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 Today's sermon is the first of four sermons in a series called Gospel Training.

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! This series is mandatory listening for anyone who wants to become a partner.

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! Why four sermons on the gospel to become a partner in our church?

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 If we don't agree on the gospel, then we're not going to agree on anything else.

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 The gospel is ground zero when it comes to importance and what we want to base everything on.

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 And so Philippians 1 verse 5 says, Paul thanks God for the Philippians' partnership in the gospel.

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 And so really at the core, our partnership together is partnership in the gospel.

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 So if we don't agree on the gospel, it's hard to go from there.

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 So today's sermon is going to be called The Gospel.

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 The Gospel.

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 The word gospel means good news.

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 What is the gospel? Romans 1.16 is a quintessential verse on this.

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 This is the verse that Martin Luther was wrecked by.

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 Romans 1.16 says,

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 I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes.

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 So three things there.

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 I'm not ashamed of the gospel.

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 Four.

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 What is it?

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 It is the power of God.

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 A lot of times people pray, well, I pray that the gospel would be powerful.

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 I pray that my presentation of the gospel would be powerful.

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 The gospel is power.

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 You can't make it powerful.

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 It is powerful.

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 It is power in and of itself.

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 That's reassuring to know that the very message we preach is power in and of itself.

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 And what is this power for?

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 It's for salvation.

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 It's the power that is inherent in the gospel message is to save people.

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 Okay?

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 Who?

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 To everyone who believes.

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 It's the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes.

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 So everyone who believes.

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 Anyone who believes receives this power.

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 And it's like no other power.

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 Since this sermon will predominantly be heard by professing believers, let's make sure that as we listen to this, we're doing 2 Corinthians 13, verse 5, which says,

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 Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith.

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 Test yourselves.

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 For do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?

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 Unless indeed you fail and meet the test.

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 So let's listen that way.

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 Let's make sure that we're listening with those kind of ears.

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 Where do we begin?

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 We begin with God.

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 We begin with God.

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 God is holy.

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 God is holy.

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 God being holy is bad news for the sinner.

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 Do you believe that?

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 God being holy is bad news for the sinner.

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 God is holy and the sinner is not.

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 This is of utmost importance.

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 The fact that God is holy, totally other, completely other than us, the fact that God is holy is bad news for the sinner.

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 I want to look at two main points in regards to the bad news.

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 First one, people must see themselves as sinners.

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 People must see themselves as sinners.

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 Luke chapter 5, 31 to 32.

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 Jesus answered them,

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 Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.

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 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

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 All right?

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 The gospel is of no use to a person who doesn't first see himself as a sinner.

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 The gospel is for sinners.

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 In your preaching of the gospel, be careful that you're not answering questions that people aren't asking.

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 This happens all the time.

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 All right?

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 Hey, Jesus died for you.

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 So what?

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 Why is that even relevant to me?

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 Why does that matter?

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 Okay?

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 If someone doesn't realize that they're a sinner and you say,

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 Jesus died for you, you're like,

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 So?

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 What's the point?

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 Like, what relevance does that have to me?

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 They first have to see they're a sinner.

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 You might say, well, everybody sees that.

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 Au contraire, mon frere.

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 They do not all see that.

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 Okay?

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 There are many people who do not see themselves as sinners,

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 especially nowadays.

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 Especially nowadays.

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 If a person doesn't know the bad news,

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 then the good news isn't good,

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 and the good news isn't relevant.

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 They have to first know that they're a sinner and that they need God.

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 Romans 3, 10-12, and verse 23.

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 As it is written,

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 None is righteous.

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 No, not one.

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 No one understands.

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 No one seeks for God.

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 All have turned aside.

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 Together they have become worthless.

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 No one does good.

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 Not even one.

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 All have sinned.

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 Verse 23.

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 All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

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 All.

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 Everyone.

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 There's not even one.

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 Every single person has sinned.

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 This is key.

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 This is important.

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 It has to start here.

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 There is no one righteous.

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 Not even one.

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 That means everyone.

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 Everyone is in need.

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 Everyone is in need.

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 And essentially, everyone is a lawbreaker.

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 1 John 3, verse 4 in the NIV says,

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 Everyone who sins breaks the law.

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 In fact, sin is lawlessness.

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 Everyone who sins breaks the law.

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 Anyone who sinned, which is everyone,

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 because all have sinned,

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 have broken God's law.

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 Who is God?

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 God is holy.

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 When you break the law of a holy God,

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 that is a big deal.

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 That is a big deal.

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 Again, that's why we're saying God being holy is bad news for the sinner.

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 The fact that we broke the law of a holy God is about the worst news we could hear.

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 1 Timothy 1, 8 through 11 says,

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 We know that the law is good if one uses it lawfully.

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 Understanding this,

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 That the law is not laid down for the just,

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 but for the lawless and disobedient,

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 for the ungodly and sinners.

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 Everyone, right?

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 For the unholy and profane.

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 For those who strike their fathers and mothers.

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 For murderers, the sexually immoral.

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 Men who practice homosexuality.

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 Enslavers, liars, perjurers,

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 and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine.

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 In accordance with the gospel of the glory of the blessed God,

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 with which I have been entrusted.

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 Okay, this is in accordance with the gospel.

