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All right, my Bible in 365. 
Brothers and sisters, we have 

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arrived at the book of Titus. 
I love the book of Titus. 

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And folks, quite Simply put, the
book of Titus is the book of 

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sound doctrine that produces 
godly living. 

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It's an incredible book. 
It's one that I love and we are 

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going to focus on a section of 
chapter 2 and I think you're 

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going to absolutely love it. 
Now, I want to just simply say 

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this. 
If you are interested in 

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listening to or watching my 
complete teaching through the 

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book of Titus, go to 
jamescadice.com. 

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If you want a little bit more 
about the summary of the book, 

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you can go through the many 
iterations and the many 

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generations of these summaries 
that I've done for Bible and 365

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on our Bible and 365 website. 
So let's talk about this because

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this is critically important. 
The central message of Titus is 

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so powerful. 
Look, Paul is writing to Titus. 

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He is the person. 
Titus is the person that he left

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on the island of Crete to 
actually establish order in the 

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churches that are over there and
of course to appoint qualified 

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leaders and and and actually to 
confront the problem of false 

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teaching. 
We have these purposes listed in

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the letter. 
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Titus is actually quite simple. 
What we believe has to be 

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demonstrated by how we live, and
what we believe has to be guided

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by sound doctrine. 
Sound doctrine is not simply 

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something we defend, it's 
something that should transform 

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our lives. 
And this is critically 

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important. 
You know, I can say this with 

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great confidence. 
I can tell you that the 

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principles of sound doctrine is 
what has guided turning point 

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and what continues to guide the 
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Paul here is making this 
powerful connection all 

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throughout the letter. 
He talks about this a lot. 

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Good works. 
They don't save us, OK, but they

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should be the evidence of a life
that has already been saved by 

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the Lord. 
And Titus chapter 2, verses 11 

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through 14 demonstrates this 
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Let me read verse 11 to you. 
It actually says this. 

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It says for the grace of God 
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appeared unto all men. 
Now that speaks bountifully to 

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us. 
Salvation begins with the grace 

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of God, not man's goodness. 
Grace is God's unmerited favor. 

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Yes, people say that all the 
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understand what that means? 
It means that it is something we

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could never earn and certainly 
something we don't deserve. 

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Jesus Christ is the ultimate 
demonstration of that grace. 

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I love my Son. 
I would never sacrifice him for 

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anybody. 
Notice that salvation here is 

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made available unto all men. 
God's offer of salvation is not 

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restricted to a particular 
nationality or a social class or

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elite group or any different 
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The Christian life begins with 
what God has done for us and not

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what we have done for him. 
That's a critically important 

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point to think through. 
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It says teaching us that denying
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we should live soberly. 
I love that word. 

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Live soberly, righteously and 
godly in this present world. 

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Look you guys, God's grace does 
a whole lot more than forgive 

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us. 
It literally transforms us. 

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It chase it changes us. 
Paul says grace teaches us to to

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deny ungodliness and to deny 
worldly lusts. 

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In other words, you guys, grace 
is not permission to continue 

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living in sin like some people 
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Grace gives us a new reason and 
a new ability to absolutely deny

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it, to turn away from it. 
I think people who walk with the

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Lord, the closer they get to 
him, the more they understand 

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this. 
Paul identifies 3 very important

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characteristics of the Christian
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He says Christians live soberly.
We have to exercise cells. 

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I said exercise, we have to 
exercise self-control and sound 

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a judgement. 
That's a critical aspect of what

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we do. 
He also says that Christians 

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need to live righteously and 
living rightly means doing it in

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our dealings with other people, 
doing it as we receive 

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inspiration from the Lord. 
And he also refers to the way 

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that we should live as godly 
godliness, living in a manner 

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that honors God. 
I want you to notice the these 

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words and these worlds are these
words are critical in this 

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present world. 
We're not waiting for a better 

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circumstance before we we start 
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That's the that's the picture 
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That's why in this present world
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God expects us to live 
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middle of a world that is 
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We are to pursue these things. 
We are we are to pursue sober 

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living and and righteous living 
and godly living in this present

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world. 
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grace does for us and this is so
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It teaches us to look for 
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Let me read verse 13 looking for
that blessed hope and the 

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glorious appearing of the great 
God and our Savior of Jesus 

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Christ. 
Now this is one of the most 

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powerful verses in the in the 
entire New Testament, if you ask

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me that that relates to the 
return of Christ. 

