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Today we begin a brand new series that we've
entitled Spiritual Growth. Spiritual Growth.
How do you determine that? we're going to look
at those, everything surrounding spiritual growth.
1 Corinthians 2 .14 says this, The natural man
does not receive the things of the Spirit of
God, for they are foolishness to him. Everybody
say natural man. The natural man does not receive
the things of the Spirit of God, for they are
foolishness to him. nor can he know them because
they are spiritually discerned. Can't know them
because they're spiritually discerned. 1 Corinthians
3, 1 through 3. This is Paul speaking to believers
in Corinth. He says, And I, brethren, could not
speak to you as spiritual people. but as to carnal,
as to babes in Christ. I fed you with milk and
not with solid food, for until now you were not
able to receive it, and even now you are still
not able. For you are still carnal. For where
there are envy, strife, and divisions among you,
are you not carnal and behaving like mere men?
So in this text, we find three different types
of people, right? Have you figured that out?
The first one is natural, a natural man or woman.
Everybody say natural. And then we have carnal.
Everybody say carnal. And then we have spiritual.
Everybody say spiritual. So, we're going to talk
about that. How does that happen? What do these
headings or labels, what are we describing by
that? According to the Word of God, a natural
person is a person who is unrenewed, a person
who is not born again, a person who is not a
Christian. One who is unrenewed and is led by
their sensual nature. Because a person without
Christ lives by, the only thing they have to
live by, is what feels good or what seems right
in their own eyes. Okay? Everybody's a natural
person. And then we talk about carnal people
because... Paul is talking to believers in Corinth
and he's calling them carnal. So a carnal person
is a Christian who lives according to their flesh.
We could call this an immature Christian who
lives on a childhood level. Remember he said,
I wanted to give you some meat, but all you can
take is milk. And sometimes you throw that back
up. If anybody's had a baby, they know what I'm
talking about. An immaterial Christian who lives
on a childhood level, lives their whole life
on a childhood level, because they refuse, they
will not feed on the Word of God and grow. Everybody
say carnal. Then we have a spiritual person.
A spiritual person is a Christian. who is led
by the Holy Spirit of God through the Word of
God. This is a Christian who is always growing.
Look at the person beside you and say, I haven't
arrived. I haven't arrived. So it's a person
who's always growing, regularly receives the
Word of God, and walks with the Spirit, walks
in the Spirit. That's a spiritual. Now, where
does this spiritual growth occur? The difference
between a carnal Christian and a spiritual Christian,
where's the difference happening at? Well, we've
talked about this before, but the Bible says
in 1 Thessalonians 5 .23, Now may the God of
peace make you holy in every way. May the God
of peace basically set you apart. That's what
the word holy means. It means set apart. Make
you holy in every way. And may your whole spirit
and soul and body be kept blameless until our
Lord Jesus Christ comes again. So here we find
in this verse and other verses, we find that...
Humans are three -part beings. We're three -part
beings. Where it says, may your whole spirit
and soul and body. So there's a separation in
who we are. So man is a three -part being. We
are a spirit. We're created in the image of God,
and God is spirit. It's what the Bible tells
us. Everybody say, I am a spirit. That's who
we are. That's our being. We are spirit beings.
Right? So we are spirits. We have a soul. And
we live in a body. One day this earth suit is
going to lay down, but that doesn't mean that
that's the end of you. You are a spirit being.
People are spirit beings. Spirit beings do not
cease to exist. Are you with me? They continue
living past the time when they lay down this
earth suit. Who you are continues. Okay? So,
we are spirits, we have souls, and we live in
a body. Now, our spirit comes alive at salvation,
comes alive unto God at salvation. When our spirit
is united with Christ. Everybody say, in Christ.
This takes place at salvation. We are born again.
We were spirit beings, but now we're born again
because we're alive unto God. Our spirit becomes
alive at salvation. Our spirit is united with
Christ. Our spirit is right with God. Our spirit
is righteous. Here's the deal. You will never
be any more right with God than you are right
now if you are in Christ. You are the righteousness
of God in Christ Jesus. In Christ. His righteousness
is your righteousness. You don't stand before
God based on your ability to perform anymore.
