WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:15.240 Romans chapter 8 verse 1 to 17 00:00:15.240 --> 00:00:20.559 Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, 00:00:20.839 --> 00:00:26.460 because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. 00:00:26.460 --> 00:00:31.940 For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, 00:00:32.679 --> 00:00:36.640 God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering. 00:00:38.100 --> 00:00:45.659 And so he condemned sin in sinful man in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us, 00:00:46.400 --> 00:00:49.760 who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit. 00:00:49.759 --> 00:00:56.699 Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires, 00:00:56.939 --> 00:01:02.500 but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. 00:01:03.439 --> 00:01:08.979 The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace. 00:01:09.379 --> 00:01:11.000 The sinful mind is hostile to God. 00:01:12.140 --> 00:01:15.579 It does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so. 00:01:15.579 --> 00:01:19.599 Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God. 00:01:21.280 --> 00:01:24.840 You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature, but by the Spirit. 00:01:25.599 --> 00:01:27.219 If the Spirit of God lives in you, 00:01:28.000 --> 00:01:32.259 and if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. 00:01:33.180 --> 00:01:36.259 But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, 00:01:36.739 --> 00:01:38.700 yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness. 00:01:38.700 --> 00:01:43.799 And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, 00:01:44.340 --> 00:01:50.219 he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who lives in you. 00:01:51.600 --> 00:01:53.760 Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation, 00:01:54.579 --> 00:01:58.300 but it is not to the sinful nature to live according to it. 00:01:58.299 --> 00:02:01.739 For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die. 00:02:02.599 --> 00:02:06.200 But if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, 00:02:06.479 --> 00:02:07.299 you will live, 00:02:07.719 --> 00:02:11.340 because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. 00:02:12.960 --> 00:02:16.400 For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, 00:02:17.120 --> 00:02:19.199 but you received the Spirit of sonship, 00:02:19.579 --> 00:02:21.419 and by him we cry, Abba, Father. 00:02:22.419 --> 00:02:27.139 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. 00:02:27.139 --> 00:02:32.339 Now if we are children, then we are heirs, 00:02:32.839 --> 00:02:34.859 heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, 00:02:35.459 --> 00:02:37.399 if indeed we share in his sufferings, 00:02:37.559 --> 00:02:39.579 in order that we may also share in his glory. 00:02:45.779 --> 00:02:47.060 Thanks very much, Joe. 00:02:53.139 --> 00:02:54.139 Sorry, there's notes. 00:02:54.779 --> 00:02:56.179 If anybody would like to take notes, 00:02:56.180 --> 00:02:58.080 there's pens and a sheet there, 00:02:58.159 --> 00:02:59.240 just put up your hands, 00:02:59.700 --> 00:03:01.200 and they will be passed to you. 00:03:01.200 --> 00:03:01.260 Thank you. 00:03:01.260 --> 00:03:01.319 Thank you. 00:03:01.319 --> 00:03:01.360 Thank you. 00:03:26.180 --> 00:03:46.200 So we're looking at supernatural people, 00:03:46.200 --> 00:03:51.120 how the gospel works in us. 00:03:51.120 --> 00:03:55.700 Well, there's a real fascination with the supernatural. 00:03:56.580 --> 00:03:58.620 For years, people have explored, 00:03:58.860 --> 00:04:01.780 and they've tried to understand the strange happenings 00:04:01.780 --> 00:04:06.020 that science and natural laws of physics can't explain. 00:04:06.900 --> 00:04:09.599 Everything from books to documentaries 00:04:09.599 --> 00:04:13.599 have tried to portray what they understand to be the supernatural. 00:04:13.599 --> 00:04:16.620 So what is the supernatural? 00:04:16.620 --> 00:04:20.659 Well, for many, it's something dark and sinister 00:04:20.659 --> 00:04:24.259 and associated more with the occult, 00:04:24.879 --> 00:04:29.060 such as the cult series on TV called Supernatural, 00:04:29.620 --> 00:04:32.259 which is all about two brothers fighting demons 00:04:32.259 --> 00:04:33.939 and the devil himself. 00:04:33.939 --> 00:04:39.639 Now, why we don't deny the reality of demons and the devil, 00:04:40.279 --> 00:04:41.980 for our purposes this morning, 00:04:42.680 --> 00:04:44.100 the supernatural is this, 00:04:44.180 --> 00:04:46.959 and I've got it up on the overhead, the screen. 00:04:48.100 --> 00:04:51.240 A supernatural act is a God intervention 00:04:51.240 --> 00:04:57.899 which is not explicable by natural or scientific laws. 00:04:57.899 --> 00:05:03.739 And that simply means that everyone who is a Christian 00:05:03.739 --> 00:05:07.719 is a supernatural person. 00:05:09.299 --> 00:05:12.539 Go back to chapter 7, verse 6. 00:05:12.540 --> 00:05:21.620 But now, by dying to what once bound us, 00:05:22.060 --> 00:05:24.580 we have been released from the law 00:05:24.580 --> 00:05:29.360 so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit 00:05:29.360 --> 00:05:33.720 and not in the old way of the written code. 00:05:34.879 --> 00:05:36.600 Chapter 8, verse 9. 00:05:36.600 --> 00:05:43.340 You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature, 00:05:43.980 --> 00:05:45.720 but by the Spirit. 00:05:47.080 --> 00:05:48.580 You see, if we are Christians, 00:05:48.800 --> 00:05:50.480 if we're followers of the Lord Jesus, 00:05:51.020 --> 00:05:55.000 God has intervened into our lives by His Holy Spirit, 00:05:55.939 --> 00:05:58.960 enabling us to live a new kind of life 00:05:58.960 --> 00:06:02.840 that we naturally can't do ourselves. 00:06:02.839 --> 00:06:07.060 It is nothing less than a miracle. 00:06:08.399 --> 00:06:10.560 And having spent chapters 6 and 7 00:06:10.560 --> 00:06:13.359 explaining our ongoing battle with sin 00:06:13.359 --> 00:06:15.899 and our failure to keep all the laws 00:06:15.899 --> 00:06:18.060 and all the rules to make us better people, 00:06:19.019 --> 00:06:20.939 chapter 8 is this intervention 00:06:20.939 --> 00:06:25.039 to introduce us to the supernatural life 00:06:25.039 --> 00:06:29.339 that enables us to live God's way. 00:06:29.339 --> 00:06:34.099 Now, this life, this supernatural life, 00:06:34.379 --> 00:06:36.679 is only possible by the Holy Spirit. 00:06:37.560 --> 00:06:40.679 Now, before we get into this chapter in more detail, 00:06:41.259 --> 00:06:45.079 we must understand who and what the Holy Spirit does 00:06:45.079 --> 00:06:47.199 because there's a lot of talk about the Holy Spirit 00:06:47.199 --> 00:06:48.439 and there's a lot of confusion. 00:06:49.299 --> 00:06:51.919 And while Romans 8 doesn't give us all the answers, 00:06:52.479 --> 00:06:55.379 it does give us some very important foundations. 00:06:55.379 --> 00:06:58.219 So, three things about the Spirit 00:06:58.219 --> 00:07:00.800 before we get stuck into the passage. 00:07:00.980 --> 00:07:03.920 First, the Spirit is not a thing or an it. 00:07:04.639 --> 00:07:07.159 The Holy Spirit is a person, 00:07:07.920 --> 00:07:09.800 the person of Christ. 