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 That we broke God's law.

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 Romans 3, 19 to 20 says,

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 We know that whatever the law says,

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 it speaks to those who are under the law,

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 so that every mouth may be stopped.

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 And the whole world may be held accountable to God.

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 For by works of the law,

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 no human being will be justified in his sight,

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 since through the law comes knowledge of sin.

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 So the law is necessary to know what is sin.

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 Okay, because the law had said,

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 do not sin, that's how we know.

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 Romans 7, 7 says,

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 If it had not been for the law,

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 I would not have known sin.

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 I would not have known what it is to covet

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 if the law had not sinned.

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 You shall not covet.

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 And the question that a lot of people would ask is,

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 well, but what if I keep most of it?

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 Right?

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 I mean, come on.

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 Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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 Nobody's perfect.

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 I get it.

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 But what if I keep most of it?

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 What if I'm better than somebody else?

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 James 2, 10 says,

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 Whoever keeps the whole law,

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 but fails in one point,

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 has become guilty of breaking out all of it.

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 So even if you've done a pretty decent job

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 of obeying most of it,

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 if you've broken it in one place,

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 you've broken all of it.

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 That's what the Bible says.

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 So not only does it say that all have sinned

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 and all have broken his law,

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 it says even if you've obeyed most of it

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 and you broke it at least one point,

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 you have become guilty of all of it.

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 You've become guilty of all of it.

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 So this flies in the face of our unrighteousness

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 and our self-righteousness.

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 People say, well, unrighteousness is bad,

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 but self-righteousness is good.

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 We need good people.

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 No.

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 Self-righteousness and unrighteousness

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 are two sides of the same coin.

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 Sin, wickedness, evil.

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 You might even say that self-righteousness,

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 in one sense, is in one sense more arrogant

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 because it's actually saying,

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 I can do enough to be justified.

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 I can do enough to win God's favor.

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 The arrogance of self-righteousness

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 is an affront to God

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 in so much as the rebellion of unrighteousness

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 is an affront to God.

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 They're both an affront to God.

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 In fact, Isaiah 64 verse 6 says,

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 we have become like one who is unclean

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 and all our righteous deeds

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 are like a polluted garment.

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 Like a polluted garment.

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 This kind of polluted garment

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 that it's talking about

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 would be like a menstrual pad.

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 One time I was living in Midtown.

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 I was going down to take out the garbage

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 or something.

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 I can't remember.

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 I came into the driveway

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 and as is normal in Midtown back in those days,

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 you never know what you find

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 at the end of the driveway,

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 but I saw a filthy used menstrual pad

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 just kind of sitting there

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 at the end of the driveway all dirty

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 and I thought, wow, that's disgusting.

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 And then I also thought of Isaiah 64 verse 6

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 and thought all our righteous deeds

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 are like a polluted garment.

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 That is what our self-righteous deeds are like.

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 They are like a menstrual pad,

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 a dirty, disgusting menstrual pad.

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 There's nothing in our seemingly self-righteous deeds

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 that could ever be seen

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 as something that's attractive to God,

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 that could earn His favor,

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 that is good enough for God.

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 None of it is good enough

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 and even the fact that we would even possibly believe

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 that anything we could do is good enough

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 is an affront to a holy God.

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 It is an affront.

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 It's impossible.

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 Second part of the bad news is

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 people must see the severity of their sin.

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 And again, you'd say,

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 hey man, nobody's perfect.

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 I'm not that bad.

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 Right?

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 I'm not that bad.

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 Certainly, I'm not as bad as some.

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 How bad is our sin?

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 I mean, it's a really relevant question.

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 I mean, am I going a little too far

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 in saying that our sin is bad?

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 I mean, come on, there are really bad sinners,

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 but certainly the people in this room

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 would never be in that category.

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 I mean, that's reserved for people in jail,

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 you know, people who, you know,

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 the really bad people.

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 Certainly not people like us.

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 Well, this is a relevant question.

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 How bad is our sin?

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 Let's make it even more personal.

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 How bad was your sin?

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 How bad is your sin?

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 Well, who the sin is against

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 determines the severity of the crime.

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 Who the sin is against

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 determines the severity of the crime.

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 What do you mean by that?

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 Well, let's take something as simple

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 as just slapping someone in the face.

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 If you slap a stranger,

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 there's not going to be a whole lot of consequence.

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 They might shove you,

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 maybe they'll punch you,

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 like what's wrong with you?

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 You know, yell at you or something.

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 But it might be minimal response.

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 Now, if you see a police officer

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 and you go slap him,

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 you're going to have a different response

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 than just slapping a stranger.

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 But it's the same act.

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 It's the same act.

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 Same act, different consequences.

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 One, I slap a stranger.

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 Another, I slap a police officer.

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 Let's say you just happen to be

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 walking around downtown

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 and you see the mayor

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 and you slap him.

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 That consequence will be even greater

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 than slapping a cop.

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 All right, what if the governor's in town?

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 You slap the governor in the face.

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 Even greater consequence.

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 What if the president of the United States

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 is in town

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 and somehow you get close enough to him

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 and you slap him in the face?

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 It's all the same thing.

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 It's all slap.

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 The act is not different

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 between any of those people.

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 But notice,

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 the consequence is different.

