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 Please be seated.

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 It's good to be with you all again today.

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 My name is Jonathan.

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 I've been with you all the last three weeks.

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 This is our fourth week.

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 We've been looking at the topic of evangelism,

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 and we're really, I'm pleased that you're here.

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 I'm thankful that you're here.

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 If this is your first time,

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 welcome to Cheyenne Mountain Prez.

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 We are really glad that you are here,

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 and we hope that you'll come back

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 or that you'll meet somebody new.

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 I would love to interact with you,

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 especially afterwards,

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 if you have thoughts or questions.

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 Please come up and introduce yourself.

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 That's one of my favorite parts about this

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 is getting to talk to people

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 who are exploring church again or for the first time,

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 and so we're really glad that you are here.

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 As a personal, before we get started,

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 as a personal word,

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 thank you all so much for your hospitality

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 the last four weeks as I've been up here

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 in a lot of ways experimenting,

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 putting down things that I've been applying

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 on the college campus for the last seven years,

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 eight years,

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 and been beginning to think about

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 how would we systemize what I've been exploring,

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 and so in a lot of ways,

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 you are my guinea pigs

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 for things that I've seen work

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 and on a college campus,

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 but begin to actually train and teach others in it.

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 It's been really, really, really helpful

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 and encouraging to me,

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 and I hope it's been encouraging to you.

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 If you have had thoughts or questions

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 or would like to refresh,

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 someone asked me to remind you all

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 that everything that we've done

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 the last three weeks is on YouTube,

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 so you can go to the Shine Mountain YouTube channel

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 and re-watch them.

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 Also, you can find me.

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 I've told you before,

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 I hope you know,

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 that I care so deeply about evangelism.

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 It's one of my,

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 it's what gets me out of bed in the morning.

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 So my,

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 you can look up RUF Jonathan Clark.

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 You can find my email address.

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 You can get it from anyone on the session

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 or from Pastor Matthew.

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 Don't reach out to him right now.

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 Let him rest.

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 But I'd love to think more with you

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 when you come up afterwards

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 and say,

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 what do I think about this situation

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 or how do I do this particular case?

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 I love that.

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 And so please keep those questions going.

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 I also encourage you to stick around

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 and listen to David.

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 David and I were in seminary together,

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 which is really a treat.

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 So I'm thrilled to,

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 I haven't seen him since seminary,

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 but it's really a treat to have him here with us today

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 and to hear about his ministry.

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 So stick around for that.

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 I was reflecting,

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 it's amazing that David's doing ministry in India

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 and knew him in seminary.

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 Matthew and I were roommates in seminary

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 and here we all are trying to follow Jesus

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 and welcome others into that as well.

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 We are looking at a passage in Romans today.

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 I know that Matthew has been preaching

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 through the book of Romans.

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 So you've heard this passage preached to you recently

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 in the last few months

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 and I am aware of that

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 and I still chose that we need to do it

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 because it is,

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 as we looked at our confession today,

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 it's about justification.

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 And this is the most,

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 I mean,

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 as Andy said,

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 the without which nothing of our faith.

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 And if we cannot communicate this in evangelism,

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 then what are we doing?

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 What are we doing?

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 And so this is,

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 we will be looking at a famous passage again.

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 Again, you've heard this before,

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 but I promise that you have not heard it

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 the way I'm gonna talk about it today.

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 So stick with me as we do it.

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 So if you have a Bible,

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 turn to Romans chapter three

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 or you have it printed in your bulletin

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 and I will read it

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 and then we will look at it.

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 So this is Romans chapter three,

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 we're starting in verse nine.

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 What then?

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 Are we Jews any better off?

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 No, not at all.

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 For we have already charged

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 that all both Jews and Greeks are under sin.

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 As it is written,

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 none is righteous.

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 No, not one.

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 No one understands.

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 No one seeks for God.

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 All have turned aside.

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 Together they have become worthless.

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 No one does good,

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 not even one.

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 Their throat is an open grave

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 and they use their tongues to deceive.

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 The venom of asps is under their lips.

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 Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.

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 Their feet are swift to shed blood.

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 In their paths are ruin and misery.

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 The way of peace they have not known.

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 There is no fear of God before their eyes.

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 Verse 19.

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 Now we know that whatever the law says,

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 it speaks to those who are under the law

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 so that every mouth may be stopped

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 and the whole world may be held accountable to God.

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 For by works of the law,

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 no human being will be justified in his sight

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 since through the law comes knowledge of sin.

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 But now the righteousness of God

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 has been manifested apart from the law,

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 although the law and the prophets bear witness to it.

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 The righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ

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 for all who believe.

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 For there is no distinction.

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 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God

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 and are justified by his grace as a gift

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 through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

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 whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood

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 to be received by faith.

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 This was to show God's righteousness

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 because in his divine forbearance,

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 he has passed over former sins.

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 It was to show his righteousness at the present time

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 so that he might be just and the justifier

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 of the one who has faith in Jesus.

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 This is God's word.

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 Would you pray with me?

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 Lord, as we look one more time at your word

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 and consider how to speak it persuasively and gently

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 and yet with courage and truth to our friends,

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 would you do it to us first?

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 Would the gospel shine into our hearts?

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 Would you illuminate our minds and our hearts

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 to receive the good news of justification by faith alone?

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 And would you give us the words and the wisdom

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 and the courage to take that with compassion and bravery

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 to our friends and neighbors for your glory and for our good.

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 It's in Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Okay, so I'm going to start off by telling two different stories,

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 describing two different people for you.

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 The first person I want you to picture

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 is a person who lives in the year 1519.

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 1519.

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 And this person is a highly religious person.

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 This person has taken a vow to devote their whole life

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 to serving God and to obeying God.

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 And he is so religious, so committed to God's law

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 that he would beat himself up whenever he failed.

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 If there was a moment where he realized

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 that he had lapsed in his obedience to God's law,

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 he would beat himself with a whip or with a stick.

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 And he was so zealous that his spiritual mentors

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 would regularly tell him,

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 hey, ease up on yourself, all right?

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 Don't go so hard on yourself, right?

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 You're going a little hard on this spirituality thing.

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 And yet as hard as this person worked,

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 his conscience still plagued him.

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 He had this deep, deep sense of I am wicked.

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 There is something wrong with me.

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 There is a black spot in my being,

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 in my heart that I cannot get rid of.

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 And he had this nagging feeling

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 that I am a wretched sinner before God.

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 And no matter how hard I try,

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 it is not enough.

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 This person wrote in his spiritual biography,

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 he said,

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 though I lived as a monk without reproach,

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 a monk, a man who has taken vows of holy living,

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 a monk above reproach,

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 I felt that I was a sinner before God

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 with an extremely disturbed conscience.

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 I could not believe that he was placated by my satisfaction.

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 I raged with a fierce and troubled conscience.

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 That's this person.

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 This is a person who is acutely aware

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 of the demands of God's law for his life

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 and painfully aware of his own sin,

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 knowing that he deserved punishment,

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 God's wrath for his sin.

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 And sometime in 1517, 1519,

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 Martin Luther realized the good news

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 of the gospel of justification

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 by faith alone in Christ alone.

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 That God had imputed,

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 that had injected or placed onto his account

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 righteousness from outside of him,

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 that it was not by his works,

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 but simply by trusting in Jesus Christ.

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 And that good news,

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 that gospel became to him

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 a source of relief and of hope and of salvation.

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 And he was transformed

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 with joy and peace and hope.

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 And he starts the air,

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 he's the air of the tradition

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 that we are now in today,

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 the Protestant Reformation.

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 That's the first person in 1519, 1517.

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 Second person I want you to picture.

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 I had this conversation,

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 this very conversation this last week.

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 It's a college student.

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 She attends UCCS.

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 She grew up with a very vague understanding

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 of Christianity,

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 did not grow up in a Christian environment,

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 knows the very bare minimum about Christianity,

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 has a limited view.

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 Essentially, her view of faith

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 is that God is out there.

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 He's out there.

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 And he punishes bad people.

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 And he wants us to live a good life.

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 But basically, God is loving.

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 That's Christianity.

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 God is out there.

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 He punishes bad people.

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 He wants us to live a holy life.

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 And I'll do my best.

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 And I was talking with her this last week,

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 describing to her the basics of the Christian life.

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 And I was describing,

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 I said, God condemns all sinners

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 to eternal punishment,

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 but offers salvation to anyone

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 who just trusts in Jesus.

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 All you do is trust in who Jesus is

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 and what he has done for you.

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 Isn't that good news?

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 And she goes, okay.

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 Okay, so what?

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 Okay, so what?

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 And right there, friends,

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 is the urgency,

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 the urgency of evangelism in 2025.

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 Because right there,

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 we see revealed to us

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 something seismic has happened in our world

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 to where one man, Martin Luther,

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 feels this dreadful sense of his own guilt,

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 his own spiritual demise,

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 that he stands before a holy,

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 wrathful,

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 judging God,

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 and he knows his own deficiency

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 and his own sin.

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 And the college student in 2025

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 who just says,

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 okay,

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 so what?

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 So what?

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 I don't see the urgency of this.

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 And what I hope to do today

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 is to try to remember together

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 how justification by faith alone

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 remains the heart

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 and the goodness

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 of the Christian gospel.

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 And most importantly,

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 how do we tell our friends that?

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 How do we tell our friends,

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 how do we tell our neighbors

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 that that is true

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 in what we could call,

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 what we will call,

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 a secular age?

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 And I'll describe that in a minute.

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 So how do we communicate

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 to a secular person

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 that justification still is good news?

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 That's our task today.

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 The way we will do it

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 is we'll look at this in three ways.

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 First,

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 why is justification hard

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 to communicate in 2025?

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 Why is it hard?

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 Second,

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 why does it still matter?

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 How does it still matter?

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 And third,

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 how do we do it?

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 How do we do it

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 with our friends and neighbors?

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 So let's look at this.

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 The first thing I want us to consider

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 is why is justification hard in 2025?

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 One of the background assumptions,

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 and I said this the day,

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 the first day that we started looking

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 at the topic of evangelism

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 the last few weeks,

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 is that one of the background assumptions

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 is that something seismic has happened

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 in our world,

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 in our culture,

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 in the lives and hearts of your friends

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 that do not know Jesus

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 that has made evangelism really hard.