00:07:10.100 --> 00:07:11.060 Look at verse 9. 00:07:11.060 --> 00:07:17.379 You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature, 00:07:17.540 --> 00:07:18.420 but by the Spirit, 00:07:18.540 --> 00:07:21.100 if the Spirit of God lives in you. 00:07:21.780 --> 00:07:24.620 And if anyone doesn't have the Spirit of Christ, 00:07:25.139 --> 00:07:26.920 he doesn't belong to Christ. 00:07:28.139 --> 00:07:33.319 So, the Spirit of God is the Spirit of Christ. 00:07:33.319 --> 00:07:37.860 He is not some unidentified mystery or force. 00:07:37.860 --> 00:07:42.280 He is the person of Christ in Spirit. 00:07:44.199 --> 00:07:47.699 Second, the Spirit is not a roaming power 00:07:47.699 --> 00:07:51.280 that we have to somehow try and capture in a jar 00:07:51.280 --> 00:07:53.040 and bring it home with us. 00:07:53.699 --> 00:07:56.480 The Holy Spirit is present. 00:07:57.759 --> 00:07:58.819 Look at verse 10. 00:08:01.379 --> 00:08:04.920 If Christ is in you, 00:08:04.920 --> 00:08:07.400 and verse 11. 00:08:08.699 --> 00:08:12.480 And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead 00:08:12.480 --> 00:08:15.319 is living in you, 00:08:16.400 --> 00:08:17.819 the Spirit is in you. 00:08:18.259 --> 00:08:20.140 In fact, it's stronger than that. 00:08:20.200 --> 00:08:21.540 He lives in you. 00:08:22.280 --> 00:08:23.920 And when we believe Christ, 00:08:23.980 --> 00:08:25.060 when we trust Christ, 00:08:25.139 --> 00:08:27.540 he takes up residence in our life. 00:08:27.540 --> 00:08:30.900 Our life becomes home to the Holy Spirit. 00:08:31.100 --> 00:08:32.080 So, he is personal. 00:08:32.600 --> 00:08:33.480 He is present. 00:08:33.480 --> 00:08:34.980 And then third, 00:08:35.100 --> 00:08:37.800 the Spirit is not just an emotional feeling 00:08:37.800 --> 00:08:39.700 to help us along every day. 00:08:39.860 --> 00:08:41.980 The Holy Spirit is a power. 00:08:42.940 --> 00:08:43.800 Verse 11. 00:08:44.800 --> 00:08:47.840 If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead 00:08:47.840 --> 00:08:48.840 is living in you, 00:08:49.379 --> 00:08:51.800 he who raised Christ from the dead 00:08:51.800 --> 00:08:55.200 will also give life to your mortal bodies 00:08:55.200 --> 00:08:58.220 through his Spirit who lives in you. 00:08:58.220 --> 00:09:02.360 So, the Spirit which raised Christ from the dead 00:09:02.360 --> 00:09:04.120 is in you. 00:09:04.779 --> 00:09:06.279 Christ who was dead 00:09:06.279 --> 00:09:08.960 and who came to life again 00:09:08.960 --> 00:09:11.580 did so by the Holy Spirit. 00:09:11.899 --> 00:09:14.019 And that Spirit is within us 00:09:14.019 --> 00:09:16.800 giving us new and eternal life. 00:09:16.799 --> 00:09:19.959 So, if we are believers, 00:09:20.500 --> 00:09:23.240 we are supernatural people. 00:09:24.019 --> 00:09:25.620 The Spirit of Christ 00:09:25.620 --> 00:09:27.679 living in us 00:09:27.679 --> 00:09:30.379 giving us life. 00:09:33.299 --> 00:09:36.199 Remember the big idea of Romans, 00:09:36.399 --> 00:09:37.699 the whole big picture 00:09:37.699 --> 00:09:39.039 of what it's all about. 00:09:39.039 --> 00:09:41.139 The purpose of Romans 00:09:41.139 --> 00:09:44.219 is to unite his people together 00:09:44.219 --> 00:09:45.360 to be partners 00:09:45.360 --> 00:09:47.980 in God's global mission. 00:09:49.139 --> 00:09:52.259 Now, none of us are going to get anywhere near that 00:09:52.259 --> 00:09:54.980 without the Holy Spirit at work. 00:09:56.019 --> 00:09:57.559 And that's what the Spirit does. 00:09:57.679 --> 00:09:59.919 He is God's giving life, 00:10:00.179 --> 00:10:01.959 his power to his people 00:10:01.959 --> 00:10:04.919 to enable us to live the kind of life 00:10:04.919 --> 00:10:06.139 that he has called us to 00:10:06.139 --> 00:10:07.939 so that we can be united 00:10:07.939 --> 00:10:09.299 to be partners 00:10:09.299 --> 00:10:11.419 in God's global mission. 00:10:12.699 --> 00:10:14.719 Well, with that background, 00:10:15.039 --> 00:10:17.579 let's get a bit further into the text 00:10:17.579 --> 00:10:20.559 and see what this supernatural life 00:10:20.559 --> 00:10:22.740 looks like in reality. 00:10:24.439 --> 00:10:25.719 The first thing is 00:10:25.719 --> 00:10:28.479 is that we are freed by the Spirit. 00:10:29.779 --> 00:10:31.219 The Holy Spirit 00:10:31.220 --> 00:10:33.460 applies the finished 00:10:33.460 --> 00:10:36.060 and completed work of Christ 00:10:36.060 --> 00:10:37.639 to our lives. 00:10:37.720 --> 00:10:38.899 Let's read from verse 1. 00:10:39.660 --> 00:10:41.720 Therefore, there is now no condemnation 00:10:41.720 --> 00:10:43.440 for those who are in Christ Jesus 00:10:43.440 --> 00:10:45.779 because through Christ Jesus 00:10:45.779 --> 00:10:48.800 the law of the Spirit of life 00:10:48.800 --> 00:10:51.139 set me free 00:10:51.139 --> 00:10:53.759 from the law of sin and death. 00:10:55.340 --> 00:10:55.899 Condemnation 00:10:55.899 --> 00:10:59.060 is the opposite to justification. 00:10:59.059 --> 00:11:01.459 If you're under condemnation 00:11:01.459 --> 00:11:03.259 it means to be under the sentence 00:11:03.259 --> 00:11:05.299 or judgment of God 00:11:05.299 --> 00:11:06.859 because of our disobedience. 00:11:07.439 --> 00:11:08.279 And the natural way 00:11:08.279 --> 00:11:09.899 that we try to deal with that 00:11:09.899 --> 00:11:11.599 is to up our performance, 00:11:11.759 --> 00:11:12.859 to become better people, 00:11:13.019 --> 00:11:14.500 to add more rules 00:11:14.500 --> 00:11:15.659 and laws to our life 00:11:15.659 --> 00:11:17.399 and to try and change ourselves. 00:11:18.879 --> 00:11:20.859 But as we've seen over the weeks, 00:11:20.959 --> 00:11:22.939 we haven't got the power to change us. 00:11:23.159 --> 00:11:24.639 It doesn't matter how many rules 00:11:24.639 --> 00:11:25.599 you put in place, 00:11:26.159 --> 00:11:28.359 it just means we've got more rules to break. 00:11:28.360 --> 00:11:29.759 It doesn't change us. 00:11:30.120 --> 00:11:30.759 Verse 3. 00:11:32.320 --> 00:11:35.419 For what the law was powerless to do 00:11:35.419 --> 00:11:38.560 in that it was weakened by our sinful nature, 00:11:39.399 --> 00:11:42.100 God did by sending his own Son 00:11:42.100 --> 00:11:43.720 in the likeness of sinful man 00:11:43.720 --> 00:11:45.180 to be a sin offering 00:11:45.180 --> 00:11:50.019 and so he condemned sin in sinful man. 00:11:51.039 --> 00:11:53.039 It's telling us that Christ came 00:11:53.039 --> 00:11:54.840 and exchanged places with us. 00:11:55.159 --> 00:11:56.759 He takes on all of our disobedience 00:11:56.759 --> 00:11:57.480 disobedience 00:11:57.480 --> 00:11:59.519 and he suffers our judgment. 00:12:00.419 --> 00:12:03.100 Therefore, there is now no condemnation 00:12:03.100 --> 00:12:05.379 for those who trust in Christ. 00:12:07.460 --> 00:12:08.360 Well, you're asking, 00:12:08.500 --> 00:12:10.620 where does the Spirit fit into all of this? 00:12:11.159 --> 00:12:12.299 Well, look at verse 2. 00:12:12.399 --> 00:12:13.299 It tells us, 00:12:14.100 --> 00:12:15.220 through Christ Jesus, 00:12:15.399 --> 00:12:17.399 the law of the Spirit of life 00:12:17.399 --> 00:12:19.120 sets us free 00:12:19.120 --> 00:12:21.059 from the law of sin and death. 