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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.62,0:00:04.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"But grow in the grace and knowledge
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.67,0:00:07.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.54,0:00:10.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To Him be glory both now and forever.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.54,0:00:11.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Amen."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.99,0:00:15.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,2 Peter 3:18
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.66,0:00:19.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, one of the great \Ngoals of this conference
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.60,0:00:23.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is expressed by Peter in these words,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.29,0:00:26.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we grow in the grace and knowledge
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.09,0:00:29.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.22,0:00:33.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many benefits come from conference -
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.28,0:00:35.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the renewal of friendships,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.30,0:00:39.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,moments of inspiration from speakers,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.04,0:00:41.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and meeting someone special perhaps,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.70,0:00:44.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but unless we grow
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.48,0:00:46.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from our time here -
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.63,0:00:48.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,grow in graciousness,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.17,0:00:51.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,grow in our knowledge of the Savior,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.45,0:00:55.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then there will be major failure
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.10,0:00:58.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our gathering together.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.09,0:00:59.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of you know Don Whitney's
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.82,0:01:03.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,helpful little book: "Praying the Bible."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.06,0:01:05.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we gather to pray this Scripture.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.88,0:01:08.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord, help me to grow in graciousness.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.89,0:01:11.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord, help me to grow in knowledge
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.82,0:01:13.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Savior.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.64,0:01:15.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And who needs to pray that?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.38,0:01:17.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, the baby Christians here -
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.36,0:01:19.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they need to pray it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.13,0:01:22.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, the man who is the most holy
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.25,0:01:23.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and most mature
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.49,0:01:25.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and has followed the Lord for many years -
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.63,0:01:28.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he needs to still pray this prayer.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.71,0:01:30.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what are we asking
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.71,0:01:33.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we are asking that we may grow
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.40,0:01:35.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in grace and in the knowledge
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.38,0:01:37.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Lord Jesus Christ?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.56,0:01:42.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, firstly, we are asking for genuine,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.36,0:01:46.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,progressive concern for \Nthe needs of others.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.12,0:01:47.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second commandment,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.69,0:01:49.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after to love God with all our hearts
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.57,0:01:53.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to love our neighbor as ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.33,0:01:57.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's the impact that we are to make
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.25,0:01:59.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on one another.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.12,0:02:01.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A real concern for other people.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.55,0:02:02.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How is it with you?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.73,0:02:05.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do we know where
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.14,0:02:07.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the members of the congregation are?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.11,0:02:09.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do we know where there are doubts?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.78,0:02:12.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do we know where people \Nare close to giving up?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.43,0:02:13.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do we know where the troubles
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.97,0:02:14.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the problems are?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.99,0:02:16.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you'll say, well, the elders know.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.80,0:02:18.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, perhaps they do.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.17,0:02:19.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But perhaps with some people,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.80,0:02:21.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know more.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.56,0:02:24.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not talking about inquisitive prying
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.64,0:02:26.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the lives of other people,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.69,0:02:31.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I'm speaking about a concern for them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.22,0:02:33.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do they have some fear?\NDo they have some worry?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.94,0:02:35.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can I help them?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.98,0:02:41.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, that's going to be \Nour lives from now on.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.08,0:02:43.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're going to be corns of wheat
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.63,0:02:45.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that fall into the ground and die,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.48,0:02:48.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or we'll abide alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.13,0:02:50.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're going to be concerned
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.45,0:02:53.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there be fruit in the lives of others
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.52,0:02:56.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and fruit in our own lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.56,0:02:58.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Savior, then, He didn't come
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.49,0:03:00.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be served,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.54,0:03:01.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but He came to serve.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.79,0:03:03.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So He calls us also
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.85,0:03:06.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we're better servants of one another;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.08,0:03:07.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more concerned;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.32,0:03:10.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more aware of the needs.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.72,0:03:13.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How is it with you?\NHow is it at meal times?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.62,0:03:16.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you look to see if everyone's \Ngot what they want?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.26,0:03:17.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you're concerned about them?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.90,0:03:22.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You just don't look at the \Nfood in front of you?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.50,0:03:25.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The nicer seats - are you anxious
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.12,0:03:26.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help other people?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.94,0:03:28.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you drive a car,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.43,0:03:31.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do you let other people cut in?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.12,0:03:33.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When there are family choices,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.18,0:03:34.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do you ask your wife:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.20,0:03:36.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what do you want to do?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.25,0:03:37.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you ask children
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.77,0:03:39.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what their concerns are?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.95,0:03:41.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a very sad life
