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 We've been studying through the book of Romans.

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 We're in Romans chapter 6.

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! The last few verses of the chapter.

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 Romans chapter 6.

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 That's a hard song to follow.

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 I'm just going to say it.

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 Alright, we're equal.

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 Romans chapter 6.

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 I'll start reading in verse 19 through the end of the chapter.

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 Paul is writing to the church in Rome.

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 He writes and he says,

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 I am speaking in human terms because of your natural limitations.

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 For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity

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 and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness,

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 so now present your members as slaves to righteousness

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 leading to sanctification.

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 For when you were slaves of sin,

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 you were free in regard to righteousness.

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 But what fruit were you getting at that time

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 from the things of which you are now ashamed?

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 For the end of these things is death.

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 But now that you have been set free from sin

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 and have become slaves of God,

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 the fruit you get leads to sanctification

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 and it's in eternal life.

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 For the wages of sin is death.

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 The free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus,

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 our Lord.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Father, we thank you for Jesus.

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 We thank you for the grace and the mercy

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 that you've shown us through him,

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 through his life, his death, and his resurrection.

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 We thank you for your word that you have revealed to us,

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 that you have shown us,

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 so we can hold in our hands and read.

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 We thank you that your word speaks of Jesus,

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 shows us about Jesus,

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 teaches us Jesus.

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 I pray this morning that we prove with the word spoken

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 and the ears of listening that we love Jesus.

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 I pray, God, that we would honor him,

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 lift him up,

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 and he would receive all praise this morning.

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 Speak to us this morning in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Now, I'm going to approach this text a little different.

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 Usually it's verse by verse.

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 This is what it's saying.

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 This is what it means.

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 I'm still going to be faithful to it,

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 but I want to look at how does being set free,

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 we've been set free in Christ

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 from the power and burden and control of sin,

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 how does that affect our gathering?

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 How does that affect this meeting time,

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 our meetings during the week,

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 our meetings with families

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 or one-on-one discipleship?

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 How does being set free really affect our lives?

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 Because theologically and doctrinally,

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 we can say it all along,

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 every moment of every day,

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 but how does it affect our everyday life

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 and in specific,

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 us here together?

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 In other words,

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 so what?

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 So we've been set free.

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 So what?

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 What does it mean?

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 What does it lead us to?

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 So we have sin in our life

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 that no longer has power over us.

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 What do we do with that?

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 And why does the fact that we have been set free from sin

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 and now have been made slave to God

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 impact us and our gathering together?

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 This is the question that I want to answer this morning.

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 The easy answer,

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 the simple answer is in every way.

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 In every way it changes,

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 it impacts our gathering.

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 In every way,

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 in how we speak,

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 in how we sing,

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 in how we gather,

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 in how we care for one another,

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 in how we look at one another,

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 how we listen to one another.

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 In every way is a simple answer.

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 So let's get a little more specific.

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 And in our text,

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 I think we have a little more specific answer.

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 If we've been set free,

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 if our identity has changed,

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 if we're no longer slave to sin,

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 but slave to God,

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 then our identity has changed.

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 Because if our identity has changed,

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 then what we do,

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 how we live,

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 and why we gather changes as well.

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 So no matter how mature you are as a Christian,

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 you know how much knowledge you have,

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 or I have,

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 we all need help in this endeavor

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 to live out this Christian life.

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 We all need help.

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 None of us have figured this out.

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 None of us have perfected it.

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 Paul himself says,

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 I am not yet perfect.

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 I continue on forward.

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 We need one another

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 to preach the Gospel to us,

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 to remind us that we are set free from sin,

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 and to etch into one another's minds

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 that this gathering is not about us.

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 It's about Jesus.

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 Joy to the world

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 is about Jesus,

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 not about us.

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 So as I review,

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 Romans 1 and 2,

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 divine for us,

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 clearly,

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 that all human beings,

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 then and now,

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 have been born into a curse.

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 We are dead.

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 Curse that goes all the way back

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 to Adam and Eve

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 in the Garden of Eden.

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 Adam and Eve bought into the lie

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 that the devil gave them,

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 bought into the lie

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 that they can be important,

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 that they can be special,

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 that they can be like God,

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 and they decided to worship themselves

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 instead of worshiping God

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 as they were created to do.

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 As we are today,

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 they were created to worship God,

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 to bring glory to God.

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 As our Logos question number two says,

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 the adult version is,

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 what is the chief end of man?

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 To glorify Him

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 and enjoy Him forever.

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 That's what we were created to do.

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 We were created to worship Him alone.

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 And from this moment

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 in the Garden of Eden,

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 through all of eternity,

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 mankind,

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 and all of time,

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 mankind has been cursed

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 with the inability to worship God.

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 We've been cursed

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 with the inability to please God,

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 to do God things.

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 We cannot worship Him

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 apart from a supernatural act of God.

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 So we come to Romans 3,

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 and it says,

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 for all have sinned

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 and fall short of the glory of God.

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 All of us have sinned.

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 No one is left out of that equation.

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 We are unable to bring glory to God.

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 We are unable

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 to do good,

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 God-glorifying things.

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 Now of course,

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 semantics,

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 we can do good things.

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 We can do nice things.

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 We can be nice human beings

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 and care for people

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 and love people,

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 but we cannot do God-honoring,

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 God-glorifying things.

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 We cannot enjoy Him

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 as we were created to do.

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 Even religious things

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 are like filthy rags.

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 We weren't created to be religious.

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 We weren't created to be Baptists,

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 although some people might say we were.

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 We weren't created to be Methodists,

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 or Presbyterians.

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 We were created to be God's people,

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 His children,

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 and whatever name you want to put to that.

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 That's what we were created to be.

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 Religion was created by man

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 to replace God,

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 to make where we have no need for Him.

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 And if there's no need for God,

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 then our curse that we are born into

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 no longer has powers,

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 no longer as powerful as we thought.

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 And then we can fix that issue

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 with good deeds or religious activities.

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 But that's not the case.

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 Romans 1, 2, and 3,

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 and then building up to chapter 4,

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 all of it proves

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 that even religion does not save.

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 Chapter 4,

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 we have Abraham,

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 who's been justified,

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 Paul lays out for us

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 that Abraham was justified by faith,

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 not by anything else,

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 not by works,

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 not by religious activity,

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 no special bloodline,

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 no being the patriarch of the Jewish people.

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 That didn't save him.

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 What saved him was his faith

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 or faith from God.

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 He was justified by faith.

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 No religious activity,

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 no good deed.

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 Abraham did not earn

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 his faith.

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 He did not earn

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 the salvation that he received.

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 Romans 4,

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 verse 20 and 21 says,

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 of Abraham,

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 no distrust made him waver

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 concerning the promise of God.

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 But he grew strong in his faith

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 as he gave glory to God,

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 fully convinced that God was able to do

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 what he had promised.

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 So this amazing faith

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 that Abraham showed

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 was nothing of his doing

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 or his ability.

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 It was all based and rooted

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 on who God is

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 and what God has promised.

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 What God said that He would do.

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 This same faith can be evident

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 in your life and in mine.

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 But like Abraham,

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 it is God working through us.

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 just earlier in Romans 4,

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 faith wasn't given to Adam

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 and he wasn't made righteous

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 because of being circumcised.

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 And I point that out

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 because that is the one

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 religious activity

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 of the Jewish people

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 that was important.

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 That was it.

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 It proved to the world

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 that they were Jewish.

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 It proved to them

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 that they belonged

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 to God's chosen people.

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 And even Abraham,

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 who was the patriarch,

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 was not made righteous

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 because of being circumcised.

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 Made righteous because of his faith.

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 So, to summarize,

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 we are justified by faith

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 apart from works.

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 It's a good Christian saying,

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 but it's very important.

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 We are justified by faith

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 apart from works.

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 So, nothing in us

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 earns, deserves

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 the salvation that God gives us.

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 This is the launching point.

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 This truth,

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 justified by faith

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 apart from works,

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 that's the launching point

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 for all of Romans.

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 As Paul writes

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 to the Christian church,

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 to the church in Rome,

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 to the Christians there,

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 he writes to them

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 and he says,

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 as Abraham,

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 you too can be justified by faith.

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 Not anything that you have done.

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 You haven't earned it.

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 Everything we are and do

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 is out of being justified.

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 Being made right before God

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 because of his love,

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 his grace,

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 and his mercy.

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 We've got to make sure

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 we understand this.

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 And on the cross

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 is where we've been justified.

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 On the cross

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 is where our sins

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 were taken

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 by Jesus.

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 And in return,

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 we are given

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 his righteousness.

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 Martin Luther calls

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 the great exchange

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 and we mention it

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 often.

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 Jesus took our sin

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 and gave us

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 his righteousness.

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 This

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 is the launching point.

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 See,

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 at the cross,

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 we find victory

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 over sin.

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 At the cross,

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 we are set free

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 from that same sin.

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 At the cross,

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 we are given peace

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 with God.

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 Because of the cross,

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 we can approach

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 the throne room

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 with boldness.

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 Because of the cross,

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 we live victorious lives.

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 Because of the cross,

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 we love our neighbors.

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 See,

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 all of what we are

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 and do as Christians

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 because and through

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 the cross of Jesus Christ.

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 At Calvary,

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 where He died for you

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 and for me.

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 That's where

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 it all comes from.

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 John Piper,

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 in his book,

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 The Roots of Endurance,

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 is writing about

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 William Wilberforce,

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 John Newton,

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 and Charles Stimeon.

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 Three great men of,

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 as we sometimes say,

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 old dead guys.

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 Great men of faith.

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 He writes about them

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 and he says,

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 they were careful

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 to savor the cross first

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 as the basis of justification

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 before they experienced

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 its purchased power

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 of sanctification.

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 Before the power of endurance

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 came the pardon of guilt.

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 Before the blood-bought enabling

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 of righteous living

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 came the free gift

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 of perfect righteousness

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 credited to our account

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 because of Christ alone

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 through faith alone.

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 These men,

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 we can lift them up,

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 but they're just men.

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 These men knew

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 that what we do

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 is secondary

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 to what Christ did

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 on the cross.

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 What Christ did

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 on the cross

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 determines what we do here.

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 So out of what Christ did,

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 we now live for Him.

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 Justification is the launch point

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 for Romans

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 and for the Christian life.

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 So we now come to chapter 6.

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 On the cross,

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 our sin nature died with Jesus.

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 If we are Christian,

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 if we are believers,

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 if we are a biblical definition

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 of being a Christian,

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 if you know when you love Jesus,

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 then you have been set free

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 on the cross

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 from the control

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 and bondage of sin.

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 And now,

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 in our text,

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 we have the outcome

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 of being set free.

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 We have the outcome

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 of no longer being empowered

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 or no longer being powered over

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 by sin.

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 And that outcome is

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 sanctification and holiness.

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 Or sanctification

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 or holiness.

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 The infinitely holy God

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 through Christ

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 has given us

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 His holiness.

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 It is a process.

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 A long process.

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 A slow process.

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 But we are being perfected

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 because of Christ.

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 Because of His work

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 on the cross.

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 We can be holy

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 as He commanded.

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 Be holy

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 as I am holy.

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 We can be holy

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 as God is holy

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 because of Jesus.