00:12:21.059 --> 00:12:22.139 The Spirit, 00:12:22.939 --> 00:12:24.939 His work is to take the finished 00:12:24.939 --> 00:12:26.539 and completed work of Christ 00:12:26.539 --> 00:12:28.739 and to apply it to our lives. 00:12:28.879 --> 00:12:31.239 He takes the work of Christ on the cross 00:12:31.239 --> 00:12:33.039 and He makes it a reality 00:12:33.039 --> 00:12:34.439 in our lives. 00:12:34.579 --> 00:12:36.239 He opens up our minds 00:12:36.239 --> 00:12:37.779 so that we can see 00:12:37.779 --> 00:12:40.159 how Christ has transformed us. 00:12:41.519 --> 00:12:42.679 But not only that, 00:12:42.739 --> 00:12:44.799 it's not just an intellectual fact, 00:12:44.799 --> 00:12:47.000 it is something that is experienced 00:12:47.000 --> 00:12:49.319 in our life each and every day. 00:12:50.319 --> 00:12:53.379 It means that every time I fail and fall, 00:12:53.779 --> 00:12:54.740 which I do, 00:12:55.019 --> 00:12:56.299 and you do as well, 00:12:57.259 --> 00:12:59.199 all of our disobedience 00:12:59.199 --> 00:13:01.479 has been, past tense, 00:13:01.839 --> 00:13:04.000 been dealt with by Christ. 00:13:04.359 --> 00:13:07.120 And the Spirit continually applies 00:13:07.120 --> 00:13:08.919 the work of Christ to our lives 00:13:08.919 --> 00:13:11.479 so that we are forever free 00:13:11.480 --> 00:13:13.480 from His condemnation. 00:13:14.279 --> 00:13:17.000 We will never, ever be condemned 00:13:17.000 --> 00:13:19.600 because the Spirit continually 00:13:19.600 --> 00:13:20.440 and has done, 00:13:20.560 --> 00:13:22.399 applied the work of Christ to our life. 00:13:22.680 --> 00:13:23.840 But it doesn't stop there. 00:13:23.940 --> 00:13:25.500 We're free from condemnation 00:13:25.500 --> 00:13:26.820 for a purpose. 00:13:28.440 --> 00:13:29.560 Look at verse 4. 00:13:29.659 --> 00:13:31.420 We're free to obey. 00:13:32.639 --> 00:13:34.720 All this was done in order 00:13:34.720 --> 00:13:37.720 that the righteous requirements of the law 00:13:37.720 --> 00:13:39.220 might be fully met in us 00:13:39.220 --> 00:13:40.440 who do not live according 00:13:40.440 --> 00:13:41.620 to the sinful nature, 00:13:42.100 --> 00:13:43.820 but according to the Spirit. 00:13:44.800 --> 00:13:46.220 So not only does Christ 00:13:46.220 --> 00:13:47.900 take my disobedience 00:13:47.900 --> 00:13:49.140 and deal with it, 00:13:49.300 --> 00:13:50.540 but He actually gives me 00:13:50.540 --> 00:13:52.840 His obedience into our lives. 00:13:53.080 --> 00:13:54.500 So rather than being treated 00:13:54.500 --> 00:13:55.760 as a condemned sinner, 00:13:56.160 --> 00:13:57.340 I am now treated 00:13:57.340 --> 00:13:59.300 as a treasured child. 00:14:01.020 --> 00:14:02.480 And this new obedience 00:14:02.480 --> 00:14:04.080 that Christ has given to us 00:14:04.080 --> 00:14:05.520 isn't just a status 00:14:05.520 --> 00:14:06.600 or a position. 00:14:07.900 --> 00:14:09.040 It is that, 00:14:09.120 --> 00:14:10.040 but it's more than that. 00:14:10.039 --> 00:14:11.419 It's a daily reality. 00:14:12.379 --> 00:14:13.059 Look what it says 00:14:13.059 --> 00:14:13.959 at the end of verse 4. 00:14:14.059 --> 00:14:15.240 We do not live 00:14:15.240 --> 00:14:17.079 according to the sinful nature. 00:14:17.159 --> 00:14:18.759 We don't obey that, 00:14:19.319 --> 00:14:20.539 but we live according 00:14:20.539 --> 00:14:21.799 to the Spirit. 00:14:22.860 --> 00:14:24.559 So it's the Spirit again 00:14:24.559 --> 00:14:25.839 at work in our lives, 00:14:26.339 --> 00:14:27.819 freeing us from a life 00:14:27.819 --> 00:14:29.059 of disobedience 00:14:29.059 --> 00:14:31.399 and enabling and equipping us 00:14:31.399 --> 00:14:33.419 to live a life of obedience. 00:14:34.980 --> 00:14:35.819 And of course, 00:14:35.919 --> 00:14:36.620 all of this 00:14:36.620 --> 00:14:37.439 shouldn't have been 00:14:37.440 --> 00:14:38.860 a surprise to the people 00:14:38.860 --> 00:14:39.680 who were reading it 00:14:39.680 --> 00:14:40.600 for the first time 00:14:40.600 --> 00:14:41.840 because it was all 00:14:41.840 --> 00:14:43.300 what God had promised to do. 00:14:44.460 --> 00:14:46.540 Flick back to Ezekiel, 00:14:46.960 --> 00:14:48.080 chapter 36. 00:14:48.360 --> 00:14:49.740 If you've got a page number, 00:14:50.460 --> 00:14:51.660 someone can shout it out. 00:14:51.780 --> 00:14:53.600 Ezekiel, chapter 36. 00:14:55.940 --> 00:14:59.200 It's on page 867. 00:14:59.200 --> 00:15:01.620 Ezekiel 36. 00:15:01.620 --> 00:15:05.460 On page 867. 00:15:06.460 --> 00:15:08.440 And here is one of God's 00:15:08.440 --> 00:15:09.520 wonderful promises. 00:15:11.400 --> 00:15:13.500 In verse 26 00:15:13.500 --> 00:15:16.360 of Ezekiel 36, 00:15:16.540 --> 00:15:17.080 he says, 00:15:17.080 --> 00:15:24.200 I will give you a new heart. 00:15:25.000 --> 00:15:27.540 I will put a new spirit in you. 00:15:28.020 --> 00:15:29.940 I will remove from you 00:15:29.940 --> 00:15:31.300 your heart of stone 00:15:31.300 --> 00:15:33.020 and give you a heart of flesh. 00:15:33.960 --> 00:15:35.100 And here's the big point. 00:15:35.420 --> 00:15:37.879 I will put my spirit in you 00:15:37.879 --> 00:15:39.580 and move you 00:15:39.580 --> 00:15:41.280 to follow my decrees 00:15:41.280 --> 00:15:43.140 and to be careful 00:15:43.140 --> 00:15:45.280 to keep my laws. 00:15:45.279 --> 00:15:48.279 He puts His spirit 00:15:48.279 --> 00:15:49.240 in our life 00:15:49.240 --> 00:15:51.179 to move us 00:15:51.179 --> 00:15:53.839 to follow His laws. 00:15:55.039 --> 00:15:56.179 The Holy Spirit 00:15:56.179 --> 00:15:58.240 takes the obedience of Christ 00:15:58.240 --> 00:16:01.259 and He internalizes it 00:16:01.259 --> 00:16:02.439 into our lives. 00:16:02.740 --> 00:16:03.799 He changes us 00:16:03.799 --> 00:16:05.519 on the inside out. 00:16:05.779 --> 00:16:07.179 So rather than reject 00:16:07.179 --> 00:16:08.039 God's law, 00:16:09.039 --> 00:16:10.539 we love God's law. 00:16:11.919 --> 00:16:13.579 Now none of this is natural. 00:16:13.580 --> 00:16:15.520 We are not able 00:16:15.520 --> 00:16:16.700 to free ourselves 00:16:16.700 --> 00:16:17.900 from condemnation. 00:16:18.340 --> 00:16:19.040 We are not able 00:16:19.040 --> 00:16:19.860 to obey 00:16:19.860 --> 00:16:21.259 however we want. 00:16:22.240 --> 00:16:23.160 Without the supernatural 00:16:23.160 --> 00:16:24.420 work of Christ 00:16:24.420 --> 00:16:25.460 and without the supernatural 00:16:25.460 --> 00:16:26.800 work of His Spirit 00:16:26.800 --> 00:16:28.259 who applies this 00:16:28.259 --> 00:16:29.060 to our lives, 00:16:29.200 --> 00:16:30.759 we would never be able 00:16:30.759 --> 00:16:31.360 to live 00:16:31.360 --> 00:16:33.120 as He calls us to. 00:16:34.280 --> 00:16:35.520 So the Spirit 00:16:35.520 --> 00:16:36.480 frees us 00:16:36.480 --> 00:16:37.960 by applying 00:16:37.960 --> 00:16:39.000 the work of Christ 00:16:39.000 --> 00:16:40.080 to our life. 00:16:40.080 --> 00:16:42.980 Well that's the first step 00:16:42.980 --> 00:16:43.800 in the supernatural 00:16:43.800 --> 00:16:45.120 work. 00:16:45.820 --> 00:16:46.680 The second is 00:16:46.680 --> 00:16:47.400 that we're told 00:16:47.400 --> 00:16:48.460 we are controlled 00:16:48.460 --> 00:16:50.120 by the Spirit. 