Join us as we sing breathe.
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This is the air I breathe
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This is the air I breathe
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Your holy presence
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Living in me
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Living in me
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This is my daily bread.
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This is my daily bread
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This is my daily bread
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Your very word
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Spoken
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To me
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And I
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I'm desperate for you
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And I
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I'm lost without you
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This is the air I breathe
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This is the air
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I breathe
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This is the air I breathe
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Your holy presence
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Your holy presence
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Living in me
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This is my daily bread
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This is my daily bread
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Lord, I'm hungry for You
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This is my daily bread
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Your very word
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Spoken to me
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Spoken
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To me
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And I
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I'm desperate for you
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And I
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I'm lost without you
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And I
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I'm desperate for you
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I want you to sing
this as a prayer and I.
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And I
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I'm lost without you
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And I
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I'm desperate for you
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And I
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I'm lost without you
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I'm lost without you
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I'm lost without you
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So yesterday I
was on Facebook as...
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I'm a lot.
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And I came across
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this beautiful, beautiful video.
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It was this
video of this family.
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Now this family has been
going through something's
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it was a husband and a wife
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and they've been trying
so long to have a child.
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They tried four
times, four miscarriages,
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and the fifth
time a stillborn baby.
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So recently the wife was
having trouble losing weight
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she felt, so she
went to the doctor.
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And then the doctor gave
her the greatest news ever
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he said, "You're pregnant,
you're five months along."
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So she was so
happy with this news
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but she didn't
let the husband know
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so she started
dropping little hints.
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She put a whole bag
of bread in the oven
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so let him know that
there is a bun in the oven.
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And he sat there...
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And going through the
oven and she was recording him
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and he goes to the oven
and starts to piece it together
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and you see the
moment where it hits him.
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And he starts to
ask, "You're pregnant?
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You're pregnant?"
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And she says, "Yes,
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I'm actually five months along."
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And I tried to
pretend that I didn't cry
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but it just
brought tears to my eyes
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because you could
tell the exact moment
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where He writes there
something in this world
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that He can never not love.
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No matter what happens,
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He could never
not love this person,
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his life was changed forever.
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And I started to
think of how good God is,
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and where He
says in the Bible that
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before He formed us
in our mother's womb,
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before time, He loved us.
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And this God is one who
knows all of our thoughts.
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He knew from the
beginning, our sins,
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all of our evil
things within us,
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He knew this but
still, before He formed us,
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He loved us,
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and yet still He loves us.
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He sent His Son down for
us, the sinners, the unclean,
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the mar in this
world in His creation,
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the thing that went wrong,
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and He still loves us.
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So I wanted you to
think about that right now,
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as we sing our next song,
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"How deep the
Father's love for us,"
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that no matter what He
will continue to love you.
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No matter what your faults,
He will continue to love you,
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and I just want you to
worship Him to the end.
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So please come
forward as we sing
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"How deep the
Father's love for us."
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How deep the
Father's love for us
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How vast beyond all measure
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That He should give His only Son
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To make a wretch His treasure
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How great the
pain of searing loss
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The Father turns His face away
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As wounds which
mar the chosen One
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Bring many sons to glory.
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Please come
forward for prayer tonight.
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Behold the Man.
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Behold the Man upon a cross
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My sin upon His shoulders
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Ashamed I hear my mocking voice
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Call out among the scoffers
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It was my sin
that held Him there
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Until it was accomplished
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His dying breath
has brought me life
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I know that it is finished
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How many of you are happy
that God sent His only Son
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to just end, the end, to say,
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"It is finished, to give
us a chance at eternal life?
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I will not boast in anything
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No gifts, no power, no wisdom
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But I will boast in Jesus Christ
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His death and resurrection
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Why should I
gain from His reward?
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I cannot give an answer
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But this I know
with all my heart
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His wounds have paid my ransom.
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Why should I gain?
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Why should I
gain from His reward?
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I cannot give an answer
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But this I know
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But this I know
with all my heart
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His wounds have paid
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My ransom.
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Well, good
morning, boys and girls,
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nice to see you on this...
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Is this is the first
Sabbath of October already?
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Glad, you made it.
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So I'm reading the
newspaper a few days ago
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and I read the story.
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I said, "Are you serious?"
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This story is
about arachnophobia.
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If you don't know what it means,
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don't worry about it.
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You'll figure it out
by the time we get to it.
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All right?
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Happened in Syracuse, Indiana
that's not too far south of us.
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Mother gets in the car,
Angela Kip, 35 years old,
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little Junior 9
years old in the backseat.
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Let's go to school.
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How many times
have you done this,
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gotten in the car
with mummy or daddy?
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That's what
happened to him today,
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mother starts the car up.
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She begins to drive
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when all of a
sudden she feels something
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'cause this is like
a couple of weeks ago
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and so she probably
didn't have sleeves on.
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She felt
something on her shoulder
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and it wasn't
just on her shoulder
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but she could tell it's moving.
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It's moving up her shoulder.
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Well, this is very unusual,
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I wonder what this might be
and so she turns around to see.
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When she...
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Let's just see
the picture please.
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All right,
that's not the real one
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but that's just to get the
arachnophobia people go on.
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All right?
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So little itsy-bitsy,
teeny-weeny spider is going up,
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and it's going up her shoulder,
and she does not like spiders,
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and the next thing
she does is she screams.
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Little Junior in the back goes,
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"Mother, please."
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She screams and then
she has to do something
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and she is
driving down the road,
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she says, "I'm out of here."
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She opens the
door and jumps out.
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True, she did.
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The car is still
driving down the road
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and nine-year old
Junior is in the backseat,
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he says, "I got
to do something."
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And he crawls up over the seat.
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He'd seen mother do this,
he gets in the driver side
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and he puts his
foot down on that pedal,
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but he didn't hit the
break, he hit the accelerator...
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Oh, and boom.
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He hit something
without mother in the car.
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Let's see the car first.
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Whoa!
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And let's see what he hit.
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A school bus.
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Now the good news is
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Junior had just little
minor injuries and nobody,
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no child on the bus
was injured but whoa!
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You know, when
I read that story.
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I said, you know, you know what?
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Sometimes you
just got to get out.
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You just got to get out.
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You may be
traveling, you may be sitting,
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you may be with
people, you may be all alone
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but sometimes you just
have to get out, get away.
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Sometimes Satan sends
his spider of temptation
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and he is crawling
up towards our heart
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that temptation is sometimes...
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Sometimes, you
just have to get out.
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Oh, I tell you what, I
don't what, I don't want.
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You know what?
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I don't want to
ever forget that,
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if the spider of
temptation comes,
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I have a Savior who can
go just like this, "Gone."
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Those are the times
oh may Jesus help us.
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Remember, Jesus help me
now, that's the prayer and boom!
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The spider of
temptation is gone.
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How many agree for that Jesus
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can handle any
spider in the world?
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Hallelujah.
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And how many want to
say with the other hand,
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Jesus, remind me,
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if sometimes I had to
get out just remind me,
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let me hear You speaking.
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Who would like to thank Jesus
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for being that kind of a Savior?
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And just saying,
please, young lady.
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Just saying, please
Jesus, always be my Savior.
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You come here, sissy.
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What's your name? Kyra.
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Kyra, let's fold our
hands and close our eyes,
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as Kyra thanks Jesus.
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Kyra?
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Thank you for giving us the food
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and thank You
for our mom and dad.
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And thank You for...
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Amen.
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Thank you,
Kyra, for that prayer.
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And as you go quietly
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and reverently
back to your seats,
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you can say that
thank you, Jesus.
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Thank you.
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Thank you for being the Savior
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that can handle any
spider that comes my way.
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God bless you.
Happy Sabbath to you.
