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 Brian with us. If you're not familiar with Munster Bible College, it's a wonderful opportunity

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 just to hear from God's Word, to learn from God's Word. And we're very privileged here

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 in Cork to have such learned men come. When you look at the biographies of people coming

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 each year, we read of professors, of people who have books published,

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 people who have spent years and years learning about the Word of God. And when you think and

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 read all this, you think, wow, they must be so amazing to have all this knowledge. And they are.

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 And yet, one thing that I've been amazed at in meeting the lecturers, when you meet them,

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 you're meeting men of God, men who in humility come to us to share with us. You don't know

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 that, you don't realize, wow, I'm speaking to a professor, somebody's read books, because there

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 are men who just have a heart for the Lord, who want to speak of the Lord and teach others.

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 And it's a privilege to be able to do that. It's been wonderful to have Brian. I've enjoyed

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 his classes, his master classes. And Brian, can I just pray with you as you come now to

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 preach to us?

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 Father, I do thank you for Brian. Thank you for all his years of learning, for all that you have

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 shown him in your Word. I thank you for his humility, his desire to share your Word with

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 others. And I thank you that even as he has been reading your Word and learning, that you have been

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 changing him to become more like his Saviour. I pray indeed, as we open up your Word, as we read

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 these words from Paul to the Philippians, I pray indeed our desire would be to learn, to grow,

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 where there is correction, that we'd be willing to be disciplined, where there is encouragement,

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 that we would be encouraged, where there are things that we need to learn or be reminded of,

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 indeed, that we would be changed by your Spirit, that you would change us to be more like your Saviour,

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 and that when we go from here, we will be people who have such a heart for you, a desire to

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 serve you, and to obey you. In Jesus' name, amen. Thank you, Brian.

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 I feel like I'm going to knock it out there. Yes, that looks a little better.

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 Good morning, everyone. It's great to be here. This is actually my fourth time. I think I've preached

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 one time or two times, but it's my fourth time across three of those for the college, and then

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 one time for a summer Bible week. And so it's really a delight for us to be here, and I know

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 so many of you now by name, having come since, I think, 2016 or something like that was my first

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 year, but whatever the case. Yeah, Jonathan mentioned books. I mean, the trick of writing a book,

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 there's only one trick, and that is you just have to be able to sit down for a really long time,

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 and then it just happens, right? So it doesn't really require a lot of skill except for sitting.

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 What we're going to do today is look at a text of the Bible that we're all pretty familiar with, but

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 before we start, I just want to ask you a question, and I checked with Joy to see if this translates.

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 Have you ever seen this phrase, you buy something, maybe it's furniture or something for the kids,

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 and on it it's stamped, some assembly required. Do you know what I'm talking about? You have this,

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 right? So I googled some assembly required stories, because I can remember when Jamie was just a child,

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 Denise and I would have like a dollhouse or something, right? So it's Christmas Eve,

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 Jamie finally goes to bed, it's about 1 a.m., and we get this dollhouse out,

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 and it says some assembly required, and somewhere around 4 a.m. or something, it's basically together,

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 and there's a few pieces like, well, these probably don't need these because, man, it'll fit anywhere,

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 and we've spent hours and hours in doing it. I looked at a website in particular. I'm really interested in cycling,

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 and I spent a lot of time looking at bikes that I can't afford, and so I was looking at this website

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 where you can mail order these bikes, and then it says some assembly required, but they say

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 even a 12-year-old can put it together. So I have these videos of a 12-year-old taking these bikes out of these boxes

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 and putting them together. Apparently, if you're above 12, it's impossible, because all the people who

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 wrote comments said, the problem here is I'm in my 20s, I'm not 12, so I can't do this.

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 And so they showed this kid putting it together, but it's almost impossible, but it's got this big sign on it,

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 some assembly required.

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 I think sometimes when we think about our salvation, you hear a text like this,

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 work out your salvation with fear and trembling.

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 And it sort of sounds like some assembly required for your salvation, even though you know,

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 right, and you probably know and you probably affirm that we are saved by grace, through faith,

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 in Christ, apart from our works, right?

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 Everybody probably would stand up and say, yes, I affirm that.

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 And then we come to a text like, work out your salvation with fear and trembling, and we think,

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 that must be like the fine print, right?

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 So you get the contract, and like everything's free, and then you go down, and it's like the part that you skip over

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 and you don't really read at the bottom of a contract or like agreement, if you like,

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 some sort of agreement on your phone, like, do I agree?

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 Like, yeah, I guess I just agree. But you don't read the small print,

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 and then you don't read the small print when it comes to your salvation,

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 and then later you hear, work out your salvation with fear and trembling.

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 And so we're going to look at this text.

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 We're going to look at this text from Philippians 2, 12 and 18.

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 But what I want to say is this.

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 When it comes to salvation, it is absolutely the opposite of some assembly required.

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 In fact, it is no assembly required.

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 Now, another way you can put that, though, is the opposite.

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 You could say all assembly required.

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 But what it means is God is the one who does all the assembling.

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 So it's not a case of God kind of gets us started,

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 and then like sort of maybe gives us some tools or something,

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 and then we just figure out the rest, right?

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 So we're going to look at this text.

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 But I think most of the time we're really familiar with part of this verse, right?

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 So if you're in Philippians 2, verse 12.

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 Verse 12 is kind of a long verse, but we tend to only know like one phrase from it,

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 and that is work out your salvation with fear and trembling.

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 But it's a big, long verse.

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 And not only that, it's in the middle of a letter.

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 So if Paul wrote this letter to you, or let's put it this way.

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 Let's say like, so next week we go back to the States,

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 and then a couple weeks later you receive a letter from me.

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 Like, why has this guy written me a letter?

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 But it's like three pages long.

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 And that sounds depressing probably.

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 But let's just say you get this letter from me or an email,

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 and it just goes on for like three pages.

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 Even if you weren't excited about getting a letter from me,

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 there's one thing you would never do.

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 Well, I guess you might not read it at all.

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 But if you're going to read it, there's one thing you would never do.

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 You would never start like the third page.

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 Ever. Like never.

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 That would never cross your mind, right?

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 If you get an email from one another,

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 or you get communication from the church that has announcements or whatever,

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 or maybe a pastoral letter from Johnny,

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 you would never start at the end or in the middle.

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 But you would do the simple thing,

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 and that is you would start at the beginning,

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 and you would read all the way through the end.

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 And I think sometimes, especially with a verse like this,

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 that we all know really, really well,

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 work out your salvation with fear and trembling,

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 the question we should ask ourselves is,

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 what has Paul said up to this point?

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 Or has Paul said anything to us about how this might work?

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 Or has Paul said anything about salvation before here?

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 Because sometimes we just read like it's just that verse,

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 just sort of floating around,

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 and then we sort of talk about it and think about it,

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 which is okay to do, right?

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 But it's meant to be read.

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 It's meant to be read as though we started at the beginning.

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 Now, I'm not going to read all the Philippians to you,

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 but we'll just read 12 to 18 here.

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 Therefore, my dear friends,

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 as you have always obeyed,

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 not only in my presence,

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 but now much more in my absence,

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 continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling,

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 for it is God who works in you

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 to will and to do or to act for his good purpose.

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 Do everything without grumbling or arguing,

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 so that you may be blameless and pure,

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 children of God without fault,

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 in a warped and crooked generation.

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 Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky

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 as you hold firmly to the word of life.

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 And then I will be able to boast on the day of Christ

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 that I'm not run or labor in vain.

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 But even if I'm being poured out like a drink offering

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 on the sacrifice and service coming from your faith,

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 I am glad and rejoice with all of you.

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 So you too should be glad and rejoice with me.

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 This is the word of the Lord.

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 So, the first thing that we need to understand

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 when we read this text is this.

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 It comes with a promise.

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 And the thing is, it's a promise we all know.

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 And we know it from this same book,

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 but it comes earlier.

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 Right?

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 So, when you read, when you read verse 12,

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 which we're going to talk about,

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 the thing is, by the time you would get to chapter 2,

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 verse 12, you would have already read this.

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 I thank my God every time I remember you,

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 in all my prayers for all of you,

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 I always pray with joy because of your partnership

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 in the gospel from the first day until now,

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 being confident of this,

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 that he who began a good work in you

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 will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ.

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 So, chapter 1, verse 6, has this promise.

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 So, Paul is totally confident,

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 he's absolutely confident

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 that God, who started the work in the Philippians,

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 is going to complete it.

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 Right?

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 He's already said this.

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 And notice he doesn't say,

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 I'm really confident

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 that this work that God started in you,

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 that you're going to complete it.

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 He says, I'm confident

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 that the one who, that is God,

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 the one who began a good work in you,

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 will complete it until the day of Jesus.

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 So, number one,

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 this command in chapter 2

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 comes with a promise

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 that Paul has already said,

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 and that is that God is the one

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 who is going to complete the work.

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 So, it's never, on your part or my part,

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 some assembly required.

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 Right?

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 It is all assembly required, actually,

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 but it's God who does all the assembling.

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 Because God is not calling us

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 to add to our salvation.

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 When he says, work out your salvation,

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 it's not like God has started his work in you,

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 and it's, you know,

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 it's kind of like,

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 it's like rough around the edges,

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 or it's sort of complete,

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 or he's kind of got you part of the way,

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 and he gets you like 90% of the way,

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 or even like 99% of the way.

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 And then he's just like,

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 now you kick your bit in,

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 and you put, you know,

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 I do my part,

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 and you throw in your part,

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 and finally, finally,

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 your salvation is going to be complete.

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 Now, probably, I'm guessing,

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 I don't know all of you that well,

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 I'm guessing that nobody in here

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 would go around,

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 if somebody came up to you and said,

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 hey, I heard you're a Christian,

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 can you explain what you mean by salvation?

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 I'm pretty sure that nobody would say

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 to somebody else,

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 like a non-believer,

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 well, basically it's this,

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 God saves us,

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 like 90%,

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 95%,

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 98%,

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 and then leaves it to us

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 to kind of fill up the rest

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 to make sure that we get to heaven.

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 Like, probably none of you

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 would explain it that way.

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 But I think when it comes to us,

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 when we think about ourselves personally,

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 and we hear,

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 work out your salvation

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 with fear and trembling,

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 we sometimes will then think things

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 and apply it to ourselves

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 that we wouldn't actually say

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 to other people.

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 Which then sometimes,

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 I think,

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 leaves us

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 in a place where we feel

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 maybe even hopeless.

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 Where we feel like,

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 now God has saved me,

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 but now God's out to get me.

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 Right?

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 So you hear this,

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 we'll talk about it in a minute.

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 It says,

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 with fear and trembling.

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 And the thing is,

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 is many of us,

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 many of us,

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 we believe that God saves us

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 completely by grace,

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 through faith,

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 in Jesus,

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 apart from our works,

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 because of His great love

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 with which He loved us.

