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 We're going to begin our worship by singing to God's praise in Psalm 19, the Scottish Psalter

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 version, page 223. We can sing from verse 7 down to verse 11. Psalm 19, page 223, God's law is

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 perfect and converts. The soul in sin that lies, God's testimony is most sure and makes the simple

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 wise. We'll sing from verse 7 to 11 and the tune is Evan.

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 God's law is perfect and converts. The soul in sin that lies, God's testimony is most sure

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 and makes the simple wise. The statutes of the law are right and do rejoice the heart.

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 The Lord commanded pure and applied to the eyes in power.

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 Unspotted is the fear of God and of danger forever.

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 The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.

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 they more than gold gave our kind gold to be decided our.

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 And hold thee, hold thee from the tomb that troppeth sweeter far.

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 Moreover, may thy servant born have ye his life should bring.

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 A great reward provided is for them that keep the same.

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 We'll come to God in prayer. Let us pray.

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 Amen.

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 Lord, it's no matter the weather that we can have something to complain about.

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 We complain about the cold and the wet so often.

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 Maybe just now we complain about the heat.

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 But we thank you that whatever our circumstances, Lord, that we have reason to rejoice and give thanks in you.

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 That you are the God of creation.

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 That you are the God of heaven and earth.

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 That you are the God who has made us in your image.

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 You are the God who has formed us and formed us with a particular purpose.

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 And our purpose to be a people who would worship you.

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 Who would praise your name.

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 And we thank you for every reason we have to give thanks to you.

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 We thank you for all that we have in life.

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 We thank you for our homes and our communities.

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 We thank you for our congregation here and the people we have around us.

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 We thank you for our fellowship in Christ.

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 And we pray, Lord, that you will strengthen us and uphold us in all of these things.

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 That you will build us up as a people.

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 Those who come and attend regularly.

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 Those who come from time to time.

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 Those who visit us, Lord, especially over these months of summer.

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 We find so many people traveling through our islands.

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 And who come to services from time to time.

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 We thank you that we can still come and join together as one in Christ.

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 And we pray that even this evening that you will unite us in these bonds of fellowship in Christ.

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 And that you will bless your word to us all.

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 Remembering those not here with us but who are tuning in online.

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 Whether it's live stream or at another point in the days ahead.

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 We do pray, Lord, that as your word goes out to us.

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 That you will bless it to us.

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 We thank you that your word has reminded us as we've sung together.

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 That your word, your law is perfect.

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 And converts the soul and sin that lies.

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 And we pray for that power to be evident in our midst.

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 For we are all sinners who fall short.

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 And we can do nothing in and of ourselves for our own salvation.

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 We cannot convert ourselves or anyone else.

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 But we thank you for your word and your spirit.

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 And the power that is behind them.

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 That you are able to do so much more than we ask or imagine.

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 And so we pray, Lord, for both your presence with us this evening.

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 And your power upon us.

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 That we will know you are God.

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 Help us to be still and to know that.

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 We give you thanks, Lord, for our families and our communities.

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 And recognize the many different needs that are around us.

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 Remember those who are mourning and grieving in our midst.

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 In this past week alone and in these last number of months.

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 And even down over the years, Lord.

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 We know the sense of grief that we experience in life can and does stay with us all our days.

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 Old wounds can be reopened.

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 Wounds that never healed can still hurt day after day.

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 And we pray, Lord, that in our grief and in those who are grieving around us.

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 That we would know your comfort.

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 We pray that for all who need it at this time.

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 We pray for mourning families.

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 We pray for mourning communities.

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 For friends.

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 Neighbors who have lost loved ones even in these days.

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 We pray, Lord, for your spirit to be near as the great comforter.

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 To be near to those who are broken hearted.

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 That you would bind them up.

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 We pray, too, for those who are unwell.

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 Both at home and in hospital.

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 We pray for those who are in the homes around the town as well.

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 And further afield, too.

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 Those who are in old age.

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 We pray for them, Lord.

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 For you to surround them and to be with them.

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 Each one, Lord, with their own different needs.

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 But thankful that their needs are known unto you.

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 And that you are able to help.

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 You are able to help in ways that we cannot.

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 We pray for comfort.

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 For grace.

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 For your peace to surround.

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 Pray that for us all, O Lord.

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 In our days as they go on.

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 In our homes.

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 In our families.

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 In our workplaces.

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 In our community.

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 In all that we do for the Lord.

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 Lord, may we know your protection over us.

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 And your grace and peace with us.

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 We do thank you for your word.

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 And for the good news that is the gospel.

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 And we pray that as it's proclaimed today.

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 And in all the days ahead.

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 That it will bear so much fruit in our midst.

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 That you will bring people to know the wonder of Jesus Christ.

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 The wonder of all so much in life that we try and do.

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 In and for ourselves.

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 And the futility of so much of it.

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 But yet the wonder of your grace.

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 The wonder of faith in the Lord Jesus.

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 The gift of God.

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 We pray, Lord, that we will marvel more and more in that.

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 So may your message go out with power to all ends of our islands today.

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 We give you thanks for the work of the faith mission over these last couple of weeks in point.

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 For the many people who have attended from different parts of the island.

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 On each evening occasion.

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 And we pray for fruit from that.

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 We pray your blessing on all who have been involved in organizing and leading it.

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 And this evening as they gather on this, the last day of it.

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 Lord, we pray for your spirit to be with them.

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 We pray, Lord, for the words of the psalm that we have sung.

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 That your word would bring people to life.

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 To convert the souls that lie in sin.

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 We pray, Lord, your blessing.

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 And to follow all that is done in your name.

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 We pray for our nation and the nations of the world.

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 We pray your blessing on us in these days.

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 That you will turn us from the ways of the world.

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 Turn us towards you.

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 From the top leadership in our land.

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 Down through all areas of life.

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 We pray, Lord, for your blessing and your peace.

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 To be restored upon us.

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 We know there are so many anxieties and fears and concerns throughout our world.

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 But we thank you that you are our God.

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 The one who made the world.

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 The one who cares for it.

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 The one who is able to turn darkness into light.

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 And so we pray, Lord, that even as your light goes forth.

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 That you will send it out with power.

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 We continue to lean upon you.

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 Asking your blessing on all that we do in your name.

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 Asking your blessing on the youth fellowship as they meet this night.

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 May you be with them in that.

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 And asking your blessing in the week ahead.

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 In all the different activities of it, Lord.

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 In our homes and our families.

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 In community and church life.

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 That we will do all as unto the Lord.

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 We ask now, Lord, that you will bless us as we continue to wait upon you.

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 To hear your word.

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 And to offer up our praise.

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 Lead us in the singing, Lord.

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 And uphold him as he leads us in it.

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 And may we sing with joy in our hearts.

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 To you as our Lord.

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 And as our God.

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 So continue with us.

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 Bless us.

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 Guide us through your word.

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 And forgive us for all our sins.

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 As we ask all things.

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 In the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

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 For his sake.

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 And for his glory.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 We'll again sing to God's praise.

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 This time in Psalm 77.

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 In the Sing Psalms version.

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 Page 100 of the psalm book.

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 Psalm 77.

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 We'll sing from verse 1 to verse 9.

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 The tune for this verse singing from the psalmist Glen Cairn.

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 I cried aloud to God for help.

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 I prayed that God would hear.

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 When I was plunged in deep distress.

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 I sought the Lord in prayer.

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 We'll sing from verse 1 to verse 9.

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 To God's praise.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 which have gone by.

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 Throughout the watches of the night,

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 my songs I call to mind.

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 I ponder deeply

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 while my heart and answer

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 try to find.

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 Forever will the Lord reject

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 and never show His grace

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 as He withdrawn His steadfast love

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 and turned from me His way.

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 For all time has His promise failed,

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 is God no longer kind.

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 Has He in His great wrath dismissed

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 compassion from His mind.

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 Amen.

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 We can turn to read in God's Word now.

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 We're going to read in Paul's letter to the Galatians.

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 The chapters on the notice sheet are the wrong chapters.

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 I sent the wrong information.

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 It's from chapter 2, verse 15,

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 into chapter 3, verse 14.

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 So we're sticking up by reading in chapter 2,

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 and at verse 15,

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 reading down into chapter 3, verse 14.

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 Let us hear the Word of God.

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 We ourselves are Jews by birth

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 and not Gentile sinners.

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 Yet we know that a person is not justified

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 by works of the law,

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 but through faith in Jesus Christ.

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 So we also have believed in Christ Jesus

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 in order to be justified by faith in Christ

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 and not by works of the law,

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 because by works of the law

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 no one will be justified.

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 But if in our endeavor to be justified in Christ

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 we too are found to be sinners in Christ,

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 then a servant of sin?

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 Certainly not.

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 For if I rebuild what I tore down,

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 I prove myself to be a transgressor.

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 For through the law I died to the law,

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 so that I might live to God.

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 I have been crucified with Christ.

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 It's no longer I who live,

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 but Christ who lives in me.

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 And the life I now live in the flesh

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 I live by faith in the Son of God,

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 who loved me and gave himself for me.

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 I do not nullify the grace of God,

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 for if justification were through the law,

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 then Christ died for no purpose.

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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 was publicly portrayed as crucified.

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 Let me ask you only this.

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 Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law

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 or by hearing with faith?

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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 by the flesh?

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 Did you suffer so many things in vain,

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 if indeed it was in vain?

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 Does he who supplies 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 as righteousness.

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 Know then that it is those of faith

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 who are the sons of Abraham.

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 And the Scripture,

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 foreseeing that God would justify

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 the Gentiles by faith,

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 preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham,

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 saying,

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 In you shall the nations be blessed.

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 So then those who are of faith are blessed,

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 along with Abraham,

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 the man of faith.

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 For all who rely on works of the law

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 are under their curse.

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 For it is written,

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 Cursed be everyone who does not abide by all things

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 written in the book of the law,

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 and do them.

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 Now it is evident that no one is justified

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 before God by the law,

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 for the righteous shall live by faith.

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 But the law is not of faith,

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 rather,

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 the one who does them shall live by them.

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 Christ redeemed us

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 from the curse of the law

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 by becoming a curse for us.

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 For it is written,

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 Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree,

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 so that in Christ Jesus

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 the blessing of Abraham might come

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 to the Gentiles,

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 so that we might receive the promised Spirit

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 through faith.

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 And so on and may God bless

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 that reading from his word.

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 I will again turn to Psalm 77

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 as we continue to sing to God's praise.

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 We are going to take up our singing

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 at verse A10

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 and down to verse 15.

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 The tune this time is Spore.

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 Now in the first part we were singing

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 verse 1 to 9,

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 you notice that the psalmist has many questions,

00:19:09.940 --> 00:19:10.980
 difficult questions

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 that the Lord is being asked by him.

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 In verse 7,

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 Forever will the Lord reject

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 and never show his grace.

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 Has he withdrawn his steadfast love

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 and turned from me his face?

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 There's this questioning going on

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 in the psalmist's heart.

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 Where is God in all that's going on

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 in my life and all around us?

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 But then in verse 10 to verse 15,

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 we're reminded that God is there.

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 Then to my heart there came this thought.

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 On this I will rely

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 the years of the right hand of power

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 of him who is most high.

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 I will recall the Lord's great deeds,

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 your works of long ago.

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 I'll meditate on all your acts,

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 your mighty deeds I'll show.

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 Verse 15 reminds us

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 that God has, as it says,

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 you have redeemed your people, Lord,

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 with your almighty arm.

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 So we'll sing from verse 10

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 down to verse 15

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 to God's praise.

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 Amen.

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 Then to my heart there came this thought.

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 On this I will rely.

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 The years of the right hand of power

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 of him who is most high.

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 I will recall the Lord's great deeds,

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 your words of love and hope.

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 I'll meditate on all your acts,

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 your mighty deeds I'll show.

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 O God most holy and pure ways,

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 what God compare with you.

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 You are the God of miracles,

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 whose heart the nation knew.

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 You have redeemed your people, Lord,

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 with your almighty arm.

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 Jacob's and Joseph's children,

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 you delivered them all harm.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 And we can turn back to our reading

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 in Galatians,

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 in particular chapter 3

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 and verse 10

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 down to verse 14.

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 Galatians chapter 3

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 verse 10 to 14

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 is going to be our focus

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 together this evening.

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 A section that speaks

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 about being cursed

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 or redeemed.

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 Verse 13 reminds us, though,

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 that Christ redeemed us

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 from the curse of the law

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 by becoming a curse for us.

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 For it is written,

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 cursed is everyone

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 who is hanged on a tree.

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 Paul was writing to the church

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 in Galatia,

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 which is modern-day Turkey,

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 a number of congregations

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 in that area,

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 churches that had been blessed

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 by the work of God

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 in their midst

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 and seeing many people

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 coming to faith.

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 But yet he is writing to them

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 because of a problem

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 that was in their midst,

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 a problem that was becoming

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 more and more serious.

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 The people were being

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 led astray,

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 led away

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 from the faith

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 that they had come to

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 and instead being focused

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 more and more

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 upon the works

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 of the law

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 by the teachers

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 who were coming

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 into their midst.

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 So Paul writes to them

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 with this powerful reminder.

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 One of the most powerful ones

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 is at the end of chapter 2

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 where it says in verse 21,

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 I do not nullify the grace of God,

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 for if justification

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 were through the law,

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 then Christ died for no purpose.

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 And that's a powerful reminder

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 to the people then

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 and to ourselves this evening

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 as well as we think

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 of how we're living our lives.

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 Are we relying fully

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 on faith in Christ?

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 Or are we thinking to ourselves,

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 well I can justify myself

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 through God

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 by keeping the law?

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 There is a powerful reminder

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 to us

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 if we are living by the law

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 and justifying ourselves

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 and we're saying

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 Christ died

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 for no purpose.

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 But we see as we go on

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 that Paul is reminding

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 them and us

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 that Christ died

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 for a purpose

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 to redeem

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 his people.

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 Now the question

00:24:53.759 --> 00:24:54.879
 for ourselves tonight

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 is are we a people

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 who are easily

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 led astray?

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 Just as the people were

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 in the churches

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 around Galatia,

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 they were being led astray

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 by false teachers

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 all around them.

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 How are we

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 when it comes

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 to being led astray?

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 Someone encourages

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 us to do something

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 we know

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 it may be not right,

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 we know it may be

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 bad for us,

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 but do we feel

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 our pressure?

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 Are we led astray

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 and do we go ahead

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 and do it anyway?

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 Perhaps it's happened

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 in your life,

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 it's happened

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 in my own life,

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 I know that.

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 We're led astray

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 in different ways.

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 But what about

00:25:31.120 --> 00:25:31.799
 when it comes

00:25:31.799 --> 00:25:32.660
 to faith?

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 Are we being led astray

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 when it comes

00:25:35.700 --> 00:25:37.039
 to our faith?

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 Are we hearing

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 one thing

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 that makes us think

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 well it's all about faith?

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 But then we're listening

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 to someone else

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 who says no

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 but it's about

00:25:44.099 --> 00:25:45.380
 what you do yourself

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 as well,

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 how you can add

00:25:47.140 --> 00:25:47.900
 to your faith

00:25:47.900 --> 00:25:48.560
 through works

00:25:48.560 --> 00:25:49.200
 of the law.

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 Well that's the kind

00:25:50.260 --> 00:25:50.960
 of challenge

00:25:50.960 --> 00:25:52.480
 that Paul was writing

00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:53.240
 to address

00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:54.620
 and a challenge

00:25:54.620 --> 00:25:55.560
 to ourselves

00:25:55.560 --> 00:25:56.860
 as well.

00:25:58.120 --> 00:25:59.360
 They are being led astray

00:25:59.360 --> 00:26:00.880
 and he's showing them

00:26:00.880 --> 00:26:01.560
 this problem

00:26:01.560 --> 00:26:02.140
 at the beginning

00:26:02.140 --> 00:26:04.040
 of chapter 3

00:26:04.040 --> 00:26:04.920
 by asking them

00:26:04.920 --> 00:26:06.120
 questions,

00:26:06.460 --> 00:26:07.700
 again powerful questions,

00:26:07.820 --> 00:26:08.920
 who has bewitched you

00:26:08.920 --> 00:26:09.500
 he says

00:26:09.500 --> 00:26:10.620
 at the very beginning

00:26:10.620 --> 00:26:11.760
 of chapter 3.

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 There's a number

00:26:12.700 --> 00:26:13.780
 of other questions

00:26:13.780 --> 00:26:15.000
 he says in verse 2,

00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:15.720
 let me ask you

00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:16.180
 only this,

00:26:16.579 --> 00:26:17.259
 did you receive

00:26:17.259 --> 00:26:17.799
 the Spirit

00:26:17.799 --> 00:26:18.920
 by works of the law

00:26:18.920 --> 00:26:20.019
 or by hearing

00:26:20.019 --> 00:26:20.839
 with faith?

00:26:21.539 --> 00:26:21.960
 Again,

00:26:22.119 --> 00:26:22.960
 they're challenging

00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:24.619
 questions to ourselves.

00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:27.039
 What is our faith?

