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 Go ahead and join me if you would in your copy of God's Word in Romans chapter 10.

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 Beginning last week, this week, and into next, we're taking a little break from our normal verse-by-verse exposition to answer three questions.

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 And these are three questions that I think are of greatest importance to answer in the church in our day.

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 Today, these three questions have seemed to define the work of ministry for me here, and I think will continue to do so.

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 To the degree that I was musing about why it was that I felt that I was just teaching the same things over and over and over again.

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 That it seemed that there was nothing deeper to delve, to take my energetic mind and apply to.

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 And realize that these are the questions that we most need clarified in our day, to be reminded of in our day, brought back to again and again and again.

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 So last week, we asked the question, what is the Bible?

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 And we answered it this way, with of course, much explanation.

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 The Bible is God's inspired, inerrant, authoritative, clear, necessary, and sufficient Word to mankind.

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 I'm talking about how God has spoken into the world.

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 He's given us good instruction that we are to follow.

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 And this Word is to be the foundation on which we build everything else.

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 Lives of godliness and holiness toward Him.

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 And so, the question I want to address today is, what is the Gospel?

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 And then next week, we'll ask the question, what is the church?

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 What is the Gospel?

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 Why is it so important for us to answer this question?

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 Some of you may be thinking, I am sitting, gathered with the church this morning.

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 Of course, I know what the Gospel is.

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 But there is much misunderstanding of the Gospel in our day.

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 I know that I could ask each of you in this room to tell me what the Gospel is,

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 and we would end up with as many different answers.

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 Often, the answers that people give to this question are woefully inadequate.

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 They're not full understandings of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

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 There are many voices in our day, large and loud voices, that would say,

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 the Gospel is such and such, or the Gospel is this or that.

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 And it sounds very similar to what we would proclaim to be the Gospel, but it is not.

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 I hope and pray that we do, in fact, have a clear understanding of the Gospel of Jesus Christ,

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 because we speak about it constantly.

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 I hope that we do so with a great deal of clarity.

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 But the larger culture has much to say about this question.

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 Many loud voices.

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 I feel sometimes that the non-Gospel, Gospel presentations are being broadcast through megaphones,

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 and ours is a quiet whisper.

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 So it's very easy to get lost in the fray when we're trying to answer these questions.

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 It was J.I. Packer who once said,

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 The way of wisdom is like walking a tightrope,

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 from which one can fall through overbalancing either to the left or to the right.

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 If you've known me long, I often say, I often misquote J.I. Packer,

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 and I say there's two ways to fall off a tightrope.

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 We have to get this one right.

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 We have to walk this one very carefully right down the middle.

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 For the sake of our souls and the souls of others,

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 this question matters.

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 Whether you think it does this morning or not,

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 I plead with you to know this question.

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 And the answer that you arrive at matters.

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 Paul said in Romans 1 and verse 16,

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 For I am not ashamed of the Gospel,

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 for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes.

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 This Gospel, right?

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 This answer we want to arrive at,

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 is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes.

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 The Spirit uses this Gospel to change people from death to life.

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 To save their souls.

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 Now we sent out at the end of this year,

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 to the members of Christ Family Church,

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 what we call the Member Health Survey.

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 And I've told you, from time to time,

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 I'm going to bring up some of the statistics that we've gathered.

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 Not all of our church members responded to this,

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 but 105 did.

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 Thank you to those of you who did and were honest.

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 And we asked people to rate themselves,

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 on a scale of one to five,

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 a number of various questions.

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 Concerning the Gospel and its proclamation.

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 Of those respondents,

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 45% of our church would say,

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 agree or strongly agree,

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 that they regularly share the Gospel.

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 If we start just there,

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 we have failed to understand the Gospel.

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 We do not have the right answer to this question,

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 if only half of us are consistently sharing this good news.

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 We may have missed the point altogether.

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 What did Paul say in Romans 1, verse 16?

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 He's not ashamed of the Gospel.

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 Why?

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 Why?

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 This is the power of God.

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 God, for salvation.

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 We may not see its great necessity in the world

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 the way that we should.

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 Now, a large number of people said that they felt equipped,

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 agreed or strongly agreed,

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 85% of our fellowship said they felt equipped

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 to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

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 Only 53% said they felt comfortable

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 sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

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 This good news is a discomfort to them

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 in their sharing.

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 And then finally,

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 and the two are not mutually inclusive,

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 necessarily,

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 but this year,

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 only 6% of the respondents

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 led anyone to faith in Christ

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 this past year.

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 Now,

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 there have been times in history,

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 even biblical history,

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 if you look at the prophet Jeremiah,

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 who cried out faithfully,

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 and maybe one person

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 repented of his sin.

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 There have been times

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 that God has withheld His favor

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 in Gospel proclamation.

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 And so,

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 I don't want to belittle your faithfulness.

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 If you have had a clear understanding

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 of what the Gospel is,

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 and you have been consistently

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 and persistently sharing

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 the good news of Jesus Christ

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 with somebody,

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 and you have not seen them come to faith,

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 I do not want to belittle your obedience.

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 You are doing exactly

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 what God has asked of you to do.

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 But there seems to be

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 a fairly large disconnect

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 between these numbers

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 if,

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 and I believe this is true,

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 that God is in the business

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 of saving souls

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 through this Gospel of Jesus Christ, right?

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 It is the power of God

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 for salvation.

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 He is about the building

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 of His church.

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 And we must ask ourselves a question.

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 Do we think we find ourselves

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 in a day

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 that is so post-church

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 that God no longer intends

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 to save our classmates

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 and roommates

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 and family members

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 and co-workers,

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 our neighbors?

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 Do we think we're in that day?

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 I don't believe we are.

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 Which means there's

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 some type of disconnect

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 in our understanding,

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 in our presentation,

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 in our fervency

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 in Gospel proclamation.

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 So this matters.

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 It matters a lot.

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 So we're going to look today

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 a bit at Romans chapter 10,

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 verse 13 through 17.

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 There's not a concise text

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 that sums up

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 the good news of Jesus Christ perfectly.

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 There's not a quick, simple,

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 turn to,

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 let me explain here text

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 that does this.

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 I hope that it's possible.

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 Excuse me.

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 I thought I could fight

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 through that one.

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 I hope that as we began,

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 when I said,

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 let's turn to Romans chapter 10,

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 your eyes may have fell

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 to this text

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 or you thought to yourself,

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 why this text?

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 I could think of a bunch

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 of other wonderful texts

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 from which to begin

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 speaking about

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 what the gospel is.

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 This would be good for you

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 to do

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 and to have many of these

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 in your back pocket

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 for gospel proclamation.

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 But it takes a little more work

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 to fully answer the question.

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 We can't just do it

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 from a single text.

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 The whole Bible

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 is God's redemptive story.

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 So we must read broadly

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 and we must understand thematically.

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 But there are

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 some good summary texts.

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 Not complete,

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 but good summary texts.

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 So we're going to look at this one

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 in brief

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 and then we're going to go elsewhere

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 and I'll bring it back to this

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 finally at the end.

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 So don't think me strange

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 that I'm not going verse by verse

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 through Romans chapter 10,

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 verse 13 through 17.

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 We remind you, beloved,

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 that this is God's word to us

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 written for His glory

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 and our good.

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 We would all do well

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 to listen to it

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 in order to believe its promises

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 and obey its commands.

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 Verse 13.

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 For everyone who calls

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 on the name of the Lord

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 will be saved.

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 How then will they call on Him

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 in whom they have not believed?

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 And how are they to believe

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 in Him of whom

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 they have never heard?

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 And how are they to hear

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 without someone preaching?

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 And how are they to preach

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 unless they are sent?

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 As it is written,

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 how beautiful are the feet

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 of those who preach

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 the good news.

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 But they have not all

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 obeyed the gospel.

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 For Isaiah says,

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 Lord, who has believed

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 what He has heard from us?

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 So faith comes from hearing

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 and hearing

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 through the word of Christ.

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 In order to see the gospel

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 in Romans 10,

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 verse 13-17,

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 I want us to take a broader look

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 at the first four chapters

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 of Romans.

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 So you're welcome to join me

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 in Romans 1.

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 We're going to zoom back a bit

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 into the beginning

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 of Paul's letter

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 to the Roman believers.

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 Romans is a phenomenal letter.

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 Maybe a climactic letter

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 in all of the Scripture

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 because it so clearly

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 lays out systematically

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 what Christianity is.

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 This letter preceded

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 Paul's intended visit to Rome.

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 And he wanted to clarify.

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 He wanted to be sure

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 that the church in Rome

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 understood this gospel

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 that he preached.

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 This, I believe,

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 is the most succinct place

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 to find a comprehensive

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 gospel presentation

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 in the Scriptures,

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 chapters 1-4 of Romans.

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 So, first,

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 after his salutation,

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 Paul says that there is a God

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 who created us

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 and that we are therefore

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 accountable to that God.

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 As the creation,

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 we are accountable

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 to the One

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 who created us.

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 It leads out strongly

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 in Romans 1,

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 verse 18.

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 It says,

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 For the wrath of God

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 is revealed from heaven

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 against all ungodliness

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 and unrighteousness of men

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 who by their unrighteousness

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 suppress the truth.

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 There is a God

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 who we are accountable to

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 and His wrath

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 is being revealed

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 against those

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 who have been what?

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 Ungodly and unrighteous.

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 Outside of their created order.

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 Not God worshippers

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 the way they were meant to be.

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 He elaborates on this

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 and then in verse 21 of chapter 1.

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 For although they knew God,

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 they did not honor Him as God

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 or give thanks to Him,

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 but they became futile

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 in their thinking

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 and their foolish hearts

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 were darkened.

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 So mankind has this God

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 who made them

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 and to whom

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 they are accountable.

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 There is much indictment language

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 in those two texts.

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 Romans 1, verse 18.

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 The wrath of God is revealed.

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 For although they knew God,

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 they did not honor Him.

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 Their foolish hearts

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 were darkened.

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 But let's look as Paul goes on

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 in his argument

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 that he indicts

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 all of mankind.

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 So first he does this

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 at the beginning of chapter 2

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 of Romans

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 with the Jews.

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 Those who have been God's people

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 have been given His law.

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 He says,

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 Therefore you have

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 no excuse, O man,

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 every one of you

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 who judges.

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 For in passing judgment on another,

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 you condemn yourself

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 because you, the judge,

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 practice the very same things.

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 So the Jews

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 would have judged

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 by the law.

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 Paul is saying to them,

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 You have no excuse.

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 You have shown

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 in your judgmentalism

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 that people ought to be

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 keepers of the law

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 and you are not keepers

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 of the law.

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 You practice the very same things.

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 And so you are without excuse

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 before Almighty God

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 to whom you are accountable.

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 Second,

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 he does this with

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 everyone else.

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 So people who are not Jewish,

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 the Gentiles,

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 the Greeks,

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 various words are used,

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 but everyone else.

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 All of us.

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 No one is without.

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 No one is with excuse.

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 Excuse me.

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 So,

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 Romans chapter 2,

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 verses 12 and 13.

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 Paul writes,

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 For all who have sinned

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 without the law

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 will also perish

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 without the law.

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 And all who have sinned

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 under the law

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 will be judged

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 by the law.

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 For it is not the hearers

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 of the law

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 who are righteous

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 before God,

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 but the doers

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 of the law

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 who will be justified.

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 And then chapter 3,

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 verses 9 through 12.

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 What then?

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 Are we Jews

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 any better off?

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 No,

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 not at all.

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 For we have already

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 charged that all,

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 both Jews

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 and Greeks,

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 everyone else,

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 are under sin.

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 As it is written,

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 none is righteous.

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 No,

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 not one.

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 No one understands.

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 No one seeks for God.

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 All have turned aside.

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 Together they have become

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 worthless.

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 No one does good.

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 Not even one.

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 Mankind is not

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 intrinsically good.

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 Mankind is intrinsically evil.

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 Rebellious.

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 Rejectors of our good God

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 and His instruction.

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 This is the argument

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 that Paul is laying out

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 before us here

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 at the beginning

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 of his letter

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 to the Roman believers.

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 We have a God

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 who we are accountable to

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 and we have rejected

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 His ways.

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 All of us,

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 without fail,

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 have done this.

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 No one does good.

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 Not even one.

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 This is not good news yet,

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 is it?

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 In fact,

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 this is very,

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 very bad news.

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 There is a God

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 who created us

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 and will judge us

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 and we will stand

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 in that judgment

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 and will not stand

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 before Him

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 in our given human state.

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 This is bad news.

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 It's a problem.

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 It's a problem

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 that needs remedying.

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 We need something

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 to help us

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 in this condition.

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 So third,

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 Paul presents

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 the solution

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 to our problem

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 in the person

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 and work

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 And we say that

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 a lot around here.

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 Faith in the person

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 and work

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 And we say both

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 because we must believe

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 that Jesus is

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 who He said

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 He is.

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 Right?

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 The Son of God.

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 Incarnate.

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 Came to earth.

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 Lived a perfect life.

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 Those things are important

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 that we understand.

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 Right?

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 Jesus wasn't just a man.

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 We're not saying

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 that His work

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 was simply

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 that He was a man

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 who was a martyr.

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 No.

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 He was the Son of God.

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 And His work.

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 He said He fulfilled

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 the law

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 in perfect living.

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 He committed

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 no sin whatsoever.

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 He died

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 a sinner's death.

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 He bore the wrath

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 of God

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 for the sins

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 of all

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 who would believe

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 in Him.

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 He did not stay

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 in the grave.

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 He was raised

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 from the dead

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 three days later.

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 He's conquered death.

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 He has life.

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 He ascended.

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 He's been given

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 majesty

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 and honor

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 in heaven

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 at the right hand

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 of the Father.

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 Right?

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 These are the works

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 that we're talking about

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 when we say

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 the person and work

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 Right?

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 He is somebody

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 and He did things.

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 Right?

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 He accomplished

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 things.

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 This is what we

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 must believe.

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 Paul says in

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 Romans chapter 3

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 verse 21

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 but now

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 the righteousness

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 of God

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 the rightness

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 of God

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 has been manifested

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 apart

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 from the law.

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 You'll see that

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 it's manifested

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 in whom?

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 Jesus Christ.

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 Jesus Christ

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 fulfilled the righteousness

00:19:49.500 --> 00:19:51.900
 of God.

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 And so then

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 fourth

00:19:52.779 --> 00:19:53.640
 and finally

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 Paul tells us

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 how we can be saved.

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 Right?

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 Not an abstract principle

00:20:01.320 --> 00:20:02.040
 out there

00:20:02.040 --> 00:20:02.960
 but that

00:20:02.960 --> 00:20:03.800
 those of us

00:20:03.800 --> 00:20:04.980
 with this problem

00:20:04.980 --> 00:20:05.780
 this great

00:20:05.780 --> 00:20:07.200
 transgressor

00:20:07.200 --> 00:20:08.200
 of God's law

00:20:08.200 --> 00:20:08.920
 problem

00:20:08.920 --> 00:20:09.840
 how is it

00:20:09.840 --> 00:20:10.540
 that we

00:20:10.540 --> 00:20:11.880
 can be

00:20:11.880 --> 00:20:13.000
 saved?

00:20:13.560 --> 00:20:14.220
 Romans chapter 3

00:20:14.220 --> 00:20:15.640
 in verse 22.

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 2.

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 The righteousness

00:20:18.120 --> 00:20:19.000
 of God

00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:20.000
 through

00:20:20.000 --> 00:20:21.280
 faith

00:20:21.280 --> 00:20:22.380
 in Jesus

00:20:22.380 --> 00:20:23.280
 Christ

00:20:23.280 --> 00:20:24.620
 for all

00:20:24.620 --> 00:20:25.920
 who believe.

00:20:26.700 --> 00:20:27.620
 By believing

00:20:27.620 --> 00:20:28.280
 in Christ.

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 Not merely

00:20:29.960 --> 00:20:31.280
 as an abstraction.

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 Not merely

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 as yeah

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 yeah

00:20:33.780 --> 00:20:34.759
 Jesus lived

00:20:34.759 --> 00:20:36.280
 but in His

00:20:36.280 --> 00:20:36.900
 person

00:20:36.900 --> 00:20:37.920
 and

00:20:37.920 --> 00:20:39.320
 His work.

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 We throw

00:20:41.140 --> 00:20:41.940
 ourselves

00:20:41.940 --> 00:20:43.900
 this great

00:20:43.900 --> 00:20:44.660
 fallen state

00:20:44.660 --> 00:20:45.259
 we find ourselves

00:20:45.259 --> 00:20:46.039
 and we throw

00:20:46.039 --> 00:20:46.680
 ourselves

00:20:46.680 --> 00:20:47.400
 on the person

00:20:47.400 --> 00:20:47.859
 and work

00:20:47.859 --> 00:20:48.680
 of Jesus

00:20:48.680 --> 00:20:49.180
 Christ.

00:20:49.519 --> 00:20:50.000
 We say

00:20:50.000 --> 00:20:50.700
 if I am

00:20:50.700 --> 00:20:51.420
 to be saved

00:20:51.420 --> 00:20:52.119
 it will be

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 by this

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 person

00:20:54.180 --> 00:20:55.079
 and this

00:20:55.079 --> 00:20:56.140
 work

00:20:56.140 --> 00:20:57.480
 that I will

00:20:57.480 --> 00:20:58.140
 be saved

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 and no

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 other way.

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 The evangelist

00:21:03.539 --> 00:21:04.759
 Ray Comfort

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 uses often

00:21:05.940 --> 00:21:06.599
 an analogy

00:21:06.599 --> 00:21:07.200
 of putting

00:21:07.200 --> 00:21:07.900
 Jesus on

00:21:07.900 --> 00:21:08.799
 like a parachute.