00:16:51.440 --> 00:16:52.860 The Holy Spirit 00:16:52.860 --> 00:16:53.620 applies 00:16:53.620 --> 00:16:55.200 the good 00:16:55.200 --> 00:16:56.080 and perfect 00:16:56.080 --> 00:16:57.379 law of Christ 00:16:57.379 --> 00:16:59.180 to our lives. 00:16:59.840 --> 00:17:01.020 Look at verse 5. 00:17:01.019 --> 00:17:05.359 Those who live 00:17:05.359 --> 00:17:05.960 according to 00:17:05.960 --> 00:17:07.019 the sinful nature 00:17:07.019 --> 00:17:08.240 have their minds 00:17:08.240 --> 00:17:08.859 set on what 00:17:08.859 --> 00:17:10.220 that nature desires. 00:17:10.960 --> 00:17:12.339 But those who live 00:17:12.339 --> 00:17:12.900 in accordance 00:17:12.900 --> 00:17:13.920 with the Spirit 00:17:13.920 --> 00:17:15.839 have their minds 00:17:15.839 --> 00:17:16.400 set on what 00:17:16.400 --> 00:17:17.599 the Spirit desires. 00:17:18.440 --> 00:17:19.460 So it's essentially 00:17:19.460 --> 00:17:20.079 telling us 00:17:20.079 --> 00:17:20.960 there are two ways 00:17:20.960 --> 00:17:21.400 to live 00:17:21.400 --> 00:17:22.440 or there are two kinds 00:17:22.440 --> 00:17:22.980 of people 00:17:22.980 --> 00:17:23.799 in this world. 00:17:24.539 --> 00:17:25.660 Lots of different 00:17:25.660 --> 00:17:27.359 nationalities, 00:17:27.519 --> 00:17:28.500 lots of different cultures, 00:17:28.639 --> 00:17:29.200 but essentially 00:17:29.200 --> 00:17:29.940 two people. 00:17:29.940 --> 00:17:31.559 There are unbelievers 00:17:31.559 --> 00:17:32.960 who live 00:17:32.960 --> 00:17:33.539 according to 00:17:33.539 --> 00:17:34.680 their sinful nature 00:17:34.680 --> 00:17:36.279 and there are those 00:17:36.279 --> 00:17:37.240 who are believers 00:17:37.240 --> 00:17:38.019 who live 00:17:38.019 --> 00:17:38.660 according to 00:17:38.660 --> 00:17:39.220 the Spirit. 00:17:41.920 --> 00:17:42.900 They're both 00:17:42.900 --> 00:17:43.740 described 00:17:43.740 --> 00:17:44.980 and outlined 00:17:44.980 --> 00:17:45.500 further. 00:17:47.019 --> 00:17:48.120 Look at verse 7. 00:17:48.220 --> 00:17:48.700 There are those 00:17:48.700 --> 00:17:49.840 who fight 00:17:49.840 --> 00:17:51.519 God's law. 00:17:52.480 --> 00:17:53.200 Verse 7. 00:17:53.840 --> 00:17:55.059 The sinful mind 00:17:55.059 --> 00:17:56.160 is hostile 00:17:56.160 --> 00:17:56.940 to God. 00:17:57.460 --> 00:17:58.400 It doesn't submit 00:17:58.400 --> 00:17:59.299 to God's law 00:17:59.299 --> 00:18:00.019 and nor 00:18:00.019 --> 00:18:00.980 can it do so. 00:18:03.539 --> 00:18:04.460 Our natural 00:18:04.460 --> 00:18:05.259 response 00:18:05.259 --> 00:18:06.559 or attitude 00:18:06.559 --> 00:18:07.379 to God's law 00:18:07.379 --> 00:18:07.799 is one of 00:18:07.799 --> 00:18:08.460 hostility. 00:18:09.480 --> 00:18:10.079 We don't like 00:18:10.079 --> 00:18:10.960 God telling us 00:18:10.960 --> 00:18:11.599 what to do 00:18:11.599 --> 00:18:12.359 and how we should 00:18:12.359 --> 00:18:13.299 live in this world. 00:18:14.059 --> 00:18:14.680 In fact, 00:18:16.099 --> 00:18:17.419 if we were to 00:18:17.419 --> 00:18:18.139 live by any 00:18:18.139 --> 00:18:18.879 kind of rules, 00:18:19.000 --> 00:18:19.659 we prefer to 00:18:19.659 --> 00:18:20.220 make up our 00:18:20.220 --> 00:18:21.079 own rules. 00:18:22.099 --> 00:18:22.559 Basically, 00:18:22.720 --> 00:18:23.139 that we have 00:18:23.139 --> 00:18:24.099 no rules at all 00:18:24.099 --> 00:18:24.720 and we can live 00:18:24.720 --> 00:18:25.639 however we want. 00:18:25.640 --> 00:18:26.820 our sinful 00:18:26.820 --> 00:18:27.560 nature 00:18:27.560 --> 00:18:29.140 reacts 00:18:29.140 --> 00:18:30.320 against God's 00:18:30.320 --> 00:18:30.440 law. 00:18:30.560 --> 00:18:31.580 We fight it 00:18:31.580 --> 00:18:32.980 rather than 00:18:32.980 --> 00:18:34.100 submit to it. 00:18:35.340 --> 00:18:36.140 Try and think 00:18:36.140 --> 00:18:36.460 of it 00:18:36.460 --> 00:18:37.220 this way. 00:18:38.860 --> 00:18:39.740 Take two 00:18:39.740 --> 00:18:40.180 magnets. 00:18:40.320 --> 00:18:40.940 I'm sure you've 00:18:40.940 --> 00:18:41.660 always played 00:18:41.660 --> 00:18:42.540 with magnets. 00:18:43.540 --> 00:18:44.320 If you have 00:18:44.320 --> 00:18:45.060 two magnets 00:18:45.060 --> 00:18:45.800 facing each 00:18:45.800 --> 00:18:46.340 other and the 00:18:46.340 --> 00:18:47.220 two poles 00:18:47.220 --> 00:18:48.660 are facing 00:18:48.660 --> 00:18:49.300 each other, 00:18:49.900 --> 00:18:50.580 they're going 00:18:50.580 --> 00:18:51.240 to react. 00:18:51.240 --> 00:18:52.920 the natural 00:18:52.920 --> 00:18:53.579 laws of 00:18:53.579 --> 00:18:54.140 physics 00:18:54.140 --> 00:18:55.240 means that 00:18:55.240 --> 00:18:55.920 one pushes 00:18:55.920 --> 00:18:56.500 against the 00:18:56.500 --> 00:18:56.640 other. 00:18:56.720 --> 00:18:57.099 If you hold 00:18:57.099 --> 00:18:57.660 one magnet 00:18:57.660 --> 00:18:58.519 up and put 00:18:58.519 --> 00:18:58.859 the other 00:18:58.859 --> 00:18:59.359 one against 00:18:59.359 --> 00:18:59.599 it, 00:18:59.680 --> 00:19:00.299 it will push 00:19:00.299 --> 00:19:00.859 off against 00:19:00.859 --> 00:19:01.200 it. 00:19:02.940 --> 00:19:03.359 Well, 00:19:03.420 --> 00:19:03.779 think of 00:19:03.779 --> 00:19:04.240 Christ, 00:19:04.380 --> 00:19:04.859 who is the 00:19:04.859 --> 00:19:05.299 dominant 00:19:05.299 --> 00:19:05.940 law. 00:19:06.940 --> 00:19:07.620 And as soon 00:19:07.620 --> 00:19:08.200 as we come 00:19:08.200 --> 00:19:09.039 close to 00:19:09.039 --> 00:19:09.559 Christ, 00:19:10.120 --> 00:19:10.799 it's like we 00:19:10.799 --> 00:19:11.539 push against 00:19:11.539 --> 00:19:11.960 it. 00:19:12.819 --> 00:19:13.539 Verse 8, 00:19:14.440 --> 00:19:15.680 those controlled 00:19:15.680 --> 00:19:17.180 by the sinful 00:19:17.180 --> 00:19:18.539 nature cannot 00:19:18.539 --> 00:19:19.960 please God. 00:19:19.960 --> 00:19:21.220 It doesn't 00:19:21.220 --> 00:19:21.579 mean to say 00:19:21.579 --> 00:19:21.860 that we 00:19:21.860 --> 00:19:22.259 can't do 00:19:22.259 --> 00:19:23.140 anything good. 00:19:23.799 --> 00:19:24.340 It simply 00:19:24.340 --> 00:19:24.920 means that we 00:19:24.920 --> 00:19:25.400 have no 00:19:25.400 --> 00:19:26.559 natural desire 00:19:26.559 --> 00:19:27.279 to please 00:19:27.279 --> 00:19:27.660 God. 00:19:27.840 --> 00:19:28.519 Our life is 00:19:28.519 --> 00:19:29.259 lived primarily 00:19:29.259 --> 00:19:29.920 to please 00:19:29.920 --> 00:19:30.480 self. 00:19:31.079 --> 00:19:31.559 We just 00:19:31.559 --> 00:19:32.220 naturally 00:19:32.220 --> 00:19:33.380 push away 00:19:33.380 --> 00:19:34.819 from God. 00:19:35.900 --> 00:19:37.140 So naturally, 00:19:37.319 --> 00:19:37.860 without the 00:19:37.860 --> 00:19:38.220 Spirit, 00:19:38.740 --> 00:19:39.579 we have no 00:19:39.579 --> 00:19:40.340 love for 00:19:40.340 --> 00:19:41.100 God's law. 00:19:42.039 --> 00:19:42.799 But when the 00:19:42.799 --> 00:19:43.519 Spirit comes 00:19:43.519 --> 00:19:44.319 into our life, 00:19:44.539 --> 00:19:45.200 all of that 00:19:45.200 --> 00:19:45.759 changes. 