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 Why?

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 It's not as much what you did,

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 but who you did it to.

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 And the truth is,

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 your sin is not just in the universe.

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 It's to God.

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 It's breaking of God's law.

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 Sin is sin against a holy God.

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 And so when you sin against a holy God,

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 it has consequences

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 consistent with the one you've sinned against.

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 And our sins are like a slap in God's face.

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 Do you see it that way?

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 You must see it that way

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 because let me tell you this,

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 if your sin isn't that bad,

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 then your savior ain't that great.

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 And if your savior ain't that great,

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 then your response is going to be pretty small.

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 And maybe that just answered a really good,

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 a really important question

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 for some of you in this room

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 who've wondered,

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 why is my response so small?

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 Maybe it's because

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 your savior ain't all that great.

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 And the reason your savior isn't all that great

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 is because your sin is not that bad.

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 There is consequence to believing

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 that your sin is not that bad.

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 It minimizes the gift of salvation.

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 It minimizes the reality of the savior

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 and therefore minimizes the response to that.

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 Savior and his saving.

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 God is holy.

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 And not only is he holy,

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 but he is infinite in his holiness.

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 God is infinite in all his attributes.

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 There is no end to him.

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 He's not like us.

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 The fact that he's holy means he's not like us.

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 That's part of the meaning of holiness

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 is to be other,

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 is to be different.

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 The fact that he is holy means he's not like us

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 in the fact that we are finite.

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 We have end to all our attributes.

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 But God doesn't ever run out.

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 Right?

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 God's infinite in his attributes.

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 Psalm 145 verse 3.

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 It says,

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 Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised.

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 And his greatness is unsearchable.

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 Psalm 147 verse 5.

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 It says,

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 Great is our Lord and abundant in power.

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 His understanding is beyond measure.

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 It's beyond measure.

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 It's not like you think,

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 Oh, I've reached the end of God's understanding.

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 I've reached the end of his greatness.

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 It was pretty good while it lasted,

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 but I've exhausted all of it.

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 Never.

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 Never, never, never.

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 You never reach the end of his greatness.

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 You ever reach the end of his understanding,

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 his power, his might,

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 his wisdom, his love,

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 all his attributes.

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 You don't reach an end to it and you think,

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 Oh, I've exhausted it.

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 If God is infinitely holy,

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 then our sin against him is infinitely wicked.

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 Or as Romans 7.13 says,

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 Sinful beyond measure.

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 Sinful beyond measure.

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 So the just punishment for sin beyond measure

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 is punishment without end.

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 Or what Matthew 25.46 calls eternal punishment.

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 Some would say,

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 Eternal punishment for a short little life of sin?

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 It's unjust.

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 It's not right.

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 How could this be?

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 You're looking at it wrong.

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 You're looking at it wrong.

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 You're looking at amount of time.

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 You're looking at an act.

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 You're looking at multiple acts.

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 You're not looking at who you've sinned against.

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 If God is infinitely holy,

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 and even just one sin against that infinite holy God,

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 deserves eternal punishment.

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 Eternal punishment.

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 Charles Spurgeon put it this way.

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 He said,

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 If we had lain in hell forever,

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 yet divine justice would not have been fully justified.

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 For after thousands of years of suffering,

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 there would remain still an eternity of debt due to God's justice.

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 If God had annihilated all the sinners that ever lived,

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 at one stroke,

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 he would not have so honored his justice

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 as he did when he took sin and laid it on his son.

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 And his son bore divine wrath,

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 which was due to that sin.

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 For now there has been rendered unto divine justice a full equivalent,

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 a complete recompense for all the dishonor which it suffered.

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 Do you believe this?

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 Do you believe that about your sin?

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 Do you believe that about your sin?

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 The consequence of sin is grave.

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 Romans 6.23 says,

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 John 3.36 says,

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 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life.

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 Whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life,

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 but the wrath of God remains on him.

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 The wrath of God remains on him.

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 And that is just.

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 That is just.

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 There is a coming judgment.

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 Judgment.

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 Hebrews 9.27 says,

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 It is appointed for man to die once,

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 and after that comes judgment.

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 Romans 2.16 says,

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 On that day when according to my gospel,

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 God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus,

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 we will all stand before the judgment seat.

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 No one escapes it.

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 No one, no matter what you think or what you try or what you believe,

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 every single person is appointed to die once.

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 And after that comes judgment.

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 There will be judgment.

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 There will be a judgment seat.

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 And we will stand before the judge.

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 And none of our excuses,

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 none of our facades,

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 none of our things that we foolishly put our hope in

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 will stand against the holy God.

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 There's only one thing that will stand,

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 and that is our holy God.

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 And that which he paid for.

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 And there will be people who will be sent to a place in the Bible called hell.

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 And hell is described as eternal fire and punishment.

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 Matthew 25.41 and 46.

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 Eternal fire and punishment.

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 In the lake of fire.

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 Revelation 20.15.

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 Where they will be tormented day and night, forever and ever,

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 with no rest, day or night.

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 This is Revelation 14.11 and 20.10.

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 Tormented day and night, forever and ever.

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 No rest, day or night.

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 Will this torment?

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 Away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might.

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 2 Thessalonians 1 verse 9.

