>>THIS PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT
TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE
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AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
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>>DID YOU KNOW MOST
BABY MAMMALS, BIRDS, AND EVEN
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SOME FISH INSTINCTIVELY IDENTIFY
AND BOND WITH THEIR PARENTS
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IN THE VERY EARLY
STAGES OF THEIR LIVES.
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BUT IF THE PARENTS
AREN'T AVAILABLE, WELL,
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SOME STRANGE THINGS CAN HAPPEN.
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IN THE 1930s, AUSTRIAN ZOOLOGIST
CONRAD LORENZ CONDUCTED SOME
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OF THE FIRST EXPERIMENTS ON
THE IMPRINTING OF PRECOCIAL*
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BIRDS, THOSE THAT LEAVE
THE NEXT SOON AFTER HATCHING.
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WHEN HE PRESENTED HIMSELF TO
A NEWLY HATCHED GROUP OF MALLARD
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DUCKLINGS, AND HE QUACKED SOFTLY
TO THEM, THEY RECOGNIZED HIM
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AS THEIR MOTHER AND CONSEQUENTLY
FOLLOWED HIM EVERYWHERE.
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CROSS-SPECIES IMPRINTING
HAS BEEN OBSERVED MANY TIMES,
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EVEN AMONG SOME SPECIES
THAT ARE NATURALLY ENEMIES,
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LIKE CATS AND
SQUIRRELS OR LIONS AND ANTELOPE.
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DID YOU KNOW THAT
IN A SPIRITUAL SENSE,
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WE HUMANS CAN ALSO BE IMPRINTED?
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WE TEND TO BECOME
LIKE WHAT WE LOOK AT.
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THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT
THAT WE FIX OUR EYES ON JESUS.
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SO JOIN ME TODAY AS WE EXPLORE
THE BIBLE FACTS ABOUT HOW
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WE CAN BE IMPRINTED
BY OUR HEAVENLY FATHER
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AND HAVE A LIFE-CHANGING
EXPERIENCE WITH JESUS.
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>>JOHN CHAPTER 3 - AND ONE OF
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THE MOST MEMORIZED VERSES IS,
OF COURSE, IN JOHN CHAPTER 3 -
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THAT WOULD BE 3:16.
BUT I'M GOING TO ASK
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YOU TO GO TO JOHN 3:14.
JESUS SAID, "AND AS MOSES
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LIFTED UP THE SERPENT IN
THE WILDERNESS, EVEN SO MUST THE
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SON OF MAN BE LIFTED UP, THAT
WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM SHOULD
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NOT PERISH BUT
HAVE ETERNAL LIFE."
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JESUS MUST BE LIFTED UP SO
THAT THOSE WHO BELIEVE MIGHT NOT
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PERISH BUT HAVE
EVERLASTING LIFE.
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WHAT DOES IT MEAN
TO LIFT UP CHRIST?
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OF COURSE, WE WANT TO EXALT HIM
IN OUR LIVES, WE WANT TO LIFT UP
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JESUS IN OUR WORDS, BUT THAT'S
NOT WHAT JESUS WAS TALKING
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ABOUT. SEE, THEY
HAD THIS BAD CUSTOM
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IN ROME; WHEN THEY EXECUTED A
PERSON, THEY'D STRAP THEM TO A
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CROSS OR A STAKE AND THEY'D
FIX ONE END IN THE GROUND LIKE A
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FENCE POST AND THEY'D RAISE
IT UP. AND THERE, THAT PERSON
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DYING, USUALLY HAD THEIR CRIME
ABOVE THEIR HEADS AND IT WAS TO
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WORK AS A DETERRENT TO CRIME.
THEY'D PUT THAT CRIMINAL UP
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SUFFERING SO EVERYONE COULD SEE.
AND WHEN JESUS SAID 'LIFTED UP,'
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THE PEOPLE LISTENING KNEW WHAT
HE WAS TALKING ABOUT. THAT'S
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WHAT THEY CALLED 'CRUCIFIXION'.
BUT THEY BRING HIM UP INTO
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A POSITION OF VISIBILITY.
NOW JESUS IS SAYING, 'AS MOSES
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LIFTED UP THE SERPENT IN
THE WILDERNESS' - SOME OF YOU
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REMEMBER THE STORY THERE IN THE
OLD TESTAMENT, IN THE BOOK OF
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NUMBERS, THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL
HAD BEEN GOING THROUGH THE
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WILDERNESS FOR MANY YEARS.
GOD HAD BEEN FEEDING THEM WITH
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MANNA FROM HEAVEN, BUT
THEY GOT TIRED OF THE MANNA.
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IT TASTED GOOD, BUT THEY
MISSED THE VARIETY OF EGYPT.
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AND, AS THEY WERE COMPLAINING
ABOUT GOD'S BREAD, THE LORD
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WITHDREW HIS PROTECTION
AND THESE SERPENTS CAME IN IN A
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PLAGUE AND EVERY TIME SOMEBODY
WENT TO PUT ON THEIR - THEIR
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SANDALS, THEY'D SHAKE OUT THE
SNAKES AND THEY WERE IN THEIR
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SLEEPING BAGS AND - OR WHATEVER
THE HEBREW EQUIVALENT OF A
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SLEEPING BAG WAS - AND THEY WERE
GETTING BIT AND THEY WERE DYING.
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IT WAS A VENOMOUS
SERPENT AND IT WAS LETHAL.
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AND GOD TOLD MOSES, HE
SAID, 'ALRIGHT, I'VE GOT - SINCE
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THEY'VE ASKED FOR
HELP, HERE'S THE SOLUTION.
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I WANT YOU TO MAKE A BRONZE
SERPENT' - PROBABLY LIKE THE
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ONES THAT WERE BITING THEM -
'FIX IT TO A SHEPHERD'S STAFF' -
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A POLE - 'RAISE IT UP - GET UP
ON A HILL AND RAISE IT UP IN THE
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SIGHT OF ALL THE PEOPLE SO THEY
CAN SEE IT, SO WHOEVER LOOKS
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WILL BE HEALED FROM THE
VENOM OF THE SERPENT BITE.'
