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[4118.72 --> 4119.76] in the church.
[4120.72 --> 4123.30] This was absolutely weird
[4123.30 --> 4125.22] and abnormal behavior
[4125.22 --> 4127.00] and yet it was precisely
[4127.00 --> 4128.48] where the Christians
[4128.48 --> 4129.24] knew they had to be.
[4130.00 --> 4131.20] None of this made sense
[4131.20 --> 4132.64] in the world of the day.
[4133.82 --> 4133.90] Right?
[4134.58 --> 4135.92] It's because Christians
[4135.92 --> 4138.34] are accused of ruining society,
[4139.10 --> 4140.90] of ruining the normal system.
[4140.98 --> 4141.46] And honestly,
[4141.60 --> 4142.72] if you could be empathetic to it,
[4142.74 --> 4143.24] think about it.
[4143.80 --> 4146.98] If you live in a farming community
[4146.98 --> 4148.72] outside of the city of Rome,
[4148.72 --> 4150.98] you know that the rain comes
[4150.98 --> 4152.82] and that plants germinate
[4152.82 --> 4154.18] because you have offered
[4154.18 --> 4155.16] the right prayers
[4155.16 --> 4156.52] to the right gods
[4156.52 --> 4157.68] of fertility and growth
[4157.68 --> 4158.42] in the right way
[4158.42 --> 4159.50] at the right time of year.
[4160.22 --> 4162.32] But if one person or family
[4162.32 --> 4163.62] in your farming collective
[4163.62 --> 4164.72] becomes a Christian
[4164.72 --> 4166.34] and then he and his family
[4166.34 --> 4167.32] stop worshiping
[4167.32 --> 4168.46] these traditional gods
[4168.46 --> 4170.52] and then the crop fails
[4170.52 --> 4172.20] or insects come
[4172.20 --> 4173.76] and destroy everything
[4173.76 --> 4174.92] or there is a drought,
[4175.36 --> 4176.32] whose fault is it?
[4177.76 --> 4178.66] Well, there's only one person
[4178.66 --> 4179.12] to blame.
[4180.32 --> 4181.42] It's those Christians.
[4182.76 --> 4182.88] Right?
[4182.94 --> 4184.34] Their belief is dangerous
[4184.34 --> 4186.54] to the normal ordering
[4186.54 --> 4187.52] of society.
[4187.68 --> 4188.92] It's messing with the fabric
[4188.92 --> 4190.98] of life and culture.
[4192.60 --> 4193.74] I want to ask you,
[4194.52 --> 4197.72] is your belief dangerous?
[4199.50 --> 4201.84] Is your faith radical?
[4201.84 --> 4201.92] biblical?
[4203.12 --> 4203.66] Or,
[4203.90 --> 4206.02] is God just another tool
[4206.02 --> 4206.74] in your bag
[4206.74 --> 4207.38] to accomplish
[4207.38 --> 4208.38] your prosperity?
[4210.78 --> 4213.40] Is church just another community
[4213.40 --> 4215.52] where you can be used
[4215.52 --> 4217.26] and where you can use others
[4217.26 --> 4218.06] to accomplish
[4218.06 --> 4219.38] the Canadian dream
[4219.38 --> 4219.96] of ease
[4219.96 --> 4221.18] and status?
[4222.78 --> 4224.48] Live such good lives
[4224.48 --> 4225.38] among the pagans
[4225.38 --> 4226.90] that though they accuse you
[4226.90 --> 4227.76] of doing wrong,
[4227.76 --> 4229.48] they may see your good deeds
[4229.48 --> 4231.34] and glorify God
[4231.34 --> 4232.24] on the day
[4232.24 --> 4234.40] he visits us.
[4235.56 --> 4236.54] And that's it.
[4237.36 --> 4239.06] That's the point of it all.
[4239.22 --> 4239.34] Right?
[4239.40 --> 4240.44] Why do you abstain
[4240.44 --> 4241.88] from sinful desires
[4241.88 --> 4242.92] like a warrior?
[4243.62 --> 4244.68] Why do you live
[4244.68 --> 4246.02] as beloved foreigners
[4246.02 --> 4247.28] and exiles?
[4247.28 --> 4248.54] Why do you endure
[4248.54 --> 4249.92] accusation
[4249.92 --> 4250.66] and hardship
[4250.66 --> 4251.44] and opposition
[4251.44 --> 4253.04] and weirdness
[4253.04 --> 4254.36] and peculiarity?
[4255.94 --> 4257.50] For the glory
[4257.50 --> 4259.64] of God.
[4260.10 --> 4261.50] For the glory of God.
[4261.60 --> 4263.56] There is no greater reason.
[4263.72 --> 4265.20] There is no greater purpose.
[4266.12 --> 4267.30] And you've really
[4267.30 --> 4268.44] got to believe that.
[4268.78 --> 4268.92] Right?
[4268.96 --> 4270.06] You've got to be sold
[4270.06 --> 4270.86] on the idea
[4270.86 --> 4271.84] that God's glory
[4271.84 --> 4274.48] really is your greatest joy.
[4274.70 --> 4275.76] You've got to buy into
[4275.76 --> 4277.22] that hook, line, and sinker.
[4277.48 --> 4279.56] That Jesus is your all in all.
[4279.80 --> 4281.46] You've got to really believe that.