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 Evangelism has always been hard.

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 But something has shifted

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 in the last 500 years,

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 in the last however you want to date it,

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 to where Martin Luther feels,

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 the average person says,

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 how am I made at peace with God?

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 How do I live at peace with God

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 to today where it is just

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 not a pressing urgent need

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 in most people's minds?

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 They just don't care.

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 They don't feel the need of it.

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 Scholars have called this shift

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 secularism.

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 Secularism.

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 Actually,

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 Cheyenne Mountain

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 is going to be hosting

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 a seminar in a couple of weeks

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 on ministering and secularism

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 for chaplains at the academy,

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 I mean,

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 at the fort,

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 which I'm thrilled by

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 that y'all are,

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 you know,

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 that they're continuing

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 to think through this

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 because this is easily

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 the most urgent missionary need

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 in our world today.

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 Secularism.

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 Now,

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 here's what it is.

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 For our main purposes,

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 our main point here,

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 we could go on

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 for a long time about this.

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 It's this,

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 that most people

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 do not have categories,

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 do not have categories

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 for the basic movements

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 for the progression

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 of the Christian faith.

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 Concepts such as sin

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 and righteousness

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 and faith and grace.

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 They just don't have categories

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 for it.

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 They do not,

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 the average non-Christian

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 college student,

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 the average person

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 who grew up secular,

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 doesn't understand

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 what those are.

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 And even if they have grown up

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 in the Christian faith

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 and have either moved away

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 or openly rejected it,

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 they don't feel

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 a sense of urgency.

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 In fact,

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 I would wager

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 that if you're a non-Christian here

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 and you're considering Christianity

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 and you stumbled into the church,

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 you're like,

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 I don't frankly know

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 why I'm here.

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 I could be doing

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 a whole lot of other things

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 on my Sunday morning

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 rather than coming to this place

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 and spending two hours here.

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 Categories of the Christian faith

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 don't feel urgent

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 in our world.

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 And here's the problem.

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 When we do evangelism,

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 depending on

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 or hinging on

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 the historic Protestant message

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 of justification

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 by faith alone,

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 the way that we have

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 historically understood

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 and done it,

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 we are solving a problem,

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 A, that most people

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 don't see as a problem,

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 and B, with a solution

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 that most people

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 don't really feel is helpful.

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 When we offer

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 justification by faith alone,

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 the way that you and I

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 often intuitively

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 think through it,

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 we are solving a problem

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 that most people

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 don't really think

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 is a problem

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 with a solution

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 that doesn't feel helpful.

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 Does that make sense?

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 So think of it this way.

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 If you were to have

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 a flat tire,

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 you're driving down the road

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 and you feel that you have

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 a flat tire in your car

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 and it's in the middle

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 of a blizzard

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 and some guy pulls up

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 to you to help you

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 and you say,

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 oh, thank heaven,

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 and he offers you

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 a pet snake

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 and a protein shake,

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 you would say,

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 uh,

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 not what I need

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 right now.

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 Not what I need

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 right now.

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 that's what happens

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 when we offer

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 the gospel

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 to our friends

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 in a secular age.

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 They go,

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 okay,

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 so what?

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 So what?

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 I don't understand.

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 Prior to secularism,

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 for hundreds of years,

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 human beings felt

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 like Martin Luther,

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 where there was

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 a pressing need

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 to be reconciled

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 to God.

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 They knew that God

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 was really involved

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 in the human life

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 and that he was holy

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 and they were not

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 and they sensed that

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 and they said,

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 we must be reconciled

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 with our God.

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 There is this thing

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 called sin

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 and it is a gap

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 between me

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 and God's holiness.

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 And evangelism

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 during this season

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 was basically

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 persuading people

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 of things that they

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 already knew

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 were true

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 and they accepted.

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 It was persuading people

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 to believe

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 what they culturally knew

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 and today,

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 all of those categories

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 are gone.

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 Does that make sense?

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 Do you see

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 what the problem is?

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 Often the gospel

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 feels like superfluous news

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 for a non-existent problem.

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 It is superfluous news

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 for a problem

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 that people don't feel.

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 Justification by faith alone,

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 that is God reconciling to us,

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 simply by us trusting in Jesus,

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 it feels unnecessary.

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 It feels not urgent

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 to most of our friends.

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 Now, how do we share

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 the gospel in that world?

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 How do we make it urgent again?

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 How do we make it relevant again?

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 How do we evangelize in this?

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 Well, I hope to show you.

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 But that's the first point.

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 And that's why,

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 often,

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 when you share your faith

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 or as you think through it,

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 it falls on deaf ears.

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 People think,

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 I don't see the urgency for this.

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 So let's look at part two.

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 Why does justification matter still?

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 Or how is it still relevant?

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 And this is where things get tricky

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 and this is where things get really exciting.

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 This is where I come alive

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 because this is where,

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 because we can actually begin

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 to communicate to our friends

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 that it is relevant.

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 But it takes a little extra steps.

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 It takes some work.

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 And here's the first thing

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 that we must do.

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 The first thing that we must do

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 is pay attention

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 to the felt needs of our friends.

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 Watch our friends,

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 watch our neighbors,

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 watch our family members,

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 and just put up your spiritual radar

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 and pay attention

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 to their felt needs.

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 What are they aware of?

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 Where do they feel a gap in their lives?

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 We talked about this

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 when we looked at Revelation 21,

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 where most people are asking,

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 remember what I asked?

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 Does the story end happy?

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 Does it have a happy ending?

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 People are asking that question.

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 Does it have a happy ending?

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 There's this sense of,

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 I need a happy ending

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 in my life or my story.

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 Where are the gaps

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 in our friends' lives?

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 If they don't have this gap

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 between their lives

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 and God's holiness,

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 where are there those gaps?

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 And I would like to single out

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 two for us.

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 There's lots of different options,

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 lots of places,

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 but I would like to single out

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 two that I think

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 are particularly common today.

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 Two places where the average

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 non-Christian secular person

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 does feel an incompleteness

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 or a need in their lives.

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 You with me?

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 Okay, so the first one is shame.

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 The first place is shame.

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 Most people today

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 have an acute sense

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 of personal shame

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 for some reason,

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 from something,

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 and where that can come from,

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 my gosh,

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 there are infinite options.

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 But what that is,

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 is shame is an internal voice

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 that humiliates

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 and denigrates

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 and denies self-worth.

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 Most people have a sense

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 within them

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 that there is something

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 deeply flawed

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 about their deepest self.

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 And it could come from

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 something that they did,

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 that you did.

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 Perhaps this is you.

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 As soon as I bring up

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 the word shame,

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 people go,

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 whoo,

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 and they start looking inside

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 and they begin to feel it.

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 Something that you did

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 a long time ago

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 or recently

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 and you feel guilty,

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 dirty,

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 something's wrong

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 within yourself.

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 It could be something

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 that happened to you,

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 some kind of abuse,

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 something that someone else

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 did to you

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 that made you feel unworthy.

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 Either way,

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 most people

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 are carrying around

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 in their heart

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 a list

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 or an event

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 or a thing

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 that makes them feel

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 deficient,

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 dirty,

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 or unworthy.

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 And I recently

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 talked with a student

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 who felt like

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 no matter how hard

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 he worked,

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 he would never be

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 enough for his dad.

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 No matter how hard

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 he tried,

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 no matter how hard

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 he worked

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 and his grades

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 and all that,

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 that his dad

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 would never value him.

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 And he felt

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 tremendous shame

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 about this.

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 Now notice,

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 he feels no need

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 for God in his life.

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 He feels no urgency

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 to have peace

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 with God,

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 but he does feel

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 a lot of shame

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 in his relationship

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 with his dad.

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 We can work with that.

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 Talked with another friend,

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 he's a peer of mine,

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 he's a former soldier.

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 This is particularly

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 relevant for the base,

00:20:02.519 --> 00:20:03.339
 for the Cheyenne Mountain.

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 He felt an incredible

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 amount of shame

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 over things that he did

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 while he was deployed.

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 He had done things

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 in war,

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 he never told me.

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 He said,

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 how can I possibly

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 breathe another breath

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 after the things

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 I've done?

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 doesn't feel

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 a sense of

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 wrong before God,

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 just,

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 I'm bad.

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 There's something

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 wrong with me.

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 Now,

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 what is the secular

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 solution

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 our non-Christian

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 world's answer

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 or solution

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 to shame?

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 For the non-Christian,

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 for the secular,

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 the solution

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 to shame

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 is,

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 hey,

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 you just need

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 to forgive yourself

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 and accept yourself.

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 That's what it boils

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 down to.

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 So,

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 for example,

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 college students

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 will go to

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 the counseling center

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 at the college

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 that I work at

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 and the school counselors,

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 very well-meaning people,

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 will say something like,

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 hey,

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 healing is learning

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 to love yourself

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 and just accept yourself.

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 That's what you need to do.

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 Just learn to accept yourself.

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 Some version of that.

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 Do some deep breathing

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 and some mindfulness exercises

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 and learn to love yourself again.

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 And that's well and good.

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 There's a place

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 for something like that,

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 but it doesn't work.

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 It does not ultimately work

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 and our friends know that

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 because they've tried.

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 They've tried to heal

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 their shame on their own

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 and it doesn't go away

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 and it continues

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 to gnaw

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 and eat at their hearts

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 and they feel,

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 though they feel

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 absolutely no spiritual guilt

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 before God,

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 they feel deep angst

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 within themselves

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 about who am I?

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 Do I deserve

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 to take up the air

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 that I breathe

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 on this planet?

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 So that's the first felt need

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 that many of our friends have

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 and we can work with that.

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 Let me tell you.

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 I'll show you in a minute how.

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 Here's the second felt need

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 that many of our friends have.

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 It's the reality,

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 the acknowledgement

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 of injustice

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 or oppression

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 in our world.

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 Our non-Christian friends

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 will look around their world,

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 they will look around

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 their neighborhood,

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 they'll read the news

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 and they'll say,

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 something is wrong

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 with our world.