You're clothed in His righteousness. So, in Christ,
you are righteous. And you are complete. You
have... Everything that is available in Christ
becomes available to you at salvation. Now, it
may not be manifest in your life if you don't
know what that is. Because you don't know to
walk in it if you don't know what it is. Are
you with me? Now, your soul. You are a spirit.
You have a soul. What is your soul comprised
of? It's comprised of your mind, your will, and
your emotions. So let's break it down. Your mind
is your thought life. Everybody say thought life.
Your will is your desires. And your emotions
are your feelings. Okay? So all that together,
those three things together, encompass your soul.
So you are a spirit, but you have a soul. Now,
you completely, before you came to Christ, you
completely operated in this world from the soulish
realm. Your mind, your will, and your emotions.
Your thought life, your desires, your feelings.
Becoming a spiritual person is when your spirit
and the things that are available to your spirit
begin to dominate your spirit. Who you are begins
to dominate your soul. Begins to have priority
in your soul, in your mind, in your thought life,
in your will, in your desires, in your emotions,
in your feelings. The difference between a carnal
and a spiritual person is this, spiritual growth
of the soul. That's the difference. I mean, those
carnal believers in Corinth, those baby believers
in Corinth, they were Christians. They were clothed
in the righteousness of Jesus. but they were
still mainly living out of their soul instead
of living as spirit beings. So the difference
between carnal and spiritual is spiritual growth
of the soul or the lack of spiritual growth of
the soul. Unlike physical growth, Spiritual growth
does not happen automatically over time. Physical
growth does, right? A baby doesn't stay a baby.
It grows up. We continue to grow. Physically,
it just happens. Unless there's some major problem
genetically or something like that. I mean, physical
growth just happens over time. Spiritual growth
does not just happen over time. Spiritual growth
does not come by doing time in church. I've been
a Christian for 40 years. Well, you can still
be a baby. I've been a Christian for 20 years,
30 years. Well, you can still be a spiritual
teenager. I've met some spiritual teenagers in
their 80s before. You know what a spiritual teenager
is, don't you? If you remember what you were
when you were a teenager, all of a sudden you
came to a point where you thought you knew everything
about everything and your parents didn't really
know a whole lot. You knew a whole lot more than
they knew. Right? Anybody with me? Anybody know
what I'm talking about? And the older you get,
the more you look back and you say, well, my
parents knew a lot more than I thought they knew.
Right? So spiritual growth does not happen automatically.
How is spiritual growth measured? How is spiritual
growth measured? Is it measured in your knowledge?
Is it measured in your knowledge? Could we go
up and down each aisle with a microphone and
ask you how many Bible verses you know and get
you to start repeating your memorized Bible verses
and the person who spit out the most Bible verses
would be the most spiritual one? Is that the
way it works? By knowledge? Does it work by church
attendance? No. That's not how you measure spiritual
growth. Luke 6 verses 43 and 44 says this. For
a good tree does not bear bad fruit. Nor does
a bad tree bear good fruit. For every tree is
known by its fruit. How many of you know Jesus
wasn't just talking about fruit trees? He's not
giving us an agricultural lesson right here.
He's talking about people. He's talking about
people. And we can look at the fruit of a person's
life and see whether that person is spiritual
or carnal by looking at the fruit they produce.
Spiritual growth is measured by spiritual fruit.
And none of us have arrived. So if we're going
to measure our spiritual growth, we're going
to measure it by how much is our spiritual fruit
increasing? Is it continually increasing? Is
it always evident in our lives? Everybody say
spiritual fruit. Matthew 7, 3 through 5 says
this. Why worry about a speck in your friend's
eye when you have a log in your own? How can
you think of saying to your friend, let me help
you get rid of that speck in your eye when you
can't see past the log in your own eye? Hypocrite?
Play actor? We had this in our Bible study this
week. Play actor? saying one thing and living
a different way? That's what that word hypocrite
means in the Greek. It's like you've seen the
masks, the drama masks, right? One of them's
smiling, one of them looks like he's crying.
Well, back in these days, they would have plays
and they would have one person would play three
or four different characters and they'd just
put on a different mask. Sometimes they even
talked to themselves back and forth by putting
on a different mask. So you say one thing, or
you are one thing, but you're acting like something
else. First, get rid of the log in your own eye.
