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 I'm going to talk to you this morning about being ransomed, righteous, and reconciled.

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 Good alliteration there, okay?

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 Ransomed, righteous, and reconciled.

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 We're going to start in 1 Samuel 21.

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 You can either, I can either read it to you or you can look it up yourself.

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 Either way, it's fine with me.

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 But we're going to start in 1 Samuel 21.

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 Again, ransomed, righteous, and reconciled.

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 So, 1 Samuel 21, this is after Jonathan and David got together.

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 And they had their little plan to figure out whether Saul was for David or not.

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 Finds out that David, or Saul, Jonathan just finds out actually Saul wants to kill David.

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 And Jonathan gives him the heads up and he gets his 1 Samuel 21.

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 1 Samuel 21, starting in verse 1, says,

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 Then David came to Nab, to Ahimelech the priest.

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 And Ahimelech came to meet David, trembling, and said to him,

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 Why are you alone and no one with you?

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 David said to Ahimelech the priest,

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 The king has charged me with a matter and said to me,

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 Let no one know anything of the matter about which I send you and with which I have charged you.

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 I have made an appointment with the young men for such and such a place.

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 All right, time out.

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 Is that true?

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 Is that true?

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 No, that's not true.

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 He just lied to him.

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 The king did not send him.

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 The king's trying to kill him.

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 Right?

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 So, that's not true.

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 So, this is the beginning of David's...

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 What's that one book?

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 It's like David's very bad, no good, horrible day, whatever.

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 That would be this day for David.

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 Okay, this is the beginning of a really bad day.

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 Okay?

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 But what does it start with?

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 It starts with David telling a lie.

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 Okay?

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 Give me some of the bread.

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 Before he gets that, he's like, you know, what are you doing here?

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 He's like, oh, I have this, you know, king sent me.

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 I got this secret matter you can't tell anybody about.

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 No, he's lying.

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 That's not true.

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 That's not what happened.

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 Verse 3.

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 Now then, what do you have on hand?

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 Give me five loaves of bread or whatever is here.

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 And the priest answered David, I have no common bread on hand, but there is holy bread.

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 Yet the young men have kept themselves from women.

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 And David answered the priest, truly women have been kept from us as always when I go on expedition.

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 The vessels of the young men are holy, even when it is an ordinary journey.

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 How much more today would their vessels be holy?

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 So the priest gave him the holy bread.

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 There was no bread there but the bread of the presence, which is removed from before the Lord,

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 to be replaced by hot bread on the day it is taken away.

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 Verse 7.

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 Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the Lord.

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 His name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief of Saul's herdsmen.

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 Okay, so this is one of Saul's guys.

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 David said to Himalek,

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 Then have you not here a spear or sword at hand?

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 For I have brought neither my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste.

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 Again, he's lying.

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 This is not about the king's business.

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 This is about him actually running away from the king.

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 Okay?

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 The priest said,

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 Sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom he struck down in the valley of Elah,

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 behold, it is here, wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod.

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 If you will take that, take it, for there is none but that here.

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 And David said,

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 There is none like that.

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 Give it to me.

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 David and David rose and fled that day from Saul.

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 Again, that gives you the real story here.

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 David rose and fled.

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 Not on some secret mission for Saul.

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 David rose and fled Saul on that day.

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 Okay?

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 Fast forward a little further to 1 Samuel 22, verse 6.

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 Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men who were with him.

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 Saul was sitting at Gibeah under the tamarass tree on the height with a spear in his hand,

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 and all his servants were standing about him.

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 Saul said to his servants who stood about him,

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 Hear now, people of Benjamin,

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 will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards?

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 Will he make you all commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds,

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 that all of you conspired against me?

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 No one discloses to me when my son makes a covenant with the son of Jesse?

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 None of you is sorry for me or discloses to me that my son has stirred up my servant against me

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 to lie in wait as at this day?

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 Verse 9.

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 Then answered Doeg the Edomite.

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 This is the guy who was there when he went to the priest.

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 Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul.

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 I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech, the son of Ahittab.

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 And he inquired of the Lord for him and gave him provisions and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.

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 Then the king sent to summon Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahittab,

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 and all his father's house, the priests who were at Nob.

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 And all of them came to the king.

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 And Saul said, Hear now, son of Ahittab.

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 And he answered, Here I am, my lord.

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 And Saul said to him, Why have you conspired against me,

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 you and the son of Jesse,

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 that you have given him bread and a sword and have inquired of God for him,

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 so that he has risen against me to lie in wait as at this day?

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 Then Ahimelech answered the king,

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 And who among all your servants is so faithful as David?

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 Who is the king's son-in-law and captain over your bodyguard and honored in your house?

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 Is today the first time that I have inquired of God for him?

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 No!

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 Let not the king impute anything to his servant or to all the house of my father,

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 for your servant has known nothing of all this, much or little.

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 And the king said, You shall surely die, Ahimelech,

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 you and all your father's house.

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 And the king said to the guard who stood about him,

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 Turn and kill the priests of the Lord,

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 because their hand also is with David.

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 And they knew that he fled and did not disclose it to me.

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 But the servants of the king would not put out their hand to strike the priests of the Lord.

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 Then the king said to Doeg, You turn and strike the priests.

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 And again, this is the guy who saw him there.

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 It says,

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 How many?

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 He killed on that day 85 persons who wore the linen ephod.

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 And Nob, the city of the priests, he put to the sword.

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 Both man and woman, child and infant,

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 ox, donkey and sheep, he put to the sword.

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 Consequential lied, wouldn't you say?

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 But one of the sons of Ahimelech, the son of Ahithub, named Abiathar,

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 escaped and fled after David.

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 And Abiathar told David that Saul had killed the priests of the Lord.

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 And David said to Abiathar,

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 I knew on that day when Doeg the Edomite was there,

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 that he would surely tell Saul,

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 I have occasioned the death of all the persons of your father's house.

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 Stay with me.

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 Do not be afraid.

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 For he who seeks my life seeks your life.

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 With me you shall be in safe keeping.

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 Okay?

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 So David knows it.

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 He says, I have occasioned the death of all the persons of your father's house.

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 He takes responsibility for it.

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 But that's a bad day.

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 Romans 3.23 says,

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 All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

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 We all know sin.

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 We all have fallen short.

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 We've all sinned.

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 Okay?

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 So we can all relate to sinning.

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 But maybe we can't relate to this kind of consequence for sin.

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 And yet sometimes when we sin,

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 we feel this weight of responsibility as we should.

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 We feel condemnation sometimes.

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 We feel the consequences of our sins

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 because there is consequences to sins,

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 sometimes worse than others.

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 But this lie that David's told,

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 85 priests get killed,

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 men and the women,

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 children and the infants,

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 all the animals.

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 That's rough.

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 Imagine having that on your conscience.

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 Oh my gosh.

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 Look what just happened.

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 Right?

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 That's a weight that was on him.

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 And we don't have to wonder

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 whether or not he did actually take that on

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 because he said,

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 I have occasioned the death

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 of all the persons of your father's house.

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 So we can relate to the fact

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 that we've sinned and fallen short.

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 But you've probably never sinned

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 where 85 pastors were killed

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 because of what you did.

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 And then all their wives and kids as well.

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 You know,

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 this is a big thing.

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 The great thing about David

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 is when we read about David,

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 there's more about David in the Bible

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 than really any other person in the Bible.

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 And so there's all these Psalms that he wrote.

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 You can kind of find out what he was thinking

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 during particular times.

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 So if you look at Psalm 52,

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 on the top of Psalm 52,

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 and it kind of says when this was written

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 or what's,

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 they give you that little kind of insight there.

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 It says to the choir master,

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 a mascal of David,

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 when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul,

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 David has come to the house of Ahimelech.

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 Okay?

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 So this is basically the Psalm he wrote

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 after all this, right?

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 What does he say?

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 Let's get insight into what David was thinking.

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 Surely he's going to write this Psalm

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 about how horrible of a person he is

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 and how he just deserves to die himself

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 and probably beats himself up.

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 Surely you would think that's what he's going to write, right?

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 Well, let's take a look.

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 Why do you boast of evil, almighty man?

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 The steadfast love of God endures all the day.

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 Your tongue plots destruction like a sharp razor,

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 you worker of deceit.

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 You love evil more than good

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 and lying more than speaking what is right.

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 You love all the words that devour,

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 oh deceitful tongue.

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 But God will break you down forever.

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 He will snatch and tear you from your tent.

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 He will uproot you from the land of the living.

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 The righteous shall see in fear

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 and shall laugh at him,

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 saying, see the man who would not make God his refuge,

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 but trusted in the abundance of his riches

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 and sought refuge in his own destruction.

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 Okay, so stop there.

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 That's him talking about Doeg, right?

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 He has some strong feelings about Doeg, clearly, here,

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 and refers to him as an evil man

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 and just pronounces all these things.

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 But the question is, what about David?

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 What's David thinking about David after all this?

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 Well, verse 8 tells us what David thinks about David.

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 This is David's perspective on himself

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 right after this happened.

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 I am like a green olive tree in the house of God.

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 I trust in the steadfast love of God forever and ever.

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 I will thank you forever because you have done it.

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 I will wait for your name for it is good

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 in the presence of the godly.

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 Isn't that an interesting take on it?

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 When you have just fallen into sin

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 and you think, wow, there's a lot of consequence to this.

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 I feel really bad about this.

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 I feel tempted to be condemned.

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 Do you usually say,

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 I'm an olive tree thriving in the house of God?

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 Is that usually what you say?

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 You usually say,

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 I trust in the steadfast love of God forever and ever.

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 I'm thriving.

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 Thriving?

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 What do you mean you're thriving?

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 85 priests were killed.

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 A whole city was wiped out,

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 including children and infants.

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 And you're an olive tree thriving in the house of God?

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 Is this not the good news?

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 Did David not have an insight into something that was real,

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 that we were going to get way more insight

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 when people like Paul would write about it later

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 and when Jesus would come?

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 That our sins don't ultimately define us

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 when we trust in his steadfast love,

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 when we trust in the blood of Christ,

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 when we trust in God's redeeming power,

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 we can say,

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 I am an olive tree thriving in the house of God.

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 I would actually believe what you believe about God

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 right after you sin

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 is one of the most important things

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 you believe about God in all time.

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 Because if you don't believe,

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 like Seth talked about justification last week,

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 if you don't believe in justification

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 and being right with God,

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 if you only believe that when you do good things,

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 but when you do bad things,

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 you don't believe it,

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 is it really justification in Christ

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 that you believe in it?

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 Or is it justification by your good works?

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 And if it is justification by your good works,

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 I got news for you.

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 It ain't good enough.

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 Never has been, never will be.

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 Nobody can do enough good things to earn God's love.

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 And your attempt to do good things to earn God's love

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 is the biggest offense of them all.

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 It's an affront.

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 It's the most arrogant thing you can do

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 is to thank God.

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 I can do this without you.

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 I can do this on my own.

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 I am my own redeemer.

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 I am my own savior.

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 What is more arrogant than to say,

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 I am an olive tree thriving in the house of God

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 only when I do good things,

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 rather than to boast on the cross of Christ

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 and say, I'm an olive tree thriving in the house of God

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 because of what Jesus did,

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 not because of what I've done

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 or haven't done or whatever.

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 That's the challenge.

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 What do you believe after you've sinned?

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 Now, I'm not saying we don't take a,

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 we should have a sense of weight, remorse, urgency.

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 We should have a sense of godly grief that happens there.

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 But again, when we sin and sin will come,

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 what do we believe about God in that moment?

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 What do we believe about ourselves in Christ?

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 Now, those who are in Christ,

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 those who call yourselves Christians,

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 who are believers in Christ,

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 do you believe in Christ after you've sinned?

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 Or do you only believe in Christ

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 after three days of walking in penance?

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 You know, after feeling bad about myself for three days,

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 my form of paying for my sin

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 is to feel bad for a few days.

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 Few hours, few days, few weeks.

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 You pick.

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 Everyone's different.

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 At the end of the day,

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 your few hours, your few days, your few weeks,

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 none of them pay for your sin.

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 Only one thing is good enough to pay for your sin

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 because all have sinned and fallen short.

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 And that is the blood of Jesus.

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 That's the blood of Jesus.

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 So I want to look at three aspects of the gospel

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 that if we believe,

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 we could become like David in that,

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 the man after God's own heart,

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 and start to believe that I'm an olive tree

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 thriving in the house of God,

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 not because of my goodness,

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 but actually despite my badness,

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 because of God's goodness and righteousness

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 that's been imputed to me through Christ.

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 All right?

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 So we're going to look at these three things.

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 Ransomed,

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 ransomed, righteous, and reconciled.

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 Okay?

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 Let's look at the first one.

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 Ransomed.

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 Okay?

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 What does ransom mean?

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 Definition of ransom is to free from captivity

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 or punishment by paying a price.

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 To free from captivity or punishment

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 by paying a price.

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 Okay?

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 So there's a certain captivity to sin,

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 and there's a punishment of sin

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 that is justly upon every sinner

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 called the wrath of God.

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 It's just.

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 It's right.

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 And some people say,

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 well, isn't hell kind of an extreme thing?

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 You live this short little life,

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 and if you've fallen short of God's glory

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 in this little life,

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 you're supposed to,

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 it's a just punishment

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 to have eternal suffering and pain

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 forever and ever and ever?

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 Well, it depends how bad the crime is.

