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[4365.12 --> 4366.36] if you disobey,
[4366.46 --> 4367.08] that you're somehow,
[4367.26 --> 4368.88] outside of belief,
[4369.18 --> 4369.62] and believing.
[4369.70 --> 4370.92] Or that if you have doubts,
[4371.22 --> 4372.20] then your belief,
[4372.36 --> 4373.20] is uncertain.
[4373.20 --> 4373.40] And,
[4373.40 --> 4377.28] we all struggle,
[4377.66 --> 4379.02] with obedience.
[4379.90 --> 4380.90] We all struggle,
[4380.90 --> 4382.16] with sin.
[4382.30 --> 4383.06] We all struggle,
[4383.26 --> 4384.20] with doubts.
[4384.50 --> 4385.76] The mark of belief,
[4386.04 --> 4387.06] is that you struggle,
[4387.50 --> 4388.08] with it.
[4389.36 --> 4389.90] Right,
[4389.94 --> 4390.94] instead of just accepting,
[4391.96 --> 4392.98] or instead of just doing,
[4393.16 --> 4394.64] as culture has done,
[4394.74 --> 4395.74] which is turning vices,
[4395.74 --> 4396.94] into virtues,
[4397.10 --> 4397.88] or turning sins,
[4397.98 --> 4399.04] into celebrations.
[4400.02 --> 4400.44] Instead,
[4401.44 --> 4402.50] what I'm saying,
[4403.48 --> 4404.42] is that you hear,
[4404.54 --> 4406.06] with a receptive heart,
[4407.00 --> 4407.88] and so you obey.
[4408.54 --> 4409.04] Belief,
[4409.38 --> 4410.20] precedes,
[4410.58 --> 4411.10] obedience.
[4411.82 --> 4413.00] Even the possibility,
[4413.22 --> 4414.00] of obedience,
[4414.30 --> 4414.90] must come,
[4415.30 --> 4416.54] after belief.
[4416.66 --> 4418.08] Even if it is a full belief,
[4418.42 --> 4419.16] or a belief,
[4419.24 --> 4420.04] full of questions,
[4420.40 --> 4420.80] and doubts,
[4420.96 --> 4421.36] and struggles,
[4421.48 --> 4422.02] and setbacks.
[4422.18 --> 4422.90] Even then,
[4422.98 --> 4424.16] you can expect,
[4424.36 --> 4425.18] to produce,
[4425.44 --> 4425.96] the fruit,
[4426.24 --> 4426.84] of belief.
[4426.84 --> 4428.72] Now,
[4428.80 --> 4429.72] maybe that fruit,
[4430.04 --> 4432.32] is loving someone,
[4432.44 --> 4433.92] in an impossible situation.
[4435.48 --> 4436.64] Maybe that fruit,
[4436.78 --> 4437.76] is joy,
[4437.94 --> 4438.46] in the truth,
[4438.62 --> 4439.46] of the gospel,
[4439.70 --> 4440.42] in the sovereignty,
[4440.88 --> 4441.46] of God.
[4442.10 --> 4443.06] Maybe that truth,
[4443.32 --> 4443.34] is,
[4443.60 --> 4444.20] or that fruit,
[4444.34 --> 4445.32] is peace,
[4445.44 --> 4446.56] when all of life,
[4446.64 --> 4447.48] is chaos.
[4447.82 --> 4447.96] Right,
[4448.00 --> 4448.86] then we can sing,
[4449.00 --> 4449.76] it is well,
[4449.82 --> 4450.64] at a funeral.
[4453.52 --> 4454.60] Maybe that fruit,
[4454.78 --> 4455.66] is patience,
[4455.82 --> 4456.42] when your kids,
[4456.42 --> 4457.46] are driving you insane.
[4458.80 --> 4459.60] Maybe that fruit,
[4459.70 --> 4460.38] is kindness,
[4460.70 --> 4461.28] to those,
[4461.34 --> 4461.96] whom society,
[4461.96 --> 4462.62] has rejected,
[4462.76 --> 4463.22] or ignored.
[4463.36 --> 4463.98] Maybe that fruit,
[4464.20 --> 4465.02] is doing good,
[4465.08 --> 4466.22] when it would be so easy,
[4466.22 --> 4467.20] to do wrong.
[4467.30 --> 4467.90] Maybe that fruit,
[4468.02 --> 4468.82] is faithfulness,
[4469.04 --> 4469.94] when infidelity,
[4469.94 --> 4471.34] would be so easy.
[4471.46 --> 4472.06] Maybe that fruit,
[4472.18 --> 4472.88] is gentleness,
[4473.10 --> 4473.84] when you're angry.
[4474.00 --> 4474.60] Maybe that fruit,
[4474.70 --> 4475.62] is self-control,
[4475.96 --> 4476.68] as a mastery,
[4476.78 --> 4477.64] over temptations,
[4477.86 --> 4478.36] and desires.
[4478.44 --> 4478.82] Or at least,
[4478.90 --> 4479.72] a gaining of,
[4479.78 --> 4480.80] a working towards,
[4481.16 --> 4481.56] mastery,
[4481.82 --> 4482.90] over your temptations,
[4483.10 --> 4484.02] and desires.