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 The reading is from Romans chapter 7, starting at verse 15, and going to Romans chapter 8, verse 4.

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 For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.

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 Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with the law that it is good.

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 So now it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me.

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 For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh.

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 For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out.

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 For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing.

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 Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me.

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 So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand.

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 For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being.

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 But I see in my members another law, waging a war against the law of my mind,

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 and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members.

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 Wretched man that I am, who will deliver me from this body of death?

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 Thanks be to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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 So then I myself served the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I served the law of sin.

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 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

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 For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.

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 For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do.

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 By sending his own Son, in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin he condemns sin in the flesh,

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 in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us,

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 who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

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 Well, good morning everyone.

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 We're going to be on week two in our series called Safe and Secure in Christ.

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 A series that's really going to focus on assurance.

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 So I want to start this morning with just a statement to you as my Christian brothers and sisters.

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 And it's this.

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 God wants you, as a Christian, to have assurance of your salvation.

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 Let me say it again.

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 God, it's our Father's intention that Christians like you and me are totally certain that

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 we have been forgiven for our sinner rebellion,

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 that we now enjoy a relationship with God,

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 that he will never change his mind about us or abandon us,

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 in spite of our ongoing failure and disobedience,

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 and that finally we will make it home to heaven or glory forever.

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 Our Father wants us to understand that, to experience that.

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 Now the question is, do you believe it?

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 Do you even dare to believe this?

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 A question may already be forming in your mind.

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 If God wants me to be absolutely sure about being Christian,

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 then why is it that I'm often, so often, anything but sure?

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 No doubt some of you here this morning are struggling with a massive lack of assurance,

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 massive doubts, loads of doubts.

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 And no doubt you'd love to be able to believe it,

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 but just somehow or other it eludes you.

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 Your scam alert goes off in your mind saying,

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 well, if something sounds too good to be true,

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 then it probably is too good to be true.

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 And given my experience of life as a Christian,

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 it's too good to be true.

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 Some of you may actually be living with a lack of assurance

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 because you think it would be arrogant or presumptuous,

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 like sinful pride for a Christian, any Christian,

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 to say they're certain of being a Christian.

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 I've known people like that over my ministry years.

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 Some of you may be lacking assurance

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 because your thinking is all wrong.

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 And your actual thinking is robbing you

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 of what God wants you to see and experience.

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 So lack of assurance is a big thing for Christians

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 for all different reasons.

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 But the Lord says to each Christian here this morning

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 that assurance of salvation is his gift to us

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 to know and experience.

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 Even better, as we move into Romans 8,

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 even better, he actually gives us a series of reference points.

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 If you know about navigation and triangulation,

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 then you fix your bearings by triangulating

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 different reference points.

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 Well, that's what God gives us here in Romans 8

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 in respect of assurance,

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 a series of reference points

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 which when properly triangulated or used together

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 ensure we have our bearings right

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 in terms of assurance of our salvation.

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 And the first reference point this morning,

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 in the first four verses of Romans 8,

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 the first reference point is the unmerited

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 and unchanging love of God in Christ

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 and his objective work.

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 His objective work on behalf of his guilty, sinful people.

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 Let's have a look at Paul's statement in verses 1 through to 4.

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 Verse 1, Don's already opened up.

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 There is therefore now no condemnation

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 for those who are in Christ Jesus.

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 Now Dave and I didn't collude,

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 but Dave's introduction picked up my next sentence.

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 The idea of condemnation is horrible.

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 In a courtroom,

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 the convicted criminal may know of his guilt,

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 but to hear the verdict or condemnation

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 is an extra layer of awfulness

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 even for the guilty criminal.

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 Condemnation expresses the awfulness of the crime.

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 Condemnation expresses the finality of the sentence.

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 And when we think that in this courtroom,

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 this is the courtroom of the holy God of the universe,

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 the idea of condemnation is even worse,

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 if that's possible to imagine it.

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 God's courtroom, God is the holy judge.

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 That it says there in verse 1,

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 therefore now no condemnation implies a time

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 when these same people were under condemnation.

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 Now we need to go back through the argument of Romans

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 to understand what's been said here.

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 If you go back to chapter 1 verse 18,

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 where Paul's argument starts,

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 Paul argues from there right through chapter 2 and chapter 3,

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 he's really saying,

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 look,

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 all people are condemned by God

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 and stand under his wrath and guilt,

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 under his condemnation.

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 Why?

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 Because no person

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 at any point in this universe

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 has ever lived consistently

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 with what they know about God.

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 Let's call it the law of God.

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 Paul's saying,

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 everybody is condemned

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 because nobody

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 lives according to the law of God.

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 Now that law of God

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 came to different people

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 in different ways.

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 For some,

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 in chapter 1 of Romans,

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 Paul says,

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 all they had,

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 the law of God,

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 was what they could observe

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 in nature

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 and what was built

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 into their conscience

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 in a real sense

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 of right and wrong.

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 And Paul says in chapter 1,

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 these things scream out

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 the truth about God,

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 that he exists,

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 that he's powerful.

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 That he's just,

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 that he's good.

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 That there's right

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 and there's wrong

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 and there will be accountability.

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 That's what the law of God

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 spelled out to these people

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 just by looking at nature

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 or by observing their conscience.

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 But,

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 says Paul,

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 people reject that level of law

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 and he says in chapter 1,

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 they actually choose

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 a domesticated God

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 of their own making.

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 They ignore their conscience

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 in determination

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 to do as they please.

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 So they stand guilty

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 before God.

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 And then he goes on

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 to talk about the Jews.

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 Well,

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 they have the law of God

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 in a different form,

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 clearly spelled out

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 in the Mosaic law,

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 the Ten Commandments.

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 They were so proud

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 of this privilege,

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 says Paul.

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 But they also stand guilty

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 before God

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 because they didn't

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 actually obey the law.

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 They twisted it

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 to make it suit themselves.

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 Paul's conclusion,

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 Romans chapter 3.

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 No one is righteous.

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 All stand guilty

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 and condemned

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 before God.

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 None live in the light

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 of what they know about God.

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 So,

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 how is it possible then,

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 chapter 8,

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 verse 1,

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 to speak about

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 those who now

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 escape God's condemnation?

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 Well,

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 we have it here,

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 chapter 8,

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 verses 1 and 2.

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 It's the result

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 of the gospel.

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 There is,

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 therefore now,

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 no condemnation

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 for those

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 who are in Christ Jesus.

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 In Christ Jesus

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 is the key

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 to escaping

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 condemnation.

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 for the law

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 of the spirit

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 of life,

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 which is just

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 another way

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 of talking about

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 the gospel,

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 I think,

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 in simple terms.

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 You can go back

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 and check that term out

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 where it first appeared

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 in chapter 7,

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 verse 6.

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 For the law

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 of the spirit

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 of life,

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 or,

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 in other words,

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 the result

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 of the gospel

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 is that you've been

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 set free

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 in Christ Jesus

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 from the law

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 of sin and death.

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 death.

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 In other words,

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 it's the result

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 of the actions

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 of Jesus

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 for and on behalf

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 of his people

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 who are now

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 in him,

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 that is united

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 with him.

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 It is that

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 which allows

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 this new

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 pronouncement

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 of no condemnation.

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 a bit more detail,

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 the death

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 of Christ

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 actually changes

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 the way

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 God views us.

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 He now views us

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 in Christ.

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 So,

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 it's a really

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 important thing here.

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 We often think

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 that the gospel

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 is about

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 how our view

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 of God

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 has changed.

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 And there's a truth

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 in that.

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 Our view of God

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 does change

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 when we become

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 Christians.

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 But the heart

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 of the gospel

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 is far more

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 important than that.

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 The heart of the gospel

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 is that God's view

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 of us has changed.

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 That's the really

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 crucial part.

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 And we're told

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 through Romans

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 that we have

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 a totally new

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 standing,

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 a totally new

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 status before God

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 and it's called here

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 in Christ Jesus.

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 That's a reference

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 to how our status

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 now,

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 how God views us.

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 We are now

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 united with Christ.

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 Chapter 5

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 of Romans.

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 Our being

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 and future

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 is now

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 tied to Christ.

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 Chapter 6

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 and 7

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 of Romans.

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 And because

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 God could never

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 push away

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 his own son,

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 there can never

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 be a possibility

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 that God

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 will push us

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 away because

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 we are in Christ.

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 And the death

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 of Christ

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 has actually

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 freed us

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 from the guilt

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 and power

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 of sin.

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 Verse 2,

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 for the law

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 of the spirit

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 of life

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 has set you

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 free.

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 You're no

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 longer obligated,

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 you're no longer

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 under obligation

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 to or in debt

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 to the law

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 of sin

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 and death.

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 Jesus' death

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 and resurrection

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 has set us

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 free.

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 But the question

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 is then,

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 how does a

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 person

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 be set free

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 from the law

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 of sin

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 and death

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 or the guilt

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 which demands

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 condemnation?

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 Well,

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 verse 3

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 tells us,

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 for God

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 has done

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 what the law

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 weakened by the

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 flesh could not

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 do.

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 By sending

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 his own son

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 in the likeness

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 of sinful flesh

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 and for sin

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 he condemned

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 sin in the flesh.

