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 Please take your copy of God's Word and turn to Philippians chapter 3.

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 And I'm a little note heavy this morning.

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 So you may find my pace speeding up because I'd like to complete the notes this morning and to do so in a reasonable amount of time and certainly for the sake of parents with children this morning.

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 So let's get right to it.

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 But before we read the text, let me remind you, beloved, that this is God's Word to us.

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 It was written for His glory and our good.

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 So we would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises and obey its commands.

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 Philippians chapter 3, beginning in verse 1.

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 Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord.

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 To write the same thing to you is no trouble to me and is safe for you.

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 Look out for the dogs.

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 Look out for the evildoers.

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 Look out for those who mutilate the flesh.

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 For we are the circumcision who worship by the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh.

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 Now, the Christian church has a problem in our day.

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 The problem of false conversion.

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 I believe this is largely due to the nature of our gospel presentations.

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 We offer the free grace of God to all people as it is and as we should.

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 But we have largely neglected to balance this offer with the costly call of following Christ.

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 Today's church has almost altogether ignored texts like Mark chapter 8, verse 34 and 35, where Jesus said,

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 If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

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 For whoever would save his life will lose it.

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 But whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospels will save it.

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 The cross was a place of death.

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 Someone who is willing to give all that they are for the sake of gaining Christ can have Christ.

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 And Luke chapter 14, verse 28 and following.

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 Jesus says,

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 For which of you desiring to build the tower does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?

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 Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation, is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, saying,

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 This man began to build and was not able to finish.

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 Or what king, going out to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and deliberate whether he is able with 10,000 men to meet him who comes against him with 20,000?

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 And if not, while the other is a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace.

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 What is Jesus talking about when he gives these examples?

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 Verse 33 tells us,

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 So, therefore, if any one of you does not renounce all that he has, cannot be my disciple.

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 So, many people have made professions of faith in Jesus Christ, but have not truly been converted.

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 This kind of easy-believe-ism, cheap-grace type of gospel that the church today presents so often.

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 These people are false Christians, not genuine Christians.

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 This should be a sobering thing to realize.

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 It is altogether possible to declare that you are in the faith and not be in the faith.

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 It is possible to think that you are saved and your end be destruction.

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 This is not the first time we have considered this, and it will not be the last,

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 because the Bible is packed with teaching on the matter.

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 New Testament writers are very concerned with this, that people would not truly respond to the gospel of Jesus Christ,

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 that they would think they're saved and find that they're not in the end.

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 Let me just give you a few quick examples of this teaching.

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 Jesus was concerned about it.

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 Matthew 7, verse 21 and following.

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 He says,

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 Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will enter the kingdom of heaven,

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 but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

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 On that day, many will say to me, Lord, Lord, do we not prophesy in your name,

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 and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?

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 The people who claim Christ as Lord and do powerful signs in his name.

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 Verse 23 says,

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 And then I will declare to them,

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 I never knew you.

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 Depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.

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 Jesus also told the parable of the sower.

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 You can find it in Matthew chapter 13 and Mark 4 and Luke chapter 8,

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 where there's seed that falls on the ground,

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 and it's snatched away by birds, which represent the devil,

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 steals the truth away.

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 There's seed that falls on rocky soil,

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 and because it has no depth,

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 because it brings forth plant,

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 but there's no root.

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 The sun of tribulation comes and withers away.

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 So people make professions,

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 and they seem to be in the faith,

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 and yet we find that they're not.

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 And there's some that falls amongst the thorns,

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 and the thorns represent the cares of the world,

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 and the cares of the world choke out.

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 The truth of the gospel.

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 Paul's also concerned about this in our text today,

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 and in many other places.

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 Here's a few examples.

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 He writes to the Corinthians,

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 chapter 13 and verse 5.

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 Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith.

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 Test yourselves,

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 or do you not realize this about yourselves,

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 that Jesus Christ is in you,

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 unless indeed you fail to meet the test.

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 He writes to Timothy in 2 Timothy 3, 5,

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 as he's warning him about false teachers.

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 He says,

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 they have the appearance of godliness,

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 but deny the gospel's power.

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 And then to Titus in chapter 1 and verse 16,

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 same type of warning.

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 They profess to know God,

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 but they deny him by their works.

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 They are detestable, disobedient,

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 unfit for any good work.

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 You see,

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 this problem that we have today

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 is not a problem new to our day.

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 In the various earliest days of the church,

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 people sought what they could gain

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 by professing to be Christians,

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 but gave no evidence of their conversion.

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 Take some time on your own

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 to note the life of Simon in Acts chapter 8.

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 This is just when the first dispersion

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 of the church from Jerusalem had happened.

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 And we already see this kind of thing taking place.

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 As Paul writes to the Philippians,

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 he has a particular group of false converts in mind.

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 These false Christians did not seek

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 to subtract from the requirement of faith,

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 but to add to it.

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 In the ESV translation,

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 which I'm preaching from today,

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 I know that many of you have in front of you.

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 They are called the dogs, the evildoers,

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 those who mutilate the flesh.

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 But the NASB translation,

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 which is a wonderful translation of the Bible,

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 renders the phrase,

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 those who mutilate the flesh,

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 as the false circumcision.

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 There's a particular group in mind,

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 as Paul is writing here to the Philippians.

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 These people were Jewish people

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 who had professed to be Christians

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 and made it their aim

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 to convince Gentile converts

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 that they must be circumcised

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 in order to be genuine Christians.

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 They were adding the work of circumcision

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 to the faith of these Gentile believers.

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 And this made Paul furious.

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 Many times in the scripture we read

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 his indictment of these particular people.

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 Paul was very clear

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 about the matter of circumcision.

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 Romans chapter 2,

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 beginning in verse 25.

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 For circumcision indeed is of value

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 if you obey the law.

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 But if you break the law,

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 your circumcision becomes uncircumcision.

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 Everybody's broken the law.

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 So if a man who is uncircumcised

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 keeps the precepts of the law,

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 will not his uncircumcision

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 be regarded as circumcision?

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 And how do we keep the law?

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 We keep it in Christ.

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 Then he who is physically uncircumcised

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 but keeps the law

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 will condemn you

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 who have the written code

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 and circumcision,

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 but break the law.

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 For no one is a Jew

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 who is merely one outwardly,

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 nor is circumcision outward and physical.

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 But a Jew is one inwardly,

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 and circumcision is a matter of the heart

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 by the Spirit,

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 not by the letter.

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 His praise is not from man,

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 but from God.

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 Righteousness,

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 or perfect law-keeping,

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 comes by faith

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 in Jesus' perfect law-keeping.

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 We are incapable of keeping the law.

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 The Old Testament

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 is predominantly about proving

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 this very point.

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 We're given a standard

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 that we cannot keep

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 so that we would look to

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 another source

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 for our salvation.

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 Right?

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 The law is a teacher to us

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 of our need

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 of a Savior.

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 We cannot find ourselves

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 approved before God

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 by our works.

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 It will never happen.

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 Listen to the words of Paul

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 to the Galatian believers

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 whose consciences

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 have been swayed

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 by these Judaizers,

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 as they were called.

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 He says in chapter 3,

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 verse 1 and following,

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 O foolish Galatians,

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 who has bewitched you?

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 It was before your eyes

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 that Jesus Christ

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 was publicly portrayed

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 as crucified.

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 Let me ask you only this.

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 Did you receive the Spirit

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 by works of the law

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 or by hearing with faith?

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 The answer is by hearing with faith.

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 That's how they received

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 the Spirit.

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 Are you so foolish?

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 Having begun by the Spirit,

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 are you now being perfected

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 by the flesh?

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 Did you suffer so many things

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 in vain,

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 if indeed it was in vain?

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 Does he who supplies

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 the Spirit to you

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 and works miracles among you

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 do so by works of the law

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 or by hearing with faith?

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 Just as Abraham believed God

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 and it was counted to him

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 as righteousness.

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 Abraham's righteousness,

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 the father of the Jews,

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 was given to him

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 not because of works,

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 but because of faith.

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 Today's text is meant to serve

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 both as a warning

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 and as an encouragement.

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 For those not in Christ this morning,

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 weigh out whether or not

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 you have repented of your sin

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 and thrown yourself

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 on the mercy of God.

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 For those of you who are

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 in Christ this morning,

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 have your hope in the gospel

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 of Jesus Christ spurred on.

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 We have a great hope in Christ.

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 In Philippians chapter 3,

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 verses 1 through 3,

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 Paul means to juxtapose for us

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 the false Christian

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 and the genuine Christian.

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 So our outline for this text

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 will be as follows.

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 genuine Christians,

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 Christians,

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 excuse me,

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 questions,

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 clear my throat,

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 genuine Christians,

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 one, rejoice in the Lord,

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 two, look out,

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 the way ESV renders that,

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 look out,

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 three, worship in the spirit of God,

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 four, glory in Christ Jesus,

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 and five,

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 put no confidence in the flesh.

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 And I'll repeat all those for you,

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 of course.

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 Genuine Christians,

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 number one,

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 rejoice in the Lord.

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 He says in the first part of verse 1,

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 finally my brothers,

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 rejoice in the Lord.

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 Finally could also be rendered

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 furthermore or so then.

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 In this case,

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 it's a transitional word.

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 Half of the letter still remains,

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 so it's reasonable to feel

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 like this conclusion word

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 is out of place.

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 I think we do well

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 when we get to chapter 3

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 and go,

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 finally,

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 what do you mean?

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 He's not about to wrap

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 the letter up.

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 And I don't think that Paul

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 gets to this place

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 and makes a mistake.

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 Like he thought he was about

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 to conclude the letter

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 and yet he didn't quite.

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 So I think we ought to see here,

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 furthermore,

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 my brothers,

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 rejoice in the Lord.

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 Paul has spoken much

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 in this letter so far

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 about rejoicing.

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 You can see chapter 1,

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 verse 4,

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 and verse 18,

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 and verse 25.

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 Chapter 2,

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 verse 2,

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 verse 17 and 18,

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 and verse 28 and 29.

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 There's much of the theme

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 of the book of Philippians

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 is about joy or rejoicing.

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 Here he specifically says

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 that genuine Christians

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 rejoice in the Lord.

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 Joy should not be seen

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 as happiness.

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 We confuse those two words

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 in our English vernacular.

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 Happiness is a feeling

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 that is based in circumstance.

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 The root word of happiness

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 is the same as the word

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 for happenstance

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 or circumstance.

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 Happiness is not bad.

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 Don't hear me say

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 that it's bad to be happy.

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 It's a joyful thing

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 to go to a birthday party

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 and enjoy the cake.

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 Happiness comes from that.

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 But joy is much better.

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 Joy is the superior emotion

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 to happiness.

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 Joy is a divine emotion

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 rooted in the future promises

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 of God regardless

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 of our circumstance.

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 Let me say that again.

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 Joy is a divine emotion

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 rooted in the future promises

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 of God regardless

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 of our circumstance.

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 We cannot produce it

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 on our own.

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 It's divine.

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 It's birthed in us

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 by the power of the Spirit

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 and so it is a mark

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 of genuine Christians.

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 Bulletin says,

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 the quote on your bulletin

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 says by Martin Lloyd-Jones,

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 God's people are meant

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 to be people

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 who are always rejoicing

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 in the Lord.

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 Who he is to us

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 and that we belong to him.

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 I hope that when we speak

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 of joy,

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 you know what we mean.

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 And when I talk about it

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 being this divine emotion

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 rooted in future promises,

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 you can say,

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 yeah, yeah,

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 I have that joy.

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 I recognize that regardless

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 of the circumstances

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 I'm walking through,

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 there is promise for me

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 that you get pulled

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 through the sorrow

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 that this life delves out

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 and it is full of sorrow.

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 Young people,

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 the longer you live,

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 the more you will feel

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 the weight of the utter

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 brokenness of this world.

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 And if you don't have

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 gospel joy

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 to override that,

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 you will be left

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 despondent.

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 But if you are in the Lord,

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 if you are in Christ,

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 you have much

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 to have joy in.

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 I hope you know

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 what we're talking about

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 when we say this.

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 If you don't,

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 you may not

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 be in Christ.

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 You may not have a reason

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 for joy

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 at all.

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 So do you experience

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 this joy

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 in the deepest recess

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 of your soul

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 despite what's going on

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 around you,

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 despite the sorrow

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 that this life

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 just serves up

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 again and again?

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 Do you rejoice

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 that you are God's

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 and He is yours?

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 Do you hang

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 on His promises?

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 Genuine Christians

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 rejoice in the Lord.

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 Secondly,

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 genuine Christians

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 look out.

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 Last half of verse 1,

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 Paul writes,

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 to write the same things

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 to you is no trouble

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 to me and is safe

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 for you.

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 The verse numbering

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 is not inspired.

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 And I think

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 that in this case,

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 we need to move

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 that little two

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 elsewhere in the text.