00:22:05.379 --> 00:22:06.359
 People with dark skin

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 have it harder

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 than people with light skin.

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 Women have it harder

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 than men.

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 Something like this.

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 They'll look at something

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 in our world

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 and say,

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 that is unjust.

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 This is oppression

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 and it should be fixed.

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 The rich are getting richer

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 and the poor are getting poorer

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 and that's not good.

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 Something terrible

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 happens on a social level

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 or on an individual level.

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 If you're a woman

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 under the age of 25,

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 statistically,

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 the chances of you

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 having something tragic

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 happening by a man

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 is almost 100%

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 and they are deeply aware

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 of that injustice.

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 They are deeply aware

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 of the oppression

00:22:45.579 --> 00:22:46.200
 that happened.

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 A miscarriage of justice

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 or an unreprimanded

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 and unsolved oppression.

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 And again,

00:22:53.860 --> 00:22:54.980
 for the secular person,

00:22:55.079 --> 00:22:55.860
 for the non-Christian,

00:22:55.980 --> 00:22:57.019
 the secular solution

00:22:57.019 --> 00:22:57.660
 to justice

00:22:57.660 --> 00:22:58.620
 is either

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 to have solidarity

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 to create

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 a new group

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 with power

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 who can go fight

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 those bad guys

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 or to just get revenge.

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 That's what they want.

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 They'll say,

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 well, there's injustice

00:23:08.920 --> 00:23:09.400
 out there

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 so why don't we just

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 raise awareness,

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 create solidarity,

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 create a new group

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 that we can then

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 go fight them

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 to the point

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 of maybe getting even.

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 And this can take

00:23:21.640 --> 00:23:22.320
 several forms.

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 We can have cancel culture

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 or it can be

00:23:25.140 --> 00:23:26.140
 as simple as gossip

00:23:26.140 --> 00:23:27.180
 and character assassination

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 or it can reach

00:23:28.560 --> 00:23:29.620
 the level of violence

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 to use power.

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 And the problem

00:23:32.600 --> 00:23:33.040
 with this

00:23:33.040 --> 00:23:33.800
 is it sets up

00:23:33.800 --> 00:23:34.759
 a new power struggle.

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 It sets up

00:23:35.279 --> 00:23:36.820
 a new us versus them.

00:23:36.819 --> 00:23:38.179
 My tribe versus your tribe.

00:23:38.379 --> 00:23:39.139
 And it never actually

00:23:39.139 --> 00:23:40.019
 heals the injustice.

00:23:41.059 --> 00:23:41.679
 It never actually

00:23:41.679 --> 00:23:42.619
 deals with the oppression.

00:23:42.759 --> 00:23:43.220
 It just keeps

00:23:43.220 --> 00:23:44.119
 the spiral going.

00:23:45.839 --> 00:23:46.639
 You see that?

00:23:46.759 --> 00:23:47.139
 Okay, now,

00:23:47.259 --> 00:23:48.000
 I want to zoom out.

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 Justification

00:23:50.059 --> 00:23:51.259
 is not important

00:23:51.259 --> 00:23:52.419
 to our non-Christian friends.

00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:53.599
 They don't care about it.

00:23:53.639 --> 00:23:54.059
 They don't feel

00:23:54.059 --> 00:23:54.619
 a need for it.

00:23:54.759 --> 00:23:56.179
 But shame

00:23:56.179 --> 00:23:57.419
 and injustice

00:23:57.419 --> 00:23:59.000
 are highly important.

00:23:59.139 --> 00:24:00.299
 They are deeply aware

00:24:00.299 --> 00:24:01.359
 of those things

00:24:01.359 --> 00:24:02.700
 in their lives.

00:24:02.700 --> 00:24:04.019
 And so what we need

00:24:04.019 --> 00:24:04.420
 to do

00:24:04.420 --> 00:24:05.500
 is pay attention

00:24:05.500 --> 00:24:07.120
 to the felt needs,

00:24:07.200 --> 00:24:07.740
 to the things

00:24:07.740 --> 00:24:08.819
 they do care about

00:24:08.819 --> 00:24:09.460
 in our friends.

00:24:09.880 --> 00:24:10.319
 And then,

00:24:10.400 --> 00:24:11.420
 here's the next move.

00:24:12.059 --> 00:24:12.940
 Pay attention here.

00:24:13.039 --> 00:24:13.860
 The next move

00:24:13.860 --> 00:24:15.140
 is to show them

00:24:15.140 --> 00:24:16.279
 that Christianity

00:24:16.279 --> 00:24:17.640
 offers

00:24:17.640 --> 00:24:19.640
 a better explanation

00:24:19.640 --> 00:24:20.880
 of what went wrong

00:24:20.880 --> 00:24:22.559
 and a better solution

00:24:22.559 --> 00:24:23.799
 of how to fix it.

00:24:24.340 --> 00:24:25.819
 It's to show our friends

00:24:25.819 --> 00:24:26.420
 that Christianity

00:24:26.420 --> 00:24:28.019
 offers a better explanation

00:24:28.019 --> 00:24:28.960
 of what's wrong

00:24:28.960 --> 00:24:30.200
 and a better solution

00:24:30.200 --> 00:24:31.160
 of how to fix it.

00:24:31.160 --> 00:24:32.620
 What we need

00:24:32.620 --> 00:24:33.360
 to show them

00:24:33.360 --> 00:24:34.960
 is that their diagnosis

00:24:34.960 --> 00:24:36.560
 of what is wrong

00:24:36.560 --> 00:24:37.300
 in their lives

00:24:37.300 --> 00:24:38.080
 and in their world

00:24:38.080 --> 00:24:39.800
 does not go deep enough.

00:24:41.100 --> 00:24:41.900
 A few months ago,

00:24:41.940 --> 00:24:42.540
 I had a friend

00:24:42.540 --> 00:24:43.759
 who had a car.

00:24:43.860 --> 00:24:44.340
 His car was,

00:24:44.460 --> 00:24:45.440
 well, he still has a car.

00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:46.500
 He was having some car trouble.

00:24:46.820 --> 00:24:47.640
 He's driving his car

00:24:47.640 --> 00:24:48.080
 down the road

00:24:48.080 --> 00:24:48.779
 and he starts to feel

00:24:48.779 --> 00:24:50.560
 the gunk, gunk, gunk, gunk, gunk, gunk,

00:24:50.700 --> 00:24:51.420
 the wump, wump, wump,

00:24:51.600 --> 00:24:51.920
 you know,

00:24:51.960 --> 00:24:53.779
 and he starts tinkering with it.

00:24:53.800 --> 00:24:54.580
 He's not a mechanic

00:24:54.580 --> 00:24:55.620
 nor the son of a mechanic.

00:24:56.040 --> 00:24:56.500
 And he thought,

00:24:56.580 --> 00:24:57.740
 well, maybe the air pressure's low.

00:24:57.820 --> 00:24:58.900
 And so he puts some air

00:24:58.900 --> 00:24:59.560
 in his tires.

00:24:59.559 --> 00:25:02.500
 And then he tries driving again

00:25:02.500 --> 00:25:03.579
 and all the tires

00:25:03.579 --> 00:25:04.659
 are perfectly inflated

00:25:04.659 --> 00:25:05.819
 and he still feels

00:25:05.819 --> 00:25:07.139
 the gunk, gunk, gunk, gunk

00:25:07.139 --> 00:25:08.379
 as he's driving down the road.

00:25:09.399 --> 00:25:10.299
 And he takes it

00:25:10.299 --> 00:25:10.980
 into the mechanic

00:25:10.980 --> 00:25:11.919
 and the mechanic says,

00:25:12.019 --> 00:25:12.960
 no, it's not your air pressure.

00:25:13.119 --> 00:25:15.179
 Your CV joints are off.

00:25:16.059 --> 00:25:17.359
 Something deeper is wrong.

00:25:17.419 --> 00:25:18.440
 And my friend thought

00:25:18.440 --> 00:25:19.480
 he knew what was wrong.

00:25:19.919 --> 00:25:20.919
 He thought he understood

00:25:20.919 --> 00:25:21.859
 what was wrong,

00:25:21.960 --> 00:25:22.980
 but his solution

00:25:22.980 --> 00:25:24.059
 didn't go deep enough.

00:25:25.200 --> 00:25:26.539
 It didn't go deep enough

00:25:26.539 --> 00:25:27.220
 to what was wrong.

00:25:27.339 --> 00:25:28.339
 And the same is true

00:25:28.339 --> 00:25:29.439
 with our non-Christian friends.

00:25:29.519 --> 00:25:31.039
 They know something's wrong,

00:25:31.319 --> 00:25:33.179
 but their diagnosis

00:25:33.179 --> 00:25:34.459
 can't go deep enough.

00:25:35.399 --> 00:25:37.059
 We get to show them

00:25:37.059 --> 00:25:38.319
 that Christianity

00:25:38.319 --> 00:25:40.519
 explains the deep level

00:25:40.519 --> 00:25:41.859
 brokenness of the world.

00:25:43.319 --> 00:25:45.439
 And that's where Romans 3 comes in.

00:25:46.439 --> 00:25:48.339
 That's where Romans 3 comes in.

00:25:50.079 --> 00:25:51.720
 Verses 9 through 10,

00:25:52.159 --> 00:25:52.579
 or verses,

00:25:52.759 --> 00:25:53.919
 well, it's 9 through 18

00:25:53.920 --> 00:25:55.300
 in a lot of ways.

00:25:56.100 --> 00:25:58.640
 We have already charged

00:25:58.640 --> 00:25:59.660
 that all,

00:26:00.660 --> 00:26:01.900
 in this context,

00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:03.240
 Paul means every person

00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:04.279
 who takes up oxygen

00:26:04.279 --> 00:26:05.400
 on God's green earth.

00:26:06.140 --> 00:26:07.900
 All are under sin.

00:26:07.980 --> 00:26:08.660
 As it is written,

00:26:08.940 --> 00:26:10.080
 none is righteous.

00:26:10.360 --> 00:26:11.240
 No, not one.

00:26:11.580 --> 00:26:12.940
 No one understands.

00:26:13.480 --> 00:26:15.840
 No one seeks for God.