00:21:10.099 --> 00:21:10.819
 And too many

00:21:10.819 --> 00:21:11.519
 in our day

00:21:11.519 --> 00:21:12.819
 put Jesus on

00:21:12.819 --> 00:21:14.819
 Jesus will

00:21:14.819 --> 00:21:15.419
 save me

00:21:15.419 --> 00:21:16.399
 and we

00:21:16.399 --> 00:21:16.819
 don't jump

00:21:16.819 --> 00:21:17.119
 out of the

00:21:17.119 --> 00:21:17.359
 plane.

00:21:18.799 --> 00:21:19.259
 We stay

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 in our

00:21:19.539 --> 00:21:19.899
 comfort

00:21:19.899 --> 00:21:20.299
 and in

00:21:20.299 --> 00:21:20.759
 our place

00:21:20.759 --> 00:21:21.099
 where we

00:21:21.099 --> 00:21:21.399
 are.

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 It's an

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 ascent.

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 It's a

00:21:23.720 --> 00:21:23.980
 mental

00:21:23.980 --> 00:21:24.399
 ascent.

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 If I

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 were to

00:21:25.819 --> 00:21:26.500
 ever need

00:21:26.500 --> 00:21:26.980
 such a

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 thing

00:21:27.259 --> 00:21:28.019
 it would

00:21:28.019 --> 00:21:28.539
 save me.

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 But what

00:21:31.139 --> 00:21:31.539
 the gospel

00:21:31.539 --> 00:21:32.179
 says to us

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 is you

00:21:32.500 --> 00:21:33.200
 are falling

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 and you

00:21:34.819 --> 00:21:35.619
 will die.

00:21:35.960 --> 00:21:36.319
 Your end

00:21:36.319 --> 00:21:37.059
 is destruction

00:21:37.059 --> 00:21:37.879
 and we

00:21:37.879 --> 00:21:38.519
 put on

00:21:38.519 --> 00:21:39.039
 we

00:21:39.039 --> 00:21:39.599
 desperately

00:21:39.599 --> 00:21:40.299
 cling

00:21:40.299 --> 00:21:41.079
 to this

00:21:41.079 --> 00:21:41.440
 parachute

00:21:41.440 --> 00:21:41.879
 that is

00:21:41.879 --> 00:21:42.579
 Jesus

00:21:42.579 --> 00:21:43.059
 Christ

00:21:43.059 --> 00:21:43.519
 and we

00:21:43.519 --> 00:21:44.019
 believe

00:21:44.019 --> 00:21:44.759
 that he

00:21:44.759 --> 00:21:45.240
 will

00:21:45.240 --> 00:21:46.639
 save us.

00:21:48.200 --> 00:21:48.779
 Again

00:21:48.779 --> 00:21:49.079
 Romans

00:21:49.079 --> 00:21:49.720
 chapter 4

00:21:49.720 --> 00:21:50.279
 and verse

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 5

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 to the one

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 who does

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 not work

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 but believes

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 in him

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 who justifies

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 the ungodly

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 his faith

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 is counted

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 as righteousness.

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 So Paul

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 here says

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 to be very

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 clear

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 you can

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 do no

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 working

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 to find

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 yourself

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 saved.

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 There's no

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 amount of

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 effort you

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 can put

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 into

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 your

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 salvation

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 but it's

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 simply

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 by

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 faith

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 that we

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 get

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 Christ's

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 righteousness.

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 Our greatest

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 efforts at

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 perfection

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 will never

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 be perfect

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 and what

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 God requires

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 is perfection

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 so we need

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 somebody else's

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 perfection

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 the perfection

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 of Jesus

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 Christ

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 and that is

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 granted to

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 us

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 by faith.

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 in him.

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 Okay.

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 So here's

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 the gospel

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 outline

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 found in the

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 first four

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 chapters of

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 the book of

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 Romans.

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 If you're

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 familiar with

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 the Romans

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 road

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 that's good.

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 There's a

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 reason that

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 that was a

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 way we were

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 taught to

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 share the

00:22:50.220 --> 00:22:50.660
 gospel of

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 Jesus

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 Christ.

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 This is a

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 good place

00:22:52.920 --> 00:22:53.680
 to show

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 people the

00:22:54.180 --> 00:22:55.400
 gospel in

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 the text.

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 So having

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 looked broadly

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 and a bit

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 briefly at

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 Paul's case

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 from Romans

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 chapter 1

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 through 4

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 we can

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 see that

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 he seeks

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 to answer

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 four crucial

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 questions.

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 And I'm

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 stealing these

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 straight out of

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 Greg Gilbert's

00:23:12.279 --> 00:23:12.799
 book What is

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 the gospel?

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 One of those

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 that I have a

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 copy for to

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 give away.

00:23:18.079 --> 00:23:18.959
 He seeks

00:23:18.959 --> 00:23:20.819
 to answer

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 four crucial

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 questions.

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 Number one,

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 who made us

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 and to whom

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 are we

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 accountable?

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 We saw that.

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 Number two,

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 what is our

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 problem?

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 Or in other

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 words,

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 are we in

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 trouble and

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 why?

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 Do we have

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 a problem?

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 And what

00:23:38.620 --> 00:23:39.680
 caused that

00:23:39.680 --> 00:23:41.200
 problem?

00:23:43.259 --> 00:23:43.860
 Third,

00:23:44.279 --> 00:23:45.380
 what is God's

00:23:45.380 --> 00:23:47.360
 solution to

00:23:47.360 --> 00:23:47.960
 that problem?

00:23:48.660 --> 00:23:49.820
 How has he

00:23:49.820 --> 00:23:51.059
 acted to

00:23:51.059 --> 00:23:51.920
 save us

00:23:51.920 --> 00:23:53.500
 from it?

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 And

00:23:55.440 --> 00:23:56.360
 fourth,

00:23:57.320 --> 00:23:58.320
 how do I

00:23:58.319 --> 00:23:59.379
 myself,

00:23:59.559 --> 00:24:00.240
 right here,

00:24:00.399 --> 00:24:01.119
 right now?

00:24:01.500 --> 00:24:02.200
 How do I

00:24:02.200 --> 00:24:02.919
 come to be

00:24:02.919 --> 00:24:03.899
 included in

00:24:03.899 --> 00:24:05.039
 that salvation?

00:24:06.019 --> 00:24:06.839
 What makes

00:24:06.839 --> 00:24:07.639
 this good

00:24:07.639 --> 00:24:08.980
 news for

00:24:08.980 --> 00:24:10.220
 me and

00:24:10.220 --> 00:24:10.700
 not just

00:24:10.700 --> 00:24:11.179
 for someone

00:24:11.179 --> 00:24:11.619
 else?

00:24:12.399 --> 00:24:12.679
 And I'll

00:24:12.679 --> 00:24:13.119
 add to that

00:24:13.119 --> 00:24:13.599
 or just

00:24:13.599 --> 00:24:14.819
 generically

00:24:14.819 --> 00:24:15.720
 good news.

00:24:15.819 --> 00:24:16.159
 What makes

00:24:16.159 --> 00:24:16.500
 it good

00:24:16.500 --> 00:24:17.700
 news for

00:24:17.700 --> 00:24:18.779
 me?

00:24:20.679 --> 00:24:21.119
 And so

00:24:21.119 --> 00:24:21.599
 the questions

00:24:21.599 --> 00:24:21.879
 and the

00:24:21.879 --> 00:24:22.279
 answers to

00:24:22.279 --> 00:24:22.799
 the questions

00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:23.299
 can be

00:24:23.299 --> 00:24:23.919
 summarized

00:24:23.919 --> 00:24:24.659
 as follows

00:24:24.659 --> 00:24:25.460
 in four

00:24:25.460 --> 00:24:25.899
 words that

00:24:25.899 --> 00:24:26.200
 are easy

00:24:26.200 --> 00:24:26.659
 to remember.

00:24:27.539 --> 00:24:27.960
 Greg Gilbert

00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:28.240
 did not

00:24:28.240 --> 00:24:28.519
 come up

00:24:28.519 --> 00:24:28.779
 with this.

00:24:28.860 --> 00:24:29.059
 This has

00:24:29.059 --> 00:24:29.360
 been around

00:24:29.360 --> 00:24:29.620
 for a

00:24:29.620 --> 00:24:29.759
 very,

00:24:29.900 --> 00:24:30.380
 very long

00:24:30.380 --> 00:24:31.079
 time.

00:24:31.740 --> 00:24:32.079
 And they

00:24:32.079 --> 00:24:33.180
 are as

00:24:33.180 --> 00:24:33.660
 follows.

00:24:33.940 --> 00:24:34.299
 God,

00:24:35.180 --> 00:24:35.980
 man,

00:24:37.180 --> 00:24:37.759
 Christ,

00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:39.440
 response.

00:24:42.860 --> 00:24:43.579
 I want

00:24:43.579 --> 00:24:43.759
 you to

00:24:43.759 --> 00:24:44.100
 pick these

00:24:44.100 --> 00:24:44.840
 up as a

00:24:44.840 --> 00:24:45.700
 really simple,

00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:46.779
 easy outline

00:24:46.779 --> 00:24:47.180
 in your

00:24:47.180 --> 00:24:47.600
 mind.

00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:49.000
 Somebody

00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:49.480
 comes to

00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:49.720
 you and

00:24:49.720 --> 00:24:50.079
 says,

00:24:50.559 --> 00:24:51.900
 what is

00:24:51.900 --> 00:24:52.340
 the gospel?

00:24:53.920 --> 00:24:54.480
 I've

00:24:54.480 --> 00:24:54.860
 heard this

00:24:54.860 --> 00:24:55.259
 word.

00:24:56.019 --> 00:24:56.259
 I've

00:24:56.259 --> 00:24:56.759
 heard you

00:24:56.759 --> 00:24:57.360
 say this

00:24:57.360 --> 00:24:57.819
 word.

00:24:57.960 --> 00:24:59.200
 What is

00:24:59.200 --> 00:25:00.860
 the gospel?

00:25:02.019 --> 00:25:02.360
 Don't

00:25:02.360 --> 00:25:02.620
 answer

00:25:02.620 --> 00:25:02.900
 God,

00:25:02.980 --> 00:25:03.160
 man,

00:25:03.279 --> 00:25:03.720
 Christ,

00:25:03.819 --> 00:25:04.180
 response.

00:25:06.680 --> 00:25:07.319
 But use

00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:07.440
 it,

00:25:07.480 --> 00:25:08.019
 they'll be

00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:08.180
 more

00:25:08.180 --> 00:25:08.519
 confused,

00:25:08.620 --> 00:25:08.940
 but use

00:25:08.940 --> 00:25:09.259
 it as

00:25:09.259 --> 00:25:10.039
 an outline

00:25:10.039 --> 00:25:11.240
 from which

00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:11.860
 to think

00:25:11.860 --> 00:25:12.380
 about the

00:25:12.380 --> 00:25:13.519
 answer to

00:25:13.519 --> 00:25:14.960
 this most

00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:15.759
 important of

00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:16.340
 questions.

00:25:17.440 --> 00:25:18.059
 So let's

00:25:18.059 --> 00:25:18.440
 look at some

00:25:18.440 --> 00:25:19.019
 other texts.

00:25:19.400 --> 00:25:19.980
 I want to

00:25:19.980 --> 00:25:20.259
 go to some

00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:20.620
 other texts.

00:25:20.660 --> 00:25:20.880
 I want you

00:25:20.880 --> 00:25:21.079
 to turn

00:25:21.079 --> 00:25:21.299
 with me

00:25:21.299 --> 00:25:21.460
 to some

00:25:21.460 --> 00:25:21.900
 other texts

00:25:21.900 --> 00:25:22.640
 and let's

00:25:22.640 --> 00:25:23.180
 see if we

00:25:23.180 --> 00:25:23.400
 can't

00:25:23.400 --> 00:25:23.880
 identify

00:25:23.880 --> 00:25:24.540
 God,

00:25:24.900 --> 00:25:25.120
 man,

00:25:25.400 --> 00:25:25.720
 Christ

00:25:25.720 --> 00:25:26.600
 response

00:25:26.600 --> 00:25:27.560
 in these

00:25:27.560 --> 00:25:28.000
 texts.

00:25:28.480 --> 00:25:29.280
 So 1 Corinthians

00:25:29.280 --> 00:25:30.200
 chapter 15

00:25:30.200 --> 00:25:30.660
 is the first

00:25:30.660 --> 00:25:31.100
 place we'll

00:25:31.100 --> 00:25:31.300
 go.

00:25:31.300 --> 00:25:33.240
 So 1 Corinthians

00:25:33.240 --> 00:25:58.880
 verses 1

00:25:58.880 --> 00:25:59.220
 through 5.

00:25:59.220 --> 00:26:02.279
 Paul writes,

00:26:02.339 --> 00:26:02.620
 now I want to

00:26:02.620 --> 00:26:03.039
 remind you

00:26:03.039 --> 00:26:04.700
 brothers of

00:26:04.700 --> 00:26:05.420
 the gospel I

00:26:05.420 --> 00:26:05.880
 preached to

00:26:05.880 --> 00:26:06.019
 you,

00:26:06.120 --> 00:26:06.339
 which you

00:26:06.339 --> 00:26:07.319
 received in

00:26:07.319 --> 00:26:07.759
 which you

00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:08.460
 stand and

00:26:08.460 --> 00:26:09.339
 by which you

00:26:09.339 --> 00:26:09.720
 are being

00:26:09.720 --> 00:26:10.380
 saved.

00:26:10.860 --> 00:26:11.460
 If you hold

00:26:11.460 --> 00:26:12.180
 fast to the

00:26:12.180 --> 00:26:12.559
 word I

00:26:12.559 --> 00:26:13.120
 preached to

00:26:13.120 --> 00:26:13.400
 you,

00:26:13.500 --> 00:26:14.120
 unless you

00:26:14.120 --> 00:26:15.059
 believed in

00:26:15.059 --> 00:26:15.420
 vain.

00:26:16.319 --> 00:26:16.640
 For I

00:26:16.640 --> 00:26:17.100
 deliver to

00:26:17.100 --> 00:26:17.740
 you as of

00:26:17.740 --> 00:26:19.640
 first importance

00:26:19.640 --> 00:26:20.339
 what I also

00:26:20.339 --> 00:26:20.980
 received,

00:26:21.539 --> 00:26:22.160
 that Christ

00:26:22.160 --> 00:26:23.019
 died for our

00:26:23.019 --> 00:26:23.539
 sins in

00:26:23.539 --> 00:26:24.160
 accordance with

00:26:24.160 --> 00:26:24.600
 the Scriptures,

00:26:25.100 --> 00:26:25.660
 that he was

00:26:25.660 --> 00:26:26.079
 buried,

00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:26.940
 that he was

00:26:26.940 --> 00:26:27.559
 raised on the

00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:28.220
 third day in

00:26:28.220 --> 00:26:28.720
 accordance with

00:26:28.720 --> 00:26:29.140
 the Scriptures,

00:26:29.720 --> 00:26:30.220
 and then he

00:26:30.220 --> 00:26:30.680
 appeared to

00:26:30.680 --> 00:26:31.059
 Cephas,

00:26:31.759 --> 00:26:32.440
 then to the

00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:32.860
 twelve.

00:26:34.200 --> 00:26:34.799
 God,

00:26:34.920 --> 00:26:35.160
 man,

00:26:35.519 --> 00:26:35.940
 Christ

00:26:35.940 --> 00:26:37.680
 response.

00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:38.960
 Now,

00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:40.640
 you get a

00:26:40.640 --> 00:26:41.120
 little work

00:26:41.120 --> 00:26:41.880
 and look around

00:26:41.880 --> 00:26:42.400
 in the text

00:26:42.400 --> 00:26:43.079
 to find

00:26:43.079 --> 00:26:44.680
 these things.

00:26:45.559 --> 00:26:46.240
 We see

00:26:46.240 --> 00:26:47.519
 Paul talk

00:26:47.519 --> 00:26:48.160
 about the

00:26:48.160 --> 00:26:49.220
 need of

00:26:49.220 --> 00:26:49.960
 salvation

00:26:49.960 --> 00:26:51.160
 in the text.

00:26:52.160 --> 00:26:52.880
 Verse 2,

00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:53.660
 you are being

00:26:53.660 --> 00:26:54.220
 saved.

00:26:55.400 --> 00:26:56.400
 Verse 3,

00:26:56.400 --> 00:26:58.140
 that you

00:26:58.140 --> 00:26:58.960
 received.

00:27:00.040 --> 00:27:00.620
 There's a

00:27:00.620 --> 00:27:01.440
 problem being

00:27:01.440 --> 00:27:02.120
 presented in

00:27:02.120 --> 00:27:02.720
 the text,

00:27:03.060 --> 00:27:04.400
 which is the

00:27:04.400 --> 00:27:04.860
 problem of

00:27:04.860 --> 00:27:05.280
 sin,

00:27:05.920 --> 00:27:07.160
 which includes

00:27:07.160 --> 00:27:08.019
 God.

00:27:08.300 --> 00:27:08.980
 So God and

00:27:08.980 --> 00:27:09.640
 man are found

00:27:09.640 --> 00:27:10.080
 in the very

00:27:10.080 --> 00:27:10.720
 fact that

00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:11.180
 people need

00:27:11.180 --> 00:27:11.640
 salvation.

00:27:12.400 --> 00:27:12.940
 This was an

00:27:12.940 --> 00:27:13.900
 understanding of

00:27:13.900 --> 00:27:14.660
 the people that

00:27:14.660 --> 00:27:15.259
 Paul was

00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:16.420
 writing to.

