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 Well, good morning, church.

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 Turn with me in your Bibles to the book of Colossians.

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 Colossians chapter 3, page 984, if you're looking in a pew Bible.

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 Chapter 3, we're looking at verses 5 to 11 today.

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 Chapter 3, Paul's giving instructions to the church about what it means to live in union

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 with Christ.

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 Last week, we looked at what it means that we have died and risen with Christ.

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 Today, we're looking at things to put away, and next week, we'll be looking at characteristics

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 to put on in this very practical section of the letter.

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 So, let's read Colossians 3, starting at verse 5.

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 Put to death, therefore, what is earthly in you, sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil

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 desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

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 On account of these, the wrath of God is coming.

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 In these, you too once walked when you were living in them.

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 But now, you must put them all away.

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 Anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.

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 Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices

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 and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its

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 creator.

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 Here, there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave,

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 free, but Christ is all and in all.

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 Earlier this summer, I was walking around my backyard, and I noticed some weeds and vines

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 that had been growing up along the fence.

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 And I thought to myself, some of those look a bit like poison ivy.

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 You know, I got that as a kid.

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 It wasn't very nice.

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 I should probably deal with that sometime.

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 But I was working on other projects around the house at the time.

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 I wasn't quite sure what was poison ivy and what wasn't.

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 I wasn't sure how to deal with it without getting it, so I let it go.

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 And it gradually slipped to the back of my mind.

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 Then in early September, I was out in the yard again.

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 And I noticed that these weeds and vines had grown up throughout the summer with the rain

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 and the heat.

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 And rather absentmindedly, I started pulling up a few of them, gathering them in my arms,

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 and I dumped them in a corner of the yard and thought no more of it.

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 Until two or three days later, when I began to suffer the consequences of my carelessness.

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 First little blisters appeared on my wrists, and they spread up my arms.

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 Within a few days, they had spread all over and were appearing in new places every day.

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 It was a systemic poison ivy infection.

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 I was itchy everywhere all the time, especially when I was trying to sleep.

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 I was woken up in the middle of every night, and I would pace the kitchen floor trying to

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 distract myself.

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 I tried every remedy I could find on the internet.

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 Calamine lotion, oatmeal baths, even diaper rash cream, and apple cider vinegar.

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 I don't recommend the latter.

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 Finally, I had to go to the doctor and get prescription medication.

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 Now, since then, my attitude toward poison ivy has changed in three ways.

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 First, I learned to identify it precisely for what it is.

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 I carefully examined photos and descriptions of it on the internet.

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 I'm a bit of a hawk about it now.

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 I can recognize it from a distance.

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 I can distinguish it from more harmless vines.

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 I've noticed, which I didn't notice before, how pervasive it is in our neighborhood.

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 Second, I did some research about how to get rid of it.

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 I asked some of you for advice.

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 Some of the advice I got was not what I initially wanted to hear.

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 I wanted to deal with it without any chemicals, right?

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 That's always the ideal.

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 But the consistent advice that I received was, in this situation, the weed killer really helps.

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 So I took that advice.

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 And third, I pulled it out by the roots.

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 One day, I put on an old set of clothes, two pairs of gloves, some sneakers that I was ready

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 to get rid of that had been hanging around for a couple of years, hadn't worn them.

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 I went through the yard, pulled up every bit of poison ivy that I could find.

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 I even went into the neighbor's yard because that's where some of it was coming from.

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 I picked up the pile of weeds that I had carelessly dumped in the corner so that no young children

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 would happen to run into it.

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 Thankfully, they didn't.

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 I put every branch and leaf in the trash bag, and then I threw away the gloves, clothes,

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 and sneakers that I was wearing.

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 For now, at least, our yard is free of poison ivy.

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 The passage we're looking at this morning says that there are some things in our lives

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 that are like poison ivy in the backyard.

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 They need to be clearly identified, and they need to be ruthlessly exterminated.

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 Paul says in verse 5, put these things to death.

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 He says in verse 8, put them all away.

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 Don't just ignore them.

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 They don't go away by themselves.

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 Declare all out war on them.

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 Take no prisoners.

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 Make no compromises.

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 Get rid of them.

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 Pull them up by the roots.

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 Throw them in the garbage.

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 Not the compost.

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 Don't let them come back and gain a foothold ever again.

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 Today, I want to look at three questions.

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 I want to look at what do we need to get rid of?

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 Why do we need to get rid of it?

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 And how do we carry out this process?

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 So first, what do we need to get rid of?

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 And the answer is all sorts of spiritual garbage.

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 Paul gives us two lists in verse 5 and verse 8 of nasty weeds that don't belong in our spiritual gardens.

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 Verse 5, sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

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 Verse 8, another list of five, anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.

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 Now, in verse 12, Paul will give us a contrasting list of five Christian virtues to cultivate.

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 And so next week, we're going to look at not just what we need to get rid of in our lives, but what we need to cultivate.

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 But in addition to the list in verse 5 and verse 8, Paul gives us two additional warnings in this passage.

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 One in verse 9, where he says, do not lie to each other.

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 And one in verse 11, where he's warning against creating or maintaining divisions in the body of Christ

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 that is disregarding or dishonoring or excluding others who are of a different race or class or background.

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 Do you notice how wide is the range of sins that Paul calls out here?

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 Sins of thought, sins of word, sins of deed.

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 This list covers most of the Ten Commandments, right?

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 Number one and number two, idolatry.

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 Number three, dishonoring the Lord's name.

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 That word slander could also be translated blasphemy.

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 Number six, murder, right?

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 Jesus says anger and wrath and malice in your heart is murder in your heart.

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 Adultery, number seven, and other sexual sins.

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 Bearing false witness, number nine, with lying.

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 And finally, coveting, number ten.

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 And you know, this isn't particular to the letter to the Colossians.

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 These are not…

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 Paul's not targeting specific problems in the Colossian church.

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 This is standard early Christian teaching.

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 You can read almost any of Paul's letters or other New Testament letters,

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 and there's these lists, Galatians 5, 1 Corinthians 5, Ephesians 5, 1 Timothy 1, and elsewhere,

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 that cover all these bases and a couple more.

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 Or Jesus teaching in the Sermon on the Mount, right?

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 Jesus covers anger, lust, unwarranted divorce, dishonesty, and unforgiveness all in one chapter.

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 The point is, like a mutating virus, sin takes on many different forms,

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 but they're all dangerous, and they're all ultimately deadly.

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 Now, this is important to note because many people today criticize Bible-believing Christians

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 for having a very narrow range of moral concerns, right?

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 Why are all those Christians so fixated on regulating other people's sex lives?

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 Is that all that Christians really care about?

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 Now, on one level, that critique is not totally fair.

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 Even the most politically conservative Christians are not proposing to criminalize sexual behaviors

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 that they don't agree with.

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 But at another level, I think the question is pointing to a genuine danger

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 if we selectively apply these lists.

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 And I think whatever our political inclinations, we need to beware of this danger.

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 N.T. Wright put it this way, many Christians tend to concentrate on either the list in verse 5

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 or the list in verse 8.

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 He says,

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 He goes on to say,

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 You might say that Paul is an equal opportunity sin attacker.

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 All right?

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 You see, if we single out one of these sins, whether it's sexual immorality or racism,

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 and if we constantly speak out against it as if it's the only sin that really matters,

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 and in the process we ignore or deny or minimize or excuse many of the others in this list,

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 now, don't we almost always choose a sin to pick on that we're not particularly attracted to

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 and that we're not currently involved in?

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 And doesn't that reveal some pride and self-righteousness rather than simply a pure gospel conviction?

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 You see, we don't want to clear out the poison ivy,

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 but ignore the poison oak and poison sumac.

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 They look a little different on the outside,

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 but it's the same oil that causes the same terrible reaction in human beings.

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 Now, another form of, we might call it hypocrisy or selective application that we can fall into

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 is to speak more loudly against the sins of the non-Christian world around us

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 than the sins within the Christian church and within our own hearts.

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 That's a bit like me going on and on about the poison ivy in my neighbor's backyard,

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 of which there is plenty, I assure you,

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 but not dealing with the invasive vines and prickly thorn bushes

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 that might be spreading through my backyard.

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 Paul always saves his strongest words about sin for those who profess to follow Christ.

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 In other words, in the fight against sin,

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 we always need to start by cleaning our own house first,

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 and only then will we be able to make a positive difference in our neighborhood.

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 You see, Paul's message to non-Christians is never this,

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 start behaving like Christians should.

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 Paul never says that.

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 Now, yes, non-Christians can benefit from anger management classes.

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 It's good we have those around.

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 Non-Christians can benefit from not sleeping around.

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 Even the New York Times health section last weekend rather reluctantly concluded

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 that having fewer previous sexual partners,

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 and especially having no previous sexual partners,

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 does tend to make for happier marriages.

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 It's good for society if truth-telling is the norm,

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 and it's right to honor people of all ethnicities.

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 Now, many non-Christians would share many of these values

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 and sometimes embody them far better than Christians do.

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 But if you're not a Christian,

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 the message of Christianity is not,

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 start behaving like a Christian should,

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 and then maybe we'll accept you.

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 It's not, obey God, and then God will accept you.

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 The message of Christianity is that every single one of us,

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 without exception,

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 is more sinful and flawed than we admit or even can imagine.

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 But in Jesus Christ,

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 God has done everything necessary for us to be completely forgiven

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 and forever loved.

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 So turn to Christ.

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 Trust in Him.

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 You're accepted in Christ.

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 Therefore, obey.

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 In other words,

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 the verses we're looking at today

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 flow out of the verses we looked at last week,

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 verses 1 to 4.

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 Did you notice,

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 therefore, in verse 5,

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 put to death, therefore,

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 what is earthly in you?

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 We can only do that

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 because of what verse 3 has already said.

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 You have died,

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 and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.

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 Jesus died and rose from the dead,

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 and we have died and risen,

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 spiritually speaking, with Him.

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 We are united with Him,

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 and so we have a new identity

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 and a new life in Him.

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 So we shouldn't focus only on some sins

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 or only on the world's sins,

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 but, you know, for many of us,

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 the danger is not so much

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 that we will selectively call people out

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 on certain sins and not others

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 or that we will only rant and rave

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 about the ungodly world that we live in.

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 For some of us,

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 we are so concerned not to appear hypocritical

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 or to have anyone accuse us of being hypocritical

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 that we never lovingly and clearly

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 call somebody out

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 who is a brother or sister in Christ

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 who is caught in a sin

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 or being led astray

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 by the deceitfulness of sin.

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 Instead, we say things like,

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 I know they won't respond well,

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 so I won't say anything,

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 as if you can always predict the future.

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 And even if you can, so what?

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 When does God call us

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 to simply guess what's going to happen

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 and only act on that basis?

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 Or we say, we're all sinners,

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 so who am I to judge?

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 Even the Pope said that, didn't he?

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 Well, the Pope's comment was taken out of context,

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 but that's neither here nor there.

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 The point is we make excuses.

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 Many of us are tempted

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 to be cowardly people pleasers.

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 And that is neither loving nor godly

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 nor in accord with Paul's very pointed

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 and plain words in this passage.

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 You see, Paul's concern here

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 is that the true followers

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 of the crucified and risen Lord Jesus

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 would live up to the name

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 of the one we represent.

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 And that we would get rid

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 of all sorts of spiritual junk

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 that does not belong in or among us.

