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 Well, let me add my good morning. My name is Sam. If I haven't had the chance to meet you yet,

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 hopefully I will. As Jimmy has already expressed, we have just finished four weeks of soaking in

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 our vision as a church and trying to get clear on where it is that God is leading us. And I get the

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 joy of a little gap, a little breath for us before we launch all into the craziness and excitement

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 that is Christmas. And so we're going to soak in Romans 8 for two weeks. And as I've started

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 preparing this week, I kind of wish that we were soaking in Romans 8 for about 10 weeks,

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 because there is a lot in there that is just incredibly life-giving. But we've got two,

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 so we're going to try and make the most of it. So let me pray and ask that God would

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 say the things that he needs to say so that we can get the life that he wants to put into us today.

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 Father God, we thank you for gathering us. We thank you for your word. We thank you for the

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 gift that we can open it, confident that we are loved by you because of Jesus. Please give us the

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 ability to focus our hearts and minds now and to hear what it is you want to say. Amen.

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 Now, in a room this size, I can fairly confidently say that there would be some people in this room

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 who would identify as Christians. So you love Jesus. He's important to you. He's a big part of

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 the way you make decisions about your life. He's fairly central. It's not a question for you. You're

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 in. That's who you are. There would also be some people in this room who aren't sure where they

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 stand. It could be that you kind of want to be in, but you're not really sure if you're in,

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 or maybe you're not sure whether or not to take that final step to say, okay, I want to be a

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 Christian. I want to make that part of who I am. And then as well as those two groups,

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 there would be in a room this size some people who aren't Christians, who are confident that

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 they're not Christians, who might even be confident that they don't want to be Christians. They don't

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 want to follow Jesus. But there is something that all three groups would have in common.

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 And that is the awkwardness around the gap between the things that Christians say

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 and the lives that Christians live. If you're a Christian, it could be that that is a source of

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 doubt for you. It could be your own gap between this is what I know Jesus says, and this is what

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 I did this week, or the way I treated my mother, or the way I treated my boss, or the way I responded

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 to the person who overtook me in traffic. You know the gap. And for you, if you're a Christian,

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 it could be that that is a gap that makes you ask questions about just how real your faith in Jesus

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 really is. If you're not sure if you're a Christian, this doubt, this guilt could be why you're not

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 sure. You might have this nagging question of could God actually love someone like me when I'm so far

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 away from the obvious and explicit standard that he gives. If you don't want to be a Christian,

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 it could be because of all those Christian hypocrites who say one thing and don't deliver. Or maybe it's

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 just too intimidating. Jesus sounds great, but to actually sign up to try and live what looks like

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 an impossible standard. Gandhi expressed it when he used these words. He said,

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 I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.

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 Said from the outside, but it's not just outsiders throwing stones. Christian musician Brennan Manning

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 said, the greatest single cause of atheism in the world today is Christians who acknowledge Jesus

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 with their lips and walk out the door and deny him by their lifestyle. That is what an unbelieving world

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 simply finds unbelievable. If you've been a Christian for more than a few minutes, you know this tension.

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 You know this struggle. It's not just the expectations that others have placed on you. It's your own

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 expectations of what your life as a Christian would be like. You know it doesn't always line up.

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 You know you fail. You know you make mistakes. You know that driving pressure of guilt to try harder,

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 to serve more, to give more, to go to church more, that guilt that weighs us down and is sometimes even

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 used as a motivator. I remember when I was growing up as a teenager, that was when I first started really

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 engaging what Jesus was about. I would hear testimonies, so stories of how people had placed

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 their trust in Jesus. And almost without exception, they could be summarised as,

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 before I met Jesus I was bad, I met Jesus and now I'm good. Now I don't think it was malicious,

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 but I would hear these stories time after time after time. And I mean, even apart from the pressure

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 to have to be good, to measure up to this picture that was being painted,

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 I was feeling pressure to go and develop a drug habit so that I had a decent bad as contrast to

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 my good for afterwards. Like I thought my testimony is not legit unless there's some, you know, real

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 light and shade in there. I've got to go and invest some time in my bad so that my good looks better,

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 or maybe so that it lowers the bar of good. It can drag the whole thing this way and then maybe the

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 pressure won't be so crushing. It seemed like it then as a teenager, and to be honest with you,

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 sometimes it seems like it now. The thing that's apparently supposed to change when you become

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 a Christian is your behaviour. That's supposed to be the obvious shift. Christians have a worldwide

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 reputation for being hypocrites. And if we're honest, it's probably a fair criticism.

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 But what does God say to the one who's unsure? What does God say to the one who is crushed by guilt

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 and struggling? What does God say to the one who's pointing the finger at the Christian and calling

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 them a hypocrite? Into the pressure to be good enough, into the fear of failure, and into the hurt

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 and anger that comes from being hurt and mistreated by those who claim to follow Jesus,

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 God says this. Romans 8 verse 1.

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 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

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 There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. See, what changes when someone

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 becomes a Christian, first and foremost, is not behaviour. It's verdict. You see, the line that's

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 drawn when somebody starts following Jesus is not good to bad. It's, they are declared innocent.

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 Condemnation is the thing that's removed. Christians are set free.

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 But set free from what?

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 Because the hypocrite charge comes because sometimes we say, and sometimes people hear,

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 that what we've been set free from is the bad that we used to be. But it can't be that.

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 It can't be that we've been set free from being bad because otherwise none of us can stay.

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 That's not our experience. But even more than that, if we look back just a few verses into Romans chapter 7,

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 which Rach read out for us when we were singing before, we've got the apostle Paul giving his testimony.

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 And it's not a good, bad testimony. I mean, remember, this guy is possibly the greatest missionary

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 the world has ever known, possibly the greatest church planter and pastor of all time.

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 And listen to his frustration.

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 That his heart's desire to obey God just doesn't line up with his day-to-day actions.

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 And this is even for a guy that most of us would have looked up to when it comes to his godliness.

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 Listen to his own words. He says, verse 15 of chapter 7,

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 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do not do. But what I hate, I do.

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 And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good.

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 As it is, it's no longer I myself who do it, but it's sin living in me.

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 For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature.

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 For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.

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 For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do, this I keep on doing.

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 Now, if I do what I do not want to do, it's no longer I who do it, but it's sin living in me that does it.

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 So I find this law at work.

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 Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me.

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 For in my inner being, I delight in God's law.

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 But I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind, making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me.

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 What a wretched man I am.

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 Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death?

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 You can feel the burden that he is carrying.

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 In his inner being, in his deepest desire, he wants to live for God.

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 He wants to honour God with his actions, but he looks at his day.

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 He looks at the things he's done and thought and said, and it's just not the same.

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 Remember, this is a man who encountered Jesus dramatically.

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 He met Jesus in a blinding light with an audible voice.

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 There's no question for him about whether or not Jesus is real.

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 His desire is legitimate.

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 But day to day, his life is one of frustration and struggle, and he longs for rescue.

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 But he finds it.

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 Verse 25,

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 In Jesus, there is deliverance.

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 There is freedom.

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 But that can't mean that he will no longer do these things that are frustrating him.

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 Because having just thanked God for this freedom that he's found in Jesus,

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 the very next thing he says, this is the verse before we get to chapter 8,

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 the very next thing he says in verse 25, he says,

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 Thanks be to God who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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 Having been rescued,

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 so then I myself in my mind am a slave to God's law,

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 but in my sinful nature a slave to the law of sin.

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 Having been rescued, there is still a battle going on for Paul daily.

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 His desire and his actions still do not meet up in the way that he wants them to.

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 He still lives the life in this tension of guilt and failure.

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 Even though he wants to do what is right,

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 his natural inclination is to go back to the way he used to live without Jesus,

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 to live for himself.

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 And if you're a Christian,

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 you know this battle.

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 It doesn't take a lot of self-reflection

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 to recognize that we are not what we should be,

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 not even what we want to be.

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 You know the crushing guilt of failure,

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 especially in light of all that God has done for us in Jesus.

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 But you need to listen again to Romans 8.

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 Therefore, there is now no condemnation

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 for those who are in Christ Jesus,

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 because through Christ Jesus,

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 the law of the Spirit who gives life

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 has set you free from the law of sin and death.

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 For what the law was powerless to do,

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 because it was weakened by the flesh,

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 God did by sending his own Son

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 in the likeness of sinful flesh

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 to be a sin offering.

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 And so he condemned sin in the flesh

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 in order that the righteous requirement of the law

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 might be fully met in us,

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 who do not live according to the flesh,

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 but according to the Spirit.

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 You have been set free from condemnation

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 if you are a Christian.

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 There is no fear of retribution.

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 There is no worrying that there will be

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 some sort of payment you have to make.

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 No penalty. Why?

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 Because it says Jesus has taken your condemnation.

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 He has taken your penalty and you are free.

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 That's what you're free from.

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 You are free from sitting there at the end of a day

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 where you have had a fight with someone,

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 where you know you have dishonored God,

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 and feeling like somehow God is going to punish you

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 for that one.

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 Because it says there is no condemnation.

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 It's gone. It's done.

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 It's dealt with. It's exhausted.

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 God sent Jesus in the likeness of sinful flesh.

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 That's a really important phrase.

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 It's telling us that Jesus was flesh.

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 He was human.

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 But the like bit is the sinful.

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 He was human, but he wasn't sinful like us.

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 Which means he was the sufficient substitute.

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 God sent someone like us

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 so that he could take our place.

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 So that instead of sitting there covered in guilt,

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 we can actually hand those things over to Jesus.

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 That's what's going on in the cross.

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 This is what it means to be a Christian.

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 This is the measure of whether or not

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 you are legitimately in.

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 This is the thing you've got to choose on

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 if you're unsure

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 whether or not you're going to follow Jesus.

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 When you become a Christian,

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 Jesus takes your condemnation

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 and sets you free.

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 What changes is not your behavior.

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 What changes is your verdict.

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 What changes is what God sees

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 when he looks at you.

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 You are no longer somebody

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 deserving of condemnation.

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 That possibility is gone.

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 What changes is the way that God sees you.

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 You are set free from guilt

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 and fear and shame forever.

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 What makes a Christian a Christian

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 is the freedom from condemnation.

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 Freedom from punishment.

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 But the fact is

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 it's even more than a verdict change.