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There is a redeemer
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Jesus, God's own Son
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Precious Lamb of God, Messiah
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Holy One
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Jesus my redeemer
00:16:34.42\00:16:40.90
Name above all names
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Precious Lamb of God, Messiah
00:16:47.30\00:16:53.74
Oh, for sinners slain
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Thank you oh my Father
00:17:00.85\00:17:06.92
For giving us Your Son
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And leaving Your Spirit
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'Til the work on Earth is done
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When I stand in Glory
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I will see His face
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And there I'll
serve my King forever
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In that Holy Place
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Thank you oh my Father
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For giving us Your Son
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And leaving Your Spirit
00:18:06.35\00:18:11.89
'Til the work on Earth
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Is done
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There is a redeemer
00:18:20.93\00:18:27.70
Jesus, God's own Son
00:18:27.74\00:18:34.68
Precious Lamb of God, Messiah
00:18:34.71\00:18:41.48
Holy One
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Thank you oh my Father
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For giving us Your Son
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And leaving Your Spirit
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'Til the work on Earth
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Is done
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Precious Lamb of God
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Messiah
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Holy
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One.
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Amen.
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August 6, 1945,
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bathed in the deadly
glow of a single atomic bomb
00:19:56.42\00:19:58.69
over Hiroshima, Japan,
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the world find itself
assured into the atomic age.
00:20:00.20\00:20:03.47
Four years later deep
behind the Iron Curtain,
00:20:03.53\00:20:05.73
the Soviet Union conducts their
first test of an atomic weapon,
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sparking in arms
raise the like of which
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the world has never seen.
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Apprehensive scientists
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and intellectuals debate
the ominous fate of the planet.
00:20:14.71\00:20:17.35
Three days before his
death on April 18, 1955,
00:20:17.41\00:20:20.48
American
scientist Albert Einstein
00:20:20.52\00:20:22.25
joins British
philosopher Bertrand Russell
00:20:22.28\00:20:24.35
in signing the
Russell-Einstein Manifesto.
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The prospect for the human race
is somber beyond all precedent.
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Mankind are faced with
a clear-cut alternative:
00:20:30.63\00:20:33.19
either we shall all perish,
or we shall have to acquire
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some slight
degree of common sense.
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Soon after in the
village of Pugwash, Nova Scotia,
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22 scientists
including 10 Nobel laureates
00:20:41.44\00:20:44.47
gathered to ponder how to avert
00:20:44.51\00:20:46.17
the Cold War's threat
of nuclear obliteration
00:20:46.21\00:20:48.98
and forge a
plan of global peace.
00:20:49.01\00:20:51.91
And half a century
later the quest still goes on.
00:20:51.95\00:20:54.65
Call it The Pugwash Factor
00:20:54.68\00:20:56.28
because if those
who know do not act,
00:20:56.32\00:20:58.35
the planet is doomed.
00:20:58.39\00:20:59.75
I want to thank the
producers by the way,
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Jonathan LaPointe and his team.
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This is the last piece
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in this little mini
series Pugwash Factor,
00:21:09.36\00:21:10.87
they did a great job
with that clip, didn't they?
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They just did a fine
job, I'm so proud of them.
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I recognize
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that this morning subject
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is gonna be painful for
some of us who are here.
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Simply because we cannot discuss
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same sex marriage,
00:21:31.02\00:21:35.96
and not tap
into the deep turmoil
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and painful struggle
00:21:40.26\00:21:42.36
that is in the heart of the gay,
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or the lesbian.
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Our subject this morning, I
really need you to hear this.
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Our subject this morning is not,
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does God love gays and lesbians?
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But of course He does,
He loves all His children.
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Moreover, and I need
you to hear this as well.
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Moreover God, according to
Holy Scripture is intensely,
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intensely focused with
deep compassion on those
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who have been
marginalized by society,
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or pushed to the edge,
and alienated by the church.
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Once you put a human face to it,
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an acquaintance,
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a colleague, a neighbor,
a roommate, a classmate,
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once you put a face to it,
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then those strong
opinions are suddenly tempered,
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aren't they?
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Now you have somebody
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that represents
your deepest convictions.
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You say, "What are you saying?"
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Are you suggesting pastor,
the truth is no longer truth?
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I did not say that at
all and you know I didn't.
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But one should
put the face of Jesus
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on their struggle.
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Truth becomes
much more formidable
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than we first thought
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because the face of Jesus...
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And by the way He is the one
who said, "I, I'm the truth."
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Isn't that right? I'm the truth.
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Once you put the
face of Jesus on it,
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then truth comes garb
with an uncomfortable...
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Let him who is without sin
cast the first stone proviso.
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Suddenly, we all
stand under divine judgment
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and in the words
of the disciples,
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"Who then can stand."
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But in the words of the gospel
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"Whosoever believes
in Him should not perish,
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but have ever lasting life."
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And so recognizing the
Supreme Court's decision
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regarding same sex
marriage is gonna stir up
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some uncomfortable
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and painful
emotions inside of us.
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Let's quickly put the face
of Jesus on our conversation.
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Open your Bible with
me please to Matthew 19.
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Matthew 19 and while
you're finding Matthew 19,
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may I remind us
all that on June 26,
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the Supreme Court
of the United States,
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a deeply divided court
by the way five to four,
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handed down the
greatly anticipated decision
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entitled Obergefell v. Hodges.
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I've read
Justice Anthony Kennedy's
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defense of the
majority decision.
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Here is the
summation of the argument,
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their argument.
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I put his words on
the screen for you.
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"No union is more
profound than marriage,
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for it embodies the
highest ideals of love,
00:24:42.88\00:24:46.55
fidelity, devotion,
sacrifice, and family.
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In forming a marital union
00:24:50.69\00:24:52.35
two people become something
greater than they once were.
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As some of the petitioners
in these cases demonstrate,
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marriage embodies a love
that may endure even past death.
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It would misunderstand these..."
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And I'm inserting
the words "same sex"
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because they have been
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the focus of
this entire decision.
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"It would misunderstand
these same sex men and women
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to say they
disrespect the idea of marriage.
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Their plea is that
they do respect it,
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respect it so deeply
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that they seek to find its
fulfillment for themselves.
00:25:22.58\00:25:25.92
Their hope is
not to be condemned
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to live in loneliness,
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excluded from
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one of civilization's
older institutions.
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They ask for equal
dignity in the eyes of the law.
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The Constitution
grants them that right.
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The judgment of
the Court of Appeals
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for the Sixth
Circuit is reserved."
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It had said, "Same sex laws
forbidding same sex can stand."
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The Supreme Court in that
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one sentence
reverses that decision.
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"It is so ordered."
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And the decision is published.
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With this order, state
laws forbidding same sex
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were thus struck down.
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And same sex marriage is now
a protected fundamental right,
00:26:05.19\00:26:09.26
as Justice Anthony
Kennedy kept repeating,
00:26:09.30\00:26:11.97
"Fundamental
right in this land".
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We know where the
Supreme Court stands.
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You already
knew before you came.
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Let's go to Jesus now,
open your Bible to Matthew 19,
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you maybe already found it,
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let's pick it up
right here in verse 3.
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I'm in the NIV,
00:26:30.12\00:26:32.22
you have your Bible, let's go.
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Matthew 19:3, "Some Pharisees
came to Jesus to test him.
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And they asked,
00:26:38.09\00:26:39.49
"Is it lawful for a man
00:26:39.53\00:26:41.93
to divorce his wife
for any and every reason?"
00:26:41.96\00:26:46.37
Jesus replied,
"Haven't you read,
00:26:46.40\00:26:48.94
that at the beginning
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the Creator made
them male and female..."
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I hit the pause
button right there.
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Jesus says, "Listen, didn't
you read the creation account?"
