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 While I get myself settled, let me invite you to open up your Bibles to Romans chapter 1.

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 Paul's salutation in this, the greatest letter ever written, I argued.

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 Our outline followed the way that Paul establishes the authority by which he writes.

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 His hope and mine last week was to draw your attention to the letter and to say that it matters, it's important.

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 I think that getting Romans right helps us to set in context so much of the Scripture.

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 So this morning, the plan is to study the rest of the salutation, which we see in verses 5 through 7.

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 And I'm grateful to be back in a text and slowing down and taking the time to meditate on just a couple of verses at a time.

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 But before I read verses 5 through 7, I want to begin in verse 1.

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 It's the beginning of the salutation and it just will make more sense if we begin reading there.

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 So let me read beginning in verse 1 and remind you, beloved, that this is God's Word to us.

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 And it was written for His glory and our good.

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

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 Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,

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 which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures,

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 concerning his Son who was descended from David according to the flesh,

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 and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by His resurrection from the dead.

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 Jesus Christ, our Lord, through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith

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 for the sake of His name among all the nations, including you who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.

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 To all those in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints,

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 grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 And in verses 5 through 7, Paul tells the Roman believers and us that we have been called to a purpose,

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 that we have been called to belong to Jesus Christ, and that we have been called to be saints.

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 And these three callings will be our outline points for today.

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 So first, in verse 5, we see that we are called to a purpose.

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 And I want to first note that in verse 5, Paul does not use the word called as he does in verses 6 and 7.

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 He does, however, use the word in relation to his own calling as an apostle in verse 1,

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 which I asserted last week was an appeal to his authority as one of the men especially set apart in history to the office of apostle.

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 Those 12 plus Paul.

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 This is not the apostleship that he is referring to here in verse 5.

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 He is not saying that we are all or that anybody amongst us might be called this capital A apostle.

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 But he is using it in a more broad and generic way.

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 That said, we will do well to not minimize the general calling of all who are in Christ Jesus to be sent ones.

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 This is what the word apostle means, sent one.

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 It is the most literal translation of the word here we find, apostleship.

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 In order for us to see this as a calling upon all Christians from this text,

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 we need to deal with some translation challenges.

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 Now, anytime we come upon a text that brilliant men who have gone before us disagree upon,

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 we've got to take a little extra time.

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 We've got to pause and really think together.

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 So I'm going to share with you what I believe Paul is communicating here.

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 And maybe at the end of it, you might disagree with me.

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 But I think the purpose still lands biblically all the same.

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 First, we need to deal with the plural pronoun we.

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 Now, it's important to know that it is not inserted there.

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 In fact, that is a phrase altogether, which is a single word in Greek.

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 We have received.

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 It's a plural noun, which means the we is entirely appropriate in English.

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 But to whom does the we apply?

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 Some commentators argue that he is using his pronoun in reference to his particular calling as an apostle,

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 along with others particularly called to share the gospel with Gentiles.

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 Perhaps those in his missionary band of brothers.

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 I don't find this making much sense because he hasn't introduced himself along with anybody else as he does in other letters.

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 He simply introduces himself, Paul, and doesn't refer to himself singularly,

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 but rather than he uses the plural pronoun we.

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 I believe that this plural pronoun is more inclusive than that in light of another translation challenge.

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 In the ESV, the phrase at the end of verse 5 is rendered among all the nations.

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 I think most of you are using ESV since that's what we tend to preach from here.

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 But some translations, good translations like the NASB, which we love, render it among all the Gentiles.

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 So this Greek word, sometimes translated nations and sometimes translated Gentiles,

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 is going to be used a lot in this letter.

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 So I anticipate there's going to be some future potential challenges we may find as we work our way through.

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 In fact, Paul uses it 29 times in the book of Romans.

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 Its root is the word ethnos, from which we get our English words ethnic or ethnicity.

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 So it is fair to translate it Gentiles.

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 It is also fair to translate it as nations,

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 as the word is meant to communicate non-Jewish people.

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 And I think this is one of those cases that we don't have a really great equivalent English word,

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 because the Greek word seems to have more depth than any single word we might place in its spot.

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 Now, I think, and I am not a Greek scholar, so take this with a grain of salt,

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 but I think that perhaps another good word here would have been the word peoples.

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 I think that may get at its core meaning a little bit better, I say with a great measure of humility.

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 But however it is decided upon, there is a phrase that precedes this word,

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 and that phrase is among all.

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 So whether it's among all the people, or among all the nations, or among all the Gentiles,

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 Paul could have simply said among the Gentiles as he does elsewhere, but he does not.

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 He says among all the ethnos.

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 He broadens the scope, and I believe he does so because the plural pronoun we applies to his original audience,

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 and it applies to you and to me.

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 He's expanding it beyond even just his missionary call,

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 or that of those Roman believers who we know were a mix of Gentile believers and Jewish believers.

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 He's saying this gospel, this message, is meant to go to the very ends of the earth,

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 beyond even the known world of their time.

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 So, if you're still with me, let's see what you and what I have received.

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 A calling to a purpose.

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 Paul is saying here that we are meant to bring about the obedience of faith.

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 We're to bring about the obedience of faith.

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 First, and as we will see more starkly in subsequent studies of this book,

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 God is the primary cause of all faith.

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 It originates with him.

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 But that does not preclude the secondary working of those who take up the ordinary means to see people come to faith.

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 Namely, the call to repent and to believe.

