WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.080 We hope that you enjoy this teaching from Christ Church. 00:00:05.719 --> 00:00:11.599 This material is copyrighted and no unauthorized duplication, redistribution, or any other 00:00:11.599 --> 00:00:15.280 use of any part is permitted without prior consent from Christ Church. 00:00:15.280 --> 00:00:22.640 Please consider donating to this work in the San Francisco Bay Area online at ChristChurchEastBay.org. 00:00:22.640 --> 00:00:33.859 Today's scripture reading is from the Apostle Paul's letter to the Romans, chapter 8, verses 00:00:33.859 --> 00:00:36.380 1 through 11, as printed in your liturgy. 00:00:38.060 --> 00:00:44.859 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through 00:00:44.859 --> 00:00:51.579 Christ Jesus, the law of the Spirit, who gives life, has set you free from the law of sin 00:00:51.579 --> 00:00:52.159 and death. 00:00:53.000 --> 00:01:00.820 For what the law was powerless to do, because it was weakened by the flesh, God did, by sending 00:01:00.820 --> 00:01:05.379 his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. 00:01:05.939 --> 00:01:12.780 And so he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might 00:01:12.780 --> 00:01:18.719 be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. 00:01:18.719 --> 00:01:25.939 Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires. 00:01:26.900 --> 00:01:32.939 But those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. 00:01:32.939 --> 00:01:41.120 The mind governed by the flesh is death. 00:01:41.120 --> 00:01:43.660 The Spirit is life and peace. 00:01:44.660 --> 00:01:48.579 The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God. 00:01:49.300 --> 00:01:53.500 It does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so. 00:01:53.500 --> 00:01:58.459 Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God. 00:01:59.459 --> 00:02:06.439 You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh, but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed 00:02:06.439 --> 00:02:08.439 the Spirit of God lives in you. 00:02:08.439 --> 00:02:14.599 And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ. 00:02:15.599 --> 00:02:24.560 But if Christ is in you, then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the 00:02:24.560 --> 00:02:27.400 Spirit gives life because of righteousness. 00:02:27.400 --> 00:02:36.159 And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, then he who raised 00:02:36.159 --> 00:02:43.240 Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who 00:02:43.240 --> 00:02:44.420 lives in you. 00:02:44.900 --> 00:02:46.460 This is the word of the Lord. 00:02:47.080 --> 00:02:48.300 Thanks be to God. 00:02:48.300 --> 00:02:49.300 Amen. 00:02:57.400 --> 00:03:01.200 Good morning, Christ Church. 00:03:01.560 --> 00:03:05.240 After summer vacation, I always feel the need to reintroduce myself. 00:03:05.980 --> 00:03:09.879 So my name is Jonathan St. Clair, and I'm one of the pastors here. 00:03:09.980 --> 00:03:15.219 If you're new over this past month, I look forward to meeting you hopefully soon, if not today. 00:03:16.159 --> 00:03:21.420 We've been visiting extended family in Georgia, North Carolina, and Florida. 00:03:22.259 --> 00:03:25.219 And I just want to say thank you to our church. 00:03:25.219 --> 00:03:31.919 Thanks especially to our elders and staff and deacons and particularly Pastor Andrew for encouraging 00:03:31.919 --> 00:03:33.280 me to rest. 00:03:33.979 --> 00:03:36.780 And I praise God I've come back rested. 00:03:37.300 --> 00:03:43.460 Really glad to be home and reconnecting with you all and just reestablishing our rhythms and 00:03:43.460 --> 00:03:47.300 routines as we start into a new ministry year, a new school year. 00:03:48.419 --> 00:03:54.000 I'm especially looking forward to our all-church retreat, which is happening in just over a 00:03:54.000 --> 00:03:56.259 month, September 8 to 10. 00:03:56.319 --> 00:04:01.479 I'm really excited about this unique time and togetherness to build up our church family. 00:04:01.759 --> 00:04:07.879 And I'm excited also for you to be able to learn from one of my mentors, Bob Roglin, who's 00:04:07.879 --> 00:04:10.500 led me on two different trips to Israel. 00:04:11.060 --> 00:04:12.400 And I think you're going to love him. 00:04:12.520 --> 00:04:16.779 And so if you haven't registered, it's not to be missed, and you should register today. 00:04:16.779 --> 00:04:23.519 I've been praying, you know, all morning, Lord, help me not to have lost the ability 00:04:23.519 --> 00:04:26.439 to preach over this past month. 00:04:26.559 --> 00:04:31.379 And so since Easter, we've been exploring this incredible letter. 00:04:31.479 --> 00:04:35.500 The Apostle Paul wrote this epistle to the church in Rome. 00:04:35.699 --> 00:04:39.719 And this is really the crowning epistle of the New Testament. 00:04:40.479 --> 00:04:45.539 It's ordered in our Bibles after the four Gospels, after the Acts of the Apostles as the first 00:04:45.540 --> 00:04:49.660 in the head of all the letters of the Apostles because it's the most important. 00:04:49.800 --> 00:04:50.939 It's the crowning epistle. 00:04:51.879 --> 00:04:59.140 And one of the brightest and most radiant gems in this crown is Romans chapter 8. 00:05:00.060 --> 00:05:05.520 I've said before, you know, Romans 5 is the most important chapter in this letter, but Romans 00:05:05.520 --> 00:05:09.320 8 is far and away the most moving chapter. 00:05:09.319 --> 00:05:16.959 And this is probably the best known and best loved, one of the best known and best loved 00:05:16.959 --> 00:05:18.259 chapters in all the Bible. 00:05:18.519 --> 00:05:23.920 And if you're looking to learn some scripture by heart, I would definitely start here. 00:05:25.600 --> 00:05:35.379 But the overarching theme of Romans 8 is that our salvation in Jesus Christ is absolutely secure 00:05:35.379 --> 00:05:38.199 and unshakable and uncertain. 00:05:39.279 --> 00:05:43.659 That's what Paul wants to drive home for us, that anyone who has been justified by faith 00:05:43.659 --> 00:05:50.759 can be confident in their full deliverance, in their complete liberation, in their final 00:05:50.759 --> 00:05:51.579 salvation. 00:05:51.759 --> 00:05:58.120 And Romans 8 really was written to strengthen people like us, Christians and men and women 00:05:58.120 --> 00:06:05.079 like us, people who are gathered like us today to strengthen us in our assurance of the gospel 00:06:05.079 --> 00:06:07.579 and in our relationship with God. 00:06:08.220 --> 00:06:14.220 And that's why he begins in Romans 8.1, there's no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 00:06:14.360 --> 00:06:18.660 And he ends with there's no separation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 00:06:18.840 --> 00:06:24.959 Absolutely nothing whatsoever can separate you from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus 00:06:24.959 --> 00:06:25.939 our Lord. 00:06:25.939 --> 00:06:30.899 Now this is a letter that's written by a Christian and to Christians. 00:06:31.160 --> 00:06:34.920 It's written to instruct this church in Rome which is at the heart of the empire. 00:06:35.139 --> 00:06:42.579 But I also recognize we have people here every week who are exploring Christianity and investigating 00:06:42.579 --> 00:06:44.879 the claims of Jesus and his apostles. 00:06:45.060 --> 00:06:50.319 And so if that's you, we're delighted that you're here and delighted to journey with you 00:06:50.319 --> 00:06:55.839 as you discover who Jesus is and what he did and why that matters. 00:06:55.939 --> 00:06:59.600 And I just want to say to you, Romans is actually a great place to begin. 00:07:01.300 --> 00:07:05.740 And so what is Paul saying in this text we just read? 00:07:05.779 --> 00:07:07.079 What's he saying here in Romans 8? 