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 That's what Paul says in Ephesians.

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 We believe that,

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 but then once we're saved,

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 I think sometimes we have this idea

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 that God is always behind us,

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 just waiting

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 for us to slip up.

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 Right?

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 In other words,

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 He goes from being

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 this gracious Savior

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 to being like

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 a school principal

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 who always assumes

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 that we're just

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 always on the brink

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 of doing something wrong

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 and the minute we do,

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 whap,

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 He's on top of us.

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 Right?

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 That He's always looking down like,

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 I know,

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 and just waiting.

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 Right?

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 Now, again,

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 nobody would describe God this way.

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 Right?

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 Nobody.

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 You would never describe God that way.

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 But I'm just supposing

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 that for lots of us,

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 we sometimes act

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 like that's what God is doing.

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 So He's just watching.

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 You better work out your salvation.

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 And you better do it

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 with fear and trembling.

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 If not,

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 I'm going to jump on you

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 like three seconds.

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 So we have this,

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 so we start to live

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 in this sort of fear.

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 The sort of fear

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 that like God is out to get me.

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 And I think sometimes

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 that comes from

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 just sort of reading that verse,

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 reading that verse

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 all by itself.

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 So, again,

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 right?

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 It comes with this promise.

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 That's the first thing.

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 And then the promise

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 is restated

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 in Philippians 2

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 because it is God

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 who's working in you

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 both to do

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 and to work

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 for His good purpose.

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 So Paul said it twice.

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 Paul said it twice

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 that this is

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 what God is doing.

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 Now, sometimes

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 people will say,

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 well, what Paul means here

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 is we've got to work out

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 what God has worked in.

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 I don't know if you,

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 this is a statement

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 I hear at home a lot.

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 People will say this.

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 I think, well, that's okay.

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 The problem is

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 it doesn't really tell me much.

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 I mean,

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 it's kind of catchy, right?

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 And I might remember it.

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 I might go home thinking,

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 yeah, I've got to work out

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 what God's worked in.

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 But then, like,

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 what does that mean?

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 Right?

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 I mean, the proof

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 is sort of in the pudding.

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 And that is,

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 if I say,

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 work out,

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 you've got to work out

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 what God's worked in,

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 what are you going to go do?

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 Like, what will that look like?

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 It's really easy to think,

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 yes,

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 that is really profound.

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 And I'm really going to do that.

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 That's really,

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 I've got to work out

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 what God's worked in.

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 That's even easy to remember.

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 It's a little bit rhymey.

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 I'll probably remember it.

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 But then you go home,

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 you're like,

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 well, what is that?

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 How do you even do that?

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 Right?

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 So it's a nice idea,

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 but it's a little bit vague

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 when it comes time

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 to put it into practice.

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 But the great news is

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 Paul doesn't leave

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 anything vague at all.

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 In fact,

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 he shows us

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 exactly what it looks like

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 to work out your salvation.

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 So you don't have to ask

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 any questions.

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 So today,

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 when you go home

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 and you think about this text,

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 you don't have to say to yourself,

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 so what kind of stuff

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 do I need to be doing?

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 Do I just come up with a list?

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 Right?

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 And I think sometimes

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 we kind of do that.

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 We hear these commands

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 and we hear commands

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 in the New Testament

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 as just like,

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 I've got to be doing more.

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 Right?

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 I've always got to be doing more.

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 Like, I got saved,

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 it was completely free.

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 And now,

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 I constantly feel like

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 it's just more,

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 I've got to do more,

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 I've got to do more,

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 I've got to do more.

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 Because if I don't,

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 God's going to turn

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 from being a gracious Savior

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 to being like,

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 just a really,

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 really mad school principal

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 who's going to just be

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 on my back

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 in three seconds.

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 Right?

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 So,

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 again,

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 we've said

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 it comes with a promise,

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 the promise is

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 that this is God's work in you,

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 but then it has

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 this really tricky thing

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 with fear and trembling.

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 Right?

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 And that's the part

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 that gets us.

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 Like,

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 if that wasn't in there,

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 we'd be good to go.

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 I mean,

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 seriously,

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 if it just said

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 work out your salvation

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 because it's God

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 working in you,

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 I mean,

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 this would be like

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 our favorite verse.

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 But it's that fear

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 and trembling part

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 that gets us.

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 So,

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 we need to think about

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 what that means.

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 So,

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 let me just tell you

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 three things,

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 three things that it isn't.

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 The fear and trembling

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 that Paul's talking about

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 is not living

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 as though God

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 is out to get you

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 at every second

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 the first time

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 you ever slip up.

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 The second thing is

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 this is not a threat.

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 And I think a lot of times

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 we hear it like a threat.

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 Like God saying,

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 you better do this.

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 You had better,

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 I'm telling you,

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 don't mess around here

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 because if you don't do it,

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 remember who I am.

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 Remember what I'm capable

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 of doing.

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 In other words,

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 in other words,

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 rather than thinking about God

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 as the gracious Father

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 who saves us in Jesus,

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 who has promised

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 to complete His work in us,

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 all of a sudden

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 we view Him as like,

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 He's sort of against us.

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 And this is the worst thing,

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 He's like suspicious of us.

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 Right?

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 He becomes really suspicious.

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 And then you know

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 that He knows you

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 better than you know yourself.

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 And so you kind of live

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 in this sort of,

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 in two worlds.

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 Right?

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 We live in two worlds.

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 It's one world of

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 salvation by grace

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 through faith alone,

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 apart from my works,

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 and then in the,

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 God's out to get me.

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 However you might

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 describe that.

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 Right?

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 You might not say

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 God's out to get me,

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 but I think you probably

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 know what I mean.

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 We all would have

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 a different way

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 of expressing that.

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 And it's not usually

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 stuff we would say

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 out loud,

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 by the way.

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 You usually wouldn't

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 tell other people,

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 you know,

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 I think God's out to get me.

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 You might even,

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 you never talk that way.

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 But I'm talking like

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 when you're alone

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 and you're thinking about it

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 and you have sort of

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 reviewed what your day

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 has been like

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 and you've reviewed

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 the things that have

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 come into your mind,

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 and you've reviewed

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 the things that you've said

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 that you wish you hadn't

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 have said,

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 and you've reviewed

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 the things that you

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 should have said

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 but didn't say,

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 and then at the end

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 you feel like,

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 I could hide from God

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 if I could.

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 And you can't figure out

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 how to put together

00:18:50.920 --> 00:18:51.880
 this idea that God

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 is your gracious Savior

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 and Jesus apart from

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 your works,

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 and how you to work out

00:18:55.900 --> 00:18:56.420
 your salvation

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 with fear and trembling.

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 So the third thing

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 that this fear is not,

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 it is not the fear

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 and trembling

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 that Adam and Eve

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 felt in the garden.

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 So you might remember

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 the story,

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 I'm not going to

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 repeat the whole thing,

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 they eat the fruit

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 and the first thing

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 they do is hide

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 because they're terrified.

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 And so God comes

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 and says,

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 where are you?

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 And they said,

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 we heard you coming

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 and we were afraid.

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 So Paul doesn't say,

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 work out your salvation

00:19:25.500 --> 00:19:27.340
 and be very afraid

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 that God is going to

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 get you if you don't.

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 So here's what it is.

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 Number one,

00:19:36.619 --> 00:19:37.359
 the fear and trembling

00:19:37.359 --> 00:19:38.099
 that Paul is talking about

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 is living with the reality

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 that the one who is

00:19:41.559 --> 00:19:42.739
 working in you

00:19:42.739 --> 00:19:44.219
 is the God

00:19:44.219 --> 00:19:45.239
 who created the world

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 and who is sovereign

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 and all-powerful,

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 and he is your God.

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 Number two,

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 it's acknowledging

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 and confessing,

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 this is the most important part,

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 it is acknowledging

00:19:55.259 --> 00:19:56.119
 and confessing

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 your own inability

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 to save yourself.

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 In other words,

00:20:01.039 --> 00:20:02.719
 it is always remembering,

00:20:02.819 --> 00:20:04.000
 it is always a reminder

00:20:04.000 --> 00:20:06.179
 that if we are left

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 on our own,

00:20:07.199 --> 00:20:08.000
 we are doomed.

00:20:09.059 --> 00:20:10.279
 If we try

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 to save ourselves,

00:20:11.799 --> 00:20:12.759
 we are finished.

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 If we feel like

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 God has got this started,

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 now I've got to put in

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 my 10% or whatever percent,

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 it doesn't matter,

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 it could be half of a 1%,

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 and it still is impossible.

00:20:24.599 --> 00:20:25.000
 Then,

00:20:25.339 --> 00:20:25.939
 then,

00:20:25.939 --> 00:20:26.500
 then,

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 then we do stand before God

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 exposed

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 and afraid.

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 And finally,

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 it's simply this.

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 It's the reality

00:20:38.059 --> 00:20:38.720
 of children

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 living under the authority

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 of a father.

00:20:42.200 --> 00:20:43.079
 Like he says

00:20:43.079 --> 00:20:43.919
 in verse 15,

00:20:44.460 --> 00:20:44.659
 right?

00:20:44.859 --> 00:20:45.559
 In verse 15,

00:20:45.599 --> 00:20:46.559
 he just calls them,

00:20:46.879 --> 00:20:47.500
 in verse 15,

00:20:47.599 --> 00:20:47.740
 he says,

00:20:47.899 --> 00:20:48.659
 so that you may be

00:20:48.659 --> 00:20:49.419
 blameless and pure,

00:20:49.759 --> 00:20:51.339
 children of God.

00:20:52.299 --> 00:20:52.519
 Right?

00:20:52.579 --> 00:20:52.700
 So,

00:20:52.859 --> 00:20:53.819
 I grew up with

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 the most loving

00:20:54.819 --> 00:20:55.680
 and kind

00:20:55.680 --> 00:20:56.919
 father imaginable.

00:20:56.920 --> 00:20:58.640
 my dad was a,

00:20:58.640 --> 00:20:59.560
 he was a great guy

00:20:59.560 --> 00:21:01.300
 and he was very loving

00:21:01.300 --> 00:21:02.820
 and he loved everyone,

00:21:03.820 --> 00:21:05.039
 but he was a really

00:21:05.039 --> 00:21:05.960
 tough guy too.

00:21:06.320 --> 00:21:06.480
 Right?

00:21:06.539 --> 00:21:06.640
 So,

00:21:06.680 --> 00:21:07.259
 my dad grew up

00:21:07.259 --> 00:21:07.820
 really,

00:21:07.960 --> 00:21:08.259
 really poor.

00:21:08.320 --> 00:21:08.900
 He lived in the mountains

00:21:08.900 --> 00:21:09.500
 of West Virginia

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 and he served in the army.