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 So what do we need to get rid of?

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 All sorts of spiritual junk.

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 All the things in this list.

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 Now that brings us to the second question,

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 why?

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 Why do we need to get rid of all these things?

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 Paul gives four reasons.

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 First, in verse 6, Paul says,

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 get rid of sin because the wrath of God

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 is coming on account of these things.

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 Now what is God's wrath?

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 Sam Storms defined it this way.

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 God's righteous antagonism

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 toward all that is unholy.

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 God hates sin.

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 He is absolutely, unflinchingly opposed to it

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 because it wrecks his good creation

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 and it denies his holy character.

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 All the sins in these lists

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 cause all kinds of chaos

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 and fragmentation in our souls,

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 in the church,

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 and in the world.

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 When we practice these things,

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 we are being untrue to ourselves

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 and even more importantly,

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 we are being untrue to God.

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 And God will not simply let all of this

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 go on forever.

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 One day God will judge the world

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 in righteousness.

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 He will put an end to sin.

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 He will condemn it to hell forever.

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 And the only reason we have any hope

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 of surviving that day

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 is because Jesus has united himself to us

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 and died in our place

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 so that God could destroy our sin

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 without destroying us.

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 That's the hope that we have,

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 that we've clung on to Jesus.

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 But still,

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 even though God is committed

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 to rescuing us

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 and bringing us through that,

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 God still hates the sin

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 that dwells in us

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 and is committed to getting rid of it.

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 And the question for us is,

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 do we also hate our sin

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 like God does?

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 Are we indignant

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 that it still has as much of a hold on us

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 as it does?

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 In other words,

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 the simple way to ask this question is,

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 do you really want to change?

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 Sometimes the reason

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 why we don't make progress

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 in getting rid of sin in our lives

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 is because

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 we don't really want to change.

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 We've made our peace with sin.

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 We've decided that it's acceptable.

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 It's understandable.

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 It's not really that serious.

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 It's too hard for me

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 to live without it.

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 So I'll try to manage it

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 rather than get rid of it.

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 But Paul says,

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 no.

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 Sin is not something to be pruned.

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 Sin is something

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 that needs to be gotten rid of.

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 Be killing sin

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 or it will be killing you.

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 John Owen said a long time ago,

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 sin is rot

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 that must be gutted.

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 It will slowly eat away

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 at your very humanity

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 until it finally hollows you out.

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 Isn't that what happens

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 when sin takes a deeper

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 and deeper hold of a person?

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 It dehumanizes us.

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 Any of these things,

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 when they get deeper

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 and deeper into us,

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 they hollow us out.

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 God hates sin

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 with a vengeance

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 and so should we.

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 Second reason,

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 verse 7,

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 get rid of sin

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 because

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 that's how you used to live,

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 not who you really are.

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 In these,

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 you too once walked

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 when you were living in them.

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 You too once walked.

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 That is,

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 you actively engaged

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 in these very sins

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 in specific times

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 and places.

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 And you were living in them.

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 It's a more ongoing verb.

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 That is,

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 you were living in a context

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 where such things

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 were simply normal.

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 Now,

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 Paul's writing

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 to a church

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 of relatively new

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 Christian believers

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 in Colossae.

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 The church had existed

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 for probably less than five years

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 when he wrote this letter.

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 And most,

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 if not all,

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 of the Christians

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 in Colossae

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 had come from a Gentile

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 or pagan background

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 where all of these things

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 in one form or another

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 were sort of par for the course.

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 Paul was reminding them

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 those things characterized

00:20:35.439 --> 00:20:37.419
 your former life

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 before you knew Christ.

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 In other words,

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 these sins are not

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 the real you.

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 They're only vestiges

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 left over

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 from your past life.

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 Now,

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 isn't that a powerful weapon

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 in the fight against shame?

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 Isn't the sense of shame

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 the sense that I'm

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 dirty

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 and contaminated

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 and worthless

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 because of these things

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 that I've engaged in

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 in the past?

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 They stick to me

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 and I can never

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 get them off me.

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 In fact,

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 they become part

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 of who I am

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 and we become afraid

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 to let go

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 of sin

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 because we're afraid

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 that we'll lose ourselves.

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 And Paul says,

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 no.

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 By getting rid of sin

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 and clinging on to Christ,

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 you're finding

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 your true self.

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 You're not losing

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 your true self.

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 And all the sin

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 that clings to you

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 is not who you really are

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 at the deepest level.

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 It's not who God

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 defines you to be.

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 It's not who you are

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 becoming in Christ.

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 All that contamination

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 and pollution

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 and filth

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 can be washed away.

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 It does not define you.

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 So get rid of sin

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 because God hates sin.

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 So should we.

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 Get rid of sin

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 because it's what we used to do.

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 It's not who we really are.

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 Third reason,

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 verse 9,

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 get rid of sin

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 because now you're part

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 of a new humanity

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 in Christ.

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 You have put off

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 the old self

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 with its practices

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 and have put on

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 the new self.

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 Now sometimes

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 when Paul uses

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 this language

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 of the old self

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 and the new self

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 or as the King James

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 version puts it

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 a bit more literally,

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 the old man

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 and the new man,

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 sometimes Paul is speaking

00:22:36.980 --> 00:22:37.660
 about Christians

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 individually.

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 For example,

00:22:39.160 --> 00:22:40.819
 2 Corinthians 5, 17,

00:22:41.359 --> 00:22:43.299
 if anyone is in Christ,

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 there is a new creation.

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 The old has gone.

00:22:45.819 --> 00:22:46.660
 The new has come.

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 But here,

00:22:48.619 --> 00:22:49.599
 I think Paul's

00:22:49.599 --> 00:22:50.480
 primary emphasis

00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:51.680
 is not just

00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:52.640
 an individual one

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 but a corporate one.

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 In other words,

00:22:55.560 --> 00:22:56.279
 what Paul is saying

00:22:56.279 --> 00:22:56.720
 is this.

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 As members

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 of the body of Christ,

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 we have put off

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 the old humanity

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 embodied in Adam,

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 characterized by sin

00:23:06.620 --> 00:23:08.100
 and destined for death.

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 And we have put on

00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:11.120
 the new humanity

00:23:11.120 --> 00:23:12.759
 embodied in Christ,

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 characterized by righteousness

00:23:15.060 --> 00:23:17.840
 and destined for life.

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 We have put off

00:23:20.819 --> 00:23:21.659
 the old humanity.

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 We have put on

00:23:22.459 --> 00:23:23.240
 the new humanity.

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 Now, Paul uses this phrase

00:23:24.839 --> 00:23:25.539
 in the same way

00:23:25.539 --> 00:23:27.199
 in Ephesians 2

00:23:27.199 --> 00:23:28.379
 when he is talking

00:23:28.379 --> 00:23:30.059
 about Jews and Gentiles

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 being incorporated

00:23:31.220 --> 00:23:32.059
 into one body

00:23:32.059 --> 00:23:32.480
 in Christ.

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 So, if you flip

00:23:33.079 --> 00:23:33.939
 a couple pages back

00:23:33.939 --> 00:23:34.419
 in your Bible

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 and look at Ephesians 2,

00:23:37.000 --> 00:23:38.299
 verse 14,

00:23:39.419 --> 00:23:41.179
 it says this,

00:23:41.180 --> 00:23:42.340
 for he himself,

00:23:42.480 --> 00:23:43.320
 that is Christ,

00:23:43.460 --> 00:23:44.140
 Christ himself

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 is our peace

00:23:45.380 --> 00:23:47.060
 who has made us

00:23:47.060 --> 00:23:47.880
 both one

00:23:47.880 --> 00:23:49.920
 and has broken down

00:23:49.920 --> 00:23:50.620
 in his flesh

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 the dividing wall

00:23:51.560 --> 00:23:52.380
 of hostility.

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 Go on to the middle

00:23:54.980 --> 00:23:55.660
 of verse 15,

00:23:55.759 --> 00:23:57.080
 that he might create

00:23:57.080 --> 00:23:58.060
 in himself

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 one new man,

00:24:00.900 --> 00:24:02.460
 one new humanity

00:24:02.460 --> 00:24:03.920
 in place of the two,

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 so making peace

00:24:05.580 --> 00:24:06.820
 and might reconcile

00:24:06.820 --> 00:24:08.120
 us both to God

00:24:08.120 --> 00:24:09.200
 in one body

00:24:09.200 --> 00:24:10.380
 through the cross.

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 So, this is the picture

00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:14.220
 that Paul is painting,

00:24:15.700 --> 00:24:18.319
 that God has drawn

00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:19.420
 different,

00:24:19.840 --> 00:24:21.180
 all kinds of different people

00:24:21.180 --> 00:24:24.240
 into one new humanity

00:24:24.240 --> 00:24:26.000
 in the body of Christ.

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 And if you go back

00:24:28.880 --> 00:24:29.480
 to Colossians,

00:24:29.539 --> 00:24:30.200
 verse 11

00:24:30.200 --> 00:24:32.220
 makes a lot of sense

00:24:32.220 --> 00:24:33.059
 in this context.

00:24:33.700 --> 00:24:36.740
 It's not a sort of digression,

00:24:38.240 --> 00:24:39.019
 but Paul's saying

00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:39.500
 here,

00:24:40.079 --> 00:24:41.839
 here in the new humanity,

00:24:42.639 --> 00:24:43.960
 there is not Greek and Jew,

00:24:44.139 --> 00:24:45.639
 circumcised and uncircumcised,

00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:46.220
 barbarian,

00:24:46.379 --> 00:24:46.799
 scythian,

00:24:46.920 --> 00:24:47.559
 slave or free,

00:24:47.639 --> 00:24:49.099
 but Christ is all

00:24:49.099 --> 00:24:50.799
 and is in all.

00:24:52.299 --> 00:24:52.779
 Right?

00:24:53.000 --> 00:24:53.559
 Paul's saying

00:24:53.559 --> 00:24:55.319
 here in the new humanity,

00:24:55.700 --> 00:24:57.139
 here in the body of Christ,

00:24:57.259 --> 00:24:58.519
 our human distinctions

00:24:58.519 --> 00:25:00.180
 need not divide us

00:25:00.180 --> 00:25:02.400
 because Christ is all.

00:25:02.519 --> 00:25:03.259
 He's everything.

00:25:03.379 --> 00:25:04.619
 He's everything we need.

00:25:05.039 --> 00:25:06.379
 And Christ is in all.

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 He dwells in every one

00:25:07.560 --> 00:25:08.180
 of His people,

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 regardless of race,

00:25:09.980 --> 00:25:10.360
 class,

00:25:10.480 --> 00:25:11.500
 or nationality.

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 You know,

00:25:14.600 --> 00:25:15.500
 it's not always easy

00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:16.940
 to love one another

00:25:16.940 --> 00:25:19.260
 across racial and class

00:25:19.260 --> 00:25:20.680
 and national lines.

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 You know,

00:25:22.380 --> 00:25:23.000
 look down at the list

00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:23.580
 in verse 11

00:25:23.580 --> 00:25:24.180
 for a moment.

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 The Greeks

00:25:26.779 --> 00:25:29.080
 were a dominant civilization

00:25:29.080 --> 00:25:29.900
 at the time.

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 They were proud

00:25:30.660 --> 00:25:32.140
 of their military prowess

00:25:32.140 --> 00:25:33.560
 and their intellectual heritage.