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 I don't think

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 he's writing about joy

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 when he says

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 to write the same things

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 to you is no trouble

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 to me and is safe

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 for you.

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 It's about the warning

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 he's about to give

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 to these believers

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 and to us.

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 Verse 2,

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 look out for the dogs.

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 Look out for the evildoers.

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 Look out for those

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 who mutilate the flesh.

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 The text says,

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 look out.

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 Some translations say,

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 beware.

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 I want you to see that

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 what Paul means

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 is discern.

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 Actively be looking,

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 being careful,

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 thinking clearly

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 and biblically

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 about what it is

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 you're being told.

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 Genuine believers

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 are to grow

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 in their knowledge

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 of the truth

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 and,

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 therefore,

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 their ability

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 to spot

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 counterfeit

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 truth.

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 If we know

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 the truth,

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 if we are versed

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 in the Bible,

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 it's not all

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 that difficult

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 to spot

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 those things

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 that are untrue,

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 those things

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 that don't reconcile

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 with what the Scripture

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 teaches.

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 Paul says

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 to write the same

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 things to you,

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 which means

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 that he must be

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 reiterating a point

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 that he has

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 previously

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 made.

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 I think sometimes

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 this is why our mind

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 ties to the idea

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 of joy

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 because he's

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 repeated joy,

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 rejoicing over

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 and over again,

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 but I think he's

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 referring back

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 to Philippians 1,

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 verse 27 and 28,

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 where he wrote,

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 Only let your manner

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 of life be worthy

00:19:08.279 --> 00:19:08.980
 of the gospel

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 of Christ,

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 so that whether

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 I come and see you

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 or am absent,

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 I may hear of you

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 that you are

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 standing firm

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 in one spirit

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 with one mind

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 striving side by side

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 for the faith

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 of the gospel.

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 The faith of the gospel.

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 Right?

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 And not frightened

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 in anything

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 by your opponents.

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 This is a clear sign

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 to them of their

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 destruction,

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 but of your salvation

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 and that from God.

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 This is the writing

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 the same things

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 to you,

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 I believe that he's

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 referring to,

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 that we would be

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 as a church,

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 as churches,

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 the Philippian church,

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 would be standing

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 together,

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 firm,

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 right?

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 Discerning

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 the truth.

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 We are to discern

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 those who teach

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 in contradiction

00:19:54.960 --> 00:19:55.740
 to the gospel

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 The good news

00:19:58.720 --> 00:19:59.559
 that we are saved

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 by grace alone,

00:20:00.480 --> 00:20:01.900
 through faith alone,

00:20:01.900 --> 00:20:03.740
 through Jesus Christ

00:20:03.740 --> 00:20:04.660
 alone.

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 There are so many

00:20:07.579 --> 00:20:09.420
 false gospels

00:20:09.420 --> 00:20:10.420
 and peddlers

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 of false gospels,

00:20:13.000 --> 00:20:13.160
 right?

00:20:13.380 --> 00:20:14.519
 They abound.

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 And the genuine

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 Christian must be

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 trained in the word

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 in order to not

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 be led astray

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 by such teaching.

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 Paul exhorts us

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 to look out,

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 beware,

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 discern,

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 because it is safe

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 for us.

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 Open-mindedness

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 in the church

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 is the siren call

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 of the false teachers,

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 right?

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 Oh, tolerance

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 seems to be

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 the highest order

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 of our day,

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 right?

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 As long as

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 somebody's intentions

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 are good,

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 then let them say

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 what they will.

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 The genuine Christian

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 will not lay aside

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 loving kindness

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 and gentleness,

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 but they will

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 contend

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 for the truth.

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 They will consider

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 those who add to

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 or subtract from

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 the gospel of Jesus Christ

00:21:02.380 --> 00:21:03.640
 dogs

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 and evildoers.

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 We must

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 hold

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 firm

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 the gospel

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 once for all

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 delivered

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 to the saints

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 because it's good

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 for people.

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 We must not

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 tolerate

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 false

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 teachers.

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 And beloved,

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 I will tell you

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 that they are

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 in our backyard

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 and they're

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 influencing your

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 friends

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 and your

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 co-workers

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 and your

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 classmates

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 and your

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 family.

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 There are

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 false

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 teachers

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 abounding

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 around us.

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 The dogs

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 that Paul

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 is referring

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 to were not

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 the domestic

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 cedokine

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 that may come

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 to your mind.

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 This is not

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 your lap dog

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 that he's

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 referring to

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 here,

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 but they

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 were wild,

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 ravenous,

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 dangerous

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 dogs.

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 In fact,

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 he's doing

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 a turn of

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 phrase here

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 because often

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 the Jews

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 referred to

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 Gentiles

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 as dogs

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 and here

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 he's calling

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 Jews who

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 would lead

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 the Gentiles

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 astray

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 from the

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 true gospel

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 of Jesus

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 Christ

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 dogs.

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 They were

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 dangerous

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 men

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 that he's

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 talking about

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 here.

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 He's calling

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 these teachers

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 destructive

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 for the good

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 of people.

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 He further

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 declares

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 their teaching

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 evil

00:22:13.880 --> 00:22:14.440
 and calling

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 them

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 evil

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 doers.

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 Beloved,

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 we tend

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 to give

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 ear to

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 many false

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 teachers

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 because

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 of this

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 presumed

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 good

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 intent.

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 Paul does

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 no such

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 thing

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 and exhorts

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 us

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 to the same.

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 And let me

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 just as an

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 aside say

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 of pastors

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 who are

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 false

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 teachers,

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 they bear

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 a responsibility

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 for the

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 word that

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 they preach.

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 We can be

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 heartbroken

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 for them,

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 but they

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 have the

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 same text.

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 It is

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 inerrant

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 and it

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 is sufficient

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 and all

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 they need

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 to do

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 is open

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 it and

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 read it.

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 Deliver

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 it to

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 their people.

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 They really

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 have no

00:22:51.859 --> 00:22:52.480
 excuse and

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 I can tell

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 you they'll

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 have no

00:22:53.439 --> 00:22:54.799
 excuse on

00:22:54.799 --> 00:22:55.059
 the day

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 of judgment.

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 If we're

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 going to

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 love our

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 community

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 with the

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 love of

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 Christ,

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 we must

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 be

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 discerning.

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 We must

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 help people.

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 We must

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 lead them

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 to the

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 truth,

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 the truth

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 that is

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 safe

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 for us

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 and for

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 them.

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 We must

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 look out.

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 We must

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 each of

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 us be

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 more and

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 more like

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 the Berean

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 brothers and

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 sisters we

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 can read

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 about in

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 Acts chapter

00:23:24.039 --> 00:23:24.759
 17.

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 Paul came

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 to them,

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 to the

00:23:28.079 --> 00:23:28.559
 Jews in

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 Berea,

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 teaching them

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 of the

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 gospel of

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 Jesus Christ,

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 saying this

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 Jesus is

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 the Messiah

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 that the

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 Old Testament

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 speaks of.

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 In Acts

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 17 verse

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 11 says,

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 they were

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 more noble

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 than those

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 Jews in

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 Thessalonica,

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 who had

00:23:41.619 --> 00:23:42.000
 rejected

00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:42.539
 the gospel

00:23:42.539 --> 00:23:43.939
 because they

00:23:43.939 --> 00:23:44.759
 received the

00:23:44.759 --> 00:23:45.240
 word with

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 all eagerness.

00:23:46.759 --> 00:23:47.079
 They were

00:23:47.079 --> 00:23:47.879
 willing to

00:23:47.879 --> 00:23:48.259
 be taught

00:23:48.259 --> 00:23:49.059
 something new.

00:23:49.919 --> 00:23:50.179
 What do

00:23:50.179 --> 00:23:50.539
 they do

00:23:50.539 --> 00:23:50.980
 with it?

00:23:51.379 --> 00:23:51.579
 They

00:23:51.579 --> 00:23:51.959
 examine

00:23:51.959 --> 00:23:52.179
 the

00:23:52.179 --> 00:23:52.439
 scriptures

00:23:52.439 --> 00:23:53.720
 daily to

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 see if

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 these

00:23:54.339 --> 00:23:54.859
 things

00:23:54.859 --> 00:23:56.119
 were so.

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 This is

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 how we

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 are meant

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 to be,

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 to hear

00:23:59.159 --> 00:23:59.699
 things,

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 take it,

00:24:01.319 --> 00:24:02.039
 discern it

00:24:02.039 --> 00:24:03.500
 by the

00:24:03.500 --> 00:24:03.859
 scripture,

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 the only

00:24:04.419 --> 00:24:04.939
 standard

00:24:04.939 --> 00:24:06.559
 of truth.

00:24:06.559 --> 00:24:06.700
 truth.

00:24:08.019 --> 00:24:08.399
 So,

00:24:09.159 --> 00:24:09.500
 genuine

00:24:09.500 --> 00:24:09.859
 Christians

00:24:09.859 --> 00:24:10.599
 look out.

00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:11.799
 Are you

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 working to

00:24:12.339 --> 00:24:13.000
 be trained

00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:13.819
 in the

00:24:13.819 --> 00:24:14.240
 truth?

00:24:15.019 --> 00:24:15.819
 Do you

00:24:15.819 --> 00:24:16.859
 read your

00:24:16.859 --> 00:24:17.179
 Bible?

00:24:18.139 --> 00:24:18.480
 Do you

00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:18.960
 sit under

00:24:18.960 --> 00:24:19.619
 faithful

00:24:19.619 --> 00:24:20.679
 teaching?

00:24:20.980 --> 00:24:21.159
 Not

00:24:21.159 --> 00:24:22.379
 personality

00:24:22.379 --> 00:24:22.839
 driven

00:24:22.839 --> 00:24:23.299
 teaching,

00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:24.139
 but truth

00:24:24.139 --> 00:24:24.579
 driven

00:24:24.579 --> 00:24:25.099
 teaching.

00:24:25.279 --> 00:24:25.579
 Someone who's

00:24:25.579 --> 00:24:25.879
 willing to

00:24:25.879 --> 00:24:26.359
 open up the

00:24:26.359 --> 00:24:26.759
 text and

00:24:26.759 --> 00:24:27.240
 show you

00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:27.779
 what it

00:24:27.779 --> 00:24:28.759
 says.

00:24:29.139 --> 00:24:29.639
 Help you

00:24:29.639 --> 00:24:30.200
 to see it

00:24:30.200 --> 00:24:30.619
 for

00:24:30.619 --> 00:24:32.339
 yourself.

00:24:32.339 --> 00:24:33.359
 I know

00:24:33.359 --> 00:24:33.699
 we move

00:24:33.699 --> 00:24:34.240
 so fast,

00:24:34.319 --> 00:24:34.500
 but it's

00:24:34.500 --> 00:24:34.839
 why I

00:24:34.839 --> 00:24:35.199
 reference

00:24:35.199 --> 00:24:35.740
 everything.

00:24:35.899 --> 00:24:36.039
 I don't

00:24:36.039 --> 00:24:36.220
 want to

00:24:36.220 --> 00:24:36.559
 just say,

00:24:36.699 --> 00:24:36.859
 and

00:24:36.859 --> 00:24:37.199
 somewhere

00:24:37.199 --> 00:24:37.599
 in

00:24:37.599 --> 00:24:37.959
 Matthew

00:24:37.959 --> 00:24:38.179
 it

00:24:38.179 --> 00:24:38.539
 says.

00:24:38.740 --> 00:24:39.039
 I'm

00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:39.139
 going to

00:24:39.139 --> 00:24:39.339
 give you

00:24:39.339 --> 00:24:39.500
 the

00:24:39.500 --> 00:24:39.819
 reference.

00:24:39.959 --> 00:24:40.000
 You

00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:40.119
 can

00:24:40.119 --> 00:24:40.500
 go look

00:24:40.500 --> 00:24:40.759
 at it

00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:41.039
 for

00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:41.799
 yourself.

00:24:42.319 --> 00:24:42.919
 This

00:24:42.919 --> 00:24:43.279
 is the

00:24:43.279 --> 00:24:43.639
 standard

00:24:43.639 --> 00:24:44.399
 of

00:24:44.399 --> 00:24:44.839
 truth.

00:24:45.879 --> 00:24:45.980
 Are

00:24:45.980 --> 00:24:46.139
 you

00:24:46.139 --> 00:24:46.459
 part

00:24:46.459 --> 00:24:46.619
 of

00:24:46.619 --> 00:24:46.759
 a

00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:47.259
 community

00:24:47.259 --> 00:24:47.539
 of

00:24:47.539 --> 00:24:47.839
 faith

00:24:47.839 --> 00:24:48.139
 that

00:24:48.139 --> 00:24:48.980
 values

00:24:48.980 --> 00:24:50.220
 the

00:24:50.220 --> 00:24:50.579
 truth?