00:21:13.960 --> 00:21:15.039
 He landed at D-Day.

00:21:15.620 --> 00:21:16.519
 He went,

00:21:16.620 --> 00:21:17.320
 he came home

00:21:17.320 --> 00:21:18.560
 and then went into business

00:21:18.560 --> 00:21:20.000
 and worked nonstop

00:21:20.000 --> 00:21:21.539
 for like 45 years.

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 So,

00:21:22.859 --> 00:21:23.279
 he was really

00:21:23.279 --> 00:21:23.720
 kind of like

00:21:23.720 --> 00:21:24.500
 a no-nonsense

00:21:24.500 --> 00:21:24.960
 kind of guy

00:21:24.960 --> 00:21:25.799
 but very loving.

00:21:27.319 --> 00:21:27.700
 And,

00:21:27.759 --> 00:21:28.339
 my dad and I

00:21:28.339 --> 00:21:29.319
 had a great relationship

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 but I can also

00:21:31.240 --> 00:21:32.119
 tell you this,

00:21:32.920 --> 00:21:34.559
 there was a certain amount

00:21:34.559 --> 00:21:35.139
 and sometimes

00:21:35.139 --> 00:21:35.720
 not enough,

00:21:36.359 --> 00:21:37.379
 there was a certain amount

00:21:37.379 --> 00:21:38.759
 of really healthy fear

00:21:38.759 --> 00:21:39.759
 I had of my dad

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 when I would do

00:21:41.899 --> 00:21:42.460
 something wrong.

00:21:43.579 --> 00:21:44.700
 Or that when my dad

00:21:44.700 --> 00:21:45.839
 would give me

00:21:45.839 --> 00:21:46.899
 and like he would be

00:21:46.899 --> 00:21:47.839
 telling me what to do.

00:21:48.359 --> 00:21:48.559
 Right?

00:21:48.619 --> 00:21:48.700
 So,

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 I also worked for my dad

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 at the auto shop.

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 And,

00:21:53.500 --> 00:21:54.699
 I knew

00:21:54.699 --> 00:21:55.519
 that when dad

00:21:55.519 --> 00:21:56.220
 came around

00:21:56.220 --> 00:21:56.939
 and said,

00:21:57.699 --> 00:21:57.980
 you know,

00:21:58.059 --> 00:21:58.899
 I need you to do

00:21:58.899 --> 00:21:59.599
 this right now,

00:22:00.980 --> 00:22:02.759
 he didn't have to tell me

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 that there were

00:22:03.299 --> 00:22:04.480
 consequences if I didn't.

00:22:05.539 --> 00:22:05.939
 But,

00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:06.879
 it wasn't threatening.

00:22:08.099 --> 00:22:09.299
 It was never a threat.

00:22:09.439 --> 00:22:10.240
 My dad was never like,

00:22:10.319 --> 00:22:11.319
 you better do this kid

00:22:11.319 --> 00:22:11.779
 or

00:22:11.779 --> 00:22:13.319
 I am going to

00:22:13.319 --> 00:22:14.399
 break out all over you.

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 Or like the belt's

00:22:16.119 --> 00:22:17.199
 coming off in three seconds.

00:22:18.279 --> 00:22:18.480
 But,

00:22:18.579 --> 00:22:19.159
 there was a,

00:22:19.160 --> 00:22:20.200
 I did have this

00:22:20.200 --> 00:22:21.540
 healthy fear of my dad

00:22:21.540 --> 00:22:22.720
 because he was my dad.

00:22:23.620 --> 00:22:23.940
 And,

00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:24.779
 he was my father

00:22:24.779 --> 00:22:25.980
 and he had authority

00:22:25.980 --> 00:22:26.560
 over me.

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 And,

00:22:27.220 --> 00:22:28.060
 the way that relationship

00:22:28.060 --> 00:22:29.160
 works is,

00:22:29.560 --> 00:22:30.680
 fathers have authority

00:22:30.680 --> 00:22:31.320
 over their children

00:22:31.320 --> 00:22:31.960
 and their children

00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:33.019
 recognize that.

00:22:33.600 --> 00:22:33.860
 Now,

00:22:34.100 --> 00:22:34.660
 sometimes,

00:22:34.820 --> 00:22:35.940
 sometimes because

00:22:35.940 --> 00:22:37.220
 different sorts of,

00:22:37.300 --> 00:22:38.220
 we have different sorts

00:22:38.220 --> 00:22:40.019
 of father and children,

00:22:40.160 --> 00:22:41.060
 child relationships

00:22:41.060 --> 00:22:42.220
 among us,

00:22:42.400 --> 00:22:43.140
 sometimes those

00:22:43.140 --> 00:22:44.320
 illustrations don't work

00:22:44.320 --> 00:22:44.720
 too well.

00:22:44.779 --> 00:22:44.940
 Right?

00:22:44.980 --> 00:22:45.980
 Because you might be

00:22:45.980 --> 00:22:47.140
 thinking of a situation

00:22:47.140 --> 00:22:47.620
 you were in

00:22:47.620 --> 00:22:48.420
 that was not like

00:22:48.420 --> 00:22:49.000
 my situation

00:22:49.000 --> 00:22:49.540
 with my dad.

00:22:49.860 --> 00:22:50.580
 Where it was

00:22:50.580 --> 00:22:52.000
 actually just complete,

00:22:52.320 --> 00:22:53.120
 straight up fear.

00:22:53.540 --> 00:22:54.420
 Not respect,

00:22:54.759 --> 00:22:55.600
 but just fear.

00:22:56.560 --> 00:22:56.840
 But,

00:22:56.940 --> 00:22:57.520
 what Paul's talking

00:22:57.520 --> 00:22:57.900
 about here

00:22:57.900 --> 00:22:59.300
 is this respect

00:22:59.300 --> 00:23:00.259
 of understanding

00:23:00.259 --> 00:23:01.620
 that God is your father

00:23:01.620 --> 00:23:02.800
 and you are his child.

00:23:03.420 --> 00:23:03.840
 But,

00:23:03.920 --> 00:23:04.700
 it's also remembering

00:23:04.700 --> 00:23:05.700
 that this father

00:23:05.700 --> 00:23:06.700
 is the same father

00:23:06.700 --> 00:23:07.520
 who promises

00:23:07.520 --> 00:23:09.480
 to finish a good work

00:23:09.480 --> 00:23:09.840
 in you.

00:23:11.120 --> 00:23:11.420
 So,

00:23:11.420 --> 00:23:14.259
 what does Paul mean

00:23:14.259 --> 00:23:15.400
 to work out

00:23:15.400 --> 00:23:15.880
 your salvation?

00:23:16.000 --> 00:23:16.460
 What does that

00:23:16.460 --> 00:23:17.180
 even look like?

00:23:18.880 --> 00:23:19.240
 Well,

00:23:19.259 --> 00:23:20.080
 the great news is,

00:23:20.200 --> 00:23:21.100
 as I said this before,

00:23:21.960 --> 00:23:22.940
 Paul's already told them.

00:23:25.300 --> 00:23:26.480
 He's already told us

00:23:26.480 --> 00:23:27.620
 what it looks like

00:23:27.620 --> 00:23:28.080
 to work out

00:23:28.080 --> 00:23:28.700
 your salvation.

00:23:29.140 --> 00:23:30.180
 And all we have to do

00:23:30.180 --> 00:23:31.300
 is back up

00:23:31.300 --> 00:23:32.340
 a little bit

00:23:32.340 --> 00:23:34.720
 to get our answer.

00:23:36.019 --> 00:23:36.259
 Right?

00:23:36.640 --> 00:23:36.900
 So,

00:23:36.900 --> 00:23:37.600
 this is the next point

00:23:37.600 --> 00:23:37.940
 I want to get.

00:23:38.140 --> 00:23:38.880
 The next point is

00:23:38.880 --> 00:23:39.940
 answering the question,

00:23:39.940 --> 00:23:41.460
 what does it look like?

00:23:42.220 --> 00:23:43.240
 How do I do this?

00:23:44.480 --> 00:23:44.680
 Well,

00:23:44.720 --> 00:23:45.019
 at the beginning

00:23:45.019 --> 00:23:45.759
 of chapter 2,

00:23:48.160 --> 00:23:49.640
 Paul shows us

00:23:49.640 --> 00:23:50.380
 what it looks like.

00:23:52.920 --> 00:23:53.320
 Therefore,

00:23:53.420 --> 00:23:53.880
 if you have any

00:23:53.880 --> 00:23:54.340
 encouragement

00:23:54.340 --> 00:23:55.500
 from being united

00:23:55.500 --> 00:23:56.019
 with Christ,

00:23:56.140 --> 00:23:56.840
 if any comfort

00:23:56.840 --> 00:23:57.420
 from His love,

00:23:57.480 --> 00:23:58.420
 if any calm and sharing

00:23:58.420 --> 00:23:58.920
 in the Spirit,

00:23:59.220 --> 00:24:00.140
 if any tenderness

00:24:00.140 --> 00:24:00.860
 and compassion,

00:24:02.480 --> 00:24:03.539
 then make my joy

00:24:03.539 --> 00:24:04.000
 complete.

00:24:04.100 --> 00:24:04.640
 And here it comes.

00:24:05.779 --> 00:24:06.420
 He's getting ready

00:24:06.420 --> 00:24:06.920
 to tell you

00:24:06.920 --> 00:24:07.880
 this is exactly

00:24:07.880 --> 00:24:08.500
 what it looks like

00:24:08.500 --> 00:24:08.940
 to work out

00:24:08.940 --> 00:24:09.539
 your salvation.

00:24:09.940 --> 00:24:12.299
 to make my joy

00:24:12.299 --> 00:24:13.220
 complete by being

00:24:13.220 --> 00:24:14.140
 like-minded,

00:24:15.140 --> 00:24:17.940
 having the same love,

00:24:18.620 --> 00:24:19.640
 being one in Spirit

00:24:19.640 --> 00:24:20.920
 and of one mind.

00:24:21.920 --> 00:24:22.759
 Do nothing out of

00:24:22.759 --> 00:24:23.539
 selfish ambition

00:24:23.539 --> 00:24:24.700
 or vain conceit.

00:24:24.779 --> 00:24:25.080
 Rather,

00:24:25.920 --> 00:24:26.580
 in humility,

00:24:27.480 --> 00:24:28.559
 value others

00:24:28.559 --> 00:24:29.580
 above yourselves.

00:24:30.660 --> 00:24:31.539
 Not looking

00:24:31.539 --> 00:24:32.620
 to your own interests,

00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:34.539
 but each of you

00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:35.519
 to the interests

00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:36.360
 of others.

00:24:37.559 --> 00:24:38.700
 That's what it looks like.

00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:40.920
 That's what

00:24:40.920 --> 00:24:41.480
 working out

00:24:41.480 --> 00:24:42.180
 your salvation

00:24:42.180 --> 00:24:43.759
 actually looks like.

