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 Galatians chapter 3, we're going to look at verses 15 to 25, and we're doing an Advent series

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! in the evening and from next week we'll do some Advent stuff in the mornings. Galatians 3, 15 to 25.

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 Let me again plug just Tabletalk Magazine. I think it's a brilliant magazine on helping us get into

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 the Bible and read the scriptures every day. The articles are terrific and in fact I wish I'd written,

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 I wish I'd read these articles before this sermon. And so there's some very, very helpful stuff on

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 Faith Alone, the differences between Biblical Christianity and Orthodoxy and Biblical Christianity

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 and the Roman Catholic Church. And so take one, take two, take as many as you can use. I think it's

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 a terrific magazine. In June of 1520, three years after Martin Luther nailed his 95 thesis to the door,

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 the castle door in Wittenberg, Martin Luther was condemned by the Roman Catholic Church.

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 He was condemned by the Pope, condemned as a heretic, officially. And so Luther was forbidden to preach

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 and teach. By way of response, Martin Luther, who by all accounts is pretty fiery, published three books.

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 The first book was on the Christian nobility of the German nation. It was a masterstroke.

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 If there's one way to get the Germans behind you in the Protestant Reformation is to say,

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 well, you're not Italians, are you? And it was a brilliant, brilliant book. It was a masterstroke,

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 politically. The second book that he wrote in 1520 was The Babylonian Captivity of the Church. It is a no-holds-barred

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 expose of the Roman Catholic Church and its abuses. You feel like you want to wear a safety helmet when

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 you read it. And then thirdly, he wrote a little book called The Freedom of the Christian.

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 You can still buy it today. There are those who say that The Freedom of the Christian by Martin Luther

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 is one of the great pieces of literature in Western civilization. And in that little book, he makes two

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 propositions. Number one, that a Christian, somebody who has put their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 is an utterly free man. Lord of all and subject to none. But secondly, he says that a Christian

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 is an utterly dutiful man. The servant of all and subject of all. A free man, Lord of all, subject to no one.

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 A dutiful man. A dutiful man. Subject, a servant of all and subject to all. And it's the first of those

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 prepositions that I think Galatians chapter 3 verses 15 to 25 is all about. That if you have put your faith

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 in the Lord Jesus Christ and in him alone, you are free. The Lord of all, subject to none.

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 Perhaps the key verse in the book of Galatians is chapter 5 verse 1. Can you see that?

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 For freedom, Christ has set us free. For freedom, Christ has set us free. The theme tune of Galatians

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 is freedom. Freedom from the tyranny of the law. Freedom from the laws of men.

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 Freedom from a guilty conscience. Freedom from the laws which the church imposes upon us. Freedom from the laws

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 of the Judaizers of Paul's day that they were imposing. Freedom from the law as a means of justification.

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 As a means of getting right with God. It is for freedom that Jesus Christ has set us free.

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 There were those who turned up in the Galatian church. They were infiltrators.

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 And they were deeply suspicious of the apostle Paul and his message.

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 Of what he was preaching and what he was doing.

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 The church is made up largely of non-Jewish Gentile Christians.

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 And these infiltrators, these Judaizers, were insisting,

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 it's not enough to believe in the Lord Jesus.

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 It's not enough to believe in the Lord Jesus.

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 There are certain religious rites that you have to do.

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 You have to obey certain ceremonial laws.

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 Like circumcision and food laws.

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 And the Sabbath laws.

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 And feast day laws.

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 And you have to do that in order

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 to be made right with God.

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 To be justified.

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 It was insufficient.

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 It was not enough to believe in Jesus.

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 You need to do something extra.

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 And it was that which led Paul

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 to cite Father Abraham in Genesis 15.

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 Abraham was the father of the Jews.

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 Do you remember the infiltrators, the Judaizers,

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 were saying you've got to get back to Moses.

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 You've got to get back to the law.

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 And Paul says I see you Moses

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 and I raise you to Abraham,

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 the father of the Jews.

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 And what Genesis 15 and verse 6 says

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 that Abraham, the father of the Jews,

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 he believed.

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 He believed in God's promises.

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 And it was reckoned to him.

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 It was credited to him as righteousness.

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 It was through the instrument of faith

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 in the promise that God had made

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 that God counted Abraham as righteous.

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 God reckoned Abraham as a law keeper.

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 And so the question is then,

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 or what is the function of the law?

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 If you're possible, Paul is saying,

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 we are saved apart from the law,

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 apart from works,

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 apart from obedience,

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 apart from our trying.

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 we are made right with God

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 through faith in Jesus Christ alone,

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 and apart from obedience on our part,

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 what is the point of the law?

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 What is its purpose?

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 Look at verse 19 of chapter 3.

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 Why then the law?

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 Why then the law?

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 And Paul gives us two answers.

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 One is negative and one is positive.

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 So first of all,

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 let's look at the negative answer.

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 What the law cannot do.

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 What the law cannot do.

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 The law of God

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 cannot annul

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 the promise of God.

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 The law of God

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 cannot undo

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 the gospel of God,

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 the good news of God.

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 At whatever place,

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 at whatever function

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 the law had,

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 it cannot subvert the gospel.

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 You can't leave

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 justification by faith alone behind.

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 There were those in the church in Galatia,

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 just like there are those today,

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 who suggest something like this.

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 That the gospel

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 brings you to the front door.

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 That the gospel enables you

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 to put your feet on the front step.

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 But in order to keep going,

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 in order to reach the end,

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 it is entirely of works.

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 Do you remember when you were

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 slightly nervous of going

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 to someone's house?

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 You were being dropped off

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 by your parents.

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 And your parents would say,

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 listen, I'll drive you to the steps.

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 But you've got to get out

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 and knock the door yourself.

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 You've got to go in yourself.

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 I'll take you as far as I can take you,

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 but then it's up to you.

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 You've got to go in.

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 And there were people

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 that were saying,

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 that is what the Bible's message is.

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 The gospel gets you to the point

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 where it gets you on the front step.

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 But in order to keep going as a Christian,

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 in order to reach the end,

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 well then it's about what you do.

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 It's about our obedience.

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 And Paul is addressing that here.

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 That fundamental,

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 pharisaical spirit.

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 And all of us

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 are recovering Pharisees

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 in some form or another.

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 All of us revert

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 to that religious Pharisee mode.

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 And Paul is addressing that issue.

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 That you begin by faith

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 and then you are made perfect

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 by the works,

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 by flesh.

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 You begin by the spirit,

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 but you are made perfect

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 by the flesh.

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 And so he raises this example.

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 And it's an example

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 of history from Abraham.

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 And he says in verse 15,

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 can you see it?

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 I'll give you a human example.

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 Paul, brothers,

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 even with a man-made covenant,

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 no one annuls it

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 or adds to it

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 once it's been ratified.

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 And the word there for covenant

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 is a word called diotheke.

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 It's quite a prominent word

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 in Greek in the New Testament.

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 And there are people who say,

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 what Paul has in mind here

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 is not so much

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 God's covenant,

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 but a last will and testament.

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 And there's a raging debate.

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 Hundreds of PhDs

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 have been written on it.

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 Whether it should be rendered

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 covenant,

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 or last will and testament.

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 And if it's last will and testament,

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 there are kind of different choices.

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 Was Paul thinking of

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 the way Romans did

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 last wills and testaments?

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 Or was he thinking about

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 the way Greeks did

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 last wills and testaments?

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 They're different.

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 If he was thinking of

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 a Greek last will and testament,

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 it was very clear

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 that once the will had been made

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 and the testament had been made

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 and had been signed

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 and ratified

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 and placed in the depository,

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 it could not be changed.

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 It could not be annulled.

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 It could not be broken.

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 It could not be tampered with.

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 It's a minister I know

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 quite well in Wales

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 and very foolishly,

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 when he was asked

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 to be an executor

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 of an old lady in his church,

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 he said,

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 yes, never agree to that

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 if you're a minister.

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 It was a total disaster.

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 As she left her entire estate

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 between the church,

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 50% went to the church

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 and 50% went to her family.

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 When she died,

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 of course the family found out

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 about this

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 and they were incensed.

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 They were absolutely furious.

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 They contested it.

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 They went to the local press.

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 They were furious

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 that 50% of their mother's estate

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 went to the church

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 and they contested it.

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 They contested the way

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 that the will had been drawn up.

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 After endless hassle

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 and it being in the local papers,

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 about a month later,

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 the lawyer called my friend

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 and said,

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 I've looked into it

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 and the will cannot be altered.

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 The will was entered into legally,

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 it was ratified legally

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 and it cannot be changed.

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 And to the boot,

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 I've charged the family

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 £1,000 for the decision.

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 Can you imagine,

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 it made things a whole lot worse.

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 The point is this.

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 The illustration is saying this.

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 Once a will has been done,

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 it cannot be changed.

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 And once someone has died,

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 then the will certainly cannot be changed.

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 So it could be that,

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 or perhaps Paul doesn't have

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 the last will and testament in mind,

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 but as the ESV suggests,

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 he has God's covenant.

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 And the point about God's covenant

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 is this.

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 His word,

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 God's word,

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 can never be broken.

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 The grass withers

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 and the flowers fade,

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 but the word of our God

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 stands forever.

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 And when God gives his word,

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 it is utterly

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 and completely trustworthy.

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 And so he's talking about

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 God's covenant with Abraham

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 that we read of in Genesis 12

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 and then the covenant in Genesis 12

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 is ratified in Genesis 15.

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 It's confirmed.

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 In Genesis 12, actually,

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 the word covenant does not appear.

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 But in Genesis 15,

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 he speaks about the covenant

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 that's already been made.

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 And so we can defer from that,

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 can't we,

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 that what God did in Genesis 12

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 is a covenant with Abraham.

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 Abraham.

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 And in that covenant,

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 God promised to Abraham

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 land and seed

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 and children

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 and that his children

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 would be like

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 the stars in the sky

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 and like the sand on the seashore.

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 In chapter 15,

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 he ratifies that covenant.

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 He confirms it.

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 And that covenant

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 would eventually produce

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 the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 And Paul makes

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 what is a rather obscure

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 kind of exegetical point.

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 he kind of looks

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 and sees something

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 that we wouldn't initially see

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 from Genesis 12 and verse 15.

