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[298.56 --> 300.54] can take on the divine nature,
[301.26 --> 302.16] it's like,
[302.40 --> 302.76] okay,
[303.76 --> 306.02] I see who He is,
[306.02 --> 307.66] I want to share in that.
[308.22 --> 311.24] The second thing we looked at last week
[311.24 --> 312.44] in verses 5
[312.44 --> 313.14] is that
[313.14 --> 315.56] it's not going to happen
[315.56 --> 317.72] if we don't intentionally then
[317.72 --> 319.16] pursue the vision.
[320.52 --> 321.42] Catch it,
[322.14 --> 322.90] follow it.
[323.66 --> 324.66] For this reason,
[324.76 --> 325.90] we saw in verse 5,
[326.00 --> 326.48] because,
[326.76 --> 327.30] in other words,
[327.34 --> 328.56] of who Jesus is,
[329.08 --> 330.54] make every effort
[330.54 --> 333.44] to add to this faith vision
[333.44 --> 335.46] the qualities of knowledge,
[335.46 --> 336.42] self-control,
[336.84 --> 337.34] perseverance,
[337.66 --> 338.68] and especially love.
[340.16 --> 340.66] Well,
[341.20 --> 343.36] once we have this vision
[343.36 --> 343.98] and intent,
[344.14 --> 345.50] how do you go about
[345.50 --> 347.06] making it happen?
[347.30 --> 348.40] That's the means.
[349.98 --> 350.68] Well,
[350.76 --> 352.12] we begin to practice
[352.12 --> 353.38] the disciplines,
[354.26 --> 355.20] the habits,
[355.20 --> 358.28] the ways that
[358.28 --> 360.46] open us up
[360.46 --> 361.76] to the Spirit
[361.76 --> 363.14] so that
[363.14 --> 365.34] He's able to shape us
[365.34 --> 367.58] into the image bearers
[367.58 --> 369.16] He created us to be.
[371.22 --> 372.26] One more word
[372.26 --> 373.16] before we get into
[373.16 --> 375.14] the passage about Scripture,
[375.80 --> 376.36] and that is
[376.36 --> 377.30] the bigger subject
[377.30 --> 378.52] of disciplines,
[378.64 --> 379.66] a word about that.
[380.66 --> 381.18] They're really
[381.18 --> 382.78] training exercises
[382.78 --> 383.34] like,
[383.94 --> 384.24] you know,
[384.38 --> 385.60] practicing piano
[385.60 --> 387.16] until you finally get it.
[390.76 --> 391.56] Practicing,
[391.84 --> 392.60] showing up
[392.60 --> 393.26] for
[393.26 --> 395.46] volleyball practices
[395.46 --> 396.94] and doing the drills
[396.94 --> 399.08] until you become
[399.08 --> 399.98] good at it.
[402.42 --> 403.34] Disciplines,
[403.68 --> 404.36] ultimately,
[404.70 --> 405.70] spiritual ones,
[405.82 --> 406.66] are intended
[406.66 --> 407.88] to help us
[407.88 --> 409.94] do the right thing
[409.94 --> 411.78] at the right time,
[412.38 --> 414.76] in the right way,
[415.48 --> 418.00] and in the right spirit,
[418.20 --> 419.36] as someone has said.
[420.28 --> 421.30] They help us
[421.30 --> 422.00] bear fruit
[422.00 --> 424.20] to do all these things
[424.20 --> 425.18] that are involved
[425.18 --> 425.86] with adding
[425.86 --> 427.72] to our faith.
[427.90 --> 428.90] And you know
[428.90 --> 430.16] there's many disciplines,
[431.46 --> 433.06] probably primary among them
[433.06 --> 433.84] are being
[433.84 --> 434.90] solitary
[434.90 --> 435.56] and
[435.56 --> 436.80] silent.
[438.20 --> 439.20] So we're going to look
[439.20 --> 439.82] at Scripture
[439.82 --> 440.76] there's prayer,
[440.98 --> 442.18] there's worship,
[442.66 --> 443.48] there's service,
[443.66 --> 444.34] there's giving,
[445.84 --> 446.96] there's fasting.
[447.24 --> 448.42] There's a wide variety
[448.42 --> 448.82] of them.
[449.78 --> 451.40] But one of the key ones
[451.40 --> 452.46] is reading
[452.46 --> 454.08] Scripture.
[455.26 --> 457.04] And in order for us
[457.04 --> 459.26] to see the importance
[459.26 --> 462.52] of this book,
[462.66 --> 463.62] or I should say