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 It's more than just going from guilty to not guilty.

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 It's an identity shift as well.

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 It's not like, you know,

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 the hammer's over your head

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 and God just takes it away.

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 It's more than that.

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 He does at least that.

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 But then there is an identity shift.

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 Condemnation is removed

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 but then it's replaced with something.

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 Fear is removed

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 but it's replaced with something.

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 Instead of punishment

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 God gives us his spirit.

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 God gives us his life-giving power

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 to strengthen us,

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 to lead us,

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 to comfort us.

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 And then he says in verse 14

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 those who have the spirit,

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 those who are led by the spirit

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 are children of God.

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 You're not just no longer the naughty child.

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 You're now his child.

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 You're now adopted into the family.

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 Verse 15,

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 the spirit you receive

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 does not make you slaves

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 so that you live in fear again.

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 It's not exchanging one fear

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 for another fear.

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 Rather,

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 the spirit you receive

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 brought about your adoption

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 to sonship

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 and by him we cry,

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 Abba, Father.

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 The spirit himself

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 testifies with our spirit

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 that we are God's children.

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 Now,

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 I just want to pause here

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 for a second

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 because I think

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 the whole adoption metaphor

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 has a different connotation

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 in our context.

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 I grew up as one of five kids

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 and my oldest sister

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 was adopted in our family.

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 She was fostered

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 from when she was three weeks old

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 so I don't know life

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 without her as my oldest sister.

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 She's more part of our family

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 than I am.

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 But if I'm honest,

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 there was the odd occasion

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 where, you know,

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 as siblings,

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 we would give her a bit of stick

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 about being adopted.

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 Now, I'm not condoning this.

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 You know,

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 I've had to repent of this

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 at some point

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 and I'm thankful

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 that there is no condemnation

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 for this.

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 But there was points

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 where my oldest sister,

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 Tally,

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 would, you know,

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 be a bit emotional

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 or be a bit dramatic

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 and we would let her know

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 that the reason

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 she was going through

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 this situation

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 was because she was adopted.

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 Just to be clear,

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 I love my sister.

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 She's great.

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 But what it does say

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 is probably something

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 that is true

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 even if it's not spoken of us.

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 There is a part of us

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 that kind of looks at adoption

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 as this concession.

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 It's not quite the same

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 as being, you know,

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 born of the flesh,

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 being a natural-born child.

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 That's the way

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 that we view it

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 in our modern context.

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 I mean, reality is in Australia

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 it's almost impossible

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 so we barely view it at all

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 but the way we view it

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 is we would never say that out loud

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 but there's just this bit of us

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 that does a double take.

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 How do I treat you then

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 if you're adopted?

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 How do I refer to you?

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 Is it my sister

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 or is it my adopted sister?

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 Is it my half-sister?

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 Is it my step-sister?

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 We think through these qualifiers

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 to make it different

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 but in the first century,

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 adoption was nothing like that.

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 adoption existed

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 as a means for people

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 to choose

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 the child that they wanted

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 to carry on their family.

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 They would choose somebody

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 who would be the inheritor

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 of their estate.

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 They would choose somebody

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 who they wanted to be the one

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 that would bear their name

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 going forward.

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 It's a privilege.

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 It almost needs to be escalated

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 like everybody else needs

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 a little prefix

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 to brother and sister

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 because adopted was chosen.

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 God adopted us.

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 That means God chose us.

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 That means that it's not just

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 are you not in trouble anymore?

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 God has chosen you

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 and drawn you into his family

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 so that you might inherit from him.

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 It's verse 17.

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 We're now heirs of God

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 and co-heirs with Christ.

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 Not just condemnation gone.

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 Condemnation is gone

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 but now in the place of condemnation

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 is all the promises of God.

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 The promises of eternal life.

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 The promise of forgiveness.

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 The promise of access.

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 The promise of eternal love

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 and fellowship.

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 The promise of everything good.

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 God has exhausted condemnation.

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 He's poured it all out on Jesus

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 as our sin substitute

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 and instead we have been drawn

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 into his family.

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 And all of that

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 for a bunch of people

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 who still make mistakes

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 who will continue to make mistakes

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 at least until they die

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 or Jesus comes back.

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 Sure one day Christians

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 will be made perfect

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 but it won't be this side of heaven.

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 We're going to talk about that

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 a little bit more next week.

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 But until then

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 what you see is what you get.

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 Christians are

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 and will be

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 imperfect.

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 So if you're a Christian

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 you need to hear

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 and believe these words.

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 There is now

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 no condemnation

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 for those who are in Christ Jesus.

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 If you're sitting in this room

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 and you're unsure

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 whether or not you're in

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 whether or not you want to be in

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 you need to hear

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 that if you follow Jesus

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 the first thing he will do

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 is remove the possibility

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 of condemnation.

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 He will never let you go.

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 He will offer you peace

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 in his unconditional

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 and irreversible love.

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 So does that mean

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 that God doesn't care

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 what we do?

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 Does that mean

00:20:19.539 --> 00:20:20.460
 behaviour is irrelevant?

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 It's unimportant?

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 Does that mean

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 that Christians

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 should be comfortable

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 with the title hypocrite?

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 At least I'm a forgiven hypocrite.

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 Look back at verse 3.

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 What the law was powerless to do

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 because it was weakened

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 by the flesh

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 so the law wasn't

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 wasn't capable

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 of enabling us

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 to be good enough for God.

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 But the problem wasn't the law

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 it was weakened by the flesh

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 it was weakened by you and me.

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 The issue was the way

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 that we approach the law

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 as this oppressive force.

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 But what the law was powerless to do

00:21:03.440 --> 00:21:04.759
 because it was weakened

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 by the flesh

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 God did

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 by sending his own son

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 in the likeness of sinful flesh

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 to be a sin offering

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 and so he condemned

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 sin in the flesh.

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 Here's the key bit.

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 Verse 4.

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 Why did he do that?

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 Why did he take away condemnation?

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 What was the point?

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 Was it just so that we could

00:21:23.359 --> 00:21:24.139
 dance around and go

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 hey I can't get in trouble?

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 Verse 4.

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 In order that

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 the righteous requirement

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 of the law

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 might be fully met

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 in us

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 who do not live

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 according to the flesh

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 but according to the spirit.

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 In order that

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 that's why Jesus died.

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 That's why God

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 takes away condemnation.

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 So that we don't walk

00:21:46.519 --> 00:21:47.039
 through life

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 feeling crushed

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 by expectation

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 and guilt.

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 Jesus died in your place

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 and set you free

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 so that

00:21:53.419 --> 00:21:54.779
 you could start

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 the process of change.

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 So that with the verdict

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 already decided

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 so that with the punishment

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 possibility gone

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 with the security

00:22:04.279 --> 00:22:05.799
 of being a child of God

00:22:05.799 --> 00:22:06.579
 you could then

00:22:06.579 --> 00:22:07.660
 begin the process

00:22:07.660 --> 00:22:08.839
 of growing

00:22:08.839 --> 00:22:10.220
 in your holiness.

00:22:15.539 --> 00:22:16.799
 Now I've been struggling

00:22:16.799 --> 00:22:17.920
 all week to figure out

00:22:17.920 --> 00:22:18.619
 how to articulate

00:22:18.619 --> 00:22:19.440
 what I feel

00:22:19.440 --> 00:22:20.240
 when I say that.

00:22:21.680 --> 00:22:22.700
 Because it feels

00:22:22.700 --> 00:22:23.399
 like attention

00:22:23.399 --> 00:22:24.079
 doesn't it?

00:22:25.639 --> 00:22:27.319
 Hey there's no condemnation.

00:22:28.960 --> 00:22:29.720
 Jesus has died

00:22:29.720 --> 00:22:30.559
 so you can be forgiven

00:22:30.559 --> 00:22:31.980
 regardless of what you've done

00:22:31.980 --> 00:22:32.680
 or will do.

00:22:33.019 --> 00:22:34.139
 And nothing you can do

00:22:34.139 --> 00:22:34.680
 can undo

00:22:34.680 --> 00:22:35.759
 what Jesus has done.

00:22:36.299 --> 00:22:37.160
 But hey by the way

00:22:37.160 --> 00:22:38.920
 the whole point

00:22:38.920 --> 00:22:39.599
 was so that you would

00:22:39.599 --> 00:22:40.599
 start doing some stuff.

00:22:41.879 --> 00:22:43.079
 So that you would change.

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 So that you would be

00:22:44.579 --> 00:22:45.299
 a little bit different.

00:22:45.420 --> 00:22:45.579
 I mean

00:22:45.579 --> 00:22:47.200
 isn't that like

00:22:47.200 --> 00:22:49.740
 an irreconcilable tension?

00:22:51.099 --> 00:22:52.220
 Doesn't it sound strange

00:22:52.220 --> 00:22:53.759
 to be completely free

00:22:53.759 --> 00:22:55.039
 with conditions?

00:22:56.259 --> 00:22:57.480
 It feels like

00:22:57.480 --> 00:22:58.240
 an oxymoron.

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 The best word

00:23:00.019 --> 00:23:01.099
 that I can give for this

00:23:01.099 --> 00:23:01.700
 I was going to say

00:23:01.700 --> 00:23:02.500
 it's kind of

00:23:02.500 --> 00:23:03.660
 an apparent tension

00:23:03.660 --> 00:23:05.059
 a perceived tension

00:23:05.059 --> 00:23:06.400
 but I think what it is

00:23:06.400 --> 00:23:07.839
 is it's an experienced

00:23:07.839 --> 00:23:08.819
 tension.

00:23:10.099 --> 00:23:11.759
 Because we do experience this.

00:23:12.819 --> 00:23:14.000
 We know that God

00:23:14.000 --> 00:23:14.819
 has died for us.

00:23:14.900 --> 00:23:15.680
 We know that forgiveness

00:23:15.680 --> 00:23:16.599
 is in Him alone

00:23:16.599 --> 00:23:17.000
 and yet

00:23:17.000 --> 00:23:18.339
 even knowing that

00:23:18.339 --> 00:23:20.480
 we experience the guilt

00:23:20.480 --> 00:23:21.759
 of maybe wandering

00:23:21.759 --> 00:23:23.059
 too far in one direction

00:23:23.059 --> 00:23:24.420
 and holding these things apart.