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 Paul is not here saying that we can somehow manipulate or muster up faith in people.

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 He is not saying that we are primary cause.

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 He will argue for us again and again throughout this letter that this is not the case.

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 But he does know that God uses his people to bring about the salvation of his people.

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 As a simple example, Romans chapter 10 and verse 14.

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 He says,

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 So God uses the proclamation of his word both in bigger public settings and privately one-to-one to bring about the obedience of faith.

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 The obedience of faith was the major content of Jesus' preaching.

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 In Mark chapter 1 and verse 15, he said,

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 The time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God is at hand.

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 Repent and believe in the gospel.

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 This must also be the primary thrust of what we do as God's people.

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 There are many other good things to be done in this world.

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 Sometimes those things can become distractions from the main thing rather than platform and help for the main thing.

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 Some get distracted by social justice.

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 Others get distracted by political cause.

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 Some get distracted by the seeking of miracles.

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 And beloved, let me say to you, if you want to see a miracle,

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 see a dead, defiant soul come to life in Christ.

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 There is no greater thing that God does miraculously in this world than make dead people alive.

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 So as a command from God incarnate,

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 it is a matter of obedience to turn away from one's sin and turn in faith to the saving work of Christ.

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 To decide that the way of the world is not a way that is pleasing to our God

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 and to turn to his way in Christ.

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 If a person does not heed this command,

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 they are committing a grievous act of wicked rebellion.

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 So you here this morning, just hearing the call,

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 repent and believe, turn from your sin and place your faith in Christ.

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 If you don't, you are in rebellion against a most holy God

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 who will judge the living and the dead.

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 Paul certainly here means that we are meant to see peoples everywhere

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 repent and believe.

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 The thrust, the core of it is that people would come to saving faith in Christ.

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 But I also think he means more by this phrase.

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 You see, genuine faith is obedient faith.

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 We are not saved by our works.

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 But if we place our faith in Jesus Christ,

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 it is a faith that will work.

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 The person who has been saved by Christ

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 does not arrive at perfection on this side of glory.

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 But that person will, in ever-increasing measure,

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 be obedient to Christ.

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 We will continually, bit by bit,

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 one degree of glory to another,

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 look more like our Savior.

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 This is the doctrine of progressive sanctification.

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 I like that many scholars call it biblical sanctification.

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 And we live in an age of easy believism.

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 We're looking for people to raise a hand or walk an aisle,

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 sign a card.

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 We live in a day in which the declaration,

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 I am a Christian,

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 makes that declaration factual.

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 Just look at statistics in our day, right?

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 What do evangelicals believe?

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 And you could very quickly look at what evangelicals declare they believe

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 and say, you're not an evangelical at all.

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 How could you possibly say you're a Christ follower

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 when you deny his very person?

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 And we live in an age that to show people from the word

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 that transformed people should live as transformed people

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 is shockingly unpopular.

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 We finished studying not too long ago the book of James.

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 And James says this so clearly.

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 And I'm so grateful for this letter.

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 It's of interest to you.

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 We'll talk in some coming weeks about the Reformation.

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 Martin Luther was translating the book of Romans

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 as kind of a balm for him.

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 They were trying to get him to calm down

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 about the trouble of the state of his soul.

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 And he came across Romans 1.16.

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 He came to understand by revelation of the Spirit

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 that salvation is by faith alone.

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 We're going to see that repeated theme throughout this letter.

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 We're saved by grace alone, through faith alone,

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 and the person and work of Jesus Christ alone.

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 He thought this was so important to our understanding as Christians

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 that he didn't want the book of James included in the canon.

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 He wanted it discluded just in case anybody might be confused.

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 And so we have to be so careful at this point.

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 But let me read to you just three verses from James 2.

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 This is verse 17 and following.

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 James says,

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 So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

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 But someone will say,

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 You have faith and I have works.

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 Show me your faith apart from your works,

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 and I will show you my faith by my works.

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 He's saying it's nonsensical just to say you have faith.

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 You have to actually evidence that you believe something to be true.

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 And then he says this astounding thing in verse 19.

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 He says,

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 You believe that God is one.

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 You do well.

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 So here's a declaration of faith.

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 I believe that God is one.

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 He says,

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 You do well.

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 But then he says,

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 Even the demons believe and shudder.

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 And they do not have saving faith.

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 Jesus says it in Matthew chapter 7.

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 Similarly,

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 the Sermon on the Mount,

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 speaking of the judgment that will come,

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 beginning in verse 18 and following,

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 he says,

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 A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit,

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 nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit.

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 We're shown who we are by what's being produced in us.

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 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

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 Thus you will recognize them by their fruits.

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 And if that doesn't make you shudder enough,

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 he says in verse 21 and following,

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 Not everyone who says to me,

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 Lord, Lord,

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 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,

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 many will say to me,

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 Lord, Lord,

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 did we not prophesy in your name

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 and cast out demons in your name

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 and do many mighty works in your name?

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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,

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 you workers of lawlessness.

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 So it's altogether possible

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 to do the things that you think you ought to be doing

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 and not to be producing righteousness

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 as a result of your saving faith.

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 It is of great concern to me

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 that you may think you are a Christian

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 because you declared it so,

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 but that you have yet to experience

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 the transformative work of Christ.

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 that you're not going about the labor

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 of being an active part of a church.

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 That you're not making your calling and election sure.

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 That you're not working out your salvation

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 with fear and trembling.