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In fact, he pulls a line
straight out of Genesis 1,
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let's put it on the screen,
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"So God created
mankind in his own image,
00:27:02.68\00:27:05.22
in the image of
God he created them,
00:27:05.25\00:27:06.99
male and female
he created them."
00:27:07.02\00:27:09.62
Don't you know? Look it.
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"Haven't you read
00:27:11.13\00:27:12.69
that the divine
complementarity of the trinity,
00:27:12.73\00:27:15.43
let us make man,
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was shaped into the
human race from the beginning?
00:27:17.57\00:27:20.14
The same complementarity
even as the trinity
00:27:20.17\00:27:22.90
compliments one another,
00:27:22.94\00:27:24.31
even so the human race
is to compliment each other.
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Haven't you read
00:27:27.68\00:27:30.05
that God did not make
the male in the beginning
00:27:30.08\00:27:33.55
nor did He make them
female in the beginning,
00:27:33.62\00:27:36.99
but because of
that complementarity,
00:27:37.02\00:27:38.89
that differentness
00:27:38.92\00:27:40.36
that is still an unlikeness
just like the trinity,
00:27:40.39\00:27:42.96
the human race was designed
00:27:42.99\00:27:44.59
and created to be in the
image of God male and female."
00:27:44.63\00:27:51.53
Verse 4 again,
"'Haven't you read,'
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Jesus replied,
00:27:54.30\00:27:55.94
'that at the
beginning the Creator 'made them
00:27:55.97\00:27:57.61
male and female.
00:27:57.64\00:27:58.97
Now verse 5, and
said, quoting the creator,
00:27:59.01\00:28:01.78
'For this reason a man
00:28:01.81\00:28:03.71
will leave his father and mother
00:28:03.78\00:28:05.35
and be united to his wife,
00:28:05.38\00:28:06.75
and the two will
become one flesh'?"
00:28:06.78\00:28:09.85
The two did not become male,
the two did not become female.
00:28:09.88\00:28:13.72
The complementarity of male
and female are joined together
00:28:13.79\00:28:16.62
in the institution of marriage
00:28:16.66\00:28:18.43
into the very unity or
oneness of the trinity.
00:28:18.46\00:28:22.16
"Haven't you read the story?"
00:28:22.20\00:28:26.07
Verse 6,
00:28:26.10\00:28:27.84
"So they are no
longer two, but one flesh.
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Therefore what God
has joined together,
00:28:33.41\00:28:36.64
let no one separate."
00:28:36.68\00:28:38.58
And with that last line,
00:28:38.61\00:28:40.45
Jesus steps out of
the creation narrative,
00:28:40.52\00:28:45.89
being the incarnate creator
00:28:45.92\00:28:48.46
Jesus adds a line to
His own wedding homily,
00:28:48.49\00:28:53.16
He just quoted it,
00:28:53.19\00:28:54.50
"A man shall leave his
father and his mother..."
00:28:54.56\00:28:57.33
And as the old King James says,
00:28:57.37\00:28:58.70
"And shall cleave to his wife
00:28:58.73\00:29:01.34
and the two shall
become one flesh."
00:29:01.37\00:29:06.37
Oh, and by the way
adding to my homily,
00:29:06.41\00:29:09.44
what God has put together,
00:29:09.48\00:29:12.51
let no one take asunder.
00:29:12.55\00:29:16.48
No man, no court.
00:29:16.52\00:29:22.16
Now you say, look it, look it.
00:29:22.19\00:29:27.13
For a court to
presume you're wondering,
00:29:27.13\00:29:31.20
for a court to presume...
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It was able to rewrite
00:29:34.17\00:29:35.50
the divine
definition of marriage,
00:29:35.54\00:29:36.91
no matter how
supreme that court would be.
00:29:36.94\00:29:39.74
Would be in the
words of C. S. Lewis
00:29:39.77\00:29:41.11
patronizing
nonsense, wouldn't it?
00:29:41.14\00:29:45.11
And on the decision of
five to four to rewrite it
00:29:45.15\00:29:48.25
but hold on, hold on.
00:29:48.28\00:29:49.62
Let's not
misunderstand the court.
00:29:49.65\00:29:52.92
The court is not
claiming to overrule God.
00:29:52.95\00:29:57.53
It is not the Supreme
Court's place to at all,
00:29:57.56\00:30:01.20
they recognize that,
00:30:01.23\00:30:02.56
rather Justice Kennedy's
00:30:02.60\00:30:04.30
written defense of
the majority opinion
00:30:04.33\00:30:06.30
was based on the premise
00:30:06.33\00:30:08.07
that marriage is a
fundamental human right
00:30:08.10\00:30:11.21
that cannot be
denied to petitioners
00:30:11.24\00:30:14.58
who mutually seek its
benefits, that's his point.
00:30:14.61\00:30:21.55
But I must admit, however...
00:30:21.58\00:30:24.15
As I've kind of
brooded over this.
00:30:24.19\00:30:27.96
It was eye opening for me,
00:30:27.99\00:30:31.96
reading Kennedy,
is how many times
00:30:31.99\00:30:34.56
he cited public opinion.
00:30:34.56\00:30:37.97
In one place he calls it
this shift in public attitudes
00:30:38.00\00:30:41.74
as all of that is
part of the rationale
00:30:41.77\00:30:43.97
for their decision
for same sex marriage.
00:30:44.04\00:30:47.41
And it made me think...
00:30:47.44\00:30:49.11
Wait a minute.
00:30:49.14\00:30:50.51
"If the secular court
00:30:50.58\00:30:52.38
can rewrite the definition
of God's gift of marriage
00:30:52.41\00:30:54.72
to the human race in the garden,
00:30:54.75\00:30:56.62
what could
prevent them from one day
00:30:56.65\00:30:59.65
rewriting God's other
gift to humanity in the garden
00:30:59.69\00:31:02.72
namely the Seventh-day Sabbath.
00:31:02.76\00:31:05.79
If the court can
appeal to a shift
00:31:05.83\00:31:08.43
in public attitude this time,
00:31:08.46\00:31:11.00
could they not appeal to a shift
00:31:11.03\00:31:13.10
in public
attitude the next time,
00:31:13.13\00:31:16.07
but of course.
00:31:16.10\00:31:17.57
And when six of
the nine justices
00:31:17.61\00:31:19.27
are members of the church
00:31:19.31\00:31:20.64
they claims, "It has already
overturned the Bible Sabbath."
00:31:20.68\00:31:27.18
I'm just saying you
can get there from here.
00:31:27.22\00:31:32.69
Now Jesus is saying,
00:31:32.72\00:31:35.06
"What God has joined
together in the beginning,
00:31:35.09\00:31:38.33
no man is to separate."
00:31:38.36\00:31:40.56
So here's the question,
where does a church stand,
00:31:40.60\00:31:41.93
our church?
00:31:41.96\00:31:43.30
Let me put it on
the screen for you.
00:31:43.33\00:31:44.67
Seventh-day Adventist
Church has an official statement
00:31:44.70\00:31:46.47
on marriage,
these are the words...
00:31:46.50\00:31:47.97
by the way these quotations,
00:31:48.00\00:31:49.34
every quotation
here is in your bulletin,
00:31:49.37\00:31:51.67
in that study
guide, nothing to fill in,
00:31:51.71\00:31:53.14
just take the quotations home.
00:31:53.17\00:31:54.51
All right, Here we go.
00:31:54.54\00:31:55.88
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
00:31:55.91\00:31:57.28
"Marriage was
divinely established in Eden
00:31:57.31\00:31:58.65
and affirmed by Jesus Christ
00:31:58.68\00:32:00.08
to be both
monogamous and heterosexual,
00:32:00.12\00:32:02.92
a lifelong union of
loving companionship
00:32:02.95\00:32:05.22
between a man and a woman.