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WELL, SOME THOUGHT THAT WAS THE
MOST RIDICULOUS ANTIDOTE THEY'D
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EVER HEARD OF AND THEY
REFUSED TO LOOK AND THEY DIED.
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SOME, IN DESPERATION - HOPE
SPRINGS ETERNAL - THEY CHOSE TO
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BELIEVE - THEY LOOKED
- AND THEY WERE HEALED.
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IT'S INTERESTING, THE SOLUTION
WAS THERE, BUT THE ONLY ONES WHO
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LIVED ARE THE ONES WHO
LOOKED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
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MANY WILL BE SAVED AND/OR
LOST BASED ON WHAT THEY LOOK AT.
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AND THAT BRINGS US BACK TO OUR
SERMON TITLE, AND OUR SCRIPTURE
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FOR TODAY, WE ARE
CHANGED BY WHAT WE BEHOLD.
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IN ECCLESIASTES, SOLOMON SAYS
THERE, AS HE'S PONDERING THE
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MEANING OF LIFE, 'THE EYE
IS NEVER FILLED WITH SEEING.'
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HOW MANY OF YOU BY
12:00 SAY, 'I'VE SEEN ENOUGH.
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I'M GOING TO CLOSE MY
EYES THE REST OF THE DAY'?
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YOUR EYES MAY GET TIRED BUT IT
SEEMS THE LIKE NEXT DAY THE EYES
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ARE HUNGRY AGAIN. MOST
OF WHAT COMES INTO YOUR
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BRAIN COMES THROUGH
THE MEDIUM OF SIGHT.
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MATTER OF FACT, WE'LL EVEN SAY
TO A PERSON, AS RIDICULOUS AS IT
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SOUNDS, 'CAN YOU
SEE WHAT I'M SAYING?'
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YOU WOULD THINK YOU'D SAY,
'CAN YOU HEAR WHAT I'M SAYING?'
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BUT WE'LL SAY, 'CAN
YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING?'
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BECAUSE SIGHT FACTORS SO LARGELY
IN WHAT COMES INTO OUR BRAINS.
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AND THE THEME OF MY MESSAGE
TODAY IS THAT THERE'S SOMETHING
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THERE THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING
AT AND WHAT WE CHOOSE TO LOOK AT
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IS GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
IN WHO WE BECOME SPIRITUALLY.
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YOU'VE GOT TO LOOK
AT THE RIGHT THINGS.
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NOW, IT'S A FACT OF LIFE THAT
CREATURES CAN BE TRANSFORMED BY
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THEIR ENVIRONMENT. I'M
ALWAYS FASCINATED - YOU
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KNOW, I CAN'T EVEN BELIEVE THAT
I USED TO BELIEVE IN EVOLUTION,
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BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY
BEAUTIFUL MYSTERIES IN THE
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WORLD AROUND US THAT ARE JUST
WONDERFUL, THAT WE'RE FILLED
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WITH A WORLD OF WONDERS.
HERE, FOR EXAMPLE, LOOK AT HOW
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GOD HAS DESIGNED CREATURES
WITH A CERTAIN CAMOUFLAGE -
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THAT LOOKS LIKE A
LEAF ON A BRANCH - THE
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TOP LITTLE PICTURE - IT'S
ACTUALLY A BUG WHOSE WINGS LOOK
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EXACTLY LIKE A LEAF
- THEY'RE EVEN GREEN.
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AND THEN, ON THE FLOWER THERE,
IT LOOKS LIKE A FLOWER BUT THERE
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IS A PRAYING MANTIS THAT LOOKS
EXACTLY LIKE THAT FLOWER, SO
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THAT IT'S ABLE TO
CAMOUFLAGE ITSELF.
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AND, YEAH, HERE'S A PRAYING
MANTIS WHO, WHEN IT'S ON THE
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GROUND, IT LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE
A CRUMPLED UP SHRIVELED UP BROWN
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LEAF. BUT IT'S A LIVING THING.
AND THEY'VE GOT BUGS THAT LOOK
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LIKE STICKS AND THERE'S JUST
ALL THESE CREATURES THAT HAVE
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SOMEHOW LEARNED TO CAMOUFLAGE
THEMSELVES IN THEIR ENVIRONMENT.
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YOU CAN SEE, IN THE ARCTIC
NORTH, THEY'VE GOT RABBITS AND
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FOXES AND POLAR BEARS.
NOW, THE SNOW IS WHITE AND
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THE CREATURES ARE
WHITE. SO WHAT HAPPENED?
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WHEN THE SNOW SAW ALL THESE
WHITE CREATURES, IT DECIDED TO
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BE WHITE. IF SNOW
WAS BROWN - OR THE
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CREATURES WERE BROWN THE
SNOW WOULD CHOOSE TO BE BROWN.
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IS THAT HOW IT WORKS?
DOES THE COLOR OF THE SNOW
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DICTATE THE COLOR OF THE
CREATURES OR DOES THE COLOR OF
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THE CREATURES DICTATE
THE COLOR OF THE SNOW?
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THE CREATURES HAVE BEEN
TRANSFORMED OVER TIME - YOU
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REALIZE THERE WERE PROBABLY NO
ARCTIC REGIONS WHEN GOD MADE THE
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WORLD IN THE
DAYS OF ADAM AND EVE.
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THE DIFFERENCE IN ENVIRONMENT
THAT THE CREATURES BEHELD
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CHANGED THEM. THERE
IS NO EXAMPLE ANYWHERE IN
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THE WORLD OF MACRO-EVOLUTION,
WHERE YOU HAVE A DOG
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TURNING INTO A CAT. AS
LONG AS DOGS AND CATS HAVE
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BEEN LIVING TOGETHER, THERE
IS NO EVIDENCE THAT DOGS HAVE
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BECOME CATS OR CATS HAVE BECOME
DOGS. BUT ONE REASON THAT SOME
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OF THESE ANIMALS HAVE CHANGED
IS BECAUSE OF THEIR ENVIRONMENT.