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 You might say,

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 well, surely the amount of sins

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 I could commit

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 in that amount of time

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 wouldn't equate

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 a just punishment

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 of eternal fire and pain.

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 Well, it's not the time frame

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 that you sinned in,

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 it's who you sinned against.

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 It's not the time frame

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 that you sinned in,

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 it's who you sinned against.

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 It's kind of like, you know,

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 if I walk up to Adam one day

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 and I just slapped him in the face,

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 you know,

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 he might get upset at me,

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 he slapped me back,

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 and maybe that'd be the worst thing.

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 Or, but I'm not, you know,

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 no one's going to arrest me

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 or anything, right?

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 If I walked up to a police officer

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 and slapped him in the face,

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 well, that might be

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 a little different, right?

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 The consequences will be different.

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 If Mayor Lucas, you know,

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 was walking downtown

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 and I saw him

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 and I walked up

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 and slapped him in the face,

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 consequences would be

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 even stronger.

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 And if Biden just happened

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 to be in town,

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 President Biden,

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 and I went up

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 and slapped him in the face,

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 you might not see me

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 for a while, okay?

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 Why?

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 Why is it different?

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 It's the same crime.

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 Slapping in the face.

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 Slapping Adam.

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 Slapping a cop.

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 Slapping Mayor Lucas.

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 Slapping President Biden.

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 Why the same crime

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 having different consequences?

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 Because it's all about

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 who you've sinned against.

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 You understand?

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 And so the reason

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 the just punishment

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 for our sin

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 is eternal punishment

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 in hell

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 where the fire

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 does not go out

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 is because it's a sin

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 against the Holy God.

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 It's a sin

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 against God himself.

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 And God isn't just

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 holy with limits.

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 God is holy,

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 perfect,

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 righteous,

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 demanding holiness

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 himself

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 from us

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 without limit.

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 Like there's no limit

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 to his holiness.

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 It's not like

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 if you dive into

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 God's holiness,

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 eventually you get to a point

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 where like,

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 I've exhausted it.

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 I've seen all God's holiness.

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 No, it never ends.

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 He's so other,

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 so much bigger,

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 so much greater,

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 so much pure.

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 Like to even,

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 it's infinite.

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 Therefore,

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 the sin against

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 an infinitely holy God

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 is infinitely wicked.

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 Therefore,

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 requiring of a punishment

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 that lasts forever.

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 That's the just punishment.

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 You could say

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 we are under punishment

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 and captivity

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 to our sin.

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 We need a ransom.

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 If someone doesn't pay

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 for our ransom,

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 it's still upon us.

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 The wrath of God

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 is still upon us.

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 And the truth is,

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 all who walk

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 the face of the earth

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 and have ever walked

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 the face of the earth,

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 all the people

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 who have ever been,

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 even if they haven't walked,

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 every single person

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 who's ever existed,

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 okay,

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 unless that ransom

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 is paid,

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 they are under

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 the wrath of God.

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 But,

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 Jesus came to pay

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 our ransom.

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 Mark 10, 45 says,

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 for even the Son of Man

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 came not to be served,

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 but to serve

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 and to give his life

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 as a ransom for many.

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 His life

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 was sacrificed

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 to pay

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 the penalty

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 to ransom us

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 from captivity.

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 1 Peter 1, 18-19

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 says,

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 you were ransomed

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 from the futile ways

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 inherited from your forefathers,

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 not with perishable things

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 such as silver or gold,

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 but with the precious

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 blood of Jesus.

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 Precious blood of Christ,

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 like that of a lamb

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 without blemish

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 or spot,

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 okay,

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 so there was a payment

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 that was paid

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 and with anyone

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 who's in captivity,

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 who's being,

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 who's held captive,

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 in order for them

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 to get out,

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 they need a ransom.

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 The ransom has to be paid.

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 Jesus paid our ransom

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 with himself,

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 with his own blood.

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 Revelation 5, 9 says,

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 you were slain,

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 speaking of Jesus,

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 and by your blood,

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 you ransomed people

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 for God

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 from every tribe

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 and language

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 and people

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 and nation.

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 Colossians 2 goes further

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 to say,

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 in verse 13 through 15,

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 and you were dead

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 in your trespasses

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 and the uncircumcision

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 of your flesh.

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 God made alive

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 together with him,

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 having forgiven us

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 all our trespasses

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 by canceling

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 the record of debt

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 that stood against us

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 with its legal demands.

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 This he set aside,

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 nailing it to the cross.

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 He disarmed the rulers

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 and authorities

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 and put them to open shame

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 by triumphing

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 over them in him.

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 So one of the worst parts

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 about sin is

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 once you sin,

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 you feel this demand

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 on you.

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 You feel like,

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 I have committed a crime

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 that must be paid for,

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 that must be atoned for.

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 And there's this,

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 the reason oftentimes

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 we feel bad

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 or we try to do

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 certain things

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 is because inherently

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 without even anybody

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 telling us,

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 we believe sin

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 needs to be paid for

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 or atoned for.

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 That a crime

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 has been committed

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 that now needs

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 to be paid for.

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 We feel that.

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 And the question is,

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 do you believe

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 that there is a ransom

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 for your sin?

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 And if you do believe that

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 and you are in Christ,

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 do you believe it

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 sometimes or all the time?

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 Do you believe

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 that the ransom

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 that was paid

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 was good enough

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 for all the sins

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 you have committed,

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 are committing,

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 and will commit?

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 Was the sacrifice sufficient?

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 Was Jesus' blood enough?

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 Or do you have to add to it

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 some kind of penance

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 and moral flagellation

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 and beating yourself up

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 and I must stay

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 under condemnation

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 for you days?

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 Essentially because

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 what I'm saying is,

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 you know what?

00:20:47.820 --> 00:20:48.620
 The blood of Jesus

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 just doesn't quite cut it.

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 I gotta make sure

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 I add to it

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 because the ransom

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 wasn't enough to pay.

00:20:56.160 --> 00:20:57.220
 I have to pay for it

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 myself as well.

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 It's disgusting.

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 That's a disgusting thought.

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 It's gross.

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 It's gross to tarnish

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 the perfect,

00:21:06.519 --> 00:21:08.200
 pure blood of Christ

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 that paid our ransom

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 and canceled the debt

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 that stood there.

00:21:12.920 --> 00:21:13.880
 Canceled the debt.

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 Nailed it to the cross.

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 Debt paid.

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 It is finished.

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 What did Jesus mean

00:21:20.079 --> 00:21:20.839
 when he said that?

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 He didn't say

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 it's almost done.

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 You know,

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 on Good Friday

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 we don't read

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 the Gospels

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 and say

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 Jesus cried out

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 it's almost done.

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 He said

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 it's finished.

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 He didn't say

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 it's almost done.

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 Now you finish it.

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 I went as far

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 as I could go

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 but I'm such a wimpy

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 little God

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 I couldn't do it.

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 You have the power

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 to do it

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 because you're so amazing.

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 No,

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 he didn't say that.

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 He said

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 it is finished.

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 He didn't say it

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 weekly.

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 He said it confidently

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 hanging on a cross

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 because he knew

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 that he just paid

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 the price

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 and the record

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 was cancelled

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 that was against us.

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 It's been nailed

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 to the cross

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 and died with him

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 and is no longer there.

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 Do you believe that?

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 Do you believe it

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 in the noonday sun

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 and the pouring rain?

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 Do you believe it

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 when it's good

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 and things are bad?

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 Do you believe it

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 when you've sinned

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 or when you haven't sinned?

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 You cannot be selective

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 in your belief.

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 That is not Christianity.

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 That's every other religion

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 that says you have

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 to be good enough.

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 You got to make sure

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 your good deeds

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 outweigh your bad deeds.

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 Do not tarnish

00:22:29.299 --> 00:22:30.759
 the gospel of Christ

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 by adding to your salvation.

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 The work of Christ

00:22:34.119 --> 00:22:34.719
 is sufficient.

00:22:35.099 --> 00:22:35.899
 The work of Christ

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 is enough.

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 The question is

00:22:37.359 --> 00:22:38.059
 do you believe it?

00:22:38.879 --> 00:22:39.679
 Do you believe it?

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 Do you believe

00:22:41.039 --> 00:22:41.559
 your ransom

00:22:41.559 --> 00:22:42.500
 was paid

00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:43.480
 with the blood of Christ?

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 And do you believe it

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 when you first come to him

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 but do you believe it

00:22:47.019 --> 00:22:48.119
 every day since?

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 Do you believe it

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 when you've sinned

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 and you're feeling

00:22:51.879 --> 00:22:52.279
 the weight

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 and you're feeling

00:22:52.819 --> 00:22:53.899
 this need for atonement

00:22:53.899 --> 00:22:54.859
 and do you believe it

00:22:54.859 --> 00:22:55.339
 in that moment

00:22:55.339 --> 00:22:56.459
 that no it's already

00:22:56.459 --> 00:22:57.379
 been atoned for?

00:22:58.799 --> 00:22:59.980
 The blood of Jesus

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 is cleansing power.

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 That's an important question.

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 It's a very important question.

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 This is mercy.

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 Not getting what you deserve.

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 We deserve to be punished

00:23:12.619 --> 00:23:13.240
 for our sin.

00:23:13.679 --> 00:23:14.639
 Ransom is mercy.

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 It's saying

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 I'm going to take away

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 the just punishment

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 for your sin

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 and I'm going to take it away.

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 I'm going to pay it

00:23:20.799 --> 00:23:21.579
 on your behalf.

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 This is mercy.

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 But you're not just right.

00:23:26.460 --> 00:23:27.099
 You're not just

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 you're not just ransomed.

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 He makes you

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 righteous.

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 So it's not just like

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 you know

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 sometimes people

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 pay for something

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 but there's still

00:23:39.819 --> 00:23:40.659
 this kind of memory

00:23:40.659 --> 00:23:41.700
 that you know

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 yeah you're paid

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 you're good

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 or you're out of jail now

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 you've served your time

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 but I mean

00:23:46.579 --> 00:23:47.139
 come on

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 you're a criminal.

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 You got a record now.

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 You're a bad person.

00:23:51.500 --> 00:23:53.539
 Yes

00:23:53.539 --> 00:23:55.420
 the sin is paid for

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 but you're not quite right.

00:23:57.440 --> 00:23:57.640
 You know

00:23:57.640 --> 00:23:58.559
 you're kind of

00:23:58.559 --> 00:23:59.079
 hey

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 you

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 you

00:24:00.559 --> 00:24:02.039
 you did what?

00:24:03.140 --> 00:24:03.720
 Do you know what I'm saying?

00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:05.660
 And I think sometimes

00:24:05.660 --> 00:24:06.559
 we as Christians

00:24:06.559 --> 00:24:08.240
 there's some people say

00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:09.160
 okay I get it Josh

00:24:09.160 --> 00:24:09.440
 yep

00:24:09.440 --> 00:24:10.160
 ransom thing

00:24:10.160 --> 00:24:10.700
 got it.

00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:11.500
 But

00:24:11.500 --> 00:24:12.480
 I mean

00:24:12.480 --> 00:24:13.700
 yeah it's paid for

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 but I

00:24:14.119 --> 00:24:15.460
 I mean I still did

00:24:15.460 --> 00:24:16.420
 all those things.

00:24:16.700 --> 00:24:17.460
 I'm not

00:24:17.460 --> 00:24:18.740
 I don't feel right.

00:24:18.839 --> 00:24:19.200
 I mean I

00:24:19.200 --> 00:24:19.759
 I get it.

00:24:19.779 --> 00:24:20.500
 I'm not going to get

00:24:20.500 --> 00:24:21.840
 like you took away

00:24:21.840 --> 00:24:22.360
 the punishment

00:24:22.360 --> 00:24:23.700
 but I still feel like

00:24:23.700 --> 00:24:24.940
 I'm not quite there.

00:24:25.180 --> 00:24:25.500
 Well

00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:27.440
 I got another word for you.

00:24:28.519 --> 00:24:29.440
 Romans 5

00:24:29.440 --> 00:24:30.440
 18 to 19

00:24:30.440 --> 00:24:30.840
 says

00:24:30.840 --> 00:24:32.400
 therefore as one trespass

00:24:32.400 --> 00:24:33.840
 led to condemnation

00:24:33.840 --> 00:24:34.539
 for all men

00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:35.880
 so one act

00:24:35.880 --> 00:24:37.059
 speaking of Adam

00:24:37.059 --> 00:24:39.120
 so one act

00:24:39.120 --> 00:24:39.759
 of righteousness

00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:41.160
 speaking of Christ

00:24:41.160 --> 00:24:42.580
 leads to justification

00:24:42.580 --> 00:24:44.019
 and life for all men

00:24:44.019 --> 00:24:45.279
 for by the one man's

00:24:45.279 --> 00:24:46.160
 disobedience

00:24:46.160 --> 00:24:47.000
 Adam

00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:48.240
 the many were made sinners

00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:49.700
 and by the one man's

00:24:49.700 --> 00:24:50.079
 obedience

00:24:50.079 --> 00:24:50.660
 Jesus

00:24:50.660 --> 00:24:52.380
 the many will be made

00:24:52.380 --> 00:24:53.019
 righteous.

00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:55.079
 Do you believe

00:24:55.079 --> 00:24:57.620
 that what Jesus did

00:24:57.620 --> 00:24:58.519
 not only

00:24:58.519 --> 00:25:00.220
 takes away the punishment

00:25:00.220 --> 00:25:01.120
 that's mercy

00:25:01.120 --> 00:25:03.019
 but gives you righteousness

00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:03.960
 that's grace.