00:32:05.25\00:32:07.16
In the culmination of
His creative activity,
00:32:07.19\00:32:08.99
God fashioned
humankind as male and female
00:32:09.02\00:32:11.43
in His own image
00:32:11.46\00:32:12.79
and He instituted marriage,
00:32:12.83\00:32:14.40
a covenant-based
union of the two genders
00:32:14.46\00:32:17.03
physically,
emotionally, and spiritually
00:32:17.07\00:32:19.73
spoken of in
Scripture as 'one flesh.'"
00:32:19.77\00:32:25.11
Coincidentally, just yesterday
00:32:25.14\00:32:29.28
after months of
prayerful study and research,
00:32:29.31\00:32:33.05
the theological
seminar right here on campus
00:32:33.08\00:32:35.62
voted a document entitled
00:32:35.65\00:32:37.89
biblical view on
homosexual practice
00:32:37.92\00:32:39.72
and pastoral care,
00:32:39.75\00:32:41.36
that includes this
definition of marriage,
00:32:41.39\00:32:44.49
theological seminary.
00:32:44.53\00:32:45.86
Some of our professors
are sitting right here.
00:32:45.89\00:32:47.76
Put it on the screen please.
00:32:47.83\00:32:49.66
Here is their statement,
00:32:49.70\00:32:51.03
"A marriage
between a man and a woman
00:32:51.07\00:32:53.27
is the Edenic
model for all time.
00:32:53.30\00:32:56.24
This unique
heterosexual marital form
00:32:56.27\00:32:59.11
involving the sexual
union of a man and a woman
00:32:59.14\00:33:02.18
constitutes the divine paradigm,
00:33:02.21\00:33:04.31
the 'Creation order,'
00:33:04.35\00:33:05.68
for humanity from the beginning.
00:33:05.71\00:33:07.42
This paradigm means
00:33:07.45\00:33:08.98
that marriage cannot
consist of the sexual union
00:33:09.02\00:33:11.92
between a man and another man
or a woman and another woman.
00:33:11.95\00:33:16.22
This creation
pattern of marriage
00:33:16.26\00:33:17.96
between a man and a woman
00:33:17.99\00:33:19.86
remains the norm
throughout Scripture."
00:33:19.89\00:33:23.43
It's for that reason
that when the Supreme Court
00:33:23.47\00:33:25.20
rendered this decision,
00:33:25.23\00:33:26.80
the North American Division
of Seventh-day Adventist
00:33:26.84\00:33:29.10
released this statement...
00:33:29.14\00:33:30.47
I promise this is the
last one, put it on the screen.
00:33:30.51\00:33:33.17
North American Division,
00:33:33.21\00:33:34.54
"The
Seventh-day Adventist church
00:33:34.58\00:33:35.91
acknowledges the U.S.
Supreme Court's decision
00:33:35.94\00:33:37.55
on Friday June 26,
00:33:37.61\00:33:39.65
legalizing same-sex marriage
across the United States.
00:33:39.68\00:33:43.12
Even with the
Supreme Court's decision,
00:33:43.15\00:33:45.32
the Adventist Church
maintains its fundamental belief
00:33:45.35\00:33:48.52
that marriage was
divinely established in Eden
00:33:48.56\00:33:51.93
and affirmed by Jesus
to be a lifelong union
00:33:51.96\00:33:54.96
between a man and a woman.
00:33:55.00\00:33:57.20
While the church
respects the opinions of those
00:33:57.23\00:33:59.57
who may differ,
00:33:59.60\00:34:01.00
it will continue to teach
00:34:01.04\00:34:02.37
and promote its biblically
based belief of marriage
00:34:02.40\00:34:05.17
between a man and a woman.
00:34:05.21\00:34:07.38
The Seventh-day
Adventist Church believes that
00:34:07.41\00:34:09.11
all people, regardless of race,
gender, and sexual orientation,
00:34:09.14\00:34:13.62
are God's children
00:34:13.65\00:34:14.98
and should be treated
with civility, compassion,
00:34:15.02\00:34:18.12
and Christ-like love."
00:34:18.15\00:34:21.22
I was kind of proud of my church
00:34:21.26\00:34:22.86
for publicly going
on record that way.
00:34:22.89\00:34:27.50
Jesus Himself...
00:34:27.50\00:34:28.83
You have to admit at
least here in Matthew 19
00:34:28.86\00:34:30.33
takes a rather
unequivocal stance,
00:34:30.37\00:34:32.27
wouldn't you say?
00:34:32.30\00:34:34.40
Look at verse 4
again, this is...
00:34:34.44\00:34:35.87
Get a run at this next verse.
00:34:35.90\00:34:37.57
Verse 4, "Haven't
you read," Jesus replied,
00:34:37.61\00:34:39.71
"that at the
beginning the Creator 'made them
00:34:39.74\00:34:41.74
male and female,' and said,
00:34:41.78\00:34:43.11
'For this reason a man
will leave his father and mother
00:34:43.14\00:34:45.31
and be united to his wife,
00:34:45.35\00:34:47.65
and the two will
become one flesh."
00:34:47.68\00:34:50.19
So verse 6, Jesus goes on,
00:34:50.25\00:34:52.69
"They are no
longer two, but one flesh.
00:34:52.72\00:34:55.89
Therefore what God
has joined together,
00:34:55.92\00:34:58.63
let no one separate."
00:34:58.66\00:35:00.33
Now the story goes on,
00:35:00.36\00:35:02.33
the Pharisees are ready,
we'll put it on the screen.
00:35:02.36\00:35:04.30
Verse 7, "'Why
then,' the Pharisees asked,
00:35:04.33\00:35:06.94
'did Moses command
that a man give his wife
00:35:06.97\00:35:09.77
a certificate of
divorce and send her away?"
00:35:09.80\00:35:12.84
Jesus replied,
00:35:12.87\00:35:14.21
'Moses permitted you
to divorce your wives
00:35:14.28\00:35:17.81
because your hearts were hard.
00:35:17.85\00:35:20.02
But it was not this
way from the beginning.
00:35:20.05\00:35:22.02
I tell you, verse 9,
00:35:22.05\00:35:23.59
that anyone who
divorce his wife,
00:35:23.62\00:35:26.05
except for sexual immorality,
00:35:26.09\00:35:28.09
and marries another
woman commits adultery.'"
00:35:28.12\00:35:32.49
Wow, how do we get
00:35:32.53\00:35:34.40
from heterosexual
marriage to adultery?
00:35:34.46\00:35:36.63
What's going on here?
00:35:36.67\00:35:38.83
Jesus being Jesus,
an equal opportunity,
00:35:38.87\00:35:41.34
afflicter of the comfortable.
00:35:41.37\00:35:42.70
Let him who is without sin.
00:35:47.64\00:35:50.75
Go ahead, you
cast the first stone.
00:35:50.81\00:35:55.68
Russell Moore
00:35:55.72\00:35:57.29
wrote an op-ed piece for
the Washington Post the day
00:35:57.35\00:35:59.85
that the
Supreme Court's decision
00:35:59.89\00:36:01.52
was released to the public.
00:36:01.56\00:36:03.59
I've read it several times
00:36:03.66\00:36:04.99
and I want to
tell you something,
00:36:05.03\00:36:06.36
it has an
optimistic spirit to it
00:36:06.39\00:36:08.63
and I get so blessed
00:36:08.66\00:36:10.00
and I've given you the link,
so you can check it out later.
00:36:10.07\00:36:12.23
Let me tell you
who Russell Moore is.
00:36:12.27\00:36:13.64
He's president of the Ethics
00:36:13.67\00:36:15.00
and Religious Liberty Commission
00:36:15.04\00:36:16.37
of the Southern
Baptist Convention.
00:36:16.40\00:36:19.04
Without quoting him extensively,
00:36:19.07\00:36:20.41
I don't want to do that.