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 It's important to read those verses.

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 It's important to reference those verses.

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 Because the soul of a man doesn't want to believe these things.

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 And the rationing of the mind wants to say,

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 Oh, no, no, no.

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 God would never do that.

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 But this is someone who's not thinking about God in a right way.

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 This is not thinking of some God as holy.

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 This is not thinking of God as just.

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 This is not thinking of hell.

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 And the wrath of God consistently with the word of God.

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 And if you look at the word of God,

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 these words are used.

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 Words like eternal.

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 Words like where the torment never ends.

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 Words like no rest day or night.

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 Words like away from the presence of the Lord.

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 These are the things that the Bible talks about.

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 The bad news is this.

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 We have sinned against God.

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 We've broken God's law.

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 We've fallen short of God's glory.

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 And we're justly under the eternal wrath of holy God.

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 Now, all this being said,

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 can you relate to what I've just said personally?

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 Can you relate to what I've just said personally?

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 Does this sound like something outside you?

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 Does this sound like something foreign?

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 Or do you hear this and think,

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 I am that sinner.

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 That's me.

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 I'm the sinner.

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 I'm the unrighteous.

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 I'm the self-righteous.

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 You're not thinking of somebody else.

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 You're not thinking of your spouse.

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 You're not thinking of your father or your mother

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 or that person who hurt you.

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 You're thinking,

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 I am the man.

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 I am the woman.

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 I'm the one who sinned.

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 I'm the one who broke God's law.

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 I'm the one who's justly under the wrath of God.

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 My sin put him on the cross.

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 It was me.

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 My specific sins.

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 Not a generic sins.

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 But this specific sin and this specific sin

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 and this specific sin.

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 I know what I have justly deserved of.

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 I know that.

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 I believe it.

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 I've experienced it.

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 See, if you haven't experienced that,

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 then what is the good news to you?

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 If you haven't experienced the weight,

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 the gravity of the bad news.

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 A great question is,

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 what has Jesus saved you from?

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 What specific immorality has Jesus saved you from?

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 Or what sense of moralism has he saved you from?

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 1 Corinthians 6, 9-11 says,

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 Do you not know that the unrighteous

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 will not inherit the kingdom of God?

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 Do not be deceived.

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 Listen to these specifics.

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 Neither the sexually immoral,

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 sorry,

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 Neither the sexually immoral,

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 nor idolaters,

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 nor adulterers,

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 nor men who practice homosexuality,

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 nor thieves,

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 nor the greedy,

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 nor drunkards,

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 nor revilers,

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 nor swindlers,

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 will inherit the kingdom of God.

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 Verse 11,

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 And such were some of you.

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 Such were some of you.

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 But you were washed,

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 you were sanctified,

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 you were justified

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 in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ

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 and by the Spirit of God.

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 This is so important.

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 Such were some of you.

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 The one who has been saved,

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 the one who is a Christian,

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 they have some of these things in their past.

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 They could say,

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 I was sexually immoral.

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 I was an adulterer.

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 I was an idolater.

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 I was one who practiced homosexuality.

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 I was a thief.

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 I was greedy.

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 I was a drunkard.

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 I was a reviler.

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 I was a swindler.

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 That's what I was.

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 But I was washed.

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 I was sanctified.

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 I was justified

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 in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ

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 and by the Spirit of our God.

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 What is your testimony?

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 You don't have to have

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 some great insane testimony

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 of these wild stories

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 of how you lived wildly.

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 You just have to have the testimony

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 of someone who was justly

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 under the wrath of God

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 because of specific sins.

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 And your testimony is,

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 that was me.

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 Was me.

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 Such were some of you.

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 That's my testimony.

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 But I was washed.

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 I was sanctified.

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 I was justified

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 in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ

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 and by the Spirit of our God.

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 Ephesians 2, 1-4 says,

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 You were dead

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 in the trespasses and sins

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 in which you once walked,

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 following the course of this world,

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 following the prince

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 of the power of the air,

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 the spirit that is now at work

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 and the sons of disobedience,

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 among whom we all once lived

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 in the passions of our flesh,

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 carrying out the desires of the body,

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 and the mind,

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 and were by nature

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 children of wrath,

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 like the rest of mankind.

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 Verse 4,

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 But God,

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 this is the good news.

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 That was the bad news.

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 We were dead

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 in our trespasses and sins.

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 We were following our flesh

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 in the ways of the world,

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 carrying out the desires

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 of the body and the mind.

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 By nature,

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 children of wrath,

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 born into sin.

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 That's who we all were.

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 But God,

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 and here comes the good news.

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 Good news.

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 I want to look at five different aspects

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 of this good news.

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 But God,

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 Ephesians 2,

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 4-9,

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 But God,

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 being rich in mercy,

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 because of the great love

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 with which he loved us,

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 even when we were dead

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 in our trespasses,

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 made us alive together with Christ,

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 by grace,

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 you have been saved,

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 and raised us up with him,

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 and seated us with him

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 in the heavenly places

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 in Christ Jesus,

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 so that in the coming ages

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 he might show

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 the immeasurable riches

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 of his grace

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 and kindness towards us

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 in Christ Jesus.

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 For by grace

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 you have been saved

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 through faith.

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 And this is not your own doing.

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 It is the gift of God.