00:19:46.740 --> 00:19:47.700 We turn from 00:19:47.700 --> 00:19:48.200 people who 00:19:48.200 --> 00:19:49.380 fight the law 00:19:49.380 --> 00:19:50.140 into people 00:19:50.140 --> 00:19:50.660 who love 00:19:50.660 --> 00:19:51.100 the law. 00:19:52.000 --> 00:19:52.960 Because of 00:19:52.960 --> 00:19:53.600 the Spirit, 00:19:53.840 --> 00:19:54.620 Christians have 00:19:54.620 --> 00:19:55.380 a supernatural 00:19:55.380 --> 00:19:56.580 power at work 00:19:56.580 --> 00:19:57.660 so that we 00:19:57.660 --> 00:19:58.680 do love 00:19:58.680 --> 00:19:59.060 the law. 00:19:59.140 --> 00:19:59.440 Look at 00:19:59.440 --> 00:20:00.080 verse 9. 00:20:01.540 --> 00:20:02.140 You, 00:20:02.320 --> 00:20:02.680 however, 00:20:03.360 --> 00:20:03.800 if you're 00:20:03.800 --> 00:20:04.260 Christians, 00:20:04.780 --> 00:20:05.900 are controlled 00:20:05.900 --> 00:20:07.160 not by the 00:20:07.160 --> 00:20:07.920 sinful nature, 00:20:08.340 --> 00:20:09.600 but by the 00:20:09.600 --> 00:20:10.120 Spirit. 00:20:11.880 --> 00:20:12.480 Again, 00:20:12.580 --> 00:20:13.120 let's think 00:20:13.120 --> 00:20:13.600 of those 00:20:13.600 --> 00:20:14.640 magnets again. 00:20:15.720 --> 00:20:16.480 If we leave 00:20:16.480 --> 00:20:17.240 the one magnet 00:20:17.240 --> 00:20:17.500 here, 00:20:17.500 --> 00:20:18.440 the big 00:20:18.440 --> 00:20:18.619 one, 00:20:18.680 --> 00:20:19.180 the dominant 00:20:19.180 --> 00:20:19.619 one, 00:20:20.099 --> 00:20:20.680 and you 00:20:20.680 --> 00:20:21.140 take the 00:20:21.140 --> 00:20:21.819 other magnet 00:20:21.819 --> 00:20:22.200 and then 00:20:22.200 --> 00:20:22.839 turn it 00:20:22.839 --> 00:20:23.279 around, 00:20:23.900 --> 00:20:24.640 immediately 00:20:24.640 --> 00:20:25.380 there is a 00:20:25.380 --> 00:20:26.220 different reaction. 00:20:27.180 --> 00:20:27.880 Rather than 00:20:27.880 --> 00:20:28.539 a force that 00:20:28.539 --> 00:20:29.380 pushes against 00:20:29.380 --> 00:20:29.660 it, 00:20:29.880 --> 00:20:30.420 there is a 00:20:30.420 --> 00:20:30.900 force that 00:20:30.900 --> 00:20:31.480 pulls it 00:20:31.480 --> 00:20:31.960 together. 00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:33.859 And that's 00:20:33.859 --> 00:20:34.500 what happens 00:20:34.500 --> 00:20:35.240 to us when 00:20:35.240 --> 00:20:36.200 we stop being 00:20:36.200 --> 00:20:36.920 the control 00:20:36.920 --> 00:20:37.700 center of 00:20:37.700 --> 00:20:38.359 our lives. 00:20:38.640 --> 00:20:39.380 If we 00:20:39.380 --> 00:20:40.440 turn around 00:20:40.440 --> 00:20:40.859 in our 00:20:40.859 --> 00:20:41.299 lives, 00:20:41.759 --> 00:20:42.220 repent, 00:20:42.700 --> 00:20:43.180 and put 00:20:43.180 --> 00:20:43.940 Christ at 00:20:43.940 --> 00:20:44.519 the control 00:20:44.519 --> 00:20:45.160 center of 00:20:45.160 --> 00:20:45.820 our lives, 00:20:46.380 --> 00:20:47.040 then our 00:20:47.040 --> 00:20:47.820 whole life 00:20:47.820 --> 00:20:49.380 is reorientated 00:20:49.380 --> 00:20:49.940 towards 00:20:49.940 --> 00:20:50.600 Christ. 00:20:52.600 --> 00:20:53.440 Look back 00:20:53.440 --> 00:20:53.860 at the end 00:20:53.860 --> 00:20:54.220 of verse 00:20:54.220 --> 00:20:54.720 five. 00:20:56.680 --> 00:20:57.360 Those who 00:20:57.360 --> 00:20:58.340 live in 00:20:58.340 --> 00:20:59.180 accordance with 00:20:59.180 --> 00:20:59.820 the Spirit 00:20:59.820 --> 00:21:01.060 have their 00:21:01.060 --> 00:21:02.120 minds set 00:21:02.120 --> 00:21:03.000 on what the 00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:03.940 Spirit desires. 00:21:05.080 --> 00:21:05.720 So you see, 00:21:05.820 --> 00:21:06.600 once we turn 00:21:06.600 --> 00:21:07.140 around to 00:21:07.140 --> 00:21:07.660 Christ, 00:21:08.860 --> 00:21:09.660 rather than 00:21:09.660 --> 00:21:10.440 reject his 00:21:10.440 --> 00:21:10.640 law, 00:21:10.740 --> 00:21:11.180 rather than 00:21:11.180 --> 00:21:11.880 fight it and 00:21:11.880 --> 00:21:12.460 be hostile 00:21:12.460 --> 00:21:13.200 towards it, 00:21:13.420 --> 00:21:14.180 we will love 00:21:14.180 --> 00:21:14.720 his law. 00:21:15.360 --> 00:21:15.900 We will 00:21:15.900 --> 00:21:16.500 want to 00:21:16.500 --> 00:21:16.920 do what 00:21:16.920 --> 00:21:17.480 God says. 00:21:17.580 --> 00:21:18.019 There is a 00:21:18.019 --> 00:21:18.740 desire and 00:21:18.740 --> 00:21:19.200 a hunger 00:21:19.200 --> 00:21:19.900 within us 00:21:19.900 --> 00:21:20.660 that we 00:21:20.660 --> 00:21:21.340 want to 00:21:21.340 --> 00:21:21.799 obey. 00:21:22.820 --> 00:21:23.440 Not to 00:21:23.440 --> 00:21:23.860 try and 00:21:23.860 --> 00:21:24.720 earn God's 00:21:24.720 --> 00:21:25.019 favor, 00:21:25.220 --> 00:21:25.720 but as an 00:21:25.720 --> 00:21:26.740 expression of 00:21:26.740 --> 00:21:27.320 our love 00:21:27.320 --> 00:21:28.580 towards him. 00:21:30.660 --> 00:21:31.180 Now think 00:21:31.180 --> 00:21:31.660 about that, 00:21:31.720 --> 00:21:32.299 because none 00:21:32.299 --> 00:21:32.779 of that is 00:21:32.779 --> 00:21:33.320 natural. 00:21:34.000 --> 00:21:34.900 We do not 00:21:34.900 --> 00:21:35.860 love God's 00:21:35.860 --> 00:21:36.440 law by 00:21:36.440 --> 00:21:37.080 ourselves. 00:21:37.960 --> 00:21:38.539 What we 00:21:38.539 --> 00:21:39.440 need is a 00:21:39.440 --> 00:21:39.860 supernatural 00:21:39.860 --> 00:21:40.660 work of 00:21:40.660 --> 00:21:41.860 Christ and 00:21:41.860 --> 00:21:42.720 his Spirit 00:21:42.720 --> 00:21:43.779 applying, 00:21:44.100 --> 00:21:44.700 working that 00:21:44.700 --> 00:21:45.380 law out 00:21:45.380 --> 00:21:45.860 in our 00:21:45.860 --> 00:21:46.360 lives. 00:21:47.100 --> 00:21:47.420 Without 00:21:47.420 --> 00:21:48.079 the Spirit, 00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:49.120 we would 00:21:49.120 --> 00:21:49.839 never be 00:21:49.839 --> 00:21:50.279 able to 00:21:50.279 --> 00:21:50.640 live the 00:21:50.640 --> 00:21:51.700 life that 00:21:51.700 --> 00:21:52.160 God has 00:21:52.160 --> 00:21:52.720 called us 00:21:52.720 --> 00:21:52.940 to. 00:21:55.220 --> 00:21:55.960 So not 00:21:55.960 --> 00:21:56.519 only are we 00:21:56.519 --> 00:21:57.400 freed by 00:21:57.400 --> 00:21:57.960 the Spirit, 00:21:58.980 --> 00:21:59.720 not only are 00:21:59.720 --> 00:22:00.500 we controlled 00:22:00.500 --> 00:22:01.079 by the 00:22:01.079 --> 00:22:01.440 Spirit, 00:22:02.440 --> 00:22:03.680 but we are 00:22:03.680 --> 00:22:04.420 also people 00:22:04.420 --> 00:22:05.299 who are led 00:22:05.299 --> 00:22:06.200 by the 00:22:06.200 --> 00:22:06.640 Spirit. 00:22:07.579 --> 00:22:08.319 Because what 00:22:08.319 --> 00:22:08.779 the Spirit 00:22:08.779 --> 00:22:09.519 does is he 00:22:09.519 --> 00:22:10.480 applies the 00:22:10.480 --> 00:22:11.660 right and 00:22:11.660 --> 00:22:12.340 the beautiful 00:22:12.340 --> 00:22:12.880 way of 00:22:12.880 --> 00:22:14.680 Christ to 00:22:14.680 --> 00:22:15.540 our lives. 00:22:15.720 --> 00:22:16.080 Look at 00:22:16.080 --> 00:22:16.779 verse 12. 00:22:18.420 --> 00:22:18.940 Therefore, 00:22:19.220 --> 00:22:20.019 brothers and 00:22:20.019 --> 00:22:20.460 sisters, 00:22:21.120 --> 00:22:22.220 we have an 00:22:22.220 --> 00:22:22.800 obligation. 00:22:23.640 --> 00:22:23.980 In other 00:22:23.980 --> 00:22:24.279 words, we 00:22:24.279 --> 00:22:24.580 have a 00:22:24.580 --> 00:22:26.100 response to 00:22:26.100 --> 00:22:26.480 the way in 00:22:26.480 --> 00:22:26.960 which God 00:22:26.960 --> 00:22:27.440 works. 