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 That when God made the promise

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 to Abraham,

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 he said,

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 to you and your offspring,

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 singular.

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 Now there's a sense

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 which that promise

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 that God made to Abraham

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 was to his children

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 and to his grandchildren

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 and his great-grandchildren

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 after them.

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 It's part of the argument

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 of why we baptise children,

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 that God's promises

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 always include

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 the children of believers,

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 that children are included

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 within the covenant.

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 But the Apostle Paul

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 looks at it

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 and he draws this one

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 particular point.

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 He says it's singular.

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 And the fulfilment

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 of the promise

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 in Genesis 12, 15, 17

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 is ultimately found

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 in the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 So let me tell you

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 the story of Genesis 15.

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 Do you remember

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 how God confirmed

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 how he ratified his covenant?

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 In Genesis 15,

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 we're told that Abraham

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 was to take a cow

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 and a goat

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 and a ram

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 and a dove

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 and he was to cut

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 those animals in half.

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 And he was to cut them

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 in half

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 and then he was to

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 separate the two halves

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 from each other

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 to leave a path

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 for people to walk through

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 between the carcasses.

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 And it's at that point

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 that Abraham

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 falls fast asleep.

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 into a deep sleep.

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 And then do you remember

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 what happened in Genesis 15

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 where he told that

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 a smoking furnace,

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 a firepot,

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 came down.

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 It was symbolic

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 of God's presence.

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 And so God's presence

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 comes down

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 while Abraham is

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 in a deep sleep

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 and the firepot,

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 the symbol of God's presence,

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 passes between

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 the severed pieces.

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 there's a covenant made

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 but one of the parties

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 of the covenant

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 is fast asleep

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 and the other party

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 of the covenant

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 walks through.

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 Now when they walk

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 through those

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 severed pieces of animals,

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 what were they saying?

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 They were saying

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 in that agreement

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 that what has happened

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 to these animals,

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 it should fall on me,

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 it should happen to me

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 if I break this covenant.

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 that if I break my promise,

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 if I break my word,

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 may what's happened

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 to this cow cut in two

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 happen to me.

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 May I be cut in two.

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 And so you have

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 this incredible promise,

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 don't you,

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 that God makes

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 where he takes

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 both the blessings

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 and the curses

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 of the covenant

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 upon himself

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 and he says

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 if Abraham or I

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 break this covenant,

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 may the curse

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 fall on

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 me.

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 And where is Abraham?

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 Fast asleep.

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 God is saying

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 if I fail

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 to observe

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 the terms

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 of my covenant

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 and if Abraham

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 fails to observe

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 the terms

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 of the covenant,

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 may the covenant

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 curse

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 fall on me.

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 It was a binding oath

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 on God,

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 on God's part

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 for blessing

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 and for curse.

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 His word

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 having been given

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 and blood

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 having been shed,

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 that covenant

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 cannot be nullified.

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 The law,

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 Mount Sinai,

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 came 430 years

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 after that.

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 430 years.

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 And so the Apostle Paul,

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 he looks over

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 the history

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 of God's dealings

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 with his people,

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 of the history

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 of redemption,

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 and he says

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 the law

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 coming 430 years

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 after that covenant

00:16:37.080 --> 00:16:37.779
 with Abraham

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 could not

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 break the promise,

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 could not annul

00:16:41.659 --> 00:16:42.340
 the promise

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 given to Abraham.

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 And so

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 that God

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 wasn't saying,

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 well,

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 it was by faith

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 in Abraham's day,

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 but now Moses'

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 time has come

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 and so it's the law

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 and works.

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 Paul is saying

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 it has always

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 been by faith

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 alone.

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 I remember being

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 asked,

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 as a kind of

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 young Christian,

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 how did

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 Old Testament

00:17:11.779 --> 00:17:12.879
 believers

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 become Christians,

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 if I can put it

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 like that?

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 and I remember

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 it was like

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 a lightbulb moment.

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 It was like

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 a lightbulb moment.

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 That they

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 become Christians

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 in exactly

00:17:29.059 --> 00:17:29.820
 the same way

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 that you and I do.

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 That by faith

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 we look back

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 to what Christ

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 has done.

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 By faith

00:17:36.039 --> 00:17:36.940
 they grasp

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 the promise

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 and they look

00:17:37.880 --> 00:17:38.559
 forward to

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 what Christ

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 has done.

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 I think Paul

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 is also speaking

00:17:43.740 --> 00:17:44.400
 here in terms

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 of Christian

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 experience.

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 That we receive

00:17:47.779 --> 00:17:48.539
 forgiveness

00:17:48.539 --> 00:17:50.339
 of sins

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 by faith

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 in Jesus

00:17:52.259 --> 00:17:52.700
 Christ

00:17:52.700 --> 00:17:54.399
 and by faith

00:17:54.399 --> 00:17:54.759
 in Jesus

00:17:54.759 --> 00:17:55.359
 Christ alone.

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 And we have

00:17:57.799 --> 00:17:58.559
 to be absolutely

00:17:58.559 --> 00:17:59.240
 clear because

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 the drift of

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 our hearts

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 is the opposite

00:18:01.180 --> 00:18:01.559
 way.

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 That we don't

00:18:02.639 --> 00:18:03.779
 begin by faith

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 and finish

00:18:04.359 --> 00:18:05.059
 by works.

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 We don't

00:18:06.339 --> 00:18:07.079
 begin by the

00:18:07.079 --> 00:18:07.379
 spirit

00:18:07.379 --> 00:18:09.019
 and finish

00:18:09.019 --> 00:18:09.579
 by the flesh.

00:18:09.740 --> 00:18:10.160
 We don't

00:18:10.160 --> 00:18:10.839
 get our foot

00:18:10.839 --> 00:18:11.500
 in the door

00:18:11.500 --> 00:18:12.200
 by the gospel

00:18:12.200 --> 00:18:13.000
 and then it's

00:18:13.000 --> 00:18:13.980
 entirely up to

00:18:13.980 --> 00:18:14.299
 us.

00:18:15.740 --> 00:18:16.519
 The promise

00:18:16.519 --> 00:18:16.899
 was given

00:18:16.899 --> 00:18:17.539
 to Abraham

00:18:17.539 --> 00:18:18.480
 and it

00:18:18.480 --> 00:18:18.720
 was a

00:18:18.720 --> 00:18:19.099
 promise

00:18:19.099 --> 00:18:19.440
 that at

00:18:19.440 --> 00:18:19.980
 the heart

00:18:19.980 --> 00:18:20.220
 of it

00:18:20.220 --> 00:18:20.779
 a promise

00:18:20.779 --> 00:18:21.859
 of Jesus.

00:18:23.200 --> 00:18:24.079
 A promise

00:18:24.079 --> 00:18:24.460
 of the

00:18:24.460 --> 00:18:24.759
 provision

00:18:24.759 --> 00:18:25.319
 of God

00:18:25.319 --> 00:18:26.659
 in the

00:18:26.659 --> 00:18:26.960
 gospel.

00:18:27.359 --> 00:18:28.039
 The law

00:18:28.039 --> 00:18:29.000
 cannot

00:18:29.000 --> 00:18:30.039
 undo

00:18:30.039 --> 00:18:31.019
 justification

00:18:31.019 --> 00:18:31.759
 by faith.

00:18:32.879 --> 00:18:33.839
 The law

00:18:33.839 --> 00:18:34.460
 cannot

00:18:34.460 --> 00:18:35.180
 undo

00:18:35.180 --> 00:18:35.779
 your right

00:18:35.779 --> 00:18:36.240
 standing

00:18:36.240 --> 00:18:37.420
 with God

00:18:37.420 --> 00:18:38.319
 through faith

00:18:38.319 --> 00:18:38.759
 in Jesus

00:18:38.759 --> 00:18:39.200
 Christ.

00:18:39.519 --> 00:18:40.480
 It is not

00:18:40.480 --> 00:18:41.279
 justification

00:18:41.279 --> 00:18:42.119
 by faith

00:18:42.119 --> 00:18:43.439
 and then

00:18:43.439 --> 00:18:44.179
 sanctification

00:18:44.179 --> 00:18:44.979
 by works.

00:18:46.239 --> 00:18:46.500
 The law

00:18:46.500 --> 00:18:46.799
 cannot

00:18:46.799 --> 00:18:47.459
 undo

00:18:47.459 --> 00:18:47.859
 the promise.

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 It's a

00:18:48.199 --> 00:18:48.479
 beautiful

00:18:48.479 --> 00:18:48.839
 verse,

00:18:48.939 --> 00:18:49.619
 verse 17.

00:18:50.839 --> 00:18:51.179
 You need

00:18:51.179 --> 00:18:51.559
 to meditate

00:18:51.559 --> 00:18:52.219
 on it

00:18:52.219 --> 00:18:52.659
 this week.

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 The law

00:18:56.879 --> 00:18:58.099
 does not

00:18:58.099 --> 00:18:58.779
 annul

00:18:58.779 --> 00:18:59.599
 God's

00:18:59.599 --> 00:18:59.839
 covenant.

00:19:01.419 --> 00:19:02.059
 It's an

00:19:02.059 --> 00:19:02.839
 amazing thing.

00:19:03.979 --> 00:19:04.899
 The law

00:19:04.899 --> 00:19:05.519
 cannot

00:19:05.519 --> 00:19:06.139
 undo

00:19:06.139 --> 00:19:06.979
 the promise

00:19:06.980 --> 00:19:08.900
 and so

00:19:08.900 --> 00:19:09.319
 you look

00:19:09.319 --> 00:19:09.599
 to the

00:19:09.599 --> 00:19:09.980
 promise.

00:19:11.259 --> 00:19:11.500
 But then

00:19:11.500 --> 00:19:11.839
 secondly,

00:19:12.279 --> 00:19:12.779
 Paul makes

00:19:12.779 --> 00:19:13.180
 a positive

00:19:13.180 --> 00:19:13.559
 statement.

00:19:13.720 --> 00:19:14.160
 What can

00:19:14.160 --> 00:19:14.460
 the law

00:19:14.460 --> 00:19:14.680
 do?

00:19:14.799 --> 00:19:15.180
 What does

00:19:15.180 --> 00:19:15.599
 the law

00:19:15.599 --> 00:19:15.920
 do?