00:27:16.680 --> 00:27:17.660
 So God and

00:27:17.660 --> 00:27:18.140
 man are

00:27:18.140 --> 00:27:18.680
 presented in

00:27:18.680 --> 00:27:19.180
 the very

00:27:19.180 --> 00:27:20.400
 issue of

00:27:20.400 --> 00:27:21.280
 sin.

00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:22.740
 Now,

00:27:22.800 --> 00:27:23.440
 in our day,

00:27:23.440 --> 00:27:24.840
 this may

00:27:24.840 --> 00:27:25.539
 not be a

00:27:25.539 --> 00:27:25.940
 thing that

00:27:25.940 --> 00:27:26.700
 most people

00:27:26.700 --> 00:27:27.420
 understand.

00:27:28.460 --> 00:27:28.960
 You can't

00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:29.640
 merely walk up

00:27:29.640 --> 00:27:30.080
 to somebody

00:27:30.080 --> 00:27:30.580
 and say,

00:27:30.880 --> 00:27:31.279
 do you believe

00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:31.720
 that you're a

00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:31.920
 sinner?

00:27:32.100 --> 00:27:32.320
 And they

00:27:32.320 --> 00:27:32.680
 would say,

00:27:32.740 --> 00:27:33.019
 what does

00:27:33.019 --> 00:27:33.360
 that even

00:27:33.360 --> 00:27:33.840
 mean?

00:27:34.559 --> 00:27:35.080
 We have

00:27:35.080 --> 00:27:35.559
 such a

00:27:35.559 --> 00:27:36.860
 relativistic

00:27:36.860 --> 00:27:37.860
 moralism in

00:27:37.860 --> 00:27:38.340
 our day.

00:27:38.960 --> 00:27:39.360
 Most,

00:27:39.519 --> 00:27:39.860
 I think,

00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:40.400
 would say,

00:27:40.640 --> 00:27:40.900
 no,

00:27:41.080 --> 00:27:41.620
 I think I'm

00:27:41.620 --> 00:27:41.980
 a good

00:27:41.980 --> 00:27:42.480
 person.

00:27:43.680 --> 00:27:44.039
 Some in

00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:44.380
 our day may

00:27:44.380 --> 00:27:44.660
 not even

00:27:44.660 --> 00:27:44.960
 know what

00:27:44.960 --> 00:27:45.380
 you are

00:27:45.380 --> 00:27:46.240
 talking about

00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:46.559
 when you

00:27:46.559 --> 00:27:46.920
 use the

00:27:46.920 --> 00:27:48.240
 word sin.

00:27:48.880 --> 00:27:49.279
 So you

00:27:49.279 --> 00:27:49.759
 have to,

00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:50.320
 in some

00:27:50.320 --> 00:27:50.580
 cases,

00:27:50.700 --> 00:27:51.240
 back up a

00:27:51.240 --> 00:27:51.660
 little bit

00:27:51.660 --> 00:27:52.600
 and take

00:27:52.600 --> 00:27:52.860
 them to

00:27:52.860 --> 00:27:53.140
 Genesis

00:27:53.140 --> 00:27:54.440
 chapter 1,

00:27:56.019 --> 00:27:56.779
 chapter 2,

00:27:56.920 --> 00:27:57.160
 and then

00:27:57.160 --> 00:27:57.700
 to chapter

00:27:57.700 --> 00:27:58.779
 3 to

00:27:58.779 --> 00:27:59.240
 establish

00:27:59.240 --> 00:28:00.300
 more of

00:28:00.300 --> 00:28:00.720
 the

00:28:00.720 --> 00:28:01.140
 storyline.

00:28:01.460 --> 00:28:01.880
 But here,

00:28:02.300 --> 00:28:02.820
 this understanding

00:28:02.820 --> 00:28:03.100
 that they

00:28:03.100 --> 00:28:03.519
 were sinful,

00:28:03.620 --> 00:28:03.840
 that they

00:28:03.840 --> 00:28:04.860
 needed salvation,

00:28:05.080 --> 00:28:05.640
 we see both

00:28:05.640 --> 00:28:06.700
 God and

00:28:06.700 --> 00:28:07.500
 man.

00:28:07.700 --> 00:28:08.120
 God as

00:28:08.120 --> 00:28:08.660
 holy judge,

00:28:08.920 --> 00:28:09.380
 man as

00:28:09.380 --> 00:28:10.340
 transgressor of

00:28:10.340 --> 00:28:11.420
 his law.

00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:12.180
 Now,

00:28:12.220 --> 00:28:12.560
 I hope you

00:28:12.560 --> 00:28:13.160
 see Christ

00:28:13.160 --> 00:28:13.840
 in the text,

00:28:13.940 --> 00:28:14.080
 right?

00:28:14.120 --> 00:28:14.380
 There was

00:28:14.380 --> 00:28:15.740
 much Christ

00:28:15.740 --> 00:28:16.320
 in the text.

00:28:16.500 --> 00:28:17.180
 Verse 3,

00:28:17.259 --> 00:28:17.620
 that Christ

00:28:17.620 --> 00:28:18.360
 died for our

00:28:18.360 --> 00:28:18.720
 sins,

00:28:19.120 --> 00:28:19.460
 in accordance

00:28:19.460 --> 00:28:19.700
 with the

00:28:19.700 --> 00:28:19.980
 scriptures,

00:28:20.259 --> 00:28:20.720
 that he was

00:28:20.720 --> 00:28:21.120
 buried,

00:28:21.220 --> 00:28:21.480
 that he was

00:28:21.480 --> 00:28:21.860
 raised on

00:28:21.860 --> 00:28:22.160
 the third

00:28:22.160 --> 00:28:22.940
 day in

00:28:22.940 --> 00:28:23.240
 accordance

00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:23.819
 with the

00:28:23.819 --> 00:28:24.079
 scriptures,

00:28:24.279 --> 00:28:24.740
 and that

00:28:24.740 --> 00:28:26.140
 he appeared,

00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:26.700
 right?

00:28:26.740 --> 00:28:27.000
 So we

00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:27.880
 see God's

00:28:27.880 --> 00:28:28.900
 person being

00:28:28.900 --> 00:28:29.360
 called the

00:28:29.360 --> 00:28:30.259
 Christ according

00:28:30.259 --> 00:28:30.579
 to the

00:28:30.579 --> 00:28:30.900
 scriptures.

00:28:30.900 --> 00:28:31.279
 This was

00:28:31.279 --> 00:28:31.680
 understood to

00:28:31.680 --> 00:28:32.039
 be the

00:28:32.039 --> 00:28:32.860
 Messiah,

00:28:33.019 --> 00:28:33.279
 the one

00:28:33.279 --> 00:28:33.500
 that would

00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:33.900
 come and

00:28:33.900 --> 00:28:35.039
 deliver his

00:28:35.039 --> 00:28:35.880
 people,

00:28:36.019 --> 00:28:36.759
 his person,

00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:38.440
 and his

00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:38.779
 work,

00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:39.200
 right?

00:28:39.500 --> 00:28:39.860
 Death,

00:28:40.259 --> 00:28:40.559
 burial,

00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:41.660
 and

00:28:41.660 --> 00:28:42.799
 resurrection.

00:28:43.980 --> 00:28:44.440
 So a good

00:28:44.440 --> 00:28:45.200
 text for this,

00:28:45.279 --> 00:28:45.700
 1 Corinthians

00:28:45.700 --> 00:28:46.579
 chapter 15,

00:28:46.700 --> 00:28:47.460
 verses 1

00:28:47.460 --> 00:28:48.480
 through 5.

00:28:48.480 --> 00:28:48.860
 God,

00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:49.360
 man,

00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:50.299
 Christ.

00:28:51.620 --> 00:28:52.059
 Response,

00:28:52.539 --> 00:28:52.720
 right?

00:28:53.200 --> 00:28:53.539
 Do you see

00:28:53.539 --> 00:28:54.160
 response in

00:28:54.160 --> 00:28:54.620
 the text?

00:28:55.339 --> 00:28:55.920
 Verse 1,

00:28:57.819 --> 00:28:58.599
 reminds them

00:28:58.599 --> 00:28:58.860
 of the

00:28:58.860 --> 00:28:59.400
 gospel he

00:28:59.400 --> 00:28:59.799
 preached,

00:28:59.860 --> 00:29:00.480
 which you

00:29:00.480 --> 00:29:01.759
 received,

00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:02.960
 and by which

00:29:02.960 --> 00:29:03.460
 you are

00:29:03.460 --> 00:29:05.279
 being saved.

00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:06.680
 Verse 3,

00:29:06.799 --> 00:29:07.180
 I deliver you

00:29:07.180 --> 00:29:07.360
 with the

00:29:07.360 --> 00:29:07.860
 first importance

00:29:07.860 --> 00:29:08.500
 what I

00:29:08.500 --> 00:29:10.319
 also received,

00:29:10.440 --> 00:29:10.620
 right?

00:29:10.680 --> 00:29:11.079
 So here's the

00:29:11.079 --> 00:29:11.720
 response that's

00:29:11.720 --> 00:29:12.160
 given to the

00:29:12.160 --> 00:29:12.880
 gospel in

00:29:12.880 --> 00:29:13.460
 these places.

00:29:14.180 --> 00:29:14.319
 Okay,

00:29:14.400 --> 00:29:14.700
 turn with me

00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:14.980
 to Acts

00:29:14.980 --> 00:29:15.700
 chapter 3.

00:29:23.700 --> 00:29:24.259
 We'll look

00:29:24.259 --> 00:29:24.519
 at two

00:29:24.519 --> 00:29:25.080
 sermons,

00:29:25.920 --> 00:29:26.279
 excerpts

00:29:26.279 --> 00:29:26.840
 from sermons.

00:29:40.460 --> 00:29:40.860
 First,

00:29:40.940 --> 00:29:41.160
 a sermon

00:29:41.160 --> 00:29:41.700
 from Peter

00:29:41.700 --> 00:29:42.259
 in Solomon's

00:29:42.259 --> 00:29:42.700
 portico,

00:29:42.860 --> 00:29:43.580
 verses 18

00:29:43.579 --> 00:29:44.460
 and 19.

00:29:46.339 --> 00:29:47.079
 Luke records

00:29:47.079 --> 00:29:47.379
 for us,

00:29:47.419 --> 00:29:48.000
 Peter said,

00:29:48.539 --> 00:29:49.179
 but what God

00:29:49.179 --> 00:29:50.099
 foretold by the

00:29:50.099 --> 00:29:50.720
 mouth of all

00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:51.339
 the prophets,

00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:52.500
 that his

00:29:52.500 --> 00:29:53.259
 Christ would

00:29:53.259 --> 00:29:53.679
 suffer,

00:29:54.259 --> 00:29:54.960
 he thus

00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:56.039
 fulfilled.

00:29:57.220 --> 00:29:57.659
 Repent,

00:29:57.779 --> 00:29:58.019
 therefore,

00:29:58.159 --> 00:29:58.980
 and turn back

00:29:58.980 --> 00:29:59.939
 that your sins

00:29:59.939 --> 00:30:01.319
 may be blotted

00:30:01.319 --> 00:30:01.740
 out.

00:30:03.119 --> 00:30:03.599
 Again,

00:30:04.599 --> 00:30:05.439
 if you were

00:30:05.439 --> 00:30:05.879
 to open this

00:30:05.879 --> 00:30:07.799
 text to an

00:30:07.799 --> 00:30:08.299
 unbeliever,

00:30:08.399 --> 00:30:08.960
 or you find

00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:09.480
 yourself an

00:30:09.480 --> 00:30:10.019
 unbeliever this

00:30:10.019 --> 00:30:10.279
 morning,

00:30:10.319 --> 00:30:10.559
 and you're

00:30:10.559 --> 00:30:11.119
 looking at this

00:30:11.119 --> 00:30:11.519
 text,

00:30:11.519 --> 00:30:12.799
 where do

00:30:12.799 --> 00:30:13.059
 you see

00:30:13.059 --> 00:30:13.379
 God,

00:30:13.460 --> 00:30:13.700
 man,

00:30:13.900 --> 00:30:14.240
 Christ

00:30:14.240 --> 00:30:15.160
 response?

00:30:16.160 --> 00:30:16.859
 Once again,

00:30:17.059 --> 00:30:17.579
 we see the

00:30:17.579 --> 00:30:18.500
 need of sins

00:30:18.500 --> 00:30:19.180
 being blotted

00:30:19.180 --> 00:30:19.480
 out.

00:30:19.579 --> 00:30:19.960
 There is a

00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:20.740
 problem,

00:30:21.099 --> 00:30:21.319
 right?

00:30:21.740 --> 00:30:22.819
 That problem

00:30:22.819 --> 00:30:23.680
 is this

00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:24.139
 God,

00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:24.819
 man part

00:30:24.819 --> 00:30:25.220
 of this

00:30:25.220 --> 00:30:25.619
 outline,

00:30:26.160 --> 00:30:26.359
 right?

00:30:26.839 --> 00:30:27.279
 God,

00:30:27.339 --> 00:30:27.900
 holy judge,

00:30:28.400 --> 00:30:28.960
 creator,

00:30:30.960 --> 00:30:32.160
 our authority,

00:30:33.039 --> 00:30:33.839
 man's fallen,

00:30:34.139 --> 00:30:34.920
 transgressed,

00:30:35.059 --> 00:30:35.460
 his good

00:30:35.460 --> 00:30:36.440
 command over

00:30:36.440 --> 00:30:36.799
 us.

00:30:37.920 --> 00:30:38.579
 We see

00:30:38.579 --> 00:30:39.180
 Christ in the

00:30:39.180 --> 00:30:39.519
 text,

00:30:39.519 --> 00:30:41.539
 Christ suffered.

00:30:43.319 --> 00:30:43.799
 This is the

00:30:43.799 --> 00:30:44.000
 one,

00:30:44.079 --> 00:30:44.500
 the fulfillment

00:30:44.500 --> 00:30:44.819
 of the

00:30:44.819 --> 00:30:45.339
 prophets.

00:30:47.180 --> 00:30:47.500
 Repent,

00:30:47.599 --> 00:30:47.839
 therefore,

00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:48.460
 the response.

00:30:48.579 --> 00:30:49.019
 Repent.

00:30:49.619 --> 00:30:50.220
 Repent of

00:30:50.220 --> 00:30:50.639
 your sin.

00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:51.660
 Turn back.

00:30:51.740 --> 00:30:52.299
 Turn back

00:30:52.299 --> 00:30:52.720
 to God

00:30:52.720 --> 00:30:53.259
 by faith

00:30:53.259 --> 00:30:54.519
 in Jesus

00:30:54.519 --> 00:30:54.879
 Christ.

00:30:54.980 --> 00:30:55.259
 God,

00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:55.759
 man,

00:30:56.059 --> 00:30:56.420
 Christ,

00:30:56.779 --> 00:30:57.279
 response.

00:30:57.359 --> 00:30:57.519
 Let's look

00:30:57.519 --> 00:30:57.700
 at one

00:30:57.700 --> 00:30:57.879
 more.

00:30:58.119 --> 00:30:58.279
 Acts

00:30:58.279 --> 00:30:59.099
 chapter 13.

00:31:00.980 --> 00:31:01.440
 This is

00:31:01.440 --> 00:31:01.720
 Paul

00:31:01.720 --> 00:31:02.139
 preaching.

00:31:09.519 --> 00:31:17.440
 verses 38

00:31:17.440 --> 00:31:18.319
 and 39.

00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:20.539
 We'll do

00:31:20.539 --> 00:31:20.819
 this very

00:31:20.819 --> 00:31:21.139
 briefly.

00:31:21.480 --> 00:31:21.619
 I don't

00:31:21.619 --> 00:31:21.879
 want to

00:31:21.879 --> 00:31:22.279
 beat the

00:31:22.279 --> 00:31:22.420
 dead

00:31:22.420 --> 00:31:22.639
 horse.

00:31:25.160 --> 00:31:25.740
 Let it be

00:31:25.740 --> 00:31:26.079
 known to

00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:26.180
 you,

00:31:26.279 --> 00:31:26.379
 therefore,

00:31:26.519 --> 00:31:26.819
 brothers,

00:31:27.599 --> 00:31:28.160
 that through

00:31:28.160 --> 00:31:28.920
 this man,

00:31:29.799 --> 00:31:30.379
 forgiveness

00:31:30.379 --> 00:31:31.240
 of sins,

00:31:31.339 --> 00:31:31.859
 there it is,

00:31:31.960 --> 00:31:32.319
 God,

00:31:32.740 --> 00:31:33.059
 man,

00:31:33.859 --> 00:31:34.559
 is proclaimed

00:31:34.559 --> 00:31:35.319
 to you.

00:31:35.319 --> 00:31:36.679
 And by

00:31:36.679 --> 00:31:37.019
 him,

00:31:37.179 --> 00:31:37.579
 everyone

00:31:37.579 --> 00:31:38.500
 who believes

00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:39.139
 is freed

00:31:39.139 --> 00:31:40.000
 from everything

00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:40.799
 from which

00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:41.419
 you could

00:31:41.419 --> 00:31:41.939
 not be

00:31:41.939 --> 00:31:43.159
 freed by

00:31:43.159 --> 00:31:44.399
 the law

00:31:44.399 --> 00:31:45.539
 of Moses.

00:31:49.179 --> 00:31:49.839
 Through

00:31:49.839 --> 00:31:50.720
 this man

00:31:50.720 --> 00:31:51.439
 is Christ.

00:31:52.200 --> 00:31:52.599
 No,

00:31:52.700 --> 00:31:53.379
 this is Jesus

00:31:53.379 --> 00:31:53.819
 that he's

00:31:53.819 --> 00:31:54.379
 referring to

00:31:54.379 --> 00:31:54.679
 here.