00:22:28.120 --> 00:22:28.600 But it's 00:22:28.600 --> 00:22:29.160 not to the 00:22:29.160 --> 00:22:29.880 sinful nature 00:22:29.880 --> 00:22:30.320 to live 00:22:30.320 --> 00:22:30.920 according to 00:22:30.920 --> 00:22:31.340 that. 00:22:32.980 --> 00:22:33.759 It's telling 00:22:33.759 --> 00:22:34.360 us that the 00:22:34.360 --> 00:22:35.259 Spirit leads 00:22:35.259 --> 00:22:35.720 us in a 00:22:35.720 --> 00:22:36.580 completely new 00:22:36.580 --> 00:22:36.880 way. 00:22:37.820 --> 00:22:38.480 Things that 00:22:38.480 --> 00:22:39.100 were once 00:22:39.100 --> 00:22:40.240 unnatural for 00:22:40.240 --> 00:22:41.819 us now 00:22:41.819 --> 00:22:42.859 become natural 00:22:42.859 --> 00:22:43.880 part of our 00:22:43.880 --> 00:22:44.599 daily living. 00:22:46.319 --> 00:22:46.779 And here 00:22:46.779 --> 00:22:47.140 are two 00:22:47.140 --> 00:22:47.880 things that 00:22:47.880 --> 00:22:48.900 should and 00:22:48.900 --> 00:22:49.819 ought to be 00:22:49.819 --> 00:22:51.019 natural for 00:22:51.019 --> 00:22:51.960 us in our 00:22:51.960 --> 00:22:52.380 lives. 00:22:53.079 --> 00:22:53.859 The first is 00:22:53.859 --> 00:22:54.660 killing off 00:22:54.660 --> 00:22:54.960 sin. 00:22:55.079 --> 00:22:55.339 Look at 00:22:55.339 --> 00:22:56.059 verse 13. 00:22:57.339 --> 00:22:58.319 For if you 00:22:58.319 --> 00:22:59.000 live according 00:22:59.000 --> 00:22:59.680 to the sinful 00:22:59.680 --> 00:23:00.240 nature, you 00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:00.819 will die. 00:23:01.720 --> 00:23:02.819 But if by 00:23:02.819 --> 00:23:03.400 the Spirit 00:23:03.400 --> 00:23:04.279 you put to 00:23:04.279 --> 00:23:04.839 death the 00:23:04.839 --> 00:23:05.640 misdeeds of 00:23:05.640 --> 00:23:06.140 the body, 00:23:06.740 --> 00:23:07.380 you will 00:23:07.380 --> 00:23:07.880 live. 00:23:07.880 --> 00:23:09.960 You see, 00:23:10.040 --> 00:23:10.820 before our 00:23:10.820 --> 00:23:11.360 faith in 00:23:11.360 --> 00:23:11.660 Christ, 00:23:11.780 --> 00:23:12.240 before we 00:23:12.240 --> 00:23:12.940 turned our 00:23:12.940 --> 00:23:13.520 lives around 00:23:13.520 --> 00:23:13.980 to him and 00:23:13.980 --> 00:23:14.900 reorientated 00:23:14.900 --> 00:23:15.640 ourselves around 00:23:15.640 --> 00:23:16.140 Christ, 00:23:16.820 --> 00:23:17.660 when we were 00:23:17.660 --> 00:23:17.940 at the 00:23:17.940 --> 00:23:18.940 control center 00:23:18.940 --> 00:23:19.320 of our 00:23:19.320 --> 00:23:20.020 lives, we 00:23:20.020 --> 00:23:20.740 were hostile 00:23:20.740 --> 00:23:21.560 to God's 00:23:21.560 --> 00:23:21.800 law. 00:23:22.820 --> 00:23:23.380 And as a 00:23:23.380 --> 00:23:24.140 consequence, we 00:23:24.140 --> 00:23:24.680 loved our 00:23:24.680 --> 00:23:24.880 sin. 00:23:24.960 --> 00:23:25.360 We loved 00:23:25.360 --> 00:23:25.860 doing our 00:23:25.860 --> 00:23:26.400 own things. 00:23:26.980 --> 00:23:27.720 We had no 00:23:27.720 --> 00:23:28.640 intention of 00:23:28.640 --> 00:23:29.460 fighting sin 00:23:29.460 --> 00:23:30.080 or killing 00:23:30.080 --> 00:23:30.400 it. 00:23:31.360 --> 00:23:32.220 We loved 00:23:32.220 --> 00:23:32.540 it. 00:23:33.620 --> 00:23:34.520 But now 00:23:34.520 --> 00:23:35.180 the Spirit 00:23:35.180 --> 00:23:35.940 gives us a 00:23:35.940 --> 00:23:36.420 new way. 00:23:36.840 --> 00:23:37.280 By the 00:23:37.280 --> 00:23:37.820 Spirit, we 00:23:37.819 --> 00:23:38.299 now want 00:23:38.299 --> 00:23:38.819 to kill 00:23:38.819 --> 00:23:39.579 off the 00:23:39.579 --> 00:23:40.659 sin in 00:23:40.659 --> 00:23:41.379 our lives. 00:23:41.559 --> 00:23:42.379 Verse 14. 00:23:43.740 --> 00:23:44.720 Because those 00:23:44.720 --> 00:23:45.480 who are led 00:23:45.480 --> 00:23:46.039 by the 00:23:46.039 --> 00:23:47.279 Spirit are 00:23:47.279 --> 00:23:48.659 children of 00:23:48.659 --> 00:23:49.059 God. 00:23:50.879 --> 00:23:52.139 You see, if 00:23:52.139 --> 00:23:52.480 we are 00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:55.460 children of 00:23:55.460 --> 00:23:56.099 God, we 00:23:56.099 --> 00:23:56.480 will be 00:23:56.480 --> 00:23:57.019 people who 00:23:57.019 --> 00:23:57.539 are led 00:23:57.539 --> 00:23:58.179 by the 00:23:58.179 --> 00:23:58.539 Spirit. 00:23:59.299 --> 00:23:59.700 And being 00:23:59.700 --> 00:24:00.439 led by the 00:24:00.439 --> 00:24:01.179 Spirit doesn't 00:24:01.179 --> 00:24:01.579 mean a 00:24:01.579 --> 00:24:01.980 particular 00:24:01.980 --> 00:24:03.679 direction about 00:24:03.679 --> 00:24:04.299 what kind of 00:24:04.299 --> 00:24:05.019 job I'm going 00:24:05.019 --> 00:24:05.659 to take or 00:24:05.659 --> 00:24:06.139 about which 00:24:06.139 --> 00:24:06.779 person I'm 00:24:06.779 --> 00:24:07.240 going to 00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:08.799 marry, no, 00:24:08.900 --> 00:24:09.700 being led 00:24:09.700 --> 00:24:10.180 by the 00:24:10.180 --> 00:24:10.759 Spirit in 00:24:10.759 --> 00:24:11.500 verse 14 00:24:11.500 --> 00:24:12.319 is connected 00:24:12.319 --> 00:24:13.599 to the 00:24:13.599 --> 00:24:14.299 putting to 00:24:14.299 --> 00:24:14.880 death the 00:24:14.880 --> 00:24:15.660 misdeeds of 00:24:15.660 --> 00:24:16.359 our lives in 00:24:16.359 --> 00:24:17.200 verse 13. 00:24:18.240 --> 00:24:18.640 He says, 00:24:18.839 --> 00:24:19.079 put to 00:24:19.079 --> 00:24:19.640 death the 00:24:19.640 --> 00:24:20.299 misdeeds of 00:24:20.299 --> 00:24:20.740 your body, 00:24:20.859 --> 00:24:21.500 the wrong 00:24:21.500 --> 00:24:22.000 actions, 00:24:23.240 --> 00:24:23.980 because that's 00:24:23.980 --> 00:24:24.400 what being 00:24:24.400 --> 00:24:25.240 led by the 00:24:25.240 --> 00:24:26.099 Spirit is. 00:24:26.980 --> 00:24:27.680 The Spirit 00:24:27.680 --> 00:24:28.660 enables us and 00:24:28.660 --> 00:24:29.980 equips us to 00:24:29.980 --> 00:24:30.680 kill off the 00:24:30.680 --> 00:24:31.720 sin, to 00:24:31.720 --> 00:24:33.079 fight it, to 00:24:33.079 --> 00:24:33.640 put up a 00:24:33.640 --> 00:24:34.359 battle against 00:24:34.359 --> 00:24:34.719 it. 00:24:35.679 --> 00:24:36.219 And on 00:24:36.219 --> 00:24:36.779 our own, we 00:24:36.779 --> 00:24:38.539 will naturally 00:24:38.539 --> 00:24:39.419 want sin. 00:24:40.719 --> 00:24:41.659 But with the 00:24:41.659 --> 00:24:42.299 Spirit, we 00:24:42.299 --> 00:24:43.039 now have a 00:24:43.039 --> 00:24:43.519 supernatural 00:24:43.519 --> 00:24:45.019 desire and 00:24:45.019 --> 00:24:45.740 a determination 00:24:45.740 --> 00:24:46.819 to say no 00:24:46.819 --> 00:24:47.240 to sin. 00:24:50.719 --> 00:24:51.339 Well, you 00:24:51.339 --> 00:24:52.879 say, okay, I 00:24:52.879 --> 00:24:53.539 get that, I 00:24:53.539 --> 00:24:54.579 still have this 00:24:54.579 --> 00:24:55.379 Spirit within 00:24:55.379 --> 00:24:56.619 me wanting to 00:24:56.619 --> 00:24:57.199 say no to 00:24:57.199 --> 00:24:57.679 sin, but I 00:24:57.679 --> 00:24:58.299 still do 00:24:58.299 --> 00:24:58.679 sin. 00:24:59.399 --> 00:25:00.099 Well, yes, 00:25:00.179 --> 00:25:01.099 that's true, it's 00:25:01.099 --> 00:25:01.899 an ongoing 00:25:01.899 --> 00:25:02.859 battle, and that's 00:25:02.859 --> 00:25:04.159 the tense in 00:25:04.159 --> 00:25:04.719 these verses 00:25:04.719 --> 00:25:05.039 here. 00:25:05.119 --> 00:25:05.299 It is 00:25:05.299 --> 00:25:05.779 something that 00:25:05.779 --> 00:25:06.639 is continuously 00:25:06.639 --> 00:25:08.179 done until we 00:25:08.179 --> 00:25:08.839 get to heaven. 