> 5108.16]  Let's go for it.
+[5108.16 --> 5109.16]  Oh.
+[5109.16 --> 5110.16]  Oh.
+[5110.16 --> 5112.16]  Oh, let's stand up.
+[5112.16 --> 5113.16]  Hat off.
+[5113.16 --> 5127.16]  Oh, Canada, our home and native land.
+[5127.16 --> 5137.16]  True, great, true love, when all our songs commend.
+[5137.16 --> 5147.16]  And, though in hearts we see thee rise, the true Lord strong and free.
+[5147.16 --> 5156.16]  From far and wide, O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
+[5156.16 --> 5157.16]  O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
+[5157.16 --> 5163.16]  O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
+[5163.16 --> 5164.16]  O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
+[5164.16 --> 5170.16]  O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
+[5170.16 --> 5171.16]  O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
+[5171.16 --> 5177.16]  O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
+[5177.16 --> 5187.16]  O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
+[5187.16 --> 5188.16]  Aw Theory.
+[5188.16 --> 5193.16]  O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
+[5193.16 --> 5194.16]  O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
+[5194.16 --> 5195.16]  Okay?
+[5195.16 --> 5196.16]  O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
+[5196.16 --> 5197.16]  oxyl Deligy from Gabлам thousand and ㅇ logo.
+[5197.16 --> 5198.16]  O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
+[5198.16 --> 5199.16]  O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
+[5199.16 --> 5200.16]  O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
+[5200.16 --> 5201.16]  O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
+[5201.16 --> 5202.16]  O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
+[5202.16 --> 5203.16] كن to say thy praise and behold.
+[5203.16 --> 5205.16]  O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
+[5205.16 --> 5206.62]  O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
+[5206.62 --> 5207.66]  How am I standing on guard for thee.
+[5207.66 --> 5208.66]  What do i differ?
+[5208.66 --> 5209.66]  Today, I'm with fire you, I am from West Africa.
+[5209.66 --> 5215.66]  We stand on guard for thee.