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 Romans chapter 5.

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 Alright, so Romans chapter 5.

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 One verse this morning.

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 Verse 1.

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 Before we dig in, John Lennon wrote.

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 He said,

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 Imagine there's no heaven.

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 It's easy if you try.

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 No hell below us.

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 Above us, only sky.

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 Imagine all the people living for today.

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 Imagine there's no countries.

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 It isn't hard to do.

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 Nothing to kill or die for.

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 And no religion too.

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 Imagine all the people living life in peace.

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 You may say that I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one.

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 I hope someday you'll join us and the world will be as one.

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 Imagine no possessions.

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 I wonder if you can.

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 No need for greed or hunger.

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 A brotherhood of man.

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 Imagine all the people sharing all the world.

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 You may say that I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one.

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 I hope someday you'll join us and the world will live as one.

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 John Lennon may have been a dreamer, but his dream was peace.

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 And we as humans desire to have peace.

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 Since the fall though, Genesis chapter 3, we've been unable to find any type of peace.

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 We have desired it.

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 Look around the afternoon TV schedule.

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 Most of you guys don't do that, I know.

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 But look around.

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 Show after show is filled with conflict resolution counseling.

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 Host after host trying to help people find peace in their situation.

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 With their families.

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 With their neighbors.

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 And sometimes with themselves.

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 The TV is filled with these shows because people are looking for peace.

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 And John Lennon, imagine all the people living life in peace.

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 Peace between people is important.

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 In fact, the gospel demands it.

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 The gospel teaches us to love others as we love the Lord.

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 It tells us to live generously.

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 It demands radical living.

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 Radical loving for the glory of God.

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 Jesus, our example, lived a radical life.

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 A life that pointed everything to the work of the Father.

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 Not what He was doing, but always to what the Father was doing.

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 And we as image bearers of God must do the same thing.

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 The Bible teaches two main types of peace.

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 Peace with others.

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 In the church and outside of the church.

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 Peace with God.

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 A peace that has everything to do with what God has done and nothing with what we have done.

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 Peace with God is the grandeur of the two.

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 It trumps the other peace.

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 And that is, of course, if you are comparing the two.

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 Both are important.

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 And this peace is our subject this morning.

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 I will be asking and answering questions about this peace.

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 Like, why do we need peace with God?

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 What is it?

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 What is it not?

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 And finally, what do we do with it?

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 Why does this or how does this change our life today?

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 Alright, Romans chapter 5.

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 I am going to start reading in verse 22 of chapter 4 to kind of put it into context.

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 And we will read through verse 5.

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 Verse 22 says,

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 That is why his faith was counted to him as righteousness.

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 Him being Abraham.

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 But the words it was counted to him were not written for his sake alone, but for ours also.

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 It will be counted to us who believe in him who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord.

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 Who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.

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 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith,

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 we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand.

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 And we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

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 More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings,

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 knowing that suffering produces endurance.

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 And endurance produces character.

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 And character produces hope.

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 And hope does not put us to shame.

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 Because God's love has been poured into our hearts,

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 through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

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 Pray with me.

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 Father, I thank you for this day, this day that you have made.

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 I thank you that the breath I breathe,

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 I thank you that the sunlight we see,

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 the cooler weather,

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 is all your grace to us.

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 evidence of you being at work.

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 God, I pray and I ask now that you would speak to us.

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 That you would speak clearly to us,

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 that we leave here different because your word has been revealed to us.

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 I thank you for your word as we set it in our laps and read it in front of us.

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 I thank you that that is your word to us.

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 God, we pray and plead that you would speak.

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 Holy Spirit, penetrate the hardened and hardest hearts in this room.

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 Soften those hearts.

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 Soften all of our hearts so that we can be receptive to your word.

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 And that we can walk out of here with our faith strengthened,

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 at peace with who we are because of who you are.

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 In Jesus' name I pray this.

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 Amen.

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 Romans 5 verse 1 is the text this morning.

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 And it says,

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 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith,

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 we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Now before we jump into peace,

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 I feel it's important that we establish,

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 if we haven't already,

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 what does justified by faith mean?

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 So that we all are on the same page.

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 And this is our launching pad.

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 This is where we're jumping from.

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 And if it's where we're jumping from,

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 I need to make sure that we're all jumping in the right direction

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 with the same trajectory.

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 So what is justification by faith apart from works?

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 Well, it's what Paul has been writing about

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 for the last chapter and a little bit.

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 First of all, justification by faith for the believer is a one-time event.

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 Okay?

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 It is a one-time, once and forever.

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 It isn't an action that we have to constantly come back to,

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 like repentance or confession.

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 So once you have been justified,

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 that's it.

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 Done.

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 Forever.

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 Justification also is that moment that we have been made right before God

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 because of Jesus Christ's righteousness.

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 And that righteousness was given to us,

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 and from us our sin was taken away.

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 So because of Christ,

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 we stand forgiven,

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 righteous,

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 and holy before God.

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 And apart from Christ,

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 we have none of those traits.

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 None of those things.

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 Justification by faith is the act in which God declares that in Christ,

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 in Christ,

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 He regards us as if we had never sinned at all.

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 That's good stuff.

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 He pronounces that we are just and righteous in Christ.

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 Our sins are forgiven.

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 We are clothed by the righteousness of Christ.

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 And it is God who declares it.

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 Not us.

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 It is God who declares that.

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 Apart from Christ,

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 it is impossible.

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 It is impossible to be righteous.

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 Justification by faith,

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 apart from works,

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 is an action by God,

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 through Jesus Christ,

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 on our lives,

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 apart from anything and everything that we think we deserve or have done.

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 So verse 1 of chapter 5 says,

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 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith,

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 now we can move on, right?

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 Now we can...

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 What is the result?

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 Being justified by faith is a single moment.

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 We need to understand this.

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 It is a single moment.

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 The implications last forever.

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 Now Paul,

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 it's almost like a change in direction for Paul as he's writing this letter.

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 The first four chapters have been instructional.

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 This is who you are.

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 This is why you can't do what you think you can do.

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 This is why what you do doesn't matter.

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 We're all sinners.

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 We come to chapter 5.

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 And he changes his tone a little bit.

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 It goes from instruction to almost a celebration.

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 Some commentaries and scholars say that this next paragraph,

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 or a couple paragraphs,

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 is written as a celebratory song.

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 It's as if Paul was writing this first section,

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 and he's realizing the truth that he just got done talking about,

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 writing about,

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 and he's filled with awe and wonder.

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 And now he rejoices in the result of God's work.

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 This is where we sit in chapter 5.

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 Paul is celebrating by saying,

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 since we have been justified,

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 since God has brought death to life,

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 since He has done it,

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 oh, what a great God.

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 Since we are standing as if we've never sinned,

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 we have peace with God.

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 Peace with God.

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 We also have access to His grace.

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 And we rejoice in hope.

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 Hope from God,

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 rooted in God,

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 because of God,

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 for His glory.

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 This is what Paul is writing.

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 He says,

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 what a great God who shows us mercy daily.

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 And as you keep reading,

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 you go all the way down to verse 11.

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 He says,

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 more than that,

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 we also rejoice in God

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 through our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 through whom we have now received reconciliation.

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 He is celebrating this justification by faith.

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 He is celebrating what Christ has done.

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 And He's revealing to us now,

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 you've been justified

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 and this is what it looks like after.

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 This is what your life,

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 this is the result of being justified.

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 So the question is,

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 the question is,

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 why do we need to have peace with God?

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 That's our first question.

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 Why do we need to have peace with God?

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 Our first point.

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 In chapter 1 of Romans,

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 verse 18,

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 Paul writes,

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 God's Word says,

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 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven

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 against all ungodliness

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 and unrighteousness of men,

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 who by their unrighteousness

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 suppress the truth.

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 All men,

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 women,

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 and children,

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 every person who has ever lived

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 or will live is born into ungodliness

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 and unrighteousness.

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 And it's not just born into,

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 it is ungodly and unrighteous.

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 We are ungodly and unrighteous.

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 In verse 10 of chapter 5,

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 it says that we are enemies with God.

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 That we were enemies before being justified.

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 Before Christ,

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 we were at war against God Almighty.

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 We fought against Him and His truth.

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 In verse 6 of chapter 5,

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 it says we were ungodly.

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 Verse 8,

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 it says we were sinners.

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 God does not fellowship with,

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 partake in,

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 or entertain any unrighteousness.

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 Which is why,

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 in verse 18 of chapter 1,

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 it is His wrath,

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 not His righteousness,

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 not His holiness,

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 not His love

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 that is against the ungodliness

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 and the unrighteousness of men,

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 but it is His wrath.

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 Because God

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 cannot fellowship,

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 partake,

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 and entertain.

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 And He must judge.

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 Because that is who He is.

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 John says in 1 John,

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 that if we love the world,

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 then we are at enmity with God.

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 We are enemies.

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 We are of opposition with God.

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 Because we are born into this world,

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 condemned,

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 loving the world,

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 born into ungodliness and sin,

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 we are enemies with God.

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 And you guys can picture

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 war,

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 two sides fighting against each other.

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 That's who we are,

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 the Lord Christ.

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 We are fighting against God

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 and His plan.

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 That's what sin is.

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 And that's what sin is.

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 Ephesians 5, 6 says,

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 Let no one deceive you with empty words.

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 For because of these things,

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 which are found in verse 5,

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 which are sexually immoral,

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 impure,

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 covetous,

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 and idolaters,

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 the wrath of God

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 comes upon the sons

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 of disobedience.

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 I know some of you

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 might be thinking,

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 God created us.

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 And He said it was good.

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 And we're created in God's image.

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 All true.

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 But chapter 3 of Genesis

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 thwarts all of that.

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 Chapter 3 of Genesis

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 is the fall

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 where sin comes into the picture.

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 And we have been corrupted

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 since that time

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 and fought against God.

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 So because of sin,

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 because of no matter

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 what bad thing you do,

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 big or small,

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 because of sin,

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 there is a need

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 for peace with God.

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 Sin is the barrier

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 that we cannot

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 get over or around.

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 It is in us

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 and corrupts

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 every part of our lives.

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 Flip back to Romans 3.

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 It corrupts so much

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 of our life

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 that Romans 3,

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 verses 11 and 12,

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 the last part of 10 says,

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 None is righteous.

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 No, not one.

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 No one understands.

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 No one seeks for God.

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 All have turned aside.

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 Together they have become worthless.

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 No one does good.

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 Not even one.

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 It sounds harsh.

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 But it's the truth.

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 We were created

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 originally,

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 Adam and Eve

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 were created

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 to fellowship with God.

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 They were created

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 to have community with God.

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 But because of sin,

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 that fellowship

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 and that community

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 has been broken.

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 And until

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 we trust

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 and place our trust

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 in Christ,

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 who makes us righteous,

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 we are at war with God.

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 So until you trust

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 and are justified

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 by faith,

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 you are at war

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 with God.

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 That's the reality.

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 Christ is the Prince

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 of Peace

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 who gives peace

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 to those who don't

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 deserve it.

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 Who haven't earned it

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 and who frankly

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 don't even seek it

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 from Him.

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 We seek peace,

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 but we seek it

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 in all other places

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 except in Him.

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 So,

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 why do we need

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 peace with God?

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 Because of our sin.

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 Because we are at war

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 with God.

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 So our second point

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 this morning is

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 what does peace

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 with God look like?

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 So what does this

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 peace look like?

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 What is it?

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 So because

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 our justification,

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 verse 1 of chapter 5,

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 therefore,

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 since you have been

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 justified by faith,

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 we have peace with God

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 through our Lord

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 Jesus Christ.

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 The justification

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 is a once and forever

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 action.

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 It's done.

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 This peace with God

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 is as well

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 a once and forever

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 action.

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 Peace is the result

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 of being justified.

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 or me.

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 Peace is the result

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 of being justified.

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 Okay?

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 We have peace with God

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 because of Christ

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 and no other.

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 Anyone who places

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 their trust in Christ

00:17:52.219 --> 00:17:53.139
 who believes in Him

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 will no longer

00:17:53.819 --> 00:17:54.439
 be an enemy,

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 but be eternally

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 at peace with God.

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 This peace

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 is an eternal

00:18:01.839 --> 00:18:03.119
 assurance of God,

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 His promises

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 and His salvation

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 for us.

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 Okay?

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 Now,

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 since it's an eternal

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 peace,

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 an eternal assurance,

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 hear me clearly,

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 there is nothing

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 that you do

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 or can do

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 to break the peace

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 with God

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 that you have

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 in Christ.

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 Nothing.

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 Now,

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 if that isn't

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 freeing

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 and empowering,

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 then

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 check your pulse

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 and see if you're alive.

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 Nothing you do

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 will break the peace

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 that you have with God.

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 You have peace

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 because of Christ,

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 not because of you.

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 Now,

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 what other religion

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 out there

00:18:43.079 --> 00:18:43.599
 can say

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 that no matter

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 what you do,

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 no matter

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 what you say,

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 no matter

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 what you think,

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 you're loved

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 and have peace

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 with God.

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 There isn't.

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 There isn't

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 another religion.

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 And it's not like

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 I'm leading you

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 down a path here

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 that,

00:19:00.799 --> 00:19:01.019
 okay,

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 I made the decision.

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 Well,

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 it's not like

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 you weighed the pros

00:19:03.440 --> 00:19:03.880
 and cons

00:19:03.880 --> 00:19:05.059
 between Buddhism

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 and Christianity

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 or Islam

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 and Christianity.

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 You didn't.

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 You didn't want

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 to be a Christian.

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 You didn't want

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 to serve God.

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 God chose you.

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 He called you

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 and He made you

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 righteous

00:19:20.039 --> 00:19:21.099
 because of Christ

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 and not because of

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 something you had done.

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 The glorious beauty

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 of the Gospel

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 is that you did not choose.