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 In other words,

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 we're set free

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 because the

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 death of Christ

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 has dealt

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 with the very

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 things that

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 brought God's

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 judgment upon us

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 in the first place.

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 That brought

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 separation from God

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 and condemnation

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 from God

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 in the first place.

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 So,

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 once they're dealt

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 with,

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 we can be restored

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 into relationship

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 with God

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 by means of the

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 death and resurrection

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 of Jesus.

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 Guilty,

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 condemned rebels

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 are legally

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 released

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 from condemnation.

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 Now,

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 again,

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 I'll dig into it

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 a little bit more.

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 Verse 3,

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 for God has done

00:14:10.579 --> 00:14:11.240
 what the law

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 weakened by the

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 flesh could not

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 do.

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 That's the same

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 sort of theme

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 as was through

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 chapter 7

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 we saw two weeks

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 ago.

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 And it works

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 a bit like this,

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 you see,

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 the law of God

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 and that means

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 all levels of

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 God law

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 going back to

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 the Gentiles

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 whether it's

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 just the law

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 of nature

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 or for the

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 Jews,

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 the Mosaic law

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 in all its

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 detail.

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 In either case,

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 the law of God

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 was meant

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 to prompt

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 obedience

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 and therefore

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 life or good

00:14:41.320 --> 00:14:42.220
 relationship with

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 God.

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 God's law

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 that

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 because people

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 are both

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 unable

00:14:49.119 --> 00:14:50.359
 and unwilling

00:14:50.359 --> 00:14:52.339
 to obey

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 God's law

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 or to live

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 in the light

00:14:54.439 --> 00:14:54.779
 of what they

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 know about

00:14:55.199 --> 00:14:55.479
 God

00:14:55.479 --> 00:14:55.959
 or to

00:14:55.959 --> 00:14:56.919
 seek after

00:14:56.919 --> 00:14:57.299
 God's

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 standard,

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 then the law

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 effectively just

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 is reduced

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 as we saw

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 two weeks

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 ago.

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 It's reduced

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 to the role

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 of exposing

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 failure,

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 exposing

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 rebellion,

00:15:07.519 --> 00:15:08.399
 exposing guilt

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 and ultimately

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 demanding

00:15:11.019 --> 00:15:11.720
 condemnation.

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 It can't

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 actually help

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 us.

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 It just

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 exposes us

00:15:16.120 --> 00:15:17.100
 and condemns

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 us.

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 So the law

00:15:18.919 --> 00:15:19.559
 that was meant

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 to promote

00:15:20.319 --> 00:15:20.939
 good life

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 actually brings

00:15:21.899 --> 00:15:22.779
 about condemnation.

00:15:24.299 --> 00:15:24.620
 Well,

00:15:25.319 --> 00:15:25.919
 through the

00:15:25.919 --> 00:15:27.840
 sacrificial death

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 of Jesus,

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 God does

00:15:30.939 --> 00:15:31.579
 for me

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 what I could

00:15:32.779 --> 00:15:33.480
 never do

00:15:33.480 --> 00:15:33.980
 for myself,

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 that is,

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 deal with

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 the legal

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 requirements

00:15:37.060 --> 00:15:38.659
 of God's

00:15:38.659 --> 00:15:39.080
 justice.

00:15:40.680 --> 00:15:41.379
 The law

00:15:41.379 --> 00:15:41.840
 says you

00:15:41.840 --> 00:15:42.259
 should be

00:15:42.259 --> 00:15:42.800
 living like

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 this.

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 God demands

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 that.

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 Death of

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 Christ,

00:15:50.899 --> 00:15:51.420
 in the death

00:15:51.420 --> 00:15:51.860
 of Christ,

00:15:52.539 --> 00:15:53.580
 Jesus satisfies

00:15:53.580 --> 00:15:54.399
 God's anger,

00:15:54.659 --> 00:15:55.300
 God's wrath

00:15:55.300 --> 00:15:56.440
 at our

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 disobedience.

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 He pays

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 the penalty

00:16:00.100 --> 00:16:00.820
 for my

00:16:00.820 --> 00:16:01.539
 disobedience

00:16:01.539 --> 00:16:03.159
 demanded by

00:16:03.159 --> 00:16:03.800
 the justice

00:16:03.799 --> 00:16:04.299
 of the law.

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 And not

00:16:06.639 --> 00:16:07.000
 only that,

00:16:07.039 --> 00:16:07.559
 but he lives

00:16:07.559 --> 00:16:08.099
 a life of

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 perfect obedience

00:16:08.959 --> 00:16:09.439
 into the

00:16:09.439 --> 00:16:09.799
 future,

00:16:10.519 --> 00:16:12.519
 which is

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 essential for

00:16:13.339 --> 00:16:14.099
 acceptance by

00:16:14.099 --> 00:16:14.439
 the Holy

00:16:14.439 --> 00:16:14.779
 God.

00:16:15.979 --> 00:16:16.339
 The result,

00:16:16.519 --> 00:16:16.959
 verse 3,

00:16:18.179 --> 00:16:18.599
 sin is

00:16:18.599 --> 00:16:19.000
 condemned.

00:16:20.620 --> 00:16:21.019
 In other

00:16:21.019 --> 00:16:21.339
 words,

00:16:22.019 --> 00:16:22.979
 all the legal

00:16:22.979 --> 00:16:23.899
 requirements to

00:16:23.899 --> 00:16:24.799
 properly deal

00:16:24.799 --> 00:16:25.620
 with my sin

00:16:25.620 --> 00:16:26.479
 have been

00:16:26.479 --> 00:16:27.219
 taken out

00:16:27.219 --> 00:16:27.799
 on Jesus

00:16:27.799 --> 00:16:28.579
 instead of

00:16:28.579 --> 00:16:28.779
 me.

00:16:31.759 --> 00:16:32.579
 Even more

00:16:32.579 --> 00:16:32.859
 amazing,

00:16:32.959 --> 00:16:33.139
 look at

00:16:33.139 --> 00:16:33.679
 verse 4.

00:16:33.799 --> 00:16:34.939
 in order

00:16:34.939 --> 00:16:35.339
 that the

00:16:35.339 --> 00:16:35.719
 righteous

00:16:35.719 --> 00:16:36.459
 requirements

00:16:36.459 --> 00:16:36.799
 of the

00:16:36.799 --> 00:16:37.000
 law

00:16:37.000 --> 00:16:37.659
 might be

00:16:37.659 --> 00:16:38.120
 fulfilled

00:16:38.120 --> 00:16:38.620
 in us

00:16:38.620 --> 00:16:39.659
 who walk

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 not according

00:16:40.399 --> 00:16:40.659
 to the

00:16:40.659 --> 00:16:41.019
 flesh,

00:16:41.799 --> 00:16:42.559
 but according

00:16:42.559 --> 00:16:42.859
 to the

00:16:42.859 --> 00:16:43.179
 spirit.

00:16:44.179 --> 00:16:44.979
 The great

00:16:44.979 --> 00:16:45.899
 transfer is

00:16:45.899 --> 00:16:46.419
 completed

00:16:46.419 --> 00:16:47.620
 when Jesus

00:16:47.620 --> 00:16:48.859
 actually takes

00:16:48.859 --> 00:16:49.719
 upon himself

00:16:49.719 --> 00:16:50.659
 my sin,

00:16:50.799 --> 00:16:51.459
 my guilt,

00:16:52.459 --> 00:16:53.779
 my requirement

00:16:53.779 --> 00:16:54.240
 to fulfill

00:16:54.240 --> 00:16:54.659
 the law,

00:16:55.359 --> 00:16:56.019
 and instead

00:16:56.019 --> 00:16:56.659
 gives me

00:16:56.659 --> 00:16:57.699
 his righteousness,

00:16:58.620 --> 00:16:59.299
 his perfect

00:16:59.299 --> 00:16:59.799
 life of

00:16:59.799 --> 00:17:00.299
 obedience,

00:17:00.299 --> 00:17:01.219
 his perfect

00:17:01.220 --> 00:17:02.720
 fulfilling

00:17:02.720 --> 00:17:03.100
 of the

00:17:03.100 --> 00:17:03.360
 law,

00:17:03.639 --> 00:17:04.140
 is given

00:17:04.140 --> 00:17:04.559
 to me.

00:17:07.960 --> 00:17:08.759
 And that

00:17:08.759 --> 00:17:09.299
 means

00:17:09.299 --> 00:17:11.740
 I now

00:17:11.740 --> 00:17:12.980
 both have

00:17:12.980 --> 00:17:13.539
 the desire

00:17:13.539 --> 00:17:14.220
 and the

00:17:14.220 --> 00:17:14.640
 ability

00:17:14.640 --> 00:17:16.680
 to obey

00:17:16.680 --> 00:17:17.100
 God's

00:17:17.100 --> 00:17:17.319
 law

00:17:17.319 --> 00:17:19.200
 at every

00:17:19.200 --> 00:17:19.519
 level

00:17:19.519 --> 00:17:21.799
 and to

00:17:21.799 --> 00:17:22.440
 bring glory

00:17:22.440 --> 00:17:22.880
 to God

00:17:22.880 --> 00:17:23.299
 as the

00:17:23.299 --> 00:17:23.799
 law was

00:17:23.799 --> 00:17:24.180
 originally

00:17:24.180 --> 00:17:24.720
 intended to

00:17:24.720 --> 00:17:24.940
 do.