00:24:52.079 --> 00:24:52.359
 Genuine

00:24:52.359 --> 00:24:52.859
 Christians

00:24:52.859 --> 00:24:53.699
 look out.

00:24:53.959 --> 00:24:54.139
 Third,

00:24:55.019 --> 00:24:55.439
 genuine

00:24:55.439 --> 00:24:55.879
 Christians

00:24:55.879 --> 00:24:56.819
 worship

00:24:56.819 --> 00:24:57.839
 in the

00:24:57.839 --> 00:24:58.119
 spirit

00:24:58.119 --> 00:24:58.319
 of

00:24:58.319 --> 00:24:58.619
 God.

00:24:59.819 --> 00:25:00.399
 First

00:25:00.399 --> 00:25:00.740
 part of

00:25:00.740 --> 00:25:00.919
 verse

00:25:00.919 --> 00:25:01.319
 three,

00:25:01.459 --> 00:25:01.859
 for we

00:25:01.859 --> 00:25:02.299
 are

00:25:02.339 --> 00:25:02.740
 the

00:25:02.740 --> 00:25:03.740
 circumcision

00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:04.339
 who

00:25:04.339 --> 00:25:04.759
 worship

00:25:04.759 --> 00:25:05.599
 by the

00:25:05.599 --> 00:25:05.839
 spirit

00:25:05.839 --> 00:25:06.000
 of

00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:06.319
 God.

00:25:06.779 --> 00:25:07.240
 Again,

00:25:07.299 --> 00:25:07.439
 I'll

00:25:07.439 --> 00:25:07.839
 refer to

00:25:07.839 --> 00:25:08.000
 the

00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:08.399
 NASB

00:25:08.399 --> 00:25:08.799
 translation

00:25:08.799 --> 00:25:09.099
 of

00:25:09.099 --> 00:25:09.259
 this

00:25:09.259 --> 00:25:09.599
 verse

00:25:09.599 --> 00:25:09.919
 which

00:25:09.919 --> 00:25:10.319
 renders

00:25:10.319 --> 00:25:11.039
 circumcision

00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:11.439
 as

00:25:11.439 --> 00:25:12.119
 true

00:25:12.119 --> 00:25:12.720
 circumcision.

00:25:12.859 --> 00:25:13.039
 So the

00:25:13.039 --> 00:25:13.439
 NASB

00:25:13.439 --> 00:25:14.039
 calls

00:25:14.039 --> 00:25:14.259
 the

00:25:14.259 --> 00:25:14.459
 one

00:25:14.459 --> 00:25:14.759
 group

00:25:14.759 --> 00:25:14.959
 the

00:25:14.959 --> 00:25:15.419
 false

00:25:15.419 --> 00:25:16.220
 circumcision

00:25:16.220 --> 00:25:16.879
 and

00:25:16.879 --> 00:25:17.619
 the

00:25:17.619 --> 00:25:17.939
 Philippian

00:25:17.939 --> 00:25:18.299
 believers

00:25:18.299 --> 00:25:18.579
 the

00:25:18.579 --> 00:25:19.240
 true

00:25:19.240 --> 00:25:20.599
 circumcision.

00:25:21.639 --> 00:25:21.799
 You

00:25:21.799 --> 00:25:21.959
 see,

00:25:22.039 --> 00:25:22.439
 circumcision

00:25:22.439 --> 00:25:22.819
 was a

00:25:22.819 --> 00:25:23.159
 sign

00:25:23.159 --> 00:25:23.399
 of the

00:25:23.399 --> 00:25:23.699
 covenant

00:25:23.699 --> 00:25:24.119
 that was

00:25:24.119 --> 00:25:24.619
 always

00:25:24.619 --> 00:25:24.879
 meant

00:25:24.879 --> 00:25:25.039
 to

00:25:25.039 --> 00:25:25.379
 point

00:25:25.379 --> 00:25:26.459
 to

00:25:26.459 --> 00:25:26.619
 a

00:25:26.619 --> 00:25:26.939
 greater

00:25:26.939 --> 00:25:27.559
 reality

00:25:27.559 --> 00:25:28.139
 that

00:25:28.139 --> 00:25:28.240
 will

00:25:28.240 --> 00:25:28.399
 be

00:25:28.399 --> 00:25:29.079
 realized

00:25:29.079 --> 00:25:29.839
 in

00:25:29.839 --> 00:25:30.159
 Jesus

00:25:30.159 --> 00:25:31.079
 Christ.

00:25:31.079 --> 00:25:32.419
 The Old

00:25:32.419 --> 00:25:32.699
 Testament

00:25:32.699 --> 00:25:33.179
 speaks of

00:25:33.179 --> 00:25:33.419
 this.

00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:33.659
 Let me

00:25:33.659 --> 00:25:33.839
 give you

00:25:33.839 --> 00:25:34.399
 one example.

00:25:34.539 --> 00:25:34.939
 Jeremiah

00:25:34.939 --> 00:25:35.699
 chapter

00:25:35.699 --> 00:25:36.779
 four,

00:25:36.899 --> 00:25:37.179
 beginning

00:25:37.179 --> 00:25:37.359
 in

00:25:37.359 --> 00:25:37.579
 verse

00:25:37.579 --> 00:25:38.059
 one.

00:25:38.679 --> 00:25:39.319
 If you

00:25:39.319 --> 00:25:39.759
 return,

00:25:39.899 --> 00:25:40.319
 O Israel,

00:25:40.419 --> 00:25:40.919
 declares the

00:25:40.919 --> 00:25:41.099
 Lord,

00:25:41.179 --> 00:25:41.639
 to me,

00:25:41.799 --> 00:25:42.460
 you should

00:25:42.460 --> 00:25:43.019
 return.

00:25:43.480 --> 00:25:44.099
 If you

00:25:44.099 --> 00:25:44.639
 remove your

00:25:44.639 --> 00:25:45.480
 detestable things

00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:45.779
 from my

00:25:45.779 --> 00:25:46.399
 presence and

00:25:46.399 --> 00:25:46.859
 do not

00:25:46.859 --> 00:25:47.220
 waver,

00:25:47.220 --> 00:25:47.779
 and if you

00:25:47.779 --> 00:25:48.579
 swear as

00:25:48.579 --> 00:25:48.980
 the Lord

00:25:48.980 --> 00:25:50.399
 lives in

00:25:50.399 --> 00:25:50.819
 truth,

00:25:51.119 --> 00:25:51.839
 in justice,

00:25:51.839 --> 00:25:52.720
 and in

00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:53.179
 righteousness,

00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:54.539
 the nation

00:25:54.539 --> 00:25:55.119
 shall bless

00:25:55.119 --> 00:25:55.859
 themselves in

00:25:55.859 --> 00:25:56.119
 him,

00:25:56.119 --> 00:25:56.419
 and in

00:25:56.419 --> 00:25:57.399
 him shall

00:25:57.399 --> 00:25:57.980
 they glory.

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 for thus

00:25:59.360 --> 00:25:59.720
 says the

00:25:59.720 --> 00:26:00.000
 Lord to

00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:00.240
 the men

00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:00.579
 of Judah

00:26:00.579 --> 00:26:00.799
 and

00:26:00.799 --> 00:26:01.279
 Jerusalem,

00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:02.519
 break up

00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:02.700
 your

00:26:02.700 --> 00:26:03.079
 fallow

00:26:03.079 --> 00:26:03.440
 ground

00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:03.680
 and

00:26:03.680 --> 00:26:03.980
 sow

00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:04.360
 not

00:26:04.360 --> 00:26:04.779
 among

00:26:04.779 --> 00:26:05.380
 thorns.

00:26:06.339 --> 00:26:06.900
 Circumcise

00:26:06.900 --> 00:26:07.500
 yourselves to

00:26:07.500 --> 00:26:07.860
 the Lord,

00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:08.759
 remove the

00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:09.299
 foreskin

00:26:09.299 --> 00:26:10.220
 of your

00:26:10.220 --> 00:26:11.440
 hearts.

00:26:12.220 --> 00:26:12.420
 O

00:26:12.420 --> 00:26:12.740
 men of

00:26:12.740 --> 00:26:13.039
 Judah

00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:13.220
 and

00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:13.759
 inhabitants

00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:14.059
 of

00:26:14.059 --> 00:26:14.599
 Jerusalem,

00:26:15.140 --> 00:26:15.559
 lest my

00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:16.059
 wrath go

00:26:16.059 --> 00:26:16.480
 forth like

00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:17.000
 fire and

00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:17.500
 burn with

00:26:17.500 --> 00:26:17.880
 none to

00:26:17.880 --> 00:26:18.220
 quench it

00:26:18.220 --> 00:26:19.240
 because of

00:26:19.240 --> 00:26:19.740
 the evil

00:26:19.740 --> 00:26:20.539
 of your

00:26:20.539 --> 00:26:21.000
 deeds.

00:26:21.420 --> 00:26:21.920
 The

00:26:21.920 --> 00:26:22.099
 prophet

00:26:22.099 --> 00:26:22.440
 Jeremiah

00:26:22.440 --> 00:26:23.019
 is already

00:26:23.019 --> 00:26:23.620
 getting them

00:26:23.620 --> 00:26:24.120
 to learn,

00:26:24.240 --> 00:26:24.799
 helping them

00:26:24.799 --> 00:26:25.599
 understand that

00:26:25.599 --> 00:26:26.240
 circumcision was

00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:26.940
 not merely

00:26:26.940 --> 00:26:27.559
 an outward

00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:28.279
 thing.

00:26:28.539 --> 00:26:28.759
 It was

00:26:28.759 --> 00:26:29.119
 meant to

00:26:29.119 --> 00:26:29.639
 be an

00:26:29.639 --> 00:26:30.279
 inward

00:26:30.279 --> 00:26:31.579
 change.

00:26:32.740 --> 00:26:33.019
 Recall

00:26:33.019 --> 00:26:34.859
 Paul's

00:26:34.859 --> 00:26:35.440
 case from

00:26:35.440 --> 00:26:35.759
 Romans

00:26:35.759 --> 00:26:36.440
 chapter 2.

00:26:36.559 --> 00:26:36.799
 I read

00:26:36.799 --> 00:26:37.099
 to you

00:26:37.099 --> 00:26:37.700
 previously

00:26:37.700 --> 00:26:38.599
 verse 28

00:26:38.599 --> 00:26:39.259
 and 29.

00:26:39.940 --> 00:26:40.240
 For no

00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:40.759
 one is a

00:26:40.759 --> 00:26:41.179
 Jew who

00:26:41.179 --> 00:26:41.619
 is merely

00:26:41.619 --> 00:26:42.059
 one

00:26:42.059 --> 00:26:43.220
 outwardly,

00:26:43.539 --> 00:26:44.039
 nor is

00:26:44.039 --> 00:26:44.539
 circumcision

00:26:44.539 --> 00:26:45.519
 outward and

00:26:45.519 --> 00:26:46.220
 physical,

00:26:46.559 --> 00:26:46.859
 but a

00:26:46.859 --> 00:26:47.139
 Jew,

00:26:47.619 --> 00:26:48.279
 here God's

00:26:48.279 --> 00:26:48.659
 people,

00:26:48.980 --> 00:26:49.299
 is one

00:26:49.299 --> 00:26:50.159
 inwardly,

00:26:50.419 --> 00:26:51.299
 and circumcision

00:26:51.299 --> 00:26:51.919
 is a matter

00:26:51.919 --> 00:26:52.679
 of the heart

00:26:52.679 --> 00:26:53.299
 by the

00:26:53.299 --> 00:26:53.740
 spirit,

00:26:53.980 --> 00:26:54.480
 not by the

00:26:54.480 --> 00:26:54.740
 letter.

00:26:55.279 --> 00:26:55.679
 His praise

00:26:55.679 --> 00:26:56.159
 is not

00:26:56.159 --> 00:26:57.019
 from man,

00:26:57.019 --> 00:26:58.440
 but from

00:26:58.440 --> 00:26:58.839
 God.

00:26:59.940 --> 00:27:00.359
 Salvation

00:27:00.359 --> 00:27:00.700
 does not

00:27:00.700 --> 00:27:01.099
 come from

00:27:01.099 --> 00:27:01.619
 our keeping

00:27:01.619 --> 00:27:01.960
 of the

00:27:01.960 --> 00:27:02.660
 law because

00:27:02.660 --> 00:27:03.480
 this is

00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:04.019
 impossible.

00:27:04.759 --> 00:27:05.039
 Salvation

00:27:05.039 --> 00:27:05.579
 comes by

00:27:05.579 --> 00:27:06.259
 faith in

00:27:06.259 --> 00:27:06.740
 the completed

00:27:06.740 --> 00:27:07.319
 work of

00:27:07.319 --> 00:27:08.079
 Jesus Christ,

00:27:08.619 --> 00:27:09.660
 imputed or

00:27:09.660 --> 00:27:10.400
 given to

00:27:10.400 --> 00:27:11.559
 us by

00:27:11.559 --> 00:27:12.160
 the power

00:27:12.160 --> 00:27:13.379
 of his

00:27:13.379 --> 00:27:14.039
 spirit.