00:25:04.460 --> 00:25:05.480
 Mercy is not getting

00:25:05.480 --> 00:25:06.200
 what you deserve

00:25:06.200 --> 00:25:07.339
 grace is being given

00:25:07.339 --> 00:25:08.380
 what you don't deserve.

00:25:09.099 --> 00:25:09.720
 Does that make sense?

00:25:09.980 --> 00:25:10.940
 So he takes away

00:25:10.940 --> 00:25:11.579
 the punishment

00:25:11.579 --> 00:25:12.900
 and gives you grace

00:25:12.900 --> 00:25:13.420
 and says

00:25:13.420 --> 00:25:14.120
 righteous.

00:25:15.279 --> 00:25:16.200
 It's not just

00:25:16.200 --> 00:25:16.819
 okay

00:25:16.819 --> 00:25:18.559
 your penalty

00:25:18.559 --> 00:25:19.480
 has been paid

00:25:19.480 --> 00:25:20.299
 but now you have

00:25:20.299 --> 00:25:21.100
 the scarlet letter

00:25:21.100 --> 00:25:22.220
 for the rest of your life.

00:25:22.840 --> 00:25:23.680
 You're on the

00:25:23.680 --> 00:25:25.759
 registered offenders list

00:25:25.759 --> 00:25:27.100
 you know

00:25:27.100 --> 00:25:27.840
 the registered

00:25:27.840 --> 00:25:29.140
 sin offenders list.

00:25:29.680 --> 00:25:29.940
 No.

00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:31.880
 What Jesus does

00:25:31.880 --> 00:25:32.340
 is says

00:25:32.340 --> 00:25:33.819
 I forgive you

00:25:33.819 --> 00:25:35.279
 I've paid your ransom

00:25:35.279 --> 00:25:36.500
 and now I declare

00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:37.360
 that you are righteous.

00:25:38.360 --> 00:25:39.080
 I declare

00:25:39.080 --> 00:25:39.819
 that you are righteous.

00:25:40.860 --> 00:25:41.960
 One man's obedience

00:25:41.960 --> 00:25:42.500
 the many

00:25:42.500 --> 00:25:43.620
 will be made righteous.

00:25:43.619 --> 00:25:45.659
 1 Corinthians 1

00:25:45.659 --> 00:25:46.299
 7 and 9

00:25:46.299 --> 00:25:47.159
 puts it this way

00:25:47.159 --> 00:25:49.159
 our Lord Jesus Christ

00:25:49.159 --> 00:25:51.019
 will sustain you

00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:51.899
 to the end.

00:25:52.339 --> 00:25:53.179
 Listen to this

00:25:53.179 --> 00:25:54.439
 guiltless

00:25:54.439 --> 00:25:55.259
 in the day

00:25:55.259 --> 00:25:56.599
 of our Lord Jesus Christ

00:25:56.599 --> 00:25:57.759
 God is faithful.

00:25:59.059 --> 00:25:59.659
 Guiltless

00:25:59.659 --> 00:26:01.459
 not tarnished

00:26:01.459 --> 00:26:02.419
 not like

00:26:02.419 --> 00:26:02.759
 okay

00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:04.339
 your penalty's gone

00:26:04.339 --> 00:26:05.119
 but you're still

00:26:05.119 --> 00:26:06.099
 damaged goods.

00:26:06.579 --> 00:26:07.259
 Guiltless

00:26:07.259 --> 00:26:08.779
 do you believe that?

00:26:09.939 --> 00:26:10.339
 Again

00:26:10.339 --> 00:26:11.539
 do you believe it

00:26:11.539 --> 00:26:12.239
 on the good days

00:26:12.240 --> 00:26:13.339
 and the bad days?

00:26:14.220 --> 00:26:15.200
 Do you believe it

00:26:15.200 --> 00:26:15.779
 when your lie

00:26:15.779 --> 00:26:17.099
 causes 85 priests

00:26:17.099 --> 00:26:17.599
 to get killed

00:26:17.599 --> 00:26:18.400
 and women

00:26:18.400 --> 00:26:19.120
 children

00:26:19.120 --> 00:26:19.680
 infants?

00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:21.660
 Do you believe it

00:26:21.660 --> 00:26:22.180
 in that moment

00:26:22.180 --> 00:26:23.000
 that you're guiltless

00:26:23.000 --> 00:26:23.599
 before God

00:26:23.599 --> 00:26:24.500
 because you are not

00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:25.099
 trusting

00:26:25.099 --> 00:26:26.859
 in your own righteousness

00:26:26.859 --> 00:26:27.559
 and you're

00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:28.620
 you're not qualified

00:26:28.620 --> 00:26:29.440
 by your righteousness

00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:30.240
 and you're not

00:26:30.240 --> 00:26:30.920
 disqualified

00:26:30.920 --> 00:26:32.160
 by your unrighteousness

00:26:32.160 --> 00:26:33.140
 your qualification

00:26:33.140 --> 00:26:34.400
 is the righteousness

00:26:34.400 --> 00:26:35.039
 of another

00:26:35.039 --> 00:26:36.059
 imputed to you

00:26:36.059 --> 00:26:36.960
 so that you can be

00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:37.720
 called righteous

00:26:37.720 --> 00:26:38.460
 for something

00:26:38.460 --> 00:26:39.319
 that you never did.

00:26:40.380 --> 00:26:41.220
 You're righteous

00:26:41.220 --> 00:26:42.839
 do you believe

00:26:42.839 --> 00:26:43.279
 you're righteous?

00:26:44.140 --> 00:26:44.779
 Have you notified

00:26:44.779 --> 00:26:45.519
 your face?

00:26:46.400 --> 00:26:47.400
 Do you carry yourself

00:26:47.400 --> 00:26:48.100
 like you're righteous?

00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:49.460
 Do you walk around

00:26:49.460 --> 00:26:50.480
 like I am righteous?

00:26:51.220 --> 00:26:51.960
 But it's not a

00:26:51.960 --> 00:26:53.380
 boastful righteousness

00:26:53.380 --> 00:26:54.380
 in the sense of

00:26:54.380 --> 00:26:55.180
 like a

00:26:55.180 --> 00:26:58.600
 self-confident

00:26:58.600 --> 00:26:59.960
 hubris

00:26:59.960 --> 00:27:00.640
 but it's

00:27:00.640 --> 00:27:02.279
 a humble righteousness

00:27:02.279 --> 00:27:02.839
 that says

00:27:02.839 --> 00:27:03.779
 I carry

00:27:03.779 --> 00:27:04.740
 and am clothed

00:27:04.740 --> 00:27:05.579
 in the righteousness

00:27:05.579 --> 00:27:06.200
 of another.

00:27:06.759 --> 00:27:08.039
 I'm confident in it

00:27:08.039 --> 00:27:09.039
 because I am righteousness

00:27:09.039 --> 00:27:09.759
 and I'm proud

00:27:09.759 --> 00:27:10.279
 of my God

00:27:10.279 --> 00:27:10.839
 for attaining

00:27:10.839 --> 00:27:11.460
 it for me

00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:12.960
 but I am righteous

00:27:12.960 --> 00:27:15.059
 I cling to

00:27:15.059 --> 00:27:15.659
 his righteousness

00:27:15.659 --> 00:27:16.299
 alone

00:27:16.299 --> 00:27:18.159
 faultless to stand

00:27:18.159 --> 00:27:19.079
 before the throne

00:27:19.079 --> 00:27:19.740
 right?

00:27:20.859 --> 00:27:22.279
 Our Lord Jesus Christ

00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:23.440
 will sustain you

00:27:23.440 --> 00:27:24.079
 to the end

00:27:24.079 --> 00:27:25.259
 guiltless in the day

00:27:25.259 --> 00:27:26.399
 of our Lord Jesus Christ

00:27:26.399 --> 00:27:27.319
 do you carry

00:27:27.319 --> 00:27:28.200
 do you walk around

00:27:28.200 --> 00:27:28.940
 as a Christian

00:27:28.940 --> 00:27:29.960
 carrying guilt

00:27:29.960 --> 00:27:32.099
 or are you guiltless?

00:27:33.159 --> 00:27:33.500
 Listen

00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:34.579
 you have to answer

00:27:34.579 --> 00:27:35.279
 that question

00:27:35.279 --> 00:27:36.500
 you can't play games

00:27:36.500 --> 00:27:37.279
 with that question

00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:38.599
 you can't flirt around

00:27:38.599 --> 00:27:39.079
 with saying

00:27:39.079 --> 00:27:39.960
 oh I'm not gonna

00:27:39.960 --> 00:27:41.059
 I'm not gonna believe that

00:27:41.059 --> 00:27:42.500
 this is the gospel

00:27:42.500 --> 00:27:43.680
 do you believe

00:27:43.680 --> 00:27:44.839
 that you are faultless?

00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:47.660
 If you're not faultless

00:27:47.660 --> 00:27:49.200
 then what do we have?

00:27:50.380 --> 00:27:51.839
 God has made you

00:27:51.839 --> 00:27:52.920
 righteous

00:27:52.920 --> 00:27:54.279
 righteous

00:27:54.279 --> 00:27:55.880
 Romans 5

00:27:55.880 --> 00:27:56.559
 1 to 2

00:27:56.559 --> 00:27:57.819
 since we have been

00:27:57.819 --> 00:27:59.299
 justified by faith

00:27:59.299 --> 00:28:01.180
 we have peace with God

00:28:01.180 --> 00:28:02.880
 through our Lord Jesus Christ

00:28:02.880 --> 00:28:03.799
 through him

00:28:03.799 --> 00:28:04.960
 we have also obtained

00:28:04.960 --> 00:28:06.220
 access by faith

00:28:06.220 --> 00:28:07.680
 into this grace

00:28:07.680 --> 00:28:09.180
 in which we stand

00:28:09.180 --> 00:28:10.220
 and we rejoice

00:28:10.220 --> 00:28:11.299
 in the hope of glory

00:28:11.299 --> 00:28:12.279
 of God

00:28:12.279 --> 00:28:14.759
 we stand in grace

00:28:14.759 --> 00:28:16.059
 those who are in Christ Jesus

00:28:16.059 --> 00:28:17.720
 you stand in grace

00:28:17.720 --> 00:28:20.279
 you stand in grace

00:28:20.279 --> 00:28:20.680
 which means

00:28:20.680 --> 00:28:21.500
 God's undeserved

00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:22.440
 forgiving love

00:28:22.440 --> 00:28:23.220
 so you might say

00:28:23.220 --> 00:28:24.120
 well I don't deserve this

00:28:24.120 --> 00:28:24.680
 so what?

00:28:24.779 --> 00:28:25.759
 you're standing in grace

00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:27.539
 well I don't deserve this

00:28:27.539 --> 00:28:28.360
 I've sinned

00:28:28.360 --> 00:28:29.759
 it's forgiven

00:28:29.759 --> 00:28:31.440
 you're standing in grace

00:28:31.440 --> 00:28:33.480
 well I feel tarnished

00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:35.120
 you're standing in grace

00:28:35.119 --> 00:28:36.819
 grace is grace

00:28:36.819 --> 00:28:36.819


00:28:36.819 --> 00:28:38.079
 or grace is not grace

00:28:38.079 --> 00:28:38.919
 there's no such thing

00:28:38.919 --> 00:28:39.899
 as partial grace

00:28:39.899 --> 00:28:42.339
 God's undiluted

00:28:42.339 --> 00:28:43.699
 200 proof grace

00:28:43.699 --> 00:28:44.759
 is on you

00:28:44.759 --> 00:28:47.139
 and it either means it

00:28:47.139 --> 00:28:47.859
 or it doesn't

00:28:47.859 --> 00:28:49.879
 don't act like you have

00:28:49.879 --> 00:28:51.179
 some partial form of grace

00:28:51.179 --> 00:28:52.579
 that is like

00:28:52.579 --> 00:28:55.179
 it's not living in a matter

00:28:55.179 --> 00:28:56.000
 worthy of the gospel

00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:57.539
 it's to taint the word grace

00:28:57.539 --> 00:28:58.219
 in its meaning

00:28:58.219 --> 00:28:59.759
 grace is very

00:28:59.759 --> 00:29:00.779
 definition

00:29:00.779 --> 00:29:01.659
 is undeserved

00:29:01.660 --> 00:29:03.100
 you say I don't deserve it

00:29:03.100 --> 00:29:04.940
 so I can't stand in grace

00:29:04.940 --> 00:29:06.779
 that is the whole point of grace

00:29:06.779 --> 00:29:09.279
 well I can't stand in it

00:29:09.279 --> 00:29:10.400
 because I don't deserve it

00:29:10.400 --> 00:29:11.740
 that's the only people

00:29:11.740 --> 00:29:12.500
 grace is for

00:29:12.500 --> 00:29:13.740
 if you deserved it

00:29:13.740 --> 00:29:14.740
 you wouldn't need grace

00:29:14.740 --> 00:29:15.759
 that's called merit

00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:17.380
 well you can't get merit