00:26:27.119 --> 00:26:28.279
 What is our foundation

00:26:28.279 --> 00:26:29.799
 of our faith,

00:26:30.039 --> 00:26:32.160
 self or Christ?

00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:34.119
 He brings them back

00:26:34.119 --> 00:26:35.079
 to look at Abraham

00:26:35.079 --> 00:26:36.279
 in the Old Testament,

00:26:36.859 --> 00:26:38.039
 the father of the faith,

00:26:38.160 --> 00:26:39.140
 one who they would

00:26:39.140 --> 00:26:40.160
 all be looking to

00:26:40.160 --> 00:26:41.680
 as so important

00:26:41.680 --> 00:26:42.359
 when it comes

00:26:42.359 --> 00:26:42.919
 to faith

00:26:42.919 --> 00:26:44.099
 and yet he reminds them

00:26:44.099 --> 00:26:45.679
 that it was through faith

00:26:45.679 --> 00:26:46.879
 he believed in God

00:26:46.879 --> 00:26:47.659
 and it was counted

00:26:47.659 --> 00:26:48.119
 to him

00:26:48.119 --> 00:26:49.399
 as righteousness.

00:26:50.079 --> 00:26:51.740
 It was all about faith.

00:26:52.719 --> 00:26:53.500
 And then in the section

00:26:53.500 --> 00:26:54.099
 we're looking at

00:26:54.099 --> 00:26:54.579
 this evening,

00:26:54.699 --> 00:26:56.500
 verse 10 to 14,

00:26:56.619 --> 00:26:57.199
 he continues

00:26:57.199 --> 00:26:58.819
 to illustrate this

00:26:58.819 --> 00:26:59.539
 for them

00:26:59.539 --> 00:27:00.599
 that they're being

00:27:00.599 --> 00:27:01.519
 led astray

00:27:01.519 --> 00:27:03.419
 by law-based salvation

00:27:03.419 --> 00:27:04.899
 and that they need

00:27:04.899 --> 00:27:05.439
 instead

00:27:05.439 --> 00:27:06.819
 to rely fully

00:27:06.819 --> 00:27:08.059
 on Christ

00:27:08.059 --> 00:27:08.979
 who is able

00:27:08.980 --> 00:27:10.220
 to redeem.

00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:12.360
 Coastal erosion

00:27:12.360 --> 00:27:13.700
 is a term

00:27:13.700 --> 00:27:14.940
 we hear so often

00:27:14.940 --> 00:27:15.779
 these days.

00:27:16.420 --> 00:27:16.940
 A term

00:27:16.940 --> 00:27:18.740
 we see the effects

00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:19.839
 of around us

00:27:19.839 --> 00:27:20.420
 in the islands

00:27:20.420 --> 00:27:21.519
 and different places.

00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:23.740
 We see the effect

00:27:23.740 --> 00:27:25.380
 of what happens.

00:27:25.660 --> 00:27:26.599
 But how quickly

00:27:26.599 --> 00:27:28.440
 does coastal erosion

00:27:28.440 --> 00:27:28.960
 happen?

00:27:29.059 --> 00:27:29.680
 How quickly

00:27:29.680 --> 00:27:30.360
 do we see

00:27:30.360 --> 00:27:31.480
 the damage

00:27:31.480 --> 00:27:32.519
 that it brings?

00:27:33.279 --> 00:27:33.799
 So often

00:27:33.799 --> 00:27:34.579
 it's not just

00:27:34.579 --> 00:27:35.920
 an instant event.

00:27:36.620 --> 00:27:37.160
 It's something

00:27:37.160 --> 00:27:37.860
 that happens

00:27:37.860 --> 00:27:39.040
 over a long period

00:27:39.040 --> 00:27:39.620
 of time.

00:27:40.060 --> 00:27:40.580
 The effects

00:27:40.580 --> 00:27:41.200
 of wind

00:27:41.200 --> 00:27:42.080
 and waves,

00:27:42.640 --> 00:27:43.220
 the effects

00:27:43.220 --> 00:27:44.060
 of tides

00:27:44.060 --> 00:27:44.980
 and storms

00:27:44.980 --> 00:27:46.040
 on our coast.

00:27:46.820 --> 00:27:47.600
 The wearing down

00:27:47.600 --> 00:27:48.759
 over many,

00:27:48.920 --> 00:27:49.680
 many years

00:27:49.680 --> 00:27:50.700
 and yet the effects

00:27:50.700 --> 00:27:51.700
 can sometimes

00:27:51.700 --> 00:27:53.220
 be devastating.

00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:54.560
 You see it

00:27:54.560 --> 00:27:55.019
 perhaps

00:27:55.019 --> 00:27:57.019
 more clearly

00:27:57.019 --> 00:27:58.120
 down in the

00:27:58.120 --> 00:27:58.860
 south coast

00:27:58.860 --> 00:27:59.400
 of England.

00:28:00.140 --> 00:28:00.660
 A place

00:28:00.660 --> 00:28:01.120
 that has been

00:28:01.120 --> 00:28:02.120
 in the news

00:28:02.120 --> 00:28:02.840
 the last number

00:28:02.840 --> 00:28:03.380
 of years

00:28:03.380 --> 00:28:04.460
 where houses

00:28:04.460 --> 00:28:05.400
 that were built

00:28:05.400 --> 00:28:06.800
 near the shore,

00:28:06.799 --> 00:28:07.919
 near cliff edges

00:28:07.919 --> 00:28:09.940
 but in the people's eyes

00:28:09.940 --> 00:28:10.839
 far enough away

00:28:10.839 --> 00:28:11.839
 not to be impacted

00:28:11.839 --> 00:28:13.359
 by any erosion.

00:28:13.940 --> 00:28:14.859
 You're seeing now

00:28:14.859 --> 00:28:16.299
 that during a process

00:28:16.299 --> 00:28:17.379
 over a long period

00:28:17.379 --> 00:28:17.960
 of time

00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:19.079
 the cliffs

00:28:19.079 --> 00:28:20.200
 has been worn away

00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:21.319
 and now we're finding

00:28:21.319 --> 00:28:21.980
 that houses

00:28:21.980 --> 00:28:22.740
 are slipping

00:28:22.740 --> 00:28:24.339
 into the sea.

00:28:25.819 --> 00:28:27.220
 Disaster strikes

00:28:27.220 --> 00:28:28.339
 when erosion

00:28:28.339 --> 00:28:29.460
 takes place.

00:28:30.419 --> 00:28:31.339
 And that's the way

00:28:31.339 --> 00:28:31.879
 it is

00:28:31.879 --> 00:28:33.159
 with faith.

00:28:33.160 --> 00:28:35.040
 Faith

00:28:35.040 --> 00:28:36.620
 is to be based

00:28:36.620 --> 00:28:37.800
 in Christ

00:28:37.800 --> 00:28:39.700
 but over a period

00:28:39.700 --> 00:28:40.420
 of time

00:28:40.420 --> 00:28:41.400
 erosion

00:28:41.400 --> 00:28:42.500
 can come in

00:28:42.500 --> 00:28:44.180
 and we maybe

00:28:44.180 --> 00:28:45.360
 it's when we are

00:28:45.360 --> 00:28:46.460
 already in faith

00:28:46.460 --> 00:28:46.920
 or when we're

00:28:46.920 --> 00:28:48.420
 considering our faith

00:28:48.420 --> 00:28:49.279
 and the faith

00:28:49.279 --> 00:28:49.720
 that we need

00:28:49.720 --> 00:28:50.360
 in Christ

00:28:50.360 --> 00:28:51.380
 we can allow

00:28:51.380 --> 00:28:52.300
 other things

00:28:52.300 --> 00:28:52.920
 to come in

00:28:52.920 --> 00:28:53.920
 that over a period

00:28:53.920 --> 00:28:54.640
 of time

00:28:54.640 --> 00:28:55.800
 just erode

00:28:55.800 --> 00:28:56.960
 away at us

00:28:56.960 --> 00:28:58.600
 and the foundation

00:28:58.600 --> 00:28:59.980
 it starts

00:28:59.980 --> 00:29:00.819
 to crumble

00:29:00.819 --> 00:29:02.519
 and eventually

00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:03.799
 a slide

00:29:03.799 --> 00:29:04.900
 takes place.

00:29:05.660 --> 00:29:06.299
 That's what's

00:29:06.299 --> 00:29:07.180
 happening here

00:29:07.180 --> 00:29:08.299
 in Galatia

00:29:08.299 --> 00:29:09.279
 and for that reason

00:29:09.279 --> 00:29:09.860
 it's something

00:29:09.860 --> 00:29:11.099
 we have to guard

00:29:11.099 --> 00:29:12.319
 against ourselves

00:29:12.319 --> 00:29:13.339
 as well

00:29:13.339 --> 00:29:14.440
 to make sure

00:29:14.440 --> 00:29:15.140
 that we are always

00:29:15.140 --> 00:29:16.140
 living our life

00:29:16.140 --> 00:29:17.160
 looking to the

00:29:17.160 --> 00:29:18.579
 foundation of our faith

00:29:18.579 --> 00:29:20.599
 the Lord Jesus Christ.

00:29:21.420 --> 00:29:22.660
 So Paul teaches

00:29:22.660 --> 00:29:24.200
 how to be grounded

00:29:24.200 --> 00:29:24.900
 in faith

00:29:24.900 --> 00:29:25.720
 and not the works

00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:26.400
 of the law

00:29:26.400 --> 00:29:28.120
 is what counts.

00:29:28.119 --> 00:29:29.879
 And so we want

00:29:29.879 --> 00:29:31.019
 to just look

00:29:31.019 --> 00:29:31.959
 through these verses

00:29:31.959 --> 00:29:33.539
 in 10 to 14

00:29:33.539 --> 00:29:34.399
 and think of it

00:29:34.399 --> 00:29:35.699
 under this idea

00:29:35.699 --> 00:29:37.559
 of erosion

00:29:37.559 --> 00:29:39.379
 and how erosion

00:29:39.379 --> 00:29:40.319
 can come in

00:29:40.319 --> 00:29:41.839
 and how we guard

00:29:41.839 --> 00:29:42.519
 ourselves

00:29:42.519 --> 00:29:44.259
 against it.

00:29:44.639 --> 00:29:45.859
 So first we think

00:29:45.859 --> 00:29:47.159
 of erosion

00:29:47.159 --> 00:29:48.839
 how it starts

00:29:48.839 --> 00:29:51.479
 and how this can happen

00:29:51.479 --> 00:29:53.079
 over a long period

00:29:53.079 --> 00:29:53.599
 of time

00:29:53.599 --> 00:29:54.559
 and the real

00:29:54.559 --> 00:29:55.979
 cause of the erosion

00:29:55.979 --> 00:29:57.379
 here in the Galatians

00:29:57.380 --> 00:29:58.160
 faith is

00:29:58.160 --> 00:29:59.640
 a misunderstanding

00:29:59.640 --> 00:30:01.620
 of the law.

00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:04.280
 Paul has taken

00:30:04.280 --> 00:30:05.260
 the people back

00:30:05.260 --> 00:30:06.340
 to the Old Testament

00:30:06.340 --> 00:30:07.640
 to the father

00:30:07.640 --> 00:30:08.340
 of the faith

00:30:08.340 --> 00:30:08.920
 Abram

00:30:08.920 --> 00:30:11.000
 and following that

00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:11.740
 he continues

00:30:11.740 --> 00:30:13.240
 to look at the Old Testament

00:30:13.240 --> 00:30:14.080
 and to show

00:30:14.080 --> 00:30:16.020
 how they've misunderstood

00:30:16.020 --> 00:30:17.580
 the importance

00:30:17.580 --> 00:30:18.360
 and the place

00:30:18.360 --> 00:30:18.960
 of the law.

00:30:19.060 --> 00:30:19.540
 Not saying

00:30:19.540 --> 00:30:21.300
 the law isn't important

00:30:21.300 --> 00:30:22.100
 it is

00:30:22.100 --> 00:30:24.260
 but their understanding

00:30:24.260 --> 00:30:24.800
 of it

00:30:24.800 --> 00:30:26.560
 is what has gone wrong.

00:30:26.559 --> 00:30:28.379
 the false teachers

00:30:28.379 --> 00:30:29.279
 who believe

00:30:29.279 --> 00:30:30.019
 that the law

00:30:30.019 --> 00:30:31.700
 was the only way

00:30:31.700 --> 00:30:32.460
 to avoid

00:30:32.460 --> 00:30:33.940
 the curse of God

00:30:33.940 --> 00:30:35.079
 they have been

00:30:35.079 --> 00:30:36.159
 teaching that

00:30:36.159 --> 00:30:36.859
 in the churches

00:30:36.859 --> 00:30:37.799
 in Galatia

00:30:37.799 --> 00:30:39.359
 and through this

00:30:39.359 --> 00:30:41.159
 erosion is coming in.

00:30:42.339 --> 00:30:43.539
 And Paul shows

00:30:43.539 --> 00:30:44.500
 that if they are

00:30:44.500 --> 00:30:45.919
 going to rely

00:30:45.919 --> 00:30:46.559
 on this

00:30:46.559 --> 00:30:48.079
 they're not avoiding

00:30:48.079 --> 00:30:48.819
 the curse

00:30:48.819 --> 00:30:50.579
 but they're bringing

00:30:50.579 --> 00:30:51.419
 themselves

00:30:51.419 --> 00:30:52.460
 even more

00:30:52.460 --> 00:30:54.039
 under the curse.

00:30:54.039 --> 00:30:56.399
 why is that?

00:30:56.759 --> 00:30:57.000
 Well

00:30:57.000 --> 00:30:58.220
 because when we

00:30:58.220 --> 00:30:59.299
 think of the law

00:30:59.299 --> 00:31:00.659
 and the law

00:31:00.659 --> 00:31:01.759
 that the false

00:31:01.759 --> 00:31:02.819
 teachers had

00:31:02.819 --> 00:31:03.460
 was not just

00:31:03.460 --> 00:31:04.599
 the moral law

00:31:04.599 --> 00:31:05.759
 of the Old Testament

00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:07.259
 it had been added

00:31:07.259 --> 00:31:08.220
 to by themselves

00:31:08.220 --> 00:31:09.619
 so many other laws

00:31:09.619 --> 00:31:10.139
 that people

00:31:10.139 --> 00:31:10.940
 had to keep

00:31:10.940 --> 00:31:11.779
 circumcision

00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:12.980
 being one of the

00:31:12.980 --> 00:31:13.639
 main things

00:31:13.639 --> 00:31:14.139
 and without

00:31:14.139 --> 00:31:15.019
 keeping

00:31:15.019 --> 00:31:16.440
 every law

00:31:16.440 --> 00:31:17.420
 then

00:31:17.420 --> 00:31:18.339
 they couldn't

00:31:18.339 --> 00:31:19.079
 please

00:31:19.079 --> 00:31:19.779
 God

00:31:19.779 --> 00:31:21.420
 they couldn't

00:31:21.420 --> 00:31:22.579
 satisfy God

00:31:22.579 --> 00:31:23.139
 they couldn't

00:31:23.139 --> 00:31:24.559
 turn this curse

00:31:24.559 --> 00:31:25.000
 that they were

00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:26.159
 away because of sin

00:31:26.159 --> 00:31:27.000
 they couldn't

00:31:27.000 --> 00:31:27.859
 get rid of it.

00:31:28.819 --> 00:31:29.939
 Paul is saying

00:31:29.939 --> 00:31:31.099
 if you could

00:31:31.099 --> 00:31:32.799
 possibly do this

00:31:32.799 --> 00:31:33.619
 and you could

00:31:33.619 --> 00:31:34.619
 save yourself

00:31:34.619 --> 00:31:35.339
 as we go back

00:31:35.339 --> 00:31:35.799
 to the end

00:31:35.799 --> 00:31:36.639
 of chapter 2

00:31:36.639 --> 00:31:37.619
 you're saying

00:31:37.619 --> 00:31:38.639
 Christ died

00:31:38.639 --> 00:31:40.559
 for no purpose.

00:31:41.919 --> 00:31:42.439
 And he's saying

00:31:42.439 --> 00:31:42.720
 to them

00:31:42.720 --> 00:31:44.980
 you cannot rely

00:31:44.980 --> 00:31:46.419
 on the works

00:31:46.419 --> 00:31:47.079
 of the law

00:31:47.079 --> 00:31:48.079
 to save you

00:31:48.079 --> 00:31:49.500
 from the curse.

00:31:49.500 --> 00:31:53.079
 because the

00:31:53.079 --> 00:31:54.000
 foundation of

00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:54.500
 faith

00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:54.940
 on being

00:31:54.940 --> 00:31:55.500
 justified

00:31:55.500 --> 00:31:56.519
 before God

00:31:56.519 --> 00:31:57.539
 is not as

00:31:57.539 --> 00:31:58.059
 the Jews

00:31:58.059 --> 00:31:58.759
 would teach

00:31:58.759 --> 00:32:00.119
 completing

00:32:00.119 --> 00:32:00.900
 and fulfilling

00:32:00.900 --> 00:32:02.180
 all of the

00:32:02.180 --> 00:32:02.480
 law

00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:04.059
 because it

00:32:04.059 --> 00:32:04.740
 just cannot

00:32:04.740 --> 00:32:05.799
 be done.