00:31:55.759 --> 00:31:56.539
 And the

00:31:56.539 --> 00:31:56.980
 belief you

00:31:56.980 --> 00:31:57.319
 see in

00:31:57.319 --> 00:31:58.139
 verse 39.

00:31:58.339 --> 00:31:58.619
 Everyone

00:31:58.619 --> 00:31:59.839
 who believes

00:31:59.839 --> 00:32:01.039
 is freed

00:32:01.039 --> 00:32:02.619
 from their

00:32:02.619 --> 00:32:02.939
 sin.

00:32:03.859 --> 00:32:04.879
 So God

00:32:04.880 --> 00:32:05.640
 man

00:32:05.640 --> 00:32:06.460
 Christ

00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:08.520
 response.

00:32:10.280 --> 00:32:10.960
 So,

00:32:11.140 --> 00:32:11.820
 there are

00:32:11.820 --> 00:32:12.400
 a lot

00:32:12.400 --> 00:32:13.180
 of really

00:32:13.180 --> 00:32:13.860
 common

00:32:13.860 --> 00:32:14.580
 errors

00:32:14.580 --> 00:32:15.600
 in our

00:32:15.600 --> 00:32:16.260
 day.

00:32:17.940 --> 00:32:18.640
 Misunderstandings

00:32:18.640 --> 00:32:19.920
 of the

00:32:19.920 --> 00:32:20.440
 gospel of

00:32:20.440 --> 00:32:21.080
 Jesus Christ.

00:32:21.180 --> 00:32:21.500
 And I just

00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:22.000
 want to walk

00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:22.420
 through some

00:32:22.420 --> 00:32:22.900
 of those

00:32:22.900 --> 00:32:23.800
 briefly and

00:32:23.800 --> 00:32:24.440
 give some

00:32:24.440 --> 00:32:25.700
 biblical

00:32:25.700 --> 00:32:26.360
 responses

00:32:26.360 --> 00:32:27.480
 to these

00:32:27.480 --> 00:32:27.940
 errors.

00:32:28.660 --> 00:32:29.360
 Because you

00:32:29.360 --> 00:32:29.980
 may even

00:32:29.980 --> 00:32:30.940
 have people

00:32:30.940 --> 00:32:31.700
 in your

00:32:31.700 --> 00:32:32.320
 spheres of

00:32:32.320 --> 00:32:32.720
 influence

00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:33.760
 that claim

00:32:33.760 --> 00:32:34.200
 to be

00:32:34.200 --> 00:32:35.080
 Christ

00:32:35.080 --> 00:32:35.580
 followers.

00:32:36.580 --> 00:32:36.779
 And if

00:32:36.779 --> 00:32:37.039
 you'll

00:32:37.039 --> 00:32:37.500
 work

00:32:37.500 --> 00:32:37.940
 asking

00:32:37.940 --> 00:32:38.160
 them

00:32:38.160 --> 00:32:38.400
 good

00:32:38.400 --> 00:32:38.980
 questions,

00:32:38.980 --> 00:32:39.380
 you may

00:32:39.380 --> 00:32:39.819
 find them

00:32:39.819 --> 00:32:40.220
 fall into

00:32:40.220 --> 00:32:40.440
 these

00:32:40.440 --> 00:32:40.940
 categories.

00:32:41.180 --> 00:32:41.340
 And it

00:32:41.340 --> 00:32:41.600
 would be

00:32:41.600 --> 00:32:42.080
 such a

00:32:42.080 --> 00:32:42.620
 loving,

00:32:42.960 --> 00:32:43.240
 kind

00:32:43.240 --> 00:32:43.680
 thing

00:32:43.680 --> 00:32:44.840
 for them

00:32:44.840 --> 00:32:45.120
 for you

00:32:45.120 --> 00:32:45.700
 to clarify

00:32:45.700 --> 00:32:46.160
 what the

00:32:46.160 --> 00:32:46.660
 gospel of

00:32:46.660 --> 00:32:46.840
 Jesus

00:32:46.840 --> 00:32:47.279
 Christ

00:32:47.279 --> 00:32:48.559
 is.

00:32:49.700 --> 00:32:50.340
 The

00:32:50.340 --> 00:32:50.819
 first,

00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:52.819
 I call

00:32:52.819 --> 00:32:53.059
 the

00:32:53.059 --> 00:32:53.680
 temporal

00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:54.559
 prosperity

00:32:54.559 --> 00:32:55.600
 gospel.

00:32:55.599 --> 00:32:55.639
 gospel.

00:32:56.279 --> 00:32:56.959
 That is

00:32:56.959 --> 00:32:57.519
 that we,

00:32:57.980 --> 00:32:58.839
 by believing

00:32:58.839 --> 00:32:59.279
 in Jesus,

00:32:59.399 --> 00:33:00.139
 receive

00:33:00.139 --> 00:33:01.699
 physical

00:33:01.699 --> 00:33:02.240
 blessing

00:33:02.240 --> 00:33:03.500
 here and

00:33:03.500 --> 00:33:04.599
 now.

00:33:04.839 --> 00:33:05.279
 Temporal,

00:33:05.399 --> 00:33:05.579
 right?

00:33:05.679 --> 00:33:05.879
 Not

00:33:05.879 --> 00:33:06.259
 permanent.

00:33:06.480 --> 00:33:06.899
 Temporal

00:33:06.899 --> 00:33:07.359
 blessing

00:33:07.359 --> 00:33:09.379
 here and

00:33:09.379 --> 00:33:09.779
 now.

00:33:10.279 --> 00:33:10.639
 And this

00:33:10.639 --> 00:33:11.019
 takes a lot

00:33:11.019 --> 00:33:11.539
 of shapes,

00:33:11.639 --> 00:33:11.819
 right?

00:33:11.919 --> 00:33:12.539
 You've heard

00:33:12.539 --> 00:33:13.099
 probably the

00:33:13.099 --> 00:33:13.719
 term prosperity

00:33:13.719 --> 00:33:14.139
 gospel.

00:33:14.299 --> 00:33:14.679
 There's the

00:33:14.679 --> 00:33:15.039
 prosperity

00:33:15.039 --> 00:33:15.519
 gospel

00:33:15.519 --> 00:33:16.619
 preachers

00:33:16.619 --> 00:33:18.019
 and their

00:33:18.019 --> 00:33:18.199
 church

00:33:18.199 --> 00:33:18.459
 buildings

00:33:18.459 --> 00:33:18.859
 with purple

00:33:18.859 --> 00:33:19.980
 carpet and

00:33:19.980 --> 00:33:21.379
 making

00:33:21.379 --> 00:33:22.339
 pleas for

00:33:22.339 --> 00:33:23.379
 jets.

00:33:23.380 --> 00:33:24.520
 We have

00:33:24.520 --> 00:33:25.480
 one of

00:33:25.480 --> 00:33:26.540
 those here

00:33:26.540 --> 00:33:27.100
 in Atlanta

00:33:27.100 --> 00:33:27.880
 who does

00:33:27.880 --> 00:33:28.120
 that.

00:33:28.960 --> 00:33:29.200
 No,

00:33:29.300 --> 00:33:29.840
 I do not

00:33:29.840 --> 00:33:30.140
 need a

00:33:30.140 --> 00:33:30.340
 jet.

00:33:31.020 --> 00:33:31.720
 I do

00:33:31.720 --> 00:33:32.060
 not.

00:33:32.200 --> 00:33:32.520
 I would

00:33:32.520 --> 00:33:32.780
 give it

00:33:32.780 --> 00:33:33.100
 back.

00:33:34.580 --> 00:33:35.700
 We have

00:33:35.700 --> 00:33:36.900
 this very

00:33:36.900 --> 00:33:37.600
 gospel being

00:33:37.600 --> 00:33:38.600
 preached in

00:33:38.600 --> 00:33:39.340
 Gainesville

00:33:39.340 --> 00:33:41.420
 and then a

00:33:41.420 --> 00:33:41.940
 guy jumps on

00:33:41.940 --> 00:33:43.560
 a jet and

00:33:43.560 --> 00:33:43.940
 flies to

00:33:43.940 --> 00:33:44.620
 California to

00:33:44.620 --> 00:33:44.980
 preach the

00:33:44.980 --> 00:33:46.520
 same prosperity

00:33:46.520 --> 00:33:47.020
 gospel.

00:33:49.900 --> 00:33:50.800
 That is

00:33:50.800 --> 00:33:51.400
 one end of

00:33:51.400 --> 00:33:51.900
 the spectrum

00:33:51.900 --> 00:33:53.240
 of what I'm

00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:53.599
 calling the

00:33:53.599 --> 00:33:53.880
 temporal

00:33:53.880 --> 00:33:54.420
 prosperity

00:33:54.420 --> 00:33:54.799
 gospel.

00:33:54.940 --> 00:33:55.539
 The other

00:33:55.539 --> 00:33:56.220
 end of

00:33:56.220 --> 00:33:57.480
 that is

00:33:57.480 --> 00:33:57.839
 that Jesus

00:33:57.839 --> 00:33:58.359
 leads you

00:33:58.359 --> 00:33:58.720
 into a

00:33:58.720 --> 00:33:59.079
 life of

00:33:59.079 --> 00:33:59.500
 comfort.

00:34:00.620 --> 00:34:01.120
 That you

00:34:01.120 --> 00:34:01.620
 can continue

00:34:01.620 --> 00:34:02.240
 really to be

00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:02.839
 just as you

00:34:02.839 --> 00:34:03.380
 are, but

00:34:03.380 --> 00:34:03.640
 if you'll

00:34:03.640 --> 00:34:04.180
 sprinkle a

00:34:04.180 --> 00:34:04.660
 little Jesus

00:34:04.660 --> 00:34:05.059
 on it,

00:34:05.140 --> 00:34:05.440
 things are

00:34:05.440 --> 00:34:05.620
 going to

00:34:05.620 --> 00:34:06.000
 get a

00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:06.660
 little better

00:34:06.660 --> 00:34:07.859
 for you.

00:34:08.960 --> 00:34:09.380
 We'll

00:34:09.380 --> 00:34:10.139
 tidy up

00:34:10.139 --> 00:34:11.679
 your marriage

00:34:11.679 --> 00:34:12.039
 and your

00:34:12.039 --> 00:34:12.840
 job and

00:34:12.840 --> 00:34:13.360
 your children.

00:34:14.760 --> 00:34:15.639
 This is

00:34:15.639 --> 00:34:16.480
 really prevalent

00:34:16.480 --> 00:34:17.400
 in our day.

00:34:18.420 --> 00:34:19.360
 People allowed

00:34:19.360 --> 00:34:20.280
 to be lulled

00:34:20.280 --> 00:34:20.860
 to sleep

00:34:20.860 --> 00:34:21.619
 in American

00:34:21.619 --> 00:34:22.780
 comfort.

00:34:23.239 --> 00:34:24.439
 by this

00:34:24.439 --> 00:34:25.679
 temporal

00:34:25.679 --> 00:34:26.539
 prosperity

00:34:26.539 --> 00:34:27.739
 gospel.

00:34:28.279 --> 00:34:28.559
 I'm going

00:34:28.559 --> 00:34:28.779
 to read to

00:34:28.779 --> 00:34:28.959
 you a

00:34:28.959 --> 00:34:29.319
 couple of

00:34:29.319 --> 00:34:29.699
 texts.

00:34:31.339 --> 00:34:31.859
 John

00:34:31.859 --> 00:34:32.759
 chapter 15

00:34:32.759 --> 00:34:34.219
 verse 20

00:34:34.219 --> 00:34:34.799
 and 21,

00:34:34.919 --> 00:34:35.279
 Jesus said,

00:34:35.379 --> 00:34:35.819
 Remember the

00:34:35.819 --> 00:34:36.639
 word that I

00:34:36.639 --> 00:34:37.359
 said to you,

00:34:37.439 --> 00:34:37.959
 a servant

00:34:37.959 --> 00:34:38.679
 is not

00:34:38.679 --> 00:34:40.299
 greater than

00:34:40.299 --> 00:34:40.879
 his master.

00:34:43.239 --> 00:34:43.559
 If we're to

00:34:43.559 --> 00:34:44.079
 be Jesus

00:34:44.079 --> 00:34:45.279
 Christ followers,

00:34:45.399 --> 00:34:45.799
 he is our

00:34:45.799 --> 00:34:46.179
 Lord.

00:34:46.699 --> 00:34:47.519
 We are his

00:34:47.519 --> 00:34:47.859
 servants.

00:34:47.860 --> 00:34:49.180
 He goes

00:34:49.180 --> 00:34:49.440
 on to

00:34:49.440 --> 00:34:49.579
 say,

00:34:49.640 --> 00:34:49.840
 If they

00:34:49.840 --> 00:34:50.400
 persecuted

00:34:50.400 --> 00:34:50.820
 me,

00:34:51.620 --> 00:34:52.480
 they will

00:34:52.480 --> 00:34:52.980
 also

00:34:52.980 --> 00:34:53.940
 persecute

00:34:53.940 --> 00:34:54.440
 you.

00:34:55.300 --> 00:34:55.840
 If they

00:34:55.840 --> 00:34:56.220
 kept my

00:34:56.220 --> 00:34:56.420
 word,

00:34:56.480 --> 00:34:56.740
 they will

00:34:56.740 --> 00:34:57.400
 also keep

00:34:57.400 --> 00:34:58.039
 yours.

00:34:58.180 --> 00:34:58.519
 But all

00:34:58.519 --> 00:34:59.059
 these things

00:34:59.059 --> 00:34:59.320
 they will

00:34:59.320 --> 00:34:59.680
 do to

00:34:59.680 --> 00:35:00.059
 you on

00:35:00.059 --> 00:35:00.660
 account of

00:35:00.660 --> 00:35:01.519
 my name,

00:35:01.840 --> 00:35:02.519
 because they

00:35:02.519 --> 00:35:03.059
 did not

00:35:03.059 --> 00:35:04.140
 know him

00:35:04.140 --> 00:35:05.220
 who sent

00:35:05.220 --> 00:35:05.440
 me.

00:35:06.180 --> 00:35:06.519
 So the

00:35:06.519 --> 00:35:07.039
 ungodly

00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:07.740
 will

00:35:07.740 --> 00:35:09.380
 persecute

00:35:09.380 --> 00:35:10.260
 the godly.

00:35:11.620 --> 00:35:12.120
 Paul wrote to

00:35:12.120 --> 00:35:12.360
 Timothy,

00:35:12.500 --> 00:35:13.500
 those who

00:35:13.500 --> 00:35:13.820
 desire to

00:35:13.820 --> 00:35:14.200
 live godly

00:35:14.200 --> 00:35:14.860
 in Christ

00:35:14.860 --> 00:35:15.599
 Jesus will

00:35:15.599 --> 00:35:17.660
 be persecuted.

00:35:18.200 --> 00:35:19.099
 The way of

00:35:19.099 --> 00:35:19.780
 Christ is the

00:35:19.780 --> 00:35:20.099
 way of

00:35:20.099 --> 00:35:20.559
 suffering.

00:35:21.740 --> 00:35:22.180
 We are

00:35:22.180 --> 00:35:22.800
 meant to

00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:23.420
 fill up

00:35:23.420 --> 00:35:23.800
 what is

00:35:23.800 --> 00:35:24.300
 lacking in

00:35:24.300 --> 00:35:24.680
 the affliction

00:35:24.680 --> 00:35:25.280
 of Christ

00:35:25.280 --> 00:35:26.260
 by displaying

00:35:26.260 --> 00:35:26.599
 to the

00:35:26.599 --> 00:35:27.220
 world around

00:35:27.220 --> 00:35:28.099
 us that

00:35:28.099 --> 00:35:28.780
 we do

00:35:28.780 --> 00:35:29.539
 not love

00:35:29.539 --> 00:35:30.300
 this world.

00:35:30.300 --> 00:35:31.059
 We love

00:35:31.059 --> 00:35:31.760
 one who is

00:35:31.760 --> 00:35:32.860
 greater than

00:35:32.860 --> 00:35:34.380
 this world.

00:35:35.059 --> 00:35:36.140
 If you

00:35:36.140 --> 00:35:36.960
 are not

00:35:36.960 --> 00:35:37.559
 signed up

00:35:37.559 --> 00:35:37.840
 for the

00:35:37.840 --> 00:35:38.280
 suffering of

00:35:38.280 --> 00:35:38.660
 Christ,

00:35:38.880 --> 00:35:39.620
 you don't

00:35:39.620 --> 00:35:40.140
 love

00:35:40.140 --> 00:35:41.019
 Christ.

00:35:41.980 --> 00:35:42.880
 You have

00:35:42.880 --> 00:35:43.420
 not tasted

00:35:43.420 --> 00:35:43.840
 and seen

00:35:43.840 --> 00:35:44.700
 his goodness.

00:35:45.579 --> 00:35:45.740
 If

00:35:45.740 --> 00:35:46.200
 Christianity

00:35:46.200 --> 00:35:46.660
 is an

00:35:46.660 --> 00:35:47.140
 add-on

00:35:47.140 --> 00:35:47.620
 for you

00:35:47.620 --> 00:35:48.200
 so that

00:35:48.200 --> 00:35:48.400
 you can

00:35:48.400 --> 00:35:48.800
 live your

00:35:48.800 --> 00:35:49.599
 best life

00:35:49.599 --> 00:35:50.039
 now,

00:35:50.660 --> 00:35:51.740
 you don't

00:35:51.740 --> 00:35:52.480
 understand

00:35:52.480 --> 00:35:53.480
 the gospel.

