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 Now, many years ago, I drove to Yass to visit my sister, who had recently got married,

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 and I took along with me a little friend who had been my sister's flower girl.

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 Now, Michelle would have been in late primary school at the time,

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 and my sister worked in Canberra, which is a little distance from Yass,

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 and I volunteered to drive her to work, and the plan was that Michelle and I would have time in Canberra

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 doing really wonderful things together.

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 Now, this was my first trip to Canberra, and I really didn't know where I was going,

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 and I also had this huge responsibility of looking after this young companion of mine.

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 Now, for those of you who know Canberra, there are these really, really large roundabouts in Canberra,

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 and when I say large, they go all around Parliament House,

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 and if I remember correctly, there's two layers, but I'm not absolutely certain,

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 but I just know that they're big, and they go around in a circle.

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 And so, you need to know where you are going when you go to Canberra.

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 You need to know which exit to get off to get to the place that you're going,

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 and unfortunately, I didn't know that piece of information.

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 So, I spent a lot of time going around and around and around and around,

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 not knowing which exit was the one I was needing to get off to take my little companion for a fun day.

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 Now, my little companion was more and more distressed,

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 distressed because she saw the same things over and over and over again.

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 When I say distressed, she was in tears and telling me I want to go home.

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 So, we were really not in a good place at that moment in time.

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 But in Galatians, it's a little bit like going around on a roundabout

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 because we seem to be seeing the same message over and over again,

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 and yet, it's a message that we too forget over and over as well.

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 So, we need to try and set a new pattern, I think.

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 Now, Paul's concentration and his central concern here is that he wants the Galatians to be right with God.

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 This is of grave importance to Paul, and it's of grave importance to us as well,

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 that we also know that we are right with God.

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 We already know from previous sermons that Paul is combating the issue that there are Jewish Christians

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 who are telling the Gentile Christians that to be saved, they first have to believe Jesus,

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 then they obey a whole bunch of the laws, and then they are saved.

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 And Paul's reminding them that what has to happen is that you believe Jesus,

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 and then you're saved, and then you go on obeying God.

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 Now, the law, being all the rules, all the regulations that we've spoken of over the last few weeks,

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 the food restrictions, circumcision, ceremonial ways of doing worship.

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 So, let's today think of three things.

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 Now, for my community group people who like to have three points, here's your three points.

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 The three points are going to be, and mind you, it is only three points because the passage actually does this for us very neatly.

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 What we're going to look at is what is the gospel from verses 10 to 14?

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 What is Paul asking of the Galatians in verses 1 to 5?

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 And what witness does Paul bring in to give us in verses 6 to 9?

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 So, what's the gospel in verses 10 to 14?

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 Well, scripture tells us it's all about Jesus' life, death, and resurrection,

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 that we will be saved if we believe in him.

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 We are justified, that is, we are made right with God, and we are no longer condemned.

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 We receive this through grace if we believe in him.

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 That's what all of the Bible keeps telling us.

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 And it seems so simple to believe in Jesus.

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 But the Galatians were being encouraged to believe that it wasn't enough.

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 And we too fall into that same trap of thinking that it cannot be that simple.

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 You see, doing good is a natural default setting for all humans.

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 Many believe that God will love you more if you are busy doing good things,

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 or that by doing good things, that's the way that you get to God.

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 It's either about your place in heaven or God loving you.

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 Now, remember in the first sermon that Sam did on this Galatians,

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 he mentioned the two diagnostic questions that Evangelism Explosion talks about.

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 The first one being, if you were to die tonight, where would you wake up?

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 And the second one being, if you were to die and you wake up in heaven and God says to you,

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 why should I let you into my kingdom, what would you say?

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 Now, I've been around using those two questions in actual fact for many years,

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 for about 40 years.

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 I have used those same questions.

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 And I can tell you there is a massive percentage of answers that I have received over the years

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 that most people would actually say, well, I've actually been pretty good

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 and I've tried to do the right thing.

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 And, you know, and it's about how good I have been as a person.

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 And that comes from Christian people too, let me say.

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 So we all fall into this trap that we're talking about today.

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 Now, the law or obedience to the law won't get you to God

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 and doing good deeds for salvation won't get you to God either.

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 Why is that?

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 Well, verse 10 says,

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 For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse.

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 As it is written,

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 cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything that is written in the book of the law.

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 Now, those who live by the law,

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 who are relying on their obedience to the law,

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 their own moral achievements to make them right with God

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 are under a curse.

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 And it is as bad as it sounds.

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 It means devoted to damnation

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 or devoted to destruction.

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 And Paul is saying the very law that you Galatians are looking to

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 to make you right with God

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 actually teaches that you are in big, big trouble.

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 So Paul is warning them,

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 do not do it.

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 Verses 11 to 12 says,

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 Clearly, no one who relies on the law is justified before God

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 because the righteous will live by faith.

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 The law is not based on faith.

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 On the contrary, it says,

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 the person who does these things will live by them.

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 Obeying the law can't do enough to save you.

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 Notice Paul assumes that they're going to fail in this.

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 And he points out that it has always been God's intention from the beginning

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 that one is saved by faith.

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 Faith is about trust.

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 It's about entrusting yourself to another.

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 So he's saying we are only made righteous,

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 we are only rescued from the curse and God's wrath

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 through putting our faith in the one

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 who has perfectly obeyed and fulfilled the will of God.

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 That is Jesus Christ.

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 Think about it.

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 Jesus is the only one who has never been under a curse

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 and Paul is saying that's where you look.

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 You look to Jesus.

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 That's where you put your faith.

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 If you put your faith in him,

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 you will be forgiven of your sins.

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 You will be declared innocent by God.

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 You will be made right with God.

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 The curse will be lifted.

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 But the question comes how.

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 How is putting my faith in this man Jesus going to save me

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 and do what the law cannot do?

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 And Paul tells us in verse 13,

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 excuse me,

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 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law

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 by becoming a curse for us.

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 For it is written, cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.

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 Now friends, as I look around the room,

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 there should be great smiles on your faces

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 because this is the best news ever.

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 This is the message of the Christian faith.

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 This is what God is inviting you to believe and to be saved by.

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 How did he do it?

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 He did it by going to a tree,

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 by going to the cross,

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 by being crucified.

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 After having lived a sinless life,

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 he did this to ransom us.

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 On the cross,

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 he became our substitute.

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 He took our place.