00:27:14.740 --> 00:27:15.460
 Let's look

00:27:15.460 --> 00:27:16.619
 briefly at

00:27:16.619 --> 00:27:17.519
 a longer

00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:18.379
 explanation of

00:27:18.379 --> 00:27:18.839
 this in

00:27:18.839 --> 00:27:19.460
 John chapter

00:27:19.460 --> 00:27:19.900
 4.

00:27:20.000 --> 00:27:20.420
 So join me

00:27:20.420 --> 00:27:20.759
 there if you

00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:21.099
 would to

00:27:21.099 --> 00:27:21.740
 John chapter

00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:22.759
 4.

00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:27.180
 I'm going

00:27:27.180 --> 00:27:27.420
 to read

00:27:27.420 --> 00:27:27.900
 the account

00:27:27.900 --> 00:27:28.200
 of the

00:27:28.200 --> 00:27:28.599
 Samaritan

00:27:28.599 --> 00:27:29.039
 woman at

00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:29.160
 the

00:27:29.160 --> 00:27:29.400
 well.

00:27:37.180 --> 00:27:37.619
 This

00:27:37.619 --> 00:27:37.940
 sets up

00:27:37.940 --> 00:27:38.339
 the same

00:27:38.339 --> 00:27:38.980
 problem

00:27:38.980 --> 00:27:39.500
 of,

00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:40.640
 in this

00:27:40.640 --> 00:27:40.839
 case,

00:27:40.900 --> 00:27:41.220
 a woman,

00:27:41.420 --> 00:27:41.920
 not these

00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:42.379
 Judaizers,

00:27:42.519 --> 00:27:42.700
 but a

00:27:42.700 --> 00:27:43.339
 woman who

00:27:43.339 --> 00:27:44.240
 was looking

00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:44.619
 to the

00:27:44.619 --> 00:27:44.960
 outward

00:27:44.960 --> 00:27:45.519
 expression

00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:45.859
 of what

00:27:45.859 --> 00:27:46.220
 it meant

00:27:46.220 --> 00:27:46.779
 to belong

00:27:46.779 --> 00:27:47.859
 to God.

00:27:47.960 --> 00:27:48.299
 And Jesus

00:27:48.299 --> 00:27:48.960
 says something

00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:50.059
 striking and

00:27:50.059 --> 00:27:51.440
 helpful too

00:27:51.440 --> 00:27:51.660
 here.

00:27:51.660 --> 00:27:51.960
 So we're

00:27:51.960 --> 00:27:52.080
 going to

00:27:52.080 --> 00:27:52.259
 begin to

00:27:52.259 --> 00:27:52.600
 verse 1

00:27:52.600 --> 00:27:52.980
 and I'll

00:27:52.980 --> 00:27:53.720
 read fairly

00:27:53.720 --> 00:27:54.259
 quickly and

00:27:54.259 --> 00:27:54.940
 maybe pause

00:27:54.940 --> 00:27:55.160
 and make

00:27:55.160 --> 00:27:55.600
 some remarks

00:27:55.600 --> 00:27:56.040
 along the

00:27:56.040 --> 00:27:56.180
 way.

00:27:56.420 --> 00:27:56.620
 I don't

00:27:56.620 --> 00:27:56.820
 have any

00:27:56.820 --> 00:27:57.360
 remarks planned,

00:27:57.480 --> 00:27:57.940
 but we'll

00:27:57.940 --> 00:27:58.200
 see how it

00:27:58.200 --> 00:27:58.380
 goes.

00:27:58.900 --> 00:27:59.160
 Beginning

00:27:59.160 --> 00:27:59.580
 in verse 1.

00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:00.940
 Now when

00:28:00.940 --> 00:28:01.400
 Jesus learned

00:28:01.400 --> 00:28:01.600
 that the

00:28:01.600 --> 00:28:02.120
 Pharisees had

00:28:02.120 --> 00:28:02.560
 heard that

00:28:02.560 --> 00:28:03.019
 Jesus was

00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:03.540
 making and

00:28:03.540 --> 00:28:04.279
 baptizing more

00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:04.900
 disciples than

00:28:04.900 --> 00:28:05.279
 John,

00:28:05.400 --> 00:28:05.880
 although Jesus

00:28:05.880 --> 00:28:06.460
 himself did

00:28:06.460 --> 00:28:07.040
 not baptize,

00:28:07.080 --> 00:28:07.660
 but only his

00:28:07.660 --> 00:28:08.180
 disciples,

00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:09.340
 he left

00:28:09.340 --> 00:28:09.900
 Judea and

00:28:09.900 --> 00:28:10.640
 departed again

00:28:10.640 --> 00:28:11.279
 for Galilee.

00:28:11.960 --> 00:28:12.300
 And he had

00:28:12.300 --> 00:28:13.759
 to pass through

00:28:13.759 --> 00:28:14.800
 Samaria.

00:28:15.180 --> 00:28:15.840
 Now Samaria

00:28:15.840 --> 00:28:17.200
 was an area

00:28:17.200 --> 00:28:18.000
 of the land

00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:18.779
 where people

00:28:18.779 --> 00:28:19.360
 who were

00:28:19.360 --> 00:28:21.400
 half-breeds

00:28:21.400 --> 00:28:22.080
 lived.

00:28:22.560 --> 00:28:23.019
 People who

00:28:23.019 --> 00:28:23.300
 in the

00:28:23.300 --> 00:28:23.900
 return from

00:28:23.900 --> 00:28:24.880
 exile had

00:28:24.880 --> 00:28:26.140
 gone intermarried

00:28:26.140 --> 00:28:26.580
 amongst the

00:28:26.580 --> 00:28:27.040
 people of the

00:28:27.040 --> 00:28:27.880
 land, so they

00:28:27.880 --> 00:28:28.440
 were seen as

00:28:28.440 --> 00:28:29.220
 lesser people.

00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:29.700
 They were

00:28:29.700 --> 00:28:29.980
 kind of

00:28:29.980 --> 00:28:30.660
 cast out

00:28:30.660 --> 00:28:31.640
 from the

00:28:31.640 --> 00:28:32.840
 Jewish

00:28:32.840 --> 00:28:33.480
 purity

00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:34.560
 otherwise.

00:28:34.780 --> 00:28:35.019
 They were

00:28:35.019 --> 00:28:35.680
 looked down

00:28:35.680 --> 00:28:36.360
 on people.

00:28:36.759 --> 00:28:37.280
 So verse 5.

00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:38.019
 So he came

00:28:38.019 --> 00:28:38.379
 to a town

00:28:38.379 --> 00:28:38.819
 of Samaria

00:28:38.819 --> 00:28:39.160
 called

00:28:39.160 --> 00:28:39.639
 Sakaar,

00:28:39.779 --> 00:28:40.059
 near the

00:28:40.059 --> 00:28:40.399
 field that

00:28:40.399 --> 00:28:40.839
 Jacob had

00:28:40.839 --> 00:28:41.220
 given to

00:28:41.220 --> 00:28:41.579
 his son

00:28:41.579 --> 00:28:42.059
 Joseph.

00:28:42.799 --> 00:28:43.220
 Jacob's

00:28:43.220 --> 00:28:43.559
 well was

00:28:43.559 --> 00:28:43.799
 there,

00:28:43.899 --> 00:28:44.319
 so Jesus

00:28:44.319 --> 00:28:44.940
 wearied as

00:28:44.940 --> 00:28:45.240
 he was

00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:45.519
 from his

00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:45.799
 journey,

00:28:45.899 --> 00:28:46.240
 was sitting

00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:46.759
 beside the

00:28:46.759 --> 00:28:47.039
 well.

00:28:47.399 --> 00:28:47.579
 It was

00:28:47.579 --> 00:28:48.180
 about the

00:28:48.180 --> 00:28:49.319
 sixth hour

00:28:49.319 --> 00:28:49.899
 midday.

00:28:50.539 --> 00:28:50.819
 A woman

00:28:50.819 --> 00:28:51.279
 from Samaria

00:28:51.279 --> 00:28:51.680
 came to

00:28:51.680 --> 00:28:52.139
 draw water.

00:28:52.279 --> 00:28:52.779
 Jesus said

00:28:52.779 --> 00:28:53.240
 to her,

00:28:53.500 --> 00:28:53.879
 give me a

00:28:53.879 --> 00:28:54.180
 drink.

00:28:54.559 --> 00:28:54.940
 For his

00:28:54.940 --> 00:28:55.420
 disciples had

00:28:55.420 --> 00:28:55.799
 gone away

00:28:55.799 --> 00:28:56.119
 into the

00:28:56.119 --> 00:28:56.519
 city to

00:28:56.519 --> 00:28:57.160
 buy food.

00:28:57.759 --> 00:28:57.899
 The

00:28:57.899 --> 00:28:58.240
 Samaritan

00:28:58.240 --> 00:28:58.799
 woman said

00:28:58.799 --> 00:28:59.259
 to him,

00:28:59.660 --> 00:28:59.940
 how is it

00:28:59.940 --> 00:29:00.319
 that you,

00:29:00.420 --> 00:29:00.720
 a Jew,

00:29:00.839 --> 00:29:01.299
 ask for a

00:29:01.299 --> 00:29:01.660
 drink from

00:29:01.660 --> 00:29:01.960
 me,

00:29:02.059 --> 00:29:02.720
 a woman of

00:29:02.720 --> 00:29:03.319
 Samaria,

00:29:03.559 --> 00:29:04.059
 for Jews

00:29:04.059 --> 00:29:04.460
 have no

00:29:04.460 --> 00:29:04.880
 dealings

00:29:04.880 --> 00:29:05.339
 with

00:29:05.339 --> 00:29:06.000
 Samaritans.

00:29:06.600 --> 00:29:06.839
 Jesus

00:29:06.839 --> 00:29:07.559
 answered her,

00:29:08.160 --> 00:29:08.380
 if you

00:29:08.380 --> 00:29:08.759
 knew the

00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:09.100
 gift of

00:29:09.100 --> 00:29:09.519
 God and

00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:09.839
 who it

00:29:09.839 --> 00:29:10.100
 is that

00:29:10.100 --> 00:29:10.460
 is saying

00:29:10.460 --> 00:29:10.779
 to you,

00:29:10.900 --> 00:29:11.160
 give me

00:29:11.160 --> 00:29:11.700
 a drink,

00:29:12.120 --> 00:29:12.480
 you would

00:29:12.480 --> 00:29:12.819
 have asked

00:29:12.819 --> 00:29:13.200
 him and

00:29:13.200 --> 00:29:13.440
 he would

00:29:13.440 --> 00:29:13.720
 have given

00:29:13.720 --> 00:29:14.700
 you living

00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:15.140
 water.

00:29:16.039 --> 00:29:16.480
 The woman

00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:16.819
 said to

00:29:16.819 --> 00:29:17.039
 him,

00:29:17.160 --> 00:29:17.360
 sir,

00:29:17.440 --> 00:29:17.720
 you have

00:29:17.720 --> 00:29:18.140
 nothing to

00:29:18.140 --> 00:29:18.579
 draw water

00:29:18.579 --> 00:29:19.140
 with and

00:29:19.140 --> 00:29:19.559
 the well

00:29:19.559 --> 00:29:20.180
 is deep.

00:29:20.500 --> 00:29:20.860
 Where do

00:29:20.860 --> 00:29:21.259
 you get

00:29:21.259 --> 00:29:21.940
 that living

00:29:21.940 --> 00:29:22.519
 water?

00:29:23.120 --> 00:29:23.519
 Are you

00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:24.000
 greater than

00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:24.360
 our father

00:29:24.360 --> 00:29:24.740
 Jacob?

00:29:24.920 --> 00:29:25.460
 He gave

00:29:25.460 --> 00:29:25.900
 us the well

00:29:25.900 --> 00:29:26.339
 and drank

00:29:26.339 --> 00:29:26.640
 from it

00:29:26.640 --> 00:29:27.240
 himself as

00:29:27.240 --> 00:29:27.600
 did his

00:29:27.600 --> 00:29:28.220
 sons and

00:29:28.220 --> 00:29:28.819
 his livestock.