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 That you're not asking others to examine you

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 and correct you

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 that they might find in you repentance

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 and continued faith.

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 Please this morning,

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 if you think you are in Christ

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 and you don't evidence that

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 in your works at all,

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 come talk to somebody.

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 We want you to see in your life

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 ever-changing growth in glory.

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 None of us will arrive.

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 None of us this side of heaven.

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 But be sure that you're not deceiving yourself.

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 That you're not deluded in thinking

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 that you're in Christ

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 simply because you've declared it so.

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 We are to bring about the obedience of faith.

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 A faith that works,

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 that expresses itself.

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 This is a purpose that's given

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 to each and every one of us

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 who are in Christ.

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 Christ,

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 we have been set apart

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 for this work.

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 Sent into the world

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 for this work.

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 And this is a work done

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 by grace.

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 We received grace

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 and apostleship.

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 And it's done

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 primarily in the context

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 of the local church.

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 Turn with me, if you would,

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 to Matthew chapter 28.

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 It's a text that I hope

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 that you're familiar with.

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 Amen.

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 We'll look at verses 18 through 20,

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 but I want to read first verse 19.

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 If you have any church background

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 and you've heard this,

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 Jesus says,

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 Go therefore

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 and make disciples

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 of all nations.

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 There's that word again,

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 ethnos.

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 Baptizing them

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 in the name of the Father

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 and of the Son

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 and of the Holy Spirit.

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 And this verse

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 rightly in so many ways

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 becomes the drumbeat

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 of churches

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 and mission movements.

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 It's a wonderful command.

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 It's a command

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 that should be obeyed.

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 But often we miss

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 that there's something

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 key happening in this

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 and that is the

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 baptizing

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 of these

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 disciples.

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 Baptism is an ordinance

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 of the church.

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 So Jesus has

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 embedded

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 right into this

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 what we call

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 the Great Commission,

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 the centrality

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 of the church

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 in doing this

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 work.

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 We're to go

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 and make disciples

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 of all peoples

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 and we're to baptize

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 them in the name

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 of the Holy

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 and of the Father

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 and of the Son

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 and of the Holy Spirit.

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 We're to go

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 and we're to create

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 churches

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 so that

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 verse 20 says

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 we can teach them

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 to observe

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 all that I have

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 commanded you.

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 To bring about

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 the obedience

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 of

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 faith.

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 But a lot of people

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 also miss

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 the bookends

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 of this

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 great command

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 that begins

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 in verse 18

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 and ends

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 in the last half

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 of verse 20.

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 We act as if

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 the task is for us

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 to go and do

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 something for

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 Jesus.

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 And you hear this

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 language used

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 all the time.

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 As if

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 our Lord

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 did his three years,

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 completed the task,

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 left,

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 and said,

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 good luck y'all.

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 I've got a task

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 for you to accomplish.

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 I'll be watching.

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 Go get it done.

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 And whether we say

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 we're doing this,

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 we have any

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 mental assertion

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 that that's what

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 we're doing,

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 we often

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 functionally

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 do this.

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 And we forget

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 that in verse 18

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 Jesus says,

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 all authority

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 in heaven

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 and on earth

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 has been given

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 to me.

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 He says,

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 I am completely

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 and totally

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 in charge.

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 So,

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 Jesus Christ

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 as the primary means,

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 he says to us

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 as secondary means,

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 go make disciples,

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 baptize them,

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 share the gospel,

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 see people come

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 to faith,

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 start churches,

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 teach them

00:23:14.779 --> 00:23:16.179
 to observe

00:23:16.179 --> 00:23:18.019
 all that was commanded,

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 bring about

00:23:18.839 --> 00:23:19.519
 the obedience

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 of faith,

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 and then he says,

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 and behold,

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 I am with you

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 always

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 to the end

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 of the age.

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 So,

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 we don't

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 do things

00:23:29.279 --> 00:23:30.220
 for Jesus,

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 we do things

00:23:31.119 --> 00:23:32.879
 by Jesus.

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 For the great

00:23:35.059 --> 00:23:36.319
 grace he's given us,

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 by the power

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 he works

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 within us.

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 What an astounding

00:23:41.599 --> 00:23:42.119
 task.

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 Praise God

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 that it is

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 an empowered

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 task,

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 for we,

00:23:47.519 --> 00:23:48.019
 apart from the

00:23:48.019 --> 00:23:48.619
 grace of God,

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 are altogether

00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:51.639
 unworthy for it.

00:23:52.539 --> 00:23:53.000
 Apart from

00:23:53.000 --> 00:23:53.960
 God's saving grace,

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 grace,

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 we would not

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 be sent ones,

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 and apart from

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 his sustaining

00:23:57.480 --> 00:23:58.000
 grace,

00:23:58.140 --> 00:23:58.720
 we would be

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 no good

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 for the task.

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 I mentioned

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 last week

00:24:03.079 --> 00:24:03.440
 that Paul

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 begins his

00:24:04.120 --> 00:24:04.539
 appeal

00:24:04.539 --> 00:24:05.740
 to his

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 authoritative

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 role

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 to write

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 this letter

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 with a great

00:24:09.880 --> 00:24:10.360
 measure

00:24:10.360 --> 00:24:11.700
 of humility.

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 He introduces

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 himself as a

00:24:14.059 --> 00:24:14.559
 servant

00:24:14.559 --> 00:24:16.240
 of Christ,

00:24:17.079 --> 00:24:17.360
 Jesus.