00:19:17.279 --> 00:19:17.860
 What then

00:19:17.860 --> 00:19:18.099
 is the

00:19:18.099 --> 00:19:18.339
 function

00:19:18.339 --> 00:19:18.579
 of the

00:19:18.579 --> 00:19:18.759
 law?

00:19:20.700 --> 00:19:21.299
 If the

00:19:21.299 --> 00:19:21.799
 law cannot

00:19:21.799 --> 00:19:22.140
 undo

00:19:22.140 --> 00:19:22.599
 the promise,

00:19:22.759 --> 00:19:23.440
 what's the

00:19:23.440 --> 00:19:23.720
 function

00:19:23.720 --> 00:19:23.960
 of the

00:19:23.960 --> 00:19:24.160
 law?

00:19:27.059 --> 00:19:27.579
 Now the

00:19:27.579 --> 00:19:28.019
 Reformation

00:19:28.019 --> 00:19:29.539
 understood

00:19:29.539 --> 00:19:29.960
 God's

00:19:29.960 --> 00:19:30.460
 law in

00:19:30.460 --> 00:19:31.539
 three ways.

00:19:31.599 --> 00:19:31.819
 It says

00:19:31.819 --> 00:19:32.000
 there's

00:19:32.000 --> 00:19:32.620
 three uses

00:19:32.620 --> 00:19:32.860
 of the

00:19:32.860 --> 00:19:32.940
 law.

00:19:33.019 --> 00:19:33.099
 I know

00:19:33.099 --> 00:19:33.279
 it's been

00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:33.620
 hard work

00:19:33.620 --> 00:19:33.920
 this morning

00:19:33.920 --> 00:19:34.220
 but stick

00:19:34.220 --> 00:19:34.559
 with me.

00:19:36.160 --> 00:19:36.660
 First of

00:19:36.660 --> 00:19:36.820
 all, it

00:19:36.820 --> 00:19:37.200
 talks about

00:19:37.200 --> 00:19:37.800
 the civil

00:19:37.800 --> 00:19:38.180
 use of

00:19:38.180 --> 00:19:38.480
 the law.

00:19:40.820 --> 00:19:41.100
 And so

00:19:41.100 --> 00:19:41.540
 the use

00:19:41.540 --> 00:19:41.960
 of God's

00:19:41.960 --> 00:19:42.279
 law in

00:19:42.279 --> 00:19:42.740
 society,

00:19:42.880 --> 00:19:43.100
 this is

00:19:43.100 --> 00:19:43.400
 God's

00:19:43.400 --> 00:19:43.700
 world,

00:19:43.840 --> 00:19:44.100
 God's

00:19:44.100 --> 00:19:44.340
 law.

00:19:45.540 --> 00:19:46.400
 The use

00:19:46.400 --> 00:19:46.820
 of the

00:19:46.820 --> 00:19:47.240
 law in

00:19:47.240 --> 00:19:47.560
 framing

00:19:47.560 --> 00:19:48.140
 society

00:19:48.140 --> 00:19:48.940
 after the

00:19:48.940 --> 00:19:49.080
 Ten

00:19:49.080 --> 00:19:49.500
 Commandments.

00:19:50.380 --> 00:19:51.160
 The rules

00:19:51.160 --> 00:19:51.560
 and the

00:19:51.560 --> 00:19:51.980
 regulations

00:19:51.980 --> 00:19:52.580
 for ordinary

00:19:52.580 --> 00:19:53.180
 society

00:19:53.180 --> 00:19:54.740
 was God's

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 law.

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 And there's

00:19:57.180 --> 00:19:57.680
 a sense

00:19:57.680 --> 00:19:58.040
 in which

00:19:58.040 --> 00:19:58.460
 God's

00:19:58.460 --> 00:19:59.580
 law was

00:19:59.580 --> 00:20:00.040
 given

00:20:00.040 --> 00:20:01.140
 to bring

00:20:01.140 --> 00:20:02.180
 civilization.

00:20:03.300 --> 00:20:04.080
 The use

00:20:04.080 --> 00:20:04.320
 of the

00:20:04.320 --> 00:20:04.680
 law in

00:20:04.680 --> 00:20:05.519
 civil life

00:20:05.519 --> 00:20:05.980
 to

00:20:05.980 --> 00:20:06.799
 restrain

00:20:06.799 --> 00:20:07.319
 public

00:20:07.319 --> 00:20:07.980
 wickedness

00:20:07.980 --> 00:20:08.519
 and

00:20:08.519 --> 00:20:09.059
 maintain

00:20:09.059 --> 00:20:09.460
 order

00:20:09.460 --> 00:20:09.599
 in

00:20:09.599 --> 00:20:10.000
 society.

00:20:10.279 --> 00:20:10.400
 Of

00:20:10.400 --> 00:20:10.539
 course

00:20:10.539 --> 00:20:10.819
 you see

00:20:10.819 --> 00:20:10.960
 that

00:20:10.960 --> 00:20:11.360
 fully

00:20:11.360 --> 00:20:12.099
 in the

00:20:12.099 --> 00:20:12.299
 nation

00:20:12.299 --> 00:20:12.460
 of

00:20:12.460 --> 00:20:12.740
 Israel

00:20:12.740 --> 00:20:12.940
 in the

00:20:12.940 --> 00:20:13.059
 Old

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 Testament

00:20:13.380 --> 00:20:14.220
 but that

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 still

00:20:14.440 --> 00:20:14.799
 stands

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 today.

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 We see

00:20:16.680 --> 00:20:16.839
 the

00:20:16.839 --> 00:20:17.539
 disaster

00:20:17.539 --> 00:20:18.299
 that

00:20:18.299 --> 00:20:18.599
 comes

00:20:18.599 --> 00:20:18.799
 upon

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 a

00:20:18.980 --> 00:20:19.279
 country

00:20:19.279 --> 00:20:19.500
 that

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 gives

00:20:19.900 --> 00:20:20.299
 itself

00:20:20.299 --> 00:20:20.660
 up

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 on

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 God's

00:20:21.259 --> 00:20:21.519
 law.

00:20:24.360 --> 00:20:25.019
 But there's

00:20:25.019 --> 00:20:25.420
 a second

00:20:25.420 --> 00:20:25.880
 use of

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 the

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 law.

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 And it's

00:20:28.460 --> 00:20:28.680
 what we

00:20:28.680 --> 00:20:29.180
 see here

00:20:29.180 --> 00:20:29.400
 in the

00:20:29.400 --> 00:20:29.660
 Apostle

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 Paul.

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 He says

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 the law

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 is a

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 guardian

00:20:33.240 --> 00:20:34.779
 or a

00:20:34.779 --> 00:20:35.279
 pedagogue,

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 a teacher.

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 Then there's a

00:20:38.440 --> 00:20:38.980
 third use of

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 the law

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 where it's

00:20:40.200 --> 00:20:40.539
 a kind of

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 didactic sense.

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 The law

00:20:42.319 --> 00:20:42.940
 as a rule

00:20:42.940 --> 00:20:43.460
 for life

00:20:43.460 --> 00:20:43.920
 it is to

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 guide our

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 behavior as

00:20:45.539 --> 00:20:46.399
 believers

00:20:46.399 --> 00:20:47.700
 to reflect the

00:20:47.700 --> 00:20:48.279
 blessings of

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 the grace

00:20:48.639 --> 00:20:49.099
 which we've

00:20:49.099 --> 00:20:49.579
 received.

00:20:51.099 --> 00:20:51.660
 It sets a

00:20:51.660 --> 00:20:52.099
 pattern for

00:20:52.099 --> 00:20:52.440
 the Christian

00:20:52.440 --> 00:20:52.639
 law.

00:20:52.940 --> 00:20:53.339
 But what

00:20:53.339 --> 00:20:53.680
 Paul is

00:20:53.680 --> 00:20:54.000
 doing in

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 verse 19

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 is he's

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 saying about

00:20:55.920 --> 00:20:56.500
 that second

00:20:56.500 --> 00:20:56.980
 use of

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 the law

00:20:57.420 --> 00:20:59.700
 that it is

00:20:59.700 --> 00:21:00.259
 a teacher,

00:21:00.460 --> 00:21:01.079
 it is a

00:21:01.079 --> 00:21:01.599
 guardian.

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 it was

00:21:03.639 --> 00:21:04.779
 added because

00:21:04.779 --> 00:21:05.279
 of

00:21:05.279 --> 00:21:06.099
 transgressions,

00:21:06.219 --> 00:21:06.480
 rebellion.

00:21:07.480 --> 00:21:08.019
 It was

00:21:08.019 --> 00:21:08.799
 added because

00:21:08.799 --> 00:21:09.500
 of transgressions.

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 There's a

00:21:10.059 --> 00:21:10.619
 sense in

00:21:10.619 --> 00:21:11.039
 which the

00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:12.279
 law only

00:21:12.279 --> 00:21:12.879
 multiplies

00:21:12.879 --> 00:21:13.439
 our need.

00:21:14.839 --> 00:21:15.519
 The law

00:21:15.519 --> 00:21:16.619
 only multiplies

00:21:16.619 --> 00:21:17.259
 our sinfulness.

00:21:18.799 --> 00:21:19.480
 It only

00:21:19.480 --> 00:21:20.059
 shuts us up.

00:21:20.119 --> 00:21:20.439
 Look at what

00:21:20.439 --> 00:21:20.779
 it says in

00:21:20.779 --> 00:21:21.279
 verse 22.

00:21:21.399 --> 00:21:21.659
 He talks

00:21:21.659 --> 00:21:21.919
 about the

00:21:21.919 --> 00:21:22.199
 scriptures

00:21:22.199 --> 00:21:22.439
 there.

00:21:22.659 --> 00:21:22.839
 The

00:21:22.839 --> 00:21:23.219
 scriptures

00:21:23.219 --> 00:21:23.959
 imprisoned

00:21:23.959 --> 00:21:24.519
 everything.