00:35:55.320 --> 00:35:56.059
 Jesus said

00:35:56.059 --> 00:35:56.360
 in Mark

00:35:56.360 --> 00:35:56.920
 chapter 8

00:35:56.920 --> 00:35:57.480
 verse 34

00:35:57.480 --> 00:35:58.099
 and 35

00:35:58.099 --> 00:35:59.700
 after calling

00:35:59.700 --> 00:36:00.480
 a crowd

00:36:00.480 --> 00:36:01.000
 around him

00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:01.260
 with his

00:36:01.260 --> 00:36:01.660
 disciples,

00:36:01.800 --> 00:36:02.099
 he said,

00:36:02.220 --> 00:36:02.720
 if anyone

00:36:02.720 --> 00:36:03.340
 would come

00:36:03.340 --> 00:36:03.860
 after me,

00:36:04.599 --> 00:36:05.300
 let him

00:36:05.300 --> 00:36:06.380
 deny himself

00:36:06.380 --> 00:36:07.500
 and take

00:36:07.500 --> 00:36:07.780
 up his

00:36:07.780 --> 00:36:08.280
 cross

00:36:08.280 --> 00:36:09.500
 and follow

00:36:09.500 --> 00:36:09.780
 me.

00:36:10.200 --> 00:36:10.660
 For whoever

00:36:10.660 --> 00:36:11.140
 would save

00:36:11.140 --> 00:36:11.539
 his life

00:36:11.539 --> 00:36:11.860
 will lose

00:36:11.860 --> 00:36:11.940
 it,

00:36:11.980 --> 00:36:12.260
 but whoever

00:36:12.260 --> 00:36:12.900
 loses his

00:36:12.900 --> 00:36:13.260
 life for

00:36:13.260 --> 00:36:13.940
 my sake

00:36:13.940 --> 00:36:14.380
 and the

00:36:14.380 --> 00:36:15.000
 gospels

00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:16.400
 will save

00:36:16.400 --> 00:36:16.680
 it.

00:36:18.119 --> 00:36:18.559
 He is

00:36:18.559 --> 00:36:19.660
 not talking

00:36:19.660 --> 00:36:21.119
 about little

00:36:21.119 --> 00:36:21.780
 discomfort.

00:36:22.760 --> 00:36:23.380
 He's not

00:36:23.380 --> 00:36:24.119
 talking about

00:36:24.119 --> 00:36:24.980
 one week

00:36:24.980 --> 00:36:25.460
 a year

00:36:25.460 --> 00:36:25.820
 when you

00:36:25.820 --> 00:36:26.260
 go to a

00:36:26.260 --> 00:36:26.760
 third world

00:36:26.760 --> 00:36:27.960
 country and

00:36:27.960 --> 00:36:28.220
 stay in

00:36:28.220 --> 00:36:28.559
 its nicest

00:36:28.559 --> 00:36:29.039
 hotels.

00:36:30.260 --> 00:36:30.740
 This is

00:36:30.740 --> 00:36:31.240
 not what

00:36:31.240 --> 00:36:31.599
 Jesus is

00:36:31.599 --> 00:36:32.160
 talking about.

00:36:32.500 --> 00:36:33.099
 The cross

00:36:33.099 --> 00:36:33.619
 is a place

00:36:33.619 --> 00:36:34.480
 of death.

00:36:36.160 --> 00:36:36.760
 This is

00:36:36.760 --> 00:36:37.019
 what he's

00:36:37.019 --> 00:36:37.260
 saying.

00:36:38.220 --> 00:36:38.960
 He's saying,

00:36:39.160 --> 00:36:39.820
 you must

00:36:39.820 --> 00:36:40.340
 be willing

00:36:40.340 --> 00:36:40.900
 to follow

00:36:40.900 --> 00:36:41.320
 me to

00:36:41.320 --> 00:36:41.700
 the very

00:36:41.700 --> 00:36:42.140
 place

00:36:42.140 --> 00:36:42.579
 that I

00:36:42.579 --> 00:36:43.500
 went if

00:36:43.500 --> 00:36:43.780
 you want

00:36:43.780 --> 00:36:44.120
 to have

00:36:44.120 --> 00:36:44.300
 me.

00:36:46.300 --> 00:36:46.900
 This

00:36:46.900 --> 00:36:47.519
 temporal

00:36:47.519 --> 00:36:48.220
 prosperity

00:36:48.220 --> 00:36:48.960
 gospel

00:36:48.960 --> 00:36:51.059
 has got

00:36:51.059 --> 00:36:51.800
 so many

00:36:51.800 --> 00:36:52.260
 Christians

00:36:52.260 --> 00:36:52.940
 on their

00:36:52.940 --> 00:36:53.640
 heels,

00:36:54.120 --> 00:36:55.740
 living in

00:36:55.740 --> 00:36:56.680
 a peacetime

00:36:56.680 --> 00:36:57.380
 mentality.

00:36:58.660 --> 00:36:58.940
 Beloved,

00:36:59.019 --> 00:36:59.360
 this is

00:36:59.360 --> 00:36:59.880
 war,

00:37:00.519 --> 00:37:01.800
 and people's

00:37:01.800 --> 00:37:02.260
 souls

00:37:02.260 --> 00:37:03.660
 are at

00:37:03.660 --> 00:37:03.980
 stake.

00:37:05.800 --> 00:37:06.480
 Why would

00:37:06.480 --> 00:37:06.920
 we believe

00:37:06.920 --> 00:37:07.340
 such a

00:37:07.340 --> 00:37:07.700
 gospel?

00:37:07.699 --> 00:37:08.439
 Why would

00:37:08.439 --> 00:37:08.699
 we believe

00:37:08.699 --> 00:37:09.000
 such a

00:37:09.000 --> 00:37:10.099
 gospel that

00:37:10.099 --> 00:37:11.379
 calls us

00:37:11.379 --> 00:37:12.319
 to suffer?

00:37:13.639 --> 00:37:14.399
 My one

00:37:14.399 --> 00:37:14.779
 word answer

00:37:14.779 --> 00:37:15.219
 for you

00:37:15.219 --> 00:37:16.339
 is Christ.

00:37:17.639 --> 00:37:18.219
 He is

00:37:18.219 --> 00:37:18.639
 better.

00:37:18.899 --> 00:37:19.119
 He is

00:37:19.119 --> 00:37:19.980
 more glorious,

00:37:20.399 --> 00:37:20.960
 more to be

00:37:20.960 --> 00:37:21.759
 treasured than

00:37:21.759 --> 00:37:22.639
 anything this

00:37:22.639 --> 00:37:23.219
 world could

00:37:23.219 --> 00:37:24.919
 possibly offer

00:37:24.919 --> 00:37:25.279
 us.

00:37:26.599 --> 00:37:26.899
 George

00:37:26.899 --> 00:37:27.219
 Whitfield,

00:37:28.259 --> 00:37:28.919
 the great

00:37:28.919 --> 00:37:29.799
 evangelist of

00:37:29.799 --> 00:37:30.259
 the first

00:37:30.259 --> 00:37:30.759
 great awakening,

00:37:32.239 --> 00:37:32.519
 said,

00:37:32.719 --> 00:37:33.439
 O free

00:37:33.439 --> 00:37:34.419
 grace in

00:37:34.419 --> 00:37:35.219
 Christ Jesus,

00:37:35.899 --> 00:37:36.480
 with what

00:37:36.480 --> 00:37:36.919
 love,

00:37:37.139 --> 00:37:37.419
 peace,

00:37:37.420 --> 00:37:37.960
 and joy,

00:37:38.059 --> 00:37:38.599
 does God

00:37:38.599 --> 00:37:39.579
 fill this

00:37:39.579 --> 00:37:40.460
 soul of

00:37:40.460 --> 00:37:40.820
 mine.

00:37:41.539 --> 00:37:41.820
 Lord,

00:37:41.900 --> 00:37:42.740
 I am not

00:37:42.740 --> 00:37:43.220
 worthy,

00:37:43.720 --> 00:37:44.180
 but thy

00:37:44.180 --> 00:37:45.820
 mercies in

00:37:45.820 --> 00:37:46.639
 Christ Jesus

00:37:46.639 --> 00:37:47.920
 are infinite.

00:37:50.280 --> 00:37:51.039
 The next

00:37:51.039 --> 00:37:51.599
 one I'd like

00:37:51.599 --> 00:37:52.119
 to address

00:37:52.119 --> 00:37:53.860
 goes by a

00:37:53.860 --> 00:37:54.139
 number of

00:37:54.139 --> 00:37:54.420
 names.

00:37:55.460 --> 00:37:56.059
 Similar,

00:37:56.480 --> 00:37:57.260
 similar in

00:37:57.260 --> 00:37:57.840
 nature to the

00:37:57.840 --> 00:37:58.599
 temporal prosperity

00:37:58.599 --> 00:37:58.960
 gospel.

00:37:59.460 --> 00:38:00.099
 You call it

00:38:00.099 --> 00:38:01.119
 easy-believe-ism

00:38:01.119 --> 00:38:01.700
 gospel,

00:38:02.900 --> 00:38:03.900
 the decision-ism

00:38:03.900 --> 00:38:04.559
 gospel.

00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:04.639
 gospel.

00:38:06.880 --> 00:38:07.699
 It's the

00:38:07.699 --> 00:38:09.960
 teaching that

00:38:09.960 --> 00:38:12.119
 if you are

00:38:12.119 --> 00:38:12.579
 to be in

00:38:12.579 --> 00:38:13.000
 Christ,

00:38:13.199 --> 00:38:14.179
 all you must

00:38:14.179 --> 00:38:14.820
 do is make

00:38:14.820 --> 00:38:15.380
 a mental

00:38:15.380 --> 00:38:16.239
 assent to

00:38:16.239 --> 00:38:16.639
 Christ.

00:38:17.639 --> 00:38:18.360
 Make a

00:38:18.360 --> 00:38:19.639
 decision to

00:38:19.639 --> 00:38:20.500
 follow Jesus.

00:38:21.019 --> 00:38:21.500
 The way the

00:38:21.500 --> 00:38:22.099
 following looks

00:38:22.099 --> 00:38:22.719
 isn't really of

00:38:22.719 --> 00:38:23.320
 importance,

00:38:23.940 --> 00:38:24.119
 right?

00:38:24.199 --> 00:38:24.539
 We're going to

00:38:24.539 --> 00:38:25.179
 get you to

00:38:25.179 --> 00:38:26.239
 sign something,

00:38:27.159 --> 00:38:27.500
 wave your

00:38:27.500 --> 00:38:27.960
 hand,

00:38:29.159 --> 00:38:29.880
 but nobody's

00:38:29.880 --> 00:38:30.380
 looking around,

00:38:30.460 --> 00:38:30.880
 so don't worry

00:38:30.880 --> 00:38:31.340
 about being

00:38:31.340 --> 00:38:31.820
 embarrassed.

00:38:31.820 --> 00:38:31.940
 Christ.

00:38:33.960 --> 00:38:34.420
 We're going to

00:38:34.420 --> 00:38:34.620
 get you

00:38:34.620 --> 00:38:35.280
 baptized so we

00:38:35.280 --> 00:38:35.960
 can count your

00:38:35.960 --> 00:38:36.360
 name.

00:38:38.100 --> 00:38:38.640
 And most of

00:38:38.640 --> 00:38:38.960
 you have heard

00:38:38.960 --> 00:38:39.500
 me say this,

00:38:39.580 --> 00:38:40.360
 but you're going

00:38:40.360 --> 00:38:40.740
 to hear me say

00:38:40.740 --> 00:38:41.400
 it a lot if

00:38:41.400 --> 00:38:41.800
 you're part of

00:38:41.800 --> 00:38:42.320
 this church.

00:38:44.100 --> 00:38:44.640
 I had a

00:38:44.640 --> 00:38:45.100
 pastor at one

00:38:45.100 --> 00:38:45.620
 point of a

00:38:45.620 --> 00:38:47.580
 large evangelical

00:38:47.580 --> 00:38:49.559
 church in our

00:38:49.559 --> 00:38:51.320
 area who would

00:38:51.320 --> 00:38:52.600
 say regularly,

00:38:53.140 --> 00:38:54.260
 if you ever doubt

00:38:54.260 --> 00:38:54.820
 your salvation,

00:38:55.840 --> 00:38:56.440
 turn to the front

00:38:56.440 --> 00:38:57.580
 of the Bible where

00:38:57.580 --> 00:38:58.260
 you wrote down

00:38:58.260 --> 00:38:59.019
 the date you

00:38:59.019 --> 00:38:59.920
 walked the aisle

00:38:59.920 --> 00:39:01.300
 and take

00:39:01.300 --> 00:39:02.659
 confidence in

00:39:02.659 --> 00:39:03.059
 that.

00:39:04.920 --> 00:39:06.019
 And that's a

00:39:06.019 --> 00:39:06.900
 damnable lie,

00:39:08.079 --> 00:39:08.300
 right?

00:39:08.400 --> 00:39:08.960
 Scary.

00:39:09.760 --> 00:39:11.220
 I hope this

00:39:11.220 --> 00:39:12.159
 man's grown past

00:39:12.159 --> 00:39:12.500
 that.

00:39:13.500 --> 00:39:14.280
 I'd like to

00:39:14.280 --> 00:39:14.800
 think that he

00:39:14.800 --> 00:39:16.700
 has, but has

00:39:16.700 --> 00:39:17.700
 gotten himself so

00:39:17.700 --> 00:39:18.940
 wrapped into this

00:39:18.940 --> 00:39:19.579
 idea of

00:39:19.579 --> 00:39:21.539
 decisionism, and

00:39:21.539 --> 00:39:22.159
 I think had a

00:39:22.159 --> 00:39:22.780
 genuine concern

00:39:22.780 --> 00:39:23.260
 for people who

00:39:23.260 --> 00:39:23.619
 doubted their

00:39:23.619 --> 00:39:24.460
 salvation that

00:39:24.460 --> 00:39:24.980
 this was the

00:39:24.980 --> 00:39:26.300
 solution that he

00:39:26.300 --> 00:39:27.300
 came up with.

00:39:28.780 --> 00:39:29.539
 What does the

00:39:29.539 --> 00:39:30.659
 Bible teach?

00:39:32.679 --> 00:39:33.300
 Let's look at

00:39:33.300 --> 00:39:34.239
 2 Peter 1.

00:39:34.239 --> 00:39:59.679
 verses 3-12.

00:39:59.679 --> 00:40:02.480
 His divine

00:40:02.480 --> 00:40:03.000
 power is

00:40:03.000 --> 00:40:03.440
 granted to

00:40:03.440 --> 00:40:03.899
 us all

00:40:03.899 --> 00:40:04.359
 things that

00:40:04.359 --> 00:40:04.819
 pertain to

00:40:04.819 --> 00:40:05.619
 life and

00:40:05.619 --> 00:40:06.099
 godliness,

00:40:06.339 --> 00:40:06.639
 through the

00:40:06.639 --> 00:40:07.239
 knowledge of

00:40:07.239 --> 00:40:07.579
 him who

00:40:07.579 --> 00:40:08.559
 called us to

00:40:08.559 --> 00:40:09.259
 his own

00:40:09.259 --> 00:40:11.179
 glory and

00:40:11.179 --> 00:40:11.739
 excellence.

00:40:12.099 --> 00:40:12.759
 If we are in

00:40:12.759 --> 00:40:13.259
 Christ, he's

00:40:13.259 --> 00:40:13.739
 given us a

00:40:13.739 --> 00:40:14.259
 spirit who

00:40:14.259 --> 00:40:14.859
 calls us to

00:40:14.859 --> 00:40:15.779
 walk in

00:40:15.779 --> 00:40:16.779
 his ways,

00:40:17.500 --> 00:40:18.179
 by which he

00:40:18.179 --> 00:40:18.679
 has granted

00:40:18.679 --> 00:40:19.299
 to us his

00:40:19.299 --> 00:40:20.139
 precious and

00:40:20.139 --> 00:40:20.799
 very great

00:40:20.799 --> 00:40:21.219
 promises,

00:40:21.399 --> 00:40:21.980
 so that through

00:40:21.980 --> 00:40:23.139
 them you may

00:40:23.139 --> 00:40:23.859
 become partakers

00:40:23.859 --> 00:40:24.519
 of the divine

00:40:24.519 --> 00:40:25.239
 nature, having

00:40:25.239 --> 00:40:25.940
 escaped from

00:40:25.940 --> 00:40:26.419
 the corruption

00:40:26.419 --> 00:40:27.000
 that is in

00:40:27.000 --> 00:40:27.359
 the world

00:40:27.360 --> 00:40:28.220
 because of

00:40:28.220 --> 00:40:29.059
 sinful desire.

00:40:30.059 --> 00:40:30.700
 We're escaping

00:40:30.700 --> 00:40:31.820
 sinful desire.

00:40:32.420 --> 00:40:32.960
 For this very

00:40:32.960 --> 00:40:34.720
 reason, make

00:40:34.720 --> 00:40:36.300
 every effort to

00:40:36.300 --> 00:40:37.220
 supplement your

00:40:37.220 --> 00:40:38.039
 faith with

00:40:38.039 --> 00:40:38.680
 virtue, and

00:40:38.680 --> 00:40:39.539
 virtue with

00:40:39.539 --> 00:40:40.360
 knowledge, and

00:40:40.360 --> 00:40:41.099
 knowledge with

00:40:41.099 --> 00:40:42.539
 self-control, and

00:40:42.539 --> 00:40:44.059
 self-control with

00:40:44.059 --> 00:40:45.260
 steadfastness, and

00:40:45.260 --> 00:40:46.559
 steadfastness with

00:40:46.559 --> 00:40:47.840
 godliness, and

00:40:47.840 --> 00:40:48.740
 godliness with

00:40:48.740 --> 00:40:50.280
 brotherly affection, and

00:40:50.280 --> 00:40:51.120
 brotherly affection

00:40:51.120 --> 00:40:52.519
 with love.