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 Not a result of works

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 so that no one may boast.

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 Number one aspect

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 of the good news,

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 it's by grace alone.

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 It's by grace alone.

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 God's undeserved,

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 forgiving love.

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 There is nothing,

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 nothing you can do,

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 could do,

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 or ever will do

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 that could ever earn

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 forgiveness,

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 justification,

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 love.

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 He gives this to us freely

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 while we were dead.

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 While we were dead.

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 This is grace.

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 Do you know this grace?

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 Do you know this amazing grace?

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 Romans 4, 1 through 8,

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 what shall we say then,

00:22:20.019 --> 00:22:21.079
 was gained by Abraham,

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 our forefather,

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 according to the flesh.

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 For if Abraham was justified

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 by works,

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 he has something to boast about,

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 but not before God.

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 For what does the scripture say?

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 Abraham believed God,

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 and it was counted to him

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 as righteousness.

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 Now to the one who works,

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 his wages are not counted

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 as a gift,

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 but as is due.

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 Okay?

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 That's an obvious thing.

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 When you get paid

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 from your boss,

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 it's not a gift.

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 It's your due.

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 You worked,

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 you had an exchange

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 that was agreed upon,

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 I will work for this amount

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 of money,

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 and then you will give me

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 that amount of money.

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 I don't shake your hand

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 or hug you

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 and celebrate

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 that you gave me a gift.

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 I say,

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 thank you for giving my due.

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 And if you don't give me my due,

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 I'm upset about it

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 because I have a right

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 to that due.

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 The one who works,

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 his wages are not counted

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 as a gift,

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 but as is due.

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 And to the one

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 who does not work,

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 but believes in him

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 who justifies the ungodly,

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 his faith is counted

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 as righteousness.

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 To the one who justifies

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 the ungodly,

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 this flies in the face

00:23:23.039 --> 00:23:24.379
 of the self-righteous person

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 who thinks that God

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 justifies me

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 because I was godly

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 or I had some semblance

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 of godliness.

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 But that's not

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 what the scriptures say.

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 The good news

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 of the grace of God

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 is that he justifies

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 the ungodly.

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 You might say,

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 I'm ungodly.

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 I feel so like

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 I can't ever receive

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 God's love.

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 You are actually

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 the most qualified person

00:23:45.500 --> 00:23:46.359
 to receive salvation

00:23:46.359 --> 00:23:47.500
 if you think you're ungodly.

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 Those are the only kind

00:23:49.279 --> 00:23:50.019
 he justifies.

00:23:51.159 --> 00:23:52.039
 Those are the only kind

00:23:52.039 --> 00:23:52.740
 he justifies.

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 He justifies the ungodly.

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 And when you believe that,

00:23:57.319 --> 00:23:58.460
 your faith is counted

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 as righteousness.

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 Just as David also speaks

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 of the blessing

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 of the one to whom

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 God counts righteousness

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 apart from works.

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 He says this,

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 Blessed are those

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 whose lawless deeds

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 are forgiven

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 and whose sins

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 are covered.

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 Blessed is the man

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 against whom the Lord

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 will not count his sin.

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 So it's not that you

00:24:18.600 --> 00:24:19.780
 never sinned,

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 it's that your sins

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 are no longer

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 counted against you.

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 Blessed is the man

00:24:23.520 --> 00:24:24.720
 against whom the Lord

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 will not count his sin.

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 Blessed is the man

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 who believes the gospel

00:24:28.079 --> 00:24:29.039
 of the grace of God.

00:24:30.059 --> 00:24:31.480
 Titus 3, 4-7 says,

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 When the goodness

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 and not loving kindness

00:24:32.980 --> 00:24:34.299
 of God our Savior appeared,

00:24:34.699 --> 00:24:35.639
 he saved us.

00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:36.939
 Not because

00:24:36.939 --> 00:24:38.439
 of works done

00:24:38.439 --> 00:24:38.960
 in righteousness.

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 Not because of anything

00:24:40.679 --> 00:24:41.059
 we did.

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 Not because we figured it out.

00:24:42.639 --> 00:24:43.919
 We did good enough things

00:24:43.919 --> 00:24:44.399
 that he says,

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 Oh, you

00:24:45.639 --> 00:24:47.299
 are the one I want to save

00:24:47.299 --> 00:24:48.679
 because you're the good one.

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 You're the good little boy

00:24:49.799 --> 00:24:50.099
 or girl,

00:24:50.199 --> 00:24:51.220
 and so I'll save you.

00:24:51.939 --> 00:24:52.519
 When the goodness

00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:53.439
 and loving kindness

00:24:53.439 --> 00:24:54.679
 of God our Savior appeared,

00:24:55.039 --> 00:24:55.619
 he saved us

00:24:55.619 --> 00:24:56.839
 not because of works

00:24:56.839 --> 00:24:57.399
 done by us

00:24:57.400 --> 00:24:57.900
 in righteousness,

00:24:58.320 --> 00:24:59.900
 but according to his mercy,

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 by the washing

00:25:01.560 --> 00:25:02.259
 of regeneration

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 and renewal

00:25:03.180 --> 00:25:04.060
 of the Holy Spirit,

00:25:04.440 --> 00:25:05.080
 when he poured out

00:25:05.080 --> 00:25:05.840
 on us richly

00:25:05.840 --> 00:25:06.759
 through Jesus Christ

00:25:06.759 --> 00:25:07.340
 our Savior,

00:25:07.820 --> 00:25:09.100
 so that being justified

00:25:09.100 --> 00:25:11.960
 by his grace,

00:25:12.320 --> 00:25:13.560
 we might become heirs

00:25:13.560 --> 00:25:14.460
 according to the fault

00:25:14.460 --> 00:25:15.280
 of eternal life.