00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:34.660
 They were privileged

00:25:34.660 --> 00:25:35.180
 and they tended

00:25:35.180 --> 00:25:35.980
 to look down

00:25:35.980 --> 00:25:37.080
 on Jews,

00:25:37.160 --> 00:25:38.480
 the next one

00:25:38.480 --> 00:25:39.019
 in the list.

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 The Jews

00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:40.799
 were fiercely independent.

00:25:40.980 --> 00:25:41.560
 They had endured

00:25:41.560 --> 00:25:42.759
 centuries of slavery

00:25:42.759 --> 00:25:43.420
 and exile,

00:25:43.600 --> 00:25:44.279
 but maintained

00:25:44.279 --> 00:25:45.560
 their cultural traditions.

00:25:46.900 --> 00:25:47.460
 Circumcision

00:25:47.460 --> 00:25:48.880
 was a source

00:25:48.880 --> 00:25:49.560
 of pride

00:25:49.560 --> 00:25:51.640
 for Jewish males,

00:25:51.640 --> 00:25:52.960
 but Greeks mocked it

00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:54.320
 and denigrated it.

00:25:54.400 --> 00:25:54.540
 So,

00:25:54.640 --> 00:25:55.620
 it was challenging enough

00:25:55.620 --> 00:25:56.780
 for Jews and Greeks

00:25:56.780 --> 00:25:57.620
 to get along,

00:25:58.100 --> 00:25:59.560
 but Paul goes even further.

00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:01.280
 Barbarians.

00:26:02.160 --> 00:26:02.680
 Barbarian

00:26:02.680 --> 00:26:04.000
 was a pejorative term

00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:05.220
 invented by the Greeks

00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:06.200
 to mock people

00:26:06.200 --> 00:26:07.400
 who couldn't speak Greek.

00:26:07.840 --> 00:26:08.800
 They're the bar-bars.

00:26:09.620 --> 00:26:10.500
 The blah, blah, blah.

00:26:10.860 --> 00:26:11.759
 They speak

00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:13.720
 an uncivilized language.

00:26:15.100 --> 00:26:15.280
 Now,

00:26:15.400 --> 00:26:15.880
 Scythian,

00:26:16.200 --> 00:26:17.540
 Scythian was sort of like

00:26:17.540 --> 00:26:19.020
 as far off

00:26:19.020 --> 00:26:19.660
 as you can go.

00:26:19.800 --> 00:26:20.140
 Scythians

00:26:20.140 --> 00:26:21.420
 were nomadic tribes,

00:26:21.640 --> 00:26:22.500
 who originated

00:26:22.500 --> 00:26:24.000
 in southern Siberia.

00:26:24.720 --> 00:26:25.759
 They were considered

00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:27.000
 wild men.

00:26:27.620 --> 00:26:28.860
 They were fearsome warriors,

00:26:29.160 --> 00:26:30.220
 they never bathed,

00:26:30.320 --> 00:26:31.360
 and they covered themselves

00:26:31.360 --> 00:26:32.020
 with tattoos.

00:26:35.040 --> 00:26:36.160
 And then finally,

00:26:36.420 --> 00:26:38.160
 there was the dividing line

00:26:38.160 --> 00:26:39.620
 between slave and free

00:26:39.620 --> 00:26:42.240
 that ran throughout

00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:43.060
 the ancient world.

00:26:44.180 --> 00:26:44.740
 So,

00:26:44.800 --> 00:26:45.740
 what has Paul done here?

00:26:46.540 --> 00:26:47.720
 He's just listed

00:26:47.720 --> 00:26:48.940
 all kinds of people

00:26:48.940 --> 00:26:49.980
 who normally

00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:50.900
 don't get along,

00:26:50.900 --> 00:26:52.340
 who were raised

00:26:52.340 --> 00:26:53.100
 on different sides

00:26:53.100 --> 00:26:53.740
 of the tracks,

00:26:53.980 --> 00:26:55.880
 who don't usually

00:26:55.880 --> 00:26:56.780
 see eye to eye,

00:26:57.740 --> 00:26:58.500
 who don't usually

00:26:58.500 --> 00:26:59.400
 trust each other,

00:26:59.900 --> 00:27:01.220
 who have all kinds

00:27:01.220 --> 00:27:02.180
 of past history

00:27:02.180 --> 00:27:03.480
 and current politics

00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:04.920
 separating them.

00:27:05.780 --> 00:27:06.360
 And then,

00:27:06.480 --> 00:27:07.580
 look at what he says.

00:27:08.140 --> 00:27:08.580
 He says,

00:27:08.680 --> 00:27:10.040
 Christ is bigger

00:27:10.040 --> 00:27:12.080
 than every one

00:27:12.080 --> 00:27:13.259
 of those distinctions.

00:27:13.259 --> 00:27:22.779
 God is bringing people

00:27:22.779 --> 00:27:23.599
 from every tribe

00:27:23.599 --> 00:27:23.940
 and tongue

00:27:23.940 --> 00:27:24.420
 and nation

00:27:24.420 --> 00:27:26.559
 into the body

00:27:26.559 --> 00:27:27.140
 of Christ,

00:27:27.440 --> 00:27:28.039
 the church,

00:27:28.579 --> 00:27:30.279
 and in relationship

00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:31.640
 with each other.

00:27:32.379 --> 00:27:33.879
 He is conforming

00:27:33.879 --> 00:27:35.259
 us together

00:27:35.259 --> 00:27:36.759
 to the image

00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:37.240
 of his son.

00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:40.079
 You know,

00:27:40.099 --> 00:27:40.740
 we live in a time

00:27:40.740 --> 00:27:41.200
 and place

00:27:41.200 --> 00:27:41.559
 where

00:27:41.559 --> 00:27:43.319
 conversations

00:27:43.319 --> 00:27:44.000
 about race

00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:44.559
 and class

00:27:44.559 --> 00:27:45.759
 are often fraught.

00:27:47.019 --> 00:27:47.599
 Right?

00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:49.200
 There's mistrust

00:27:49.200 --> 00:27:50.900
 and isolation

00:27:50.900 --> 00:27:52.420
 and lack

00:27:52.420 --> 00:27:53.180
 of understanding,

00:27:54.519 --> 00:27:55.400
 false accusations,

00:27:56.400 --> 00:27:57.480
 one tribe

00:27:57.480 --> 00:27:57.900
 is pitted

00:27:57.900 --> 00:27:58.640
 against another.

00:27:59.420 --> 00:28:00.160
 Almost everyone

00:28:00.160 --> 00:28:00.960
 feels defensive

00:28:00.960 --> 00:28:02.059
 in one way

00:28:02.059 --> 00:28:02.460
 or another.

00:28:02.460 --> 00:28:05.460
 but the gospel

00:28:05.460 --> 00:28:06.079
 frees us

00:28:06.079 --> 00:28:06.740
 to let down

00:28:06.740 --> 00:28:07.340
 our defenses.

00:28:09.200 --> 00:28:09.940
 The gospel

00:28:09.940 --> 00:28:10.400
 frees us

00:28:10.400 --> 00:28:10.840
 to admit

00:28:10.840 --> 00:28:11.860
 where we fall short,

00:28:11.960 --> 00:28:12.660
 where we struggle

00:28:12.660 --> 00:28:13.759
 to love our neighbors.

00:28:15.779 --> 00:28:16.319
 You know,

00:28:16.380 --> 00:28:16.799
 I will say

00:28:16.799 --> 00:28:17.559
 of all the sins

00:28:17.559 --> 00:28:18.360
 in this list,

00:28:19.200 --> 00:28:20.000
 this is probably

00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:20.680
 one of the ones

00:28:20.680 --> 00:28:21.279
 that's hardest

00:28:21.279 --> 00:28:22.039
 to confess

00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:23.380
 to a brother

00:28:23.380 --> 00:28:24.200
 or sister in Christ

00:28:24.200 --> 00:28:24.660
 to say,

00:28:24.860 --> 00:28:25.759
 I struggle

00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:26.380
 with prejudice.

00:28:29.319 --> 00:28:30.319
 I have trouble

00:28:30.319 --> 00:28:30.980
 with some other

00:28:30.980 --> 00:28:31.660
 groups of people.

00:28:33.400 --> 00:28:33.900
 Because don't,

00:28:34.039 --> 00:28:34.920
 isn't what we all

00:28:34.920 --> 00:28:35.660
 want to say is,

00:28:35.799 --> 00:28:36.759
 I'm not racist.

00:28:37.019 --> 00:28:37.720
 Don't accuse me

00:28:37.720 --> 00:28:38.180
 of that.

00:28:39.640 --> 00:28:40.640
 Because in our culture,

00:28:40.700 --> 00:28:41.360
 that's a pretty bad

00:28:41.360 --> 00:28:42.340
 thing to be accused of.

00:28:44.100 --> 00:28:44.900
 But the gospel

00:28:44.900 --> 00:28:45.860
 frees us to say,

00:28:46.400 --> 00:28:48.019
 I don't have it

00:28:48.019 --> 00:28:48.480
 all together.

00:28:50.799 --> 00:28:51.240
 Whatever

00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:52.620
 sin on this list

00:28:52.620 --> 00:28:53.200
 it is

00:28:53.200 --> 00:28:54.259
 where we specifically

00:28:54.259 --> 00:28:54.960
 need help.

00:28:56.200 --> 00:28:56.860
 The gospel

00:28:56.860 --> 00:28:57.360
 frees us

00:28:57.360 --> 00:28:58.140
 to open ourselves

00:28:58.140 --> 00:28:59.259
 up to people

00:28:59.259 --> 00:28:59.779
 who are different

00:28:59.779 --> 00:29:00.160
 than us

00:29:00.160 --> 00:29:00.960
 and to rejoice

00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:01.420
 that God

00:29:01.420 --> 00:29:02.220
 is bringing together

00:29:02.220 --> 00:29:02.819
 all kinds

00:29:02.819 --> 00:29:03.279
 of people.

00:29:03.680 --> 00:29:04.019
 Greeks,

00:29:04.319 --> 00:29:04.620
 Jews,

00:29:04.839 --> 00:29:05.400
 barbarians,

00:29:05.620 --> 00:29:06.039
 Scythians,

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:07.000
 into the body

00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:07.519
 of Christ.

00:29:07.799 --> 00:29:08.380
 People who have

00:29:08.380 --> 00:29:09.500
 no earthly reason

00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:10.240
 to know and love

00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:10.740
 each other

00:29:10.740 --> 00:29:11.799
 except we belong

00:29:11.799 --> 00:29:12.720
 to the new humanity

00:29:12.720 --> 00:29:13.460
 and we've been bought

00:29:13.460 --> 00:29:14.440
 by the blood of Christ

00:29:14.440 --> 00:29:16.019
 and we're a family

00:29:16.019 --> 00:29:17.059
 and we're destined

00:29:17.059 --> 00:29:18.279
 for life together

00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:18.759
 forever.

00:29:22.059 --> 00:29:22.680
 And that's

00:29:22.680 --> 00:29:23.360
 a wonderful thing.

00:29:25.799 --> 00:29:26.579
 That brings us

00:29:26.579 --> 00:29:27.380
 to the fourth reason.

00:29:28.759 --> 00:29:29.240
 Verse 10,

00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:30.120
 get rid of sin

00:29:30.120 --> 00:29:32.579
 because every day

00:29:32.579 --> 00:29:34.000
 we're being renewed.