00:21:25.639 --> 00:21:26.159
 The

00:21:26.159 --> 00:21:26.639
 scripture

00:21:26.639 --> 00:21:27.599
 imprisoned

00:21:27.599 --> 00:21:28.659
 everything

00:21:28.659 --> 00:21:29.719
 under sin

00:21:29.720 --> 00:21:30.319
 so that

00:21:30.319 --> 00:21:30.759
 the promise

00:21:30.759 --> 00:21:31.279
 by faith

00:21:31.279 --> 00:21:31.680
 in Jesus

00:21:31.680 --> 00:21:32.079
 Christ

00:21:32.079 --> 00:21:32.700
 might be

00:21:32.700 --> 00:21:33.059
 given to

00:21:33.059 --> 00:21:33.400
 those who

00:21:33.400 --> 00:21:33.819
 believe.

00:21:35.640 --> 00:21:36.120
 When the

00:21:36.120 --> 00:21:36.920
 law comes

00:21:36.920 --> 00:21:39.019
 it demonstrates

00:21:39.019 --> 00:21:39.480
 what sin

00:21:39.480 --> 00:21:39.720
 is.

00:21:40.940 --> 00:21:41.460
 When the

00:21:41.460 --> 00:21:41.960
 law comes

00:21:41.960 --> 00:21:42.920
 it magnifies

00:21:42.920 --> 00:21:43.720
 our sin

00:21:43.720 --> 00:21:44.160
 and our

00:21:44.160 --> 00:21:44.559
 failure

00:21:44.559 --> 00:21:45.000
 and our

00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:45.420
 inability

00:21:45.420 --> 00:21:45.839
 and our

00:21:45.839 --> 00:21:46.339
 bondage.

00:21:48.319 --> 00:21:49.140
 There is a

00:21:49.140 --> 00:21:49.960
 sense in

00:21:49.960 --> 00:21:50.299
 which when

00:21:50.299 --> 00:21:50.700
 the law

00:21:50.700 --> 00:21:51.420
 comes all

00:21:51.420 --> 00:21:51.720
 it does

00:21:51.720 --> 00:21:52.160
 is kill

00:21:52.160 --> 00:21:52.799
 and destroy

00:21:52.799 --> 00:21:54.259
 and imprison.

00:21:57.259 --> 00:21:57.900
 The world

00:21:57.900 --> 00:21:58.240
 thinks in

00:21:58.240 --> 00:21:58.640
 this way

00:21:58.640 --> 00:21:58.980
 the world

00:21:58.980 --> 00:21:59.519
 thinks that

00:21:59.519 --> 00:22:00.980
 the obligation

00:22:00.980 --> 00:22:01.599
 to do

00:22:01.599 --> 00:22:02.200
 something

00:22:02.200 --> 00:22:03.599
 implies the

00:22:03.599 --> 00:22:04.099
 ability to

00:22:04.099 --> 00:22:04.440
 do it.

00:22:06.119 --> 00:22:06.700
 That's how

00:22:06.700 --> 00:22:07.119
 the world

00:22:07.119 --> 00:22:07.359
 thinks.

00:22:07.420 --> 00:22:07.639
 The world

00:22:07.639 --> 00:22:08.139
 thinks if

00:22:08.139 --> 00:22:08.400
 you are

00:22:08.400 --> 00:22:09.859
 obliged to

00:22:09.859 --> 00:22:10.160
 do

00:22:10.160 --> 00:22:10.639
 something

00:22:10.639 --> 00:22:11.319
 then you

00:22:11.319 --> 00:22:11.799
 must have

00:22:11.799 --> 00:22:12.259
 the ability

00:22:12.259 --> 00:22:12.639
 to do

00:22:12.639 --> 00:22:12.900
 it.

00:22:14.879 --> 00:22:15.339
 The

00:22:15.339 --> 00:22:15.559
 Bible

00:22:15.559 --> 00:22:15.819
 however

00:22:15.819 --> 00:22:16.319
 flips that

00:22:16.319 --> 00:22:16.539
 on its

00:22:16.539 --> 00:22:16.839
 head.

00:22:19.379 --> 00:22:19.859
 You

00:22:19.859 --> 00:22:20.619
 are under

00:22:20.619 --> 00:22:21.400
 obligation

00:22:21.400 --> 00:22:23.379
 but you

00:22:23.379 --> 00:22:23.700
 cannot

00:22:23.700 --> 00:22:24.180
 obey.

00:22:26.500 --> 00:22:27.119
 That's the

00:22:27.119 --> 00:22:27.700
 frustration

00:22:27.700 --> 00:22:28.200
 isn't it?

00:22:29.519 --> 00:22:31.259
 the difficulty

00:22:31.259 --> 00:22:31.940
 of God's

00:22:31.940 --> 00:22:32.299
 law is

00:22:32.299 --> 00:22:32.740
 it says

00:22:32.740 --> 00:22:33.500
 do this

00:22:33.500 --> 00:22:34.200
 and you

00:22:34.200 --> 00:22:34.680
 and I

00:22:34.680 --> 00:22:35.319
 cannot do

00:22:35.319 --> 00:22:35.559
 it.

00:22:36.839 --> 00:22:37.639
 The law

00:22:37.639 --> 00:22:38.519
 says go

00:22:38.519 --> 00:22:39.299
 here

00:22:39.299 --> 00:22:40.339
 and you

00:22:40.339 --> 00:22:40.859
 find yourself

00:22:40.859 --> 00:22:41.359
 going in the

00:22:41.359 --> 00:22:42.019
 opposite direction.

00:22:43.639 --> 00:22:44.279
 And when the

00:22:44.279 --> 00:22:44.900
 law came

00:22:44.900 --> 00:22:45.500
 Paul here is

00:22:45.500 --> 00:22:46.039
 speaking perhaps

00:22:46.039 --> 00:22:46.299
 about the

00:22:46.299 --> 00:22:46.660
 history of

00:22:46.660 --> 00:22:46.980
 redemption

00:22:46.980 --> 00:22:48.180
 but also

00:22:48.180 --> 00:22:48.680
 when we

00:22:48.680 --> 00:22:49.000
 speak about

00:22:49.000 --> 00:22:49.799
 our experience

00:22:49.799 --> 00:22:51.139
 this is how

00:22:51.139 --> 00:22:51.779
 we experience

00:22:51.779 --> 00:22:52.259
 the law.