00:25:09.939 --> 00:25:10.539 But there's 00:25:10.539 --> 00:25:11.119 something else 00:25:11.119 --> 00:25:11.779 that reminds 00:25:11.779 --> 00:25:13.019 us of this 00:25:13.019 --> 00:25:13.659 Spirit at 00:25:13.659 --> 00:25:14.119 work, this 00:25:14.119 --> 00:25:15.139 supernatural work 00:25:15.139 --> 00:25:15.779 in our lives. 00:25:16.419 --> 00:25:17.059 The Spirit 00:25:17.059 --> 00:25:17.819 not only helps 00:25:17.819 --> 00:25:18.419 us to kill 00:25:18.419 --> 00:25:19.719 off sin, but 00:25:19.719 --> 00:25:20.379 in our battle 00:25:20.379 --> 00:25:21.759 with sin, he 00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:22.799 leads us back 00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:23.659 to our 00:25:23.659 --> 00:25:24.139 Father. 00:25:24.899 --> 00:25:25.379 Look at 00:25:25.379 --> 00:25:26.159 verse 15. 00:25:27.699 --> 00:25:28.359 He says, 00:25:28.439 --> 00:25:28.659 For you 00:25:28.659 --> 00:25:29.559 didn't receive 00:25:29.559 --> 00:25:30.719 a spirit that 00:25:30.719 --> 00:25:31.399 makes you a 00:25:31.399 --> 00:25:32.339 slave again to 00:25:32.339 --> 00:25:32.740 fear. 00:25:32.859 --> 00:25:34.339 but you 00:25:34.339 --> 00:25:35.079 receive the 00:25:35.079 --> 00:25:35.959 spirit of 00:25:35.959 --> 00:25:36.979 sonship, or 00:25:36.979 --> 00:25:37.959 of adoption. 00:25:40.500 --> 00:25:41.219 You see, once 00:25:41.219 --> 00:25:42.459 we did live in 00:25:42.459 --> 00:25:43.779 fear of God, we 00:25:43.779 --> 00:25:44.759 were under his 00:25:44.759 --> 00:25:45.619 condemnation. 00:25:46.319 --> 00:25:47.319 But now, because 00:25:47.319 --> 00:25:48.079 of Christ, we've 00:25:48.079 --> 00:25:49.439 been set free from 00:25:49.439 --> 00:25:50.059 his judgment 00:25:50.059 --> 00:25:50.599 forever. 00:25:51.119 --> 00:25:52.619 That means, even 00:25:52.619 --> 00:25:54.399 with my sin, I 00:25:54.399 --> 00:25:55.319 can run to 00:25:55.319 --> 00:25:56.679 God, and I 00:25:56.679 --> 00:25:57.740 can call out to 00:25:57.740 --> 00:25:58.259 him as 00:25:58.259 --> 00:26:00.199 Father, without 00:26:00.199 --> 00:26:02.279 fear, because 00:26:02.279 --> 00:26:03.240 he has already 00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:03.879 paid the 00:26:03.879 --> 00:26:04.519 penalty of 00:26:04.519 --> 00:26:04.799 sin. 00:26:07.180 --> 00:26:08.180 And here's the 00:26:08.180 --> 00:26:08.940 big point in 00:26:08.940 --> 00:26:09.299 this. 00:26:10.180 --> 00:26:10.859 When we 00:26:10.859 --> 00:26:12.579 sin, our 00:26:12.579 --> 00:26:13.779 natural tendency 00:26:13.779 --> 00:26:15.059 is to hide 00:26:15.059 --> 00:26:16.480 from God, to 00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:17.740 run away, and 00:26:17.740 --> 00:26:18.500 to believe that 00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:19.259 we are still 00:26:19.259 --> 00:26:20.660 under condemnation. 00:26:21.500 --> 00:26:22.160 Isn't that how 00:26:22.160 --> 00:26:22.500 we are? 00:26:22.559 --> 00:26:23.079 Whenever we 00:26:23.079 --> 00:26:23.700 sin, we want 00:26:23.700 --> 00:26:24.339 to run and 00:26:24.339 --> 00:26:25.660 not tell God 00:26:25.660 --> 00:26:26.379 and pretend it 00:26:26.379 --> 00:26:26.980 didn't happen. 00:26:26.980 --> 00:26:29.559 But the 00:26:29.559 --> 00:26:31.160 Spirit moves 00:26:31.160 --> 00:26:32.440 us in the 00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:33.079 midst of our 00:26:33.079 --> 00:26:34.440 struggles to 00:26:34.440 --> 00:26:35.980 still cry out 00:26:35.980 --> 00:26:37.200 Father, because 00:26:37.200 --> 00:26:38.039 he is our 00:26:38.039 --> 00:26:38.420 Father. 00:26:38.839 --> 00:26:40.380 Verse 16, the 00:26:40.380 --> 00:26:41.299 Spirit himself 00:26:41.299 --> 00:26:42.860 testifies with 00:26:42.860 --> 00:26:44.299 our spirit that 00:26:44.299 --> 00:26:45.620 we are God's 00:26:45.620 --> 00:26:47.579 children, despite 00:26:47.579 --> 00:26:48.819 all of our sin 00:26:48.819 --> 00:26:49.420 and all of our 00:26:49.420 --> 00:26:50.440 failure and all 00:26:50.440 --> 00:26:51.160 of our mess. 00:26:51.920 --> 00:26:53.160 The Spirit makes 00:26:53.160 --> 00:26:54.079 us aware that we 00:26:54.079 --> 00:26:55.660 belong to him, and 00:26:55.660 --> 00:26:56.220 we can keep 00:26:56.220 --> 00:26:57.040 running back to 00:26:57.040 --> 00:26:57.500 him as our 00:26:57.500 --> 00:26:58.100 Father, and 00:26:58.100 --> 00:26:58.920 there is nothing 00:26:58.920 --> 00:27:00.620 to fear. 00:27:02.040 --> 00:27:03.100 Again, this is 00:27:03.100 --> 00:27:03.980 not natural. 00:27:05.040 --> 00:27:05.800 Naturally, we 00:27:05.800 --> 00:27:07.620 run to sin, and 00:27:07.620 --> 00:27:08.779 we run away from 00:27:08.779 --> 00:27:09.200 God. 00:27:10.700 --> 00:27:11.480 But by the 00:27:11.480 --> 00:27:12.640 supernatural work 00:27:12.640 --> 00:27:13.519 of Christ and 00:27:13.519 --> 00:27:14.940 his Spirit being 00:27:14.940 --> 00:27:16.259 applied into our 00:27:16.259 --> 00:27:18.300 lives, we now 00:27:18.300 --> 00:27:19.019 have a completely 00:27:19.019 --> 00:27:19.580 new way. 00:27:19.700 --> 00:27:20.480 We run away 00:27:20.480 --> 00:27:22.180 from sin, and 00:27:22.180 --> 00:27:23.900 we run towards 00:27:23.900 --> 00:27:25.060 our Father. 00:27:25.660 --> 00:27:25.800 God. 00:27:28.800 --> 00:27:29.740 So we are 00:27:29.740 --> 00:27:30.500 people who are 00:27:30.500 --> 00:27:31.380 freed by the 00:27:31.380 --> 00:27:32.380 Spirit, controlled 00:27:32.380 --> 00:27:33.259 by the Spirit, and 00:27:33.259 --> 00:27:34.180 we're led by the 00:27:34.180 --> 00:27:34.420 Spirit. 00:27:34.680 --> 00:27:35.880 We are supernatural 00:27:35.880 --> 00:27:36.800 people. 00:27:38.100 --> 00:27:38.660 And the big 00:27:38.660 --> 00:27:39.759 question is this, 00:27:40.580 --> 00:27:42.120 how can this be my 00:27:42.120 --> 00:27:44.000 experience each and 00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:44.600 every day? 00:27:45.160 --> 00:27:46.560 How can I live as a 00:27:46.560 --> 00:27:47.720 supernatural person? 00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:50.160 Well, as we've seen 00:27:50.160 --> 00:27:51.040 as we've gone through 00:27:51.039 --> 00:27:52.579 this passage, the 00:27:52.579 --> 00:27:53.779 work of Christ and 00:27:53.779 --> 00:27:55.700 the Spirit of, sorry, 00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:56.879 the work of Christ and 00:27:56.879 --> 00:27:57.559 the work of the 00:27:57.559 --> 00:27:59.240 Spirit are not 00:27:59.240 --> 00:28:00.460 separate from each 00:28:00.460 --> 00:28:01.759 other, but they 00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:03.000 are dependent on 00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:03.519 each other. 00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:05.759 The Spirit of 00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:08.399 Christ applies the 00:28:08.399 --> 00:28:10.599 work of Christ to 00:28:10.599 --> 00:28:12.299 make us more like 00:28:12.299 --> 00:28:12.980 Christ. 00:28:12.980 --> 00:28:13.140 Christ. 