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.82,0:03:43.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if it's just centered on you.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.83,0:03:45.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An egotistical life.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.72,0:03:48.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so growing in grace,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.54,0:03:50.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,growing in graciousness then
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.93,0:03:53.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shows itself in a progressive concern
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.11,0:03:54.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the needs of others.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.28,0:03:56.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the first thing \Nthat we're praying for.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.61,0:03:59.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the second thing we are praying for
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.87,0:04:07.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that we are growing in knowledge
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.23,0:04:10.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the gospel, of the Christian faith,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.18,0:04:11.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and growing especially
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.91,0:04:15.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.18,0:04:20.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A literal, mental grasp with our minds
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.41,0:04:22.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the teaching of Holy Scripture.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.21,0:04:24.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It may seem to you very elementary
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.83,0:04:26.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and very basic.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.26,0:04:28.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the first thing that \Na believer puts on
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.52,0:04:30.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the girdle of truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.99,0:04:33.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the first thing that he must attend to
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.40,0:04:35.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in terms of spiritual knowledge
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.24,0:04:37.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and spiritual growth is familiarity
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.80,0:04:38.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the truth;
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.80,0:04:40.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the teaching of Scripture;
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.62,0:04:42.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the system of Christian doctrine.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.85,0:04:45.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's all very well for us to speak
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.14,0:04:47.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the perils of a dead orthodoxy,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.71,0:04:51.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I guess it's a real peril.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.35,0:04:55.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are people and their concern
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.38,0:04:58.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not interest in the great \Nfoundational doctrines,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.82,0:05:02.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they're interested in \Nthe conundrum of theology.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.43,0:05:04.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And let's avoid that.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.16,0:05:05.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there are other people
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.40,0:05:07.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're only \Ninterested in the doctrines
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.59,0:05:10.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have given rise to controversies
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.50,0:05:12.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,amongst Christians.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.13,0:05:14.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Doctrines that men fight about.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.36,0:05:16.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Doctrines that men disagree with.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.86,0:05:20.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's mortify that spirit too.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.26,0:05:23.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we are bound as Christians
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.01,0:05:25.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make conscience of growing
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.62,0:05:27.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our grasp of Genesis, Exodus,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.77,0:05:30.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Leviticus, Numbers, and so on
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.30,0:05:31.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to Revelation.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.88,0:05:36.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to that life of Adam, and Noah,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.14,0:05:40.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Abraham, and the Patriarchs,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.25,0:05:41.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Moses,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.76,0:05:45.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the deliverance from Egypt,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.90,0:05:49.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then the time of the entry
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.30,0:05:52.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Joshua and Judges,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.66,0:05:53.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Samuel,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.78,0:05:55.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the rise of Saul,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.04,0:05:56.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the rise of David,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.45,0:05:58.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Solomon - the great division
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.19,0:06:00.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that took place under him,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.43,0:06:03.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then the destruction
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.33,0:06:05.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Northern kingdom of Israel,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.40,0:06:09.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then the temporary \NBabylonian captivity
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.92,0:06:12.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Judah and their return,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.26,0:06:14.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the coming of Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.45,0:06:15.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as promised.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.41,0:06:17.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we ought to know those things.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.31,0:06:19.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And know the letters.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.68,0:06:21.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so when the Jehovah's Witness
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.46,0:06:22.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,comes to your house,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.49,0:06:24.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you say, \N"Do you know the Bible?"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.35,0:06:26.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Yes."\N"Well, what..." you say to him,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.20,0:06:27.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What is the main theme
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.52,0:06:29.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the letter to the Romans?"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.85,0:06:31.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's a good question to ask him
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.84,0:06:33.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because he won't know.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.32,0:06:35.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He'll know his stuff,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.52,0:06:38.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he won't know a question \Nas important as that.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.03,0:06:40.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, Ephesians is shorter," you say,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.51,0:06:42.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"six chapters - tell me,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.21,0:06:45.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is the main teaching of Ephesians?"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.74,0:06:47.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then he'll get a bit frustrated
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.63,0:06:48.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and angry with you.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.61,0:06:52.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well now, come back and let me know."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.62,0:06:55.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because you're driving him to the Word.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.14,0:06:57.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Aren't you? To read the Word.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.22,0:07:02.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is the only \Nchance of him changing.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.38,0:07:03.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I'm saying to you
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.71,0:07:06.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have to soak ourselves
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.45,0:07:07.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Word;
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.80,0:07:10.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,marinate ourselves in the Word of God,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.04,0:07:13.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because if we're going to ask then
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.30,0:07:15.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a Jehovah's Witness to tell us