00:32:07.519 --> 00:32:07.799
 And so

00:32:07.799 --> 00:32:08.319
 therefore

00:32:08.319 --> 00:32:09.359
 for them

00:32:09.359 --> 00:32:10.579
 and for us

00:32:10.579 --> 00:32:12.160
 if we

00:32:12.160 --> 00:32:12.720
 believe

00:32:12.720 --> 00:32:13.380
 that we

00:32:13.380 --> 00:32:14.180
 can please

00:32:14.180 --> 00:32:14.700
 God

00:32:14.700 --> 00:32:15.740
 through our

00:32:15.740 --> 00:32:16.700
 law keeping

00:32:16.700 --> 00:32:17.920
 and doing

00:32:17.920 --> 00:32:18.620
 everything

00:32:18.620 --> 00:32:19.140
 right

00:32:19.140 --> 00:32:19.720
 as it were

00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:20.480
 according to

00:32:20.480 --> 00:32:21.420
 all the

00:32:21.420 --> 00:32:22.400
 law of God

00:32:22.400 --> 00:32:23.660
 we're never

00:32:23.660 --> 00:32:24.120
 going to

00:32:24.120 --> 00:32:24.960
 achieve it.

00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:26.200
 You're never

00:32:26.200 --> 00:32:27.580
 going to

00:32:27.580 --> 00:32:28.140
 do it.

00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:29.660
 And to try

00:32:29.660 --> 00:32:30.220
 and do it

00:32:30.220 --> 00:32:30.819
 is only to

00:32:30.819 --> 00:32:31.779
 allow the

00:32:31.779 --> 00:32:32.580
 erosion of

00:32:32.580 --> 00:32:33.180
 faith

00:32:33.180 --> 00:32:34.160
 in your

00:32:34.160 --> 00:32:34.620
 life.

00:32:35.960 --> 00:32:36.380
 And the

00:32:36.380 --> 00:32:36.700
 way of

00:32:36.700 --> 00:32:37.240
 salvation

00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:38.400
 instead of

00:32:38.400 --> 00:32:38.920
 being through

00:32:38.920 --> 00:32:39.519
 faith

00:32:39.519 --> 00:32:40.240
 is through

00:32:40.240 --> 00:32:40.940
 yourself

00:32:40.940 --> 00:32:42.559
 and through

00:32:42.559 --> 00:32:43.640
 completing

00:32:43.640 --> 00:32:45.460
 every aspect

00:32:45.460 --> 00:32:46.500
 of the

00:32:46.500 --> 00:32:46.759
 law.

00:32:47.559 --> 00:32:48.039
 So there's

00:32:48.039 --> 00:32:48.880
 this erosion

00:32:48.880 --> 00:32:50.299
 that comes

00:32:50.299 --> 00:32:50.640
 in.

00:32:51.539 --> 00:32:52.000
 And the

00:32:52.000 --> 00:32:52.740
 danger with

00:32:52.740 --> 00:32:53.480
 as Paul

00:32:53.480 --> 00:32:54.320
 highlights so

00:32:54.320 --> 00:32:54.779
 often with

00:32:54.779 --> 00:32:55.460
 this idea of

00:32:55.460 --> 00:32:56.380
 being able to

00:32:56.380 --> 00:32:56.860
 keep the

00:32:56.860 --> 00:32:57.460
 law fully

00:32:57.460 --> 00:32:58.519
 is that in

00:32:58.519 --> 00:32:59.120
 realizing we

00:32:59.120 --> 00:32:59.700
 can never

00:32:59.700 --> 00:33:00.180
 do it

00:33:00.180 --> 00:33:01.200
 we start

00:33:01.200 --> 00:33:01.779
 to feel

00:33:01.779 --> 00:33:02.580
 discouraged.

00:33:03.299 --> 00:33:04.220
 We start

00:33:04.220 --> 00:33:04.720
 to feel

00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:05.660
 despair and

00:33:05.660 --> 00:33:06.440
 despondency

00:33:06.440 --> 00:33:07.100
 coming in.

00:33:07.580 --> 00:33:08.019
 And we look

00:33:08.019 --> 00:33:08.340
 at others

00:33:08.340 --> 00:33:08.920
 thinking oh

00:33:08.920 --> 00:33:09.340
 but they're

00:33:09.340 --> 00:33:09.940
 managing it

00:33:09.940 --> 00:33:10.140
 they're

00:33:10.140 --> 00:33:10.720
 managing to

00:33:10.720 --> 00:33:11.720
 keep all

00:33:11.720 --> 00:33:12.220
 the laws

00:33:12.220 --> 00:33:12.980
 so perfectly

00:33:12.980 --> 00:33:13.980
 but nobody

00:33:13.980 --> 00:33:14.460
 can.

00:33:14.900 --> 00:33:15.500
 There's nobody

00:33:15.500 --> 00:33:16.220
 in here you

00:33:16.220 --> 00:33:16.720
 could look to

00:33:16.720 --> 00:33:17.820
 and say but

00:33:17.820 --> 00:33:18.539
 that person

00:33:18.539 --> 00:33:19.160
 has managed

00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:19.799
 it because

00:33:19.799 --> 00:33:20.620
 none of us

00:33:20.620 --> 00:33:21.420
 can keep

00:33:21.420 --> 00:33:22.120
 every law

00:33:22.120 --> 00:33:22.840
 perfectly.

00:33:24.059 --> 00:33:24.600
 And so if

00:33:24.600 --> 00:33:25.360
 we feel we

00:33:25.360 --> 00:33:26.200
 could do it

00:33:26.200 --> 00:33:26.700
 and we

00:33:26.700 --> 00:33:27.200
 can't we

00:33:27.200 --> 00:33:27.580
 become

00:33:27.580 --> 00:33:28.559
 despondent.

00:33:29.259 --> 00:33:29.660
 And that's

00:33:29.660 --> 00:33:30.140
 the danger

00:33:30.140 --> 00:33:30.519
 for the

00:33:30.519 --> 00:33:31.019
 people in

00:33:31.019 --> 00:33:31.600
 Galatia.

00:33:32.200 --> 00:33:32.900
 And the

00:33:32.900 --> 00:33:33.580
 erosion we

00:33:33.580 --> 00:33:34.080
 would call

00:33:34.080 --> 00:33:34.700
 today is

00:33:34.700 --> 00:33:36.059
 backsliding.

00:33:36.840 --> 00:33:37.559
 We start

00:33:37.559 --> 00:33:38.880
 to fall

00:33:38.880 --> 00:33:39.900
 away.

00:33:39.940 --> 00:33:40.940
 from God.

00:33:41.960 --> 00:33:42.380
 And it's

00:33:42.380 --> 00:33:43.660
 always a

00:33:43.660 --> 00:33:44.100
 dangerous

00:33:44.100 --> 00:33:45.279
 place to

00:33:45.279 --> 00:33:45.559
 be.

00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:46.440
 To start

00:33:46.440 --> 00:33:47.460
 to backslide.

00:33:47.580 --> 00:33:47.960
 To start

00:33:47.960 --> 00:33:48.420
 to fall

00:33:48.420 --> 00:33:49.080
 away from

00:33:49.080 --> 00:33:49.500
 God.

00:33:50.440 --> 00:33:50.700
 And just

00:33:50.700 --> 00:33:51.160
 like then

00:33:51.160 --> 00:33:51.600
 and so

00:33:51.600 --> 00:33:52.140
 it is now

00:33:52.140 --> 00:33:52.640
 one of the

00:33:52.640 --> 00:33:53.380
 main reasons

00:33:53.380 --> 00:33:54.340
 is that we

00:33:54.340 --> 00:33:54.820
 can be led

00:33:54.820 --> 00:33:55.559
 astray.

00:33:56.559 --> 00:33:57.019
 We can be

00:33:57.019 --> 00:33:57.480
 led into

00:33:57.480 --> 00:33:58.039
 this idea

00:33:58.039 --> 00:33:58.720
 that we

00:33:58.720 --> 00:33:59.140
 can add

00:33:59.140 --> 00:33:59.620
 to our

00:33:59.620 --> 00:34:00.039
 salvation.

00:34:00.160 --> 00:34:00.380
 We can

00:34:00.380 --> 00:34:01.019
 achieve

00:34:01.019 --> 00:34:01.620
 our

00:34:01.620 --> 00:34:02.100
 salvation.

00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:02.519
 We can

00:34:02.519 --> 00:34:02.940
 keep

00:34:02.940 --> 00:34:03.820
 the law

00:34:03.820 --> 00:34:05.019
 when we

00:34:05.019 --> 00:34:05.680
 can't.

00:34:05.680 --> 00:34:07.600
 backsliding

00:34:07.600 --> 00:34:08.380
 so often

00:34:08.380 --> 00:34:09.519
 starts in

00:34:09.519 --> 00:34:10.320
 a subtle

00:34:10.320 --> 00:34:11.119
 way.

00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:12.300
 And most

00:34:12.300 --> 00:34:12.500
 of the

00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:13.260
 time we're

00:34:13.260 --> 00:34:13.760
 not even

00:34:13.760 --> 00:34:14.440
 aware of

00:34:14.440 --> 00:34:14.700
 it.

00:34:15.860 --> 00:34:16.280
 And many

00:34:16.280 --> 00:34:16.599
 of us

00:34:16.599 --> 00:34:16.940
 may be

00:34:16.940 --> 00:34:17.599
 backslidden

00:34:17.599 --> 00:34:18.280
 and we

00:34:18.280 --> 00:34:18.659
 don't even

00:34:18.659 --> 00:34:19.619
 realize it.

00:34:20.119 --> 00:34:21.240
 It happens

00:34:21.240 --> 00:34:22.500
 so often.

00:34:23.500 --> 00:34:24.139
 When you

00:34:24.139 --> 00:34:24.680
 think of

00:34:24.680 --> 00:34:25.519
 coastal

00:34:25.519 --> 00:34:26.180
 erosion and

00:34:26.180 --> 00:34:26.780
 just how

00:34:26.780 --> 00:34:27.840
 gradually that

00:34:27.840 --> 00:34:28.480
 comes in,

00:34:28.820 --> 00:34:29.300
 unless you're

00:34:29.300 --> 00:34:30.099
 maybe recording

00:34:30.099 --> 00:34:30.960
 images of it

00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:31.659
 over a period

00:34:31.659 --> 00:34:32.119
 of years,

00:34:32.539 --> 00:34:32.760
 you maybe

00:34:32.760 --> 00:34:33.119
 don't even

00:34:33.119 --> 00:34:33.980
 realize just

00:34:33.980 --> 00:34:34.380
 how much

00:34:34.380 --> 00:34:34.679
 of the

00:34:34.679 --> 00:34:35.219
 coastline

00:34:35.219 --> 00:34:35.780
 has

00:34:35.780 --> 00:34:36.519
 disappeared.

00:34:37.980 --> 00:34:38.340
 And one

00:34:38.340 --> 00:34:38.719
 of the

00:34:38.719 --> 00:34:39.380
 causes of

00:34:39.380 --> 00:34:39.539
 our

00:34:39.539 --> 00:34:40.240
 backsliding

00:34:40.240 --> 00:34:40.780
 in faith

00:34:40.780 --> 00:34:41.199
 is just

00:34:41.199 --> 00:34:42.460
 over time

00:34:42.460 --> 00:34:43.240
 all of

00:34:43.240 --> 00:34:43.780
 these things

00:34:43.780 --> 00:34:44.639
 just eroding

00:34:44.639 --> 00:34:45.480
 our faith,

00:34:45.960 --> 00:34:46.420
 making us

00:34:46.420 --> 00:34:46.699
 feel

00:34:46.699 --> 00:34:47.500
 discouragement

00:34:47.500 --> 00:34:48.460
 and despair,

00:34:48.940 --> 00:34:49.260
 then we

00:34:49.260 --> 00:34:49.900
 start to

00:34:49.900 --> 00:34:50.300
 neglect

00:34:50.300 --> 00:34:51.159
 things.

00:34:51.820 --> 00:34:52.460
 We start

00:34:52.460 --> 00:34:52.840
 to turn

00:34:52.840 --> 00:34:53.659
 away things

00:34:53.659 --> 00:34:54.300
 that are

00:34:54.300 --> 00:34:55.320
 so important.

00:34:55.920 --> 00:34:56.320
 If you

00:34:56.320 --> 00:34:57.000
 neglect a

00:34:57.000 --> 00:34:57.740
 relationship,

00:34:58.280 --> 00:34:59.179
 that relationship

00:34:59.179 --> 00:34:59.920
 is going

00:34:59.920 --> 00:35:01.340
 to deteriorate.

00:35:02.099 --> 00:35:02.780
 And that's

00:35:02.780 --> 00:35:04.280
 what Paul

00:35:04.280 --> 00:35:04.880
 is getting

00:35:04.880 --> 00:35:05.400
 at here.

00:35:05.740 --> 00:35:06.080
 When you

00:35:06.080 --> 00:35:06.760
 start to

00:35:06.760 --> 00:35:07.220
 rely on

00:35:07.220 --> 00:35:07.620
 the law,

00:35:08.040 --> 00:35:08.180
 your

00:35:08.180 --> 00:35:08.780
 relationship

00:35:08.780 --> 00:35:09.460
 with God,

00:35:09.560 --> 00:35:10.120
 your faith

00:35:10.120 --> 00:35:10.460
 in Him,

00:35:10.560 --> 00:35:11.180
 your trust

00:35:11.180 --> 00:35:11.600
 in Him

00:35:11.600 --> 00:35:12.420
 is being

00:35:12.420 --> 00:35:13.080
 neglected.

00:35:13.740 --> 00:35:14.260
 And over

00:35:14.260 --> 00:35:14.860
 time,

00:35:15.180 --> 00:35:15.660
 that's just

00:35:15.660 --> 00:35:16.000
 going to

00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:16.700
 get worse.

00:35:18.200 --> 00:35:18.540
 And we

00:35:18.540 --> 00:35:18.900
 see it

00:35:18.900 --> 00:35:19.420
 ourselves

00:35:19.420 --> 00:35:20.040
 today with

00:35:20.040 --> 00:35:20.540
 the danger

00:35:20.540 --> 00:35:21.980
 of backsliding

00:35:21.980 --> 00:35:22.540
 and erosion

00:35:22.540 --> 00:35:23.019
 in our

00:35:23.019 --> 00:35:23.420
 faith.

00:35:24.019 --> 00:35:24.580
 Neglect

00:35:24.580 --> 00:35:25.140
 is such

00:35:25.140 --> 00:35:25.620
 a key

00:35:25.620 --> 00:35:26.720
 thing that

00:35:26.720 --> 00:35:27.080
 we have

00:35:27.080 --> 00:35:27.660
 to guard

00:35:27.660 --> 00:35:28.220
 against.

00:35:28.740 --> 00:35:29.480
 The neglect

00:35:29.480 --> 00:35:30.280
 of reading

00:35:30.280 --> 00:35:31.200
 God's

00:35:31.200 --> 00:35:31.600
 Word,

00:35:31.900 --> 00:35:32.580
 of listening

00:35:32.580 --> 00:35:33.000
 to what

00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:33.519
 God's

00:35:33.519 --> 00:35:34.120
 Word is

00:35:34.120 --> 00:35:34.760
 saying to

00:35:34.760 --> 00:35:34.940
 us.

00:35:35.019 --> 00:35:35.500
 The neglect

00:35:35.500 --> 00:35:36.420
 of prayer.

00:35:37.460 --> 00:35:37.720
 Stopping

00:35:37.720 --> 00:35:38.160
 to pray

00:35:38.160 --> 00:35:38.620
 because we

00:35:38.620 --> 00:35:39.600
 feel discouraged.

00:35:40.040 --> 00:35:40.440
 Maybe our

00:35:40.440 --> 00:35:40.980
 prayers are

00:35:40.980 --> 00:35:41.320
 not being

00:35:41.320 --> 00:35:41.880
 heard or

00:35:41.880 --> 00:35:42.300
 answered.

00:35:42.620 --> 00:35:43.140
 We feel

00:35:43.140 --> 00:35:43.680
 discouraged

00:35:43.680 --> 00:35:44.120
 and that's

00:35:44.120 --> 00:35:44.300
 what we

00:35:44.300 --> 00:35:44.840
 neglect

00:35:44.840 --> 00:35:45.240
 it.

00:35:46.220 --> 00:35:46.820
 Neglecting

00:35:46.820 --> 00:35:47.480
 the fellowship

00:35:47.480 --> 00:35:48.560
 of the

00:35:48.560 --> 00:35:48.960
 church,

00:35:49.040 --> 00:35:49.320
 of being

00:35:49.320 --> 00:35:49.800
 together

00:35:49.800 --> 00:35:50.980
 with God's

00:35:50.980 --> 00:35:51.560
 people.