Then you will see well enough to deal with the
speck in your friend's eye. Now, this series
on spiritual growth, you may have been thinking,
well, I'm going to be able to tell how spiritual
my neighbor is. I'm going to be able to tell
how spiritual my spouse is. I'm going to be able
to tell how spiritual my dad is or my kids are.
But that's not what's happening. This whole series
on spiritual growth is a series in self -examination.
Because we're all a work in progress. We're all
a work in progress. And it's good to know...
where we are. I'm going to say that again. It's
good to know where we are. Because if I'm being
real honest with you, most of the time, I think
that I'm more spiritual than I actually am. I
know you never deal with that. You're always
way more spiritual than you think you are. But
most of the time when we look at ourselves, you
know, we think that we're doing pretty good.
Especially if we're coming to church on Sunday
morning, we think we're doing pretty good, right?
We're all a work in progress. Everybody say spiritual
fruit. Galatians 5 .22. If you spend any time
in church or going to vacation Bible school or
anything like that, you've heard these verses
before. Galatians 5 .22, but the fruit of the
Spirit, everybody say spiritual fruit. The fruit
of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering,
kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness,
and self -control. That's spiritual fruit. And
spiritual maturity or spiritual growth is evidenced
in the spiritual fruit. Let's talk about the
first one. Fruit of the Spirit is love. Everybody
say love. The love that the Spirit produces.
The Greek word is agape. Everybody say agape.
Now, in your New Testament, the word love is
there several times in several different ways.
Okay? There's also a Greek word phileo, which
is translated love. So you need to know which
one it is. And that's easy to find out. It used
to be a big, strong concordance. Now you can
find that on your phone. Just look up interlinear
on the verse that you want to look at the word.
And look at those words. But the fruit of the
Spirit is not phileo. It's not brotherly love,
where Philadelphia got its name from. It's not
brotherly love. It's agape. And this is a definition
every time you see. When you read the verse,
God is love. It's saying God is agape. God is
love. God is also good. That's just who He is.
He's love and He's good. He does a lot of other
things, but He is love and He is good. See, if
you ever have an interpretation that doesn't
take you in that direction, you're taking the
wrong interpretation. Because God is love and
God is good. The love that the Spirit produces
in you and me, because the Holy Spirit moves
in, He takes up residence in us when we move
from being in sin to in Christ. He comes to live
in us. And the love that He produces is agape.
Here's the definition, threefold. Affection.
Everybody say affection. That means you like
the person. You like people. If you're in love,
if you're demonstrating love and growing in love,
the more you grow, the more you're going to like
people. How many of you have said, well, I love
you, but I don't like you right now. Anybody
ever said that? Anybody ever heard that? I've
said it a few times. Probably shouldn't have.
Because that meant I was not agape -ing. Because
you can't say, I love you, but I don't like you.
That's not agape. So affection is liking. Benevolence.
That means you care. Everybody say care. And
then it means love feast. Love feast. Herb likes
to eat. He's saying glory back there. Anyway.
Everybody say fellowship. That's how we break
it down. The love of God, who God is, He don't
just say He loves you, He likes you. He always
likes you. Agape is being concerned and acting
towards other people's well -being. It means
fellowship. It means... Having life together.
It means worshiping together. Communion together.
Love feast. The big picture is our life groups.
You know, we don't eat every Sunday. We eat every
once in a while, but when we have life group,
we have food and fellowship and we're together
and we look at the Word of God together. That's
in... That's a demonstration of love when we
gather together like that. And that's the love
that the Spirit produces. That's the love that
God has toward you and for you and for us. Let's
take a look at some verses. Romans 5 .5. You
better write these down fast because I'm not
going to spend a whole lot of time on them. Romans
5 .5. Now, hope does not disappoint. Our confident
expectation does not disappoint because the love
of God has been poured out in our hearts by the
Holy Spirit who was given to us. God's love has
been poured out in your heart by the Holy Spirit.
And you might say, well, I don't feel it. That's
because you're focused on everything else. That's
because you're concerned about everything else.
If you don't feel the love of God, then your
concerns are in the wrong place. Your focus is
in the wrong place. The Ephesians 3 prayer, during
our last series, the door, talking about our
mind being the door, The power of God to flow
through. Ephesians 3 prayer talks about love.