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 Later on in the book,

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 John Piper says

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 of the time

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 that William Wilberforce lived,

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 he said,

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 nominal Christians

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 were confusing

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 and reversing

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 sanctification

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 and justification.

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 They were making

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 the fruits of holiness

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 the cause

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 and not the effects

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 of being justified.

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 What the whole

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 beginning part of Romans

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 is about up to this point

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 is out of being justified

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 we are becoming sanctified.

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 Out of what Christ has done

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 we are able to live

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 a certain and specific way.

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 Sounds a lot like our time,

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 doesn't it?

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 We know people

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 who are trying to live

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 good lives.

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 People who are trying

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 to be religious.

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 We are surrounded

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 by nominal Christians

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 or non-Christians

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 at all

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 believe that they

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 have to live

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 a good life.

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 They just have to be good

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 in order to earn

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 God's favor.

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 But we know

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 that that is not

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 the case at all.

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 We don't want

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 this building,

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 we don't want

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 this gathering

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 to be filled

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 with people

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 who are nominal

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 Christians

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 who think they have

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 to earn God's grace.

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 That wouldn't be

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 grace at all.

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 And there is no victory

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 in that life.

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 That is a life

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 of slavery,

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 of burden,

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 trying to earn

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 God's favor

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 and God's grace.

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 We want to lead

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 people who love

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 out of joy,

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 who gather

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 out of joy

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 and who bless

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 out of joy,

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 not out of obligation

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 or out of some

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 form of payment

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 to God.

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 So as we look

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 at our text

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 this morning,

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 so what?

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 So what does

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 this mean?

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 What does

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 this mean

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 about how

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 we gather?

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 We have been

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 set free,

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 so what?

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 Well,

00:16:58.340 --> 00:16:58.820
 as I've kind

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 of set us up,

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 we can't go

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 any further

00:17:01.940 --> 00:17:04.059
 without completely

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 and totally

00:17:04.660 --> 00:17:05.360
 understanding

00:17:05.360 --> 00:17:06.200
 verse 23

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 of chapter 6.

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 We have to get it,

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 understand it,

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 know it.

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 Verse 23 says,

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 for the wages

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 of sin is death,

00:17:16.059 --> 00:17:16.839
 but the free

00:17:16.839 --> 00:17:17.500
 gift of God

00:17:17.500 --> 00:17:18.360
 is eternal life

00:17:18.360 --> 00:17:19.519
 in Christ Jesus

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 our Lord.

00:17:22.360 --> 00:17:23.360
 Wages of sin.

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 There is a payment

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 to be paid.

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 Our sin

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 earns a payment.

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 It earns a paycheck.

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 So sin is working

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 against you

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 and against me

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 and as it works,

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 it's earning its wage

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 or earning a wage.

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 Sin doesn't just

00:17:43.040 --> 00:17:44.120
 deserve death.

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 Sometimes we'll say,

00:17:45.400 --> 00:17:45.960
 you know,

00:17:45.980 --> 00:17:47.120
 sin deserves death.

00:17:48.860 --> 00:17:49.420
 Deserve

00:17:49.420 --> 00:17:50.040
 leaves room

00:17:50.040 --> 00:17:51.060
 for subjectivity.

00:17:51.259 --> 00:17:51.759
 It leaves room

00:17:51.759 --> 00:17:52.140
 for

00:17:52.140 --> 00:17:55.220
 a little play,

00:17:55.360 --> 00:17:56.100
 too much play.

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 According to our text,

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 the wages of sin,

00:18:00.380 --> 00:18:01.400
 sin earns,

00:18:01.759 --> 00:18:02.460
 there's a clear

00:18:02.460 --> 00:18:03.940
 payment exchange

00:18:03.940 --> 00:18:04.519
 there.

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 It's wage

00:18:06.080 --> 00:18:06.779
 and the wage

00:18:06.779 --> 00:18:07.500
 is death.

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 And it's not

00:18:10.620 --> 00:18:11.279
 talking about

00:18:11.279 --> 00:18:11.920
 you dying

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 here on earth.

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 It's talking about

00:18:15.540 --> 00:18:16.220
 eternal,

00:18:16.800 --> 00:18:17.259
 permanent

00:18:17.259 --> 00:18:18.160
 separation

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 from God.

00:18:20.279 --> 00:18:21.279
 Everything God

00:18:21.279 --> 00:18:22.100
 does is good.

00:18:22.540 --> 00:18:23.240
 Everything God

00:18:23.240 --> 00:18:23.980
 does is right.

00:18:24.080 --> 00:18:24.580
 Everything God

00:18:24.580 --> 00:18:25.420
 does is holy

00:18:25.420 --> 00:18:26.420
 and just.

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 You're going to

00:18:27.840 --> 00:18:28.580
 be separated

00:18:28.580 --> 00:18:29.240
 from that

00:18:29.240 --> 00:18:30.140
 eternally

00:18:30.140 --> 00:18:31.660
 because of the

00:18:31.660 --> 00:18:32.320
 sin in your life,

00:18:32.360 --> 00:18:32.960
 because of your

00:18:32.960 --> 00:18:33.320
 sin,

00:18:33.380 --> 00:18:33.900
 if you do not

00:18:33.900 --> 00:18:34.460
 know Christ,

00:18:34.560 --> 00:18:34.980
 if you do not

00:18:34.980 --> 00:18:36.080
 love Him.

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 this is the

00:18:40.240 --> 00:18:41.000
 reality of our

00:18:41.000 --> 00:18:41.620
 curse that we're

00:18:41.620 --> 00:18:42.140
 born into.

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 We receive,

00:18:45.519 --> 00:18:47.519
 we're born into

00:18:47.519 --> 00:18:48.320
 this curse

00:18:48.320 --> 00:18:50.540
 by the second

00:18:50.540 --> 00:18:51.220
 part of verse

00:18:51.220 --> 00:18:51.740
 23.

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 But,

00:18:53.600 --> 00:18:54.779
 the free gift

00:18:54.779 --> 00:18:55.279
 of God

00:18:55.279 --> 00:18:55.820
 is eternal

00:18:55.820 --> 00:18:56.860
 life in Christ

00:18:56.860 --> 00:18:57.820
 Jesus our

00:18:57.820 --> 00:18:58.200
 Lord.

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 We receive a

00:18:59.540 --> 00:18:59.840
 gift,

00:18:59.940 --> 00:19:00.640
 an undeserved

00:19:00.640 --> 00:19:01.540
 gift from the

00:19:01.540 --> 00:19:01.920
 Creator.

00:19:02.660 --> 00:19:03.480
 That is eternal

00:19:03.480 --> 00:19:04.000
 life.

00:19:04.820 --> 00:19:05.940
 Eternal life in

00:19:05.940 --> 00:19:06.220
 Christ.

00:19:06.300 --> 00:19:07.000
 He's because of

00:19:07.000 --> 00:19:07.299
 Jesus.

00:19:08.200 --> 00:19:09.220
 In Jesus and

00:19:09.220 --> 00:19:09.960
 for Jesus,

00:19:10.740 --> 00:19:11.759
 our lives are

00:19:11.759 --> 00:19:12.880
 all about

00:19:12.880 --> 00:19:13.519
 Jesus.

00:19:14.859 --> 00:19:15.519
 That's why our

00:19:15.519 --> 00:19:16.319
 vision statement

00:19:16.319 --> 00:19:17.579
 is not up there.

00:19:17.839 --> 00:19:18.359
 Christ's Family

00:19:18.359 --> 00:19:19.420
 Church exists to

00:19:19.420 --> 00:19:20.140
 experience,

00:19:20.400 --> 00:19:20.660
 proclaim,

00:19:20.940 --> 00:19:22.799
 and display the

00:19:22.799 --> 00:19:23.519
 supremacy of

00:19:23.519 --> 00:19:24.519
 Jesus Christ in

00:19:24.519 --> 00:19:26.039
 all things.

00:19:27.140 --> 00:19:28.299
 Our lives are

00:19:28.299 --> 00:19:29.480
 all about

00:19:29.480 --> 00:19:30.099
 Jesus.

00:19:31.119 --> 00:19:32.039
 Our gatherings

00:19:32.039 --> 00:19:33.599
 are all about

00:19:33.599 --> 00:19:34.220
 Jesus.

00:19:35.299 --> 00:19:36.160
 Our entire

00:19:36.160 --> 00:19:36.960
 life is about

00:19:36.960 --> 00:19:37.279
 Him.

00:19:39.380 --> 00:19:39.779
 So,

00:19:40.000 --> 00:19:40.759
 we move from

00:19:40.759 --> 00:19:41.460
 verse 23.

00:19:41.620 --> 00:19:42.319
 We got verse

00:19:42.319 --> 00:19:42.680
 23.

00:19:42.779 --> 00:19:43.319
 We have to

00:19:43.319 --> 00:19:43.980
 understand verse

00:19:43.980 --> 00:19:44.440
 23.

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 And then out of

00:19:45.079 --> 00:19:45.420
 that,

00:19:45.980 --> 00:19:46.579
 so what?

00:19:48.360 --> 00:19:49.000
 So what do

00:19:49.000 --> 00:19:49.380
 we do?

00:19:51.900 --> 00:19:52.720
 Because we are

00:19:52.720 --> 00:19:53.519
 recipients of

00:19:53.519 --> 00:19:55.100
 this gift from

00:19:55.100 --> 00:19:55.980
 a holy God,

00:19:56.640 --> 00:19:57.420
 our identity

00:19:57.420 --> 00:19:58.180
 changes.

00:19:59.340 --> 00:19:59.900
 As I mentioned

00:19:59.900 --> 00:20:00.480
 a few minutes

00:20:00.480 --> 00:20:01.019
 ago, we're no

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 longer slaves to

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 sin if we are

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 Christians, if we

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 are born-again

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 believers.

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 we are now

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 slaves to God.

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 And that is a

00:20:09.099 --> 00:20:09.879
 complete identity

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 change.

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 Ephesians chapter

00:20:12.700 --> 00:20:13.339
 2 says you

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 were dead.

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 You're now

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 alive.

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 That's a big

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 identity change.

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 See, at that

00:20:21.660 --> 00:20:22.720
 moment of being

00:20:22.720 --> 00:20:23.619
 justified, being

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 born again, our

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 identity changes.

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 verse 19 of

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 Romans chapter 6

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 says, for just

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 as you once

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 presented your

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 members as

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 slaves to

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 impurity and

00:20:36.420 --> 00:20:37.119
 to lawlessness

00:20:37.119 --> 00:20:38.339
 leading to more

00:20:38.339 --> 00:20:39.259
 lawlessness.

00:20:40.599 --> 00:20:41.159
 See, before

00:20:41.159 --> 00:20:41.920
 Jesus, our

00:20:41.920 --> 00:20:42.740
 identity was in

00:20:42.740 --> 00:20:43.379
 what we did.

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 Sin.

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 And I don't

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 mean, you

00:20:47.680 --> 00:20:47.960
 know, your

00:20:47.960 --> 00:20:48.440
 sports

00:20:48.440 --> 00:20:49.159
 accomplishments,

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 your life

00:20:49.899 --> 00:20:50.599
 accomplishments,

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 your struggles.