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 That's what grace is.

00:19:33.559 --> 00:19:34.539
 Not choosing,

00:19:34.639 --> 00:19:35.579
 but Him choosing you

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 for no reason.

00:19:39.139 --> 00:19:40.259
 Your salvation

00:19:40.259 --> 00:19:40.859
 is rooted

00:19:40.859 --> 00:19:41.579
 and founded

00:19:41.579 --> 00:19:42.379
 in Christ.

00:19:43.639 --> 00:19:44.240
 And there is

00:19:44.240 --> 00:19:45.299
 nothing that changes

00:19:45.299 --> 00:19:45.900
 the peace

00:19:45.900 --> 00:19:46.519
 that you have

00:19:46.519 --> 00:19:47.000
 with God.

00:19:48.400 --> 00:19:49.559
 So here are

00:19:49.559 --> 00:19:50.539
 a few characteristics

00:19:50.539 --> 00:19:51.259
 of a life

00:19:51.259 --> 00:19:53.660
 that fully understands

00:19:53.660 --> 00:19:55.140
 their justification

00:19:55.140 --> 00:19:56.740
 and their peace

00:19:56.740 --> 00:19:57.259
 with God.

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 First thing is,

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 a man who understands

00:20:00.339 --> 00:20:00.980
 his justification

00:20:00.980 --> 00:20:02.339
 is a man who knows

00:20:02.339 --> 00:20:03.380
 that God loves him

00:20:03.380 --> 00:20:05.200
 even or in spite

00:20:05.200 --> 00:20:06.200
 of his sin.

00:20:07.359 --> 00:20:08.539
 A man who knows

00:20:08.539 --> 00:20:09.480
 that God loves him

00:20:09.480 --> 00:20:10.539
 in spite of his sin.

00:20:10.539 --> 00:20:14.920
 Before Christ,

00:20:15.000 --> 00:20:15.920
 we may ask the question,

00:20:16.039 --> 00:20:17.079
 how can God love me?

00:20:18.259 --> 00:20:19.639
 Why would God

00:20:19.639 --> 00:20:20.559
 want to love me

00:20:20.559 --> 00:20:21.180
 of everything

00:20:21.180 --> 00:20:21.899
 that I've done?

00:20:22.079 --> 00:20:23.480
 We may ask those questions.

00:20:23.819 --> 00:20:24.659
 We may be troubled

00:20:24.659 --> 00:20:24.659


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 Troubled by the wrath

00:20:25.740 --> 00:20:26.200
 of God.

00:20:27.279 --> 00:20:27.480
 Why?

00:20:28.220 --> 00:20:29.000
 How could God

00:20:29.000 --> 00:20:29.759
 love me?

00:20:29.859 --> 00:20:30.359
 Why would He want

00:20:30.359 --> 00:20:31.000
 to bless me?

00:20:31.980 --> 00:20:32.759
 But now,

00:20:33.759 --> 00:20:35.539
 we can look at Christ,

00:20:35.639 --> 00:20:36.619
 we can look at His death

00:20:36.619 --> 00:20:37.079
 and resurrection

00:20:37.079 --> 00:20:37.700
 and say,

00:20:38.019 --> 00:20:39.480
 I know He loves me.

00:20:39.480 --> 00:20:41.299
 I don't understand it,

00:20:41.660 --> 00:20:43.240
 but I know He loves me.

00:20:45.299 --> 00:20:46.779
 It's not a feeling

00:20:46.779 --> 00:20:47.839
 or a sentiment.

00:20:48.000 --> 00:20:50.099
 We know solid facts

00:20:50.099 --> 00:20:52.779
 leading to a strong faith

00:20:52.779 --> 00:20:54.400
 with evidence

00:20:54.400 --> 00:20:55.480
 that God loves Him.

00:20:56.180 --> 00:20:57.620
 In chapter 5 of Romans,

00:20:58.620 --> 00:21:01.640
 down in verse 6,

00:21:01.720 --> 00:21:02.019
 it says,

00:21:02.220 --> 00:21:03.920
 For while we were still weak,

00:21:04.620 --> 00:21:05.940
 at the right time

00:21:05.940 --> 00:21:07.740
 Christ died for the ungodly.

00:21:07.740 --> 00:21:09.059
 That was us

00:21:09.059 --> 00:21:10.019
 before Christ.

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 For one will scarcely die

00:21:12.220 --> 00:21:13.400
 for a righteous person,

00:21:13.720 --> 00:21:14.599
 though perhaps

00:21:14.599 --> 00:21:15.460
 for a good person

00:21:15.460 --> 00:21:16.680
 one would dare even to die.

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 But God shows His love

00:21:18.519 --> 00:21:19.099
 for us

00:21:19.099 --> 00:21:19.940
 and that while we were

00:21:19.940 --> 00:21:20.740
 still sinners,

00:21:21.319 --> 00:21:23.420
 Christ died for us.

00:21:24.120 --> 00:21:24.839
 Since therefore

00:21:24.839 --> 00:21:25.579
 we have now

00:21:25.579 --> 00:21:26.980
 been justified

00:21:26.980 --> 00:21:27.799
 by His blood,

00:21:27.900 --> 00:21:28.420
 much more

00:21:28.420 --> 00:21:29.180
 shall we be saved

00:21:29.180 --> 00:21:29.740
 by Him

00:21:29.740 --> 00:21:30.819
 from the wrath

00:21:30.819 --> 00:21:31.559
 of God.

00:21:31.559 --> 00:21:33.579
 For if while we were enemies

00:21:33.579 --> 00:21:34.980
 we were reconciled to God

00:21:34.980 --> 00:21:36.259
 by the death of His Son,

00:21:36.960 --> 00:21:38.220
 much more now

00:21:38.220 --> 00:21:39.179
 that we are reconciled

00:21:39.179 --> 00:21:40.139
 shall we be saved

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 by His life.

00:21:42.079 --> 00:21:42.919
 More than that,

00:21:43.319 --> 00:21:45.059
 we also rejoice in God

00:21:45.059 --> 00:21:46.839
 through our Lord Jesus Christ

00:21:46.839 --> 00:21:47.919
 through whom we have now

00:21:47.919 --> 00:21:48.579
 received

00:21:48.579 --> 00:21:49.799
 reconciliation.

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 reconciliation.

00:21:53.039 --> 00:21:54.619
 God loves us

00:21:54.619 --> 00:21:55.759
 and we know it

00:21:55.759 --> 00:21:57.480
 because we have peace

00:21:57.480 --> 00:21:58.039
 with God,

00:21:58.240 --> 00:21:59.480
 because we understand

00:21:59.480 --> 00:22:00.480
 our justification

00:22:00.480 --> 00:22:01.579
 and our standing

00:22:01.579 --> 00:22:02.399
 before God.

00:22:02.400 --> 00:22:05.580
 we cannot have peace

00:22:05.580 --> 00:22:06.320
 without Christ.

00:22:07.440 --> 00:22:09.340
 The second characteristic

00:22:09.340 --> 00:22:11.880
 of a man

00:22:11.880 --> 00:22:12.600
 who understands

00:22:12.600 --> 00:22:13.259
 His justification,

00:22:13.740 --> 00:22:14.660
 who gets

00:22:14.660 --> 00:22:17.280
 and understands

00:22:17.280 --> 00:22:18.340
 His peace with God,

00:22:18.980 --> 00:22:19.640
 he can answer

00:22:19.640 --> 00:22:20.500
 the accusations

00:22:20.500 --> 00:22:21.340
 of his conscience.

00:22:23.380 --> 00:22:24.320
 There's going to be

00:22:24.320 --> 00:22:24.840
 a moment,

00:22:25.240 --> 00:22:25.740
 there's going to be

00:22:25.740 --> 00:22:26.320
 moments,

00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:27.180
 plural,

00:22:27.880 --> 00:22:28.800
 when we doubt.

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 I guarantee it.

00:22:31.319 --> 00:22:33.019
 that doubting

00:22:33.019 --> 00:22:34.019
 leads to questioning.

00:22:34.339 --> 00:22:35.419
 Questioning along

00:22:35.419 --> 00:22:36.079
 the lines of

00:22:36.079 --> 00:22:37.039
 how could all this

00:22:37.039 --> 00:22:37.539
 be true?

00:22:39.039 --> 00:22:40.559
 How can it possibly

00:22:40.559 --> 00:22:41.000
 be true

00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:41.720
 that God has

00:22:41.720 --> 00:22:42.359
 forgiven me?

00:22:43.279 --> 00:22:44.220
 How can I be

00:22:44.220 --> 00:22:45.279
 at peace with God

00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:45.980
 who knows

00:22:45.980 --> 00:22:47.179
 exactly what

00:22:47.179 --> 00:22:47.799
 I've done?

00:22:49.879 --> 00:22:50.779
 But a man

00:22:50.779 --> 00:22:51.740
 who understands

00:22:51.740 --> 00:22:53.039
 His justification,

00:22:53.639 --> 00:22:54.259
 a man who is

00:22:54.259 --> 00:22:55.259
 at peace with God,

00:22:56.379 --> 00:22:57.059
 can answer

00:22:57.059 --> 00:22:57.779
 these questions

00:22:57.779 --> 00:22:58.819
 and squash

00:22:58.819 --> 00:22:59.919
 the doubt.

00:23:01.319 --> 00:23:02.519
 So,

00:23:03.019 --> 00:23:03.899
 for you,

00:23:04.259 --> 00:23:04.960
 can you answer

00:23:04.960 --> 00:23:05.599
 those questions?

00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:07.119
 Do you fully

00:23:07.119 --> 00:23:07.960
 understand

00:23:07.960 --> 00:23:09.119
 where you stand

00:23:09.119 --> 00:23:09.659
 with God?

00:23:10.319 --> 00:23:11.119
 Do you fully

00:23:11.119 --> 00:23:11.839
 understand your

00:23:11.839 --> 00:23:12.259
 justification?

00:23:12.579 --> 00:23:13.019
 Do you fully

00:23:13.019 --> 00:23:13.939
 understand the peace

00:23:13.939 --> 00:23:14.480
 that you have

00:23:14.480 --> 00:23:15.200
 with God now?

00:23:16.399 --> 00:23:17.419
 Because of Christ

00:23:17.419 --> 00:23:18.099
 and not because

00:23:18.099 --> 00:23:19.079
 of anything

00:23:19.079 --> 00:23:19.619
 you've done.

00:23:20.720 --> 00:23:21.720
 If you can't

00:23:21.720 --> 00:23:22.240
 answer these

00:23:22.240 --> 00:23:22.799
 questions,

00:23:23.599 --> 00:23:25.879
 then you're going

00:23:25.879 --> 00:23:26.519
 to be miserable

00:23:26.519 --> 00:23:27.319
 and unhappy

00:23:27.319 --> 00:23:28.220
 and that peace

00:23:28.220 --> 00:23:28.879
 is not going

00:23:28.879 --> 00:23:29.779
 to feel like peace.

00:23:29.779 --> 00:23:31.160
 it's not going

00:23:31.160 --> 00:23:31.759
 to be freeing.

00:23:31.819 --> 00:23:32.019
 It's going

00:23:32.019 --> 00:23:32.819
 to be enslaving

00:23:32.819 --> 00:23:33.299
 to you.

00:23:35.460 --> 00:23:35.720
 So,

00:23:35.779 --> 00:23:36.480
 can you answer

00:23:36.480 --> 00:23:38.200
 those doubts

00:23:38.200 --> 00:23:39.000
 and those questions

00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:40.000
 that will arise?

00:23:41.460 --> 00:23:41.680
 So,

00:23:41.759 --> 00:23:42.559
 not only

00:23:42.559 --> 00:23:43.500
 can He answer

00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:43.980
 the questions

00:23:43.980 --> 00:23:44.859
 from His conscience,

00:23:45.299 --> 00:23:45.980
 but thirdly,

00:23:46.019 --> 00:23:46.500
 can He answer

00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:47.339
 the accusations

00:23:47.339 --> 00:23:47.980
 of the enemy?

00:23:50.599 --> 00:23:51.319
 John Newton

00:23:51.319 --> 00:23:52.259
 wrote the hymn

00:23:52.259 --> 00:23:53.160
 Amazing Grace.

00:23:54.079 --> 00:23:54.559
 And before

00:23:54.559 --> 00:23:55.379
 writing that hymn,

00:23:55.440 --> 00:23:56.099
 He was a man

00:23:56.099 --> 00:23:57.680
 engaged in

00:23:57.680 --> 00:23:59.039
 slave trade

00:23:59.039 --> 00:24:00.099
 and slave trafficking,

00:24:01.259 --> 00:24:02.059
 it is said

00:24:02.059 --> 00:24:03.119
 that there wasn't

00:24:03.119 --> 00:24:03.899
 a sin that He

00:24:03.899 --> 00:24:04.700
 did not commit.

00:24:07.619 --> 00:24:08.740
 And God's grace

00:24:08.740 --> 00:24:09.539
 was shown to Him

00:24:09.539 --> 00:24:10.240
 as He trusted

00:24:10.240 --> 00:24:11.039
 and believed

00:24:11.039 --> 00:24:11.940
 in Jesus Christ.

00:24:13.399 --> 00:24:13.839
 See,

00:24:13.879 --> 00:24:14.680
 the devil was given

00:24:14.680 --> 00:24:15.379
 artillery,

00:24:15.879 --> 00:24:16.480
 ammunition,

00:24:16.980 --> 00:24:18.139
 rock after rock

00:24:18.139 --> 00:24:19.059
 to throw at John

00:24:19.059 --> 00:24:19.619
 Newton because

00:24:19.619 --> 00:24:20.379
 of his past.

00:24:20.859 --> 00:24:21.960
 To bring his past

00:24:21.960 --> 00:24:22.319
 back,

00:24:22.399 --> 00:24:23.379
 to haunt a man

00:24:23.379 --> 00:24:24.500
 changed by grace.