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.36,0:07:17.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what the main theme of Romans is,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.06,0:07:18.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we better know it ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.95,0:07:20.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We better know it ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.91,0:07:23.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we ought to know \Nabout the Person of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.94,0:07:26.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His deity, His humanity,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.32,0:07:27.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His incarnation,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.94,0:07:31.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His states as pre-existent,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.22,0:07:33.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,humiliated, exalted;
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.41,0:07:36.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His offices of Prophet, Priest, and King.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.39,0:07:38.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We ought to know the great doctrines
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.37,0:07:39.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of God's sovereignty,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.65,0:07:42.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of justification by grace through faith,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.52,0:07:44.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of adoption,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.03,0:07:45.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of union with Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.29,0:07:46.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of sanctification.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.53,0:07:51.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These teachings are not \Nsimply for theologians,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.07,0:07:53.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they are the stuff \Nof believing meditation.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.59,0:07:55.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are the stuff of doxology.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.22,0:07:58.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The great hymns are about those themes.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.52,0:08:01.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if we're to be growing Christians,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.48,0:08:03.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are to be growing intellectually.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.99,0:08:06.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are to be growing theologically.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.04,0:08:08.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are to grow in our grasp of it,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.65,0:08:10.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we are to grow
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.05,0:08:12.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the emotional impact that they make
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.15,0:08:14.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,upon our lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.53,0:08:17.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That the Word of God lives in us.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.73,0:08:20.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the Psalms begin by a man -
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.16,0:08:23.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his delight was in the law of the Lord,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.02,0:08:24.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in that law,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.17,0:08:26.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he meditated day and night.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.56,0:08:29.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thirdly, if we are praying this prayer
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.65,0:08:32.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we might grow in graciousness,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.35,0:08:35.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in grace, we are praying that we might
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.20,0:08:39.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,progress in conscientiousness.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.17,0:08:42.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is, in responsiveness
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.83,0:08:45.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and obedience to our own consciences.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.94,0:08:48.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because God has placed that monitor
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.74,0:08:50.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our minds,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.94,0:08:53.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it reproves us when we do wrong,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.38,0:08:56.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it encourages us when we do right.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.60,0:09:00.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How is it with your \Nconscience and you tonight?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.45,0:09:02.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How are things between you
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.09,0:09:08.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that monitor, that voice of God?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.01,0:09:10.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, there are many consciences,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.39,0:09:13.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in Thomas Boston's words,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.23,0:09:16.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are too persnickety.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.86,0:09:20.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They condemn what God's \NWord doesn't condemn.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.48,0:09:22.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We must educate that conscience.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.59,0:09:26.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does the Bible condemn blood transfusions,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.84,0:09:28.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for example?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.49,0:09:30.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there are other consciences
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.69,0:09:33.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they let anything pass.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.20,0:09:36.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They let pass what God's Word condemns.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.98,0:09:39.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are less sensitive \Nthan they should be.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.42,0:09:40.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are much too broad,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.62,0:09:42.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,much too open.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.22,0:09:44.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we must always bring our conscience
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.88,0:09:47.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,under the light of the Word of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.28,0:09:49.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know the Puritan illustration then
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.86,0:09:52.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the sundial.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.07,0:09:54.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the sundial will work
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.26,0:09:55.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if it's at the right angle
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.59,0:09:59.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in regards to the light of the sun.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.50,0:10:01.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But on a bright moonlight night,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.08,0:10:02.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can go out to your garden,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.58,0:10:04.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can look at a sundial.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.05,0:10:05.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there will be a shadow -
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.46,0:10:07.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a moon shadow.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.40,0:10:11.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it will give you the \Ntotally wrong reading,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.12,0:10:13.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's not a moondial,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.49,0:10:16.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a sundial.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.12,0:10:18.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so there is the conscience
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.68,0:10:21.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the cannibal.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.43,0:10:23.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there the conscience
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.61,0:10:26.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the abortionist.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.61,0:10:30.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they are not living in accord
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.44,0:10:33.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with what the Word of God
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.86,0:10:39.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who created the conscience gives to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.04,0:10:41.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, let's supposed that you have
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.09,0:10:42.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an enlightened conscience.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.36,0:10:44.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's suppose that you have the full light
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.44,0:10:47.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of God's Word on your conscience then.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.28,0:10:51.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are you carefully obeying it
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.35,0:10:54.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you are emotionally disinclined?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.56,0:10:56.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you're lying on the floor
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.60,0:10:59.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in despondency and sulking
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.25,0:11:01.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and unhappy because your worst fears
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.52,0:11:03.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have been realized?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.52,0:11:06.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you're in the depth of depression