00:24:44.559 --> 00:24:44.920
 You see,

00:24:45.019 --> 00:24:45.759
 it's not adding,

00:24:45.779 --> 00:24:46.600
 it's not like adding

00:24:46.600 --> 00:24:48.140
 to God's incomplete work.

00:24:48.960 --> 00:24:49.980
 It is living

00:24:49.980 --> 00:24:51.400
 as God's children

00:24:51.400 --> 00:24:52.740
 on the earth

00:24:52.740 --> 00:24:53.779
 among ourselves

00:24:53.779 --> 00:24:54.819
 and loving one another

00:24:54.819 --> 00:24:55.779
 and putting our interests,

00:24:55.900 --> 00:24:56.440
 putting the interests

00:24:56.440 --> 00:24:57.000
 of others ahead

00:24:57.000 --> 00:24:57.480
 of ourselves.

00:24:57.960 --> 00:24:58.360
 That's,

00:24:58.700 --> 00:24:59.059
 I know,

00:24:59.220 --> 00:24:59.940
 it's like very

00:24:59.940 --> 00:25:00.779
 anticlimactic.

00:25:01.900 --> 00:25:02.080
 Like,

00:25:02.160 --> 00:25:02.860
 shouldn't it be more

00:25:02.860 --> 00:25:03.740
 exciting than that?

00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:03.920
 Right?

00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:04.380
 I mean,

00:25:04.400 --> 00:25:04.660
 really,

00:25:04.840 --> 00:25:05.380
 you hear it

00:25:05.380 --> 00:25:05.660
 and you're like,

00:25:05.800 --> 00:25:05.940
 man,

00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:07.200
 I kind of thought

00:25:07.200 --> 00:25:07.660
 it was going to be

00:25:07.660 --> 00:25:08.640
 kind of like fireworks

00:25:08.640 --> 00:25:09.300
 or something.

00:25:11.360 --> 00:25:12.260
 But it isn't.

00:25:13.740 --> 00:25:14.500
 It isn't.

00:25:16.180 --> 00:25:16.980
 And if we're still

00:25:16.980 --> 00:25:17.560
 not convinced,

00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:18.460
 I'm not saying you're not,

00:25:18.560 --> 00:25:19.520
 but pretend you're not.

00:25:20.360 --> 00:25:20.860
 I'll give you

00:25:20.860 --> 00:25:21.520
 a little more evidence.

00:25:22.760 --> 00:25:23.760
 Because now Paul

00:25:23.760 --> 00:25:24.380
 is going to give

00:25:24.380 --> 00:25:25.360
 the world's greatest

00:25:25.360 --> 00:25:26.000
 example

00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:27.500
 of somebody

00:25:27.500 --> 00:25:28.260
 who put the interests

00:25:28.260 --> 00:25:28.780
 of somebody,

00:25:28.920 --> 00:25:29.340
 of others

00:25:29.340 --> 00:25:29.980
 before themselves,

00:25:30.060 --> 00:25:30.360
 and that is

00:25:30.360 --> 00:25:31.080
 Jesus himself.

00:25:32.880 --> 00:25:33.240
 Right?

00:25:33.240 --> 00:25:33.519
 Because,

00:25:33.640 --> 00:25:33.779
 I mean,

00:25:33.799 --> 00:25:34.359
 I kind of started

00:25:34.359 --> 00:25:34.819
 in verse 12,

00:25:34.920 --> 00:25:35.599
 but I did that

00:25:35.599 --> 00:25:35.980
 on purpose

00:25:35.980 --> 00:25:36.620
 because verse 12

00:25:36.620 --> 00:25:36.940
 is just,

00:25:37.180 --> 00:25:38.120
 Paul hasn't stopped

00:25:38.120 --> 00:25:39.099
 since verse 1

00:25:39.099 --> 00:25:39.759
 of chapter 2.

00:25:40.640 --> 00:25:41.400
 And so then he says,

00:25:43.180 --> 00:25:44.059
 in your relationships

00:25:44.059 --> 00:25:44.779
 with one another,

00:25:45.599 --> 00:25:46.579
 have the same mindset

00:25:46.579 --> 00:25:47.039
 as Jesus,

00:25:47.180 --> 00:25:47.400
 who,

00:25:47.960 --> 00:25:48.740
 being in the very nature

00:25:48.740 --> 00:25:48.920
 of God,

00:25:48.960 --> 00:25:49.759
 did not consider

00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:50.519
 equality of God

00:25:50.519 --> 00:25:51.460
 something to be used

00:25:51.460 --> 00:25:52.200
 for his own advantage.

00:25:52.299 --> 00:25:52.779
 So in other words,

00:25:53.000 --> 00:25:53.599
 think about this.

00:25:53.900 --> 00:25:54.480
 So Jesus,

00:25:54.940 --> 00:25:56.200
 who is the very

00:25:56.200 --> 00:25:57.120
 form of God,

00:25:57.680 --> 00:25:59.059
 he is the son of God,

00:25:59.299 --> 00:26:00.279
 he is the second person

00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:00.759
 of the Trinity,

00:26:01.099 --> 00:26:01.920
 had everything,

00:26:01.920 --> 00:26:02.779
 he could have used

00:26:02.779 --> 00:26:05.019
 every power imaginable

00:26:05.019 --> 00:26:05.980
 in the universe

00:26:05.980 --> 00:26:08.420
 and used it for himself.

00:26:10.599 --> 00:26:11.079
 Everything.

00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:11.720
 There's nothing

00:26:11.720 --> 00:26:12.460
 he couldn't have done.

00:26:13.160 --> 00:26:14.220
 But he didn't.

00:26:14.680 --> 00:26:16.180
 He didn't use

00:26:16.180 --> 00:26:18.079
 what was rightfully his.

00:26:19.399 --> 00:26:20.579
 And we'll get to that

00:26:20.579 --> 00:26:20.899
 in a second.

00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:21.759
 He didn't use

00:26:21.759 --> 00:26:23.039
 what was rightfully his

00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:24.599
 for his own gain.

00:26:26.639 --> 00:26:27.759
 But gave that up.

00:26:27.819 --> 00:26:28.859
 He gave up that right

00:26:28.859 --> 00:26:30.160
 for other people,

00:26:30.259 --> 00:26:30.700
 for you.

00:26:30.700 --> 00:26:32.819
 That's what he's done.

00:26:33.759 --> 00:26:34.380
 But rather,

00:26:34.980 --> 00:26:36.000
 he became like nothing

00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:37.180
 by taking on

00:26:37.180 --> 00:26:38.160
 the very nature

00:26:38.160 --> 00:26:38.660
 of his servant,

00:26:38.980 --> 00:26:39.620
 being made

00:26:39.620 --> 00:26:40.580
 in human likeness.

00:26:41.299 --> 00:26:41.860
 Being found

00:26:41.860 --> 00:26:42.500
 in appearance of man,

00:26:42.539 --> 00:26:43.420
 he humbled himself

00:26:43.420 --> 00:26:44.539
 by becoming obedient

00:26:44.539 --> 00:26:44.880
 to death,

00:26:44.980 --> 00:26:46.360
 even death on a cross.

00:26:47.580 --> 00:26:48.180
 Therefore God

00:26:48.180 --> 00:26:48.819
 exalted him

00:26:48.819 --> 00:26:49.640
 to the highest place

00:26:49.640 --> 00:26:50.120
 and gave him

00:26:50.120 --> 00:26:50.620
 the name that is

00:26:50.620 --> 00:26:51.400
 above every name,

00:26:51.779 --> 00:26:52.400
 that at the name

00:26:52.400 --> 00:26:52.759
 of Jesus

00:26:52.759 --> 00:26:53.819
 every knee should bow

00:26:53.819 --> 00:26:54.920
 in heaven and on earth

00:26:54.920 --> 00:26:55.900
 and under the earth

00:26:55.900 --> 00:26:56.720
 and every tongue

00:26:56.720 --> 00:26:57.279
 acknowledged,

00:26:57.420 --> 00:26:57.819
 confess,

00:26:57.819 --> 00:26:58.939
 that Jesus Christ

00:26:58.939 --> 00:26:59.259
 is Lord

00:26:59.259 --> 00:26:59.779
 to the glory

00:26:59.779 --> 00:27:00.419
 of God the Father.

00:27:00.679 --> 00:27:01.139
 By the way,

00:27:01.439 --> 00:27:03.220
 that is the best way

00:27:03.220 --> 00:27:03.700
 to think about

00:27:03.700 --> 00:27:04.379
 the fear and trembling

00:27:04.379 --> 00:27:04.720
 part.

00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:07.919
 Is that Jesus

00:27:07.919 --> 00:27:08.720
 is reigning

00:27:08.720 --> 00:27:09.939
 and Jesus is reigning

00:27:09.939 --> 00:27:11.819
 and every knee

00:27:11.819 --> 00:27:12.679
 and every knee

00:27:12.679 --> 00:27:13.039
 will bow

00:27:13.039 --> 00:27:13.939
 and every tongue

00:27:13.939 --> 00:27:14.599
 will confess

00:27:14.599 --> 00:27:15.899
 that Jesus is Lord.

00:27:16.059 --> 00:27:16.460
 Ultimately,

00:27:16.819 --> 00:27:17.559
 one way or another.

00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:19.939
 One way or another.

00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:21.220
 There is not a person

00:27:21.220 --> 00:27:21.659
 on the earth,

00:27:21.879 --> 00:27:22.579
 one way or another,

00:27:22.659 --> 00:27:23.919
 who will not one day

00:27:23.919 --> 00:27:24.439
 confess

00:27:24.440 --> 00:27:25.299
 that Jesus

00:27:25.299 --> 00:27:26.000
 is the King.

00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:28.400
 Right?

00:27:28.640 --> 00:27:29.539
 And that means

00:27:29.539 --> 00:27:30.539
 whether you are doing

00:27:30.539 --> 00:27:31.320
 that as one

00:27:31.320 --> 00:27:32.120
 who is saved

00:27:32.120 --> 00:27:32.580
 by grace

00:27:32.580 --> 00:27:33.440
 through faith in Jesus,

00:27:33.880 --> 00:27:34.660
 knowing that God's

00:27:34.660 --> 00:27:35.299
 work of salvation

00:27:35.299 --> 00:27:35.620
 is yours,

00:27:35.740 --> 00:27:37.279
 or those who resist,

00:27:37.700 --> 00:27:38.220
 who one day

00:27:38.220 --> 00:27:38.860
 will find

00:27:38.860 --> 00:27:39.519
 that Jesus

00:27:39.519 --> 00:27:40.320
 is on the throne

00:27:40.320 --> 00:27:41.039
 and that they

00:27:41.039 --> 00:27:41.820
 will confess him

00:27:41.820 --> 00:27:42.200
 whether they

00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:42.680
 confess him

00:27:42.680 --> 00:27:43.340
 in life or not.