00:24:25.079 --> 00:24:25.399
 He could,

00:24:25.399 --> 00:24:26.200
 the devil could

00:24:26.200 --> 00:24:27.420
 raise up his past,

00:24:27.799 --> 00:24:28.839
 throw it in his face,

00:24:28.839 --> 00:24:29.379
 and then say,

00:24:29.579 --> 00:24:30.779
 do you still claim

00:24:30.779 --> 00:24:31.799
 to be a Christian,

00:24:32.139 --> 00:24:33.279
 forgiven and at peace

00:24:33.279 --> 00:24:33.819
 with God?

00:24:35.500 --> 00:24:36.220
 John Newton

00:24:36.220 --> 00:24:37.099
 had his answer.

00:24:38.220 --> 00:24:39.220
 An answer that

00:24:39.220 --> 00:24:40.339
 all of us can use

00:24:40.339 --> 00:24:41.480
 to silence the devil.

00:24:42.659 --> 00:24:43.299
 John Newton

00:24:43.299 --> 00:24:44.259
 wrote in his hymn,

00:24:44.359 --> 00:24:45.319
 Approach My Soul

00:24:45.319 --> 00:24:46.099
 to Mercy See.

00:24:46.179 --> 00:24:46.599
 He wrote,

00:24:47.659 --> 00:24:49.039
 Be thou my shield

00:24:49.039 --> 00:24:50.259
 and hiding place

00:24:50.259 --> 00:24:52.459
 that sheltered

00:24:52.459 --> 00:24:53.879
 near thy side.

00:24:53.880 --> 00:24:57.420
 I may my fierce accuser

00:24:57.420 --> 00:24:59.460
 face and tell him

00:24:59.460 --> 00:25:00.860
 thou hast died.

00:25:01.700 --> 00:25:02.800
 In other words,

00:25:02.940 --> 00:25:03.840
 what can I tell

00:25:03.840 --> 00:25:04.720
 my accuser?

00:25:05.040 --> 00:25:06.640
 I can't tell him

00:25:06.640 --> 00:25:07.660
 I'm a good man.

00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:08.460
 I can't tell him

00:25:08.460 --> 00:25:09.280
 about my past

00:25:09.280 --> 00:25:10.220
 or even my present

00:25:10.220 --> 00:25:11.160
 or what I'm trying

00:25:11.160 --> 00:25:11.660
 to do.

00:25:12.220 --> 00:25:13.600
 There's only one way

00:25:13.600 --> 00:25:14.960
 of silencing the enemy.

00:25:16.100 --> 00:25:17.640
 I can my fierce

00:25:17.640 --> 00:25:18.820
 accuser face

00:25:18.820 --> 00:25:19.700
 and tell him

00:25:19.700 --> 00:25:22.100
 thou hast died.

00:25:22.099 --> 00:25:24.519
 The only way

00:25:24.519 --> 00:25:25.559
 to silence the enemy

00:25:25.559 --> 00:25:26.599
 is to bring to light

00:25:26.599 --> 00:25:27.919
 not what we've done

00:25:27.919 --> 00:25:28.639
 but what Christ

00:25:28.639 --> 00:25:29.859
 has done for us.

00:25:30.939 --> 00:25:31.939
 Revelation 12

00:25:31.939 --> 00:25:33.000
 verse 11 says,

00:25:33.559 --> 00:25:34.500
 And they have conquered

00:25:34.500 --> 00:25:35.639
 him, the enemy,

00:25:35.740 --> 00:25:37.000
 by the blood of the Lamb

00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:38.039
 and by the word

00:25:38.039 --> 00:25:38.899
 of their testimony.

00:25:40.480 --> 00:25:41.419
 For they loved

00:25:41.419 --> 00:25:42.879
 not their lives

00:25:42.879 --> 00:25:44.379
 even unto death.

00:25:45.919 --> 00:25:48.819
 A man who understands

00:25:48.819 --> 00:25:49.439
 his justification

00:25:49.439 --> 00:25:50.959
 will be able to give

00:25:50.960 --> 00:25:52.819
 answers to the enemy

00:25:52.819 --> 00:25:53.779
 who accuses

00:25:53.779 --> 00:25:54.819
 and questions.

00:25:57.019 --> 00:25:58.299
 But not only that,

00:26:00.299 --> 00:26:01.340
 a man can do

00:26:01.340 --> 00:26:02.819
 all of these things

00:26:02.819 --> 00:26:04.779
 while in sin.

00:26:05.600 --> 00:26:07.420
 While fallen in sin.

00:26:07.579 --> 00:26:08.519
 A man can answer

00:26:08.519 --> 00:26:09.920
 these questions,

00:26:11.299 --> 00:26:12.220
 these accusations.

00:26:12.940 --> 00:26:14.019
 That's my fourth

00:26:14.019 --> 00:26:15.819
 characteristic of a man

00:26:15.819 --> 00:26:16.600
 who understands

00:26:16.600 --> 00:26:17.200
 his justification

00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:18.200
 and peace.

00:26:19.160 --> 00:26:20.360
 When a temptation

00:26:20.360 --> 00:26:21.380
 is too strong

00:26:21.380 --> 00:26:21.960
 and you fall,

00:26:23.080 --> 00:26:24.319
 when you've been living

00:26:24.319 --> 00:26:25.400
 a victorious life

00:26:25.400 --> 00:26:26.519
 and fall in sin,

00:26:26.620 --> 00:26:27.580
 can you employ

00:26:27.580 --> 00:26:28.420
 the argument

00:26:28.420 --> 00:26:28.920
 that I have been

00:26:28.920 --> 00:26:29.380
 describing?

00:26:30.700 --> 00:26:31.759
 Can you say,

00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:33.620
 I stand in Christ

00:26:33.620 --> 00:26:34.480
 and in Him alone.

00:26:34.740 --> 00:26:35.559
 I am at peace

00:26:35.559 --> 00:26:36.140
 with God.

00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:37.180
 Can you say

00:26:37.180 --> 00:26:37.880
 those things?

00:26:39.180 --> 00:26:40.420
 Can you see

00:26:40.420 --> 00:26:41.720
 out of your sin

00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:42.900
 or are you defeated

00:26:42.900 --> 00:26:43.740
 and blinded

00:26:43.740 --> 00:26:44.580
 by your sin?

00:26:44.579 --> 00:26:47.379
 I find in my own life

00:26:47.379 --> 00:26:49.939
 that this is the hardest

00:26:49.939 --> 00:26:50.679
 of times

00:26:50.679 --> 00:26:51.799
 to proclaim the truth.

00:26:52.980 --> 00:26:54.159
 It's the moments

00:26:54.159 --> 00:26:55.819
 that I'm most vulnerable

00:26:55.819 --> 00:26:57.919
 to the enemy

00:26:57.919 --> 00:26:58.720
 and his schemes.

00:27:01.439 --> 00:27:02.039
 And yet,

00:27:02.720 --> 00:27:04.199
 these are the times

00:27:04.199 --> 00:27:05.220
 that we should be boasting

00:27:05.220 --> 00:27:06.339
 about what God has done.

00:27:07.579 --> 00:27:08.839
 These are the times

00:27:08.839 --> 00:27:11.019
 proclaim the truth.

00:27:11.019 --> 00:27:13.759
 Because in the truth

00:27:13.759 --> 00:27:14.519
 there is freedom.

00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:16.139
 There is comfort.

00:27:16.700 --> 00:27:17.420
 There is victory.

00:27:19.319 --> 00:27:19.519
 See,

00:27:19.559 --> 00:27:20.019
 the temptation

00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:21.359
 in these situations

00:27:21.359 --> 00:27:22.379
 is to just doubt.

00:27:23.099 --> 00:27:23.720
 It's to doubt

00:27:23.720 --> 00:27:24.639
 our own justification.

00:27:25.019 --> 00:27:26.079
 It's to doubt everything.

00:27:27.680 --> 00:27:28.960
 Doubt the very foundation

00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:29.740
 of our faith

00:27:29.740 --> 00:27:30.619
 that we believe.

00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:33.400
 See,

00:27:33.420 --> 00:27:34.180
 when you do that,

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:35.359
 you're giving evidence

00:27:35.359 --> 00:27:36.980
 that you do not understand

00:27:36.980 --> 00:27:37.799
 your justification

00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:39.059
 or your peace

00:27:39.059 --> 00:27:40.200
 with God at all.

00:27:41.019 --> 00:27:42.240
 When you do that,

00:27:42.319 --> 00:27:42.759
 you say,

00:27:43.700 --> 00:27:45.160
 I'm not getting it.

00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:48.579
 Listen carefully.

00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:49.759
 You cannot

00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:52.099
 be just

00:27:52.099 --> 00:27:53.139
 one minute

00:27:53.139 --> 00:27:54.259
 and not the next.

00:27:54.879 --> 00:27:56.079
 If you are made righteous,

00:27:56.279 --> 00:27:57.319
 if you are made justified,

00:27:58.680 --> 00:27:59.059
 that's it.

00:28:01.460 --> 00:28:02.660
 You are justified

00:28:02.660 --> 00:28:03.579
 forever

00:28:03.579 --> 00:28:04.980
 in Christ.

00:28:06.200 --> 00:28:07.379
 It is in the moments

00:28:07.379 --> 00:28:07.879
 of sin

00:28:07.879 --> 00:28:08.460
 and after

00:28:08.460 --> 00:28:09.940
 that we must remember

00:28:09.940 --> 00:28:10.559
 the truth.

00:28:11.019 --> 00:28:12.000
 of God's Word.

00:28:13.819 --> 00:28:14.859
 And as chapter 4,

00:28:14.960 --> 00:28:16.220
 verse 21 says,

00:28:16.779 --> 00:28:18.420
 be fully convinced

00:28:18.420 --> 00:28:19.440
 that God will do

00:28:19.440 --> 00:28:20.180
 what He says

00:28:20.180 --> 00:28:20.799
 He will do.

00:28:21.339 --> 00:28:21.879
 If He says

00:28:21.879 --> 00:28:22.539
 He forgives,

00:28:22.619 --> 00:28:23.420
 He forgives.

00:28:24.460 --> 00:28:24.920
 If He says

00:28:24.920 --> 00:28:25.740
 He will never forsake,

00:28:25.819 --> 00:28:27.460
 He will never forsake.

00:28:29.440 --> 00:28:29.920
 So,

00:28:30.420 --> 00:28:31.440
 why do we need

00:28:31.440 --> 00:28:32.200
 peace with God?

00:28:32.440 --> 00:28:33.079
 Our sin.

00:28:34.639 --> 00:28:35.579
 What does peace

00:28:35.579 --> 00:28:36.599
 with God look like?

00:28:37.079 --> 00:28:37.660
 I've given you

00:28:37.660 --> 00:28:38.480
 some characteristics.

00:28:38.480 --> 00:28:39.819
 Our third point

00:28:39.819 --> 00:28:40.299
 this morning.

00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:41.299
 What peace

00:28:41.299 --> 00:28:41.940
 with God

00:28:41.940 --> 00:28:43.039
 is not?

00:28:44.160 --> 00:28:45.299
 What is it not?

00:28:47.299 --> 00:28:48.480
 A man who has

00:28:48.480 --> 00:28:49.480
 a false peace

00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:50.539
 is resting

00:28:50.539 --> 00:28:51.980
 on his own faith

00:28:51.980 --> 00:28:53.319
 rather than

00:28:53.319 --> 00:28:53.900
 on Christ

00:28:53.900 --> 00:28:54.660
 and His work.

00:28:54.660 --> 00:28:57.560
 See,

00:28:57.620 --> 00:28:58.600
 they look at

00:28:58.600 --> 00:28:59.420
 their own faith

00:28:59.420 --> 00:29:00.019
 instead of

00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:00.620
 what Christ

00:29:00.620 --> 00:29:01.220
 has done.

00:29:03.200 --> 00:29:03.840
 Churches are

00:29:03.840 --> 00:29:04.560
 filled with people

00:29:04.560 --> 00:29:05.040
 like this

00:29:05.040 --> 00:29:06.800
 because it isn't

00:29:06.800 --> 00:29:07.700
 usually rooted

00:29:07.700 --> 00:29:08.900
 from an intellectual

00:29:08.900 --> 00:29:09.540
 ascent.

00:29:09.680 --> 00:29:10.140
 It's rooted

00:29:10.140 --> 00:29:11.580
 in a false faith.

00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:15.140
 They would define

00:29:15.140 --> 00:29:16.340
 faith by simply

00:29:16.340 --> 00:29:16.900
 believing

00:29:16.900 --> 00:29:17.900
 and salvation

00:29:17.900 --> 00:29:18.740
 by simply

00:29:18.740 --> 00:29:19.519
 confessing.

00:29:19.519 --> 00:29:21.839
 pulled from

00:29:21.839 --> 00:29:22.859
 a verse

00:29:22.859 --> 00:29:23.359
 like Romans

00:29:23.359 --> 00:29:23.639
 10.

00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:23.960
 10.

00:29:24.039 --> 00:29:24.480
 And with the

00:29:24.480 --> 00:29:25.079
 mouth one

00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:25.799
 confesses

00:29:25.799 --> 00:29:26.319
 and is

00:29:26.319 --> 00:29:26.859
 saved.

00:29:28.819 --> 00:29:29.240
 See,

00:29:29.319 --> 00:29:29.480
 there's

00:29:29.480 --> 00:29:30.339
 teachings in

00:29:30.339 --> 00:29:30.859
 our churches

00:29:30.859 --> 00:29:31.259
 today

00:29:31.259 --> 00:29:32.359
 and in the

00:29:32.359 --> 00:29:32.720
 past

00:29:32.720 --> 00:29:33.519
 that all

00:29:33.519 --> 00:29:33.879
 you have

00:29:33.879 --> 00:29:34.180
 to do

00:29:34.180 --> 00:29:34.500
 is say

00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:34.879
 that Jesus

00:29:34.879 --> 00:29:35.240
 is Lord

00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:35.559
 or all

00:29:35.559 --> 00:29:35.799
 you have

00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:36.039
 to do

00:29:36.039 --> 00:29:36.559
 is say

00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:37.099
 a prayer.