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.50,0:11:07.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and self-pity,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.98,0:11:10.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there's a duty that \Nyou have to attend to -
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.42,0:11:12.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a duty, it's very unpleasant;
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.08,0:11:14.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's very demanding.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.34,0:11:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you do what your conscience tells you
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.50,0:11:20.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you should do?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.36,0:11:24.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you have the maturity \Nto stand on your emotions
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.22,0:11:26.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and reject them in the face
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.33,0:11:29.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of their reluctance and aversion
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.36,0:11:31.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to attend what God commands us?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.90,0:11:35.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no greater peril \Nin the Christian life
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.11,0:11:38.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than to make our emotions the touchstone
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.32,0:11:40.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our duties.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.48,0:11:43.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And time and again, we \Nhave to pick ourselves up
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.62,0:11:46.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,off the floor of discouragement and say,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.55,0:11:48.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a duty,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.04,0:11:49.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I know this is right,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.48,0:11:51.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm going to do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.02,0:11:52.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or again, let me ask you,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.53,0:11:56.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are you conscientious about small things?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.34,0:11:58.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because there most of all
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.35,0:11:59.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christians are tested.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.84,0:12:02.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't have huge sacrifices to make,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.36,0:12:04.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but every day, there are
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.77,0:12:08.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many little duties that you \Nknow have to be done.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.95,0:12:11.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we have to pay careful attention
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.92,0:12:14.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to matters of detail,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.62,0:12:18.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because our Lord, He commends people
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.64,0:12:22.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are faithful in little things.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.20,0:12:24.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so often we are losing the battle
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.26,0:12:26.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in little things.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.89,0:12:29.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It might seem to you
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.51,0:12:35.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not a big issue to be in prayer meeting
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.29,0:12:37.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on a Wednesday night there.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.97,0:12:41.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It might not seem a big issue
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.34,0:12:44.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be in Sunday nights at church.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.29,0:12:45.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a small thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.88,0:12:48.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It might seem just a little thing
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.40,0:12:52.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to ignore writing a letter to someone
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.63,0:12:56.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to say thanks for your kindness to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.66,0:12:58.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Certain things.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.59,0:13:01.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we must make conscience then
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.95,0:13:04.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we are going to grow in graciousness
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.16,0:13:07.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our conscience - we respect it.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.10,0:13:11.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whatsoever is not of faith is sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.20,0:13:12.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then fourthly, we must
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.82,0:13:20.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make progress in victory \Nover besetting sins.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.63,0:13:23.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's a great reality \Nin the Christian life.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.05,0:13:26.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's just some sin that you know
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.11,0:13:29.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a problem for you, isn't it?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.28,0:13:31.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know you're not going to grow
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.56,0:13:34.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unless you deal with that particular sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.88,0:13:37.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's perfectly possible to be normal
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.60,0:13:41.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in every part of the Christian life
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.16,0:13:43.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in your emotions and your affections
Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.71,0:13:44.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and will and so on.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.90,0:13:46.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything seems to be in order
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.83,0:13:51.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,except at one point.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.08,0:13:54.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're in the grip of one temptation.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.23,0:13:57.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are dominated by one lust.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.75,0:14:00.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are entangled in the meshes
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.71,0:14:03.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of one particular sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.25,0:14:05.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you see it in the world around you.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.93,0:14:08.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's called monomania.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.50,0:14:15.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One man - in 99 out of \N100 areas of his life
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.78,0:14:18.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he's straight down the line.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.38,0:14:20.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there's one area of his life
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.22,0:14:23.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where he's walked,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.15,0:14:27.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he's grasped by one sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.07,0:14:28.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when you say,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.18,0:14:30.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, it may be a mysterious thing
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.57,0:14:32.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I'm not growing as I should be
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.50,0:14:34.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a Christian.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.89,0:14:37.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it so mysterious?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.66,0:14:40.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is the reason why I'm not growing
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.31,0:14:43.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as I should be because my spiritual life
Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.78,0:14:49.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is diseased in one area.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.24,0:14:52.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unless it's dealt with,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.39,0:14:55.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's going to - just like a bug,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.22,0:14:58.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a virus is just in one part of you
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.18,0:15:00.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it affects the rest of you.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:00.01,0:15:02.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're weak and listless and so on.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.87,0:15:06.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You must deal with that besetting sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.32,0:15:08.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Worldliness, prayerlessness,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.68,0:15:10.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,irritability, impatience,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.51,0:15:14.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,aggressiveness, what have you...