00:26:16.039 --> 00:26:17.400
 They have all turned aside.

00:26:17.480 --> 00:26:17.700
 Together,

00:26:17.779 --> 00:26:18.680
 they have become worthless.

00:26:18.900 --> 00:26:19.779
 No one does good.

00:26:20.019 --> 00:26:21.380
 Not even one.

00:26:21.380 --> 00:26:24.500
 No one is righteous.

00:26:24.640 --> 00:26:25.480
 The word righteous,

00:26:25.680 --> 00:26:26.060
 of course,

00:26:26.160 --> 00:26:27.640
 is a crucial phrase

00:26:27.640 --> 00:26:29.040
 in the book of Romans

00:26:29.040 --> 00:26:29.880
 and in the Bible,

00:26:30.180 --> 00:26:30.980
 in the Christian faith,

00:26:31.060 --> 00:26:31.700
 because it means

00:26:31.700 --> 00:26:34.020
 spiritually accepted

00:26:34.020 --> 00:26:35.280
 before God.

00:26:35.620 --> 00:26:36.240
 When it says

00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:37.140
 no one is righteous,

00:26:37.300 --> 00:26:37.820
 it means that

00:26:37.820 --> 00:26:38.820
 no human being

00:26:38.820 --> 00:26:40.440
 has right standing

00:26:40.440 --> 00:26:42.460
 before and in the presence

00:26:42.460 --> 00:26:42.960
 of God.

00:26:43.900 --> 00:26:44.880
 There's a genre

00:26:44.880 --> 00:26:45.900
 of TV shows

00:26:45.900 --> 00:26:46.700
 that are particularly

00:26:46.700 --> 00:26:47.360
 popular,

00:26:47.660 --> 00:26:48.160
 well,

00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:49.120
 they have been for a while.

00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:50.400
 Shows like Breaking Bad,

00:26:50.400 --> 00:26:51.820
 a new one just came out

00:26:51.820 --> 00:26:52.980
 called American Primeval.

00:26:53.500 --> 00:26:54.460
 It's on Netflix.

00:26:54.720 --> 00:26:55.640
 Cannot recommend it.

00:26:55.720 --> 00:26:56.300
 It's brutal.

00:26:56.960 --> 00:26:57.980
 Breaking Bad is another one.

00:26:58.380 --> 00:26:59.320
 Yellowstone is one.

00:26:59.519 --> 00:27:00.000
 Ozark.

00:27:00.340 --> 00:27:01.920
 These shows that come out,

00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:03.440
 and the thing about these shows

00:27:03.440 --> 00:27:04.640
 is that everybody's a bad guy.

00:27:05.780 --> 00:27:06.940
 Everybody's a bad guy.

00:27:07.080 --> 00:27:07.200
 You know,

00:27:07.240 --> 00:27:07.880
 there are shows

00:27:07.880 --> 00:27:09.500
 where there's good versus evil.

00:27:09.700 --> 00:27:10.820
 We love these kinds of shows.

00:27:11.480 --> 00:27:12.840
 But what these shows do,

00:27:13.000 --> 00:27:14.640
 things like Breaking Bad,

00:27:15.460 --> 00:27:16.840
 is it basically creates

00:27:16.840 --> 00:27:18.080
 a set of characters

00:27:18.079 --> 00:27:20.339
 who are all bad guys

00:27:20.339 --> 00:27:21.659
 and lets them loose

00:27:21.659 --> 00:27:23.179
 and just lets them

00:27:23.179 --> 00:27:24.179
 go do their thing.

00:27:24.759 --> 00:27:25.899
 And there's no good guys.

00:27:26.839 --> 00:27:27.740
 And I think we love to,

00:27:27.819 --> 00:27:28.960
 they're very popular shows.

00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:29.819
 We love to watch them

00:27:29.819 --> 00:27:31.159
 because we like to imagine

00:27:31.159 --> 00:27:32.839
 the reality that it's out there,

00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:34.319
 but not actually here.

00:27:34.399 --> 00:27:35.839
 But the terrifying reality

00:27:35.839 --> 00:27:36.599
 of those shows

00:27:36.599 --> 00:27:38.259
 is when you really encounter them,

00:27:39.259 --> 00:27:39.819
 when you actually

00:27:39.819 --> 00:27:40.439
 really sit with it,

00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:40.699
 you go,

00:27:40.960 --> 00:27:41.740
 oh man,

00:27:41.779 --> 00:27:43.039
 that might actually be true,

00:27:43.599 --> 00:27:46.519
 which then implicates me.

00:27:46.519 --> 00:27:49.000
 It implicates all of us.

00:27:49.819 --> 00:27:51.139
 There's no good guys.

00:27:51.720 --> 00:27:52.420
 Verse 15,

00:27:52.519 --> 00:27:54.859
 they are swift to shed blood.

00:27:56.059 --> 00:27:57.579
 These shows will create characters

00:27:57.579 --> 00:27:58.700
 who are all selfish,

00:27:58.920 --> 00:28:00.680
 all willing to sacrifice others

00:28:00.680 --> 00:28:01.940
 for their own good.

00:28:01.980 --> 00:28:03.079
 And they're deeply unnerving

00:28:03.079 --> 00:28:04.019
 because we are faced

00:28:04.019 --> 00:28:04.859
 with the possibility

00:28:04.859 --> 00:28:06.539
 that no one is a good guy.

00:28:07.639 --> 00:28:08.759
 Everybody's a bad guy.

00:28:10.559 --> 00:28:12.299
 And Paul tells us

00:28:12.299 --> 00:28:13.879
 that those shows

00:28:13.879 --> 00:28:15.200
 are actually reality,

00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:15.779
 spiritually.

00:28:16.519 --> 00:28:17.559
 He's talking about

00:28:17.559 --> 00:28:19.259
 what we call natural humans,

00:28:19.420 --> 00:28:20.299
 natural man.

00:28:20.799 --> 00:28:21.240
 And he says,

00:28:21.779 --> 00:28:22.220
 natural man,

00:28:22.340 --> 00:28:23.860
 separated from Christ,

00:28:24.340 --> 00:28:26.240
 without God doing something,

00:28:26.380 --> 00:28:27.259
 restraining

00:28:27.259 --> 00:28:29.740
 or saving in our world,

00:28:29.799 --> 00:28:30.620
 in our hearts,

00:28:30.799 --> 00:28:33.279
 we would only deteriorate

00:28:33.279 --> 00:28:34.940
 into worse and worse,

00:28:35.400 --> 00:28:36.180
 selfishness,

00:28:37.180 --> 00:28:37.680
 sin,

00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:38.700
 rejection of God,

00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:39.440
 and harm of man.

00:28:39.539 --> 00:28:41.360
 No one natural man

00:28:41.360 --> 00:28:42.360
 that seeks God.

00:28:42.359 --> 00:28:45.959
 No one does what is good.

00:28:46.039 --> 00:28:47.079
 And in evangelism,

00:28:47.159 --> 00:28:48.079
 what we need to say

00:28:48.079 --> 00:28:48.500
 is say,

00:28:48.579 --> 00:28:48.799
 yes,

00:28:48.819 --> 00:28:49.859
 you are on to something

00:28:49.859 --> 00:28:51.240
 with shame and injustice.

00:28:52.459 --> 00:28:53.559
 But your explanation

00:28:53.559 --> 00:28:54.639
 can't go deep enough.

00:28:56.219 --> 00:28:57.839
 You're looking at tire pressure

00:28:57.839 --> 00:29:00.179
 when there's a CV joint problem

00:29:00.179 --> 00:29:01.119
 under the hood.

00:29:02.119 --> 00:29:03.839
 And the doctrine of sin

00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:05.579
 that the Christian faith offers

00:29:05.579 --> 00:29:07.199
 cuts underneath it

00:29:07.199 --> 00:29:08.719
 and offers a problem

00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:10.319
 that is deeper,

00:29:10.660 --> 00:29:11.640
 that's more systemic,

00:29:11.779 --> 00:29:13.140
 that explains what's broken

00:29:13.140 --> 00:29:14.240
 in my life

00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:15.819
 and in our world

00:29:15.819 --> 00:29:17.240
 far more accurately,

00:29:17.480 --> 00:29:18.160
 far better

00:29:18.160 --> 00:29:20.140
 than shame

00:29:20.140 --> 00:29:20.920
 or injustice

00:29:20.920 --> 00:29:22.059
 or anything else.

00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:24.579
 Let me try to show you how.

00:29:24.680 --> 00:29:25.279
 For shame,

00:29:26.400 --> 00:29:27.660
 shame says,

00:29:28.120 --> 00:29:28.960
 sin says that

00:29:28.960 --> 00:29:29.880
 there actually is

00:29:29.880 --> 00:29:30.740
 something wrong with me.

00:29:31.579 --> 00:29:31.740
 You know,

00:29:31.759 --> 00:29:33.200
 the great fear of shame

00:29:33.200 --> 00:29:34.220
 is that there's something

00:29:34.220 --> 00:29:36.059
 actually wrong with me,

00:29:36.180 --> 00:29:37.500
 so bad that I cannot

00:29:37.500 --> 00:29:38.619
 just accept myself.

00:29:39.539 --> 00:29:40.519
 The secular counselor

00:29:40.519 --> 00:29:40.920
 just says,

00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:41.039
 well,

00:29:41.079 --> 00:29:41.839
 just accept yourself.

00:29:41.880 --> 00:29:42.140
 And you say,

00:29:42.240 --> 00:29:42.779
 I can't.

00:29:42.839 --> 00:29:43.599
 There might be something

00:29:43.599 --> 00:29:44.200
 wrong with me.

00:29:44.440 --> 00:29:45.400
 What does sin say?

00:29:45.880 --> 00:29:46.619
 Your worst fears

00:29:46.619 --> 00:29:47.220
 are more true

00:29:47.220 --> 00:29:47.960
 than you ever thought.

00:29:48.039 --> 00:29:48.880
 There actually is

00:29:48.880 --> 00:29:49.839
 something wrong with you.

00:29:50.619 --> 00:29:51.460
 There actually is

00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:52.339
 something deeply,

00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:53.660
 deeply wrong with you.