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 It was in how

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 we lived, what

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 we did, what

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 determined what

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 we did, and

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 that was sin.

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 That was where

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 our identity

00:20:58.340 --> 00:20:59.040
 was.

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 According to

00:21:02.260 --> 00:21:03.280
 this, impurity

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 and lawlessness

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 was your

00:21:05.000 --> 00:21:05.780
 identity, was

00:21:05.780 --> 00:21:06.980
 our identity

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 before Christ.

00:21:09.400 --> 00:21:09.960
 Impurity

00:21:09.960 --> 00:21:11.100
 represents the

00:21:11.100 --> 00:21:12.400
 inward sin,

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 the thoughts,

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 the lust,

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 the judgment,

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 the hatred,

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 the anger,

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 the vanity.

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 We have those

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 inward sins that

00:21:21.180 --> 00:21:21.920
 nobody might

00:21:21.920 --> 00:21:22.340
 see.

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 We can hide

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 those.

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 But lawlessness

00:21:25.860 --> 00:21:26.780
 represents the

00:21:26.780 --> 00:21:27.620
 outward sin,

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 the actions,

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 the murder,

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 the malice,

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 the hatred,

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 the homosexuality,

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 the fornication,

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 on and on and

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 on.

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 Both of those

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 lists.

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 We could go on

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 and on and

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 on.

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 That's who we

00:21:41.600 --> 00:21:41.960
 were.

00:21:43.180 --> 00:21:43.840
 That's what our

00:21:43.840 --> 00:21:44.740
 identity was and

00:21:44.740 --> 00:21:45.380
 what we did.

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 But after

00:21:47.100 --> 00:21:49.180
 Jesus, we

00:21:49.180 --> 00:21:50.240
 become slaves to

00:21:50.240 --> 00:21:50.820
 righteousness

00:21:50.820 --> 00:21:53.600
 leading to

00:21:53.600 --> 00:21:54.380
 sanctification.

00:21:54.880 --> 00:21:55.880
 holiness.

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 See, our

00:21:56.600 --> 00:21:58.180
 identity is not

00:21:58.180 --> 00:21:58.820
 under the power

00:21:58.820 --> 00:21:59.580
 of sin anymore.

00:22:00.260 --> 00:22:00.780
 It is now

00:22:00.780 --> 00:22:01.760
 becoming empowered

00:22:01.760 --> 00:22:02.400
 by God

00:22:02.400 --> 00:22:03.400
 leading to

00:22:03.400 --> 00:22:03.860
 holiness.

00:22:07.400 --> 00:22:08.300
 See, as the

00:22:08.300 --> 00:22:09.460
 nominal Christians

00:22:09.460 --> 00:22:10.860
 did and

00:22:10.860 --> 00:22:12.500
 thought and

00:22:12.500 --> 00:22:13.520
 will before us

00:22:13.520 --> 00:22:15.820
 time, we are

00:22:15.820 --> 00:22:16.580
 holy out of what

00:22:16.580 --> 00:22:17.380
 Jesus did, not

00:22:17.380 --> 00:22:18.480
 on what we do

00:22:18.480 --> 00:22:19.799
 or try to do.

00:22:23.279 --> 00:22:23.960
 When our

00:22:23.960 --> 00:22:24.819
 identity changes,

00:22:24.920 --> 00:22:25.440
 what we live

00:22:25.440 --> 00:22:26.200
 for changes.

00:22:26.980 --> 00:22:27.420
 What we

00:22:27.420 --> 00:22:28.880
 desire changes.

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 For example,

00:22:30.860 --> 00:22:31.640
 if I became a

00:22:31.640 --> 00:22:32.039
 Muslim,

00:22:33.079 --> 00:22:34.299
 if I decided I'm

00:22:34.299 --> 00:22:35.779
 going to become a

00:22:35.779 --> 00:22:36.440
 Muslim, I like

00:22:36.440 --> 00:22:37.339
 their ideas and I

00:22:37.339 --> 00:22:37.819
 like how the

00:22:37.819 --> 00:22:38.480
 Quran is spelled

00:22:38.480 --> 00:22:39.079
 a little weird

00:22:39.079 --> 00:22:40.880
 and I just like

00:22:40.880 --> 00:22:41.079
 it.

00:22:41.079 --> 00:22:44.220
 my identity,

00:22:44.619 --> 00:22:45.819
 who I was,

00:22:45.879 --> 00:22:46.779
 would change.

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 It would

00:22:48.339 --> 00:22:49.419
 obviously change.

00:22:50.559 --> 00:22:51.220
 I don't even

00:22:51.220 --> 00:22:51.859
 know half the

00:22:51.859 --> 00:22:53.139
 laws and stuff

00:22:53.139 --> 00:22:53.799
 they have, but I

00:22:53.799 --> 00:22:54.539
 follow them.

00:22:54.539 --> 00:22:54.579
 But

00:22:54.579 --> 00:23:00.799
 what I live for

00:23:00.799 --> 00:23:01.460
 would change.

00:23:01.579 --> 00:23:02.099
 That identity

00:23:02.099 --> 00:23:02.919
 would determine

00:23:02.919 --> 00:23:04.740
 how I lived.

00:23:04.740 --> 00:23:07.000
 as a Christian

00:23:07.000 --> 00:23:07.480
 though, my

00:23:07.480 --> 00:23:08.519
 identity is

00:23:08.519 --> 00:23:09.200
 Jesus.

00:23:10.160 --> 00:23:10.740
 It's for

00:23:10.740 --> 00:23:11.480
 Jesus, through

00:23:11.480 --> 00:23:12.299
 Jesus, and so

00:23:12.299 --> 00:23:13.579
 I live for

00:23:13.579 --> 00:23:14.819
 Jesus and His

00:23:14.819 --> 00:23:15.240
 glory.

00:23:16.480 --> 00:23:17.380
 So when we

00:23:17.380 --> 00:23:18.339
 gather together,

00:23:19.200 --> 00:23:19.740
 big group,

00:23:19.859 --> 00:23:20.500
 small group,

00:23:21.200 --> 00:23:22.000
 morning service,

00:23:22.180 --> 00:23:22.799
 community group

00:23:22.799 --> 00:23:23.519
 in midweek,

00:23:23.940 --> 00:23:24.920
 families over a

00:23:24.920 --> 00:23:25.740
 meal, a one-on-one

00:23:25.740 --> 00:23:26.380
 discipleship,

00:23:26.420 --> 00:23:27.180
 whatever it is,

00:23:27.440 --> 00:23:28.120
 when we meet

00:23:28.120 --> 00:23:30.380
 together, we

00:23:30.380 --> 00:23:31.500
 unite over our

00:23:31.500 --> 00:23:31.960
 identity.

00:23:32.900 --> 00:23:34.160
 We unite over

00:23:34.160 --> 00:23:35.620
 what binds us

00:23:35.620 --> 00:23:36.200
 together, and

00:23:36.200 --> 00:23:37.060
 that is Jesus.

00:23:38.440 --> 00:23:40.360
 That is His

00:23:40.360 --> 00:23:42.380
 righteousness, His

00:23:42.380 --> 00:23:43.019
 holiness.

00:23:44.019 --> 00:23:44.980
 We unite over

00:23:44.980 --> 00:23:46.019
 what Jesus did

00:23:46.019 --> 00:23:47.120
 for us.

00:23:49.779 --> 00:23:51.160
 2 Corinthians 5

00:23:51.160 --> 00:23:52.019
 says that His

00:23:52.019 --> 00:23:53.460
 love compels

00:23:53.460 --> 00:23:53.900
 us.

00:23:55.160 --> 00:23:55.560
 We are

00:23:55.560 --> 00:23:56.400
 compelled to

00:23:56.400 --> 00:23:57.400
 live for

00:23:57.400 --> 00:23:57.759
 Him.

00:23:59.640 --> 00:23:59.960
 And

00:23:59.960 --> 00:24:00.800
 honestly,

00:24:01.360 --> 00:24:02.380
 no matter what

00:24:02.380 --> 00:24:03.080
 that means or

00:24:03.080 --> 00:24:03.740
 looks like,

00:24:03.740 --> 00:24:04.700
 we're going to

00:24:04.700 --> 00:24:05.160
 do that.

00:24:05.279 --> 00:24:05.779
 We're going to

00:24:05.779 --> 00:24:06.500
 live for Him

00:24:06.500 --> 00:24:07.339
 and love

00:24:07.339 --> 00:24:07.740
 Jesus.

00:24:09.579 --> 00:24:10.019
 Because,

00:24:10.579 --> 00:24:11.000
 truth be

00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:11.400
 told,

00:24:13.019 --> 00:24:14.160
 He did the

00:24:14.160 --> 00:24:14.920
 extreme for

00:24:14.920 --> 00:24:15.339
 us.

00:24:15.559 --> 00:24:16.099
 He did the

00:24:16.099 --> 00:24:16.779
 radical for

00:24:16.779 --> 00:24:17.700
 us by dying

00:24:17.700 --> 00:24:18.519
 on the cross

00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:19.900
 for our sin.

00:24:23.299 --> 00:24:23.779
 See,

00:24:23.880 --> 00:24:24.920
 our new

00:24:24.920 --> 00:24:25.920
 identity based

00:24:25.920 --> 00:24:26.519
 in Scripture,

00:24:26.700 --> 00:24:27.319
 based on who

00:24:27.319 --> 00:24:28.079
 Jesus is,

00:24:28.120 --> 00:24:28.700
 has already

00:24:28.700 --> 00:24:29.339
 measured the

00:24:29.339 --> 00:24:29.779
 cost.

00:24:30.519 --> 00:24:31.099
 And Jesus

00:24:31.099 --> 00:24:31.919
 is worth it.

00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:34.000
 Already

00:24:34.000 --> 00:24:34.699
 measured it.

00:24:35.480 --> 00:24:35.879
 We are

00:24:35.879 --> 00:24:36.459
 willing or

00:24:36.459 --> 00:24:36.939
 should be

00:24:36.939 --> 00:24:37.539
 willing to

00:24:37.539 --> 00:24:38.359
 go to do

00:24:38.359 --> 00:24:39.039
 and to be

00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:40.359
 whatever He

00:24:40.359 --> 00:24:41.399
 requires,

00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:42.059
 whatever He

00:24:42.059 --> 00:24:42.559
 commands.

00:24:46.559 --> 00:24:47.639
 He hung and

00:24:47.639 --> 00:24:48.179
 died on the

00:24:48.179 --> 00:24:48.839
 cross so that

00:24:48.839 --> 00:24:49.519
 we can fight

00:24:49.519 --> 00:24:50.119
 for Him and

00:24:50.119 --> 00:24:50.639
 love the

00:24:50.639 --> 00:24:51.279
 people of the

00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:51.559
 world.

00:24:52.419 --> 00:24:53.039
 He hung on the

00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:53.659
 cross so that

00:24:53.659 --> 00:24:54.079
 we can live

00:24:54.079 --> 00:24:55.139
 victorious over

00:24:55.139 --> 00:24:56.599
 sin and not

00:24:56.599 --> 00:24:57.699
 constantly stumble

00:24:57.699 --> 00:24:58.559
 over the same

00:24:58.559 --> 00:24:59.359
 thing.

