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 Romans chapter 6 verse 15.

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 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means.

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 Don't you know that when you offer yourselves to someone to obey him as slaves, you are slaves to the one whom you obey,

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 whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness.

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 But thanks be to God that though you used to be slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were entrusted.

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 You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.

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 I put this in human terms because you are weak in your natural selves,

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 just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness.

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 So now offer them in slavery to righteousness, leading to holiness.

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 When you are slaves to sin, you are free from the control of righteousness.

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 What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of?

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 Those things result in death.

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 But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God,

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 the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life.

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 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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 Thank you, Peter.

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 Well, please keep your Bibles open.

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 If you haven't got a Bible, I encourage you to get one.

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 There's one at the back.

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 And you can follow along and make sure that everything that we're saying and talking about does come from God's Word.

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 That's most important.

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 We don't want to be hearing my thoughts or ideas, but what God has to say.

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 There's also a sheet.

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 There's one left if anybody wants it.

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 Take notes.

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 Feel free to come up and get it.

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 I'll leave it here.

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 It won't burn.

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 Well, let's pray together.

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 Our Father, thank you for your goodness to us.

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 Thank you for your Word.

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 Thank you for this book of Romans that we have been able to study and look at together.

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 We pray that what we read and think through now would be words from you that change us,

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 words that bring life, words that shape how we live and how we should serve.

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 We pray that we would be encouraged through this morning,

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 that you would challenge us where we need to be challenged,

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 and that we would put right in our lives the areas that need to be put right.

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 But we want to do all of this under your grace.

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 not our performance,

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 but recognizing that all this is only possible because of what Jesus has done for us.

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 So please help us.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Well, I have a new rule for everyone.

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 From now on,

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 there's only going to be one rule.

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 And here's the rule.

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 You ready?

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 There are no rules.

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 Do you like that?

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 Because that's exactly what I said.

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 From now on,

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 we're not going to have any more rules.

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 Do you remember that list Joy was talking about at the beginning?

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 About rotas for helping out and serving?

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 Tear it up.

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 No more rules.

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 But you say,

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 how can we do that?

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 If there were no more rules,

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 we would descend into absolute chaos.

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 People would do whatever they wanted.

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 They would arrive whenever they wanted,

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 which people do anyway.

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 We need rules to keep us right.

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 We need to make sure that we do the right thing.

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 No more rules.

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 That would be absolute madness.

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 It would seem very strange, wouldn't it,

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 for somebody to say,

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 there are no more rules.

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 But that's exactly what Paul seems to be saying to the church

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 and to us.

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 Look at verse 14 of chapter 6.

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 He says,

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 sin shall not be your master

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 because you are not under law

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 but under grace.

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 It's very clear, isn't it?

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 No more rules.

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 We're not under law.

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 We're under grace.

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 Verse 15.

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 What then?

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 Shall we sin because we are not under law

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 but under grace?

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 You could imagine them reading this

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 and thinking to themselves,

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 has Paul gone mad?

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 Has this gospel thing gone to his head?

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 How can you say,

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 we are not under law but under grace?

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 If we're under grace,

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 that means we can do whatever we like

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 and God is going to forgive us.

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 Look at the rest of verse 15.

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 By no means.

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 No, he says,

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 that's not what I am saying.

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 I do say,

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 there are no more rules

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 but that does not mean

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 we can live however we want.

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 If you are a Christian,

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 if you are somebody who trusts in Jesus,

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 you live under the rule of grace

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 and that radically changes

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 your whole life

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 and as we will see,

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 it radically changes

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 your whole attitude to serving.

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 You see,

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 there were those in this church

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 that are being written to

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 who were concerned about right behaviour

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 and I think we're all kinds of people

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 who are concerned about right behaviour.

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 that things are done well.

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 And in this church,

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 there were two groups of people.

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 You had the Jews

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 who were from a religious background

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 and they were concerned

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 about the Gentiles.

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 They were people

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 who were from a non-religious background

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 and they were concerned

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 that they would take this grace thing

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 too far.

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 In other words,

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 a licence to sin.

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 Those people,

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 they'll just behave

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 however they want.

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 They'll say,

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 God will forgive us.

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 It doesn't matter what time we come.

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 It doesn't matter what we do.

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 God will forgive us.

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 So the way in which

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 to keep order in their church

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 was to slap on lots of rules.

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 Let's have lots of rules

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 and everybody will keep things right.

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 But as he explained

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 back in chapter 5 verse 20,

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 have a look at 5 verse 20,

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 he said the law,

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 talking about the law of Moses,

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 the first five books,

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 was added

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 so that the trespass

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 might increase.

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 Now the principle

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 was very clear.

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 Rules or law

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 only tell you

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 what the right thing is.

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 They can't make you

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 do the right thing.

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 Laws and rules

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 have no power.

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 The only power they have

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 is to punish you.

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 They can't free you.

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 They can't make you

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 do the right thing.

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 No, he's saying,

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 rules are no good.

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 We must live under grace.

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 And by teaching them

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 all about grace,

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 he is bringing

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 these two dividing groups together.

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 He's getting the religious bunch

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 on the one hand

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 who want to control grace

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 and say,

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 let's not dish out

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 too much grace here.

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 And then he's wanting

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 to bring the other group,

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 the non-religious group

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 who seem to be abusing grace

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 and doing whatever they want.

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 And he brings them together

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 and he says,

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 I want you to live under grace.

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 You will have a different

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 kind of life

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 under grace.

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 You will no longer

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 be serving self,

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 your own needs

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 and your own wants.

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 Instead,

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 in grateful response

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 to God's amazing salvation,

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 you will serve God

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 and you will serve each other

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 and you will serve

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 your church well

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 because of the grace

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 you have received.

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 We could change

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 what I said at the beginning

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 a little bit.

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 There's only one rule

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 and it's the rule of grace.

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 Because if we live under grace,

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 we won't need rules,

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 we won't need rotas,

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 we won't need anything like that

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 because

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 our lives will be

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 so radically changed,

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 we will be serving

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 in ways we never thought possible.

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 That, I think,

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 is what Paul is going

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 to be getting to

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 at the rest of chapter 6.

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 So let's unpack this

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 a little bit more,

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 this whole idea

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 of grace

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 enabling us to serve.

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 The first thing

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 we want to notice

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 is that everyone

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 serves someone.

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 Every one of us here

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 serves someone.

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 Look at verse 16.

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 Don't you know

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 that when you offer yourselves

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 to someone

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 to obey him as slaves,

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 you are slaves

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 to the one

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 whom you obey.

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 Whether you are slaves

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 to sin,

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 which leads to death,

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 or slaves to obedience,

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 which leads to righteousness.

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 You see,

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 we all serve

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 somebody.

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 And the way

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 to find out

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 who it is

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 that we're serving

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 is by asking,

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 who do I obey?

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 Because if we look closely

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 at verse 16,

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 it says,

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 you are slaves

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 to the one

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 that you obey.

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 So that's a good question

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 for us all to ask.

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 Who do we obey?

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 Well,

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 it seems like

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 we have two choices.

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 In verse 16,

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 we are either

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 slaves to sin.

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 In other words,

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 we obey self.

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 We obey what I want.

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 Or,

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 we are slaves

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 to obedience.

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 That's slaves to Christ.

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 In other words,

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 we obey God.

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 What he wants.

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 And because we're all here

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 in church together

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 this morning,

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 and we've got our Bibles open,

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 we'd all like to think

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 we're in the second category,

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 that we obey God.

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 But look at verse 20.

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 He says,

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 when you were slaves

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 to sin,

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 you were free

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 from the control

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 or the restraint

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 of righteousness.

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 Yes,

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 he said,

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 you did have a freedom,

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 but it was only

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 a freedom

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 to obey self.

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 You couldn't

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 obey righteousness.

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 Let me explain it.

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 It's a little bit

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 like addictions.

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 Addicts

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 don't want

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 to be

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 addicts.

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 They want to be able

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 to break free

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 from its control

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 and break free

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 from its hold

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 in their lives.

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 And addicts

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 are free

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 to make that choice

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 every single day.

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 but they still

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 obey

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 their body's

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 cravings.