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 So that's

00:17:28.600 --> 00:17:28.860
 what the

00:17:28.860 --> 00:17:29.400
 gospel does

00:17:29.400 --> 00:17:29.900
 for us.

00:17:30.700 --> 00:17:31.299
 It's a

00:17:31.299 --> 00:17:31.519
 great

00:17:31.519 --> 00:17:32.140
 transfer.

00:17:32.320 --> 00:17:32.860
 It moves

00:17:32.860 --> 00:17:33.200
 us from

00:17:33.200 --> 00:17:33.820
 one realm,

00:17:33.940 --> 00:17:34.279
 the realm

00:17:34.279 --> 00:17:35.160
 of condemnation

00:17:35.160 --> 00:17:35.779
 and guilt,

00:17:36.680 --> 00:17:37.000
 to the

00:17:37.000 --> 00:17:38.120
 realm of

00:17:38.120 --> 00:17:38.900
 acceptance

00:17:38.900 --> 00:17:40.080
 and new

00:17:40.080 --> 00:17:40.779
 ability and

00:17:40.779 --> 00:17:41.360
 desire and

00:17:41.360 --> 00:17:42.779
 attitude to

00:17:42.779 --> 00:17:43.500
 do that which

00:17:43.500 --> 00:17:43.860
 the Lord

00:17:43.860 --> 00:17:44.700
 actually originally

00:17:44.700 --> 00:17:45.440
 created us to

00:17:45.440 --> 00:17:45.900
 do, and that

00:17:45.900 --> 00:17:46.539
 is live in a

00:17:46.539 --> 00:17:47.299
 way that

00:17:47.299 --> 00:17:47.840
 brings him

00:17:47.840 --> 00:17:48.900
 glory through

00:17:48.900 --> 00:17:49.580
 obedience to

00:17:49.580 --> 00:17:49.980
 his law.

00:17:51.100 --> 00:17:51.519
 And all of

00:17:51.519 --> 00:17:52.600
 this in

00:17:52.600 --> 00:17:53.140
 these verses

00:17:53.140 --> 00:17:53.759
 and Paul's

00:17:53.759 --> 00:17:54.259
 argument right

00:17:54.259 --> 00:17:54.539
 through the

00:17:54.539 --> 00:17:54.980
 first eight

00:17:54.980 --> 00:17:56.139
 chapters, all

00:17:56.139 --> 00:17:56.599
 this is

00:17:56.599 --> 00:17:57.440
 God's

00:17:57.440 --> 00:17:57.879
 initiative.

00:18:00.839 --> 00:18:01.539
 And so

00:18:01.539 --> 00:18:02.259
 the wonderful

00:18:02.259 --> 00:18:02.839
 thing that

00:18:02.839 --> 00:18:03.200
 comes to

00:18:03.200 --> 00:18:03.740
 his assurance

00:18:03.740 --> 00:18:04.319
 is that

00:18:04.319 --> 00:18:05.379
 God didn't

00:18:05.379 --> 00:18:06.240
 cut corners.

00:18:07.039 --> 00:18:07.659
 God didn't

00:18:07.659 --> 00:18:08.480
 ignore my

00:18:08.480 --> 00:18:08.700
 sin.

00:18:08.859 --> 00:18:09.240
 He didn't

00:18:09.240 --> 00:18:09.740
 play it

00:18:09.740 --> 00:18:10.119
 down.

00:18:10.759 --> 00:18:11.139
 He didn't

00:18:11.139 --> 00:18:11.579
 say it was

00:18:11.579 --> 00:18:12.039
 less than

00:18:12.039 --> 00:18:12.339
 what it

00:18:12.339 --> 00:18:12.980
 really is in

00:18:12.980 --> 00:18:13.339
 terms of

00:18:13.339 --> 00:18:14.039
 being offensive

00:18:14.039 --> 00:18:15.279
 to him and

00:18:15.279 --> 00:18:15.720
 being a

00:18:15.720 --> 00:18:16.819
 judicial problem

00:18:16.819 --> 00:18:17.579
 for him in

00:18:17.579 --> 00:18:18.139
 relating to

00:18:18.139 --> 00:18:18.240
 it.

00:18:18.619 --> 00:18:20.319
 No, God

00:18:20.319 --> 00:18:20.920
 dealt with

00:18:20.920 --> 00:18:22.440
 it fully and

00:18:22.440 --> 00:18:23.379
 honestly and

00:18:23.379 --> 00:18:24.279
 justly and

00:18:24.279 --> 00:18:24.879
 completely.

00:18:28.500 --> 00:18:28.980
 But he

00:18:28.980 --> 00:18:29.480
 did so in

00:18:29.480 --> 00:18:30.180
 the death and

00:18:30.180 --> 00:18:30.779
 resurrection of

00:18:30.779 --> 00:18:31.079
 Jesus.

00:18:35.460 --> 00:18:36.299
 So the

00:18:36.299 --> 00:18:36.680
 fact that

00:18:36.680 --> 00:18:37.019
 God has

00:18:37.019 --> 00:18:37.299
 done it

00:18:37.299 --> 00:18:37.879
 right first

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 time round

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 means that

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 we can

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 have

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 assurance

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 that he's

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 not going to

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 have to

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 revisit it,

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 that it's

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 not going to

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 have to be

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 redone in

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 the future,

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 that somehow

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 or other

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 the judgment

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 will be

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 called into

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 question again

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 and there

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 be a

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 retrial.

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 Since the

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 demands of

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 justice have

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 been fully

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 met, I

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 can never

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 be accused

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 again.

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 Verse 1,

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 there is

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 therefore no

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 condemnation for

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 those who are

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 in Christ

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 Jesus.

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 I am totally

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 secure,

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 totally guaranteed

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 as a Christian

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 never to be

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 condemned.

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 Now friends,

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 if you don't

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 hear anything

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 else this

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 morning,

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 then hear

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 this next

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 sentence.

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 The first

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 reference point

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 in assurance,

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 the first

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 step in

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 finding assurance

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 of your

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 salvation is

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 looking away

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 from yourself

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 and your own

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 performance and

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 looking to what

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 God has done

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 for you in

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 Christ.

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 That's the

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 only place you're

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 going to find

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 assurance.

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 Why do I

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 emphasize that?

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 Because so

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 often our

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 own thinking

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 is the

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 greatest

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 hindrance to

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 our assurance.

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 Repeatedly we

00:20:00.220 --> 00:20:00.780
 fall into

00:20:00.780 --> 00:20:01.980
 traps that

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 actually rob us

00:20:03.060 --> 00:20:03.920
 of assurance,

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 that very thing

00:20:04.620 --> 00:20:05.280
 that God wants

00:20:05.280 --> 00:20:05.759
 us to have,

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 wants us to

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 experience,

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 wants us to

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 enjoy.

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 Two, I want

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 to mention this

00:20:12.220 --> 00:20:13.400
 morning, we

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 don't take God

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 at his word.

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 my friends,

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 this is God's

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 word to us in

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 Romans chapter

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 eight, verse

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 one.

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 There is

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 therefore now

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 no condemnation

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 for those who

00:20:27.940 --> 00:20:28.720
 are in Christ

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 Jesus.

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 God has

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 spoken clearly.

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 God has

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 spoken clearly

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 about our sin

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 and about what

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 he has done

00:20:52.700 --> 00:20:53.940
 in Jesus to

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 deal with our

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 sin and guilt

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 and about our

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 being renewed

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 by his Holy

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 Spirit and

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 about going

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 home to

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 heaven.

00:21:00.640 --> 00:21:00.960
 God has

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 spoken clearly

00:21:01.680 --> 00:21:02.539
 spoken clearly

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 about all

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 these things.

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 Surely, my

00:21:07.279 --> 00:21:07.900
 friends, it's

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 a simple

00:21:08.320 --> 00:21:09.279
 thing to say

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 that when the

00:21:09.720 --> 00:21:10.500
 Lord speaks,

00:21:11.340 --> 00:21:12.220
 then we should

00:21:12.220 --> 00:21:13.060
 listen and be

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 comforted by

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 his promise.

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 Of course, we

00:21:16.360 --> 00:21:17.140
 hear politicians

00:21:17.140 --> 00:21:18.100
 making grandiose

00:21:18.100 --> 00:21:18.880
 promises all the

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 time, but you

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 see, that's the

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 fact.

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 They're just

00:21:22.019 --> 00:21:22.620
 people like you

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 and me and we

00:21:23.120 --> 00:21:24.240
 often realize they

00:21:24.240 --> 00:21:24.960
 can't deliver their

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 promises.

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 They might want

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 to, but

00:21:26.259 --> 00:21:27.140
 sometimes they

00:21:27.140 --> 00:21:27.720
 just can't.

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 But when God

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 speaks, then we

00:21:31.779 --> 00:21:32.600
 should listen and

00:21:32.600 --> 00:21:34.160
 be comforted by

00:21:34.160 --> 00:21:34.759
 his words, by

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 his promise.