00:22:52.259 --> 00:22:56.019
 so think

00:22:56.019 --> 00:22:56.559
 with me

00:22:56.559 --> 00:22:56.759
 about

00:22:56.759 --> 00:22:57.039
 Romans

00:22:57.039 --> 00:22:57.700
 chapter 7

00:22:57.700 --> 00:22:58.779
 in fact

00:22:58.779 --> 00:22:59.140
 come back

00:22:59.140 --> 00:22:59.339
 with me

00:22:59.339 --> 00:22:59.599
 to Romans

00:22:59.599 --> 00:23:00.119
 chapter 7

00:23:00.119 --> 00:23:00.359
 Romans

00:23:00.359 --> 00:23:00.839
 chapter 7

00:23:00.839 --> 00:23:01.119
 and verse

00:23:01.119 --> 00:23:01.480
 7

00:23:01.480 --> 00:23:03.339
 where Paul

00:23:03.339 --> 00:23:03.819
 says this

00:23:03.819 --> 00:23:04.200
 he says

00:23:04.200 --> 00:23:04.619
 and what

00:23:04.619 --> 00:23:04.799
 then

00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:05.079
 shall we

00:23:05.079 --> 00:23:05.680
 say

00:23:05.680 --> 00:23:07.200
 Romans

00:23:07.200 --> 00:23:07.440
 7

00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:07.799
 verse 7

00:23:07.799 --> 00:23:07.940
 what

00:23:07.940 --> 00:23:08.119
 then

00:23:08.119 --> 00:23:08.240
 shall

00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:08.400
 we

00:23:08.400 --> 00:23:08.819
 say

00:23:08.819 --> 00:23:09.440
 that

00:23:09.440 --> 00:23:09.579
 the

00:23:09.579 --> 00:23:09.759
 law

00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:10.000
 is

00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:10.420
 sin

00:23:10.420 --> 00:23:11.140
 by

00:23:11.140 --> 00:23:11.480
 no

00:23:11.480 --> 00:23:12.039
 means

00:23:12.039 --> 00:23:14.339
 yet

00:23:14.339 --> 00:23:14.680
 if it

00:23:14.680 --> 00:23:15.140
 had not

00:23:15.140 --> 00:23:15.440
 been

00:23:15.440 --> 00:23:15.839
 for the

00:23:15.839 --> 00:23:16.200
 law

00:23:16.200 --> 00:23:16.539
 I

00:23:16.539 --> 00:23:16.740
 would

00:23:16.740 --> 00:23:16.940
 not

00:23:16.940 --> 00:23:17.059
 have

00:23:17.059 --> 00:23:17.500
 known

00:23:17.500 --> 00:23:18.019
 sin

00:23:18.019 --> 00:23:20.079
 for I

00:23:20.079 --> 00:23:20.240
 would

00:23:20.240 --> 00:23:20.500
 not

00:23:20.500 --> 00:23:20.619
 have

00:23:20.619 --> 00:23:20.799
 known

00:23:20.799 --> 00:23:20.980
 what

00:23:20.980 --> 00:23:21.099
 it

00:23:21.099 --> 00:23:21.220
 is

00:23:21.220 --> 00:23:21.379
 to

00:23:21.379 --> 00:23:21.740
 covet

00:23:21.740 --> 00:23:22.460
 if

00:23:22.460 --> 00:23:22.599
 the

00:23:22.599 --> 00:23:22.779
 law

00:23:22.779 --> 00:23:22.920
 had

00:23:22.920 --> 00:23:23.059
 said

00:23:23.059 --> 00:23:23.160
 you

00:23:23.160 --> 00:23:23.339
 shall

00:23:23.339 --> 00:23:23.460
 not

00:23:23.460 --> 00:23:23.700
 covet

00:23:23.700 --> 00:23:25.079
 but

00:23:25.079 --> 00:23:25.619
 sin

00:23:25.619 --> 00:23:26.900
 seizing

00:23:26.900 --> 00:23:27.259
 an

00:23:27.259 --> 00:23:27.700
 opportunity

00:23:27.700 --> 00:23:27.960
 through

00:23:27.960 --> 00:23:28.079
 the

00:23:28.079 --> 00:23:28.400
 commandment

00:23:28.400 --> 00:23:28.740
 produced

00:23:28.740 --> 00:23:29.000
 in me

00:23:29.000 --> 00:23:29.180
 all

00:23:29.180 --> 00:23:29.440
 kinds

00:23:29.440 --> 00:23:29.559
 of

00:23:29.559 --> 00:23:29.980
 covetlessness

00:23:29.980 --> 00:23:31.700
 for

00:23:31.700 --> 00:23:31.960
 apart

00:23:31.960 --> 00:23:32.099
 from

00:23:32.099 --> 00:23:32.240
 the

00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:32.559
 law

00:23:32.559 --> 00:23:32.819
 sin

00:23:32.819 --> 00:23:33.019
 lies

00:23:33.019 --> 00:23:33.359
 dead

00:23:33.359 --> 00:23:34.660
 I

00:23:34.660 --> 00:23:34.980
 was

00:23:34.980 --> 00:23:35.359
 once

00:23:35.359 --> 00:23:36.259
 alive

00:23:36.259 --> 00:23:36.579
 apart

00:23:36.579 --> 00:23:36.720
 from

00:23:36.720 --> 00:23:36.839
 the

00:23:36.839 --> 00:23:37.099
 law

00:23:37.099 --> 00:23:38.259
 but

00:23:38.259 --> 00:23:38.400
 when

00:23:38.400 --> 00:23:38.539
 the

00:23:38.539 --> 00:23:38.920
 commandment

00:23:38.920 --> 00:23:39.319
 came

00:23:39.319 --> 00:23:40.839
 sin

00:23:40.839 --> 00:23:41.139
 came

00:23:41.139 --> 00:23:41.480
 alive

00:23:41.480 --> 00:23:41.759
 and I

00:23:41.759 --> 00:23:42.119
 died

00:23:42.119 --> 00:23:44.920
 what's

00:23:44.920 --> 00:23:45.000
 he

00:23:45.000 --> 00:23:45.180
 saying

00:23:45.180 --> 00:23:45.379
 there

00:23:45.379 --> 00:23:47.440
 he's

00:23:47.440 --> 00:23:47.460
!

00:23:47.460 --> 00:23:47.700
 talking

00:23:47.700 --> 00:23:47.900
 about

00:23:47.900 --> 00:23:48.079
 his

00:23:48.079 --> 00:23:48.519
 life

00:23:48.519 --> 00:23:48.900
 as

00:23:48.900 --> 00:23:49.500
 a

00:23:49.500 --> 00:23:49.920
 Pharisee

00:23:49.920 --> 00:23:50.079
 as

00:23:50.079 --> 00:23:50.180
 a

00:23:50.180 --> 00:23:50.420
 religious

00:23:50.420 --> 00:23:50.819
 man

00:23:50.819 --> 00:23:52.539
 he's

00:23:52.539 --> 00:23:52.700
 talking

00:23:52.700 --> 00:23:52.840
 about

00:23:52.840 --> 00:23:52.960
 his

00:23:52.960 --> 00:23:53.220
 life

00:23:53.220 --> 00:23:53.559
 before

00:23:53.559 --> 00:23:53.700
 he

00:23:53.700 --> 00:23:53.920
 became

00:23:53.920 --> 00:23:54.299
 Christian

00:23:54.299 --> 00:23:55.019
 he

00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:55.220
 was

00:23:55.220 --> 00:23:55.680
 alive

00:23:55.680 --> 00:23:56.000
 once

00:23:56.000 --> 00:23:56.180
 that's

00:23:56.180 --> 00:23:56.259
 how

00:23:56.259 --> 00:23:56.380
 he

00:23:56.380 --> 00:23:56.700
 felt

00:23:56.700 --> 00:23:58.200
 he

00:23:58.200 --> 00:23:58.400
 felt

00:23:58.400 --> 00:23:58.480
 he

00:23:58.480 --> 00:23:58.579
 was

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 alive

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 a

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 man

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 full

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 of

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 vigour

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 and

00:24:01.519 --> 00:24:01.819
 moral

00:24:01.819 --> 00:24:02.220
 power

00:24:02.220 --> 00:24:02.600
 but

00:24:02.600 --> 00:24:02.740
 then

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 the

00:24:02.880 --> 00:24:03.039
 law

00:24:03.039 --> 00:24:03.180
 of

00:24:03.180 --> 00:24:03.420
 God

00:24:03.420 --> 00:24:03.779
 came

00:24:03.779 --> 00:24:05.200
 and

00:24:05.200 --> 00:24:05.319
 it

00:24:05.319 --> 00:24:05.700
 convicted

00:24:05.700 --> 00:24:05.980
 him

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 and

00:24:06.160 --> 00:24:06.259
 it

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 incarcerated

00:24:06.740 --> 00:24:07.100
 him

00:24:07.100 --> 00:24:07.259
 and

00:24:07.259 --> 00:24:07.360
 it

00:24:07.360 --> 00:24:07.460
 put

00:24:07.460 --> 00:24:07.559
 him

00:24:07.559 --> 00:24:07.680
 in

00:24:07.680 --> 00:24:07.960
 prison

00:24:07.960 --> 00:24:08.380
 and

00:24:08.380 --> 00:24:08.740
 shut

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 him

00:24:08.880 --> 00:24:09.059
 up

00:24:09.059 --> 00:24:09.420
 and

00:24:09.420 --> 00:24:09.559
 it

00:24:09.559 --> 00:24:09.920
 showed

00:24:09.920 --> 00:24:10.100
 the

00:24:10.100 --> 00:24:10.340
 apostle

00:24:10.340 --> 00:24:10.620
 Paul

00:24:10.619 --> 00:24:10.779
 that

00:24:10.779 --> 00:24:10.919
 he

00:24:10.919 --> 00:24:11.359
 couldn't

00:24:11.359 --> 00:24:11.559
 do

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 what

00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:11.959
 God

00:24:11.959 --> 00:24:12.099
 was

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 asking

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 him

00:24:12.519 --> 00:24:12.579
 to

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 do

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 it

00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:14.899
 showed

00:24:14.899 --> 00:24:15.099
 him

00:24:15.099 --> 00:24:15.259
 his

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 inability

00:24:15.719 --> 00:24:16.359
 it

00:24:16.359 --> 00:24:16.639
 showed

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 him

00:24:16.759 --> 00:24:16.899
 his

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 sinfulness

00:24:17.379 --> 00:24:17.599
 and

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 his

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 wretchedness

00:24:18.379 --> 00:24:18.899
 it

00:24:18.899 --> 00:24:19.179
 only

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 demonstrated

00:24:19.899 --> 00:24:20.099
 that

00:24:20.099 --> 00:24:20.199
 he

00:24:20.199 --> 00:24:20.419
 couldn't

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 save

00:24:20.599 --> 00:24:21.059
 himself

00:24:21.059 --> 00:24:24.659
 when

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 the

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 law

00:24:25.139 --> 00:24:25.619
 came

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 he

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 died

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 he

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 felt

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 once

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 he

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 felt

00:24:31.220 --> 00:24:31.720
 alive

00:24:31.720 --> 00:24:31.899
 he

00:24:31.899 --> 00:24:32.039
 felt

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 he

00:24:32.139 --> 00:24:32.279
 was

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 full

00:24:32.559 --> 00:24:32.700
 of

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 life

00:24:32.899 --> 00:24:33.039
 and

00:24:33.039 --> 00:24:33.240
 vigour

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 our

00:24:34.220 --> 00:24:34.519
 friends

00:24:34.519 --> 00:24:34.659
 who are

00:24:34.659 --> 00:24:34.779
 not

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 Christians

00:24:35.059 --> 00:24:35.259
 they're

00:24:35.259 --> 00:24:35.379
 not

00:24:35.379 --> 00:24:35.799
 gloomy

00:24:35.799 --> 00:24:36.339
 in the

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 main

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 they're

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 not

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 always

00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:37.659
 down

00:24:37.659 --> 00:24:39.240
 they

00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:39.379
 are

00:24:39.379 --> 00:24:39.799
 alive

00:24:39.799 --> 00:24:40.019
 without

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 the

00:24:40.259 --> 00:24:40.619
 law

00:24:40.619 --> 00:24:41.039
 and

00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:41.179
 then

00:24:41.179 --> 00:24:41.359
 the

00:24:41.359 --> 00:24:41.619
 law

00:24:41.619 --> 00:24:42.119
 comes

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 when

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 they

00:24:42.419 --> 00:24:42.779
 understand

00:24:42.779 --> 00:24:42.980
 it

00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:43.099
 and

00:24:43.099 --> 00:24:43.240
 it

00:24:43.240 --> 00:24:43.460
 shows

00:24:43.460 --> 00:24:43.619
 them

00:24:43.619 --> 00:24:43.759
 their

00:24:43.759 --> 00:24:44.119
 inability

00:24:44.119 --> 00:24:45.779
 and

00:24:45.779 --> 00:24:45.899
 it

00:24:45.899 --> 00:24:46.119
 shows

00:24:46.119 --> 00:24:46.240
 them

00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:46.399
 their

00:24:46.399 --> 00:24:46.779
 sinfulness

00:24:46.779 --> 00:24:47.019
 and

00:24:47.019 --> 00:24:47.119
 it

00:24:47.119 --> 00:24:47.319
 shows

00:24:47.319 --> 00:24:47.319


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 them

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 their

00:24:47.599 --> 00:24:47.980
 need

00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:48.000
!