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 And in the same way,

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 it's saying

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 without Christ,

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 we are addicts

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 to obey

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 what we want,

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 not what God wants.

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 We obey

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 our cravings.

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 We obey

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 what our desires are,

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 not God's desires.

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 sinners.

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 So back to verse 16,

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 if we are given

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 the choice,

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 will you obey God

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 or will you obey

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 self?

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 Well,

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 self wins

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 every single time.

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 In fact,

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 the painful truth is,

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 without Christ,

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 we don't have a choice

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 to do what is right.

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 We are natural born

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 sinners.

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 We can't help

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 but do the wrong thing.

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 That's who we are.

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 That is our nature.

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 And when we're talking

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 about sin,

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 let's not just think

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 about breaking rules,

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 things we don't do

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 or things we should do.

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 It's a lifestyle.

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 Sin is a lifestyle.

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 It's our nature.

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 It's a life

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 that desperately

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 tries to live

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 outside of God.

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 In other words,

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 we are always living

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 to serve our own needs

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 and our own wants.

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 Rather than obey God

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 who gives us

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 everything that we need,

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 we will obey

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 anything

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 and anyone

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 that gives us

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 what we want.

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 So,

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 if I wanted

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 to have sex

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 with someone else,

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 I would have an affair.

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 I would obey

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 that hunger

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 inside of me.

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 If I want a job,

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 I will tell lies

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 in my CV

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 and I'll write down

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 anything I want to

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 because I obey

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 the desire

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 that's in me.

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 If I want

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 more control

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 over somebody

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 or over a situation,

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 then I will begin

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 to bully

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 because I obey me.

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 It's something

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 that I want.

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 It's something

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 that I desire

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 and I will do

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 anything to get it.

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 So,

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 sin is always

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 living outside of God.

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 That's the way

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 it expresses itself.

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 It's a life

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 that serves me.

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 It puts me

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 at the center

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 rather than God.

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 God.

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 Or as one writer

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 put it like this,

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 we de-God

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 God.

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 We take away

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 God's right

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 and we give it

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 to ourselves

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 and say,

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 you choose

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 what you want

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 to do.

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 But the seriousness

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 of that problem

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 is that we

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 cannot help

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 but serve

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 me

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 all of the time.

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 So,

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 we all serve

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 someone

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 and the truth

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 is we serve

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 ourselves.

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 but thankfully

00:14:35.699 --> 00:14:36.939
 we can be set

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 free from that

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 kind of lifestyle.

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 We can be set

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 free to serve

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 God

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 and it's grace

00:14:42.500 --> 00:14:43.539
 that sets us

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 free.

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 Look at verse 17.

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 Thanks be to God

00:14:48.379 --> 00:14:49.179
 that though you

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 used to be

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 slaves to sin,

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 you wholeheartedly

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 obeyed the form

00:14:54.639 --> 00:14:55.259
 of teaching

00:14:55.259 --> 00:14:56.000
 to which you

00:14:56.000 --> 00:14:56.679
 were entrusted.

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 You have been

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 set free

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 from sin.

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 Now that's

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 good news

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 because it's

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 telling us

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 that we've

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 been changed

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 from one kind

00:15:07.779 --> 00:15:08.360
 of lifestyle

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 to another

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 kind of lifestyle.

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 From serving

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 self

00:15:11.720 --> 00:15:12.779
 to serving

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 others

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 and to

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 serving God.

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 Well,

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 how does that

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 change happen?

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 Well,

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 there's two ways

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 this happens.

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 First,

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 it's through

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 obeying the

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 gospel.

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 Look at what

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 it says there

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 in verse 17.

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 It says,

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 you wholeheartedly

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 obeyed the

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 form of

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 teaching.

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 Now that's a

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 funny way of

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 putting that.

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 The form of

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 teaching

00:15:38.840 --> 00:15:40.639
 is saying

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 it's the

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 gospel.

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 That's what

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 the form of

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 teaching was

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 that they had

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 been taught.

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 And in

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 particular,

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 it is the

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 good news

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 that he has

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 begun explaining

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 all the way

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 through Romans

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 that Jesus

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 has put us

00:15:53.379 --> 00:15:53.960
 right with

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 God.

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 He's changed

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 our life

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 around.

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 The author

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 John Stott

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 explains it

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 well.

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 There's a

00:16:00.320 --> 00:16:00.899
 quote up

00:16:00.899 --> 00:16:01.860
 behind me.

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 Just follow

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 it as I

00:16:02.879 --> 00:16:04.220
 read about

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 the way in

00:16:04.720 --> 00:16:05.220
 which God

00:16:05.220 --> 00:16:05.779
 puts us

00:16:05.779 --> 00:16:06.120
 right.

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 This is a

00:16:07.639 --> 00:16:08.220
 summary of

00:16:08.220 --> 00:16:08.779
 the gospel.

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 Justification

00:16:09.840 --> 00:16:11.580
 is a legal

00:16:11.580 --> 00:16:12.419
 term borrowed

00:16:12.419 --> 00:16:13.039
 from the

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 law courts.

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 It is the

00:16:15.279 --> 00:16:16.299
 exact opposite

00:16:16.299 --> 00:16:17.679
 of condemnation.

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 To condemn

00:16:19.399 --> 00:16:20.139
 is to

00:16:20.139 --> 00:16:21.059
 declare someone

00:16:21.059 --> 00:16:21.600
 guilty.

00:16:22.460 --> 00:16:23.539
 To justify

00:16:23.539 --> 00:16:24.740
 is to

00:16:24.740 --> 00:16:25.559
 declare him

00:16:25.559 --> 00:16:26.359
 righteous

00:16:26.359 --> 00:16:27.379
 or put

00:16:27.379 --> 00:16:27.879
 right with

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 God.

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 In the

00:16:29.219 --> 00:16:29.599
 Bible,

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 it refers

00:16:30.479 --> 00:16:31.399
 to God's

00:16:31.399 --> 00:16:31.879
 act of

00:16:31.879 --> 00:16:32.599
 unmerited

00:16:32.599 --> 00:16:33.099
 favour,

00:16:33.279 --> 00:16:34.019
 his grace,

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 by which

00:16:35.199 --> 00:16:35.699
 he puts

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 the sinner

00:16:36.399 --> 00:16:37.479
 right with

00:16:37.479 --> 00:16:38.079
 himself,

00:16:38.759 --> 00:16:39.619
 not only

00:16:39.619 --> 00:16:40.659
 pardoning or

00:16:40.659 --> 00:16:41.459
 acquitting him,

00:16:42.079 --> 00:16:43.339
 but accepting

00:16:43.339 --> 00:16:45.139
 him and

00:16:45.139 --> 00:16:46.500
 treating him

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 as righteous.

00:16:48.959 --> 00:16:49.779
 That is the

00:16:49.779 --> 00:16:50.419
 form of

00:16:50.419 --> 00:16:50.799
 teaching.

00:16:51.019 --> 00:16:51.599
 That is the

00:16:51.599 --> 00:16:51.939
 gospel.

00:16:52.419 --> 00:16:53.139
 Jesus was

00:16:53.139 --> 00:16:54.500
 treated as

00:16:54.500 --> 00:16:55.299
 I deserve

00:16:55.299 --> 00:16:55.679
 to be

00:16:55.679 --> 00:16:56.100
 treated

00:16:56.100 --> 00:16:59.419
 so that

00:16:59.419 --> 00:17:00.080
 I can be

00:17:00.080 --> 00:17:00.480
 treated

00:17:00.480 --> 00:17:01.799
 as Jesus

00:17:01.799 --> 00:17:02.639
 deserves to

00:17:02.639 --> 00:17:03.159
 be treated.

00:17:04.619 --> 00:17:05.599
 And if we

00:17:05.599 --> 00:17:06.380
 obey this

00:17:06.380 --> 00:17:06.859
 gospel,

00:17:07.319 --> 00:17:08.079
 if we put

00:17:08.079 --> 00:17:08.759
 our faith

00:17:08.759 --> 00:17:09.480
 and trust

00:17:09.480 --> 00:17:10.039
 in this,

00:17:10.559 --> 00:17:11.079
 we are

00:17:11.079 --> 00:17:11.440
 saying,

00:17:11.819 --> 00:17:12.400
 I can't

00:17:12.400 --> 00:17:13.339
 help but

00:17:13.339 --> 00:17:13.759
 be a

00:17:13.759 --> 00:17:13.980
 sinner,

00:17:14.319 --> 00:17:14.779
 and I

00:17:14.779 --> 00:17:15.500
 need Jesus

00:17:15.500 --> 00:17:16.759
 to change

00:17:16.759 --> 00:17:17.140
 me.