00:36:20.48\00:36:21.81
Let me just run by you
00:36:21.84\00:36:23.18
seven reasons
for optimism, okay.
00:36:23.21\00:36:24.55
I'm just gonna fly these
by, this is Russell Moore,
00:36:24.58\00:36:26.38
you can read the
entire op-ed piece.
00:36:26.41\00:36:28.95
Reason number one, the
church should not panic.
00:36:28.98\00:36:32.85
He says, hey, listen guys,
the Supreme Court is powerful,
00:36:32.89\00:36:35.16
but it's not powerful enough
to put Jesus back in the grave.
00:36:35.19\00:36:39.26
Oh, that's good.
00:36:39.29\00:36:41.43
Number two,
00:36:41.46\00:36:42.80
the gospel doesn't need
family values to flourish.
00:36:42.83\00:36:46.50
It flourished
under Paul's preaching
00:36:46.53\00:36:48.57
with Ephesus, and
Corinth, and Rome.
00:36:48.60\00:36:51.07
And, oh, my, they
hugely rewrote the divine idea
00:36:51.11\00:36:55.14
for marriage but it is okay,
the gospel can still flourish.
00:36:55.18\00:36:58.55
Number three, the
church needs to articulate
00:36:58.58\00:37:01.52
what we believe about marriage.
00:37:01.55\00:37:03.85
Marriage is a symbol
of the union with Christ
00:37:03.92\00:37:06.29
and His earth
children, it's beautiful.
00:37:06.32\00:37:11.16
Number four.
00:37:11.19\00:37:12.53
Now I'm gonna let
Him give number four
00:37:12.56\00:37:15.16
and not try to summon up,
00:37:15.20\00:37:16.53
I'll put it on
the screen for you.
00:37:16.56\00:37:17.90
This is number four,
00:37:17.93\00:37:19.27
"We Christians must embody
a gospel marriage culture.
00:37:19.30\00:37:23.10
We have done a poor
job of that in the past.
00:37:23.14\00:37:26.47
Too many of our marriages
have been ravaged by divorce."
00:37:26.51\00:37:31.41
Here is this church,
00:37:34.85\00:37:36.42
the collective church in
the United States of America
00:37:36.45\00:37:39.45
vocally vociferous
00:37:39.49\00:37:41.46
in its
condemnation of homosexual sin.
00:37:41.49\00:37:44.49
And all the while the
church is harboring within there
00:37:44.53\00:37:47.66
with the strange silence,
00:37:47.73\00:37:51.37
the heterosexual sin of
divorce at the drop of a hat.
00:37:51.40\00:37:58.07
I think the word
for that is hypocrisy.
00:37:58.11\00:38:00.51
Russell Moore goes on,
00:38:03.78\00:38:05.81
"Too often we've
neglected church discipline
00:38:05.85\00:38:08.18
in the cases of those
00:38:08.22\00:38:09.55
who have unrepentantly
destroyed their marriages."
00:38:09.58\00:38:13.32
Just collective silence.
00:38:13.39\00:38:15.96
Now we keep reading here,
00:38:15.99\00:38:17.36
"Permanent, stable
marriages with families
00:38:17.39\00:38:19.59
with both a mother and a father
00:38:19.63\00:38:21.16
may well make us seem freakish
in 21st-century culture.
00:38:21.20\00:38:25.83
We should not fear
that. I love this now.
00:38:25.87\00:38:28.00
We believe
stranger things than that.
00:38:28.04\00:38:30.01
We believe that a
previously dead man is alive,
00:38:30.04\00:38:31.74
and will show up
00:38:31.77\00:38:33.11
in the Eastern skies on a horse.
00:38:33.14\00:38:34.48
I'm so proud of Washington Post
for letting him publish this.
00:38:38.28\00:38:42.68
He's just saying, guys,
00:38:42.72\00:38:44.09
this is not the
end of the world yet.
00:38:44.12\00:38:46.76
Follow me, keep reading,
00:38:46.79\00:38:48.12
"We also believe that the gospel
00:38:48.16\00:38:49.82
can forgive sinners like us
00:38:49.86\00:38:52.29
and make us sons and daughters.
00:38:52.33\00:38:54.20
Let's embrace the sort
of freakishness that saves."
00:38:54.20\00:38:58.73
Yeah, it's good.
00:38:58.77\00:39:00.37
Number five he says
you want to be optimistic
00:39:00.40\00:39:02.20
if you write about marriage,
00:39:02.24\00:39:03.57
people will be disappointed
in getting what they want.
00:39:03.64\00:39:06.94
Just you wait.
00:39:07.01\00:39:09.18
Number six,
00:39:09.21\00:39:10.68
"We must stand with
conviction and with kindness,
00:39:10.71\00:39:12.45
with truth, and with grace."
00:39:12.48\00:39:14.28
Russell's words on the screen.
00:39:14.35\00:39:15.78
Russell Moore, "We
must hold our views
00:39:15.82\00:39:17.85
and love those
who hate us for them.
00:39:17.89\00:39:20.22
We must not only
speak Christian truths,
00:39:20.29\00:39:22.32
we must speak with
a Christian accent."
00:39:22.36\00:39:25.23
Oh, I like that.
00:39:25.26\00:39:28.10
"We must say what
Jesus has revealed,
00:39:28.13\00:39:30.10
and we must say those things
the way Jesus does with mercy
00:39:30.17\00:39:33.54
and with an invitation to live."
00:39:33.57\00:39:35.47
And finally number seven,
00:39:35.50\00:39:37.81
we need to be on the
wrong side of history.
00:39:37.84\00:39:41.21
His words again,
00:39:41.24\00:39:42.58
"This is not time for fear
or outrage or politicizing.
00:39:42.61\00:39:46.82
We see that we are strangers
and exiles in American culture.
00:39:46.85\00:39:50.29
We are on the
wrong side of history,
00:39:50.32\00:39:52.22
just like we started.
00:39:52.25\00:39:54.46
We should have been all along."
00:39:54.49\00:39:59.16
So where does Jesus stand?
00:39:59.19\00:40:03.23
Verse 10,
00:40:03.26\00:40:06.40
"The disciples said to Jesus,
'Oh, you have raised a bar
00:40:06.43\00:40:09.54
on divorce so
high, Lord Jesus.'"
00:40:09.57\00:40:12.61
"The disciples said to Jesus,
'If this is the situation,
00:40:12.64\00:40:15.14
verse 10, between
a husband and wife,
00:40:15.18\00:40:16.81
it is better not to marry.'"
00:40:16.85\00:40:19.58
We just won't get married.
00:40:19.61\00:40:21.55
Jesus shoots back
verse 11, "Jesus replied,
00:40:21.58\00:40:25.15
'Not everyone
can accept this word,
00:40:25.19\00:40:27.86
but only those to
whom it has been given.
00:40:27.89\00:40:30.19
For there are eunuchs
who were born that way,
00:40:30.23\00:40:34.13
and there are eunuchs
00:40:34.20\00:40:35.50
who have been
made eunuchs by others
00:40:35.53\00:40:38.47
and there are those who
choose to live like eunuchs
00:40:38.50\00:40:41.50
for the sake of
the kingdom of heaven.
00:40:41.54\00:40:44.24
The one who can accept
this should accept it.'"
00:40:44.27\00:40:50.01
Can you believe it?
00:40:50.08\00:40:51.41
I mean, Jesus starts
out defining marriage
00:40:51.45\00:40:53.95
in creation language as a
union between a man and a woman,
00:40:53.98\00:40:56.52
then He gets to divorce
00:40:56.55\00:40:57.89
and it's very
high bar for divorce.
00:40:57.92\00:41:00.76
And now He's
talking about eunuchs.
00:41:00.79\00:41:03.02
What is up with this?