00:23:24.599 --> 00:23:25.759
 So I'm either forgiven

00:23:25.759 --> 00:23:26.839
 or I'm guilty

00:23:26.839 --> 00:23:27.860
 and I need to try harder.

00:23:28.500 --> 00:23:29.799
 We really struggle

00:23:29.799 --> 00:23:30.940
 to hold those things together

00:23:30.940 --> 00:23:31.839
 but Paul

00:23:31.839 --> 00:23:32.839
 writes them

00:23:32.839 --> 00:23:33.759
 in this chapter

00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:34.339
 which is

00:23:34.339 --> 00:23:35.539
 designed

00:23:35.539 --> 00:23:37.200
 to make you feel secure

00:23:37.200 --> 00:23:38.259
 as a follower of Jesus.

00:23:39.700 --> 00:23:40.980
 Every verse in this chapter

00:23:40.980 --> 00:23:42.339
 is supposed to feed you

00:23:42.339 --> 00:23:43.680
 and make you walk out of here

00:23:43.680 --> 00:23:44.559
 feeling invincible

00:23:44.559 --> 00:23:46.019
 because God's love for you

00:23:46.019 --> 00:23:46.880
 cannot be taken.

00:23:46.880 --> 00:23:48.260
 Because His power

00:23:48.260 --> 00:23:48.940
 dwells in you

00:23:48.940 --> 00:23:50.280
 because no failure

00:23:50.280 --> 00:23:51.000
 no opposition

00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:52.200
 nothing can stop you

00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:53.240
 from God's good plan.

00:23:54.060 --> 00:23:55.240
 And in the middle of that

00:23:55.240 --> 00:23:56.860
 with a straight face

00:23:56.860 --> 00:23:57.900
 He says

00:23:57.900 --> 00:23:58.840
 you need to become

00:23:58.840 --> 00:23:59.560
 more like Jesus.

00:24:00.540 --> 00:24:02.380
 He puts a standard in there.

00:24:03.440 --> 00:24:04.720
 So He doesn't see it

00:24:04.720 --> 00:24:05.280
 as a tension

00:24:05.280 --> 00:24:08.460
 and yet we experience it

00:24:08.460 --> 00:24:08.960
 that way.

00:24:10.140 --> 00:24:10.920
 And the reason is

00:24:10.920 --> 00:24:11.300
 I believe

00:24:11.300 --> 00:24:12.320
 because the issue

00:24:12.320 --> 00:24:13.800
 isn't with the rules

00:24:13.800 --> 00:24:14.440
 themselves.

00:24:15.320 --> 00:24:16.480
 The issue isn't

00:24:16.480 --> 00:24:17.200
 with the command

00:24:17.200 --> 00:24:18.200
 to love your enemy

00:24:18.200 --> 00:24:19.299
 or to love your neighbour

00:24:19.299 --> 00:24:20.579
 or to honour your parents.

00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:21.640
 The issue

00:24:21.640 --> 00:24:23.880
 is that the laws

00:24:23.880 --> 00:24:24.500
 and the rules

00:24:24.500 --> 00:24:25.220
 and the standards

00:24:25.220 --> 00:24:26.160
 which are good

00:24:26.160 --> 00:24:30.500
 feel oppressive

00:24:30.500 --> 00:24:33.700
 because we never

00:24:33.700 --> 00:24:35.660
 ever meet them.

00:24:37.460 --> 00:24:38.940
 Because we hold them up

00:24:38.940 --> 00:24:39.920
 as a means

00:24:39.920 --> 00:24:40.759
 by which we might

00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:42.059
 somehow please God

00:24:42.059 --> 00:24:42.960
 or make Him happy

00:24:42.960 --> 00:24:44.220
 they become something

00:24:44.220 --> 00:24:45.980
 that has power over us.

00:24:45.980 --> 00:24:46.920
 which means

00:24:46.920 --> 00:24:47.779
 we've heard forgiveness

00:24:47.779 --> 00:24:48.880
 but we haven't understood

00:24:48.880 --> 00:24:50.799
 what we've been freed from.

00:24:51.960 --> 00:24:53.000
 That's what it says

00:24:53.000 --> 00:24:53.380
 at the beginning

00:24:53.380 --> 00:24:54.000
 of chapter 8

00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:54.620
 we've been freed

00:24:54.620 --> 00:24:55.519
 from the power

00:24:55.519 --> 00:24:56.319
 of the law.

00:24:57.539 --> 00:24:58.960
 The power of the law

00:24:58.960 --> 00:25:00.700
 is that it can crush us

00:25:00.700 --> 00:25:01.259
 with guilt

00:25:01.259 --> 00:25:01.940
 and oppression.

00:25:03.380 --> 00:25:04.980
 The power of the law

00:25:04.980 --> 00:25:05.480
 is that

00:25:05.480 --> 00:25:07.519
 it can hold us captive

00:25:07.519 --> 00:25:08.579
 but can't actually

00:25:08.579 --> 00:25:09.380
 deliver the thing

00:25:09.380 --> 00:25:10.019
 that we want

00:25:10.019 --> 00:25:12.860
 to please the God

00:25:12.860 --> 00:25:13.799
 who made us.

00:25:13.799 --> 00:25:15.740
 See the reason

00:25:15.740 --> 00:25:17.099
 this is an experience

00:25:17.099 --> 00:25:17.539
 tension

00:25:17.539 --> 00:25:18.079
 is because

00:25:18.079 --> 00:25:19.200
 we look at the law

00:25:19.200 --> 00:25:20.799
 as if it still

00:25:20.799 --> 00:25:21.519
 has power

00:25:21.519 --> 00:25:23.659
 without understanding

00:25:23.659 --> 00:25:24.299
 that what Jesus

00:25:24.299 --> 00:25:25.220
 does on the cross

00:25:25.220 --> 00:25:26.359
 as well as remove

00:25:26.359 --> 00:25:26.940
 penalty

00:25:26.940 --> 00:25:27.799
 as well as

00:25:27.799 --> 00:25:28.259
 draw us into

00:25:28.259 --> 00:25:28.980
 His family

00:25:28.980 --> 00:25:30.519
 is transform

00:25:30.519 --> 00:25:31.139
 the law

00:25:31.139 --> 00:25:31.779
 into what it's

00:25:31.779 --> 00:25:33.099
 always supposed to be

00:25:33.099 --> 00:25:35.619
 a good gift

00:25:35.619 --> 00:25:36.200
 from God

00:25:36.200 --> 00:25:36.859
 to show us

00:25:36.859 --> 00:25:37.759
 what it looks like

00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:39.759
 to walk the life

00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:40.579
 that He designed.

00:25:40.579 --> 00:25:45.099
 It goes from being

00:25:45.099 --> 00:25:45.799
 this oppressive

00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:46.919
 bar that we have

00:25:46.919 --> 00:25:47.319
 to meet

00:25:47.319 --> 00:25:48.960
 to being a map

00:25:48.960 --> 00:25:49.960
 to guide us

00:25:49.960 --> 00:25:50.720
 through life.

00:25:53.099 --> 00:25:53.619
 Augustine

00:25:53.619 --> 00:25:55.279
 articulates it

00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:55.799
 very helpfully

00:25:55.799 --> 00:25:56.079
 he says

00:25:56.079 --> 00:25:57.019
 law was given

00:25:57.019 --> 00:25:58.480
 that grace

00:25:58.480 --> 00:25:59.299
 might be sought

00:25:59.299 --> 00:26:01.639
 grace was given

00:26:01.639 --> 00:26:02.639
 that law

00:26:02.639 --> 00:26:03.659
 might be fulfilled

00:26:03.659 --> 00:26:06.980
 the law

00:26:06.980 --> 00:26:07.859
 was never

00:26:07.859 --> 00:26:08.619
 going to deliver

00:26:08.619 --> 00:26:12.119
 but it drives us

00:26:12.119 --> 00:26:12.919
 to Jesus

00:26:12.919 --> 00:26:13.519
 who does

00:26:13.519 --> 00:26:16.319
 and Jesus

00:26:16.319 --> 00:26:16.879
 takes us

00:26:16.879 --> 00:26:17.559
 back to the law

00:26:17.559 --> 00:26:18.099
 to show us

00:26:18.099 --> 00:26:18.519
 what it was

00:26:18.519 --> 00:26:19.219
 always supposed

00:26:19.219 --> 00:26:20.000
 to do anyway

00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:22.779
 to lead us

00:26:22.779 --> 00:26:25.079
 to show us

00:26:25.079 --> 00:26:25.459
 that there is

00:26:25.459 --> 00:26:25.959
 blessing

00:26:25.959 --> 00:26:26.619
 in loving

00:26:26.619 --> 00:26:27.139
 your enemy

00:26:27.139 --> 00:26:29.179
 that God

00:26:29.179 --> 00:26:29.979
 will bless you

00:26:29.979 --> 00:26:30.500
 as you seek

00:26:30.500 --> 00:26:31.339
 to obey Him

00:26:31.339 --> 00:26:32.259
 and do things

00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:32.599
 the way

00:26:32.599 --> 00:26:33.419
 that He designed.

00:26:35.159 --> 00:26:36.039
 Now a life

00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:36.739
 that lines up

00:26:36.739 --> 00:26:37.559
 with God's law

00:26:37.559 --> 00:26:38.639
 is not the means

00:26:38.639 --> 00:26:39.079
 by which you

00:26:39.079 --> 00:26:39.779
 become a Christian

00:26:39.779 --> 00:26:40.779
 it's not even

00:26:40.779 --> 00:26:41.319
 the measure

00:26:41.319 --> 00:26:41.919
 of whether or not

00:26:41.919 --> 00:26:42.759
 your Christian faith

00:26:42.759 --> 00:26:43.379
 is genuine

00:26:43.379 --> 00:26:44.399
 but it is

00:26:44.399 --> 00:26:45.039
 what it looks

00:26:45.039 --> 00:26:45.480
 like

00:26:45.480 --> 00:26:46.460
 to live

00:26:46.460 --> 00:26:47.299
 as somebody

00:26:47.299 --> 00:26:47.740
 who's been

00:26:47.740 --> 00:26:48.279
 freed.