00:29:17.380 --> 00:29:18.800
 you get undeserved merit

00:29:18.800 --> 00:29:19.960
 that's called grace

00:29:19.960 --> 00:29:21.420
 it was given to you

00:29:21.420 --> 00:29:22.800
 and it makes you righteous

00:29:22.800 --> 00:29:24.279
 do you believe you're righteous

00:29:24.279 --> 00:29:26.279
 do you believe you're not just ransom

00:29:26.279 --> 00:29:28.279
 but you're righteous

00:29:28.279 --> 00:29:29.899
 this is the truth

00:29:29.899 --> 00:29:31.240
 in Christ Jesus

00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:33.859
 to all who put their hope in him

00:29:33.859 --> 00:29:37.160
 this grace in which we stand

00:29:37.160 --> 00:29:38.619
 are you standing in grace

00:29:38.619 --> 00:29:40.920
 today are you standing in grace

00:29:40.920 --> 00:29:42.379
 after you sin

00:29:42.379 --> 00:29:43.279
 where do you go stand

00:29:43.279 --> 00:29:44.799
 do you go pout in the corner

00:29:44.799 --> 00:29:47.599
 exalting your ability

00:29:47.599 --> 00:29:48.799
 to screw things up

00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:50.720
 or do you go stand in grace

00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:52.339
 exalting God's ability

00:29:52.339 --> 00:29:53.319
 to make you clean

00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:56.379
 who gets the glory

00:29:56.380 --> 00:29:57.200
 your sin

00:29:57.200 --> 00:29:58.620
 your own ineptitude

00:29:58.620 --> 00:29:59.700
 your weakness

00:29:59.700 --> 00:30:01.520
 or the greatness and grandeur

00:30:01.520 --> 00:30:03.420
 of the gospel of Jesus Christ

00:30:03.420 --> 00:30:05.700
 magnifying the grace of God

00:30:05.700 --> 00:30:06.900
 what are you going to exalt

00:30:06.900 --> 00:30:08.180
 do you think you're actually

00:30:08.180 --> 00:30:09.140
 doing God a favor

00:30:09.140 --> 00:30:10.540
 by wallowing your sin

00:30:10.540 --> 00:30:12.420
 and making it seem to be so great

00:30:12.420 --> 00:30:14.160
 and having this little pity party

00:30:14.160 --> 00:30:16.040
 that's not God glorifying

00:30:16.040 --> 00:30:17.480
 what's God glorifying

00:30:17.480 --> 00:30:18.480
 is to accept

00:30:18.480 --> 00:30:19.620
 with full acceptance

00:30:19.620 --> 00:30:21.080
 that you are made righteous

00:30:21.080 --> 00:30:21.660
 in Christ

00:30:21.660 --> 00:30:22.740
 through his grace

00:30:22.740 --> 00:30:23.600
 that

00:30:23.600 --> 00:30:24.820
 my friends

00:30:24.820 --> 00:30:26.200
 is God glorifying

00:30:26.200 --> 00:30:28.340
 dare to believe that

00:30:28.340 --> 00:30:29.380
 dare to risk

00:30:29.380 --> 00:30:30.920
 this audacious

00:30:30.920 --> 00:30:32.660
 scandalous thought of grace

00:30:32.660 --> 00:30:34.220
 if grace is not scandalous

00:30:34.220 --> 00:30:35.080
 it's not grace

00:30:35.080 --> 00:30:36.880
 it's a scandal

00:30:36.880 --> 00:30:37.519
 to be given

00:30:37.519 --> 00:30:38.860
 the status of righteous

00:30:38.860 --> 00:30:40.400
 when you don't deserve it

00:30:40.400 --> 00:30:41.500
 that is grace

00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:43.600
 how could I do this