00:07:07.839 --> 00:07:17.180 He's saying this, that in Jesus Christ you can have a new freedom and a new power and a new life. 00:07:17.180 --> 00:07:29.840 And I want to start with that first statement, that in Jesus Christ you can have a new freedom. 00:07:31.280 --> 00:07:32.360 Paul begins, he says, 00:07:32.360 --> 00:07:46.180 Now you've been made free. 00:07:46.280 --> 00:07:47.900 You've been set at liberty. 00:07:47.899 --> 00:07:54.739 So when we gather together at various sporting events and we sing the Star Spangled Banner, 00:07:55.519 --> 00:07:58.279 we come to that climactic phrase. 00:07:58.379 --> 00:07:59.579 I'm not going to sing it for you. 00:07:59.719 --> 00:08:06.079 But there's sort of that elongated high note where we talk about, we sing about the land of the free. 00:08:06.299 --> 00:08:08.719 And sometimes we go, free, you know, like that. 00:08:08.720 --> 00:08:12.740 And everybody starts cheering and yeah, woo! 00:08:13.620 --> 00:08:19.560 Our culture not only sings it that way, but our culture highlights freedom as the main theme 00:08:19.560 --> 00:08:21.860 and the main value of our society. 00:08:22.020 --> 00:08:25.740 We measure progress according to increasing freedoms. 00:08:25.900 --> 00:08:27.800 Freedom is the highest good. 00:08:28.900 --> 00:08:33.800 Becoming free is the most heroic story we can think to tell ourselves, right? 00:08:33.799 --> 00:08:40.679 Giving people freedom, we think that's kind of the main role of all of our institutions. 00:08:41.959 --> 00:08:45.219 And one of the challenges is that in much of our society, 00:08:45.759 --> 00:08:49.159 Christianity is increasingly seen as the arch enemy of freedom. 00:08:50.559 --> 00:08:51.620 You guys realize that? 00:08:52.559 --> 00:08:59.620 So what's interesting to me is that the Apostle Paul says that if your identity is in Jesus Christ, 00:08:59.620 --> 00:09:03.940 if you've been united to him in his life, death, and resurrection, 00:09:04.799 --> 00:09:08.139 you can experience a radical freedom. 00:09:10.419 --> 00:09:12.120 You've been made free, he says. 00:09:12.159 --> 00:09:13.220 You've been set at liberty. 00:09:13.340 --> 00:09:16.000 And the question is, well, freedom from what? 00:09:16.379 --> 00:09:17.220 Freedom from what? 00:09:18.019 --> 00:09:23.360 Again, he says, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 00:09:23.360 --> 00:09:28.919 And really, Paul's been talking about that since Romans 1, verse 18, 00:09:29.100 --> 00:09:32.019 where he says the wrath of God, the condemnation of God, 00:09:32.220 --> 00:09:37.720 is being revealed from heaven against all of our ungodliness and our unrighteousness. 00:09:38.240 --> 00:09:41.720 The people like us who suppress the truth about God. 00:09:42.860 --> 00:09:44.960 The condemnation of God is upon us. 00:09:45.940 --> 00:09:48.779 And he goes to chapter 1, chapter 2, chapter 3, 00:09:48.779 --> 00:09:51.959 and he says all of us are under the power of sin and death, 00:09:52.039 --> 00:09:54.699 the law of sin and death. 00:09:55.339 --> 00:10:05.159 And that all of us have within us this dark, cancerous, malignant, metastasizing mass 00:10:05.159 --> 00:10:08.519 that's our fallen human nature, 00:10:08.899 --> 00:10:13.699 what Paul here calls the flesh that we inherited in Adam. 00:10:13.700 --> 00:10:21.700 And because of that, we're all Republican, Democrat, Jew, Gentile, Eastern, Western. 00:10:21.780 --> 00:10:25.340 We're all under the judgment and condemnation of God. 00:10:26.680 --> 00:10:29.500 And Paul has already said this back in Romans 5. 00:10:29.560 --> 00:10:30.420 I'll just repeat it. 00:10:30.460 --> 00:10:31.660 He says in Romans 5, 16, 00:10:31.740 --> 00:10:34.879 The judgment followed one sin of Adam and brought what? 00:10:35.640 --> 00:10:36.120 Condemnation. 00:10:37.160 --> 00:10:40.280 But the gift of God's grace in Christ followed many trespasses 00:10:40.280 --> 00:10:41.060 and brought what? 00:10:41.700 --> 00:10:42.180 Justification. 00:10:42.179 --> 00:10:43.839 He goes on. 00:10:43.919 --> 00:10:44.120 He says, 00:10:44.379 --> 00:10:48.779 Just as one trespass of Adam resulted in condemnation for all people, 00:10:48.899 --> 00:10:56.539 so also one righteous act of Christ resulted in justification and life for all people. 00:10:57.739 --> 00:10:59.579 Paul's contrasting. 00:10:59.659 --> 00:11:05.859 He's juxtaposing condemnation in Adam and justification in Christ. 00:11:05.860 --> 00:11:12.560 And his point is that all of us who are in Adam are spiritually and morally not free. 00:11:14.000 --> 00:11:15.279 We're not free. 00:11:16.220 --> 00:11:17.899 We're slaves of sin. 00:11:18.220 --> 00:11:20.399 We're in bondage to death. 00:11:21.340 --> 00:11:22.300 We are owned. 00:11:22.519 --> 00:11:23.560 We're dominated. 00:11:23.740 --> 00:11:28.960 We're tyrannized by this condemnation that we brought upon ourselves. 00:11:28.960 --> 00:11:31.340 But here's the thing. 00:11:31.639 --> 00:11:32.840 Here's the gospel. 00:11:33.000 --> 00:11:33.900 Here's the good news. 00:11:34.740 --> 00:11:38.280 Is that God himself has done something about that. 00:11:39.120 --> 00:11:42.920 God himself has come in the person of Jesus Christ, it says here, 00:11:42.919 --> 00:11:46.879 to make us free and to set us at liberty. 00:11:47.759 --> 00:11:52.399 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, 00:11:52.399 --> 00:12:01.279 because through Christ Jesus, the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. 00:12:01.279 --> 00:12:05.000 I want you to look at that little word, N-O. 00:12:05.419 --> 00:12:05.759 No. 00:12:06.679 --> 00:12:08.959 It's just a little tiny word. 00:12:09.079 --> 00:12:10.699 It's just two letters. 00:12:11.319 --> 00:12:13.299 And it's not, you know, really imposing. 00:12:13.779 --> 00:12:15.639 But do you realize what it means? 00:12:15.740 --> 00:12:18.559 Do you realize the power of that little word? 00:12:18.740 --> 00:12:26.959 Christians are people who've been taken entirely outside of the realm of condemnation in Adam. 00:12:26.959 --> 00:12:30.259 And we have nothing more to do with condemnation. 00:12:31.279 --> 00:12:34.199 Y'all forgot to say amen while I was gone. 00:12:34.579 --> 00:12:34.720 Okay. 00:12:35.500 --> 00:12:35.759 Woo. 00:12:36.100 --> 00:12:36.600 All right. 00:12:39.220 --> 00:12:45.459 There is no condemnation now, and there never can be for you anymore. 00:12:46.579 --> 00:12:51.000 Now, I did not begin my Christian life knowing that. 00:12:51.579 --> 00:12:55.600 When I was, you know, elementary school, middle school, high school, 00:12:55.600 --> 00:12:59.620 I didn't know the truth of Romans 8, 1. 00:12:59.620 --> 00:13:06.139 And that was a problem for me because I would be afraid that when I would sin, 00:13:07.100 --> 00:13:09.759 when I would fail to love God with all my heart, 00:13:09.820 --> 00:13:14.539 when I would fail to love, you know, my family and my neighbors as myself, 00:13:14.580 --> 00:13:16.080 which was happening all the time, 00:13:16.360 --> 00:13:21.320 when that was happening, I was afraid that I would come back again under condemnation. 00:13:21.320 --> 00:13:27.440 And I felt like I was constantly passing from one state to the other, back and forth, 00:13:27.580 --> 00:13:30.720 condemned, not condemned, condemned, not condemned. 00:13:30.920 --> 00:13:35.440 And I felt like, man, I need to become a Christian all over again, 00:13:35.960 --> 00:13:37.480 just like I became a Christian yesterday. 00:13:37.540 --> 00:13:41.460 I need to become a Christian again today so that I cannot be under condemnation. 00:13:41.460 --> 00:13:46.600 And the problem was, if any of you experienced that, I did not understand my position. 00:13:47.420 --> 00:13:52.100 I didn't understand my status and my standing in Jesus Christ. 