00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:50.879
 That's why

00:26:50.879 --> 00:26:51.339
 it says

00:26:51.339 --> 00:26:52.240
 in verse 12

00:26:52.240 --> 00:26:53.599
 therefore

00:26:53.599 --> 00:26:54.279
 brothers and

00:26:54.279 --> 00:26:54.599
 sisters

00:26:54.599 --> 00:26:55.500
 we have an

00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:56.019
 obligation

00:26:56.019 --> 00:26:58.019
 okay we're

00:26:58.019 --> 00:26:58.359
 free

00:26:58.359 --> 00:26:59.799
 but brothers

00:26:59.799 --> 00:27:00.259
 and sisters

00:27:00.259 --> 00:27:00.779
 we have an

00:27:00.779 --> 00:27:01.259
 obligation

00:27:01.259 --> 00:27:01.759
 but it's not

00:27:01.759 --> 00:27:02.500
 to the flesh

00:27:02.500 --> 00:27:03.159
 to live

00:27:03.159 --> 00:27:03.819
 according to it

00:27:03.819 --> 00:27:04.220
 the flesh

00:27:04.220 --> 00:27:04.619
 is death

00:27:04.619 --> 00:27:05.019
 the flesh

00:27:05.019 --> 00:27:05.359
 delivered

00:27:05.359 --> 00:27:06.079
 nothing for us

00:27:06.079 --> 00:27:06.539
 the flesh

00:27:06.539 --> 00:27:07.159
 is that guilt

00:27:07.159 --> 00:27:07.679
 and oppression

00:27:07.679 --> 00:27:09.379
 for if you

00:27:09.379 --> 00:27:09.899
 live according

00:27:09.899 --> 00:27:10.399
 to the flesh

00:27:10.399 --> 00:27:11.059
 you will die

00:27:11.059 --> 00:27:12.679
 but if by the

00:27:12.679 --> 00:27:13.179
 spirit

00:27:13.179 --> 00:27:14.699
 you put to death

00:27:14.699 --> 00:27:15.379
 the misdeeds

00:27:15.379 --> 00:27:15.939
 of the body

00:27:15.939 --> 00:27:17.519
 you will live

00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:20.939
 the obligation

00:27:20.939 --> 00:27:22.000
 of the Christian

00:27:22.000 --> 00:27:23.899
 is to live

00:27:23.899 --> 00:27:24.859
 free

00:27:24.859 --> 00:27:27.599
 you can't

00:27:27.599 --> 00:27:28.599
 accept freedom

00:27:28.599 --> 00:27:29.199
 from God

00:27:29.199 --> 00:27:30.220
 and then put

00:27:30.220 --> 00:27:30.740
 the shackles

00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:31.220
 back on

00:27:31.220 --> 00:27:33.480
 that's rejecting

00:27:33.480 --> 00:27:34.039
 freedom

00:27:34.039 --> 00:27:35.319
 you can't

00:27:35.319 --> 00:27:35.720
 hold them

00:27:35.720 --> 00:27:36.159
 together

00:27:36.159 --> 00:27:37.019
 the obligation

00:27:37.019 --> 00:27:37.500
 we have

00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:37.779
 is to

00:27:37.779 --> 00:27:38.200
 recognize

00:27:38.200 --> 00:27:38.700
 that what

00:27:38.700 --> 00:27:39.519
 Jesus

00:27:39.519 --> 00:27:40.019
 has done

00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:40.700
 is released

00:27:40.700 --> 00:27:41.119
 us

00:27:41.119 --> 00:27:42.000
 to begin

00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:42.460
 obeying

00:27:42.460 --> 00:27:43.159
 those laws

00:27:43.159 --> 00:27:44.319
 not as

00:27:44.319 --> 00:27:44.759
 oppression

00:27:44.759 --> 00:27:45.139
 but as

00:27:45.139 --> 00:27:45.680
 encouragement

00:27:45.680 --> 00:27:47.460
 as opportunity

00:27:47.460 --> 00:27:50.039
 it's no longer

00:27:50.039 --> 00:27:50.379
 a weight

00:27:50.379 --> 00:27:51.119
 to be carried

00:27:51.119 --> 00:27:51.940
 it is a torch

00:27:51.940 --> 00:27:52.399
 to guide

00:27:52.399 --> 00:27:52.839
 the way

00:27:52.839 --> 00:27:57.220
 because the

00:27:57.220 --> 00:27:57.799
 reality is

00:27:57.799 --> 00:27:58.680
 before Jesus

00:27:58.680 --> 00:27:59.159
 there wasn't

00:27:59.159 --> 00:27:59.500
 even the

00:27:59.500 --> 00:28:00.000
 possibility

00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:00.579
 of obedience

00:28:00.579 --> 00:28:01.960
 that's what

00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:02.460
 makes the

00:28:02.460 --> 00:28:02.819
 rules and

00:28:02.819 --> 00:28:03.279
 laws so

00:28:03.279 --> 00:28:03.740
 oppressive

00:28:03.740 --> 00:28:05.940
 verse 7

00:28:05.940 --> 00:28:06.240
 says

00:28:06.240 --> 00:28:06.660
 the mind

00:28:06.660 --> 00:28:07.140
 governed by

00:28:07.140 --> 00:28:07.660
 the flesh

00:28:07.660 --> 00:28:08.240
 is hostile

00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:08.759
 to God

00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:09.200
 this is the

00:28:09.200 --> 00:28:09.980
 life before

00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:10.680
 we know

00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:11.079
 Jesus

00:28:11.079 --> 00:28:12.120
 it does not

00:28:12.120 --> 00:28:12.579
 submit to

00:28:12.579 --> 00:28:13.019
 God's law

00:28:13.019 --> 00:28:13.759
 nor can it

00:28:13.759 --> 00:28:14.359
 do so

00:28:14.359 --> 00:28:16.160
 those who

00:28:16.160 --> 00:28:16.620
 are in the

00:28:16.620 --> 00:28:17.019
 realm of

00:28:17.019 --> 00:28:17.539
 the flesh

00:28:17.539 --> 00:28:18.440
 cannot

00:28:18.440 --> 00:28:19.500
 please

00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:20.420
 God

00:28:20.420 --> 00:28:23.859
 without

00:28:23.859 --> 00:28:24.480
 Jesus

00:28:24.480 --> 00:28:25.799
 the word

00:28:25.799 --> 00:28:26.279
 that hangs

00:28:26.279 --> 00:28:26.740
 over our

00:28:26.740 --> 00:28:27.140
 life

00:28:27.140 --> 00:28:27.880
 that summarizes

00:28:27.880 --> 00:28:28.539
 everything we

00:28:28.539 --> 00:28:28.640
 do

00:28:28.640 --> 00:28:28.980
 even the

00:28:28.980 --> 00:28:29.400
 apparently

00:28:29.400 --> 00:28:30.059
 good things

00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:30.620
 is death

00:28:30.619 --> 00:28:34.759
 we are

00:28:34.759 --> 00:28:35.619
 incapable of

00:28:35.619 --> 00:28:36.239
 ever pleasing

00:28:36.239 --> 00:28:36.819
 our creator

00:28:36.819 --> 00:28:37.319
 in our own

00:28:37.319 --> 00:28:37.819
 strength

00:28:37.819 --> 00:28:40.259
 but having

00:28:40.259 --> 00:28:40.899
 removed

00:28:40.899 --> 00:28:42.459
 condemnation

00:28:42.459 --> 00:28:44.659
 he gives us

00:28:44.659 --> 00:28:45.259
 his spirit

00:28:45.259 --> 00:28:46.579
 that we might

00:28:46.579 --> 00:28:46.939
 know the

00:28:46.939 --> 00:28:47.659
 blessing of

00:28:47.659 --> 00:28:48.159
 walking the

00:28:48.159 --> 00:28:48.699
 path that he

00:28:48.699 --> 00:28:49.319
 designed for

00:28:49.319 --> 00:28:49.639
 us

00:28:49.639 --> 00:28:52.279
 that we

00:28:52.279 --> 00:28:53.039
 might understand

00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:53.459
 what he

00:28:53.459 --> 00:28:53.979
 meant when

00:28:53.979 --> 00:28:54.559
 Jesus said

00:28:54.559 --> 00:28:55.019
 I've come

00:28:55.019 --> 00:28:55.259
 that you

00:28:55.259 --> 00:28:55.639
 might have

00:28:55.639 --> 00:28:56.119
 life and

00:28:56.119 --> 00:28:56.500
 have it to

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:56.939
 the full

00:28:56.940 --> 00:29:00.400
 now the

00:29:00.400 --> 00:29:00.820
 struggle with

00:29:00.820 --> 00:29:01.240
 sin is going

00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:01.840
 to continue

00:29:01.840 --> 00:29:03.240
 as long as

00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:03.500
 with this

00:29:03.500 --> 00:29:03.820
 side of

00:29:03.820 --> 00:29:04.200
 heaven it's

00:29:04.200 --> 00:29:04.480
 still going

00:29:04.480 --> 00:29:04.660
 to be

00:29:04.660 --> 00:29:05.100
 reality

00:29:05.100 --> 00:29:05.779
 verse 10

00:29:05.779 --> 00:29:06.420
 he says

00:29:06.420 --> 00:29:06.759
 it again

00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:07.080
 he says

00:29:07.080 --> 00:29:07.940
 if Christ

00:29:07.940 --> 00:29:08.279
 is in

00:29:08.279 --> 00:29:08.559
 you

00:29:08.559 --> 00:29:09.420
 even though

00:29:09.420 --> 00:29:09.759