00:29:38.379 --> 00:29:39.079
 A magic

00:29:39.079 --> 00:29:39.420
 prayer.

00:29:39.559 --> 00:29:39.759
 And the

00:29:39.759 --> 00:29:40.839
 problem,

00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:41.099
 though,

00:29:41.099 --> 00:29:41.400
 is that's

00:29:41.400 --> 00:29:41.920
 not biblical.

00:29:43.839 --> 00:29:44.299
 Read the

00:29:44.299 --> 00:29:44.759
 rest of

00:29:44.759 --> 00:29:45.099
 Romans

00:29:45.099 --> 00:29:45.440
 chapter

00:29:45.440 --> 00:29:45.839
 10.

00:29:45.839 --> 00:29:45.900
 And

00:29:45.900 --> 00:29:50.620
 if

00:29:50.620 --> 00:29:50.800
 they

00:29:50.800 --> 00:29:51.440
 if

00:29:51.440 --> 00:29:52.100
 if a

00:29:52.100 --> 00:29:52.519
 person

00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:53.320
 speaks

00:29:53.320 --> 00:29:54.019
 a prayer,

00:29:54.259 --> 00:29:54.920
 if they

00:29:54.920 --> 00:29:55.680
 initiated,

00:29:55.860 --> 00:29:55.920
 then

00:29:55.920 --> 00:29:56.920
 then they're

00:29:56.920 --> 00:29:57.620
 the instigator

00:29:57.620 --> 00:29:58.019
 and not

00:29:58.019 --> 00:29:58.540
 the recipient.

00:29:58.759 --> 00:29:59.140
 It's not

00:29:59.140 --> 00:29:59.740
 a prayer.

00:29:59.880 --> 00:30:00.160
 It's a

00:30:00.160 --> 00:30:00.600
 it's a

00:30:00.600 --> 00:30:01.220
 person

00:30:01.220 --> 00:30:01.960
 in Jesus

00:30:01.960 --> 00:30:02.480
 Christ.

00:30:03.720 --> 00:30:04.400
 And if

00:30:04.400 --> 00:30:04.600
 you're

00:30:04.600 --> 00:30:05.080
 if you're

00:30:05.080 --> 00:30:05.800
 the instigator

00:30:05.800 --> 00:30:06.240
 and not

00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:06.860
 the recipient

00:30:06.860 --> 00:30:07.660
 of God's

00:30:07.660 --> 00:30:08.160
 grace,

00:30:08.460 --> 00:30:08.960
 then who

00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:09.240
 needs

00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:09.640
 Christ?

00:30:09.759 --> 00:30:09.880
 Who

00:30:09.880 --> 00:30:10.100
 needs

00:30:10.100 --> 00:30:10.460
 the Holy

00:30:10.460 --> 00:30:10.880
 Spirit?

00:30:14.440 --> 00:30:14.960
 For

00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:15.100
 the

00:30:15.100 --> 00:30:15.640
 person

00:30:15.640 --> 00:30:16.040
 who

00:30:16.040 --> 00:30:16.720
 instigated,

00:30:16.840 --> 00:30:17.340
 decided,

00:30:17.540 --> 00:30:17.780
 and it

00:30:17.780 --> 00:30:18.180
 happened.

00:30:20.920 --> 00:30:21.600
 And all

00:30:21.600 --> 00:30:22.020
 they have

00:30:22.020 --> 00:30:22.440
 to do is

00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:22.720
 look at

00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:23.180
 the faith

00:30:23.180 --> 00:30:23.420
 that they

00:30:23.420 --> 00:30:23.580
 have

00:30:23.580 --> 00:30:24.140
 created

00:30:24.140 --> 00:30:25.100
 and not

00:30:25.100 --> 00:30:25.280
 what

00:30:25.280 --> 00:30:25.600
 Christ

00:30:25.600 --> 00:30:25.800
 has

00:30:25.800 --> 00:30:26.140
 done.

00:30:26.560 --> 00:30:26.720
 And

00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:27.020
 that is

00:30:27.020 --> 00:30:27.460
 a false

00:30:27.460 --> 00:30:27.759
 sense

00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:27.920
 of

00:30:27.920 --> 00:30:28.259
 peace.

00:30:31.780 --> 00:30:32.240
 Peace

00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:32.700
 with God

00:30:32.700 --> 00:30:33.280
 is not

00:30:33.280 --> 00:30:33.900
 a feeling.

00:30:35.000 --> 00:30:35.440
 It's

00:30:35.440 --> 00:30:35.880
 not an

00:30:35.880 --> 00:30:36.400
 emotional

00:30:36.400 --> 00:30:37.040
 peace.

00:30:39.120 --> 00:30:39.560
 It's

00:30:39.560 --> 00:30:39.940
 not a

00:30:39.940 --> 00:30:40.680
 balanced

00:30:40.680 --> 00:30:41.300
 life.

00:30:41.820 --> 00:30:42.020
 Or

00:30:42.020 --> 00:30:42.240
 however

00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:42.900
 new age

00:30:42.900 --> 00:30:43.120
 thing

00:30:43.120 --> 00:30:43.400
 you want

00:30:43.400 --> 00:30:43.820
 to say.

00:30:43.819 --> 00:30:45.700
 having

00:30:45.700 --> 00:30:46.000
 peace

00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:46.179
 with

00:30:46.179 --> 00:30:46.439
 God

00:30:46.439 --> 00:30:46.659
 does

00:30:46.659 --> 00:30:47.339
 not

00:30:47.339 --> 00:30:47.619
 give

00:30:47.619 --> 00:30:47.759
 you

00:30:47.759 --> 00:30:47.919
 a

00:30:47.919 --> 00:30:48.240
 happy

00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:48.679
 life

00:30:48.679 --> 00:30:48.819
 or

00:30:48.819 --> 00:30:48.980
 a

00:30:48.980 --> 00:30:49.339
 perfect

00:30:49.339 --> 00:30:49.879
 life.

00:30:52.500 --> 00:30:53.399
 In fact,

00:30:53.659 --> 00:30:54.000
 having

00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:54.299
 peace

00:30:54.299 --> 00:30:54.480
 with

00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:54.740
 God

00:30:54.740 --> 00:30:54.939
 will

00:30:54.939 --> 00:30:55.519
 actually

00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:55.839
 make

00:30:55.839 --> 00:30:56.079
 this

00:30:56.079 --> 00:30:56.379
 life

00:30:56.379 --> 00:30:56.619
 more

00:30:56.619 --> 00:30:57.059
 difficult

00:30:57.059 --> 00:30:59.599
 because

00:30:59.599 --> 00:30:59.939
 you are

00:30:59.939 --> 00:31:00.639
 now a

00:31:00.639 --> 00:31:00.980
 Christian

00:31:00.980 --> 00:31:02.179
 proclaiming

00:31:02.179 --> 00:31:02.619
 Christ

00:31:02.619 --> 00:31:03.000
 with the

00:31:03.000 --> 00:31:03.339
 title

00:31:03.339 --> 00:31:03.700
 that you

00:31:03.700 --> 00:31:04.079
 take.

00:31:04.079 --> 00:31:08.539
 you are

00:31:08.539 --> 00:31:08.919
 now a

00:31:08.919 --> 00:31:09.399
 cross

00:31:09.399 --> 00:31:09.899
 bearer

00:31:09.899 --> 00:31:10.159
 and a

00:31:10.159 --> 00:31:10.559
 person

00:31:10.559 --> 00:31:10.799
 with

00:31:10.799 --> 00:31:11.299
 Christ

00:31:11.299 --> 00:31:12.299
 who

00:31:12.299 --> 00:31:12.579
 is

00:31:12.579 --> 00:31:13.019
 hated

00:31:13.019 --> 00:31:13.240
 and

00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:13.419
 will

00:31:13.419 --> 00:31:13.599
 be

00:31:13.599 --> 00:31:13.839
 hated

00:31:13.839 --> 00:31:14.099
 by

00:31:14.099 --> 00:31:14.339
 this

00:31:14.339 --> 00:31:14.679
 world.

00:31:17.240 --> 00:31:17.799
 Peace

00:31:17.799 --> 00:31:18.000
 with

00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:18.319
 God

00:31:18.319 --> 00:31:18.500
 is

00:31:18.500 --> 00:31:18.819
 more

00:31:18.819 --> 00:31:19.059
 about

00:31:19.059 --> 00:31:19.240
 the

00:31:19.240 --> 00:31:19.519
 life

00:31:19.519 --> 00:31:19.720
 to

00:31:19.720 --> 00:31:20.099
 come

00:31:20.099 --> 00:31:21.019
 and

00:31:21.019 --> 00:31:21.500
 less

00:31:21.500 --> 00:31:21.939
 about

00:31:21.939 --> 00:31:22.159
 how

00:31:22.159 --> 00:31:22.659
 comfortable

00:31:22.659 --> 00:31:22.980
 you

00:31:22.980 --> 00:31:23.179
 are

00:31:23.179 --> 00:31:23.379
 in

00:31:23.379 --> 00:31:23.599
 this

00:31:23.599 --> 00:31:24.019
 life.

00:31:24.019 --> 00:31:29.480
 man

00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:29.619
 who

00:31:29.619 --> 00:31:29.819
 has

00:31:29.819 --> 00:31:30.160
 false

00:31:30.160 --> 00:31:30.539
 peace

00:31:30.539 --> 00:31:30.759
 is

00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:31.500
 only

00:31:31.500 --> 00:31:32.059
 interested

00:31:32.059 --> 00:31:32.319
 in

00:31:32.319 --> 00:31:32.779
 forgiveness

00:31:32.779 --> 00:31:33.619
 and

00:31:33.619 --> 00:31:34.000
 not

00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:34.240
 in

00:31:34.240 --> 00:31:34.700
 righteousness.

00:31:36.139 --> 00:31:36.839
 He

00:31:36.839 --> 00:31:37.119
 doesn't

00:31:37.119 --> 00:31:37.420
 want to

00:31:37.420 --> 00:31:37.680
 go to

00:31:37.680 --> 00:31:37.940
 hell.

00:31:39.460 --> 00:31:39.900
 So

00:31:39.900 --> 00:31:40.079
 he

00:31:40.079 --> 00:31:40.639
 wants

00:31:40.639 --> 00:31:40.960
 to be

00:31:40.960 --> 00:31:41.319
 forgiven.

00:31:42.740 --> 00:31:43.440
 He's

00:31:43.440 --> 00:31:43.660
 not

00:31:43.660 --> 00:31:44.160
 concerned

00:31:44.160 --> 00:31:44.420
 with

00:31:44.420 --> 00:31:45.059
 being

00:31:45.059 --> 00:31:45.680
 holy

00:31:45.680 --> 00:31:46.200
 and

00:31:46.200 --> 00:31:46.579
 walking

00:31:46.579 --> 00:31:46.799
 in

00:31:46.799 --> 00:31:47.160
 holiness.

00:31:47.460 --> 00:31:47.519
 So

00:31:47.519 --> 00:31:48.039
 he

00:31:48.039 --> 00:31:48.359
 lives

00:31:48.359 --> 00:31:48.559
 a

00:31:48.559 --> 00:31:49.139
 negligent

00:31:49.139 --> 00:31:49.660
 life

00:31:49.660 --> 00:31:50.740
 without

00:31:50.740 --> 00:31:51.279
 concern

00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:51.500
 for

00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:51.639
 the

00:31:51.639 --> 00:31:52.119
 commands

00:31:52.119 --> 00:31:52.579
 of

00:31:52.579 --> 00:31:52.940
 God.

00:31:54.019 --> 00:31:54.779
 He

00:31:54.779 --> 00:31:55.319
 ignores

00:31:55.319 --> 00:31:56.099
 warnings

00:31:56.099 --> 00:31:56.440
 like

00:31:56.440 --> 00:31:56.879
 Hebrews

00:31:56.879 --> 00:31:57.400
 12

00:31:57.400 --> 00:31:57.740
 verse

00:31:57.740 --> 00:31:58.319
 14

00:31:58.319 --> 00:31:59.339
 to

00:31:59.339 --> 00:32:00.039
 strive

00:32:00.039 --> 00:32:00.559
 for

00:32:00.559 --> 00:32:01.019
 peace

00:32:01.019 --> 00:32:01.220
 with

00:32:01.220 --> 00:32:01.819
 everyone

00:32:01.819 --> 00:32:02.460
 and

00:32:02.460 --> 00:32:02.639
 for

00:32:02.639 --> 00:32:02.839
 the

00:32:02.839 --> 00:32:03.240
 holiness

00:32:03.240 --> 00:32:04.160
 without

00:32:04.160 --> 00:32:04.660
 which

00:32:04.660 --> 00:32:04.960
 no

00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:05.240
 one

00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:05.420
 will

00:32:05.420 --> 00:32:05.779
 see

00:32:05.779 --> 00:32:06.200
 the

00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:06.519
 Lord.

00:32:07.799 --> 00:32:08.279
 He

00:32:08.279 --> 00:32:08.420
 is

00:32:08.420 --> 00:32:08.720
 only

00:32:08.720 --> 00:32:09.099
 interested

00:32:09.099 --> 00:32:09.299
 in

00:32:09.299 --> 00:32:09.720
 forgiveness

00:32:09.720 --> 00:32:10.099
 and

00:32:10.099 --> 00:32:10.359
 cares

00:32:10.359 --> 00:32:10.839
 nothing

00:32:10.839 --> 00:32:11.200
 about

00:32:11.200 --> 00:32:11.500
 living

00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:11.680
 the

00:32:11.680 --> 00:32:11.960
 Christian

00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:12.339
 life.