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PEOPLE CAN BE TRANSFORMED
BY THEIR ENVIRONMENT.
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I SAW SOMETHING ONLINE WHERE
THEY - THERE WAS THIS SERVICE
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AND THEY WOULD GO OUT AND THEY
WOULD TAKE HOMELESS PEOPLE THAT
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COULDN'T GET A JOB BECAUSE
THEY'D BEEN HOMELESS OR MAYBE
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STRUGGLED WITH DRUGS AND
DRINKING FOR SO LONG, THEY
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STARTED TO LOOK LIKE IT.
AND THIS ONE MAN, IN PARTICULAR,
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HIS NAME WAS JIM WOLF - AN ARMY
VET, A DRINKING PROBLEM - THEY
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TOOK HIM IN AND GAVE HIM A
COMPLETE MAKEOVER AND DRESSED
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HIM UP AND CLEANED HIM UP
AND WHEN THEY FINALLY TOOK THE
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MIRROR - THEY WOULDN'T LET
HIM SEE - THEY SAID, 'DO WE HAVE
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YOUR PERMISSION TO HELP
TRANSFORM YOUR APPEARANCE?'
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HE SAID, 'YES.' THEY FOUND
HIM ON THE STREETS - DRINKING
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PROBLEM - CLEANED HIM UP,
CUT HIS HAIR, THEY GAVE HIM A
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MANICURE, A LITTLE DENTAL
WORK - JUST THE WHOLE THING.
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THEY FINALLY PULLED OUT THE
MIRROR - THEY WOULDN'T LET HIM
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LOOK AT HIMSELF.
FINALLY, AT THE END, THEY PULLED
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OUT THE MIRROR AND THEY LET
HIM LOOK AT HIMSELF AND HE JUST
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BROKE DOWN AND STARTED CRYING.
HE HAD COME TO SEE HIMSELF AS A
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LOSER AND ALL OF A SUDDEN HE
SAW THE PICTURE OF SOMEONE THAT
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LOOKED LIKE A WINNER AND,
YOU KNOW, WHEN HE SAW THAT NEW
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IMAGE, HE STOPPED
DRINKING, HE NOW HAS A HOUSE,
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AND HE HAS A JOB.
HE JUST NEEDED TO HAVE
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A WHOLE NEW
PICTURE. SO WE CAN BE CHANGED
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BY BEHOLDING. AND,
EVEN WHEN WE SEE WHAT GOD
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CAN DO TO US, HOW HE CAN
CHANGE US, IT CAN CHANGE US JUST
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BECAUSE WE'VE GOT THIS VISION IN
OUR MIND OF WHAT WE CAN BE, WE
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START TO BE WHAT
WE BELIEVE WE CAN BE.
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I CAN'T OVER-EMPHASIZE TO YOU
HOW MUCH THAT'S TRUE ON A DAILY
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BASIS. YOU KNOW,
IN THAT VERSE THAT
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WE STARTED WITH, 2 CORINTHIANS
3:17, "NOW THE LORD IS THE
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SPIRIT; AND WHERE THE SPIRIT OF
THE LORD IS, THERE IS LIBERTY.
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BUT WE ALL, WITH UNVEILED FACE,"
- NO SUNGLASSES - MOSES VEILED
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HIS FACE AFTER HE TALKED TO
GOD, BECAUSE HE WAS GLOWING.
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BUT PAUL SAYS, "WITH AN UNVEILED
FACE, BEHOLDING AS IN A MIRROR
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THE GLORY OF THE LORD, ARE BEING
TRANSFORMED" - AND THAT WORD
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THERE 'TRANSFORMED' IS
METAMORPHOUN - AND YOU KNOW WHAT
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WE GET FROM
THERE IS METAMORPHOSIS.
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IT'S TALKING ABOUT THE RADICAL
CHANGE BETWEEN A CATERPILLAR AND
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A BUTTERFLY AND THIS IS THE
LANGUAGE PAUL IS USING TO SAY
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WHAT HAPPENS TO US THROUGH
BEHOLDING THE LORD WITH UNVEILED
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FACE WE "ARE BEING TRANSFORMED
INTO THE SAME IMAGE FROM GLORY
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TO GLORY, JUST AS BY
THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD."
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NOW THE WORD THERE, WHERE IT
TALKS ABOUT BEHOLDING, IS NOT A
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ONE-TIME LOOK.
THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
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HOW DOES THIS
TRANSFORMATION TAKE PLACE?
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BECAUSE YOU GET A FLASH
VISION AND THEN IT'S GONE?
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OR THROUGH BEHOLDING THERE'S A
TRANSFORMATION THAT TAKES PLACE
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AND, AS WE BEHOLD THE LORD, WE
ARE TRANSFORMED INTO HIS IMAGE.
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YOU KNOW, I LOVE WHAT IT
SAYS IN THE BIBLE, THAT WHEN THE
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DISCIPLES WERE BEING TRIED
FOR THEIR FAITH, IN THE BOOK OF
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ACTS, IT SAYS THE SANHEDRIN -
THE JUDGES - THEY TOOK NOTE WHEN
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THEY HEARD THE
DISCIPLES RESPOND.
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THEY SAID, 'THESE ARE UNLEARNED
MEN. HOW CAN THEY TALK LIKE THIS
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WITH SUCH ORATORY AND ELEGANCE?'
THEY SAID, 'OH, THEY'VE BEEN
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WITH JESUS.' THEY TOOK KNOWLEDGE
THAT THEY HAD BEEN WITH JESUS.
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THEY HAD SPENT THREE AND A HALF
YEARS WALKING WITH JESUS AND
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LISTENING TO JESUS AND LOOKING
AT JESUS, SO, FINALLY, THEY
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BEGAN TO ACT LIKE JESUS. >>AMEN.
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>>WE BECOME
LIKE WHAT WE LOOK AT.