00:30:43.600 --> 00:30:44.620
 I didn't deserve it

00:30:44.620 --> 00:30:45.380
 grace

00:30:45.380 --> 00:30:46.200
 you stand

00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:47.120
 in grace

00:30:47.120 --> 00:30:48.200
 you stand

00:30:48.200 --> 00:30:48.880
 in grace

00:30:48.880 --> 00:30:49.600
 where are you standing

00:30:49.600 --> 00:30:50.860
 you're standing in grace

00:30:50.860 --> 00:30:52.779
 that's what it says

00:30:52.779 --> 00:30:54.539
 1 Peter

00:30:54.539 --> 00:30:55.839
 Peter puts it another way

00:30:55.839 --> 00:30:57.000
 chapter 113

00:30:57.000 --> 00:30:57.480
 he says

00:30:57.480 --> 00:30:58.740
 prepare your minds

00:30:58.740 --> 00:30:59.480
 for action

00:30:59.480 --> 00:31:00.920
 being sober minded

00:31:00.920 --> 00:31:01.899
 set

00:31:01.899 --> 00:31:03.180
 your hope

00:31:03.180 --> 00:31:04.259
 fully

00:31:04.259 --> 00:31:05.359
 on what

00:31:05.359 --> 00:31:06.859
 on the grace

00:31:06.859 --> 00:31:07.819
 that will be brought to you

00:31:07.819 --> 00:31:08.480
 at the revelation

00:31:08.480 --> 00:31:09.539
 of Jesus Christ

00:31:09.539 --> 00:31:11.379
 set your hope fully

00:31:11.379 --> 00:31:12.619
 so if you sin

00:31:12.619 --> 00:31:13.480
 you don't think

00:31:13.480 --> 00:31:13.879
 oh no

00:31:13.879 --> 00:31:14.659
 what am I going to do

00:31:14.660 --> 00:31:15.120
 you say

00:31:15.120 --> 00:31:16.019
 my hope

00:31:16.019 --> 00:31:17.160
 is fully set

00:31:17.160 --> 00:31:18.320
 on that day

00:31:18.320 --> 00:31:18.960
 I'm going to stand

00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:19.660
 before the judge

00:31:19.660 --> 00:31:20.640
 at the great white throne

00:31:20.640 --> 00:31:21.860
 all my sins

00:31:21.860 --> 00:31:22.660
 will be laid bare

00:31:22.660 --> 00:31:23.920
 everything I've ever done

00:31:23.920 --> 00:31:24.660
 will be laid bare

00:31:24.660 --> 00:31:26.180
 I am not putting my hope

00:31:26.180 --> 00:31:28.420
 in some belief

00:31:28.420 --> 00:31:29.580
 that maybe I did

00:31:29.580 --> 00:31:30.740
 more good than bad

00:31:30.740 --> 00:31:32.360
 or maybe when I did bad

00:31:32.360 --> 00:31:33.320
 I made sure I felt

00:31:33.320 --> 00:31:34.360
 really bad about it

00:31:34.360 --> 00:31:35.320
 or I wallowed in it

00:31:35.320 --> 00:31:37.160
 that's my hope

00:31:37.160 --> 00:31:38.080
 to stand before him

00:31:38.080 --> 00:31:38.480
 on that day

00:31:38.480 --> 00:31:39.500
 no your hope

00:31:39.500 --> 00:31:41.100
 should be set fully

00:31:41.100 --> 00:31:42.540
 on the future grace

00:31:42.540 --> 00:31:43.060
 that's going to be

00:31:43.060 --> 00:31:43.920
 given to you on that day

00:31:43.920 --> 00:31:44.960
 when he declares you

00:31:44.960 --> 00:31:45.600
 not guilty

00:31:45.600 --> 00:31:46.300
 because of the blood

00:31:46.300 --> 00:31:46.820
 of Christ

00:31:46.820 --> 00:31:50.060
 when all the books

00:31:50.060 --> 00:31:50.539
 are open

00:31:50.539 --> 00:31:51.100
 and you say

00:31:51.100 --> 00:31:51.640
 oh no

00:31:51.640 --> 00:31:53.519
 I'm damned

00:31:53.519 --> 00:31:54.340
 like this is

00:31:54.340 --> 00:31:54.920
 this is

00:31:54.920 --> 00:31:56.640
 this is bad

00:31:56.640 --> 00:31:58.259
 nope

00:31:58.259 --> 00:31:59.380
 not for those in Christ

00:31:59.380 --> 00:32:00.400
 he will declare

00:32:00.400 --> 00:32:01.400
 not guilty

00:32:01.400 --> 00:32:03.220
 not guilty

00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:04.480
 these are my

00:32:04.480 --> 00:32:05.420
 righteous ones

00:32:05.420 --> 00:32:06.779
 made righteous

00:32:06.779 --> 00:32:07.300
 in the blood

00:32:07.300 --> 00:32:07.920
 of the lamb

00:32:07.920 --> 00:32:10.400
 you might say

00:32:10.400 --> 00:32:10.700
 okay

00:32:10.700 --> 00:32:11.480
 I get that

00:32:11.480 --> 00:32:11.920
 Josh

00:32:11.920 --> 00:32:13.320
 I understand

00:32:13.319 --> 00:32:14.200
 the mercy

00:32:14.200 --> 00:32:15.240
 and grace

00:32:15.240 --> 00:32:15.539
 you know

00:32:15.539 --> 00:32:15.859
 okay

00:32:15.859 --> 00:32:17.259
 old stuff

00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:18.539
 ransom

00:32:18.539 --> 00:32:19.659
 paid for

00:32:19.659 --> 00:32:21.679
 I understand

00:32:21.679 --> 00:32:22.220
 like okay

00:32:22.220 --> 00:32:22.599
 you're made

00:32:22.599 --> 00:32:23.019
 righteous

00:32:23.019 --> 00:32:24.059
 you don't have

00:32:24.059 --> 00:32:24.639
 to wear this

00:32:24.639 --> 00:32:25.279
 scarlet letter

00:32:25.279 --> 00:32:26.019
 and the shame

00:32:26.019 --> 00:32:27.179
 I get that

00:32:27.179 --> 00:32:27.919
 but

00:32:27.919 --> 00:32:29.500
 what about

00:32:29.500 --> 00:32:30.619
 like now with God

00:32:30.619 --> 00:32:31.419
 you know

00:32:31.419 --> 00:32:31.859
 I mean

00:32:31.859 --> 00:32:32.839
 I get that

00:32:32.839 --> 00:32:33.259
 I don't have to

00:32:33.259 --> 00:32:33.859
 carry that around

00:32:33.859 --> 00:32:34.179
 I don't have to

00:32:34.179 --> 00:32:34.759
 walk in shame

00:32:34.759 --> 00:32:35.539
 but I don't know

00:32:35.539 --> 00:32:36.419
 if I can come to God

00:32:36.419 --> 00:32:37.319
 I feel like I can't

00:32:37.319 --> 00:32:37.899
 come to him

00:32:37.899 --> 00:32:38.899
 I feel like there's

00:32:38.899 --> 00:32:39.519
 still something

00:32:39.519 --> 00:32:40.500
 in between us

00:32:40.500 --> 00:32:41.839
 well the Bible's

00:32:41.839 --> 00:32:42.500
 got another word

00:32:42.500 --> 00:32:42.940
 for you

00:32:42.940 --> 00:32:44.160
 you've been

00:32:44.160 --> 00:32:45.019
 reconciled

00:32:45.019 --> 00:32:46.559
 the rift that

00:32:46.559 --> 00:32:47.140
 was there

00:32:47.140 --> 00:32:47.839
 has been

00:32:47.839 --> 00:32:48.559
 taken away

00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:49.980
 the enmity

00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:50.480
 that stood

00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:51.119
 between you

00:32:51.119 --> 00:32:51.819
 has been

00:32:51.819 --> 00:32:52.339
 removed

00:32:52.339 --> 00:32:53.319
 okay

00:32:53.319 --> 00:32:54.640
 all that was

00:32:54.640 --> 00:32:55.380
 hindering you

00:32:55.380 --> 00:32:55.880
 and God

00:32:55.880 --> 00:32:56.259
 in this

00:32:56.259 --> 00:32:56.900
 relationship

00:32:56.900 --> 00:32:58.380
 you've not

00:32:58.380 --> 00:32:59.220
 just been

00:32:59.220 --> 00:32:59.660
 brought into

00:32:59.660 --> 00:33:00.440
 right standing

00:33:00.440 --> 00:33:01.099
 being made

00:33:01.099 --> 00:33:01.599
 righteous

00:33:01.599 --> 00:33:02.660
 you've also

00:33:02.660 --> 00:33:03.059
 been brought

00:33:03.059 --> 00:33:03.440
 into right

00:33:03.440 --> 00:33:04.079
 relationship

00:33:04.079 --> 00:33:04.759
 with God

00:33:04.759 --> 00:33:05.779
 this is called

00:33:05.779 --> 00:33:06.980
 being reconciled

00:33:06.980 --> 00:33:08.180
 this is an

00:33:08.180 --> 00:33:09.120
 amazing truth

00:33:09.120 --> 00:33:09.960
 okay

00:33:09.960 --> 00:33:10.680
 it's not just

00:33:10.680 --> 00:33:11.160
 that he took

00:33:11.160 --> 00:33:11.480
 away

00:33:11.480 --> 00:33:12.180
 he paid

00:33:12.180 --> 00:33:12.640
 your penalty

00:33:12.640 --> 00:33:13.259
 it's not just

00:33:13.259 --> 00:33:13.779
 that he declared

00:33:13.779 --> 00:33:14.240
 you righteous

00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:15.519
 he also said

00:33:15.519 --> 00:33:15.819
 hey

00:33:15.819 --> 00:33:16.660
 you and me

00:33:16.660 --> 00:33:17.599
 we're restoring

00:33:17.599 --> 00:33:18.120
 this thing

00:33:18.120 --> 00:33:18.900
 we're making

00:33:18.900 --> 00:33:19.480
 this right

00:33:19.480 --> 00:33:20.200
 okay

00:33:20.200 --> 00:33:21.120
 I'm making

00:33:21.120 --> 00:33:21.779
 this right

00:33:21.779 --> 00:33:23.539
 Colossians 1

00:33:23.539 --> 00:33:24.720
 21 to 23

00:33:24.720 --> 00:33:26.259
 and you who

00:33:26.259 --> 00:33:26.720
 once were

00:33:26.720 --> 00:33:27.259
 alienated

00:33:27.259 --> 00:33:27.880
 and hostile

00:33:27.880 --> 00:33:28.480
 in mind

00:33:28.480 --> 00:33:29.460
 doing evil

00:33:29.460 --> 00:33:29.960
 deeds

00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:31.079
 he has now

00:33:31.079 --> 00:33:32.240
 reconciled

00:33:32.240 --> 00:33:32.920
 okay

00:33:32.920 --> 00:33:33.380
 so you were

00:33:33.380 --> 00:33:34.039
 alienated

00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:34.599
 there was this

00:33:34.599 --> 00:33:35.259
 alienation

00:33:35.259 --> 00:33:35.940
 this distance

00:33:35.940 --> 00:33:36.400
 between you

00:33:36.400 --> 00:33:36.819
 and God

00:33:36.819 --> 00:33:37.720
 and this is

00:33:37.720 --> 00:33:38.019
 what some

00:33:38.019 --> 00:33:38.480
 people feel

00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:38.639
 like

00:33:38.639 --> 00:33:39.079
 okay

00:33:39.079 --> 00:33:39.359
 yeah

00:33:39.359 --> 00:33:39.939
 I believe

00:33:39.939 --> 00:33:40.439
 those things

00:33:40.439 --> 00:33:41.200
 but I still

00:33:41.200 --> 00:33:41.619
 feel like

00:33:41.619 --> 00:33:42.000
 there's this

00:33:42.000 --> 00:33:42.339
 distance

00:33:42.339 --> 00:33:42.779
 between me

00:33:42.779 --> 00:33:43.200
 and God

00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:44.539
 I'm grateful

00:33:44.539 --> 00:33:45.039
 for what he's

00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:45.460
 given to me

00:33:45.460 --> 00:33:46.460
 but I can't

00:33:46.460 --> 00:33:47.139
 I feel like

00:33:47.139 --> 00:33:47.419
 I'm not

00:33:47.419 --> 00:33:48.439
 fully reinstated

00:33:48.439 --> 00:33:48.740
 to him

00:33:48.740 --> 00:33:49.179
 we're not

00:33:49.179 --> 00:33:49.960
 we're not

00:33:49.960 --> 00:33:50.460
 close

00:33:50.460 --> 00:33:51.500
 there's still

00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:52.500
 this alienation

00:33:52.500 --> 00:33:53.619
 he said

00:33:53.619 --> 00:33:54.259
 you were once

00:33:54.259 --> 00:33:54.899
 alienated

00:33:54.899 --> 00:33:55.700
 and hostile

00:33:55.700 --> 00:33:56.359
 in mind

00:33:56.359 --> 00:33:57.539
 doing evil

00:33:57.539 --> 00:33:58.019
 deeds

00:33:58.019 --> 00:33:59.519
 but he has

00:33:59.519 --> 00:34:00.659
 now reconciled

00:34:00.659 --> 00:34:01.519
 in his body

00:34:01.519 --> 00:34:02.119
 of flesh

00:34:02.119 --> 00:34:02.879
 by his death

00:34:02.879 --> 00:34:04.599
 in order to

00:34:04.599 --> 00:34:05.279
 present you

00:34:05.279 --> 00:34:06.240
 holy

00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:07.460
 and blameless

00:34:07.460 --> 00:34:08.079
 and above

00:34:08.079 --> 00:34:08.519
 reproach

00:34:08.519 --> 00:34:09.079
 before him

00:34:09.079 --> 00:34:10.460
 the word

00:34:10.460 --> 00:34:10.920
 that's used

00:34:10.920 --> 00:34:11.199
 there to

00:34:11.199 --> 00:34:11.539
 stay above

00:34:11.539 --> 00:34:11.940
 reproach

00:34:11.940 --> 00:34:12.519
 is the same

00:34:12.519 --> 00:34:13.099
 word that was

00:34:13.099 --> 00:34:14.139
 used in that

00:34:14.139 --> 00:34:14.739
 verse that I read

00:34:14.739 --> 00:34:15.539
 before that says

00:34:15.539 --> 00:34:16.199
 guiltless

00:34:16.199 --> 00:34:16.980
 okay

00:34:16.980 --> 00:34:18.119
 so

00:34:18.119 --> 00:34:19.760
 the reconciliation

00:34:19.760 --> 00:34:21.200
 that happens

00:34:21.200 --> 00:34:23.300
 presents you to

00:34:23.300 --> 00:34:23.780
 him as

00:34:23.780 --> 00:34:24.240
 holy

00:34:24.240 --> 00:34:25.240
 blameless

00:34:25.240 --> 00:34:26.180
 above reproach

00:34:26.180 --> 00:34:26.980
 or guiltless

00:34:26.980 --> 00:34:28.940
 between you

00:34:28.940 --> 00:34:29.400
 and God

00:34:29.400 --> 00:34:30.580
 if indeed

00:34:30.580 --> 00:34:31.180
 you continue

00:34:31.180 --> 00:34:31.860
 in faith

00:34:31.860 --> 00:34:32.660
 in the faith

00:34:32.660 --> 00:34:33.700
 stable and

00:34:33.700 --> 00:34:34.260
 steadfast

00:34:34.260 --> 00:34:35.260
 not shifting

00:34:35.260 --> 00:34:35.780
 from the hope

00:34:35.780 --> 00:34:36.380
 of the gospel

00:34:36.380 --> 00:34:37.680
 that you heard

00:34:37.680 --> 00:34:38.160
 which has been

00:34:38.160 --> 00:34:38.920
 proclaimed in all

00:34:38.920 --> 00:34:39.520
 creation under

00:34:39.520 --> 00:34:39.840
 heaven

00:34:39.840 --> 00:34:40.740
 and of which I

00:34:40.740 --> 00:34:41.400
 call become a

00:34:41.400 --> 00:34:41.700
 minister

00:34:41.700 --> 00:34:42.620
 notice he doesn't

00:34:42.620 --> 00:34:43.660
 say if indeed

00:34:43.660 --> 00:34:44.460
 you continue to

00:34:44.460 --> 00:34:45.100
 never spin

00:34:45.099 --> 00:34:47.460
 do you notice

00:34:47.460 --> 00:34:48.279
 the absence of

00:34:48.279 --> 00:34:48.839
 that phrase

00:34:48.839 --> 00:34:50.159
 that's a really

00:34:50.159 --> 00:34:51.159
 important absence

00:34:51.159 --> 00:34:51.759
 right there

00:34:51.759 --> 00:34:52.880
 he doesn't say

00:34:52.880 --> 00:34:53.619
 hey listen

00:34:53.619 --> 00:34:54.579
 you will be

00:34:54.579 --> 00:34:55.539
 presented holy

00:34:55.539 --> 00:34:56.519
 blameless

00:34:56.519 --> 00:34:57.559
 above reproach

00:34:57.559 --> 00:34:58.159
 faultless

00:34:58.159 --> 00:34:59.519
 as long as you

00:34:59.519 --> 00:35:00.299
 don't sin

00:35:00.299 --> 00:35:01.440
 or as long as you

00:35:01.440 --> 00:35:03.519
 sin less

00:35:03.519 --> 00:35:04.500
 or make sure

00:35:04.500 --> 00:35:05.679
 you pay penance

00:35:05.679 --> 00:35:06.599
 and feel bad

00:35:06.599 --> 00:35:07.099
 about things

00:35:07.099 --> 00:35:07.599
 for the right

00:35:07.599 --> 00:35:08.319