00:21:38.120 --> 00:21:38.640
 You see, so

00:21:38.640 --> 00:21:39.299
 often our own

00:21:39.299 --> 00:21:40.200
 thinking about

00:21:40.200 --> 00:21:41.240
 some particular

00:21:41.240 --> 00:21:41.779
 sin in the

00:21:41.779 --> 00:21:45.319
 past just robs

00:21:45.319 --> 00:21:45.700
 us of that

00:21:45.700 --> 00:21:46.059
 assurance.

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 Because if you're

00:21:47.420 --> 00:21:48.100
 like me, then you

00:21:48.100 --> 00:21:48.440
 might think,

00:21:48.519 --> 00:21:49.259
 well, okay, I

00:21:49.259 --> 00:21:49.960
 can understand that

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 I'm forgiven for

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 these things and

00:21:52.039 --> 00:21:52.640
 these things and

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 these things, but

00:21:53.779 --> 00:21:55.700
 when I go back in

00:21:55.700 --> 00:21:56.600
 time in my life,

00:21:56.599 --> 00:21:57.679
 there's one

00:21:57.679 --> 00:22:00.399
 particular sin that

00:22:00.399 --> 00:22:01.139
 nobody else even

00:22:01.139 --> 00:22:01.799
 knows about.

00:22:03.359 --> 00:22:04.919
 I just can't get

00:22:04.919 --> 00:22:05.579
 past that sin.

00:22:05.639 --> 00:22:06.139
 That one's just

00:22:06.139 --> 00:22:07.159
 too big, too

00:22:07.159 --> 00:22:10.980
 bad to be

00:22:10.980 --> 00:22:11.299
 forgiven.

00:22:12.179 --> 00:22:14.000
 And so I get

00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:14.480
 robbed of

00:22:14.480 --> 00:22:15.079
 assurance because

00:22:15.079 --> 00:22:15.639
 I think, well,

00:22:16.159 --> 00:22:16.579
 okay, I can

00:22:16.579 --> 00:22:17.319
 understand God's

00:22:17.319 --> 00:22:17.919
 grace and

00:22:17.919 --> 00:22:19.019
 forgiveness, but

00:22:19.019 --> 00:22:19.679
 there's going to

00:22:19.679 --> 00:22:20.219
 have to be an

00:22:20.219 --> 00:22:20.819
 accounting one

00:22:20.819 --> 00:22:21.279
 day for that

00:22:21.279 --> 00:22:21.980
 particular sin.

00:22:26.599 --> 00:22:29.139
 perhaps I'm

00:22:29.139 --> 00:22:29.779
 convinced that the

00:22:29.779 --> 00:22:30.259
 Lord will hold

00:22:30.259 --> 00:22:30.919
 that particular

00:22:30.919 --> 00:22:31.579
 sin against me.

00:22:31.639 --> 00:22:32.019
 Nobody else

00:22:32.019 --> 00:22:32.699
 knows about it.

00:22:34.859 --> 00:22:35.500
 But if the

00:22:35.500 --> 00:22:36.099
 Lord's going to

00:22:36.099 --> 00:22:36.559
 hold that

00:22:36.559 --> 00:22:37.500
 particular sin of

00:22:37.500 --> 00:22:38.000
 all the sins

00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:39.179
 against me, then

00:22:39.179 --> 00:22:39.819
 my assurance is

00:22:39.819 --> 00:22:40.059
 gone.

00:22:40.279 --> 00:22:40.859
 I'm done for.

00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:44.779
 You see, that's

00:22:44.779 --> 00:22:45.519
 contrary to what

00:22:45.519 --> 00:22:46.119
 God says.

00:22:46.119 --> 00:22:51.379
 it's contrary to

00:22:51.379 --> 00:22:51.799
 what he says

00:22:51.799 --> 00:22:53.599
 about sin, being

00:22:53.599 --> 00:22:54.379
 removed as far

00:22:54.379 --> 00:22:55.000
 from east as

00:22:55.000 --> 00:22:55.339
 from west.

00:22:55.419 --> 00:22:55.859
 It's contrary to

00:22:55.859 --> 00:22:56.239
 what he says

00:22:56.239 --> 00:22:56.759
 about Jesus

00:22:56.759 --> 00:22:57.439
 having dealt,

00:22:58.079 --> 00:22:58.959
 completely dealt

00:22:58.959 --> 00:22:59.519
 with everything

00:22:59.519 --> 00:23:00.799
 that breaks the

00:23:00.799 --> 00:23:01.500
 relationship in the

00:23:01.500 --> 00:23:02.079
 first place.

00:23:02.479 --> 00:23:03.099
 It's contrary to

00:23:03.099 --> 00:23:03.639
 what he says about

00:23:03.639 --> 00:23:04.419
 my end point,

00:23:04.779 --> 00:23:05.519
 being in Christ.

00:23:07.739 --> 00:23:08.619
 It's contrary to

00:23:08.619 --> 00:23:09.299
 what he says about

00:23:09.299 --> 00:23:10.199
 the nature of sin,

00:23:10.759 --> 00:23:11.339
 that the little

00:23:11.339 --> 00:23:13.039
 white lie, as we

00:23:13.039 --> 00:23:14.299
 call it, is just

00:23:14.299 --> 00:23:15.059
 as offensive as

00:23:15.059 --> 00:23:16.000
 the greatest

00:23:16.000 --> 00:23:17.700
 mass murder in

00:23:17.700 --> 00:23:18.200
 God's eyes.

00:23:18.339 --> 00:23:18.900
 Sin is sin is

00:23:18.900 --> 00:23:19.099
 sin.

00:23:23.319 --> 00:23:23.940
 So we get

00:23:23.940 --> 00:23:24.640
 ourselves trapped

00:23:24.640 --> 00:23:25.359
 there and messed

00:23:25.359 --> 00:23:25.599
 up.

00:23:26.180 --> 00:23:26.680
 The second point

00:23:26.680 --> 00:23:27.359
 we often fall

00:23:27.359 --> 00:23:27.900
 into the trap is

00:23:27.900 --> 00:23:28.720
 we focus on our

00:23:28.720 --> 00:23:29.660
 own experience

00:23:29.660 --> 00:23:31.220
 rather than what

00:23:31.220 --> 00:23:31.859
 Christ has done

00:23:31.859 --> 00:23:32.279
 for us.

00:23:33.339 --> 00:23:33.980
 In a very

00:23:33.980 --> 00:23:34.539
 immediate way,

00:23:34.640 --> 00:23:35.039
 Romans 8,

00:23:35.099 --> 00:23:35.579
 1-4,

00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:36.119
 Romans 8,

00:23:36.200 --> 00:23:36.680
 the whole chapter,

00:23:36.839 --> 00:23:37.299
 answers the

00:23:37.299 --> 00:23:38.220
 desperate question

00:23:38.220 --> 00:23:40.160
 of verse 24,

00:23:40.339 --> 00:23:40.759
 the previous

00:23:40.759 --> 00:23:41.140
 chapter.

00:23:42.359 --> 00:23:43.319
 What an awful

00:23:43.319 --> 00:23:44.579
 creature I am.

00:23:44.579 --> 00:23:46.099
 I want to do

00:23:46.099 --> 00:23:46.679
 good things,

00:23:46.740 --> 00:23:47.259
 I want to do

00:23:47.259 --> 00:23:47.619
 what pleases

00:23:47.619 --> 00:23:47.919
 the Lord,

00:23:47.980 --> 00:23:48.379
 but I find

00:23:48.379 --> 00:23:48.799
 myself doing

00:23:48.799 --> 00:23:49.259
 the very

00:23:49.259 --> 00:23:49.599
 opposite,

00:23:49.879 --> 00:23:50.399
 repeatedly.

00:23:51.159 --> 00:23:52.000
 I'm locked

00:23:52.000 --> 00:23:52.480
 into this

00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:53.699
 struggle and

00:23:53.699 --> 00:23:54.039
 it's just

00:23:54.039 --> 00:23:54.679
 wearing me

00:23:54.679 --> 00:23:54.960
 down.

00:23:55.379 --> 00:23:55.960
 Who can

00:23:55.960 --> 00:23:56.500
 deliver me?

00:23:59.279 --> 00:23:59.939
 Who will

00:23:59.939 --> 00:24:00.779
 rescue me from

00:24:00.779 --> 00:24:01.399
 the power of

00:24:01.399 --> 00:24:01.720
 sin that

00:24:01.720 --> 00:24:02.439
 operates in me,

00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:03.199
 driving this

00:24:03.199 --> 00:24:03.759
 endless,

00:24:04.079 --> 00:24:05.359
 painful struggle

00:24:05.359 --> 00:24:05.879
 within me?

00:24:07.099 --> 00:24:07.759
 The answer

00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:10.480
 is look to

00:24:10.480 --> 00:24:10.839
 Jesus.