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THE BIBLE SAYS, IN 1 CORINTHIANS
15:49, "AND AS WE HAVE BORNE THE
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IMAGE OF THE MAN OF DUST, WE
SHALL ALSO BEAR THE IMAGE OF THE
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HEAVENLY MAN." HERE HE'S
COMPARING ADAM AFTER HE FELL.
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WE ALL INHERITED THIS FALLEN
NATURE AND, BECAUSE WE BEAR THAT
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IMAGE, IN THE SAME WAY, BY
FIXING OUR EYES ON JESUS, WE
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WILL BEAR THE IMAGE
OF THE HEAVENLY MAN.
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THAT'S A PROMISE IN THE BIBLE.
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YOU CAN READ IN ROMANS 8:29,
"FOR WHOM HE FOREKNEW, HE ALSO
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PREDESTINED TO BE CONFORMED
TO THE IMAGE OF HIS SON, THAT HE
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MIGHT BE THE
FIRSTBORN AMONG MANY BRETHREN."
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WE ARE BEING INVITED, THROUGH
LOOKING AT JESUS, TO STUDY THE
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LIFE OF JESUS AND DO EVERYTHING
WE COULD TO IMITATE JESUS.
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WHAT A MIGHTY CHURCH WE'D HAVE
IF WE REALLY WERE CHRISTIANS.
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>>DON'T GO ANYWHERE, FRIENDS,
WE'RE COMING BACK IN JUST A
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MOMENT TO COMPLETE
TODAY'S PRESENTATION.
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YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE IS PRETTY
CLEAR THAT THE ULTIMATE SUPREME
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MOTIVE FOR EVERYTHING IN
THE CHRISTIAN LIFE IS LOVE.
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WE HAVE A SPECIAL OFFER WE'D
LIKE TO MAKE AVAILABLE TO YOU;
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IT'S CALLED A
LOVE THAT TRANSFORMS .
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IN IT YOU'LL LEARN WHY THE BIBLE
SAYS GOD IS LOVE AND HOW YOU CAN
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HAVE MORE OF THE POWER OF
LOVE THAT ENABLES US TO DO GOD'S
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WILL, TO OBEY HIM, AND
TO SERVE OUR FELLOW MAN.
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THOSE ARE THE TWO GREAT
COMMANDMENTS: LOVE THE LORD,
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LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR. YOU'RE
GOING TO WANT THIS LESSON.
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LET'S GET BACK TO TODAY'S
PRESENTATION AND LEARN SOME MORE
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AMAZING FACTS
FROM THE WORD OF GOD.
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>>I DON'T REMEMBER WHO IT
WAS, BUT SOMEONE ONCE SAID THAT,
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WHILE YOU'RE SEEKING TO BE A
CHRISTIAN, SOME OF IT INVOLVES
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ACTING LIKE A CHRISTIAN
UNTIL IT BECOMES REALITY.
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YOU EVER HEARD THE EXPRESSION,
IN AA THEY SAY, 'FAKE IT 'TIL
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YOU MAKE IT.' AND JUST KEEP
DOING YOUR BEST TO FILL THE ROLE
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AND, SOMEWHERE ALONG THE
WAY, YOU BECOME TRANSFORMED.
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BECAUSE WE ARE
TRANSFORMED BY WHAT WE BEHOLD.
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EPHESIANS 5, VERSES 1 AND 2,
"THEREFORE BE IMITATORS OF GOD"
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- IS THAT CLEAR? - "BE IMITATORS
OF GOD AS DEAR CHILDREN."
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- LIKE CHILDREN LOOK LIKE THEIR
PARENTS - "AND WALK IN LOVE, AS
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CHRIST ALSO HAS LOVED US
AND GIVEN HIMSELF FOR US, AN
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OFFERING AND A SACRIFICE TO
GOD FOR A SWEET-SMELLING AROMA."
00:14:01.44\00:14:06.37
LITTLE BROTHERS SOMETIMES
IMITATE THEIR BIG BROTHERS.
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HOW DID SOMEONE LIKE JOHN AND
JAMES, THAT WERE CALLED 'SONS OF
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THUNDER', THEY ENDED
UP BECOMING LIKE JESUS.
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DAY AFTER DAY, YEAR AFTER YEAR,
THEY SPENT SO MUCH TIME WITH
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CHRIST THAT IT
BECAME LIKE THEIR OWN.
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MATTER OF FACT, THERE'S A
BEAUTIFUL QUOTE IN THE BOOK
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DESIRE OF AGES THAT SAYS THIS,
"DAY BY DAY, IN CONTRAST WITH
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JOHN'S OWN VIOLENT SPIRIT,
HE BEHELD THE TENDERNESS AND THE
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FORBEARANCE OF JESUS AND HE
LEARNED LESSONS OF HUMILITY AND
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PATIENCE. HE
OPENED HIS HEART TO THE
00:14:40.71\00:14:42.88
DIVINE INFLUENCE AND BECAME
NOT ONLY A HEARER, BUT A DOER
00:14:42.91\00:14:47.32
OF THE SAVIOR'S WORDS.
SELF WAS HID IN CHRIST.
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HE LEARNED TO WEAR THE YOKE
OF CHRIST AND TO BEAR HIS BURDEN
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UNTIL FINALLY, JOHN," - WHO WAS
KNOWN FOR HIS VIOLENT TEMPER,
00:14:54.66\00:14:57.86
THE APOSTLE JOHN, ULTIMATELY WAS
KNOWN AS THE APOSTLE OF LOVE.
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HOW'D THAT HAPPEN? DAY BY DAY,
SPENDING TIME WITH CHRIST. WE
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ARE CHANGED BY WHAT WE
BEHOLD. MOST OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE
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BEHOLDING TODAY IS
COMING THROUGH VARIOUS MEDIA.
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MEDIA IS VERY
POWERFUL. NOT ALL OF IT'S BAD.