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 He made atonement.

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 He made payment for the debt that we owed God.

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 He substituted himself and paid what we could not pay.

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 Being crucified is horrific.

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 But what is worse and what is more scandalous

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 is the wrath of God that was put on Jesus

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 instead of putting it on us.

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 God did not withhold anything.

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 Jesus redeemed us from the curse

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 by becoming a curse for us.

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 And do you know what is quite stunning here?

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 If we put our faith in Christ to save us

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 in the same supernatural way,

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 he takes away our sin

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 and the eternal punishment we deserve

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 because we've disobeyed him.

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 He gives us his righteousness.

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 He gives us his moral perfection

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 so we are declared as seen as innocent

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 before God the Father.

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 He doesn't just take away our sins.

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 That would be enough.

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 He then gives us his perfect record.

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 The one who obeyed perfectly says,

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 now what I've done,

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 it's as if you have done it.

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 If you put your faith in me.

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 He clothes us with robes of righteousness.

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 Now Athanasius,

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 who is one of the early church fathers

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 in the fourth century,

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 he called this the glorious exchange.

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 That Christ, the Son of God,

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 got the punishment

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 and took the punishment of an enemy of God

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 so we, who are the enemies of God,

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 could receive blessings of sons and daughters of God.

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 It's the glorious exchange that occurs.

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 Believing in this,

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 putting your hope in this

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 and living by this

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 is at the heart of what it means to be a Christian.

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 So the gospel that Paul taught the Galatians

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 was one of grace.

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 It has always been

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 and it always will be

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 about grace.

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 Now,

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 having seen what the gospel is,

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 what does Paul ask

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 of the Galatians

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 in verses one to five?

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 He says this,

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 you foolish Galatians,

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 who has bewitched you?

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 Before your very eyes,

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 Jesus Christ was portrayed as crucified.

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 I would like to learn just one thing from you.

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 Did you receive the spirit by observing the law

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 or by believing what you heard?

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 Are you so foolish?

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 After beginning by the means of the spirit,

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 are you now trying to finish

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 by the means of the flesh?

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 Have you experienced so much in vain,

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 if it really was in vain?

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 So again,

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 I ask you,

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 does God give you his spirit

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 and work miracles among you

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 because you observe the works of the law

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 or by what you heard?

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 So many questions

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 in that one paragraph.

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 So much concern

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 from Paul to the Galatians.

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 So brash

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 was Paul

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 that he calls

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 the Galatians,

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 whom he loves,

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 he calls them fools.

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 Now we've already seen

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 what Paul had taught

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 the Galatians,

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 that the gospel is by grace alone

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 through faith alone.

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 But there's

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 an important premise

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 that Paul is pointing out here.

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 That is,

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 once you have become

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 a Christian,

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 how do you then move ahead?

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 Did you see that?

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 He says,

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 after beginning

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 by the means of the spirit,

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 are you now trying

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 to finish

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 by means of the flesh?

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 So the way you become,

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 the way you come

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 into faith

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 is exactly

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 the same way

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 that you advance

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 in the Christian faith.

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 We don't change

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 the message.

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 Remember the two orders

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 that Steve mentioned

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 last week

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 and I mentioned

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 right at the beginning

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 of this.

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 There's a religious order

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 that says

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 that you start

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 with belief

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 in Jesus,

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 you obey the commandments

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 and then you are saved.

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 This isn't a gospel

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 at all.

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 And then there is

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 the gospel order

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 that says

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 that you believe

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 in Jesus,

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 you are saved

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 and then

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 you obey

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 and you follow Jesus.

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 the Galatians

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 had it back

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 to front

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 and are being

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 reminded

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 to remember

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 what they had

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 first heard.

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 But let me remind you,

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 we are not saved

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 to then just

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 please ourselves.

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 Ephesians 2.10

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 says,

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 for we are God's

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 handiwork

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 created in Christ

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 Jesus

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 to do good works

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 which God prepared

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 in advance

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 for us to do.

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 One of our core values

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 here at St. Paul's

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 is servant,

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 to be servant-hearted,

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 servant leadership.

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 That isn't because

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 we just want to fill

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 rosters,

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 let me tell you.

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 it's because

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 it sends a message

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 and the message

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 is all about

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 your heart.

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 It's about our heart

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 when we want to serve.

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 It tells us something

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 of what is going on

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 within you.

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 Now what is fascinating

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 in our Galatians verses

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 is that Paul reminds them

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 that it was before

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 their very eyes

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 that they saw Jesus

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 crucified.

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 But we know

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 that that wasn't

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 the case at all.

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 The Galatians

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 didn't see physically

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 the crucifixion

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 of Jesus.

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 But the interesting

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 thing is

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 what the Bible does,

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 the Bible actually

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 uses sensory language.

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 And the Bible

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 uses it.

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 Once you've actually

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 got the intellectual

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 knowledge,

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 it then,

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 that intellectual

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 knowledge

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 and Steve

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 mentioned this

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 in different words

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 last week,

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 it needs to become

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 heart.

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 But it becomes

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 a heart belief

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 and then the Bible

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 uses a sensory language

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 when it becomes

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 a heart belief.

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 It's so real

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 and it's so vivid

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 that it's as if

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 you were personally

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 there at the crucifixion

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 witnessing what Jesus

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 was doing

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 for them personally

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 and for us

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 personally as well.

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 Hence the sensory language.

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 Another example

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 of this sensory language

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 is in Ephesians

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 118

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 where Paul actually

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 says,

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 I pray also

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 that the eyes

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 of your heart

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 may be enlightened.

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 Paul wants

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 the Ephesians

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 here

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 to know

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 the hope

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 of the gospel

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 that it doesn't

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 just remain

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 a concept

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 but it becomes

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 a heart truth.

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 so it's the eyes

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 of their heart

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 seeing something

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 from the heart.

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 Now how does one

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 become a Christian?

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 You get the facts,

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 you trust

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 and have faith,

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 that is believe

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 and you become

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 righteous.

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 God sees

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 Jesus

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 in us.

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 Now Paul

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 is pointing out

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 that when the

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 Galatians

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 became Christians

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 they stopped

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 relying

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 on

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 the law

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 and they trusted

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 God

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 would accept them.

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 That's what happened

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 at the beginning

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 and God gives

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 his spirit

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 not because

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 you observe

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 the law

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 but because

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 you believe

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 and the gift

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 of the spirit

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 then leads

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 you through

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 life

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 and how

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 you then

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 obey God.

