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[708.20 --> 709.46] his teaching on eternity.
[711.08 --> 712.48] Francis Chan brings
[712.48 --> 714.68] this impossible length
[714.68 --> 716.42] of thick white rope
[716.42 --> 717.48] on stage,
[717.68 --> 718.88] and it just coils
[718.88 --> 719.90] around and round
[719.90 --> 721.20] with no apparent beginning
[721.20 --> 722.56] and no apparent end,
[722.56 --> 725.90] and then he points out
[725.90 --> 726.88] that in the middle
[726.88 --> 727.88] of this impossible
[727.88 --> 729.32] length of rope,
[729.72 --> 731.22] there is a one inch
[731.22 --> 732.42] little piece
[732.42 --> 733.28] of the rope
[733.28 --> 734.38] that is red.
[735.48 --> 736.42] Francis Chan says,
[737.26 --> 738.02] that one inch
[738.02 --> 739.54] piece of red rope
[739.54 --> 741.06] is your life
[741.06 --> 741.78] in the midst
[741.78 --> 742.50] of eternity.
[743.28 --> 744.28] It's a great picture
[744.28 --> 745.22] I think as well
[745.22 --> 746.38] to illustrate
[746.38 --> 747.88] James' point here,
[747.88 --> 750.48] that we can spend
[750.48 --> 752.02] so much time
[752.02 --> 753.10] concentrating on
[753.10 --> 754.32] our one inch span
[754.32 --> 755.10] of life
[755.10 --> 757.16] when there's a whole
[757.16 --> 758.48] eternity in which
[758.48 --> 759.92] we can live.
[760.24 --> 761.16] An eternity
[761.16 --> 762.60] that assures us
[762.60 --> 763.92] that God
[763.92 --> 765.84] will give us life
[765.84 --> 767.44] and that God
[767.44 --> 768.08] will supply
[768.08 --> 769.60] all that we need
[769.60 --> 770.66] and that God
[770.66 --> 771.54] will provide
[771.54 --> 773.28] for every circumstance
[773.28 --> 774.72] of our life.
[775.42 --> 776.76] That is our
[776.76 --> 777.64] solid hope.
[779.86 --> 780.34] And so that's
[780.34 --> 781.40] on the one bank
[781.40 --> 782.98] of what roots us
[782.98 --> 783.90] in our connection
[783.90 --> 784.70] to God.
[785.16 --> 786.46] On one side
[786.46 --> 788.84] is that rootedness
[788.84 --> 789.48] of learning
[789.48 --> 790.26] to live
[790.26 --> 790.86] in the light
[790.86 --> 791.56] of eternity.
[791.82 --> 792.98] On the other side,
[793.24 --> 793.90] we're rooted
[793.90 --> 794.86] in our connection
[794.86 --> 795.66] to God
[795.66 --> 796.28] by prayer.
[797.78 --> 799.14] Learning to live
[799.14 --> 799.94] in the context
[799.94 --> 800.72] of prayer.
[800.72 --> 801.16] And so,
[801.46 --> 802.34] at the very end
[802.34 --> 803.44] of James' letter,
[803.56 --> 804.34] he says this,
[805.16 --> 806.12] Is anyone among you
[806.12 --> 806.82] in trouble?
[807.80 --> 808.52] Verse 13,
[809.12 --> 810.00] Is anyone among you
[810.00 --> 810.48] in trouble?
[810.78 --> 811.56] Let them pray.
[812.10 --> 813.00] Is anyone happy?
[813.46 --> 814.04] Let them sing
[814.04 --> 815.38] songs of praise,
[815.68 --> 816.50] a form of prayer.
[817.36 --> 818.44] Is anyone among you
[818.44 --> 818.86] sick?
[818.94 --> 820.04] Let them call the elders
[820.04 --> 820.80] of the church
[820.80 --> 822.12] to pray over them
[822.12 --> 823.56] and anoint them
[823.56 --> 824.00] with oil
[824.00 --> 824.92] in the name of the Lord.
[825.58 --> 826.22] And the prayer
[826.22 --> 827.20] offered in faith
[827.20 --> 828.36] will make them well.
[829.04 --> 830.08] The Lord will raise
[830.08 --> 830.60] them up.
[831.00 --> 831.90] If they have sinned,
[831.98 --> 832.80] they will be forgiven.
[832.98 --> 833.22] Therefore,
[833.42 --> 834.50] confess your sins
[834.50 --> 835.16] to each other
[835.16 --> 837.22] and pray for each other