00:13:52.340 --> 00:13:55.940 That little word, N-O, means never. 00:13:57.820 --> 00:14:03.100 It doesn't say for this moment and temporarily and for the time being, 00:14:03.240 --> 00:14:04.500 you're under no condemnation. 00:14:04.500 --> 00:14:08.679 It means that you're never going to experience condemnation. 00:14:08.940 --> 00:14:11.740 Condemnation for you, if you're in Christ, is finished. 00:14:12.000 --> 00:14:13.659 It's not going to happen. 00:14:15.080 --> 00:14:17.700 No condemnation is the same thing as saying justification. 00:14:18.000 --> 00:14:20.559 Justification equals no condemnation. 00:14:20.659 --> 00:14:22.539 And Paul's already said this in Romans 5.1. 00:14:22.600 --> 00:14:25.779 He says, therefore, since we have been justified by faith, 00:14:25.860 --> 00:14:29.399 we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 00:14:29.460 --> 00:14:30.259 We have peace. 00:14:30.399 --> 00:14:31.200 We've been justified. 00:14:31.720 --> 00:14:33.639 There's no condemnation. 00:14:34.500 --> 00:14:40.159 So if you're a Christian, that means that your past, present, and future sins 00:14:40.159 --> 00:14:43.019 have already been dealt with once and forever. 00:14:43.759 --> 00:14:44.820 Do you know that? 00:14:45.639 --> 00:14:48.879 It's not just that your past sins have been dealt with, 00:14:49.659 --> 00:14:54.539 but that your future and your present sins might disqualify you. 00:14:54.639 --> 00:15:02.399 It's that any sin you've ever committed or will ever commit has already been dealt with. 00:15:02.399 --> 00:15:06.100 So that you can never come under condemnation again. 00:15:06.220 --> 00:15:07.459 You've been set free. 00:15:07.579 --> 00:15:11.100 You've been set at liberty once and for all. 00:15:11.319 --> 00:15:16.179 Now, if that's true, and I believe it's true, but if it's true, how is it true? 00:15:17.139 --> 00:15:18.860 How are we not condemned? 00:15:19.039 --> 00:15:20.980 How are we set free? 00:15:20.980 --> 00:15:28.600 Well, the answer to that question is not because of what we are or what is in us or what we have done. 00:15:28.659 --> 00:15:31.360 It's all about what God did for us. 00:15:32.000 --> 00:15:36.139 It's all about God's acts of grace toward us and on our behalf. 00:15:36.139 --> 00:15:42.600 If it depended on us, if it depended on my character and my efforts and my actions, 00:15:42.840 --> 00:15:44.980 I could have no confidence. 00:15:45.100 --> 00:15:48.419 I could have no assurance about my salvation whatsoever. 00:15:49.399 --> 00:15:50.500 But here's what he says. 00:15:50.559 --> 00:15:55.279 There's now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, 00:15:55.379 --> 00:15:59.659 because through Christ Jesus, the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free 00:15:59.659 --> 00:16:03.899 from the law of sin and death for what the law was powerless to do 00:16:03.899 --> 00:16:07.500 because it was weakened by our sinful flesh. 00:16:08.360 --> 00:16:09.000 God did. 00:16:10.019 --> 00:16:16.399 God did by sending his own son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. 00:16:17.339 --> 00:16:19.559 And so he condemned sin in the flesh. 00:16:19.639 --> 00:16:27.519 What we could not do for ourselves in our flesh, God did for us through Jesus Christ. 00:16:27.519 --> 00:16:29.759 And what exactly did God do? 00:16:29.840 --> 00:16:33.679 Well, he says, God the Father sent his son in the likeness of sinful flesh. 00:16:34.899 --> 00:16:39.059 The eternal son of God became like us as a real human being, 00:16:39.759 --> 00:16:43.980 and yet he was unlike us because he only had the likeness of sinful flesh. 00:16:44.039 --> 00:16:48.199 He was yet utterly sinless and without a sinful nature. 00:16:49.019 --> 00:16:52.079 He didn't come into the world in Adam. 00:16:53.379 --> 00:16:54.559 He's the new Adam. 00:16:54.559 --> 00:16:58.500 He's a new human being who's come to start a whole new race of human beings. 00:16:59.539 --> 00:17:03.899 And why did God the Father send his perfect and undefiled and sinless son? 00:17:04.339 --> 00:17:06.259 He says, to be a sin offering. 00:17:07.240 --> 00:17:09.799 To take our sins upon himself. 00:17:10.839 --> 00:17:15.299 The cross of Jesus Christ, the death of Jesus Christ, 00:17:15.799 --> 00:17:18.359 that is the definitive time and place 00:17:18.359 --> 00:17:23.099 when and where God condemned our sins. 00:17:23.099 --> 00:17:28.039 The judgment of God, the wrath of God, 00:17:28.159 --> 00:17:31.019 the condemnation of God for our sins was poured out, 00:17:31.099 --> 00:17:35.219 not upon us, but upon Christ crucified in our place 00:17:35.219 --> 00:17:37.259 and as our substitute. 00:17:37.519 --> 00:17:38.599 And that is the heart. 00:17:38.740 --> 00:17:40.719 That's the center. 00:17:40.899 --> 00:17:43.019 It's the glory of the gospel. 00:17:43.019 --> 00:17:46.660 Because God did this. 00:17:47.779 --> 00:17:50.960 And because God has placed you in Jesus Christ, 00:17:51.079 --> 00:17:54.400 that is why, therefore, there is now no condemnation 00:17:54.400 --> 00:17:55.980 and there never will be. 00:17:56.059 --> 00:17:56.759 It's impossible. 00:17:57.660 --> 00:18:01.859 You are utterly, completely, eternally free. 00:18:01.859 --> 00:18:05.439 Now, if you're exploring Christianity, 00:18:06.219 --> 00:18:10.199 I want to say that this is a radical freedom 00:18:10.199 --> 00:18:12.879 that you're not going to find anywhere else. 00:18:14.079 --> 00:18:16.740 No other religion, no other philosophy, 00:18:16.939 --> 00:18:21.959 no other system of life offers you this kind of freedom and liberation. 00:18:21.960 --> 00:18:25.819 And what Romans is telling us is that it can be yours 00:18:25.819 --> 00:18:30.000 simply by trusting in Christ as a sin offering in your place. 00:18:31.140 --> 00:18:32.900 Romans 10, 9 says this, 00:18:33.059 --> 00:18:36.680 If you declare with your mouth that Jesus is Lord 00:18:36.680 --> 00:18:40.940 and you believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, 00:18:41.180 --> 00:18:42.920 you too will be saved. 00:18:42.920 --> 00:18:46.019 Now, if you're a Christian, 00:18:46.800 --> 00:18:52.440 I want to say to you that we must never allow the dark powers 00:18:52.440 --> 00:18:55.039 that are arrayed against us, 00:18:55.060 --> 00:18:58.279 we must never allow those dark powers to condemn us 00:18:58.279 --> 00:19:02.140 because our condemnation has already happened in the past, 00:19:02.200 --> 00:19:03.220 it's already been dealt with. 00:19:03.279 --> 00:19:07.220 So when you're feeling tempted by this voice 00:19:07.220 --> 00:19:10.620 that often can come and condemn you, 00:19:10.619 --> 00:19:14.119 you need to quote Romans 8, 1 back and just say, 00:19:14.219 --> 00:19:16.059 Well, hey, you know, there's no condemnation 00:19:16.059 --> 00:19:17.399 for those who are in Christ Jesus, 00:19:17.519 --> 00:19:18.559 and that includes me. 00:19:20.039 --> 00:19:21.299 And what's more than that, 00:19:21.359 --> 00:19:22.079 if you're a Christian, 00:19:23.259 --> 00:19:25.699 we need not be looking somewhere else 00:19:25.699 --> 00:19:28.659 or to someone else or to something else 00:19:28.659 --> 00:19:29.679 to find our freedom. 00:19:31.579 --> 00:19:33.839 We don't need to be looking to the modern 00:19:33.839 --> 00:19:35.359 and the postmodern philosophers, 00:19:36.279 --> 00:19:38.399 and we don't need to be looking to the gurus 00:19:38.400 --> 00:19:40.440 who are popularizing their ideas 00:19:40.440 --> 00:19:42.220 and their books and broadcasts 00:19:42.220 --> 00:19:44.519 to teach me new concepts 00:19:44.519 --> 00:19:47.759 and new constructs of freedom and liberation 00:19:47.759 --> 00:19:51.300 to tell me who I am and what I am 00:19:51.300 --> 00:19:52.740 because I'm not looking for that 00:19:52.740 --> 00:19:54.000 because I already know that. 00:19:54.940 --> 00:19:56.980 I already have that. 00:19:57.100 --> 00:19:59.440 I know who I am and what I am. 00:20:00.640 --> 00:20:02.580 Those systems of thought 00:20:02.580 --> 00:20:05.940 that are permeating the air that we breathe, 00:20:05.940 --> 00:20:09.180 they come nowhere close to giving you 00:20:09.180 --> 00:20:11.759 what we're given here. 00:20:13.740 --> 00:20:15.600 I already have freedom in Christ. 