00:17:18.039 --> 00:17:18.819
 And this

00:17:18.819 --> 00:17:19.140
 is what

00:17:19.140 --> 00:17:19.779
 sets us

00:17:19.779 --> 00:17:19.960
 free.

00:17:20.059 --> 00:17:20.500
 This is what

00:17:20.500 --> 00:17:21.140
 changes us

00:17:21.140 --> 00:17:21.540
 from being

00:17:21.540 --> 00:17:22.280
 so self

00:17:22.280 --> 00:17:22.840
 centred

00:17:22.840 --> 00:17:23.880
 to being

00:17:23.880 --> 00:17:24.320
 God

00:17:24.320 --> 00:17:24.920
 centred.

00:17:26.180 --> 00:17:26.759
 But there's

00:17:26.759 --> 00:17:27.160
 a second

00:17:27.160 --> 00:17:27.700
 part to

00:17:27.700 --> 00:17:28.080
 how this

00:17:28.080 --> 00:17:28.640
 change

00:17:28.640 --> 00:17:29.340
 comes about,

00:17:29.500 --> 00:17:30.020
 how this

00:17:30.020 --> 00:17:30.480
 freedom

00:17:30.480 --> 00:17:31.120
 comes.

00:17:31.960 --> 00:17:32.400
 Look at

00:17:32.400 --> 00:17:32.700
 what it

00:17:32.700 --> 00:17:33.259
 says there.

00:17:33.360 --> 00:17:33.740
 It says

00:17:33.740 --> 00:17:34.500
 this form

00:17:34.500 --> 00:17:35.200
 of teaching

00:17:35.200 --> 00:17:36.380
 to which

00:17:36.380 --> 00:17:37.000
 you were

00:17:37.000 --> 00:17:38.440
 entrusted.

00:17:39.840 --> 00:17:40.540
 Now if

00:17:40.540 --> 00:17:40.820
 you are

00:17:40.820 --> 00:17:41.420
 entrusted

00:17:41.420 --> 00:17:42.120
 to something,

00:17:42.240 --> 00:17:42.700
 that means

00:17:42.700 --> 00:17:43.040
 you are

00:17:43.040 --> 00:17:43.580
 under its

00:17:43.580 --> 00:17:44.300
 care or

00:17:44.300 --> 00:17:44.860
 protection.

00:17:46.060 --> 00:17:46.740
 If you

00:17:46.740 --> 00:17:47.160
 bring your

00:17:47.160 --> 00:17:47.920
 child to a

00:17:47.920 --> 00:17:48.400
 creche or

00:17:48.400 --> 00:17:48.740
 to a

00:17:48.740 --> 00:17:49.200
 school,

00:17:49.200 --> 00:17:49.940
 you are

00:17:49.940 --> 00:17:50.400
 placing

00:17:50.400 --> 00:17:51.000
 your

00:17:51.000 --> 00:17:52.480
 child or

00:17:52.480 --> 00:17:53.220
 entrusting

00:17:53.220 --> 00:17:53.819
 them to

00:17:53.819 --> 00:17:54.440
 their care

00:17:54.440 --> 00:17:55.100
 or protection.

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 And that's

00:17:56.700 --> 00:17:57.420
 exactly what

00:17:57.420 --> 00:17:57.860
 it is for

00:17:57.860 --> 00:17:58.279
 those who

00:17:58.279 --> 00:17:59.200
 have obeyed

00:17:59.200 --> 00:17:59.840
 the gospel.

00:18:00.880 --> 00:18:01.539
 We are

00:18:01.539 --> 00:18:02.299
 put under

00:18:02.299 --> 00:18:03.019
 the care

00:18:03.019 --> 00:18:03.740
 and under

00:18:03.740 --> 00:18:04.519
 the supervision

00:18:04.519 --> 00:18:04.960
 of the

00:18:04.960 --> 00:18:05.299
 gospel.

00:18:05.539 --> 00:18:06.160
 That means

00:18:06.160 --> 00:18:06.539
 we can

00:18:06.539 --> 00:18:07.120
 never be

00:18:07.120 --> 00:18:07.840
 taken back

00:18:07.840 --> 00:18:08.220
 by the

00:18:08.220 --> 00:18:08.519
 rule of

00:18:08.519 --> 00:18:08.680
 sin.

00:18:09.000 --> 00:18:09.240
 Nobody

00:18:09.240 --> 00:18:09.840
 can come

00:18:09.840 --> 00:18:10.180
 in and

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 take us

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 away.

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 We have

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 been set

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 free and

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 are now

00:18:15.420 --> 00:18:16.019
 under the

00:18:16.019 --> 00:18:16.720
 gospel's

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 care,

00:18:17.400 --> 00:18:17.980
 never to

00:18:17.980 --> 00:18:18.779
 be condemned

00:18:18.779 --> 00:18:21.259
 but always

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 accepted and

00:18:22.579 --> 00:18:23.779
 always treated

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 as righteous

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 no matter

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 what we've

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 done.

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 And maybe

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 you're sitting

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 here this

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 morning and

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 you're thinking

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 what I did

00:18:31.859 --> 00:18:32.579
 this week or

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 what I've been

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 thinking this

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 morning is

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 so outside

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 of God.

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 But yet if

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 we are trusting

00:18:40.599 --> 00:18:41.220
 in Jesus,

00:18:41.420 --> 00:18:42.339
 we are entrusted

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 under his

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 care,

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 under his

00:18:44.879 --> 00:18:45.480
 protection,

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 never to be

00:18:46.799 --> 00:18:47.299
 condemned

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 but always

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 accepted and

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 treated as

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 righteous.

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 So we

00:18:55.619 --> 00:18:55.980
 have been

00:18:55.980 --> 00:18:57.079
 set free

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 by grace

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 to live a

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 different way.

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 Not to do

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 like what we

00:19:02.659 --> 00:19:03.500
 want to do

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 but to live

00:19:05.779 --> 00:19:06.359
 a different

00:19:06.359 --> 00:19:06.659
 way,

00:19:06.779 --> 00:19:07.240
 to live a

00:19:07.240 --> 00:19:07.899
 life of

00:19:07.899 --> 00:19:09.299
 service because

00:19:09.299 --> 00:19:10.099
 grace sets

00:19:10.099 --> 00:19:10.759
 us free to

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 serve.

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 Look at the

00:19:12.240 --> 00:19:12.839
 rest of verse

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 18.

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 Well we'll

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 read all of

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 verse 18

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 into 19.

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 You have

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 been set

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 free from

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 sin,

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 so that's

00:19:20.599 --> 00:19:21.019
 the old

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 way,

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 and have

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 now become

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 slaves to

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 righteousness.

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 I put this

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 in human

00:19:28.399 --> 00:19:29.119
 terms or I

00:19:29.119 --> 00:19:29.819
 use a human

00:19:29.819 --> 00:19:30.319
 illustration

00:19:30.319 --> 00:19:31.799
 because you're

00:19:31.799 --> 00:19:32.899
 weak in your

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 natural selves.

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 He's being a

00:19:35.819 --> 00:19:36.420
 little bit rude

00:19:36.420 --> 00:19:37.099
 there isn't he?

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 He's saying

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 you're a bit

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 thick, you

00:19:38.220 --> 00:19:38.819
 can't get it

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 so I'm going

00:19:39.240 --> 00:19:39.879
 to use a

00:19:39.879 --> 00:19:40.559
 little illustration

00:19:40.559 --> 00:19:41.259
 to help

00:19:41.259 --> 00:19:41.480
 you.