00:24:10.839 --> 00:24:14.000
 becoming a

00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:14.579
 Christian

00:24:14.579 --> 00:24:16.279
 frees us

00:24:16.279 --> 00:24:16.759
 from all

00:24:16.759 --> 00:24:17.519
 guilt of

00:24:17.519 --> 00:24:17.839
 sin,

00:24:19.079 --> 00:24:20.459
 but doesn't

00:24:20.459 --> 00:24:20.939
 free us

00:24:20.939 --> 00:24:21.419
 from all

00:24:21.419 --> 00:24:22.099
 connection to

00:24:22.099 --> 00:24:22.339
 sin.

00:24:22.759 --> 00:24:23.359
 In fact,

00:24:23.720 --> 00:24:24.259
 chapter 7,

00:24:24.299 --> 00:24:24.639
 as we saw

00:24:24.639 --> 00:24:25.019
 two weeks

00:24:25.019 --> 00:24:25.240
 ago,

00:24:25.779 --> 00:24:26.259
 becoming a

00:24:26.259 --> 00:24:26.459
 Christian

00:24:26.459 --> 00:24:27.459
 actually starts

00:24:27.459 --> 00:24:28.019
 a massive

00:24:28.019 --> 00:24:28.619
 struggle

00:24:28.619 --> 00:24:31.279
 against sin

00:24:31.279 --> 00:24:31.759
 as we

00:24:31.759 --> 00:24:32.379
 determine to

00:24:32.379 --> 00:24:33.259
 act according

00:24:33.259 --> 00:24:33.919
 to our new

00:24:33.919 --> 00:24:34.359
 desires,

00:24:34.459 --> 00:24:34.759
 our new

00:24:34.759 --> 00:24:35.179
 attitudes,

00:24:35.539 --> 00:24:35.919
 trying to

00:24:35.919 --> 00:24:36.519
 say yes

00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:37.220
 to righteousness

00:24:37.220 --> 00:24:38.179
 and trying to

00:24:38.179 --> 00:24:38.659
 choose to

00:24:38.659 --> 00:24:39.339
 say no to

00:24:39.339 --> 00:24:39.579
 sin.

00:24:39.579 --> 00:24:40.359
 It's a

00:24:40.359 --> 00:24:40.859
 struggle.

00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:41.299
 It's a

00:24:41.299 --> 00:24:41.699
 painful,

00:24:41.879 --> 00:24:42.259
 ongoing

00:24:42.259 --> 00:24:42.720
 struggle.

00:24:44.259 --> 00:24:44.819
 And we

00:24:44.819 --> 00:24:45.319
 repeatedly

00:24:45.319 --> 00:24:45.980
 trip ourselves

00:24:45.980 --> 00:24:46.339
 up and

00:24:46.339 --> 00:24:46.819
 fall over.

00:24:48.639 --> 00:24:48.960
 But you

00:24:48.960 --> 00:24:49.119
 see,

00:24:49.319 --> 00:24:49.659
 the problem

00:24:49.659 --> 00:24:49.980
 with that

00:24:49.980 --> 00:24:50.359
 is the

00:24:50.359 --> 00:24:51.279
 harsh reality

00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:51.639
 of the

00:24:51.639 --> 00:24:51.919
 daily

00:24:51.919 --> 00:24:52.720
 experience

00:24:52.720 --> 00:24:53.379
 of struggle

00:24:53.379 --> 00:24:55.000
 robs many

00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:55.819
 Christians of

00:24:55.819 --> 00:24:56.539
 any sense

00:24:56.539 --> 00:24:57.279
 of assurance

00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:59.119
 because deep

00:24:59.119 --> 00:24:59.599
 down they

00:24:59.599 --> 00:25:00.299
 believe that a

00:25:00.299 --> 00:25:01.039
 true believer

00:25:01.039 --> 00:25:01.519
 should not

00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:02.039
 have to

00:25:02.039 --> 00:25:02.399
 struggle.

00:25:04.500 --> 00:25:05.579
 So they're

00:25:05.579 --> 00:25:05.939
 looking at

00:25:05.939 --> 00:25:06.720
 their experience

00:25:06.720 --> 00:25:07.399
 of life as

00:25:07.399 --> 00:25:07.960
 this daily

00:25:07.960 --> 00:25:08.579
 struggle and

00:25:08.579 --> 00:25:09.299
 repeated failure

00:25:09.299 --> 00:25:09.539
 and they

00:25:09.539 --> 00:25:09.659
 think,

00:25:09.859 --> 00:25:10.299
 well this

00:25:10.299 --> 00:25:10.700
 can't be

00:25:10.700 --> 00:25:11.000
 right if

00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:11.220
 I'm a

00:25:11.220 --> 00:25:11.960
 Christian and

00:25:11.960 --> 00:25:12.299
 because it

00:25:12.299 --> 00:25:12.779
 is right

00:25:12.779 --> 00:25:13.180
 therefore I

00:25:13.180 --> 00:25:13.700
 can't be a

00:25:13.700 --> 00:25:14.019
 Christian.

00:25:19.500 --> 00:25:20.180
 They want

00:25:20.180 --> 00:25:20.579
 to be like

00:25:20.579 --> 00:25:20.980
 Christ,

00:25:21.299 --> 00:25:21.720
 they want

00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:21.940
 to be

00:25:21.940 --> 00:25:22.419
 obedient to

00:25:22.419 --> 00:25:22.700
 God's

00:25:22.700 --> 00:25:22.879
 word,

00:25:23.319 --> 00:25:23.779
 so what

00:25:23.779 --> 00:25:23.960
 do they

00:25:23.960 --> 00:25:24.200
 do?

00:25:24.659 --> 00:25:24.960
 Well,

00:25:25.740 --> 00:25:26.159
 they try

00:25:26.159 --> 00:25:26.720
 even harder.

00:25:28.159 --> 00:25:28.819
 They try

00:25:28.819 --> 00:25:29.319
 even harder

00:25:29.319 --> 00:25:30.720
 to rid

00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:31.299
 themselves of

00:25:31.299 --> 00:25:31.799
 the struggle

00:25:31.799 --> 00:25:33.000
 and be in

00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:33.519
 a place where

00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:33.940
 they can say,

00:25:34.079 --> 00:25:34.500
 yep, I've

00:25:34.500 --> 00:25:34.940
 got it right

00:25:34.940 --> 00:25:35.279
 today.

00:25:35.279 --> 00:25:40.079
 And so my

00:25:40.079 --> 00:25:40.859
 experience of

00:25:40.859 --> 00:25:41.440
 life today

00:25:41.440 --> 00:25:42.619
 leads me to

00:25:42.619 --> 00:25:43.420
 feel confident

00:25:43.420 --> 00:25:44.500
 that I'm a

00:25:44.500 --> 00:25:44.779
 believer.

00:25:46.519 --> 00:25:47.139
 And the

00:25:47.139 --> 00:25:47.519
 result of

00:25:47.519 --> 00:25:48.579
 that, I've

00:25:48.579 --> 00:25:49.180
 seen it so

00:25:49.180 --> 00:25:49.819
 many times,

00:25:50.319 --> 00:25:51.000
 is a boom

00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:51.779
 or bust

00:25:51.779 --> 00:25:53.720
 performance

00:25:53.720 --> 00:25:54.619
 treadmill type

00:25:54.619 --> 00:25:55.259
 of assurance.

00:25:58.740 --> 00:25:59.619
 Focused on

00:25:59.619 --> 00:26:00.119
 feelings,

00:26:00.119 --> 00:26:02.319
 when you're

00:26:02.319 --> 00:26:02.899
 going really

00:26:02.899 --> 00:26:03.959
 reasonably well

00:26:03.959 --> 00:26:04.639
 in daily

00:26:04.639 --> 00:26:05.419
 Christian life

00:26:05.419 --> 00:26:06.459
 then, you

00:26:06.459 --> 00:26:07.119
 feel quite

00:26:07.119 --> 00:26:07.839
 confident and

00:26:07.839 --> 00:26:08.879
 assured that

00:26:08.879 --> 00:26:09.179
 you're a

00:26:09.179 --> 00:26:09.919
 believer and

00:26:09.919 --> 00:26:10.199
 that you're

00:26:10.199 --> 00:26:10.579
 safe.

00:26:13.899 --> 00:26:14.719
 But the

00:26:14.719 --> 00:26:15.039
 inevitable

00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:16.139
 spiritual fall

00:26:16.139 --> 00:26:16.659
 comes.

00:26:19.339 --> 00:26:20.179
 I say

00:26:20.179 --> 00:26:20.559
 inevitable.

00:26:21.859 --> 00:26:22.299
 The

00:26:22.299 --> 00:26:22.939
 spiritual fall

00:26:22.939 --> 00:26:25.000
 comes and

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:25.299
 then they

00:26:25.299 --> 00:26:25.839
 crash and

00:26:25.839 --> 00:26:26.119
 burn.