00:35:52.120 --> 00:35:53.240
 It starts

00:35:53.240 --> 00:35:54.019
 in subtle

00:35:54.019 --> 00:35:54.600
 ways,

00:35:55.280 --> 00:35:56.100
 but neglect

00:35:56.099 --> 00:35:57.420
 neglect always

00:35:57.420 --> 00:35:58.360
 ends up

00:35:58.360 --> 00:35:59.799
 in backsliding

00:35:59.799 --> 00:36:00.860
 and turning

00:36:00.860 --> 00:36:01.599
 away from

00:36:01.599 --> 00:36:02.079
 God.

00:36:03.000 --> 00:36:03.360
 And it's

00:36:03.360 --> 00:36:03.880
 something we

00:36:03.880 --> 00:36:04.960
 always have

00:36:04.960 --> 00:36:05.400
 to be on

00:36:05.400 --> 00:36:06.139
 our guard

00:36:06.139 --> 00:36:07.099
 against.

00:36:07.579 --> 00:36:08.500
 Whatever way

00:36:08.500 --> 00:36:09.119
 the erosion

00:36:09.119 --> 00:36:09.960
 starts to

00:36:09.960 --> 00:36:10.420
 come in,

00:36:10.799 --> 00:36:11.219
 we have to

00:36:11.219 --> 00:36:11.679
 be aware

00:36:11.679 --> 00:36:11.960
 of the

00:36:11.960 --> 00:36:12.759
 different ways

00:36:12.759 --> 00:36:13.380
 it can

00:36:13.380 --> 00:36:14.339
 and to be

00:36:14.339 --> 00:36:14.739
 on our

00:36:14.739 --> 00:36:15.259
 guard

00:36:15.259 --> 00:36:16.679
 against it.

00:36:17.159 --> 00:36:17.639
 So we

00:36:17.639 --> 00:36:18.179
 see first

00:36:18.179 --> 00:36:18.599
 of all how

00:36:18.599 --> 00:36:19.079
 Paul is

00:36:19.079 --> 00:36:19.920
 warning here

00:36:19.920 --> 00:36:21.199
 how erosion

00:36:21.199 --> 00:36:22.579
 comes in.

00:36:23.639 --> 00:36:24.079
 For all

00:36:24.079 --> 00:36:24.679
 who rely

00:36:24.679 --> 00:36:25.460
 on works

00:36:25.460 --> 00:36:25.780
 of the

00:36:25.780 --> 00:36:26.059
 law

00:36:26.059 --> 00:36:27.119
 are under

00:36:27.119 --> 00:36:27.880
 a curse.

00:36:28.460 --> 00:36:28.699
 There's

00:36:28.699 --> 00:36:29.440
 this burden

00:36:29.440 --> 00:36:30.300
 that we're

00:36:30.300 --> 00:36:30.800
 under.

00:36:32.159 --> 00:36:32.559
 Then we

00:36:32.559 --> 00:36:33.460
 see the

00:36:33.460 --> 00:36:34.179
 effects

00:36:34.179 --> 00:36:35.579
 of erosion.

00:36:36.860 --> 00:36:37.720
 The

00:36:37.720 --> 00:36:38.320
 curse

00:36:38.320 --> 00:36:39.000
 of the

00:36:39.000 --> 00:36:39.340
 law

00:36:39.340 --> 00:36:40.199
 is what

00:36:40.199 --> 00:36:40.860
 is mentioned

00:36:40.860 --> 00:36:41.480
 here.

00:36:42.380 --> 00:36:42.980
 When we

00:36:42.980 --> 00:36:44.280
 see erosion

00:36:44.280 --> 00:36:45.139
 setting in,

00:36:45.539 --> 00:36:46.199
 there's

00:36:46.199 --> 00:36:47.119
 consequences

00:36:47.119 --> 00:36:48.320
 to it.

00:36:49.099 --> 00:36:50.059
 It happens

00:36:50.059 --> 00:36:50.840
 as we

00:36:50.840 --> 00:36:51.260
 think of

00:36:51.260 --> 00:36:51.820
 coastal

00:36:51.820 --> 00:36:52.300
 erosion.

00:36:52.639 --> 00:36:53.240
 As it

00:36:53.240 --> 00:36:53.940
 starts to

00:36:53.940 --> 00:36:54.599
 take place

00:36:54.599 --> 00:36:55.159
 more and

00:36:55.159 --> 00:36:55.440
 more,

00:36:55.460 --> 00:36:56.119
 there's

00:36:56.119 --> 00:36:56.679
 always

00:36:56.679 --> 00:36:57.920
 consequences

00:36:57.920 --> 00:36:58.519
 to it.

00:36:58.800 --> 00:36:59.360
 It leads

00:36:59.360 --> 00:37:00.440
 to destruction

00:37:00.440 --> 00:37:01.079
 at some

00:37:01.079 --> 00:37:01.720
 point along

00:37:01.720 --> 00:37:02.199
 the way.

00:37:03.179 --> 00:37:03.559
 And so

00:37:03.559 --> 00:37:04.139
 it is

00:37:04.139 --> 00:37:05.179
 with our

00:37:05.179 --> 00:37:05.820
 faith.

00:37:06.360 --> 00:37:06.820
 When the

00:37:06.820 --> 00:37:07.240
 erosion

00:37:07.240 --> 00:37:08.000
 sets in,

00:37:08.119 --> 00:37:08.480
 there's

00:37:08.480 --> 00:37:09.079
 always

00:37:09.079 --> 00:37:10.360
 consequences

00:37:10.360 --> 00:37:10.880
 to it.

00:37:11.460 --> 00:37:11.860
 But the

00:37:11.860 --> 00:37:12.740
 most serious

00:37:12.740 --> 00:37:13.579
 consequence

00:37:13.579 --> 00:37:14.460
 is this,

00:37:15.320 --> 00:37:15.740
 that we

00:37:15.740 --> 00:37:16.380
 end up

00:37:16.380 --> 00:37:17.579
 cursed

00:37:17.579 --> 00:37:19.340
 under

00:37:19.340 --> 00:37:19.980
 this

00:37:19.980 --> 00:37:20.500
 curse.

00:37:20.500 --> 00:37:20.559
 curse.

00:37:21.760 --> 00:37:22.159
 Cursed

00:37:22.159 --> 00:37:22.460
 be

00:37:22.460 --> 00:37:22.980
 everyone

00:37:22.980 --> 00:37:23.619
 who

00:37:23.619 --> 00:37:23.840
 does

00:37:23.840 --> 00:37:24.099
 not

00:37:24.099 --> 00:37:24.559
 abide

00:37:24.559 --> 00:37:24.780
 by

00:37:24.780 --> 00:37:25.099
 all

00:37:25.099 --> 00:37:25.300
 the

00:37:25.300 --> 00:37:25.699
 things

00:37:25.699 --> 00:37:26.099
 written

00:37:26.099 --> 00:37:26.840
 in the

00:37:26.840 --> 00:37:27.019
 book

00:37:27.019 --> 00:37:27.179
 of

00:37:27.179 --> 00:37:27.340
 the

00:37:27.340 --> 00:37:27.639
 law

00:37:27.639 --> 00:37:28.300
 and

00:37:28.300 --> 00:37:28.500
 do

00:37:28.500 --> 00:37:28.760
 them.

00:37:29.219 --> 00:37:29.539
 Again,

00:37:29.599 --> 00:37:29.840
 we see

00:37:29.840 --> 00:37:30.400
 Paul here

00:37:30.400 --> 00:37:31.179
 quoting the

00:37:31.179 --> 00:37:31.840
 Old Testament

00:37:31.840 --> 00:37:32.420
 there in

00:37:32.420 --> 00:37:33.099
 verse 10.

00:37:33.099 --> 00:37:34.699
 And so

00:37:34.699 --> 00:37:35.639
 there's this

00:37:35.639 --> 00:37:36.659
 realization,

00:37:36.940 --> 00:37:37.319
 Paul is

00:37:37.319 --> 00:37:37.539
 saying,

00:37:37.619 --> 00:37:38.460
 that if you

00:37:38.460 --> 00:37:38.880
 want to

00:37:38.880 --> 00:37:39.460
 follow this

00:37:39.460 --> 00:37:39.799
 way of

00:37:39.799 --> 00:37:40.259
 the law

00:37:40.259 --> 00:37:41.119
 and keeping

00:37:41.119 --> 00:37:41.659
 it all,

00:37:42.000 --> 00:37:42.500
 you're

00:37:42.500 --> 00:37:42.980
 cursed if

00:37:42.980 --> 00:37:43.400
 you cannot

00:37:43.400 --> 00:37:44.119
 keep it

00:37:44.119 --> 00:37:44.759
 all.

00:37:44.760 --> 00:37:45.680
 every

00:37:45.680 --> 00:37:46.500
 single

00:37:46.500 --> 00:37:47.480
 part

00:37:47.480 --> 00:37:48.700
 of it.

00:37:49.160 --> 00:37:49.640
 There are

00:37:49.640 --> 00:37:50.880
 consequences

00:37:50.880 --> 00:37:52.280
 to it.

00:37:53.200 --> 00:37:53.820
 The law

00:37:53.820 --> 00:37:54.400
 of God

00:37:54.400 --> 00:37:54.660
 is

00:37:54.660 --> 00:37:55.540
 perfect.

00:37:56.540 --> 00:37:57.120
 We sang

00:37:57.120 --> 00:37:57.820
 that in

00:37:57.820 --> 00:37:58.720
 Psalm 19.

00:37:59.440 --> 00:37:59.780
 God's

00:37:59.780 --> 00:38:00.240
 law is

00:38:00.240 --> 00:38:01.120
 perfect.

00:38:01.240 --> 00:38:01.360
 It

00:38:01.360 --> 00:38:01.820
 converts.

00:38:03.280 --> 00:38:03.980
 But what

00:38:03.980 --> 00:38:04.240
 does

00:38:04.240 --> 00:38:04.920
 conversion

00:38:04.920 --> 00:38:05.300
 mean?

00:38:06.040 --> 00:38:06.640
 It doesn't

00:38:06.640 --> 00:38:06.820
 mean

00:38:06.820 --> 00:38:07.520
 ourselves

00:38:07.520 --> 00:38:08.400
 keeping

00:38:08.400 --> 00:38:09.120
 the law

00:38:09.120 --> 00:38:09.880
 in its

00:38:09.880 --> 00:38:10.600
 entirety,

00:38:11.620 --> 00:38:12.120
 but about

00:38:12.120 --> 00:38:12.620
 looking to

00:38:12.620 --> 00:38:13.080
 the one,

00:38:13.280 --> 00:38:13.900
 the only

00:38:13.900 --> 00:38:14.300
 one who

00:38:14.300 --> 00:38:14.720
 is able

00:38:14.719 --> 00:38:15.459
 to fulfill

00:38:15.459 --> 00:38:16.000
 the law

00:38:16.000 --> 00:38:16.839
 in its

00:38:16.839 --> 00:38:17.500
 entirety,

00:38:17.980 --> 00:38:18.500
 the Lord

00:38:18.500 --> 00:38:18.959
 Jesus

00:38:18.959 --> 00:38:19.659
 Christ.

00:38:21.419 --> 00:38:22.419
 The law

00:38:22.419 --> 00:38:23.699
 cannot be

00:38:23.699 --> 00:38:24.179
 wholly

00:38:24.179 --> 00:38:25.119
 kept by

00:38:25.119 --> 00:38:25.599
 anyone.

00:38:26.439 --> 00:38:26.899
 And so

00:38:26.899 --> 00:38:27.879
 everyone who

00:38:27.879 --> 00:38:28.539
 comes under

00:38:28.539 --> 00:38:29.059
 the law

00:38:29.059 --> 00:38:30.579
 is cursed.

00:38:31.579 --> 00:38:32.399
 If we

00:38:32.399 --> 00:38:33.339
 cannot keep

00:38:33.339 --> 00:38:33.539
 it,

00:38:33.839 --> 00:38:34.399
 we are

00:38:34.399 --> 00:38:34.899
 cursed.

00:38:35.000 --> 00:38:35.219
 And we

00:38:35.219 --> 00:38:36.359
 saw what

00:38:36.359 --> 00:38:37.079
 a curse

00:38:37.079 --> 00:38:37.819
 from the

00:38:37.819 --> 00:38:38.639
 Lord means

00:38:38.639 --> 00:38:39.279
 this morning

00:38:39.279 --> 00:38:40.500
 when Jesus

00:38:40.500 --> 00:38:41.619
 cursed the

00:38:41.619 --> 00:38:42.179
 fig tree.

00:38:43.039 --> 00:38:43.339
 It

00:38:43.339 --> 00:38:43.799
 withered,

00:38:43.800 --> 00:38:44.480
 it

00:38:44.480 --> 00:38:44.920
 died,

00:38:45.019 --> 00:38:45.160
 it

00:38:45.160 --> 00:38:45.440
 bore

00:38:45.440 --> 00:38:45.780
 no

00:38:45.780 --> 00:38:46.380
 fruit.

00:38:46.880 --> 00:38:47.440
 And that's

00:38:47.440 --> 00:38:47.940
 the danger

00:38:47.940 --> 00:38:48.240
 of the

00:38:48.240 --> 00:38:48.600
 curse,

00:38:48.720 --> 00:38:49.519
 the consequences

00:38:49.519 --> 00:38:50.060
 that we're

00:38:50.060 --> 00:38:50.300
 under.

00:38:50.539 --> 00:38:51.060
 If we

00:38:51.060 --> 00:38:51.720
 seek to

00:38:51.720 --> 00:38:52.300
 keep the

00:38:52.300 --> 00:38:52.660
 law in

00:38:52.660 --> 00:38:53.400
 its entirety,

00:38:53.400 --> 00:38:53.780
 in its

00:38:53.780 --> 00:38:54.160
 fullness,

00:38:54.420 --> 00:38:55.180
 we cannot

00:38:55.180 --> 00:38:55.620
 do it and

00:38:55.620 --> 00:38:56.039
 we end

00:38:56.039 --> 00:38:56.780
 up cursed.

00:38:57.340 --> 00:38:57.900
 And that

00:38:57.900 --> 00:38:58.539
 leads us

00:38:58.539 --> 00:38:58.940
 to this

00:38:58.940 --> 00:38:59.920
 point where

00:38:59.920 --> 00:39:00.320
 we can do

00:39:00.320 --> 00:39:01.100
 nothing for

00:39:01.100 --> 00:39:01.720
 ourselves.

00:39:03.420 --> 00:39:04.320
 We are

00:39:04.320 --> 00:39:06.300
 cursed under

00:39:06.300 --> 00:39:06.820
 the law.

00:39:07.600 --> 00:39:08.060
 We are

00:39:08.060 --> 00:39:08.460
 just,

00:39:09.360 --> 00:39:10.680
 as Jesus

00:39:10.679 --> 00:39:11.359
 makes clear

00:39:11.359 --> 00:39:11.779
 for us,

00:39:12.159 --> 00:39:12.559
 we would

00:39:12.559 --> 00:39:13.159
 be cursed,

00:39:13.279 --> 00:39:13.440
 we would

00:39:13.440 --> 00:39:14.239
 be damned.

00:39:15.279 --> 00:39:15.659
 That is

00:39:15.659 --> 00:39:15.960
 what we

00:39:15.960 --> 00:39:16.239
 are.

00:39:18.359 --> 00:39:18.819
 So

00:39:18.819 --> 00:39:19.460
 everybody,

00:39:19.619 --> 00:39:19.980
 it says

00:39:19.980 --> 00:39:20.319
 here,

00:39:20.539 --> 00:39:21.199
 who is

00:39:21.199 --> 00:39:22.259
 everybody,

00:39:22.739 --> 00:39:23.299
 it is

00:39:23.299 --> 00:39:24.419
 just that.

00:39:24.899 --> 00:39:25.500
 It is

00:39:25.500 --> 00:39:26.059
 everyone.

00:39:26.239 --> 00:39:26.759
 There's no

00:39:26.759 --> 00:39:27.079
 one who

00:39:27.079 --> 00:39:27.679
 can avoid

00:39:27.679 --> 00:39:28.139
 this.

00:39:29.139 --> 00:39:29.879
 We all

00:39:29.879 --> 00:39:30.419
 come under

00:39:30.419 --> 00:39:30.879
 the law

00:39:30.879 --> 00:39:31.559
 of God,

00:39:31.819 --> 00:39:32.539
 but none

00:39:32.539 --> 00:39:32.980
 of us,

00:39:33.119 --> 00:39:33.639
 no one,

00:39:33.980 --> 00:39:34.539
 can keep

00:39:34.539 --> 00:39:35.359
 it perfectly.

00:39:36.239 --> 00:39:36.519
 And so

00:39:36.519 --> 00:39:37.139
 as Paul

00:39:37.139 --> 00:39:37.759
 is quoting

00:39:37.759 --> 00:39:38.779
 here in

00:39:38.779 --> 00:39:39.219
 the Old

00:39:39.219 --> 00:39:39.759
 Testament,

00:39:39.760 --> 00:39:40.420
 he's showing

00:39:40.420 --> 00:39:41.620
 the seriousness

00:39:41.620 --> 00:39:42.320
 of it.