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WE BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF MEDIA
TO TRANSFORM - THAT'S WHY WE'RE
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DOING IT IN THIS CHURCH,
NOT ONLY THROUGH THE TELEVISION
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PROGRAMS, THE RADIO PROGRAMS,
THROUGH STREAMING, THE INTERNET,
00:15:24.82\00:15:28.06
COMPUTERS, AND PHONES - NO
QUESTION THAT IT IS POWERFUL.
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I COULD TELL YOU
TESTIMONY AFTER TESTIMONY.
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IT IS POWERFUL FOR GOOD OR
FOR BAD BECAUSE, IT IS TRUE,
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YOU ARE CHANGED
BY WHAT YOU BEHOLD.
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SO, AS CHRISTIANS, YOU NEED
TO BE VERY CAREFUL WHAT YOU'RE
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CHOOSING TO LOOK AT
WHEN IT COMES TO MEDIA.
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IF THERE WAS ANY SINGLE
INFLUENCE THAT I THINK COULD
00:15:50.45\00:15:54.72
MAKE THE PIVOTAL DIFFERENCE IN
A PERSON'S ETERNAL SALVATION, I
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WOULD PUT MY FINGER ON THIS
BUTTON AND SAY, 'LOOK AT THE
00:15:58.55\00:16:03.36
RIGHT THING, DON'T LOOK AT THE
WRONG THING.' BECAUSE, LITTLE BY
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LITTLE, YOU MIGHT THINK,
'OH, THIS ONE PROGRAM, THIS ONE
00:16:07.46\00:16:10.00
COMPUTER GAME, THIS ONE GLANCE
ON THE INTERNET CAN'T MAKE THAT
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BIG A DIFFERENCE.'
IT'S MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
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LITTLE BY LITTLE WE ARE BEING
SHAPED BY WHAT WE LOOK AT AND I
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LIVE IN A WORLD JUST LIKE YOU
- WE'RE ALL - WE'RE SWIMMING IN
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IT, AMEN? WE ARE JUST SWIMMING
IN IMAGES. YOU THINK OF ALL THE
00:16:24.61\00:16:29.95
DIFFERENT SCREENS THAT
YOU'VE GOT IN YOUR LIFE.
00:16:29.98\00:16:33.15
SOME OF YOU'VE GOT A PHONE
SCREEN AND YOU'VE GOT AN IPAD
00:16:33.19\00:16:38.53
SCREEN, YOU'VE GOT THE
COMPUTER SCREEN, YOU'VE GOT THE
00:16:38.56\00:16:42.53
TELEVISION SCREEN, AND IF
THERE'S ANY SCREEN I FORGOT TO
00:16:42.56\00:16:46.20
MENTION, I HOPE THEY'RE NOT
OFFENDED, BUT THERE'S ALL KINDS
00:16:46.23\00:16:49.44
SCREENS THAT WE'RE LOOKING
AT. I THINK YOU'VE HEARD ME TELL
00:16:49.47\00:16:52.44
YOU THAT I WENT TO THE ARCO GAS
STATION AROUND THE CORNER FROM
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OUR HOUSE AND I, AS I'VE DONE
A HUNDRED TIMES BEFORE, I SWIPED
00:16:58.08\00:17:01.55
MY CARD, I PUT THE HANDLE IN THE
GAS FILLER AND ALL OF A SUDDEN
00:17:01.58\00:17:05.99
I HEARD SOMEONE BEHIND ME. I
THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE AT
00:17:06.02\00:17:07.56
THE PUMP AND I TURNED AROUND -
THE PUMP WAS TALKING TO ME - AND
00:17:07.59\00:17:09.82
I LOOKED AND THERE WAS A SCREEN
ON THE PUMP I HADN'T NOTICED AND
00:17:09.86\00:17:13.56
IT'S INVITING ME TO
WATCH THE NEXT COMMERCIAL.
00:17:13.60\00:17:16.77
AND THEN THERE WAS THIS TV
EPISODE - OR NEWS EPISODE - OR
00:17:16.80\00:17:19.47
SOMETHING IT WAS SHOWING
ME, AND HERE I AM PUMPING GAS.
00:17:19.50\00:17:22.04
AND THEY REALIZED THIS IS A
MARKETING OPPORTUNITY - YOU'VE
00:17:22.07\00:17:23.91
GOT TO STAND THERE A FEW
MINUTES TO PUMP YOUR GAS.
00:17:23.94\00:17:26.37
AND SO, WHILE YOU'RE SPENDING
NINE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO FILL UP
00:17:26.41\00:17:28.78
YOUR CAR, YOU GET TO WATCH A TV
SCREEN. I REMEMBER STANDING UP
00:17:28.81\00:17:34.62
ONE TIME IN AN
AIRPLANE. I WAS FLYING OVERSEAS
00:17:34.65\00:17:37.89
AND IT WAS LATE AT NIGHT. I
MADE MY PILGRIMAGE TO THE BACK
00:17:37.92\00:17:45.06
OF THE PLANE AND, ON MY WAY
BACK, FROM THE VANTAGE POINT OF
00:17:45.09\00:17:47.76
THE BACK OF THE PLANE AT NIGHT -
IT WAS A BIG WIDE-BODY OVERSEAS
00:17:47.76\00:17:52.80
AIRCRAFT - THERE WERE HUNDREDS
OF SEATS - AND I COULD JUST
00:17:52.83\00:17:55.10
SEE ROW AFTER ROW, EVERY SEAT
HEADREST HAD A SCREEN ON IT FOR
00:17:55.14\00:18:00.38
THE PASSENGER AND IT
JUST GAVE ME A PICTURE.
00:18:00.41\00:18:03.95
HAVE YOU NOTICED, YOU EVER
GONE TO A RESTAURANT, YOU KNOW,
00:18:03.98\00:18:07.08
YOU'RE EATING OUT WITH YOUR
SPOUSE AND YOU LOOK AT PEOPLE
00:18:07.12\00:18:09.25
AROUND YOU AND
THEY'RE EATING TOGETHER
00:18:09.28\00:18:10.45
BUT THEY'RE
LOOKING AT THEIR PHONES.
00:18:10.49\00:18:12.25
WHAT KIND OF DATE IS THAT?