00:40:52.700 --> 00:40:53.500
 We list a bunch of

00:40:53.500 --> 00:40:54.280
 character qualities.

00:40:54.360 --> 00:40:54.920
 This is what it

00:40:54.920 --> 00:40:55.500
 should be looking

00:40:55.500 --> 00:40:56.360
 like for you to

00:40:56.360 --> 00:40:57.079
 be a Christ

00:40:57.079 --> 00:40:58.000
 follower, and

00:40:58.000 --> 00:40:58.480
 these things should

00:40:58.480 --> 00:40:59.200
 be happening, and

00:40:59.200 --> 00:40:59.559
 they should be

00:40:59.559 --> 00:41:00.059
 happening in

00:41:00.059 --> 00:41:01.579
 increasing order.

00:41:03.340 --> 00:41:04.039
 Verse 8,

00:41:05.079 --> 00:41:05.860
 For if these

00:41:05.860 --> 00:41:06.639
 qualities are

00:41:06.639 --> 00:41:07.880
 yours and are

00:41:07.880 --> 00:41:09.820
 increasing, they

00:41:09.820 --> 00:41:10.340
 keep you from

00:41:10.340 --> 00:41:11.360
 being ineffective or

00:41:11.360 --> 00:41:12.320
 unfruitful in the

00:41:12.320 --> 00:41:13.159
 knowledge of our

00:41:13.159 --> 00:41:14.539
 Lord Jesus Christ.

00:41:15.440 --> 00:41:16.539
 For whoever lacks

00:41:16.539 --> 00:41:18.280
 these qualities is so

00:41:18.280 --> 00:41:19.519
 nearsighted that he

00:41:19.519 --> 00:41:21.320
 is blind, having

00:41:21.320 --> 00:41:22.119
 forgotten that he

00:41:22.119 --> 00:41:22.880
 was cleansed from

00:41:22.880 --> 00:41:23.579
 his former sins.

00:41:23.579 --> 00:41:25.699
 Therefore, brothers, be

00:41:25.699 --> 00:41:26.659
 all the more

00:41:26.659 --> 00:41:28.239
 diligent to confirm

00:41:28.239 --> 00:41:29.880
 your calling and

00:41:29.880 --> 00:41:30.380
 election.

00:41:31.179 --> 00:41:32.340
 For if you practice

00:41:32.340 --> 00:41:34.679
 these qualities, you

00:41:34.679 --> 00:41:35.519
 will never fail.

00:41:37.519 --> 00:41:38.380
 So if you doubt

00:41:38.380 --> 00:41:40.179
 your salvation, don't

00:41:40.179 --> 00:41:41.799
 turn to the front of

00:41:41.799 --> 00:41:43.119
 your Bible and look

00:41:43.119 --> 00:41:43.819
 for a date you wrote

00:41:43.819 --> 00:41:44.980
 down when you

00:41:44.980 --> 00:41:45.639
 walked an aisle.

00:41:45.860 --> 00:41:46.739
 I don't even know

00:41:46.739 --> 00:41:47.579
 if you do that.

00:41:48.179 --> 00:41:48.739
 I don't.

00:41:48.980 --> 00:41:49.960
 My name's not even

00:41:49.960 --> 00:41:50.579
 written in the front

00:41:50.579 --> 00:41:50.900
 of mine.

00:41:51.739 --> 00:41:52.619
 Don't do that.

00:41:52.619 --> 00:41:54.179
 What does the

00:41:54.179 --> 00:41:54.900
 Scripture tell us to

00:41:54.900 --> 00:41:55.159
 do?

00:41:55.440 --> 00:41:56.299
 The Apostle Peter

00:41:56.299 --> 00:41:58.519
 says to make your

00:41:58.519 --> 00:41:59.579
 calling and election

00:41:59.579 --> 00:42:00.440
 sure by doing what?

00:42:00.859 --> 00:42:02.219
 By pursuing Christ.

00:42:03.059 --> 00:42:04.319
 By walking in his

00:42:04.319 --> 00:42:04.940
 ways.

00:42:05.599 --> 00:42:06.759
 And having your life

00:42:06.759 --> 00:42:08.079
 assessed not just by

00:42:08.079 --> 00:42:08.839
 you, but by those

00:42:08.839 --> 00:42:09.779
 around you.

00:42:10.079 --> 00:42:11.039
 Be part of a

00:42:11.039 --> 00:42:12.299
 faithful church.

00:42:13.239 --> 00:42:14.299
 Invite people to

00:42:14.299 --> 00:42:15.380
 help you pursue

00:42:15.380 --> 00:42:15.619
 holiness.

00:42:16.500 --> 00:42:17.880
 Can you see in you

00:42:17.880 --> 00:42:19.359
 these qualities

00:42:19.359 --> 00:42:21.619
 growing in you?

00:42:21.619 --> 00:42:22.099
 You.

00:42:23.359 --> 00:42:24.219
 Verse 11.

00:42:24.480 --> 00:42:25.299
 For in this way

00:42:25.299 --> 00:42:25.639
 there will be

00:42:25.639 --> 00:42:26.679
 richly provided for

00:42:26.679 --> 00:42:27.339
 you an entrance

00:42:27.339 --> 00:42:28.079
 into the eternal

00:42:28.079 --> 00:42:28.859
 kingdom of our

00:42:28.859 --> 00:42:29.960
 Lord and Savior

00:42:29.960 --> 00:42:31.480
 Jesus Christ.

00:42:32.619 --> 00:42:33.599
 Peter's not saying

00:42:33.599 --> 00:42:34.539
 if you do these

00:42:34.539 --> 00:42:35.199
 things you'll be

00:42:35.199 --> 00:42:36.000
 granted entrance.

00:42:36.679 --> 00:42:37.339
 What he's saying

00:42:37.339 --> 00:42:38.119
 is if you're doing

00:42:38.119 --> 00:42:39.119
 these things it's

00:42:39.119 --> 00:42:40.679
 the evidence that

00:42:40.679 --> 00:42:41.420
 you're in Christ.

00:42:41.639 --> 00:42:42.380
 It's the evidence

00:42:42.380 --> 00:42:43.239
 that you belong to

00:42:43.239 --> 00:42:43.519
 him.

00:42:43.859 --> 00:42:44.380
 That you have a

00:42:44.380 --> 00:42:44.659
 spirit.

00:42:45.000 --> 00:42:45.299
 That you have

00:42:45.299 --> 00:42:45.900
 placed believing

00:42:45.900 --> 00:42:46.779
 faith in his

00:42:46.779 --> 00:42:47.699
 person and his

00:42:47.699 --> 00:42:48.400
 work.

00:42:48.400 --> 00:42:49.059
 And it starts

00:42:49.059 --> 00:42:50.019
 to work out of

00:42:50.019 --> 00:42:50.220
 you.

00:42:50.460 --> 00:42:51.340
 This reality of

00:42:51.340 --> 00:42:53.500
 who you are.

00:42:54.500 --> 00:42:55.240
 And then he says

00:42:55.240 --> 00:42:55.579
 this.

00:42:55.840 --> 00:42:56.360
 And I love it.

00:42:56.420 --> 00:42:56.920
 Verse 12.

00:42:57.920 --> 00:42:59.880
 Therefore I intend

00:42:59.880 --> 00:43:02.200
 always to remind

00:43:02.200 --> 00:43:03.340
 you of these

00:43:03.340 --> 00:43:04.340
 qualities.

00:43:04.660 --> 00:43:05.240
 Though you know

00:43:05.240 --> 00:43:05.740
 them and are

00:43:05.740 --> 00:43:06.599
 established in the

00:43:06.599 --> 00:43:07.860
 truth that you

00:43:07.860 --> 00:43:08.280
 have.

00:43:08.619 --> 00:43:08.760
 Right?

00:43:08.960 --> 00:43:09.720
 He says it's so

00:43:09.720 --> 00:43:10.180
 important.

00:43:10.599 --> 00:43:11.099
 I'm just going to

00:43:11.099 --> 00:43:11.980
 keep reminding you

00:43:11.980 --> 00:43:12.980
 of the way it looks

00:43:12.980 --> 00:43:13.800
 to follow Jesus.

00:43:13.800 --> 00:43:15.900
 so that you

00:43:15.900 --> 00:43:16.820
 wouldn't be deceived.

00:43:17.539 --> 00:43:18.180
 You wouldn't be

00:43:18.180 --> 00:43:19.120
 deceived by this

00:43:19.120 --> 00:43:20.420
 easy believism

00:43:20.420 --> 00:43:22.539
 decisionism of

00:43:22.539 --> 00:43:24.180
 apparently Peter's

00:43:24.180 --> 00:43:26.260
 day and of

00:43:26.260 --> 00:43:26.740
 ours.

00:43:28.980 --> 00:43:29.960
 Following Jesus

00:43:29.960 --> 00:43:30.640
 Christ.

00:43:32.920 --> 00:43:33.840
 If you're in

00:43:33.840 --> 00:43:34.880
 him it takes all

00:43:34.880 --> 00:43:35.200
 of you.

00:43:35.440 --> 00:43:35.900
 It takes every

00:43:35.900 --> 00:43:36.360
 bit of your

00:43:36.360 --> 00:43:37.480
 effort and energy.

00:43:38.260 --> 00:43:38.740
 And at the

00:43:38.740 --> 00:43:40.800
 end we have

00:43:40.800 --> 00:43:41.200
 him.

00:43:42.039 --> 00:43:43.019
 The glorious

00:43:43.019 --> 00:43:43.400
 thing.

00:43:43.800 --> 00:43:44.320
 That is.

00:43:45.180 --> 00:43:46.260
 Paul contemplating

00:43:46.260 --> 00:43:47.100
 his own death.

00:43:47.820 --> 00:43:48.480
 Philippians 1

00:43:48.480 --> 00:43:49.300
 verse 21 says

00:43:49.300 --> 00:43:50.019
 for to me to

00:43:50.019 --> 00:43:51.200
 live is Christ.

00:43:52.100 --> 00:43:52.360
 Right?

00:43:53.039 --> 00:43:53.820
 All of his

00:43:53.820 --> 00:43:54.260
 suffering.

00:43:54.420 --> 00:43:54.940
 All of his

00:43:54.940 --> 00:43:55.580
 pursuit.

00:43:56.200 --> 00:43:57.800
 Gave his life to

00:43:57.800 --> 00:43:58.740
 follow this Jesus.

00:43:59.500 --> 00:44:00.519
 And he had him.

00:44:01.080 --> 00:44:01.780
 And to die is

00:44:01.780 --> 00:44:02.100
 gain.

00:44:02.200 --> 00:44:02.380
 Why?

00:44:02.380 --> 00:44:02.880
 Because he had

00:44:02.880 --> 00:44:04.360
 more of him in

00:44:04.360 --> 00:44:05.980
 his dying.

00:44:07.060 --> 00:44:08.320
 The great end of

00:44:08.320 --> 00:44:08.960
 the gospel of

00:44:08.960 --> 00:44:10.240
 Jesus Christ is

00:44:10.240 --> 00:44:12.100
 Christ himself.

00:44:12.740 --> 00:44:13.019
 It will be

00:44:13.019 --> 00:44:14.440
 brought back to

00:44:14.440 --> 00:44:16.599
 God in Jesus.

00:44:18.199 --> 00:44:19.579
 John Piper wrote

00:44:19.579 --> 00:44:20.539
 in a book he

00:44:20.539 --> 00:44:21.400
 wrote called

00:44:21.400 --> 00:44:22.159
 God is the

00:44:22.159 --> 00:44:22.559
 gospel.

00:44:23.300 --> 00:44:23.920
 This.

00:44:24.039 --> 00:44:24.400
 The critical

00:44:24.400 --> 00:44:25.420
 question for our

00:44:25.420 --> 00:44:26.440
 generation and for

00:44:26.440 --> 00:44:27.300
 every generation

00:44:27.300 --> 00:44:28.780
 is this.

00:44:29.360 --> 00:44:30.380
 If you could have

00:44:30.380 --> 00:44:31.300
 heaven with no

00:44:31.300 --> 00:44:32.699
 sickness and with

00:44:32.699 --> 00:44:33.599
 all the friends you

00:44:33.599 --> 00:44:34.320
 ever had on earth

00:44:34.320 --> 00:44:35.179
 and all the foods

00:44:35.179 --> 00:44:35.980
 you ever liked and

00:44:35.980 --> 00:44:36.960
 all the leisure

00:44:36.960 --> 00:44:38.219
 activities you ever

00:44:38.219 --> 00:44:40.000
 enjoyed and all the

00:44:40.000 --> 00:44:41.079
 natural beauties you

00:44:41.079 --> 00:44:42.119
 ever saw, all the

00:44:42.119 --> 00:44:43.500
 physical pleasures

00:44:43.500 --> 00:44:44.860
 you ever tasted,

00:44:45.239 --> 00:44:46.360
 and no human

00:44:46.360 --> 00:44:47.980
 conflict or any

00:44:47.980 --> 00:44:49.259
 natural disasters,

00:44:50.099 --> 00:44:50.759
 could you be

00:44:50.759 --> 00:44:52.299
 satisfied with

00:44:52.299 --> 00:44:54.299
 heaven if Christ

00:44:54.299 --> 00:44:55.599
 were not there?

00:44:58.599 --> 00:44:59.679
 And the answer of

00:44:59.679 --> 00:45:01.639
 the Christian is

00:45:01.639 --> 00:45:02.239
 no.

00:45:03.360 --> 00:45:04.779
 I want to be where

00:45:04.779 --> 00:45:06.559
 Christ is.

00:45:06.559 --> 00:45:09.000
 this is heaven

00:45:09.000 --> 00:45:10.519
 for me

00:45:10.519 --> 00:45:11.920
 that I would be

00:45:11.920 --> 00:45:13.799
 with Christ.

00:45:15.799 --> 00:45:16.960
 Finally, what I'm

00:45:16.960 --> 00:45:17.599
 just going to call,

00:45:17.699 --> 00:45:18.199
 there's probably a

00:45:18.199 --> 00:45:18.860
 better name for it,

00:45:18.900 --> 00:45:19.639
 but the legalistic

00:45:19.639 --> 00:45:20.079
 gospel.

00:45:21.940 --> 00:45:22.860
 Those who think far

00:45:22.860 --> 00:45:23.259
 too much of

00:45:23.259 --> 00:45:24.199
 themselves maybe are

00:45:24.199 --> 00:45:24.940
 in the faith,

00:45:25.699 --> 00:45:26.719
 but somehow believe

00:45:26.719 --> 00:45:28.039
 they deserved

00:45:28.039 --> 00:45:29.599
 God's favor,

00:45:30.219 --> 00:45:32.179
 rejected the idea of

00:45:32.179 --> 00:45:33.320
 grace altogether in

00:45:33.320 --> 00:45:34.280
 that way and

00:45:34.280 --> 00:45:34.860
 then begin to

00:45:34.860 --> 00:45:35.460
 heap up

00:45:35.460 --> 00:45:36.220
 unnecessary

00:45:36.220 --> 00:45:37.519
 requirements on

00:45:37.519 --> 00:45:39.620
 others to be in

00:45:39.620 --> 00:45:40.000
 the faith.

00:45:40.300 --> 00:45:40.900
 To be clear,

00:45:41.360 --> 00:45:41.860
 the Bible does

00:45:41.860 --> 00:45:43.460
 command, there are

00:45:43.460 --> 00:45:44.640
 clear commands we

00:45:44.640 --> 00:45:45.200
 are meant to

00:45:45.200 --> 00:45:46.880
 follow, we want

00:45:46.880 --> 00:45:47.680
 people to be

00:45:47.680 --> 00:45:48.780
 pursuing righteousness,

00:45:49.660 --> 00:45:50.660
 but we are very

00:45:50.660 --> 00:45:51.500
 apt as people to

00:45:51.500 --> 00:45:52.620
 add extras on.

00:45:53.260 --> 00:45:53.940
 And we typically

00:45:53.940 --> 00:45:54.700
 add on the extras

00:45:54.700 --> 00:45:55.340
 that we're already

00:45:55.340 --> 00:45:56.019
 pretty good at.

00:45:57.600 --> 00:45:58.519
 Stuff that I do

00:45:58.519 --> 00:45:59.400
 very well, I'm

00:45:59.400 --> 00:45:59.820
 also going to

00:45:59.820 --> 00:46:00.600
 expect other people

00:46:00.600 --> 00:46:01.840
 to do very well

00:46:01.840 --> 00:46:03.000
 that are extra

00:46:03.000 --> 00:46:05.320
 biblical things.

00:46:06.400 --> 00:46:07.240
 The Galatians had

00:46:07.240 --> 00:46:07.800
 a problem with

00:46:07.800 --> 00:46:08.039
 this.

00:46:08.160 --> 00:46:09.039
 They had what many

00:46:09.039 --> 00:46:09.960
 churches had in

00:46:09.960 --> 00:46:11.140
 the early church

00:46:11.140 --> 00:46:11.620
 days, the

00:46:11.620 --> 00:46:12.360
 Judaizers that

00:46:12.360 --> 00:46:13.039
 were coming around

00:46:13.039 --> 00:46:13.680
 and beginning to

00:46:13.680 --> 00:46:14.340
 teach that people

00:46:14.340 --> 00:46:16.260
 had to obey much

00:46:16.260 --> 00:46:17.480
 of the ceremonial

00:46:17.480 --> 00:46:18.519
 Old Testament law,

00:46:18.940 --> 00:46:19.980
 the primary one

00:46:19.980 --> 00:46:21.019
 being circumcision.

00:46:21.660 --> 00:46:22.440
 Gentiles were not

00:46:22.440 --> 00:46:23.420
 circumcised, they

00:46:23.420 --> 00:46:23.780
 were teaching them

00:46:23.780 --> 00:46:24.380
 that they must be

00:46:24.380 --> 00:46:25.220
 circumcised in order

00:46:25.220 --> 00:46:26.579
 to follow God,

00:46:26.640 --> 00:46:28.200
 even in Christ.