Start in verse 17. That Christ may dwell in your
hearts through faith. That you being rooted and
grounded in love. We're supposed to be rooted
and grounded in agape. What does rooted and grounded
mean? If you're rooted and grounded, you're growing,
but you're also stable. Roots stabilize the plants
and draw nourishment. We're supposed to be rooted
and grounded in love, in God's love. And Paul
prays that we may be able to comprehend with
all the saints, What is the width, the length,
the depth, and the height of God's love? To know
the love of Christ. It says, which passes knowledge.
So what does that tell us? It's always bigger.
We get a handle on it. We know it. But there's
always more. There's always more. It's always
bigger than our minds can comprehend. The love
of God for us. To know the love of Christ which
passes knowledge that you may be filled with
all the fullness of God. The more you're filled
with the fullness of God, the more you're filled
with love because God is love. 1 John 4, 11.
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to
love one another. So when we receive His love,
It's not just for us. It's supposed to be in
us and working through us to display God's love.
God wants to display His love through you. So
how can we grow in love? How's that fruit going
to grow? How's it going to mature? How's it going
to be evident? Ephesians 5, 1 and 2 says this,
Therefore be imitators of God. as dear children.
Be imitators of God as dear children. Did any
of you ever get, when you were little, did you
get in your parents' shoes? They're way too big
for you. But you put your feet in their shoes
and try to walk in their shoes. Because you want
to be like them. You want to grow up. You want
to, you know. I remember having my dad's, shoes
on, trying to hold them on, keep them from falling
off because my foot was so short in my dad's
big shoe. But I wanted to be like him. I wanted
to be like him. And we need to want to be like
God. Listen, the more time you spend with someone,
the more you're going to, talk like them, and
act like them. Is that right? Now, it's easier
for us to see that in other people than it is
for us to see in ourselves. But the more time
you spend, the more you look alike. The more
you start to think alike. The more you start
to talk alike. The more you start to act alike.
Ephesians 5, 1 and 2. Or verse 2. And walk in
love. Everybody say walk in love. Everybody say
imitate God. Everybody say walk in love. That's
how we live our lives. This doesn't say if you
feel like it. It's kind of a command. Walk in
love. We're supposed to walk in love. As Christ
also has loved us, we're supposed to walk in
love just like Christ walks in love towards us.
And He gave Himself for us, an offering and a
sacrifice to God for a sweet -smelling aroma.
Everybody say, walk in love. Colossians 3 .14
But above all these things, put on love. Which
is the bond of perfection. Everybody say, put
on love. So we imitate God. Right? We imitate
God. We walk in love. And we put on love. So
every day before you face the world, you need
to consciously put on love like you put on your
clothes. Intentionally. Consciously. Stand in
front of the mirror and say, I put on the love
of God. I know I'm going to face some challenges
today to walk in love. Hello? Do we have some
challenges to walk in love every once in a while?
Anybody? I know I'm going to face some challenges
for me walking in love, so I'm putting on the
love of God. I'm putting on agape. If we started
our lives like that, how big of a difference
would it make when those challenges come? Above
all these things, put on love. And then back
to our first, Galatians 5, 22 and 23. The fruit
of the Spirit is love. So how are we going to
put it on? We've got to be connected to the Holy
Spirit of God. We have to acknowledge Him. We
have to walk in Him and walk with Him. For the
love of God to grow, to be increasingly growing
in our lives. It's the fruit of the Spirit. It's
spiritual fruit. The work in us is going to come
through Him. Now, who am I supposed to love like
that? Who am I supposed to like? Who am I supposed
to be? Concerned about their well -being. Who
am I supposed to want to fellowship with? 1 Peter
1 .22 Since you have purified your souls and
obeyed the truth through the Spirit in sincere
love of the brethren, love one another fervently
with a pure heart. The right motivation. A pure
heart. Because some people try to use love to
manipulate. Has anybody ever been manipulated
by someone using the concept of love? They've
used it to manipulate you. But this is saying,
look, now that you've been purified and obeying
the truth through the Spirit, in sincere love
of the brethren, love one another. So I want
you to take a look to your right. Take a look
to your left. Take a look in front of you. Take
a look behind you. Whether today's your first
time here or not, the Bible is telling you that
you're supposed to love the brother. Whether
you've been here a long time and like to pick
on each other or not, I saw y 'all picking during
that. You're supposed to love the brethren. Love
other believers. That's why it's so terrible
when there's division and fighting and strife
in churches. Because the love of God is not there.