00:41:03.06\00:41:06.53
But actually
00:41:06.56\00:41:08.23
what Jesus has just said
about eunuchs is profound
00:41:08.26\00:41:12.73
for a nation that by
its own Supreme Court
00:41:12.77\00:41:15.20
has been assured
00:41:15.24\00:41:19.47
into a collective conversation,
00:41:19.51\00:41:22.28
what Jesus has
just said about eunuchs.
00:41:22.31\00:41:25.95
I have a friend
00:41:25.98\00:41:28.75
who self identified
00:41:28.78\00:41:31.62
just a few months
ago as transgender.
00:41:31.65\00:41:37.73
And as I've listened to his,
00:41:37.76\00:41:40.76
now her story of a struggle
that began in early childhood
00:41:40.80\00:41:46.13
and has dogged her
life well into adulthood,
00:41:46.17\00:41:49.37
she shared with me
00:41:49.40\00:41:52.21
the testimony of
trusting God through it all.
00:41:52.24\00:41:57.28
In fact, she is the
one who drew my attention
00:41:57.31\00:41:59.25
to these words of Jesus, words,
00:41:59.28\00:42:01.35
that for her offer such
quite salves to her soul.
00:42:01.38\00:42:07.46
I mean, you think
about what Jesus just said.
00:42:07.49\00:42:10.26
According to Him you can be born
00:42:10.33\00:42:12.46
outside the norm of
heterosexual orientation,
00:42:12.49\00:42:17.60
and it's okay.
00:42:17.63\00:42:19.50
That would be
someone born unique
00:42:19.53\00:42:21.60
according to him as well,
00:42:21.64\00:42:22.97
you can be lead by someone
00:42:23.00\00:42:24.81
outside the norm of
heterosexual orientation
00:42:24.84\00:42:27.91
through abuse, through
rape, through initiation,
00:42:27.94\00:42:30.91
somebody led you
out, that's okay.
00:42:30.95\00:42:35.28
And number three
according to Jesus,
00:42:35.32\00:42:37.62
you can choose to live your life
00:42:37.65\00:42:39.25
outside the norm of
heterosexual orientation,
00:42:39.29\00:42:42.79
which as Jesus describes
it is the choice to honor God
00:42:42.82\00:42:47.60
and live as a eunuch,
00:42:47.60\00:42:49.03
meaning one who
chooses not to act out
00:42:49.06\00:42:51.57
his or her
orientation and sexuality
00:42:51.60\00:42:54.80
outside the divine
parameters of marriage
00:42:54.84\00:42:57.47
between a man and a woman.
00:42:57.54\00:42:59.47
Jesus is clearly
talking about celibacy.
00:42:59.51\00:43:05.55
My friends, Steven Payne
loaned me a book by Justin Lee,
00:43:05.58\00:43:08.92
title of the book, Torn:
00:43:08.95\00:43:10.59
Rescuing the Gospel
00:43:10.62\00:43:11.95
from the Gays-vs.
-Christians Debate.
00:43:11.99\00:43:13.86
Listen to Justin's struggle,
00:43:13.89\00:43:15.22
I put his words
you have them as well,
00:43:15.26\00:43:17.43
put it on the screen.
00:43:17.46\00:43:18.93
Justin writing, I've talked
to many single Christians,
00:43:18.96\00:43:23.13
this is campus with
thousands of single Christians,
00:43:23.16\00:43:26.74
just a nature of education.
00:43:26.80\00:43:28.50
"I've talked to
many single Christians
00:43:28.54\00:43:30.27
who find the
church a challenging place
00:43:30.31\00:43:32.27
to be at times.
00:43:32.31\00:43:33.64
But for single gay..."
00:43:33.68\00:43:35.41
Now that's his emphasis,
"For single gay Christians,
00:43:35.44\00:43:38.71
there are even bigger hurdles.
00:43:38.75\00:43:40.62
A 45-year old
single straight woman
00:43:40.68\00:43:42.52
may feel overlooked or
misunderstood at her church,
00:43:42.55\00:43:45.65
but she doesn't have to
worry about being condemned
00:43:45.69\00:43:47.52
for being straight.
00:43:47.56\00:43:48.99
Single gay Christians
00:43:49.02\00:43:50.69
face the
difficulties of singleness
00:43:50.73\00:43:52.86
alongside potential condemnation
00:43:52.89\00:43:55.33
for their orientation.
00:43:55.36\00:43:57.10
And while all single people
face challenges in our culture,
00:43:57.13\00:44:00.94
the challenges faced by
people who are single by choice
00:44:00.97\00:44:04.24
or because they haven't
yet found the right person
00:44:04.31\00:44:07.38
are different from
the challenges faced
00:44:07.41\00:44:09.64
by those who
eagerly desire companionship
00:44:09.68\00:44:12.68
but believe God
requires celibacy
00:44:12.71\00:44:17.99
even if they should
fall in love in the future."
00:44:18.02\00:44:23.06
Ladies and gentlemen, come on,
00:44:23.09\00:44:25.99
there are those among us
00:44:26.03\00:44:27.96
who self identify
as gay or lesbian,
00:44:27.96\00:44:30.13
who follow Jesus
with all their heart,
00:44:30.17\00:44:32.33
but struggle with the
celibacy that they recognize
00:44:32.37\00:44:34.94
He is calling them to embrace.
00:44:34.97\00:44:38.01
It can be a desperate struggle
00:44:38.04\00:44:43.01
as you're about
to find in an email,
00:44:43.04\00:44:45.51
I'm gonna read to you.
00:44:45.55\00:44:48.38
It can be a desperate
struggle which is why...
00:44:48.42\00:44:52.19
Now come on, come on,
which is why the church,
00:44:52.22\00:44:54.82
the community of Jesus
00:44:54.86\00:44:57.59
must be as a New
Testament calls us
00:44:57.63\00:44:59.53
the household of
God, the family of God.
00:44:59.56\00:45:03.97
The church must be a place
of refuge, a place of safety,
00:45:04.00\00:45:08.17
a place of healing for sinners,
heterosexual and homosexual.
00:45:08.20\00:45:14.01
The church must be a
place of compassionate,
00:45:14.08\00:45:16.75
confidentiality,
00:45:16.78\00:45:20.52
where social
media is not entered
00:45:20.55\00:45:22.78
into its strategy to love all.
00:45:22.82\00:45:27.16
You got that?
00:45:27.19\00:45:30.63
It must be a place
where authenticity is valued
00:45:30.66\00:45:33.23
and where
accountability is understood.
00:45:33.26\00:45:38.00
The church,
00:45:38.03\00:45:39.80
the 20-page document
00:45:39.83\00:45:41.47
that the seminary
just voted yesterday,
00:45:41.50\00:45:43.51
this biblical
study and statement
00:45:43.57\00:45:45.04
on homosexuality reserves
00:45:45.07\00:45:47.08
its last six pages
00:45:47.14\00:45:49.48
for a pastoral
appeal to the church.
00:45:49.51\00:45:55.22
And I've pulled from
those six these lines.
00:45:55.25\00:45:59.69
On the screen,
"While being faithful
00:45:59.72\00:46:01.29
to biblical
teaching about homosexuality,
00:46:01.32\00:46:04.26
we must also seek
earnestly to understand
00:46:04.29\00:46:07.60
and empathize with the struggles
00:46:07.66\00:46:09.86
and challenges that face those
00:46:09.90\00:46:11.57
who struggle with
sexual immorality...
00:46:11.60\00:46:15.90
All persons, including
practicing homosexuals,
00:46:15.94\00:46:19.11
should be made to feel welcome
to attend our churches..."
00:46:19.14\00:46:22.44
Hold up, hit the
pause button right there
00:46:22.48\00:46:24.78
that's not the
complete sentence,
00:46:24.81\00:46:26.82
but I need you to get the
first half of the sentence.