00:32:13.359 --> 00:32:13.680
 Well,

00:32:13.879 --> 00:32:14.240
 I've

00:32:14.240 --> 00:32:14.379
 been

00:32:14.379 --> 00:32:14.720
 saved.

00:32:15.059 --> 00:32:15.220
 I

00:32:15.220 --> 00:32:15.379
 can

00:32:15.379 --> 00:32:15.559
 live

00:32:15.559 --> 00:32:15.799
 however

00:32:15.799 --> 00:32:15.960
 I

00:32:15.960 --> 00:32:16.139
 want

00:32:16.139 --> 00:32:16.400
 now.

00:32:19.839 --> 00:32:20.480
 The

00:32:20.480 --> 00:32:20.819
 last

00:32:20.819 --> 00:32:21.400
 characteristic

00:32:21.400 --> 00:32:21.700
 of

00:32:21.700 --> 00:32:22.000
 false

00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:22.339
 peace

00:32:22.339 --> 00:32:22.539
 is

00:32:22.539 --> 00:32:24.859
 not

00:32:24.859 --> 00:32:25.440
 caring

00:32:25.440 --> 00:32:25.940
 enough

00:32:25.940 --> 00:32:27.619
 when

00:32:27.619 --> 00:32:27.740
 you

00:32:27.740 --> 00:32:28.019
 fall

00:32:28.019 --> 00:32:28.240
 into

00:32:28.240 --> 00:32:28.539
 sin.

00:32:29.539 --> 00:32:30.159
 You

00:32:30.159 --> 00:32:30.420
 take

00:32:30.420 --> 00:32:30.579
 it

00:32:30.579 --> 00:32:30.940
 much

00:32:30.940 --> 00:32:31.200
 too

00:32:31.200 --> 00:32:31.579
 lightly.

00:32:33.920 --> 00:32:34.519
 A

00:32:34.519 --> 00:32:34.879
 person

00:32:34.879 --> 00:32:35.059
 with

00:32:35.059 --> 00:32:35.200
 a

00:32:35.200 --> 00:32:35.480
 false

00:32:35.480 --> 00:32:35.940
 peace

00:32:35.940 --> 00:32:36.859
 isn't

00:32:36.859 --> 00:32:37.339
 shaken

00:32:37.339 --> 00:32:37.619
 by

00:32:37.619 --> 00:32:37.839
 their

00:32:37.839 --> 00:32:38.139
 sin.

00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:38.359
 It

00:32:38.359 --> 00:32:38.779
 doesn't

00:32:38.779 --> 00:32:39.259
 affect

00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:39.559
 them.

00:32:42.259 --> 00:32:42.619
 Jesus

00:32:42.619 --> 00:32:42.899
 and

00:32:42.899 --> 00:32:43.399
 his

00:32:43.399 --> 00:32:43.779
 blood

00:32:43.779 --> 00:32:43.960
 are

00:32:43.960 --> 00:32:44.399
 more

00:32:44.399 --> 00:32:44.680
 of a

00:32:44.680 --> 00:32:45.220
 security

00:32:45.220 --> 00:32:45.759
 blanket

00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:46.799
 and

00:32:46.799 --> 00:32:47.200
 less

00:32:47.200 --> 00:32:47.440
 a

00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:48.019
 relationship

00:32:48.019 --> 00:32:48.379
 and a

00:32:48.379 --> 00:32:48.639
 right

00:32:48.639 --> 00:32:49.039
 standing

00:32:49.039 --> 00:32:49.399
 before

00:32:49.399 --> 00:32:49.819
 God.

00:32:49.819 --> 00:32:50.779
 When

00:32:50.779 --> 00:32:51.200
 this

00:32:51.200 --> 00:32:51.480
 man

00:32:51.480 --> 00:32:51.779
 does

00:32:51.779 --> 00:32:52.039
 fall

00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:52.240
 into

00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:52.500
 sin

00:32:52.500 --> 00:32:52.659
 he

00:32:52.659 --> 00:32:52.819
 would

00:32:52.819 --> 00:32:53.439
 say

00:32:53.439 --> 00:32:53.740
 something

00:32:53.740 --> 00:32:54.099
 like

00:32:54.099 --> 00:32:54.919
 it's

00:32:54.919 --> 00:32:55.179
 alright

00:32:55.179 --> 00:32:55.899
 the

00:32:55.899 --> 00:32:56.079
 blood

00:32:56.079 --> 00:32:56.240
 of

00:32:56.240 --> 00:32:56.559
 Jesus

00:32:56.559 --> 00:32:57.339
 covers

00:32:57.339 --> 00:32:57.639
 me.

00:32:59.099 --> 00:32:59.240
 Now

00:32:59.240 --> 00:33:00.039
 and

00:33:00.039 --> 00:33:00.399
 he

00:33:00.399 --> 00:33:00.980
 continues

00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:01.419
 on

00:33:01.419 --> 00:33:01.559
 in

00:33:01.559 --> 00:33:01.700
 his

00:33:01.700 --> 00:33:02.000
 life

00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:02.200
 he

00:33:02.200 --> 00:33:02.559
 continues

00:33:02.559 --> 00:33:03.000
 living

00:33:03.000 --> 00:33:03.439
 and

00:33:03.439 --> 00:33:03.599
 just

00:33:03.599 --> 00:33:03.859
 goes

00:33:03.859 --> 00:33:04.200
 on

00:33:04.200 --> 00:33:05.000
 doesn't

00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:05.599
 confess

00:33:05.599 --> 00:33:06.039
 doesn't

00:33:06.039 --> 00:33:06.639
 repent

00:33:06.639 --> 00:33:07.679
 now

00:33:07.679 --> 00:33:07.960
 all

00:33:07.960 --> 00:33:08.099
 of

00:33:08.099 --> 00:33:08.299
 us

00:33:08.299 --> 00:33:08.539
 should

00:33:08.539 --> 00:33:08.759
 do

00:33:08.759 --> 00:33:09.200
 this

00:33:09.200 --> 00:33:10.240
 when

00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:10.379
 we're

00:33:10.379 --> 00:33:10.720
 in

00:33:10.720 --> 00:33:11.019
 sin

00:33:11.019 --> 00:33:11.220
 we

00:33:11.220 --> 00:33:11.439
 should

00:33:11.439 --> 00:33:11.759
 say

00:33:11.759 --> 00:33:12.179
 Jesus

00:33:12.179 --> 00:33:12.579
 blood

00:33:12.579 --> 00:33:12.960
 covers

00:33:12.960 --> 00:33:13.220
 me

00:33:13.220 --> 00:33:14.500
 it's

00:33:14.500 --> 00:33:15.319
 I'm

00:33:15.319 --> 00:33:15.619
 still

00:33:15.619 --> 00:33:16.099
 okay

00:33:16.099 --> 00:33:17.019
 but

00:33:17.019 --> 00:33:17.159
 then

00:33:17.159 --> 00:33:17.319
 we

00:33:17.319 --> 00:33:17.519
 should

00:33:17.519 --> 00:33:18.019
 confess

00:33:18.019 --> 00:33:18.039
!