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 Now we

00:19:57.160 --> 00:19:57.440
 probably

00:19:57.440 --> 00:19:58.220
 struggle with

00:19:58.220 --> 00:19:59.039
 this word

00:19:59.039 --> 00:19:59.519
 here of

00:19:59.519 --> 00:20:00.339
 slaves because

00:20:00.339 --> 00:20:01.099
 nobody wants

00:20:01.099 --> 00:20:01.519
 to be a

00:20:01.519 --> 00:20:01.819
 slave.

00:20:02.319 --> 00:20:03.039
 Slavery was

00:20:03.039 --> 00:20:03.500
 cruel,

00:20:03.920 --> 00:20:04.640
 slavery was

00:20:04.640 --> 00:20:05.480
 abolished many

00:20:05.480 --> 00:20:06.099
 years ago.

00:20:06.380 --> 00:20:06.960
 It breaks

00:20:06.960 --> 00:20:07.539
 people and

00:20:07.539 --> 00:20:08.099
 destroys

00:20:08.099 --> 00:20:08.660
 people.

00:20:09.940 --> 00:20:10.640
 So why is

00:20:10.640 --> 00:20:11.300
 he using it?

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 Well he's

00:20:12.240 --> 00:20:12.880
 using it here

00:20:12.880 --> 00:20:13.500
 to help us

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 to understand

00:20:14.420 --> 00:20:15.020
 our new

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 purpose in

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 life.

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 And that's

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 why he puts

00:20:18.600 --> 00:20:19.520
 it in a

00:20:19.520 --> 00:20:20.120
 strange way

00:20:20.120 --> 00:20:20.500
 in verse

00:20:20.500 --> 00:20:20.960
 19.

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 He says I

00:20:21.580 --> 00:20:22.080
 use this

00:20:22.080 --> 00:20:22.940
 in human

00:20:22.940 --> 00:20:23.740
 terms because

00:20:23.740 --> 00:20:24.520
 you're weak

00:20:24.520 --> 00:20:25.360
 in your

00:20:25.360 --> 00:20:25.780
 natural

00:20:25.780 --> 00:20:26.259
 selves.

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 I want to

00:20:26.820 --> 00:20:27.280
 use this

00:20:27.280 --> 00:20:28.100
 illustration

00:20:28.100 --> 00:20:28.940
 of slavery

00:20:28.940 --> 00:20:30.259
 to help

00:20:30.259 --> 00:20:31.080
 you grasp

00:20:31.080 --> 00:20:32.340
 our freedom.

00:20:33.300 --> 00:20:33.820
 It sounds

00:20:33.820 --> 00:20:34.460
 a contradiction

00:20:34.460 --> 00:20:35.020
 but I want

00:20:35.020 --> 00:20:35.360
 you to

00:20:35.360 --> 00:20:36.820
 grasp this.

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 He says

00:20:37.980 --> 00:20:39.100
 before you

00:20:39.100 --> 00:20:39.560
 were under

00:20:39.560 --> 00:20:40.140
 the control

00:20:40.140 --> 00:20:40.700
 of sin.

00:20:42.160 --> 00:20:42.780
 He was

00:20:42.780 --> 00:20:43.420
 our master

00:20:43.420 --> 00:20:43.780
 and we

00:20:43.780 --> 00:20:44.120
 were his

00:20:44.120 --> 00:20:44.480
 slaves.

00:20:44.580 --> 00:20:44.900
 We just

00:20:44.900 --> 00:20:45.500
 obeyed it.

00:20:45.560 --> 00:20:45.860
 We had

00:20:45.860 --> 00:20:46.300
 no way

00:20:46.300 --> 00:20:46.980
 about it.

00:20:47.520 --> 00:20:48.100
 But now

00:20:48.100 --> 00:20:48.460
 he says

00:20:48.460 --> 00:20:48.820
 you've been

00:20:48.820 --> 00:20:49.600
 set free.

00:20:49.759 --> 00:20:50.120
 You're under

00:20:50.120 --> 00:20:50.820
 the control

00:20:50.820 --> 00:20:51.520
 of grace.

00:20:52.320 --> 00:20:52.780
 God is

00:20:52.780 --> 00:20:53.460
 your master

00:20:53.460 --> 00:20:54.820
 and now

00:20:54.820 --> 00:20:55.660
 you're his

00:20:55.660 --> 00:20:56.480
 slaves.

00:20:57.860 --> 00:20:58.740
 But these

00:20:58.740 --> 00:20:59.680
 slaveries

00:20:59.680 --> 00:21:00.740
 are completely

00:21:00.740 --> 00:21:01.320
 opposite.

00:21:01.540 --> 00:21:01.800
 The way

00:21:01.800 --> 00:21:02.100
 in which

00:21:02.100 --> 00:21:02.940
 we serve

00:21:02.940 --> 00:21:04.140
 is completely

00:21:04.140 --> 00:21:04.660
 different.

00:21:04.660 --> 00:21:08.240
 these ways

00:21:08.240 --> 00:21:09.440
 are contrasted

00:21:09.440 --> 00:21:09.860
 in verse

00:21:09.860 --> 00:21:10.420
 19.

00:21:10.600 --> 00:21:10.800
 First,

00:21:10.920 --> 00:21:11.600
 slavery to

00:21:11.600 --> 00:21:12.000
 sin

00:21:12.000 --> 00:21:13.440
 is a

00:21:13.440 --> 00:21:13.920
 downward

00:21:13.920 --> 00:21:14.860
 spiral

00:21:14.860 --> 00:21:15.320
 into

00:21:15.320 --> 00:21:15.800
 chaos.

00:21:15.940 --> 00:21:16.180
 If you

00:21:16.180 --> 00:21:16.480
 were to

00:21:16.480 --> 00:21:16.860
 serve

00:21:16.860 --> 00:21:17.460
 self,

00:21:18.120 --> 00:21:18.640
 if that's

00:21:18.640 --> 00:21:19.180
 your option,

00:21:20.040 --> 00:21:20.400
 well,

00:21:20.460 --> 00:21:20.820
 it's just

00:21:20.820 --> 00:21:21.240
 going to

00:21:21.240 --> 00:21:21.759
 end in

00:21:21.759 --> 00:21:22.200
 chaos.

00:21:22.300 --> 00:21:22.580
 Look at

00:21:22.580 --> 00:21:23.320
 verse 19.

00:21:24.180 --> 00:21:24.740
 He says,

00:21:24.740 --> 00:21:26.180
 just as

00:21:26.180 --> 00:21:26.819
 you used

00:21:26.819 --> 00:21:27.359
 to offer

00:21:27.359 --> 00:21:27.940
 the parts

00:21:27.940 --> 00:21:28.240
 of your

00:21:28.240 --> 00:21:28.640
 body,

00:21:28.779 --> 00:21:29.480
 your life

00:21:29.480 --> 00:21:30.539
 in slavery

00:21:30.539 --> 00:21:32.299
 to impurity

00:21:32.299 --> 00:21:33.519
 and to

00:21:33.519 --> 00:21:34.059
 ever

00:21:34.059 --> 00:21:35.180
 increasing

00:21:35.180 --> 00:21:36.339
 wickedness.

00:21:36.620 --> 00:21:37.140
 It's a

00:21:37.140 --> 00:21:37.500
 downward

00:21:37.500 --> 00:21:38.200
 spiral.

00:21:41.319 --> 00:21:42.039
 When I

00:21:42.039 --> 00:21:42.319
 was at

00:21:42.319 --> 00:21:42.740
 school,

00:21:42.859 --> 00:21:43.120
 we were

00:21:43.120 --> 00:21:43.779
 always given

00:21:43.779 --> 00:21:44.319
 a packed

00:21:44.319 --> 00:21:44.880
 lunch,

00:21:45.599 --> 00:21:46.079
 sandwiches,

00:21:46.880 --> 00:21:47.460
 which I

00:21:47.460 --> 00:21:47.980
 never really

00:21:47.980 --> 00:21:48.420
 liked.

00:21:49.799 --> 00:21:51.240
 And I

00:21:51.240 --> 00:21:51.559
 had to

00:21:51.559 --> 00:21:52.019
 eat them.

00:21:52.200 --> 00:21:52.539
 That was

00:21:52.539 --> 00:21:53.039
 the rule.