00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:16.540
 We've been justified

00:25:16.540 --> 00:25:17.440
 by grace,

00:25:17.960 --> 00:25:18.600
 undeserved,

00:25:18.780 --> 00:25:19.600
 forgiving love,

00:25:19.980 --> 00:25:20.900
 nothing in us

00:25:20.900 --> 00:25:22.820
 that we could deserve it.

00:25:23.540 --> 00:25:24.200
 God loves us

00:25:24.200 --> 00:25:24.940
 for who we are,

00:25:25.180 --> 00:25:26.000
 not who we should be,

00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:26.660
 because no one is

00:25:26.660 --> 00:25:27.400
 as they should be.

00:25:27.660 --> 00:25:28.480
 This is grace.

00:25:28.940 --> 00:25:29.319
 It's a quote

00:25:29.319 --> 00:25:30.079
 from Brent Manning.

00:25:31.180 --> 00:25:32.619
 Romans 5 verse 8 says,

00:25:33.019 --> 00:25:33.920
 God shows his love

00:25:33.920 --> 00:25:34.900
 for us in this,

00:25:35.660 --> 00:25:36.400
 that while we were

00:25:36.400 --> 00:25:37.259
 still sinners,

00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:38.960
 Christ died for us.

00:25:39.559 --> 00:25:40.279
 While we were still

00:25:40.279 --> 00:25:40.619
 sinners,

00:25:40.759 --> 00:25:41.799
 Christ died for us.

00:25:42.180 --> 00:25:42.980
 That's grace.

00:25:43.619 --> 00:25:44.359
 Grace is dying

00:25:44.359 --> 00:25:44.740
 for people

00:25:44.740 --> 00:25:45.480
 who don't deserve it.

00:25:45.579 --> 00:25:46.539
 Grace is giving something

00:25:46.539 --> 00:25:46.900
 to someone

00:25:46.900 --> 00:25:47.640
 who doesn't deserve it.

00:25:47.960 --> 00:25:48.920
 Grace is God's

00:25:48.920 --> 00:25:49.980
 unmerited favor,

00:25:50.339 --> 00:25:51.180
 giving you something

00:25:51.180 --> 00:25:52.079
 that was not merited.

00:25:52.200 --> 00:25:52.960
 You didn't do anything

00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:53.380
 to earn it.

00:25:53.420 --> 00:25:53.759
 In fact,

00:25:53.819 --> 00:25:54.860
 you did everything

00:25:54.860 --> 00:25:56.360
 to not deserve it,

00:25:56.440 --> 00:25:57.640
 and yet God looks upon you

00:25:57.640 --> 00:25:58.539
 with grace and mercy

00:25:58.539 --> 00:25:59.120
 and says,

00:25:59.259 --> 00:26:00.160
 I will give this to you

00:26:00.160 --> 00:26:01.299
 because I am merciful,

00:26:01.640 --> 00:26:02.680
 because I am gracious.

00:26:04.380 --> 00:26:05.319
 God shows his love

00:26:05.319 --> 00:26:05.940
 for us in this,

00:26:05.980 --> 00:26:06.500
 that while we were

00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:07.160
 still sinners,

00:26:07.340 --> 00:26:08.259
 Christ died for us.

00:26:10.079 --> 00:26:11.240
 That is good news.

00:26:11.960 --> 00:26:13.079
 Romans 5, 1 to 2,

00:26:13.460 --> 00:26:13.680
 therefore,

00:26:13.840 --> 00:26:14.319
 since we have been

00:26:14.319 --> 00:26:15.380
 justified by faith,

00:26:15.420 --> 00:26:16.360
 we have peace with God

00:26:16.360 --> 00:26:17.700
 through our Lord Jesus Christ.

00:26:18.340 --> 00:26:18.980
 Through him,

00:26:18.980 --> 00:26:20.220
 we have also obtained

00:26:20.220 --> 00:26:21.559
 access by faith

00:26:21.559 --> 00:26:22.819
 into this grace

00:26:22.819 --> 00:26:23.819
 in which we stand,

00:26:23.960 --> 00:26:24.799
 and we rejoice

00:26:24.799 --> 00:26:25.399
 in the hope

00:26:25.399 --> 00:26:26.379
 of the glory of God.

00:26:27.059 --> 00:26:28.779
 We actually stand

00:26:28.779 --> 00:26:29.399
 in grace.

00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:30.460
 When the Father

00:26:30.460 --> 00:26:31.379
 looks at us,

00:26:31.399 --> 00:26:33.019
 he sees the perfect work

00:26:33.019 --> 00:26:33.480
 of the Son

00:26:33.480 --> 00:26:34.399
 because of grace.

00:26:34.619 --> 00:26:35.919
 We're standing in grace.