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 you don't

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 get into

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 faith

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 and then

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 you turn

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 around

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 and you try

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 really really

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 hard to stay

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 in the faith.

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 That then

00:20:05.400 --> 00:20:06.040
 would be no

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 gospel at all.

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 Remember

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 verse 10

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 says

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 that we

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 covered

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 if you want

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 to continue

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 in keeping

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 the law

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 then you are

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 under a curse.

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 So

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 what is Paul

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 asking

00:20:21.240 --> 00:20:22.720
 of the Galatians?

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 He's asking

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 them to

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 remember

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 remember

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 the gospel

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 remember

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 the freedom

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 in Christ

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 remember

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 as if you

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 have just

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 become

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 a Christian

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 today

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 remember

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 the joy

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 remember

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 what you

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 saw

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 when the

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 scales

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 dropped

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 from your

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 eyes

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 remember

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 co-remembers

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 the moment

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 when they

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 were singing

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 a particular

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 song

00:20:52.759 --> 00:20:55.139
 alternatively

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 so just

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 remember

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 if

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 and if

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 you are

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 here today

00:21:02.579 --> 00:21:03.740
 and you

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 cannot

00:21:04.259 --> 00:21:04.899
 remember

00:21:04.899 --> 00:21:05.579
 a time

00:21:05.579 --> 00:21:06.019
 when the

00:21:06.019 --> 00:21:06.500
 gospel

00:21:06.500 --> 00:21:08.079
 came alive

00:21:08.079 --> 00:21:08.899
 to you

00:21:08.899 --> 00:21:10.740
 then just

00:21:10.740 --> 00:21:11.299
 maybe

00:21:11.299 --> 00:21:12.500
 you've never

00:21:12.500 --> 00:21:13.319
 really

00:21:13.319 --> 00:21:14.319
 understood

00:21:14.319 --> 00:21:15.919
 it at all

00:21:15.920 --> 00:21:18.060
 so today

00:21:18.060 --> 00:21:18.660
 could be

00:21:18.660 --> 00:21:19.480
 your day

00:21:19.480 --> 00:21:20.840
 see

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 taste

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 hear

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 all

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 the words

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 that

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 Galatians

00:21:27.039 --> 00:21:27.779
 is saying

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 to us

00:21:28.259 --> 00:21:28.620
 today

00:21:28.620 --> 00:21:30.759