00:21:53.700 --> 00:21:54.160
 Except for

00:21:54.160 --> 00:21:54.500
 I came

00:21:54.500 --> 00:21:55.099
 home one

00:21:55.099 --> 00:21:55.519
 day with

00:21:55.519 --> 00:21:55.700
 the

00:21:55.700 --> 00:21:56.019
 sandwiches

00:21:56.019 --> 00:21:56.440
 in my

00:21:56.440 --> 00:21:57.000
 box and

00:21:57.000 --> 00:21:57.599
 I didn't

00:21:57.599 --> 00:21:57.799
 want to

00:21:57.799 --> 00:21:58.119
 get into

00:21:58.119 --> 00:21:58.559
 trouble so

00:21:58.559 --> 00:21:58.920
 I threw

00:21:58.920 --> 00:21:59.240
 them in

00:21:59.240 --> 00:21:59.680
 the garden.

00:22:01.440 --> 00:22:02.019
 And I

00:22:02.019 --> 00:22:02.519
 was asked

00:22:02.519 --> 00:22:02.859
 when I

00:22:02.859 --> 00:22:03.359
 came in,

00:22:03.500 --> 00:22:03.880
 as mum

00:22:03.880 --> 00:22:04.240
 looked at

00:22:04.240 --> 00:22:04.619
 the empty

00:22:04.619 --> 00:22:05.119
 lunchbox,

00:22:05.180 --> 00:22:05.420
 did you

00:22:05.420 --> 00:22:05.779
 eat your

00:22:05.779 --> 00:22:06.160
 sandwiches?

00:22:06.720 --> 00:22:07.119
 Yes.

00:22:08.299 --> 00:22:08.920
 Sat down,

00:22:09.000 --> 00:22:09.380
 had dinner

00:22:09.380 --> 00:22:09.980
 that night

00:22:09.980 --> 00:22:11.420
 and in

00:22:11.420 --> 00:22:11.819
 came the

00:22:11.819 --> 00:22:12.160
 dog.

00:22:13.200 --> 00:22:13.779
 And he

00:22:13.779 --> 00:22:14.440
 dropped a

00:22:14.440 --> 00:22:15.099
 sandwich in

00:22:15.099 --> 00:22:15.500
 the kitchen

00:22:15.500 --> 00:22:15.960
 floor.

00:22:17.819 --> 00:22:18.519
 Are these

00:22:18.519 --> 00:22:18.740
 your

00:22:18.740 --> 00:22:19.200
 sandwiches?

00:22:20.079 --> 00:22:20.420
 No.

00:22:20.420 --> 00:22:24.640
 they are

00:22:24.640 --> 00:22:24.880
 your

00:22:24.880 --> 00:22:25.279
 sandwiches,

00:22:25.400 --> 00:22:25.539
 aren't

00:22:25.539 --> 00:22:25.700
 they?

00:22:25.759 --> 00:22:25.980
 Yes,

00:22:26.039 --> 00:22:26.740
 they are.

00:22:26.920 --> 00:22:27.140
 Yes,

00:22:27.300 --> 00:22:27.620
 yes.

00:22:27.700 --> 00:22:28.039
 When did

00:22:28.039 --> 00:22:28.279
 you put

00:22:28.279 --> 00:22:28.519
 them there?

00:22:28.600 --> 00:22:28.759
 Oh,

00:22:28.759 --> 00:22:29.120
 I can't

00:22:29.120 --> 00:22:29.539
 remember.

00:22:29.700 --> 00:22:30.019
 Ages

00:22:30.019 --> 00:22:30.380
 ago.

00:22:31.380 --> 00:22:31.779
 Jonathan,

00:22:31.940 --> 00:22:32.120
 they're

00:22:32.120 --> 00:22:32.420
 still

00:22:32.420 --> 00:22:33.019
 fresh.

00:22:33.019 --> 00:22:34.740
 I'd

00:22:34.740 --> 00:22:35.200
 been caught

00:22:35.200 --> 00:22:35.580
 rotten,

00:22:35.660 --> 00:22:36.140
 hadn't I?

00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:37.539
 But that's

00:22:37.539 --> 00:22:38.000
 the point

00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:38.380
 here.

00:22:39.100 --> 00:22:40.080
 That sin

00:22:40.080 --> 00:22:41.700
 always leads

00:22:41.700 --> 00:22:42.519
 to more

00:22:42.519 --> 00:22:42.940
 sin.

00:22:43.779 --> 00:22:44.160
 Ever

00:22:44.160 --> 00:22:44.759
 increasing

00:22:44.759 --> 00:22:45.519
 wickedness.

00:22:45.519 --> 00:22:47.279
 just a

00:22:47.279 --> 00:22:47.779
 downward

00:22:47.779 --> 00:22:48.480
 spiral.

00:22:48.839 --> 00:22:49.240
 The little

00:22:49.240 --> 00:22:50.139
 tiny mess

00:22:50.139 --> 00:22:51.079
 of just

00:22:51.079 --> 00:22:51.519
 throwing a

00:22:51.519 --> 00:22:51.660
 little

00:22:51.660 --> 00:22:52.079
 sandwich

00:22:52.079 --> 00:22:52.460
 away

00:22:52.460 --> 00:22:53.639
 ended up

00:22:53.639 --> 00:22:54.779
 to being

00:22:54.779 --> 00:22:55.279
 grounded

00:22:55.279 --> 00:22:56.359
 and a

00:22:56.359 --> 00:22:56.839
 big mess

00:22:56.839 --> 00:22:57.319
 for me.

00:22:58.220 --> 00:22:58.619
 But that's

00:22:58.619 --> 00:22:58.960
 just a

00:22:58.960 --> 00:22:59.619
 tiny little

00:22:59.619 --> 00:23:00.579
 picture of

00:23:00.579 --> 00:23:01.220
 the choices

00:23:01.220 --> 00:23:01.720
 that we

00:23:01.720 --> 00:23:02.180
 make in

00:23:02.180 --> 00:23:02.599
 our lives.

00:23:02.980 --> 00:23:03.279
 Tiny

00:23:03.279 --> 00:23:03.960
 little sins,

00:23:04.160 --> 00:23:04.680
 tiny little

00:23:04.680 --> 00:23:05.400
 choices that

00:23:05.400 --> 00:23:06.059
 people make,

00:23:06.319 --> 00:23:06.740
 obeying

00:23:06.740 --> 00:23:07.220
 self,

00:23:07.519 --> 00:23:08.079
 wanting to

00:23:08.079 --> 00:23:08.379
 please

00:23:08.379 --> 00:23:08.920
 themselves,

00:23:10.039 --> 00:23:10.900
 it destroys

00:23:10.900 --> 00:23:11.859
 their lives

00:23:11.859 --> 00:23:12.660
 and it

00:23:12.660 --> 00:23:13.220
 begins to

00:23:13.220 --> 00:23:13.819
 destroy

00:23:13.819 --> 00:23:14.519
 others.

00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:16.000
 Ever

00:23:16.000 --> 00:23:17.099
 increasing

00:23:17.099 --> 00:23:18.379
 wickedness.

00:23:19.819 --> 00:23:20.299
 Slavery

00:23:20.299 --> 00:23:21.039
 to sin.

00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:22.420
 It is

00:23:22.420 --> 00:23:22.900
 slavery.

00:23:23.139 --> 00:23:23.460
 It isn't

00:23:23.460 --> 00:23:23.960
 a freedom.

00:23:24.759 --> 00:23:25.200
 It's a

00:23:25.200 --> 00:23:25.579
 downward

00:23:25.579 --> 00:23:26.319
 spiral

00:23:26.319 --> 00:23:27.099
 into

00:23:27.099 --> 00:23:27.740
 chaos.

00:23:28.900 --> 00:23:30.099
 But grace

00:23:30.099 --> 00:23:31.180
 saves us

00:23:31.180 --> 00:23:31.579
 from all

00:23:31.579 --> 00:23:31.839
 of that.

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 It gives

00:23:32.319 --> 00:23:32.660
 us a

00:23:32.660 --> 00:23:33.119
 new way

00:23:33.119 --> 00:23:33.619
 to serve.