00:33:18.039 --> 00:33:18.299
 that

00:33:18.299 --> 00:33:18.559
 sin

00:33:18.559 --> 00:33:18.559


00:33:18.559 --> 00:33:18.720
 we

00:33:18.720 --> 00:33:18.859
 should

00:33:18.859 --> 00:33:19.220
 repent

00:33:19.220 --> 00:33:19.379
 of

00:33:19.379 --> 00:33:19.559
 that

00:33:19.559 --> 00:33:19.899
 sin

00:33:19.899 --> 00:33:21.519
 not

00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:22.279
 move

00:33:22.279 --> 00:33:22.460
 on

00:33:22.460 --> 00:33:22.599
 with

00:33:22.599 --> 00:33:22.720
 our

00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:23.139
 life

00:33:23.139 --> 00:33:23.879
 and

00:33:23.879 --> 00:33:24.039
 take

00:33:24.039 --> 00:33:24.240
 care

00:33:24.240 --> 00:33:24.339
 of

00:33:24.339 --> 00:33:24.419
 it

00:33:24.419 --> 00:33:24.720
 later

00:33:24.720 --> 00:33:24.960
 or

00:33:24.960 --> 00:33:25.379
 say

00:33:25.379 --> 00:33:25.819
 we'll

00:33:25.819 --> 00:33:26.019
 take

00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:26.200
 care

00:33:26.200 --> 00:33:26.319
 of

00:33:26.319 --> 00:33:26.399
 it

00:33:26.399 --> 00:33:26.700
 later

00:33:26.700 --> 00:33:29.059
 we

00:33:29.059 --> 00:33:29.299
 should

00:33:29.299 --> 00:33:29.460
 there

00:33:29.460 --> 00:33:29.619
 should

00:33:29.619 --> 00:33:29.740
 be

00:33:29.740 --> 00:33:30.039
 some

00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:30.519
 mourning

00:33:30.519 --> 00:33:31.240
 over

00:33:31.240 --> 00:33:31.500
 our

00:33:31.500 --> 00:33:31.839
 sin

00:33:31.839 --> 00:33:33.480
 not

00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:34.079
 tears

00:33:34.079 --> 00:33:34.339
 but

00:33:34.339 --> 00:33:34.539
 we

00:33:34.539 --> 00:33:34.700
 should

00:33:34.700 --> 00:33:34.879
 be

00:33:34.879 --> 00:33:35.539
 saddened

00:33:35.539 --> 00:33:35.759
 by

00:33:35.759 --> 00:33:36.000
 and

00:33:36.000 --> 00:33:36.779
 moved

00:33:36.779 --> 00:33:36.960
 by

00:33:36.960 --> 00:33:37.139
 the

00:33:37.139 --> 00:33:37.319
 sin

00:33:37.319 --> 00:33:37.440
 that

00:33:37.440 --> 00:33:37.519
 we

00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:37.659
 have

00:33:37.659 --> 00:33:37.980
 committed

00:33:37.980 --> 00:33:38.679
 because

00:33:38.679 --> 00:33:39.399
 a

00:33:39.399 --> 00:33:39.599
 holy

00:33:39.599 --> 00:33:39.940
 God

00:33:39.940 --> 00:33:40.119
 has

00:33:40.119 --> 00:33:40.460
 paid

00:33:40.460 --> 00:33:40.639
 for

00:33:40.639 --> 00:33:40.859
 that

00:33:40.859 --> 00:33:41.200
 sin

00:33:41.200 --> 00:33:43.519
 Matthew

00:33:43.519 --> 00:33:43.819
 says

00:33:43.819 --> 00:33:44.279
 blessed

00:33:44.279 --> 00:33:44.480
 are

00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:44.720
 those

00:33:44.720 --> 00:33:44.879
 who

00:33:44.879 --> 00:33:45.200
 mourn

00:33:45.200 --> 00:33:45.359
 for

00:33:45.359 --> 00:33:45.599
 they

00:33:45.599 --> 00:33:45.819
 shall

00:33:45.819 --> 00:33:45.980
 be

00:33:45.980 --> 00:33:46.539
 comforted

00:33:46.539 --> 00:33:49.859
 you

00:33:49.859 --> 00:33:50.000
 will

00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:50.220
 only

00:33:50.220 --> 00:33:50.439
 be

00:33:50.439 --> 00:33:50.779
 comforted

00:33:50.779 --> 00:33:50.939
 by

00:33:50.939 --> 00:33:51.319
 Christ

00:33:51.319 --> 00:33:51.500
 and

00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:51.639
 his

00:33:51.639 --> 00:33:51.859
 work

00:33:51.859 --> 00:33:51.980
 on

00:33:51.980 --> 00:33:52.119
 the

00:33:52.119 --> 00:33:52.519
 cross

00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:53.519
 because

00:33:53.519 --> 00:33:53.700
 you

00:33:53.700 --> 00:33:53.879
 have

00:33:53.879 --> 00:33:54.460
 peace

00:33:54.460 --> 00:33:55.839
 with

00:33:55.839 --> 00:33:56.139
 God

00:33:56.139 --> 00:33:57.960
 alright

00:33:57.960 --> 00:33:58.299
 so

00:33:58.299 --> 00:33:59.039
 our

00:33:59.039 --> 00:33:59.319
 last

00:33:59.319 --> 00:33:59.579
 point

00:33:59.579 --> 00:33:59.720
 is

00:33:59.720 --> 00:34:00.039
 how

00:34:00.039 --> 00:34:00.399
 should

00:34:00.399 --> 00:34:00.519
 we

00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:00.759
 now

00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:01.139
 live

00:34:01.139 --> 00:34:01.659
 knowing

00:34:01.659 --> 00:34:02.339
 this

00:34:02.339 --> 00:34:02.619
 peace

00:34:02.619 --> 00:34:02.779
 we

00:34:02.779 --> 00:34:03.019
 have

00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:03.220
 with

00:34:03.220 --> 00:34:03.539
 God

00:34:03.539 --> 00:34:04.359
 so

00:34:04.359 --> 00:34:04.539
 what

00:34:04.539 --> 00:34:04.639
 do

00:34:04.639 --> 00:34:04.759
 we

00:34:04.759 --> 00:34:05.079
 do

00:34:05.079 --> 00:34:05.319
 in

00:34:05.319 --> 00:34:05.679
 light

00:34:05.679 --> 00:34:06.019
 of

00:34:06.019 --> 00:34:06.439
 having

00:34:06.439 --> 00:34:06.799
 peace

00:34:06.799 --> 00:34:07.000
 with

00:34:07.000 --> 00:34:07.379
 God

00:34:07.379 --> 00:34:08.039
 and

00:34:08.039 --> 00:34:08.199
 I've

00:34:08.199 --> 00:34:08.460
 touched

00:34:08.460 --> 00:34:08.659
 on

00:34:08.659 --> 00:34:08.900
 some

00:34:08.900 --> 00:34:09.019
 of

00:34:09.019 --> 00:34:09.239
 those

00:34:09.239 --> 00:34:09.719
 things

00:34:09.719 --> 00:34:11.019
 here's

00:34:11.019 --> 00:34:11.159
 some

00:34:11.159 --> 00:34:11.699
 practical

00:34:11.699 --> 00:34:13.259
 what

00:34:13.259 --> 00:34:13.359
 do

00:34:13.359 --> 00:34:13.480
 we

00:34:13.480 --> 00:34:13.659
 do

00:34:13.659 --> 00:34:14.019
 now

00:34:14.019 --> 00:34:15.199
 the

00:34:15.199 --> 00:34:15.460
 first

00:34:15.460 --> 00:34:15.619
 thing

00:34:15.619 --> 00:34:15.739
 is

00:34:15.739 --> 00:34:15.879
 we

00:34:15.879 --> 00:34:16.059
 must

00:34:16.059 --> 00:34:16.739
 always

00:34:16.739 --> 00:34:16.980
 be

00:34:16.980 --> 00:34:17.319
 aware

00:34:17.319 --> 00:34:17.559
 of

00:34:17.559 --> 00:34:17.759
 our

00:34:17.759 --> 00:34:18.139
 sin

00:34:18.139 --> 00:34:18.539
 and

00:34:18.539 --> 00:34:18.699
 the

00:34:18.699 --> 00:34:18.899
 sin

00:34:18.899 --> 00:34:19.179
 around

00:34:19.179 --> 00:34:19.599
 us

00:34:19.599 --> 00:34:19.939
 we

00:34:19.939 --> 00:34:20.119
 must

00:34:20.119 --> 00:34:20.679
 always

00:34:20.679 --> 00:34:21.019
 be

00:34:21.019 --> 00:34:21.379
 aware

00:34:21.379 --> 00:34:23.539
 must

00:34:23.539 --> 00:34:23.699
 be

00:34:23.699 --> 00:34:23.879
 a

00:34:23.879 --> 00:34:24.539
 seriousness

00:34:24.539 --> 00:34:25.219
 over

00:34:25.219 --> 00:34:25.739
 sin

00:34:25.739 --> 00:34:27.319
 if

00:34:27.319 --> 00:34:27.460
 you

00:34:27.460 --> 00:34:27.779
 know

00:34:27.779 --> 00:34:27.980
 and

00:34:27.980 --> 00:34:28.359
 understand

00:34:28.359 --> 00:34:28.679
 the

00:34:28.679 --> 00:34:28.980
 peace

00:34:28.980 --> 00:34:29.179
 that

00:34:29.179 --> 00:34:29.399
 God

00:34:29.399 --> 00:34:29.539
 has

00:34:29.539 --> 00:34:29.759
 given

00:34:29.759 --> 00:34:30.039
 you

00:34:30.039 --> 00:34:31.339
 then

00:34:31.339 --> 00:34:31.559
 you've

00:34:31.559 --> 00:34:31.699
 been

00:34:31.699 --> 00:34:31.899
 given

00:34:31.899 --> 00:34:32.119
 a

00:34:32.119 --> 00:34:32.500
 glimpse

00:34:32.500 --> 00:34:32.779
 into

00:34:32.779 --> 00:34:33.079
 hell

00:34:33.079 --> 00:34:34.379
 you've

00:34:34.379 --> 00:34:34.519
 been

00:34:34.519 --> 00:34:34.779
 given

00:34:34.779 --> 00:34:35.179
 a

00:34:35.179 --> 00:34:36.419
 small

00:34:36.419 --> 00:34:36.939
 picture

00:34:36.939 --> 00:34:37.239
 of

00:34:37.239 --> 00:34:37.500
 what

00:34:37.500 --> 00:34:37.719
 you

00:34:37.719 --> 00:34:38.299
 deserve

00:34:38.299 --> 00:34:39.879
 and

00:34:39.879 --> 00:34:40.039
 in

00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:40.319
 light

00:34:40.319 --> 00:34:40.519
 of

00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:40.839
 that

00:34:40.839 --> 00:34:41.019
 you

00:34:41.019 --> 00:34:41.299
 now

00:34:41.300 --> 00:34:42.019
 see

00:34:42.019 --> 00:34:42.220
 the

00:34:42.220 --> 00:34:42.539
 grace

00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:42.740
 that

00:34:42.740 --> 00:34:42.940
 God

00:34:42.940 --> 00:34:43.120
 has

00:34:43.120 --> 00:34:43.400
 shown

00:34:43.400 --> 00:34:43.580
 you

00:34:43.580 --> 00:34:43.720
 and

00:34:43.720 --> 00:34:43.960
 given

00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:44.380
 you

00:34:44.380 --> 00:34:46.380
 and

00:34:46.380 --> 00:34:46.519
 if

00:34:46.519 --> 00:34:46.660
 you

00:34:46.660 --> 00:34:47.039
 know

00:34:47.039 --> 00:34:47.519
 that

00:34:47.519 --> 00:34:48.400
 then

00:34:48.400 --> 00:34:48.539
 you

00:34:48.539 --> 00:34:48.820
 won't

00:34:48.820 --> 00:34:49.000
 be

00:34:49.000 --> 00:34:49.580
 lighthearted

00:34:49.580 --> 00:34:49.920
 about

00:34:49.920 --> 00:34:50.260
 sin

00:34:50.260 --> 00:34:50.900
 you

00:34:50.900 --> 00:34:51.120
 won't

00:34:51.120 --> 00:34:51.420
 be

00:34:51.420 --> 00:34:52.620
 frivolous

00:34:52.620 --> 00:34:52.960
 about

00:34:52.960 --> 00:34:54.340
 your

00:34:54.340 --> 00:34:54.900
 actions

00:34:54.900 --> 00:34:55.700
 and

00:34:55.700 --> 00:34:55.900
 those

00:34:55.900 --> 00:34:56.340
 actions

00:34:56.340 --> 00:34:56.539
 of

00:34:56.539 --> 00:34:56.960
 others

00:34:56.960 --> 00:34:57.420
 around

00:34:57.420 --> 00:34:57.760
 you

00:34:57.760 --> 00:34:59.539
 so

00:34:59.539 --> 00:34:59.640
 we

00:34:59.640 --> 00:34:59.800
 must

00:34:59.800 --> 00:35:00.160
 always

00:35:00.160 --> 00:35:00.320
 be

00:35:00.320 --> 00:35:00.580
 aware

00:35:00.580 --> 00:35:00.720
 of

00:35:00.720 --> 00:35:00.880
 our

00:35:00.880 --> 00:35:01.180
 sin

00:35:01.180 --> 00:35:01.840
 we

00:35:01.840 --> 00:35:02.019
 must

00:35:02.019 --> 00:35:02.539
 always

00:35:02.539 --> 00:35:02.800
 be

00:35:02.800 --> 00:35:02.940
 in

00:35:02.940 --> 00:35:03.280
 awe

00:35:03.280 --> 00:35:03.460
 of

00:35:03.460 --> 00:35:03.600
 the

00:35:03.600 --> 00:35:03.940
 grace

00:35:03.940 --> 00:35:04.120
 that

00:35:04.120 --> 00:35:04.320
 God

00:35:04.320 --> 00:35:04.519
 has

00:35:04.519 --> 00:35:04.760
 shown

00:35:04.760 --> 00:35:05.120
 us

00:35:05.120 --> 00:35:07.300
 amazement

00:35:07.300 --> 00:35:07.519
 and

00:35:07.519 --> 00:35:08.019
 wonder

00:35:08.019 --> 00:35:08.760
 will

00:35:08.760 --> 00:35:08.860
 be

00:35:08.860 --> 00:35:09.039
 the

00:35:09.039 --> 00:35:09.500
 songs

00:35:09.500 --> 00:35:09.720
 that

00:35:09.720 --> 00:35:09.840
 we

00:35:09.840 --> 00:35:10.280
 sing

00:35:10.280 --> 00:35:11.019
 we'll

00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:11.640
 proclaim

00:35:11.640 --> 00:35:11.860
 the

00:35:11.860 --> 00:35:12.080
 good

00:35:12.080 --> 00:35:12.360
 news

00:35:12.360 --> 00:35:12.640
 because

00:35:12.640 --> 00:35:12.800
 of

00:35:12.800 --> 00:35:12.940
 what

00:35:12.940 --> 00:35:13.220
 God

00:35:13.220 --> 00:35:13.380
 has

00:35:13.380 --> 00:35:13.720
 done

00:35:13.720 --> 00:35:16.080
 we'll

00:35:16.080 --> 00:35:16.440
 echo

00:35:16.440 --> 00:35:16.740
 the

00:35:16.740 --> 00:35:17.180
 words

00:35:17.180 --> 00:35:17.400
 of

00:35:17.400 --> 00:35:17.740