 your body

00:29:09.759 --> 00:29:10.340
 is subject

00:29:10.340 --> 00:29:10.920
 to death

00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:11.440
 because of

00:29:11.440 --> 00:29:11.759
 sin

00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:12.299
 that is

00:29:12.299 --> 00:29:12.759
 it's still

00:29:12.759 --> 00:29:13.180
 around

00:29:13.180 --> 00:29:13.880
 you're still

00:29:13.880 --> 00:29:14.279
 dealing with

00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:14.759
 the pain

00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:15.519
 and consequences

00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:15.900
 of your

00:29:15.900 --> 00:29:16.220
 own

00:29:16.220 --> 00:29:17.299
 disobedience

00:29:17.299 --> 00:29:18.080
 and stupidity

00:29:18.080 --> 00:29:19.759
 in that

00:29:19.759 --> 00:29:20.320
 context

00:29:20.320 --> 00:29:21.019
 the spirit

00:29:21.019 --> 00:29:21.799
 gives life

00:29:21.799 --> 00:29:22.600
 because of

00:29:22.600 --> 00:29:23.059
 righteousness

00:29:23.059 --> 00:29:23.840
 the war

00:29:23.840 --> 00:29:24.620
 will continue

00:29:24.620 --> 00:29:25.440
 to wage

00:29:25.440 --> 00:29:28.539
 but it's

00:29:28.539 --> 00:29:28.880
 a battle

00:29:28.880 --> 00:29:29.120
 that's

00:29:29.120 --> 00:29:29.320
 already

00:29:29.320 --> 00:29:29.660
 won

00:29:29.660 --> 00:29:33.700
 because

00:29:33.700 --> 00:29:34.460
 verse 11

00:29:34.460 --> 00:29:35.600
 if the

00:29:35.600 --> 00:29:36.100
 spirit of

00:29:36.100 --> 00:29:36.480
 him who

00:29:36.480 --> 00:29:36.860
 raised

00:29:36.860 --> 00:29:37.220
 Jesus

00:29:37.220 --> 00:29:37.600
 from the

00:29:37.600 --> 00:29:37.759
 dead

00:29:37.759 --> 00:29:38.220
 is living

00:29:38.220 --> 00:29:38.779
 in you

00:29:38.779 --> 00:29:40.100
 he who

00:29:40.100 --> 00:29:40.380
 raised

00:29:40.380 --> 00:29:40.740
 Christ

00:29:40.740 --> 00:29:41.080
 from the

00:29:41.080 --> 00:29:41.259
 dead

00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:41.759
 will also

00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:42.320
 give life

00:29:42.320 --> 00:29:42.640
 to your

00:29:42.640 --> 00:29:42.940
 mortal

00:29:42.940 --> 00:29:43.360
 bodies

00:29:43.360 --> 00:29:43.779
 because

00:29:43.779 --> 00:29:44.759
 of his

00:29:44.759 --> 00:29:45.240
 spirit

00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:46.019
 who lives

00:29:46.019 --> 00:29:46.440
 in you

00:29:46.440 --> 00:29:47.519
 the power

00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:48.000
 of sin

00:29:48.000 --> 00:29:48.620
 and failure

00:29:48.620 --> 00:29:49.160
 its power

00:29:49.160 --> 00:29:49.740
 to condemn

00:29:49.740 --> 00:29:50.160
 us

00:29:50.160 --> 00:29:51.140
 both within

00:29:51.140 --> 00:29:51.759
 our conscience

00:29:51.759 --> 00:29:52.420
 and before

00:29:52.420 --> 00:29:52.860
 God

00:29:52.860 --> 00:29:53.820
 is nothing

00:29:53.819 --> 00:29:55.759
 compared

00:29:55.759 --> 00:29:56.079
 to the

00:29:56.079 --> 00:29:56.319
 power

00:29:56.319 --> 00:29:56.559
 of the

00:29:56.559 --> 00:29:56.779
 Holy

00:29:56.779 --> 00:29:57.119
 Spirit

00:29:57.119 --> 00:29:57.299
 that

00:29:57.299 --> 00:29:57.559
 raised

00:29:57.559 --> 00:29:57.819
 Jesus

00:29:57.819 --> 00:29:58.039
 from

00:29:58.039 --> 00:29:58.179
 the

00:29:58.179 --> 00:29:58.399
 dead

00:29:58.399 --> 00:30:01.319
 the

00:30:01.319 --> 00:30:01.619
 same

00:30:01.619 --> 00:30:01.939
 Holy

00:30:01.939 --> 00:30:02.279
 Spirit

00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:02.500
 that's

00:30:02.500 --> 00:30:02.679
 now

00:30:02.679 --> 00:30:03.019
 living

00:30:03.019 --> 00:30:03.619
 in us

00:30:03.619 --> 00:30:04.339
 empowering

00:30:04.339 --> 00:30:04.639
 us

00:30:04.639 --> 00:30:04.819
 to

00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:05.519
 progressively

00:30:05.519 --> 00:30:05.980
 win

00:30:05.980 --> 00:30:06.439
 the battle

00:30:06.439 --> 00:30:06.779
 against

00:30:06.779 --> 00:30:07.139
 sin

00:30:07.139 --> 00:30:07.679
 it's

00:30:07.679 --> 00:30:07.839
 not

00:30:07.839 --> 00:30:08.119
 that you

00:30:08.119 --> 00:30:08.419
 become

00:30:08.419 --> 00:30:08.599
 a

00:30:08.599 --> 00:30:08.919
 Christian

00:30:08.919 --> 00:30:09.359
 here

00:30:09.359 --> 00:30:09.639
 and your

00:30:09.639 --> 00:30:10.039
 holiness

00:30:10.039 --> 00:30:11.039
 level

00:30:11.039 --> 00:30:11.460
 is here

00:30:11.460 --> 00:30:11.960
 and then

00:30:11.960 --> 00:30:12.099
 you're

00:30:12.099 --> 00:30:12.179
 going to

00:30:12.179 --> 00:30:12.379
 be on

00:30:12.379 --> 00:30:12.659
 a pretty

00:30:12.659 --> 00:30:13.000
 straight

00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:13.779
 45 degree

00:30:13.779 --> 00:30:14.119
 angle

00:30:14.119 --> 00:30:14.599
 until one

00:30:14.599 --> 00:30:14.839
 day you

00:30:14.839 --> 00:30:14.980
 hit

00:30:14.980 --> 00:30:15.439
 perfection

00:30:15.439 --> 00:30:16.779
 that'd

00:30:16.779 --> 00:30:17.339
 be nice

00:30:17.339 --> 00:30:18.099
 because at

00:30:18.099 --> 00:30:18.319
 least you

00:30:18.319 --> 00:30:18.659
 could chart

00:30:18.659 --> 00:30:19.279
 your progress

00:30:19.279 --> 00:30:20.559
 you might

00:30:20.559 --> 00:30:21.179
 have moments

00:30:21.179 --> 00:30:21.759
 like this

00:30:21.759 --> 00:30:22.460
 and flatline

00:30:22.460 --> 00:30:24.539
 you might

00:30:24.539 --> 00:30:25.180
 win

00:30:25.180 --> 00:30:26.019
 your struggle

00:30:26.019 --> 00:30:26.500
 against sin

00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:26.720
 and then

00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:27.059
 lose

00:30:27.059 --> 00:30:27.740
 and then

00:30:27.740 --> 00:30:28.079
 win

00:30:28.079 --> 00:30:28.420
 and then

00:30:28.420 --> 00:30:28.680
 win

00:30:28.680 --> 00:30:29.240
 and then

00:30:29.240 --> 00:30:29.579
 lose

00:30:29.579 --> 00:30:30.440
 and then

00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:30.759
 lose

00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:31.140
 and then

00:30:31.140 --> 00:30:31.460
 win

00:30:31.460 --> 00:30:31.799
 and then

00:30:31.799 --> 00:30:32.519
 it's not

00:30:32.519 --> 00:30:33.180
 a clean

00:30:33.180 --> 00:30:33.900
 line like

00:30:33.900 --> 00:30:34.279
 that

00:30:34.279 --> 00:30:35.920
 but however

00:30:35.920 --> 00:30:36.400
 the line

00:30:36.400 --> 00:30:36.840
 goes

00:30:36.840 --> 00:30:39.319
 the possibility

00:30:39.319 --> 00:30:40.220
 of condemnation

00:30:40.220 --> 00:30:40.900
 is gone

00:30:40.900 --> 00:30:43.680
 the power

00:30:43.680 --> 00:30:44.140
 of sin

00:30:44.140 --> 00:30:44.600
 when you

00:30:44.600 --> 00:30:44.940
 lose

00:30:44.940 --> 00:30:45.400
 to drag

00:30:45.400 --> 00:30:46.000
 you deeper

00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:46.640
 and further

00:30:46.640 --> 00:30:46.960
 and to

00:30:46.960 --> 00:30:47.559
 create doubt

00:30:47.559 --> 00:30:48.160
 is gone

00:30:48.160 --> 00:30:49.620
 because however

00:30:49.620 --> 00:30:50.120
 your line

00:30:50.120 --> 00:30:50.440
 goes

00:30:50.440 --> 00:30:51.100
 it will

00:30:51.100 --> 00:30:51.820
 end up

00:30:51.820 --> 00:30:52.120
 in the

00:30:52.120 --> 00:30:52.299
 same

00:30:52.299 --> 00:30:52.680
 place

00:30:52.680 --> 00:30:52.900
 as

00:30:52.900 --> 00:30:53.440
 everybody

00:30:53.440 --> 00:30:53.680
 who

00:30:53.680 --> 00:30:53.940
 trusts

00:30:53.940 --> 00:30:54.420
 Jesus

00:30:54.420 --> 00:30:56.900
 verse 29

00:30:56.900 --> 00:30:57.460
 says

00:30:57.460 --> 00:30:58.100
 those God

00:30:58.100 --> 00:30:58.759
 foreknew

00:30:58.759 --> 00:30:59.400
 he also