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 May we

00:24:19.039 --> 00:24:19.559
 approach the

00:24:19.559 --> 00:24:20.059
 task with

00:24:20.059 --> 00:24:20.799
 the same

00:24:20.799 --> 00:24:22.179
 humility.

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 Karl Barth

00:24:24.740 --> 00:24:25.659
 once said

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 of this

00:24:27.200 --> 00:24:27.679
 text,

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 only when

00:24:29.039 --> 00:24:29.639
 grace is

00:24:29.639 --> 00:24:30.259
 recognized

00:24:30.259 --> 00:24:31.000
 to be

00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:32.339
 incomprehensible

00:24:32.339 --> 00:24:33.379
 is it

00:24:33.379 --> 00:24:34.460
 grace.

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 That God

00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:37.079
 would call

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 me

00:24:37.819 --> 00:24:39.299
 and that God

00:24:39.299 --> 00:24:39.740
 would call

00:24:39.740 --> 00:24:40.339
 you

00:24:40.339 --> 00:24:41.500
 to be sent

00:24:41.500 --> 00:24:41.879
 into the

00:24:41.879 --> 00:24:42.299
 world to

00:24:42.299 --> 00:24:42.960
 bring about

00:24:42.960 --> 00:24:43.839
 the obedience

00:24:43.839 --> 00:24:45.500
 of faith

00:24:45.500 --> 00:24:45.899
 and that he

00:24:45.899 --> 00:24:47.099
 provides all

00:24:47.099 --> 00:24:47.419
 that is

00:24:47.419 --> 00:24:47.980
 necessary

00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:49.099
 for that

00:24:49.099 --> 00:24:50.420
 is an

00:24:50.420 --> 00:24:51.079
 astounding

00:24:51.079 --> 00:24:51.599
 reality.

00:24:51.740 --> 00:24:52.200
 It should

00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:52.640
 be

00:24:52.640 --> 00:24:53.700
 incomprehensible

00:24:53.700 --> 00:24:55.220
 to our

00:24:55.220 --> 00:24:55.620
 hearts.

00:24:56.880 --> 00:24:57.740
 So we

00:24:57.740 --> 00:24:58.319
 have received

00:24:58.319 --> 00:24:59.160
 grace and

00:24:59.160 --> 00:24:59.960
 apostleship to

00:24:59.960 --> 00:25:00.640
 bring about

00:25:00.640 --> 00:25:01.640
 the obedience

00:25:01.640 --> 00:25:03.039
 of faith.

00:25:03.519 --> 00:25:04.160
 We have a

00:25:04.160 --> 00:25:04.819
 very specific

00:25:04.819 --> 00:25:06.140
 purpose and

00:25:06.140 --> 00:25:07.339
 our purpose

00:25:07.339 --> 00:25:08.380
 has a

00:25:08.380 --> 00:25:08.799
 purpose.

00:25:09.720 --> 00:25:10.440
 It has a

00:25:10.440 --> 00:25:10.819
 purpose.

00:25:11.299 --> 00:25:12.000
 Paul says

00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:13.200
 for the

00:25:13.200 --> 00:25:14.360
 sake of

00:25:14.360 --> 00:25:15.259
 his name

00:25:15.259 --> 00:25:16.140
 among

00:25:16.140 --> 00:25:16.680
 all

00:25:16.680 --> 00:25:18.000
 the

00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:18.420
 nations.

00:25:19.600 --> 00:25:20.200
 We are

00:25:20.200 --> 00:25:20.400
 to be

00:25:20.400 --> 00:25:20.960
 used as

00:25:20.960 --> 00:25:21.160
 the

00:25:21.160 --> 00:25:21.520
 secondary

00:25:21.520 --> 00:25:22.120
 means of

00:25:22.120 --> 00:25:22.400
 bringing

00:25:22.400 --> 00:25:23.020
 all the

00:25:23.020 --> 00:25:23.400
 praise

00:25:23.400 --> 00:25:24.400
 and

00:25:24.400 --> 00:25:24.920
 adoration

00:25:24.920 --> 00:25:25.720
 due the

00:25:25.720 --> 00:25:26.060
 name

00:25:26.060 --> 00:25:26.780
 of

00:25:26.780 --> 00:25:27.020
 Jesus

00:25:27.020 --> 00:25:27.560
 Christ

00:25:27.560 --> 00:25:28.400
 our

00:25:28.400 --> 00:25:28.680
 Lord.

00:25:29.600 --> 00:25:29.980
 I want

00:25:29.980 --> 00:25:30.160
 to read

00:25:30.160 --> 00:25:30.460
 something

00:25:30.460 --> 00:25:31.000
 brief to

00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:31.680
 you from

00:25:31.680 --> 00:25:32.340
 Martin Lloyd

00:25:32.340 --> 00:25:32.620
 Jones'

00:25:32.840 --> 00:25:33.120
 commentary

00:25:33.120 --> 00:25:34.720
 on this

00:25:34.720 --> 00:25:35.160
 text.

00:25:36.640 --> 00:25:37.400
 He

00:25:37.400 --> 00:25:37.640
 writes,

00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:37.800
 the

00:25:37.800 --> 00:25:38.340
 introduction

00:25:38.340 --> 00:25:39.000
 of this

00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:39.420
 term

00:25:39.420 --> 00:25:40.040
 name

00:25:40.040 --> 00:25:40.300
 is

00:25:40.300 --> 00:25:40.800
 important

00:25:40.800 --> 00:25:41.580
 and

00:25:41.580 --> 00:25:42.460
 significant.