 amount of time

00:35:08.319 --> 00:35:09.259
 or as long as

00:35:09.259 --> 00:35:09.980
 your good deeds

00:35:09.980 --> 00:35:10.860
 outweigh your bad

00:35:10.860 --> 00:35:11.159
 deeds

00:35:11.159 --> 00:35:11.940
 then

00:35:11.940 --> 00:35:13.339
 we're all good

00:35:13.339 --> 00:35:13.739
 no no no

00:35:13.739 --> 00:35:14.519
 that's not what

00:35:14.519 --> 00:35:15.339
 he says

00:35:15.339 --> 00:35:17.039
 he says if indeed

00:35:17.039 --> 00:35:17.940
 you continue in the

00:35:17.940 --> 00:35:18.799
 faith stable

00:35:18.799 --> 00:35:19.559
 and steadfast

00:35:19.559 --> 00:35:20.339
 not shifting

00:35:20.339 --> 00:35:20.899
 from what

00:35:20.899 --> 00:35:21.699
 the hope

00:35:21.699 --> 00:35:22.480
 of the gospel

00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:24.019
 hope that you

00:35:24.019 --> 00:35:24.679
 have

00:35:24.679 --> 00:35:25.859
 there is something

00:35:25.859 --> 00:35:26.420
 that has given

00:35:26.420 --> 00:35:26.940
 you that has

00:35:26.940 --> 00:35:27.879
 nothing to do

00:35:27.879 --> 00:35:29.219
 with any work

00:35:29.219 --> 00:35:29.659
 you can do

00:35:29.659 --> 00:35:30.139
 it's the work

00:35:30.139 --> 00:35:30.539
 of another

00:35:30.539 --> 00:35:31.519
 and your hope

00:35:31.519 --> 00:35:32.319
 is in that work

00:35:32.319 --> 00:35:32.819
 your hope

00:35:32.819 --> 00:35:33.879
 is in what

00:35:33.879 --> 00:35:34.659
 Christ did

00:35:34.659 --> 00:35:35.679
 made me

00:35:35.679 --> 00:35:36.099
 so that I

00:35:36.099 --> 00:35:36.920
 can be reconciled

00:35:36.920 --> 00:35:37.299
 to God

00:35:37.299 --> 00:35:38.259
 our relationship

00:35:38.259 --> 00:35:38.980
 is restored

00:35:38.980 --> 00:35:39.319
 to what it

00:35:39.319 --> 00:35:39.719
 was always

00:35:39.719 --> 00:35:40.359
 meant to be

00:35:40.360 --> 00:35:41.380
 and that nothing

00:35:41.380 --> 00:35:42.220
 stands between

00:35:42.220 --> 00:35:42.760
 us now

00:35:42.760 --> 00:35:44.460
 do you believe

00:35:44.460 --> 00:35:44.780
 that

00:35:44.780 --> 00:35:45.900
 do you believe

00:35:45.900 --> 00:35:46.420
 that today

00:35:46.420 --> 00:35:47.680
 do you believe

00:35:47.680 --> 00:35:48.079
 that after

00:35:48.079 --> 00:35:48.800
 you've sinned

00:35:48.800 --> 00:35:50.300
 do you believe

00:35:50.300 --> 00:35:50.860
 that you can

00:35:50.860 --> 00:35:51.340
 repent

00:35:51.340 --> 00:35:52.280
 turn to God

00:35:52.280 --> 00:35:53.099
 and that

00:35:53.099 --> 00:35:53.720
 you

00:35:53.720 --> 00:35:55.260
 that reconciliation

00:35:55.260 --> 00:35:56.039
 that happened

00:35:56.039 --> 00:35:56.760
 is still there

00:35:56.760 --> 00:35:57.559
 it hasn't gone

00:35:57.559 --> 00:35:57.920
 anywhere

00:35:57.920 --> 00:35:59.120
 how do I know

00:35:59.120 --> 00:35:59.440
 that

00:35:59.440 --> 00:36:00.320
 well let's look

00:36:00.320 --> 00:36:00.860
 at how it came

00:36:00.860 --> 00:36:01.320
 in the first

00:36:01.320 --> 00:36:01.720
 place

00:36:01.720 --> 00:36:02.480
 that'll help

00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:03.180
 us understand

00:36:03.180 --> 00:36:04.120
 how it stays

00:36:04.120 --> 00:36:04.620
 there after

00:36:04.620 --> 00:36:04.960
 that

00:36:04.960 --> 00:36:06.400
 Romans 5

00:36:06.400 --> 00:36:07.720
 chapter

00:36:07.720 --> 00:36:08.760
 chapter 5

00:36:08.760 --> 00:36:09.539
 6 to 11

00:36:09.539 --> 00:36:11.019
 while we were

00:36:11.019 --> 00:36:11.739
 still weak

00:36:11.739 --> 00:36:12.759
 at the right

00:36:12.759 --> 00:36:13.179
 time

00:36:13.179 --> 00:36:14.139
 Christ died

00:36:14.139 --> 00:36:14.619
 for who

00:36:14.619 --> 00:36:16.679
 the ungodly

00:36:16.679 --> 00:36:18.340
 wait a second

00:36:18.340 --> 00:36:19.079
 he died for

00:36:19.079 --> 00:36:19.739
 the ungodly

00:36:19.739 --> 00:36:20.639
 he didn't die

00:36:20.639 --> 00:36:22.000
 for the godly

00:36:22.000 --> 00:36:22.719
 he didn't die

00:36:22.719 --> 00:36:23.159
 for the good

00:36:23.159 --> 00:36:23.559
 people

00:36:23.559 --> 00:36:24.619
 no he died

00:36:24.619 --> 00:36:25.579
 for the ungodly

00:36:25.579 --> 00:36:27.420
 he died

00:36:27.420 --> 00:36:28.440
 for the ungodly

00:36:28.440 --> 00:36:30.279
 for one will

00:36:30.279 --> 00:36:31.059
 scarcely die

00:36:31.059 --> 00:36:31.639
 for a righteous

00:36:31.639 --> 00:36:32.239
 person

00:36:32.239 --> 00:36:33.279
 though perhaps

00:36:33.279 --> 00:36:33.779
 for a good

00:36:33.779 --> 00:36:34.139
 person

00:36:34.139 --> 00:36:34.539
 one would

00:36:34.539 --> 00:36:35.139
 dare even

00:36:35.139 --> 00:36:35.619
 to die

00:36:35.619 --> 00:36:37.059
 but god

00:36:37.059 --> 00:36:38.299
 shows his

00:36:38.299 --> 00:36:38.940
 love for us

00:36:38.940 --> 00:36:39.219
 and that

00:36:39.219 --> 00:36:39.880
 while we were

00:36:39.880 --> 00:36:40.699
 still sinners

00:36:40.699 --> 00:36:41.920
 Christ died

00:36:41.920 --> 00:36:42.599
 for us

00:36:42.599 --> 00:36:43.779
 if he died

00:36:43.779 --> 00:36:44.159
 for you

00:36:44.159 --> 00:36:45.079
 in your sin

00:36:45.079 --> 00:36:46.519
 and reconciled

00:36:46.519 --> 00:36:47.460
 you in your

00:36:47.460 --> 00:36:47.900
 sin

00:36:47.900 --> 00:36:48.859
 why do you

00:36:48.859 --> 00:36:49.299
 believe that

00:36:49.299 --> 00:36:49.940
 after you've

00:36:49.940 --> 00:36:50.199
 sinned

00:36:50.199 --> 00:36:50.679
 you've lost

00:36:50.679 --> 00:36:51.460
 your reconciliation

00:36:51.460 --> 00:36:53.299
 do you realize

00:36:53.299 --> 00:36:53.779
 how foolish

00:36:53.779 --> 00:36:54.480
 that sounds

00:36:54.480 --> 00:36:56.319
 if he

00:36:56.319 --> 00:36:57.079
 reconciled

00:36:57.079 --> 00:36:57.599
 you in

00:36:57.599 --> 00:36:58.199
 your sin

00:36:58.199 --> 00:36:58.960
 how in the

00:36:58.960 --> 00:36:59.279
 world would

00:36:59.279 --> 00:36:59.619
 your sin

00:36:59.619 --> 00:37:00.579
 disqualify you

00:37:00.579 --> 00:37:01.019
 from the very

00:37:01.019 --> 00:37:01.579
 thing that came

00:37:01.579 --> 00:37:02.019
 while you were

00:37:02.019 --> 00:37:02.519
 in sin

00:37:02.519 --> 00:37:03.739
 do you see

00:37:03.739 --> 00:37:04.199
 how foolish

00:37:04.199 --> 00:37:04.820
 that is

00:37:04.820 --> 00:37:06.000
 while we were

00:37:06.000 --> 00:37:06.480
 sinners

00:37:06.480 --> 00:37:08.699
 Christ died

00:37:08.699 --> 00:37:09.239
 for us

00:37:09.239 --> 00:37:10.300
 since therefore

00:37:10.300 --> 00:37:10.820
 now we have

00:37:10.820 --> 00:37:11.420
 been justified

00:37:11.420 --> 00:37:12.099
 by him

00:37:12.099 --> 00:37:13.820
 by his blood

00:37:13.820 --> 00:37:14.860
 much more

00:37:14.860 --> 00:37:15.460
 shall we be

00:37:15.460 --> 00:37:16.400
 saved by him

00:37:16.400 --> 00:37:17.480
 from the wrath

00:37:17.480 --> 00:37:18.099
 of God

00:37:18.099 --> 00:37:19.780
 for if while

00:37:19.780 --> 00:37:20.659
 we were enemies

00:37:20.659 --> 00:37:22.380
 he's making the

00:37:22.380 --> 00:37:23.079
 point I just made

00:37:23.079 --> 00:37:24.519
 if while we were

00:37:24.519 --> 00:37:25.480
 enemies we were

00:37:25.480 --> 00:37:26.579
 reconciled to God

00:37:26.579 --> 00:37:27.519
 by the death

00:37:27.519 --> 00:37:28.099
 of his son

00:37:28.099 --> 00:37:29.179
 much more

00:37:29.179 --> 00:37:29.719
 now that we

00:37:29.719 --> 00:37:30.539
 are reconciled

00:37:30.539 --> 00:37:31.059
 shall we be

00:37:31.059 --> 00:37:32.420
 saved by his

00:37:32.420 --> 00:37:32.860
 life

00:37:32.860 --> 00:37:34.260
 more than

00:37:34.260 --> 00:37:34.599
 that we

00:37:34.599 --> 00:37:35.300
 also rejoice

00:37:35.300 --> 00:37:35.780
 in God

00:37:35.780 --> 00:37:36.139
 through our

00:37:36.139 --> 00:37:36.579
 Lord Jesus

00:37:36.579 --> 00:37:37.079
 Christ

00:37:37.079 --> 00:37:38.099
 through whom

00:37:38.099 --> 00:37:38.700
 we have now

00:37:38.700 --> 00:37:39.539
 received

00:37:39.539 --> 00:37:40.760
 reconciliation

00:37:40.760 --> 00:37:42.900
 we've received

00:37:42.900 --> 00:37:43.599
 reconciliation

00:37:43.599 --> 00:37:45.260
 okay

00:37:45.260 --> 00:37:46.659
 but we

00:37:46.659 --> 00:37:47.300
 we feel like

00:37:47.300 --> 00:37:47.920
 oh no but

00:37:47.920 --> 00:37:49.780
 I've sinned

00:37:49.780 --> 00:37:50.200
 I'm not

00:37:50.200 --> 00:37:51.880
 we must not

00:37:51.880 --> 00:37:52.680
 be reconciled

00:37:52.680 --> 00:37:53.000
 anymore

00:37:53.000 --> 00:37:54.320
 something stands

00:37:54.320 --> 00:37:54.960
 in between me

00:37:54.960 --> 00:37:56.220
 like my

00:37:56.220 --> 00:37:56.980
 relationship to

00:37:56.980 --> 00:37:57.500
 God is all

00:37:57.500 --> 00:37:57.820
 ruined

00:37:57.820 --> 00:37:58.619
 hold on

00:37:58.619 --> 00:37:59.720
 your relationship

00:37:59.720 --> 00:38:00.440
 to God was

00:38:00.440 --> 00:38:01.159
 reconciled

00:38:01.159 --> 00:38:01.920
 without you

00:38:01.920 --> 00:38:02.760
 doing anything

00:38:02.760 --> 00:38:03.320
 it was done

00:38:03.320 --> 00:38:03.940
 by him

00:38:03.940 --> 00:38:05.180
 he reconciled

00:38:05.180 --> 00:38:05.480
 you while

00:38:05.480 --> 00:38:05.740
 you were

00:38:05.740 --> 00:38:06.240
 an enemy

00:38:06.240 --> 00:38:07.920
 so how

00:38:07.920 --> 00:38:08.440
 in the world

00:38:08.440 --> 00:38:09.000
 can you

00:38:09.000 --> 00:38:09.760
 sinning now

00:38:09.760 --> 00:38:10.659
 disqualify you

00:38:10.659 --> 00:38:11.039
 from the thing

00:38:11.039 --> 00:38:11.380
 that came

00:38:11.380 --> 00:38:11.740
 while you

00:38:11.740 --> 00:38:12.079
 were an enemy

00:38:12.079 --> 00:38:12.599
 in the first

00:38:12.599 --> 00:38:13.079
 place

00:38:13.079 --> 00:38:15.079
 okay

00:38:15.079 --> 00:38:16.099
 well does this

00:38:16.099 --> 00:38:16.519
 mean that you

00:38:16.519 --> 00:38:17.119
 just go on

00:38:17.119 --> 00:38:17.760
 sinning then

00:38:17.760 --> 00:38:18.840
 who cares

00:38:18.840 --> 00:38:19.500
 it's just sin

00:38:19.500 --> 00:38:19.840
 if God

00:38:19.840 --> 00:38:20.519
 just reconciles

00:38:20.519 --> 00:38:20.760
 no

00:38:20.760 --> 00:38:22.039
 this is grace

00:38:22.039 --> 00:38:22.579
 there's nothing

00:38:22.579 --> 00:38:23.220
 more compelling

00:38:23.220 --> 00:38:23.980
 to not sin

00:38:23.980 --> 00:38:24.680
 than grace

00:38:24.679 --> 00:38:25.679
 but you

00:38:25.679 --> 00:38:26.679
 don't

00:38:26.679 --> 00:38:27.440
 you don't

00:38:27.440 --> 00:38:28.799
 not sin

00:38:28.799 --> 00:38:29.779
 so that you

00:38:29.779 --> 00:38:30.319
 you don't

00:38:30.319 --> 00:38:31.099
 get good

00:38:31.099 --> 00:38:31.519
 so you can

00:38:31.519 --> 00:38:32.179
 get God

00:38:32.179 --> 00:38:33.579
 you get God

00:38:33.579 --> 00:38:34.019
 so you can

00:38:34.019 --> 00:38:34.519
 be good

00:38:34.519 --> 00:38:35.799
 it's the

00:38:35.799 --> 00:38:36.419
 getting of God

00:38:36.419 --> 00:38:36.799
 first

00:38:36.799 --> 00:38:37.179
 it's him

00:38:37.179 --> 00:38:37.719
 loving you

00:38:37.719 --> 00:38:38.279
 while you

00:38:38.279 --> 00:38:38.899
 didn't deserve

00:38:38.899 --> 00:38:39.039
 it

00:38:39.039 --> 00:38:39.460
 loving you

00:38:39.460 --> 00:38:39.859
 in the midst

00:38:39.859 --> 00:38:40.139
 of your

00:38:40.139 --> 00:38:40.460
 sin

00:38:40.460 --> 00:38:41.559
 loving you

00:38:41.559 --> 00:38:42.779
 while you

00:38:42.779 --> 00:38:43.159
 were a sinner

00:38:43.159 --> 00:38:44.139
 reconciling you

00:38:44.139 --> 00:38:44.579
 while you

00:38:44.579 --> 00:38:45.159
 were enemies

00:38:45.159 --> 00:38:45.779
 if while we

00:38:45.779 --> 00:38:46.299
 were enemies

00:38:46.299 --> 00:38:46.659
 we were

00:38:46.659 --> 00:38:47.299
 reconciled to

00:38:47.299 --> 00:38:47.579
 God

00:38:47.579 --> 00:38:48.359
 by the death

00:38:48.359 --> 00:38:48.839
 of his son

00:38:48.839 --> 00:38:49.399
 much more

00:38:49.399 --> 00:38:49.759
 now

00:38:49.759 --> 00:38:50.319
 that we

00:38:50.319 --> 00:38:51.219
 are reconciled

00:38:51.219 --> 00:38:51.819
 shall we

00:38:51.819 --> 00:38:52.299
 be saved

00:38:52.299 --> 00:38:53.119
 by his life

00:38:53.119 --> 00:38:54.739
 some of us

00:38:54.739 --> 00:38:55.019
 need to

00:38:55.019 --> 00:38:55.500
 meditate on

00:38:55.500 --> 00:38:55.799
 the fact

00:38:55.799 --> 00:38:56.119
 that God

00:38:56.119 --> 00:38:56.980
 reconciled us

00:38:56.980 --> 00:38:57.380
 while we

00:38:57.380 --> 00:38:58.099
 were enemies

00:38:58.099 --> 00:39:00.319
 because subtle

00:39:00.319 --> 00:39:01.000
 things come in

00:39:01.000 --> 00:39:01.239
 and say

00:39:01.239 --> 00:39:02.279
 oh the reason

00:39:02.279 --> 00:39:03.039
 he reconciled

00:39:03.039 --> 00:39:03.359
 to me

00:39:03.359 --> 00:39:04.039
 me is

00:39:04.039 --> 00:39:04.359
 because

00:39:04.359 --> 00:39:05.559
 I you know

00:39:05.559 --> 00:39:06.179
 I was starting

00:39:06.179 --> 00:39:06.739
 to get my act

00:39:06.739 --> 00:39:07.119
 together

00:39:07.119 --> 00:39:08.960
 he reconciled

00:39:08.960 --> 00:39:09.380
 me because

00:39:09.380 --> 00:39:09.920
 I started

00:39:09.920 --> 00:39:10.559
 really seeking

00:39:10.559 --> 00:39:10.900
 him

00:39:10.900 --> 00:39:12.019
 he reconciled

00:39:12.019 --> 00:39:12.519
 me because

00:39:12.519 --> 00:39:13.239
 I started

00:39:13.239 --> 00:39:13.719
 being a good

00:39:13.719 --> 00:39:14.259
 person

00:39:14.259 --> 00:39:15.279
 he reconciled

00:39:15.279 --> 00:39:15.639
 me because

00:39:15.639 --> 00:39:16.059
 I started

00:39:16.059 --> 00:39:16.519
 reading my

00:39:16.519 --> 00:39:16.900
 Bible

00:39:16.900 --> 00:39:17.539
 listen

00:39:17.539 --> 00:39:18.139