00:46:28.400 --> 00:46:29.120
 And Paul writes

00:46:29.120 --> 00:46:29.780
 these scathing

00:46:29.780 --> 00:46:30.280
 words to the

00:46:30.280 --> 00:46:30.940
 Galatian church,

00:46:30.940 --> 00:46:31.840
 chapter 3,

00:46:32.240 --> 00:46:32.679
 beginning in

00:46:32.679 --> 00:46:33.179
 verse 1.

00:46:33.260 --> 00:46:33.559
 He says,

00:46:33.659 --> 00:46:35.179
 O foolish Galatians,

00:46:35.639 --> 00:46:36.880
 who has bewitched

00:46:36.880 --> 00:46:37.220
 you?

00:46:37.780 --> 00:46:38.559
 It was before your

00:46:38.559 --> 00:46:39.320
 eyes that Jesus

00:46:39.320 --> 00:46:40.300
 Christ was publicly

00:46:40.300 --> 00:46:41.360
 portrayed as

00:46:41.360 --> 00:46:41.920
 crucified.

00:46:42.679 --> 00:46:43.420
 Let me ask you

00:46:43.420 --> 00:46:44.179
 only this.

00:46:44.780 --> 00:46:45.340
 Did you receive

00:46:45.340 --> 00:46:46.000
 the Spirit by

00:46:46.000 --> 00:46:46.840
 works of the law

00:46:46.840 --> 00:46:47.639
 or by hearing

00:46:47.639 --> 00:46:48.400
 with faith?

00:46:48.920 --> 00:46:49.619
 Are you so

00:46:49.619 --> 00:46:50.579
 foolish, having

00:46:50.579 --> 00:46:51.480
 begun by the

00:46:51.480 --> 00:46:52.179
 Spirit, are you

00:46:52.179 --> 00:46:53.220
 now being

00:46:53.220 --> 00:46:54.720
 perfected by

00:46:54.720 --> 00:46:55.440
 the flesh?

00:46:56.480 --> 00:46:57.280
 So any

00:46:57.280 --> 00:46:58.119
 teaching that

00:46:58.119 --> 00:46:59.039
 would teach you

00:46:59.039 --> 00:46:59.760
 that in order

00:46:59.760 --> 00:47:00.440
 to be saved,

00:47:00.500 --> 00:47:01.120
 you must do

00:47:01.120 --> 00:47:02.480
 work, right?

00:47:02.900 --> 00:47:04.560
 Is a damnable

00:47:04.560 --> 00:47:05.180
 lie.

00:47:06.560 --> 00:47:07.380
 But we are

00:47:07.380 --> 00:47:08.740
 saved by faith

00:47:08.740 --> 00:47:09.600
 alone, in

00:47:09.600 --> 00:47:10.260
 Christ alone,

00:47:10.260 --> 00:47:11.820
 and then we

00:47:11.820 --> 00:47:12.180
 work.

00:47:12.820 --> 00:47:13.700
 This is the way

00:47:13.700 --> 00:47:14.640
 that plays out,

00:47:14.760 --> 00:47:16.020
 works out in

00:47:16.020 --> 00:47:18.140
 our living.

00:47:18.139 --> 00:47:20.759
 So, Romans

00:47:20.759 --> 00:47:21.379
 chapter 10,

00:47:22.019 --> 00:47:23.219
 verse 13

00:47:23.219 --> 00:47:23.759
 through 17.

00:47:39.279 --> 00:47:39.879
 We're going to

00:47:39.879 --> 00:47:40.539
 look for God,

00:47:40.639 --> 00:47:40.859
 man,

00:47:40.960 --> 00:47:42.379
 Christ's response

00:47:42.379 --> 00:47:43.839
 as we bring

00:47:43.839 --> 00:47:44.139
 this to a

00:47:44.139 --> 00:47:44.420
 close.

00:47:44.420 --> 00:47:46.260
 for everyone

00:47:46.260 --> 00:47:47.180
 who calls

00:47:47.180 --> 00:47:48.159
 on the name

00:47:48.159 --> 00:47:48.840
 of the Lord

00:47:48.840 --> 00:47:50.800
 will be saved.

00:47:51.480 --> 00:47:52.180
 We need

00:47:52.180 --> 00:47:52.760
 salvation.

00:47:53.139 --> 00:47:53.780
 There is God

00:47:53.780 --> 00:47:54.680
 and man in

00:47:54.680 --> 00:47:55.159
 this text

00:47:55.159 --> 00:47:55.559
 there.

00:47:57.360 --> 00:47:58.139
 How then

00:47:58.139 --> 00:47:59.039
 will they call

00:47:59.039 --> 00:47:59.519
 on Him in

00:47:59.519 --> 00:47:59.920
 whom they

00:47:59.920 --> 00:48:00.880
 have not

00:48:00.880 --> 00:48:01.639
 believed?

00:48:01.720 --> 00:48:02.280
 And how are

00:48:02.280 --> 00:48:02.800
 they to believe

00:48:02.800 --> 00:48:03.960
 in Him who

00:48:03.960 --> 00:48:04.480
 they have not

00:48:04.480 --> 00:48:04.780
 heard?

00:48:04.840 --> 00:48:05.240
 And how are

00:48:05.240 --> 00:48:05.700
 they to hear

00:48:05.700 --> 00:48:06.680
 without someone

00:48:06.680 --> 00:48:07.639
 preaching?

00:48:07.760 --> 00:48:08.659
 And how are

00:48:08.659 --> 00:48:09.280
 they to preach

00:48:09.280 --> 00:48:09.940
 unless they

00:48:09.940 --> 00:48:10.599
 are sent?

00:48:11.340 --> 00:48:11.780
 As it is

00:48:11.780 --> 00:48:11.960
 written,

00:48:11.960 --> 00:48:12.440
 how beautiful

00:48:12.440 --> 00:48:12.780
 are the feet

00:48:12.780 --> 00:48:13.139
 of those

00:48:13.139 --> 00:48:13.639
 who preach

00:48:13.639 --> 00:48:14.460
 the good

00:48:14.460 --> 00:48:15.579
 news.

00:48:16.260 --> 00:48:16.519
 They have

00:48:16.519 --> 00:48:16.840
 not all

00:48:16.840 --> 00:48:17.159
 obeyed the

00:48:17.159 --> 00:48:17.420
 gospel,

00:48:17.519 --> 00:48:17.860
 for Isaiah

00:48:17.860 --> 00:48:18.300
 says,

00:48:18.480 --> 00:48:18.740
 Lord,

00:48:18.820 --> 00:48:19.079
 who has

00:48:19.079 --> 00:48:19.599
 believed

00:48:19.599 --> 00:48:19.820
 what he

00:48:19.820 --> 00:48:20.240
 has heard

00:48:20.240 --> 00:48:20.720
 from us?

00:48:20.760 --> 00:48:21.139
 A faith

00:48:21.139 --> 00:48:21.659
 comes from

00:48:21.659 --> 00:48:22.159
 hearing and

00:48:22.159 --> 00:48:22.780
 hearing through

00:48:22.780 --> 00:48:23.920
 the word

00:48:23.920 --> 00:48:25.240
 of Christ.

00:48:26.320 --> 00:48:26.579
 And there

00:48:26.579 --> 00:48:26.780
 we see

00:48:26.780 --> 00:48:27.400
 Christ all

00:48:27.400 --> 00:48:27.720
 throughout

00:48:27.720 --> 00:48:28.460
 that text,

00:48:28.559 --> 00:48:28.780
 right?

00:48:29.260 --> 00:48:29.740
 Everyone who

00:48:29.740 --> 00:48:30.260
 calls on

00:48:30.260 --> 00:48:30.480
 the name

00:48:30.480 --> 00:48:31.079
 of the Lord

00:48:31.079 --> 00:48:32.179
 will be

00:48:32.179 --> 00:48:32.659
 saved.

00:48:33.000 --> 00:48:33.320
 When we

00:48:33.320 --> 00:48:33.720
 talk about

00:48:33.720 --> 00:48:34.039
 Jesus'

00:48:34.240 --> 00:48:34.619
 name,

00:48:34.699 --> 00:48:34.800
 we're

00:48:34.800 --> 00:48:35.199
 talking about

00:48:35.199 --> 00:48:35.639
 His very

00:48:35.639 --> 00:48:36.699
 being and

00:48:36.699 --> 00:48:37.260
 His work,

00:48:37.519 --> 00:48:38.059
 person and

00:48:38.059 --> 00:48:38.340
 work.

00:48:38.460 --> 00:48:38.619
 We think

00:48:38.619 --> 00:48:38.880
 about the

00:48:38.880 --> 00:48:39.320
 name of

00:48:39.320 --> 00:48:40.260
 Jesus,

00:48:40.380 --> 00:48:40.579
 we're talking

00:48:40.579 --> 00:48:40.860
 about His

00:48:40.860 --> 00:48:41.639
 person and

00:48:41.960 --> 00:48:42.240
 work.

00:48:42.320 --> 00:48:42.599
 So everyone

00:48:42.599 --> 00:48:43.039
 who calls

00:48:43.039 --> 00:48:43.539
 on the

00:48:43.539 --> 00:48:43.880
 person and

00:48:43.880 --> 00:48:44.599
 work of

00:48:44.599 --> 00:48:46.099
 Jesus will

00:48:46.099 --> 00:48:46.720
 be saved.

00:48:48.199 --> 00:48:48.940
 How are

00:48:48.940 --> 00:48:49.139
 they to

00:48:49.139 --> 00:48:49.400
 know?

00:48:49.980 --> 00:48:50.539
 Unless

00:48:50.539 --> 00:48:51.139
 somebody tells

00:48:51.139 --> 00:48:51.280
 them.

00:48:52.099 --> 00:48:53.280
 Paul runs

00:48:53.280 --> 00:48:53.960
 through a

00:48:53.960 --> 00:48:54.539
 litany of

00:48:54.539 --> 00:48:54.980
 questions.

00:48:55.099 --> 00:48:55.820
 How are

00:48:55.820 --> 00:48:56.480
 they to

00:48:56.480 --> 00:48:57.480
 know unless

00:48:57.480 --> 00:48:58.320
 someone

00:48:58.320 --> 00:48:59.820
 tells them?

00:49:00.940 --> 00:49:01.579
 Get out of

00:49:01.579 --> 00:49:02.079
 your head

00:49:02.079 --> 00:49:02.720
 the idea

00:49:02.720 --> 00:49:03.940
 that anyone

00:49:03.940 --> 00:49:04.539
 can be saved

00:49:04.539 --> 00:49:05.099
 apart from

00:49:05.099 --> 00:49:05.659
 hearing the

00:49:05.659 --> 00:49:06.139
 gospel of

00:49:06.139 --> 00:49:06.780
 Jesus Christ.

00:49:07.460 --> 00:49:08.000
 Read,

00:49:08.340 --> 00:49:08.699
 proclaimed.

00:49:09.280 --> 00:49:09.900
 There's work

00:49:09.900 --> 00:49:10.480
 all over this

00:49:10.480 --> 00:49:11.320
 world sending

00:49:11.320 --> 00:49:11.860
 the gospel

00:49:11.860 --> 00:49:12.380
 into places

00:49:12.380 --> 00:49:12.660
 that are

00:49:12.660 --> 00:49:13.059
 dangerous

00:49:13.059 --> 00:49:13.559
 because we

00:49:13.559 --> 00:49:14.220
 believe this.

00:49:15.340 --> 00:49:16.120
 We believe

00:49:16.120 --> 00:49:16.380
 that this

00:49:16.380 --> 00:49:16.800
 text is

00:49:16.800 --> 00:49:17.240
 inerrant.

00:49:17.880 --> 00:49:18.220
 There are

00:49:18.220 --> 00:49:19.460
 creative ways

00:49:19.460 --> 00:49:19.760
 that the

00:49:19.760 --> 00:49:20.320
 scripture is

00:49:20.320 --> 00:49:21.039
 going out

00:49:21.039 --> 00:49:21.720
 into the

00:49:21.720 --> 00:49:22.000
 world.

00:49:22.340 --> 00:49:22.720
 You need

00:49:22.720 --> 00:49:23.059
 to look at

00:49:23.059 --> 00:49:23.460
 Voice of the

00:49:23.460 --> 00:49:23.820
 Martyrs and

00:49:23.820 --> 00:49:24.140
 the way they

00:49:24.140 --> 00:49:24.660
 send weather

00:49:24.660 --> 00:49:25.680
 balloons over

00:49:25.680 --> 00:49:26.400
 North Korea.

00:49:27.300 --> 00:49:27.820
 Phenomenal!

00:49:28.500 --> 00:49:28.840
 There are

00:49:28.840 --> 00:49:29.420
 North Korean

00:49:29.420 --> 00:49:30.960
 churches because

00:49:30.960 --> 00:49:31.660
 of work like

00:49:31.660 --> 00:49:32.220
 that.

00:49:32.740 --> 00:49:33.260
 The gospel

00:49:33.260 --> 00:49:34.280
 going into

00:49:34.280 --> 00:49:34.840
 places.

00:49:35.140 --> 00:49:35.400
 It's an

00:49:35.400 --> 00:49:36.420
 incredible thing

00:49:36.420 --> 00:49:36.980
 that God

00:49:36.980 --> 00:49:37.660
 saves people

00:49:37.659 --> 00:49:38.639
 through words

00:49:38.639 --> 00:49:39.920
 spoken and

00:49:39.920 --> 00:49:40.279
 printed,

00:49:40.719 --> 00:49:41.279
 distributed,

00:49:41.879 --> 00:49:42.279
 wide,

00:49:42.559 --> 00:49:43.119
 far.

00:49:44.099 --> 00:49:44.399
 It's an

00:49:44.399 --> 00:49:45.059
 astounding

00:49:45.059 --> 00:49:45.559
 thing.

00:49:46.399 --> 00:49:47.059
 How will

00:49:47.059 --> 00:49:47.559
 people be

00:49:47.559 --> 00:49:48.319
 saved if we

00:49:48.319 --> 00:49:48.879
 don't proclaim

00:49:48.879 --> 00:49:49.179
 the good

00:49:49.179 --> 00:49:50.099
 news to

00:49:50.099 --> 00:49:50.359
 them?

00:49:50.739 --> 00:49:51.059
 And you

00:49:51.059 --> 00:49:51.339
 need to be

00:49:51.339 --> 00:49:51.719
 careful that

00:49:51.719 --> 00:49:51.960
 you don't

00:49:51.960 --> 00:49:52.759
 assume that

00:49:52.759 --> 00:49:53.119
 just because

00:49:53.119 --> 00:49:53.480
 we live in

00:49:53.480 --> 00:49:53.899
 the southeast,

00:49:54.139 --> 00:49:54.480
 people you

00:49:54.480 --> 00:49:54.779
 know have

00:49:54.779 --> 00:49:55.179
 heard the

00:49:55.179 --> 00:49:55.739
 gospel of

00:49:55.739 --> 00:49:56.279
 Jesus Christ.

00:49:56.460 --> 00:49:56.839
 They may

00:49:56.839 --> 00:49:57.119
 have heard

00:49:57.119 --> 00:49:58.159
 some erroneous

00:49:58.159 --> 00:49:58.799
 version of

00:49:58.799 --> 00:49:59.960
 it, but

00:49:59.960 --> 00:50:00.239
 they may

00:50:00.239 --> 00:50:00.879
 not have

00:50:00.879 --> 00:50:01.920
 heard the

00:50:01.920 --> 00:50:02.480
 good news

00:50:02.480 --> 00:50:03.320
 of Jesus.

00:50:03.880 --> 00:50:04.199
 They may

00:50:04.199 --> 00:50:04.740
 not have

00:50:04.740 --> 00:50:05.340
 ever been

00:50:05.340 --> 00:50:06.679
 shown the

00:50:06.679 --> 00:50:07.179
 weight of

00:50:07.179 --> 00:50:07.820
 their sin

00:50:07.820 --> 00:50:08.699
 from the

00:50:08.699 --> 00:50:08.980
 scripture.

00:50:09.699 --> 00:50:10.340
 Understand

00:50:10.340 --> 00:50:11.360
 their problem

00:50:11.360 --> 00:50:11.760
 that they

00:50:11.760 --> 00:50:12.340
 might find

00:50:12.340 --> 00:50:13.219
 their solution

00:50:13.219 --> 00:50:14.940
 in Christ.

00:50:16.199 --> 00:50:16.880
 Don't get

00:50:16.880 --> 00:50:18.559
 dismayed in

00:50:18.559 --> 00:50:19.059
 this text

00:50:19.059 --> 00:50:20.420
 either by

00:50:20.420 --> 00:50:20.780
 the word

00:50:20.780 --> 00:50:21.219
 preaching.

00:50:22.559 --> 00:50:23.559
 This is the

00:50:23.559 --> 00:50:24.900
 word that

00:50:24.900 --> 00:50:25.900
 is often

00:50:25.900 --> 00:50:26.639
 considered

00:50:26.639 --> 00:50:27.579
 translated

00:50:27.579 --> 00:50:28.740
 evangelism.

00:50:29.659 --> 00:50:30.500
 Going and

00:50:30.500 --> 00:50:31.039
 proclaiming.

00:50:31.099 --> 00:50:31.440
 Don't think

00:50:31.440 --> 00:50:32.019
 it has to be

00:50:32.019 --> 00:50:32.360
 what I'm

00:50:32.360 --> 00:50:33.300
 doing now

00:50:33.300 --> 00:50:33.640
 gathering

00:50:33.640 --> 00:50:34.300
 large crowds.