00:29:34.120 --> 00:29:35.039
 We've become part

00:29:35.039 --> 00:29:35.880
 of the new humanity

00:29:35.880 --> 00:29:36.519
 in Christ

00:29:36.519 --> 00:29:38.839
 but God has not

00:29:38.839 --> 00:29:39.839
 just done something

00:29:39.839 --> 00:29:41.039
 a long time ago

00:29:41.039 --> 00:29:42.180
 to rescue us.

00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:42.980
 He's continuing

00:29:42.980 --> 00:29:44.059
 to renew us

00:29:44.059 --> 00:29:45.099
 day by day.

00:29:45.480 --> 00:29:47.599
 It's an ongoing work.

00:29:49.059 --> 00:29:49.819
 God's renewing us

00:29:49.819 --> 00:29:50.420
 in knowledge

00:29:50.420 --> 00:29:50.880
 that is

00:29:50.880 --> 00:29:52.079
 or as Romans 12 says

00:29:52.079 --> 00:29:53.120
 he's transforming us

00:29:53.120 --> 00:29:53.759
 by the renewing

00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:54.460
 of our mind.

00:29:55.019 --> 00:29:56.019
 He's renewing us

00:29:56.019 --> 00:29:56.720
 after the image

00:29:56.720 --> 00:29:57.420
 of the creator

00:29:57.420 --> 00:29:58.660
 of the new humanity.

00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:00.920
 Again,

00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:01.680
 we see that theme

00:30:01.680 --> 00:30:02.579
 that when God

00:30:02.579 --> 00:30:03.420
 redeems us

00:30:03.420 --> 00:30:05.299
 he's recreating us.

00:30:05.380 --> 00:30:06.299
 He's making us

00:30:06.299 --> 00:30:07.079
 all that we were

00:30:07.079 --> 00:30:07.620
 meant to be

00:30:07.620 --> 00:30:08.740
 as his image

00:30:08.740 --> 00:30:09.620
 bearing creatures.

00:30:10.660 --> 00:30:11.500
 Christ is a true

00:30:11.500 --> 00:30:12.339
 image of God

00:30:12.339 --> 00:30:13.640
 and we being

00:30:13.640 --> 00:30:14.640
 united to Christ

00:30:14.640 --> 00:30:15.700
 by the Holy Spirit's

00:30:15.700 --> 00:30:16.440
 renewing power

00:30:16.440 --> 00:30:17.140
 are gradually

00:30:17.140 --> 00:30:17.900
 being made

00:30:17.900 --> 00:30:19.039
 like him.

00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:20.220
 We're becoming

00:30:20.220 --> 00:30:20.740
 who we were

00:30:20.740 --> 00:30:21.759
 always meant to be

00:30:21.759 --> 00:30:23.339
 and God is

00:30:23.339 --> 00:30:24.380
 continuing the good work

00:30:24.380 --> 00:30:25.100
 that he has begun

00:30:25.100 --> 00:30:26.800
 in and among us

00:30:26.800 --> 00:30:27.640
 and he's doing that

00:30:27.640 --> 00:30:29.020
 as we live together

00:30:29.020 --> 00:30:29.940
 as a body.

00:30:32.380 --> 00:30:33.320
 Many years ago

00:30:33.320 --> 00:30:35.520
 an Anglican pastor

00:30:35.520 --> 00:30:36.840
 named C.F.D. Moule

00:30:36.840 --> 00:30:37.880
 wrote,

00:30:38.340 --> 00:30:39.300
 Christian conduct

00:30:39.300 --> 00:30:41.360
 is the result

00:30:41.360 --> 00:30:42.220
 not simply

00:30:42.220 --> 00:30:43.280
 of the effort

00:30:43.280 --> 00:30:43.940
 to be good

00:30:43.940 --> 00:30:46.020
 but of incorporation

00:30:46.020 --> 00:30:46.820
 into the body

00:30:46.820 --> 00:30:47.480
 of Christ.

00:30:48.740 --> 00:30:49.220
 In other words

00:30:49.220 --> 00:30:49.520
 he's saying

00:30:49.520 --> 00:30:50.060
 it's not just

00:30:50.060 --> 00:30:51.120
 through us

00:30:51.120 --> 00:30:51.920
 trying harder

00:30:51.920 --> 00:30:53.640
 that we

00:30:53.640 --> 00:30:55.340
 grow in Christ-likeness

00:30:55.340 --> 00:30:56.259
 but as we live

00:30:56.259 --> 00:30:56.680
 together

00:30:56.680 --> 00:30:57.240
 in the body

00:30:57.240 --> 00:30:57.660
 of Christ

00:30:57.660 --> 00:30:58.360
 through the friendship

00:30:58.360 --> 00:30:59.420
 and prayers

00:30:59.420 --> 00:31:00.100
 teaching

00:31:00.100 --> 00:31:01.120
 and counseling

00:31:01.120 --> 00:31:02.000
 encouragement

00:31:02.000 --> 00:31:02.800
 and accountability

00:31:02.800 --> 00:31:03.820
 and constructive

00:31:03.820 --> 00:31:04.380
 criticism

00:31:04.380 --> 00:31:05.340
 of other Christians

00:31:05.340 --> 00:31:06.440
 that God continues

00:31:06.440 --> 00:31:07.700
 to renew us

00:31:07.700 --> 00:31:09.900
 day by day.

00:31:11.320 --> 00:31:12.180
 So what do we need

00:31:12.180 --> 00:31:12.779
 to get rid of?

00:31:12.800 --> 00:31:13.519
 All sorts of

00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:14.160
 spiritual junk.

00:31:14.220 --> 00:31:14.720
 Why do we need

00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:15.360
 to get rid of it?

00:31:15.440 --> 00:31:16.440
 Because God hates it

00:31:16.440 --> 00:31:17.259
 and so should we

00:31:17.259 --> 00:31:18.180
 because that's how

00:31:18.180 --> 00:31:18.860
 we used to live

00:31:18.860 --> 00:31:19.980
 not who we really are

00:31:19.980 --> 00:31:20.920
 because now we're part

00:31:20.920 --> 00:31:21.660
 of the new humanity

00:31:21.660 --> 00:31:22.240
 in Christ

00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:23.080
 and every day

00:31:23.080 --> 00:31:23.759
 we're being renewed.

00:31:24.300 --> 00:31:24.880
 So finally

00:31:24.880 --> 00:31:26.820
 how do we do it?

00:31:29.460 --> 00:31:30.160
 At the beginning

00:31:30.160 --> 00:31:31.140
 I shared three things

00:31:31.140 --> 00:31:32.039
 I needed to change

00:31:32.039 --> 00:31:32.779
 in order to deal

00:31:32.779 --> 00:31:33.620
 with the poison ivy

00:31:33.620 --> 00:31:35.060
 in my backyard.

00:31:35.259 --> 00:31:35.900
 I want to conclude

00:31:35.900 --> 00:31:37.340
 with three parallel

00:31:37.340 --> 00:31:38.620
 practical ways

00:31:38.620 --> 00:31:40.060
 of dealing with sin.

00:31:41.860 --> 00:31:42.259
 First

00:31:42.259 --> 00:31:43.980
 we need to identify sin

00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:44.960
 for what it is.

00:31:46.519 --> 00:31:47.680
 Paul does not talk

00:31:47.680 --> 00:31:48.400
 evasively

00:31:48.400 --> 00:31:50.120
 or in polite euphemisms

00:31:50.119 --> 00:31:51.000
 or in categories

00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:51.919
 that are so general

00:31:51.919 --> 00:31:52.559
 that we don't know

00:31:52.559 --> 00:31:53.119
 what he's really

00:31:53.119 --> 00:31:53.759
 referring to.

00:31:54.559 --> 00:31:56.079
 Paul names sin.

00:31:56.859 --> 00:31:57.599
 He calls it

00:31:57.599 --> 00:31:58.359
 what it is

00:31:58.359 --> 00:31:59.179
 so that we can

00:31:59.179 --> 00:32:00.299
 recognize it clearly

00:32:00.299 --> 00:32:02.239
 whenever it manifests itself.

00:32:04.500 --> 00:32:05.539
 Sexual immorality.

00:32:06.339 --> 00:32:07.500
 Any sexual intimacy

00:32:07.500 --> 00:32:09.559
 outside of male-female marriage.

00:32:10.279 --> 00:32:10.759
 Impurity.

00:32:11.359 --> 00:32:12.479
 Anything associated

00:32:12.479 --> 00:32:13.639
 with sexual immorality

00:32:13.639 --> 00:32:14.779
 that contaminates

00:32:14.779 --> 00:32:15.479
 our character.

00:32:15.659 --> 00:32:16.259
 Pornography

00:32:16.259 --> 00:32:17.959
 falls into this category.

00:32:17.960 --> 00:32:20.460
 passion and evil desire.

00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:21.799
 Out of control lust

00:32:21.799 --> 00:32:22.720
 and cravings.

00:32:23.220 --> 00:32:23.740
 Covetousness

00:32:23.740 --> 00:32:25.259
 or greed.

00:32:27.360 --> 00:32:28.460
 Now sometimes

00:32:28.460 --> 00:32:30.200
 covetousness

00:32:30.200 --> 00:32:30.640
 or greed

00:32:30.640 --> 00:32:31.400
 seems a little more

00:32:31.400 --> 00:32:32.299
 tricky to define.

00:32:33.299 --> 00:32:33.759
 Right?

00:32:33.840 --> 00:32:34.720
 Because there's not

00:32:34.720 --> 00:32:36.880
 it's not defined

00:32:36.880 --> 00:32:37.860
 by a limit

00:32:37.860 --> 00:32:39.220
 on how much income

00:32:39.220 --> 00:32:39.960
 you can have

00:32:39.960 --> 00:32:40.440
 before

00:32:40.440 --> 00:32:42.240
 you go over the line

00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:43.120
 into greed

00:32:43.120 --> 00:32:43.900
 and materialism.

00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:44.539
 Right?

00:32:44.539 --> 00:32:47.579
 It's not quite so

00:32:47.579 --> 00:32:48.740
 clear-cut

00:32:48.740 --> 00:32:49.559
 as sexual immorality

00:32:49.559 --> 00:32:50.379
 in one sense

00:32:50.379 --> 00:32:50.839
 but

00:32:50.839 --> 00:32:52.099
 John Piper

00:32:52.099 --> 00:32:52.920
 has a very helpful

00:32:52.920 --> 00:32:53.420
 definition.

00:32:53.720 --> 00:32:54.879
 He says covetousness

00:32:54.879 --> 00:32:55.799
 is desiring

00:32:55.799 --> 00:32:57.220
 something so much

00:32:57.220 --> 00:32:58.980
 that you lose

00:32:58.980 --> 00:33:00.019
 your contentment

00:33:00.019 --> 00:33:00.759
 in God.

00:33:03.339 --> 00:33:04.460
 It's a good question

00:33:04.460 --> 00:33:04.920
 to ask.

00:33:05.279 --> 00:33:06.099
 Am I wanting

00:33:06.099 --> 00:33:07.299
 something so much

00:33:07.299 --> 00:33:08.839
 that I've lost

00:33:08.839 --> 00:33:10.420
 my sense of contentment

00:33:10.420 --> 00:33:11.220
 and joy

00:33:11.220 --> 00:33:11.920
 in God?