They're being carnal. In carnal. I knew a church
in Seneca, South Carolina. They had to call multiple
ambulances and the police after a business meeting.
Took people to the hospital. All in the name
of church. Just people mad, divisive, fighting,
hate. Paul called out those people in Corinth.
He said, you're just carnal. Nothing spiritual
about that when there's division and strife in
a church. Nothing spiritual at all. 1 John 4,
7. Dear friends, let us continue to love one
another, for love comes from God. So we love
each other. We love each other. John 13, 34.
Just as I have loved you, Jesus says, you should
love each other. Just like the way I love you,
you should love each other. Your love for one
another will prove to the world that you are
my disciples. So if we're not walking in love,
we're not acting like Jesus' disciples. We're
not demonstrating to the world that we are Christ's
followers if we're not walking in love. Am I
supposed to love anyone else like that? I mean,
we talked about loving people, brothers and sisters
in Christ and showing the love of Christ in a
local body. Am I supposed to love anyone else
like that? I'm glad you asked. This is where
it gets serious, right? Matthew 5, 43. Jesus
said, you've heard the law. That says love your
neighbor. And hate your enemy. But I say. Love
your enemies. Pray for those who persecute you.
In that way. You will be acting as true children.
Of your father in heaven. Everybody say spiritual
fruit. I mean, it's kind of easy to love your
neighbor and hate your enemy, right? But Jesus
says love your enemies. Those people that don't
act right. Those people that don't do right.
Those people that crawl under your skin. You
know what I'm talking about? Jesus said love
your enemies. Pray for those who persecute you.
And that way, you'll be acting like a real Christian.
Luke 10, verse 25. One day, an expert in religious
law stood up to test Jesus by asking him this
question. Teacher, what should I do to inherit
eternal life? Jesus replied, what does the law
of Moses say? Everybody say 10 commandments.
What does the law of Moses say? How do you read
it? How do you interpret it? How do you understand
it? The man answered. You must love the Lord
your God with all your heart, all your soul,
and all your strength, and all your mind. And
love your neighbor as yourself. Right, Jesus
told him. Because Ten Commandments is summed
up in love, right? Part of it talks about loving
God. And the rest of it talks about loving other
people correctly. Right, Jesus told him. Do this
and you will live. The man wanted to justify
his actions. So he asked Jesus. You know, I got
that down, but who is my neighbor? Who is my
neighbor? Is that my friend? Is that the person
that I enjoy being around? Come on now, don't
check out. Jesus replied with a story. A Jewish
man was traveling from Jerusalem to Jericho,
and he was attacked by bandits. They stripped
him of his clothes, beat him up, left him half
dead. I don't know how you get half dead, but
they left him. They left him half dead beside
the road. By chance, a priest came along. When
he saw the man lying there, he crossed to the
other side of the road and passed him by. A temple
assistant walked over and looked at him lying
there, but he also passed by on the other side.
Then... A despised Samaritan. Everybody say despised.
A despised Samaritan came along. And when he
saw the man, he felt compassion for him. Going
over to him, the Samaritan soothed his wounds
with olive oil and wine and bandaged them. Then
he put the man on his own donkey and took him
to an inn where he took care of him. The next
day, he handed the innkeeper two silver coins,
telling him, take care of this man. If his bill
runs higher than this, I'll pay you next time
I'm here. And then Jesus looked at this Pharisee
and said, now, which one of these three would
you say was a neighbor to the man who was attacked
by bandits? Which one was the neighbor? The man
replied, the one who showed him mercy. Then Jesus
says, yes, now go and do that. Go and do the
same. Go and do that. Be that person. Be that
person. You don't really get the full impact
of this story without knowing something. Most
religious leaders, most Pharisees in this day
hated Samaritans. The Jews hated the Samaritans.