00:29:55.240 --> 00:29:56.339
 You actually ought

00:29:56.339 --> 00:29:57.380
 to be ashamed

00:29:57.380 --> 00:29:58.000
 on a level.

00:29:58.900 --> 00:30:00.099
 There's godly shame.

00:30:01.359 --> 00:30:02.119
 I am right

00:30:02.119 --> 00:30:03.319
 to feel it

00:30:03.319 --> 00:30:04.259
 because I am guilty.

00:30:05.279 --> 00:30:06.319
 What about for injustice?

00:30:06.799 --> 00:30:07.460
 Sin says,

00:30:07.500 --> 00:30:07.680
 yes,

00:30:07.720 --> 00:30:08.559
 there actually is

00:30:08.559 --> 00:30:09.539
 something dreadfully

00:30:09.539 --> 00:30:10.599
 wrong with our world.

00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:11.240
 Yes,

00:30:11.299 --> 00:30:12.380
 there actually is

00:30:12.380 --> 00:30:13.480
 oppression,

00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:15.920
 but it's all of us.

00:30:16.000 --> 00:30:16.480
 What it says,

00:30:16.619 --> 00:30:17.819
 their feet are swift

00:30:17.819 --> 00:30:18.880
 to shed blood

00:30:18.880 --> 00:30:19.619
 and their paths

00:30:19.619 --> 00:30:20.900
 are ruin and misery.

00:30:22.559 --> 00:30:23.500
 And what it does

00:30:23.500 --> 00:30:24.359
 is it implicates

00:30:24.359 --> 00:30:25.019
 all of us.

00:30:25.079 --> 00:30:25.619
 What does he say

00:30:25.619 --> 00:30:26.220
 later on?

00:30:26.299 --> 00:30:27.940
 For all have sinned

00:30:27.940 --> 00:30:29.039
 and fall short

00:30:29.039 --> 00:30:30.220
 of the glory of God.

00:30:30.799 --> 00:30:31.700
 Rather than what

00:30:31.700 --> 00:30:32.920
 injustice systems

00:30:32.920 --> 00:30:33.859
 of our secular world

00:30:33.859 --> 00:30:34.160
 would do,

00:30:34.200 --> 00:30:34.799
 which would create

00:30:34.799 --> 00:30:35.359
 a good guy

00:30:35.359 --> 00:30:35.940
 and a bad guy

00:30:35.940 --> 00:30:37.019
 and us versus them

00:30:37.019 --> 00:30:37.680
 where we just

00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:38.299
 fight it out.

00:30:38.360 --> 00:30:38.580
 It says,

00:30:38.660 --> 00:30:38.740
 no,

00:30:38.940 --> 00:30:40.000
 everybody's broken.

00:30:40.120 --> 00:30:40.720
 We're all in this

00:30:40.720 --> 00:30:41.580
 reality show

00:30:41.580 --> 00:30:42.660
 of broken characters

00:30:42.660 --> 00:30:43.100
 together,

00:30:43.460 --> 00:30:44.259
 fighting it out

00:30:44.259 --> 00:30:44.620
 together,

00:30:45.620 --> 00:30:46.200
 fighting out

00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:47.039
 against each other.

00:30:47.039 --> 00:30:48.080
 That explains

00:30:48.080 --> 00:30:49.059
 the world better.

00:30:50.019 --> 00:30:50.820
 Our world is not

00:30:50.820 --> 00:30:51.820
 an us versus them

00:30:51.820 --> 00:30:52.180
 problem.

00:30:52.320 --> 00:30:53.100
 It's an all of us

00:30:53.100 --> 00:30:54.200
 are part of the problem.

00:30:55.279 --> 00:30:56.420
 And sin explains

00:30:56.420 --> 00:30:57.160
 the problems

00:30:57.160 --> 00:30:58.180
 that your non-Christians

00:30:58.180 --> 00:30:59.779
 have more realistically

00:30:59.779 --> 00:31:01.340
 with a better solution

00:31:01.340 --> 00:31:02.480
 than what they're

00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:03.720
 trying to explain it with.

00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:05.480
 And we must show

00:31:05.480 --> 00:31:05.940
 our friends

00:31:05.940 --> 00:31:06.819
 that their answers

00:31:06.819 --> 00:31:08.000
 and their explanations

00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:08.700
 that are wrong

00:31:08.700 --> 00:31:09.220
 with the world

00:31:09.220 --> 00:31:10.339
 don't go deep enough.

00:31:12.339 --> 00:31:13.299
 Only sin,

00:31:14.059 --> 00:31:15.579
 only total depravity

00:31:15.579 --> 00:31:17.680
 actually gets

00:31:17.680 --> 00:31:18.299
 to the root

00:31:18.299 --> 00:31:18.940
 of what's wrong.

00:31:19.059 --> 00:31:19.860
 And so watch

00:31:19.860 --> 00:31:21.720
 for how do they

00:31:21.720 --> 00:31:23.819
 explain what's wrong

00:31:23.819 --> 00:31:24.420
 with our world.

00:31:24.539 --> 00:31:25.539
 If you're not a Christian,

00:31:25.880 --> 00:31:26.519
 I would ask you,

00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:27.079
 how do you?

00:31:27.640 --> 00:31:28.400
 And I would challenge

00:31:28.400 --> 00:31:28.940
 you to say,

00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:30.299
 does it go deep enough?

00:31:30.299 --> 00:31:32.639
 I don't think it does.

00:31:32.779 --> 00:31:33.720
 Whatever it is.

00:31:34.539 --> 00:31:35.279
 If you want to challenge me

00:31:35.279 --> 00:31:35.480
 on that,

00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:36.339
 I'd love to buy

00:31:36.339 --> 00:31:36.919
 a cup of coffee

00:31:36.919 --> 00:31:37.559
 and listen to hear

00:31:37.559 --> 00:31:38.139
 what you're thinking.

00:31:39.079 --> 00:31:40.399
 I would love to do that.

00:31:42.180 --> 00:31:43.299
 The last move.

00:31:44.299 --> 00:31:45.139
 The last move

00:31:45.139 --> 00:31:46.059
 is to make justification

00:31:46.059 --> 00:31:46.879
 good news again.

00:31:48.200 --> 00:31:49.500
 To show them

00:31:49.500 --> 00:31:51.279
 that the solution

00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:52.059
 goes deep,

00:31:52.099 --> 00:31:52.639
 as deep,

00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:53.299
 even deeper

00:31:53.299 --> 00:31:53.940
 than the problem.

00:31:54.799 --> 00:31:55.940
 If sin goes

00:31:55.940 --> 00:31:56.899
 to the very deep,

00:31:56.980 --> 00:31:57.599
 we show them

00:31:57.599 --> 00:31:58.480
 that the gospel

00:31:58.480 --> 00:31:59.200
 goes deeper.

00:31:59.200 --> 00:32:01.440
 verse 21.

00:32:02.200 --> 00:32:02.880
 But now

00:32:02.880 --> 00:32:03.660
 the righteousness

00:32:03.660 --> 00:32:04.319
 of God

00:32:04.319 --> 00:32:05.220
 has been manifested

00:32:05.220 --> 00:32:06.559
 apart from the law.

00:32:07.640 --> 00:32:08.240
 The righteousness

00:32:08.240 --> 00:32:08.700
 of God

00:32:08.700 --> 00:32:09.500
 through faith

00:32:09.500 --> 00:32:10.720
 in Jesus Christ

00:32:10.720 --> 00:32:12.460
 for all who believe.

00:32:14.259 --> 00:32:14.779
 The righteousness

00:32:14.779 --> 00:32:15.279
 of God

00:32:15.279 --> 00:32:16.299
 has been manifested,

00:32:16.680 --> 00:32:17.660
 Paul says.

00:32:18.180 --> 00:32:18.740
 Manifested

00:32:18.740 --> 00:32:19.279
 is the word

00:32:19.279 --> 00:32:20.180
 for uncovered

00:32:20.180 --> 00:32:21.200
 or revealed

00:32:21.200 --> 00:32:22.539
 or exposed.

00:32:23.620 --> 00:32:24.420
 What he is saying

00:32:24.420 --> 00:32:24.840
 here is that

00:32:24.840 --> 00:32:25.660
 in contrast

00:32:25.660 --> 00:32:27.080
 with the unrighteousness

00:32:27.080 --> 00:32:27.580
 of man,

00:32:27.579 --> 00:32:29.099
 we have God's

00:32:29.099 --> 00:32:29.639
 righteousness

00:32:29.639 --> 00:32:30.559
 coming down

00:32:30.559 --> 00:32:31.539
 and uncovering,

00:32:31.659 --> 00:32:32.319
 exposing,

00:32:32.939 --> 00:32:33.899
 punching down

00:32:33.899 --> 00:32:35.079
 into our world

00:32:35.079 --> 00:32:36.960
 to do something,

00:32:37.099 --> 00:32:37.859
 to fix

00:32:37.859 --> 00:32:39.399
 the sin problem,

00:32:39.519 --> 00:32:40.439
 to deal with it.

00:32:40.500 --> 00:32:41.099
 The righteousness

00:32:41.099 --> 00:32:41.740
 of God

00:32:41.740 --> 00:32:43.079
 is God's perfection

00:32:43.079 --> 00:32:44.179
 coming to make

00:32:44.179 --> 00:32:45.000
 us perfect.

00:32:46.379 --> 00:32:47.379
 It is God

00:32:47.379 --> 00:32:48.159
 offering us

00:32:48.159 --> 00:32:48.779
 righteousness,

00:32:49.079 --> 00:32:49.619
 which is what?

00:32:49.679 --> 00:32:50.740
 A perfectly right

00:32:50.740 --> 00:32:51.919
 relationship with God.

00:32:53.539 --> 00:32:54.759
 It's God beauty

00:32:54.759 --> 00:32:56.199
 coming into our lives

00:32:56.200 --> 00:32:57.160
 to make us beautiful.

00:32:58.360 --> 00:32:59.759
 It's God's light

00:32:59.759 --> 00:33:00.840
 invading our darkness

00:33:00.840 --> 00:33:02.120
 and shining forth.