 you were

00:39:18.139 --> 00:39:18.739
 reconciled

00:39:18.739 --> 00:39:19.000
 while you

00:39:19.000 --> 00:39:19.239
 were an

00:39:19.239 --> 00:39:19.539
 enemy

00:39:19.539 --> 00:39:20.460
 don't

00:39:20.460 --> 00:39:20.900
 muddle

00:39:20.900 --> 00:39:21.579
 that up

00:39:21.579 --> 00:39:22.679
 that's

00:39:22.679 --> 00:39:22.960
 what it

00:39:22.960 --> 00:39:23.440
 says

00:39:23.440 --> 00:39:25.079
 and the

00:39:25.079 --> 00:39:25.460
 reason

00:39:25.460 --> 00:39:26.619
 you can't

00:39:26.619 --> 00:39:26.960
 muddle that

00:39:26.960 --> 00:39:27.419
 up is it

00:39:27.419 --> 00:39:27.960
 takes away

00:39:27.960 --> 00:39:28.799
 the potency

00:39:28.799 --> 00:39:29.460
 of grace

00:39:29.460 --> 00:39:30.159
 and when the

00:39:30.159 --> 00:39:30.699
 potency of

00:39:30.699 --> 00:39:31.139
 grace is

00:39:31.139 --> 00:39:31.719
 taken away

00:39:31.719 --> 00:39:32.759
 your passion

00:39:32.759 --> 00:39:33.579
 and impetus

00:39:33.579 --> 00:39:34.480
 to love God

00:39:34.480 --> 00:39:35.079
 is taken away

00:39:35.079 --> 00:39:35.539
 because you

00:39:35.539 --> 00:39:36.079
 feel like

00:39:36.079 --> 00:39:36.960
 God giving

00:39:36.960 --> 00:39:37.379
 you grace

00:39:37.379 --> 00:39:37.859
 is just

00:39:37.859 --> 00:39:39.059
 a paycheck

00:39:39.059 --> 00:39:39.679
 you deserved

00:39:39.679 --> 00:39:40.000
 it which

00:39:40.000 --> 00:39:40.639
 isn't grace

00:39:40.639 --> 00:39:41.859
 you start

00:39:41.859 --> 00:39:42.239
 thinking it's

00:39:42.239 --> 00:39:42.539
 your own

00:39:42.539 --> 00:39:43.059
 merits

00:39:43.059 --> 00:39:44.679
 you will

00:39:44.679 --> 00:39:45.299
 never be

00:39:45.299 --> 00:39:46.219
 over the top

00:39:46.219 --> 00:39:46.739
 loving to

00:39:46.739 --> 00:39:47.159
 someone who

00:39:47.159 --> 00:39:47.440
 gives you

00:39:47.440 --> 00:39:47.879
 a paycheck

00:39:47.879 --> 00:39:48.519
 this is the

00:39:48.519 --> 00:39:48.879
 reason you

00:39:48.879 --> 00:39:49.259
 don't jump

00:39:49.259 --> 00:39:49.839
 up and down

00:39:49.839 --> 00:39:50.379
 and hug

00:39:50.379 --> 00:39:50.839
 your boss

00:39:50.839 --> 00:39:51.119
 when he

00:39:51.119 --> 00:39:51.699
 pays you

00:39:51.699 --> 00:39:54.259
 you're glad

00:39:54.259 --> 00:39:54.839
 to get paid

00:39:54.839 --> 00:39:55.159
 but you're

00:39:55.159 --> 00:39:55.819
 not excited

00:39:55.819 --> 00:39:56.239
 about it

00:39:56.239 --> 00:39:57.039
 because you

00:39:57.039 --> 00:39:57.659
 earned that

00:39:57.659 --> 00:39:58.439
 and if he

00:39:58.439 --> 00:39:58.939
 didn't give

00:39:58.939 --> 00:39:59.239
 you that

00:39:59.239 --> 00:39:59.639
 it would be

00:39:59.639 --> 00:40:00.299
 unjust

00:40:00.299 --> 00:40:01.699
 the thing is

00:40:01.699 --> 00:40:02.439
 if God

00:40:02.439 --> 00:40:02.939
 doesn't give

00:40:02.939 --> 00:40:03.399
 us something

00:40:03.399 --> 00:40:04.179
 that wouldn't

00:40:04.179 --> 00:40:04.980
 be unjust

00:40:04.980 --> 00:40:06.199
 he chose

00:40:06.199 --> 00:40:06.579
 to give it

00:40:06.579 --> 00:40:06.859
 to us

00:40:06.859 --> 00:40:07.119
 in his

00:40:07.119 --> 00:40:07.399
 mercy

00:40:07.399 --> 00:40:07.719
 and his

00:40:07.719 --> 00:40:08.099
 grace

00:40:08.099 --> 00:40:09.819
 and it's

00:40:09.819 --> 00:40:10.460
 way over

00:40:10.460 --> 00:40:10.919
 the top

00:40:10.919 --> 00:40:11.799
 we didn't

00:40:11.799 --> 00:40:12.399
 earn it

00:40:12.399 --> 00:40:13.980
 it would

00:40:13.980 --> 00:40:14.239
 be like

00:40:14.239 --> 00:40:14.699
 the difference

00:40:14.699 --> 00:40:15.000
 between

00:40:15.000 --> 00:40:15.439
 getting a

00:40:15.439 --> 00:40:15.839
 paycheck

00:40:15.839 --> 00:40:17.419
 or if your

00:40:17.419 --> 00:40:17.699
 boss

00:40:17.699 --> 00:40:18.099
 all of a sudden

00:40:18.099 --> 00:40:18.419
 you found

00:40:18.419 --> 00:40:18.719
 on this

00:40:18.719 --> 00:40:19.019
 week's

00:40:19.019 --> 00:40:19.299
 paycheck

00:40:19.299 --> 00:40:19.699
 they gave

00:40:19.699 --> 00:40:19.879
 you a

00:40:19.879 --> 00:40:20.399
 hundred thousand

00:40:20.399 --> 00:40:21.099
 dollar bonus

00:40:21.099 --> 00:40:22.179
 now you

00:40:22.179 --> 00:40:22.579
 might give

00:40:22.579 --> 00:40:22.799
 him a

00:40:22.799 --> 00:40:23.079
 hug

00:40:23.079 --> 00:40:23.779
 right

00:40:23.779 --> 00:40:24.519
 now you

00:40:24.519 --> 00:40:24.940
 might jump

00:40:24.940 --> 00:40:25.360
 around a

00:40:25.360 --> 00:40:25.779
 little bit

00:40:25.779 --> 00:40:26.380
 like wait

00:40:26.380 --> 00:40:26.779
 what

00:40:26.779 --> 00:40:27.559
 there's a

00:40:27.559 --> 00:40:27.960
 hundred thousand

00:40:27.960 --> 00:40:28.360
 dollar bonus

00:40:28.360 --> 00:40:29.000
 I didn't

00:40:29.000 --> 00:40:29.619
 earn that

00:40:29.619 --> 00:40:30.940
 therefore

00:40:30.940 --> 00:40:32.579
 now I really

00:40:32.579 --> 00:40:33.099
 want to do a

00:40:33.099 --> 00:40:33.440
 good job

00:40:33.440 --> 00:40:33.739
 for you

00:40:33.739 --> 00:40:34.119
 you're giving

00:40:34.119 --> 00:40:34.500
 out a hundred

00:40:34.500 --> 00:40:35.039
 thousand dollar

00:40:35.039 --> 00:40:35.440
 bonuses

00:40:35.440 --> 00:40:36.819
 that's amazing

00:40:36.819 --> 00:40:37.960
 well Jesus

00:40:37.960 --> 00:40:38.579
 gave way better

00:40:38.579 --> 00:40:39.000
 than a hundred

00:40:39.000 --> 00:40:39.539
 thousand dollar

00:40:39.539 --> 00:40:40.239
 bonus he gives

00:40:40.239 --> 00:40:41.119
 eternal life

00:40:41.119 --> 00:40:43.079
 he gives

00:40:43.079 --> 00:40:45.759
 redemption

00:40:45.759 --> 00:40:47.259
 he gives

00:40:47.259 --> 00:40:48.119
 righteousness

00:40:48.119 --> 00:40:49.859
 reconciliation

00:40:49.859 --> 00:40:52.480
 it can't

00:40:52.480 --> 00:40:53.039
 call it

00:40:53.039 --> 00:40:53.460
 cannot

00:40:53.460 --> 00:40:54.339
 disqualify

00:40:54.339 --> 00:40:54.739
 you if it

00:40:54.739 --> 00:40:54.940
 never

00:40:54.940 --> 00:40:55.519
 qualified

00:40:55.519 --> 00:40:55.779
 you in

00:40:55.779 --> 00:40:56.119
 the first

00:40:56.119 --> 00:40:56.539
 place

00:40:56.539 --> 00:40:57.460
 does that

00:40:57.460 --> 00:40:58.000
 make sense

00:40:58.000 --> 00:40:58.960
 you have

00:40:58.960 --> 00:40:59.319
 to think

00:40:59.319 --> 00:41:00.079
 about that

00:41:00.079 --> 00:41:01.039
 2 Corinthians

00:41:01.039 --> 00:41:01.920
 5 17

00:41:01.920 --> 00:41:02.319
 to 20

00:41:02.319 --> 00:41:02.739
 said

00:41:02.739 --> 00:41:03.380
 therefore

00:41:03.380 --> 00:41:03.880
 if anyone

00:41:03.880 --> 00:41:04.219
 is in

00:41:04.219 --> 00:41:04.559
 Christ

00:41:04.559 --> 00:41:04.960
 he's a

00:41:04.960 --> 00:41:05.099
 new

00:41:05.099 --> 00:41:05.679
 creation

00:41:05.679 --> 00:41:06.659
 the old

00:41:06.659 --> 00:41:07.239
 has passed

00:41:07.239 --> 00:41:07.559
 away

00:41:07.559 --> 00:41:07.960
 behold

00:41:07.960 --> 00:41:08.219
 the new

00:41:08.219 --> 00:41:08.659
 has come

00:41:08.659 --> 00:41:09.359
 all this

00:41:09.359 --> 00:41:09.659
 is from

00:41:09.659 --> 00:41:10.059
 God

00:41:10.059 --> 00:41:10.480
 who

00:41:10.480 --> 00:41:10.759
 through

00:41:10.759 --> 00:41:11.219
 Christ

00:41:11.219 --> 00:41:12.359
 reconciled

00:41:12.359 --> 00:41:12.539
 us

00:41:12.539 --> 00:41:12.699
 to

00:41:12.699 --> 00:41:13.219
 himself

00:41:13.219 --> 00:41:14.279
 and gave

00:41:14.279 --> 00:41:14.579
 us the

00:41:14.579 --> 00:41:14.920
 ministry

00:41:14.920 --> 00:41:15.099
 of

00:41:15.099 --> 00:41:15.699
 reconciliation

00:41:15.699 --> 00:41:17.019
 that is

00:41:17.019 --> 00:41:17.460
 in Christ

00:41:17.460 --> 00:41:17.719
 God

00:41:17.719 --> 00:41:17.899
 was

00:41:17.899 --> 00:41:18.460
 reconciling

00:41:18.460 --> 00:41:18.779
 the world

00:41:18.779 --> 00:41:19.319
 to himself

00:41:19.319 --> 00:41:20.779
 not counting

00:41:20.779 --> 00:41:20.779


00:41:20.779 --> 00:41:21.319
 their

00:41:21.319 --> 00:41:22.259
 trespasses

00:41:22.259 --> 00:41:23.019
 against

00:41:23.019 --> 00:41:23.399
 them

00:41:23.399 --> 00:41:24.619
 the very

00:41:24.619 --> 00:41:25.259
 definition

00:41:25.259 --> 00:41:25.980
 of

00:41:25.980 --> 00:41:26.619
 reconciliation

00:41:26.619 --> 00:41:27.639
 is to

00:41:27.639 --> 00:41:28.159
 not count

00:41:28.159 --> 00:41:28.339
 your

00:41:28.339 --> 00:41:29.399
 trespasses

00:41:29.399 --> 00:41:29.739
 against

00:41:29.739 --> 00:41:30.019
 you

00:41:30.019 --> 00:41:30.739
 that's

00:41:30.739 --> 00:41:30.859
 what

00:41:30.859 --> 00:41:31.419
 reconciliation

00:41:31.419 --> 00:41:32.319
 means

00:41:32.319 --> 00:41:32.899
 there's

00:41:32.899 --> 00:41:33.379
 no longer

00:41:33.379 --> 00:41:33.779
 beef

00:41:33.779 --> 00:41:34.019
 there's

00:41:34.019 --> 00:41:34.480
 no longer

00:41:34.480 --> 00:41:34.819
 any

00:41:34.819 --> 00:41:35.980
 friction

00:41:35.980 --> 00:41:36.419
 here

00:41:36.419 --> 00:41:37.299
 what was

00:41:37.299 --> 00:41:37.819
 standing

00:41:37.819 --> 00:41:38.259
 against

00:41:38.259 --> 00:41:38.599
 you

00:41:38.599 --> 00:41:39.199
 I'm

00:41:39.199 --> 00:41:39.399
 not

00:41:39.399 --> 00:41:39.799
 counting

00:41:39.799 --> 00:41:40.219
 against

00:41:40.219 --> 00:41:40.539
 you

00:41:40.539 --> 00:41:41.239
 it

00:41:41.239 --> 00:41:41.419
 no

00:41:41.419 --> 00:41:41.739
 longer

00:41:41.739 --> 00:41:42.359
 counts

00:41:42.359 --> 00:41:42.980
 we're

00:41:42.980 --> 00:41:43.259
 good

00:41:43.259 --> 00:41:43.639
 now

00:41:43.639 --> 00:41:44.259
 we're

00:41:44.259 --> 00:41:45.679
 reconciled

00:41:45.679 --> 00:41:46.960
 to

00:41:46.960 --> 00:41:47.419
 count

00:41:47.419 --> 00:41:48.299
 the

00:41:48.299 --> 00:41:48.639
 sins

00:41:48.639 --> 00:41:48.799
 you

00:41:48.799 --> 00:41:49.159
 commit

00:41:49.159 --> 00:41:49.639
 against

00:41:49.639 --> 00:41:50.259
 yourself

00:41:50.259 --> 00:41:50.739
 is

00:41:50.739 --> 00:41:50.919
 the

00:41:50.919 --> 00:41:51.159
 spit

00:41:51.159 --> 00:41:51.279
 in

00:41:51.279 --> 00:41:51.399
 the

00:41:51.399 --> 00:41:51.639
 face

00:41:51.639 --> 00:41:51.759
 of

00:41:51.759 --> 00:41:52.379
 reconciliation

00:41:52.379 --> 00:41:53.500
 do

00:41:53.500 --> 00:41:53.599
 you

00:41:53.599 --> 00:41:53.980
 understand

00:41:53.980 --> 00:41:54.480
 that

00:41:54.480 --> 00:41:55.779
 do

00:41:55.779 --> 00:41:55.859
 you

00:41:55.859 --> 00:41:56.179
 understand

00:41:56.179 --> 00:41:56.619
 that

00:41:56.619 --> 00:41:57.299
 you're

00:41:57.299 --> 00:41:57.419
 not

00:41:57.419 --> 00:41:57.679
 doing

00:41:57.679 --> 00:41:57.919
 God

00:41:57.919 --> 00:41:58.399
 favors

00:41:58.399 --> 00:41:58.799
 by

00:41:58.799 --> 00:42:00.460
 counting

00:42:00.460 --> 00:42:00.719
 your

00:42:00.719 --> 00:42:00.940
 sins

00:42:00.940 --> 00:42:01.279
 against

00:42:01.279 --> 00:42:01.719
 yourself

00:42:01.719 --> 00:42:02.039
 as if

00:42:02.039 --> 00:42:02.159
 you

00:42:02.159 --> 00:42:02.399
 think

00:42:02.399 --> 00:42:02.519
 that

00:42:02.519 --> 00:42:02.779
 that's

00:42:02.779 --> 00:42:02.980
 some

00:42:02.980 --> 00:42:03.139
 way

00:42:03.139 --> 00:42:03.299
 you're

00:42:03.299 --> 00:42:03.379
 going

00:42:03.379 --> 00:42:03.480
 to

00:42:03.480 --> 00:42:03.719
 honor

00:42:03.719 --> 00:42:03.899
 the

00:42:03.899 --> 00:42:04.059
 Lord

00:42:04.059 --> 00:42:04.199
 in

00:42:04.199 --> 00:42:04.379
 that

00:42:04.379 --> 00:42:04.940
 you

00:42:04.940 --> 00:42:05.299
 honor

00:42:05.299 --> 00:42:05.539
 the

00:42:05.539 --> 00:42:05.859
 Lord

00:42:05.859 --> 00:42:06.099
 by

00:42:06.099 --> 00:42:06.980
 rejoicing

00:42:06.980 --> 00:42:07.239
 and

00:42:07.239 --> 00:42:07.839
 boasting

00:42:07.839 --> 00:42:08.019
 in

00:42:08.019 --> 00:42:08.159
 the

00:42:08.159 --> 00:42:08.519
 fact

00:42:08.519 --> 00:42:09.000
 that

00:42:09.000 --> 00:42:09.219
 his

00:42:09.219 --> 00:42:09.579
 blood

00:42:09.579 --> 00:42:09.799
 has

00:42:09.799 --> 00:42:10.599
 reconciled

00:42:10.599 --> 00:42:10.839
 you

00:42:10.839 --> 00:42:11.859
 and

00:42:11.859 --> 00:42:12.019
 that

00:42:12.019 --> 00:42:12.159
 your

00:42:12.159 --> 00:42:12.539
 sins

00:42:12.539 --> 00:42:12.679
 are

00:42:12.679 --> 00:42:12.820
 no

00:42:12.820 --> 00:42:13.099
 longer

00:42:13.099 --> 00:42:13.420
 counted

00:42:13.420 --> 00:42:13.840
 against

00:42:13.840 --> 00:42:14.159
 you

00:42:14.159 --> 00:42:15.779
 that's

00:42:15.779 --> 00:42:15.880
 how

00:42:15.880 --> 00:42:16.039
 you

00:42:16.039 --> 00:42:16.320
 honor

00:42:16.320 --> 00:42:16.599
 him

00:42:16.599 --> 00:42:17.279
 that's

00:42:17.279 --> 00:42:17.380
 how

00:42:17.380 --> 00:42:17.539
 you

00:42:17.539 --> 00:42:18.019
 glorify

00:42:18.019 --> 00:42:18.360
 him

00:42:18.360 --> 00:42:19.219
 do

00:42:19.219 --> 00:42:19.460
 you

00:42:19.460 --> 00:42:20.039
 believe

00:42:20.039 --> 00:42:20.199
 that

00:42:20.199 --> 00:42:20.340
 your

00:42:20.340 --> 00:42:20.579
 sins

00:42:20.579 --> 00:42:20.699
 are

00:42:20.699 --> 00:42:20.880
 not

00:42:20.880 --> 00:42:21.119
 counted

00:42:21.119 --> 00:42:21.420
 against

00:42:21.420 --> 00:42:21.559
 are

00:42:21.559 --> 00:42:21.739
 you

00:42:21.739 --> 00:42:22.159
 walking

00:42:22.159 --> 00:42:22.539
 around

00:42:22.539 --> 00:42:22.800
 after

00:42:22.800 --> 00:42:23.000
 you

00:42:23.000 --> 00:42:23.360
 sin

00:42:23.360 --> 00:42:24.099
 acting

00:42:24.099 --> 00:42:24.360
 like

00:42:24.360 --> 00:42:24.539
 oh

00:42:24.539 --> 00:42:24.739
 my

00:42:24.739 --> 00:42:25.019
 sins

00:42:25.019 --> 00:42:25.159
 are

00:42:25.159 --> 00:42:25.380