00:29:29.900 --> 00:29:30.180
 Jesus

00:29:30.180 --> 00:29:30.559
 said to

00:29:30.559 --> 00:29:30.839
 her,

00:29:31.379 --> 00:29:31.700
 everyone

00:29:31.700 --> 00:29:32.200
 who drinks

00:29:32.200 --> 00:29:32.679
 of this

00:29:32.679 --> 00:29:33.159
 water will

00:29:33.159 --> 00:29:33.579
 be thirsty

00:29:33.579 --> 00:29:34.059
 again,

00:29:34.519 --> 00:29:34.980
 but whoever

00:29:34.980 --> 00:29:35.500
 drinks of

00:29:35.500 --> 00:29:35.919
 the water

00:29:35.919 --> 00:29:36.200
 that I

00:29:36.200 --> 00:29:36.500
 will give

00:29:36.500 --> 00:29:36.799
 him will

00:29:36.799 --> 00:29:37.319
 never be

00:29:37.319 --> 00:29:37.619
 thirsty

00:29:37.619 --> 00:29:38.019
 again.

00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:38.919
 The water

00:29:38.919 --> 00:29:39.200
 that I

00:29:39.200 --> 00:29:39.519
 will give

00:29:39.519 --> 00:29:39.759
 him will

00:29:39.759 --> 00:29:40.240
 become in

00:29:40.240 --> 00:29:40.559
 him a

00:29:40.559 --> 00:29:41.240
 spring of

00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:41.559
 water

00:29:41.559 --> 00:29:42.059
 welling

00:29:42.059 --> 00:29:43.279
 up to

00:29:43.279 --> 00:29:43.659
 eternal

00:29:43.659 --> 00:29:44.599
 life.

00:29:44.700 --> 00:29:45.599
 So Jesus

00:29:45.599 --> 00:29:46.159
 is speaking

00:29:46.159 --> 00:29:47.319
 metaphorically

00:29:47.319 --> 00:29:48.419
 of life

00:29:48.419 --> 00:29:48.700
 of the

00:29:48.700 --> 00:29:49.240
 spirit and

00:29:49.240 --> 00:29:49.619
 she's still

00:29:49.619 --> 00:29:50.099
 thinking real

00:29:50.099 --> 00:29:50.559
 practically,

00:29:50.700 --> 00:29:50.839
 right?

00:29:50.859 --> 00:29:51.179
 She just

00:29:51.179 --> 00:29:51.879
 wants to

00:29:51.879 --> 00:29:52.419
 have her

00:29:52.419 --> 00:29:52.859
 physical

00:29:52.859 --> 00:29:53.240
 thirst

00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:54.119
 met.

00:29:54.599 --> 00:29:54.899
 Verse 15,

00:29:54.980 --> 00:29:55.200
 the woman

00:29:55.200 --> 00:29:55.519
 said to

00:29:55.519 --> 00:29:55.720
 him,

00:29:55.819 --> 00:29:55.980
 sir,

00:29:56.059 --> 00:29:56.240
 give me

00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:56.659
 this water

00:29:56.659 --> 00:29:56.919
 so that I

00:29:56.919 --> 00:29:57.299
 will not be

00:29:57.299 --> 00:29:57.759
 thirsty or

00:29:57.759 --> 00:29:58.059
 have to

00:29:58.059 --> 00:29:58.539
 come here

00:30:00.559 --> 00:30:01.259
 Jesus said

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:01.720
 to her,

00:30:02.139 --> 00:30:03.700
 go call

00:30:03.700 --> 00:30:04.200
 your husband

00:30:04.200 --> 00:30:05.500
 and come

00:30:05.500 --> 00:30:05.879
 here.

00:30:06.179 --> 00:30:06.519
 So he's

00:30:06.519 --> 00:30:07.919
 exposing her

00:30:07.919 --> 00:30:08.859
 sinfulness.

00:30:09.159 --> 00:30:09.899
 He's showing

00:30:09.899 --> 00:30:11.099
 her her

00:30:11.099 --> 00:30:11.700
 need of

00:30:11.700 --> 00:30:13.200
 living water.

00:30:13.359 --> 00:30:13.579
 The woman

00:30:13.579 --> 00:30:14.079
 answered him,

00:30:14.179 --> 00:30:14.579
 verse 17,

00:30:14.659 --> 00:30:15.220
 I have no

00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:15.599
 husband.

00:30:16.019 --> 00:30:16.440
 Jesus said

00:30:16.440 --> 00:30:16.799
 to her,

00:30:16.960 --> 00:30:17.299
 you are

00:30:17.299 --> 00:30:17.720
 right in

00:30:17.720 --> 00:30:18.059
 saying I

00:30:18.059 --> 00:30:18.379
 have no

00:30:18.379 --> 00:30:18.700
 husband,

00:30:18.879 --> 00:30:19.240
 for you

00:30:19.240 --> 00:30:19.559
 have had

00:30:19.559 --> 00:30:20.779
 five husbands

00:30:20.779 --> 00:30:21.099
 and the

00:30:21.099 --> 00:30:21.399
 one you

00:30:21.399 --> 00:30:21.799
 now have

00:30:21.799 --> 00:30:22.220
 is not

00:30:22.220 --> 00:30:22.399
 your

00:30:22.399 --> 00:30:22.720
 husband.

00:30:23.099 --> 00:30:23.359
 What

00:30:23.359 --> 00:30:23.639
 you have

00:30:23.639 --> 00:30:24.619
 said is

00:30:24.619 --> 00:30:25.019
 true.

00:30:25.740 --> 00:30:26.259
 The woman

00:30:26.259 --> 00:30:26.599
 said to

00:30:26.599 --> 00:30:26.879
 him,

00:30:27.440 --> 00:30:27.740
 sir,

00:30:27.779 --> 00:30:28.220
 I perceive

00:30:28.220 --> 00:30:28.500
 that you

00:30:28.500 --> 00:30:28.759
 are a

00:30:28.759 --> 00:30:29.179
 prophet.

00:30:29.180 --> 00:30:30.360
 Our

00:30:30.360 --> 00:30:30.900
 fathers

00:30:30.900 --> 00:30:31.420
 worshipped

00:30:31.420 --> 00:30:32.240
 on this

00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:32.640
 mountain

00:30:32.640 --> 00:30:33.539
 where they

00:30:33.539 --> 00:30:33.759
 are,

00:30:33.860 --> 00:30:34.100
 but you

00:30:34.100 --> 00:30:34.480
 say that

00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:35.039
 in Jerusalem

00:30:35.039 --> 00:30:35.420
 is the

00:30:35.420 --> 00:30:35.759
 place where

00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:36.100
 people

00:30:36.100 --> 00:30:36.960
 ought to

00:30:36.960 --> 00:30:37.340
 worship.

00:30:37.720 --> 00:30:38.120
 So she's

00:30:38.120 --> 00:30:38.560
 getting it,

00:30:38.620 --> 00:30:38.799
 right?

00:30:38.880 --> 00:30:39.299
 Jesus is

00:30:39.299 --> 00:30:39.759
 teaching her

00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:40.500
 a spiritual

00:30:40.500 --> 00:30:41.100
 thing.

00:30:42.140 --> 00:30:42.580
 She's

00:30:42.580 --> 00:30:43.160
 recognizing

00:30:43.160 --> 00:30:43.440
 her

00:30:43.440 --> 00:30:43.980
 sinfulness

00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:44.480
 and she's

00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:44.880
 trying to

00:30:44.880 --> 00:30:45.500
 understand

00:30:45.500 --> 00:30:46.039
 how it

00:30:46.039 --> 00:30:46.400
 is she's

00:30:46.400 --> 00:30:46.620
 to be

00:30:46.620 --> 00:30:46.980
 restored

00:30:46.980 --> 00:30:47.560
 to God.

00:30:48.019 --> 00:30:48.100
 We

00:30:48.100 --> 00:30:48.680
 worship

00:30:48.680 --> 00:30:48.980
 here,

00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:49.279
 but you

00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:49.560
 say we're

00:30:49.560 --> 00:30:49.740
 supposed

00:30:49.740 --> 00:30:50.120
 to worship

00:30:50.120 --> 00:30:50.460
 there.

00:30:50.600 --> 00:30:51.080
 Outward

00:30:51.080 --> 00:30:52.259
 sign.

00:30:53.640 --> 00:30:54.279
 Verse 21,

00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:54.900
 Jesus said

00:30:54.900 --> 00:30:55.299
 to her,

00:30:55.539 --> 00:30:55.759
 woman,

00:30:55.900 --> 00:30:56.480
 believe me,

00:30:56.960 --> 00:30:57.519
 the hour

00:30:57.519 --> 00:30:57.940
 is coming

00:30:57.940 --> 00:30:58.380
 when neither

00:30:58.380 --> 00:30:58.940
 on this

00:30:58.940 --> 00:30:59.520
 mountain nor

00:30:59.520 --> 00:31:00.080
 in Jerusalem

00:31:00.080 --> 00:31:00.400
 will you

00:31:00.400 --> 00:31:00.980
 worship the

00:31:00.980 --> 00:31:01.340
 Father.

00:31:02.180 --> 00:31:02.400
 You

00:31:02.400 --> 00:31:02.960
 worship what

00:31:02.960 --> 00:31:03.260
 you do

00:31:03.260 --> 00:31:03.820
 not know,

00:31:03.940 --> 00:31:04.400
 we worship

00:31:04.400 --> 00:31:04.820
 what we

00:31:04.820 --> 00:31:05.180
 know,

00:31:05.380 --> 00:31:06.000
 for salvation

00:31:06.000 --> 00:31:06.400
 is from

00:31:06.400 --> 00:31:06.980
 the Jews.

00:31:07.620 --> 00:31:08.000
 But the

00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:08.400
 hour is

00:31:08.400 --> 00:31:09.580
 coming and

00:31:09.580 --> 00:31:10.000
 is now

00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:11.240
 here when

00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:11.580
 the true

00:31:11.580 --> 00:31:12.120
 worshipers

00:31:12.120 --> 00:31:12.620
 will worship

00:31:12.620 --> 00:31:13.220
 the Father

00:31:13.220 --> 00:31:14.000
 in spirit

00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:15.480
 and truth,

00:31:15.980 --> 00:31:16.420
 for the

00:31:16.420 --> 00:31:16.860
 Father is

00:31:16.860 --> 00:31:17.500
 seeking such

00:31:17.500 --> 00:31:18.940
 people to

00:31:18.940 --> 00:31:19.640
 worship him.

00:31:20.440 --> 00:31:21.040
 God is

00:31:21.040 --> 00:31:21.420
 spirit and

00:31:21.420 --> 00:31:21.740
 those who

00:31:21.740 --> 00:31:22.140
 worship him

00:31:22.140 --> 00:31:22.900
 must worship

00:31:22.900 --> 00:31:24.040
 in spirit

00:31:24.040 --> 00:31:25.660
 and truth.

00:31:25.660 --> 00:31:27.740
 inner devotion,

00:31:28.200 --> 00:31:28.960
 change of

00:31:28.960 --> 00:31:29.420
 heart.

00:31:29.980 --> 00:31:30.880
 We will

00:31:30.880 --> 00:31:31.740
 do things

00:31:31.740 --> 00:31:32.340
 as outward

00:31:32.340 --> 00:31:32.920
 expressions

00:31:32.920 --> 00:31:33.420
 of who

00:31:33.420 --> 00:31:34.200
 we are,

00:31:34.420 --> 00:31:34.820
 but at

00:31:34.820 --> 00:31:35.380
 the core

00:31:35.380 --> 00:31:35.759
 of it,

00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:36.940
 we must

00:31:36.940 --> 00:31:37.920
 be fundamentally

00:31:37.920 --> 00:31:39.720
 changed.

00:31:39.860 --> 00:31:40.100
 We're going

00:31:40.100 --> 00:31:40.759
 to worship

00:31:40.759 --> 00:31:42.019
 in the

00:31:42.019 --> 00:31:43.620
 spirit of

00:31:43.620 --> 00:31:44.220
 God because

00:31:44.220 --> 00:31:45.000
 we have

00:31:45.000 --> 00:31:45.779
 the spirit

00:31:45.779 --> 00:31:47.220
 of God.

00:31:47.800 --> 00:31:48.340
 And I

00:31:48.340 --> 00:31:49.000
 think in

00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:50.279
 this moment,

00:31:50.800 --> 00:31:51.580
 she's being

00:31:51.580 --> 00:31:52.600
 changed.

00:31:52.599 --> 00:31:53.939
 verse 25,

00:31:54.039 --> 00:31:54.299
 the woman

00:31:54.299 --> 00:31:54.679
 said to

00:31:54.679 --> 00:31:54.939
 him,

00:31:55.079 --> 00:31:55.779
 I know

00:31:55.779 --> 00:31:56.699
 that Messiah

00:31:56.699 --> 00:31:57.379
 is coming,

00:31:57.559 --> 00:31:57.980
 he who

00:31:57.980 --> 00:31:58.579
 is called

00:31:58.579 --> 00:31:59.759
 Christ.

00:31:59.939 --> 00:32:00.240
 When he

00:32:00.240 --> 00:32:00.759
 comes,

00:32:01.159 --> 00:32:01.459
 he will

00:32:01.459 --> 00:32:02.000
 tell us

00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:03.919
 all things.