00:26:26.919 --> 00:26:27.239
 Worried,

00:26:27.479 --> 00:26:29.159
 sick about

00:26:29.159 --> 00:26:29.579
 whether they're

00:26:29.579 --> 00:26:30.019
 saved or not

00:26:30.019 --> 00:26:31.460
 because, well,

00:26:31.700 --> 00:26:32.279
 if I'm doing

00:26:32.279 --> 00:26:32.759
 this and this

00:26:32.759 --> 00:26:33.000
 and this,

00:26:33.059 --> 00:26:33.420
 if I've

00:26:33.420 --> 00:26:33.799
 failed in

00:26:33.799 --> 00:26:34.180
 this way and

00:26:34.180 --> 00:26:34.539
 this way and

00:26:34.539 --> 00:26:34.920
 this way,

00:26:35.220 --> 00:26:35.740
 then I

00:26:35.740 --> 00:26:36.059
 couldn't

00:26:36.059 --> 00:26:36.740
 possibly be a

00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:37.019
 Christian.

00:26:37.879 --> 00:26:38.400
 And so that

00:26:38.400 --> 00:26:39.539
 cycle is up

00:26:39.539 --> 00:26:40.079
 and down,

00:26:40.220 --> 00:26:40.779
 up and down,

00:26:40.819 --> 00:26:41.160
 it's very

00:26:41.160 --> 00:26:41.579
 tiring.

00:26:42.740 --> 00:26:43.319
 Cycle of

00:26:43.319 --> 00:26:44.000
 extremes from

00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:45.019
 joyful confidence

00:26:45.019 --> 00:26:45.920
 to black

00:26:45.920 --> 00:26:46.339
 despair.

00:26:48.420 --> 00:26:48.839
 Other

00:26:48.839 --> 00:26:49.420
 Christians get

00:26:49.420 --> 00:26:49.879
 tripped up in

00:26:49.879 --> 00:26:50.240
 a slightly

00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:50.660
 different way.

00:26:50.740 --> 00:26:51.279
 They focus on

00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:51.700
 their immediate

00:26:51.700 --> 00:26:52.779
 circumstances in

00:26:52.779 --> 00:26:53.139
 life.

00:26:54.639 --> 00:26:55.000
 And so they

00:26:55.000 --> 00:26:55.400
 might say,

00:26:55.559 --> 00:26:56.700
 well, if I'm

00:26:56.700 --> 00:26:57.319
 really a

00:26:57.319 --> 00:26:58.579
 Christian and

00:26:58.579 --> 00:26:59.200
 God is

00:26:59.200 --> 00:27:00.819
 secure as a

00:27:00.819 --> 00:27:01.039
 Christian,

00:27:01.140 --> 00:27:01.960
 then when I

00:27:01.960 --> 00:27:02.500
 look at my

00:27:02.500 --> 00:27:03.519
 ongoing illness,

00:27:03.819 --> 00:27:04.819
 my financial or

00:27:04.819 --> 00:27:05.519
 business problems,

00:27:05.620 --> 00:27:06.140
 my marriage

00:27:06.140 --> 00:27:06.580
 difficulties,

00:27:06.680 --> 00:27:07.039
 my health

00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:07.440
 problems,

00:27:07.880 --> 00:27:08.920
 then surely

00:27:08.920 --> 00:27:11.100
 that's evidence

00:27:11.100 --> 00:27:11.680
 that God's

00:27:11.680 --> 00:27:12.440
 punishing me or

00:27:12.440 --> 00:27:12.920
 holding me

00:27:12.920 --> 00:27:13.519
 accountable in

00:27:13.519 --> 00:27:14.100
 some way still

00:27:14.100 --> 00:27:14.680
 for my sin.

00:27:16.259 --> 00:27:17.019
 And therefore,

00:27:17.860 --> 00:27:19.799
 gosh, if these

00:27:19.799 --> 00:27:20.460
 things are real in

00:27:20.460 --> 00:27:21.259
 my life, then I

00:27:21.259 --> 00:27:22.259
 can't really be

00:27:22.259 --> 00:27:22.819
 sure that I'm a

00:27:22.819 --> 00:27:23.100
 Christian.

00:27:23.099 --> 00:27:27.779
 do you see

00:27:27.779 --> 00:27:28.199
 the problem?

00:27:29.240 --> 00:27:30.379
 It's losing a

00:27:30.379 --> 00:27:31.299
 distinction between

00:27:31.299 --> 00:27:32.619
 the secure status

00:27:32.619 --> 00:27:33.439
 we have in

00:27:33.439 --> 00:27:36.219
 Christ, no

00:27:36.219 --> 00:27:36.859
 condemnation,

00:27:37.059 --> 00:27:38.039
 perfectly acceptable,

00:27:38.519 --> 00:27:39.319
 perfectly secure,

00:27:39.719 --> 00:27:40.500
 bound for glory.

00:27:40.659 --> 00:27:41.659
 It's losing the

00:27:41.659 --> 00:27:42.419
 distinction between

00:27:42.419 --> 00:27:43.819
 that and our

00:27:43.819 --> 00:27:45.059
 experience of life

00:27:45.059 --> 00:27:45.579
 as Christians,

00:27:45.659 --> 00:27:46.099
 which is a

00:27:46.099 --> 00:27:47.319
 struggle, a

00:27:47.319 --> 00:27:47.839
 struggle with

00:27:47.839 --> 00:27:48.959
 repeated failures.

00:27:50.539 --> 00:27:51.319
 Wanting to do the

00:27:51.319 --> 00:27:51.679
 right thing,

00:27:52.039 --> 00:27:52.639
 finding ourselves

00:27:52.640 --> 00:27:52.980
 doing the

00:27:52.980 --> 00:27:53.259
 opposite.

00:27:54.980 --> 00:27:55.340
 And if we

00:27:55.340 --> 00:27:56.259
 blur those two,

00:27:56.800 --> 00:27:58.580
 again, we're

00:27:58.580 --> 00:27:59.060
 cooked, we're

00:27:59.060 --> 00:27:59.460
 done for.

00:28:04.340 --> 00:28:05.240
 Justification is

00:28:05.240 --> 00:28:06.160
 being saved,

00:28:06.840 --> 00:28:07.160
 or sorry,

00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:07.900
 justification or

00:28:07.900 --> 00:28:08.540
 being saved is

00:28:08.540 --> 00:28:09.100
 what God has

00:28:09.100 --> 00:28:10.280
 done for us in

00:28:10.280 --> 00:28:11.759
 the past and

00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:12.860
 which completely

00:28:12.860 --> 00:28:14.060
 qualifies us for

00:28:14.060 --> 00:28:14.360
 heaven.

00:28:15.400 --> 00:28:16.300
 Gives us a new

00:28:16.300 --> 00:28:17.360
 status before God.

00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:18.620
 We're now adopted

00:28:18.620 --> 00:28:19.200
 children.

00:28:20.740 --> 00:28:21.640
 Justification means

00:28:21.640 --> 00:28:22.620
 that once saved,

00:28:22.640 --> 00:28:23.920
 we cannot ever be

00:28:23.920 --> 00:28:25.480
 more acceptable to

00:28:25.480 --> 00:28:26.240
 God than what we

00:28:26.240 --> 00:28:27.000
 now are.

00:28:33.900 --> 00:28:34.480
 But our

00:28:34.480 --> 00:28:35.440
 experience of this

00:28:35.440 --> 00:28:36.440
 new status or

00:28:36.440 --> 00:28:37.259
 relationship with

00:28:37.259 --> 00:28:38.040
 God is struggle.

00:28:38.400 --> 00:28:39.480
 Struggle to be who

00:28:39.480 --> 00:28:40.380
 we now are in

00:28:40.380 --> 00:28:41.900
 Christ, to live out

00:28:41.900 --> 00:28:42.820
 the mind of Christ

00:28:42.820 --> 00:28:43.580
 in daily life.

00:28:44.040 --> 00:28:44.759
 And that struggle

00:28:44.759 --> 00:28:45.480
 will show that

00:28:45.480 --> 00:28:46.240
 we're always

00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:47.200
 imperfect,

00:28:47.460 --> 00:28:48.020
 incomplete.

00:28:48.980 --> 00:28:49.540
 The struggle will

00:28:49.540 --> 00:28:50.220
 be different from

00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:51.000
 person to person

00:28:51.000 --> 00:28:51.579
 this side of

00:28:51.579 --> 00:28:52.279
 heaven, but it

00:28:52.279 --> 00:28:52.920
 will be real.

00:28:57.720 --> 00:28:58.220
 And it's

00:28:58.220 --> 00:28:59.160
 precisely because

00:28:59.160 --> 00:29:00.279
 of this changing

00:29:00.279 --> 00:29:01.960
 experience of

00:29:01.960 --> 00:29:03.160
 Christian living

00:29:03.160 --> 00:29:03.880
 that we must

00:29:03.880 --> 00:29:05.180
 base our

00:29:05.180 --> 00:29:07.039
 assurance on

00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:07.779
 our standing in

00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:08.119
 Christ.

00:29:09.559 --> 00:29:10.200
 I'd even go

00:29:10.200 --> 00:29:10.759
 further and say

00:29:10.759 --> 00:29:11.680
 that that struggle

00:29:11.680 --> 00:29:13.119
 is part of our

00:29:13.119 --> 00:29:13.579
 assurance.