 counted

00:42:25.380 --> 00:42:25.779
 against

00:42:25.779 --> 00:42:26.019
 you

00:42:26.019 --> 00:42:26.480
 this

00:42:26.480 --> 00:42:26.719
 tells

00:42:26.719 --> 00:42:26.820
 me

00:42:26.820 --> 00:42:26.940
 you're

00:42:26.940 --> 00:42:27.099
 not

00:42:27.099 --> 00:42:27.460
 believing

00:42:27.460 --> 00:42:27.639
 an

00:42:27.639 --> 00:42:27.940
 aspect

00:42:27.940 --> 00:42:28.159
 of

00:42:28.159 --> 00:42:28.259
 the

00:42:28.259 --> 00:42:28.659
 gospel

00:42:28.659 --> 00:42:29.320
 I'm

00:42:29.320 --> 00:42:29.440
 not

00:42:29.440 --> 00:42:29.820
 necessarily

00:42:29.820 --> 00:42:30.159
 saying

00:42:30.159 --> 00:42:30.259
 in

00:42:30.259 --> 00:42:30.400
 that

00:42:30.400 --> 00:42:30.599
 moment

00:42:30.599 --> 00:42:30.800
 you're

00:42:30.800 --> 00:42:30.980
 not

00:42:30.980 --> 00:42:31.480
 saved

00:42:31.480 --> 00:42:31.980
 I

00:42:31.980 --> 00:42:32.099
 don't

00:42:32.099 --> 00:42:32.239
 know

00:42:32.239 --> 00:42:32.360
 where

00:42:32.360 --> 00:42:32.519
 you're

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!

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 but

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 who

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 counts

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 who

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 are

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 forgiven

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 who

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 sins

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 are

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 covered

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 blessed

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 is

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 the

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 man

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 against

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 whom

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 the

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 Lord

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 will

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 not

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 count

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 his

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 sin

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 that's

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 reconciliation

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 there's

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 nothing

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 that stands

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 between

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 us

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 anymore

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 do

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 you

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 ever

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 come

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 before

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 him

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 sometimes

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 to

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 worship

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 and

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 say

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 I

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 don't

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 know

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 if

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 I

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 can

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 worship

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 I

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 haven't

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 spent

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 enough

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 time

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 with

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 Jesus

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 you

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 don't

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 believe

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 in

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 reconciliation

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 you ever come before him and say oh i can't read my bible because i i sinned you don't believe in

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 reconciliation i i can't uh serve in some form of ministry because i've i i sinned this week or i

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 did something it's like do you believe that your sins are counted against you what is your boasting

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 and what is your hope in is your hope held steadfast in the gospel or is it in your own

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 religious performance your religious performance is like a dirty bloody menstrual rag to the lord

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 okay that is not there's no merit in that only the only thing that pleases him is his own

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 sacrificial blood and that's what he sees when we trust in it and it's enough hebrews 8 12 says for

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 i will be merciful toward their iniquities and i will remember their sins no more that's that's

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 reconciliation so people say water under the bridge right like i'm not it's it's all gone i'll remember

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 your sins no more so how what do we conclude from this romans 8 1 therefore there is now no condemnation

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 for those in christ jesus you believe that i know you can quote it i know some of you have it memorized

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 you live like it do you live under condemnation some of us can quote it but we can't live it

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 we need to start living it when you sin do you walk under condemnation are you letting this this

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 oppressive thing that god ransomed you from come back on you there is no condemnation for those who

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 are in christ jesus why because you're in christ jesus why does being in christ jesus mean there's no

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 condemnation because if you're in christ jesus you're covered by the blood you're made righteous

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 you've been redeemed you're reconciled therefore if you're if you're redeemed if you're righteous and

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 if you're reconciled how in the world could there ever be condemnation if there would be it would be

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 unjust it would be unjust you ever wondered why it says in first john 1 that if you confess your sins

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 he's faithful and just to forgive your sins and to cleanse you from all unrighteousness do you realize

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 that to let condemnation dirtiness unrighteousness stick to you is unjust you ever thought about that

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 so often we think oh it's actually justice to feed to to beat myself up over my sin that's not justice

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 that sin's been why would it be just to beat yourself up for a sin that has been taken away and that has

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 been paid for sounds like injustice to me being punished for a sin that was already paid for

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 that's unjust being uh stained with unrighteousness when you've already been made righteous

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 that sounds unjust to me living as if you're not reconciled when god has reconciled you to himself

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 sounds pretty unjust if you want to talk about justice talk about the justice that comes with the

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 blood of christ which cleanses us from all unrighteousness that's justice that's the justice

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 i want to cling to therefore in hebrews 10 22 it says let us draw near with a true heart in full

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 assurance of faith with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure

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 water full assurance of faith hearts sprinkled clean is your heart sprinkled clean this morning

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 are you carrying a little residue of your sin or are you saying i'm clean i have full assurance do you

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 have kind of assurance or do you have full assurance what is it is it good enough or is it not good enough

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 if jesus isn't good enough then your response is going to be lame as can be you ever wonder sometimes

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 though it's like christianity to you seems like drudgery if christianity is some drudgery uh just making

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 yourself do something that you constantly don't want to do i would suggest to you that you probably

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 don't really believe the gospel that you probably have no grid for grace because when you understand

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 grace you are that you've been forgiven that that you've been loved while you were an enemy that you

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 have been redeemed you've been made righteous and that you've been reconciled how can you not say god

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 i'm gladly spend to be spent for you like you have given so much to me this is this is like the easiest

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 thing i've ever done after at that point no one has loved me like you no one has been as good as me i

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 have full assurance of faith my heart is sprinkled clean from an evil conscience my body's been washed

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 with pure water i trust in that i boast in it i boast in the cross of christ why because the cross of

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 christ means that i'm redeemed i'm righteous and i'm reconciled i boast in it i boast in it first john

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 321 if our heart does not condemn us we have confidence before god do you have confidence

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 before god in christ jesus through the gospel we should romans 10 11 says for the scripture says

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 everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame and for john 3 18 says whoever believes in him is not

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 condemned when he shall come with trumpet sound oh may i then in him be found dressed in his righteousness

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 alone faultless to stand before the throne do you believe that you believe it this morning do you

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 believe it every day some of you believe it sometimes but you don't believe it every day some of you have

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 never believed it and you're being invited this morning to believe it for the first time if that's

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 the case believe it it's the greatest news of all there is no greater news than this but it's true

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 and it is liberating and it is the greatest thing that could possibly ever happen that that un uh

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 unredeemed people could be redeemed unrighteous people could be made righteous and those who are

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 enemies of god could be reconciled this is the good news in christ jesus to all who turn from their sin

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 and believe in him and have their hope be in him and in the gospel they will be dressed in his

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 righteousness alone and they will faultless stand before his throne amen amen let's stand

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 with him and with him and with him and with him and with him and with him and with him and with him and

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 with him and with him and with him and with him and with him and with him and with him and with him and