00:26:36.220 --> 00:26:37.139
 We oftentimes like

00:26:37.139 --> 00:26:38.339
 to stand in our own efforts.

00:26:38.440 --> 00:26:39.179
 We like to stand

00:26:39.179 --> 00:26:39.919
 in our own merit.

00:26:40.159 --> 00:26:40.940
 We like to stand

00:26:40.940 --> 00:26:41.879
 in what we've done.

00:26:42.399 --> 00:26:43.279
 But the Christian

00:26:43.279 --> 00:26:44.619
 stands in the grace of God.

00:26:45.859 --> 00:26:46.940
 Acts 20, 24

00:26:46.940 --> 00:26:48.679
 calls this gospel

00:26:48.679 --> 00:26:49.299
 the gospel

00:26:49.299 --> 00:26:50.480
 of the grace of God.

00:26:50.480 --> 00:26:51.759
 How have you experienced

00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:52.759
 God's grace personally?

00:26:53.579 --> 00:26:54.240
 Do you know?

00:26:54.360 --> 00:26:54.980
 Can you articulate?

00:26:55.140 --> 00:26:55.740
 Can you articulate

00:26:55.740 --> 00:26:57.299
 what grace means to you

00:26:57.299 --> 00:26:58.460
 and how you experienced it

00:26:58.460 --> 00:26:59.519
 in specific ways?

00:27:00.259 --> 00:27:02.339
 Is grace good news to you?

00:27:03.240 --> 00:27:04.220
 This is important.

00:27:05.500 --> 00:27:06.660
 In John Newton's

00:27:06.660 --> 00:27:07.980
 famous song

00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:08.599
 that he wrote,

00:27:08.680 --> 00:27:09.460
 Amazing Grace,

00:27:09.799 --> 00:27:10.319
 John Newton,

00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:11.599
 the former slave trader,

00:27:11.819 --> 00:27:12.299
 John Newton,

00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:13.440
 who sold

00:27:13.440 --> 00:27:14.480
 people

00:27:15.099 --> 00:27:16.279
 as slaves

00:27:16.279 --> 00:27:18.120
 and then became

00:27:18.120 --> 00:27:18.599
 a Christian,

00:27:18.599 --> 00:27:19.559
 he said,

00:27:19.619 --> 00:27:20.359
 Amazing grace,

00:27:20.419 --> 00:27:21.399
 how sweet the sound

00:27:21.399 --> 00:27:22.919
 that saved a wretch like me.

00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:23.879
 I once was lost,

00:27:23.980 --> 00:27:24.819
 but now I'm found,

00:27:25.179 --> 00:27:25.779
 was blind,

00:27:25.859 --> 00:27:26.679
 but now I see.

00:27:27.139 --> 00:27:27.619
 It was grace

00:27:27.619 --> 00:27:28.439
 that taught my heart

00:27:28.439 --> 00:27:29.039
 to fear

00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:29.959
 and grace

00:27:29.959 --> 00:27:31.139
 my fears relieved.

00:27:31.519 --> 00:27:32.059
 How precious

00:27:32.059 --> 00:27:33.379
 did that grace appear

00:27:33.379 --> 00:27:34.319
 the hour

00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:35.480
 I first believed.

00:27:36.119 --> 00:27:37.019
 Through many dangers,

00:27:37.199 --> 00:27:38.059
 toils and snares,

00:27:38.059 --> 00:27:39.279
 I have already come.

00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:40.339
 Tis grace

00:27:40.339 --> 00:27:41.039
 hath brought me

00:27:41.039 --> 00:27:41.980
 safe thus far

00:27:41.980 --> 00:27:43.019
 and grace

00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:44.439
 will lead me home.

00:27:45.400 --> 00:27:46.480
 In that famous hymn,

00:27:46.640 --> 00:27:47.640
 How Great Thou Art,

00:27:48.320 --> 00:27:48.740
 he said,

00:27:49.039 --> 00:27:49.980
 When I think that God,

00:27:50.059 --> 00:27:51.039
 his son not sparing,

00:27:51.220 --> 00:27:52.120
 sent him to die,

00:27:52.539 --> 00:27:54.039
 I scarce can take it in,

00:27:54.480 --> 00:27:55.360
 that on the cross,

00:27:55.460 --> 00:27:56.920
 my burden gladly bearing,

00:27:57.360 --> 00:27:58.580
 he bled and died

00:27:58.580 --> 00:27:59.480
 to take away

00:27:59.480 --> 00:28:00.519
 my sin.

00:28:01.640 --> 00:28:02.620
 God is gracious.

00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:04.140
 Number two,

00:28:04.960 --> 00:28:05.539
 first it's put,

00:28:05.600 --> 00:28:06.259
 through grace alone,

00:28:06.360 --> 00:28:06.740
 number two,

00:28:06.820 --> 00:28:07.519
 through faith alone.

00:28:07.620 --> 00:28:08.519
 Ephesians 2.8 says,

00:28:08.620 --> 00:28:09.259
 For by grace,

00:28:09.519 --> 00:28:10.220
 you have been saved

00:28:10.220 --> 00:28:11.160
 through faith.

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:12.279
 How do we get grace?

00:28:12.360 --> 00:28:12.880
 Through faith.