00:32:04.079 --> 00:32:04.419
 And Jesus

00:32:04.419 --> 00:32:04.939
 said to

00:32:04.939 --> 00:32:05.139
 her,

00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:06.000
 I who

00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:06.559
 speak to

00:32:06.559 --> 00:32:06.919
 you

00:32:06.919 --> 00:32:08.500
 am he.

00:32:09.959 --> 00:32:10.519
 So,

00:32:11.019 --> 00:32:12.480
 we worship

00:32:12.480 --> 00:32:13.759
 God in

00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:14.599
 the spirit

00:32:14.599 --> 00:32:15.419
 of God.

00:32:15.519 --> 00:32:15.679
 We are

00:32:15.679 --> 00:32:16.219
 given the

00:32:16.219 --> 00:32:17.099
 ability to

00:32:17.099 --> 00:32:18.099
 bring forth

00:32:18.099 --> 00:32:18.699
 fruit,

00:32:18.899 --> 00:32:19.539
 bring forth

00:32:19.539 --> 00:32:21.139
 devotion to

00:32:21.139 --> 00:32:21.659
 God because

00:32:21.660 --> 00:32:22.220
 we have

00:32:22.220 --> 00:32:23.580
 the spirit

00:32:23.580 --> 00:32:25.060
 of God.

00:32:26.019 --> 00:32:26.120
 So,

00:32:26.240 --> 00:32:26.440
 do you

00:32:26.440 --> 00:32:26.800
 place

00:32:26.800 --> 00:32:27.320
 confidence

00:32:27.320 --> 00:32:28.040
 in anything

00:32:28.040 --> 00:32:28.759
 other than

00:32:28.759 --> 00:32:29.320
 the power

00:32:29.320 --> 00:32:29.700
 of the

00:32:29.700 --> 00:32:30.220
 spirit of

00:32:30.220 --> 00:32:31.180
 Christ to

00:32:31.180 --> 00:32:31.840
 effectually

00:32:31.840 --> 00:32:32.500
 apply the

00:32:32.500 --> 00:32:32.940
 work of

00:32:32.940 --> 00:32:34.180
 Christ on

00:32:34.180 --> 00:32:34.779
 your behalf?

00:32:35.540 --> 00:32:36.040
 If you

00:32:36.040 --> 00:32:36.900
 place confidence

00:32:36.900 --> 00:32:37.320
 of your

00:32:37.320 --> 00:32:38.060
 worship in

00:32:38.060 --> 00:32:38.860
 the mode

00:32:38.860 --> 00:32:39.380
 of worship,

00:32:39.740 --> 00:32:40.340
 in the

00:32:40.340 --> 00:32:40.940
 feelings you

00:32:40.940 --> 00:32:41.360
 have in

00:32:41.360 --> 00:32:41.740
 worship,

00:32:42.080 --> 00:32:42.640
 all the

00:32:42.640 --> 00:32:43.240
 good things

00:32:43.240 --> 00:32:43.800
 you do,

00:32:44.420 --> 00:32:44.840
 it's very

00:32:44.840 --> 00:32:45.480
 likely that

00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:46.320
 it's

00:32:46.320 --> 00:32:47.080
 misplaced.

00:32:47.960 --> 00:32:48.540
 Many of

00:32:48.540 --> 00:32:48.820
 you know I

00:32:48.820 --> 00:32:49.160
 worked for

00:32:49.160 --> 00:32:49.680
 some time

00:32:49.680 --> 00:32:50.740
 at a local

00:32:50.740 --> 00:32:51.200
 university

00:32:51.200 --> 00:32:51.480
 called

00:32:51.480 --> 00:32:51.700
 Truett

00:32:51.700 --> 00:32:52.019
 McConnell

00:32:52.019 --> 00:32:53.019
 and I

00:32:53.019 --> 00:32:53.259
 was the

00:32:53.259 --> 00:32:53.700
 director of

00:32:53.700 --> 00:32:54.039
 admissions

00:32:54.039 --> 00:32:55.000
 and part

00:32:55.000 --> 00:32:55.380
 of the way

00:32:55.380 --> 00:32:55.759
 the school

00:32:55.759 --> 00:32:56.420
 expressed that

00:32:56.420 --> 00:32:56.660
 it was a

00:32:56.660 --> 00:32:56.940
 Christian

00:32:56.940 --> 00:32:57.519
 college is

00:32:57.519 --> 00:32:57.900
 that the

00:32:57.900 --> 00:32:58.779
 application

00:32:58.779 --> 00:32:59.539
 had a

00:32:59.539 --> 00:32:59.900
 testimony

00:32:59.900 --> 00:33:00.759
 section on

00:33:00.759 --> 00:33:00.940
 it.

00:33:01.440 --> 00:33:01.779
 We didn't

00:33:01.779 --> 00:33:02.420
 grade them.

00:33:02.720 --> 00:33:03.180
 It wasn't

00:33:03.180 --> 00:33:03.620
 like you

00:33:03.620 --> 00:33:04.460
 got demoted

00:33:04.460 --> 00:33:04.980
 points and

00:33:04.980 --> 00:33:05.319
 couldn't get

00:33:05.319 --> 00:33:05.640
 into the

00:33:05.640 --> 00:33:06.059
 school if

00:33:06.059 --> 00:33:06.360
 you weren't

00:33:06.360 --> 00:33:07.299
 truly a

00:33:07.299 --> 00:33:07.539
 believer.

00:33:07.660 --> 00:33:07.980
 It was just

00:33:07.980 --> 00:33:08.319
 a way of

00:33:08.319 --> 00:33:08.600
 saying,

00:33:08.799 --> 00:33:08.880
 oh,

00:33:08.980 --> 00:33:09.340
 don't miss

00:33:09.340 --> 00:33:09.740
 the fact

00:33:09.740 --> 00:33:10.180
 that we

00:33:10.180 --> 00:33:10.700
 are a

00:33:10.700 --> 00:33:10.920
 Christian

00:33:10.920 --> 00:33:11.240
 school.

00:33:11.700 --> 00:33:12.160
 How people

00:33:12.160 --> 00:33:12.440
 got to

00:33:12.440 --> 00:33:12.840
 that point

00:33:12.840 --> 00:33:13.259
 and missed

00:33:13.259 --> 00:33:13.380
 it,

00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:13.819
 I don't

00:33:13.819 --> 00:33:14.039
 know,

00:33:14.220 --> 00:33:14.440
 but they

00:33:14.440 --> 00:33:14.900
 seemed to.

00:33:15.819 --> 00:33:16.220
 And I

00:33:16.220 --> 00:33:16.600
 had to

00:33:16.600 --> 00:33:17.319
 stop reading

00:33:21.200 --> 00:33:22.000
 most of

00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:22.240
 them

00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:23.279
 expressed

00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:24.100
 the things

00:33:24.100 --> 00:33:24.940
 I do

00:33:24.940 --> 00:33:25.660
 that make

00:33:25.660 --> 00:33:25.920
 me a

00:33:25.920 --> 00:33:26.200
 Christian.

00:33:26.779 --> 00:33:27.380
 And I

00:33:27.380 --> 00:33:27.600
 go to

00:33:27.600 --> 00:33:28.100
 church and

00:33:28.100 --> 00:33:28.420
 I go on

00:33:28.420 --> 00:33:28.880
 mission trips

00:33:28.880 --> 00:33:29.140
 and I

00:33:29.140 --> 00:33:29.460
 go and

00:33:29.460 --> 00:33:30.700
 like listing

00:33:30.700 --> 00:33:31.319
 out the

00:33:31.319 --> 00:33:32.059
 things that

00:33:32.059 --> 00:33:32.860
 are these

00:33:32.860 --> 00:33:34.539
 evidences in

00:33:34.539 --> 00:33:35.019
 their minds

00:33:35.019 --> 00:33:35.259
 that they

00:33:35.259 --> 00:33:35.620
 were in

00:33:35.620 --> 00:33:36.120
 fact in

00:33:36.120 --> 00:33:36.480
 the faith,

00:33:36.799 --> 00:33:37.299
 but very

00:33:37.299 --> 00:33:38.019
 little talk

00:33:38.019 --> 00:33:38.880
 about the

00:33:38.880 --> 00:33:39.600
 completed work

00:33:39.600 --> 00:33:40.340
 of Jesus

00:33:40.340 --> 00:33:40.759
 Christ.

00:33:42.160 --> 00:33:42.779
 Do we

00:33:42.779 --> 00:33:43.279
 have evidences

00:33:43.279 --> 00:33:43.620
 that we're in

00:33:43.620 --> 00:33:43.880
 the faith?

00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:44.420
 Absolutely.

00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:45.600
 But more

00:33:45.600 --> 00:33:46.140
 than that,

00:33:46.200 --> 00:33:46.600
 when you're

00:33:46.600 --> 00:33:47.059
 sharing your

00:33:47.059 --> 00:33:47.400
 testimony,

00:33:47.400 --> 00:33:47.980
 you want to

00:33:47.980 --> 00:33:48.319
 talk about

00:33:48.319 --> 00:33:48.759
 the completed

00:33:48.759 --> 00:33:49.220
 work of

00:33:49.220 --> 00:33:49.519
 Jesus,

00:33:49.720 --> 00:33:49.900
 right?

00:33:50.140 --> 00:33:50.400
 Because

00:33:50.400 --> 00:33:51.080
 it's because

00:33:51.080 --> 00:33:51.720
 of that

00:33:51.720 --> 00:33:52.120
 that we're

00:33:52.120 --> 00:33:53.360
 found in

00:33:53.360 --> 00:33:53.940
 Christ and

00:33:53.940 --> 00:33:54.180
 we can

00:33:54.180 --> 00:33:55.380
 worship in

00:33:55.380 --> 00:33:55.680
 the Spirit

00:33:55.680 --> 00:33:56.100
 of God.

00:33:56.180 --> 00:33:56.540
 So genuine

00:33:56.540 --> 00:33:56.900
 Christians

00:33:56.900 --> 00:33:57.740
 worship in

00:33:57.740 --> 00:33:58.000
 the Spirit

00:33:58.000 --> 00:33:58.360
 of God.

00:33:59.120 --> 00:33:59.480
 Fourth,

00:33:59.620 --> 00:33:59.820
 genuine

00:33:59.820 --> 00:34:00.200
 Christians,

00:34:00.360 --> 00:34:01.019
 glory in

00:34:01.019 --> 00:34:01.980
 Christ Jesus.

00:34:02.080 --> 00:34:02.480
 Never fear,

00:34:02.540 --> 00:34:02.720
 these are

00:34:02.720 --> 00:34:02.940
 going to get

00:34:02.940 --> 00:34:03.280
 faster.

00:34:05.120 --> 00:34:05.940
 Glory in

00:34:05.940 --> 00:34:06.519
 Christ Jesus,

00:34:06.620 --> 00:34:06.960
 the last

00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:07.259
 half of

00:34:07.259 --> 00:34:07.759
 verse 3,

00:34:07.940 --> 00:34:08.599
 and glory

00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:09.639
 in Christ

00:34:09.639 --> 00:34:10.340
 Jesus.

00:34:11.019 --> 00:34:11.280
 John

00:34:11.280 --> 00:34:11.639
 MacArthur

00:34:11.639 --> 00:34:12.000
 in his

00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:12.660
 commentary on

00:34:12.660 --> 00:34:13.079
 this text

00:34:13.079 --> 00:34:13.500
 stated,

00:34:14.240 --> 00:34:15.340
 glory describes

00:34:15.340 --> 00:34:16.019
 boasting

00:34:16.019 --> 00:34:17.340
 with exultant

00:34:17.340 --> 00:34:18.200
 joy about

00:34:18.200 --> 00:34:18.860
 what a person

00:34:18.860 --> 00:34:19.579
 is most

00:34:19.579 --> 00:34:20.619
 proud of.

00:34:21.360 --> 00:34:21.679
 I really

00:34:21.679 --> 00:34:22.279
 like that,

00:34:22.380 --> 00:34:22.739
 and I knew

00:34:22.739 --> 00:34:23.079
 I couldn't

00:34:23.079 --> 00:34:23.619
 pass off

00:34:23.619 --> 00:34:24.239
 exultant as

00:34:24.239 --> 00:34:24.679
 my own

00:34:24.679 --> 00:34:25.079
 word.

00:34:25.340 --> 00:34:25.500
 So,

00:34:25.940 --> 00:34:26.119
 John

00:34:26.119 --> 00:34:26.460
 MacArthur

00:34:26.460 --> 00:34:26.659
 said,

00:34:26.739 --> 00:34:27.440
 glory describes

00:34:27.440 --> 00:34:27.860
 boasting

00:34:27.860 --> 00:34:28.840
 with exultant

00:34:28.840 --> 00:34:30.039
 joy about

00:34:30.039 --> 00:34:30.719
 what a person

00:34:30.719 --> 00:34:31.819
 is most

00:34:31.819 --> 00:34:33.440
 proud of,

00:34:33.539 --> 00:34:33.739
 right?