00:25:43.660 --> 00:25:43.820
 The

00:25:43.820 --> 00:25:44.240
 name in

00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:44.520
 scripture

00:25:44.520 --> 00:25:45.500
 always stands

00:25:45.500 --> 00:25:45.859
 for the

00:25:45.859 --> 00:25:46.400
 revelation

00:25:46.400 --> 00:25:46.960
 by which

00:25:46.960 --> 00:25:47.579
 we know

00:25:47.579 --> 00:25:47.859
 and

00:25:47.859 --> 00:25:48.819
 apprehend

00:25:48.819 --> 00:25:49.039
 the

00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:49.599
 person

00:25:49.599 --> 00:25:50.440
 indicated.

00:25:51.400 --> 00:25:51.960
 In the

00:25:51.960 --> 00:25:52.500
 Old Testament

00:25:52.500 --> 00:25:53.079
 for instance,

00:25:53.180 --> 00:25:53.799
 God revealed

00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:54.319
 himself to

00:25:54.319 --> 00:25:54.640
 the nation

00:25:54.640 --> 00:25:55.039
 of Israel

00:25:55.039 --> 00:25:55.839
 through his

00:25:55.839 --> 00:25:56.619
 names.

00:25:57.220 --> 00:25:57.660
 You will

00:25:57.660 --> 00:25:58.039
 find them

00:25:58.039 --> 00:25:58.240
 in the

00:25:58.240 --> 00:25:58.740
 Old Testament

00:25:58.740 --> 00:25:59.359
 scriptures.

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 Jehovah

00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:01.259
 and the

00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:01.559
 various

00:26:01.559 --> 00:26:02.019
 additions

00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:02.579
 to that.

00:26:02.700 --> 00:26:02.920
 Jehovah

00:26:02.920 --> 00:26:03.440
 Jireh,

00:26:03.740 --> 00:26:03.980
 Jehovah

00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:04.559
 Shalom,

00:26:04.740 --> 00:26:05.140
 and so

00:26:05.140 --> 00:26:05.500
 on.

00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:07.000
 God makes

00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:07.819
 himself known

00:26:07.819 --> 00:26:08.339
 through

00:26:08.339 --> 00:26:09.140
 names.

00:26:09.859 --> 00:26:10.079
 Names

00:26:10.079 --> 00:26:10.319
 which are

00:26:10.319 --> 00:26:10.799
 descriptive

00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:11.279
 of him,

00:26:11.359 --> 00:26:11.599
 of his

00:26:11.599 --> 00:26:12.119
 person,

00:26:12.259 --> 00:26:12.519
 of his

00:26:12.519 --> 00:26:13.019
 motives,

00:26:13.119 --> 00:26:13.380
 of his

00:26:13.380 --> 00:26:13.900
 desires,

00:26:14.059 --> 00:26:14.359
 and of

00:26:14.359 --> 00:26:14.699
 his

00:26:14.699 --> 00:26:15.699
 activities.

00:26:16.699 --> 00:26:17.179
 The

00:26:17.179 --> 00:26:17.539
 name

00:26:17.539 --> 00:26:18.119
 reveals

00:26:18.119 --> 00:26:18.359
 the

00:26:18.359 --> 00:26:18.740
 man.

00:26:19.299 --> 00:26:19.559
 We

00:26:19.559 --> 00:26:19.759
 say

00:26:19.759 --> 00:26:19.939
 about

00:26:19.939 --> 00:26:20.079
 a

00:26:20.079 --> 00:26:20.319
 man

00:26:20.319 --> 00:26:20.500
 that

00:26:20.500 --> 00:26:20.639
 he

00:26:20.639 --> 00:26:20.859
 has

00:26:20.859 --> 00:26:21.059
 a

00:26:21.059 --> 00:26:21.439
 great

00:26:21.439 --> 00:26:21.959
 name

00:26:21.959 --> 00:26:22.459
 as

00:26:22.459 --> 00:26:22.619
 a

00:26:22.619 --> 00:26:23.059
 barrister

00:26:23.059 --> 00:26:23.519
 or as

00:26:23.519 --> 00:26:23.679
 a

00:26:23.679 --> 00:26:24.039
 doctor

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 or

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 whatever

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 his

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 calling.

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 We

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 mean

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 by this

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 that

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 the

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 name

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 which

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 he

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 has

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 made

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 for

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 himself

00:26:29.439 --> 00:26:29.979
 tells

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 us

00:26:30.339 --> 00:26:30.919
 about

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 him.

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 Now

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 the

00:26:33.559 --> 00:26:33.899
 apostle

00:26:33.899 --> 00:26:34.299
 uses

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 it

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 in

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 that

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 sense

00:26:35.419 --> 00:26:35.839
 here.

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 The

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 name

00:26:36.419 --> 00:26:36.959
 stands

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 for

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 and

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 represents

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 the

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 glory

00:26:39.519 --> 00:26:39.839
 of

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 the

00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:40.399
 Lord

00:26:40.399 --> 00:26:41.559
 Jesus

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 Christ.