00:30:59.400 --> 00:31:00.400
 predestined

00:31:00.400 --> 00:31:01.019
 to be

00:31:01.019 --> 00:31:01.620
 conformed

00:31:01.620 --> 00:31:01.860
 to the

00:31:01.860 --> 00:31:02.140
 image

00:31:02.140 --> 00:31:02.519
 of his

00:31:02.519 --> 00:31:02.840
 son

00:31:02.840 --> 00:31:05.680
 God's

00:31:05.680 --> 00:31:05.860
 doing

00:31:05.860 --> 00:31:06.360
 the work

00:31:06.360 --> 00:31:07.779
 and then

00:31:07.779 --> 00:31:08.360
 verse 30

00:31:08.360 --> 00:31:08.799
 those he

00:31:08.799 --> 00:31:09.660
 predestined

00:31:09.660 --> 00:31:10.660
 he called

00:31:10.660 --> 00:31:11.420
 those he

00:31:11.420 --> 00:31:11.900
 called

00:31:11.900 --> 00:31:12.820
 he justified

00:31:12.820 --> 00:31:13.519
 that's the

00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:14.400
 condemnation

00:31:14.400 --> 00:31:14.940
 removed

00:31:14.940 --> 00:31:15.740
 and those

00:31:15.740 --> 00:31:16.580
 he justified

00:31:16.580 --> 00:31:18.019
 he glorified

00:31:18.019 --> 00:31:19.400
 that's heaven

00:31:19.400 --> 00:31:21.240
 it's

00:31:21.240 --> 00:31:22.080
 inevitable

00:31:22.080 --> 00:31:23.840
 because the

00:31:23.840 --> 00:31:24.480
 condemnation

00:31:24.480 --> 00:31:25.019
 is gone

00:31:25.019 --> 00:31:25.440
 the end

00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:25.840
 point of

00:31:25.840 --> 00:31:26.400
 your life

00:31:26.400 --> 00:31:28.480
 is heaven

00:31:28.480 --> 00:31:29.720
 if you

00:31:29.720 --> 00:31:30.220
 trust in

00:31:30.220 --> 00:31:30.540
 Jesus

00:31:30.540 --> 00:31:32.940
 there is

00:31:32.940 --> 00:31:33.640
 no tension

00:31:33.640 --> 00:31:34.060
 between

00:31:34.060 --> 00:31:34.740
 God's grace

00:31:34.740 --> 00:31:35.380
 to us

00:31:35.380 --> 00:31:36.480
 and our

00:31:36.480 --> 00:31:37.080
 obligation

00:31:37.080 --> 00:31:37.920
 in this

00:31:37.920 --> 00:31:38.380
 passage

00:31:38.380 --> 00:31:39.660
 this chapter

00:31:39.660 --> 00:31:40.460
 is assuring

00:31:40.460 --> 00:31:40.900
 us

00:31:40.900 --> 00:31:41.680
 it's building

00:31:41.680 --> 00:31:42.360
 our confidence

00:31:42.360 --> 00:31:42.960
 in what God

00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:43.460
 has done

00:31:43.460 --> 00:31:44.300
 so that when

00:31:44.300 --> 00:31:44.840
 we fail

00:31:44.840 --> 00:31:45.200
 when we

00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:45.540
 struggle

00:31:45.540 --> 00:31:45.860
 there will

00:31:45.860 --> 00:31:46.740
 be peace

00:31:46.740 --> 00:31:48.599
 that we

00:31:48.599 --> 00:31:48.819
 might

00:31:48.819 --> 00:31:49.339
 continue

00:31:49.339 --> 00:31:51.259
 and that

00:31:51.259 --> 00:31:51.799
 peace is

00:31:51.799 --> 00:31:52.200
 found

00:31:52.200 --> 00:31:53.240
 in living

00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:53.740
 by his

00:31:53.740 --> 00:31:54.220
 spirit

00:31:54.220 --> 00:31:56.380
 living by

00:31:56.380 --> 00:31:56.740
 the spirit

00:31:56.740 --> 00:31:57.000
 is not

00:31:57.000 --> 00:31:57.440
 perfect

00:31:57.440 --> 00:31:57.779
 living

00:31:57.779 --> 00:31:58.779
 but it

00:31:58.779 --> 00:31:59.279
 is active

00:31:59.279 --> 00:31:59.660
 living

00:31:59.660 --> 00:32:01.519
 look at

00:32:01.519 --> 00:32:02.000
 verse 12

00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:02.380
 this is where

00:32:02.380 --> 00:32:02.680
 I want to

00:32:02.680 --> 00:32:03.079
 finish

00:32:03.079 --> 00:32:05.440
 therefore

00:32:05.440 --> 00:32:06.180
 brothers and

00:32:06.180 --> 00:32:06.500
 sisters

00:32:06.500 --> 00:32:07.220
 we have

00:32:07.220 --> 00:32:08.099
 an obligation

00:32:08.099 --> 00:32:09.200
 but it's

00:32:09.200 --> 00:32:09.599
 not to the

00:32:09.599 --> 00:32:10.160
 flesh to

00:32:10.160 --> 00:32:10.599
 live according

00:32:10.599 --> 00:32:11.039
 to it

00:32:11.039 --> 00:32:12.039
 for if you

00:32:12.039 --> 00:32:12.480
 live according

00:32:12.480 --> 00:32:12.980
 to the flesh

00:32:12.980 --> 00:32:13.319
 you will

00:32:13.319 --> 00:32:13.620
 die

00:32:13.620 --> 00:32:14.640
 but

00:32:14.640 --> 00:32:16.099
 this is what

00:32:16.099 --> 00:32:16.359
 it looks

00:32:16.359 --> 00:32:16.679
 like

00:32:16.679 --> 00:32:18.139
 but if

00:32:18.139 --> 00:32:18.599
 by the

00:32:18.599 --> 00:32:19.059
 spirit

00:32:19.059 --> 00:32:19.919
 you put

00:32:19.919 --> 00:32:20.559
 to death

00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:21.199
 the misdeeds

00:32:21.199 --> 00:32:21.480
 of the

00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:21.759
 body

00:32:21.759 --> 00:32:22.819
 you will

00:32:22.819 --> 00:32:23.179
 live

00:32:23.179 --> 00:32:26.559
 put to

00:32:26.559 --> 00:32:27.199
 death

00:32:27.199 --> 00:32:28.579
 the misdeeds

00:32:28.579 --> 00:32:28.980
 of your

00:32:28.980 --> 00:32:29.279
 body

00:32:29.279 --> 00:32:31.019
 that's

00:32:31.019 --> 00:32:31.379
 fairly

00:32:31.379 --> 00:32:32.199
 serious

00:32:32.199 --> 00:32:32.939
 language

00:32:32.939 --> 00:32:34.799
 you don't

00:32:34.799 --> 00:32:35.139
 tend to

00:32:35.139 --> 00:32:35.759
 kill anything

00:32:35.759 --> 00:32:36.919
 through

00:32:36.919 --> 00:32:38.099
 being passive

00:32:38.099 --> 00:32:40.539
 actively

00:32:40.539 --> 00:32:41.480
 fighting with

00:32:41.480 --> 00:32:42.079
 and killing

00:32:42.079 --> 00:32:42.980
 sin in your

00:32:42.980 --> 00:32:43.459
 life

00:32:43.459 --> 00:32:45.319
 actively

00:32:45.319 --> 00:32:46.039
 resisting

00:32:46.039 --> 00:32:46.599
 the things

00:32:46.599 --> 00:32:47.000
 that try

00:32:47.000 --> 00:32:47.480
 and drag

00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:48.019
 you away

00:32:48.019 --> 00:32:48.460
 from what

00:32:48.460 --> 00:32:48.799
 Christ

00:32:48.799 --> 00:32:49.220
 has done

00:32:49.220 --> 00:32:49.680
 for you

00:32:49.680 --> 00:32:53.579
 this is

00:32:53.579 --> 00:32:54.200
 not competing

00:32:54.200 --> 00:32:54.879
 with verse 1

00:32:54.879 --> 00:32:55.700
 no condemnation

00:32:55.700 --> 00:32:56.139
 and put to

00:32:56.139 --> 00:32:56.339
 death

00:32:56.339 --> 00:32:57.059
 sit next

00:32:57.059 --> 00:32:57.420
 to each

00:32:57.420 --> 00:32:57.659
 other

00:32:57.659 --> 00:32:59.279
 how do

00:32:59.279 --> 00:32:59.639
 we know

00:32:59.639 --> 00:33:00.079
 the deep

00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:00.659
 confidence

00:33:00.659 --> 00:33:01.339
 of being

00:33:01.339 --> 00:33:01.920
 loved by

00:33:01.920 --> 00:33:02.240
 God

00:33:02.240 --> 00:33:02.460
 through

00:33:02.460 --> 00:33:02.740
 Jesus

00:33:02.740 --> 00:33:03.019
 death

00:33:03.019 --> 00:33:03.159
 and

00:33:03.159 --> 00:33:03.559
 resurrection

00:33:03.559 --> 00:33:05.059
 how can

00:33:05.059 --> 00:33:05.619
 that verse

00:33:05.619 --> 00:33:05.899
 there is

00:33:05.899 --> 00:33:06.960
 no condemnation

00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:07.799
 be imprinted

00:33:07.799 --> 00:33:08.099
 on us

00:33:08.099 --> 00:33:08.819
 so deeply

00:33:08.819 --> 00:33:09.200
 that we

00:33:09.200 --> 00:33:09.659
 might never

00:33:09.659 --> 00:33:10.039
 forget

00:33:10.039 --> 00:33:10.659
 that truth

00:33:10.660 --> 00:33:19.680
 by putting

00:33:19.680 --> 00:33:20.180
 to death

00:33:20.180 --> 00:33:20.800
 the misdeeds

00:33:20.800 --> 00:33:21.240
 of the body

00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:23.100
 by living

00:33:23.100 --> 00:33:23.700
 according to

00:33:23.700 --> 00:33:24.220
 the spirit

00:33:24.220 --> 00:33:24.980
 and if that's

00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:25.380
 the key

00:33:25.380 --> 00:33:26.220
 what does