 alternatively

00:21:30.759 --> 00:21:31.700
 if you

00:21:31.700 --> 00:21:32.120
 are here

00:21:32.120 --> 00:21:32.539
 today

00:21:32.539 --> 00:21:33.140
 and you

00:21:33.140 --> 00:21:33.420
 give

00:21:33.420 --> 00:21:34.019
 agreement

00:21:34.019 --> 00:21:34.779
 to

00:21:34.779 --> 00:21:36.220
 the life

00:21:36.220 --> 00:21:36.980
 of Jesus

00:21:36.980 --> 00:21:37.900
 you

00:21:37.900 --> 00:21:38.680
 know

00:21:38.680 --> 00:21:39.220
 something

00:21:39.220 --> 00:21:39.720
 of

00:21:39.720 --> 00:21:40.120
 there was

00:21:40.120 --> 00:21:40.480
 a death

00:21:40.480 --> 00:21:40.759
 and a

00:21:40.759 --> 00:21:41.200
 resurrection

00:21:41.200 --> 00:21:42.200
 but you

00:21:42.200 --> 00:21:43.140
 are choosing

00:21:43.140 --> 00:21:43.980
 to live

00:21:43.980 --> 00:21:44.740
 life as

00:21:44.740 --> 00:21:45.700
 you wish

00:21:45.700 --> 00:21:47.420
 to ordain

00:21:47.420 --> 00:21:48.640
 your days

00:21:48.640 --> 00:21:50.500
 your way

00:21:50.500 --> 00:21:51.900
 then let me

00:21:51.900 --> 00:21:52.380
 tell you

00:21:52.380 --> 00:21:52.880
 this

00:21:52.880 --> 00:21:54.700
 you have

00:21:54.700 --> 00:21:55.460
 not believed

00:21:55.460 --> 00:21:56.019
 the gospel

00:21:56.019 --> 00:21:56.799
 at all

00:21:56.799 --> 00:21:57.279
 if you

00:21:57.279 --> 00:21:57.660
 are doing

00:21:57.660 --> 00:21:57.980
 that

00:21:57.980 --> 00:21:59.180
 just

00:21:59.180 --> 00:21:59.860
 believing

00:21:59.860 --> 00:22:00.519
 God

00:22:00.519 --> 00:22:01.559
 and

00:22:01.559 --> 00:22:02.180
 knowing

00:22:02.180 --> 00:22:02.660
 that there

00:22:02.660 --> 00:22:03.019
 is a

00:22:03.019 --> 00:22:03.480
 God

00:22:03.480 --> 00:22:05.140
 is not

00:22:05.140 --> 00:22:05.700
 enough

00:22:05.700 --> 00:22:07.319
 in James

00:22:07.319 --> 00:22:07.660
 2

00:22:07.660 --> 00:22:08.160
 19

00:22:08.160 --> 00:22:10.160
 it says

00:22:10.160 --> 00:22:11.200
 you believe

00:22:11.200 --> 00:22:11.660
 that there

00:22:11.660 --> 00:22:12.220
 is one

00:22:12.220 --> 00:22:12.720
 God

00:22:12.720 --> 00:22:14.340
 good

00:22:14.340 --> 00:22:16.519
 even

00:22:16.519 --> 00:22:17.519
 the demons

00:22:17.519 --> 00:22:18.380
 believe

00:22:18.380 --> 00:22:18.860
 that

00:22:18.860 --> 00:22:20.000
 and they

00:22:20.000 --> 00:22:20.880
 shudder

00:22:20.880 --> 00:22:25.240
 so verse

00:22:25.240 --> 00:22:25.960
 5 says

00:22:25.960 --> 00:22:26.700
 that God

00:22:26.700 --> 00:22:27.440
 gives us

00:22:27.440 --> 00:22:28.420
 his spirit

00:22:28.420 --> 00:22:29.420
 it doesn't

00:22:29.420 --> 00:22:29.860
 say that

00:22:29.860 --> 00:22:30.660
 God gave

00:22:30.660 --> 00:22:31.580
 his spirit

00:22:31.580 --> 00:22:32.480
 it's not

00:22:32.480 --> 00:22:33.200
 a once

00:22:33.200 --> 00:22:34.380
 only action

00:22:34.380 --> 00:22:35.600
 it's a

00:22:35.600 --> 00:22:36.160
 continuous

00:22:36.160 --> 00:22:36.880
 action

00:22:36.880 --> 00:22:37.440
 we

00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:38.320
 continually

00:22:38.320 --> 00:22:39.440
 need to

00:22:39.440 --> 00:22:39.880
 believe

00:22:39.880 --> 00:22:40.940
 and have

00:22:40.940 --> 00:22:41.520
 faith

00:22:41.520 --> 00:22:42.520
 we can

00:22:42.520 --> 00:22:42.860
 still

00:22:42.860 --> 00:22:43.420
 struggle

00:22:43.420 --> 00:22:44.220
 in life

00:22:44.220 --> 00:22:46.040
 but in

00:22:46.040 --> 00:22:46.880
 every area

00:22:46.880 --> 00:22:47.180
 of our

00:22:47.180 --> 00:22:47.460
 life

00:22:47.460 --> 00:22:47.960
 we want

00:22:47.960 --> 00:22:48.080
 to

00:22:48.080 --> 00:22:48.800
 appropriate

00:22:48.800 --> 00:22:49.740
 the gospel

00:22:49.740 --> 00:22:50.220
 message

00:22:50.220 --> 00:22:50.940
 and become

00:22:50.940 --> 00:22:52.020
 like

00:22:52.020 --> 00:22:52.500
 Jesus

00:22:52.500 --> 00:22:53.900
 it won't

00:22:53.900 --> 00:22:54.360
 happen

00:22:54.360 --> 00:22:55.260
 completely

00:22:55.260 --> 00:22:56.140
 until Jesus

00:22:56.140 --> 00:22:56.760
 returns

00:22:56.760 --> 00:22:57.980
 but we

00:22:57.980 --> 00:22:58.520
 need to

00:22:58.520 --> 00:22:59.400
 be continually

00:22:59.400 --> 00:23:00.280
 repenting

00:23:00.280 --> 00:23:01.520
 and moving

00:23:01.520 --> 00:23:02.220
 toward

00:23:02.220 --> 00:23:03.060
 Jesus

00:23:03.060 --> 00:23:03.740
 allowing

00:23:03.740 --> 00:23:04.359
 Jesus

00:23:04.359 --> 00:23:05.079
 and his

00:23:05.079 --> 00:23:05.460
 spirit

00:23:05.460 --> 00:23:06.200
 to actually

00:23:06.200 --> 00:23:06.980
 work on

00:23:06.980 --> 00:23:07.240
 us

00:23:07.240 --> 00:23:08.039
 and change

00:23:08.039 --> 00:23:08.299
 us

00:23:08.299 --> 00:23:08.640
 to be

00:23:08.640 --> 00:23:08.920
 like

00:23:08.920 --> 00:23:09.380
 Jesus

00:23:09.380 --> 00:23:10.700
 and

00:23:10.700 --> 00:23:11.180
 struggles

00:23:11.180 --> 00:23:11.779
 come in

00:23:11.779 --> 00:23:12.079
 many

00:23:12.079 --> 00:23:12.480
 different

00:23:12.480 --> 00:23:13.000
 ways

00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:13.700
 sometimes

00:23:13.700 --> 00:23:14.259
 it will

00:23:14.259 --> 00:23:14.680
 be our

00:23:14.680 --> 00:23:15.319
 pride

00:23:15.319 --> 00:23:16.460
 fears

00:23:16.460 --> 00:23:17.579
 jealousy

00:23:17.579 --> 00:23:18.799
 envy

00:23:18.799 --> 00:23:19.380
 bitterness