00:24:48.079 --> 00:24:48.379
 and

00:24:48.380 --> 00:24:53.500
 it

00:24:53.500 --> 00:24:53.800
 it's

00:24:53.800 --> 00:24:53.960
 like

00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:54.180
 being

00:24:54.180 --> 00:24:54.500
 imprisoned

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 it's

00:24:54.880 --> 00:24:55.000
 like

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 the

00:24:55.120 --> 00:24:55.340
 rich

00:24:55.340 --> 00:24:55.520
 young

00:24:55.520 --> 00:24:55.800
 ruler

00:24:55.800 --> 00:24:57.040
 he

00:24:57.040 --> 00:24:57.240
 comes

00:24:57.240 --> 00:24:57.420
 to

00:24:57.420 --> 00:24:57.840
 Jesus

00:24:57.840 --> 00:24:59.000
 and

00:24:59.000 --> 00:24:59.100
 he

00:24:59.100 --> 00:24:59.280
 says

00:24:59.280 --> 00:24:59.420
 to

00:24:59.420 --> 00:24:59.640
 Jesus

00:24:59.640 --> 00:24:59.840
 this

00:24:59.840 --> 00:25:00.180
 amazing

00:25:00.180 --> 00:25:00.480
 question

00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:00.640
 what

00:25:00.640 --> 00:25:00.820
 must

00:25:00.820 --> 00:25:00.940
 I

00:25:00.940 --> 00:25:01.060
 do

00:25:01.060 --> 00:25:01.160
 to

00:25:01.160 --> 00:25:01.400
 inherit

00:25:01.400 --> 00:25:01.700
 eternal

00:25:01.700 --> 00:25:02.040
 life

00:25:02.040 --> 00:25:02.480
 and

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 Jesus

00:25:02.760 --> 00:25:03.180
 says

00:25:03.180 --> 00:25:03.720
 you

00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:03.900
 know

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 the

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 ten

00:25:04.240 --> 00:25:04.660
 commandments

00:25:04.660 --> 00:25:05.260
 go

00:25:05.260 --> 00:25:05.400
 and

00:25:05.400 --> 00:25:05.540
 do

00:25:05.540 --> 00:25:05.740
 them

00:25:05.740 --> 00:25:08.260
 the

00:25:08.260 --> 00:25:08.440
 rich

00:25:08.440 --> 00:25:08.580
 young

00:25:08.580 --> 00:25:08.760
 ruler

00:25:08.760 --> 00:25:09.060
 says

00:25:09.060 --> 00:25:10.460
 well

00:25:10.460 --> 00:25:10.680
 all

00:25:10.680 --> 00:25:10.880
 these

00:25:10.880 --> 00:25:11.040
 I've

00:25:11.040 --> 00:25:11.220
 kept

00:25:11.220 --> 00:25:11.380
 since

00:25:11.380 --> 00:25:11.480
 I

00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:11.580
 was

00:25:11.580 --> 00:25:11.700
 a

00:25:11.700 --> 00:25:11.980
 boy

00:25:11.980 --> 00:25:14.360
 he

00:25:14.360 --> 00:25:14.520
 hasn't

00:25:14.520 --> 00:25:14.820
 understood

00:25:14.820 --> 00:25:15.040
 the

00:25:15.040 --> 00:25:15.280
 law

00:25:15.280 --> 00:25:16.620
 he

00:25:16.620 --> 00:25:16.940
 feels

00:25:16.940 --> 00:25:17.100
 he's

00:25:17.100 --> 00:25:17.660
!

00:25:18.380 --> 00:25:18.620
 he

00:25:18.620 --> 00:25:18.900
 feels

00:25:18.900 --> 00:25:19.200
 full

00:25:19.200 --> 00:25:19.380
 of

00:25:19.380 --> 00:25:19.800
 moral

00:25:19.800 --> 00:25:20.280
 courage

00:25:20.280 --> 00:25:20.460
 and

00:25:20.460 --> 00:25:20.720
 virtue

00:25:20.720 --> 00:25:20.880
 he

00:25:20.880 --> 00:25:21.060
 says

00:25:21.060 --> 00:25:21.200
 to

00:25:21.200 --> 00:25:21.420
 Jesus

00:25:21.420 --> 00:25:21.780
 all

00:25:21.780 --> 00:25:21.980
 these

00:25:21.980 --> 00:25:22.180
 I've

00:25:22.180 --> 00:25:22.380
 kept

00:25:22.380 --> 00:25:22.580
 since

00:25:22.580 --> 00:25:22.680
 I

00:25:22.680 --> 00:25:22.920
 was a

00:25:22.920 --> 00:25:23.240
 boy

00:25:23.240 --> 00:25:24.420
 was his

00:25:24.420 --> 00:25:24.800
 problem

00:25:24.800 --> 00:25:26.140
 he

00:25:26.140 --> 00:25:26.340
 didn't

00:25:26.340 --> 00:25:26.760
 understand

00:25:26.760 --> 00:25:27.020
 it

00:25:27.020 --> 00:25:27.540
 Paul

00:25:27.540 --> 00:25:27.900
 talks

00:25:27.900 --> 00:25:28.040
 in

00:25:28.040 --> 00:25:28.400
 Philippians

00:25:28.400 --> 00:25:28.820
 3

00:25:28.820 --> 00:25:29.980
 concerning

00:25:29.980 --> 00:25:30.700
 zeal

00:25:30.700 --> 00:25:31.100
 he

00:25:31.100 --> 00:25:31.280
 talks

00:25:31.280 --> 00:25:31.420
 about

00:25:31.420 --> 00:25:31.540
 his

00:25:31.540 --> 00:25:31.820
 life

00:25:31.820 --> 00:25:32.100
 before

00:25:32.100 --> 00:25:32.200
 he

00:25:32.200 --> 00:25:32.380
 became

00:25:32.380 --> 00:25:32.520
 a

00:25:32.520 --> 00:25:32.740
 Christian

00:25:32.740 --> 00:25:33.220
 concerning

00:25:33.220 --> 00:25:33.700
 zeal

00:25:33.700 --> 00:25:34.220
 as

00:25:34.220 --> 00:25:34.360
 to

00:25:34.360 --> 00:25:34.500
 the

00:25:34.500 --> 00:25:34.880
 law

00:25:34.880 --> 00:25:36.980
 as

00:25:36.980 --> 00:25:37.160
 to

00:25:37.160 --> 00:25:37.600
 righteousness

00:25:37.600 --> 00:25:38.020
 under

00:25:38.020 --> 00:25:38.160
 the

00:25:38.160 --> 00:25:38.360
 law

00:25:38.360 --> 00:25:38.920
 blameless

00:25:38.920 --> 00:25:39.320
 that's

00:25:39.320 --> 00:25:39.480
 what I

00:25:39.480 --> 00:25:39.700
 thought I

00:25:39.700 --> 00:25:39.960
 was

00:25:39.960 --> 00:25:42.080
 that's

00:25:42.080 --> 00:25:42.260
 how I

00:25:42.260 --> 00:25:42.520
 felt

00:25:42.520 --> 00:25:43.120
 I felt

00:25:43.120 --> 00:25:43.600
 alive

00:25:43.600 --> 00:25:45.300
 and

00:25:45.300 --> 00:25:45.420
 then

00:25:45.420 --> 00:25:45.540
 the

00:25:45.540 --> 00:25:45.780
 law

00:25:48.380 --> 00:25:48.520
 and

00:25:48.520 --> 00:25:48.620
 it

00:25:48.620 --> 00:25:48.840
 handed

00:25:48.840 --> 00:25:49.020
 me

00:25:49.020 --> 00:25:49.340
 in

00:25:49.340 --> 00:25:51.840
 and

00:25:51.840 --> 00:25:52.000
 Paul

00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:52.240
 uses

00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:52.480
 two

00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:53.060
 metaphors

00:25:53.060 --> 00:25:56.040
 one of

00:25:56.040 --> 00:25:56.080
 the

00:25:56.080 --> 00:25:56.420
 metaphors

00:25:56.420 --> 00:25:56.640
 that he

00:25:56.640 --> 00:25:56.880
 uses

00:25:56.880 --> 00:25:57.180
 is

00:25:57.180 --> 00:25:57.580
 this

00:25:57.580 --> 00:25:58.000
 metaphor

00:25:58.000 --> 00:25:58.300
 of

00:25:58.300 --> 00:25:58.780
 a

00:25:58.780 --> 00:25:59.320
 pedagogue

00:25:59.320 --> 00:25:59.340
!

00:25:59.340 --> 00:25:59.660
 or a

00:25:59.660 --> 00:26:00.040
 guardian!