00:33:02.640 --> 00:33:03.860
 It's God's antidote

00:33:03.860 --> 00:33:04.640
 to the poison

00:33:04.640 --> 00:33:05.799
 that lies

00:33:05.799 --> 00:33:06.279
 at the heart

00:33:06.279 --> 00:33:07.140
 of every person.

00:33:08.180 --> 00:33:09.420
 It's God's love

00:33:09.420 --> 00:33:10.160
 burning away

00:33:10.160 --> 00:33:11.319
 all our love,

00:33:11.680 --> 00:33:12.319
 our unlove

00:33:12.319 --> 00:33:13.100
 and all our hate.

00:33:13.180 --> 00:33:14.140
 It's God's righteousness

00:33:14.140 --> 00:33:15.259
 giving us

00:33:15.259 --> 00:33:16.720
 God's capacity

00:33:16.720 --> 00:33:18.680
 to follow him again.

00:33:19.680 --> 00:33:20.840
 That is what it is.

00:33:21.220 --> 00:33:22.160
 Now how does this happen?

00:33:22.279 --> 00:33:22.880
 How does God

00:33:22.880 --> 00:33:23.559
 make us righteous?

00:33:23.759 --> 00:33:24.420
 Verse 22,

00:33:24.420 --> 00:33:26.600
 it's through faith.

00:33:27.460 --> 00:33:28.560
 It's by trusting

00:33:28.560 --> 00:33:30.080
 simply and only

00:33:30.080 --> 00:33:31.600
 in who Jesus is

00:33:31.600 --> 00:33:32.740
 and what he has done.

00:33:34.440 --> 00:33:35.660
 This means that

00:33:35.660 --> 00:33:36.840
 God makes us righteous

00:33:36.840 --> 00:33:37.720
 or he gives us

00:33:37.720 --> 00:33:38.800
 standing before him

00:33:38.800 --> 00:33:39.720
 the minute

00:33:39.720 --> 00:33:40.920
 that we trust in him.

00:33:42.080 --> 00:33:43.080
 We trust in what

00:33:43.080 --> 00:33:43.759
 he has done.

00:33:43.860 --> 00:33:44.440
 Verse 23,

00:33:44.580 --> 00:33:45.420
 for all have sinned

00:33:45.420 --> 00:33:46.039
 and fall short

00:33:46.039 --> 00:33:46.960
 of the glory of God

00:33:46.960 --> 00:33:48.660
 and are justified.

00:33:50.340 --> 00:33:51.480
 English fails here,

00:33:51.539 --> 00:33:51.940
 but it says

00:33:51.940 --> 00:33:53.640
 and are made righteous.

00:33:53.640 --> 00:33:55.380
 and are made righteous

00:33:55.380 --> 00:33:56.700
 by his grace

00:33:56.700 --> 00:33:57.920
 as a gift.

00:33:58.920 --> 00:33:59.780
 So in this

00:33:59.780 --> 00:34:01.040
 broken world

00:34:01.040 --> 00:34:01.640
 of shame

00:34:01.640 --> 00:34:02.220
 and injustice

00:34:02.220 --> 00:34:02.860
 and sin,

00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:03.880
 God comes in

00:34:03.880 --> 00:34:05.200
 and as a free

00:34:05.200 --> 00:34:06.520
 undeserved gift

00:34:06.520 --> 00:34:07.900
 makes sinners

00:34:07.900 --> 00:34:08.559
 righteous.

00:34:09.740 --> 00:34:10.260
 How?

00:34:10.579 --> 00:34:11.820
 Through the redemption

00:34:11.820 --> 00:34:13.680
 that is in Jesus Christ

00:34:13.680 --> 00:34:15.180
 whom God put forward

00:34:15.180 --> 00:34:16.420
 as a propitiation

00:34:16.420 --> 00:34:18.240
 by his blood.

00:34:19.940 --> 00:34:21.539
 As a propitiation

00:34:21.539 --> 00:34:22.220
 by his blood.

00:34:22.219 --> 00:34:23.000
 Paul tells us

00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:24.099
 that God is the one

00:34:24.099 --> 00:34:24.799
 who restores

00:34:24.799 --> 00:34:25.919
 our standing before him

00:34:25.919 --> 00:34:26.939
 and the tool,

00:34:27.239 --> 00:34:27.779
 the instrument

00:34:27.779 --> 00:34:28.639
 that he uses

00:34:28.639 --> 00:34:29.319
 is Jesus

00:34:29.319 --> 00:34:30.139
 and he tells us

00:34:30.139 --> 00:34:30.579
 that Jesus

00:34:30.579 --> 00:34:31.919
 is the propitiation.

00:34:32.639 --> 00:34:33.579
 That word means

00:34:33.579 --> 00:34:34.859
 wrath deflection.

00:34:35.359 --> 00:34:36.239
 If God's wrath

00:34:36.239 --> 00:34:37.119
 is hurtling,

00:34:37.419 --> 00:34:38.639
 zooming towards us

00:34:38.639 --> 00:34:39.639
 and we deserve it,

00:34:39.980 --> 00:34:40.679
 Christ comes

00:34:40.679 --> 00:34:41.959
 and stands in our way

00:34:41.959 --> 00:34:43.819
 and deflects God's wrath

00:34:43.819 --> 00:34:44.980
 off of us

00:34:44.980 --> 00:34:46.399
 and onto himself.

00:34:46.400 --> 00:34:50.519
 And the moment

00:34:50.519 --> 00:34:51.260
 we trust that,

00:34:51.340 --> 00:34:51.820
 that becomes

00:34:51.820 --> 00:34:53.180
 spiritually true of us.

00:34:53.260 --> 00:34:53.980
 We said it today

00:34:53.980 --> 00:34:54.920
 that it's an act

00:34:54.920 --> 00:34:56.220
 of God's free grace.

00:34:57.320 --> 00:34:58.500
 The moment we trust

00:34:58.500 --> 00:34:59.079
 it is true

00:34:59.079 --> 00:35:00.019
 that we are justified.

00:35:00.280 --> 00:35:00.440
 Now,

00:35:00.660 --> 00:35:01.960
 this is where it gets fun

00:35:01.960 --> 00:35:02.780
 in evangelism.

00:35:02.900 --> 00:35:03.599
 Pay attention here.

00:35:04.099 --> 00:35:05.660
 Justification by faith alone

00:35:05.660 --> 00:35:06.579
 in Christ

00:35:06.579 --> 00:35:07.539
 solves

00:35:07.539 --> 00:35:08.740
 both

00:35:08.740 --> 00:35:10.280
 the felt need

00:35:10.280 --> 00:35:11.579
 and the deeper

00:35:11.579 --> 00:35:12.660
 spiritual need

00:35:12.660 --> 00:35:14.539
 of every person

00:35:14.539 --> 00:35:15.739
 and of the non-Christian.

00:35:15.900 --> 00:35:16.460
 It solves

00:35:16.460 --> 00:35:17.400
 the felt need

00:35:17.400 --> 00:35:18.259
 and the deepest

00:35:18.259 --> 00:35:18.900
 spiritual need.

00:35:19.159 --> 00:35:19.820
 And when we begin

00:35:19.820 --> 00:35:21.179
 to solve the felt need,

00:35:21.480 --> 00:35:23.179
 the thing that they are aware of,

00:35:23.259 --> 00:35:24.559
 it becomes good news again.

00:35:25.119 --> 00:35:26.079
 It becomes something

00:35:26.079 --> 00:35:27.139
 that they want

00:35:27.139 --> 00:35:28.000
 and they desire.

00:35:28.880 --> 00:35:29.219
 Remember,

00:35:29.300 --> 00:35:29.880
 how does this happen?

00:35:29.960 --> 00:35:31.279
 Remember that most of our friends

00:35:31.279 --> 00:35:32.099
 feel an overwhelming

00:35:32.099 --> 00:35:33.019
 sense of shame.

00:35:33.980 --> 00:35:35.420
 What does justification do?

00:35:36.759 --> 00:35:37.940
 What does justification mean?

00:35:37.980 --> 00:35:38.860
 It means that God

00:35:38.860 --> 00:35:40.420
 imputes to us,

00:35:40.599 --> 00:35:42.500
 injects into us

00:35:42.500 --> 00:35:44.380
 an alien righteousness,

00:35:44.539 --> 00:35:46.239
 that was Martin Luther's term for it,

00:35:46.500 --> 00:35:47.500
 righteousness that comes

00:35:47.500 --> 00:35:49.119
 from outside our world,

00:35:49.279 --> 00:35:50.340
 outside of us,

00:35:50.519 --> 00:35:52.500
 and injects it into us.

00:35:52.539 --> 00:35:53.079
 What does that mean?

00:35:53.119 --> 00:35:54.840
 It means that he cleans us,

00:35:55.119 --> 00:35:56.239
 he washes us,

00:35:56.420 --> 00:35:57.440
 anything that could

00:35:57.440 --> 00:35:58.860
 or would make us dirty,

00:35:59.320 --> 00:35:59.759
 shameful,

00:35:59.900 --> 00:36:00.719
 the thing that we say,

00:36:00.820 --> 00:36:02.079
 what if it's actually true

00:36:02.079 --> 00:36:02.719
 and sin says

00:36:02.719 --> 00:36:03.980
 it actually is true?

00:36:04.380 --> 00:36:05.300
 Justification says,

00:36:05.579 --> 00:36:06.539
 and it's gone.

00:36:07.139 --> 00:36:08.420
 It's placed on Christ.

00:36:08.539 --> 00:36:09.480
 You are justified.

00:36:11.440 --> 00:36:12.759
 The secular counselor

00:36:12.759 --> 00:36:13.360
 just says,

00:36:13.360 --> 00:36:14.340
 accept yourself

00:36:14.340 --> 00:36:15.440
 and it doesn't work.

00:36:16.220 --> 00:36:17.200
 It does not work.

00:36:17.260 --> 00:36:18.280
 But the gospel says

00:36:18.280 --> 00:36:19.780
 the most judging person

00:36:19.780 --> 00:36:20.500
 in the universe

00:36:20.500 --> 00:36:21.559
 has judged you

00:36:21.559 --> 00:36:22.860
 and he loves you now

00:36:22.860 --> 00:36:25.039
 because of your faith in Jesus.