00:23:19.380 --> 00:23:19.779
 and

00:23:19.779 --> 00:23:20.539
 unforgiving

00:23:20.539 --> 00:23:21.240
 spirit

00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:22.099
 anger

00:23:22.099 --> 00:23:22.660
 both

00:23:22.660 --> 00:23:23.279
 passive

00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:24.440
 and aggressive

00:23:24.440 --> 00:23:25.660
 and many

00:23:25.660 --> 00:23:26.339
 many more

00:23:26.339 --> 00:23:27.759
 instead of

00:23:27.759 --> 00:23:28.680
 just hoping

00:23:28.680 --> 00:23:29.740
 that God

00:23:29.740 --> 00:23:30.620
 will remove

00:23:30.620 --> 00:23:31.180
 them or

00:23:31.180 --> 00:23:31.660
 simply

00:23:31.660 --> 00:23:32.900
 exercising

00:23:32.900 --> 00:23:33.900
 willpower

00:23:33.900 --> 00:23:34.540
 against

00:23:34.540 --> 00:23:34.940
 them

00:23:34.940 --> 00:23:36.100
 we

00:23:36.100 --> 00:23:36.820
 might

00:23:36.820 --> 00:23:37.140
 be

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 should

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 be

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 asking

00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:38.600
 ourselves

00:23:38.600 --> 00:23:39.180
 what

00:23:39.180 --> 00:23:40.060
 do I

00:23:40.060 --> 00:23:40.759
 wrongly

00:23:40.759 --> 00:23:41.380
 believe

00:23:41.380 --> 00:23:41.759
 in

00:23:41.759 --> 00:23:43.300
 what do

00:23:43.300 --> 00:23:43.540
 I

00:23:43.540 --> 00:23:45.259
 wrongly

00:23:45.259 --> 00:23:45.779
 believe

00:23:45.779 --> 00:23:46.640
 is being

00:23:46.640 --> 00:23:47.500
 held

00:23:47.500 --> 00:23:49.220
 withheld

00:23:49.220 --> 00:23:49.860
 in order

00:23:49.860 --> 00:23:50.380
 for me

00:23:50.380 --> 00:23:51.420
 to feel

00:23:51.420 --> 00:23:52.040
 complete

00:23:52.040 --> 00:23:52.860
 for me

00:23:52.860 --> 00:23:53.380
 to feel

00:23:53.380 --> 00:23:53.880
 as if I

00:23:53.880 --> 00:23:54.519
 have hope

00:23:54.519 --> 00:23:55.080
 to be a

00:23:55.080 --> 00:23:55.640
 person of

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 worth

00:23:55.900 --> 00:23:56.480
 what is it

00:23:56.480 --> 00:23:57.120
 that I'm

00:23:57.120 --> 00:23:57.660
 wrongly

00:23:57.660 --> 00:23:58.140
 believing

00:23:58.140 --> 00:23:58.540
 in

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 for that

00:24:00.259 --> 00:24:00.799
 to occur

00:24:00.799 --> 00:24:01.639
 we might

00:24:01.639 --> 00:24:02.180
 be wanting

00:24:02.180 --> 00:24:02.839
 comfort

00:24:02.839 --> 00:24:03.539
 above all

00:24:03.539 --> 00:24:04.019
 things

00:24:04.019 --> 00:24:05.039
 and someone

00:24:05.039 --> 00:24:05.740
 has made

00:24:05.740 --> 00:24:06.720
 our lives

00:24:06.720 --> 00:24:07.779
 harder

00:24:07.779 --> 00:24:08.339
 we might

00:24:08.339 --> 00:24:09.200
 be worshipping

00:24:09.200 --> 00:24:10.139
 other people's

00:24:10.139 --> 00:24:10.759
 approval

00:24:10.759 --> 00:24:13.019
 but let me

00:24:13.019 --> 00:24:13.519
 tell you

00:24:13.519 --> 00:24:14.019
 comfort

00:24:14.019 --> 00:24:15.779
 and control

00:24:15.779 --> 00:24:17.440
 and approval

00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:18.539
 and many

00:24:18.539 --> 00:24:19.099
 many other

00:24:19.099 --> 00:24:19.659
 things

00:24:19.659 --> 00:24:20.539
 they are

00:24:20.539 --> 00:24:21.339
 functional

00:24:21.339 --> 00:24:22.619
 saviours

00:24:22.619 --> 00:24:23.700
 and when

00:24:23.700 --> 00:24:24.119
 they are

00:24:24.119 --> 00:24:24.539
 blocked

00:24:24.539 --> 00:24:25.200
 we get

00:24:25.200 --> 00:24:25.579
 bitter

00:24:25.579 --> 00:24:27.960
 only

00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:28.599
 when we

00:24:28.599 --> 00:24:29.240
 set our

00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:29.819
 eyes

00:24:29.819 --> 00:24:30.859
 on Jesus

00:24:30.859 --> 00:24:31.759
 for our

00:24:31.759 --> 00:24:32.679
 everything

00:24:32.679 --> 00:24:34.099
 and say

00:24:34.099 --> 00:24:34.720
 there is

00:24:34.720 --> 00:24:35.779
 no better

00:24:35.779 --> 00:24:36.639
 way in

00:24:36.639 --> 00:24:37.379
 life than

00:24:37.379 --> 00:24:38.079
 Jesus

00:24:38.079 --> 00:24:39.299
 will we

00:24:39.299 --> 00:24:40.159
 move ahead

00:24:40.159 --> 00:24:41.419
 and start

00:24:41.419 --> 00:24:42.039
 the journey

00:24:42.039 --> 00:24:42.859
 of becoming

00:24:42.859 --> 00:24:43.659
 like him

00:24:43.659 --> 00:24:44.439
 it will

00:24:44.439 --> 00:24:45.240
 only

00:24:45.240 --> 00:24:46.240
 be when

00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:46.740
 we say

00:24:46.740 --> 00:24:47.220
 Jesus

00:24:47.220 --> 00:24:47.899
 is our

00:24:47.899 --> 00:24:48.439
 everything

00:24:48.439 --> 00:24:52.339
 we fail

00:24:52.339 --> 00:24:52.759
 in this

00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:53.099
 journey

00:24:53.099 --> 00:24:53.859
 because we

00:24:53.859 --> 00:24:54.379
 forget

00:24:54.379 --> 00:24:55.079
 what we

00:24:55.079 --> 00:24:55.559
 heard

00:24:55.559 --> 00:24:56.859
 just like

00:24:56.859 --> 00:24:57.639
 the Galatians

00:24:57.639 --> 00:24:58.399
 had forgotten

00:24:58.399 --> 00:24:59.220
 what they

00:24:59.220 --> 00:24:59.899
 had heard

00:24:59.899 --> 00:25:01.639
 so what

00:25:01.639 --> 00:25:02.039
 is Paul

00:25:02.039 --> 00:25:02.639