 Charles

00:35:17.740 --> 00:35:18.220
 Wesley

00:35:18.220 --> 00:35:19.180
 and

00:35:19.180 --> 00:35:19.440
 his

00:35:19.440 --> 00:35:19.820
 hymn

00:35:19.820 --> 00:35:21.440
 and

00:35:21.440 --> 00:35:21.680
 can

00:35:21.680 --> 00:35:21.840
 it

00:35:21.840 --> 00:35:22.140
 be

00:35:22.140 --> 00:35:22.559
 that

00:35:22.559 --> 00:35:22.800
 I

00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:23.059
 should

00:35:23.059 --> 00:35:23.480
 gain

00:35:23.480 --> 00:35:24.140
 an

00:35:24.140 --> 00:35:24.660
 interest

00:35:24.660 --> 00:35:24.920
 in

00:35:24.920 --> 00:35:25.100
 the

00:35:25.100 --> 00:35:25.640
 Savior's

00:35:25.640 --> 00:35:26.019
 blood

00:35:26.019 --> 00:35:27.760
 died

00:35:27.760 --> 00:35:28.140
 he

00:35:28.140 --> 00:35:28.440
 for

00:35:28.440 --> 00:35:28.760
 me

00:35:28.760 --> 00:35:29.039
 who

00:35:29.039 --> 00:35:29.620
 caused

00:35:29.620 --> 00:35:30.019
 his

00:35:30.019 --> 00:35:30.460
 pain

00:35:30.460 --> 00:35:31.460
 for

00:35:31.460 --> 00:35:31.880
 me

00:35:31.880 --> 00:35:32.440
 who

00:35:32.440 --> 00:35:32.760
 him

00:35:32.760 --> 00:35:32.960
 to

00:35:32.960 --> 00:35:33.260
 death

00:35:33.260 --> 00:35:33.880
 pursued

00:35:33.880 --> 00:35:35.960
 amazing

00:35:35.960 --> 00:35:36.480
 love

00:35:36.480 --> 00:35:36.700
 how

00:35:36.700 --> 00:35:36.980
 can

00:35:36.980 --> 00:35:37.120
 it

00:35:37.120 --> 00:35:37.380
 be

00:35:37.380 --> 00:35:38.500
 that

00:35:38.500 --> 00:35:38.840
 thou

00:35:38.840 --> 00:35:39.120
 my

00:35:39.120 --> 00:35:39.539
 God

00:35:39.539 --> 00:35:39.820
 should

00:35:39.820 --> 00:35:40.240
 die

00:35:40.240 --> 00:35:41.000
 for

00:35:41.000 --> 00:35:41.360
 me

00:35:41.360 --> 00:35:44.019
 echoing

00:35:44.019 --> 00:35:44.180
 the

00:35:44.180 --> 00:35:44.940
 amazement

00:35:44.940 --> 00:35:46.400
 and

00:35:46.400 --> 00:35:46.539
 they

00:35:46.539 --> 00:35:46.820
 awe

00:35:46.820 --> 00:35:46.960
 in

00:35:46.960 --> 00:35:47.079
 the

00:35:47.079 --> 00:35:47.400
 wonder

00:35:47.400 --> 00:35:47.619
 of

00:35:47.619 --> 00:35:47.780
 what

00:35:47.780 --> 00:35:48.099
 God

00:35:48.099 --> 00:35:48.360
 has

00:35:48.360 --> 00:35:48.659
 done

00:35:48.659 --> 00:35:51.260
 not

00:35:51.260 --> 00:35:51.480
 only

00:35:51.480 --> 00:35:51.800
 that

00:35:51.800 --> 00:35:51.980
 we

00:35:51.980 --> 00:35:52.200
 must

00:35:52.200 --> 00:35:52.500
 also

00:35:52.500 --> 00:35:52.700
 be

00:35:52.700 --> 00:35:53.099
 humble

00:35:53.099 --> 00:35:55.539
 now

00:35:55.539 --> 00:35:55.760
 this

00:35:55.760 --> 00:35:55.940
 of

00:35:55.940 --> 00:35:56.220
 course

00:35:56.220 --> 00:35:56.480
 isn't

00:35:56.480 --> 00:35:56.760
 something

00:35:56.760 --> 00:35:56.980
 that

00:35:56.980 --> 00:35:57.119
 we

00:35:57.119 --> 00:35:57.340
 just

00:35:57.340 --> 00:35:57.559
 can

00:35:57.559 --> 00:35:57.820
 do

00:35:57.820 --> 00:35:58.039
 or

00:35:58.039 --> 00:35:58.320
 be

00:35:58.320 --> 00:35:58.760
 we

00:35:58.760 --> 00:35:59.000
 can't

00:35:59.000 --> 00:35:59.139
 just

00:35:59.139 --> 00:35:59.380
 be

00:35:59.380 --> 00:35:59.860
 humble

00:35:59.860 --> 00:36:00.700
 we

00:36:00.700 --> 00:36:00.820
 can

00:36:00.820 --> 00:36:01.159
 act

00:36:01.159 --> 00:36:01.420
 humble

00:36:01.420 --> 00:36:01.599
 but

00:36:01.599 --> 00:36:01.740
 we

00:36:01.740 --> 00:36:01.980
 cannot

00:36:01.980 --> 00:36:02.400
 be

00:36:02.400 --> 00:36:03.099
 humble

00:36:03.099 --> 00:36:04.760
 and

00:36:04.760 --> 00:36:04.900
 it

00:36:04.900 --> 00:36:05.340
 comes

00:36:05.340 --> 00:36:05.619
 from

00:36:05.619 --> 00:36:06.559
 being

00:36:06.559 --> 00:36:07.360
 amazed

00:36:07.360 --> 00:36:08.200
 and in

00:36:08.200 --> 00:36:08.519
 awe

00:36:08.519 --> 00:36:08.800
 of what

00:36:08.800 --> 00:36:09.079
 God

00:36:09.079 --> 00:36:09.260
 has

00:36:09.260 --> 00:36:09.579
 done

00:36:09.579 --> 00:36:12.799
 when we

00:36:12.799 --> 00:36:13.179
 when we

00:36:13.179 --> 00:36:13.719
 realize

00:36:13.719 --> 00:36:14.500
 the truth

00:36:14.500 --> 00:36:14.719
 about

00:36:14.719 --> 00:36:15.159
 who we

00:36:15.159 --> 00:36:15.460
 are

00:36:15.460 --> 00:36:15.860
 who we

00:36:15.860 --> 00:36:16.139
 were

00:36:16.139 --> 00:36:16.360
 who

00:36:16.360 --> 00:36:16.739
 Christ

00:36:16.739 --> 00:36:17.219
 is

00:36:17.219 --> 00:36:18.539
 humility

00:36:18.539 --> 00:36:19.000
 is the

00:36:19.000 --> 00:36:19.480
 only

00:36:19.480 --> 00:36:20.079
 logical

00:36:20.079 --> 00:36:20.860
 response

00:36:20.860 --> 00:36:23.340
 see

00:36:23.340 --> 00:36:24.219
 what

00:36:24.219 --> 00:36:24.480
 can

00:36:24.480 --> 00:36:24.699
 you

00:36:24.699 --> 00:36:25.000
 and I

00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:25.360
 boast

00:36:25.360 --> 00:36:25.579
 in

00:36:25.579 --> 00:36:28.179
 nothing

00:36:28.179 --> 00:36:30.039
 justification

00:36:30.039 --> 00:36:30.860
 by faith

00:36:30.860 --> 00:36:31.440
 destroys

00:36:31.440 --> 00:36:32.039
 boasting

00:36:32.039 --> 00:36:34.380
 it is

00:36:34.380 --> 00:36:34.980
 all by

00:36:34.980 --> 00:36:35.440
 grace

00:36:35.440 --> 00:36:36.779
 and

00:36:36.779 --> 00:36:37.239
 finally

00:36:37.239 --> 00:36:37.880
 we

00:36:37.880 --> 00:36:38.079
 must

00:36:38.079 --> 00:36:38.619
 always

00:36:38.619 --> 00:36:38.920
 keep

00:36:38.920 --> 00:36:39.059
 a

00:36:39.059 --> 00:36:39.400
 watch

00:36:39.400 --> 00:36:39.660
 on

00:36:39.660 --> 00:36:39.820
 our

00:36:39.820 --> 00:36:40.280
 lives

00:36:40.280 --> 00:36:42.440
 always

00:36:42.440 --> 00:36:42.900
 being

00:36:42.900 --> 00:36:43.200
 aware

00:36:43.200 --> 00:36:43.340
 of

00:36:43.340 --> 00:36:43.460
 the

00:36:43.460 --> 00:36:43.880
 traps

00:36:43.880 --> 00:36:44.180
 of

00:36:44.180 --> 00:36:44.280
 the

00:36:44.280 --> 00:36:44.559
 enemy

00:36:44.559 --> 00:36:45.019
 because

00:36:45.019 --> 00:36:45.240
 we

00:36:45.240 --> 00:36:45.380
 have

00:36:45.380 --> 00:36:45.539
 been

00:36:45.539 --> 00:36:46.039
 justified

00:36:46.039 --> 00:36:46.380
 and

00:36:46.380 --> 00:36:46.460
 we

00:36:46.460 --> 00:36:46.579
 have

00:36:46.579 --> 00:36:46.880
 peace

00:36:46.880 --> 00:36:47.059
 with

00:36:47.059 --> 00:36:47.380
 God

00:36:47.380 --> 00:36:48.960
 always

00:36:48.960 --> 00:36:49.579
 keeping

00:36:49.579 --> 00:36:49.780
 our

00:36:49.780 --> 00:36:50.039
 eyes

00:36:50.039 --> 00:36:50.480
 open

00:36:50.480 --> 00:36:53.519
 keeping

00:36:53.519 --> 00:36:53.700
 a

00:36:53.700 --> 00:36:54.200
 watch

00:36:54.200 --> 00:36:55.000
 on

00:36:55.000 --> 00:36:55.119
 our

00:36:55.119 --> 00:36:55.559
 lives

00:36:55.559 --> 00:36:56.840
 this

00:36:56.840 --> 00:36:57.200
 peace

00:36:57.200 --> 00:36:57.380
 with

00:36:57.380 --> 00:36:57.680
 God

00:36:57.680 --> 00:36:57.860
 is

00:36:57.860 --> 00:36:59.019
 freeing

00:36:59.019 --> 00:36:59.559
 Romans

00:36:59.559 --> 00:36:59.940
 8

00:36:59.940 --> 00:37:00.240
 1

00:37:00.240 --> 00:37:00.440
 there

00:37:00.440 --> 00:37:00.680
 is

00:37:00.680 --> 00:37:00.900
 no

00:37:00.900 --> 00:37:01.820
 condemnation

00:37:01.820 --> 00:37:02.800
 there

00:37:02.800 --> 00:37:03.039
 is

00:37:03.039 --> 00:37:03.280
 no

00:37:03.280 --> 00:37:03.700
 death

00:37:03.700 --> 00:37:03.900
 no

00:37:03.900 --> 00:37:04.500
 fear

00:37:04.500 --> 00:37:05.000
 of

00:37:05.000 --> 00:37:05.420
 man

00:37:05.420 --> 00:37:06.539
 this

00:37:06.539 --> 00:37:06.820
 peace

00:37:06.820 --> 00:37:07.019
 with

00:37:07.019 --> 00:37:07.300
 God

00:37:07.300 --> 00:37:07.460
 is

00:37:07.460 --> 00:37:08.000
 assurance

00:37:08.000 --> 00:37:09.219
 there

00:37:09.219 --> 00:37:09.380
 is

00:37:09.380 --> 00:37:09.780
 nothing

00:37:09.780 --> 00:37:10.019
 that

00:37:10.019 --> 00:37:10.199
 can

00:37:10.199 --> 00:37:10.579
 change

00:37:10.579 --> 00:37:11.000
 God's

00:37:11.000 --> 00:37:11.219
 love

00:37:11.219 --> 00:37:11.420
 for

00:37:11.420 --> 00:37:11.860
 us

00:37:11.860 --> 00:37:13.139
 turn

00:37:13.139 --> 00:37:13.340
 over

00:37:13.340 --> 00:37:13.519
 to

00:37:13.519 --> 00:37:13.800
 Romans

00:37:13.800 --> 00:37:14.139
 chapter

00:37:14.139 --> 00:37:14.559
 8

00:37:14.559 --> 00:37:22.079
 nothing

00:37:22.079 --> 00:37:22.500
 can

00:37:22.500 --> 00:37:22.920
 change

00:37:22.920 --> 00:37:23.360
 God's

00:37:23.360 --> 00:37:23.619
 love

00:37:23.619 --> 00:37:23.940
 for

00:37:23.940 --> 00:37:24.420
 us

00:37:24.420 --> 00:37:26.159
 Romans

00:37:26.159 --> 00:37:26.539
 8

00:37:26.539 --> 00:37:27.659
 verse

00:37:27.659 --> 00:37:28.280
 31

00:37:28.280 --> 00:37:32.180
 says

00:37:32.180 --> 00:37:32.460
 what

00:37:32.460 --> 00:37:32.780
 then

00:37:32.780 --> 00:37:33.019
 shall

00:37:33.019 --> 00:37:33.180
 we

00:37:33.180 --> 00:37:33.500
 say

00:37:33.500 --> 00:37:33.720
 to

00:37:33.720 --> 00:37:34.040
 these

00:37:34.040 --> 00:37:34.560
 things

00:37:34.560 --> 00:37:35.540
 if

00:37:35.540 --> 00:37:35.840
 God

00:37:35.840 --> 00:37:36.019
 is

00:37:36.019 --> 00:37:36.300
 for

00:37:36.300 --> 00:37:36.540
 us

00:37:36.540 --> 00:37:36.700
 who

00:37:36.700 --> 00:37:36.860
 can

00:37:36.860 --> 00:37:37.019
 be

00:37:37.019 --> 00:37:37.380
 against

00:37:37.380 --> 00:37:37.780
 us

00:37:37.780 --> 00:37:38.500
 he

00:37:38.500 --> 00:37:38.700
 who

00:37:38.700 --> 00:37:38.820
 did

00:37:38.820 --> 00:37:39.019
 not

00:37:39.019 --> 00:37:39.320
 spare

00:37:39.320 --> 00:37:39.519
 his

00:37:39.519 --> 00:37:39.740
 own

00:37:39.740 --> 00:37:40.080
 son

00:37:40.080 --> 00:37:40.280
 but

00:37:40.280 --> 00:37:40.620
 gave

00:37:40.620 --> 00:37:40.800
 him

00:37:40.800 --> 00:37:41.080
 up

00:37:41.080 --> 00:37:41.320
 for

00:37:41.320 --> 00:37:41.540
 us

00:37:41.540 --> 00:37:41.940
 all

00:37:41.940 --> 00:37:43.280
 how

00:37:43.280 --> 00:37:43.600
 will

00:37:43.600 --> 00:37:43.840
 he

00:37:43.840 --> 00:37:44.120
 not

00:37:44.120 --> 00:37:44.640
 also

00:37:44.640 --> 00:37:44.920
 with

00:37:44.920 --> 00:37:45.160
 him

00:37:45.160 --> 00:37:45.840
 graciously

00:37:45.840 --> 00:37:46.160
 give

00:37:46.160 --> 00:37:46.360
 us

00:37:46.360 --> 00:37:46.660
 all

00:37:46.660 --> 00:37:47.180
 things

00:37:47.180 --> 00:37:47.840
 who

00:37:47.840 --> 00:37:48.000
 shall

00:37:48.000 --> 00:37:48.240
 bring

00:37:48.240 --> 00:37:48.480
 any

00:37:48.480 --> 00:37:48.860
 charge

00:37:48.860 --> 00:37:49.140
 against

00:37:49.140 --> 00:37:49.420
 God

00:37:49.420 --> 00:37:49.920
 elect

00:37:49.920 --> 00:37:50.640
 it

00:37:50.640 --> 00:37:50.780
 is

00:37:50.780 --> 00:37:51.080
 God

00:37:51.080 --> 00:37:51.260
 who

00:37:51.260 --> 00:37:51.900
 justifies

00:37:51.900 --> 00:37:52.400
 who

00:37:52.400 --> 00:37:52.620
 is

00:37:52.620 --> 00:37:52.800
 to

00:37:52.800 --> 00:37:53.240
 condemn

00:37:53.240 --> 00:37:53.960
 Christ

00:37:53.960 --> 00:37:54.320
 Jesus

00:37:54.320 --> 00:37:54.580
 is

00:37:54.580 --> 00:37:54.720
 the

00:37:54.720 --> 00:37:54.860
 one

00:37:54.860 --> 00:37:55.019
 who

00:37:55.019 --> 00:37:55.360
 died

00:37:55.360 --> 00:37:55.380
!