00:27:45.080 --> 00:27:45.860
 But whatever the case,

00:27:46.799 --> 00:27:47.460
 whatever the case,

00:27:47.720 --> 00:27:48.820
 the great news here is,

00:27:49.080 --> 00:27:49.259
 see,

00:27:49.340 --> 00:27:49.860
 if we would even

00:27:49.860 --> 00:27:50.400
 start reading

00:27:50.400 --> 00:27:51.200
 at chapter 2,

00:27:51.580 --> 00:27:52.279
 by the time

00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:52.799
 you get to work

00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:53.519
 out your salvation,

00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:54.400
 you get to hear

00:27:54.400 --> 00:27:54.839
 what it's like.

00:27:54.920 --> 00:27:55.160
 In other words,

00:27:55.240 --> 00:27:56.099
 working out your salvation

00:27:56.099 --> 00:27:56.759
 means this,

00:27:57.079 --> 00:27:58.139
 and that is living

00:27:58.139 --> 00:27:59.400
 for others

00:27:59.400 --> 00:28:00.339
 like the way

00:28:00.339 --> 00:28:01.859
 Jesus lived for you.

00:28:03.079 --> 00:28:03.799
 Because that is

00:28:03.799 --> 00:28:04.279
 your salvation.

00:28:04.420 --> 00:28:04.740
 Think about

00:28:04.740 --> 00:28:06.379
 what your salvation is.

00:28:06.960 --> 00:28:07.700
 Your salvation

00:28:07.700 --> 00:28:08.920
 is the gift

00:28:08.920 --> 00:28:09.759
 that you have

00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:10.720
 from Jesus

00:28:10.720 --> 00:28:12.059
 who lived

00:28:12.059 --> 00:28:12.799
 and died

00:28:12.799 --> 00:28:13.779
 for you.

00:28:14.279 --> 00:28:14.619
 That's what,

00:28:14.720 --> 00:28:14.859
 I mean,

00:28:14.920 --> 00:28:15.579
 there's lots of ways

00:28:15.579 --> 00:28:16.720
 we could define salvation,

00:28:16.960 --> 00:28:17.220
 right?

00:28:18.079 --> 00:28:19.059
 But that's what he says.

00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:20.440
 Work out your salvation.

00:28:21.700 --> 00:28:22.759
 And the salvation

00:28:22.759 --> 00:28:23.859
 he has in mind here

00:28:23.859 --> 00:28:24.559
 is exactly what

00:28:24.559 --> 00:28:25.339
 he just described.

00:28:25.480 --> 00:28:26.259
 That is the salvation

00:28:26.259 --> 00:28:26.859
 you have

00:28:26.859 --> 00:28:27.960
 because Jesus

00:28:27.960 --> 00:28:29.440
 served you.

00:28:31.859 --> 00:28:32.259
 Jesus,

00:28:32.420 --> 00:28:32.879
 who had

00:28:32.879 --> 00:28:35.500
 all the power

00:28:35.500 --> 00:28:36.299
 of all eternity,

00:28:36.420 --> 00:28:37.220
 we can't even imagine,

00:28:37.379 --> 00:28:37.879
 we can't even put it

00:28:37.879 --> 00:28:38.420
 into words,

00:28:39.140 --> 00:28:39.920
 could have done

00:28:39.920 --> 00:28:40.900
 everything to protect

00:28:40.900 --> 00:28:41.200
 himself,

00:28:41.299 --> 00:28:42.000
 he'd been good to go.

00:28:43.440 --> 00:28:43.740
 Right?

00:28:44.500 --> 00:28:45.559
 And he had the right

00:28:45.559 --> 00:28:46.359
 to do so.

00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:48.059
 Jesus wasn't compelled,

00:28:48.200 --> 00:28:48.279
 like,

00:28:48.339 --> 00:28:48.480
 well,

00:28:48.500 --> 00:28:49.400
 I guess I have to save.

00:28:49.900 --> 00:28:50.799
 It's not any choice.

00:28:50.799 --> 00:28:50.919
 It's,

00:28:51.879 --> 00:28:53.000
 somebody's got to do it.

00:28:53.680 --> 00:28:54.519
 I guess I'll do it.

00:28:55.639 --> 00:28:55.879
 No,

00:28:56.019 --> 00:28:57.099
 he did it freely.

00:28:58.460 --> 00:28:59.059
 You see?

00:28:59.639 --> 00:29:00.339
 And so when Jesus

00:29:00.339 --> 00:29:01.180
 submitted himself

00:29:01.180 --> 00:29:01.700
 to the cross,

00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:03.099
 he did that freely.

00:29:03.899 --> 00:29:04.599
 He could have,

00:29:04.779 --> 00:29:05.659
 in a second,

00:29:05.879 --> 00:29:06.940
 snapped his fingers

00:29:06.940 --> 00:29:08.180
 and brought an end

00:29:08.180 --> 00:29:09.059
 to the whole thing.

00:29:10.740 --> 00:29:11.879
 The first time,

00:29:12.059 --> 00:29:12.819
 the first time

00:29:12.819 --> 00:29:13.799
 he's standing there

00:29:13.799 --> 00:29:14.619
 in front of the high priest

00:29:14.619 --> 00:29:16.000
 and one of the high priest's assistants

00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:16.460
 comes up

00:29:16.460 --> 00:29:17.659
 and slaps him in the face.

00:29:17.899 --> 00:29:18.339
 Jesus could have

00:29:18.339 --> 00:29:19.000
 snapped his fingers,

00:29:19.079 --> 00:29:19.559
 that guy could have

00:29:19.559 --> 00:29:20.339
 just fell over dead

00:29:20.339 --> 00:29:20.740
 right then.

00:29:20.799 --> 00:29:23.180
 Or worse.

00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:26.460
 At any moment,

00:29:26.960 --> 00:29:27.879
 at any moment,

00:29:27.960 --> 00:29:28.720
 he could have chosen

00:29:28.720 --> 00:29:30.339
 to defend himself

00:29:30.339 --> 00:29:31.859
 once and for all.

00:29:32.159 --> 00:29:32.980
 But he didn't.

00:29:34.799 --> 00:29:36.019
 He gave that up.

00:29:36.200 --> 00:29:37.599
 He didn't exercise

00:29:37.599 --> 00:29:38.419
 that right.

00:29:39.200 --> 00:29:39.500
 And so,

00:29:39.639 --> 00:29:40.379
 if you think about that,

00:29:40.440 --> 00:29:40.839
 then sort of,

00:29:40.919 --> 00:29:41.680
 think about what Paul

00:29:41.680 --> 00:29:42.220
 has just said,

00:29:43.000 --> 00:29:43.480
 and that is,

00:29:43.579 --> 00:29:44.319
 living for others.

00:29:44.539 --> 00:29:45.700
 Then you come down here

00:29:45.700 --> 00:29:46.119
 and you think,

00:29:46.180 --> 00:29:47.019
 work out your salvation.

00:29:47.500 --> 00:29:48.139
 Doesn't it make

00:29:48.139 --> 00:29:48.919
 the most sense

00:29:48.919 --> 00:29:50.259
 that rather than Paul

00:29:50.259 --> 00:29:50.500
 saying,

00:29:50.579 --> 00:29:50.640
 hey,

00:29:50.700 --> 00:29:51.579
 go home and make a list

00:29:51.579 --> 00:29:52.160
 of all the things

00:29:52.160 --> 00:29:52.839
 this might look like,

00:29:53.220 --> 00:29:54.299
 doesn't it make the most sense

00:29:54.299 --> 00:29:54.700
 to think,

00:29:55.019 --> 00:29:56.279
 maybe Paul's talking about

00:29:56.279 --> 00:29:57.599
 the things he's been talking

00:29:57.599 --> 00:29:59.000
 about for several verses now.

00:29:59.000 --> 00:30:03.119
 so that to work out your salvation

00:30:03.119 --> 00:30:04.400
 means to live out

00:30:04.400 --> 00:30:05.279
 the salvation

00:30:05.279 --> 00:30:06.279
 that has been given to you

00:30:06.279 --> 00:30:06.720
 in Jesus

00:30:06.720 --> 00:30:08.720
 so that your life

00:30:08.720 --> 00:30:09.720
 looks like his,

00:30:10.680 --> 00:30:11.480
 putting the interests

00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:12.579
 of others ahead of yourself.

00:30:12.700 --> 00:30:13.079
 And again,

00:30:13.460 --> 00:30:13.799
 again,

00:30:13.859 --> 00:30:14.440
 we hear that

00:30:14.440 --> 00:30:15.220
 and I think sometimes

00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:15.579
 we think,

00:30:15.660 --> 00:30:15.960
 oh yeah,

00:30:16.119 --> 00:30:17.099
 it's the love part.

00:30:17.099 --> 00:30:18.500
 I mean,

00:30:18.859 --> 00:30:20.719
 it's like the exciting parts

00:30:20.719 --> 00:30:21.919
 and then like,

00:30:21.980 --> 00:30:22.139
 oh,

00:30:22.219 --> 00:30:22.519
 it's just,

00:30:22.599 --> 00:30:22.679
 well,

00:30:22.699 --> 00:30:23.699
 we just need to love each other.

00:30:24.459 --> 00:30:25.379
 But the kind of love

00:30:25.379 --> 00:30:26.399
 that Paul's talking about here

00:30:26.399 --> 00:30:28.679
 is the most challenging thing

00:30:28.679 --> 00:30:29.619
 that we would ever do.

00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:31.500
 Because what Paul

00:30:31.500 --> 00:30:32.179
 is essentially saying

00:30:32.179 --> 00:30:32.599
 is this,

00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:34.599
 Jesus has freed you up

00:30:34.599 --> 00:30:35.419
 so that

00:30:35.419 --> 00:30:37.099
 you don't have to,

00:30:37.219 --> 00:30:38.219
 you no longer have to

00:30:38.219 --> 00:30:38.980
 live for yourself.

00:30:39.099 --> 00:30:39.939
 You no longer have to

00:30:39.939 --> 00:30:41.079
 exert your own right.

00:30:41.399 --> 00:30:42.559
 You no longer have to think

00:30:42.559 --> 00:30:44.419
 about sort of

00:30:44.419 --> 00:30:45.879
 whether you have time.

00:30:45.880 --> 00:30:47.280
 you are freed to the point

00:30:47.280 --> 00:30:49.380
 where you can actually live

00:30:49.380 --> 00:30:50.320
 for others

00:30:50.320 --> 00:30:51.840
 and live for others

00:30:51.840 --> 00:30:52.500
 the way Christ

00:30:52.500 --> 00:30:53.500
 has lived for us.