 asking the

00:25:02.639 --> 00:25:03.139
 Galatians

00:25:03.139 --> 00:25:03.559
 to do

00:25:03.559 --> 00:25:04.419
 he's asking

00:25:04.419 --> 00:25:05.079
 them to

00:25:05.079 --> 00:25:05.639
 remember

00:25:05.639 --> 00:25:06.579
 the gospel

00:25:06.579 --> 00:25:07.220
 and to

00:25:07.220 --> 00:25:07.859
 walk in

00:25:07.859 --> 00:25:08.299
 obedience

00:25:08.299 --> 00:25:10.039
 we all

00:25:10.039 --> 00:25:10.759
 need

00:25:10.759 --> 00:25:11.779
 to preach

00:25:11.779 --> 00:25:12.839
 that gospel

00:25:12.839 --> 00:25:13.720
 to ourselves

00:25:13.720 --> 00:25:14.679
 day by day

00:25:14.679 --> 00:25:15.279
 as well

00:25:15.279 --> 00:25:18.619
 now we've

00:25:18.619 --> 00:25:19.359
 seen what

00:25:19.359 --> 00:25:19.879
 the gospel

00:25:19.879 --> 00:25:21.019
 is and

00:25:21.019 --> 00:25:21.480
 we've seen

00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:22.399
 what Paul

00:25:22.399 --> 00:25:23.339
 has asked

00:25:23.339 --> 00:25:23.779
 of the

00:25:23.779 --> 00:25:24.440
 Galatians

00:25:24.440 --> 00:25:26.019
 now for

00:25:26.019 --> 00:25:26.920
 his argument

00:25:26.920 --> 00:25:28.140
 here in

00:25:28.140 --> 00:25:28.799
 this letter

00:25:28.799 --> 00:25:29.600
 he has

00:25:29.600 --> 00:25:30.460
 this master

00:25:30.460 --> 00:25:31.740
 stroke to

00:25:31.740 --> 00:25:32.340
 bring in a

00:25:32.340 --> 00:25:33.259
 witness of

00:25:33.259 --> 00:25:34.799
 one who

00:25:34.799 --> 00:25:35.779
 lived by

00:25:35.779 --> 00:25:36.680
 faith and

00:25:36.680 --> 00:25:37.299
 was credited

00:25:37.299 --> 00:25:38.279
 to him as

00:25:38.279 --> 00:25:38.920
 righteous

00:25:38.920 --> 00:25:40.900
 and who

00:25:40.900 --> 00:25:41.440
 is this

00:25:41.440 --> 00:25:42.000
 person

00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:43.940
 verse 6

00:25:43.940 --> 00:25:44.279
 says

00:25:44.279 --> 00:25:44.960
 consider

00:25:44.960 --> 00:25:45.820
 Abraham

00:25:45.820 --> 00:25:46.980
 Abraham

00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:47.880
 who was

00:25:47.880 --> 00:25:48.620
 way back

00:25:48.620 --> 00:25:49.220
 not in the

00:25:49.220 --> 00:25:49.779
 New Testament

00:25:49.779 --> 00:25:50.759
 but right at

00:25:50.759 --> 00:25:51.140
 the very

00:25:51.140 --> 00:25:52.220
 beginning of

00:25:52.220 --> 00:25:52.880
 the Bible

00:25:52.880 --> 00:25:53.900
 Abraham

00:25:53.900 --> 00:25:54.740
 is the

00:25:54.740 --> 00:25:55.079
 witness

00:25:55.079 --> 00:25:55.620
 he's going

00:25:55.620 --> 00:25:56.120
 to call

00:25:56.120 --> 00:25:56.400
 in

00:25:56.400 --> 00:25:57.980
 Abraham

00:25:57.980 --> 00:25:59.079
 no less

00:25:59.079 --> 00:26:00.220
 by using

00:26:00.220 --> 00:26:01.059
 Abraham

00:26:01.059 --> 00:26:02.200
 Paul

00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:03.059
 will show

00:26:03.059 --> 00:26:04.240
 these Gentiles

00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:05.579
 why they

00:26:05.579 --> 00:26:06.059
 have been

00:26:06.059 --> 00:26:06.600
 bewitched

00:26:06.600 --> 00:26:08.460
 so from

00:26:08.460 --> 00:26:08.880
 Genesis

00:26:08.880 --> 00:26:11.039
 chapter 12

00:26:11.039 --> 00:26:12.960
 1 to

00:26:12.960 --> 00:26:13.319
 3

00:26:13.319 --> 00:26:14.059
 it says

00:26:14.059 --> 00:26:14.819
 the father

00:26:14.819 --> 00:26:16.039
 of Jews

00:26:16.039 --> 00:26:17.259
 is Abraham

00:26:17.259 --> 00:26:18.660
 the people

00:26:18.660 --> 00:26:20.319
 of Israel

00:26:20.319 --> 00:26:21.099
 began

00:26:21.099 --> 00:26:22.279
 when God

00:26:22.279 --> 00:26:23.000
 promised

00:26:23.000 --> 00:26:24.079
 Israel's

00:26:24.079 --> 00:26:24.839
 ancestor

00:26:24.839 --> 00:26:25.559
 Abraham

00:26:25.559 --> 00:26:26.799
 that he

00:26:26.799 --> 00:26:27.339
 would make

00:26:27.339 --> 00:26:28.019
 his descendants

00:26:28.019 --> 00:26:28.920
 into a

00:26:28.920 --> 00:26:29.980
 great nation

00:26:29.980 --> 00:26:31.539
 living in a

00:26:31.539 --> 00:26:32.240
 God given

00:26:32.240 --> 00:26:32.900
 land

00:26:32.900 --> 00:26:34.079
 and blessed

00:26:34.079 --> 00:26:34.879
 by God

00:26:34.879 --> 00:26:36.160
 this is a

00:26:36.160 --> 00:26:36.559
 man who

00:26:36.559 --> 00:26:38.019
 lived 430

00:26:38.019 --> 00:26:38.619
 years

00:26:38.619 --> 00:26:39.480
 before

00:26:39.480 --> 00:26:41.039
 the law

00:26:41.039 --> 00:26:41.640
 that the

00:26:41.640 --> 00:26:42.160
 Galatians

00:26:42.160 --> 00:26:42.480
 are being

00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:42.920
 told that

00:26:42.920 --> 00:26:43.299
 they have

00:26:43.299 --> 00:26:43.779
 to actually

00:26:43.779 --> 00:26:44.240
 obey

00:26:44.240 --> 00:26:45.299
 before that

00:26:45.299 --> 00:26:45.879
 law was

00:26:45.879 --> 00:26:46.559
 even given

00:26:46.559 --> 00:26:48.559
 verse 6

00:26:48.559 --> 00:26:48.899
 says

00:26:48.899 --> 00:26:49.659
 just as

00:26:49.659 --> 00:26:50.240
 Abraham

00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:50.879
 believed

00:26:50.879 --> 00:26:51.259
 God

00:26:51.259 --> 00:26:51.619
 and it

00:26:51.619 --> 00:26:51.799
 was

00:26:51.799 --> 00:26:52.279
 credited

00:26:52.279 --> 00:26:53.039
 to him

00:26:53.039 --> 00:26:53.359
 as

00:26:53.359 --> 00:26:54.000
 righteousness