00:37:55.820 --> 00:37:55.820


00:37:55.820 --> 00:37:56.000
 than

00:37:56.000 --> 00:37:56.260
 that

00:37:56.260 --> 00:37:56.400
 who

00:37:56.400 --> 00:37:56.559
 was

00:37:56.559 --> 00:37:57.039
 raised

00:37:57.039 --> 00:37:57.539
 who

00:37:57.539 --> 00:37:57.659
 is

00:37:57.659 --> 00:37:57.760
 at

00:37:57.760 --> 00:37:57.900
 the

00:37:57.900 --> 00:37:58.139
 right

00:37:58.139 --> 00:37:58.340
 hand

00:37:58.340 --> 00:37:58.500
 of

00:37:58.500 --> 00:37:58.800
 God

00:37:58.800 --> 00:37:59.380
 who

00:37:59.380 --> 00:37:59.780
 indeed

00:37:59.780 --> 00:38:00.000
 is

00:38:00.000 --> 00:38:00.539
 interceding

00:38:00.539 --> 00:38:00.739
 for

00:38:00.739 --> 00:38:01.139
 us

00:38:01.139 --> 00:38:02.179
 who

00:38:02.179 --> 00:38:02.500
 shall

00:38:02.500 --> 00:38:02.900
 separate

00:38:02.900 --> 00:38:03.199
 us

00:38:03.199 --> 00:38:03.340
 from

00:38:03.340 --> 00:38:03.460
 the

00:38:03.460 --> 00:38:03.619
 love

00:38:03.619 --> 00:38:03.780
 of

00:38:03.780 --> 00:38:04.179
 Christ

00:38:04.179 --> 00:38:05.099
 shall

00:38:05.099 --> 00:38:05.780
 tribulation

00:38:05.780 --> 00:38:06.380
 or

00:38:06.380 --> 00:38:06.840
 distress

00:38:06.840 --> 00:38:07.460
 or

00:38:07.460 --> 00:38:08.139
 persecution

00:38:08.139 --> 00:38:08.559
 or

00:38:08.559 --> 00:38:09.059
 famine

00:38:09.059 --> 00:38:09.320
 or

00:38:09.320 --> 00:38:10.000
 nakedness

00:38:10.000 --> 00:38:10.219
 or

00:38:10.219 --> 00:38:10.659
 danger

00:38:10.659 --> 00:38:10.920
 or

00:38:10.920 --> 00:38:11.420
 sword

00:38:11.420 --> 00:38:12.900
 verse

00:38:12.900 --> 00:38:13.420
 37

00:38:13.420 --> 00:38:13.840
 no

00:38:13.840 --> 00:38:15.179
 in

00:38:15.179 --> 00:38:15.460
 all

00:38:15.460 --> 00:38:15.699
 these

00:38:15.699 --> 00:38:15.960
 things

00:38:15.960 --> 00:38:16.119
 we

00:38:16.119 --> 00:38:16.239
 are

00:38:16.239 --> 00:38:16.380
 more

00:38:16.380 --> 00:38:16.539
 than

00:38:16.539 --> 00:38:17.320
 conquerors

00:38:17.320 --> 00:38:17.539
 through

00:38:17.539 --> 00:38:17.780
 him

00:38:17.780 --> 00:38:17.980
 who

00:38:17.980 --> 00:38:18.239
 loved

00:38:18.239 --> 00:38:18.639
 us

00:38:18.639 --> 00:38:22.139
 imagine

00:38:22.139 --> 00:38:22.480
 there's

00:38:22.480 --> 00:38:22.679
 no

00:38:22.679 --> 00:38:23.260
 countries

00:38:23.260 --> 00:38:24.800
 it

00:38:24.800 --> 00:38:25.139
 isn't

00:38:25.139 --> 00:38:25.440
 hard

00:38:25.440 --> 00:38:25.619
 to

00:38:25.619 --> 00:38:25.940
 do

00:38:25.940 --> 00:38:27.119
 nothing

00:38:27.119 --> 00:38:27.380
 to

00:38:27.380 --> 00:38:27.639
 kill

00:38:27.639 --> 00:38:27.800
 or

00:38:27.800 --> 00:38:28.039
 die

00:38:28.039 --> 00:38:28.420
 for

00:38:28.420 --> 00:38:28.659
 and

00:38:28.659 --> 00:38:28.900
 no

00:38:28.900 --> 00:38:29.300
 religion

00:38:29.300 --> 00:38:29.639
 to

00:38:29.639 --> 00:38:31.300
 imagine

00:38:31.300 --> 00:38:31.700
 all

00:38:31.700 --> 00:38:31.860
 the

00:38:31.860 --> 00:38:32.260
 people

00:38:32.260 --> 00:38:32.940
 living

00:38:32.940 --> 00:38:33.420
 life

00:38:33.420 --> 00:38:33.760
 in

00:38:33.760 --> 00:38:34.220
 peace

00:38:34.220 --> 00:38:36.079
 nothing

00:38:36.079 --> 00:38:36.340
 to

00:38:36.340 --> 00:38:36.559
 kill

00:38:36.559 --> 00:38:36.700
 or

00:38:36.700 --> 00:38:36.940
 die

00:38:36.940 --> 00:38:37.220
 for

00:38:37.220 --> 00:38:37.559
 because

00:38:37.559 --> 00:38:38.059
 Christ

00:38:38.059 --> 00:38:38.280
 has

00:38:38.280 --> 00:38:38.539
 died

00:38:38.539 --> 00:38:38.760
 for

00:38:38.760 --> 00:38:38.940
 us

00:38:38.940 --> 00:38:39.240
 all

00:38:39.240 --> 00:38:40.159
 and

00:38:40.159 --> 00:38:40.420
 no

00:38:40.420 --> 00:38:40.880
 religion

00:38:40.880 --> 00:38:41.200
 too

00:38:41.200 --> 00:38:41.420
 it

00:38:41.420 --> 00:38:41.720
 isn't

00:38:41.720 --> 00:38:41.860
 a

00:38:41.860 --> 00:38:42.200
 religion

00:38:42.200 --> 00:38:42.480
 that

00:38:42.480 --> 00:38:42.700
 gives

00:38:42.700 --> 00:38:43.059
 peace

00:38:43.059 --> 00:38:43.220
 it

00:38:43.220 --> 00:38:43.300
 is

00:38:43.300 --> 00:38:43.460
 a

00:38:43.460 --> 00:38:43.820
 man

00:38:43.820 --> 00:38:44.260
 who

00:38:44.260 --> 00:38:44.619
 lived

00:38:44.619 --> 00:38:44.880
 a

00:38:44.880 --> 00:38:45.340
 sinless

00:38:45.340 --> 00:38:45.960
 life

00:38:45.960 --> 00:38:47.300
 living

00:38:47.300 --> 00:38:47.740
 life

00:38:47.740 --> 00:38:48.019
 in

00:38:48.019 --> 00:38:48.460
 peace

00:38:48.460 --> 00:38:49.559
 the

00:38:49.559 --> 00:38:49.860
 only

00:38:49.860 --> 00:38:50.200
 peace

00:38:50.200 --> 00:38:50.360
 that

00:38:50.360 --> 00:38:50.740
 matters

00:38:50.740 --> 00:38:50.920
 is

00:38:50.920 --> 00:38:51.179
 peace

00:38:51.179 --> 00:38:51.360
 with

00:38:51.360 --> 00:38:51.740
 God

00:38:51.740 --> 00:38:52.760
 it

00:38:52.760 --> 00:38:53.179
 trumps

00:38:53.179 --> 00:38:53.539
 all

00:38:53.539 --> 00:38:54.039
 others

00:38:54.039 --> 00:38:55.719
 Christ

00:38:55.719 --> 00:38:56.239
 is

00:38:56.239 --> 00:38:56.460
 the

00:38:56.460 --> 00:38:56.719
 prince

00:38:56.719 --> 00:38:56.880
 of

00:38:56.880 --> 00:38:57.279
 peace

00:38:57.279 --> 00:38:58.039
 do

00:38:58.039 --> 00:38:58.279
 you

00:38:58.279 --> 00:38:58.559
 have

00:38:58.559 --> 00:38:58.920
 peace

00:38:58.920 --> 00:38:59.099
 with

00:38:59.099 --> 00:38:59.420
 God

00:38:59.420 --> 00:39:00.860
 do

00:39:00.860 --> 00:39:01.219
 you

00:39:01.219 --> 00:39:01.599
 have

00:39:01.599 --> 00:39:02.099
 peace

00:39:02.099 --> 00:39:02.539
 with

00:39:02.539 --> 00:39:02.820
 God

00:39:02.820 --> 00:39:03.420
 let's

00:39:03.420 --> 00:39:03.579
 pray

00:39:03.579 --> 00:39:03.940
 together

00:39:03.940 --> 00:39:12.559
 father

00:39:12.559 --> 00:39:12.579
 father

00:39:12.579 --> 00:39:12.740
 i

00:39:12.740 --> 00:39:12.900
 thank

00:39:12.900 --> 00:39:13.000
 you

00:39:13.000 --> 00:39:13.139
 for

00:39:13.139 --> 00:39:13.280
 your

00:39:13.280 --> 00:39:13.539
 word

00:39:13.539 --> 00:39:14.119
 i

00:39:14.119 --> 00:39:14.320
 thank

00:39:14.320 --> 00:39:14.460
 you

00:39:14.460 --> 00:39:14.679
 that

00:39:14.679 --> 00:39:16.679
 that

00:39:16.679 --> 00:39:16.880
 in

00:39:16.880 --> 00:39:17.039
 it

00:39:17.039 --> 00:39:18.500
 we

00:39:18.500 --> 00:39:18.619
 are

00:39:18.619 --> 00:39:19.200
 challenged

00:39:19.200 --> 00:39:21.320
 in

00:39:21.320 --> 00:39:21.440
 it

00:39:21.440 --> 00:39:21.539
 we

00:39:21.539 --> 00:39:21.659
 are

00:39:21.659 --> 00:39:22.240
 comforted

00:39:22.240 --> 00:39:24.220
 in

00:39:24.220 --> 00:39:24.340
 it

00:39:24.340 --> 00:39:24.460
 we

00:39:24.460 --> 00:39:24.599
 are

00:39:24.599 --> 00:39:25.019
 convicted

00:39:25.019 --> 00:39:27.639
 in

00:39:27.639 --> 00:39:27.760
 it

00:39:27.760 --> 00:39:27.860
 we

00:39:27.860 --> 00:39:27.960
 are

00:39:27.960 --> 00:39:28.559
 encouraged

00:39:28.559 --> 00:39:29.720
 and

00:39:29.720 --> 00:39:29.820
 in

00:39:29.820 --> 00:39:29.920
 it

00:39:29.920 --> 00:39:30.019
 we

00:39:30.019 --> 00:39:30.260
 find

00:39:30.260 --> 00:39:30.720
 victory

00:39:30.719 --> 00:39:35.319
 thank you

00:39:35.319 --> 00:39:35.619
 for this

00:39:35.619 --> 00:39:35.959
 morning

00:39:35.959 --> 00:39:36.299
 and this

00:39:36.299 --> 00:39:36.699
 great

00:39:36.699 --> 00:39:37.159
 opportunity

00:39:37.159 --> 00:39:37.519
 to

00:39:37.519 --> 00:39:37.939
 meet

00:39:37.939 --> 00:39:38.319
 together

00:39:38.319 --> 00:39:38.439
 with

00:39:38.439 --> 00:39:38.559
 our

00:39:38.559 --> 00:39:38.819
 brothers

00:39:38.819 --> 00:39:39.039
 and

00:39:39.039 --> 00:39:39.339
 sisters

00:39:39.339 --> 00:39:40.859
 i

00:39:40.859 --> 00:39:41.099
 pray

00:39:41.099 --> 00:39:41.319
 that

00:39:41.319 --> 00:39:41.459
 you

00:39:41.459 --> 00:39:41.599
 would

00:39:41.599 --> 00:39:41.959
 continue

00:39:41.959 --> 00:39:42.199
 to

00:39:42.199 --> 00:39:42.559
 move

00:39:42.559 --> 00:39:43.039
 among

00:39:43.039 --> 00:39:43.399
 us

00:39:43.399 --> 00:39:44.980
 continue

00:39:44.980 --> 00:39:45.239
 to

00:39:45.239 --> 00:39:45.819
 speak

00:39:45.819 --> 00:39:46.059
 to

00:39:46.059 --> 00:39:46.239
 our

00:39:46.239 --> 00:39:46.599
 hearts

00:39:46.599 --> 00:39:46.799
 about

00:39:46.799 --> 00:39:47.019
 this

00:39:47.019 --> 00:39:47.480
 peace

00:39:47.480 --> 00:39:47.659
 that

00:39:47.659 --> 00:39:47.779
 we

00:39:47.779 --> 00:39:48.139
 have

00:39:48.139 --> 00:39:48.359
 with

00:39:48.359 --> 00:39:48.579
 you

00:39:48.579 --> 00:39:50.480
 what

00:39:50.480 --> 00:39:50.619
 a

00:39:50.619 --> 00:39:50.899
 great

00:39:50.899 --> 00:39:51.339
 truth

00:39:51.339 --> 00:39:51.539
 to

00:39:51.539 --> 00:39:51.779
 know

00:39:51.779 --> 00:39:51.939
 that

00:39:51.939 --> 00:39:52.099
 no

00:39:52.099 --> 00:39:52.299
 matter

00:39:52.299 --> 00:39:52.559
 what

00:39:52.559 --> 00:39:52.719
 I

00:39:52.719 --> 00:39:52.959
 do

00:39:52.959 --> 00:39:53.179
 what

00:39:53.179 --> 00:39:53.299
 I

00:39:53.299 --> 00:39:53.659
 say

00:39:53.659 --> 00:39:54.279
 cannot

00:39:54.279 --> 00:39:54.859
 change

00:39:54.859 --> 00:39:55.059
 the

00:39:55.059 --> 00:39:55.379
 grace

00:39:55.379 --> 00:39:55.579
 and

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 love

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 that

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 you

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 have

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 for

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 me

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 and

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 cannot

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 change

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 the

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 peace

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 that

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 I

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 stand

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 in

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 Christ

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 and

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 not

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 any

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 work

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 of

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 my

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 own

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 I

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 pray

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 that

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 you

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 are

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 pleased

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 and

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 honored

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 by

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 the

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 rest

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 of

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 this

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 morning

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 the

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 songs

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 that

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 we

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 sing

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 are

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 honoring

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 and

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 worshiping

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 of

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 you

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 but

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 more

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 than

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 that

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 the

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 hearts

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 that

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 are

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 singing

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 those

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 songs

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 will

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 be

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 pleasing

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 to

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 you

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 pray

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 God

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 that

00:40:26.579 --> 00:40:26.639
 you

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 are

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 pleased

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 as

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 we

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 celebrate

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 and

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 partake

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 in

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 what

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 we

00:40:30.179 --> 00:40:30.419
 call

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 the

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 Lord

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 supper

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 celebrating

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 what

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 Christ

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 has

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 done

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 I

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 pray

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 that

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 no

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 one

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 in

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 here

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 takes

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 it

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 for

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 granted

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 but

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 we

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 all

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 reflect

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 and

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 examine

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 the

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 love

00:40:43.299 --> 00:40:43.440
 that

00:40:43.440 --> 00:40:43.559
 you

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 have

00:40:43.699 --> 00:40:43.900
 shown

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 us

00:40:44.059 --> 00:40:44.299
 in

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 Christ

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 and

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 it

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 is

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 his

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 name

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 I

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 pray

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 Amen