00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:15.779 So that means if we 00:28:15.779 --> 00:28:17.180 are to experience the 00:28:17.180 --> 00:28:18.460 supernatural in our 00:28:18.460 --> 00:28:20.259 lives, there are two 00:28:20.259 --> 00:28:21.420 things that I think we 00:28:21.420 --> 00:28:22.740 can do in response to 00:28:22.740 --> 00:28:23.019 this. 00:28:23.380 --> 00:28:24.440 First, we've got to 00:28:24.440 --> 00:28:25.620 remind ourselves that 00:28:25.620 --> 00:28:27.000 Christ, what Christ has 00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:27.519 done for us. 00:28:27.579 --> 00:28:28.740 We must remember the 00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:31.120 gospel, remember the 00:28:31.120 --> 00:28:32.039 work of Christ. 00:28:32.940 --> 00:28:34.240 There's no longer any 00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:35.079 condemnation. 00:28:36.079 --> 00:28:37.380 There is no longer any 00:28:37.380 --> 00:28:38.960 fear for those who are in 00:28:38.960 --> 00:28:39.339 Christ. 00:28:39.339 --> 00:28:40.699 We must teach 00:28:40.699 --> 00:28:42.240 ourselves and remind 00:28:42.240 --> 00:28:44.199 ourselves every day of 00:28:44.199 --> 00:28:45.399 the gospel of our new 00:28:45.399 --> 00:28:47.039 position and our new 00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:47.539 status. 00:28:49.500 --> 00:28:53.419 And second, we must pray 00:28:53.419 --> 00:28:55.179 that God by His Spirit 00:28:55.179 --> 00:28:57.339 will apply that work to 00:28:57.339 --> 00:28:59.599 our lives, enabling us 00:28:59.599 --> 00:29:00.699 to live as someone who 00:29:00.699 --> 00:29:03.639 is not condemned, equipping 00:29:03.639 --> 00:29:04.980 us to live as someone who 00:29:04.980 --> 00:29:06.199 is without fear. 00:29:06.200 --> 00:29:09.759 And so we must ask God 00:29:09.759 --> 00:29:12.160 continually for the power 00:29:12.160 --> 00:29:13.580 of His Holy Spirit to be 00:29:13.580 --> 00:29:15.380 at work in our lives, to 00:29:15.380 --> 00:29:18.360 live supernaturally, to 00:29:18.360 --> 00:29:19.880 live somebody who doesn't 00:29:19.880 --> 00:29:21.580 feel the weight of 00:29:21.580 --> 00:29:23.220 condemnation, but somebody 00:29:23.220 --> 00:29:24.779 who's been set free to 00:29:24.779 --> 00:29:26.240 serve God and to live for 00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:26.460 Him. 00:29:26.819 --> 00:29:28.120 Somebody who's free to 00:29:28.120 --> 00:29:30.059 fight sin and be able to 00:29:30.059 --> 00:29:32.160 run to our Father without 00:29:32.160 --> 00:29:33.440 any fear at all. 00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:36.779 We are supernatural 00:29:36.779 --> 00:29:39.200 people because the 00:29:39.200 --> 00:29:40.880 Spirit of God, the 00:29:40.880 --> 00:29:43.299 Spirit of Christ, is 00:29:43.299 --> 00:29:45.160 living within us. 00:29:46.039 --> 00:29:47.420 We have a resource 00:29:47.420 --> 00:29:49.720 within us to live the 00:29:49.720 --> 00:29:51.200 kind of life that God 00:29:51.200 --> 00:29:52.120 has called us to. 00:29:52.480 --> 00:29:53.980 We can't do it by our 00:29:53.980 --> 00:29:54.240 own. 00:29:54.600 --> 00:29:55.440 It's impossible. 00:29:55.680 --> 00:29:56.480 We are powerless. 00:29:56.480 --> 00:29:59.279 But with the Spirit of 00:29:59.279 --> 00:30:01.299 Christ, we are given 00:30:01.299 --> 00:30:02.299 His power. 00:30:03.079 --> 00:30:04.480 The Spirit that raised 00:30:04.480 --> 00:30:05.660 Christ from the dead, 00:30:05.940 --> 00:30:07.400 that power that raised 00:30:07.400 --> 00:30:09.220 Him from the grave, 00:30:10.120 --> 00:30:12.259 is the same power at 00:30:12.259 --> 00:30:14.620 work in us to live His 00:30:14.620 --> 00:30:15.059 life. 00:30:16.059 --> 00:30:17.579 Let's pray together. 00:30:17.579 --> 00:30:31.240 Father, our Father God, we 00:30:31.240 --> 00:30:34.019 recognize before You 00:30:34.019 --> 00:30:36.779 again our complete 00:30:36.779 --> 00:30:40.159 inadequacy, our 00:30:40.159 --> 00:30:41.399 hopelessness, our 00:30:41.399 --> 00:30:44.439 powerlessness to be able 00:30:44.439 --> 00:30:46.259 to change our lives in any 00:30:46.259 --> 00:30:46.940 way at all. 00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:52.859 Thank You that You have 00:30:52.859 --> 00:30:54.759 given us the gift of Your 00:30:54.759 --> 00:30:58.319 Holy Spirit to be able to 00:30:58.319 --> 00:31:03.579 live supernatural lives, to 00:31:03.579 --> 00:31:05.000 be able to fight the 00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:07.839 battle of sin so that we 00:31:07.839 --> 00:31:09.000 can become more like 00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:09.500 Christ. 00:31:11.379 --> 00:31:14.240 Thank You that it is You 00:31:14.240 --> 00:31:16.079 working in us. 00:31:16.259 --> 00:31:18.279 It's not about what we can 00:31:18.279 --> 00:31:20.460 do, but what about Christ 00:31:20.460 --> 00:31:21.660 has done for us. 00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:24.460 We pray that You would fill 00:31:24.460 --> 00:31:26.420 us afresh with Your 00:31:26.420 --> 00:31:27.019 Spirit. 00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:31.200 That we would respond to His 00:31:31.200 --> 00:31:32.619 promptings and to His 00:31:32.619 --> 00:31:33.059 work. 00:31:34.519 --> 00:31:36.200 That we would be people who 00:31:36.200 --> 00:31:39.160 go into this week enabled 00:31:39.160 --> 00:31:42.859 and equipped, ready to live 00:31:42.859 --> 00:31:44.960 for You in this world, to 00:31:44.960 --> 00:31:49.279 live supernatural lives, to be 00:31:49.279 --> 00:31:50.779 able to do all that You 00:31:50.779 --> 00:31:51.620 have called us to. 00:31:52.700 --> 00:31:54.539 So we praise You and we 00:31:54.539 --> 00:31:56.600 thank You for all that You 00:31:56.600 --> 00:31:58.819 have done for us and all 00:31:58.819 --> 00:32:00.279 that You have given to us. 00:32:00.440 --> 00:32:02.660 In Jesus' name, Amen. 00:32:02.660 --> 00:32:02.779 Amen. 00:32:02.779 --> 00:32:03.480 Amen. 00:32:10.980 --> 00:32:11.039 Amen. 00:32:11.039 --> 00:32:11.259 Amen. 00:32:11.259 --> 00:32:11.660 God bless. 00:32:12.139 --> 00:32:12.399 Amen. 00:32:13.059 --> 00:32:13.119 Amen. 00:32:13.119 --> 00:32:13.200 Amen. 00:32:13.200 --> 00:32:13.639 Amen. 00:32:14.019 --> 00:32:14.379 Amen. 00:32:16.319 --> 00:32:16.799 Amen. 00:32:16.799 --> 00:32:17.039 Amen. 00:32:17.039 --> 00:32:18.339 Amen. 00:32:18.599 --> 00:32:19.000 Amen. 00:32:19.019 --> 00:32:19.059 Amen. 00:32:19.279 --> 00:32:20.000 Amen. 00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:21.160 Amen. 00:32:21.160 --> 00:32:21.460 Amen. 00:32:21.460 --> 00:32:21.500 Amen. 00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:21.819 Amen. 00:32:21.819 --> 00:32:23.059 Amen. 00:32:23.059 --> 00:32:23.079 Amen. 00:32:23.079 --> 00:32:24.160 Amen. 00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:24.359 Amen. 00:32:24.359 --> 00:32:24.559 Amen. 00:32:24.559 --> 00:32:24.920 Amen. 00:32:25.119 --> 00:32:27.019 Amen. 00:32:27.019 --> 00:32:28.139 Amen. 00:32:28.139 --> 00:32:28.920 Amen. 00:32:28.920 --> 00:32:29.000 Amen. 00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:30.259 Amen. 00:32:30.259 --> 00:32:30.980 Amen.