00:30:54.280 --> 00:30:55.300
 This is the work

00:30:55.300 --> 00:30:56.820
 that God has started in you

00:30:56.820 --> 00:30:58.320
 that he's going to complete

00:30:58.320 --> 00:31:00.080
 is transforming you.

00:31:00.580 --> 00:31:01.960
 Not transforming you

00:31:01.960 --> 00:31:03.520
 to be more like Jesus.

00:31:04.520 --> 00:31:05.600
 It's transforming you

00:31:05.600 --> 00:31:06.460
 so that your life

00:31:06.460 --> 00:31:07.720
 starts to look like this.

00:31:07.820 --> 00:31:08.380
 Think about it this way.

00:31:08.600 --> 00:31:10.380
 That our lives should look like

00:31:10.380 --> 00:31:11.940
 the salvation we've received.

00:31:13.160 --> 00:31:13.260
 Right?

00:31:13.340 --> 00:31:14.520
 So rather than think of salvation

00:31:14.520 --> 00:31:15.480
 as like this thing

00:31:15.480 --> 00:31:17.000
 that's like partially done

00:31:17.000 --> 00:31:17.940
 or wholly done

00:31:17.940 --> 00:31:18.640
 but then apparently

00:31:18.640 --> 00:31:19.620
 there's this fine print.

00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:20.740
 Rather than think about it

00:31:20.740 --> 00:31:21.059
 this way,

00:31:21.279 --> 00:31:22.200
 think about salvation

00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:23.720
 in this sense

00:31:23.720 --> 00:31:24.539
 of what it actually

00:31:24.539 --> 00:31:25.860
 looks like in your life.

00:31:26.579 --> 00:31:27.279
 So it's not just

00:31:27.279 --> 00:31:28.460
 a thing you have.

00:31:28.920 --> 00:31:29.099
 Right?

00:31:29.279 --> 00:31:29.839
 It's not just

00:31:29.839 --> 00:31:30.420
 this like,

00:31:30.480 --> 00:31:31.279
 oh here's my salvation

00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:32.099
 and I can describe it.

00:31:32.120 --> 00:31:32.460
 That's fine.

00:31:33.099 --> 00:31:34.220
 But I said not just that.

00:31:35.039 --> 00:31:35.940
 It's also something

00:31:35.940 --> 00:31:37.299
 that looks like something.

00:31:37.920 --> 00:31:38.620
 It's not just something

00:31:38.620 --> 00:31:39.480
 you talk about.

00:31:39.599 --> 00:31:40.180
 It's not just something

00:31:40.180 --> 00:31:41.740
 that we sort of discuss.

00:31:41.880 --> 00:31:43.000
 We should talk about it

00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:43.539
 and discuss it.

00:31:43.599 --> 00:31:43.960
 Absolutely.

00:31:43.960 --> 00:31:46.079
 But it's also something

00:31:46.079 --> 00:31:47.440
 that looks like something

00:31:47.440 --> 00:31:48.400
 and what it looks like

00:31:48.400 --> 00:31:49.779
 is your salvation.

00:31:50.440 --> 00:31:51.360
 The salvation

00:31:51.360 --> 00:31:52.220
 that you have

00:31:52.220 --> 00:31:52.759
 in Jesus.

00:31:54.240 --> 00:31:54.360
 Right?

00:31:54.400 --> 00:31:55.360
 So Paul's not calling you

00:31:55.360 --> 00:31:56.240
 like to be Jesus.

00:31:57.039 --> 00:31:58.019
 But he's saying

00:31:58.019 --> 00:31:59.480
 have this mind.

00:31:59.579 --> 00:32:00.559
 Have this same mind

00:32:00.559 --> 00:32:01.059
 in you

00:32:01.059 --> 00:32:02.600
 which is yours

00:32:02.600 --> 00:32:04.160
 in Jesus.

00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:07.460
 And so what he's

00:32:07.460 --> 00:32:08.319
 directing us to

00:32:08.319 --> 00:32:09.759
 what he's directing us to

00:32:09.759 --> 00:32:10.299
 is

00:32:10.299 --> 00:32:11.759
 not so much

00:32:11.759 --> 00:32:12.360
 work out

00:32:12.360 --> 00:32:13.240
 what God's worked in.

00:32:13.240 --> 00:32:13.859
 I mean that's okay.

00:32:13.920 --> 00:32:14.819
 I'm not against that.

00:32:15.440 --> 00:32:16.359
 What he's saying is

00:32:16.359 --> 00:32:19.380
 your life should look

00:32:19.380 --> 00:32:22.000
 like the gift

00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:22.779
 that you've been given.

00:32:24.019 --> 00:32:24.579
 And it's really

00:32:24.579 --> 00:32:24.940
 I know

00:32:24.940 --> 00:32:25.799
 I'm getting ready to say this

00:32:25.799 --> 00:32:26.819
 and I don't really want to

00:32:26.819 --> 00:32:27.359
 I'm going to do it anyway.

00:32:27.660 --> 00:32:27.980
 I'm going to say

00:32:27.980 --> 00:32:29.339
 it is on that level

00:32:29.339 --> 00:32:31.000
 as simple as that.

00:32:32.740 --> 00:32:33.440
 But of course

00:32:33.440 --> 00:32:34.859
 simple doesn't mean

00:32:34.859 --> 00:32:36.120
 simple to do.

00:32:37.420 --> 00:32:37.819
 Right?

00:32:37.880 --> 00:32:38.819
 Because every single day

00:32:38.819 --> 00:32:39.599
 we're confronted

00:32:39.599 --> 00:32:40.939
 I mean think about it

00:32:40.939 --> 00:32:42.740
 it's really really easy

00:32:42.740 --> 00:32:43.319
 to talk about

00:32:43.319 --> 00:32:44.019
 loving one another.

00:32:44.559 --> 00:32:45.240
 It's really really easy

00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:45.699
 to talk about

00:32:45.699 --> 00:32:46.500
 serving one another.

00:32:47.859 --> 00:32:48.659
 But you know

00:32:48.659 --> 00:32:49.859
 when kind of push

00:32:49.859 --> 00:32:50.419
 comes to shove

00:32:50.419 --> 00:32:51.000
 and it gets really

00:32:51.000 --> 00:32:51.839
 down into the details

00:32:51.839 --> 00:32:53.759
 it can be really difficult.

00:32:54.219 --> 00:32:55.059
 Because I can always

00:32:55.059 --> 00:32:55.539
 think of like

00:32:55.539 --> 00:32:56.379
 a hundred things

00:32:56.379 --> 00:32:57.179
 that I need to be doing

00:32:57.179 --> 00:32:58.119
 for myself instead.

00:32:58.619 --> 00:32:59.019
 Always.

00:32:59.559 --> 00:32:59.959
 Like at any

00:32:59.959 --> 00:33:00.779
 at the drop of a hat

00:33:00.779 --> 00:33:01.639
 any given second

00:33:01.639 --> 00:33:03.179
 I can immediately think

00:33:03.179 --> 00:33:04.379
 of something I need.

00:33:04.939 --> 00:33:05.059
 Right?

00:33:05.139 --> 00:33:06.019
 Now Paul's not here

00:33:06.019 --> 00:33:06.519
 saying like

00:33:06.519 --> 00:33:07.460
 become a doormat

00:33:07.460 --> 00:33:08.419
 for every single person

00:33:08.419 --> 00:33:09.759
 that crosses your path

00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:10.379
 and no matter

00:33:10.379 --> 00:33:11.259
 what it is you're doing

00:33:11.259 --> 00:33:11.940
 if somebody comes up

00:33:11.940 --> 00:33:12.179
 and says

00:33:12.179 --> 00:33:12.980
 hey I need you to do something

00:33:12.980 --> 00:33:14.759
 like you completely drop

00:33:14.759 --> 00:33:15.700
 I mean he's not saying that.

00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:15.919
 Right?

00:33:16.679 --> 00:33:17.759
 But what he's saying is

00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:19.319
 you have the freedom

00:33:19.319 --> 00:33:20.259
 you have this freedom

00:33:20.259 --> 00:33:22.379
 to live for other people.

00:33:22.919 --> 00:33:23.700
 And you can do it

00:33:23.700 --> 00:33:24.359
 with this confidence.

00:33:24.799 --> 00:33:25.720
 Here's why

00:33:25.720 --> 00:33:27.519
 here's why we can

00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:28.859
 live for other people.

00:33:29.339 --> 00:33:30.079
 Here's why

00:33:30.079 --> 00:33:31.179
 I don't have to

00:33:31.179 --> 00:33:32.359
 always be thinking about

00:33:32.359 --> 00:33:33.519
 my time

00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:34.859
 my responsibilities

00:33:34.859 --> 00:33:35.500
 the things

00:33:35.500 --> 00:33:36.799
 I've got to get done

00:33:36.799 --> 00:33:39.019
 but that I can

00:33:39.019 --> 00:33:40.459
 actually think of others

00:33:40.459 --> 00:33:41.000
 is this

00:33:41.000 --> 00:33:42.259
 because

00:33:42.259 --> 00:33:43.759
 I have been given

00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:45.059
 an eternal salvation

00:33:45.059 --> 00:33:46.899
 that has been promised

00:33:46.899 --> 00:33:47.519
 to me

00:33:47.519 --> 00:33:48.199
 that God

00:33:48.199 --> 00:33:48.939
 who started it

00:33:48.939 --> 00:33:49.799
 will complete it.

00:33:50.579 --> 00:33:51.119
 In other words

00:33:51.119 --> 00:33:51.740
 I live in this

00:33:51.740 --> 00:33:52.539
 complete freedom

00:33:52.539 --> 00:33:53.299
 of knowing God's

00:33:53.299 --> 00:33:53.759
 going to complete

00:33:53.759 --> 00:33:54.379
 this work in me

00:33:54.379 --> 00:33:55.019
 so I have nothing

00:33:55.019 --> 00:33:55.759
 to prove.

00:33:56.959 --> 00:33:57.299
 Right?

00:33:57.379 --> 00:33:58.279
 I have nothing to prove.

00:33:58.359 --> 00:33:58.799
 I have nothing

00:33:58.799 --> 00:33:59.379
 that I have to

00:33:59.379 --> 00:34:00.259
 I have nothing

00:34:00.259 --> 00:34:00.819
 that I personally

00:34:00.819 --> 00:34:01.799
 just have to accomplish

00:34:01.799 --> 00:34:02.639
 at the expense

00:34:02.639 --> 00:34:03.500
 of anybody else.

00:34:04.859 --> 00:34:06.359
 Because I'm resting

00:34:06.359 --> 00:34:07.179
 in God's work

00:34:07.179 --> 00:34:08.659
 that's done for me

00:34:08.659 --> 00:34:09.739
 from beginning to end.