00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:01.659
 1 John 3.16

00:25:01.659 --> 00:25:02.079
 says,

00:25:02.159 --> 00:25:02.619
 By this we

00:25:02.619 --> 00:25:03.159
 know love,

00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:04.500
 that He laid

00:25:04.500 --> 00:25:05.359
 down His life

00:25:05.359 --> 00:25:05.899
 for us,

00:25:06.720 --> 00:25:07.559
 and we ought

00:25:07.559 --> 00:25:08.039
 to lay down

00:25:08.039 --> 00:25:08.799
 our lives for

00:25:08.799 --> 00:25:09.200
 the brothers.

00:25:10.720 --> 00:25:11.359
 When we

00:25:11.359 --> 00:25:11.779
 gather,

00:25:13.139 --> 00:25:13.799
 when we're

00:25:13.799 --> 00:25:14.359
 apart,

00:25:15.079 --> 00:25:16.319
 be willing to

00:25:16.319 --> 00:25:16.819
 lay down our

00:25:16.819 --> 00:25:17.399
 lives for the

00:25:17.399 --> 00:25:17.720
 brothers.

00:25:18.819 --> 00:25:19.619
 Whatever that

00:25:19.619 --> 00:25:19.980
 means,

00:25:20.059 --> 00:25:20.679
 because Jesus

00:25:20.679 --> 00:25:21.359
 is worth

00:25:21.359 --> 00:25:24.039
 more than

00:25:24.039 --> 00:25:24.759
 what measurements

00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:25.480
 we can put

00:25:25.480 --> 00:25:26.359
 on here on

00:25:26.359 --> 00:25:26.720
 earth.

00:25:26.720 --> 00:25:28.759
 When we

00:25:28.759 --> 00:25:29.460
 unite over

00:25:29.460 --> 00:25:30.059
 our identity

00:25:30.059 --> 00:25:30.839
 in Jesus,

00:25:31.640 --> 00:25:33.079
 we gain a

00:25:33.079 --> 00:25:33.860
 kingdom view.

00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:34.519
 We gain a

00:25:34.519 --> 00:25:35.240
 vision of what

00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:36.380
 God is doing

00:25:36.380 --> 00:25:37.420
 and what He

00:25:37.420 --> 00:25:38.220
 wants to do.

00:25:40.120 --> 00:25:40.779
 And that

00:25:40.779 --> 00:25:42.059
 becomes contagious.

00:25:43.440 --> 00:25:44.420
 Infectious even.

00:25:45.100 --> 00:25:46.519
 When we unite

00:25:46.519 --> 00:25:47.420
 over our

00:25:47.420 --> 00:25:48.120
 identity in

00:25:48.120 --> 00:25:48.460
 Jesus,

00:25:49.360 --> 00:25:49.960
 this kingdom

00:25:49.960 --> 00:25:51.759
 view becomes

00:25:51.759 --> 00:25:52.339
 contagious.

00:25:52.900 --> 00:25:53.559
 When the body

00:25:53.559 --> 00:25:54.059
 gathers,

00:25:54.460 --> 00:25:54.980
 the body

00:25:54.980 --> 00:25:55.880
 becomes infected

00:25:55.880 --> 00:25:56.660
 with the

00:25:56.660 --> 00:25:57.300
 commission of

00:25:57.300 --> 00:25:57.760
 the King.

00:26:00.120 --> 00:26:01.280
 Because being

00:26:01.280 --> 00:26:02.100
 set free,

00:26:04.020 --> 00:26:05.200
 because of

00:26:05.200 --> 00:26:05.920
 Jesus and

00:26:05.920 --> 00:26:06.680
 being set free

00:26:06.680 --> 00:26:07.400
 from sin,

00:26:08.020 --> 00:26:09.100
 we do radical

00:26:09.100 --> 00:26:09.860
 things then.

00:26:10.340 --> 00:26:11.200
 We make radical

00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:11.680
 decisions.

00:26:12.320 --> 00:26:13.120
 We live radical

00:26:13.120 --> 00:26:14.140
 lives for Him.

00:26:15.040 --> 00:26:15.440
 Turn to

00:26:15.440 --> 00:26:16.240
 Isaiah chapter

00:26:16.240 --> 00:26:16.800
 61.

00:26:16.799 --> 00:26:30.259
 Isaiah 61 is a

00:26:30.259 --> 00:26:31.519
 prophecy of the

00:26:31.519 --> 00:26:32.200
 coming Messiah

00:26:32.200 --> 00:26:32.839
 who we know

00:26:32.839 --> 00:26:34.299
 is Jesus.

00:26:39.299 --> 00:26:40.379
 Isaiah 61,

00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:41.839
 Isaiah writes,

00:26:41.839 --> 00:26:45.039
 the Spirit of the

00:26:45.039 --> 00:26:46.379
 Lord God is upon

00:26:46.379 --> 00:26:47.079
 me because the

00:26:47.079 --> 00:26:48.099
 Lord has anointed

00:26:48.099 --> 00:26:49.859
 me to bring good

00:26:49.859 --> 00:26:50.939
 news to the poor.

00:26:52.159 --> 00:26:53.139
 He has sent me to

00:26:53.139 --> 00:26:53.899
 bind up the

00:26:53.899 --> 00:26:54.699
 brokenhearted,

00:26:55.859 --> 00:26:56.740
 to proclaim

00:26:56.740 --> 00:26:57.779
 liberty to the

00:26:57.779 --> 00:26:58.439
 captives,

00:26:59.159 --> 00:27:00.019
 and the opening of

00:27:00.019 --> 00:27:01.000
 the prison to those

00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:01.740
 who are bound,

00:27:02.419 --> 00:27:03.619
 to proclaim the

00:27:03.619 --> 00:27:04.059
 year of the

00:27:04.059 --> 00:27:04.819
 Lord's favor,

00:27:05.199 --> 00:27:05.779
 and the day of

00:27:05.779 --> 00:27:06.519
 vengeance of our

00:27:06.519 --> 00:27:06.879
 God,

00:27:06.939 --> 00:27:08.220
 to comfort all

00:27:08.220 --> 00:27:08.980
 who mourn,

00:27:08.980 --> 00:27:10.660
 to grant to

00:27:10.660 --> 00:27:11.099
 those who

00:27:11.099 --> 00:27:11.779
 mourn in Zion,

00:27:11.860 --> 00:27:12.539
 to give them a

00:27:12.539 --> 00:27:13.400
 beautiful headdress

00:27:13.400 --> 00:27:14.259
 instead of ashes,

00:27:14.660 --> 00:27:15.460
 the oil of

00:27:15.460 --> 00:27:16.380
 gladness instead

00:27:16.380 --> 00:27:16.940
 of mourning,

00:27:17.279 --> 00:27:18.160
 the garment of

00:27:18.160 --> 00:27:19.019
 praise instead of

00:27:19.019 --> 00:27:19.940
 a faint spirit,

00:27:20.620 --> 00:27:21.500
 that they may be

00:27:21.500 --> 00:27:22.559
 called oaks of

00:27:22.559 --> 00:27:23.140
 righteousness,

00:27:23.880 --> 00:27:24.660
 the planting of

00:27:24.660 --> 00:27:25.460
 the Lord that He

00:27:25.460 --> 00:27:26.480
 may be glorified.

00:27:27.140 --> 00:27:27.740
 They shall build

00:27:27.740 --> 00:27:28.400
 up the ancient

00:27:28.400 --> 00:27:28.740
 ruins.

00:27:28.819 --> 00:27:29.500
 They shall raise

00:27:29.500 --> 00:27:30.120
 up the former

00:27:30.120 --> 00:27:30.980
 devastations.

00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:32.700
 They shall repair

00:27:32.700 --> 00:27:33.680
 the ruined cities,

00:27:34.579 --> 00:27:35.539
 the devastations of

00:27:35.539 --> 00:27:36.500
 many generations.

00:27:38.099 --> 00:27:38.880
 Look at these

00:27:38.880 --> 00:27:40.280
 actions.

00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:41.140
 Bring good news

00:27:41.140 --> 00:27:41.700
 to the poor.

00:27:42.120 --> 00:27:42.700
 Bind up the

00:27:42.700 --> 00:27:43.360
 brokenhearted.

00:27:43.840 --> 00:27:44.660
 Proclaim liberty

00:27:44.660 --> 00:27:45.560
 to the captives.

00:27:45.900 --> 00:27:46.660
 Open the prison

00:27:46.660 --> 00:27:47.280
 to those who are

00:27:47.280 --> 00:27:47.660
 bound.

00:27:48.140 --> 00:27:49.140
 Comfort all who

00:27:49.140 --> 00:27:49.600
 mourn.

00:27:50.760 --> 00:27:51.780
 Proclaim the

00:27:51.780 --> 00:27:52.200
 year of the

00:27:52.200 --> 00:27:52.860
 Lord's favor.

00:27:53.040 --> 00:27:53.940
 Grant those who

00:27:53.940 --> 00:27:54.780
 mourn in Zion.

00:27:54.940 --> 00:27:55.700
 Give beautiful

00:27:55.700 --> 00:27:56.660
 headdresses instead

00:27:56.660 --> 00:27:57.280
 of ashes.

00:27:57.960 --> 00:27:58.860
 Give the oil of

00:27:58.860 --> 00:27:59.760
 gladness instead

00:27:59.760 --> 00:28:00.960
 of a faint spirit.

00:28:02.800 --> 00:28:05.540
 If this is

00:28:05.540 --> 00:28:06.580
 Jesus, then this

00:28:06.580 --> 00:28:07.300
 is our mission

00:28:07.300 --> 00:28:07.680
 too.

00:28:07.680 --> 00:28:08.660
 If this is

00:28:08.660 --> 00:28:09.259
 Jesus, then

00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:13.140
 this is why

00:28:13.140 --> 00:28:13.759
 we gather

00:28:13.759 --> 00:28:14.620
 what we

00:28:14.620 --> 00:28:15.120
 celebrate.

00:28:16.039 --> 00:28:16.900
 We are united

00:28:16.900 --> 00:28:17.480
 with one

00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:18.080
 identity.

00:28:18.880 --> 00:28:19.440
 An identity

00:28:19.440 --> 00:28:20.200
 that changes

00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:20.920
 the world.

00:28:22.140 --> 00:28:22.700
 An identity

00:28:22.700 --> 00:28:23.580
 that crushes

00:28:23.580 --> 00:28:24.259
 the power of

00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:25.299
 sin and enables

00:28:25.299 --> 00:28:26.400
 us to live in

00:28:26.400 --> 00:28:27.180
 freedom and to

00:28:27.180 --> 00:28:28.480
 share that

00:28:28.480 --> 00:28:29.140
 freedom.

00:28:30.420 --> 00:28:31.519
 We have freedom

00:28:31.519 --> 00:28:32.400
 to love Jesus

00:28:32.400 --> 00:28:33.259
 and fight for

00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:33.519
 Him.

00:28:33.519 --> 00:28:35.859
 we unite

00:28:35.859 --> 00:28:36.819
 over identities

00:28:36.819 --> 00:28:38.079
 and we

00:28:38.079 --> 00:28:38.940
 minister out

00:28:38.940 --> 00:28:40.779
 of that

00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:41.400
 identity as

00:28:41.400 --> 00:28:41.660
 well.