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.22,0:15:16.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, those are four,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.57,0:15:18.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then one more point
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.64,0:15:21.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which when we are praying for
Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.35,0:15:24.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,growing in grace,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.07,0:15:27.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are praying that we should grow
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.100,0:15:31.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in evangelistic earnestness.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:31.91,0:15:35.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, you know, when you \Nfirst knew the Lord,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.10,0:15:37.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you see it in the young convert -
Dialogue: 0,0:15:37.44,0:15:41.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's lovely to see - how bold he is.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.51,0:15:43.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You tremble at times
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.10,0:15:45.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because he'll blurt out things
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.02,0:15:49.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you might have \Nsaid rather more sweetly.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.58,0:15:51.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he just sees the world's need
Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.86,0:15:54.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he sees Christ as a great Savior.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.49,0:15:56.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he speaks a word
Dialogue: 0,0:15:56.61,0:15:58.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in and out of season.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.81,0:16:01.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the mature amongst us, we smile
Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.54,0:16:03.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we may sneer even,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.88,0:16:07.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because much of it was immature.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.50,0:16:10.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The witness was unwise and indiscreet
Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.29,0:16:12.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ineffectual.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:12.45,0:16:15.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that does not justify that fact
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.40,0:16:20.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that many Christians as they grow older,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:20.05,0:16:24.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they grow more reticent and quieter
Dialogue: 0,0:16:24.45,0:16:27.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and share their faith less and less.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:27.37,0:16:31.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The vision of the world's\Nlostness just disappears.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:31.81,0:16:36.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's a maturity that our churches
Dialogue: 0,0:16:36.43,0:16:38.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,need to do without.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:38.24,0:16:39.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's expected sometimes -
Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.67,0:16:40.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's only the young people
Dialogue: 0,0:16:40.99,0:16:45.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who go out on missions and work
Dialogue: 0,0:16:45.35,0:16:50.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and go to Mexico for a week and so on.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:50.45,0:16:53.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they haven't the equipment;
Dialogue: 0,0:16:53.51,0:16:55.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they haven't the wisdom.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:55.27,0:16:58.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're great helpers, but \Nthey're not great leaders.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.84,0:17:01.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, as we've been coming now,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:01.68,0:17:03.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've been Christians many years.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:03.26,0:17:05.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How is it with you
Dialogue: 0,0:17:05.14,0:17:09.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and your evangelistic concern?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:09.42,0:17:11.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are you prepared to get involved
Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.52,0:17:15.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in every true evangelistic cause?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:15.72,0:17:17.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are you prepared to support it
Dialogue: 0,0:17:17.34,0:17:20.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and pray and give and cooperate?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:20.44,0:17:23.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know there's a lot of \Nmisplaced evangelism.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:23.06,0:17:26.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can give statistics for \Nevangelistic failure,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:26.29,0:17:28.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you know all that.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:28.03,0:17:30.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that won't help us at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:30.84,0:17:32.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We must stand back
Dialogue: 0,0:17:32.82,0:17:35.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from simply criticizing.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:35.70,0:17:40.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we have to be involved in every form
Dialogue: 0,0:17:40.09,0:17:42.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of biblical evangelism.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:42.47,0:17:44.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.05,0:17:46.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's a sad thing for any Christian
Dialogue: 0,0:17:46.53,0:17:49.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if that vision is gone.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:49.82,0:17:52.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I'm saying, those \Nare the sorts of things
Dialogue: 0,0:17:52.58,0:17:58.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are praying for when we hear
Dialogue: 0,0:17:58.67,0:18:02.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the exhortation - the \Nlast words of Peter -
Dialogue: 0,0:18:02.53,0:18:05.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but grow in grace;
Dialogue: 0,0:18:05.68,0:18:07.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,grow in graciousness.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:07.98,0:18:10.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we're talking about making
Dialogue: 0,0:18:10.59,0:18:14.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,progress in being \Nconcerned for other people.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:14.19,0:18:18.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And growing in our knowledge of the Bible
Dialogue: 0,0:18:18.52,0:18:20.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what the Bible teaches.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:20.27,0:18:22.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And growing in conscientiousness.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:22.67,0:18:25.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And growing in victory \Nover besetting sins.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:25.95,0:18:30.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And growing in evangelistic earnestness.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:30.75,0:18:36.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, very briefly, as a postscript.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:36.22,0:18:39.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How is this to be achieved?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:39.75,0:18:43.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How are we as Christians going to grow?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:43.09,0:18:45.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the first answer is