00:23:35.039 --> 00:23:35.619
 Slavery

00:23:35.619 --> 00:23:36.460
 to God

00:23:36.460 --> 00:23:37.500
 is a

00:23:37.500 --> 00:23:37.900
 growing

00:23:37.900 --> 00:23:38.720
 spiral

00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:39.839
 into

00:23:39.839 --> 00:23:40.379
 holiness.

00:23:41.460 --> 00:23:41.720
 Look

00:23:41.720 --> 00:23:41.900
 at the

00:23:41.900 --> 00:23:42.240
 rest of

00:23:42.240 --> 00:23:42.480
 verse

00:23:42.480 --> 00:23:43.299
 19.

00:23:44.779 --> 00:23:45.119
 He

00:23:45.119 --> 00:23:45.440
 says,

00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:46.279
 so now

00:23:46.279 --> 00:23:47.160
 offer

00:23:47.160 --> 00:23:48.259
 your body,

00:23:48.420 --> 00:23:48.639
 offer

00:23:48.639 --> 00:23:49.200
 yourselves

00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:49.500
 in

00:23:49.500 --> 00:23:50.139
 slavery

00:23:50.139 --> 00:23:50.980
 to

00:23:50.980 --> 00:23:51.720
 righteousness

00:23:51.720 --> 00:23:53.099
 which

00:23:53.099 --> 00:23:53.460
 leads

00:23:53.460 --> 00:23:53.660
 to

00:23:53.660 --> 00:23:54.059
 holiness.

00:23:54.680 --> 00:23:55.299
 As we

00:23:55.299 --> 00:23:55.559
 give

00:23:55.559 --> 00:23:56.019
 ourselves

00:23:56.019 --> 00:23:56.460
 now to

00:23:56.460 --> 00:23:56.740
 God

00:23:56.740 --> 00:23:57.019
 because

00:23:57.019 --> 00:23:57.240
 we're

00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:57.639
 able

00:23:57.639 --> 00:23:58.019
 to,

00:23:58.960 --> 00:23:59.259
 we

00:23:59.259 --> 00:23:59.619
 become

00:23:59.619 --> 00:23:59.920
 more

00:23:59.920 --> 00:24:00.200
 like

00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:00.720
 Christ.

00:24:02.220 --> 00:24:02.599
 His

00:24:02.599 --> 00:24:03.119
 character

00:24:03.119 --> 00:24:03.639
 becomes

00:24:03.639 --> 00:24:03.960
 like

00:24:03.960 --> 00:24:04.599
 our

00:24:04.599 --> 00:24:05.160
 character.

00:24:06.319 --> 00:24:06.740
 Slowly

00:24:06.740 --> 00:24:07.319
 we

00:24:07.319 --> 00:24:07.660
 begin

00:24:07.660 --> 00:24:08.059
 to be

00:24:08.059 --> 00:24:08.779
 transformed

00:24:08.779 --> 00:24:09.119
 where

00:24:09.119 --> 00:24:09.339
 we

00:24:09.339 --> 00:24:09.839
 no

00:24:09.839 --> 00:24:10.139
 longer

00:24:10.139 --> 00:24:10.440
 want

00:24:10.440 --> 00:24:10.599
 to

00:24:10.599 --> 00:24:10.859
 serve

00:24:10.859 --> 00:24:11.160
 self

00:24:11.160 --> 00:24:11.359
 but

00:24:11.359 --> 00:24:11.519
 we

00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:11.740
 want

00:24:11.740 --> 00:24:11.920
 to

00:24:11.920 --> 00:24:12.200
 serve

00:24:12.200 --> 00:24:12.740
 God.

00:24:14.940 --> 00:24:15.700
 And this

00:24:15.700 --> 00:24:16.000
 is the

00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:16.440
 amazing

00:24:16.440 --> 00:24:17.160
 transformation

00:24:17.160 --> 00:24:17.860
 that the

00:24:17.860 --> 00:24:18.180
 gospel

00:24:18.180 --> 00:24:18.620
 brings

00:24:18.620 --> 00:24:18.920
 into

00:24:18.920 --> 00:24:19.140
 our

00:24:19.140 --> 00:24:19.539
 lives.

00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:20.279
 Once

00:24:20.279 --> 00:24:20.460
 we

00:24:20.460 --> 00:24:20.700
 had

00:24:20.700 --> 00:24:21.000
 no

00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:21.539
 choice

00:24:21.539 --> 00:24:22.480
 but

00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:22.700
 now

00:24:22.700 --> 00:24:22.880
 we

00:24:22.880 --> 00:24:23.080
 have

00:24:23.080 --> 00:24:23.240
 a

00:24:23.240 --> 00:24:23.539
 brand

00:24:23.539 --> 00:24:23.759
 new

00:24:23.759 --> 00:24:24.220
 freedom

00:24:24.220 --> 00:24:24.460
 to

00:24:24.460 --> 00:24:24.660
 give

00:24:24.660 --> 00:24:25.059
 ourselves

00:24:25.059 --> 00:24:25.620
 completely

00:24:25.620 --> 00:24:25.860
 to

00:24:25.860 --> 00:24:26.180
 God.

00:24:26.559 --> 00:24:26.819
 But

00:24:26.819 --> 00:24:27.120
 let's

00:24:27.120 --> 00:24:27.299
 not

00:24:27.299 --> 00:24:27.900
 misunderstand

00:24:27.900 --> 00:24:28.319
 this

00:24:28.319 --> 00:24:28.819
 slavery

00:24:28.819 --> 00:24:29.160
 to

00:24:29.160 --> 00:24:29.480
 God.

00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:30.539
 God

00:24:30.539 --> 00:24:30.900
 is not

00:24:30.900 --> 00:24:31.420
 a cruel

00:24:31.420 --> 00:24:32.059
 dictator

00:24:32.059 --> 00:24:32.380
 who

00:24:32.380 --> 00:24:32.860
 orders

00:24:32.860 --> 00:24:33.059
 us

00:24:33.059 --> 00:24:33.480
 around

00:24:33.480 --> 00:24:34.480
 as an

00:24:34.480 --> 00:24:35.000
 exercise

00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:35.519
 of his

00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:35.880
 power

00:24:35.880 --> 00:24:36.340
 just to

00:24:36.340 --> 00:24:36.559
 show

00:24:36.559 --> 00:24:36.799
 how

00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:37.240
 strong

00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:37.440
 he

00:24:37.440 --> 00:24:37.700
 is.

00:24:37.700 --> 00:24:38.539
 He's

00:24:38.539 --> 00:24:38.720
 not

00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:38.920
 a

00:24:38.920 --> 00:24:39.380
 tyrant

00:24:39.380 --> 00:24:39.600
 who

00:24:39.600 --> 00:24:39.880
 waves

00:24:39.880 --> 00:24:40.039
 a

00:24:40.039 --> 00:24:40.220
 big

00:24:40.220 --> 00:24:40.620
 stick

00:24:40.620 --> 00:24:40.799
 at

00:24:40.799 --> 00:24:40.960
 us

00:24:40.960 --> 00:24:41.140
 in

00:24:41.140 --> 00:24:41.539
 temper.