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 We

00:26:44.319 --> 00:26:44.479
 are

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 meant

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 as the

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 high

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 end

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 of

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 bringing

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 about

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 the

00:26:47.299 --> 00:26:47.719
 obedience

00:26:47.719 --> 00:26:48.079
 of

00:26:48.079 --> 00:26:48.579
 faith

00:26:48.579 --> 00:26:49.199
 to

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 see

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 God

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 glorified

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 in

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 the

00:26:51.819 --> 00:26:52.199
 person

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 and

00:26:52.519 --> 00:26:52.879
 work

00:26:52.879 --> 00:26:53.599
 of

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 Jesus

00:26:53.879 --> 00:26:54.459
 Christ.

00:26:55.459 --> 00:26:56.139
 Another

00:26:56.139 --> 00:26:56.459
 word

00:26:56.459 --> 00:26:56.659
 for

00:26:56.659 --> 00:26:57.379
 glorified

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 is

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 magnified.

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 If you've

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 been here

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 long,

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 you've

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 heard me

00:27:02.139 --> 00:27:02.559
 share

00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:02.879
 this

00:27:02.879 --> 00:27:03.259
 wonderful

00:27:03.259 --> 00:27:03.719
 example

00:27:03.719 --> 00:27:04.199
 from

00:27:04.199 --> 00:27:05.019
 John

00:27:05.019 --> 00:27:05.439
 Piper.

00:27:05.440 --> 00:27:06.580
 He

00:27:06.580 --> 00:27:07.059
 expresses

00:27:07.059 --> 00:27:07.340
 there

00:27:07.340 --> 00:27:07.480
 are

00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:07.680
 two

00:27:07.680 --> 00:27:08.160
 types

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 of

00:27:08.640 --> 00:27:09.940
 magnification.

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 There's

00:27:10.299 --> 00:27:10.420
 the

00:27:10.420 --> 00:27:11.000
 magnification

00:27:11.000 --> 00:27:11.400
 that a

00:27:11.400 --> 00:27:11.820
 microscope

00:27:11.820 --> 00:27:12.460
 does

00:27:12.460 --> 00:27:13.240
 where it

00:27:13.240 --> 00:27:13.500
 makes

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 small

00:27:14.180 --> 00:27:14.759
 things

00:27:14.759 --> 00:27:15.100
 look

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 bigger

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 than

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 they

00:27:16.180 --> 00:27:16.779
 actually

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 are.

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 And

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 then

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 there's

00:27:19.480 --> 00:27:19.539
 the

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 type

00:27:19.700 --> 00:27:19.779
 of

00:27:19.779 --> 00:27:20.279
 magnification

00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:20.740
 that a

00:27:20.740 --> 00:27:21.140
 telescope

00:27:21.140 --> 00:27:21.640
 does

00:27:21.640 --> 00:27:21.820
 that

00:27:21.820 --> 00:27:22.140
 makes

00:27:22.140 --> 00:27:23.220
 huge

00:27:23.220 --> 00:27:23.779
 things

00:27:23.779 --> 00:27:24.400
 look

00:27:24.400 --> 00:27:25.019
 more

00:27:25.019 --> 00:27:25.660
 like

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 they

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 actually

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 are.

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 And

00:27:28.240 --> 00:27:28.380
 this

00:27:28.380 --> 00:27:28.500
 is

00:27:28.500 --> 00:27:28.620
 the

00:27:28.620 --> 00:27:28.840
 type

00:27:28.840 --> 00:27:29.039
 of

00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:30.279
 magnification

00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:30.840
 we

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 do

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 as

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 we

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 by

00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:32.680
 grace

00:27:32.680 --> 00:27:33.019
 bring

00:27:33.019 --> 00:27:33.360
 about

00:27:33.360 --> 00:27:33.580
 the

00:27:33.580 --> 00:27:34.100
 obedience

00:27:34.099 --> 00:27:35.319
 of

00:27:35.319 --> 00:27:35.679
 faith.

00:27:36.019 --> 00:27:36.480
 Making

00:27:36.480 --> 00:27:36.959
 a

00:27:36.959 --> 00:27:37.919
 massive

00:27:37.919 --> 00:27:38.519
 God

00:27:38.519 --> 00:27:38.879
 look

00:27:38.879 --> 00:27:39.500
 more

00:27:39.500 --> 00:27:40.139
 as

00:27:40.139 --> 00:27:40.299
 he

00:27:40.299 --> 00:27:40.819
 actually

00:27:40.819 --> 00:27:41.899
 is.

00:27:42.839 --> 00:27:43.359
 Our

00:27:43.359 --> 00:27:43.879
 lives

00:27:43.879 --> 00:27:44.759
 our

00:27:44.759 --> 00:27:45.219
 obedience

00:27:45.219 --> 00:27:45.480
 of

00:27:45.480 --> 00:27:45.799
 faith

00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:46.419
 and

00:27:46.419 --> 00:27:46.619
 our

00:27:46.619 --> 00:27:46.939
 work

00:27:46.939 --> 00:27:47.119
 to

00:27:47.119 --> 00:27:47.319
 bring

00:27:47.319 --> 00:27:47.639
 about

00:27:47.639 --> 00:27:47.819
 the

00:27:47.819 --> 00:27:48.199
 obedience

00:27:48.199 --> 00:27:48.419
 of

00:27:48.419 --> 00:27:48.699
 faith

00:27:48.699 --> 00:27:48.980
 is

00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:49.559
 divinely

00:27:49.559 --> 00:27:50.019
 designed

00:27:50.019 --> 00:27:50.259
 to

00:27:50.259 --> 00:27:50.919
 magnify

00:27:50.919 --> 00:27:51.399
 the

00:27:51.399 --> 00:27:51.839
 one

00:27:51.839 --> 00:27:52.519
 to

00:27:52.519 --> 00:27:52.779
 whom

00:27:52.779 --> 00:27:52.959
 we

00:27:52.959 --> 00:27:53.439
 belong.