00:39:43.140 --> 00:39:44.040
 This affects

00:39:44.040 --> 00:39:45.340
 every one

00:39:45.340 --> 00:39:46.440
 of us.

00:39:47.100 --> 00:39:47.500
 Cursed

00:39:47.500 --> 00:39:48.840
 be everyone

00:39:48.840 --> 00:39:49.940
 who does

00:39:49.940 --> 00:39:50.560
 not abide

00:39:50.560 --> 00:39:51.280
 by all the

00:39:51.280 --> 00:39:52.480
 things written

00:39:52.480 --> 00:39:52.980
 in the book

00:39:52.980 --> 00:39:53.500
 of the law.

00:39:54.260 --> 00:39:55.000
 This is how

00:39:55.000 --> 00:39:55.920
 serious it was

00:39:55.920 --> 00:39:57.100
 for the Galatians.

00:39:57.240 --> 00:39:57.680
 This is how

00:39:57.680 --> 00:39:58.580
 serious it is

00:39:58.580 --> 00:39:59.780
 for ourselves.

00:40:00.100 --> 00:40:00.780
 We are all

00:40:00.780 --> 00:40:01.560
 sinners.

00:40:02.300 --> 00:40:03.080
 There is no

00:40:03.080 --> 00:40:04.420
 escape.

00:40:05.540 --> 00:40:06.360
 Now the law

00:40:06.360 --> 00:40:07.520
 is

00:40:07.520 --> 00:40:08.340
 important.

00:40:08.340 --> 00:40:10.380
 It reminds

00:40:10.380 --> 00:40:11.500
 us that

00:40:11.500 --> 00:40:12.300
 we cannot

00:40:12.300 --> 00:40:13.180
 fulfill

00:40:13.180 --> 00:40:14.019
 the law

00:40:14.019 --> 00:40:14.640
 of God.

00:40:14.960 --> 00:40:15.380
 A preacher

00:40:15.380 --> 00:40:16.059
 once used

00:40:16.059 --> 00:40:16.720
 two images

00:40:16.720 --> 00:40:17.940
 to describe

00:40:17.940 --> 00:40:18.840
 the purpose

00:40:18.840 --> 00:40:19.600
 of the

00:40:19.600 --> 00:40:19.860
 law.

00:40:20.960 --> 00:40:21.500
 The first

00:40:21.500 --> 00:40:21.980
 was this.

00:40:22.059 --> 00:40:22.380
 He said

00:40:22.380 --> 00:40:23.559
 he likened

00:40:23.559 --> 00:40:24.019
 it to

00:40:24.019 --> 00:40:25.180
 the dentist's

00:40:25.180 --> 00:40:26.000
 little mirror

00:40:26.000 --> 00:40:27.660
 which he

00:40:27.660 --> 00:40:28.320
 sticks into

00:40:28.320 --> 00:40:29.240
 the patient's

00:40:29.240 --> 00:40:29.640
 mouth.

00:40:30.600 --> 00:40:31.300
 The mirror

00:40:31.300 --> 00:40:31.740
 is able

00:40:31.740 --> 00:40:32.220
 to help

00:40:32.220 --> 00:40:32.760
 the dentist

00:40:32.760 --> 00:40:33.480
 detect

00:40:33.480 --> 00:40:34.380
 where there's

00:40:34.380 --> 00:40:35.519
 something wrong

00:40:35.519 --> 00:40:36.220
 with a tooth,

00:40:36.320 --> 00:40:36.539
 where there's

00:40:36.539 --> 00:40:37.079
 a cavity

00:40:37.079 --> 00:40:37.619
 that needs

00:40:37.619 --> 00:40:38.099
 filled.

00:40:38.599 --> 00:40:39.019
 But he

00:40:39.019 --> 00:40:39.380
 doesn't

00:40:39.380 --> 00:40:39.980
 drill with

00:40:39.980 --> 00:40:40.319
 the mirror.

00:40:40.420 --> 00:40:40.819
 He doesn't

00:40:40.819 --> 00:40:41.319
 use the

00:40:41.319 --> 00:40:42.159
 mirror to

00:40:42.159 --> 00:40:42.739
 pull out

00:40:42.739 --> 00:40:43.259
 teeth.

00:40:44.759 --> 00:40:45.779
 It can't

00:40:45.779 --> 00:40:46.840
 provide the

00:40:46.840 --> 00:40:47.360
 solution.

00:40:48.579 --> 00:40:49.119
 The second

00:40:49.119 --> 00:40:49.880
 way was this.

00:40:49.940 --> 00:40:50.299
 He said

00:40:50.299 --> 00:40:51.519
 he likened

00:40:51.519 --> 00:40:52.099
 the law

00:40:52.099 --> 00:40:52.579
 to a

00:40:52.579 --> 00:40:53.159
 plumb line

00:40:53.159 --> 00:40:53.480
 that a

00:40:53.480 --> 00:40:53.799
 builder

00:40:53.799 --> 00:40:54.420
 uses.

00:40:55.420 --> 00:40:55.819
 When a

00:40:55.819 --> 00:40:56.400
 builder is

00:40:56.400 --> 00:40:57.039
 building and

00:40:57.039 --> 00:40:57.380
 he wants

00:40:57.380 --> 00:40:57.980
 to check

00:40:57.980 --> 00:40:58.819
 that everything

00:40:58.819 --> 00:40:59.340
 is on the

00:40:59.340 --> 00:40:59.599
 level,

00:40:59.699 --> 00:40:59.940
 on the

00:40:59.940 --> 00:41:00.400
 straight,

00:41:00.599 --> 00:41:01.360
 he uses

00:41:01.360 --> 00:41:01.900
 a plumb

00:41:01.900 --> 00:41:02.179
 line.

00:41:03.119 --> 00:41:03.500
 And if

00:41:03.500 --> 00:41:03.960
 the plumb

00:41:03.960 --> 00:41:05.000
 line highlights

00:41:05.000 --> 00:41:05.340
 that there's

00:41:05.340 --> 00:41:05.940
 a fault,

00:41:05.940 --> 00:41:06.900
 it's not

00:41:06.900 --> 00:41:07.200
 going to

00:41:07.200 --> 00:41:07.519
 help

00:41:07.519 --> 00:41:08.320
 correct it

00:41:08.320 --> 00:41:09.619
 because he

00:41:09.619 --> 00:41:10.000
 has to

00:41:10.000 --> 00:41:10.400
 get other

00:41:10.400 --> 00:41:11.099
 tools out.

00:41:11.460 --> 00:41:11.700
 He has to

00:41:11.700 --> 00:41:11.960
 get the

00:41:11.960 --> 00:41:12.440
 hammer and

00:41:12.440 --> 00:41:12.900
 the saw

00:41:12.900 --> 00:41:13.639
 out to

00:41:13.639 --> 00:41:14.440
 correct it.

00:41:15.460 --> 00:41:15.880
 And he's

00:41:15.880 --> 00:41:16.179
 saying this

00:41:16.179 --> 00:41:16.460
 is what

00:41:16.460 --> 00:41:16.880
 the law

00:41:16.880 --> 00:41:17.519
 is like.

00:41:18.200 --> 00:41:18.639
 The law

00:41:18.639 --> 00:41:19.659
 points out

00:41:19.659 --> 00:41:20.460
 the problem

00:41:20.460 --> 00:41:21.179
 of sin,

00:41:21.840 --> 00:41:22.500
 but it

00:41:22.500 --> 00:41:22.820
 doesn't

00:41:22.820 --> 00:41:23.420
 provide

00:41:23.420 --> 00:41:24.760
 a solution

00:41:24.760 --> 00:41:26.440
 because we

00:41:26.440 --> 00:41:27.639
 cannot fully

00:41:27.639 --> 00:41:29.059
 keep the

00:41:29.059 --> 00:41:29.360
 law.

00:41:30.360 --> 00:41:31.159
 If we are

00:41:31.159 --> 00:41:31.880
 only under

00:41:31.880 --> 00:41:32.360
 the law,

00:41:32.800 --> 00:41:33.200
 we are

00:41:33.200 --> 00:41:34.039
 slaves and

00:41:34.039 --> 00:41:34.559
 bound to

00:41:34.559 --> 00:41:35.940
 that and

00:41:35.940 --> 00:41:36.539
 all the

00:41:36.539 --> 00:41:37.360
 consequences

00:41:37.360 --> 00:41:38.599
 of it.

00:41:38.980 --> 00:41:39.679
 So if we

00:41:39.679 --> 00:41:40.440
 fail in

00:41:40.440 --> 00:41:41.099
 one aspect

00:41:41.099 --> 00:41:41.500
 of the

00:41:41.500 --> 00:41:41.739
 law,

00:41:41.960 --> 00:41:42.500
 we are

00:41:42.500 --> 00:41:43.000
 cursed,

00:41:43.159 --> 00:41:43.360
 we are

00:41:43.360 --> 00:41:43.699
 doomed.

00:41:45.179 --> 00:41:45.679
 And so

00:41:45.679 --> 00:41:46.460
 Paul is

00:41:46.460 --> 00:41:46.960
 highlighting

00:41:46.960 --> 00:41:47.579
 that for

00:41:47.579 --> 00:41:47.719
 us.

00:41:48.019 --> 00:41:48.639
 We cannot

00:41:48.639 --> 00:41:50.179
 possibly do

00:41:50.179 --> 00:41:50.460
 it.

00:41:51.940 --> 00:41:52.659
 What a

00:41:52.659 --> 00:41:53.820
 message to

00:41:53.820 --> 00:41:54.500
 bring to

00:41:54.500 --> 00:41:55.139
 the people,

00:41:55.659 --> 00:41:56.380
 to try and

00:41:56.380 --> 00:41:56.840
 bring them

00:41:56.840 --> 00:41:57.639
 back to

00:41:57.639 --> 00:41:58.380
 their senses.

00:41:59.460 --> 00:41:59.960
 It's a bit

00:41:59.960 --> 00:42:01.199
 like Private

00:42:01.199 --> 00:42:01.940
 Fraser and

00:42:01.940 --> 00:42:02.619
 Dad's Army

00:42:02.619 --> 00:42:03.420
 as Paul

00:42:03.420 --> 00:42:03.900
 is saying

00:42:03.900 --> 00:42:04.559
 all of

00:42:04.559 --> 00:42:05.139
 this to

00:42:05.139 --> 00:42:05.319
 them.

00:42:05.639 --> 00:42:06.059
 People are

00:42:06.059 --> 00:42:06.199
 thinking,

00:42:06.359 --> 00:42:06.420
 well,

00:42:06.460 --> 00:42:06.940
 we're doomed.

00:42:08.420 --> 00:42:08.699
 There's

00:42:08.699 --> 00:42:09.719
 nothing that

00:42:09.719 --> 00:42:10.659
 we can do

00:42:10.659 --> 00:42:11.179
 here.

00:42:11.559 --> 00:42:11.960
 And if

00:42:11.960 --> 00:42:12.579
 Paul's

00:42:12.579 --> 00:42:13.239
 message

00:42:13.239 --> 00:42:13.799
 ended

00:42:13.799 --> 00:42:14.199
 there,

00:42:14.500 --> 00:42:15.159
 we too

00:42:15.159 --> 00:42:15.739
 would feel

00:42:15.739 --> 00:42:16.339
 that sense

00:42:16.339 --> 00:42:16.880
 of doom.

00:42:17.639 --> 00:42:17.940
 There's

00:42:17.940 --> 00:42:18.480
 nothing that

00:42:18.480 --> 00:42:19.179
 we can do

00:42:19.179 --> 00:42:19.880
 ourselves.

00:42:21.019 --> 00:42:21.719
 So what

00:42:21.719 --> 00:42:22.880
 hope do

00:42:22.880 --> 00:42:23.539
 we have?

00:42:24.619 --> 00:42:25.159
 Well,

00:42:25.199 --> 00:42:25.639
 the great

00:42:25.639 --> 00:42:26.460
 thing is

00:42:26.460 --> 00:42:27.239
 that there

00:42:27.239 --> 00:42:27.579
 is a

00:42:27.579 --> 00:42:28.000
 cure.

00:42:29.039 --> 00:42:29.500
 That there

00:42:29.500 --> 00:42:30.199
 is a cure

00:42:30.199 --> 00:42:30.440
 here.

00:42:30.539 --> 00:42:30.920
 You see,

00:42:30.920 --> 00:42:32.599
 Paul doesn't

00:42:32.599 --> 00:42:33.559
 stop there.

00:42:34.519 --> 00:42:34.960
 The whole

00:42:34.960 --> 00:42:35.659
 purpose he

00:42:35.659 --> 00:42:36.180
 is writing

00:42:36.180 --> 00:42:36.579
 to the

00:42:36.579 --> 00:42:37.539
 church at

00:42:37.539 --> 00:42:38.380
 Galatia is

00:42:38.380 --> 00:42:38.700
 this,

00:42:39.000 --> 00:42:39.700
 to show

00:42:39.700 --> 00:42:40.380
 them the

00:42:40.380 --> 00:42:40.860
 answer,

00:42:41.360 --> 00:42:42.099
 to show

00:42:42.099 --> 00:42:43.000
 them the

00:42:43.000 --> 00:42:43.400
 way.

00:42:44.260 --> 00:42:44.800
 Because it

00:42:44.800 --> 00:42:45.619
 doesn't end

00:42:45.619 --> 00:42:45.860
 there.

00:42:46.260 --> 00:42:46.840
 Paul goes

00:42:46.840 --> 00:42:47.280
 on to

00:42:47.280 --> 00:42:48.300
 show the

00:42:48.300 --> 00:42:49.119
 way back.

00:42:50.059 --> 00:42:50.200
 The

00:42:50.200 --> 00:42:50.960
 consequences

00:42:50.960 --> 00:42:51.760
 of erosion

00:42:51.760 --> 00:42:53.400
 is destruction.

00:42:55.059 --> 00:42:55.680
 But thanks

00:42:55.680 --> 00:42:56.599
 be to God

00:42:56.599 --> 00:42:57.400
 that he

00:42:57.400 --> 00:42:57.900
 has made

00:42:57.900 --> 00:42:58.579
 a provision.

00:42:59.659 --> 00:42:59.960
 As he

00:42:59.960 --> 00:43:00.559
 goes on

00:43:00.559 --> 00:43:01.380
 here,

00:43:01.780 --> 00:43:01.960
 he's

00:43:01.960 --> 00:43:02.240
 speaking

00:43:02.240 --> 00:43:02.559
 about

00:43:02.559 --> 00:43:02.940
 it's

00:43:02.940 --> 00:43:03.240
 evident

00:43:03.240 --> 00:43:03.699
 that no

00:43:03.699 --> 00:43:04.019
 one is

00:43:04.019 --> 00:43:04.519
 justified

00:43:04.519 --> 00:43:05.500
 before God

00:43:05.500 --> 00:43:06.280
 by the

00:43:06.280 --> 00:43:06.539
 law,

00:43:06.639 --> 00:43:06.880
 for the

00:43:06.880 --> 00:43:07.179
 righteous

00:43:07.179 --> 00:43:07.539
 shall

00:43:07.539 --> 00:43:07.980
 live

00:43:07.980 --> 00:43:09.260
 by faith.

00:43:10.119 --> 00:43:10.559
 And here

00:43:10.559 --> 00:43:11.220
 is the

00:43:11.220 --> 00:43:11.920
 foundation.

00:43:12.619 --> 00:43:13.159
 Here is

00:43:13.159 --> 00:43:13.980
 the guard

00:43:13.980 --> 00:43:14.780
 against the

00:43:14.780 --> 00:43:15.480
 erosion that

00:43:15.480 --> 00:43:15.860
 can so

00:43:15.860 --> 00:43:17.159
 easily set

00:43:17.159 --> 00:43:17.360
 in.

00:43:17.420 --> 00:43:17.699
 Just like

00:43:17.699 --> 00:43:18.119
 we see in

00:43:18.119 --> 00:43:19.079
 the coastal

00:43:19.079 --> 00:43:20.000
 barriers being

00:43:20.000 --> 00:43:20.440
 put in,

00:43:20.539 --> 00:43:21.920
 defenses being

00:43:21.920 --> 00:43:22.860
 set against

00:43:22.860 --> 00:43:23.500
 the effects

00:43:23.500 --> 00:43:24.119
 of erosion.

00:43:24.519 --> 00:43:25.059
 So we

00:43:25.059 --> 00:43:25.559
 have the

00:43:25.559 --> 00:43:26.000
 greatest

00:43:26.000 --> 00:43:27.000
 defense of

00:43:27.000 --> 00:43:27.400
 all,

00:43:28.000 --> 00:43:28.460
 the Lord

00:43:28.460 --> 00:43:28.980
 Jesus

00:43:28.980 --> 00:43:29.760
 Christ.

00:43:30.800 --> 00:43:31.139
 The

00:43:31.139 --> 00:43:31.579
 righteous

00:43:31.579 --> 00:43:32.440
 shall

00:43:32.440 --> 00:43:32.980
 live

00:43:32.980 --> 00:43:34.300
 by faith.