00:34:33.799 --> 00:34:34.340
 It's what

00:34:34.340 --> 00:34:35.480
 we brag

00:34:35.480 --> 00:34:36.059
 about.

00:34:37.219 --> 00:34:37.480
 Genuine

00:34:37.480 --> 00:34:38.380
 Christians know

00:34:38.380 --> 00:34:38.840
 that we have

00:34:38.840 --> 00:34:39.779
 nothing to

00:34:39.779 --> 00:34:40.480
 boast in

00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:41.360
 except for

00:34:41.360 --> 00:34:41.920
 the person

00:34:41.920 --> 00:34:42.579
 and work

00:34:42.579 --> 00:34:43.559
 of Jesus

00:34:43.559 --> 00:34:44.019
 Christ.

00:34:44.340 --> 00:34:45.039
 If we

00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:45.559
 glory,

00:34:45.799 --> 00:34:46.380
 we glory

00:34:46.380 --> 00:34:47.800
 in him.

00:34:48.760 --> 00:34:49.000
 We do

00:34:49.000 --> 00:34:49.619
 not commend

00:34:49.619 --> 00:34:50.220
 ourselves

00:34:50.220 --> 00:34:50.860
 to God

00:34:50.860 --> 00:34:51.640
 or to

00:34:51.640 --> 00:34:52.559
 anyone else

00:34:52.559 --> 00:34:53.660
 by anything

00:34:53.660 --> 00:34:54.039
 that we

00:34:54.039 --> 00:34:54.619
 have done,

00:34:55.000 --> 00:34:55.680
 but by

00:34:55.680 --> 00:34:56.720
 what God

00:34:56.720 --> 00:34:58.039
 has done.

00:34:58.880 --> 00:34:59.480
 2 Corinthians

00:34:59.480 --> 00:35:00.320
 chapter 10

00:35:00.320 --> 00:35:01.079
 verse 17

00:35:01.079 --> 00:35:01.599
 and 18,

00:35:02.160 --> 00:35:02.619
 let the

00:35:02.619 --> 00:35:03.059
 one who

00:35:03.059 --> 00:35:03.539
 boasts

00:35:03.539 --> 00:35:04.460
 boast

00:35:04.460 --> 00:35:05.579
 in the

00:35:05.579 --> 00:35:05.860
 Lord.

00:35:06.300 --> 00:35:06.740
 For it is

00:35:06.740 --> 00:35:07.039
 not the

00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:07.300
 one who

00:35:07.300 --> 00:35:07.619
 commends

00:35:07.619 --> 00:35:08.019
 himself

00:35:08.019 --> 00:35:08.320
 who is

00:35:08.320 --> 00:35:08.680
 approved,

00:35:08.800 --> 00:35:09.039
 but the

00:35:09.039 --> 00:35:09.840
 one whom

00:35:09.840 --> 00:35:10.519
 the Lord

00:35:10.519 --> 00:35:11.940
 commends.

00:35:11.940 --> 00:35:13.260
 in

00:35:13.260 --> 00:35:14.039
 contrast,

00:35:14.720 --> 00:35:14.820
 the

00:35:14.820 --> 00:35:15.340
 false

00:35:15.340 --> 00:35:15.880
 Christian

00:35:15.880 --> 00:35:16.599
 boasts

00:35:16.599 --> 00:35:17.079
 in

00:35:17.079 --> 00:35:17.820
 their

00:35:17.820 --> 00:35:18.280
 works.

00:35:19.420 --> 00:35:19.639
 This

00:35:19.639 --> 00:35:21.099
 must not

00:35:21.099 --> 00:35:21.700
 be and

00:35:21.700 --> 00:35:22.300
 will not

00:35:22.300 --> 00:35:22.860
 be so

00:35:22.860 --> 00:35:23.240
 among

00:35:23.240 --> 00:35:23.679
 genuine

00:35:23.679 --> 00:35:24.900
 Christians.

00:35:25.300 --> 00:35:26.179
 To be a

00:35:26.179 --> 00:35:26.880
 Christian is

00:35:26.880 --> 00:35:27.400
 to be

00:35:27.400 --> 00:35:28.000
 humbled

00:35:28.000 --> 00:35:28.619
 before

00:35:28.619 --> 00:35:30.019
 God.

00:35:30.539 --> 00:35:30.960
 So,

00:35:31.159 --> 00:35:31.740
 do you

00:35:31.740 --> 00:35:32.619
 glory in

00:35:32.619 --> 00:35:33.280
 Christ

00:35:33.280 --> 00:35:34.139
 alone.

00:35:34.940 --> 00:35:35.440
 Would you

00:35:35.440 --> 00:35:36.059
 say that

00:35:36.059 --> 00:35:36.340
 you are

00:35:36.340 --> 00:35:37.119
 accepted by

00:35:37.119 --> 00:35:37.500
 God

00:35:37.500 --> 00:35:37.920
 because

00:35:37.920 --> 00:35:38.840
 of

00:35:38.840 --> 00:35:39.720
 Jesus

00:35:39.720 --> 00:35:40.420
 and because

00:35:40.420 --> 00:35:41.019
 of Jesus

00:35:41.019 --> 00:35:42.280
 alone?

00:35:43.119 --> 00:35:43.480
 Do you

00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:44.059
 find yourself

00:35:44.059 --> 00:35:44.639
 believing that

00:35:44.639 --> 00:35:44.840
 you have

00:35:44.840 --> 00:35:45.820
 anything to

00:35:45.820 --> 00:35:46.480
 offer God

00:35:46.480 --> 00:35:48.480
 apart from

00:35:48.480 --> 00:35:48.920
 Christ?

00:35:50.559 --> 00:35:51.159
 Genuine

00:35:51.159 --> 00:35:51.519
 Christians,

00:35:51.679 --> 00:35:52.559
 glory in

00:35:52.559 --> 00:35:53.159
 Christ Jesus.

00:35:54.539 --> 00:35:55.059
 And lastly,

00:35:55.259 --> 00:35:55.480
 genuine

00:35:55.480 --> 00:35:55.900
 Christians,

00:35:56.059 --> 00:35:56.619
 put no

00:35:56.619 --> 00:35:57.539
 confidence

00:35:57.539 --> 00:35:58.780
 in the

00:35:58.780 --> 00:35:59.059
 flesh.

00:35:59.139 --> 00:35:59.320
 You see

00:35:59.320 --> 00:35:59.559
 this in

00:35:59.559 --> 00:35:59.900
 the last

00:35:59.900 --> 00:36:00.500
 part of

00:36:00.500 --> 00:36:01.440
 verse 3.

00:36:02.659 --> 00:36:03.380
 The flesh

00:36:03.380 --> 00:36:04.340
 represents our

00:36:04.340 --> 00:36:05.480
 unredeemed

00:36:05.480 --> 00:36:06.699
 humanness.

00:36:07.159 --> 00:36:08.079
 It represents

00:36:08.079 --> 00:36:09.019
 any work that

00:36:09.019 --> 00:36:09.519
 we can do

00:36:09.519 --> 00:36:10.219
 apart from

00:36:10.219 --> 00:36:10.679
 the working

00:36:10.679 --> 00:36:11.299
 of God

00:36:11.299 --> 00:36:12.339
 in us.

00:36:13.039 --> 00:36:13.379
 Genuine

00:36:13.379 --> 00:36:13.759
 Christians

00:36:13.759 --> 00:36:14.460
 recognize

00:36:14.460 --> 00:36:15.679
 that the

00:36:15.679 --> 00:36:16.199
 words of

00:36:16.199 --> 00:36:16.719
 Jesus in

00:36:16.719 --> 00:36:18.919
 John 6

00:36:18.919 --> 00:36:19.679
 verse 63

00:36:19.679 --> 00:36:20.519
 are true.

00:36:20.819 --> 00:36:21.179
 He said,

00:36:21.319 --> 00:36:21.679
 it is the

00:36:21.679 --> 00:36:22.359
 spirit who

00:36:22.359 --> 00:36:23.019
 gives life.

00:36:23.539 --> 00:36:24.119
 The flesh

00:36:24.119 --> 00:36:24.779
 is no

00:36:24.779 --> 00:36:25.579
 help at

00:36:25.579 --> 00:36:25.899
 all.

00:36:26.699 --> 00:36:26.899
 And

00:36:26.899 --> 00:36:27.419
 agree with

00:36:27.419 --> 00:36:27.819
 Paul's

00:36:27.819 --> 00:36:28.539
 declaration in

00:36:28.539 --> 00:36:29.539
 Romans 7

00:36:29.539 --> 00:36:30.699
 verse 18,

00:36:31.219 --> 00:36:31.659
 for I know

00:36:31.659 --> 00:36:32.219
 that nothing

00:36:32.219 --> 00:36:33.119
 good dwells

00:36:33.119 --> 00:36:33.699
 in me

00:36:33.699 --> 00:36:34.559
 that is

00:36:34.559 --> 00:36:35.279
 in

00:36:35.279 --> 00:36:36.319
 my

00:36:36.319 --> 00:36:37.839
 flesh.

00:36:38.440 --> 00:36:38.899
 Genuine

00:36:38.900 --> 00:36:39.599
 Christians

00:36:39.599 --> 00:36:40.480
 put no

00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:41.000
 confidence

00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:42.119
 in our

00:36:42.119 --> 00:36:42.500
 flesh.

00:36:42.980 --> 00:36:43.360
 We'll

00:36:43.360 --> 00:36:43.880
 explore this

00:36:43.880 --> 00:36:44.539
 idea much

00:36:44.539 --> 00:36:45.579
 further next

00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:46.400
 Lord's

00:36:46.400 --> 00:36:46.940
 day.

00:36:47.780 --> 00:36:47.880
 The

00:36:47.880 --> 00:36:48.139
 genuine

00:36:48.139 --> 00:36:48.500
 Christian

00:36:48.500 --> 00:36:49.300
 places no

00:36:49.300 --> 00:36:50.039
 confidence in

00:36:50.039 --> 00:36:50.380
 the flesh

00:36:50.380 --> 00:36:50.820
 because the

00:36:50.820 --> 00:36:51.059
 genuine

00:36:51.059 --> 00:36:51.800
 Christian knows

00:36:51.800 --> 00:36:52.300
 that they

00:36:52.300 --> 00:36:52.840
 have no

00:36:52.840 --> 00:36:53.619
 reason to

00:36:53.619 --> 00:36:54.360
 place confidence

00:36:54.360 --> 00:36:55.539
 in the

00:36:55.539 --> 00:36:55.940
 flesh.

00:36:56.220 --> 00:36:56.400
 The

00:36:56.400 --> 00:36:56.639
 genuine

00:36:56.639 --> 00:36:57.119
 Christian is

00:36:57.119 --> 00:36:58.079
 aware of

00:36:58.079 --> 00:36:58.880
 their own

00:36:58.880 --> 00:36:59.519
 sin

00:36:59.519 --> 00:37:00.559
 brokenness

00:37:00.559 --> 00:37:02.420
 apart from

00:37:02.420 --> 00:37:02.880
 the delivering

00:37:02.880 --> 00:37:03.680
 grace of

00:37:03.679 --> 00:37:03.919
 Jesus

00:37:03.919 --> 00:37:04.440
 Christ.

00:37:05.639 --> 00:37:06.259
 Galatians

00:37:06.259 --> 00:37:07.099
 chapter 6

00:37:07.099 --> 00:37:08.299
 beginning in

00:37:08.299 --> 00:37:09.279
 verse 12.

00:37:09.980 --> 00:37:10.440
 This might

00:37:10.440 --> 00:37:10.859
 feel a little

00:37:10.859 --> 00:37:11.339
 bit familiar

00:37:11.339 --> 00:37:12.139
 to you.

00:37:12.839 --> 00:37:13.759
 As a quick

00:37:13.759 --> 00:37:16.239
 pause, I am

00:37:16.239 --> 00:37:17.099
 so thankful

00:37:17.099 --> 00:37:18.359
 for how often

00:37:18.359 --> 00:37:19.039
 the Lord

00:37:19.039 --> 00:37:20.079
 knits together

00:37:20.079 --> 00:37:21.419
 our services.

00:37:22.279 --> 00:37:23.179
 I know that

00:37:23.179 --> 00:37:23.919
 you don't have

00:37:23.919 --> 00:37:24.500
 the text for

00:37:24.500 --> 00:37:24.779
 the morning

00:37:24.779 --> 00:37:25.480
 living in

00:37:25.480 --> 00:37:26.000
 your head,

00:37:26.239 --> 00:37:27.319
 but I often

00:37:27.319 --> 00:37:27.579
 do.