00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:55.659
 being

00:26:55.659 --> 00:26:56.220
 credited

00:26:56.220 --> 00:26:57.039
 being

00:26:57.039 --> 00:26:57.339
 an

00:26:57.339 --> 00:26:57.940
 accounting

00:26:57.940 --> 00:26:59.259
 term

00:26:59.259 --> 00:26:59.779
 that

00:26:59.779 --> 00:27:00.119
 means

00:27:00.119 --> 00:27:00.379
 to

00:27:00.379 --> 00:27:01.159
 confer

00:27:01.159 --> 00:27:02.079
 a

00:27:02.079 --> 00:27:02.899
 status

00:27:02.899 --> 00:27:03.519
 or a

00:27:03.519 --> 00:27:03.879
 status

00:27:03.879 --> 00:27:04.319
 on

00:27:04.319 --> 00:27:04.899
 something

00:27:04.899 --> 00:27:05.460
 that

00:27:05.460 --> 00:27:05.940
 wasn't

00:27:05.940 --> 00:27:06.200
 there

00:27:06.200 --> 00:27:06.679
 before

00:27:06.679 --> 00:27:08.099
 so what

00:27:08.099 --> 00:27:08.480
 does it

00:27:08.480 --> 00:27:08.720
 mean

00:27:08.720 --> 00:27:08.940
 that

00:27:08.940 --> 00:27:09.700
 Abraham's

00:27:09.700 --> 00:27:10.240
 faith

00:27:10.240 --> 00:27:11.039
 was

00:27:11.039 --> 00:27:11.659
 credited

00:27:11.659 --> 00:27:12.220
 to him

00:27:12.220 --> 00:27:12.419
 as

00:27:12.419 --> 00:27:12.980
 righteousness

00:27:12.980 --> 00:27:14.899
 of course

00:27:14.899 --> 00:27:15.440
 faith in

00:27:15.440 --> 00:27:15.799
 God's

00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:16.139
 word

00:27:16.140 --> 00:27:16.759
 and promise

00:27:16.759 --> 00:27:17.300
 results

00:27:17.300 --> 00:27:17.520
 in

00:27:17.520 --> 00:27:18.020
 righteousness

00:27:18.020 --> 00:27:19.500
 if we

00:27:19.500 --> 00:27:20.160
 believe

00:27:20.160 --> 00:27:20.640
 God

00:27:20.640 --> 00:27:21.400
 exists

00:27:21.400 --> 00:27:22.840
 and that

00:27:22.840 --> 00:27:23.420
 we owe

00:27:23.420 --> 00:27:23.800
 him

00:27:23.800 --> 00:27:24.120
 our

00:27:24.120 --> 00:27:24.720
 obedience

00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:25.240
 and

00:27:25.240 --> 00:27:25.780
 worship

00:27:25.780 --> 00:27:27.160
 then out

00:27:27.160 --> 00:27:27.540
 of that

00:27:27.540 --> 00:27:27.780
 will

00:27:27.780 --> 00:27:28.660
 flow

00:27:28.660 --> 00:27:29.440
 righteous

00:27:29.440 --> 00:27:29.820
 living

00:27:29.820 --> 00:27:31.540
 but here

00:27:31.540 --> 00:27:32.040
 we have

00:27:32.040 --> 00:27:32.400
 something

00:27:32.400 --> 00:27:32.820
 more

00:27:32.820 --> 00:27:34.480
 when the

00:27:34.480 --> 00:27:34.780
 Bible

00:27:34.780 --> 00:27:35.800
 tells us

00:27:35.800 --> 00:27:36.480
 that God

00:27:36.480 --> 00:27:37.080
 credits

00:27:37.080 --> 00:27:38.259
 Abraham's

00:27:38.259 --> 00:27:38.580
 faith

00:27:38.580 --> 00:27:38.920
 as

00:27:38.920 --> 00:27:39.400
 righteous

00:27:39.400 --> 00:27:40.180
 it means

00:27:40.180 --> 00:27:40.600
 that God

00:27:40.600 --> 00:27:41.380
 is treating

00:27:41.380 --> 00:27:42.100
 Abraham

00:27:42.100 --> 00:27:43.500
 as if

00:27:43.500 --> 00:27:44.100
 he were

00:27:44.100 --> 00:27:44.560
 living

00:27:44.560 --> 00:27:45.240
 a righteous

00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:45.759
 life

00:27:45.759 --> 00:27:46.980
 the lesson

00:27:46.980 --> 00:27:47.680
 here is

00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:48.460
 that when

00:27:48.460 --> 00:27:49.160
 someone

00:27:49.160 --> 00:27:50.220
 is credited

00:27:50.220 --> 00:27:50.819
 righteous

00:27:50.819 --> 00:27:51.619
 by God

00:27:51.619 --> 00:27:52.599
 he is

00:27:52.599 --> 00:27:53.200
 conferring

00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:53.819
 this legal

00:27:53.819 --> 00:27:54.379
 status

00:27:54.379 --> 00:27:55.200
 on him

00:27:55.200 --> 00:27:56.460
 he treats

00:27:56.460 --> 00:27:57.200
 them as

00:27:57.200 --> 00:27:57.960
 actually

00:27:57.960 --> 00:27:58.740
 righteous

00:27:58.740 --> 00:27:59.559
 and free

00:27:59.559 --> 00:27:59.839
 from

00:27:59.839 --> 00:28:00.839
 condemnation

00:28:00.839 --> 00:28:02.559
 even though

00:28:02.559 --> 00:28:03.759
 they are

00:28:03.759 --> 00:28:05.019
 still unrighteous

00:28:05.019 --> 00:28:05.480
 in their

00:28:05.480 --> 00:28:06.000
 heart and

00:28:06.000 --> 00:28:06.519
 behaviour

00:28:06.519 --> 00:28:07.059
 they have

00:28:07.059 --> 00:28:07.539
 not been

00:28:07.539 --> 00:28:08.319
 made perfect

00:28:08.319 --> 00:28:08.859
 at this

00:28:08.859 --> 00:28:09.339
 stage

00:28:09.339 --> 00:28:10.339
 but they

00:28:10.339 --> 00:28:11.460
 are justified

00:28:11.460 --> 00:28:13.259
 Paul and

00:28:13.259 --> 00:28:13.620
 Abraham

00:28:13.620 --> 00:28:14.319
 are showing

00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:15.039
 that it

00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:15.840
 is possible

00:28:15.840 --> 00:28:16.579
 to be

00:28:16.579 --> 00:28:17.420
 loved

00:28:17.420 --> 00:28:18.579
 and accepted

00:28:18.579 --> 00:28:19.500
 by God

00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:20.759
 while we

00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:21.380
 ourselves

00:28:21.380 --> 00:28:22.160
 are still

00:28:22.160 --> 00:28:22.680
 sinful

00:28:22.680 --> 00:28:24.019
 and imperfect

00:28:24.019 --> 00:28:25.799
 and we

00:28:25.799 --> 00:28:26.319
 know from

00:28:26.319 --> 00:28:26.840
 scripture

00:28:26.840 --> 00:28:28.200
 that Abraham

00:28:28.200 --> 00:28:29.200
 made some