00:33:26.220 --> 00:33:26.720
 that look

00:33:26.720 --> 00:33:27.140
 like

00:33:27.140 --> 00:33:28.259
 for you

00:33:28.259 --> 00:33:30.100
 how do

00:33:30.100 --> 00:33:30.380
 you do

00:33:30.380 --> 00:33:30.600
 it

00:33:30.600 --> 00:33:31.840
 how do

00:33:31.840 --> 00:33:32.360
 you kill

00:33:32.360 --> 00:33:32.880
 sin

00:33:32.880 --> 00:33:36.660
 verse 2

00:33:36.660 --> 00:33:39.500
 through

00:33:39.500 --> 00:33:40.180
 Christ

00:33:40.180 --> 00:33:40.620
 Jesus

00:33:40.620 --> 00:33:41.160
 the law

00:33:41.160 --> 00:33:41.460
 of the

00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:41.840
 spirit

00:33:41.840 --> 00:33:42.260
 who gives

00:33:42.260 --> 00:33:42.760
 life

00:33:42.760 --> 00:33:43.440
 has set

00:33:43.440 --> 00:33:44.100
 you free

00:33:44.100 --> 00:33:45.140
 from the

00:33:45.140 --> 00:33:45.480
 law of

00:33:45.480 --> 00:33:45.680
 sin

00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:46.200
 and death

00:33:46.200 --> 00:33:47.120
 for what

00:33:47.120 --> 00:33:47.420
 the law

00:33:47.420 --> 00:33:48.020
 was powerless

00:33:48.020 --> 00:33:48.480
 to do

00:33:48.480 --> 00:33:48.760
 because it

00:33:48.760 --> 00:33:49.160
 was weakened

00:33:49.160 --> 00:33:49.560
 by the

00:33:49.560 --> 00:33:49.840
 flesh

00:33:49.840 --> 00:33:50.240
 God

00:33:50.240 --> 00:33:50.600
 did

00:33:50.600 --> 00:33:51.560
 by sending

00:33:51.560 --> 00:33:52.000
 his own

00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:52.340
 son

00:33:52.340 --> 00:33:52.620
 in the

00:33:52.620 --> 00:33:53.080
 likeness

00:33:53.080 --> 00:33:53.620
 of sinful

00:33:53.620 --> 00:33:54.080
 flesh

00:33:54.080 --> 00:33:54.840
 to be a

00:33:54.840 --> 00:33:55.040
 sin

00:33:55.040 --> 00:33:55.520
 offering

00:33:55.520 --> 00:33:56.960
 and so

00:33:56.960 --> 00:33:58.920
 he condemned

00:33:58.920 --> 00:34:00.160
 sin

00:34:00.160 --> 00:34:01.620
 in the

00:34:01.620 --> 00:34:01.980
 flesh

00:34:01.980 --> 00:34:04.799
 Jesus

00:34:04.799 --> 00:34:05.259
 is the

00:34:05.259 --> 00:34:05.460
 one

00:34:05.460 --> 00:34:05.660
 who

00:34:05.660 --> 00:34:05.940
 kills

00:34:05.940 --> 00:34:06.259
 sin

00:34:06.259 --> 00:34:08.780
 it's not

00:34:08.780 --> 00:34:09.019
 something

00:34:09.019 --> 00:34:09.420
 you have

00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:09.940
 to do

00:34:09.940 --> 00:34:12.460
 he empties

00:34:12.460 --> 00:34:12.740
 of it

00:34:12.740 --> 00:34:13.159
 of its

00:34:13.159 --> 00:34:13.500
 power

00:34:13.500 --> 00:34:14.519
 he condemns

00:34:14.519 --> 00:34:14.659
 it

00:34:14.659 --> 00:34:15.320
 he puts

00:34:15.320 --> 00:34:15.579
 it on

00:34:15.579 --> 00:34:16.019
 the cross

00:34:16.019 --> 00:34:16.480
 and leaves

00:34:16.480 --> 00:34:17.019
 it behind

00:34:17.019 --> 00:34:17.400
 in the

00:34:17.400 --> 00:34:17.740
 grave

00:34:17.740 --> 00:34:18.559
 we must

00:34:18.559 --> 00:34:19.079
 stop

00:34:19.079 --> 00:34:19.880
 trying to

00:34:19.880 --> 00:34:20.300
 do this

00:34:20.300 --> 00:34:20.699
 on our

00:34:20.699 --> 00:34:20.980
 own

00:34:20.980 --> 00:34:22.740
 the

00:34:22.740 --> 00:34:23.219
 greatest

00:34:23.219 --> 00:34:23.840
 source

00:34:23.840 --> 00:34:24.460
 of guilt

00:34:24.460 --> 00:34:24.980
 for the

00:34:24.980 --> 00:34:25.380
 Christian

00:34:25.380 --> 00:34:26.179
 the greatest

00:34:26.179 --> 00:34:26.480
 source

00:34:26.480 --> 00:34:26.639
 of

00:34:26.639 --> 00:34:27.360
 discouragement

00:34:27.360 --> 00:34:27.920
 for somebody

00:34:27.920 --> 00:34:28.219
 who's trying

00:34:28.219 --> 00:34:28.539
 to follow

00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:28.900
 Jesus

00:34:28.900 --> 00:34:29.800
 is trying

00:34:29.800 --> 00:34:30.179
 to do

00:34:30.179 --> 00:34:30.619
 what God

00:34:30.619 --> 00:34:31.219
 doesn't ask

00:34:31.219 --> 00:34:31.460
 you to

00:34:31.460 --> 00:34:31.719
 do

00:34:31.719 --> 00:34:35.099
 if you

00:34:35.099 --> 00:34:35.319
 want to

00:34:35.319 --> 00:34:35.480
 kill

00:34:35.480 --> 00:34:35.699
 your

00:34:35.699 --> 00:34:35.980
 sin

00:34:35.980 --> 00:34:37.099
 if you

00:34:37.099 --> 00:34:37.299
 want to

00:34:37.299 --> 00:34:37.539
 put it

00:34:37.539 --> 00:34:37.959
 to death

00:34:37.959 --> 00:34:38.339
 if you

00:34:38.339 --> 00:34:38.519
 want to

00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:38.779
 stop

00:34:38.779 --> 00:34:39.039
 being

00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:39.599
 controlled

00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:40.259
 by it

00:34:40.259 --> 00:34:41.959
 then hand

00:34:41.959 --> 00:34:42.219
 it over

00:34:42.219 --> 00:34:42.699
 to Jesus

00:34:42.699 --> 00:34:46.039
 because he

00:34:46.039 --> 00:34:46.619
 condemns it

00:34:46.619 --> 00:34:46.859
 in the

00:34:46.859 --> 00:34:47.219
 cross

00:34:47.219 --> 00:34:50.639
 he defeats

00:34:50.639 --> 00:34:50.879
 it

00:34:50.879 --> 00:34:52.359
 he destroys

00:34:52.359 --> 00:34:53.000
 it

00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:55.179
 confess it

00:34:55.179 --> 00:34:55.599
 to him

00:34:55.599 --> 00:34:58.839
 specifically

00:34:58.839 --> 00:34:59.480
 explicitly

00:34:59.480 --> 00:35:00.099
 don't hold

00:35:00.099 --> 00:35:00.599
 on to it

00:35:00.599 --> 00:35:01.360
 don't

00:35:01.360 --> 00:35:01.539
 don't try

00:35:01.539 --> 00:35:02.019
 and improve

00:35:02.019 --> 00:35:02.279
 a little

00:35:02.279 --> 00:35:02.460
 bit

00:35:02.460 --> 00:35:02.960
 before you

00:35:02.960 --> 00:35:03.279
 lay it

00:35:03.279 --> 00:35:03.480
 bare

00:35:03.480 --> 00:35:04.099
 before him

00:35:04.099 --> 00:35:05.699
 don't be

00:35:05.699 --> 00:35:06.039
 like oh

00:35:06.039 --> 00:35:06.500
 hey God

00:35:06.500 --> 00:35:06.839
 I was being

00:35:06.839 --> 00:35:07.360
 really greedy

00:35:07.360 --> 00:35:07.679
 with my

00:35:07.679 --> 00:35:08.139
 money a few

00:35:08.139 --> 00:35:08.500
 months ago

00:35:08.500 --> 00:35:08.759
 I'm in a

00:35:08.759 --> 00:35:09.159
 slightly better

00:35:09.159 --> 00:35:09.500
 place

00:35:09.500 --> 00:35:10.239
 please forgive

00:35:10.239 --> 00:35:10.619
 me for that

00:35:10.619 --> 00:35:10.860
 greed

00:35:10.860 --> 00:35:11.159
 before

00:35:11.159 --> 00:35:13.059
 you don't

00:35:13.059 --> 00:35:13.420
 mean it

00:35:13.420 --> 00:35:15.519
 you mean

00:35:15.519 --> 00:35:15.880
 look at how

00:35:15.880 --> 00:35:16.299
 well I did

00:35:16.299 --> 00:35:16.559
 God

00:35:16.559 --> 00:35:19.019
 you're trying

00:35:19.019 --> 00:35:19.319
 to kill

00:35:19.319 --> 00:35:19.880
 it yourself

00:35:19.880 --> 00:35:23.720
 don't hold

00:35:23.720 --> 00:35:24.260
 on to it

00:35:24.260 --> 00:35:24.840
 hand it

00:35:24.840 --> 00:35:25.119
 over

00:35:25.119 --> 00:35:25.840
 confess it

00:35:25.840 --> 00:35:26.220
 to him

00:35:26.220 --> 00:35:27.240
 to the

00:35:27.240 --> 00:35:27.820
 one place

00:35:27.820 --> 00:35:28.140
 where it

00:35:28.140 --> 00:35:28.539
 can be

00:35:28.539 --> 00:35:28.880
 killed

00:35:28.880 --> 00:35:30.960
 the cross

00:35:30.960 --> 00:35:31.460
 of your

00:35:31.460 --> 00:35:31.840
 saviour

00:35:31.840 --> 00:35:32.220
 Jesus

00:35:32.220 --> 00:35:33.360
 because as

00:35:33.360 --> 00:35:33.760
 a child

00:35:33.760 --> 00:35:34.119
 of God

00:35:34.119 --> 00:35:34.400
 no matter

00:35:34.400 --> 00:35:34.920
 how many

00:35:34.920 --> 00:35:35.480
 times you

00:35:35.480 --> 00:35:35.880
 come to

00:35:35.880 --> 00:35:36.200
 Jesus

00:35:36.200 --> 00:35:36.820
 with sin

00:35:36.820 --> 00:35:37.039
 that you

00:35:37.039 --> 00:35:37.340
 need to