00:43:35.099 --> 00:43:35.619
 And he

00:43:35.619 --> 00:43:36.079
 goes on

00:43:36.079 --> 00:43:36.440
 then to

00:43:36.440 --> 00:43:36.760
 say in

00:43:36.760 --> 00:43:37.139
 verse 12,

00:43:37.179 --> 00:43:37.400
 but the

00:43:37.400 --> 00:43:37.860
 law is

00:43:37.860 --> 00:43:38.400
 not of

00:43:38.400 --> 00:43:38.780
 faith,

00:43:39.240 --> 00:43:40.300
 rather the

00:43:40.300 --> 00:43:40.760
 one who

00:43:40.760 --> 00:43:41.360
 does them

00:43:41.360 --> 00:43:41.960
 shall live

00:43:41.960 --> 00:43:42.539
 by them,

00:43:42.659 --> 00:43:43.240
 which we

00:43:43.240 --> 00:43:43.920
 cannot do,

00:43:44.059 --> 00:43:44.519
 but then

00:43:44.519 --> 00:43:46.099
 this Christ

00:43:46.099 --> 00:43:47.199
 redeemed

00:43:47.199 --> 00:43:48.440
 us from

00:43:48.440 --> 00:43:48.980
 the curse

00:43:48.980 --> 00:43:49.340
 of the

00:43:49.340 --> 00:43:50.599
 law by

00:43:50.599 --> 00:43:51.480
 becoming a

00:43:51.480 --> 00:43:52.760
 curse for

00:43:52.760 --> 00:43:53.199
 us.

00:43:54.360 --> 00:43:54.760
 The

00:43:54.760 --> 00:43:55.960
 wonder of

00:43:55.960 --> 00:43:56.720
 the grace

00:43:56.720 --> 00:43:58.119
 of God

00:43:58.119 --> 00:43:59.720
 that Christ

00:43:59.720 --> 00:44:01.079
 redeemed

00:44:01.079 --> 00:44:01.980
 us from

00:44:01.980 --> 00:44:02.659
 the curse

00:44:02.659 --> 00:44:04.000
 by becoming

00:44:04.000 --> 00:44:04.780
 a curse

00:44:04.780 --> 00:44:06.059
 for us.

00:44:06.519 --> 00:44:06.960
 How?

00:44:07.420 --> 00:44:07.780
 Well it

00:44:07.780 --> 00:44:07.980
 says,

00:44:08.079 --> 00:44:08.380
 for it is

00:44:08.380 --> 00:44:08.720
 written,

00:44:08.900 --> 00:44:09.559
 cursed is

00:44:09.559 --> 00:44:10.800
 everyone who

00:44:10.800 --> 00:44:11.599
 hanged on

00:44:11.599 --> 00:44:12.159
 a tree.

00:44:12.699 --> 00:44:13.079
 And that

00:44:13.079 --> 00:44:13.699
 is just

00:44:13.699 --> 00:44:14.840
 what Christ

00:44:14.840 --> 00:44:15.639
 has done.

00:44:16.699 --> 00:44:17.420
 We are

00:44:17.420 --> 00:44:18.300
 not justified

00:44:18.300 --> 00:44:19.500
 by our

00:44:19.500 --> 00:44:20.159
 works.

00:44:20.420 --> 00:44:20.840
 We are

00:44:20.840 --> 00:44:21.699
 not saved

00:44:21.699 --> 00:44:22.599
 by our

00:44:22.599 --> 00:44:23.079
 works.

00:44:23.519 --> 00:44:23.800
 We are

00:44:23.800 --> 00:44:24.559
 saved by

00:44:24.559 --> 00:44:25.460
 faith in

00:44:25.460 --> 00:44:26.699
 Christ who

00:44:26.699 --> 00:44:27.619
 redeems us

00:44:27.619 --> 00:44:28.039
 from the

00:44:28.039 --> 00:44:29.159
 curse of

00:44:29.159 --> 00:44:29.639
 the law.

00:44:30.340 --> 00:44:31.000
 We use

00:44:31.000 --> 00:44:31.820
 this word

00:44:31.820 --> 00:44:32.799
 redeem.

00:44:33.619 --> 00:44:34.519
 So often

00:44:34.519 --> 00:44:34.940
 in life

00:44:34.940 --> 00:44:35.279
 now when

00:44:35.279 --> 00:44:36.139
 we redeem

00:44:36.139 --> 00:44:36.799
 something,

00:44:37.199 --> 00:44:37.940
 a voucher,

00:44:38.019 --> 00:44:38.320
 we get

00:44:38.320 --> 00:44:39.000
 money off

00:44:39.000 --> 00:44:39.659
 something.

00:44:40.460 --> 00:44:41.099
 A price

00:44:41.099 --> 00:44:42.239
 is covered

00:44:42.239 --> 00:44:43.259
 for us.

00:44:44.099 --> 00:44:44.900
 But here

00:44:44.900 --> 00:44:45.420
 is the

00:44:45.420 --> 00:44:45.860
 greatest

00:44:45.860 --> 00:44:46.840
 price of

00:44:46.840 --> 00:44:47.179
 all.

00:44:47.460 --> 00:44:47.799
 And what

00:44:47.799 --> 00:44:48.360
 a price

00:44:48.360 --> 00:44:48.799
 has been

00:44:48.799 --> 00:44:49.500
 paid for

00:44:49.500 --> 00:44:49.860
 us.

00:44:50.340 --> 00:44:50.779
 So how

00:44:50.779 --> 00:44:51.119
 could we

00:44:51.119 --> 00:44:51.980
 ever think

00:44:51.980 --> 00:44:52.840
 that we

00:44:52.840 --> 00:44:53.219
 could do

00:44:53.219 --> 00:44:53.940
 anything to

00:44:53.940 --> 00:44:55.599
 satisfy or

00:44:55.599 --> 00:44:56.539
 guard ourselves

00:44:56.539 --> 00:44:57.340
 against this

00:44:57.340 --> 00:44:58.059
 curse that

00:44:58.059 --> 00:44:58.320
 we are

00:44:58.320 --> 00:44:58.659
 under.

00:44:59.380 --> 00:45:00.039
 Just again

00:45:00.039 --> 00:45:00.619
 going back

00:45:00.619 --> 00:45:00.920
 to the

00:45:00.920 --> 00:45:01.280
 end of

00:45:01.280 --> 00:45:01.940
 chapter 2,

00:45:02.039 --> 00:45:02.240
 we are

00:45:02.240 --> 00:45:02.700
 saying if

00:45:02.700 --> 00:45:03.679
 we could,

00:45:04.139 --> 00:45:04.920
 Christ died

00:45:04.920 --> 00:45:05.599
 for no

00:45:05.599 --> 00:45:06.220
 purpose.

00:45:07.119 --> 00:45:07.659
 But that

00:45:07.659 --> 00:45:08.240
 is not

00:45:08.240 --> 00:45:08.840
 true.

00:45:09.880 --> 00:45:10.539
 His purpose

00:45:10.539 --> 00:45:11.900
 was to

00:45:11.900 --> 00:45:12.420
 redeem

00:45:12.420 --> 00:45:13.500
 his people,

00:45:14.159 --> 00:45:15.099
 to purchase

00:45:15.099 --> 00:45:16.039
 his people

00:45:16.039 --> 00:45:16.840
 at the

00:45:16.840 --> 00:45:17.260
 greatest

00:45:17.260 --> 00:45:18.460
 price of

00:45:18.460 --> 00:45:18.920
 all.

00:45:19.579 --> 00:45:20.159
 Redemption

00:45:20.159 --> 00:45:21.380
 is through

00:45:21.380 --> 00:45:22.079
 Christ,

00:45:22.720 --> 00:45:23.039
 our

00:45:23.039 --> 00:45:23.539
 redeemer

00:45:23.539 --> 00:45:24.460
 who gave

00:45:24.460 --> 00:45:25.360
 his life

00:45:25.360 --> 00:45:26.279
 as a

00:45:26.279 --> 00:45:26.719
 ransom

00:45:26.719 --> 00:45:27.960
 for many.

00:45:29.019 --> 00:45:29.599
 Redemption

00:45:29.599 --> 00:45:30.920
 is spoken

00:45:30.920 --> 00:45:32.400
 of through

00:45:32.400 --> 00:45:32.759
 the

00:45:32.759 --> 00:45:33.559
 scriptures,

00:45:33.920 --> 00:45:34.539
 all the

00:45:34.539 --> 00:45:35.159
 way through.

00:45:35.759 --> 00:45:36.400
 The idea

00:45:36.400 --> 00:45:37.039
 of a

00:45:37.039 --> 00:45:37.900
 price being

00:45:37.900 --> 00:45:39.000
 paid is

00:45:39.000 --> 00:45:39.779
 there all

00:45:39.779 --> 00:45:40.259
 through.

00:45:40.840 --> 00:45:41.219
 And the

00:45:41.219 --> 00:45:42.619
 price ultimately

00:45:42.619 --> 00:45:43.400
 is this,

00:45:44.159 --> 00:45:44.779
 that Christ

00:45:44.779 --> 00:45:46.219
 died for

00:45:46.219 --> 00:45:46.599
 sinners.

00:45:47.880 --> 00:45:48.980
 He went

00:45:48.980 --> 00:45:49.900
 to the

00:45:49.900 --> 00:45:50.380
 cross.

00:45:50.380 --> 00:45:51.680
 we were

00:45:51.680 --> 00:45:52.300
 reminded of

00:45:52.300 --> 00:45:52.700
 it last

00:45:52.700 --> 00:45:53.079
 Sunday

00:45:53.079 --> 00:45:54.160
 morning when

00:45:54.160 --> 00:45:54.480
 the Reverend

00:45:54.480 --> 00:45:55.320
 Bill Ferguson

00:45:55.320 --> 00:45:55.820
 was with us.

00:45:55.820 --> 00:45:56.000
 He was

00:45:56.000 --> 00:45:56.619
 preaching from

00:45:56.619 --> 00:45:57.880
 Isaiah 43,

00:45:58.860 --> 00:45:59.599
 that wonderful

00:45:59.599 --> 00:46:00.500
 passage that

00:46:00.500 --> 00:46:01.460
 says at the

00:46:01.460 --> 00:46:01.740
 beginning,

00:46:01.940 --> 00:46:02.579
 fear not,

00:46:02.900 --> 00:46:03.760
 for I have

00:46:03.760 --> 00:46:04.880
 redeemed you.

00:46:05.660 --> 00:46:06.119
 I have

00:46:06.119 --> 00:46:06.740
 called you

00:46:06.740 --> 00:46:07.340
 by name,

00:46:07.960 --> 00:46:08.440
 you are

00:46:08.440 --> 00:46:08.820
 mine.

00:46:08.880 --> 00:46:09.099
 We were

00:46:09.099 --> 00:46:10.000
 reminded how

00:46:10.000 --> 00:46:10.900
 the Lord

00:46:10.900 --> 00:46:12.260
 never leaves

00:46:12.260 --> 00:46:13.039
 his people,

00:46:13.200 --> 00:46:14.000
 no matter

00:46:14.000 --> 00:46:15.079
 what they're

00:46:15.079 --> 00:46:15.960
 going through.

00:46:16.420 --> 00:46:17.260
 A price

00:46:17.260 --> 00:46:18.620
 is paid

00:46:18.620 --> 00:46:19.340
 for them,

00:46:19.880 --> 00:46:20.620
 the greatest

00:46:20.620 --> 00:46:22.080
 price of

00:46:22.080 --> 00:46:22.360
 all.

00:46:22.520 --> 00:46:23.060
 Christ

00:46:23.060 --> 00:46:24.460
 redeemed us

00:46:24.460 --> 00:46:24.900
 from the

00:46:24.900 --> 00:46:25.460
 curse of

00:46:25.460 --> 00:46:25.940
 the law

00:46:25.940 --> 00:46:27.320
 by becoming

00:46:27.320 --> 00:46:28.580
 a curse

00:46:28.580 --> 00:46:29.800
 for us.

00:46:31.840 --> 00:46:32.720
 A young

00:46:32.720 --> 00:46:33.160
 boy,

00:46:33.420 --> 00:46:34.140
 he once

00:46:34.140 --> 00:46:35.220
 built himself

00:46:35.220 --> 00:46:36.060
 a little

00:46:36.060 --> 00:46:36.880
 boat,

00:46:37.240 --> 00:46:38.020
 many used

00:46:38.020 --> 00:46:38.380
 to do it

00:46:38.380 --> 00:46:38.600
 when you

00:46:38.600 --> 00:46:39.020
 were young,

00:46:39.460 --> 00:46:40.180
 making little

00:46:40.180 --> 00:46:40.700
 boats and

00:46:40.700 --> 00:46:41.180
 then putting

00:46:41.180 --> 00:46:41.640
 them out

00:46:41.640 --> 00:46:42.160
 in a river

00:46:42.160 --> 00:46:42.680
 and on a

00:46:42.680 --> 00:46:42.960
 loch.

00:46:43.520 --> 00:46:44.100
 This young

00:46:44.100 --> 00:46:44.460
 boy,

00:46:44.560 --> 00:46:45.100
 he'd made

00:46:45.100 --> 00:46:45.880
 himself a

00:46:45.880 --> 00:46:46.500
 little boat

00:46:46.500 --> 00:46:47.179
 and he

00:46:47.179 --> 00:46:47.500
 took it

00:46:47.500 --> 00:46:48.019
 along to

00:46:48.019 --> 00:46:48.380
 the river

00:46:48.380 --> 00:46:49.000
 one day

00:46:49.000 --> 00:46:50.159
 and set it

00:46:50.159 --> 00:46:50.599
 into the

00:46:50.599 --> 00:46:51.559
 river and

00:46:51.559 --> 00:46:52.019
 was letting

00:46:52.019 --> 00:46:52.559
 it out on

00:46:52.559 --> 00:46:53.119
 a string.

00:46:54.119 --> 00:46:54.420
 And he

00:46:54.420 --> 00:46:55.179
 sat back

00:46:55.179 --> 00:46:55.480
 and just

00:46:55.480 --> 00:46:56.079
 watched the

00:46:56.079 --> 00:46:56.579
 little boat

00:46:56.579 --> 00:46:57.059
 go out as

00:46:57.059 --> 00:46:57.579
 he was letting

00:46:57.579 --> 00:46:58.119
 his string

00:46:58.119 --> 00:46:59.280
 out and he

00:46:59.280 --> 00:46:59.960
 was admiring

00:46:59.960 --> 00:47:00.360
 it as it

00:47:00.360 --> 00:47:00.800
 was going

00:47:00.800 --> 00:47:01.119
 out but

00:47:01.119 --> 00:47:01.539
 then all

00:47:01.539 --> 00:47:02.159
 of a sudden

00:47:02.159 --> 00:47:02.780
 there was

00:47:02.780 --> 00:47:03.300
 a strong

00:47:03.300 --> 00:47:04.000
 current in

00:47:04.000 --> 00:47:04.300
 the river

00:47:04.300 --> 00:47:04.760
 that took

00:47:04.760 --> 00:47:06.519
 hold and

00:47:06.519 --> 00:47:06.960
 the boat

00:47:06.960 --> 00:47:07.659
 got caught

00:47:07.659 --> 00:47:08.179
 up in the

00:47:08.179 --> 00:47:09.000
 current and

00:47:09.000 --> 00:47:09.219
 as the

00:47:09.219 --> 00:47:09.679
 little boy

00:47:09.679 --> 00:47:10.300
 tried to

00:47:10.300 --> 00:47:10.699
 pull it

00:47:10.699 --> 00:47:11.000
 in on

00:47:11.000 --> 00:47:11.460
 the string,

00:47:11.559 --> 00:47:12.019
 the string

00:47:12.019 --> 00:47:12.760
 snapped.

00:47:14.139 --> 00:47:14.440
 And the

00:47:14.440 --> 00:47:14.880
 boy was

00:47:14.880 --> 00:47:15.440
 devastated.

00:47:15.699 --> 00:47:16.039
 He started

00:47:16.039 --> 00:47:17.219
 chasing after

00:47:17.219 --> 00:47:17.860
 this boat

00:47:17.860 --> 00:47:18.400
 going down

00:47:18.400 --> 00:47:18.820
 the river

00:47:18.820 --> 00:47:19.500
 after it

00:47:19.500 --> 00:47:20.300
 but the

00:47:20.300 --> 00:47:20.739
 boat was

00:47:20.739 --> 00:47:21.320
 going too

00:47:21.320 --> 00:47:21.860
 fast.

00:47:21.980 --> 00:47:22.159
 It was

00:47:22.159 --> 00:47:22.820
 being taken

00:47:22.820 --> 00:47:23.279
 away.