00:27:54.959 --> 00:27:55.419
 Beloved

00:27:55.419 --> 00:27:55.899
 because

00:27:55.899 --> 00:27:56.199
 our

00:27:56.199 --> 00:27:56.639
 God

00:27:56.639 --> 00:27:56.899
 is

00:27:56.899 --> 00:27:57.439
 great

00:27:57.439 --> 00:27:58.459
 we

00:27:58.459 --> 00:27:58.659
 should

00:27:58.659 --> 00:27:59.259
 desire

00:27:59.259 --> 00:27:59.539
 that

00:27:59.539 --> 00:27:59.740
 he

00:27:59.740 --> 00:27:59.899
 would

00:27:59.899 --> 00:28:00.199
 be

00:28:00.199 --> 00:28:00.859
 greatly

00:28:00.859 --> 00:28:02.059
 praised.

00:28:02.059 --> 00:28:04.099
 I

00:28:04.099 --> 00:28:04.419
 admit

00:28:04.419 --> 00:28:04.639
 that

00:28:04.639 --> 00:28:05.359
 sometimes

00:28:05.359 --> 00:28:05.759
 to

00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:06.039
 my

00:28:06.039 --> 00:28:06.579
 shame

00:28:06.579 --> 00:28:07.339
 I

00:28:07.339 --> 00:28:07.519
 lose

00:28:07.519 --> 00:28:07.740
 sight

00:28:07.740 --> 00:28:07.879
 of

00:28:07.879 --> 00:28:08.159
 this.

00:28:09.440 --> 00:28:09.679
 The

00:28:09.679 --> 00:28:09.980
 gospel

00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:10.159
 is

00:28:10.159 --> 00:28:10.319
 not

00:28:10.319 --> 00:28:10.759
 simply

00:28:10.759 --> 00:28:11.240
 about

00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:11.879
 me

00:28:11.879 --> 00:28:13.019
 or

00:28:13.019 --> 00:28:13.339
 about

00:28:13.339 --> 00:28:14.119
 us

00:28:14.119 --> 00:28:14.859
 but

00:28:14.859 --> 00:28:14.960
 it

00:28:14.960 --> 00:28:15.059
 is

00:28:15.059 --> 00:28:15.240
 about

00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:15.399
 the

00:28:15.399 --> 00:28:15.759
 glory

00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:16.220
 of

00:28:16.220 --> 00:28:16.519
 our

00:28:16.519 --> 00:28:16.879
 God

00:28:16.879 --> 00:28:17.359
 among

00:28:17.359 --> 00:28:18.039
 all

00:28:18.039 --> 00:28:19.179
 peoples.

00:28:20.179 --> 00:28:20.859
 If

00:28:20.859 --> 00:28:21.079
 our

00:28:21.079 --> 00:28:21.740
 theology

00:28:21.740 --> 00:28:22.700
 does

00:28:22.700 --> 00:28:22.940
 not

00:28:22.940 --> 00:28:23.399
 lead

00:28:23.399 --> 00:28:23.799
 to

00:28:23.799 --> 00:28:24.079
 does

00:28:24.079 --> 00:28:24.279
 not

00:28:24.279 --> 00:28:25.339
 drive

00:28:25.339 --> 00:28:26.440
 doxology

00:28:26.440 --> 00:28:26.799
 the

00:28:26.799 --> 00:28:27.220
 praise

00:28:27.220 --> 00:28:27.399
 of

00:28:27.399 --> 00:28:27.599
 our

00:28:27.599 --> 00:28:28.039
 God

00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:28.919
 either

00:28:28.919 --> 00:28:29.279
 something

00:28:29.279 --> 00:28:29.480
 is

00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:29.919
 amiss

00:28:29.919 --> 00:28:30.099
 with

00:28:30.099 --> 00:28:30.240
 our

00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:30.679
 theology

00:28:30.679 --> 00:28:31.059
 or

00:28:31.059 --> 00:28:31.419
 something

00:28:31.419 --> 00:28:31.679
 is

00:28:31.679 --> 00:28:32.200
 amiss

00:28:32.200 --> 00:28:32.879
 in

00:28:32.879 --> 00:28:33.119
 our

00:28:33.119 --> 00:28:33.720
 hearts

00:28:33.720 --> 00:28:34.879
 and

00:28:34.879 --> 00:28:35.039
 God

00:28:35.039 --> 00:28:35.220
 have

00:28:35.220 --> 00:28:35.559
 mercy

00:28:35.559 --> 00:28:35.819
 on

00:28:35.819 --> 00:28:36.119
 us.