00:35:37.340 --> 00:35:37.800
 confess

00:35:37.800 --> 00:35:38.320
 no matter

00:35:38.320 --> 00:35:38.660
 how many

00:35:38.660 --> 00:35:39.099
 times you

00:35:39.099 --> 00:35:39.460
 fail

00:35:39.460 --> 00:35:39.860
 you will

00:35:39.860 --> 00:35:40.640
 always be

00:35:40.640 --> 00:35:41.000
 welcomed

00:35:41.000 --> 00:35:41.680
 as a

00:35:41.680 --> 00:35:42.000
 child

00:35:42.000 --> 00:35:43.119
 no matter

00:35:43.119 --> 00:35:43.539
 how many

00:35:43.539 --> 00:35:43.980
 times you

00:35:43.980 --> 00:35:44.400
 come to

00:35:44.400 --> 00:35:44.579
 him

00:35:44.579 --> 00:35:44.780
 in

00:35:44.780 --> 00:35:45.460
 inadequacy

00:35:45.460 --> 00:35:45.680
 and

00:35:45.680 --> 00:35:46.119
 weakness

00:35:46.119 --> 00:35:46.579
 there is

00:35:46.579 --> 00:35:47.099
 no

00:35:47.099 --> 00:35:47.920
 condemnation

00:35:47.920 --> 00:35:48.519
 for you

00:35:48.519 --> 00:35:50.800
 when you

00:35:50.800 --> 00:35:51.280
 confess

00:35:51.280 --> 00:35:51.700
 and hand

00:35:51.700 --> 00:35:52.180
 your sin

00:35:52.180 --> 00:35:52.639
 and failure

00:35:52.639 --> 00:35:53.200
 to Jesus

00:35:53.200 --> 00:35:53.720
 you will

00:35:53.720 --> 00:35:54.619
 always find

00:35:54.619 --> 00:35:55.079
 grace

00:35:55.079 --> 00:35:57.019
 always find

00:35:57.019 --> 00:35:57.460
 forgiveness

00:35:57.460 --> 00:35:59.380
 and as

00:35:59.380 --> 00:35:59.860
 Romans 8

00:35:59.860 --> 00:36:00.260
 promises

00:36:00.260 --> 00:36:01.000
 in him

00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:02.180
 there you

00:36:02.180 --> 00:36:02.579
 will find

00:36:02.579 --> 00:36:03.059
 life

00:36:03.059 --> 00:36:04.619
 and peace

00:36:04.619 --> 00:36:09.059
 right now

00:36:09.059 --> 00:36:09.420
 we're going to

00:36:09.420 --> 00:36:09.940
 share in the

00:36:09.940 --> 00:36:10.480
 Lord's Supper

00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:10.860
 together

00:36:10.860 --> 00:36:12.700
 the whole

00:36:12.700 --> 00:36:13.200
 point of

00:36:13.200 --> 00:36:13.680
 this meal

00:36:13.680 --> 00:36:14.900
 is Romans 8

00:36:14.900 --> 00:36:17.480
 it's for

00:36:17.480 --> 00:36:17.880
 us to

00:36:17.880 --> 00:36:18.260
 remember

00:36:18.260 --> 00:36:18.480
 that

00:36:18.480 --> 00:36:18.780
 because

00:36:18.780 --> 00:36:19.000
 of

00:36:19.000 --> 00:36:19.340
 Jesus

00:36:19.340 --> 00:36:19.820
 life

00:36:19.820 --> 00:36:20.019
 and

00:36:20.019 --> 00:36:20.300
 death

00:36:20.300 --> 00:36:20.920
 there's

00:36:20.920 --> 00:36:21.099
 no

00:36:21.099 --> 00:36:21.840
 condemnation

00:36:21.840 --> 00:36:22.400
 for those

00:36:22.400 --> 00:36:22.559
 who

00:36:22.559 --> 00:36:22.860
 trust

00:36:22.860 --> 00:36:23.039
 in

00:36:23.039 --> 00:36:23.219
 him

00:36:23.219 --> 00:36:24.400
 it's

00:36:24.400 --> 00:36:24.500
 an

00:36:24.500 --> 00:36:25.079
 opportunity

00:36:25.079 --> 00:36:25.519
 for us

00:36:25.519 --> 00:36:25.920
 to put

00:36:25.920 --> 00:36:26.380
 to death

00:36:26.380 --> 00:36:26.760
 sin

00:36:26.760 --> 00:36:27.380
 right now

00:36:27.380 --> 00:36:27.659
 as we

00:36:27.659 --> 00:36:27.860
 eat

00:36:27.860 --> 00:36:28.300
 and drink

00:36:28.300 --> 00:36:30.219
 for us

00:36:30.219 --> 00:36:30.380
 to

00:36:30.380 --> 00:36:31.099
 specifically

00:36:31.099 --> 00:36:32.059
 and explicitly

00:36:32.059 --> 00:36:33.179
 hand to

00:36:33.179 --> 00:36:33.539
 God

00:36:33.539 --> 00:36:35.619
 the things

00:36:35.619 --> 00:36:36.119
 we know

00:36:36.119 --> 00:36:37.019
 are not in

00:36:37.019 --> 00:36:37.539
 line with

00:36:37.539 --> 00:36:37.980
 those who

00:36:37.980 --> 00:36:38.380
 claim to

00:36:38.380 --> 00:36:38.860
 follow him

00:36:38.860 --> 00:36:40.659
 hand them

00:36:40.659 --> 00:36:41.000
 over

00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:42.920
 and watch

00:36:42.920 --> 00:36:43.539
 him put

00:36:43.539 --> 00:36:43.840
 them to

00:36:43.840 --> 00:36:44.179
 death

00:36:44.179 --> 00:36:46.119
 as these

00:36:46.119 --> 00:36:46.679
 elements come

00:36:46.679 --> 00:36:47.099
 around I

00:36:47.099 --> 00:36:47.400
 want you to

00:36:47.400 --> 00:36:47.799
 hold on to

00:36:47.799 --> 00:36:48.119
 them so

00:36:48.119 --> 00:36:48.299
 that we

00:36:48.299 --> 00:36:48.539
 can eat

00:36:48.539 --> 00:36:48.799
 and drink

00:36:48.799 --> 00:36:49.179
 together

00:36:49.179 --> 00:36:50.920
 but as

00:36:50.920 --> 00:36:51.079
 they're

00:36:51.079 --> 00:36:51.299
 coming

00:36:51.299 --> 00:36:51.699
 around

00:36:51.699 --> 00:36:52.299
 prepare

00:36:52.299 --> 00:36:52.779
 yourself

00:36:52.779 --> 00:36:53.219
 to hand

00:36:53.219 --> 00:36:53.440
 over

00:36:53.440 --> 00:36:53.860
 whatever it

00:36:53.860 --> 00:36:54.259
 is that

00:36:54.259 --> 00:36:54.739
 you need

00:36:54.739 --> 00:36:55.059
 to hand

00:36:55.059 --> 00:36:55.319
 over

00:36:55.319 --> 00:36:58.099
 is there a

00:36:58.099 --> 00:36:59.739
 sin that

00:36:59.739 --> 00:37:00.119
 you've been

00:37:00.119 --> 00:37:00.480
 carrying

00:37:00.480 --> 00:37:01.019
 yourself

00:37:01.019 --> 00:37:03.299
 maybe a

00:37:03.299 --> 00:37:03.860
 really deep

00:37:03.860 --> 00:37:04.179
 one that

00:37:04.179 --> 00:37:04.460
 you've been

00:37:04.460 --> 00:37:05.219
 keeping secret

00:37:05.219 --> 00:37:06.940
 is there a

00:37:06.940 --> 00:37:07.360
 weight of

00:37:07.360 --> 00:37:08.079
 guilt that is

00:37:08.079 --> 00:37:08.659
 driving you

00:37:08.659 --> 00:37:09.179
 right now that

00:37:09.179 --> 00:37:09.559
 you need to

00:37:09.559 --> 00:37:10.179
 let go of

00:37:10.179 --> 00:37:12.759
 is there a

00:37:12.759 --> 00:37:13.179
 fear of

00:37:13.179 --> 00:37:13.599
 judgment

00:37:13.599 --> 00:37:17.679
 get ready

00:37:17.679 --> 00:37:18.059
 to hand

00:37:18.059 --> 00:37:18.400
 them over

00:37:18.400 --> 00:37:18.699
 to the

00:37:18.699 --> 00:37:19.079
 one who

00:37:19.079 --> 00:37:19.339
 loves

00:37:19.339 --> 00:37:20.099
 unconditionally

00:37:20.099 --> 00:37:21.619
 and then

00:37:21.619 --> 00:37:22.259
 once everybody's

00:37:22.259 --> 00:37:22.500
 got the

00:37:22.500 --> 00:37:23.019
 elements we're

00:37:23.019 --> 00:37:23.299
 going to eat

00:37:23.299 --> 00:37:23.759
 and drink

00:37:23.759 --> 00:37:24.639
 and celebrate

00:37:24.639 --> 00:37:25.039
 together

00:37:25.039 --> 00:37:27.059
 all

00:37:27.059 --> 00:37:32.519
 how to

00:37:32.519 --> 00:37:32.739
 forget

00:37:32.739 --> 00:37:33.440
 what

00:37:33.440 --> 00:37:34.139
 you

00:37:34.139 --> 00:37:34.739
 have

00:37:34.739 --> 00:37:34.920
 to

00:37:34.920 --> 00:37:36.059
 hold on

00:37:36.059 --> 00:37:38.320
 and

00:37:38.320 --> 00:37:39.579
 have

00:37:39.579 --> 00:37:40.659
 what

00:37:40.659 --> 00:37:42.400
 you

00:37:42.400 --> 00:37:42.599
 have

00:37:42.599 --> 00:37:42.759
 to

00:37:42.759 --> 00:37:43.139
 give

00:37:43.139 --> 00:37:43.940
 time

00:37:43.940 --> 00:37:44.000
 and

00:37:44.000 --> 00:37:44.119
 give

00:37:44.119 --> 00:37:44.259
 a

00:37:44.259 --> 00:37:45.420
 speech

00:37:45.420 --> 00:37:45.539
 and

00:37:45.539 --> 00:37:46.219
 give

00:37:46.219 --> 00:37:46.259
 them

00:37:46.259 --> 00:37:47.779
 and

00:37:47.779 --> 00:37:48.380
 if

00:37:48.380 --> 00:37:48.639
 you

00:37:48.639 --> 00:37:48.679
 have

00:37:48.679 --> 00:37:49.219
 them

00:37:49.219 --> 00:37:50.139
 have

00:37:50.139 --> 00:37:50.500
 to

00:37:50.500 --> 00:37:50.719
 invite

00:37:50.719 --> 00:37:51.380
 them

00:37:51.380 --> 00:37:51.860
 to

00:37:51.860 --> 00:37:52.599
 franchise

00:37:52.599 --> 00:37:53.320
 and

00:37:53.320 --> 00:37:53.900
 offer

00:37:53.900 --> 00:37:54.599
 them

00:37:54.599 --> 00:37:54.639
 is