00:36:25.180 --> 00:36:25.980
 He accepts you.

00:36:27.180 --> 00:36:28.620
 That has the power

00:36:28.620 --> 00:36:29.740
 to deal with shame.

00:36:31.059 --> 00:36:31.820
 Do you see that?

00:36:32.579 --> 00:36:33.820
 That has the power

00:36:33.820 --> 00:36:34.680
 to deal with shame.

00:36:34.760 --> 00:36:35.780
 Now what about injustice?

00:36:36.320 --> 00:36:38.099
 If sin makes injustice

00:36:38.099 --> 00:36:38.640
 and oppression

00:36:38.640 --> 00:36:39.720
 a human problem

00:36:39.720 --> 00:36:41.599
 and implicates all of us,

00:36:41.599 --> 00:36:43.039
 we are all oppressors.

00:36:43.440 --> 00:36:44.139
 We are no longer

00:36:44.139 --> 00:36:46.380
 into just an us-them system

00:36:46.380 --> 00:36:47.519
 but what does it say?

00:36:47.960 --> 00:36:49.779
 Justification says

00:36:49.779 --> 00:36:51.179
 that God is our propitiation

00:36:51.179 --> 00:36:51.920
 through Christ.

00:36:52.539 --> 00:36:53.139
 He is the one

00:36:53.139 --> 00:36:54.719
 who bears our wrath.

00:36:55.199 --> 00:36:56.759
 Rather than injustice,

00:36:56.900 --> 00:36:57.159
 we say,

00:36:57.259 --> 00:36:58.619
 well, let's just go judge them.

00:36:58.719 --> 00:36:59.719
 Let's bring our wrath

00:36:59.719 --> 00:37:00.360
 down on them.

00:37:00.420 --> 00:37:01.239
 But then sin says,

00:37:01.339 --> 00:37:02.839
 no, you're part of the problem too.

00:37:03.139 --> 00:37:04.659
 You deserve wrath too.

00:37:04.900 --> 00:37:05.699
 But what is Christ?

00:37:05.799 --> 00:37:06.360
 He is the one

00:37:06.360 --> 00:37:07.699
 who bears the wrath

00:37:07.699 --> 00:37:08.480
 that we deserve.

00:37:09.340 --> 00:37:10.019
 He is the one

00:37:10.019 --> 00:37:11.579
 who takes the injustice

00:37:11.579 --> 00:37:13.159
 of sin onto himself.

00:37:14.699 --> 00:37:15.820
 He was canceled.

00:37:16.000 --> 00:37:16.619
 He was killed.

00:37:16.719 --> 00:37:17.440
 He was judged.

00:37:17.559 --> 00:37:18.460
 He was obliterated

00:37:18.460 --> 00:37:19.340
 in the place of mankind

00:37:19.340 --> 00:37:20.500
 and it solves

00:37:20.500 --> 00:37:21.820
 the felt need

00:37:21.820 --> 00:37:22.719
 of the person

00:37:22.719 --> 00:37:24.619
 looking to solve injustice

00:37:24.619 --> 00:37:27.000
 with the perfect justice

00:37:27.000 --> 00:37:27.619
 of Christ.

00:37:28.780 --> 00:37:29.199
 26,

00:37:29.480 --> 00:37:30.820
 to show that his righteousness

00:37:30.820 --> 00:37:32.099
 at the present time

00:37:32.099 --> 00:37:33.240
 that he might be what?

00:37:33.340 --> 00:37:34.079
 Both just

00:37:34.079 --> 00:37:35.539
 and the justifier

00:37:35.539 --> 00:37:36.000
 of the one

00:37:36.000 --> 00:37:37.099
 who has faith in Jesus.

00:37:37.099 --> 00:37:40.339
 You see what it does?

00:37:41.059 --> 00:37:42.639
 You see what justification does?

00:37:43.779 --> 00:37:45.559
 Our goal is to show our friends

00:37:45.559 --> 00:37:46.239
 that justification

00:37:46.239 --> 00:37:47.920
 offers a better solution

00:37:47.920 --> 00:37:50.139
 to the deeper problem.

00:37:50.400 --> 00:37:52.039
 But the way that we must do it

00:37:52.039 --> 00:37:54.219
 is through what they are aware

00:37:54.219 --> 00:37:55.039
 is the problem.

00:37:55.619 --> 00:37:56.460
 It shows us

00:37:56.460 --> 00:37:57.500
 that our worst fears

00:37:57.500 --> 00:37:58.619
 about ourselves

00:37:58.619 --> 00:37:59.639
 both as individuals

00:37:59.639 --> 00:38:01.039
 and as a human race

00:38:01.039 --> 00:38:01.759
 are more true

00:38:01.759 --> 00:38:02.779
 than we dare to imagine.

00:38:03.380 --> 00:38:05.099
 We are actually bad.

00:38:05.099 --> 00:38:07.460
 And then

00:38:07.460 --> 00:38:09.659
 the gospel shows us

00:38:09.659 --> 00:38:10.759
 that God knows this

00:38:10.759 --> 00:38:13.219
 and he still loves us

00:38:13.219 --> 00:38:15.219
 and he deals with it

00:38:15.219 --> 00:38:16.199
 and he does something

00:38:16.199 --> 00:38:16.819
 to us,

00:38:16.980 --> 00:38:17.659
 for us,

00:38:17.679 --> 00:38:18.400
 and in us

00:38:18.400 --> 00:38:20.139
 through the redemption

00:38:20.139 --> 00:38:21.559
 that comes through Jesus Christ.

00:38:21.779 --> 00:38:22.639
 God demonstrates

00:38:22.639 --> 00:38:23.940
 his love towards us

00:38:23.940 --> 00:38:24.739
 in this.

00:38:25.679 --> 00:38:27.319
 While we were still sinners,

00:38:27.960 --> 00:38:29.519
 Christ died for the ungodly.

00:38:29.519 --> 00:38:32.739
 this passage shows us,

00:38:32.880 --> 00:38:34.099
 the gospel shows us

00:38:34.099 --> 00:38:35.500
 that the most loving,

00:38:36.320 --> 00:38:37.179
 the most just,

00:38:37.440 --> 00:38:38.400
 the most wrathful,

00:38:38.739 --> 00:38:39.699
 the most discerning,

00:38:39.820 --> 00:38:40.619
 the most gracious,

00:38:40.820 --> 00:38:41.480
 the most gentle,

00:38:41.599 --> 00:38:42.639
 the most caring person

00:38:42.639 --> 00:38:43.460
 in the universe

00:38:43.460 --> 00:38:45.320
 judges,

00:38:46.259 --> 00:38:47.039
 evaluates,

00:38:47.159 --> 00:38:48.199
 and then accepts,

00:38:49.199 --> 00:38:49.500
 loves,

00:38:49.659 --> 00:38:50.460
 and cherishes

00:38:50.460 --> 00:38:51.739
 me,

00:38:52.739 --> 00:38:53.320
 you,

00:38:53.320 --> 00:38:56.480
 despite your shame,

00:38:57.760 --> 00:38:59.080
 despite your guilt,

00:38:59.720 --> 00:39:02.120
 but based on Jesus'

00:39:02.360 --> 00:39:03.720
 perfection given to us.

00:39:04.300 --> 00:39:05.200
 And that ministers

00:39:05.200 --> 00:39:06.760
 to our deepest needs

00:39:06.760 --> 00:39:09.420
 and it becomes good news.

00:39:10.519 --> 00:39:11.280
 It becomes something

00:39:11.280 --> 00:39:11.840
 that our friends

00:39:11.840 --> 00:39:13.240
 desire to hear again.

00:39:13.680 --> 00:39:15.160
 It marks us with love.

00:39:16.220 --> 00:39:16.480
 Really,

00:39:16.539 --> 00:39:17.320
 that's what this passage

00:39:17.320 --> 00:39:17.860
 shows us.

00:39:17.900 --> 00:39:18.420
 It shows us

00:39:18.420 --> 00:39:19.480
 what the whole gospel

00:39:19.480 --> 00:39:19.920
 promises,

00:39:20.140 --> 00:39:20.840
 which is that God

00:39:20.840 --> 00:39:21.880
 loves us a lot.

00:39:21.880 --> 00:39:23.900
 as simple as that.

00:39:24.200 --> 00:39:24.619
 If there's anything

00:39:24.619 --> 00:39:25.360
 you hear from this,

00:39:25.420 --> 00:39:25.960
 it's that God

00:39:25.960 --> 00:39:27.200
 loves us a lot

00:39:27.200 --> 00:39:28.780
 and he marks us

00:39:28.780 --> 00:39:29.400
 with love.

00:39:30.980 --> 00:39:31.960
 I just finished reading

00:39:31.960 --> 00:39:33.280
 the first Harry Potter

00:39:33.280 --> 00:39:33.980
 with my daughter.

00:39:34.900 --> 00:39:35.800
 We reach the climax

00:39:35.800 --> 00:39:37.780
 of the Sorcerer's Stone

00:39:37.780 --> 00:39:38.780
 when Professor Quirrell,

00:39:38.900 --> 00:39:39.920
 who's a dark agent

00:39:39.920 --> 00:39:41.320
 of Lord Voldemort,

00:39:41.440 --> 00:39:42.180
 attacks Harry.

00:39:42.420 --> 00:39:43.820
 But when he attacks Harry,

00:39:44.240 --> 00:39:44.780
 he immediately,

00:39:45.119 --> 00:39:46.440
 his skin starts burning.

00:39:47.460 --> 00:39:48.820
 He cannot touch Harry.

00:39:49.599 --> 00:39:50.000
 Why?

00:39:50.940 --> 00:39:51.099
 Well,

00:39:51.099 --> 00:39:51.900
 Professor Dumbledore

00:39:51.900 --> 00:39:52.980
 explains it at the end.

00:39:53.079 --> 00:39:53.319
 He says,

00:39:53.380 --> 00:39:54.219
 your mother died

00:39:54.219 --> 00:39:54.980
 to save you.