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Paul describes the coming of 
Jesus as our literally, it's our

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blessed hope. 
Our hope as Christians is not 

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ever going to be in government 
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achievement. 
None of that stuff, not even 

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stability in this world. 
We find it in Christ. 

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Or does that mean that we're not
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things? 
God forbid. 

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Our hope is in Jesus Christ and 
literally his promised return. 

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Look, I want you to notice 
something and it's very, very, 

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very important. 
Paul connects godly living with 

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looking for Jesus. 
If you're looking for Jesus, 

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you're going to live godly. 
Why? 

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Because the expectation of his 
return should change the way 

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that we Live Today. 
It should cause us to walk in 

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purity. 
We're not called to predict 

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dates. 
We're not even called to, to, 

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to, to speculate. 
But we are called to live in 

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anticipation, to live in 
readiness. 

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That's what the word looking 
means, it it carries the idea of

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eager expectation. 
I think the person who genuinely

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expects Jesus to return at any 
moment is going to be motivated 

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to live for him right now, in 
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Paul also refers to Jesus as the
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It's a very powerful affirmation
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The other thing that grace 
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to live with a new purpose. 
Look at what he says in verse 

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14, referring to Christ, who 
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might redeem us from all 
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a peculiar people, zealous of 
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I love that phrase, A peculiar 
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Look, Christ didn't die simply 
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sin. 
He also died to redeem us from 

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the power and the practice of 
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The word redeem refers to being 
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slavery, out of bondage, through
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And that price was the blood of 
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It was the blood of Jesus. 
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Jesus is purifying a peculiar 
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I'm sorry, that's just exciting 
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Certainly doesn't mean that 
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stranger eccentric. 
That's not what it's talking 

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about. 
It means that we are a people 

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who belong especially to God, 
God himself. 

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We are his own treasured 
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That's what it means. 
I want you to notice the phrase 

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zealous of good works. 
We're not saved by good works, 

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but we are saved unto good 
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Genuine salvation produces A 
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the Lord. 
It's that simple. 

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If our faith never affects the 
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seriously examine what we 
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Because I can tell you this, 
we're not believing in anything 

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that actually moves the needle. 
That goes back to the message of

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Titus. 
Truth is a literally about the 

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relationship between sound 
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You notice I said literally a 
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I don't know why, but let's look
at the chapters for a second. 

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Chapter 1 emphasizes to us the 
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and sound teaching. 
Chapter 2 demonstrates how that 

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teaching should transform our 
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And chapter 3 is a reminder. 
It reminds us that salvation is 

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entirely the result of God's 
mercy, not our own 

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righteousness. 
Look at how He sums it up in 

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chapter 3, verse 5. 
Not by works of righteousness 

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which you have done, which he 
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Sorry, I said He, but according 
to His mercy, He saved us by the

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washing of regeneration and 
renewing of the Holy Ghost. 

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Listen, we are saved by grace. 
We're transformed by grace. 

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We're instructed by grace to 
live in expectation of the 

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return of Jesus Christ. 
All of the apostles knew this, 

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by the way, all of us, all of 
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I said to us, I'm not an 
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Our good works do not produce 
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They are the fruit of it. 
The message of Titus is not 

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complicated, but it's incredibly
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We've been saved by the grace of
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We're called to live for the 
glory of God and we are 

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commanded to look for the return
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That is the Christian life. 
That is the message of Titus. 

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It's a powerful one. 
Embrace it. 

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Why is God is working in you and
He's working through you and for

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each and every single one of 
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The best is yet to come. 
I'm excited, by the way, 

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Speaking of excited, I'm excited
about the things that are coming

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up in the near future. 
Our next Q&A is going to be 

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awesome. 
Amfest is going to be 

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incredible. 
I'm looking forward to that. 

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I'm going to be there with you 
guys. 

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I'm looking forward to all that 
God is doing because he's God 

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and he's given us a much better 
life and to live is Christ. 

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We get to experience it all and 
to die truly is gain. 

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I love you guys. 
God bless you and as I tell you 

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every single day, get out there 
and fight the good fight.