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[1212.38 --> 1213.98] We desperately
[1213.98 --> 1215.06] and continually
[1215.06 --> 1216.70] need God's Spirit
[1216.70 --> 1218.12] to guide and help us
[1218.12 --> 1219.18] as we continue
[1219.18 --> 1219.90] to wrestle
[1219.90 --> 1221.68] against our normalized sins
[1221.68 --> 1222.74] in our culture.
[1223.58 --> 1224.04] And so,
[1224.50 --> 1224.92] we,
[1225.18 --> 1225.72] as a church,
[1225.78 --> 1226.66] as God's people,
[1227.00 --> 1228.10] are we a community
[1228.10 --> 1229.20] that seeks healing
[1229.20 --> 1230.06] and wholeness
[1230.06 --> 1231.48] to live the life
[1231.48 --> 1232.56] worthy of the calling
[1232.56 --> 1234.22] that we have been gifted by?
[1236.36 --> 1237.58] Are we a community
[1237.58 --> 1239.16] that seeks God's will,
[1239.60 --> 1240.78] not our own?
[1243.48 --> 1243.98] And so,
[1244.10 --> 1245.04] John echoes this
[1245.04 --> 1246.60] in his letter
[1246.60 --> 1247.56] for us this morning.
[1248.18 --> 1248.74] At the end
[1248.74 --> 1249.74] of this little passage,
[1250.08 --> 1250.66] we read
[1250.66 --> 1251.78] that the world,
[1251.94 --> 1253.60] the world
[1253.60 --> 1254.78] and its desires,
[1254.94 --> 1255.58] the disordered,
[1255.74 --> 1256.70] perverted desires,
[1257.22 --> 1258.06] they pass away.
[1259.08 --> 1261.04] And a lot of commentators
[1261.04 --> 1262.00] say the better translation
[1262.00 --> 1263.08] is it's actually
[1263.08 --> 1264.00] continual action.
[1264.42 --> 1264.94] The world
[1264.94 --> 1265.92] and its desires
[1265.92 --> 1267.22] are passing away.
[1267.44 --> 1268.44] They are continually
[1268.44 --> 1269.30] passing away.
[1269.72 --> 1270.94] They do not last.
[1271.22 --> 1272.54] They do not satisfy
[1272.54 --> 1273.70] the deep longings
[1273.70 --> 1275.16] that we all have
[1275.16 --> 1276.30] for happiness
[1276.30 --> 1277.06] and joy
[1277.06 --> 1278.24] that can only
[1278.24 --> 1279.34] come from God.
[1279.34 --> 1280.44] And that's what John
[1280.44 --> 1281.18] is talking about.
[1281.42 --> 1282.48] All these things
[1282.48 --> 1283.06] of this world
[1283.06 --> 1283.94] pass away.
[1284.30 --> 1285.12] They don't last
[1285.12 --> 1286.12] and they don't satisfy.
[1286.48 --> 1287.52] But you know what does?
[1288.94 --> 1290.40] Doing God's will.
[1291.70 --> 1292.94] Doing God's will.
[1293.02 --> 1293.64] Whoever does
[1293.64 --> 1294.90] the will of God
[1294.90 --> 1296.58] will live forever.
[1298.10 --> 1299.48] God satisfies.
[1300.10 --> 1301.22] God can fill
[1301.22 --> 1302.36] our deep longings
[1302.36 --> 1303.20] for that happiness
[1303.20 --> 1304.26] and that shalom,
[1304.42 --> 1305.20] that restoration
[1305.20 --> 1306.56] because we all know
[1306.56 --> 1308.38] that we are broken,
[1308.38 --> 1309.50] that the world
[1309.50 --> 1310.22] is broken
[1310.22 --> 1312.42] and only God
[1312.42 --> 1313.40] is the answer.
[1315.42 --> 1316.20] Whoever does
[1316.20 --> 1317.88] the will of God,
[1319.42 --> 1320.42] God's good,
[1320.84 --> 1321.22] pleasing,
[1321.48 --> 1322.46] and perfect will.
[1323.90 --> 1324.60] Fair to ask,
[1324.68 --> 1325.10] what is that?
[1325.80 --> 1326.94] What is God's will then?
[1328.20 --> 1329.76] To love Him,
[1330.74 --> 1331.72] not the world.
[1332.36 --> 1333.44] To love Him
[1333.44 --> 1334.92] because He first
[1334.92 --> 1335.90] loved us.
[1335.90 --> 1337.32] and then we get
[1337.32 --> 1338.38] to the beautiful image
[1338.38 --> 1340.00] that we are broken cups
[1340.00 --> 1341.18] put back together
[1341.18 --> 1342.96] and we are loved
[1342.96 --> 1343.60] by God
[1343.60 --> 1344.50] and this cup
[1344.50 --> 1346.28] then now overflows.
[1347.64 --> 1349.14] It overflows
[1349.14 --> 1350.22] onto the world
[1350.22 --> 1351.30] as a witness.