Hated them. If people talked to God every day,
most of them would have in their prayer in the
morning, they would say, God... Let me have a
good day today by not even seeing one of those
dog Samaritans. That's how bad it was. And now
Jesus is talking to a Jew. And then he gives
him, he says, who's my neighbor? And where does
Jesus go? Because this guy that he's talking
to hates Samaritans. He's all happy about all
the religious people and the Pharisees and the
religious leaders, and Jesus shows that those
people weren't walking in God's love. But this
despised Samaritan was walking in agape. Here's
your example. And boy, did this guy have to swallow
real big before he said, I guess the neighbor's
the one that showed mercy. Because he was just
wound up in that. I mean, that was their culture.
Jews hated Samaritans. I'm just going to remind
us. No matter who we are or where we're from
or how we were brought up, all of us are conditioned
by society to have prejudices in one way or another.
All of us. None of us are immune to that. None
of us. Some of you are looking at me real holy
right now, but I'm saying none of us. None of
us are completely immune to this. Some prejudices
cause you to think and act like you're superior
to other people. You're better than other people.
Some prejudices cause you to hate other people.
So some prejudices make you look down on other
people. Other prejudices make you hate other
people and despise other people. Sometimes they
do both. It can be over gender. It can be over
status. It can be over belief. You know, religious
belief, political belief. Can anybody see that
there's a lot of prejudice in politics? I don't
preach politics. I don't say people's... I don't
even care what side you're on. But on both sides,
there's a whole lot of hate. A whole lot of hate.
Division. Stirring. All the time stirring. Race.
Being stirred up. I mean, it's okay to talk about
these things in church, right? It's okay to talk
about it. As far as God's concerned, there's
only one race. Humanity is one race. According
to the world, there are multiple races, but according
to the Bible, there's only one race. 1 Corinthians
16, 14. Here's what it boils down to. Let all
that you do. Somebody say everything. Let all
that you do. Be done with love. Agape. Every
time, every verse that I've used the word love,
none of them were phileo. Every single one of
them were agape. We like. We don't say we love
you, but we don't like you right now because
then we've stepped out of agape. We're concerned
about the well -being of others. Not just a mental
concern, but a willingness to act. We want to
share life with other people. Now, some people
will refuse, obviously. Some people refuse to
share life and fellowship with you. And some
people would refuse to worship with us. But as
far as we're concerned, We walk in low. We walk
in low. And in this series, we're taking a measure
for our personal benefit. Remember, not for your
spouse, your kids, your parents, your, you know.
We're taking a look on the inside. Personal measurement.
Personal fruit inspection. The measure of your
love for others. The measure that it is increasing
or not. The measure that it is evidenced in your
life on a daily basis or not. That's a good measure
of your spiritual growth. and the level of your
spiritual maturity. So, how many of you would
say, well, I can see that God is working. Come
on. I can see that God is working. I can see
that God is talking to me right now, telling
me that I could be... More walking in love and
more putting on love. I've got some growth that
needs to take place. Anybody? I hope nobody in
the room says, I'm arrived at love, man. I'm
a love person. I just exude the love of God 24
-7. That should be where we're headed. That should
be the goal. That we'll never be as developed
in the love of God as God is fully developed
in His love. We need to be moving forward. Because
ultimately, when your co -workers look at you,
when your neighbors look at you, when your family
looks at you, And some of us have people that,
you know, they know that we're Christians, but
they're not Christians. And they know that we
go to church, but they don't go to church. But
they're watching. Always watching. Those co -workers
are always watching. Gayna has heard two co -workers
talking about another co -worker that was always
talking about Jesus and church, and she heard
them talking about that other co -worker and
said, and she says it, she's a Christian. And
these are people who aren't Christians, but they're
looking at the life of this other co -worker
and saying, she ain't much of a Christian if
she's a Christian. Hello? The Bible says that
the world will know, our neighbors will know,
our family will know that we are Christians,
Christ followers, by our love. By our love. Let's
pray together. God, I thank you for today. I
thank you for your word. I pray that it will
be planted in our hearts. God, we know that your
word does not bring condemnation. By Your Spirit
speaking Your Word to us and bringing Your Word
to us, You're just calling us up higher from
where we are. You're not beating us down. So
I thank You for that. Thank You for loving us
in such a way that You do want to call us up
higher and You do want the fruit, the spiritual
fruit that You give us to increase in us. You
want to work with us and cooperate with us in
that. So we yield to you. We yield to your truth.
We yield to your word. May it be planted in our
hearts and produce an overflowing harvest of
love. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen. This online
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