00:28:42.460 --> 00:28:43.319
 We minister

00:28:43.319 --> 00:28:43.900
 together.

00:28:44.900 --> 00:28:45.359
 We minister

00:28:45.359 --> 00:28:46.160
 to one another.

00:28:46.960 --> 00:28:47.480
 We minister

00:28:47.480 --> 00:28:48.859
 apart to those

00:28:48.859 --> 00:28:49.720
 around us in our

00:28:49.720 --> 00:28:51.240
 circles out in

00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:51.680
 the world.

00:28:51.680 --> 00:28:51.759
 world.

00:28:54.600 --> 00:28:55.440
 We haven't been

00:28:55.440 --> 00:28:56.080
 called just to

00:28:56.080 --> 00:28:56.360
 meet.

00:28:57.640 --> 00:28:58.380
 We haven't been

00:28:58.380 --> 00:28:59.240
 called to gather

00:28:59.240 --> 00:29:00.200
 together on Sunday

00:29:00.200 --> 00:29:00.740
 morning at

00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:01.240
 1030.

00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:05.400
 We have been

00:29:05.400 --> 00:29:06.359
 sent into the

00:29:06.359 --> 00:29:08.279
 world to live

00:29:08.279 --> 00:29:09.059
 for Jesus, to

00:29:09.059 --> 00:29:10.120
 fight for Jesus, to

00:29:10.120 --> 00:29:12.039
 make disciples, to

00:29:12.039 --> 00:29:12.920
 live in the world

00:29:12.920 --> 00:29:14.299
 and love those

00:29:14.299 --> 00:29:15.120
 around us.

00:29:16.420 --> 00:29:16.960
 We have been

00:29:16.960 --> 00:29:18.960
 sent to be

00:29:18.960 --> 00:29:19.660
 as 2 Corinthians

00:29:19.660 --> 00:29:20.539
 5 says,

00:29:20.700 --> 00:29:21.859
 ministers of

00:29:21.859 --> 00:29:22.519
 reconciliation.

00:29:25.620 --> 00:29:26.339
 But the

00:29:26.339 --> 00:29:26.980
 question is,

00:29:27.059 --> 00:29:27.940
 how can we be

00:29:27.940 --> 00:29:29.400
 ministers of

00:29:29.400 --> 00:29:30.559
 reconciliation if

00:29:30.559 --> 00:29:31.759
 we ourselves

00:29:31.759 --> 00:29:32.659
 have never been

00:29:32.659 --> 00:29:33.559
 reconciled?

00:29:34.159 --> 00:29:34.579
 If we

00:29:34.579 --> 00:29:35.379
 ourselves have

00:29:35.379 --> 00:29:36.099
 never received

00:29:36.099 --> 00:29:36.720
 faith to

00:29:36.720 --> 00:29:37.259
 believe in

00:29:37.259 --> 00:29:38.559
 Jesus and

00:29:38.559 --> 00:29:39.399
 repented of

00:29:39.399 --> 00:29:40.220
 our sins?

00:29:41.220 --> 00:29:42.440
 Or maybe we

00:29:42.440 --> 00:29:42.839
 just don't

00:29:42.839 --> 00:29:43.579
 understand that

00:29:43.579 --> 00:29:44.819
 being set free

00:29:44.819 --> 00:29:45.480
 comes from

00:29:45.480 --> 00:29:46.399
 Jesus' work on

00:29:46.399 --> 00:29:47.039
 the cross and

00:29:47.039 --> 00:29:48.339
 not from some

00:29:48.339 --> 00:29:51.279
 good life that

00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:51.879
 I live.

00:29:57.759 --> 00:29:58.519
 Turn to

00:29:58.519 --> 00:29:59.000
 Colossians

00:29:59.000 --> 00:29:59.679
 chapter 3.

00:30:00.559 --> 00:30:01.379
 And then we'll

00:30:01.379 --> 00:30:01.859
 come back to

00:30:01.859 --> 00:30:02.299
 Romans.

00:30:04.099 --> 00:30:04.740
 Colossians

00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:05.619
 chapter 3.

00:30:14.879 --> 00:30:15.819
 The beginning

00:30:15.819 --> 00:30:16.759
 of chapter 3,

00:30:18.279 --> 00:30:18.740
 Paul,

00:30:18.940 --> 00:30:19.460
 writing to the

00:30:19.460 --> 00:30:19.859
 church at

00:30:19.859 --> 00:30:20.419
 Colossae,

00:30:21.259 --> 00:30:23.740
 says we

00:30:23.740 --> 00:30:24.460
 basically have a

00:30:24.460 --> 00:30:25.220
 new identity in

00:30:25.220 --> 00:30:25.639
 Christ.

00:30:26.559 --> 00:30:27.679
 Verses 1-4,

00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:28.279
 this is our

00:30:28.279 --> 00:30:29.279
 new identity.

00:30:29.279 --> 00:30:32.759
 Because of what

00:30:32.759 --> 00:30:33.559
 Christ has done,

00:30:33.639 --> 00:30:34.359
 this is who we

00:30:34.359 --> 00:30:34.619
 are.

00:30:35.940 --> 00:30:36.579
 So we can jump

00:30:36.579 --> 00:30:37.259
 down to verse

00:30:37.259 --> 00:30:37.700
 12.

00:30:40.839 --> 00:30:42.680
 This is how we

00:30:42.680 --> 00:30:43.240
 should live

00:30:43.240 --> 00:30:43.639
 together,

00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:44.160
 how we should

00:30:44.160 --> 00:30:44.960
 gather together,

00:30:45.079 --> 00:30:45.539
 how we should

00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:46.819
 act amongst one

00:30:46.819 --> 00:30:47.119
 another.

00:30:47.220 --> 00:30:47.399
 It says,

00:30:47.400 --> 00:30:48.400
 put on love.

00:30:48.400 --> 00:30:48.100
 Put on then,

00:30:48.660 --> 00:30:49.820
 as God's chosen

00:30:49.820 --> 00:30:50.280
 ones,

00:30:50.620 --> 00:30:51.600
 holy and beloved,

00:30:52.300 --> 00:30:53.420
 compassionate hearts,

00:30:54.040 --> 00:30:54.460
 kindness,

00:30:55.180 --> 00:30:55.720
 humility,

00:30:56.480 --> 00:30:57.019
 meekness,

00:30:57.180 --> 00:30:57.840
 and patience,

00:30:58.420 --> 00:30:59.080
 bearing with one

00:30:59.080 --> 00:30:59.380
 another.

00:30:59.940 --> 00:31:00.840
 And if one has a

00:31:00.840 --> 00:31:01.460
 complaint against

00:31:01.460 --> 00:31:01.800
 another,

00:31:01.940 --> 00:31:02.759
 forgiving each other

00:31:02.759 --> 00:31:03.440
 as the Lord has

00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:04.040
 forgiven you,

00:31:04.640 --> 00:31:05.820
 so you also must

00:31:05.820 --> 00:31:06.180
 forgive.

00:31:07.060 --> 00:31:07.840
 And above all

00:31:07.840 --> 00:31:08.060
 these,

00:31:08.140 --> 00:31:08.820
 put on love,

00:31:08.880 --> 00:31:09.340
 which binds

00:31:09.340 --> 00:31:10.280
 everything together

00:31:10.280 --> 00:31:11.840
 in perfect harmony.

00:31:11.839 --> 00:31:13.419
 And let the peace

00:31:13.419 --> 00:31:14.439
 of Christ rule

00:31:14.439 --> 00:31:15.220
 in your hearts,

00:31:15.519 --> 00:31:16.559
 to which indeed

00:31:16.559 --> 00:31:17.220
 you were called

00:31:17.220 --> 00:31:18.039
 in one body.

00:31:18.740 --> 00:31:19.500
 And be thankful.

00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:20.699
 Let the Word of

00:31:20.699 --> 00:31:21.839
 Christ dwell in you

00:31:21.839 --> 00:31:22.279
 richly,

00:31:22.439 --> 00:31:23.480
 teaching and admonishing

00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:24.500
 one another in all

00:31:24.500 --> 00:31:24.939
 wisdom,

00:31:25.679 --> 00:31:27.000
 singing psalms and hymns

00:31:27.000 --> 00:31:27.899
 and spiritual songs

00:31:27.899 --> 00:31:29.039
 with thankfulness in

00:31:29.039 --> 00:31:30.000
 your hearts to God.

00:31:30.559 --> 00:31:31.659
 And whatever you do,

00:31:31.740 --> 00:31:32.740
 in word or deed,

00:31:32.859 --> 00:31:33.959
 do everything in the

00:31:33.959 --> 00:31:34.579
 name of the Lord

00:31:34.579 --> 00:31:35.000
 Jesus,

00:31:35.879 --> 00:31:36.679
 giving thanks to

00:31:36.679 --> 00:31:37.459
 God the Father

00:31:37.460 --> 00:31:38.340
 through Him.

00:31:41.100 --> 00:31:43.000
 This is living like

00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:43.299
 this.

00:31:43.380 --> 00:31:45.279
 Put on compassionate

00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:45.700
 hearts,

00:31:45.819 --> 00:31:46.160
 kindness,

00:31:46.340 --> 00:31:46.660
 humility,

00:31:46.799 --> 00:31:47.140
 meekness,

00:31:47.240 --> 00:31:47.579
 patience.

00:31:47.940 --> 00:31:48.840
 Put on love.

00:31:49.100 --> 00:31:49.700
 Let the Word of

00:31:49.700 --> 00:31:50.680
 Christ dwell in you

00:31:50.680 --> 00:31:51.019
 richly.

00:31:51.140 --> 00:31:52.180
 All of that is out

00:31:52.180 --> 00:31:53.039
 of what Christ has

00:31:53.039 --> 00:31:54.360
 done for you and

00:31:54.360 --> 00:31:54.779
 for me.

00:31:55.940 --> 00:31:56.900
 You can't do any of

00:31:56.900 --> 00:31:58.000
 this apart from the

00:31:58.000 --> 00:31:58.920
 work of Christ on

00:31:58.920 --> 00:31:59.440
 the cross.

00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:01.920
 Apart from a new

00:32:01.920 --> 00:32:02.660
 identity.

00:32:05.480 --> 00:32:06.920
 Our new identity

00:32:06.920 --> 00:32:07.420
 identity is not

00:32:07.420 --> 00:32:08.140
 this ambiguous

00:32:08.140 --> 00:32:09.000
 idea.

00:32:09.200 --> 00:32:09.920
 It's not this

00:32:09.920 --> 00:32:13.220
 someday,

00:32:13.600 --> 00:32:13.940
 maybe,

00:32:14.180 --> 00:32:14.740
 possibly,

00:32:15.060 --> 00:32:15.900
 might happen

00:32:15.900 --> 00:32:16.420
 thing.

00:32:17.380 --> 00:32:18.420
 It's present

00:32:18.420 --> 00:32:19.039
 now.

00:32:19.120 --> 00:32:19.880
 It's a present

00:32:19.880 --> 00:32:20.900
 moment thing.