00:33:11.920 --> 00:33:14.220
 If so

00:33:14.220 --> 00:33:15.759
 that's

00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:16.480
 coveting

00:33:16.480 --> 00:33:17.840
 or greed

00:33:17.840 --> 00:33:18.539
 or envying.

00:33:18.900 --> 00:33:19.600
 And that's why

00:33:19.600 --> 00:33:20.779
 Paul says covetousness

00:33:20.779 --> 00:33:22.320
 is a form of idolatry

00:33:22.320 --> 00:33:23.560
 because it displaces

00:33:23.560 --> 00:33:24.160
 it pushes

00:33:24.160 --> 00:33:24.960
 out

00:33:24.960 --> 00:33:25.880
 our worship

00:33:25.880 --> 00:33:26.900
 of God.

00:33:29.100 --> 00:33:30.160
 The opposite

00:33:30.160 --> 00:33:30.940
 of covetousness

00:33:30.940 --> 00:33:32.920
 is contentment.

00:33:34.380 --> 00:33:35.100
 Someone

00:33:35.100 --> 00:33:36.019
 shared this quote

00:33:36.019 --> 00:33:36.759
 with me this week.

00:33:37.720 --> 00:33:38.580
 To be a Christian

00:33:38.580 --> 00:33:40.279
 is to receive

00:33:40.279 --> 00:33:41.300
 God's good gifts

00:33:41.299 --> 00:33:42.180
 and to enjoy

00:33:42.180 --> 00:33:42.980
 them the most

00:33:42.980 --> 00:33:44.599
 to need them

00:33:44.599 --> 00:33:45.240
 the least

00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:46.299
 and to give

00:33:46.299 --> 00:33:46.899
 them away

00:33:46.899 --> 00:33:48.399
 most freely.

00:33:49.960 --> 00:33:50.960
 To enjoy

00:33:50.960 --> 00:33:51.720
 them the most

00:33:51.720 --> 00:33:53.079
 to need

00:33:53.079 --> 00:33:53.720
 them the least

00:33:53.720 --> 00:33:54.919
 and to give

00:33:54.919 --> 00:33:55.279
 them away

00:33:55.279 --> 00:33:55.919
 most freely.

00:33:56.519 --> 00:33:57.240
 That's the

00:33:57.240 --> 00:33:57.859
 opposite of

00:33:57.859 --> 00:33:58.579
 covetousness.

00:34:00.599 --> 00:34:01.299
 Going on

00:34:01.299 --> 00:34:01.919
 the second list

00:34:01.919 --> 00:34:02.299
 anger

00:34:02.299 --> 00:34:03.240
 and wrath.

00:34:03.379 --> 00:34:04.500
 Now verse 6

00:34:04.500 --> 00:34:04.960
 talks about

00:34:04.960 --> 00:34:05.779
 the wrath of God

00:34:05.779 --> 00:34:06.980
 and Ephesians 4

00:34:06.980 --> 00:34:07.720
 says be angry

00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:08.400
 and don't sin.

00:34:08.519 --> 00:34:08.980
 So when we're

00:34:08.980 --> 00:34:09.800
 defining anger

00:34:09.800 --> 00:34:10.539
 we need to

00:34:10.539 --> 00:34:10.980
 distinguish

00:34:10.980 --> 00:34:12.200
 sinful anger

00:34:12.200 --> 00:34:13.280
 and godly anger.

00:34:14.760 --> 00:34:15.400
 And I think

00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:15.880
 one place

00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:16.640
 that's very helpful

00:34:16.640 --> 00:34:17.820
 for us to do

00:34:17.820 --> 00:34:18.440
 this is the

00:34:18.440 --> 00:34:18.820
 end of the

00:34:18.820 --> 00:34:19.380
 book of Jonah.

00:34:20.920 --> 00:34:21.600
 The end of the

00:34:21.600 --> 00:34:22.039
 book of Jonah

00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:22.560
 God has a

00:34:22.560 --> 00:34:23.280
 conversation with

00:34:23.280 --> 00:34:23.539
 Jonah.

00:34:25.120 --> 00:34:25.640
 And Jonah

00:34:25.640 --> 00:34:26.240
 is angry

00:34:26.240 --> 00:34:27.920
 and twice

00:34:27.920 --> 00:34:28.720
 God asked him

00:34:28.720 --> 00:34:29.340
 this question

00:34:29.340 --> 00:34:30.840
 do you do

00:34:30.840 --> 00:34:31.300
 well

00:34:31.300 --> 00:34:32.320
 to be angry?

00:34:34.539 --> 00:34:35.180
 Jonah doesn't

00:34:35.180 --> 00:34:35.720
 listen the first

00:34:35.720 --> 00:34:36.160
 time he

00:34:36.160 --> 00:34:37.039
 goes on his

00:34:37.039 --> 00:34:37.340
 rant

00:34:37.340 --> 00:34:38.260
 so God

00:34:38.260 --> 00:34:38.559
 asked him

00:34:38.559 --> 00:34:38.840
 a second

00:34:38.840 --> 00:34:39.220
 time

00:34:39.220 --> 00:34:40.539
 do you

00:34:40.539 --> 00:34:41.059
 do well

00:34:41.059 --> 00:34:41.559
 to be

00:34:41.559 --> 00:34:41.860
 angry?

00:34:44.140 --> 00:34:44.760
 It's a good

00:34:44.760 --> 00:34:45.120
 question to

00:34:45.120 --> 00:34:45.800
 ask ourselves

00:34:45.800 --> 00:34:47.940
 when we're

00:34:47.940 --> 00:34:48.220
 angry.

00:34:48.640 --> 00:34:49.240
 Is your

00:34:49.240 --> 00:34:49.940
 anger helping

00:34:49.940 --> 00:34:50.360
 you to

00:34:50.360 --> 00:34:51.100
 live well?

00:34:52.519 --> 00:34:53.140
 Is your

00:34:53.140 --> 00:34:53.640
 anger helping

00:34:53.640 --> 00:34:54.120
 you to live

00:34:54.120 --> 00:34:54.860
 courageously?

00:34:55.980 --> 00:34:56.860
 To resist

00:34:56.860 --> 00:34:57.760
 complacency?

00:34:58.140 --> 00:34:58.900
 To hunger

00:34:58.900 --> 00:34:59.620
 for righteousness

00:34:59.620 --> 00:35:00.280
 and justice

00:35:00.280 --> 00:35:01.019
 not just for

00:35:01.019 --> 00:35:01.539
 yourself

00:35:01.539 --> 00:35:03.200
 but also for

00:35:03.200 --> 00:35:03.760
 others who

00:35:03.760 --> 00:35:04.300
 are vulnerable?

00:35:04.300 --> 00:35:08.160
 that's a

00:35:08.160 --> 00:35:08.440
 righteous

00:35:08.440 --> 00:35:08.920
 anger.

00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:11.580
 Or

00:35:11.580 --> 00:35:12.820
 is your

00:35:12.820 --> 00:35:13.220
 anger

00:35:13.220 --> 00:35:14.019
 locking you

00:35:14.019 --> 00:35:14.500
 up in a

00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:15.000
 prison of

00:35:15.000 --> 00:35:15.280
 bitterness?

00:35:16.720 --> 00:35:17.380
 Is it

00:35:17.380 --> 00:35:17.820
 making you

00:35:17.820 --> 00:35:18.519
 shut down

00:35:18.519 --> 00:35:19.060
 emotionally

00:35:19.060 --> 00:35:19.780
 until you

00:35:19.780 --> 00:35:20.700
 explode in

00:35:20.700 --> 00:35:21.120
 rage?

00:35:22.640 --> 00:35:23.280
 Is it

00:35:23.280 --> 00:35:23.760
 making you

00:35:23.760 --> 00:35:24.500
 cynical toward

00:35:24.500 --> 00:35:25.100
 everybody

00:35:25.100 --> 00:35:26.600
 especially

00:35:26.600 --> 00:35:27.920
 anyone who

00:35:27.920 --> 00:35:28.360
 resembles

00:35:28.360 --> 00:35:29.480
 those who

00:35:29.480 --> 00:35:29.780
 have hurt

00:35:29.780 --> 00:35:30.080
 you the

00:35:30.080 --> 00:35:30.460
 most?

00:35:30.460 --> 00:35:33.860
 Or is it

00:35:33.860 --> 00:35:34.480
 producing the

00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:35.519
 fruit that

00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:36.460
 Paul describes

00:35:36.460 --> 00:35:36.980
 at the end

00:35:36.980 --> 00:35:37.320
 of verse

00:35:37.320 --> 00:35:37.599
 8?

00:35:38.780 --> 00:35:39.380
 Slander

00:35:39.380 --> 00:35:41.059
 or gossip.

00:35:42.980 --> 00:35:43.440
 Obscene

00:35:43.440 --> 00:35:43.980
 talk.

00:35:45.240 --> 00:35:45.619
 That doesn't

00:35:45.619 --> 00:35:46.019
 just mean

00:35:46.019 --> 00:35:46.539
 cursing.

00:35:46.639 --> 00:35:46.940
 It literally

00:35:46.940 --> 00:35:47.780
 means shameful

00:35:47.780 --> 00:35:48.460
 words.

00:35:49.000 --> 00:35:49.220
 It could

00:35:49.220 --> 00:35:51.500
 include ridiculing

00:35:51.500 --> 00:35:52.619
 or embarrassing

00:35:52.619 --> 00:35:53.240
 others.

00:35:55.199 --> 00:35:56.099
 Those kinds

00:35:56.099 --> 00:35:56.679
 of words that

00:35:56.679 --> 00:35:57.280
 cut others

00:35:57.280 --> 00:35:57.760
 down.

00:35:58.740 --> 00:35:59.179
 Jesus said,

00:35:59.300 --> 00:35:59.539
 out of the

00:35:59.539 --> 00:36:00.039
 abundance of

00:36:00.039 --> 00:36:00.400
 the heart,

00:36:00.480 --> 00:36:00.820
 the mouth

00:36:00.820 --> 00:36:01.340
 speaks.

00:36:02.779 --> 00:36:03.279
 So we

00:36:03.279 --> 00:36:03.500
 need to

00:36:03.500 --> 00:36:04.559
 identify sin

00:36:04.559 --> 00:36:05.099
 for what it

00:36:05.099 --> 00:36:05.619
 is.

00:36:07.940 --> 00:36:08.460
 Second,

00:36:09.059 --> 00:36:10.139
 do some

00:36:10.139 --> 00:36:11.239
 research how

00:36:11.239 --> 00:36:11.639
 to get rid

00:36:11.639 --> 00:36:11.900
 of it.

00:36:12.840 --> 00:36:13.759
 Don't assume

00:36:13.759 --> 00:36:14.199
 that you

00:36:14.199 --> 00:36:15.059
 have all the

00:36:15.059 --> 00:36:15.579
 wisdom you

00:36:15.579 --> 00:36:16.279
 need within

00:36:16.279 --> 00:36:18.279
 you to

00:36:18.279 --> 00:36:18.699
 deal with

00:36:18.699 --> 00:36:18.960
 sin.

00:36:21.779 --> 00:36:22.539
 Search the

00:36:22.539 --> 00:36:23.739
 scriptures for

00:36:23.739 --> 00:36:24.279
 what they have

00:36:24.279 --> 00:36:25.400
 to say about

00:36:25.400 --> 00:36:26.099
 the specific

00:36:26.099 --> 00:36:26.980
 issues you're

00:36:26.980 --> 00:36:27.579
 dealing with.