00:18:12.29\00:18:16.29
IS MEDIA CHANGING US?
JUST PEOPLE, THEY DON'T TALK
00:18:16.32\00:18:20.20
ANYMORE. THEY'RE
ALL - AND THEY'RE ALL
00:18:20.23\00:18:23.57
SOAKING UP THE MEDIA, WHETHER
IT'S YOUTUBE OR WHO KNOWS WHAT
00:18:23.60\00:18:26.57
IT IS THEY'RE LOOKING AT THAT'S
AFFECTING US, WHERE WE OUGHT TO
00:18:26.60\00:18:31.87
BE FEEDING OUR
SOULS ON THE WORD OF GOD.
00:18:31.91\00:18:34.31
ROMANS 12, VERSE 2, "DO NOT BE
CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD," - IF
00:18:34.34\00:18:39.28
YOU'RE GOING TO USE MEDIA, USE
THE CHRISTIAN FORM OF MEDIA - I
00:18:39.31\00:18:43.05
LIKE THE INTERNET; I TELL YOU,
IT'S GREAT - BIBLE STUDY ON THE
00:18:43.08\00:18:45.55
INTERNET - I TYPE IN A VERSE
AND IT IMMEDIATELY - SOMETIMES I
00:18:45.59\00:18:48.02
REMEMBER ONE AND TWO WORDS -
INTERNET IS WONDERFUL FOR BIBLE
00:18:48.06\00:18:51.16
STUDY, BUT THE INTERNET IS
LIKE A TREE OF GOOD AND EVIL.
00:18:51.19\00:18:55.66
THERE'S A LOT OF EVIL - IT'S
LIKE ANY MEDIUM - TELEVISION,
00:18:55.70\00:18:59.30
BOOKS - YOU COULD HAVE GOOD
BOOKS, YOU COULD HAVE WICKED
00:18:59.33\00:19:01.54
BOOKS. IF YOU
CAN'T CONTROL IT, THOUGH
00:19:01.57\00:19:05.47
- DO NOT BE CONFORMED TO
THIS WORLD - I'M READING, AGAIN,
00:19:05.51\00:19:08.11
ROMANS 12:2 - "BUT BE
TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWING OF
00:19:08.14\00:19:12.81
YOUR MIND, THAT YOU MAY
PROVE" - YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE A
00:19:12.85\00:19:15.22
DECISION WHAT TO LOOK AT.
YOU NEED TO TEST WHAT IS GOOD
00:19:15.25\00:19:18.45
"AND ACCEPTABLE AND
PERFECT WILL OF GOD."
00:19:18.49\00:19:21.72
EVERY DAY WE'RE
DECIDING WHAT TO LOOK AT.
00:19:21.76\00:19:24.06
ARE WE GOING TO LOOK AT THE
UPLIFTED CHRIST AND BE HEALED,
00:19:24.09\00:19:27.40
OR ARE WE GOING TO LOOK
AT SOMETHING ELSE AND DIE?
00:19:27.40\00:19:29.53
THERE'S ONLY TWO OPTIONS IN THAT
STORY - THE ONES WHO LOOKED AND
00:19:29.56\00:19:33.37
LIVED, AND THE ONES WHO DIDN'T
LOOK IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND
00:19:33.40\00:19:37.27
THEY PERISHED. PSALM 101,
VERSE 3, DAVID SAID, "I WILL SET
00:19:37.31\00:19:42.54
NOTHING WICKED
BEFORE MY EYES;..."
00:19:42.58\00:19:45.35
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING
AT? JOB 31:1, "I HAVE MADE A
00:19:45.38\00:19:48.82
COVENANT WITH MY EYES;
WHY THEN SHOULD I LOOK UPON
00:19:48.85\00:19:52.39
A YOUNG WOMAN?" IF
SOMEBODY IS STRUGGLING WITH
00:19:52.42\00:19:55.32
PORNOGRAPHY - MAN OR WOMAN - JOB
SAYS, 'I MADE A COVENANT WITH
00:19:55.36\00:19:59.89
MY EYES.' SO WE LOOK FOR LIFE.
IT'S LIKE THAT STORY I MENTIONED
00:19:59.93\00:20:05.63
THERE I STARTED OUT WITH.
"AS MOSES LIFTED UP THE SERPENT
00:20:05.67\00:20:09.97
IN THE WILDERNESS, EVEN SO THE
SON OF MAN MUST BE LIFTED UP."
00:20:10.01\00:20:14.41
YOU KNOW, THE REASON SOMETHING
IS LIFTED UP - WE BROADCAST
00:20:14.44\00:20:20.25
LOCALLY ON ANTENNAE - ALB -
ABUNDANT LIFE BROADCASTING - THE
00:20:20.28\00:20:25.55
REASON WE'RE ABLE TO BROADCAST
IS BECAUSE WE PUT THE BROADCAST
00:20:25.59\00:20:28.69
ANTENNAE - 300 FEET UP ON A
TOWER, NOT TOO FAR FROM THIS
00:20:28.72\00:20:32.43
BUILDING. THE HIGHER IT IS, THE
MORE VISIBLE IT IS, THE BETTER
00:20:32.46\00:20:38.17
THE SIGNAL. WELL, THAT'S THE WAY
IT IS. WHEN SOMETHING'S LIFTED
00:20:38.20\00:20:41.67
UP IT'S IN A POSITION OF
VISIBILITY AND CHRIST MUST BE
00:20:41.70\00:20:45.54
LIFTED UP IN OUR LIFE.
THAT'S WHAT PAUL MEANT WHEN HE
00:20:45.57\00:20:48.74
SAID 'I'M DETERMINED TO
KNOW NOTHING AMONG YOU BUT JESUS
00:20:48.78\00:20:51.15
CHRIST AND HIM CRUCIFIED.'