00:29:14.420 --> 00:29:15.099
 I don't know

00:29:15.099 --> 00:29:17.279
 many non-Christians,

00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:17.799
 I don't know any

00:29:17.799 --> 00:29:18.460
 non-Christians,

00:29:18.899 --> 00:29:19.480
 who worry

00:29:19.480 --> 00:29:20.079
 themselves,

00:29:20.539 --> 00:29:21.700
 whose desires are

00:29:21.700 --> 00:29:22.440
 to obey God's

00:29:22.440 --> 00:29:22.700
 law.

00:29:22.920 --> 00:29:23.619
 They just do what

00:29:23.619 --> 00:29:24.000
 they want.

00:29:25.440 --> 00:29:26.519
 The struggle in

00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:27.660
 itself is evidence

00:29:27.660 --> 00:29:28.799
 of a changed

00:29:28.799 --> 00:29:30.099
 life, working the

00:29:30.099 --> 00:29:30.839
 Holy Spirit within

00:29:30.839 --> 00:29:30.960
 us.

00:29:31.019 --> 00:29:31.480
 And we'll see more

00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:32.079
 of that next week

00:29:32.079 --> 00:29:32.660
 as Rob takes us

00:29:32.660 --> 00:29:33.099
 through the next

00:29:33.099 --> 00:29:33.559
 few verses.

00:29:33.559 --> 00:29:33.659
 Christians.

00:29:37.879 --> 00:29:38.740
 We've got to be

00:29:38.740 --> 00:29:39.379
 looking at what

00:29:39.379 --> 00:29:40.159
 Christ has done

00:29:40.159 --> 00:29:40.759
 for us.

00:29:42.879 --> 00:29:44.720
 And again, this

00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:46.379
 struggle with sin

00:29:46.379 --> 00:29:48.480
 and a wrong focus

00:29:48.480 --> 00:29:49.339
 on our experience

00:29:49.339 --> 00:29:50.639
 often causes

00:29:50.639 --> 00:29:52.480
 Christians who

00:29:52.480 --> 00:29:53.539
 start off with a

00:29:53.539 --> 00:29:54.740
 notion of grace

00:29:54.740 --> 00:29:55.960
 and salvation,

00:29:56.839 --> 00:29:57.619
 often causes us

00:29:57.619 --> 00:29:58.240
 just to default

00:29:58.240 --> 00:29:59.579
 back to a form

00:29:59.579 --> 00:30:00.319
 of legalism

00:30:00.319 --> 00:30:00.659
 again.

00:30:00.660 --> 00:30:03.040
 That is, we

00:30:03.040 --> 00:30:03.700
 default back to

00:30:03.700 --> 00:30:04.740
 our old pre-Christian

00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:05.400
 way of living,

00:30:06.100 --> 00:30:06.840
 convinced that we

00:30:06.840 --> 00:30:07.800
 are more acceptable

00:30:07.800 --> 00:30:08.440
 when we do

00:30:08.440 --> 00:30:09.140
 religious things

00:30:09.140 --> 00:30:09.740
 to please them.

00:30:10.120 --> 00:30:11.440
 But that is

00:30:11.440 --> 00:30:12.380
 driven in a sense

00:30:12.380 --> 00:30:13.380
 of us having

00:30:13.380 --> 00:30:14.860
 control and us

00:30:14.860 --> 00:30:16.140
 through control

00:30:16.140 --> 00:30:17.240
 feeling better

00:30:17.240 --> 00:30:17.900
 about ourselves

00:30:17.900 --> 00:30:18.620
 before God.

00:30:21.200 --> 00:30:22.220
 And it feels

00:30:22.220 --> 00:30:22.680
 like a good

00:30:22.680 --> 00:30:23.519
 solution for the

00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:24.080
 struggle because

00:30:24.080 --> 00:30:24.700
 as I say, it

00:30:24.700 --> 00:30:25.540
 takes back control

00:30:25.540 --> 00:30:26.160
 of our salvation.

00:30:26.560 --> 00:30:27.540
 We don't have to

00:30:27.540 --> 00:30:28.680
 trust God's promise

00:30:28.680 --> 00:30:29.680
 of no condemnation

00:30:29.680 --> 00:30:30.440
 because I'm

00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:31.120
 actually doing

00:30:31.120 --> 00:30:31.840
 things that God

00:30:31.840 --> 00:30:33.420
 must take notice

00:30:33.420 --> 00:30:34.539
 of and think

00:30:34.539 --> 00:30:35.600
 more highly of me

00:30:35.600 --> 00:30:36.480
 for because.

00:30:39.460 --> 00:30:40.380
 It means I don't

00:30:40.380 --> 00:30:41.180
 have to entrust

00:30:41.180 --> 00:30:42.200
 myself to Jesus

00:30:42.200 --> 00:30:43.779
 and to something

00:30:43.779 --> 00:30:44.660
 he offers me as a

00:30:44.660 --> 00:30:45.180
 free gift.

00:30:45.940 --> 00:30:46.400
 And so we have

00:30:46.400 --> 00:30:47.820
 this false sense

00:30:47.820 --> 00:30:48.480
 of security.

00:30:48.660 --> 00:30:49.380
 And it is a false

00:30:49.380 --> 00:30:50.560
 sense of assurance

00:30:50.560 --> 00:30:52.060
 and security based

00:30:52.060 --> 00:30:53.180
 in what we're

00:30:53.180 --> 00:30:54.580
 doing and the

00:30:54.580 --> 00:30:55.440
 results of that

00:30:55.440 --> 00:30:56.539
 in terms of

00:30:56.539 --> 00:30:57.240
 relationship with

00:30:57.240 --> 00:30:57.519
 God.

00:30:57.519 --> 00:30:59.859
 and it puts

00:30:59.859 --> 00:31:00.440
 us back on the

00:31:00.440 --> 00:31:00.879
 performance

00:31:00.879 --> 00:31:02.680
 treadmill, only

00:31:02.680 --> 00:31:03.160
 in a slightly

00:31:03.160 --> 00:31:04.039
 different trajectory.

00:31:06.099 --> 00:31:06.539
 My friends,

00:31:06.639 --> 00:31:07.059
 the performance

00:31:07.059 --> 00:31:07.839
 treadmill is so

00:31:07.839 --> 00:31:08.279
 tiring.

00:31:09.720 --> 00:31:10.779
 So tiring in the

00:31:10.779 --> 00:31:11.420
 short term and

00:31:11.420 --> 00:31:12.579
 ultimately destructive

00:31:12.579 --> 00:31:13.319
 in the long term.

00:31:14.779 --> 00:31:15.259
 I'll tell you

00:31:15.259 --> 00:31:15.519
 why.

00:31:17.700 --> 00:31:18.639
 The performance

00:31:18.639 --> 00:31:20.079
 thing of mixing

00:31:20.079 --> 00:31:20.799
 these two things

00:31:20.799 --> 00:31:22.200
 up and basing

00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:23.259
 our assurance on

00:31:23.259 --> 00:31:24.079
 our own efforts

00:31:24.079 --> 00:31:27.279
 means that

00:31:27.279 --> 00:31:30.139
 eventually we

00:31:30.139 --> 00:31:30.839
 will collapse

00:31:30.839 --> 00:31:31.579
 in failure

00:31:31.579 --> 00:31:34.259
 because it

00:31:34.259 --> 00:31:35.019
 will dawn on us

00:31:35.019 --> 00:31:36.019
 one day that

00:31:36.019 --> 00:31:36.679
 for all our

00:31:36.679 --> 00:31:37.339
 efforts we're

00:31:37.339 --> 00:31:38.480
 unable to keep

00:31:38.480 --> 00:31:39.059
 God's law

00:31:39.059 --> 00:31:39.659
 consistently.

00:31:42.659 --> 00:31:43.379
 And we'll

00:31:43.379 --> 00:31:44.019
 crash and burn.

00:31:45.379 --> 00:31:47.339
 Or we'll live

00:31:47.339 --> 00:31:48.119
 in constant

00:31:48.119 --> 00:31:48.759
 fear.

00:31:49.699 --> 00:31:50.500
 Fear that we

00:31:50.500 --> 00:31:51.000
 haven't done

00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:51.619
 quite enough.

00:31:51.619 --> 00:31:52.000
 We're doing

00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:52.859
 reasonably well

00:31:52.859 --> 00:31:53.639
 but in the

00:31:53.639 --> 00:31:54.019
 end have I

00:31:54.019 --> 00:31:54.679
 done enough

00:31:54.679 --> 00:31:56.159
 to get over

00:31:56.159 --> 00:31:56.639
 the line,

00:31:56.819 --> 00:31:57.299
 to get into

00:31:57.299 --> 00:31:58.039
 heaven, to

00:31:58.039 --> 00:31:58.539
 be acceptable

00:31:58.539 --> 00:31:59.039
 to God?

00:32:00.619 --> 00:32:00.879
 And that

00:32:00.879 --> 00:32:01.319
 fear will

00:32:01.319 --> 00:32:01.899
 crush us.

00:32:04.139 --> 00:32:04.979
 Or another

00:32:04.979 --> 00:32:06.319
 alternative that

00:32:06.319 --> 00:32:07.000
 people use in

00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:07.319
 this, who

00:32:07.319 --> 00:32:07.919
 fall into this

00:32:07.919 --> 00:32:08.699
 trap, is they

00:32:08.699 --> 00:32:09.419
 simply change the

00:32:09.419 --> 00:32:10.099
 standard of

00:32:10.099 --> 00:32:10.519
 acceptance.