00:20:15.740 --> 00:20:16.980 I've been set at liberty 00:20:16.980 --> 00:20:19.259 by the Spirit of God. 00:20:20.279 --> 00:20:22.759 And it doesn't get any better than that. 00:20:23.640 --> 00:20:25.580 You can't improve upon that. 00:20:26.460 --> 00:20:27.620 We, as the church, 00:20:27.720 --> 00:20:30.160 simply need to meditate upon that 00:20:30.160 --> 00:20:32.059 and believe that 00:20:32.059 --> 00:20:34.660 and apply that to our lives. 00:20:34.660 --> 00:20:38.120 So, in Jesus Christ, 00:20:38.540 --> 00:20:40.740 you can have a new freedom. 00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:41.920 Alright? 00:20:42.920 --> 00:20:44.620 But not only can you have a new freedom, 00:20:44.860 --> 00:20:45.860 but in Jesus Christ, 00:20:45.960 --> 00:20:48.160 you can also have a new power. 00:20:49.060 --> 00:20:50.019 You can have a new power. 00:20:51.100 --> 00:20:53.060 Now, in order to say a word on power, 00:20:53.160 --> 00:20:55.120 I've got to say one more thing about freedom. 00:20:56.519 --> 00:20:57.560 Modern freedom 00:20:57.560 --> 00:21:00.240 is the freedom of self-assertion. 00:21:00.240 --> 00:21:02.019 I am free 00:21:02.019 --> 00:21:03.680 if I have the ability to do 00:21:03.680 --> 00:21:04.620 whatever I want. 00:21:04.720 --> 00:21:06.259 And so, we define freedom 00:21:06.259 --> 00:21:07.960 as the absence of constraints. 00:21:09.039 --> 00:21:11.019 And the irony of freedom 00:21:11.019 --> 00:21:12.460 as the absence of constraints 00:21:12.460 --> 00:21:13.299 is that it often, 00:21:13.500 --> 00:21:14.740 very often leads to the loss 00:21:14.740 --> 00:21:15.700 of our freedoms, right? 00:21:15.740 --> 00:21:17.680 So, if I eat ice cream 00:21:17.680 --> 00:21:18.779 all day, every day 00:21:18.779 --> 00:21:20.440 for the next several weeks, 00:21:20.620 --> 00:21:21.579 eventually I'm going to lose 00:21:21.579 --> 00:21:23.380 my freedom to be healthy. 00:21:23.380 --> 00:21:27.040 So, real freedom... 00:21:27.040 --> 00:21:28.140 Do you guys believe that? 00:21:28.680 --> 00:21:28.900 Okay. 00:21:31.040 --> 00:21:32.320 That seems self-evident, 00:21:32.460 --> 00:21:33.260 but just need to... 00:21:33.260 --> 00:21:33.420 Okay. 00:21:33.920 --> 00:21:35.040 So, real freedom 00:21:35.040 --> 00:21:38.320 comes with the strategic loss 00:21:38.320 --> 00:21:39.420 of some of my freedoms 00:21:39.420 --> 00:21:41.220 in order to gain other freedoms. 00:21:43.280 --> 00:21:44.520 Freedom is all about 00:21:44.520 --> 00:21:46.340 finding the right constraints 00:21:46.340 --> 00:21:48.040 and the right freedoms 00:21:48.040 --> 00:21:49.280 that I need to lose 00:21:49.280 --> 00:21:50.640 in order to have greater freedoms. 00:21:50.640 --> 00:21:53.460 So, philosophers talk about 00:21:53.460 --> 00:21:54.520 negative liberty 00:21:54.520 --> 00:21:56.360 as freedom from. 00:21:57.060 --> 00:21:58.300 That's where we refuse 00:21:58.300 --> 00:21:59.840 constraints on our choices. 00:21:59.980 --> 00:22:00.820 But they also talk about 00:22:00.820 --> 00:22:02.980 positive liberty 00:22:02.980 --> 00:22:04.259 as freedom for. 00:22:05.040 --> 00:22:06.200 Where we use our freedom 00:22:06.200 --> 00:22:07.620 to live in a certain way. 00:22:08.460 --> 00:22:09.220 Now, why am I getting 00:22:09.220 --> 00:22:09.900 all philosophical? 00:22:10.120 --> 00:22:11.860 Because the gospel 00:22:11.860 --> 00:22:12.920 is not just about 00:22:12.920 --> 00:22:14.540 freedom from. 00:22:15.140 --> 00:22:16.400 It's about freedom for. 00:22:17.420 --> 00:22:18.720 The gospel says, 00:22:18.860 --> 00:22:19.820 yes, you have freedom 00:22:19.819 --> 00:22:21.099 from condemnation, 00:22:21.200 --> 00:22:22.000 but you also have 00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:24.279 freedom for something else. 00:22:24.339 --> 00:22:26.439 And why did God condemn 00:22:26.439 --> 00:22:27.500 sin in Jesus Christ? 00:22:27.599 --> 00:22:28.700 Why did he set us free? 00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:29.839 He says in verse 4, 00:22:30.240 --> 00:22:32.119 in order that the righteous 00:22:32.119 --> 00:22:33.639 requirements of the law 00:22:33.639 --> 00:22:35.659 might be fully met in us 00:22:35.659 --> 00:22:36.439 who do not live 00:22:36.439 --> 00:22:37.319 according to the flesh, 00:22:37.339 --> 00:22:39.159 but according to the spirit. 00:22:40.319 --> 00:22:41.679 God does not only want 00:22:41.679 --> 00:22:42.619 to deliver us 00:22:42.619 --> 00:22:43.599 from condemnation 00:22:43.599 --> 00:22:44.559 and forgive us 00:22:44.559 --> 00:22:45.259 and set us free 00:22:45.259 --> 00:22:46.759 from guilt and judgment. 00:22:46.980 --> 00:22:47.960 Salvation is about 00:22:47.960 --> 00:22:48.480 those things, 00:22:48.579 --> 00:22:49.140 but salvation 00:22:49.140 --> 00:22:50.600 doesn't stop there. 00:22:51.240 --> 00:22:53.019 It goes way beyond that. 00:22:53.079 --> 00:22:53.900 God gives us something 00:22:53.900 --> 00:22:55.160 further than that. 00:22:56.579 --> 00:22:57.259 The thing is, 00:22:57.420 --> 00:22:59.299 I cannot stand 00:22:59.299 --> 00:23:00.420 in the presence of God 00:23:00.420 --> 00:23:02.140 without righteousness. 00:23:03.519 --> 00:23:04.180 And so, 00:23:04.340 --> 00:23:05.519 God imputes 00:23:05.519 --> 00:23:06.380 the righteousness 00:23:06.380 --> 00:23:07.480 of Jesus Christ 00:23:07.480 --> 00:23:08.000 to me. 00:23:08.079 --> 00:23:09.039 He clothes me 00:23:09.039 --> 00:23:09.759 in the righteousness 00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:10.440 of Christ. 00:23:11.279 --> 00:23:12.160 So that all 00:23:12.160 --> 00:23:13.100 the righteous deeds, 00:23:13.259 --> 00:23:14.259 all the righteous actions 00:23:14.259 --> 00:23:14.779 of Jesus 00:23:14.779 --> 00:23:16.480 are applied to me 00:23:16.480 --> 00:23:17.920 as if I did them. 00:23:19.319 --> 00:23:19.700 But, 00:23:20.180 --> 00:23:20.940 verse 4 is saying 00:23:20.940 --> 00:23:22.500 something even beyond that. 00:23:23.400 --> 00:23:24.059 Verse 4 says, 00:23:24.259 --> 00:23:24.920 not only does God 00:23:24.920 --> 00:23:26.220 impute the righteousness 00:23:26.220 --> 00:23:27.900 of Jesus on me 00:23:27.900 --> 00:23:29.160 and put it on me 00:23:29.160 --> 00:23:30.140 from the top down 00:23:30.140 --> 00:23:30.579 as it were, 00:23:30.660 --> 00:23:31.259 but also, 00:23:31.799 --> 00:23:33.180 God imparts 00:23:33.180 --> 00:23:33.740 the righteousness 00:23:33.740 --> 00:23:34.700 of Jesus to me 00:23:34.700 --> 00:23:35.799 and grows it up 00:23:35.799 --> 00:23:36.539 within me 00:23:36.539 --> 00:23:37.700 from the bottom up. 00:23:40.440 --> 00:23:41.259 In order that 00:23:41.259 --> 00:23:42.460 the righteous requirements 00:23:42.460 --> 00:23:43.980 of God's law 00:23:43.980 --> 00:23:45.220 might be fully met 00:23:45.220 --> 00:23:45.680 in us 00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:46.500 who do not live 00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:47.299 according to the flesh 00:23:47.299 --> 00:23:48.220 but according to 00:23:48.220 --> 00:23:49.299 the spirit. 00:23:49.500 --> 00:23:50.860 God wants us 00:23:50.860 --> 00:23:51.960 to increasingly, 00:23:52.600 --> 00:23:53.059 progressively 00:23:53.059 --> 00:23:54.100 exercise 00:23:54.100 --> 00:23:55.160 our new 00:23:55.160 --> 00:23:55.900 freedom 00:23:55.900 --> 00:23:57.380 from condemnation 00:23:57.380 --> 00:23:58.180 as a freedom 00:23:58.180 --> 00:23:59.620 for righteousness. 