00:39:55.400 --> 00:39:56.219
 There's one thing

00:39:56.219 --> 00:39:57.619
 Voldemort cannot understand

00:39:57.619 --> 00:39:58.279
 it is love.

00:39:58.819 --> 00:39:59.619
 He didn't realize

00:39:59.619 --> 00:40:00.279
 that love

00:40:00.279 --> 00:40:00.940
 as powerful

00:40:00.940 --> 00:40:01.759
 as your mother's

00:40:01.759 --> 00:40:02.059
 for you

00:40:02.059 --> 00:40:03.420
 leaves its own mark.

00:40:04.139 --> 00:40:05.119
 To have been loved

00:40:05.119 --> 00:40:05.900
 so deeply,

00:40:06.380 --> 00:40:07.279
 even though the person

00:40:07.279 --> 00:40:07.980
 who loved us

00:40:07.980 --> 00:40:08.440
 has gone,

00:40:08.519 --> 00:40:09.219
 will give us

00:40:09.219 --> 00:40:10.519
 some protection forever.

00:40:11.039 --> 00:40:12.299
 It's in your very skin,

00:40:13.460 --> 00:40:14.259
 Dumbledore says.

00:40:14.799 --> 00:40:15.920
 Quirrell full of hatred,

00:40:16.119 --> 00:40:16.259
 greed,

00:40:16.299 --> 00:40:16.759
 and ambition.

00:40:17.420 --> 00:40:18.299
 Sharing his soul

00:40:18.299 --> 00:40:19.519
 with the dark Lord Voldemort

00:40:19.519 --> 00:40:20.339
 could not touch you

00:40:20.340 --> 00:40:20.940
 for this reason.

00:40:21.019 --> 00:40:21.720
 It was agony

00:40:21.720 --> 00:40:23.300
 to touch a person

00:40:23.300 --> 00:40:24.559
 marked by something

00:40:24.559 --> 00:40:25.140
 so good.

00:40:26.820 --> 00:40:28.180
 And in the world

00:40:28.180 --> 00:40:28.820
 of Harry Potter,

00:40:29.660 --> 00:40:30.780
 Harry's mother died

00:40:30.780 --> 00:40:32.100
 to save him.

00:40:32.180 --> 00:40:32.800
 She sacrificed

00:40:32.800 --> 00:40:33.980
 herself for him.

00:40:34.640 --> 00:40:35.220
 She bore

00:40:35.220 --> 00:40:36.500
 Voldemort's wrath

00:40:36.500 --> 00:40:38.240
 sacrificially

00:40:38.240 --> 00:40:40.600
 and marked Harry

00:40:40.600 --> 00:40:41.100
 with love

00:40:41.100 --> 00:40:41.980
 to protect him.

00:40:43.820 --> 00:40:44.860
 Her sacrifice

00:40:44.860 --> 00:40:45.820
 saves Harry.

00:40:45.820 --> 00:40:47.519
 J.K. Rowling

00:40:47.519 --> 00:40:49.160
 understands this.

00:40:49.940 --> 00:40:50.539
 She knows

00:40:50.539 --> 00:40:51.940
 that it points us

00:40:51.940 --> 00:40:52.420
 to something

00:40:52.420 --> 00:40:53.059
 far greater,

00:40:53.780 --> 00:40:54.940
 to the one

00:40:54.940 --> 00:40:55.380
 who marked

00:40:55.380 --> 00:40:56.120
 all of us

00:40:56.120 --> 00:40:56.680
 with love.

00:40:58.140 --> 00:40:58.820
 The minute

00:40:58.820 --> 00:40:59.680
 that he died,

00:41:00.460 --> 00:41:02.340
 he justifies us

00:41:02.340 --> 00:41:03.460
 and it marks

00:41:03.460 --> 00:41:04.460
 you with love

00:41:04.460 --> 00:41:06.059
 so that the minute

00:41:06.059 --> 00:41:06.860
 you believe that,

00:41:06.940 --> 00:41:07.600
 you can say,

00:41:07.760 --> 00:41:08.380
 I am a Christian,

00:41:08.519 --> 00:41:09.500
 one who is justified

00:41:09.500 --> 00:41:10.539
 before my God

00:41:10.539 --> 00:41:11.460
 and there's nothing

00:41:11.460 --> 00:41:12.000
 that you did

00:41:12.000 --> 00:41:12.840
 to receive it,

00:41:12.980 --> 00:41:13.580
 nothing you do

00:41:13.580 --> 00:41:14.059
 to earn it,

00:41:14.059 --> 00:41:14.559
 all you do

00:41:14.559 --> 00:41:15.199
 is receive it

00:41:15.199 --> 00:41:16.219
 by trusting in God.

00:41:17.480 --> 00:41:18.380
 And apart from God,

00:41:18.480 --> 00:41:20.199
 we are all unrighteousness.

00:41:20.460 --> 00:41:21.699
 That's what this text says.

00:41:22.340 --> 00:41:23.219
 But through Jesus,

00:41:23.360 --> 00:41:24.440
 God comes close

00:41:24.440 --> 00:41:25.679
 with righteousness

00:41:25.679 --> 00:41:27.199
 outside of this universe

00:41:27.199 --> 00:41:28.719
 and all we do

00:41:28.719 --> 00:41:29.299
 is trust.

00:41:30.480 --> 00:41:31.480
 It's as simple as that

00:41:31.480 --> 00:41:32.059
 and we are marked

00:41:32.059 --> 00:41:32.739
 with his love.

00:41:34.820 --> 00:41:36.199
 This is an ambitious sermon.

00:41:36.340 --> 00:41:36.920
 I know I pushed

00:41:36.920 --> 00:41:37.500
 a lot of you

00:41:37.500 --> 00:41:38.840
 and that's okay.

00:41:39.659 --> 00:41:40.539
 Thank you for staying

00:41:40.539 --> 00:41:40.840
 with me.

00:41:40.880 --> 00:41:41.500
 What's the point?

00:41:42.679 --> 00:41:43.739
 The point is this.

00:41:43.739 --> 00:41:45.799
 Justification by faith alone

00:41:45.799 --> 00:41:47.979
 is still good news.

00:41:48.299 --> 00:41:50.219
 It will always be good news

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 because it will always

00:41:52.019 --> 00:41:53.879
 solve our deepest problem,

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 which is sin.

00:41:55.639 --> 00:41:57.079
 Our task

00:41:57.079 --> 00:41:59.439
 is to show our friends

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 that the way

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 that we do that

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 is by paying attention

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 to what they are aware

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 of that they need

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 and then to show them

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 that their solution

00:42:07.619 --> 00:42:08.579
 isn't deep enough,

00:42:09.039 --> 00:42:10.519
 but the gospel solution

00:42:10.519 --> 00:42:11.379
 is far deeper.

00:42:11.380 --> 00:42:13.680
 When we do that,

00:42:13.740 --> 00:42:14.960
 as we do that,

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 then justification

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 becomes what it was

00:42:17.420 --> 00:42:18.220
 for Martin Luther.

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 It becomes good news

00:42:21.780 --> 00:42:23.260
 and no longer

00:42:23.260 --> 00:42:24.220
 does a person say,

00:42:24.360 --> 00:42:25.019
 okay, so what?

00:42:25.059 --> 00:42:25.660
 But they say,

00:42:25.800 --> 00:42:27.000
 this is what I need

00:42:27.000 --> 00:42:27.579
 in my life.

00:42:27.660 --> 00:42:29.039
 This is what I've always needed.

00:42:29.619 --> 00:42:30.559
 And you say,

00:42:30.780 --> 00:42:32.360
 let me show you,

00:42:33.000 --> 00:42:34.079
 follow with me

00:42:34.079 --> 00:42:35.519
 the Jesus

00:42:35.519 --> 00:42:37.780
 who justifies the faithful

00:42:37.780 --> 00:42:40.960
 because he loves me

00:42:40.960 --> 00:42:42.240
 and he loves you.

00:42:44.060 --> 00:42:44.960
 Evangelism is that.

00:42:46.080 --> 00:42:47.140
 That's all we're doing

00:42:47.140 --> 00:42:48.180
 is saying,

00:42:48.460 --> 00:42:49.180
 come follow the one

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 who has marked me with love.

00:42:51.820 --> 00:42:52.980
 He loves you.

00:42:53.920 --> 00:42:54.460
 He's the one

00:42:54.460 --> 00:42:55.420
 who justified you

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 and it's really good news.

00:42:57.480 --> 00:42:57.840
 Let me pray.

00:42:58.900 --> 00:42:59.740
 Lord in heaven,

00:43:00.140 --> 00:43:02.640
 thanks that the gospel

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 is timeless.

00:43:04.040 --> 00:43:05.060
 Thanks that your grace,

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 despite the coming

00:43:07.019 --> 00:43:07.480
 and going

00:43:07.480 --> 00:43:09.519
 of different cultural moments,

00:43:10.039 --> 00:43:11.159
 is always been

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 and always has been good news.

00:43:12.679 --> 00:43:13.539
 We pray that you would

00:43:13.539 --> 00:43:14.340
 give us wisdom

00:43:14.340 --> 00:43:16.579
 on how to apply that

00:43:16.579 --> 00:43:17.279
 to the people

00:43:17.279 --> 00:43:18.099
 in our lives

00:43:18.099 --> 00:43:18.799
 who need it.

00:43:19.639 --> 00:43:20.559
 We can talk about

00:43:20.559 --> 00:43:21.799
 culture all day long.

00:43:22.219 --> 00:43:23.179
 We can talk about

00:43:23.179 --> 00:43:25.019
 theology all day long.

00:43:25.099 --> 00:43:25.739
 At the end of the day,

00:43:25.799 --> 00:43:26.699
 we need your spirit

00:43:26.699 --> 00:43:28.219
 to make the gospel

00:43:28.219 --> 00:43:29.299
 sweet to us

00:43:29.299 --> 00:43:30.960
 and to give us wisdom

00:43:30.960 --> 00:43:31.579
 on how to make it

00:43:31.579 --> 00:43:32.320
 sweet to our friends.

00:43:32.460 --> 00:43:33.719
 Give us all that grace

00:43:33.719 --> 00:43:35.059
 and we will give you the glory.

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 It's in Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.