Dialogue: 0,0:18:45.31,0:18:50.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it must be a priority in our lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:50.16,0:18:53.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are Peter's last words, aren't they?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:53.20,0:18:55.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think of the life he lived.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:55.67,0:18:57.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He preached at Pentecost
Dialogue: 0,0:18:57.35,0:18:59.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and 3,000 were converted.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:59.32,0:19:01.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you think he would sort of float along
Dialogue: 0,0:19:01.75,0:19:04.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the glow of that for \Nthe rest of his life?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:04.64,0:19:06.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he doesn't. He's here and there,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:06.68,0:19:08.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he's going to Cornelius' household,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:08.99,0:19:12.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he's traveling and he's \Nspeaking everywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:12.91,0:19:15.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And his last words to people are:
Dialogue: 0,0:19:15.29,0:19:19.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,grow now; grow in the grace
Dialogue: 0,0:19:19.93,0:19:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:23.00,0:19:24.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the greatest thing in our lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:24.92,0:19:27.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's nothing more important for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:27.06,0:19:30.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's more important than this?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:30.28,0:19:32.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the midst of all the other engagements
Dialogue: 0,0:19:32.59,0:19:35.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and preoccupations and concerns,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:35.70,0:19:38.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a Christian's relationship with God
Dialogue: 0,0:19:38.61,0:19:41.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,controls his life.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:41.83,0:19:44.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's what his life is built around.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:44.63,0:19:47.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And his greatest longing is to be more fit
Dialogue: 0,0:19:47.83,0:19:50.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the Master's use.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:50.90,0:19:53.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This one thing I do - one thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:53.60,0:19:54.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the apostle says,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:54.94,0:19:58.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a single eye Jesus speaks about.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:58.92,0:20:01.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I look at my own life and I wonder
Dialogue: 0,0:20:01.13,0:20:03.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the years have gone by,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:03.09,0:20:06.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have I changed that scale of values
Dialogue: 0,0:20:06.59,0:20:09.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my sense of priorities?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:09.58,0:20:13.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know it's easy to react against
Dialogue: 0,0:20:13.23,0:20:16.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,extreme religionism.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:16.05,0:20:18.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A person just talks about religion
Dialogue: 0,0:20:18.59,0:20:21.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and isn't interested in anything else.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:21.17,0:20:22.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's unbiblical too,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:22.78,0:20:24.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because in the Bible,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:24.30,0:20:28.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they talk about all \Nthat's in God's creation.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:28.58,0:20:30.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there's a far greater peril
Dialogue: 0,0:20:30.10,0:20:32.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than that sort of extreme.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:32.24,0:20:33.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's a reduction
Dialogue: 0,0:20:33.98,0:20:36.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of religious aspiration;
Dialogue: 0,0:20:36.77,0:20:39.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of religious vision;
Dialogue: 0,0:20:39.65,0:20:44.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a relegation of my \Nrelationship to Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:20:44.21,0:20:47.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to not be the first thing
Dialogue: 0,0:20:47.85,0:20:51.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the greatest thing in my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:51.16,0:20:53.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at times I think it's happened to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:53.65,0:20:57.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's happened to other people.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:57.86,0:21:02.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That things that should be primary
Dialogue: 0,0:21:02.76,0:21:08.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have become secondary in my priorities.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:08.11,0:21:12.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think as I look at my old church,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:12.96,0:21:15.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at evangelicalism as I meet it,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:15.59,0:21:19.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see slackness and sloppiness
Dialogue: 0,0:21:19.50,0:21:23.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coming into so many areas of church life.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:23.96,0:21:28.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For to me, to live is Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:28.85,0:21:31.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what he says, isn't it?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:31.90,0:21:35.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If our chief end in life is not that,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:35.10,0:21:38.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are facing the most appalling
Dialogue: 0,0:21:38.72,0:21:41.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and unhappy futures.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:41.74,0:21:43.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then secondly,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:43.92,0:21:45.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it must be a priority -
Dialogue: 0,0:21:45.33,0:21:48.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,secondly, our religious lives
Dialogue: 0,0:21:48.28,0:21:51.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are not going to take care of themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:51.50,0:21:54.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can't simply expect our soul
Dialogue: 0,0:21:54.52,0:21:57.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to nourish and fend for itself;
Dialogue: 0,0:21:57.09,0:21:58.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to provide for itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:58.59,0:21:59.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to see for it.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:59.72,0:22:03.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have all the weight of \Nan apostle's command