00:24:05.100 --> 00:24:06.360 What in the world 00:24:06.360 --> 00:24:06.880 does that mean? 00:24:07.600 --> 00:24:08.380 What are the righteous 00:24:08.380 --> 00:24:08.960 requirements 00:24:08.960 --> 00:24:10.240 of God's law? 00:24:11.420 --> 00:24:11.740 Well, 00:24:11.740 --> 00:24:12.359 in the Gospel 00:24:12.359 --> 00:24:12.839 of Matthew 00:24:12.839 --> 00:24:13.559 somebody comes 00:24:13.559 --> 00:24:14.019 to Jesus 00:24:14.019 --> 00:24:14.480 and they say, 00:24:14.799 --> 00:24:14.839 teacher, 00:24:15.779 --> 00:24:16.680 which is the greatest 00:24:16.680 --> 00:24:17.339 commandment 00:24:17.339 --> 00:24:18.220 in the law of God 00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:19.559 and what does Jesus say? 00:24:19.620 --> 00:24:20.220 How does he respond? 00:24:20.319 --> 00:24:20.700 He says, 00:24:21.380 --> 00:24:22.480 love the Lord your God 00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:24.000 with all your heart 00:24:24.000 --> 00:24:25.019 and all your soul 00:24:25.019 --> 00:24:25.799 and all your mind. 00:24:25.839 --> 00:24:26.779 That is the first 00:24:26.779 --> 00:24:27.559 and the greatest 00:24:27.559 --> 00:24:28.599 requirement 00:24:28.599 --> 00:24:30.420 of the law of God. 00:24:31.079 --> 00:24:31.380 And he says 00:24:31.380 --> 00:24:32.000 the second one 00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:33.240 is pretty close to it 00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:33.559 which is 00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:34.559 love your neighbor 00:24:34.559 --> 00:24:35.700 as yourself. 00:24:36.759 --> 00:24:37.640 And then in the Gospel 00:24:37.640 --> 00:24:38.200 of John 00:24:38.200 --> 00:24:39.620 as Jesus has just finished 00:24:39.620 --> 00:24:41.160 washing his disciples' feet 00:24:41.160 --> 00:24:41.860 and he's going 00:24:41.860 --> 00:24:42.519 the next day 00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:43.880 to die on the cross. 00:24:44.759 --> 00:24:45.680 He says to them, 00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:46.420 a new command 00:24:46.420 --> 00:24:47.000 I give you, 00:24:47.140 --> 00:24:47.820 love one another. 00:24:48.920 --> 00:24:50.300 In this disciple community, 00:24:50.420 --> 00:24:52.300 in this family of God 00:24:52.300 --> 00:24:53.200 with these brothers 00:24:53.200 --> 00:24:54.340 and sisters in the faith, 00:24:54.440 --> 00:24:55.259 I want you to love 00:24:55.259 --> 00:24:55.759 one another 00:24:55.759 --> 00:24:57.960 as I have loved you 00:24:57.960 --> 00:24:59.160 so you must love 00:24:59.160 --> 00:25:00.480 one another. 00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:03.700 Jesus did not 00:25:03.700 --> 00:25:05.019 purchase 00:25:05.019 --> 00:25:06.200 our freedom 00:25:06.200 --> 00:25:06.880 at the cost, 00:25:07.099 --> 00:25:08.140 the infinite cost 00:25:08.140 --> 00:25:09.099 of his precious blood 00:25:09.099 --> 00:25:09.779 so that you and I 00:25:09.779 --> 00:25:10.860 can do whatever we want. 00:25:12.120 --> 00:25:12.360 No, 00:25:12.400 --> 00:25:12.960 it's in order 00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:13.599 that the righteous 00:25:13.599 --> 00:25:14.579 requirements of the law 00:25:14.579 --> 00:25:16.500 might be fully met in us. 00:25:17.480 --> 00:25:18.220 Or as he says 00:25:18.220 --> 00:25:18.940 later on in 00:25:18.940 --> 00:25:20.180 Romans 8, 29, 00:25:20.380 --> 00:25:21.799 God chose us 00:25:21.799 --> 00:25:22.620 in order that he might 00:25:22.620 --> 00:25:23.460 conform us 00:25:23.460 --> 00:25:24.480 into the likeness 00:25:24.480 --> 00:25:25.180 of his son 00:25:25.180 --> 00:25:25.700 and we might say, 00:25:25.779 --> 00:25:26.559 well that's impossible. 00:25:26.559 --> 00:25:30.599 How is that going to happen? 00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:31.319 Where are we going to get 00:25:31.319 --> 00:25:32.359 the power to become 00:25:32.359 --> 00:25:34.879 righteous like Jesus Christ? 00:25:35.379 --> 00:25:36.179 And the answer is 00:25:36.179 --> 00:25:37.460 the Spirit of God, 00:25:37.539 --> 00:25:38.159 the power 00:25:38.159 --> 00:25:39.480 of the Holy Spirit. 00:25:40.419 --> 00:25:41.399 The Holy Spirit 00:25:41.399 --> 00:25:42.980 is mentioned 21 times 00:25:42.980 --> 00:25:43.819 in Romans 8 00:25:43.819 --> 00:25:45.700 which tells us something. 00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:46.399 It tells us that 00:25:46.399 --> 00:25:47.240 the Christian life 00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:47.799 is essentially 00:25:47.799 --> 00:25:49.179 life in the Spirit. 00:25:49.339 --> 00:25:50.179 Life animated, 00:25:50.779 --> 00:25:51.200 empowered, 00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:51.839 sustained, 00:25:52.179 --> 00:25:52.440 directed, 00:25:52.619 --> 00:25:53.079 and enriched 00:25:53.079 --> 00:25:54.639 by the Holy Spirit. 00:25:54.740 --> 00:25:55.779 Without the Holy Spirit, 00:25:55.779 --> 00:25:57.879 true Christian discipleship 00:25:57.879 --> 00:25:59.319 would be inconceivable 00:25:59.319 --> 00:26:01.079 and would be impossible. 00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:03.579 But what Paul is telling us 00:26:03.579 --> 00:26:04.180 is that now 00:26:04.180 --> 00:26:05.599 that we're in Christ, 00:26:06.460 --> 00:26:07.599 we've been filled 00:26:07.599 --> 00:26:08.279 and we are now 00:26:08.279 --> 00:26:09.119 indwelt with 00:26:09.119 --> 00:26:09.879 the power 00:26:09.879 --> 00:26:11.039 of the Holy Spirit. 00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:12.359 You should read 00:26:12.359 --> 00:26:13.299 verse 4 like this. 00:26:14.099 --> 00:26:14.619 In order that the 00:26:14.619 --> 00:26:15.480 righteous requirement 00:26:15.480 --> 00:26:15.920 of the law 00:26:15.920 --> 00:26:16.799 might be fully met 00:26:16.799 --> 00:26:17.720 in us who do not live 00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:18.799 according to the weakness 00:26:18.799 --> 00:26:19.579 of the flesh 00:26:19.579 --> 00:26:20.799 like we had in Adam 00:26:20.799 --> 00:26:21.680 but now according 00:26:21.680 --> 00:26:22.519 to the power 00:26:22.519 --> 00:26:23.119 of the Spirit 00:26:23.119 --> 00:26:23.799 that we have 00:26:23.799 --> 00:26:25.119 in Jesus Christ. 00:26:25.119 --> 00:26:25.799 It's a power 00:26:25.799 --> 00:26:27.199 that comes not 00:26:27.199 --> 00:26:28.619 from us. 00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:31.259 It's not a power 00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:32.299 that kind of bubbles up 00:26:32.299 --> 00:26:33.179 from within us. 00:26:33.299 --> 00:26:33.979 It's a power 00:26:33.979 --> 00:26:35.819 that's outside of us 00:26:35.819 --> 00:26:37.059 and above us. 00:26:37.259 --> 00:26:38.619 It's a power from God. 00:26:39.359 --> 00:26:40.359 A power that comes 00:26:40.359 --> 00:26:41.699 to dwell inside of us 00:26:41.699 --> 00:26:42.819 and make possible 00:26:42.819 --> 00:26:44.099 what before 00:26:44.099 --> 00:26:45.439 was impossible. 00:26:46.839 --> 00:26:47.939 The Holy Spirit 00:26:47.939 --> 00:26:48.719 here is described 00:26:48.719 --> 00:26:49.539 as a person 00:26:49.539 --> 00:26:51.179 with tremendous power. 00:26:52.479 --> 00:26:53.619 Look at verse 11. 00:26:53.619 --> 00:26:55.939 It says 00:26:55.939 --> 00:26:56.759 that the spirit 00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:57.319 of him 00:26:57.319 --> 00:26:58.339 who raised Jesus 00:26:58.339 --> 00:26:59.159 from the dead 00:26:59.159 --> 00:27:00.799 is living in you. 00:27:02.359 --> 00:27:03.539 That is an immense 00:27:03.539 --> 00:27:04.699 and an awesome power. 