00:36:27.579 --> 00:36:29.739
 for many

00:36:29.739 --> 00:36:30.059
 people,

00:36:30.360 --> 00:36:30.920
 memorizing

00:36:30.920 --> 00:36:32.360
 scriptures has

00:36:32.360 --> 00:36:33.179
 been a really

00:36:33.179 --> 00:36:33.840
 helpful thing

00:36:33.840 --> 00:36:34.319
 to do.

00:36:35.319 --> 00:36:35.779
 Scriptures that

00:36:35.779 --> 00:36:36.639
 you can bring

00:36:36.639 --> 00:36:37.880
 to mind when

00:36:37.880 --> 00:36:38.440
 you're in the

00:36:38.440 --> 00:36:39.440
 moment and

00:36:39.440 --> 00:36:39.759
 when you're

00:36:39.759 --> 00:36:40.239
 tempted to

00:36:40.239 --> 00:36:40.719
 fly off the

00:36:40.719 --> 00:36:42.739
 handle or

00:36:42.739 --> 00:36:43.159
 tempted to

00:36:43.159 --> 00:36:43.500
 whatever.

00:36:47.500 --> 00:36:47.940
 Also,

00:36:48.079 --> 00:36:48.420
 there are lots

00:36:48.420 --> 00:36:48.920
 of good books

00:36:48.920 --> 00:36:49.539
 downstairs on

00:36:49.539 --> 00:36:49.779
 the book

00:36:49.779 --> 00:36:50.759
 stall and some

00:36:50.759 --> 00:36:51.759
 of them address

00:36:51.759 --> 00:36:53.279
 many of these

00:36:53.279 --> 00:36:53.739
 issues.

00:36:53.739 --> 00:36:55.279
 just a few.

00:36:55.799 --> 00:36:56.599
 Good and Angry

00:36:56.599 --> 00:36:57.359
 by David

00:36:57.359 --> 00:36:57.859
 Powlison.

00:36:58.500 --> 00:36:59.379
 Very helpful

00:36:59.379 --> 00:36:59.719
 book.

00:37:00.399 --> 00:37:00.819
 Closing the

00:37:00.819 --> 00:37:01.879
 Window by Tim

00:37:01.879 --> 00:37:02.839
 Chester that

00:37:02.839 --> 00:37:03.199
 deals with

00:37:03.199 --> 00:37:03.719
 pornography.

00:37:04.939 --> 00:37:05.439
 Money,

00:37:05.599 --> 00:37:05.979
 Possessions,

00:37:06.079 --> 00:37:06.859
 and Eternity by

00:37:06.859 --> 00:37:07.679
 Randy Alcorn.

00:37:08.399 --> 00:37:09.359
 Or A Loving

00:37:09.359 --> 00:37:10.179
 Life in a

00:37:10.179 --> 00:37:10.479
 World of

00:37:10.479 --> 00:37:10.719
 Broken

00:37:10.719 --> 00:37:11.599
 Relationships.

00:37:12.679 --> 00:37:12.979
 If you're

00:37:12.979 --> 00:37:13.500
 dealing with,

00:37:14.719 --> 00:37:15.139
 if you're

00:37:15.139 --> 00:37:15.759
 struggling with

00:37:15.759 --> 00:37:17.279
 resentment or

00:37:17.279 --> 00:37:17.639
 bitterness,

00:37:18.739 --> 00:37:19.639
 by Paul Miller,

00:37:19.739 --> 00:37:20.039
 A Loving

00:37:20.039 --> 00:37:20.419
 Life.

00:37:20.579 --> 00:37:20.939
 It's a great

00:37:20.939 --> 00:37:21.219
 book.

00:37:22.019 --> 00:37:22.419
 But whether

00:37:22.420 --> 00:37:22.800
 or not you

00:37:22.800 --> 00:37:23.180
 read a book,

00:37:23.300 --> 00:37:24.079
 ask for help.

00:37:24.740 --> 00:37:25.139
 Ask for

00:37:25.139 --> 00:37:25.519
 advice.

00:37:25.720 --> 00:37:25.960
 Ask for

00:37:25.960 --> 00:37:26.300
 prayer.

00:37:26.480 --> 00:37:26.700
 Ask for

00:37:26.700 --> 00:37:27.139
 accountability

00:37:27.139 --> 00:37:27.680
 from your

00:37:27.680 --> 00:37:28.099
 brothers and

00:37:28.099 --> 00:37:28.539
 sisters in

00:37:28.539 --> 00:37:28.760
 Christ.

00:37:28.900 --> 00:37:29.380
 And take

00:37:29.380 --> 00:37:29.920
 the advice

00:37:29.920 --> 00:37:30.820
 you receive

00:37:30.820 --> 00:37:32.039
 to heart.

00:37:33.340 --> 00:37:33.840
 Now, I'm

00:37:33.840 --> 00:37:34.220
 not saying

00:37:34.220 --> 00:37:34.700
 everybody's

00:37:34.700 --> 00:37:35.139
 advice is

00:37:35.139 --> 00:37:35.519
 always going

00:37:35.519 --> 00:37:35.700
 to be

00:37:35.700 --> 00:37:36.200
 exactly what

00:37:36.200 --> 00:37:36.460
 you need

00:37:36.460 --> 00:37:36.740
 to hear.

00:37:36.820 --> 00:37:37.079
 Sometimes

00:37:37.079 --> 00:37:37.420
 you'll get

00:37:37.420 --> 00:37:38.019
 bad advice.

00:37:38.880 --> 00:37:39.300
 That's why

00:37:39.300 --> 00:37:39.780
 compare it

00:37:39.780 --> 00:37:40.139
 against the

00:37:40.139 --> 00:37:40.920
 scriptures and

00:37:40.920 --> 00:37:41.300
 ask more

00:37:41.300 --> 00:37:41.599
 than one

00:37:41.599 --> 00:37:41.940
 person.

00:37:43.260 --> 00:37:43.740
 But if

00:37:43.740 --> 00:37:44.059
 it's in

00:37:44.059 --> 00:37:44.420
 line with

00:37:44.420 --> 00:37:44.980
 the scriptures,

00:37:45.740 --> 00:37:46.340
 and especially

00:37:46.340 --> 00:37:47.420
 if a couple

00:37:47.420 --> 00:37:48.099
 of people are

00:37:48.099 --> 00:37:48.980
 sort of getting

00:37:48.980 --> 00:37:49.460
 at the same

00:37:49.460 --> 00:37:49.900
 thing,

00:37:50.539 --> 00:37:51.079
 take their

00:37:51.079 --> 00:37:51.619
 advice to

00:37:51.619 --> 00:37:52.079
 heart even

00:37:52.079 --> 00:37:52.460
 if it's

00:37:52.460 --> 00:37:52.880
 not what

00:37:52.880 --> 00:37:53.299
 you wanted

00:37:53.299 --> 00:37:53.759
 to hear.

00:37:55.559 --> 00:37:56.179
 That's why

00:37:56.179 --> 00:37:56.539
 we need

00:37:56.539 --> 00:37:57.019
 each other.

00:37:57.199 --> 00:37:57.799
 Because we

00:37:57.799 --> 00:37:58.319
 don't always

00:37:58.319 --> 00:37:58.819
 see things

00:37:58.819 --> 00:37:59.380
 clearly on

00:37:59.380 --> 00:37:59.860
 our own.

00:38:01.179 --> 00:38:01.860
 If things

00:38:01.860 --> 00:38:02.239
 are really

00:38:02.239 --> 00:38:02.619
 deep and

00:38:02.619 --> 00:38:03.059
 complex,

00:38:03.219 --> 00:38:03.460
 consider

00:38:03.460 --> 00:38:04.039
 seeking out

00:38:04.039 --> 00:38:04.500
 a pastor

00:38:04.500 --> 00:38:05.319
 or a

00:38:05.319 --> 00:38:06.279
 counselor if

00:38:06.279 --> 00:38:06.599
 you haven't

00:38:06.599 --> 00:38:06.980
 already.

00:38:10.279 --> 00:38:11.219
 And when

00:38:11.219 --> 00:38:11.799
 you explain

00:38:11.799 --> 00:38:12.440
 your issues,

00:38:12.759 --> 00:38:13.519
 be transparent.

00:38:13.960 --> 00:38:14.699
 Because nobody

00:38:14.699 --> 00:38:15.619
 can help you

00:38:15.619 --> 00:38:16.539
 if they don't

00:38:16.539 --> 00:38:17.059
 know what you

00:38:17.059 --> 00:38:17.500
 need help

00:38:17.500 --> 00:38:17.799
 with.

00:38:17.800 --> 00:38:20.640
 all the

00:38:20.640 --> 00:38:21.140
 sins in

00:38:21.140 --> 00:38:21.740
 verse 5

00:38:21.740 --> 00:38:22.140
 and verse

00:38:22.140 --> 00:38:22.560
 8 are

00:38:22.560 --> 00:38:23.240
 bad enough.

00:38:23.760 --> 00:38:24.000
 Lying

00:38:24.000 --> 00:38:24.560
 about them

00:38:24.560 --> 00:38:24.960
 is even

00:38:24.960 --> 00:38:25.340
 worse.

00:38:27.820 --> 00:38:28.320
 And

00:38:28.320 --> 00:38:28.720
 deliberately

00:38:28.720 --> 00:38:29.539
 hiding them

00:38:29.539 --> 00:38:30.220
 from someone

00:38:30.220 --> 00:38:30.820
 who is

00:38:30.820 --> 00:38:31.200
 directly

00:38:31.200 --> 00:38:31.880
 affected by

00:38:31.880 --> 00:38:32.260
 them

00:38:32.260 --> 00:38:33.220
 counts as

00:38:33.220 --> 00:38:33.560
 lying.

00:38:36.380 --> 00:38:36.860
 It's

00:38:36.860 --> 00:38:37.200
 interesting

00:38:37.200 --> 00:38:37.620
 that Paul

00:38:37.620 --> 00:38:38.180
 doesn't just

00:38:38.180 --> 00:38:38.880
 include lying

00:38:38.880 --> 00:38:39.360
 in one of

00:38:39.360 --> 00:38:39.920
 the lists.

00:38:40.880 --> 00:38:41.700
 He adds

00:38:41.700 --> 00:38:42.140
 it on at

00:38:42.140 --> 00:38:42.620
 the end

00:38:42.620 --> 00:38:42.960
 as a

00:38:42.960 --> 00:38:43.240
 separate

00:38:43.240 --> 00:38:43.640
 command,

00:38:43.780 --> 00:38:44.200
 even though

00:38:44.200 --> 00:38:45.120
 it disrupts

00:38:45.120 --> 00:38:45.620
 the symmetry

00:38:45.619 --> 00:38:45.960
 of the

00:38:45.960 --> 00:38:46.279
 passage.

00:38:46.380 --> 00:38:46.619
 There's a

00:38:46.619 --> 00:38:47.159
 nice symmetry

00:38:47.159 --> 00:38:47.440
 of the

00:38:47.440 --> 00:38:47.900
 passage if

00:38:47.900 --> 00:38:48.339
 you eliminate

00:38:48.339 --> 00:38:48.759
 the lying

00:38:48.759 --> 00:38:49.139
 command.