00:46:26.85\00:46:30.09
"All persons, including
practicing homosexuals,
00:46:30.12\00:46:33.96
should be made
00:46:33.99\00:46:37.23
to feel welcome to
attend our churches."
00:46:37.26\00:46:42.10
As John just said a moment ago,
00:46:42.13\00:46:44.13
if the church
can't be that place,
00:46:44.17\00:46:46.94
where do you go?"
00:46:47.00\00:46:49.97
Now the sentence goes on,
00:46:50.01\00:46:52.01
"While
non-practicing gay persons
00:46:52.04\00:46:57.21
should be
welcomed into membership
00:46:57.25\00:46:59.48
and church office."
00:46:59.51\00:47:01.02
It doesn't matter how
you identify yourself,
00:47:01.05\00:47:04.12
you are welcome in
membership and in leadership,
00:47:04.15\00:47:07.82
that's what they're saying.
00:47:07.86\00:47:10.29
"All should
receive spiritual care
00:47:10.36\00:47:12.09
from the church."
00:47:12.13\00:47:13.46
I love Galatians 6.
00:47:13.53\00:47:14.83
"Bear one another's burdens
00:47:14.86\00:47:16.23
and so fulfilled
the law of Christ.
00:47:16.26\00:47:18.50
Love your neighbor as yourself,"
00:47:18.53\00:47:20.37
that's the church.
00:47:20.44\00:47:21.80
"All should
receive spiritual care
00:47:21.84\00:47:23.17
from the church.
00:47:23.20\00:47:24.54
We stand against any antipathy
or hostility toward homosexuals
00:47:24.57\00:47:28.04
as well as any cultural biases
00:47:28.08\00:47:30.45
that fuel a lack of
Christ-like love for them...
00:47:30.48\00:47:33.92
We strongly affirm
that homosexual persons
00:47:33.95\00:47:37.29
have a place in the
Seventh-day Adventist Church."
00:47:37.32\00:47:40.89
Amen.
00:47:40.96\00:47:42.62
And to that I say, we say, amen.
00:47:42.66\00:47:47.23
So after writing this sermon,
I get an email from a student.
00:47:53.03\00:47:56.20
I asked his permission,
when I wrote him back.
00:48:02.68\00:48:05.71
Can I share this?
00:48:05.75\00:48:07.08
He said, "You may."
00:48:07.15\00:48:09.22
Not gonna share all of
it, few lines, Pastor Nelson,
00:48:09.25\00:48:14.32
"Ever since I saw the topic
for this week's sermon at PMC
00:48:14.36\00:48:16.99
there is
something going on my heart.
00:48:17.06\00:48:19.53
There is something I feel
I should at least tell you
00:48:19.56\00:48:21.43
even though I have no idea
00:48:21.46\00:48:22.80
which direction you're
gonna go with the sermon
00:48:22.83\00:48:24.17
or if you'll even
read this by then.
00:48:24.20\00:48:26.53
For my whole life,
00:48:26.57\00:48:27.90
I have struggled in
dealing with sexuality.
00:48:27.94\00:48:31.97
I very much believe
that God's words says
00:48:32.01\00:48:33.88
that marriage is to be
between a man and a woman.
00:48:33.91\00:48:36.95
I very much believe
that God has called us
00:48:36.98\00:48:38.68
to surrender every
part of our lives to Him,
00:48:38.71\00:48:40.42
including our sexuality.
00:48:40.45\00:48:41.98
The problem that
weighs on my heart though
00:48:42.02\00:48:44.09
is that whenever the
church talks about sexuality,
00:48:44.12\00:48:47.06
it rarely goes beyond this.
00:48:47.09\00:48:49.29
I hear sermons about how we need
00:48:49.32\00:48:50.66
to stay strong in scripture,
00:48:50.73\00:48:52.06
in spite of what society does,
00:48:52.09\00:48:53.43
and if the church
needs to do the loving thing
00:48:53.46\00:48:55.16
and call sin by its right name.
00:48:55.20\00:48:57.53
I wish that the church
would be quick to listen
00:48:57.57\00:49:01.24
and slow to speak.
00:49:01.27\00:49:04.77
Whenever a person
opens about their sexuality,
00:49:04.81\00:49:07.14
I wish people would know
that they don't have the right,
00:49:07.21\00:49:10.01
they don't have to jump
right into the topic of sin,
00:49:10.08\00:49:12.25
chances are
there is a lot of pain
00:49:12.28\00:49:14.72
in their story.
00:49:14.75\00:49:16.58
It seems that people have
the impression of telling them
00:49:16.62\00:49:18.59
about overcoming sin
is like the cure all.
00:49:18.62\00:49:21.72
There is definitely a
need for talking about it
00:49:21.76\00:49:23.56
when we go against God,
00:49:23.59\00:49:24.93
we heard
ourselves and other people
00:49:24.96\00:49:26.59
but may be, just may be
00:49:26.63\00:49:28.30
most of that pain has
come not from their sins,
00:49:28.33\00:49:30.67
but from the church.
00:49:30.70\00:49:32.40
Maybe what they
desperately need to hear
00:49:32.43\00:49:33.94
before anything else
00:49:33.97\00:49:35.30
is not how same sex, sex is sin,
00:49:35.34\00:49:37.61
but how Jesus can
heal their shattered heart.
00:49:37.64\00:49:43.21
I wish the church
would realize and acknowledge
00:49:43.24\00:49:45.18
how bad it has been.
00:49:45.21\00:49:48.88
And not try to
justify to water down
00:49:48.92\00:49:50.72
the church's failures
as if they're minimum.
00:49:50.79\00:49:53.12
It would be kind
of crazy if the church
00:49:53.15\00:49:54.76
even apologize for
its failure in this area,
00:49:54.79\00:49:58.43
and in the email I did.
00:49:58.46\00:50:01.93
I also wish the
church would realize
00:50:01.96\00:50:03.87
that one of the greatest things
they can possibly give someone
00:50:03.93\00:50:06.57
is a safe place to open up.
00:50:06.60\00:50:08.67
I spend most of my
entire life terrified
00:50:08.70\00:50:11.17
of ever telling
anyone and as a result,
00:50:11.21\00:50:13.74
I dealt with this by myself.
00:50:13.78\00:50:17.11
I finally got so tired
of crying myself to sleep
00:50:17.15\00:50:20.98
and all the shame
00:50:21.02\00:50:22.35
that I finally
open up to someone
00:50:22.38\00:50:24.15
having even a
few people to open up
00:50:24.19\00:50:25.72
to is meant so much
00:50:25.75\00:50:27.16
and it is almost
impossible to overestimate
00:50:27.22\00:50:30.93
the importance and value of it.
00:50:30.96\00:50:32.59
Just hearing someone tell me
00:50:32.63\00:50:34.23
that I am not disgusting
has meant so much to me.
00:50:34.30\00:50:38.27
I was no longer by myself."
00:50:38.30\00:50:45.07
One more line,
00:50:45.11\00:50:47.41
"One thing that would
help in creating a safe place
00:50:47.44\00:50:50.91
to open up is for people
in the church to listen first,
00:50:50.95\00:50:54.28
just staying quiet,
00:50:54.32\00:50:55.95
and listening to a
person story is so valuable."
00:50:55.98\00:50:59.42
And then he quotes
Ministry of Healing,
00:50:59.45\00:51:01.16
page 143 and he
puts it right here,
00:51:01.19\00:51:03.63
"Christ's method alone
00:51:03.66\00:51:05.06
will give true success
in reaching the people.
00:51:05.09\00:51:07.60
The Savior mingled
with men and women as one
00:51:07.60\00:51:09.33
who desired their good.
00:51:09.36\00:51:10.73
He showed His sympathy for them,
00:51:10.77\00:51:12.10
He ministered to their needs,
and He won their confidence.