00:27:05.799 --> 00:27:06.479 Do you know 00:27:06.479 --> 00:27:07.239 any other power 00:27:07.239 --> 00:27:07.979 that can raise 00:27:07.979 --> 00:27:08.819 a dead person 00:27:08.819 --> 00:27:09.459 to life? 00:27:10.479 --> 00:27:10.659 Right? 00:27:10.759 --> 00:27:12.279 This new Oppenheimer film 00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:12.939 people are talking 00:27:12.939 --> 00:27:14.139 about the 00:27:14.139 --> 00:27:14.639 you know 00:27:14.639 --> 00:27:16.579 atomic power 00:27:16.579 --> 00:27:17.679 and nuclear power. 00:27:17.799 --> 00:27:18.339 Some of you 00:27:18.339 --> 00:27:19.199 have tried 00:27:19.199 --> 00:27:20.179 to describe to me 00:27:20.179 --> 00:27:20.799 the potential 00:27:20.799 --> 00:27:22.079 of fusion power 00:27:22.079 --> 00:27:22.500 and I'm still 00:27:22.500 --> 00:27:23.460 trying to understand 00:27:23.460 --> 00:27:24.159 what you're talking 00:27:24.159 --> 00:27:24.480 about. 00:27:26.099 --> 00:27:28.259 But the Holy Spirit 00:27:28.259 --> 00:27:28.819 has a power 00:27:28.819 --> 00:27:30.019 way beyond any of that. 00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:31.379 It's the power 00:27:31.379 --> 00:27:32.659 to raise Jesus Christ 00:27:32.659 --> 00:27:33.240 from the dead. 00:27:34.539 --> 00:27:35.339 And Paul is saying 00:27:35.339 --> 00:27:36.659 that if the Holy Spirit 00:27:36.659 --> 00:27:38.139 can do that great thing 00:27:38.139 --> 00:27:39.599 then surely 00:27:39.599 --> 00:27:40.699 he can do the lesser 00:27:40.699 --> 00:27:42.059 and the easier thing 00:27:42.059 --> 00:27:43.119 which is to give you 00:27:43.119 --> 00:27:43.679 and I 00:27:43.679 --> 00:27:45.279 power to fulfill 00:27:45.279 --> 00:27:46.480 the righteous requirement 00:27:46.480 --> 00:27:47.740 of God's law 00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:48.759 and be conformed 00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:49.199 to the image 00:27:49.199 --> 00:27:49.779 of Christ. 00:27:49.779 --> 00:27:49.859 Christ. 00:27:52.319 --> 00:27:53.319 In Jesus Christ 00:27:53.319 --> 00:27:54.200 you have a new freedom 00:27:54.200 --> 00:27:55.099 but you also have 00:27:55.099 --> 00:27:56.200 a new power. 00:27:56.299 --> 00:27:56.759 It's a freedom 00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:57.700 for 00:27:57.700 --> 00:27:59.519 and a new power 00:27:59.519 --> 00:28:00.759 to exercise 00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:01.639 your freedom for 00:28:01.639 --> 00:28:02.980 but beyond that 00:28:02.980 --> 00:28:04.440 you not only have 00:28:04.440 --> 00:28:05.039 a new freedom 00:28:05.039 --> 00:28:05.680 and a new power 00:28:05.680 --> 00:28:06.200 but you have 00:28:06.200 --> 00:28:07.339 a new life. 00:28:08.160 --> 00:28:08.759 And I'll end 00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:09.299 with this. 00:28:10.759 --> 00:28:11.879 When you become 00:28:11.879 --> 00:28:12.379 a Christian 00:28:12.379 --> 00:28:13.500 a radical 00:28:13.500 --> 00:28:14.839 complete change 00:28:14.839 --> 00:28:15.700 happens to you. 00:28:16.920 --> 00:28:18.059 God moves you 00:28:18.059 --> 00:28:19.139 from one realm 00:28:19.139 --> 00:28:19.819 one order 00:28:19.819 --> 00:28:20.539 one kingdom 00:28:20.539 --> 00:28:21.839 into another. 00:28:22.919 --> 00:28:23.480 Paul is saying 00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:24.659 that in Adam 00:28:24.659 --> 00:28:25.359 we were under 00:28:25.359 --> 00:28:26.539 the reign 00:28:26.539 --> 00:28:27.179 of this death 00:28:27.179 --> 00:28:28.179 dealing flesh 00:28:28.179 --> 00:28:28.799 but in 00:28:28.799 --> 00:28:30.079 Jesus Christ 00:28:30.079 --> 00:28:31.099 God has moved us 00:28:31.099 --> 00:28:32.119 into Jesus Christ 00:28:32.119 --> 00:28:32.859 and now we're under 00:28:32.859 --> 00:28:33.200 the reign 00:28:33.200 --> 00:28:34.179 of this life giving 00:28:34.179 --> 00:28:34.980 spirit. 00:28:35.099 --> 00:28:35.599 We heard that 00:28:35.599 --> 00:28:36.039 in verse 2 00:28:36.039 --> 00:28:36.639 the spirit 00:28:36.639 --> 00:28:37.139 is the one 00:28:37.139 --> 00:28:38.079 who gives life 00:28:38.079 --> 00:28:40.039 and in verse 6 00:28:40.039 --> 00:28:40.819 the Holy Spirit 00:28:40.819 --> 00:28:41.220 is the one 00:28:41.220 --> 00:28:41.859 who gives life 00:28:41.859 --> 00:28:42.519 and peace. 00:28:43.359 --> 00:28:44.099 Verse 10 00:28:44.099 --> 00:28:44.639 the spirit 00:28:44.639 --> 00:28:45.460 gives life. 00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:45.980 Verse 11 00:28:45.980 --> 00:28:46.759 the Holy Spirit 00:28:46.759 --> 00:28:47.500 will give life 00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:49.180 to your mortal bodies. 00:28:49.299 --> 00:28:50.019 The Holy Spirit 00:28:50.019 --> 00:28:50.740 is the giver 00:28:50.740 --> 00:28:51.660 of life 00:28:51.660 --> 00:28:52.200 and the life 00:28:52.200 --> 00:28:53.299 giving spirit 00:28:53.299 --> 00:28:54.400 and to be a Christian 00:28:54.400 --> 00:28:56.240 is to be removed 00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:57.140 from the realm 00:28:57.140 --> 00:28:58.620 of the flesh 00:28:58.620 --> 00:28:59.140 and of death 00:28:59.140 --> 00:29:00.480 and to be quickened 00:29:00.480 --> 00:29:02.360 to be regenerated 00:29:02.360 --> 00:29:03.380 to be animated 00:29:03.380 --> 00:29:04.660 by the life 00:29:04.660 --> 00:29:05.240 of the spirit 00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:05.700 of God. 00:29:06.660 --> 00:29:07.779 A dead person 00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:08.440 cannot give 00:29:08.440 --> 00:29:09.420 themselves life. 00:29:10.180 --> 00:29:11.079 God must come 00:29:11.079 --> 00:29:12.079 and put his life 00:29:12.079 --> 00:29:13.140 into us 00:29:13.140 --> 00:29:13.759 so that we can be 00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:15.079 alive in Jesus Christ 00:29:15.079 --> 00:29:17.179 by the Holy Spirit. 00:29:18.299 --> 00:29:19.039 But the question 00:29:19.039 --> 00:29:19.899 is how do we 00:29:19.899 --> 00:29:21.039 continue? 00:29:21.460 --> 00:29:22.699 How does the Holy Spirit 00:29:22.699 --> 00:29:23.779 continue to work 00:29:23.779 --> 00:29:24.099 in us 00:29:24.099 --> 00:29:24.839 after he 00:29:24.839 --> 00:29:26.179 gives us life? 00:29:27.460 --> 00:29:28.179 Well that's where 00:29:28.179 --> 00:29:29.220 verse 5 comes in. 00:29:30.399 --> 00:29:31.240 Those who live 00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:32.199 according to the sinful 00:29:32.199 --> 00:29:32.539 nature 00:29:32.539 --> 00:29:33.199 have their minds 00:29:33.199 --> 00:29:33.639 set 00:29:33.639 --> 00:29:35.059 on what that nature 00:29:35.059 --> 00:29:35.460 desires 00:29:35.460 --> 00:29:36.220 but those who live 00:29:36.220 --> 00:29:36.659 in accordance 00:29:36.659 --> 00:29:37.279 with the spirit 00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:37.939 have their minds 00:29:37.939 --> 00:29:38.699 set on what 00:29:38.699 --> 00:29:39.339 the spirit 00:29:39.339 --> 00:29:40.299 desires. 00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:42.399 Now I know 00:29:42.399 --> 00:29:42.839 it's hot. 00:29:43.379 --> 00:29:43.819 I'm hotter 00:29:43.819 --> 00:29:44.399 than all of you. 00:29:45.079 --> 00:29:46.879 But stay with me 00:29:46.879 --> 00:29:47.379 for a second. 00:29:48.259 --> 00:29:49.299 To set your mind 00:29:49.299 --> 00:29:50.519 is to make 00:29:50.519 --> 00:29:51.099 a thing 00:29:51.099 --> 00:29:51.740 the absorbing 00:29:51.740 --> 00:29:52.720 object of your 00:29:52.720 --> 00:29:53.980 thought and interest 00:29:53.980 --> 00:29:54.639 and affection 00:29:54.639 --> 00:29:55.480 and purpose. 