00:26:02.040 --> 00:26:02.520
 He

00:26:02.520 --> 00:26:02.840
 uses

00:26:02.840 --> 00:26:03.140
 the

00:26:03.140 --> 00:26:03.360
 image

00:26:03.360 --> 00:26:03.740
 of a

00:26:03.740 --> 00:26:04.060
 prison

00:26:04.060 --> 00:26:04.500
 guard

00:26:04.500 --> 00:26:06.240
 but

00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:06.340
 he

00:26:06.340 --> 00:26:06.580
 also

00:26:06.580 --> 00:26:06.980
 uses

00:26:06.980 --> 00:26:07.260
 this

00:26:07.260 --> 00:26:09.720
 metaphor

00:26:09.720 --> 00:26:10.080
 of a

00:26:10.080 --> 00:26:10.400
 pedagogue

00:26:10.400 --> 00:26:10.700
 a

00:26:10.700 --> 00:26:11.020
 pedagogue

00:26:11.020 --> 00:26:11.260
 in

00:26:11.260 --> 00:26:11.640
 Greek

00:26:11.640 --> 00:26:12.140
 or

00:26:12.140 --> 00:26:12.300
 Roman

00:26:12.300 --> 00:26:12.560
 culture

00:26:12.560 --> 00:26:12.820
 was

00:26:12.820 --> 00:26:13.380
 a

00:26:13.380 --> 00:26:13.540
 man

00:26:13.540 --> 00:26:13.860
 usually

00:26:13.860 --> 00:26:14.040
 was

00:26:14.040 --> 00:26:14.200
 a

00:26:14.200 --> 00:26:14.780
 slave

00:26:14.780 --> 00:26:16.340
 and

00:26:16.340 --> 00:26:16.500
 that

00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:16.720
 slave

00:26:16.720 --> 00:26:16.840
 would

00:26:16.840 --> 00:26:17.000
 be

00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:17.440
 hired

00:26:17.440 --> 00:26:17.760
 to

00:26:17.759 --> 00:26:18.559
 disciple

00:26:18.559 --> 00:26:18.839
 and

00:26:18.839 --> 00:26:19.259
 train

00:26:19.259 --> 00:26:19.440
 and

00:26:19.440 --> 00:26:19.819
 teach

00:26:19.819 --> 00:26:20.599
 the

00:26:20.599 --> 00:26:20.980
 child

00:26:20.980 --> 00:26:22.359
 and

00:26:22.359 --> 00:26:22.440
 he

00:26:22.440 --> 00:26:22.559
 would

00:26:22.559 --> 00:26:22.720
 go

00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:23.059
 everywhere

00:26:23.059 --> 00:26:23.279
 with

00:26:23.279 --> 00:26:23.460
 him

00:26:23.460 --> 00:26:24.819
 he

00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:24.940
 would

00:26:24.940 --> 00:26:25.059
 go

00:26:25.059 --> 00:26:25.180
 to

00:26:25.180 --> 00:26:25.480
 school

00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:25.680
 with

00:26:25.680 --> 00:26:25.799
 the

00:26:25.799 --> 00:26:26.140
 child

00:26:26.140 --> 00:26:26.579
 he

00:26:26.579 --> 00:26:26.700
 would

00:26:26.700 --> 00:26:28.039
 discipline

00:26:28.039 --> 00:26:28.279
 the

00:26:28.279 --> 00:26:28.500
 child

00:26:28.500 --> 00:26:28.879
 all

00:26:28.879 --> 00:26:29.079
 with

00:26:29.079 --> 00:26:29.259
 a

00:26:29.259 --> 00:26:29.660
 view

00:26:29.660 --> 00:26:30.359
 to

00:26:30.359 --> 00:26:30.839
 disciplining

00:26:30.839 --> 00:26:31.079
 him

00:26:31.079 --> 00:26:32.700
 that's

00:26:32.700 --> 00:26:32.799
 what

00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:32.920
 the

00:26:32.920 --> 00:26:33.059
 law

00:26:33.059 --> 00:26:33.339
 does

00:26:33.339 --> 00:26:33.480
 it

00:26:33.480 --> 00:26:33.839
 disciplines

00:26:33.839 --> 00:26:34.259
 us

00:26:34.259 --> 00:26:35.839
 the

00:26:35.839 --> 00:26:36.019
 law

00:26:36.019 --> 00:26:36.379
 hangs

00:26:36.379 --> 00:26:36.519
 us

00:26:36.519 --> 00:26:36.660
 in

00:26:36.660 --> 00:26:36.960
 the

00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:37.240
 law

00:26:37.240 --> 00:26:37.460
 is

00:26:37.460 --> 00:26:37.640
 like

00:26:37.640 --> 00:26:37.759
 one

00:26:37.759 --> 00:26:37.839
 of

00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:38.000
 those

00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:38.259
 sheep

00:26:38.259 --> 00:26:38.559
 dogs

00:26:38.559 --> 00:26:38.680
 in

00:26:38.680 --> 00:26:38.799
 a

00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:39.000
 sheep

00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:39.359
 trial

00:26:39.359 --> 00:26:39.579
 kind

00:26:39.579 --> 00:26:39.680
 of

00:26:39.680 --> 00:26:40.160
 biting

00:26:40.160 --> 00:26:40.339
 on

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 our

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 feet

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 trying

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 to

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 get

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 us

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 to

00:26:43.160 --> 00:26:43.299
 where

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 we

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 need

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 to

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 go

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 to

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 and

00:26:46.900 --> 00:26:47.039
 the

00:26:47.039 --> 00:26:47.240
 law

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 is

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 like

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 all

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 of

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 those

00:26:48.120 --> 00:26:48.539
 restraints

00:26:48.539 --> 00:26:48.720
 and

00:26:48.720 --> 00:26:48.900
 you

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 it

00:26:50.940 --> 00:26:51.279
 pushes

00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:51.539
 you

00:26:51.539 --> 00:26:51.700
 and

00:26:51.700 --> 00:26:51.900
 it

00:26:51.900 --> 00:26:52.380
 prods

00:26:52.380 --> 00:26:52.660
 you

00:26:52.660 --> 00:26:53.519
 until

00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:53.720
 you

00:26:53.720 --> 00:26:53.980
 realise

00:26:53.980 --> 00:26:54.160
 there

00:26:54.160 --> 00:26:54.279
 is

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 only

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 one

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 place

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 to

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 go

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 and

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 the

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 only

00:26:57.820 --> 00:26:58.180
 place

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 that

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 you

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 can

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 go

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 the

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 law

00:26:59.140 --> 00:26:59.460
 teaches

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 us

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 is

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 to

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 what

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 does

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 the

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 law

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 do

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 the

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 law

00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:05.279
 drives

00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:05.680
 us

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 to

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 Jesus

00:27:07.160 --> 00:27:07.580
 Christ

00:27:07.580 --> 00:27:10.140
 the

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 law

00:27:10.420 --> 00:27:10.960
 kicks

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 away

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 our

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 self

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 reliance

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 and

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 it

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 drives

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 us

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 to

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 faith

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 and

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 to

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 faith

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 alone

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 and

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 not

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 just

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 for

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 our

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 justification

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 that's

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 Paul's

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 point

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 it's

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 not

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 just

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 for

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 our

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 justification

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 the

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 law

00:27:21.719 --> 00:27:22.159
 cannot

00:27:22.159 --> 00:27:22.519
 make

00:27:22.519 --> 00:27:22.679
 you

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 right

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 with

00:27:23.079 --> 00:27:23.359
 God

00:27:23.359 --> 00:27:23.779
 but

00:27:23.779 --> 00:27:23.979
 the

00:27:23.979 --> 00:27:24.259
 law

00:27:24.259 --> 00:27:24.799
 cannot

00:27:24.799 --> 00:27:25.500
 sanctify

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 you

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 it

00:27:25.979 --> 00:27:26.199
 cannot

00:27:26.199 --> 00:27:26.500
 make

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 you

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 more

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 holy

00:27:27.079 --> 00:27:30.419
 there

00:27:30.419 --> 00:27:30.579
 is

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 a

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 view

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 isn't

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 there

00:27:31.839 --> 00:27:31.979
 in

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 churches

00:27:32.179 --> 00:27:32.419
 like

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 ours

00:27:32.699 --> 00:27:32.899
 where

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 you're

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 justified

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 by

00:27:34.419 --> 00:27:35.000
 faith

00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:36.079
 but

00:27:36.079 --> 00:27:36.279
 you're

00:27:36.279 --> 00:27:36.699
 sanctified

00:27:36.699 --> 00:27:36.939
 by

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 the

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 law

00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:38.799
 and

00:27:38.799 --> 00:27:38.959
 that

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 is

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 a

00:27:39.239 --> 00:27:39.699
 disaster

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 because

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 we're

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 never

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 able

00:27:40.660 --> 00:27:40.799
 to

00:27:40.799 --> 00:27:40.920
 do

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 it

00:27:41.160 --> 00:27:43.880
 any

00:27:43.880 --> 00:27:44.360
 obedience

00:27:44.360 --> 00:27:44.640
 we are

00:27:44.640 --> 00:27:44.759
 to

00:27:44.759 --> 00:27:45.080
 offer

00:27:45.080 --> 00:27:45.279
 to

00:27:45.279 --> 00:27:45.440
 the

00:27:45.440 --> 00:27:45.819
 law

00:27:45.819 --> 00:27:47.380
 and

00:27:47.380 --> 00:27:47.460
 we

00:27:47.460 --> 00:27:47.539
 are

00:27:47.539 --> 00:27:47.660
 to

00:27:47.660 --> 00:27:47.920
 walk

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 by

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 the

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 fruit

00:27:48.640 --> 00:27:48.840
 of

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 the

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 Holy

00:27:49.100 --> 00:27:49.440
 Spirit

00:27:49.440 --> 00:27:49.640
 we

00:27:49.640 --> 00:27:49.840
 do

00:27:49.840 --> 00:27:50.019
 so

00:27:50.019 --> 00:27:50.160
 by

00:27:50.160 --> 00:27:50.340
 the

00:27:50.340 --> 00:27:50.840
 strength

00:27:50.840 --> 00:27:51.100
 and

00:27:51.100 --> 00:27:51.259
 the

00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:51.600
 power

00:27:51.600 --> 00:27:51.740
 of

00:27:51.740 --> 00:27:51.840
 the

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 Holy

00:27:51.980 --> 00:27:52.259
 Spirit

00:27:52.259 --> 00:27:52.799
 in

00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:53.559
 union

00:27:53.559 --> 00:27:54.360
 and

00:27:54.360 --> 00:27:54.720
 communion

00:27:54.720 --> 00:27:54.980
 with

00:27:54.980 --> 00:27:55.200
 Jesus

00:27:55.200 --> 00:27:55.620
 Christ

00:27:55.620 --> 00:27:57.620
 because

00:27:57.620 --> 00:27:58.100
 apart

00:27:58.100 --> 00:27:58.299
 from

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 the

00:27:58.420 --> 00:27:58.559
 Lord

00:27:58.559 --> 00:27:58.880
 Jesus

00:27:58.880 --> 00:28:00.740
 we

00:28:00.740 --> 00:28:00.860
 can

00:28:00.860 --> 00:28:00.980
 do

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 nothing

00:28:01.360 --> 00:28:04.299
 but

00:28:04.299 --> 00:28:04.420
 there

00:28:04.420 --> 00:28:04.559
 is

00:28:04.559 --> 00:28:04.660
 a

00:28:04.660 --> 00:28:04.779
 view

00:28:04.779 --> 00:28:04.980
 isn't

00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:05.080
 there

00:28:05.080 --> 00:28:05.180
 that

00:28:05.180 --> 00:28:05.400
 Paul

00:28:05.400 --> 00:28:05.539
 is

00:28:05.539 --> 00:28:05.920
 addressing

00:28:05.920 --> 00:28:05.940
!

00:28:05.940 --> 00:28:06.220
 here

00:28:06.220 --> 00:28:06.240
!