00:38:50.159 --> 00:38:50.599
 Five

00:38:50.599 --> 00:38:51.440
 vices,

00:38:52.000 --> 00:38:52.579
 two reasons

00:38:52.579 --> 00:38:53.139
 to avoid

00:38:53.139 --> 00:38:53.380
 them.

00:38:53.679 --> 00:38:54.420
 Five more

00:38:54.420 --> 00:38:55.039
 vices in

00:38:55.039 --> 00:38:55.699
 verse 8 and

00:38:55.699 --> 00:38:56.059
 two more

00:38:56.059 --> 00:38:56.460
 reasons to

00:38:56.460 --> 00:38:56.859
 avoid them

00:38:56.859 --> 00:38:57.159
 in verses

00:38:57.159 --> 00:38:57.539
 9 and

00:38:57.539 --> 00:38:57.759
 10.

00:38:58.659 --> 00:38:59.460
 And Paul

00:38:59.460 --> 00:39:00.099
 adds in,

00:39:00.199 --> 00:39:00.659
 do not

00:39:00.659 --> 00:39:01.079
 lie to

00:39:01.079 --> 00:39:01.500
 each other.

00:39:02.359 --> 00:39:02.739
 I think

00:39:02.739 --> 00:39:03.279
 he perhaps

00:39:03.279 --> 00:39:03.599
 puts it

00:39:03.599 --> 00:39:03.940
 that way

00:39:03.940 --> 00:39:04.500
 for emphasis.

00:39:08.199 --> 00:39:08.779
 Lying or

00:39:08.779 --> 00:39:09.359
 deception is

00:39:09.359 --> 00:39:09.799
 particularly

00:39:09.799 --> 00:39:10.299
 significant

00:39:10.299 --> 00:39:10.759
 because it

00:39:10.759 --> 00:39:11.159
 breaks

00:39:11.159 --> 00:39:11.960
 trust.

00:39:13.259 --> 00:39:13.659
 It makes

00:39:13.659 --> 00:39:14.219
 others feel

00:39:14.219 --> 00:39:14.719
 vulnerable,

00:39:15.119 --> 00:39:15.500
 tentative,

00:39:15.619 --> 00:39:16.319
 and unsafe.

00:39:17.579 --> 00:39:18.199
 Trust can

00:39:18.199 --> 00:39:18.880
 be rebuilt,

00:39:19.259 --> 00:39:20.380
 but it

00:39:20.380 --> 00:39:20.839
 does take

00:39:20.839 --> 00:39:21.259
 time.

00:39:23.339 --> 00:39:24.000
 Telling the

00:39:24.000 --> 00:39:24.460
 truth can

00:39:24.460 --> 00:39:25.079
 be painful,

00:39:25.319 --> 00:39:25.639
 awkward,

00:39:25.859 --> 00:39:26.199
 costly,

00:39:26.339 --> 00:39:26.859
 and embarrassing,

00:39:27.099 --> 00:39:27.719
 but it's

00:39:27.719 --> 00:39:28.119
 the only

00:39:28.119 --> 00:39:28.920
 way forward.

00:39:30.960 --> 00:39:31.460
 First John

00:39:31.460 --> 00:39:31.960
 talks about

00:39:31.960 --> 00:39:33.599
 if we walk

00:39:33.599 --> 00:39:33.980
 in the

00:39:33.980 --> 00:39:34.339
 light,

00:39:34.900 --> 00:39:35.900
 then we

00:39:35.900 --> 00:39:36.480
 have fellowship

00:39:36.480 --> 00:39:36.980
 with one

00:39:36.980 --> 00:39:37.279
 another,

00:39:37.420 --> 00:39:37.639
 and the

00:39:37.639 --> 00:39:37.980
 blood of

00:39:37.980 --> 00:39:38.719
 Jesus Christ,

00:39:38.779 --> 00:39:39.059
 His Son,

00:39:39.159 --> 00:39:39.739
 cleanses us

00:39:39.739 --> 00:39:40.179
 from all

00:39:40.179 --> 00:39:40.460
 sin.

00:39:42.159 --> 00:39:42.859
 So let's

00:39:42.859 --> 00:39:43.259
 walk in

00:39:43.259 --> 00:39:43.679
 the light.

00:39:43.679 --> 00:39:45.699
 bring these

00:39:45.699 --> 00:39:46.079
 things out

00:39:46.079 --> 00:39:46.379
 into the

00:39:46.379 --> 00:39:46.599
 light.

00:39:46.719 --> 00:39:47.079
 Share them

00:39:47.079 --> 00:39:47.299
 with a

00:39:47.299 --> 00:39:47.639
 brother or

00:39:47.639 --> 00:39:48.000
 sister in

00:39:48.000 --> 00:39:48.339
 Christ if

00:39:48.339 --> 00:39:48.639
 you haven't

00:39:48.639 --> 00:39:49.019
 already,

00:39:49.500 --> 00:39:50.739
 so they

00:39:50.739 --> 00:39:51.239
 can pray for

00:39:51.239 --> 00:39:51.599
 you and

00:39:51.599 --> 00:39:52.239
 encourage you

00:39:52.239 --> 00:39:52.779
 and hold

00:39:52.779 --> 00:39:53.279
 you accountable.

00:39:55.159 --> 00:39:55.859
 So identify

00:39:55.859 --> 00:39:56.480
 sin for what

00:39:56.480 --> 00:39:56.839
 it is,

00:39:56.899 --> 00:39:57.179
 do some

00:39:57.179 --> 00:39:58.139
 research how

00:39:58.139 --> 00:39:58.500
 to get rid

00:39:58.500 --> 00:39:58.799
 of it,

00:39:59.559 --> 00:40:00.039
 ask for

00:40:00.039 --> 00:40:00.899
 advice and

00:40:00.899 --> 00:40:01.119
 help,

00:40:01.159 --> 00:40:01.719
 and finally

00:40:01.719 --> 00:40:02.460
 pull it

00:40:02.460 --> 00:40:03.079
 out by the

00:40:03.079 --> 00:40:03.359
 roots.

00:40:04.460 --> 00:40:05.000
 How do you

00:40:05.000 --> 00:40:05.419
 pull something

00:40:05.419 --> 00:40:05.899
 out by the

00:40:05.899 --> 00:40:06.159
 roots?

00:40:07.159 --> 00:40:07.799
 You have to

00:40:07.799 --> 00:40:08.299
 bend down on

00:40:08.299 --> 00:40:08.699
 your knees.

00:40:08.699 --> 00:40:12.559
 we need

00:40:12.559 --> 00:40:12.960
 to pray.

00:40:17.619 --> 00:40:18.460
 And we

00:40:18.460 --> 00:40:18.719
 need to

00:40:18.719 --> 00:40:19.259
 bring to

00:40:19.259 --> 00:40:19.960
 bear upon

00:40:19.960 --> 00:40:21.019
 it the

00:40:21.019 --> 00:40:21.579
 power of

00:40:21.579 --> 00:40:22.079
 the cross

00:40:22.079 --> 00:40:22.759
 of Christ.

00:40:24.539 --> 00:40:25.339
 The cross

00:40:25.339 --> 00:40:25.739
 of Christ

00:40:25.739 --> 00:40:26.019
 is the

00:40:26.019 --> 00:40:26.659
 most powerful

00:40:26.659 --> 00:40:27.239
 tool we

00:40:27.239 --> 00:40:28.419
 have as

00:40:28.419 --> 00:40:28.879
 Christians

00:40:28.879 --> 00:40:30.579
 to root

00:40:30.579 --> 00:40:31.299
 out sin,

00:40:31.819 --> 00:40:33.079
 not just

00:40:33.079 --> 00:40:33.579
 to pull

00:40:33.579 --> 00:40:34.019
 off a few

00:40:34.019 --> 00:40:35.839
 leaves or

00:40:35.839 --> 00:40:36.239
 to weed

00:40:36.239 --> 00:40:36.779
 whack it

00:40:36.780 --> 00:40:38.080
 and then

00:40:38.080 --> 00:40:38.300
 have it

00:40:38.300 --> 00:40:38.700
 grow back

00:40:38.700 --> 00:40:39.100
 again,

00:40:39.660 --> 00:40:40.220
 but to

00:40:40.220 --> 00:40:40.760
 really get

00:40:40.760 --> 00:40:41.720
 down and

00:40:41.720 --> 00:40:42.060
 pull it

00:40:42.060 --> 00:40:42.540
 out by its

00:40:42.540 --> 00:40:42.780
 roots.

00:40:42.860 --> 00:40:43.560
 Because the

00:40:43.560 --> 00:40:45.280
 cross shows

00:40:45.280 --> 00:40:45.640
 us two

00:40:45.640 --> 00:40:46.060
 things.

00:40:47.580 --> 00:40:48.280
 The cross

00:40:48.280 --> 00:40:48.660
 shows us

00:40:48.660 --> 00:40:48.940
 that there

00:40:48.940 --> 00:40:49.320
 are no

00:40:49.320 --> 00:40:49.840
 sins that

00:40:49.840 --> 00:40:50.280
 are simply

00:40:50.280 --> 00:40:50.920
 excusable.

00:40:52.680 --> 00:40:53.420
 All the

00:40:53.420 --> 00:40:54.040
 sins in

00:40:54.040 --> 00:40:54.680
 these lists

00:40:54.680 --> 00:40:55.280
 are bad

00:40:55.280 --> 00:40:55.840
 enough that

00:40:55.840 --> 00:40:56.519
 they required

00:40:56.519 --> 00:40:57.019
 the death

00:40:57.019 --> 00:40:57.300
 of the

00:40:57.300 --> 00:40:57.600
 Son of

00:40:57.600 --> 00:40:57.940
 God

00:40:57.940 --> 00:40:58.800
 Himself

00:40:58.800 --> 00:40:59.800
 to atone

00:40:59.800 --> 00:41:00.260
 for them.

00:41:01.380 --> 00:41:01.980
 But the

00:41:01.980 --> 00:41:02.660
 cross also

00:41:02.660 --> 00:41:03.300
 shows us

00:41:03.300 --> 00:41:03.860
 that there

00:41:03.860 --> 00:41:04.280
 are no

00:41:04.280 --> 00:41:05.160
 sins in

00:41:05.160 --> 00:41:06.000
 these lists.

00:41:06.000 --> 00:41:06.860
 There are

00:41:06.860 --> 00:41:07.420
 no sins

00:41:07.420 --> 00:41:07.880
 that make

00:41:07.880 --> 00:41:08.099
 you

00:41:08.099 --> 00:41:09.239
 unredeemable.

00:41:14.460 --> 00:41:15.099
 And isn't

00:41:15.099 --> 00:41:15.400
 that the

00:41:15.400 --> 00:41:15.900
 lie that

00:41:15.900 --> 00:41:16.260
 many of

00:41:16.260 --> 00:41:16.639
 us struggle

00:41:16.639 --> 00:41:16.980
 with?

00:41:18.659 --> 00:41:19.440
 We think,

00:41:19.800 --> 00:41:22.840
 yes, I've

00:41:22.840 --> 00:41:23.760
 done all

00:41:23.760 --> 00:41:24.539
 these sins,

00:41:24.579 --> 00:41:25.099
 or many of

00:41:25.099 --> 00:41:25.480
 them, or

00:41:25.480 --> 00:41:25.940
 one of

00:41:25.940 --> 00:41:26.219
 them, and

00:41:26.219 --> 00:41:27.519
 the guilt

00:41:27.519 --> 00:41:28.139
 is overwhelming,

00:41:28.480 --> 00:41:28.860
 and I will

00:41:28.860 --> 00:41:29.480
 never escape

00:41:29.480 --> 00:41:30.099
 it, and

00:41:30.099 --> 00:41:31.639
 I'm

00:41:31.639 --> 00:41:32.320
 unredeemable.