00:24:42.400 --> 00:24:42.660
 No

00:24:42.660 --> 00:24:42.840
 he

00:24:42.840 --> 00:24:43.019
 is

00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:43.220
 the

00:24:43.220 --> 00:24:43.480
 loving

00:24:43.480 --> 00:24:43.920
 God

00:24:43.920 --> 00:24:44.059
 you

00:24:44.059 --> 00:24:44.500
 remember

00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:45.000
 who

00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:45.299
 came

00:24:45.299 --> 00:24:45.500
 to

00:24:45.500 --> 00:24:46.019
 serve

00:24:46.019 --> 00:24:46.440
 us

00:24:46.440 --> 00:24:46.960
 who

00:24:46.960 --> 00:24:47.279
 gave

00:24:47.279 --> 00:24:47.559
 his

00:24:47.559 --> 00:24:47.940
 life

00:24:47.940 --> 00:24:48.100
 for

00:24:48.100 --> 00:24:48.259
 us

00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:48.380
 who

00:24:48.380 --> 00:24:48.539
 would

00:24:48.539 --> 00:24:48.960
 die

00:24:48.960 --> 00:24:49.259
 for

00:24:49.259 --> 00:24:49.600
 us

00:24:49.600 --> 00:24:50.160
 that

00:24:50.160 --> 00:24:50.319
 is

00:24:50.319 --> 00:24:50.480
 the

00:24:50.480 --> 00:24:50.759
 kind

00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:50.940
 of

00:24:50.940 --> 00:24:51.420
 master

00:24:51.420 --> 00:24:51.680
 he

00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:51.900
 is

00:24:51.900 --> 00:24:52.299
 he

00:24:52.299 --> 00:24:52.500
 would

00:24:52.500 --> 00:24:52.779
 lay

00:24:52.779 --> 00:24:53.039
 down

00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:53.279
 his

00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:53.660
 life

00:24:53.660 --> 00:24:53.860
 for

00:24:53.860 --> 00:24:54.259
 us

00:24:54.259 --> 00:24:55.900
 he

00:24:55.900 --> 00:24:56.259
 gave

00:24:56.259 --> 00:24:56.480
 us

00:24:56.480 --> 00:24:57.220
 everything

00:24:57.220 --> 00:24:58.299
 so

00:24:58.299 --> 00:24:58.519
 that

00:24:58.519 --> 00:24:58.700
 in

00:24:58.700 --> 00:24:59.180
 grateful

00:24:59.180 --> 00:25:00.019
 response

00:25:00.019 --> 00:25:00.720
 we

00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:01.160
 owe

00:25:01.160 --> 00:25:01.660
 him

00:25:01.660 --> 00:25:02.240
 everything

00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:02.600
 that's

00:25:02.600 --> 00:25:02.740
 what

00:25:02.740 --> 00:25:02.880
 it

00:25:02.880 --> 00:25:03.100
 is

00:25:03.100 --> 00:25:03.240
 to

00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:03.380
 be

00:25:03.380 --> 00:25:03.540
 a

00:25:03.540 --> 00:25:03.820
 slave

00:25:03.820 --> 00:25:04.320
 we

00:25:04.320 --> 00:25:04.760
 owe

00:25:04.760 --> 00:25:05.020
 him

00:25:05.020 --> 00:25:05.380
 everything

00:25:05.380 --> 00:25:05.760
 because

00:25:05.760 --> 00:25:06.060
 he

00:25:06.060 --> 00:25:06.460
 gave

00:25:06.460 --> 00:25:06.680
 us

00:25:06.680 --> 00:25:07.160
 his

00:25:07.160 --> 00:25:07.760
 everything

00:25:07.760 --> 00:25:12.480
 so

00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:12.660
 we

00:25:12.660 --> 00:25:12.800
 have

00:25:12.800 --> 00:25:12.960
 been

00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:13.220
 given

00:25:13.220 --> 00:25:13.440
 a

00:25:13.440 --> 00:25:13.740
 brand

00:25:13.740 --> 00:25:13.960
 new

00:25:13.960 --> 00:25:14.180
 way

00:25:14.180 --> 00:25:14.400
 to

00:25:14.400 --> 00:25:14.920
 serve

00:25:14.920 --> 00:25:17.600
 but

00:25:17.600 --> 00:25:17.880
 let's

00:25:17.880 --> 00:25:18.160
 face

00:25:18.160 --> 00:25:18.300
 it

00:25:18.300 --> 00:25:18.460
 we

00:25:18.460 --> 00:25:18.680
 all

00:25:18.680 --> 00:25:18.880
 know

00:25:18.880 --> 00:25:19.040
 that

00:25:19.040 --> 00:25:19.240
 this

00:25:19.240 --> 00:25:19.380
 is

00:25:19.380 --> 00:25:19.960
 extremely

00:25:19.960 --> 00:25:20.480
 hard

00:25:20.480 --> 00:25:20.820
 it's

00:25:20.820 --> 00:25:21.180
 fine

00:25:21.180 --> 00:25:21.380
 in

00:25:21.380 --> 00:25:21.780
 theory

00:25:21.780 --> 00:25:22.120
 it's

00:25:22.120 --> 00:25:22.400
 fine

00:25:22.400 --> 00:25:22.660
 written

00:25:22.660 --> 00:25:22.940
 down

00:25:22.940 --> 00:25:23.100
 on

00:25:23.100 --> 00:25:23.260
 these

00:25:23.260 --> 00:25:23.640
 pages

00:25:23.640 --> 00:25:23.840
 and

00:25:23.840 --> 00:25:24.200
 talking

00:25:24.200 --> 00:25:24.520
 about

00:25:24.520 --> 00:25:24.720
 it

00:25:24.720 --> 00:25:25.540
 but

00:25:25.540 --> 00:25:25.700
 we

00:25:25.700 --> 00:25:26.060
 still

00:25:26.060 --> 00:25:26.520
 struggle

00:25:26.520 --> 00:25:26.800
 every

00:25:26.800 --> 00:25:27.180
 single

00:25:27.180 --> 00:25:27.420
 day

00:25:27.420 --> 00:25:27.640
 to

00:25:27.640 --> 00:25:27.840
 make

00:25:27.840 --> 00:25:28.020
 the

00:25:28.020 --> 00:25:28.240
 right

00:25:28.240 --> 00:25:28.840
 choice

00:25:28.840 --> 00:25:30.620
 and

00:25:30.620 --> 00:25:30.800
 as

00:25:30.800 --> 00:25:30.920
 we

00:25:30.920 --> 00:25:31.220
 begin

00:25:31.220 --> 00:25:31.460
 to

00:25:31.460 --> 00:25:31.680
 put

00:25:31.680 --> 00:25:31.920
 into

00:25:31.920 --> 00:25:32.380
 practice

00:25:32.380 --> 00:25:32.680
 this

00:25:32.680 --> 00:25:32.940
 whole

00:25:32.940 --> 00:25:33.360
 idea

00:25:33.380 --> 00:25:33.600
 of

00:25:33.600 --> 00:25:34.180
 serving

00:25:34.180 --> 00:25:34.700
 on

00:25:34.700 --> 00:25:34.880
 a

00:25:34.880 --> 00:25:35.140
 Sunday

00:25:35.140 --> 00:25:35.540
 morning

00:25:35.540 --> 00:25:35.780
 and

00:25:35.780 --> 00:25:36.040
 being

00:25:36.040 --> 00:25:36.400
 here

00:25:36.400 --> 00:25:37.220
 being

00:25:37.220 --> 00:25:37.620
 early

00:25:37.620 --> 00:25:38.200
 and

00:25:38.200 --> 00:25:38.460
 going

00:25:38.460 --> 00:25:38.800
 home

00:25:38.800 --> 00:25:39.180
 late

00:25:39.180 --> 00:25:40.080
 making

00:25:40.080 --> 00:25:40.340
 that

00:25:40.340 --> 00:25:40.740
 choice

00:25:40.740 --> 00:25:40.920
 is

00:25:40.920 --> 00:25:41.140
 going

00:25:41.140 --> 00:25:41.300
 to

00:25:41.300 --> 00:25:41.480
 be

00:25:41.480 --> 00:25:41.920
 hard

00:25:41.920 --> 00:25:42.140
 and

00:25:42.140 --> 00:25:42.520
 difficult

00:25:42.520 --> 00:25:42.880
 for

00:25:42.880 --> 00:25:43.260
 us

00:25:43.260 --> 00:25:45.560
 well

00:25:45.560 --> 00:25:45.700
 the

00:25:45.700 --> 00:25:45.900
 only

00:25:45.900 --> 00:25:46.140
 way

00:25:46.140 --> 00:25:46.340
 we're

00:25:46.340 --> 00:25:46.520
 going

00:25:46.520 --> 00:25:46.680
 to

00:25:46.680 --> 00:25:46.860
 make

00:25:46.860 --> 00:25:47.020
 the

00:25:47.020 --> 00:25:47.320
 right

00:25:47.320 --> 00:25:47.860
 choices

00:25:47.860 --> 00:25:48.760
 is

00:25:48.760 --> 00:25:49.020
 not

00:25:49.020 --> 00:25:49.360
 more

00:25:49.360 --> 00:25:49.980
 rules

00:25:49.980 --> 00:25:50.220
 we

00:25:50.220 --> 00:25:50.380
 could

00:25:50.380 --> 00:25:50.660
 have

00:25:50.660 --> 00:25:51.940
 10,000

00:25:51.940 --> 00:25:52.420
 rules

00:25:52.420 --> 00:25:52.780
 up on

00:25:52.780 --> 00:25:52.920
 the

00:25:52.920 --> 00:25:53.180
 board

00:25:53.180 --> 00:25:53.540
 telling

00:25:53.540 --> 00:25:53.780
 you

00:25:53.780 --> 00:25:54.180
 what

00:25:54.180 --> 00:25:54.520
 time

00:25:54.520 --> 00:25:54.660
 you

00:25:54.660 --> 00:25:54.860
 have

00:25:54.860 --> 00:25:54.980
 to

00:25:54.980 --> 00:25:55.120
 be

00:25:55.120 --> 00:25:55.460
 here

00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:55.960
 what

00:25:55.960 --> 00:25:56.320
 time

00:25:56.320 --> 00:25:56.460
 you

00:25:56.460 --> 00:25:56.640
 have

00:25:56.640 --> 00:25:56.780
 to

00:25:56.780 --> 00:25:56.940
 go

00:25:56.940 --> 00:25:57.240
 home

00:25:57.240 --> 00:25:57.380
 at

00:25:57.380 --> 00:25:57.900
 when

00:25:57.900 --> 00:25:58.100
 to

00:25:58.100 --> 00:25:58.340
 drink

00:25:58.340 --> 00:25:58.500
 your

00:25:58.500 --> 00:25:58.680
 tea

00:25:58.680 --> 00:25:58.960
 when

00:25:58.960 --> 00:25:59.120
 to

00:25:59.120 --> 00:25:59.279
 sit

00:25:59.279 --> 00:25:59.440
 down

00:25:59.440 --> 00:25:59.720
 he

00:25:59.720 --> 00:25:59.840
 can

00:25:59.840 --> 00:25:59.960
 have

00:25:59.960 --> 00:26:00.180
 all

00:26:00.180 --> 00:26:00.299
 of

00:26:00.299 --> 00:26:00.480
 these

00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:00.779
 sorts

00:26:00.779 --> 00:26:00.880
 of

00:26:00.880 --> 00:26:01.060
 things

00:26:01.060 --> 00:26:01.299
 but it's

00:26:01.299 --> 00:26:02.900
 not going to make anybody do anything

00:26:02.900 --> 00:26:07.920
 we need to be motivated by grace

00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:09.200
 each day

00:26:09.200 --> 00:26:11.880
 look at verse 21 to 22

00:26:11.880 --> 00:26:15.620
 they're written in contrast to each other

00:26:15.620 --> 00:26:18.680
 in other words he's saying look at what the life of sin brings

00:26:18.680 --> 00:26:21.380
 and look at what the life of grace brings

00:26:21.380 --> 00:26:25.560
 look at the benefits and the results of each

00:26:25.560 --> 00:26:29.980
 verse 21 this is what this is what a life of serving self brings

00:26:29.980 --> 00:26:31.480
 verse 21

00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:32.620
 what benefit

00:26:32.620 --> 00:26:37.220
 did you reap at the time from the things that you are now ashamed of

00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:40.620
 so when you were serving self and it was just going down and down and

00:26:40.620 --> 00:26:40.960
 down

00:26:40.960 --> 00:26:43.240
 what were the benefits of that

00:26:43.240 --> 00:26:45.740
 well absolutely nothing

00:26:45.740 --> 00:26:50.900
 those things result in death

00:26:50.900 --> 00:26:53.799
 complete separation from god

00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:55.980
 and eternity from him

00:26:55.980 --> 00:26:59.940
 is that the way you want to live he says

00:26:59.940 --> 00:27:01.980
 well here's another way

00:27:01.980 --> 00:27:03.759
 here's another way to be motivated

00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:04.640
 verse 22

00:27:04.640 --> 00:27:07.600
 but now that you've been set free from sin

00:27:07.600 --> 00:27:10.100
 and have become slaves to god

00:27:10.100 --> 00:27:12.360
 the benefit you reap

00:27:12.360 --> 00:27:14.080
 leads to holiness

00:27:14.080 --> 00:27:15.799
 and the result

00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:18.019
 is eternal life

00:27:18.019 --> 00:27:20.259
 complete contrast

00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:25.320
 if i want my son ethan to do his homework

00:27:25.320 --> 00:27:28.279
 i can sit him down at the table

00:27:28.279 --> 00:27:32.000
 i can shout at him and roar at him and tell him to hurry up

00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:34.819
 i can give off to him when his sums are wrong

00:27:34.819 --> 00:27:38.139
 i can tell him he's not doing good enough and he should do better

00:27:38.139 --> 00:27:41.879
 well the outcome would be absolutely disastrous