00:32:21.300 --> 00:32:21.759
 Look at verse

00:32:21.759 --> 00:32:22.860
 22 of Romans

00:32:22.860 --> 00:32:24.019
 6.

00:32:24.400 --> 00:32:25.019
 Back to Romans

00:32:25.019 --> 00:32:25.800
 chapter 6.

00:32:31.380 --> 00:32:32.279
 Language is in

00:32:32.279 --> 00:32:33.620
 present tense.

00:32:34.620 --> 00:32:35.519
 Verse 22.

00:32:36.920 --> 00:32:39.980
 But now that you

00:32:39.980 --> 00:32:40.980
 have been set free

00:32:40.980 --> 00:32:41.720
 from sin,

00:32:42.840 --> 00:32:43.620
 writing to the

00:32:43.620 --> 00:32:44.360
 church in Rome,

00:32:44.680 --> 00:32:45.200
 writing to

00:32:45.200 --> 00:32:45.740
 Christians,

00:32:45.900 --> 00:32:46.380
 to believers,

00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:48.180
 but now that you

00:32:48.180 --> 00:32:49.080
 have been set free

00:32:49.080 --> 00:32:50.240
 from sin and

00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:51.220
 have become slaves

00:32:51.220 --> 00:32:53.060
 of God, the fruit

00:32:53.060 --> 00:32:53.820
 you get leads to

00:32:53.820 --> 00:32:54.759
 sanctification and

00:32:54.759 --> 00:32:56.279
 eternal life.

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:58.019
 It is now that we

00:32:58.019 --> 00:32:58.840
 have a new identity.

00:32:59.240 --> 00:33:00.380
 It's not when we

00:33:00.380 --> 00:33:01.259
 die and we're with

00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:01.600
 Jesus.

00:33:01.800 --> 00:33:02.740
 It is now.

00:33:04.200 --> 00:33:04.940
 We are no longer

00:33:04.940 --> 00:33:05.800
 slaves to sin.

00:33:05.799 --> 00:33:06.359
 Sin no longer

00:33:06.359 --> 00:33:07.379
 has power over us

00:33:07.379 --> 00:33:08.379
 because of Christ

00:33:08.379 --> 00:33:09.119
 and the cross we

00:33:09.119 --> 00:33:09.899
 have this new

00:33:09.899 --> 00:33:10.680
 identity.

00:33:13.359 --> 00:33:14.159
 Galatians 4,

00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:15.059
 verse 7 gives us

00:33:15.059 --> 00:33:15.980
 a clear picture of

00:33:15.980 --> 00:33:17.079
 identity change.

00:33:18.519 --> 00:33:19.819
 Verse 7 of

00:33:19.819 --> 00:33:20.759
 Galatians chapter 4.

00:33:20.859 --> 00:33:21.579
 So you are no

00:33:21.579 --> 00:33:22.779
 longer a slave,

00:33:23.039 --> 00:33:24.379
 but a son.

00:33:25.659 --> 00:33:26.720
 And if a son,

00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:28.039
 then an heir

00:33:28.039 --> 00:33:29.039
 through God.

00:33:29.039 --> 00:33:31.720
 We are no longer

00:33:31.720 --> 00:33:32.639
 a slave to sin,

00:33:32.740 --> 00:33:33.539
 but an heir to

00:33:33.539 --> 00:33:34.200
 the greatest

00:33:34.200 --> 00:33:34.700
 kingdom.

00:33:35.299 --> 00:33:36.200
 The greatest

00:33:36.200 --> 00:33:37.259
 kingdom that has

00:33:37.259 --> 00:33:39.019
 ever been.

00:33:39.240 --> 00:33:40.019
 A kingdom that is

00:33:40.019 --> 00:33:40.879
 beyond our

00:33:40.879 --> 00:33:41.680
 understanding and

00:33:41.680 --> 00:33:42.220
 comprehension.

00:33:42.879 --> 00:33:43.799
 This is who we

00:33:43.799 --> 00:33:43.940
 are.

00:33:44.079 --> 00:33:44.799
 This is our new

00:33:44.799 --> 00:33:45.259
 identity.

00:33:46.339 --> 00:33:46.960
 And this new

00:33:46.960 --> 00:33:47.839
 identity affects

00:33:47.839 --> 00:33:49.480
 every area of our

00:33:49.480 --> 00:33:50.480
 lives, including

00:33:50.480 --> 00:33:51.440
 the times we

00:33:51.440 --> 00:33:52.200
 gather together.

00:33:52.200 --> 00:33:55.799
 in verse 20,

00:33:55.880 --> 00:33:56.759
 it says in

00:33:56.759 --> 00:33:57.580
 chapter 6 of

00:33:57.580 --> 00:33:58.039
 Romans,

00:33:59.039 --> 00:33:59.880
 for when you

00:33:59.880 --> 00:34:00.700
 were slaves of

00:34:00.700 --> 00:34:01.240
 sin, you were

00:34:01.240 --> 00:34:02.600
 free in regard

00:34:02.600 --> 00:34:03.380
 to righteousness.

00:34:04.960 --> 00:34:06.660
 Which, just

00:34:06.660 --> 00:34:07.400
 reading it is a

00:34:07.400 --> 00:34:08.099
 pretty obvious

00:34:08.099 --> 00:34:08.539
 statement.

00:34:09.679 --> 00:34:10.240
 When you're

00:34:10.240 --> 00:34:11.019
 slaves of sin,

00:34:11.119 --> 00:34:12.059
 you're not

00:34:12.059 --> 00:34:12.880
 connected with,

00:34:12.960 --> 00:34:13.619
 bound with

00:34:13.619 --> 00:34:14.280
 righteousness.

00:34:14.840 --> 00:34:15.420
 There's no

00:34:15.420 --> 00:34:16.240
 connection there.

00:34:16.239 --> 00:34:16.639
 You're not

00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:19.859
 under its

00:34:19.859 --> 00:34:20.500
 master.

00:34:24.639 --> 00:34:25.279
 We were

00:34:25.279 --> 00:34:25.879
 free from

00:34:25.879 --> 00:34:26.259
 righteousness,

00:34:26.459 --> 00:34:27.000
 which means,

00:34:27.619 --> 00:34:28.299
 as I've already

00:34:28.299 --> 00:34:28.879
 said, we were

00:34:28.879 --> 00:34:29.959
 unable to do

00:34:29.959 --> 00:34:31.319
 it or be

00:34:31.319 --> 00:34:32.059
 righteous.

00:34:33.859 --> 00:34:34.339
 Unable.

00:34:35.159 --> 00:34:35.739
 We were

00:34:35.739 --> 00:34:36.279
 unable to

00:34:36.279 --> 00:34:37.119
 please God.

00:34:38.859 --> 00:34:39.659
 We had not

00:34:39.659 --> 00:34:40.679
 been forgiven.

00:34:41.799 --> 00:34:42.239
 We had not

00:34:42.239 --> 00:34:42.859
 been given a

00:34:42.859 --> 00:34:43.539
 right standing

00:34:43.539 --> 00:34:44.299
 before God.

00:34:46.239 --> 00:34:47.619
 But not only

00:34:47.619 --> 00:34:48.159
 were we unable

00:34:48.159 --> 00:34:48.799
 to do righteous

00:34:48.799 --> 00:34:49.599
 acts because of

00:34:49.599 --> 00:34:50.159
 verse 20,

00:34:51.139 --> 00:34:51.779
 really because of

00:34:51.779 --> 00:34:52.199
 our sin,

00:34:52.500 --> 00:34:53.299
 communicated in

00:34:53.299 --> 00:34:53.779
 verse 20,

00:34:55.359 --> 00:34:56.439
 there's also no

00:34:56.439 --> 00:34:57.479
 binding, no

00:34:57.479 --> 00:34:58.259
 commitment between

00:34:58.259 --> 00:34:58.819
 us and

00:34:58.819 --> 00:34:59.259
 righteousness.

00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:00.759
 There was no

00:35:00.759 --> 00:35:01.919
 relationship between

00:35:01.919 --> 00:35:02.359
 us.

00:35:03.219 --> 00:35:03.879
 It did not have

00:35:03.879 --> 00:35:05.019
 control over us.

00:35:05.059 --> 00:35:05.500
 It did not

00:35:05.500 --> 00:35:07.559
 change how we

00:35:07.559 --> 00:35:08.139
 did things.

00:35:08.219 --> 00:35:08.599
 It didn't

00:35:08.599 --> 00:35:10.059
 change our

00:35:10.059 --> 00:35:10.819
 identity at all.

00:35:10.959 --> 00:35:12.039
 We couldn't

00:35:12.039 --> 00:35:13.899
 do any of it.

00:35:14.079 --> 00:35:14.619
 We couldn't do

00:35:14.619 --> 00:35:15.419
 righteous acts.

00:35:16.239 --> 00:35:18.839
 We were broken

00:35:18.839 --> 00:35:20.059
 from doing

00:35:20.059 --> 00:35:20.559
 good.

00:35:21.059 --> 00:35:21.659
 It was not

00:35:21.659 --> 00:35:24.259
 connected because

00:35:24.259 --> 00:35:24.859
 we were not

00:35:24.859 --> 00:35:26.399
 born again.

00:35:29.399 --> 00:35:30.099
 Look at the

00:35:30.099 --> 00:35:30.479
 end of verse

00:35:30.479 --> 00:35:31.259
 22, though.

00:35:33.939 --> 00:35:36.779
 The fruit you

00:35:36.779 --> 00:35:37.719
 get leads to

00:35:37.719 --> 00:35:39.219
 sanctification and

00:35:39.219 --> 00:35:40.819
 it's in eternal

00:35:40.819 --> 00:35:41.299
 life.

00:35:42.679 --> 00:35:43.379
 The end of

00:35:43.379 --> 00:35:44.159
 verse 19.

00:35:44.159 --> 00:35:45.299
 So now,

00:35:45.379 --> 00:35:45.899
 present your

00:35:45.899 --> 00:35:46.619
 members as

00:35:46.619 --> 00:35:47.279
 slaves to

00:35:47.279 --> 00:35:47.759
 righteousness

00:35:47.759 --> 00:35:49.359
 leading to

00:35:49.359 --> 00:35:50.539
 sanctification.

00:35:51.539 --> 00:35:52.359
 Because of

00:35:52.359 --> 00:35:52.719
 Jesus,

00:35:53.379 --> 00:35:53.859
 because of

00:35:53.859 --> 00:35:55.000
 His life,

00:35:55.119 --> 00:35:55.379
 death,

00:35:55.420 --> 00:35:56.199
 and resurrection,

00:35:57.019 --> 00:35:57.359
 because of

00:35:57.359 --> 00:35:58.059
 His perfect

00:35:58.059 --> 00:35:58.639
 life,

00:35:59.519 --> 00:36:00.519
 sinless life,

00:36:00.920 --> 00:36:01.480
 He took on

00:36:01.480 --> 00:36:02.359
 our sin.

00:36:04.359 --> 00:36:05.299
 He took on

00:36:05.299 --> 00:36:06.099
 your sin so

00:36:06.099 --> 00:36:06.659
 that you can

00:36:06.659 --> 00:36:07.359
 be holy.

00:36:08.159 --> 00:36:08.779
 You can be

00:36:08.779 --> 00:36:09.579
 made holy.