00:47:24.179 --> 00:47:24.420
 And he

00:47:24.420 --> 00:47:24.900
 just kept

00:47:24.900 --> 00:47:25.219
 going,

00:47:25.340 --> 00:47:25.880
 kept going,

00:47:26.219 --> 00:47:26.699
 trying to

00:47:26.699 --> 00:47:27.279
 catch up

00:47:27.279 --> 00:47:27.619
 with it but

00:47:27.619 --> 00:47:28.059
 it slipped

00:47:28.059 --> 00:47:28.480
 out of

00:47:28.480 --> 00:47:28.900
 sight,

00:47:29.539 --> 00:47:30.099
 carried on

00:47:30.099 --> 00:47:30.960
 searching until

00:47:30.960 --> 00:47:31.480
 it started

00:47:31.480 --> 00:47:32.320
 to get dark.

00:47:33.000 --> 00:47:33.300
 And to his

00:47:33.300 --> 00:47:33.820
 dismay,

00:47:34.259 --> 00:47:34.719
 he just

00:47:34.719 --> 00:47:35.519
 couldn't find

00:47:35.519 --> 00:47:35.739
 it.

00:47:36.800 --> 00:47:37.719
 He'd lost

00:47:37.719 --> 00:47:38.820
 his boat.

00:47:39.820 --> 00:47:40.279
 A few

00:47:40.279 --> 00:47:41.099
 days later

00:47:41.099 --> 00:47:41.699
 on his way

00:47:41.699 --> 00:47:42.219
 home from

00:47:42.219 --> 00:47:42.719
 school,

00:47:42.719 --> 00:47:43.919
 he was

00:47:43.919 --> 00:47:44.819
 passing by

00:47:44.819 --> 00:47:45.980
 a shop

00:47:45.980 --> 00:47:46.959
 and in

00:47:46.959 --> 00:47:47.459
 the shop

00:47:47.459 --> 00:47:48.139
 he noticed

00:47:48.139 --> 00:47:48.819
 this little

00:47:48.819 --> 00:47:49.259
 boat.

00:47:50.179 --> 00:47:50.359
 And he

00:47:50.359 --> 00:47:50.799
 said to

00:47:50.799 --> 00:47:51.099
 himself,

00:47:51.199 --> 00:47:51.739
 that boat

00:47:51.739 --> 00:47:52.759
 looks just

00:47:52.759 --> 00:47:53.399
 like mine.

00:47:54.500 --> 00:47:54.980
 And as he

00:47:54.980 --> 00:47:55.699
 went closer

00:47:55.699 --> 00:47:56.679
 and closer

00:47:56.679 --> 00:47:57.480
 he said to

00:47:57.480 --> 00:47:57.819
 himself,

00:47:57.939 --> 00:47:58.519
 it is

00:47:58.519 --> 00:47:58.899
 mine.

00:47:59.839 --> 00:48:00.319
 And so he

00:48:00.319 --> 00:48:00.879
 ran into

00:48:00.879 --> 00:48:01.459
 the shop

00:48:01.459 --> 00:48:02.139
 and he

00:48:02.139 --> 00:48:02.959
 said to

00:48:02.959 --> 00:48:03.279
 the man

00:48:03.279 --> 00:48:03.559
 at the

00:48:03.559 --> 00:48:03.899
 counter,

00:48:03.980 --> 00:48:04.359
 he says,

00:48:04.500 --> 00:48:05.559
 that's my

00:48:05.559 --> 00:48:06.219
 boat in

00:48:06.219 --> 00:48:06.799
 your window.

00:48:07.139 --> 00:48:07.759
 I made

00:48:07.759 --> 00:48:07.899
 it,

00:48:07.959 --> 00:48:08.459
 can I have

00:48:08.459 --> 00:48:09.139
 it back?

00:48:09.139 --> 00:48:10.980
 And the

00:48:10.980 --> 00:48:11.279
 man in

00:48:11.279 --> 00:48:11.759
 the shop

00:48:11.759 --> 00:48:12.099
 said,

00:48:12.199 --> 00:48:12.379
 no,

00:48:12.460 --> 00:48:12.639
 I'm

00:48:12.639 --> 00:48:12.960
 sorry,

00:48:13.079 --> 00:48:13.299
 someone

00:48:13.299 --> 00:48:13.639
 else

00:48:13.639 --> 00:48:14.339
 brought

00:48:14.339 --> 00:48:14.940
 that in.

00:48:15.000 --> 00:48:15.219
 If you

00:48:15.219 --> 00:48:15.639
 want it,

00:48:15.659 --> 00:48:15.819
 you're

00:48:15.819 --> 00:48:16.099
 going to

00:48:16.099 --> 00:48:16.619
 have to

00:48:16.619 --> 00:48:17.039
 buy it

00:48:17.039 --> 00:48:17.519
 back.

00:48:19.059 --> 00:48:19.559
 And the

00:48:19.559 --> 00:48:20.279
 man told

00:48:20.279 --> 00:48:21.000
 him how

00:48:21.000 --> 00:48:21.440
 much it

00:48:21.440 --> 00:48:21.839
 was going

00:48:21.839 --> 00:48:22.539
 to cost.

00:48:23.779 --> 00:48:24.059
 Now the

00:48:24.059 --> 00:48:24.500
 little boy

00:48:24.500 --> 00:48:24.920
 didn't have

00:48:24.920 --> 00:48:25.379
 any money

00:48:25.379 --> 00:48:25.779
 with him

00:48:25.779 --> 00:48:26.059
 at the

00:48:26.059 --> 00:48:26.440
 time,

00:48:26.980 --> 00:48:27.440
 but he

00:48:27.440 --> 00:48:28.079
 ran home

00:48:28.079 --> 00:48:28.639
 and saw

00:48:28.639 --> 00:48:29.099
 how much

00:48:29.099 --> 00:48:29.639
 money he

00:48:29.639 --> 00:48:30.119
 could get

00:48:30.119 --> 00:48:30.500
 together.

00:48:30.579 --> 00:48:30.739
 And he

00:48:30.739 --> 00:48:31.339
 was delighted

00:48:31.339 --> 00:48:31.719
 when he

00:48:31.719 --> 00:48:32.619
 found he

00:48:32.619 --> 00:48:33.139
 had enough

00:48:33.139 --> 00:48:33.519
 money.

00:48:33.719 --> 00:48:34.159
 And he

00:48:34.159 --> 00:48:34.879
 ran back

00:48:34.879 --> 00:48:35.239
 to the

00:48:35.239 --> 00:48:35.639
 shop,

00:48:35.900 --> 00:48:36.420
 he gave

00:48:36.420 --> 00:48:36.839
 the man

00:48:36.839 --> 00:48:37.299
 the money,

00:48:37.559 --> 00:48:38.119
 he got

00:48:38.119 --> 00:48:38.779
 his boat

00:48:38.780 --> 00:48:39.460
 back.

00:48:40.519 --> 00:48:40.900
 And as

00:48:40.900 --> 00:48:41.160
 he was

00:48:41.160 --> 00:48:41.740
 going out

00:48:41.740 --> 00:48:42.040
 of the

00:48:42.040 --> 00:48:42.460
 shop,

00:48:42.940 --> 00:48:43.580
 he said,

00:48:43.920 --> 00:48:44.580
 now you're

00:48:44.580 --> 00:48:45.620
 mine twice.

00:48:46.960 --> 00:48:47.740
 I made

00:48:47.740 --> 00:48:49.080
 you and

00:48:49.080 --> 00:48:49.960
 now I've

00:48:49.960 --> 00:48:50.620
 bought you.

00:48:52.680 --> 00:48:53.080
 And that's

00:48:53.080 --> 00:48:53.700
 a reminder

00:48:53.700 --> 00:48:54.580
 to us

00:48:54.580 --> 00:48:55.380
 of the

00:48:55.380 --> 00:48:56.460
 cost of

00:48:56.460 --> 00:48:57.019
 all that

00:48:57.019 --> 00:48:57.760
 Christ has

00:48:57.760 --> 00:48:58.420
 done for

00:48:58.420 --> 00:48:58.760
 us.

00:48:59.620 --> 00:49:00.280
 He made

00:49:00.280 --> 00:49:01.240
 us in

00:49:01.240 --> 00:49:01.760
 the first

00:49:01.760 --> 00:49:02.200
 place.

00:49:03.320 --> 00:49:04.060
 We belong

00:49:04.060 --> 00:49:04.720
 to him

00:49:04.720 --> 00:49:05.740
 and yet

00:49:05.740 --> 00:49:06.660
 in our

00:49:06.660 --> 00:49:07.660
 ignorance of

00:49:07.660 --> 00:49:08.060
 him we've

00:49:08.060 --> 00:49:08.740
 gone away.

00:49:08.780 --> 00:49:09.580
 we've

00:49:09.580 --> 00:49:10.019
 gone our

00:49:10.019 --> 00:49:10.600
 own way.

00:49:10.960 --> 00:49:11.400
 In our

00:49:11.400 --> 00:49:12.160
 sin we've

00:49:12.160 --> 00:49:13.100
 gone astray

00:49:13.100 --> 00:49:13.800
 from him.

00:49:14.500 --> 00:49:14.820
 And he

00:49:14.820 --> 00:49:15.220
 had to

00:49:15.220 --> 00:49:16.440
 come and

00:49:16.440 --> 00:49:17.300
 purchase us,

00:49:17.460 --> 00:49:18.160
 redeem us

00:49:18.160 --> 00:49:18.980
 with a

00:49:18.980 --> 00:49:19.540
 price.

00:49:20.880 --> 00:49:21.160
 And so

00:49:21.160 --> 00:49:21.540
 if you

00:49:21.540 --> 00:49:22.780
 think you're

00:49:22.780 --> 00:49:23.480
 not worth

00:49:23.480 --> 00:49:24.360
 much to

00:49:24.360 --> 00:49:24.780
 God,

00:49:25.680 --> 00:49:26.160
 if you

00:49:26.160 --> 00:49:27.019
 think you're

00:49:27.019 --> 00:49:27.940
 not important

00:49:27.940 --> 00:49:28.660
 to God,

00:49:29.120 --> 00:49:29.700
 or God

00:49:29.700 --> 00:49:30.620
 doesn't see

00:49:30.620 --> 00:49:31.040
 you as

00:49:31.040 --> 00:49:32.280
 important in

00:49:32.280 --> 00:49:32.980
 his eyes,

00:49:33.320 --> 00:49:34.019
 just like the

00:49:34.019 --> 00:49:34.900
 psalmist as

00:49:34.900 --> 00:49:35.340
 we're singing

00:49:35.340 --> 00:49:36.660
 in Psalm 77,

00:49:36.659 --> 00:49:37.839
 has God

00:49:37.839 --> 00:49:38.659
 forgotten

00:49:38.659 --> 00:49:39.039
 us?

00:49:39.039 --> 00:49:39.659
 Will he

00:49:39.659 --> 00:49:40.079
 neglect

00:49:40.079 --> 00:49:40.719
 us?

00:49:41.159 --> 00:49:41.480
 Do you

00:49:41.480 --> 00:49:42.139
 feel that

00:49:42.139 --> 00:49:42.420
 tonight?

00:49:42.500 --> 00:49:42.619
 Do you

00:49:42.619 --> 00:49:43.159
 feel this

00:49:43.159 --> 00:49:44.299
 distance with

00:49:44.299 --> 00:49:44.739
 God that

00:49:44.739 --> 00:49:45.379
 perhaps he's

00:49:45.379 --> 00:49:46.299
 not concerned

00:49:46.299 --> 00:49:47.399
 for you?

00:49:48.159 --> 00:49:48.699
 Or that you

00:49:48.699 --> 00:49:49.379
 have to make

00:49:49.379 --> 00:49:49.940
 it up to

00:49:49.940 --> 00:49:50.460
 God in

00:49:50.460 --> 00:49:51.079
 some way

00:49:51.079 --> 00:49:52.039
 by fully

00:49:52.039 --> 00:49:52.819
 keeping the

00:49:52.819 --> 00:49:53.239
 law and

00:49:53.239 --> 00:49:54.199
 pleasing God

00:49:54.199 --> 00:49:54.659
 in that

00:49:54.659 --> 00:49:54.980
 way?

00:49:55.679 --> 00:49:55.940
 Well,

00:49:55.980 --> 00:49:56.739
 you don't.

00:49:57.259 --> 00:49:57.839
 You see,

00:49:58.460 --> 00:49:58.779
 we're

00:49:58.779 --> 00:49:59.960
 precious to

00:49:59.960 --> 00:50:00.460
 God.

00:50:01.339 --> 00:50:02.079
 He made

00:50:02.079 --> 00:50:03.719
 us and

00:50:03.719 --> 00:50:04.079
 he has

00:50:04.079 --> 00:50:04.599
 redeemed

00:50:04.599 --> 00:50:05.099
 us.

00:50:06.179 --> 00:50:06.840
 He has

00:50:06.840 --> 00:50:08.039
 paid a

00:50:08.039 --> 00:50:08.579
 price.

00:50:09.559 --> 00:50:09.900
 You don't

00:50:09.900 --> 00:50:10.400
 have to

00:50:10.400 --> 00:50:11.559
 earn his

00:50:11.559 --> 00:50:12.659
 favor through

00:50:12.659 --> 00:50:13.380
 works,

00:50:13.940 --> 00:50:14.659
 through any

00:50:14.659 --> 00:50:15.299
 works of

00:50:15.299 --> 00:50:15.639
 the law.

00:50:15.719 --> 00:50:16.239
 That's not

00:50:16.239 --> 00:50:17.460
 the way to

00:50:17.460 --> 00:50:18.619
 please God,

00:50:19.239 --> 00:50:20.139
 but to

00:50:20.139 --> 00:50:21.400
 come by

00:50:21.400 --> 00:50:23.259
 faith and

00:50:23.259 --> 00:50:24.099
 to believe

00:50:24.099 --> 00:50:24.960
 in the

00:50:24.960 --> 00:50:25.739
 Lord Jesus

00:50:25.739 --> 00:50:26.480
 Christ.

00:50:27.659 --> 00:50:27.940
 The

00:50:27.940 --> 00:50:28.519
 redeemed

00:50:28.519 --> 00:50:29.420
 of God

00:50:29.420 --> 00:50:31.460
 depend on

00:50:31.460 --> 00:50:31.819
 him.

00:50:32.920 --> 00:50:33.599
 Because the

00:50:33.599 --> 00:50:34.360
 erosion that

00:50:34.360 --> 00:50:34.779
 can so

00:50:34.779 --> 00:50:35.480
 easily come

00:50:35.480 --> 00:50:35.900
 in is

00:50:35.900 --> 00:50:37.219
 God doesn't

00:50:37.219 --> 00:50:37.819
 love me.

00:50:38.920 --> 00:50:39.299
 And we

00:50:39.299 --> 00:50:39.960
 turn away

00:50:39.960 --> 00:50:40.759
 from God

00:50:40.759 --> 00:50:41.460
 and we

00:50:41.460 --> 00:50:41.860
 let the

00:50:41.860 --> 00:50:42.380
 things of

00:50:42.380 --> 00:50:42.940
 this world

00:50:42.940 --> 00:50:43.539
 just eat

00:50:43.539 --> 00:50:44.259
 away at

00:50:44.259 --> 00:50:44.619
 us.

00:50:45.219 --> 00:50:45.840
 But the

00:50:45.840 --> 00:50:46.219
 greatest

00:50:46.219 --> 00:50:46.799
 barrier,

00:50:46.940 --> 00:50:47.380
 the greatest

00:50:47.380 --> 00:50:48.199
 defense

00:50:48.199 --> 00:50:49.119
 against

00:50:49.119 --> 00:50:50.420
 sliding away

00:50:50.420 --> 00:50:51.199
 from God

00:50:51.199 --> 00:50:51.980
 of being

00:50:51.980 --> 00:50:53.259
 cursed in

00:50:53.259 --> 00:50:53.940
 this world

00:50:53.940 --> 00:50:54.319
 and for

00:50:54.319 --> 00:50:55.259
 all eternity

00:50:55.259 --> 00:50:56.460
 is to

00:50:56.460 --> 00:50:57.500
 know the

00:50:57.500 --> 00:50:58.000
 barrier.

00:50:58.779 --> 00:50:59.679
 The erosion

00:50:59.679 --> 00:51:01.019
 barrier that

00:51:01.019 --> 00:51:01.920
 is faith,

00:51:02.079 --> 00:51:03.380
 in Christ.

00:51:04.420 --> 00:51:05.480
 Paul, as

00:51:05.480 --> 00:51:06.099
 he's speaking

00:51:06.099 --> 00:51:06.480
 to the

00:51:06.480 --> 00:51:07.039
 church of

00:51:07.039 --> 00:51:07.679
 Galatia and

00:51:07.679 --> 00:51:07.900
 to the

00:51:07.900 --> 00:51:08.619
 people there,

00:51:09.239 --> 00:51:09.900
 he's saying

00:51:09.900 --> 00:51:10.799
 the law

00:51:10.799 --> 00:51:11.779
 will not

00:51:11.779 --> 00:51:12.239
 help.

00:51:13.159 --> 00:51:13.500
 You're

00:51:13.500 --> 00:51:14.000
 cursed.