00:29:56.379 --> 00:29:57.319 The question here 00:29:57.319 --> 00:29:57.980 about setting 00:29:57.980 --> 00:29:58.579 our minds 00:29:58.579 --> 00:29:59.500 is what is it 00:29:59.500 --> 00:30:00.720 that preoccupies us? 00:30:00.859 --> 00:30:01.939 What ambitions 00:30:01.939 --> 00:30:02.879 drive us? 00:30:02.980 --> 00:30:03.879 What concerns 00:30:03.879 --> 00:30:05.379 engross us? 00:30:06.460 --> 00:30:07.039 How do we 00:30:07.039 --> 00:30:07.939 spend our time 00:30:07.939 --> 00:30:08.639 and our energies? 00:30:08.799 --> 00:30:09.199 What do we 00:30:09.199 --> 00:30:10.639 concentrate on? 00:30:10.699 --> 00:30:11.000 What do we 00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:11.659 give ourselves 00:30:11.659 --> 00:30:12.679 up to? 00:30:13.460 --> 00:30:13.980 What are we 00:30:13.980 --> 00:30:14.940 seeking most 00:30:14.940 --> 00:30:15.539 of all? 00:30:15.620 --> 00:30:15.880 What do we 00:30:15.880 --> 00:30:16.480 want to please? 00:30:16.600 --> 00:30:17.299 What gives us 00:30:17.299 --> 00:30:18.100 satisfaction? 00:30:18.360 --> 00:30:18.980 All those 00:30:18.980 --> 00:30:20.060 questions are 00:30:20.060 --> 00:30:20.620 bound up 00:30:20.620 --> 00:30:21.180 in this idea 00:30:21.180 --> 00:30:21.940 of setting 00:30:21.940 --> 00:30:22.660 our mind 00:30:22.660 --> 00:30:23.299 on something. 00:30:24.500 --> 00:30:25.000 And Paul 00:30:25.000 --> 00:30:25.460 tells us 00:30:25.460 --> 00:30:26.120 that the Christian 00:30:26.120 --> 00:30:26.820 is the person 00:30:26.820 --> 00:30:27.380 who sets 00:30:27.380 --> 00:30:28.100 their mind 00:30:28.100 --> 00:30:29.000 on what the 00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:29.560 life-giving 00:30:29.560 --> 00:30:30.180 spirit 00:30:30.180 --> 00:30:31.000 desires. 00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:32.779 And what is that? 00:30:32.860 --> 00:30:33.340 What does the 00:30:33.340 --> 00:30:34.460 spirit desire? 00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:36.480 Well the spirit 00:30:36.480 --> 00:30:37.080 desires 00:30:37.079 --> 00:30:38.439 for every 00:30:38.439 --> 00:30:38.899 single one 00:30:38.899 --> 00:30:39.299 of us 00:30:39.299 --> 00:30:39.960 to know 00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:40.899 and to 00:30:40.899 --> 00:30:41.559 love God. 00:30:43.319 --> 00:30:43.899 Look at 00:30:43.899 --> 00:30:44.460 verse 7. 00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:46.679 He says 00:30:46.679 --> 00:30:47.299 the sinful 00:30:47.299 --> 00:30:48.220 mind, 00:30:48.319 --> 00:30:48.699 the mind 00:30:48.699 --> 00:30:49.179 governed by 00:30:49.179 --> 00:30:50.720 the flesh 00:30:50.720 --> 00:30:51.339 is hostile 00:30:51.339 --> 00:30:51.759 to God. 00:30:51.839 --> 00:30:52.299 It does not 00:30:52.299 --> 00:30:53.119 submit to 00:30:53.119 --> 00:30:54.139 God's law 00:30:54.139 --> 00:30:54.740 nor can it 00:30:54.740 --> 00:30:55.199 do so. 00:30:55.319 --> 00:30:55.980 Those controlled 00:30:55.980 --> 00:30:56.559 by the flesh 00:30:56.559 --> 00:30:57.480 cannot please 00:30:57.480 --> 00:30:58.319 God. 00:30:58.439 --> 00:30:59.000 You however 00:30:59.000 --> 00:30:59.619 are not 00:30:59.619 --> 00:31:00.299 controlled by 00:31:00.299 --> 00:31:01.259 the flesh 00:31:01.259 --> 00:31:02.539 but by the 00:31:02.539 --> 00:31:02.939 spirit 00:31:02.939 --> 00:31:03.519 if indeed 00:31:03.519 --> 00:31:04.000 the spirit 00:31:04.000 --> 00:31:04.519 of God 00:31:04.519 --> 00:31:05.639 lives in 00:31:05.640 --> 00:31:05.900 you. 00:31:06.940 --> 00:31:07.480 Paul is 00:31:07.480 --> 00:31:07.800 saying that 00:31:07.800 --> 00:31:08.320 if I'm 00:31:08.320 --> 00:31:08.840 alive with 00:31:08.840 --> 00:31:09.259 the life 00:31:09.259 --> 00:31:09.700 of God 00:31:09.700 --> 00:31:10.120 then the 00:31:10.120 --> 00:31:10.680 life-giving 00:31:10.680 --> 00:31:11.720 spirit of 00:31:11.720 --> 00:31:12.200 God is 00:31:12.200 --> 00:31:13.140 causing in 00:31:13.140 --> 00:31:13.540 me the 00:31:13.540 --> 00:31:14.060 opposite 00:31:14.060 --> 00:31:14.580 and the 00:31:14.580 --> 00:31:15.000 inverse 00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:15.840 of those 00:31:15.840 --> 00:31:16.440 fleshly 00:31:16.440 --> 00:31:16.880 attitudes 00:31:16.880 --> 00:31:17.460 and actions 00:31:17.460 --> 00:31:17.780 that I 00:31:17.780 --> 00:31:18.840 had before. 00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:19.200 And that 00:31:19.200 --> 00:31:19.680 means that 00:31:19.680 --> 00:31:20.280 no longer 00:31:20.280 --> 00:31:20.740 am I 00:31:20.740 --> 00:31:21.400 hostile to 00:31:21.400 --> 00:31:21.800 God 00:31:21.800 --> 00:31:22.700 but now 00:31:22.700 --> 00:31:23.080 by the 00:31:23.080 --> 00:31:23.340 spirit 00:31:23.340 --> 00:31:23.660 I'm 00:31:23.660 --> 00:31:24.020 hungry 00:31:24.020 --> 00:31:24.600 for God. 00:31:25.759 --> 00:31:26.640 No longer 00:31:26.640 --> 00:31:26.960 am I 00:31:26.960 --> 00:31:27.500 suppressing 00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:28.759 the truth 00:31:28.759 --> 00:31:29.320 about God 00:31:29.320 --> 00:31:29.820 but now 00:31:29.820 --> 00:31:30.460 I'm 00:31:30.460 --> 00:31:31.560 surrendering 00:31:31.560 --> 00:31:32.120 myself 00:31:32.120 --> 00:31:32.740 to God 00:31:32.740 --> 00:31:33.900 by the 00:31:33.900 --> 00:31:34.220 spirit. 00:31:34.220 --> 00:31:35.839 no longer 00:31:35.839 --> 00:31:36.120 am I 00:31:36.120 --> 00:31:36.640 resisting 00:31:36.640 --> 00:31:37.220 God's 00:31:37.220 --> 00:31:37.680 reality 00:31:37.680 --> 00:31:38.240 and God's 00:31:38.240 --> 00:31:38.720 law 00:31:38.720 --> 00:31:40.000 like I 00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:40.360 did when 00:31:40.360 --> 00:31:40.600 I was 00:31:40.600 --> 00:31:40.819 in the 00:31:40.819 --> 00:31:41.140 flesh 00:31:41.140 --> 00:31:41.740 but now 00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:42.259 I'm 00:31:42.259 --> 00:31:43.160 submitting 00:31:43.160 --> 00:31:43.720 myself 00:31:43.720 --> 00:31:44.120 to by 00:31:44.120 --> 00:31:44.480 the power 00:31:44.480 --> 00:31:44.720 of the 00:31:44.720 --> 00:31:44.960 spirit 00:31:44.960 --> 00:31:45.299 and the 00:31:45.299 --> 00:31:45.519 life 00:31:45.519 --> 00:31:45.740 of the 00:31:45.740 --> 00:31:45.900 spirit 00:31:45.900 --> 00:31:46.100 I'm 00:31:46.100 --> 00:31:46.480 submitting 00:31:46.480 --> 00:31:46.960 myself 00:31:46.960 --> 00:31:47.279 to the 00:31:47.279 --> 00:31:47.600 law 00:31:47.600 --> 00:31:48.500 of God. 00:31:49.579 --> 00:31:50.059 Before 00:31:50.059 --> 00:31:50.559 I could 00:31:50.559 --> 00:31:50.860 not 00:31:50.860 --> 00:31:51.640 please 00:31:51.640 --> 00:31:52.059 God 00:31:52.059 --> 00:31:52.500 but now 00:31:52.500 --> 00:31:52.960 the thing 00:31:52.960 --> 00:31:53.620 that drives 00:31:53.620 --> 00:31:53.960 me the 00:31:53.960 --> 00:31:54.360 most is 00:31:54.360 --> 00:31:54.620 that I 00:31:54.620 --> 00:31:54.880 want to 00:31:54.880 --> 00:31:55.140 bring 00:31:55.140 --> 00:31:55.839 pleasure 00:31:55.839 --> 00:31:56.120 and I 00:31:56.120 --> 00:31:56.319 want to 00:31:56.319 --> 00:31:56.500 bring 00:31:56.500 --> 00:31:56.980 glory 00:31:56.980 --> 00:31:57.660 to God 00:31:57.660 --> 00:31:57.900 in all 00:31:57.900 --> 00:31:58.160 that I'm 00:31:58.160 --> 00:31:58.500 thinking 00:31:58.500 --> 00:31:59.180 and saying 00:31:59.180 --> 00:32:00.360 and doing. 00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:00.740 That's 00:32:00.740 --> 00:32:01.059 what the 00:32:01.059 --> 00:32:01.559 life-giving 00:32:01.559 --> 00:32:02.240 spirit of 00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:02.519 God 00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:03.220 does in 00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:03.339 a 00:32:03.339 --> 00:32:03.680 Christian. 