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 the work is never going to get done

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 it's going to end in tears

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 he's not going to like his homework

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 and he's not going to like me either

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 it'd be an absolute disaster

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 but if i were to sit down with ethan

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 and show him what to do

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 to go through it with him

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 and then to tell him

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 look when we're finished

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 whether you get it right or wrong

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 we're going to go to the cinema

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 now rather than fight homework

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 he's going to want to do it isn't he

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 now don't tell him i said that

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 because i don't want to bring him to the cinema every day

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 but there's an illustration there isn't it

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 that in the same way when we look at the benefits

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 and the results of grace

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 when we look at what's to come

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 the result is eternal life

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 the new heaven and the new earth

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 we will want to serve god more and more

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 because of what's to come

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 we'll want to do it

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 not as a way of earning these things

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 but because they belong to us already

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 look at verse 22

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 and look at how it's all past tense

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 but now that you have been set free

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 we're not working to set ourselves free

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 it's past it's been done by jesus

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 you have become slaves to god

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 it's not something we have to try and earn or work towards

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 it's been done

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 and now the benefits today

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 will be christ's likeness holiness

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 it will be eternal life

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 you see we need more grace

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 not more rules

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 if we're to serve god well

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 we need to see everything that god has done for us

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 all that is ours today

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 all that is ours to come

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 and it will change us to be people who serve

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 so the question we all need to be clear on is this

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 who are we going to serve

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 who is going to be the boss of your life

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 will it be self

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 or will it be christ

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 the outcomes are very different

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 verse 23

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 the wages of sin is death

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 the payment

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 if you live for self

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 all the work of living for yourself

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 sin is going to pay you

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 and he will pay you with death

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 but the gift of god

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 if we live to serve christ

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 the gift

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 not because of what we've done

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 but because of his generosity

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 will be eternal life

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 you see a community of believers

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 such as us here this morning

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 if we live under the rule of grace

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 we will have the lord jesus as our boss

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 and in response to this liberating grace

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 we will want to serve him in our lives

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 and in the world

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 and in our church

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 and it won't matter whether we're on a rota

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 for this week or next week

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 we'll just be serving all the time

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 any time

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 because it's really true

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 what we said at the beginning

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 we are not under grace

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 or sorry

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 we are under grace

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 there are no more rules

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 grace is the only rule

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 and grace that changes us

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 will turn lives that turn from self

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 to serving god

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 and serving those around us

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 may god help us to be a community

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 who live under his grace

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 and his goodness

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 let's pray together

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 our father god

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 we thank you

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 that you are the great servant

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 although you are creator

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 and lord of this world

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 you came to serve us

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 by giving your life for us

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 to set us free

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 from one kind of life

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 to bring us into another kind of life

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 help us to live

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 under your grace

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 each and every day

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 to be generous

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 with your grace

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 to one another

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 forgiving one another

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 supporting one another

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 caring for one another

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 help us not to abuse your grace

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 or to misunderstand it

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 as a license

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 to do what we want

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 but may it so transform us

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 and change us

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 that we are the kind of people

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 that serve you

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 so please help us

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 as your people

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 please help us as a church

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 we thank you for everybody

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 represented here

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 we thank you for all of their gifts

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 and abilities

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 we thank you for all those

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 who have served us today

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 in setting up

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 in tea and coffee

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 in welcoming

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 we thank you for everybody

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 and for all that they do

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 and we pray that we would

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 encourage each other

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 more and more

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 to do this well

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 in Jesus name

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 Amen