Dialogue: 0,0:22:03.41,0:22:09.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to say you have to grow.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:09.11,0:22:11.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to make sure you are growing,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:11.23,0:22:13.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that applies to every form of life.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:13.41,0:22:15.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're concerned for our plants.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:15.24,0:22:17.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We give our key to our neighbor
Dialogue: 0,0:22:17.04,0:22:19.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we say I'm going to Florida now
Dialogue: 0,0:22:19.21,0:22:21.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for two weeks, can you feed the plants?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:21.79,0:22:23.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I'm away, we're concerned
Dialogue: 0,0:22:23.75,0:22:29.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the bushes and the flowers.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:29.65,0:22:31.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're concerned about our animals -
Dialogue: 0,0:22:31.61,0:22:34.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how they'll be fed.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:34.64,0:22:36.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And our minds
Dialogue: 0,0:22:36.97,0:22:38.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our intellects -
Dialogue: 0,0:22:38.74,0:22:43.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what stuff we are feeding our minds with.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:43.38,0:22:46.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They won't look after themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:46.35,0:22:48.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so our souls -
Dialogue: 0,0:22:48.32,0:22:49.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our souls won't look after themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:49.94,0:22:53.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to feed our souls,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:53.16,0:22:59.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a program of provision for them.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:59.52,0:23:01.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Peter speaks in the 17th verse
Dialogue: 0,0:23:01.47,0:23:02.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about being led away
Dialogue: 0,0:23:02.48,0:23:03.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the error of the wicked,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:03.98,0:23:06.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we all know people \Nwho've been led away
Dialogue: 0,0:23:06.27,0:23:08.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they didn't look after
Dialogue: 0,0:23:08.03,0:23:14.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their own souls.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:14.23,0:23:15.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are people -
Dialogue: 0,0:23:15.58,0:23:17.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Paul tells Timothy about them -
Dialogue: 0,0:23:17.100,0:23:24.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they have a form of godliness.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:24.78,0:23:29.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they go to church and so on.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:29.13,0:23:32.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's just a form.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:32.12,0:23:34.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's formalistic.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:34.49,0:23:35.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's it.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:35.52,0:23:38.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's nothing under it.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:38.17,0:23:41.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nothing beneath it at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:41.48,0:23:47.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, let's be so careful about this.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:47.32,0:23:49.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, not to prove
Dialogue: 0,0:23:49.18,0:23:51.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not a Puritan.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:51.74,0:23:53.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not to prove to people
Dialogue: 0,0:23:53.55,0:23:55.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I'm not narrow-minded;
Dialogue: 0,0:23:55.61,0:23:57.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I believe in Christian liberty
Dialogue: 0,0:23:57.34,0:24:00.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the freedom of conscience.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:00.33,0:24:03.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To show people I know about politics
Dialogue: 0,0:24:03.19,0:24:05.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I can speak about all these things.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:05.83,0:24:08.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wonder if some of the energy
Dialogue: 0,0:24:08.09,0:24:10.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we pour into that,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:10.99,0:24:12.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can be poured into
Dialogue: 0,0:24:12.99,0:24:17.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my relationship with Jesus Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:17.43,0:24:20.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that I'm growing.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:20.03,0:24:22.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm growing in the knowledge of Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:22.35,0:24:23.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My Savior.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:23.65,0:24:25.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that I'm feeding my soul.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:25.91,0:24:27.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, how do we do this?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:27.72,0:24:31.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, it must be a priority in our lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:31.76,0:24:33.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, we must be aware
Dialogue: 0,0:24:33.75,0:24:35.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we've got a duty to feed our souls;
Dialogue: 0,0:24:35.92,0:24:38.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they won't look after themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:38.34,0:24:44.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then Peter tells us \Nin this 14th verse:
Dialogue: 0,0:24:44.25,0:24:45.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"To make every effort
Dialogue: 0,0:24:45.89,0:24:47.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be diligent..." he says.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:47.85,0:24:51.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be diligent.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:51.14,0:24:53.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in what direction?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:53.41,0:24:55.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, you've got to seek \Nfood for your souls.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:55.81,0:24:58.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got to get away to a conference.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:58.11,0:25:01.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Travel a long distance to be here.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:01.44,0:25:03.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Drive 15 hours.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:03.28,0:25:04.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Drive through the night.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:04.67,0:25:08.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Drive just to be here.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:08.39,0:25:11.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And search for things \Nthat can nourish you
Dialogue: 0,0:25:11.41,0:25:13.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and build up your knowledge
Dialogue: 0,0:25:13.07,0:25:16.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and your graciousness;
Dialogue: 0,0:25:16.80,0:25:19.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you don't want to be unfruitful