00:28:38.379 --> 00:28:39.019
 Now

00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:39.240
 I

00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:39.599
 am

00:28:39.599 --> 00:28:39.759
 about

00:28:39.759 --> 00:28:39.940
 to

00:28:39.940 --> 00:28:40.240
 land

00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:40.579
 my

00:28:40.579 --> 00:28:40.799
 first

00:28:40.799 --> 00:28:41.179
 point

00:28:41.179 --> 00:28:42.539
 and

00:28:42.539 --> 00:28:42.639
 I

00:28:42.639 --> 00:28:42.759
 am

00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:43.039
 noting

00:28:43.039 --> 00:28:43.379
 that

00:28:43.379 --> 00:28:43.480
 it

00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:43.619
 is

00:28:43.619 --> 00:28:44.159
 afternoon

00:28:44.159 --> 00:28:46.299
 so

00:28:46.299 --> 00:28:46.460
 let

00:28:46.460 --> 00:28:46.559
 me

00:28:46.559 --> 00:28:46.799
 actually

00:28:46.799 --> 00:28:47.339
 conclude

00:28:47.339 --> 00:28:47.740
 today

00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:48.019
 with

00:28:48.019 --> 00:28:48.379
 this

00:28:48.379 --> 00:28:48.599
 and

00:28:48.599 --> 00:28:48.960
 we'll

00:28:48.960 --> 00:28:49.200
 pick

00:28:49.200 --> 00:28:49.480
 back

00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:49.740
 up

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 the

00:28:50.079 --> 00:28:50.460
 following

00:28:50.460 --> 00:28:50.960
 two

00:28:50.960 --> 00:28:51.399
 points

00:28:51.399 --> 00:28:52.000
 next

00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:52.379
 week

00:28:52.379 --> 00:28:53.879
 I

00:28:53.879 --> 00:28:53.980
 want

00:28:53.980 --> 00:28:54.079
 to

00:28:54.079 --> 00:28:54.240
 read

00:28:54.240 --> 00:28:54.419
 the

00:28:54.419 --> 00:28:54.679
 first

00:28:54.679 --> 00:28:55.019
 four

00:28:55.019 --> 00:28:55.359
 verses

00:28:55.359 --> 00:28:55.659
 of

00:28:55.659 --> 00:28:56.119
 Psalm

00:28:56.119 --> 00:28:57.519
 96

00:28:57.519 --> 00:28:58.440
 and

00:28:58.440 --> 00:28:58.559
 then

00:28:58.559 --> 00:28:58.679
 I'll

00:28:58.679 --> 00:28:58.940
 pray

00:28:58.940 --> 00:29:00.840
 oh

00:29:00.840 --> 00:29:01.279
 sing

00:29:01.279 --> 00:29:01.500
 to

00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:01.660
 the

00:29:01.660 --> 00:29:01.980
 Lord

00:29:01.980 --> 00:29:02.539
 a

00:29:02.539 --> 00:29:02.759
 new

00:29:02.759 --> 00:29:03.240
 song

00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:04.400
 sing

00:29:04.400 --> 00:29:04.559
 to

00:29:04.559 --> 00:29:04.700
 the

00:29:04.700 --> 00:29:04.940
 Lord

00:29:04.940 --> 00:29:05.420
 all

00:29:05.420 --> 00:29:05.640
 the

00:29:05.640 --> 00:29:06.059
 earth

00:29:06.059 --> 00:29:07.140
 sing

00:29:07.140 --> 00:29:07.340
 to

00:29:07.340 --> 00:29:07.500
 the

00:29:07.500 --> 00:29:07.799
 Lord

00:29:07.799 --> 00:29:08.279
 bless

00:29:08.279 --> 00:29:08.519
 his

00:29:08.519 --> 00:29:08.840
 name

00:29:08.840 --> 00:29:09.240
 tell

00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:09.420
 of

00:29:09.420 --> 00:29:09.620
 his

00:29:09.620 --> 00:29:10.200
 salvation

00:29:10.200 --> 00:29:10.500
 from

00:29:10.500 --> 00:29:10.960
 day

00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:11.600
 to

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 day

00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:13.360
 declare

00:29:13.360 --> 00:29:13.660
 his

00:29:13.660 --> 00:29:14.140
 glory

00:29:14.140 --> 00:29:14.600
 among

00:29:14.600 --> 00:29:14.840
 the

00:29:14.840 --> 00:29:15.240
 nations

00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:16.019
 his

00:29:16.019 --> 00:29:16.580
 marvelous

00:29:16.580 --> 00:29:17.120
 works

00:29:17.120 --> 00:29:17.779
 among

00:29:17.779 --> 00:29:18.200
 all

00:29:18.200 --> 00:29:18.400
 the

00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:18.860
 peoples

00:29:18.860 --> 00:29:20.140
 for

00:29:20.140 --> 00:29:20.460
 great

00:29:20.460 --> 00:29:20.600
 is

00:29:20.600 --> 00:29:20.740
 the

00:29:20.740 --> 00:29:21.039
 Lord

00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:21.960
 and

00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:22.360
 greatly

00:29:22.360 --> 00:29:22.740
 to

00:29:22.740 --> 00:29:22.880
 be

00:29:22.880 --> 00:29:23.320
 praised

00:29:23.320 --> 00:29:23.340
!

00:29:23.340 --> 00:29:24.320
 He

00:29:24.320 --> 00:29:24.519
 is

00:29:24.519 --> 00:29:24.640
 to

00:29:24.640 --> 00:29:24.799
 be

00:29:24.799 --> 00:29:25.220
 feared

00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:25.900
 above

00:29:25.900 --> 00:29:26.240
 all

00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:26.640
 gods

00:29:26.640 --> 00:29:27.680
 let's

00:29:27.680 --> 00:29:27.840
 pray

00:29:27.840 --> 00:29:28.200
 together

00:29:28.200 --> 00:29:30.600
 as

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