00:32:11.619 --> 00:32:12.000
 They simply

00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:12.579
 dumb down

00:32:12.579 --> 00:32:13.319
 God's word

00:32:13.319 --> 00:32:15.859
 and they

00:32:15.859 --> 00:32:16.899
 reduce it to

00:32:16.899 --> 00:32:17.659
 a level where

00:32:17.659 --> 00:32:18.179
 they can

00:32:18.179 --> 00:32:19.779
 achieve it for

00:32:19.779 --> 00:32:20.159
 themselves.

00:32:20.160 --> 00:32:20.740
 And so they

00:32:20.740 --> 00:32:21.240
 tend to say

00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:21.759
 well okay,

00:32:22.300 --> 00:32:22.940
 God's standard

00:32:22.940 --> 00:32:23.480
 means I need

00:32:23.480 --> 00:32:23.800
 to keep

00:32:23.800 --> 00:32:24.300
 myself from

00:32:24.300 --> 00:32:24.700
 the big

00:32:24.700 --> 00:32:25.180
 sins in

00:32:25.180 --> 00:32:25.440
 life.

00:32:25.540 --> 00:32:25.840
 I need to

00:32:25.840 --> 00:32:26.279
 make sure I'm

00:32:26.279 --> 00:32:26.779
 not guilty of

00:32:26.779 --> 00:32:27.360
 adultery, I'm

00:32:27.360 --> 00:32:27.920
 not guilty of

00:32:27.920 --> 00:32:28.840
 murder, not

00:32:28.840 --> 00:32:29.259
 guilty of

00:32:29.259 --> 00:32:30.120
 massive theft.

00:32:30.560 --> 00:32:31.440
 And we list

00:32:31.440 --> 00:32:32.019
 all these things

00:32:32.019 --> 00:32:32.440
 and we tick

00:32:32.440 --> 00:32:33.019
 ourselves off and

00:32:33.019 --> 00:32:33.660
 think well yeah,

00:32:34.200 --> 00:32:34.940
 I've avoided

00:32:34.940 --> 00:32:35.960
 those so I'm

00:32:35.960 --> 00:32:37.060
 secure, I'm

00:32:37.060 --> 00:32:37.580
 doing alright.

00:32:41.440 --> 00:32:42.380
 Not realizing

00:32:42.380 --> 00:32:42.920
 all we've done

00:32:42.920 --> 00:32:43.759
 is just shift

00:32:43.759 --> 00:32:45.759
 and dumb down

00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:46.560
 God's standard

00:32:46.559 --> 00:32:49.200
 while we live

00:32:49.200 --> 00:32:51.919
 comfortably with

00:32:51.919 --> 00:32:52.960
 impure thinking,

00:32:54.539 --> 00:32:55.460
 undiscovered

00:32:55.460 --> 00:32:56.539
 lies, acceptable

00:32:56.539 --> 00:32:59.259
 sins, not

00:32:59.259 --> 00:32:59.919
 seeing those as

00:32:59.919 --> 00:33:00.440
 offensive to

00:33:00.440 --> 00:33:00.659
 God.

00:33:01.960 --> 00:33:02.599
 Friends, if

00:33:02.599 --> 00:33:03.240
 we're to know

00:33:03.240 --> 00:33:05.139
 assurance, if

00:33:05.139 --> 00:33:05.599
 we're to know

00:33:05.599 --> 00:33:06.299
 the assurance that

00:33:06.299 --> 00:33:07.200
 God wants us to

00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:09.079
 know as a

00:33:09.079 --> 00:33:10.200
 saved people, we

00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:11.460
 must not focus on

00:33:11.460 --> 00:33:12.440
 how we live,

00:33:14.139 --> 00:33:15.099
 but on how

00:33:15.099 --> 00:33:16.299
 Christ died for

00:33:16.299 --> 00:33:16.559
 us.

00:33:18.919 --> 00:33:19.740
 We must focus

00:33:19.740 --> 00:33:20.379
 not on our

00:33:20.379 --> 00:33:21.000
 struggle for

00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:22.399
 obedience, right

00:33:22.399 --> 00:33:22.980
 and proper as

00:33:22.980 --> 00:33:25.460
 that is, but

00:33:25.460 --> 00:33:26.200
 focus on our

00:33:26.200 --> 00:33:26.779
 standing in

00:33:26.779 --> 00:33:27.159
 Christ.

00:33:30.220 --> 00:33:31.000
 Let me pray.

00:33:34.500 --> 00:33:35.460
 Lord, this is a

00:33:35.460 --> 00:33:36.519
 massive issue for

00:33:36.519 --> 00:33:37.700
 us, we struggle

00:33:37.700 --> 00:33:38.339
 with repeatedly.

00:33:40.079 --> 00:33:40.980
 We pray, Lord,

00:33:41.039 --> 00:33:41.720
 that in this

00:33:41.720 --> 00:33:42.399
 series that you

00:33:42.399 --> 00:33:43.279
 might speak to

00:33:43.279 --> 00:33:46.059
 us tenderly and

00:33:46.059 --> 00:33:46.700
 speak to us

00:33:46.700 --> 00:33:48.940
 clearly and

00:33:48.940 --> 00:33:49.480
 change our

00:33:49.480 --> 00:33:50.059
 hearts, change

00:33:50.059 --> 00:33:50.500
 our thinking

00:33:50.500 --> 00:33:50.839
 where it's

00:33:50.839 --> 00:33:51.379
 wrong, Lord,

00:33:52.379 --> 00:33:53.139
 so we might

00:33:53.139 --> 00:33:53.740
 know and

00:33:53.740 --> 00:33:55.759
 experience the

00:33:55.759 --> 00:33:56.440
 assurance of

00:33:56.440 --> 00:33:56.859
 salvation.

00:33:57.000 --> 00:33:57.480
 You want us to

00:33:57.480 --> 00:33:57.720
 know and

00:33:57.720 --> 00:33:58.379
 experience in

00:33:58.379 --> 00:33:58.980
 Christ Jesus.

00:34:00.839 --> 00:34:01.599
 Help us, Lord,

00:34:01.639 --> 00:34:02.460
 to look away from

00:34:02.460 --> 00:34:06.240
 ourselves and to

00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:06.879
 look to the work

00:34:06.879 --> 00:34:08.340
 of Jesus when it

00:34:08.340 --> 00:34:08.759
 comes to that

00:34:08.759 --> 00:34:09.500
 first reference

00:34:09.500 --> 00:34:09.860
 point.

00:34:09.860 --> 00:34:11.140
 Lord, and

00:34:11.140 --> 00:34:11.920
 thereby, Lord,

00:34:11.980 --> 00:34:12.620
 knowing our

00:34:12.620 --> 00:34:13.300
 security in

00:34:13.300 --> 00:34:15.340
 Jesus, have the

00:34:15.340 --> 00:34:16.880
 energy and the

00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:17.640
 desire and the

00:34:17.640 --> 00:34:18.440
 freedom to bounce

00:34:18.440 --> 00:34:19.340
 back from there

00:34:19.340 --> 00:34:21.480
 to struggling

00:34:21.480 --> 00:34:23.340
 again, to do

00:34:23.340 --> 00:34:23.960
 that which we

00:34:23.960 --> 00:34:24.840
 now want to do,

00:34:25.980 --> 00:34:26.900
 honour you and

00:34:26.900 --> 00:34:28.280
 obey you at every

00:34:28.280 --> 00:34:28.880
 point in life.

00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:30.120
 I pray this in

00:34:30.120 --> 00:34:30.620
 Jesus' name.

00:34:30.800 --> 00:34:31.039
 Amen.

00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:31.140
 Amen.

00:34:31.140 --> 00:34:31.160
 Amen.

00:34:31.160 --> 00:34:31.180
 Amen.

00:34:31.180 --> 00:34:31.220
 Amen.

00:34:31.220 --> 00:34:31.240
 Amen.

00:34:31.240 --> 00:34:31.260
 Amen.

00:34:31.260 --> 00:34:31.720
 Amen.

00:34:31.720 --> 00:34:33.160
 Amen.

00:34:33.160 --> 00:34:33.220
 Amen.

00:34:33.220 --> 00:34:33.260
 Amen.

00:34:33.260 --> 00:34:35.220
 Amen.

00:34:35.220 --> 00:34:35.260
 Amen.

00:34:35.260 --> 00:34:35.320
 Amen.

00:34:35.320 --> 00:34:35.720
 Amen.

00:34:35.720 --> 00:34:36.260
 Amen.

00:34:36.260 --> 00:34:36.320
 Amen.

00:34:36.320 --> 00:34:36.820
 Amen.

00:34:36.820 --> 00:34:37.260
 Amen.

00:34:37.260 --> 00:34:38.320
 Amen.

00:34:38.320 --> 00:34:38.820
 Amen.

00:34:38.820 --> 00:34:39.260
 Amen.

00:34:39.260 --> 00:34:39.840
 Amen.

00:34:39.860 --> 00:34:40.860
 Amen.