Dialogue: 0,0:25:19.79,0:25:21.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and static,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:21.62,0:25:23.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there's a dynamism,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:23.58,0:25:26.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a maturing,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:26.12,0:25:28.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a beauty, and a fragrance,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:28.79,0:25:31.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a loveliness about your life.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:31.91,0:25:34.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're seeking for truths \Nthat will do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:34.48,0:25:36.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That will produce love,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:36.62,0:25:38.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and joy, and peace,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:38.32,0:25:40.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and longsuffering, and gentleness,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:40.66,0:25:42.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and goodness, and faithfulness,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:42.44,0:25:45.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and meekness, and self-control.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:45.04,0:25:47.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got to fall in love with the Bible.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:47.57,0:25:48.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got to search it.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:48.92,0:25:50.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got to ransack it.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:50.16,0:25:53.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got to sit under the \Nbest ministry you can
Dialogue: 0,0:25:53.34,0:25:54.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on a Sunday.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:54.57,0:25:56.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got to read the best books.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:56.43,0:25:58.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got to sit and listen
Dialogue: 0,0:25:58.21,0:26:01.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to older Christians as they talk together
Dialogue: 0,0:26:01.01,0:26:02.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they reminisce about how God
Dialogue: 0,0:26:02.61,0:26:04.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has dealt with them over the years,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:04.97,0:26:06.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and learn from them
Dialogue: 0,0:26:06.69,0:26:08.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the mysterious influence
Dialogue: 0,0:26:08.11,0:26:10.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that one Christian can have over another.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:10.37,0:26:12.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You seek good fellowship
Dialogue: 0,0:26:12.65,0:26:14.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with other Christians.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:14.41,0:26:16.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you hunger for truth -
Dialogue: 0,0:26:16.29,0:26:18.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you want the Word of God to come
Dialogue: 0,0:26:18.46,0:26:19.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not in word only,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:19.43,0:26:21.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but power and the Holy Spirit
Dialogue: 0,0:26:21.93,0:26:24.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and much assurance.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:24.21,0:26:25.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fall with love.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:25.42,0:26:27.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meditating upon Scripture.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:27.82,0:26:29.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Praying Scripture.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:29.70,0:26:31.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, you read a verse like this:
Dialogue: 0,0:26:31.62,0:26:33.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"But grow in the grace and knowledge
Dialogue: 0,0:26:33.74,0:26:35.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our Lord and Savior..."
Dialogue: 0,0:26:35.01,0:26:37.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you say, "Lord, me too.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:37.29,0:26:38.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to grow.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:38.68,0:26:40.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to grow.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:40.44,0:26:42.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This week, I've got a special time here;
Dialogue: 0,0:26:42.66,0:26:44.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,special privileges.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:44.49,0:26:46.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Help me to grow
Dialogue: 0,0:26:46.43,0:26:49.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the grace and knowledge of my Savior
Dialogue: 0,0:26:49.37,0:26:51.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus Christ."
Dialogue: 0,0:26:51.60,0:26:55.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because your souls \Nwon't grow without food.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:55.82,0:26:59.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's no food for the soul
Dialogue: 0,0:26:59.54,0:27:01.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the Word of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:01.41,0:27:03.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no place to be better
Dialogue: 0,0:27:03.55,0:27:08.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than before the face of Jesus Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:08.74,0:27:16.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You need that.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:16.08,0:27:17.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's pray together.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:17.85,0:27:19.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Heavenly Father,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:19.14,0:27:23.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've heard these searching exhortations,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:23.90,0:27:27.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so now we just roll \Nthem out before Thee,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:27.16,0:27:30.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and oh, we wish we were much stronger,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:30.91,0:27:34.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and maturer, and wiser, and more loving,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:34.40,0:27:37.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and more patient, and gentle,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:37.34,0:27:38.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and longsuffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:38.93,0:27:43.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, we wish there was more purity
Dialogue: 0,0:27:43.04,0:27:46.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and love for what is good and holy.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:46.63,0:27:49.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh Lord, give us a nudge.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:49.50,0:27:51.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Give us a little push -
Dialogue: 0,0:27:51.47,0:27:53.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a big push as we go.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:53.99,0:27:55.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Speak to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:55.69,0:27:56.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Humble us.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:56.51,0:28:00.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Encourage us in the \NChristian life this week.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:00.23,0:28:04.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That as a result of being \Nin the conference,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:04.24,0:28:07.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we'll grow in the grace
Dialogue: 0,0:28:07.08,0:28:10.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and knowledge of our Savior Jesus Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:28:10.31,0:28:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to whom be glory forever and ever,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:13.00,0:28:14.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Amen.