JESUS SAID - JOHN 12:32, "AND
00:20:51.18\00:20:55.15
I, IF I AM LIFTED UP
FROM THE EARTH, WILL DRAW ALL
00:20:55.18\00:20:59.25
PEOPLES TO MYSELF." IF
WE, THROUGH OUR WORDS AND
00:20:59.29\00:21:03.59
OUR ACTIONS, PUT CHRIST
IN A POSITION OF VISIBILITY,
00:21:03.63\00:21:06.23
OTHERS ARE DRAWN.
ZECHARIAH 12:10, "AND I WILL
00:21:06.26\00:21:10.50
POUR ON THE HOUSE OF DAVID AND
ON THE INHABITANTS OF JERUSALEM
00:21:10.53\00:21:13.97
THE SPIRIT OF GRACE AND
SUPPLICATION, THEN THEY WILL
00:21:14.00\00:21:16.87
LOOK ON ME WHOM THEY PIERCED..."
- WHEN DID THEY LOOK UPON HIM?
00:21:16.91\00:21:22.14
ON THE CROSS - YES, THEY WILL
MOURN FOR HIM AS ONE MOURNS FOR
00:21:22.18\00:21:27.88
HIS ONLY SON, AND GRIEVE FOR HIM
AS ONE GRIEVES FOR A FIRSTBORN."
00:21:27.92\00:21:31.55
HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED HOW
MANY TIMES IN THE BIBLE THAT A
00:21:31.59\00:21:34.76
CONVERSION WAS IN
CONNECTION WITH BEHOLDING?
00:21:34.79\00:21:39.46
THAT THERE WAS A LOOKING AND
A LIVING - LOOK IN LUKE 19 - WE
00:21:39.49\00:21:45.33
SING THIS TO THE CHILDREN ALL
THE TIME: WHO WAS A WEE LITTLE
00:21:45.37\00:21:48.17
MAN? >>ZACCHEUS.
00:21:48.20\00:21:51.34
>>ZACCHEUS. WHAT
BROUGHT ABOUT HIS CONVERSION?
00:21:51.37\00:21:53.88
HE CLIMBED A TREE.
WHY DID HE CLIMB THE TREE?
00:21:53.91\00:21:56.21
BECAUSE HE WANTED TO SEE JESUS.
AND WHEN JESUS WENT DOWN THE
00:21:56.24\00:22:03.08
ROAD AND HE SAW JESUS AND
JESUS SAW HIM, HE THEN REPENTED.
00:22:03.12\00:22:09.69
JESUS SAID, 'I WANT TO ABIDE IN
YOUR HOUSE.' HE CONFESSED - HE
00:22:09.72\00:22:12.99
SAYS, 'HALF MY GOODS I GIVE
TO THE POOR.' HE WENT THROUGH A
00:22:13.03\00:22:15.40
CONVERSION EXPERIENCE
- AND WHEN DID IT HAPPEN?
00:22:15.43\00:22:17.53
HE SAW THE LORD -
BROUGHT ABOUT HIS CONVERSION.
00:22:17.57\00:22:20.84
THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT A THIEF
THAT WAS CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST.
00:22:20.87\00:22:24.07
IN GALATIANS IT SAYS, 'I AM
CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST.' THIS MAN
00:22:24.11\00:22:26.57
WAS CRUCIFIED WITH
CHRIST AND HE WAS CONVERTED.
00:22:26.61\00:22:29.44
WHY? HE SAW JESUS LIFTED UP.
HE SAW THE SIGN ABOVE HIS HEAD
00:22:29.48\00:22:33.98
THAT SAID, 'BEHOLD,
THE KING OF THE JEWS'.
00:22:34.02\00:22:36.05
AND, THROUGH WHAT HE LOOKED AT,
HE TURNED TO CHRIST, HE PUBLICLY
00:22:36.08\00:22:40.06
CONFESSES, 'WE'RE
GETTING WHAT WE DESERVE.
00:22:40.09\00:22:43.56
THIS MAN'S DONE NOTHING WRONG.'
HE SAYS, 'LORD,' - HE CALLS HIM
00:22:43.59\00:22:46.93
LORD - 'LORD, REMEMBER
ME.' HE PRAYS FOR MERCY.
00:22:46.96\00:22:50.57
SO HE GOES THROUGH A CONVERSION,
HE GOES THROUGH A REPENTANCE -
00:22:50.60\00:22:53.77
HE LOOKS AT JESUS
AND HE'S FORGIVEN.
00:22:53.80\00:22:56.77
WHAT BROUGHT ABOUT THE
CONVERSION OF THE APOSTLE PAUL?
00:22:56.81\00:23:02.04
ON THE ROAD TO
DAMASCUS HE HAS AN EXPERIENCE.
00:23:02.08\00:23:04.38
WHAT HAPPENS
DURING THAT EXPERIENCE?
00:23:04.41\00:23:06.98
HE SEES THE LORD.
AND IS PAUL CONVERTED?
00:23:07.02\00:23:11.42
ARE YOU SEEING A PATTERN HERE
OR AM I JUST IMAGINING THINGS?
00:23:11.45\00:23:15.49
EVERYWHERE IN THE BIBLE IT'S
TRYING TO TELL US IT'S THROUGH
00:23:15.52\00:23:18.63
GETTING THIS VISION OF GOD -
WHY IS IDOLATRY SO CONDEMNED?
00:23:18.66\00:23:22.23
THE WHOLE MARK OF THE BEAST
THING IS ABOUT IDOLATRY, RIGHT?
00:23:22.26\00:23:25.00
MAKING AN IMAGE TO THE BEAST
- WHY IS IDOLATRY SO CONDEMNED?
00:23:25.03\00:23:29.50
BECAUSE IDOLATRY IS ABOUT
PUTTING SOMETHING IN FRONT OF
00:23:29.54\00:23:32.44
YOU THAT YOU WILL BEHOLD AND
WORSHIP AND THE THING I'VE BEEN
00:23:32.47\00:23:35.68
SAYING IS YOU BECOME
LIKE WHAT YOU LOOK AT.