00:51:14.739 --> 00:51:15.259
 Even if you

00:51:15.259 --> 00:51:16.000
 fail on

00:51:16.000 --> 00:51:16.920
 one point,

00:51:17.400 --> 00:51:17.819
 you're

00:51:17.819 --> 00:51:18.340
 cursed.

00:51:19.539 --> 00:51:20.199
 But he

00:51:20.199 --> 00:51:20.799
 says,

00:51:21.480 --> 00:51:22.179
 thanks be to

00:51:22.179 --> 00:51:22.559
 God,

00:51:22.759 --> 00:51:23.299
 Christ

00:51:23.299 --> 00:51:24.480
 redeemed

00:51:24.480 --> 00:51:25.500
 us from

00:51:25.500 --> 00:51:26.139
 the curse

00:51:26.139 --> 00:51:26.799
 of the law

00:51:26.800 --> 00:51:28.240
 by becoming

00:51:28.240 --> 00:51:29.400
 a curse

00:51:29.400 --> 00:51:30.500
 for us.

00:51:31.900 --> 00:51:32.360
 He has

00:51:32.360 --> 00:51:32.920
 done it.

00:51:33.500 --> 00:51:33.840
 He has

00:51:33.840 --> 00:51:34.539
 paid the

00:51:34.539 --> 00:51:35.120
 price.

00:51:35.840 --> 00:51:36.100
 And what

00:51:36.100 --> 00:51:36.600
 he wants

00:51:36.600 --> 00:51:37.280
 of us

00:51:37.280 --> 00:51:37.800
 now is

00:51:37.800 --> 00:51:38.200
 not to

00:51:38.200 --> 00:51:38.480
 say,

00:51:38.940 --> 00:51:39.180
 I can

00:51:39.180 --> 00:51:39.620
 do the

00:51:39.620 --> 00:51:39.800
 law

00:51:39.800 --> 00:51:40.420
 myself,

00:51:40.580 --> 00:51:40.980
 because in

00:51:40.980 --> 00:51:41.360
 that we're

00:51:41.360 --> 00:51:41.760
 saying,

00:51:42.140 --> 00:51:43.060
 Christ died

00:51:43.060 --> 00:51:43.620
 for no

00:51:43.620 --> 00:51:44.440
 purpose at

00:51:44.440 --> 00:51:44.820
 all.

00:51:44.820 --> 00:51:46.360
 but to

00:51:46.360 --> 00:51:47.039
 see Christ

00:51:47.039 --> 00:51:47.760
 died for

00:51:47.760 --> 00:51:48.260
 me as

00:51:48.260 --> 00:51:48.519
 sinner,

00:51:49.640 --> 00:51:50.039
 that I

00:51:50.039 --> 00:51:50.800
 might through

00:51:50.800 --> 00:51:51.519
 faith in

00:51:51.519 --> 00:51:52.860
 him live

00:51:52.860 --> 00:51:54.260
 and know

00:51:54.260 --> 00:51:55.200
 his blessing

00:51:55.200 --> 00:51:56.620
 as one

00:51:56.620 --> 00:51:57.360
 of his

00:51:57.360 --> 00:51:58.600
 redeemed

00:51:58.600 --> 00:52:00.260
 and rejoice

00:52:00.260 --> 00:52:01.740
 in him.

00:52:02.580 --> 00:52:03.220
 So the

00:52:03.220 --> 00:52:04.100
 question is,

00:52:04.559 --> 00:52:05.720
 how are

00:52:05.720 --> 00:52:06.140
 you living

00:52:06.140 --> 00:52:06.780
 your life

00:52:06.780 --> 00:52:07.320
 tonight?

00:52:08.220 --> 00:52:08.620
 Are you

00:52:08.620 --> 00:52:09.200
 living as

00:52:09.200 --> 00:52:09.740
 one who

00:52:09.740 --> 00:52:10.900
 feels the

00:52:10.900 --> 00:52:11.760
 only way to

00:52:11.760 --> 00:52:12.860
 please God

00:52:12.860 --> 00:52:13.920
 is by what

00:52:13.920 --> 00:52:14.559
 we do,

00:52:14.820 --> 00:52:16.300
 forget it.

00:52:17.360 --> 00:52:17.880
 You'll

00:52:17.880 --> 00:52:18.200
 never

00:52:18.200 --> 00:52:18.980
 please him.

00:52:20.700 --> 00:52:21.039
 Or are

00:52:21.039 --> 00:52:21.519
 we living

00:52:21.519 --> 00:52:23.220
 as Christ's

00:52:23.220 --> 00:52:23.820
 redeemed,

00:52:24.660 --> 00:52:25.260
 realizing

00:52:25.260 --> 00:52:26.240
 that he

00:52:26.240 --> 00:52:26.880
 has paid

00:52:26.880 --> 00:52:27.660
 the price,

00:52:28.260 --> 00:52:28.820
 he hung

00:52:28.820 --> 00:52:29.780
 on the

00:52:29.780 --> 00:52:30.160
 tree,

00:52:30.740 --> 00:52:31.180
 he was

00:52:31.180 --> 00:52:31.860
 cursed,

00:52:32.420 --> 00:52:32.940
 he bore

00:52:32.940 --> 00:52:33.500
 it all

00:52:33.500 --> 00:52:34.400
 that our

00:52:34.400 --> 00:52:34.780
 sins

00:52:34.780 --> 00:52:35.539
 deserved,

00:52:35.860 --> 00:52:36.500
 that we

00:52:36.500 --> 00:52:36.920
 might be

00:52:36.920 --> 00:52:37.980
 set free

00:52:37.980 --> 00:52:38.780
 through

00:52:38.780 --> 00:52:39.120
 him.

00:52:40.300 --> 00:52:40.740
 How

00:52:40.740 --> 00:52:41.780
 are we

00:52:41.780 --> 00:52:42.080
 living?

00:52:42.860 --> 00:52:43.180
 Surely

00:52:43.180 --> 00:52:43.820
 it is

00:52:43.820 --> 00:52:44.840
 to be

00:52:44.840 --> 00:52:45.340
 redeemed

00:52:45.340 --> 00:52:47.080
 by faith

00:52:47.080 --> 00:52:48.260
 in Christ

00:52:48.260 --> 00:52:48.760
 Jesus.

00:52:49.080 --> 00:52:49.539
 Let us

00:52:49.539 --> 00:52:49.800
 pray.

00:52:52.100 --> 00:52:52.580
 Our

00:52:52.580 --> 00:52:53.260
 Father in

00:52:53.260 --> 00:52:53.559
 heaven,

00:52:53.660 --> 00:52:53.920
 we do

00:52:53.920 --> 00:52:54.480
 thank you

00:52:54.480 --> 00:52:54.820
 for all

00:52:54.820 --> 00:52:55.080
 that you

00:52:55.080 --> 00:52:55.519
 have done

00:52:55.519 --> 00:52:56.220
 for us.

00:52:56.559 --> 00:52:57.100
 We know

00:52:57.100 --> 00:52:57.400
 there is

00:52:57.400 --> 00:52:57.920
 nothing we

00:52:57.920 --> 00:52:58.280
 can do

00:52:58.280 --> 00:52:59.000
 of ourselves,

00:52:59.120 --> 00:52:59.500
 although we

00:52:59.500 --> 00:52:59.920
 seek to

00:52:59.920 --> 00:53:00.539
 please you

00:53:00.539 --> 00:53:01.360
 in so

00:53:01.360 --> 00:53:02.120
 many ways.

00:53:02.559 --> 00:53:03.240
 We seek

00:53:03.240 --> 00:53:03.559
 to do

00:53:03.559 --> 00:53:04.200
 good for

00:53:04.200 --> 00:53:04.340
 you,

00:53:04.360 --> 00:53:04.600
 and that

00:53:04.600 --> 00:53:05.059
 is right

00:53:05.059 --> 00:53:05.680
 for us,

00:53:05.880 --> 00:53:06.440
 for you

00:53:06.440 --> 00:53:06.720
 have been

00:53:06.720 --> 00:53:07.200
 good to

00:53:07.200 --> 00:53:07.519
 us,

00:53:07.519 --> 00:53:07.820
 and you

00:53:07.820 --> 00:53:08.420
 ask us

00:53:08.420 --> 00:53:08.780
 to be

00:53:08.780 --> 00:53:09.080
 your

00:53:09.080 --> 00:53:09.620
 servants

00:53:09.619 --> 00:53:10.099
 in this

00:53:10.099 --> 00:53:10.519
 world.

00:53:11.219 --> 00:53:11.400
 You

00:53:11.400 --> 00:53:11.539
 have

00:53:11.539 --> 00:53:11.960
 prepared

00:53:11.960 --> 00:53:12.239
 us

00:53:12.239 --> 00:53:12.619
 for

00:53:12.619 --> 00:53:13.119
 works

00:53:13.119 --> 00:53:13.559
 in many

00:53:13.559 --> 00:53:14.079
 ways,

00:53:14.759 --> 00:53:15.259
 but help

00:53:15.259 --> 00:53:15.619
 us to

00:53:15.619 --> 00:53:16.279
 realize that

00:53:16.279 --> 00:53:16.799
 all of our

00:53:16.799 --> 00:53:17.359
 works are

00:53:17.359 --> 00:53:17.699
 not to

00:53:17.699 --> 00:53:18.500
 please you

00:53:18.500 --> 00:53:19.420
 in any

00:53:19.420 --> 00:53:19.819
 way that

00:53:19.819 --> 00:53:20.400
 would gain

00:53:20.400 --> 00:53:21.339
 our salvation

00:53:21.339 --> 00:53:21.839
 in any

00:53:21.839 --> 00:53:22.119
 way,

00:53:22.759 --> 00:53:23.219
 but to

00:53:23.219 --> 00:53:23.759
 realize that

00:53:23.759 --> 00:53:24.079
 we do

00:53:24.079 --> 00:53:25.099
 it because

00:53:25.099 --> 00:53:25.559
 you have

00:53:25.559 --> 00:53:26.359
 loved us

00:53:26.359 --> 00:53:27.219
 and given

00:53:27.219 --> 00:53:28.159
 yourself for

00:53:28.159 --> 00:53:28.460
 us,

00:53:28.960 --> 00:53:29.259
 and that

00:53:29.259 --> 00:53:29.739
 the way to

00:53:29.739 --> 00:53:30.539
 salvation is

00:53:30.539 --> 00:53:31.059
 not through

00:53:31.059 --> 00:53:31.539
 our own

00:53:31.539 --> 00:53:31.980
 endeavors,

00:53:32.779 --> 00:53:33.359
 but through

00:53:33.359 --> 00:53:34.719
 faith in

00:53:34.719 --> 00:53:35.699
 Christ Jesus

00:53:35.699 --> 00:53:36.500
 our Lord.

00:53:36.500 --> 00:53:36.559
 Lord,

00:53:37.059 --> 00:53:37.539
 and so we

00:53:37.539 --> 00:53:37.960
 pray that

00:53:37.960 --> 00:53:38.239
 you will

00:53:38.239 --> 00:53:39.260
 encourage us

00:53:39.260 --> 00:53:40.239
 in our

00:53:40.239 --> 00:53:40.679
 faith,

00:53:41.260 --> 00:53:41.480
 that you

00:53:41.480 --> 00:53:41.940
 will help

00:53:41.940 --> 00:53:42.280
 us to

00:53:42.280 --> 00:53:43.260
 see the

00:53:43.260 --> 00:53:43.860
 price that

00:53:43.860 --> 00:53:44.199
 has been

00:53:44.199 --> 00:53:44.679
 paid and

00:53:44.679 --> 00:53:45.340
 how precious

00:53:45.340 --> 00:53:46.159
 we are to

00:53:46.159 --> 00:53:46.500
 you,

00:53:47.159 --> 00:53:47.820
 that cursed

00:53:47.820 --> 00:53:49.059
 is the one

00:53:49.059 --> 00:53:49.679
 who hangs

00:53:49.679 --> 00:53:50.079
 on the

00:53:50.079 --> 00:53:50.460
 tree,

00:53:51.059 --> 00:53:51.300
 and we

00:53:51.300 --> 00:53:51.639
 thank you

00:53:51.639 --> 00:53:52.260
 that Christ

00:53:52.260 --> 00:53:53.280
 redeemed us

00:53:53.280 --> 00:53:54.159
 from the

00:53:54.159 --> 00:53:55.480
 curse by

00:53:55.480 --> 00:53:56.300
 becoming a

00:53:56.300 --> 00:53:56.940
 curse for

00:53:56.940 --> 00:53:57.199
 us.

00:53:57.679 --> 00:53:57.960
 So we

00:53:57.960 --> 00:53:58.599
 encourage us

00:53:58.599 --> 00:53:59.039
 Lord we

00:53:59.039 --> 00:53:59.460
 pray and

00:53:59.460 --> 00:53:59.900
 build us

00:53:59.900 --> 00:54:00.420
 up in our

00:54:00.420 --> 00:54:00.860
 faith,

00:54:01.420 --> 00:54:01.960
 we ask it

00:54:01.960 --> 00:54:02.320
 all in

00:54:02.320 --> 00:54:03.099
 Jesus name,

00:54:03.659 --> 00:54:03.980
 Amen.

00:54:06.500 --> 00:54:08.920
 We're

00:54:08.920 --> 00:54:09.500
 going to

00:54:09.500 --> 00:54:10.320
 conclude by

00:54:10.320 --> 00:54:11.019
 singing to

00:54:11.019 --> 00:54:11.480
 God's

00:54:11.480 --> 00:54:12.940
 praise in

00:54:12.940 --> 00:54:14.219
 Psalm 61,

00:54:15.340 --> 00:54:16.239
 the Scottish

00:54:16.239 --> 00:54:16.780
 Psalter

00:54:16.780 --> 00:54:17.260
 version.

00:54:22.440 --> 00:54:23.099
 Realize we

00:54:23.099 --> 00:54:23.579
 had it this

00:54:23.579 --> 00:54:24.119
 morning as

00:54:24.119 --> 00:54:24.500
 well, it

00:54:24.500 --> 00:54:24.940
 was to sing

00:54:24.940 --> 00:54:25.780
 Psalms version

00:54:25.780 --> 00:54:26.260
 this morning,

00:54:26.300 --> 00:54:26.639
 but we'll sing

00:54:26.639 --> 00:54:27.119
 again in the

00:54:27.119 --> 00:54:27.519
 Scottish

00:54:27.519 --> 00:54:28.099
 Psalter,

00:54:28.619 --> 00:54:29.340
 verse 1 to

00:54:29.340 --> 00:54:29.900
 verse 3,

00:54:30.019 --> 00:54:30.579
 the tune of

00:54:30.579 --> 00:54:31.280
 Salzburg,

00:54:32.039 --> 00:54:32.460
 O God

00:54:32.460 --> 00:54:33.239
 give ear unto

00:54:33.239 --> 00:54:33.940
 my cry,

00:54:34.019 --> 00:54:34.500
 and to my

00:54:34.500 --> 00:54:35.539
 prayer attend,

00:54:35.539 --> 00:54:36.279
 in the

00:54:36.279 --> 00:54:37.059
 utmost corner

00:54:37.059 --> 00:54:37.579
 of the

00:54:37.579 --> 00:54:37.860
 land,

00:54:37.960 --> 00:54:38.579
 my cry,

00:54:39.119 --> 00:54:39.519
 to thee

00:54:39.519 --> 00:54:40.139
 I'll send.

00:54:40.219 --> 00:54:40.579
 We'll sing

00:54:40.579 --> 00:54:41.440
 from verse 1

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 to 3,

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 to God's

00:54:43.219 --> 00:54:43.719
 praise.

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 Amen.

00:54:48.119 --> 00:54:50.679
 O God

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 give ear

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 sorry,

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 O God

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 give ear

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 unto

00:54:59.599 --> 00:55:01.559
 my

00:55:01.559 --> 00:55:02.980
 cry,

00:55:02.980 --> 00:55:04.719
 unto

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 my

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 prayer

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 attend,

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 from the

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 earth

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 most

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 corner

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 of the

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 land,

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 my

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 cry

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 to thee

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 I'll send.

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 what

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 time

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 my

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 heart

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 is

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 overwhelmed

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 and in

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 perplexity

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 do thou

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 me

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 lead

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 unto

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 the

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 rock

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 that

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 that

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 higher

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 is

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 than

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 I

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 for

00:56:03.739 --> 00:56:03.959
 thou

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 hast

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 for

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 I

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 refuse

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 me

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 a

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 shelter

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 by

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 thy

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 blood

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 and

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 forgiven

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 against

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 my

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 foes

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 thou

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 hast

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 been

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 a

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 strong

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 turn

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 after

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 the

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 benediction

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 I'll go

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 to the

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 door

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 to my

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 right

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 we'll

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 close

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 with

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 the

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 benediction

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 now may

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 grace

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 mercy

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 and peace

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 from

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 God

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 Father

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 Son

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 and

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 Holy

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 Spirit

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 rest

00:56:49.560 --> 00:56:50.080
 upon

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 and

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 abide

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 with

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 you

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 all

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 now

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 and

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 forever

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 more

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 Amen

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 from