00:28:06.240 --> 00:28:06.480
 those

00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:06.640
 who

00:28:06.640 --> 00:28:06.960
 begin

00:28:06.960 --> 00:28:07.180
 by

00:28:07.180 --> 00:28:07.640
 faith

00:28:07.640 --> 00:28:08.180
 and

00:28:08.180 --> 00:28:08.299
 that

00:28:08.299 --> 00:28:08.400
 they

00:28:08.400 --> 00:28:08.519
 are

00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:08.740
 made

00:28:08.740 --> 00:28:09.099
 perfect

00:28:09.099 --> 00:28:09.279
 by

00:28:09.279 --> 00:28:09.440
 the

00:28:09.440 --> 00:28:09.700
 flesh

00:28:09.700 --> 00:28:09.859
 and

00:28:09.859 --> 00:28:10.000
 Paul

00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:10.180
 says

00:28:10.180 --> 00:28:10.339
 no

00:28:10.339 --> 00:28:10.559
 that's

00:28:10.559 --> 00:28:10.940
 nonsense

00:28:10.940 --> 00:28:13.400
 it's

00:28:13.400 --> 00:28:13.599
 a way

00:28:13.599 --> 00:28:13.680
 of

00:28:13.680 --> 00:28:14.160
 disaster

00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:16.420
 and

00:28:16.420 --> 00:28:16.539
 it's

00:28:16.539 --> 00:28:16.799
 a way

00:28:16.799 --> 00:28:16.920
 of

00:28:16.920 --> 00:28:17.220
 ruin

00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:19.759
 and

00:28:19.759 --> 00:28:19.859
 so

00:28:19.859 --> 00:28:20.039
 what

00:28:20.039 --> 00:28:20.160
 is

00:28:20.160 --> 00:28:20.319
 the

00:28:20.319 --> 00:28:20.620
 function

00:28:20.620 --> 00:28:20.799
 of

00:28:20.799 --> 00:28:20.960
 the

00:28:20.960 --> 00:28:21.220
 law

00:28:21.220 --> 00:28:22.279
 some

00:28:22.279 --> 00:28:22.400
 of

00:28:22.400 --> 00:28:22.519
 you

00:28:22.519 --> 00:28:22.680
 are

00:28:22.680 --> 00:28:23.019
 wondering

00:28:23.019 --> 00:28:23.339
 well

00:28:23.339 --> 00:28:23.559
 what

00:28:23.559 --> 00:28:23.700
 is

00:28:23.700 --> 00:28:23.960
 the

00:28:23.960 --> 00:28:24.880
 function

00:28:24.880 --> 00:28:25.059
 of

00:28:25.059 --> 00:28:25.180
 the

00:28:25.180 --> 00:28:25.400
 law

00:28:25.400 --> 00:28:25.559
 in

00:28:25.559 --> 00:28:25.680
 the

00:28:25.680 --> 00:28:25.900
 life

00:28:25.900 --> 00:28:26.019
 of

00:28:26.019 --> 00:28:26.120
 a

00:28:26.120 --> 00:28:26.480
 Christian

00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:27.700
 are

00:28:27.700 --> 00:28:28.160
 Christians

00:28:28.160 --> 00:28:28.980
 obligated

00:28:28.980 --> 00:28:29.140
 to

00:28:29.140 --> 00:28:29.380
 obey

00:28:29.380 --> 00:28:29.539
 the

00:28:29.539 --> 00:28:29.720
 Ten

00:28:29.720 --> 00:28:30.299
 Commandments

00:28:30.299 --> 00:28:31.940
 the

00:28:31.940 --> 00:28:32.120
 answer

00:28:32.120 --> 00:28:32.339
 to that

00:28:32.339 --> 00:28:32.440
 is

00:28:32.440 --> 00:28:32.599
 of

00:28:32.599 --> 00:28:32.920
 course

00:28:32.920 --> 00:28:34.560
 you've

00:28:34.560 --> 00:28:34.700
 got to

00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:34.840
 read

00:28:34.840 --> 00:28:35.360
 Galatians

00:28:35.360 --> 00:28:35.880
 chapter 5

00:28:35.880 --> 00:28:36.460
 verse 6

00:28:36.460 --> 00:28:37.220
 where

00:28:37.220 --> 00:28:37.420
 Paul

00:28:37.420 --> 00:28:37.680
 gives

00:28:37.680 --> 00:28:38.039
 lots

00:28:38.039 --> 00:28:38.180
 of

00:28:38.180 --> 00:28:38.680
 prohibitions

00:28:38.680 --> 00:28:38.840
 and

00:28:38.840 --> 00:28:39.000
 lots

00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:39.100
 of

00:28:39.100 --> 00:28:39.600
 commands

00:28:39.600 --> 00:28:40.440
 do

00:28:40.440 --> 00:28:40.680
 this

00:28:40.680 --> 00:28:40.779
 and

00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:40.900
 don't

00:28:40.900 --> 00:28:41.000
 do

00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:41.300
 that

00:28:41.300 --> 00:28:43.480
 but

00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:43.600
 his

00:28:43.600 --> 00:28:43.860
 point

00:28:43.860 --> 00:28:44.019
 is

00:28:44.019 --> 00:28:44.180
 this

00:28:44.180 --> 00:28:44.500
 any

00:28:44.500 --> 00:28:45.000
 obedience

00:28:45.000 --> 00:28:45.259
 that we

00:28:45.259 --> 00:28:45.660
 offer

00:28:45.660 --> 00:28:48.660
 is

00:28:48.660 --> 00:28:48.900
 not

00:28:48.900 --> 00:28:49.220
 our

00:28:49.220 --> 00:28:49.620
 obedience

00:28:49.620 --> 00:28:50.039
 solely

00:28:50.039 --> 00:28:50.380
 it is

00:28:50.380 --> 00:28:50.680
 because

00:28:50.680 --> 00:28:51.060
 we are

00:28:51.060 --> 00:28:51.640
 united

00:28:51.640 --> 00:28:52.240
 by

00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:52.740
 faith

00:28:52.740 --> 00:28:52.980
 to

00:28:52.980 --> 00:28:53.100
 the

00:28:53.100 --> 00:28:53.259
 Lord

00:28:53.259 --> 00:28:53.500
 Jesus

00:28:53.500 --> 00:28:53.960
 Christ

00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:56.220
 and

00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:56.400
 it's

00:28:56.400 --> 00:28:56.700
 only

00:28:56.700 --> 00:28:57.080
 because

00:28:57.080 --> 00:28:57.380
 we are

00:28:57.380 --> 00:28:58.039
 cleansed

00:28:58.039 --> 00:28:58.320
 and

00:28:58.320 --> 00:28:58.759
 forgiven

00:28:58.759 --> 00:29:00.700
 and the

00:29:00.700 --> 00:29:01.000
 promise

00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:01.340
 has been

00:29:01.340 --> 00:29:01.640
 given

00:29:01.640 --> 00:29:02.220
 to us

00:29:02.220 --> 00:29:02.720
 that

00:29:02.720 --> 00:29:03.039
 cannot

00:29:03.039 --> 00:29:03.279
 be

00:29:03.279 --> 00:29:03.620
 annulled

00:29:03.620 --> 00:29:03.799
 and

00:29:03.799 --> 00:29:04.100
 cannot

00:29:04.100 --> 00:29:04.319
 be

00:29:04.319 --> 00:29:04.539
 taken

00:29:04.539 --> 00:29:04.980
 away

00:29:04.980 --> 00:29:07.120
 and

00:29:07.120 --> 00:29:07.460
 so

00:29:07.460 --> 00:29:08.000
 trusting

00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:08.259
 in

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:08.420
 that

00:29:08.420 --> 00:29:08.759
 promise

00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:09.180
 we are

00:29:09.180 --> 00:29:09.579
 free

00:29:09.579 --> 00:29:09.799
 to

00:29:09.799 --> 00:29:10.019
 obey

00:29:10.019 --> 00:29:10.380
 God's

00:29:10.380 --> 00:29:10.640
 law

00:29:10.640 --> 00:29:13.720
 and

00:29:13.720 --> 00:29:13.839
 so

00:29:13.839 --> 00:29:13.960
 he

00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:14.279
 addresses

00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:14.559
 you

00:29:14.559 --> 00:29:14.960
 today

00:29:14.960 --> 00:29:15.299
 you

00:29:15.299 --> 00:29:15.460
 who

00:29:15.460 --> 00:29:15.579
 have

00:29:15.579 --> 00:29:15.860
 come

00:29:15.860 --> 00:29:16.120
 this

00:29:16.120 --> 00:29:16.579
 morning

00:29:16.579 --> 00:29:18.299
 bowed

00:29:18.299 --> 00:29:18.779
 down

00:29:18.779 --> 00:29:19.559
 beneath

00:29:19.559 --> 00:29:19.880
 a load

00:29:19.880 --> 00:29:20.319
 of care

00:29:20.319 --> 00:29:20.680
 and a load

00:29:20.680 --> 00:29:21.059
 of guilt

00:29:21.059 --> 00:29:23.579
 you

00:29:23.579 --> 00:29:23.839
 who have

00:29:23.839 --> 00:29:24.100
 come

00:29:24.100 --> 00:29:24.500
 and you

00:29:24.500 --> 00:29:24.660
 are

00:29:24.660 --> 00:29:24.960
 aware

00:29:24.960 --> 00:29:25.160
 that

00:29:25.160 --> 00:29:25.380
 you've

00:29:25.380 --> 00:29:25.720
 sinned

00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:26.160
 and you've

00:29:26.160 --> 00:29:26.380
 fallen

00:29:26.380 --> 00:29:26.740
 short

00:29:26.740 --> 00:29:27.000
 of the

00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:27.220
 glory

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 of God

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 like

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 all

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 of us

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 have

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 and

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 you've

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 not done

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 the

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 things

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 that you've

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 promised

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 to do

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 and you've

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 not lived

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 up to the

00:29:35.639 --> 00:29:36.159
 vows you made

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 last Sunday

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 and it

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 weighs on

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 you

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 it weighs

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 on you

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 there is

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 within each

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 one of us

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 a recovering

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 pharisaical

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 mode

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 that operates

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 in our minds

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 there's a view

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 in our minds

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 that we've got

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 from somewhere

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 that Jesus

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 brings us

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 to the front

00:29:55.259 --> 00:29:55.619
 door

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 he opens

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 the passenger

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 side

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 and he

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 says

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 you're

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 on your

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 own

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 from now

00:29:58.379 --> 00:29:58.619
 on

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 the rest

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 of life

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 is entirely

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 up to

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 you

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 but the

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 law of

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 God

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 drives us

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 to Jesus

00:30:08.319 --> 00:30:08.899
 Christ

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 and to

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 the gospel

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 and so we

00:30:14.019 --> 00:30:14.839
 are justified

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 by faith

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 and we

00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:18.459
 live

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 by faith

00:30:19.359 --> 00:30:21.179
 in the

00:30:21.179 --> 00:30:21.519
 Lord Jesus

00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:21.839
 Christ

00:30:21.839 --> 00:30:22.099
 let's

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 pray