00:34:10.900 --> 00:34:12.239
 In other words

00:34:12.239 --> 00:34:13.359
 it's when we grasp

00:34:13.359 --> 00:34:14.179
 how complete

00:34:14.179 --> 00:34:15.199
 our salvation is

00:34:15.199 --> 00:34:16.679
 that we're freed up

00:34:16.679 --> 00:34:18.000
 to live that salvation

00:34:18.000 --> 00:34:18.859
 out for one another.

00:34:19.980 --> 00:34:21.179
 And that's the key.

00:34:22.159 --> 00:34:23.779
 The key is understanding

00:34:23.779 --> 00:34:24.539
 the freedom

00:34:24.539 --> 00:34:25.079
 that you have.

00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:25.960
 And this is

00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:27.019
 strange sounding.

00:34:27.559 --> 00:34:28.380
 You and I

00:34:28.380 --> 00:34:29.679
 we are so free

00:34:29.679 --> 00:34:31.559
 this is how radically

00:34:31.559 --> 00:34:32.239
 free we are.

00:34:32.239 --> 00:34:33.719
 we don't have

00:34:33.719 --> 00:34:34.759
 to live for ourselves.

00:34:37.039 --> 00:34:37.479
 That's like the

00:34:37.479 --> 00:34:37.839
 I mean

00:34:37.839 --> 00:34:38.579
 for one thing

00:34:38.579 --> 00:34:39.099
 that sounds like

00:34:39.099 --> 00:34:39.599
 that doesn't sound

00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:40.219
 like a lot of freedom.

00:34:40.779 --> 00:34:42.059
 It doesn't in the world.

00:34:43.199 --> 00:34:43.599
 But you know

00:34:43.599 --> 00:34:44.179
 notice here

00:34:44.179 --> 00:34:44.759
 that Paul says

00:34:44.759 --> 00:34:46.299
 to live like this

00:34:46.299 --> 00:34:47.139
 children of God

00:34:47.139 --> 00:34:48.599
 in a warped

00:34:48.599 --> 00:34:49.279
 and crooked generation

00:34:49.279 --> 00:34:49.619
 in other words

00:34:49.619 --> 00:34:50.079
 in a world

00:34:50.079 --> 00:34:50.699
 that's the exact

00:34:50.699 --> 00:34:52.039
 opposite of this.

00:34:52.619 --> 00:34:54.199
 You have such freedom

00:34:54.199 --> 00:34:55.559
 that you don't have

00:34:55.559 --> 00:34:56.179
 to look out

00:34:56.179 --> 00:34:57.139
 for your own interests

00:34:57.139 --> 00:34:58.779
 because you can trust God

00:34:58.779 --> 00:34:59.599
 that what he has

00:34:59.599 --> 00:35:00.119
 started in you

00:35:00.119 --> 00:35:00.779
 he will complete

00:35:00.780 --> 00:35:01.560
 and it's a promise

00:35:01.560 --> 00:35:02.000
 in Jesus

00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:02.640
 that is not going

00:35:02.640 --> 00:35:03.360
 to be taken away.

00:35:06.120 --> 00:35:06.519
 And he says

00:35:06.519 --> 00:35:07.700
 and this will make you

00:35:07.700 --> 00:35:08.820
 shine like stars

00:35:08.820 --> 00:35:09.860
 in the world

00:35:09.860 --> 00:35:10.720
 that you're living in.

00:35:12.300 --> 00:35:12.900
 And then you won't

00:35:12.900 --> 00:35:13.720
 look what he says

00:35:13.720 --> 00:35:15.160
 I'm almost finished

00:35:15.160 --> 00:35:15.720
 he says

00:35:15.720 --> 00:35:16.380
 you will be

00:35:16.380 --> 00:35:17.440
 blameless and pure

00:35:17.440 --> 00:35:18.320
 do everything

00:35:18.320 --> 00:35:19.200
 without grumbling

00:35:19.200 --> 00:35:20.200
 or arguing.

00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:21.220
 So what's the opposite

00:35:21.220 --> 00:35:21.600
 of grumbling

00:35:21.600 --> 00:35:21.920
 arguing

00:35:21.920 --> 00:35:23.580
 is peace

00:35:23.580 --> 00:35:25.700
 contentment and peace.

00:35:26.620 --> 00:35:27.140
 So you can have

00:35:27.140 --> 00:35:28.000
 contentment and peace

00:35:28.000 --> 00:35:28.640
 rather than grumbling

00:35:28.640 --> 00:35:29.100
 and arguing

00:35:29.099 --> 00:35:30.880
 why of grasping

00:35:30.880 --> 00:35:31.839
 hold of the fact

00:35:31.839 --> 00:35:34.420
 that God has supplied

00:35:34.420 --> 00:35:35.139
 you with everything

00:35:35.139 --> 00:35:35.960
 you need in Jesus

00:35:35.960 --> 00:35:37.420
 and he has supplied

00:35:37.420 --> 00:35:39.079
 you to such an extent

00:35:39.079 --> 00:35:40.440
 that you can actually

00:35:40.440 --> 00:35:41.360
 look at another person

00:35:41.360 --> 00:35:42.179
 and live for them

00:35:42.179 --> 00:35:42.920
 and not for yourself.

00:35:44.259 --> 00:35:44.940
 And you don't have

00:35:44.940 --> 00:35:45.420
 to worry about

00:35:45.420 --> 00:35:46.279
 what recognition

00:35:46.279 --> 00:35:46.920
 you're going to get.

00:35:47.179 --> 00:35:47.759
 You don't have to worry

00:35:47.759 --> 00:35:48.639
 about is anybody

00:35:48.639 --> 00:35:49.239
 going to notice

00:35:49.239 --> 00:35:50.699
 or you know

00:35:50.699 --> 00:35:51.539
 and I know

00:35:51.539 --> 00:35:52.579
 I feel this way too

00:35:52.579 --> 00:35:53.500
 sometimes I know

00:35:53.500 --> 00:35:54.420
 that you feel like

00:35:54.420 --> 00:35:54.759
 you know

00:35:54.759 --> 00:35:55.519
 I'm doing everything

00:35:55.519 --> 00:35:55.900
 I'm serving

00:35:55.900 --> 00:35:57.199
 but nobody even notices.

00:35:57.199 --> 00:36:00.139
 And then you feel guilty

00:36:00.139 --> 00:36:01.579
 because you realize

00:36:01.579 --> 00:36:02.299
 that you just thought

00:36:02.299 --> 00:36:03.039
 well I just need more

00:36:03.039 --> 00:36:04.019
 and then it starts

00:36:04.019 --> 00:36:04.679
 this whole thing over

00:36:04.679 --> 00:36:05.239
 but see you're freed

00:36:05.239 --> 00:36:05.819
 from that too.

00:36:08.739 --> 00:36:09.819
 You're freed from that too.

00:36:09.919 --> 00:36:10.579
 You're even free

00:36:10.579 --> 00:36:12.159
 from like all the sort of

00:36:12.159 --> 00:36:13.139
 you know

00:36:13.139 --> 00:36:14.419
 binds that you put

00:36:14.419 --> 00:36:14.980
 on yourself

00:36:14.980 --> 00:36:16.939
 every time a bad

00:36:16.939 --> 00:36:17.559
 thought crosses you.

00:36:17.579 --> 00:36:17.980
 Like I'm free

00:36:17.980 --> 00:36:18.559
 from that too.

00:36:20.179 --> 00:36:21.039
 But ultimately

00:36:21.039 --> 00:36:21.480
 it's this

00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:22.460
 you're free from

00:36:22.460 --> 00:36:23.879
 needing people

00:36:23.879 --> 00:36:24.559
 to recognize

00:36:24.559 --> 00:36:25.099
 all the things

00:36:25.099 --> 00:36:25.559
 that you've done.

00:36:25.639 --> 00:36:26.000
 That's great

00:36:26.000 --> 00:36:26.539
 to be recognized.

00:36:27.039 --> 00:36:27.579
 But you know

00:36:27.579 --> 00:36:28.579
 we could all be

00:36:28.579 --> 00:36:29.159
 doing that more

00:36:29.159 --> 00:36:30.000
 is recognizing

00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:30.739
 each other

00:36:30.739 --> 00:36:31.260
 for the things

00:36:31.260 --> 00:36:31.860
 that we do.

00:36:33.300 --> 00:36:34.320
 But individually

00:36:34.320 --> 00:36:35.719
 individually

00:36:35.719 --> 00:36:36.420
 I'm free

00:36:36.420 --> 00:36:37.380
 that I don't

00:36:37.380 --> 00:36:37.920
 need to

00:36:37.920 --> 00:36:38.159
 I mean

00:36:38.159 --> 00:36:38.920
 I do

00:36:38.920 --> 00:36:40.539
 but I don't need

00:36:40.539 --> 00:36:41.280
 to worry

00:36:41.280 --> 00:36:41.880
 that other people

00:36:41.880 --> 00:36:42.559
 say recognize

00:36:42.559 --> 00:36:42.960
 the things

00:36:42.960 --> 00:36:43.659
 I've done for them

00:36:43.659 --> 00:36:45.920
 or that they gave me

00:36:45.920 --> 00:36:46.900
 enough thanks

00:36:46.900 --> 00:36:47.460
 for the things

00:36:47.460 --> 00:36:48.300
 that I've done for them.

00:36:48.860 --> 00:36:50.500
 Because if I truly believe

00:36:50.500 --> 00:36:52.219
 that God's going to complete

00:36:52.219 --> 00:36:53.340
 this great salvation

00:36:53.340 --> 00:36:54.280
 that he started in me

00:36:54.280 --> 00:36:55.420
 that should free me

00:36:55.420 --> 00:36:56.000
 of to think

00:36:56.000 --> 00:36:57.780
 I've only got one thing

00:36:57.780 --> 00:36:58.100
 to do

00:36:58.100 --> 00:36:59.360
 and that is

00:36:59.360 --> 00:37:00.380
 I don't have to

00:37:00.380 --> 00:37:01.100
 protect myself.

00:37:02.400 --> 00:37:02.780
 Now

00:37:02.780 --> 00:37:04.100
 it's really hard

00:37:04.100 --> 00:37:04.519
 to do that.

00:37:04.580 --> 00:37:05.080
 It's really easy

00:37:05.080 --> 00:37:05.580
 to say

00:37:05.580 --> 00:37:07.300
 but super hard

00:37:07.300 --> 00:37:07.640
 to do.

00:37:08.140 --> 00:37:09.360
 And all you need

00:37:09.360 --> 00:37:10.280
 to make this really

00:37:10.280 --> 00:37:10.660
 so okay

00:37:10.660 --> 00:37:11.780
 this is really easy

00:37:11.780 --> 00:37:12.200
 to do

00:37:12.200 --> 00:37:13.500
 until one thing

00:37:13.500 --> 00:37:14.540
 enters into your life

00:37:14.540 --> 00:37:16.260
 another person.