00:51:12.13\00:51:14.34
Then He bade them, 'Follow Me.'"
00:51:14.37\00:51:16.77
"Applying this would be like
00:51:16.81\00:51:18.21
people in the
church mingling with those
00:51:18.24\00:51:20.48
who are LGBTQ,
listening to their stories,
00:51:20.54\00:51:23.81
loving them intensely,
00:51:23.85\00:51:25.18
and fighting for them
to be treated with dignity,
00:51:25.21\00:51:27.68
helping them to know
00:51:27.72\00:51:29.05
that they will be
their front regardless.
00:51:29.08\00:51:31.25
And then finally talk about
Jesus words, ''Follow me''.
00:51:31.29\00:51:36.62
There are many things
00:51:36.69\00:51:38.03
that weigh on my
heart in this area
00:51:38.06\00:51:39.39
although it would be
hard to write it all down.
00:51:39.43\00:51:41.96
I felt that it, I at
least needed to say this.
00:51:42.00\00:51:46.80
You know what?
00:51:46.87\00:51:49.17
He doesn't need to
say anymore, does he?
00:51:49.20\00:51:52.57
Church. Church.
00:51:52.61\00:51:56.31
The same Jesus,
00:52:02.02\00:52:05.22
who spoke these
words in Matthew 19,
00:52:05.25\00:52:07.39
is the one who
speaking of mingling,
00:52:07.46\00:52:11.53
hung around at
well one hot noon day,
00:52:11.56\00:52:15.23
just hoping
she'd come and she did.
00:52:15.26\00:52:18.07
This woman who had five men,
and the one she is with now,
00:52:18.10\00:52:21.94
sex but no marriage.
00:52:21.97\00:52:23.87
As he comes up to
that well, "You're a Jew,
00:52:27.24\00:52:29.51
I'm a Samaritan,
you're talking to me?
00:52:29.54\00:52:31.28
I mean, please."
00:52:31.31\00:52:33.72
But Jesus sees
in that broken heart
00:52:33.78\00:52:36.79
that has been desperately
trying to quench her thirst
00:52:36.85\00:52:40.99
that she has gone
to the wrong well.
00:52:41.02\00:52:46.26
And Jesus,
00:52:46.29\00:52:48.23
in a moment of gentle compassion
00:52:48.26\00:52:51.40
turns that woman
into a grace dispenser
00:52:51.43\00:52:54.40
for the rest of her life.
00:52:54.44\00:52:56.34
Philip Yancey
tells the story about him
00:53:00.51\00:53:04.31
and Henri Nouwen
the great writer.
00:53:04.35\00:53:06.92
They were actually talking
about the woman at the well.
00:53:06.95\00:53:11.65
I want to read to you
00:53:11.69\00:53:13.02
just these lines
from that moment.
00:53:13.05\00:53:16.49
That scene of Jesus
and the Samaritan woman
00:53:16.52\00:53:17.86
came up During a day,
00:53:17.89\00:53:19.23
I spent with the
author Henri Nouwen,
00:53:19.26\00:53:20.60
a great author by the way,
00:53:20.63\00:53:21.96
a psychologist,
pastor, and dead.
00:53:22.00\00:53:27.90
The time I spent with
him in his home in Toronto.
00:53:27.94\00:53:30.77
Now, here we go,
he had just returned
00:53:30.81\00:53:32.61
from San Francisco,
00:53:32.64\00:53:34.48
where he spent a
week in an AIDS clinic,
00:53:34.51\00:53:36.58
visiting
patients who in the days
00:53:36.61\00:53:37.95
before antiretroviral
drugs faced a certain
00:53:37.98\00:53:41.72
and agonizing death.
00:53:41.75\00:53:43.18
Now I told Yancey,
"Look, I'm a pastor
00:53:43.22\00:53:46.49
and it's part of my job
I listen to people stories,
00:53:46.52\00:53:49.22
and so I went up and down
the ward asking the patients,
00:53:49.26\00:53:51.93
most of them young men
if they wanted to talk.
00:53:51.96\00:53:56.16
Now it went on to say
00:53:56.20\00:53:57.53
that his prayers
changed after that week.
00:53:57.57\00:54:00.27
How could a man of prayer
is changed after that week?
00:54:00.34\00:54:02.64
Listen, as he listen
to accounts of promiscuity
00:54:02.67\00:54:06.68
and addiction and
self-destructive behavior,
00:54:06.71\00:54:10.08
now when I heard
hints of a thirst for love
00:54:10.15\00:54:13.72
that had never been quenched.
00:54:13.75\00:54:17.89
From then on he prayed
00:54:17.92\00:54:20.06
and I'm gonna put his
prayer on the screen for you,
00:54:20.09\00:54:22.56
you have it in your study guide,
00:54:22.59\00:54:23.93
you take it home.
00:54:23.96\00:54:25.29
Here is his prayer,
00:54:25.33\00:54:26.70
"God, help me to see
others not as many enemies
00:54:26.73\00:54:30.97
or as ungodly but
rather as thirsty people.
00:54:31.00\00:54:35.07
And give me the
courage and compassion
00:54:35.10\00:54:37.37
to offer your Living Water,
00:54:37.41\00:54:39.61
which alone
quenches deep thirst."
00:54:39.64\00:54:43.18
That's a
powerful prayer, isn't it?
00:54:46.51\00:54:48.92
How to respond to
the Supreme Court's
00:54:48.95\00:54:51.19
same sex decision?
00:54:51.22\00:54:52.92
Here is how, pray the prayer,
00:54:52.95\00:54:56.19
live the life, follow Jesus.
00:54:56.22\00:55:01.53
And I say to that,
we can all say, amen.
00:55:01.56\00:55:06.10
Let's pray.
00:55:06.13\00:55:07.47
Oh, God, forgive us,
00:55:07.54\00:55:11.27
forgive the church,
00:55:11.31\00:55:14.91
so boisterous
00:55:14.94\00:55:18.75
in identifying the
sins of this nation
00:55:18.78\00:55:23.69
but throttled
00:55:23.72\00:55:25.92
with a strange silence
regarding our own sins.
00:55:25.95\00:55:29.92
Forgive us, oh, God,
00:55:29.96\00:55:32.93
and give us the heart
of this same Jesus, please.
00:55:32.96\00:55:39.37
And may the
church in this country
00:55:39.40\00:55:42.50
and the church on this campus
00:55:42.54\00:55:46.21
turn a new page
00:55:46.24\00:55:49.38
and walk in the footsteps
of our compassionate master,
00:55:49.41\00:55:54.85
we pray in His name, amen.
00:55:54.88\00:55:58.55
I am Thine, O Lord,
00:56:23.75\00:56:26.31
I have heard Thy voice
00:56:26.35\00:56:29.48
And it told Thy love to me
00:56:29.52\00:56:34.59
But I long to rise
in the arms of faith
00:56:34.62\00:56:40.00
And be closer drawn to Thee
00:56:40.03\00:56:45.37
Draw me nearer,
nearer, blessed Lord
00:56:45.40\00:56:50.91
To the cross
where Thou hast died
00:56:50.94\00:56:56.51
Draw me nearer, nearer,
00:56:56.54\00:57:00.65
Blessed Lord
00:57:00.68\00:57:04.32
To Thy precious
00:57:04.35\00:57:07.09
Bleeding side
00:57:07.12\00:57:11.39
And now may the grace
of the Lord Jesus Christ,
00:57:14.50\00:57:18.03
and the love of God,
00:57:18.07\00:57:19.87
and the
fellowship of the Holy Spirit
00:57:19.90\00:57:22.97
be with you all.
00:57:23.00\00:57:25.41
Amen.
00:57:25.44\00:57:28.84
I wanted to take an extra moment
00:57:28.88\00:57:30.25
to let you know how grateful
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