00:32:05.220 --> 00:32:05.519 And so 00:32:05.519 --> 00:32:05.759 what does 00:32:05.759 --> 00:32:06.200 that mean 00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:06.799 practically? 00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:07.220 How does 00:32:07.220 --> 00:32:08.059 that change 00:32:08.059 --> 00:32:09.559 how you're 00:32:09.559 --> 00:32:09.779 going to 00:32:09.779 --> 00:32:10.259 live this 00:32:10.259 --> 00:32:10.680 week and 00:32:10.680 --> 00:32:10.980 what does 00:32:10.980 --> 00:32:11.539 that matter 00:32:11.539 --> 00:32:12.039 on Monday 00:32:12.039 --> 00:32:12.420 morning? 00:32:13.700 --> 00:32:14.339 Well when 00:32:14.339 --> 00:32:14.759 you wake 00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:16.079 up tomorrow 00:32:16.079 --> 00:32:16.519 morning and 00:32:16.519 --> 00:32:16.720 when you 00:32:16.720 --> 00:32:17.059 wake up 00:32:17.059 --> 00:32:17.759 every morning 00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:18.259 this week 00:32:18.259 --> 00:32:19.579 the life-giving 00:32:19.579 --> 00:32:20.160 spirit of 00:32:20.160 --> 00:32:20.740 God is 00:32:20.740 --> 00:32:21.099 going to 00:32:21.099 --> 00:32:21.700 be there 00:32:21.700 --> 00:32:23.180 to meet 00:32:23.180 --> 00:32:24.559 you with 00:32:24.559 --> 00:32:25.379 his desire 00:32:25.379 --> 00:32:26.519 that you 00:32:26.519 --> 00:32:26.980 would set 00:32:26.980 --> 00:32:27.559 your mind 00:32:27.559 --> 00:32:27.859 on what 00:32:27.859 --> 00:32:28.660 he desires. 00:32:28.660 --> 00:32:30.880 the spirit 00:32:30.880 --> 00:32:31.080 is going 00:32:31.080 --> 00:32:31.240 to be 00:32:31.240 --> 00:32:31.640 right there 00:32:31.640 --> 00:32:32.000 right when 00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:32.740 you wake 00:32:32.740 --> 00:32:33.160 up the 00:32:33.160 --> 00:32:33.440 spirit is 00:32:33.440 --> 00:32:33.560 going to 00:32:33.560 --> 00:32:33.800 be going 00:32:33.800 --> 00:32:34.220 I want 00:32:34.220 --> 00:32:34.480 you to 00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:34.700 set 00:32:34.700 --> 00:32:35.420 your mind 00:32:35.420 --> 00:32:35.800 on what 00:32:35.800 --> 00:32:36.540 I desire. 00:32:37.759 --> 00:32:39.100 And I 00:32:39.100 --> 00:32:39.620 you know I've 00:32:39.620 --> 00:32:40.240 never met a 00:32:40.240 --> 00:32:41.040 healthy Christian 00:32:41.040 --> 00:32:41.740 or a mature 00:32:41.740 --> 00:32:42.400 Christian who 00:32:42.400 --> 00:32:43.080 did not give 00:32:43.080 --> 00:32:43.960 the very first 00:32:43.960 --> 00:32:44.460 thing that they 00:32:44.460 --> 00:32:44.900 did in their 00:32:44.900 --> 00:32:46.000 day to this 00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:46.800 setting of 00:32:46.800 --> 00:32:47.259 their mind 00:32:47.259 --> 00:32:47.740 upon what 00:32:47.740 --> 00:32:48.160 the spirit 00:32:48.160 --> 00:32:48.759 desires. 00:32:50.140 --> 00:32:50.759 And what 00:32:50.759 --> 00:32:50.980 does the 00:32:50.980 --> 00:32:51.460 Holy Spirit 00:32:51.460 --> 00:32:51.779 desire? 00:32:51.920 --> 00:32:52.660 The Holy Spirit 00:32:52.660 --> 00:32:53.560 desires that I 00:32:53.560 --> 00:32:54.320 would give my 00:32:54.320 --> 00:32:55.420 first time and 00:32:55.420 --> 00:32:56.220 my best time of 00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:57.340 the day to be 00:32:57.340 --> 00:32:57.920 with God. 00:32:59.620 --> 00:33:00.200 That's what 00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:00.800 Jesus did. 00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:01.980 It says that he 00:33:01.980 --> 00:33:03.000 very early in the 00:33:03.000 --> 00:33:04.420 morning while it 00:33:04.420 --> 00:33:05.180 was still dark 00:33:05.180 --> 00:33:07.180 he got up and 00:33:07.180 --> 00:33:08.220 he went off to a 00:33:08.220 --> 00:33:09.620 solitary place where 00:33:09.620 --> 00:33:10.420 he prayed and he 00:33:10.420 --> 00:33:12.240 set his mind on 00:33:12.240 --> 00:33:12.900 what the spirit 00:33:12.900 --> 00:33:13.880 desires. 00:33:14.140 --> 00:33:14.880 And if nobody's 00:33:14.880 --> 00:33:15.600 ever shown you how 00:33:15.600 --> 00:33:16.279 to do that we 00:33:16.279 --> 00:33:16.900 would love to 00:33:16.900 --> 00:33:17.640 teach you that 00:33:17.640 --> 00:33:18.000 here. 00:33:18.700 --> 00:33:19.320 But the Holy 00:33:19.320 --> 00:33:19.920 Spirit is going 00:33:19.920 --> 00:33:20.680 to be right there 00:33:20.680 --> 00:33:21.300 when you get out 00:33:21.300 --> 00:33:22.000 of bed and your 00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:22.600 feet hit the 00:33:22.600 --> 00:33:23.680 floor and his 00:33:23.680 --> 00:33:25.180 desire is going 00:33:25.180 --> 00:33:25.980 to be there for 00:33:25.980 --> 00:33:27.740 you to care more 00:33:27.740 --> 00:33:28.440 about God. 00:33:29.380 --> 00:33:30.840 His desire is for 00:33:30.840 --> 00:33:31.860 you to care more 00:33:31.860 --> 00:33:32.900 about the name of 00:33:32.900 --> 00:33:33.519 God and the 00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:34.500 kingdom of God and 00:33:34.500 --> 00:33:35.340 the will of God. 00:33:35.920 --> 00:33:37.080 His desire is for 00:33:37.080 --> 00:33:37.840 you to care about 00:33:37.840 --> 00:33:39.040 the word of God and 00:33:39.040 --> 00:33:40.180 the worship of God and 00:33:40.180 --> 00:33:41.019 the son of God and 00:33:41.019 --> 00:33:41.960 the people of God and 00:33:41.960 --> 00:33:43.100 the eternity of God and 00:33:43.100 --> 00:33:44.220 the life of the world 00:33:44.220 --> 00:33:45.580 to come with God. 00:33:45.620 --> 00:33:46.160 That's what the 00:33:46.160 --> 00:33:47.759 spirit desires and 00:33:47.759 --> 00:33:48.300 that's what he wants 00:33:48.300 --> 00:33:50.100 to give you the very 00:33:50.100 --> 00:33:51.340 first thing when you 00:33:51.340 --> 00:33:52.980 start your day to 00:33:52.980 --> 00:33:54.980 immerse you in the 00:33:54.980 --> 00:33:56.040 life of God himself 00:33:56.039 --> 00:33:57.940 so that we can 00:33:57.940 --> 00:33:58.980 experience the life 00:33:58.980 --> 00:34:01.359 of God in our 00:34:01.359 --> 00:34:02.359 souls. 00:34:03.159 --> 00:34:03.879 And we can say 00:34:03.879 --> 00:34:07.819 God teach me more 00:34:07.819 --> 00:34:09.079 about who you are 00:34:09.079 --> 00:34:10.360 and what you've 00:34:10.360 --> 00:34:10.639 done. 00:34:11.519 --> 00:34:13.360 God give me a power 00:34:13.360 --> 00:34:14.159 that's outside of 00:34:14.159 --> 00:34:15.619 myself to exercise a 00:34:15.619 --> 00:34:16.199 freedom for 00:34:16.199 --> 00:34:17.179 righteousness today. 00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:19.179 God help me to see 00:34:19.179 --> 00:34:20.699 how free I really am 00:34:20.699 --> 00:34:21.360 in Christ. 00:34:21.360 --> 00:34:21.960 that's what the 00:34:21.960 --> 00:34:23.300 Holy Spirit is 00:34:23.300 --> 00:34:24.680 wanting to do to 00:34:24.680 --> 00:34:26.140 give you life is to 00:34:26.140 --> 00:34:28.500 usher you in to the 00:34:28.500 --> 00:34:30.640 life-giving presence of 00:34:30.640 --> 00:34:31.400 the living God. 00:34:32.559 --> 00:34:33.480 And I pray that he do 00:34:33.480 --> 00:34:34.340 that for every single 00:34:34.340 --> 00:34:35.620 one of us starting 00:34:35.620 --> 00:34:37.160 tomorrow morning and 00:34:37.160 --> 00:34:37.960 until we see one 00:34:37.960 --> 00:34:39.720 another again next 00:34:39.720 --> 00:34:40.079 week. 00:34:40.760 --> 00:34:41.579 In the name of the 00:34:41.579 --> 00:34:43.079 Father, Son, and Holy 00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:44.500 Spirit we pray. 00:34:45.260 --> 00:34:45.579 Amen. 00:34:45.579 --> 00:34:45.740 Amen.