00:37:17.160 --> 00:37:18.440
 Like it is super easy

00:37:18.440 --> 00:37:19.360
 to live for others

00:37:19.360 --> 00:37:20.300
 and to love others

00:37:20.300 --> 00:37:21.820
 until

00:37:21.820 --> 00:37:23.700
 another shows up.

00:37:24.280 --> 00:37:25.160
 Like I am

00:37:25.160 --> 00:37:26.320
 the most selfless

00:37:26.320 --> 00:37:27.320
 giving

00:37:27.320 --> 00:37:29.060
 you know

00:37:29.060 --> 00:37:29.920
 kind

00:37:29.920 --> 00:37:30.840
 loving

00:37:30.840 --> 00:37:31.480
 person

00:37:31.480 --> 00:37:32.300
 on the earth

00:37:32.300 --> 00:37:34.320
 until another human being

00:37:34.320 --> 00:37:34.940
 walks in the room

00:37:34.940 --> 00:37:36.140
 and ruins that for me.

00:37:37.040 --> 00:37:37.360
 Right?

00:37:37.700 --> 00:37:38.420
 I mean I can think

00:37:38.420 --> 00:37:38.640
 I'm like

00:37:38.640 --> 00:37:39.060
 you know

00:37:39.060 --> 00:37:39.720
 I was really like

00:37:39.720 --> 00:37:40.940
 loving and living for people

00:37:40.940 --> 00:37:41.680
 and then

00:37:41.680 --> 00:37:42.120
 you know

00:37:42.120 --> 00:37:42.840
 somebody like

00:37:42.840 --> 00:37:43.560
 say my wife

00:37:43.560 --> 00:37:44.060
 walks in

00:37:44.060 --> 00:37:45.100
 and all of a sudden

00:37:45.100 --> 00:37:46.700
 that becomes really difficult

00:37:46.700 --> 00:37:47.500
 and I start thinking

00:37:47.500 --> 00:37:48.700
 about what I need to do

00:37:48.700 --> 00:37:50.460
 and how I need to assert myself

00:37:50.460 --> 00:37:51.780
 and how I need to be right

00:37:51.780 --> 00:37:52.660
 in this discussion

00:37:52.659 --> 00:37:54.359
 and I need to make sure

00:37:54.359 --> 00:37:55.039
 that she knows

00:37:55.039 --> 00:37:55.960
 that I was right

00:37:55.960 --> 00:37:56.879
 like because

00:37:56.879 --> 00:37:58.359
 just out of principle

00:37:58.359 --> 00:37:59.779
 because it's the right thing

00:37:59.779 --> 00:38:00.779
 for people to understand

00:38:00.779 --> 00:38:01.299
 who's right

00:38:01.299 --> 00:38:01.960
 and who's wrong

00:38:01.960 --> 00:38:03.420
 and that's like

00:38:03.420 --> 00:38:04.339
 really important

00:38:04.339 --> 00:38:06.440
 and then she leaves the room

00:38:06.440 --> 00:38:06.899
 and I'm like

00:38:06.899 --> 00:38:10.199
 I need to live for other people.

00:38:11.460 --> 00:38:11.539
 Right?

00:38:11.539 --> 00:38:12.079
 This is the thing

00:38:12.079 --> 00:38:12.839
 I need to do.

00:38:13.079 --> 00:38:13.179
 Right?

00:38:13.239 --> 00:38:13.899
 And then Denise

00:38:13.899 --> 00:38:14.960
 comes back in the room

00:38:14.960 --> 00:38:15.659
 and I'm like

00:38:15.659 --> 00:38:17.219
 she says something

00:38:17.219 --> 00:38:17.619
 and I'm like

00:38:17.619 --> 00:38:18.179
 well

00:38:18.179 --> 00:38:19.259
 I mean I understand

00:38:19.259 --> 00:38:19.679
 what you're saying

00:38:19.679 --> 00:38:20.059
 but

00:38:20.059 --> 00:38:21.319
 right?

00:38:21.739 --> 00:38:22.579
 I get it

00:38:22.579 --> 00:38:23.779
 why you would put it that way

00:38:23.779 --> 00:38:24.419
 but here's the reason

00:38:24.419 --> 00:38:24.839
 so

00:38:24.839 --> 00:38:26.919
 rather than grasping it

00:38:26.919 --> 00:38:28.759
 not only am I free from that

00:38:28.759 --> 00:38:30.960
 I am free to make her life better

00:38:30.960 --> 00:38:32.139
 that's what it does

00:38:32.139 --> 00:38:32.739
 you see

00:38:32.739 --> 00:38:34.919
 when we grasp the freedom

00:38:34.919 --> 00:38:35.679
 that we have in salvation

00:38:35.679 --> 00:38:36.779
 it immediately makes

00:38:36.779 --> 00:38:38.519
 everybody's life around us better

00:38:38.519 --> 00:38:41.719
 because we don't have to exert ourselves

00:38:41.719 --> 00:38:42.639
 over top of them.

00:38:43.219 --> 00:38:43.319
 Right?

00:38:43.599 --> 00:38:44.219
 And so I just want to

00:38:44.219 --> 00:38:45.219
 I want to end with this.

00:38:45.219 --> 00:38:49.000
 every time you hear a command like this

00:38:49.000 --> 00:38:52.099
 don't first hear it as

00:38:52.099 --> 00:38:53.139
 I've got to do more

00:38:53.139 --> 00:38:53.439
 and more

00:38:53.439 --> 00:38:53.719
 and more

00:38:53.719 --> 00:38:54.000
 and more

00:38:54.000 --> 00:38:54.419
 and more

00:38:54.419 --> 00:38:56.379
 the first thing is

00:38:56.379 --> 00:38:57.339
 when you hear a command like

00:38:57.339 --> 00:38:58.279
 work out your salvation

00:38:58.279 --> 00:39:00.019
 allow that command

00:39:00.019 --> 00:39:01.019
 to do its work

00:39:01.019 --> 00:39:02.439
 and what I mean is this

00:39:02.439 --> 00:39:04.319
 allow that command

00:39:04.319 --> 00:39:05.980
 to expose in your heart

00:39:05.980 --> 00:39:07.899
 how you have not been doing this.

00:39:09.939 --> 00:39:11.839
 That's an important work

00:39:11.839 --> 00:39:13.719
 because it will do that

00:39:13.719 --> 00:39:14.859
 and then what will that do?

00:39:15.219 --> 00:39:16.519
 Now it might sound like

00:39:16.519 --> 00:39:18.519
 you mean just let it really depress me

00:39:18.519 --> 00:39:19.579
 No

00:39:19.579 --> 00:39:21.839
 but don't just hear it like

00:39:21.839 --> 00:39:22.619
 yeah I've got to do more

00:39:22.619 --> 00:39:23.959
 hear it

00:39:23.959 --> 00:39:25.799
 and let that command expose in you

00:39:25.799 --> 00:39:27.639
 the places where you're not doing that

00:39:27.639 --> 00:39:28.899
 that will then do what?

00:39:29.079 --> 00:39:30.759
 Will drive you back

00:39:30.759 --> 00:39:32.919
 to your salvation in Jesus

00:39:32.919 --> 00:39:34.319
 where you realize

00:39:34.319 --> 00:39:34.759
 you know what?

00:39:34.799 --> 00:39:35.759
 I've been set free

00:39:35.759 --> 00:39:38.000
 all these places that I see in my life

00:39:38.000 --> 00:39:39.500
 the command is exposing my life

00:39:39.500 --> 00:39:40.259
 that I don't do this

00:39:40.259 --> 00:39:42.739
 I've been set free from all that

00:39:42.739 --> 00:39:44.259
 but you can only be set free by it

00:39:44.260 --> 00:39:45.140
 by having that command

00:39:45.140 --> 00:39:46.960
 sort of drive you back to the cross

00:39:46.960 --> 00:39:48.780
 over and over and over again

00:39:48.780 --> 00:39:50.500
 that's where you'll find your freedom

00:39:50.500 --> 00:39:52.980
 because once you find your freedom

00:39:52.980 --> 00:39:53.620
 in the cross

00:39:53.620 --> 00:39:55.460
 you will have this freedom

00:39:55.460 --> 00:39:57.500
 like you have never experienced before

00:39:57.500 --> 00:40:01.239
 the freedom that was given to you

00:40:01.239 --> 00:40:02.719
 by the one who

00:40:02.719 --> 00:40:05.460
 rather than exploit

00:40:05.460 --> 00:40:07.920
 all the eternal power he had

00:40:07.920 --> 00:40:10.119
 gave that up

00:40:10.119 --> 00:40:11.440
 for your sake

00:40:11.440 --> 00:40:13.360
 right?

00:40:13.480 --> 00:40:14.739
 so in other words

00:40:14.739 --> 00:40:15.719
 we progress

00:40:15.719 --> 00:40:18.780
 God's going to complete his work in us

00:40:18.780 --> 00:40:19.619
 from beginning to end

00:40:19.619 --> 00:40:20.920
 not by sort of

00:40:20.920 --> 00:40:22.320
 us moving further and further

00:40:22.320 --> 00:40:23.940
 and further and further away from the cross

00:40:23.940 --> 00:40:26.059
 but by every single day

00:40:26.059 --> 00:40:27.059
 coming back to it

00:40:27.059 --> 00:40:28.300
 every single day

00:40:28.300 --> 00:40:29.200
 coming back to it

00:40:29.200 --> 00:40:30.280
 and understanding that

00:40:30.280 --> 00:40:31.179
 it's in the cross of Jesus

00:40:31.179 --> 00:40:31.960
 that we're free

00:40:31.960 --> 00:40:33.760
 to live for one another

00:40:33.760 --> 00:40:34.220
 and

00:40:34.220 --> 00:40:35.940
 to work out our salvation

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 with fear and trembling

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 because

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 it is God

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 himself

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 who is working in us

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 both to will

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 and to work

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 for

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 his good pleasure

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 and you have that as a promise

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 let's pray together

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 Father it's really easy to hear these things

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 and to talk about them

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 and to

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 make a big deal about them

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 and to

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 you know

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 feel like we're

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 ready

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 but Lord we know that if

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 you're not with us

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 we'll walk out these doors

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 and

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 our lives may look anything but

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 like what we've heard here

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 but we're confident Lord

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 not in ourselves

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 but we're confident that

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 you are a God who

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 keeps your promises

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 and that you don't just

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 trick us

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 you don't just

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 lead us along

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 you don't just

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 give us something

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 and then

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 show us the fine print

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 later

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 but Lord we need you

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 to do this

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 in our lives

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 just as you promised

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 so Lord

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 all we pray today

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 is that you would keep

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 your promises to us

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 in Christ

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 in his name we pray

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 You