00:37:27.679 --> 00:37:27.859
 I've been

00:37:27.859 --> 00:37:28.980
 preparing notes

00:37:28.980 --> 00:37:29.440
 all week.

00:37:29.440 --> 00:37:31.679
 how often

00:37:31.679 --> 00:37:32.480
 the cross

00:37:32.480 --> 00:37:32.900
 references

00:37:32.900 --> 00:37:33.480
 used,

00:37:33.920 --> 00:37:35.099
 this text,

00:37:35.260 --> 00:37:35.760
 at least a

00:37:35.760 --> 00:37:36.139
 portion of

00:37:36.139 --> 00:37:36.659
 it, maybe

00:37:36.659 --> 00:37:37.039
 more of it,

00:37:37.059 --> 00:37:37.440
 I'm not sure

00:37:37.440 --> 00:37:39.139
 now, Darrell

00:37:39.139 --> 00:37:39.820
 read this

00:37:39.820 --> 00:37:40.079
 morning.

00:37:40.960 --> 00:37:41.400
 I think it

00:37:41.400 --> 00:37:41.639
 was just

00:37:41.639 --> 00:37:42.200
 verse 14

00:37:42.200 --> 00:37:42.579
 that he

00:37:42.579 --> 00:37:43.059
 read this

00:37:43.059 --> 00:37:43.300
 morning.

00:37:44.400 --> 00:37:45.200
 Some songs

00:37:45.200 --> 00:37:45.420
 that we

00:37:45.420 --> 00:37:46.039
 sang earlier

00:37:46.039 --> 00:37:47.619
 directly speak

00:37:47.619 --> 00:37:48.539
 to this very

00:37:48.539 --> 00:37:49.240
 issue that

00:37:49.240 --> 00:37:49.679
 we're talking

00:37:49.679 --> 00:37:50.599
 about.

00:37:50.659 --> 00:37:50.940
 It's just a

00:37:50.940 --> 00:37:51.460
 glorious thing

00:37:51.460 --> 00:37:51.720
 that the

00:37:51.720 --> 00:37:52.559
 Lord orders

00:37:52.559 --> 00:37:53.360
 our time.

00:37:53.420 --> 00:37:53.679
 Even as

00:37:53.679 --> 00:37:54.000
 we're making

00:37:54.000 --> 00:37:54.619
 plans, he

00:37:54.619 --> 00:37:55.780
 plans in

00:37:55.780 --> 00:37:56.280
 and through

00:37:56.280 --> 00:37:57.240
 our planning.

00:37:57.360 --> 00:37:57.780
 So Galatians

00:37:57.780 --> 00:37:58.280
 chapter 6,

00:37:58.280 --> 00:37:59.620
 beginning in

00:37:59.620 --> 00:38:00.260
 verse 12,

00:38:01.660 --> 00:38:02.120
 it is those

00:38:02.120 --> 00:38:02.519
 who want to

00:38:02.519 --> 00:38:03.080
 make a good

00:38:03.080 --> 00:38:03.640
 showing in

00:38:03.640 --> 00:38:04.019
 the flesh

00:38:04.019 --> 00:38:04.280
 who would

00:38:04.280 --> 00:38:04.840
 force you

00:38:04.840 --> 00:38:05.180
 to be

00:38:05.180 --> 00:38:05.960
 circumcised

00:38:05.960 --> 00:38:06.980
 and only in

00:38:06.980 --> 00:38:07.440
 order that

00:38:07.440 --> 00:38:07.800
 they may

00:38:07.800 --> 00:38:08.200
 not be

00:38:08.200 --> 00:38:08.940
 persecuted

00:38:08.940 --> 00:38:09.480
 for the

00:38:09.480 --> 00:38:10.519
 cross of

00:38:10.519 --> 00:38:10.800
 Christ.

00:38:10.880 --> 00:38:11.220
 These are

00:38:11.220 --> 00:38:12.340
 Jewish people

00:38:12.340 --> 00:38:13.300
 who wanted

00:38:13.300 --> 00:38:13.800
 to take up

00:38:13.800 --> 00:38:14.240
 Christianity

00:38:14.240 --> 00:38:14.700
 but didn't

00:38:14.700 --> 00:38:15.100
 want to leave

00:38:15.100 --> 00:38:15.740
 behind Judaism

00:38:15.740 --> 00:38:16.100
 because they

00:38:16.100 --> 00:38:16.480
 were being

00:38:16.480 --> 00:38:17.180
 persecuted

00:38:17.180 --> 00:38:17.920
 for being

00:38:17.920 --> 00:38:18.400
 Christian.

00:38:18.620 --> 00:38:18.840
 So they

00:38:18.840 --> 00:38:19.240
 still were

00:38:19.240 --> 00:38:19.920
 keeping these

00:38:19.920 --> 00:38:20.680
 outward signs

00:38:20.680 --> 00:38:21.200
 and convincing

00:38:21.200 --> 00:38:22.560
 others to

00:38:22.560 --> 00:38:23.120
 do the same.

00:38:23.300 --> 00:38:23.860
 Verse 13,

00:38:24.440 --> 00:38:24.740
 for even

00:38:24.740 --> 00:38:25.140
 those who

00:38:25.140 --> 00:38:25.960
 are circumcised

00:38:25.960 --> 00:38:26.280
 do not

00:38:26.280 --> 00:38:26.800
 themselves

00:38:26.800 --> 00:38:27.320
 keep the

00:38:27.320 --> 00:38:27.580
 law,

00:38:27.700 --> 00:38:27.940
 but they

00:38:27.940 --> 00:38:28.260
 desire to

00:38:28.260 --> 00:38:28.920
 have you

00:38:28.920 --> 00:38:29.640
 circumcised

00:38:29.640 --> 00:38:30.460
 that they

00:38:30.460 --> 00:38:31.100
 may boast

00:38:31.100 --> 00:38:31.720
 in your

00:38:31.720 --> 00:38:32.480
 flesh.

00:38:33.320 --> 00:38:34.120
 But far

00:38:34.120 --> 00:38:34.460
 be it

00:38:34.460 --> 00:38:34.780
 for me

00:38:34.780 --> 00:38:35.380
 to boast

00:38:35.380 --> 00:38:36.320
 except in

00:38:36.320 --> 00:38:36.920
 the cross

00:38:36.920 --> 00:38:37.320
 of our

00:38:37.320 --> 00:38:38.120
 Lord Jesus

00:38:38.120 --> 00:38:38.600
 Christ,

00:38:39.000 --> 00:38:39.580
 by which the

00:38:39.580 --> 00:38:40.020
 world has

00:38:40.020 --> 00:38:40.440
 been crucified

00:38:40.440 --> 00:38:41.020
 to me

00:38:41.020 --> 00:38:41.840
 and I

00:38:41.840 --> 00:38:42.840
 to the

00:38:42.840 --> 00:38:43.200
 world.

00:38:43.920 --> 00:38:44.420
 For neither

00:38:44.420 --> 00:38:45.040
 circumcision

00:38:45.040 --> 00:38:45.660
 counts for

00:38:45.660 --> 00:38:46.120
 anything

00:38:46.120 --> 00:38:46.860
 nor

00:38:46.860 --> 00:38:47.780
 uncircumcision,

00:38:48.320 --> 00:38:48.920
 but a

00:38:48.920 --> 00:38:49.360
 new

00:38:49.360 --> 00:38:50.960
 creation.

00:38:52.620 --> 00:38:53.060
 So do you

00:38:53.060 --> 00:38:54.040
 ever place

00:38:54.040 --> 00:38:54.900
 any measure

00:38:54.900 --> 00:38:55.640
 of confidence

00:38:55.639 --> 00:38:56.639
 confidence in

00:38:56.639 --> 00:38:57.199
 your flesh?

00:38:57.920 --> 00:38:58.559
 It should

00:38:58.559 --> 00:38:59.559
 not be

00:38:59.559 --> 00:39:00.940
 so.

00:39:02.259 --> 00:39:02.619
 Now if

00:39:02.619 --> 00:39:02.900
 you are in

00:39:02.900 --> 00:39:03.379
 Christ this

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 morning,

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 I hope in

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 looking at

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 these things

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 you have

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 been encouraged

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 that you've

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 been able to

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 say,

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 I do rejoice

00:39:09.859 --> 00:39:10.259
 in the

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 Lord.

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 I care to

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 be discerning.

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 I want the

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 true gospel to

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 be preached

00:39:14.839 --> 00:39:15.920
 for my good

00:39:15.920 --> 00:39:16.420
 and for the

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 good of

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 others.

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 I don't

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 think that I

00:39:19.500 --> 00:39:20.539
 can worship

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 God unless

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 by the

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 Spirit of

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 God.

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 I glory

00:39:24.239 --> 00:39:25.139
 in Christ

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 Jesus and

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 I put no

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 confidence in

00:39:28.139 --> 00:39:28.579
 the flesh.

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 I hope this

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 is massively

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 encouraging to

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 you.

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 Paul here

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 in the text

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 would call

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 you brothers,

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 brothers,

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 beloved.

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 It's a

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 wonderful thing

00:39:39.779 --> 00:39:40.399
 to be found

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 in Christ and

00:39:41.459 --> 00:39:42.299
 as we're

00:39:42.299 --> 00:39:43.659
 gauging out

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 whether or not

00:39:44.139 --> 00:39:44.779
 we are in

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 Christ to see

00:39:45.679 --> 00:39:46.419
 evidence that

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 we are in

00:39:47.439 --> 00:39:48.980
 fact in

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 him.

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 If you have

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 any concern

00:39:51.519 --> 00:39:52.419
 of this this

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 morning,

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 if you're

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 just not

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 sure,

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 let me just

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 invite you

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 to repent

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 and believe.

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 To recognize

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 that you have

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 nothing to

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 offer,

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 that's the

00:40:02.339 --> 00:40:02.779
 beauty of

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 the gospel,

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 that you

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 need nothing

00:40:04.539 --> 00:40:05.559
 to offer

00:40:05.559 --> 00:40:07.319
 except your

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 faith.

00:40:08.119 --> 00:40:08.980
 Just believe,

00:40:09.419 --> 00:40:10.079
 just believe

00:40:10.079 --> 00:40:10.739
 that Christ

00:40:10.739 --> 00:40:11.319
 came,

00:40:12.059 --> 00:40:12.599
 he lived a

00:40:12.599 --> 00:40:13.419
 life that we

00:40:13.419 --> 00:40:13.679
 could not

00:40:13.679 --> 00:40:13.940
 live,

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 perfect

00:40:14.419 --> 00:40:14.879
 righteousness,

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 he fulfilled

00:40:15.579 --> 00:40:16.679
 every requirement

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 of the law,

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 that he died

00:40:19.199 --> 00:40:19.719
 the death that

00:40:19.719 --> 00:40:20.619
 you deserve,

00:40:20.859 --> 00:40:21.359
 so that by

00:40:21.359 --> 00:40:21.960
 faith in him

00:40:21.960 --> 00:40:22.539
 you can have

00:40:22.539 --> 00:40:23.159
 his righteousness,

00:40:23.380 --> 00:40:24.079
 God will see

00:40:24.079 --> 00:40:24.240
 you,

00:40:24.380 --> 00:40:25.000
 declare you

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 righteous,

00:40:26.240 --> 00:40:26.659
 and that your

00:40:26.659 --> 00:40:27.220
 punishment will

00:40:27.220 --> 00:40:27.960
 be taken away

00:40:27.960 --> 00:40:28.920
 by him.

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 Believe that he's

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 resurrected,

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 that he's seated

00:40:32.320 --> 00:40:32.880
 at the right hand

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 of the Father,

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 that he rules

00:40:34.059 --> 00:40:35.039
 over all things,

00:40:35.099 --> 00:40:35.500
 that he has

00:40:35.500 --> 00:40:36.539
 sure promises

00:40:36.539 --> 00:40:37.320
 for you,

00:40:37.900 --> 00:40:38.740
 one day he will

00:40:38.740 --> 00:40:39.579
 return for you,

00:40:39.699 --> 00:40:40.699
 throw yourself

00:40:40.699 --> 00:40:42.380
 on the abundant

00:40:42.380 --> 00:40:44.360
 mercy of God

00:40:44.360 --> 00:40:45.440
 in Christ.

00:40:45.440 --> 00:40:45.500
 grace.

00:40:46.720 --> 00:40:47.780
 It's a wonderful

00:40:47.780 --> 00:40:48.659
 free offer of

00:40:48.659 --> 00:40:50.480
 grace that will

00:40:50.480 --> 00:40:50.960
 cost you

00:40:50.960 --> 00:40:51.340
 everything,

00:40:51.900 --> 00:40:53.559
 but it is so

00:40:53.559 --> 00:40:54.820
 worth it.

00:40:55.360 --> 00:40:55.960
 Let's pray

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 together.