00:36:09.579 --> 00:36:09.639
 holy.

00:36:12.860 --> 00:36:13.920
 Jesus died so

00:36:13.920 --> 00:36:14.420
 that you and

00:36:14.420 --> 00:36:14.940
 I can be

00:36:14.940 --> 00:36:15.840
 holy as God

00:36:15.840 --> 00:36:16.400
 is holy.

00:36:17.860 --> 00:36:18.500
 God is

00:36:18.500 --> 00:36:18.940
 working.

00:36:19.319 --> 00:36:19.860
 He's working

00:36:19.860 --> 00:36:20.519
 in your life.

00:36:20.599 --> 00:36:20.960
 He's working

00:36:20.960 --> 00:36:21.639
 in my life.

00:36:21.719 --> 00:36:22.019
 He's working

00:36:22.019 --> 00:36:22.619
 in everyone's

00:36:22.619 --> 00:36:23.059
 life in

00:36:23.059 --> 00:36:23.380
 here.

00:36:24.900 --> 00:36:25.639
 If you're a

00:36:25.639 --> 00:36:26.000
 Christian,

00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:29.179
 when we

00:36:29.179 --> 00:36:29.619
 gather,

00:36:30.619 --> 00:36:33.059
 we celebrate

00:36:33.059 --> 00:36:33.619
 what God

00:36:33.619 --> 00:36:34.039
 is doing

00:36:34.039 --> 00:36:34.539
 in us.

00:36:35.900 --> 00:36:36.519
 When we

00:36:36.519 --> 00:36:36.900
 gather,

00:36:36.900 --> 00:36:37.960
 we celebrate

00:36:37.960 --> 00:36:38.519
 what He's

00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:39.180
 done for

00:36:39.180 --> 00:36:39.619
 us.

00:36:41.260 --> 00:36:42.139
 We gather,

00:36:42.380 --> 00:36:42.980
 we see the

00:36:42.980 --> 00:36:43.680
 evidence of

00:36:43.680 --> 00:36:44.119
 what God

00:36:44.119 --> 00:36:44.599
 is doing

00:36:44.599 --> 00:36:45.039
 in each

00:36:45.039 --> 00:36:45.400
 other's

00:36:45.400 --> 00:36:45.780
 lives.

00:36:46.680 --> 00:36:47.480
 We see

00:36:47.480 --> 00:36:48.160
 the identity

00:36:48.160 --> 00:36:48.940
 change.

00:36:50.119 --> 00:36:50.500
 And that

00:36:50.500 --> 00:36:51.559
 encourages us.

00:36:51.700 --> 00:36:52.920
 That strengthens

00:36:52.920 --> 00:36:53.300
 us.

00:36:54.720 --> 00:36:55.619
 We gather

00:36:55.619 --> 00:36:56.820
 to rejoice

00:36:56.820 --> 00:36:57.420
 in Jesus,

00:36:57.599 --> 00:36:58.300
 to celebrate

00:36:58.300 --> 00:36:59.119
 Him because

00:36:59.119 --> 00:37:00.900
 of the slow

00:37:00.900 --> 00:37:01.780
 process of

00:37:01.780 --> 00:37:02.639
 making us

00:37:02.639 --> 00:37:03.220
 holy.

00:37:04.180 --> 00:37:04.900
 Perfecting

00:37:04.900 --> 00:37:06.440
 us for

00:37:06.440 --> 00:37:07.139
 His glory

00:37:07.139 --> 00:37:07.740
 and our

00:37:07.740 --> 00:37:08.220
 good.

00:37:09.200 --> 00:37:09.559
 He's

00:37:09.559 --> 00:37:10.440
 healing our

00:37:10.440 --> 00:37:11.220
 broken hearts.

00:37:11.659 --> 00:37:11.900
 He's

00:37:11.900 --> 00:37:12.360
 mending

00:37:12.360 --> 00:37:13.300
 marriages back

00:37:13.300 --> 00:37:13.700
 together.

00:37:14.099 --> 00:37:14.360
 He's

00:37:14.360 --> 00:37:14.820
 breaking

00:37:14.820 --> 00:37:15.420
 addictions.

00:37:15.960 --> 00:37:16.220
 He is

00:37:16.220 --> 00:37:16.900
 making the

00:37:16.900 --> 00:37:17.300
 dead

00:37:17.300 --> 00:37:18.380
 alive.

00:37:19.880 --> 00:37:20.460
 We come

00:37:20.460 --> 00:37:21.099
 together to

00:37:21.099 --> 00:37:21.780
 taste and

00:37:21.780 --> 00:37:22.500
 see this

00:37:22.500 --> 00:37:22.820
 stuff.

00:37:22.940 --> 00:37:23.179
 We come

00:37:23.179 --> 00:37:23.780
 together to

00:37:23.780 --> 00:37:24.619
 see that

00:37:24.619 --> 00:37:25.000
 He is

00:37:25.000 --> 00:37:25.920
 God and

00:37:25.920 --> 00:37:26.280
 He is

00:37:26.280 --> 00:37:26.619
 good.

00:37:27.619 --> 00:37:28.119
 We see

00:37:28.119 --> 00:37:28.519
 it among

00:37:28.519 --> 00:37:29.119
 His people.

00:37:29.659 --> 00:37:30.119
 We see

00:37:30.119 --> 00:37:30.500
 it in the

00:37:30.500 --> 00:37:31.000
 face of

00:37:31.000 --> 00:37:31.460
 the husband

00:37:31.460 --> 00:37:31.980
 and wife

00:37:31.980 --> 00:37:32.639
 whose marriage

00:37:32.639 --> 00:37:32.980
 has been

00:37:32.980 --> 00:37:33.820
 reconciled.

00:37:34.420 --> 00:37:35.059
 We see

00:37:35.059 --> 00:37:35.500
 it in the

00:37:35.500 --> 00:37:35.940
 college

00:37:35.940 --> 00:37:36.619
 graduate who

00:37:36.619 --> 00:37:37.380
 is more

00:37:37.380 --> 00:37:38.159
 excited about

00:37:38.159 --> 00:37:38.960
 serving Jesus

00:37:38.960 --> 00:37:39.480
 than any

00:37:39.480 --> 00:37:40.440
 potential job

00:37:40.440 --> 00:37:40.780
 pay.

00:37:41.699 --> 00:37:42.380
 We see

00:37:42.380 --> 00:37:42.719
 it in a

00:37:42.719 --> 00:37:43.119
 life that

00:37:43.119 --> 00:37:43.400
 has been

00:37:43.400 --> 00:37:44.639
 changed by

00:37:44.639 --> 00:37:45.340
 the gospel.

00:37:46.960 --> 00:37:47.800
 We come

00:37:47.800 --> 00:37:48.360
 to rejoice

00:37:48.360 --> 00:37:48.760
 that we

00:37:48.760 --> 00:37:49.980
 all in

00:37:49.980 --> 00:37:51.199
 Christ have

00:37:51.199 --> 00:37:51.699
 been set

00:37:51.699 --> 00:37:52.659
 free from

00:37:52.659 --> 00:37:52.980
 sin.

00:37:53.860 --> 00:37:54.820
 We've all

00:37:54.820 --> 00:37:55.320
 been set

00:37:55.320 --> 00:37:55.619
 free.

00:37:56.360 --> 00:37:57.019
 We live

00:37:57.019 --> 00:37:57.699
 no longer

00:37:57.699 --> 00:37:58.139
 under the

00:37:58.139 --> 00:37:58.639
 power of

00:37:58.639 --> 00:37:58.960
 sin but

00:37:58.960 --> 00:37:59.219
 in the

00:37:59.219 --> 00:37:59.860
 victory over

00:37:59.860 --> 00:38:00.099
 it.

00:38:00.579 --> 00:38:00.980
 And we

00:38:00.980 --> 00:38:01.579
 push one

00:38:01.579 --> 00:38:02.300
 another on.

00:38:02.539 --> 00:38:03.059
 We push

00:38:03.059 --> 00:38:03.480
 one another

00:38:03.480 --> 00:38:03.960
 forward.

00:38:03.960 --> 00:38:06.019
 Lord, we

00:38:06.019 --> 00:38:06.619
 come together

00:38:06.619 --> 00:38:07.320
 to celebrate

00:38:07.320 --> 00:38:09.179
 that death

00:38:09.179 --> 00:38:10.599
 for us is

00:38:10.599 --> 00:38:11.119
 a beginning

00:38:11.119 --> 00:38:11.559
 and not

00:38:11.559 --> 00:38:12.059
 an end.

00:38:14.559 --> 00:38:15.000
 And eternal

00:38:15.000 --> 00:38:16.179
 life is our

00:38:16.179 --> 00:38:16.900
 destination.

00:38:18.019 --> 00:38:18.800
 Eternity with

00:38:18.800 --> 00:38:20.159
 Jesus is

00:38:20.159 --> 00:38:20.519
 where we're

00:38:20.519 --> 00:38:21.579
 headed if we

00:38:21.579 --> 00:38:22.159
 know Jesus.

00:38:25.659 --> 00:38:26.420
 We come

00:38:26.420 --> 00:38:27.099
 together not

00:38:27.099 --> 00:38:28.240
 to celebrate

00:38:28.240 --> 00:38:29.099
 what He

00:38:29.099 --> 00:38:29.579
 has done,

00:38:29.639 --> 00:38:30.260
 what we have

00:38:30.260 --> 00:38:30.500
 done.

00:38:30.559 --> 00:38:30.840
 We don't

00:38:30.840 --> 00:38:31.280
 come to

00:38:31.280 --> 00:38:32.000
 celebrate that

00:38:32.000 --> 00:38:32.719
 or our

00:38:32.719 --> 00:38:33.460
 talents.

00:38:34.519 --> 00:38:35.300
 Although sin

00:38:35.300 --> 00:38:35.780
 will tell

00:38:35.780 --> 00:38:37.400
 us that's

00:38:37.400 --> 00:38:37.739
 why we

00:38:37.739 --> 00:38:38.039
 gather.

00:38:38.719 --> 00:38:39.119
 Sin will

00:38:39.119 --> 00:38:39.639
 tell you to

00:38:39.639 --> 00:38:40.059
 come and

00:38:40.059 --> 00:38:40.679
 celebrate what

00:38:40.679 --> 00:38:41.000
 you have

00:38:41.000 --> 00:38:41.300
 done.

00:38:43.300 --> 00:38:43.920
 We have

00:38:43.920 --> 00:38:44.260
 been given

00:38:44.260 --> 00:38:45.699
 victory over

00:38:45.699 --> 00:38:46.320
 that sin so

00:38:46.320 --> 00:38:46.739
 that we can

00:38:46.739 --> 00:38:47.440
 come and

00:38:47.440 --> 00:38:48.179
 rejoice in

00:38:48.179 --> 00:38:48.639
 what Jesus

00:38:48.639 --> 00:38:49.159
 is doing

00:38:49.159 --> 00:38:49.579
 and has

00:38:49.579 --> 00:38:49.880
 done.