00:23:35.71\00:23:38.31
CAN YOU SEE HOW INSULTING IT WAS
TO GOD WHEN HIS PEOPLE MADE HIM
00:23:38.35\00:23:41.22
LIKE A COW? BUT
EVEN IF IT'S AN IDOL OF A
00:23:41.25\00:23:44.85
PORCELAIN JESUS OR A PORCELAIN
MARY, WHAT DOES THAT DO
00:23:44.89\00:23:48.12
TO YOUR CONCEPT OF
GOD? THAT YOUR GOD IS MADE
00:23:48.16\00:23:51.16
OUT OF PLASTER OF PARIS?
OR EVEN IF IT'S A GOLD CROSS,
00:23:51.19\00:23:55.16
ALL OF THAT DEMEANS
THE LIVING REALITY OF GOD
00:23:55.20\00:23:59.57
THROUGH IDOLATRY.
THAT'S WHY WHAT YOU WORSHIP IS
00:23:59.60\00:24:02.07
VERY IMPORTANT AND
THAT'S WHY IDOLATRY IS WRONG.
00:24:02.10\00:24:04.67
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT
YOUR IDOL IS, WHAT GETS YOUR
00:24:04.71\00:24:06.51
ATTENTION? WHAT DO
YOU SPEND TIME WITH?
00:24:06.54\00:24:09.11
THAT BECOMES YOUR IDOL. YOU
BECOME LIKE WHAT YOU LOOK AT.
00:24:09.14\00:24:12.81
NOW, IF WE WANT TO HAVE
VICTORY, WE NEED TO LOOK.
00:24:12.85\00:24:16.92
THE BIBLE SAYS WE BOLDLY
COME BEFORE THE THRONE OF GRACE
00:24:16.95\00:24:19.72
BECAUSE WE LOOK WHEN WE PRAY AND
WE SEE AN INTERCESSOR WHO EVER
00:24:19.75\00:24:23.96
LIVES TO MAKE
INTERCESSION FOR US.
00:24:23.99\00:24:26.03
HE'S GOT HIS HANDS THAT ARE
SCARRED WITH NAILS, OUTSTRETCHED
00:24:26.06\00:24:28.50
TO THE FATHER ON OUR
BEHALF. DOES THAT MOVE YOU?
00:24:28.53\00:24:31.27
WOULDN'T THAT MAKE YOU WANT TO
RESIST THE DEVIL A LITTLE LONGER
00:24:31.30\00:24:35.70
WHEN YOU SEE CHRIST IS UP
THERE - HE'S CHEERING YOU ON.
00:24:35.74\00:24:40.61
WE GET THE VICTORY BY LOOKING.
ISAIAH 45:22, "LOOK TO ME, AND
00:24:40.64\00:24:46.75
BE SAVED, ALL YOU ENDS OF THE
EARTH! FOR I AM GOD, AND THERE
00:24:46.78\00:24:50.92
IS NO OTHER." WHAT
ARE YOU LOOKING AT?
00:24:50.95\00:24:53.69
HEBREWS 12:1 AND 2, "THEREFORE
WE ALSO, SINCE WE ARE SURROUNDED
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BY SO GREAT A CLOUD OF
WITNESSES, LET US LAY ASIDE
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EVERY WEIGHT, AND THE SIN WHICH
SO EASILY ENSNARES US, AND LET
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US RUN WITH ENDURANCE THE RACE
THAT IS SET BEFORE US, LOOKING
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UNTO JESUS," - HOW
DO WE RUN THE RACE?
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LOOKING TO CHRIST THE WHOLE WAY
AS "THE AUTHOR AND FINISHER OF
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OUR FAITH." HAVE YOU
EVER RIDDEN A MOTOR -
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RIDDEN A MOTORCYCLE OR A
BICYCLE - AND TRIED TO GO DOWN A
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STRAIGHT LINE WHILE YOU'RE
LOOKING OVER YOUR SHOULDER?
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DO YOU KNOW IT IS
NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE?
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NOW DON'T TRY THIS AND HURT
YOURSELF AT HOME, BUT IF YOU'RE
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- IF YOU GET OUT IN A REAL CLEAR
SPOT, MARK OUT A LINE, TRY AND
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STAY ON THAT LINE - LOOK OVER
YOUR SHOULDER AND WATCH WHAT
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HAPPENS TO YOUR DRIVING.
YOU WILL GET OFF CENTER BECAUSE
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YOU'RE LOOKING ONE WAY
WHILE YOU'RE GOING ANOTHER.
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THE WAY TO GO IN A STRAIGHT LINE
IS YOU LOOK AT THE OTHER END OF
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THE LINE. AND, IF YOU WANT TO
LIVE A STRAIGHT LIFE, YOU'VE GOT
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TO FIX YOUR EYES
ON JESUS. >>AMEN.
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>>WELL, THE WORLD NEEDS TO SEE
SOMETHING OF WHAT JESUS LOOKS
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LIKE AND HE WANTS THEM TO SEE
IT IN US UNTIL THEY CAN LOOK FOR
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THEMSELVES. AND THE
WAY THAT THAT'S GOING TO
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HAPPEN IS BECAUSE
WE'RE LOOKING AT HIM.
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THIS, TO ME, WHAT I'M TALKING
ABOUT TODAY, FRIENDS, IS, I
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THINK, ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT THINGS TO TALK ABOUT.
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I MEAN, IT'S SOMETHING I COULD
PROBABLY TALK ABOUT FREQUENTLY -
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THAT WE ARE BEING
CHANGED BY WHAT WE BEHOLD.
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AND I THINK THAT A LOT OF
US COULD PROBABLY GO THROUGH A
00:26:22.34\00:26:25.91
REVIVAL AND SAY, 'LORD, I
WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSION OF MY
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VISUAL DIET. I WANT
TO HAVE MY EARS CONVERTED
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IN WHAT I'M LISTENING
TO.' BECAUSE ALL OF IT IS
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SHAPING WHO WE ARE. AND
WHAT A MIGHTY CHURCH WE'D
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HAVE IF WE WOULD
REALLY WORSHIP JESUS, AMEN?
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