00:28:29.200 --> 00:28:30.400
 really foolish

00:28:30.400 --> 00:28:31.140
 mistakes

00:28:31.140 --> 00:28:32.140
 and decisions

00:28:32.140 --> 00:28:33.480
 whilst waiting

00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:34.200
 for God's

00:28:34.200 --> 00:28:34.720
 promise

00:28:34.720 --> 00:28:35.920
 to be

00:28:35.920 --> 00:28:36.420
 fulfilled

00:28:36.420 --> 00:28:38.500
 so here

00:28:38.500 --> 00:28:39.380
 in Galatians

00:28:39.380 --> 00:28:40.160
 Paul is

00:28:40.160 --> 00:28:40.600
 saying to

00:28:40.600 --> 00:28:41.060
 do what

00:28:41.060 --> 00:28:41.560
 Abraham

00:28:41.560 --> 00:28:42.080
 did

00:28:42.080 --> 00:28:42.880
 first

00:28:42.880 --> 00:28:43.440
 believe

00:28:43.440 --> 00:28:43.980
 the gospel

00:28:43.980 --> 00:28:44.640
 message

00:28:44.640 --> 00:28:45.460
 believe

00:28:45.460 --> 00:28:46.580
 God

00:28:46.580 --> 00:28:47.860
 and second

00:28:47.860 --> 00:28:48.880
 have faith

00:28:48.880 --> 00:28:49.620
 in God's

00:28:49.620 --> 00:28:50.120
 provision

00:28:50.120 --> 00:28:51.560
 not in

00:28:51.560 --> 00:28:51.840
 our

00:28:51.840 --> 00:28:52.940
 performance

00:28:52.940 --> 00:28:54.600
 live

00:28:54.600 --> 00:28:55.400
 knowing

00:28:55.400 --> 00:28:56.340
 that God

00:28:56.340 --> 00:28:57.320
 provides

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 what else

00:28:59.480 --> 00:29:00.039
 does Abraham

00:29:00.039 --> 00:29:00.700
 teach the

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 Galatians

00:29:01.259 --> 00:29:01.980
 and us

00:29:01.980 --> 00:29:03.480
 we are

00:29:03.480 --> 00:29:03.940
 spiritual

00:29:03.940 --> 00:29:04.700
 children of

00:29:04.700 --> 00:29:05.080
 Abraham

00:29:05.080 --> 00:29:05.960
 we become

00:29:05.960 --> 00:29:06.779
 part of a

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 spiritual

00:29:07.220 --> 00:29:07.960
 family

00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:09.319
 of Abraham

00:29:09.319 --> 00:29:10.319
 by faith

00:29:10.319 --> 00:29:11.860
 the gospel

00:29:11.860 --> 00:29:13.019
 was preached

00:29:13.019 --> 00:29:14.180
 beforehand

00:29:14.180 --> 00:29:15.140
 to Abraham

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 and it

00:29:16.200 --> 00:29:17.039
 echoes

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 all the way

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 into eternity

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 from the

00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:20.799
 beginning of the

00:29:20.799 --> 00:29:21.539
 Bible to the

00:29:21.539 --> 00:29:22.519
 very end of the

00:29:22.519 --> 00:29:22.880
 Bible

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 is this

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 whole story

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 so ultimately

00:29:26.880 --> 00:29:28.340
 the good news

00:29:28.340 --> 00:29:28.840
 in the Old

00:29:28.840 --> 00:29:29.279
 Testament

00:29:29.279 --> 00:29:30.480
 is the good

00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:31.200
 news of

00:29:31.200 --> 00:29:32.079
 Jesus Christ

00:29:32.079 --> 00:29:33.460
 and this

00:29:33.460 --> 00:29:34.299
 gospel message

00:29:34.299 --> 00:29:35.160
 is for the

00:29:35.160 --> 00:29:35.640
 nations

00:29:35.640 --> 00:29:36.780
 we have a

00:29:36.780 --> 00:29:37.640
 global God

00:29:37.640 --> 00:29:37.960
 and a

00:29:37.960 --> 00:29:38.460
 global

00:29:38.460 --> 00:29:39.180
 message

00:29:39.180 --> 00:29:40.400
 Abraham

00:29:40.400 --> 00:29:42.040
 has much

00:29:42.040 --> 00:29:43.160
 to say

00:29:43.160 --> 00:29:44.060
 to us

00:29:44.060 --> 00:29:44.540
 here in

00:29:44.540 --> 00:29:45.060
 Galatians

00:29:45.060 --> 00:29:45.560
 but we'll

00:29:45.560 --> 00:29:46.400
 hear a lot

00:29:46.400 --> 00:29:47.180
 more about

00:29:47.180 --> 00:29:47.640
 Abraham

00:29:47.640 --> 00:29:48.580
 next week

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 so what

00:29:50.259 --> 00:29:50.820
 have we

00:29:50.820 --> 00:29:51.200
 covered

00:29:51.200 --> 00:29:52.880
 we've seen

00:29:52.880 --> 00:29:53.640
 the glorious

00:29:53.640 --> 00:29:54.580
 exchange

00:29:54.580 --> 00:29:55.380
 that is the

00:29:55.380 --> 00:29:56.320
 gospel message

00:29:56.320 --> 00:29:57.600
 we've been

00:29:57.600 --> 00:29:58.320
 told to

00:29:58.320 --> 00:29:59.040
 remember

00:29:59.040 --> 00:30:00.220
 this gospel

00:30:00.220 --> 00:30:00.880
 message

00:30:00.880 --> 00:30:01.880
 remember

00:30:01.880 --> 00:30:02.120
 remember

00:30:02.120 --> 00:30:02.940
 when Christ

00:30:02.940 --> 00:30:03.800
 came to

00:30:03.800 --> 00:30:04.180
 you

00:30:04.180 --> 00:30:05.440
 and we

00:30:05.440 --> 00:30:06.200
 have shared

00:30:06.200 --> 00:30:06.600
 in the

00:30:06.600 --> 00:30:07.060
 witness

00:30:07.060 --> 00:30:08.040
 of Abraham

00:30:08.040 --> 00:30:08.960
 clarifying

00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:09.800
 that it

00:30:09.800 --> 00:30:10.420
 is through

00:30:10.420 --> 00:30:11.040
 faith

00:30:11.040 --> 00:30:11.760
 that one

00:30:11.760 --> 00:30:12.580
 is saved

00:30:12.580 --> 00:30:13.800
 and made

00:30:13.800 --> 00:30:14.400
 righteous

00:30:14.400 --> 00:30:15.140
 men

00:30:15.140 --> 00:30:43.380
 can