00:38:50.780 --> 00:38:51.380
 We come

00:38:51.380 --> 00:38:51.940
 together to

00:38:51.940 --> 00:38:52.420
 lift up

00:38:52.420 --> 00:38:54.340
 Jesus so

00:38:54.340 --> 00:38:54.699
 that we can

00:38:54.699 --> 00:38:55.579
 go strengthened

00:38:55.579 --> 00:38:56.480
 and empowered

00:38:56.480 --> 00:38:58.260
 to fight the

00:38:58.260 --> 00:38:58.980
 good fight for

00:38:58.980 --> 00:38:59.860
 Him and

00:38:59.860 --> 00:39:00.519
 His name.

00:39:00.519 --> 00:39:02.219
 Listen to

00:39:02.219 --> 00:39:02.759
 these words

00:39:02.759 --> 00:39:03.380
 from Charles

00:39:03.380 --> 00:39:03.940
 Simeon in

00:39:03.940 --> 00:39:04.380
 a sermon.

00:39:04.539 --> 00:39:04.980
 He says,

00:39:05.360 --> 00:39:05.639
 For a

00:39:05.639 --> 00:39:06.000
 nominal

00:39:06.000 --> 00:39:06.880
 Christian is

00:39:06.880 --> 00:39:08.420
 content with

00:39:08.420 --> 00:39:09.079
 proving the

00:39:09.079 --> 00:39:09.460
 way of

00:39:09.460 --> 00:39:10.360
 salvation by

00:39:10.360 --> 00:39:11.000
 a crucified

00:39:11.000 --> 00:39:11.599
 Redeemer.

00:39:12.039 --> 00:39:12.440
 So a

00:39:12.440 --> 00:39:12.699
 nominal

00:39:12.699 --> 00:39:13.360
 Christian is

00:39:13.360 --> 00:39:13.860
 content with

00:39:13.860 --> 00:39:14.440
 just saying,

00:39:14.960 --> 00:39:15.800
 I am

00:39:15.800 --> 00:39:16.360
 saved because

00:39:16.360 --> 00:39:16.719
 of Jesus

00:39:16.719 --> 00:39:17.079
 on the

00:39:17.079 --> 00:39:17.519
 cross and

00:39:17.519 --> 00:39:18.739
 that's it.

00:39:19.820 --> 00:39:20.380
 But the

00:39:20.380 --> 00:39:21.280
 true Christian

00:39:21.280 --> 00:39:22.460
 loves it,

00:39:23.320 --> 00:39:24.139
 delights in

00:39:24.139 --> 00:39:24.420
 it,

00:39:25.280 --> 00:39:26.239
 glories in

00:39:26.239 --> 00:39:26.539
 it,

00:39:26.980 --> 00:39:27.699
 and shudders

00:39:27.699 --> 00:39:28.340
 at the

00:39:28.340 --> 00:39:29.240
 very thought

00:39:29.240 --> 00:39:30.740
 of glorying

00:39:30.740 --> 00:39:31.460
 in anything

00:39:31.460 --> 00:39:32.000
 else.

00:39:34.120 --> 00:39:34.640
 The

00:39:34.640 --> 00:39:35.400
 true Christian

00:39:35.400 --> 00:39:36.880
 loves it,

00:39:37.260 --> 00:39:38.000
 delights in

00:39:38.000 --> 00:39:38.120
 it,

00:39:38.300 --> 00:39:39.039
 glories in

00:39:39.039 --> 00:39:39.260
 it,

00:39:39.600 --> 00:39:40.320
 and shudders

00:39:40.320 --> 00:39:40.620
 at the

00:39:40.620 --> 00:39:41.320
 very thought

00:39:41.320 --> 00:39:42.079
 of glorying

00:39:42.079 --> 00:39:42.740
 in anything

00:39:42.740 --> 00:39:43.660
 else.

00:39:43.940 --> 00:39:44.460
 This is

00:39:44.460 --> 00:39:44.700
 who we

00:39:44.700 --> 00:39:45.460
 want CFC

00:39:45.460 --> 00:39:46.180
 to be,

00:39:46.280 --> 00:39:47.019
 to be

00:39:47.019 --> 00:39:47.720
 filled with.

00:39:47.800 --> 00:39:48.140
 This is

00:39:48.140 --> 00:39:48.420
 what we

00:39:48.420 --> 00:39:48.980
 want CFC

00:39:48.980 --> 00:39:49.480
 to be.

00:39:49.480 --> 00:39:50.059
 True

00:39:50.059 --> 00:39:50.660
 Christians

00:39:50.660 --> 00:39:51.380
 who love

00:39:51.380 --> 00:39:52.019
 Jesus,

00:39:53.039 --> 00:39:55.079
 who delight

00:39:55.079 --> 00:39:55.820
 in Jesus,

00:39:56.079 --> 00:39:56.720
 who glory

00:39:56.719 --> 00:39:57.339
 in Jesus,

00:39:57.480 --> 00:39:58.279
 and shudder

00:39:58.279 --> 00:39:59.619
 at glorying

00:39:59.619 --> 00:40:00.379
 in anything

00:40:00.379 --> 00:40:01.000
 or anyone

00:40:01.000 --> 00:40:01.619
 else.

00:40:03.139 --> 00:40:03.779
 We come

00:40:03.779 --> 00:40:04.399
 together to

00:40:04.399 --> 00:40:05.399
 rejoice in

00:40:05.399 --> 00:40:05.739
 Jesus,

00:40:06.539 --> 00:40:06.919
 as our

00:40:06.919 --> 00:40:07.439
 statement of

00:40:07.439 --> 00:40:08.039
 faith says,

00:40:08.119 --> 00:40:09.000
 to experience,

00:40:09.480 --> 00:40:09.859
 proclaim,

00:40:10.339 --> 00:40:11.000
 and display

00:40:11.000 --> 00:40:11.679
 the supremacy

00:40:11.679 --> 00:40:12.199
 of Jesus

00:40:12.199 --> 00:40:12.819
 in all

00:40:12.819 --> 00:40:13.619
 things.

00:40:15.079 --> 00:40:15.959
 Because we

00:40:15.959 --> 00:40:16.539
 have been set

00:40:16.539 --> 00:40:16.859
 free,

00:40:17.159 --> 00:40:17.699
 our identity

00:40:17.699 --> 00:40:18.439
 has changed,

00:40:18.679 --> 00:40:18.939
 and we

00:40:18.939 --> 00:40:19.579
 gather to

00:40:19.579 --> 00:40:20.039
 celebrate

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 that in

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 Jesus'

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 name.

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 We have

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 been set

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 free from

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 sin to

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 live lives

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 that are no

00:40:32.299 --> 00:40:32.899
 longer in

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 bondage to

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 sin,

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 but is

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 victorious over

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 it.

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 It is that

00:40:37.980 --> 00:40:38.419
 simple.

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 In verse

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 19, I

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 skipped over

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 this phrase

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 the last two

00:40:43.579 --> 00:40:44.079
 weeks because

00:40:44.079 --> 00:40:44.719
 I wasn't sure

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 what to do

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 with it.

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 The beginning

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 of verse

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 19, I am

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 speaking in

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 human terms

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 because of

00:40:49.480 --> 00:40:50.539
 your natural

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 limitations.

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 It's not an

00:40:53.559 --> 00:40:53.939
 insult.

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 He's not saying

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 you guys are

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 dumb.

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 And so I'm

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 speaking clearly

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 to you or

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 speaking in

00:41:00.159 --> 00:41:01.059
 simple tone or

00:41:01.059 --> 00:41:01.840
 simple words.

00:41:02.280 --> 00:41:02.940
 What he's saying

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 is I'm using

00:41:03.599 --> 00:41:04.579
 simple language

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 because you

00:41:05.380 --> 00:41:06.059
 understand and

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 you need to

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 understand.

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 So he uses

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 slave and

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 master because

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 the church in

00:41:10.300 --> 00:41:10.659
 Rome would

00:41:10.659 --> 00:41:11.340
 understand that

00:41:11.340 --> 00:41:11.840
 clearly.

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 He uses this

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 and he repeats

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 it over and

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 over and says

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 it in different

00:41:15.500 --> 00:41:16.139
 ways so that

00:41:16.139 --> 00:41:16.559
 they can

00:41:16.559 --> 00:41:17.300
 understand.

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 We have

00:41:19.179 --> 00:41:19.940
 been set free

00:41:19.940 --> 00:41:20.639
 from sin.

00:41:21.639 --> 00:41:22.440
 Sin no longer

00:41:22.440 --> 00:41:23.440
 has power over

00:41:23.440 --> 00:41:23.619
 us.

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 It's that

00:41:24.039 --> 00:41:24.460
 simple.

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 simple.

00:41:25.260 --> 00:41:25.960
 Jesus died on

00:41:25.960 --> 00:41:26.659
 the cross for

00:41:26.659 --> 00:41:27.119
 our sin.

00:41:27.300 --> 00:41:27.780
 It's that

00:41:27.780 --> 00:41:28.059
 simple.

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 Let us not

00:41:29.179 --> 00:41:29.920
 muck up the

00:41:29.920 --> 00:41:30.760
 water so that

00:41:30.760 --> 00:41:31.260
 no one can

00:41:31.260 --> 00:41:32.000
 understand it.

00:41:33.460 --> 00:41:34.300
 We have been

00:41:34.300 --> 00:41:35.000
 set free.

00:41:35.320 --> 00:41:35.880
 You have been

00:41:35.880 --> 00:41:36.579
 set free.

00:41:36.860 --> 00:41:37.360
 I have been

00:41:37.360 --> 00:41:38.059
 set free.

00:41:39.260 --> 00:41:39.639
 We have

00:41:39.639 --> 00:41:40.300
 received a new

00:41:40.300 --> 00:41:40.980
 identity and

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 that is why we

00:41:41.679 --> 00:41:42.000
 gather.

00:41:44.159 --> 00:41:44.840
 We meet

00:41:44.840 --> 00:41:45.599
 together because

00:41:45.599 --> 00:41:46.380
 Jesus died

00:41:46.380 --> 00:41:47.079
 for us.

00:41:48.539 --> 00:41:49.360
 We have been

00:41:49.360 --> 00:41:50.199
 justified by

00:41:50.199 --> 00:41:50.720
 faith.

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 we are being

00:41:55.199 --> 00:41:56.599
 made holy by

00:41:56.599 --> 00:41:56.959
 God.

00:41:58.519 --> 00:41:59.219
 We can

00:41:59.219 --> 00:42:00.019
 worship together.

00:42:00.139 --> 00:42:00.379
 We can

00:42:00.379 --> 00:42:01.259
 celebrate together

00:42:01.259 --> 00:42:01.679
 and we can

00:42:01.679 --> 00:42:02.519
 rejoice together

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 because of what

00:42:03.119 --> 00:42:04.059
 Jesus has done

00:42:04.059 --> 00:42:05.619
 giving us a new

00:42:05.619 --> 00:42:06.099
 identity.

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 Christians,

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 let us rejoice

00:42:10.879 --> 00:42:12.159
 over our new

00:42:12.159 --> 00:42:12.679
 identity.

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 Let us fight

00:42:14.719 --> 00:42:15.659
 for His name,

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 for His renown,

00:42:17.000 --> 00:42:17.779
 for His acclaim,

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 for He is

00:42:19.060 --> 00:42:20.180
 worthy of all

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 praise.