00:50:34.400 --> 00:50:34.579
 You say

00:50:34.579 --> 00:50:35.660
 I'm not

00:50:35.660 --> 00:50:36.760
 meant to

00:50:36.760 --> 00:50:37.140
 preach.

00:50:37.539 --> 00:50:38.200
 That's okay.

00:50:38.740 --> 00:50:39.200
 Not many

00:50:39.200 --> 00:50:39.559
 of you should

00:50:39.559 --> 00:50:40.059
 be teachers.

00:50:40.700 --> 00:50:41.079
 However,

00:50:41.640 --> 00:50:42.519
 we should

00:50:42.519 --> 00:50:43.099
 all be

00:50:43.099 --> 00:50:43.500
 gospel

00:50:43.500 --> 00:50:44.099
 proclaimers.

00:50:44.559 --> 00:50:45.000
 This is

00:50:45.000 --> 00:50:45.640
 what Paul

00:50:45.640 --> 00:50:46.019
 is talking

00:50:46.019 --> 00:50:46.559
 about here.

00:50:47.019 --> 00:50:47.539
 This is

00:50:47.539 --> 00:50:48.220
 what he's

00:50:48.220 --> 00:50:48.660
 saying.

00:50:49.420 --> 00:50:50.340
 So in

00:50:50.340 --> 00:50:51.440
 a sense

00:50:51.440 --> 00:50:52.559
 we've all

00:50:52.559 --> 00:50:53.160
 been sent.

00:50:54.360 --> 00:50:55.280
 The great

00:50:55.280 --> 00:50:55.680
 king,

00:50:55.820 --> 00:50:56.260
 the Lord

00:50:56.260 --> 00:50:56.740
 has sent

00:50:56.740 --> 00:50:57.660
 us all

00:50:57.660 --> 00:50:58.519
 out.

00:50:59.120 --> 00:50:59.840
 We have

00:50:59.840 --> 00:51:00.300
 been

00:51:00.300 --> 00:51:01.400
 sent.

00:51:01.400 --> 00:51:01.559
 sent.

00:51:02.559 --> 00:51:03.220
 And in

00:51:03.220 --> 00:51:03.599
 another,

00:51:03.760 --> 00:51:04.059
 I hope

00:51:04.059 --> 00:51:04.380
 that this

00:51:04.380 --> 00:51:04.820
 morning you

00:51:04.820 --> 00:51:05.240
 hear you're

00:51:05.240 --> 00:51:05.579
 sent.

00:51:06.240 --> 00:51:07.000
 This church

00:51:07.000 --> 00:51:07.460
 wants to

00:51:07.460 --> 00:51:08.019
 equip you

00:51:08.019 --> 00:51:08.820
 and send

00:51:08.820 --> 00:51:09.660
 you to

00:51:09.660 --> 00:51:10.420
 the very

00:51:10.420 --> 00:51:12.539
 ends of

00:51:12.539 --> 00:51:12.920
 the earth.

00:51:13.960 --> 00:51:14.460
 Paul here

00:51:14.460 --> 00:51:14.820
 quotes from

00:51:14.820 --> 00:51:15.680
 Isaiah 52

00:51:15.679 --> 00:51:16.519
 and verse

00:51:16.519 --> 00:51:17.019
 7.

00:51:17.099 --> 00:51:17.639
 How beautiful

00:51:17.639 --> 00:51:18.000
 are the

00:51:18.000 --> 00:51:18.419
 feet of

00:51:18.419 --> 00:51:19.319
 those who

00:51:19.319 --> 00:51:20.279
 preach the

00:51:20.279 --> 00:51:21.859
 good news.

00:51:22.559 --> 00:51:23.159
 And he is

00:51:23.159 --> 00:51:24.099
 tying to

00:51:24.099 --> 00:51:24.539
 something that

00:51:24.539 --> 00:51:24.899
 happened

00:51:24.899 --> 00:51:25.480
 historically.

00:51:25.719 --> 00:51:26.019
 When a

00:51:26.019 --> 00:51:26.619
 victory was

00:51:26.619 --> 00:51:26.960
 won,

00:51:27.299 --> 00:51:27.879
 a runner

00:51:27.879 --> 00:51:28.239
 would be

00:51:28.239 --> 00:51:29.099
 sent back

00:51:29.099 --> 00:51:30.000
 to tell

00:51:30.000 --> 00:51:30.579
 the city

00:51:30.579 --> 00:51:31.500
 that the

00:51:31.500 --> 00:51:32.079
 victory had

00:51:32.079 --> 00:51:32.579
 been won.

00:51:32.919 --> 00:51:33.579
 A runner

00:51:33.579 --> 00:51:34.139
 was sent

00:51:34.139 --> 00:51:34.699
 from the

00:51:34.699 --> 00:51:35.079
 army.

00:51:35.519 --> 00:51:35.779
 Go.

00:51:36.059 --> 00:51:36.419
 Go and

00:51:36.419 --> 00:51:36.819
 tell them

00:51:36.819 --> 00:51:38.059
 we have

00:51:38.059 --> 00:51:38.759
 won.

00:51:38.839 --> 00:51:39.039
 And this

00:51:39.039 --> 00:51:39.559
 is exactly

00:51:39.559 --> 00:51:39.940
 what God

00:51:39.940 --> 00:51:40.339
 is doing

00:51:40.339 --> 00:51:40.679
 with the

00:51:40.679 --> 00:51:41.039
 proclamation

00:51:41.039 --> 00:51:41.339
 of the

00:51:41.339 --> 00:51:41.699
 gospel of

00:51:41.699 --> 00:51:41.859
 Jesus

00:51:41.860 --> 00:51:42.260
 Christ.

00:51:42.519 --> 00:51:43.440
 He has

00:51:43.440 --> 00:51:44.599
 already won.

00:51:44.900 --> 00:51:45.640
 The work

00:51:45.640 --> 00:51:46.099
 of Christ

00:51:46.099 --> 00:51:47.160
 is finished.

00:51:47.900 --> 00:51:48.500
 And now

00:51:48.500 --> 00:51:49.320
 this news

00:51:49.320 --> 00:51:50.000
 is going

00:51:50.000 --> 00:51:51.079
 forth.

00:51:51.920 --> 00:51:52.500
 Runners

00:51:52.500 --> 00:51:53.320
 go out.

00:51:53.460 --> 00:51:54.099
 That's us.

00:51:54.380 --> 00:51:54.660
 And we

00:51:54.660 --> 00:51:55.079
 share this

00:51:55.079 --> 00:51:55.559
 good news

00:51:55.559 --> 00:51:56.800
 with anyone

00:51:56.800 --> 00:51:58.099
 and everyone.

00:51:59.260 --> 00:51:59.980
 We get

00:51:59.980 --> 00:52:01.380
 this idea

00:52:01.380 --> 00:52:01.680
 of a

00:52:01.680 --> 00:52:02.039
 marathon

00:52:02.039 --> 00:52:03.320
 from a

00:52:03.320 --> 00:52:03.559
 man.

00:52:03.640 --> 00:52:03.920
 I just

00:52:03.920 --> 00:52:04.220
 love to

00:52:04.220 --> 00:52:04.460
 say his

00:52:04.460 --> 00:52:04.680
 name.

00:52:04.780 --> 00:52:05.260
 Pheidippides.

00:52:06.200 --> 00:52:06.599
 You have

00:52:06.599 --> 00:52:06.840
 to go like

00:52:06.840 --> 00:52:07.099
 this when

00:52:07.099 --> 00:52:07.280
 you say

00:52:07.280 --> 00:52:07.680
 Pheidippides.

00:52:09.700 --> 00:52:10.220
 History

00:52:10.220 --> 00:52:10.660
 tells us

00:52:10.660 --> 00:52:11.360
 ran to

00:52:11.360 --> 00:52:11.780
 Athens

00:52:11.780 --> 00:52:12.120
 with the

00:52:12.120 --> 00:52:13.400
 good news

00:52:13.400 --> 00:52:14.060
 of the

00:52:14.060 --> 00:52:14.480
 victories

00:52:14.480 --> 00:52:15.220
 people had

00:52:15.220 --> 00:52:15.540
 over the

00:52:15.540 --> 00:52:16.060
 Persians

00:52:16.060 --> 00:52:16.580
 at

00:52:16.580 --> 00:52:17.720
 Marathon.

00:52:18.000 --> 00:52:18.180
 And this

00:52:18.180 --> 00:52:18.640
 was about

00:52:18.640 --> 00:52:20.240
 26 miles.

00:52:20.680 --> 00:52:21.000
 It said

00:52:21.000 --> 00:52:21.340
 it was in

00:52:21.340 --> 00:52:22.019
 August and

00:52:22.019 --> 00:52:22.519
 he died

00:52:22.519 --> 00:52:23.240
 upon arriving

00:52:23.240 --> 00:52:24.060
 and delivering

00:52:24.060 --> 00:52:25.660
 this good

00:52:25.660 --> 00:52:26.200
 news.

00:52:26.700 --> 00:52:28.180
 This is

00:52:28.180 --> 00:52:28.519
 what we're

00:52:28.519 --> 00:52:29.340
 talking about.

00:52:29.420 --> 00:52:30.160
 How beautiful

00:52:30.160 --> 00:52:30.800
 are the feet

00:52:30.800 --> 00:52:31.860
 of those

00:52:31.860 --> 00:52:32.700
 who preach

00:52:32.700 --> 00:52:33.620
 the good

00:52:33.620 --> 00:52:34.500
 news.

00:52:35.400 --> 00:52:36.140
 God has

00:52:36.140 --> 00:52:36.960
 won and

00:52:36.960 --> 00:52:37.620
 declared a

00:52:37.620 --> 00:52:38.180
 victory and

00:52:38.180 --> 00:52:38.700
 he sends

00:52:38.700 --> 00:52:39.519
 us out to

00:52:39.519 --> 00:52:40.320
 share this

00:52:40.320 --> 00:52:41.100
 with every

00:52:41.099 --> 00:52:42.920
 one.

00:52:44.119 --> 00:52:44.659
 So there's

00:52:44.659 --> 00:52:45.259
 these big

00:52:45.259 --> 00:52:46.159
 questions that

00:52:46.159 --> 00:52:46.960
 must be

00:52:46.960 --> 00:52:47.940
 answered for

00:52:47.940 --> 00:52:48.819
 people and

00:52:48.819 --> 00:52:49.339
 you can start

00:52:49.339 --> 00:52:49.819
 answering those

00:52:49.819 --> 00:52:50.420
 questions at

00:52:50.420 --> 00:52:51.079
 any point in

00:52:51.079 --> 00:52:51.719
 the process of

00:52:51.719 --> 00:52:51.799
 it.

00:52:51.799 --> 00:52:52.019
 And I'll

00:52:52.019 --> 00:52:52.440
 tell you right

00:52:52.440 --> 00:52:53.139
 now that

00:52:53.139 --> 00:52:54.019
 almost all of

00:52:54.019 --> 00:52:54.460
 my gospel

00:52:54.460 --> 00:52:55.059
 presentations

00:52:55.059 --> 00:52:56.239
 begin with

00:52:56.239 --> 00:52:56.719
 the trouble

00:52:56.719 --> 00:52:57.119
 of this

00:52:57.119 --> 00:52:57.519
 world.

00:52:57.799 --> 00:52:58.199
 Everyone

00:52:58.199 --> 00:52:59.099
 sees it.

00:52:59.940 --> 00:53:00.599
 No one

00:53:00.599 --> 00:53:01.079
 thinks we're

00:53:01.079 --> 00:53:01.779
 living in the

00:53:01.779 --> 00:53:02.860
 lap of luxury

00:53:02.860 --> 00:53:03.719
 and life is

00:53:03.719 --> 00:53:04.880
 just a

00:53:04.880 --> 00:53:05.619
 breeze.

00:53:06.339 --> 00:53:06.980
 Why?

00:53:07.299 --> 00:53:08.099
 Why is life

00:53:08.099 --> 00:53:08.719
 hard?

00:53:09.279 --> 00:53:09.659
 Why do we

00:53:09.659 --> 00:53:10.199
 see such

00:53:10.199 --> 00:53:11.799
 tragedy around

00:53:11.799 --> 00:53:12.279
 us?

00:53:12.719 --> 00:53:13.179
 That's because

00:53:13.179 --> 00:53:13.799
 of sin.

00:53:14.460 --> 00:53:14.880
 It's the

00:53:14.880 --> 00:53:15.279
 result of

00:53:15.279 --> 00:53:16.079
 the curse.

00:53:17.019 --> 00:53:17.579
 Curse?

00:53:18.940 --> 00:53:19.839
 Someone must

00:53:19.839 --> 00:53:20.360
 have created

00:53:20.360 --> 00:53:20.940
 the world in

00:53:20.940 --> 00:53:21.440
 order to

00:53:21.440 --> 00:53:23.000
 curse the

00:53:23.000 --> 00:53:23.259
 world.

00:53:23.380 --> 00:53:23.819
 And how is

00:53:23.819 --> 00:53:24.259
 all of this

00:53:24.259 --> 00:53:25.059
 made right?

00:53:25.199 --> 00:53:25.739
 There's such

00:53:25.739 --> 00:53:26.679
 opportunity.

00:53:27.679 --> 00:53:28.400
 Open up the

00:53:28.400 --> 00:53:28.900
 news and

00:53:28.900 --> 00:53:29.639
 begin to talk

00:53:29.639 --> 00:53:30.199
 with somebody

00:53:30.199 --> 00:53:31.339
 about that and

00:53:31.339 --> 00:53:31.920
 you will find

00:53:31.920 --> 00:53:32.679
 that you can

00:53:32.679 --> 00:53:33.699
 begin to answer

00:53:33.699 --> 00:53:34.880
 the questions.

00:53:35.079 --> 00:53:35.960
 Who made us

00:53:35.960 --> 00:53:36.360
 and to whom

00:53:36.360 --> 00:53:36.599
 are we

00:53:36.599 --> 00:53:37.000
 accountable?

00:53:37.900 --> 00:53:38.760
 What is our

00:53:38.760 --> 00:53:39.260
 problem?

00:53:39.720 --> 00:53:40.480
 We have a

00:53:40.480 --> 00:53:40.880
 problem.

00:53:41.559 --> 00:53:42.220
 We're in

00:53:42.220 --> 00:53:42.599
 trouble.

00:53:42.760 --> 00:53:43.079
 Why?

00:53:43.220 --> 00:53:43.760
 Why are we

00:53:43.760 --> 00:53:44.159
 in such

00:53:44.159 --> 00:53:45.139
 trouble?

00:53:45.639 --> 00:53:46.260
 What is

00:53:46.260 --> 00:53:46.740
 God's

00:53:46.740 --> 00:53:47.880
 solution to

00:53:47.880 --> 00:53:48.480
 that problem?

00:53:48.940 --> 00:53:49.519
 Has he

00:53:49.519 --> 00:53:50.039
 worked one

00:53:50.039 --> 00:53:50.360
 out?

00:53:50.460 --> 00:53:51.119
 He has.

00:53:52.240 --> 00:53:53.059
 How is it

00:53:53.059 --> 00:53:53.420
 that we are

00:53:53.420 --> 00:53:54.139
 saved?

00:53:55.079 --> 00:53:55.539
 And how

00:53:55.539 --> 00:53:56.059
 are we

00:53:56.059 --> 00:53:57.139
 pressing

00:53:57.139 --> 00:53:57.940
 people to

00:53:57.940 --> 00:53:58.559
 respond?

00:53:59.340 --> 00:54:00.260
 This thing

00:54:00.260 --> 00:54:01.019
 matters.

00:54:01.639 --> 00:54:02.179
 Decide

00:54:02.179 --> 00:54:03.440
 today whom

00:54:03.440 --> 00:54:04.099
 you will

00:54:04.099 --> 00:54:04.579
 follow.

00:54:04.579 --> 00:54:06.239
 plead with

00:54:06.239 --> 00:54:07.699
 people that

00:54:07.699 --> 00:54:07.880
 they would

00:54:07.880 --> 00:54:08.159
 give their

00:54:08.159 --> 00:54:09.500
 lives to

00:54:09.500 --> 00:54:10.219
 Jesus Christ.

00:54:11.659 --> 00:54:12.440
 I want us

00:54:12.440 --> 00:54:12.759
 to be a

00:54:12.759 --> 00:54:13.360
 people who

00:54:13.360 --> 00:54:14.420
 unite with

00:54:14.420 --> 00:54:15.480
 Paul in

00:54:15.480 --> 00:54:16.159
 Romans 1

00:54:16.159 --> 00:54:17.159
 16.

00:54:18.880 --> 00:54:19.579
 These are

00:54:19.579 --> 00:54:20.039
 the people

00:54:20.039 --> 00:54:20.679
 that God

00:54:20.679 --> 00:54:21.420
 wants us

00:54:21.420 --> 00:54:22.000
 to be.

00:54:22.279 --> 00:54:23.299
 His beautiful

00:54:23.299 --> 00:54:24.039
 feet runners.

00:54:25.000 --> 00:54:25.619
 For I am

00:54:25.619 --> 00:54:26.299
 not ashamed

00:54:26.299 --> 00:54:26.659
 of the

00:54:26.659 --> 00:54:27.079
 gospel.

00:54:28.179 --> 00:54:28.519
 For it is

00:54:28.519 --> 00:54:29.000
 the power

00:54:29.000 --> 00:54:29.420
 of God

00:54:29.420 --> 00:54:30.019
 for salvation

00:54:30.019 --> 00:54:31.179
 to everyone

00:54:31.179 --> 00:54:32.360
 who believes.

00:54:32.960 --> 00:54:33.380
 Let's pray

00:54:33.380 --> 00:54:33.639
 together.