00:41:33.119 --> 00:41:33.440
 And the

00:41:33.440 --> 00:41:33.780
 cross of

00:41:33.780 --> 00:41:34.159
 Christ says

00:41:34.159 --> 00:41:34.420
 no.

00:41:34.420 --> 00:41:36.059
 Christ

00:41:36.059 --> 00:41:36.800
 died to

00:41:36.800 --> 00:41:37.280
 redeem us

00:41:37.280 --> 00:41:37.760
 from all

00:41:37.760 --> 00:41:38.039
 sin.

00:41:39.639 --> 00:41:40.019
 In fact,

00:41:40.079 --> 00:41:40.579
 Hebrews 12

00:41:40.579 --> 00:41:40.860
 says,

00:41:41.000 --> 00:41:41.200
 for the

00:41:41.200 --> 00:41:42.240
 joy set

00:41:42.240 --> 00:41:43.180
 before Him,

00:41:43.380 --> 00:41:44.200
 Jesus endured

00:41:44.200 --> 00:41:44.780
 the cross.

00:41:44.880 --> 00:41:45.420
 What was

00:41:45.420 --> 00:41:46.079
 that joy?

00:41:46.559 --> 00:41:47.340
 The joy of

00:41:47.340 --> 00:41:48.000
 bringing us

00:41:48.000 --> 00:41:48.420
 with Him

00:41:48.420 --> 00:41:48.960
 to glory.

00:41:49.539 --> 00:41:50.220
 The joy

00:41:50.220 --> 00:41:50.760
 of calling

00:41:50.760 --> 00:41:51.480
 us His

00:41:51.480 --> 00:41:52.440
 brothers and

00:41:52.440 --> 00:41:52.800
 sisters.

00:41:52.940 --> 00:41:53.420
 The joy

00:41:53.420 --> 00:41:54.420
 of incorporating

00:41:54.420 --> 00:41:55.360
 us into

00:41:55.360 --> 00:41:56.519
 His body,

00:41:56.639 --> 00:41:57.059
 into the

00:41:57.059 --> 00:41:57.820
 new humanity

00:41:57.820 --> 00:41:58.420
 with Him

00:41:58.420 --> 00:41:59.019
 as our

00:41:59.019 --> 00:41:59.340
 head.

00:41:59.340 --> 00:41:59.400
 Amen.

00:41:59.400 --> 00:41:59.440
 Amen.

00:41:59.440 --> 00:41:59.460
 Amen.

00:41:59.460 --> 00:41:59.500
 Amen.

00:41:59.500 --> 00:41:59.519
 Amen.

00:41:59.519 --> 00:41:59.539
 Amen.

00:41:59.539 --> 00:41:59.599
 Amen.

00:41:59.599 --> 00:41:59.639
 Amen.

00:41:59.639 --> 00:42:00.039
 Amen.

00:42:04.420 --> 00:42:05.480
 The cross

00:42:05.480 --> 00:42:06.119
 says Christ

00:42:06.119 --> 00:42:06.659
 has died

00:42:06.659 --> 00:42:07.139
 to cleanse

00:42:07.139 --> 00:42:07.460
 us from

00:42:07.460 --> 00:42:08.159
 every sin

00:42:08.159 --> 00:42:09.099
 and to

00:42:09.099 --> 00:42:09.500
 take us

00:42:09.500 --> 00:42:09.940
 all the

00:42:09.940 --> 00:42:10.280
 way with

00:42:10.280 --> 00:42:10.539
 Him to

00:42:10.539 --> 00:42:10.900
 glory.

00:42:11.800 --> 00:42:11.920
 So,

00:42:12.000 --> 00:42:12.320
 brothers and

00:42:12.320 --> 00:42:12.680
 sisters in

00:42:12.680 --> 00:42:13.019
 Christ,

00:42:13.700 --> 00:42:15.599
 let's put

00:42:15.599 --> 00:42:15.940
 sin to

00:42:15.940 --> 00:42:16.820
 death by

00:42:16.820 --> 00:42:17.220
 the power

00:42:17.220 --> 00:42:17.720
 of Christ.

00:42:18.139 --> 00:42:18.440
 Let's

00:42:18.440 --> 00:42:18.659
 pray.

00:42:18.659 --> 00:42:18.740
 Amen.

00:42:30.000 --> 00:42:30.440
 Father,

00:42:30.500 --> 00:42:30.800
 we thank

00:42:30.800 --> 00:42:31.039
 You that

00:42:31.039 --> 00:42:31.380
 You speak

00:42:31.380 --> 00:42:31.840
 to us

00:42:31.840 --> 00:42:32.700
 plainly

00:42:32.699 --> 00:42:34.339
 and clearly

00:42:34.339 --> 00:42:35.980
 in Your

00:42:35.980 --> 00:42:36.339
 Word.

00:42:38.259 --> 00:42:39.119
 We thank

00:42:39.119 --> 00:42:39.359
 You that

00:42:39.359 --> 00:42:40.139
 You expose

00:42:40.139 --> 00:42:42.879
 our sin,

00:42:43.500 --> 00:42:44.179
 what is

00:42:44.179 --> 00:42:45.539
 destructive

00:42:45.539 --> 00:42:47.099
 to ourselves

00:42:47.099 --> 00:42:47.519
 and to

00:42:47.519 --> 00:42:48.039
 one another

00:42:48.039 --> 00:42:48.839
 and dishonoring

00:42:48.839 --> 00:42:49.239
 to You.

00:42:51.519 --> 00:42:52.359
 But we

00:42:52.359 --> 00:42:52.719
 thank You

00:42:52.719 --> 00:42:52.960
 that You

00:42:52.960 --> 00:42:53.339
 have given

00:42:53.339 --> 00:42:53.679
 us the

00:42:53.679 --> 00:42:54.099
 power

00:42:54.099 --> 00:42:55.419
 in Christ

00:42:55.419 --> 00:42:57.719
 because of

00:42:57.719 --> 00:42:58.079
 His

00:42:58.079 --> 00:42:59.279
 atoning

00:42:59.279 --> 00:42:59.859
 death

00:42:59.859 --> 00:43:00.139
 on the

00:43:00.139 --> 00:43:00.419
 cross

00:43:00.419 --> 00:43:00.960
 for us,

00:43:01.899 --> 00:43:02.679
 because of

00:43:02.679 --> 00:43:02.899
 His

00:43:02.899 --> 00:43:03.460
 victorious

00:43:03.460 --> 00:43:04.059
 resurrection,

00:43:04.259 --> 00:43:04.759
 because of

00:43:04.759 --> 00:43:05.119
 the gift

00:43:05.119 --> 00:43:05.379
 of the

00:43:05.379 --> 00:43:06.019
 Holy Spirit

00:43:06.019 --> 00:43:06.419
 that You

00:43:06.419 --> 00:43:07.359
 have shed

00:43:07.359 --> 00:43:07.919
 abroad in

00:43:07.919 --> 00:43:08.480
 our hearts.

00:43:12.679 --> 00:43:13.159
 Lord,

00:43:13.259 --> 00:43:13.519
 You have

00:43:13.519 --> 00:43:13.919
 given us

00:43:13.919 --> 00:43:14.319
 the power

00:43:14.319 --> 00:43:14.879
 to fight

00:43:14.879 --> 00:43:15.460
 against these

00:43:15.460 --> 00:43:15.779
 sins,

00:43:15.919 --> 00:43:17.219
 to identify

00:43:17.219 --> 00:43:17.659
 them,

00:43:18.179 --> 00:43:18.679
 to root

00:43:18.679 --> 00:43:19.179
 them out.

00:43:19.960 --> 00:43:20.460
 We thank

00:43:20.460 --> 00:43:20.759
 You for

00:43:20.759 --> 00:43:21.319
 Your renewing

00:43:21.319 --> 00:43:21.679
 power.

00:43:22.779 --> 00:43:23.219
 We thank

00:43:23.219 --> 00:43:23.359
 You,

00:43:23.440 --> 00:43:23.500
 Lord,

00:43:23.559 --> 00:43:23.819
 that we are

00:43:23.819 --> 00:43:24.480
 being renewed

00:43:24.480 --> 00:43:25.119
 day by

00:43:25.119 --> 00:43:26.239
 day in

00:43:26.239 --> 00:43:27.379
 knowledge after

00:43:27.379 --> 00:43:27.859
 the image

00:43:27.859 --> 00:43:28.139
 of our

00:43:28.139 --> 00:43:28.539
 Creator.

00:43:29.699 --> 00:43:30.219
 We thank

00:43:30.219 --> 00:43:30.399
 You that

00:43:30.399 --> 00:43:30.739
 we are being

00:43:30.739 --> 00:43:31.319
 renewed as a

00:43:31.320 --> 00:43:31.600
 body.

00:43:33.740 --> 00:43:34.260
 Lord,

00:43:34.860 --> 00:43:35.620
 I could do

00:43:35.620 --> 00:43:36.220
 that renewing

00:43:36.220 --> 00:43:36.880
 work even

00:43:36.880 --> 00:43:37.800
 now,

00:43:37.900 --> 00:43:38.580
 even today,

00:43:39.700 --> 00:43:41.300
 and throughout

00:43:41.300 --> 00:43:42.039
 this week as

00:43:42.039 --> 00:43:43.940
 we pray with

00:43:43.940 --> 00:43:45.240
 one another and

00:43:45.240 --> 00:43:45.800
 fellowship with

00:43:45.800 --> 00:43:46.600
 one another and

00:43:46.600 --> 00:43:47.300
 seek to encourage

00:43:47.300 --> 00:43:48.019
 each other in

00:43:48.019 --> 00:43:49.140
 these ways.

00:43:51.600 --> 00:43:52.559
 We pray that

00:43:52.559 --> 00:43:52.940
 You would

00:43:52.940 --> 00:43:54.460
 prevent us from

00:43:54.460 --> 00:43:55.080
 falling into

00:43:55.080 --> 00:43:55.900
 either pride

00:43:55.900 --> 00:43:59.039
 and self-righteousness

00:43:59.039 --> 00:44:00.740
 or despair

00:44:00.740 --> 00:44:03.400
 and hopelessness,

00:44:03.400 --> 00:44:04.619
 but that You

00:44:04.619 --> 00:44:05.180
 would fix our

00:44:05.180 --> 00:44:06.440
 eyes on our

00:44:06.440 --> 00:44:07.200
 glorious Savior

00:44:07.200 --> 00:44:10.300
 and that You

00:44:10.300 --> 00:44:10.740
 would continue

00:44:10.740 --> 00:44:11.240
 the good work

00:44:11.240 --> 00:44:11.539
 that You've

00:44:11.539 --> 00:44:12.519
 begun in

00:44:12.519 --> 00:44:13.380
 and among us.

00:44:14.480 --> 00:44:15.220
 We pray these

00:44:15.220 --> 00:44:15.539
 things in

00:44:15.539 --> 00:44:16.099
 Jesus' name.

00:44:16.660 --> 00:44:16.900
 Amen.