00:28:12.980 --> 00:28:13.920
 How do we receive grace?

00:28:14.019 --> 00:28:14.680
 Through faith.

00:28:15.259 --> 00:28:16.600
 Romans 10.9-10 says,

00:28:16.700 --> 00:28:17.800
 If you confess with your mouth

00:28:17.800 --> 00:28:18.900
 that Jesus is Lord

00:28:18.900 --> 00:28:21.019
 and believe in your heart

00:28:21.019 --> 00:28:22.340
 that God raised him

00:28:22.340 --> 00:28:22.960
 from the dead,

00:28:23.019 --> 00:28:23.759
 you will be saved.

00:28:24.180 --> 00:28:24.940
 For with the heart

00:28:24.940 --> 00:28:25.640
 one believes

00:28:25.640 --> 00:28:26.320
 and is justified,

00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:27.500
 and with the mouth

00:28:27.500 --> 00:28:28.440
 one confesses

00:28:28.440 --> 00:28:29.220
 and is saved.

00:28:29.920 --> 00:28:30.140
 Listen,

00:28:30.259 --> 00:28:31.100
 you don't ask Jesus

00:28:31.100 --> 00:28:31.960
 into your heart.

00:28:32.380 --> 00:28:33.220
 You don't find any verse

00:28:33.220 --> 00:28:33.860
 that says that.

00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:34.740
 You don't ask Jesus

00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:35.279
 into your heart,

00:28:35.560 --> 00:28:36.660
 you believe with your heart.

00:28:36.940 --> 00:28:37.800
 If you haven't believed

00:28:37.800 --> 00:28:38.259
 in your heart

00:28:38.259 --> 00:28:39.060
 and you ask Jesus

00:28:39.060 --> 00:28:39.620
 into your heart,

00:28:39.700 --> 00:28:40.340
 he might not come.

00:28:41.860 --> 00:28:43.040
 He's under no obligation

00:28:43.040 --> 00:28:45.900
 to answer that prayer

00:28:45.900 --> 00:28:47.420
 with the coming of himself

00:28:47.420 --> 00:28:48.100
 into your heart

00:28:48.100 --> 00:28:49.259
 if you haven't believed

00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:49.779
 in your heart.

00:28:49.900 --> 00:28:50.640
 You have to believe

00:28:50.640 --> 00:28:51.180
 in your heart

00:28:51.180 --> 00:28:52.580
 and you have to believe

00:28:52.580 --> 00:28:53.860
 specific things.

00:28:54.420 --> 00:28:55.320
 You can't just say,

00:28:55.420 --> 00:28:56.220
 well, yeah, I believe.

00:28:56.360 --> 00:28:56.840
 Believe what?

00:28:57.060 --> 00:28:57.920
 I have a faith.

00:28:58.000 --> 00:28:58.320
 What do you mean

00:28:58.320 --> 00:28:58.980
 you have a faith?

00:28:59.060 --> 00:28:59.700
 A faith in what?

00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:00.860
 Even demons have a faith.

00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:02.420
 What do you have faith in?

00:29:02.660 --> 00:29:03.180
 Well, I believe

00:29:03.180 --> 00:29:03.860
 that there's a God.

00:29:03.940 --> 00:29:04.700
 That's not enough.

00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:06.600
 I believe that Jesus lived.

00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:07.180
 That's not,

00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:08.120
 that doesn't save you.

00:29:08.899 --> 00:29:09.679
 You have to believe

00:29:09.679 --> 00:29:11.859
 that Jesus is someone specific.

00:29:11.859 --> 00:29:12.739
 Just like when Jesus

00:29:12.739 --> 00:29:13.379
 walked the earth,

00:29:13.459 --> 00:29:14.559
 just like when he was born

00:29:14.559 --> 00:29:15.719
 of a woman

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 and had brothers and sisters

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 and lived in a city

00:29:18.679 --> 00:29:20.079
 and walked among people,

00:29:20.500 --> 00:29:21.939
 this human being

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 that was walking around,

00:29:23.259 --> 00:29:24.039
 people had to believe

00:29:24.039 --> 00:29:24.859
 something about him

00:29:24.859 --> 00:29:25.519
 that was different

00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:26.199
 about all the other

00:29:26.199 --> 00:29:26.659
 human beings

00:29:26.659 --> 00:29:27.519
 that were walking around

00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:28.379
 who were born of a woman.

00:29:28.979 --> 00:29:30.079
 And if they didn't,

00:29:30.819 --> 00:29:32.139
 there was great consequence

00:29:32.139 --> 00:29:32.619
 to that.

00:29:32.699 --> 00:29:33.219
 In the same way,

00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:33.959
 we have to believe

00:29:33.959 --> 00:29:35.659
 not just that Jesus existed,

00:29:36.039 --> 00:29:36.859
 not just that Jesus

00:29:36.859 --> 00:29:37.879
 was a real person,

00:29:38.319 --> 00:29:39.000
 truly man.

00:29:39.599 --> 00:29:40.219
 We have to believe

00:29:40.219 --> 00:29:41.539
 he was also truly God,

00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:43.539
 that Jesus is God,

00:29:43.819 --> 00:29:44.819
 King, and Lord.

00:29:45.039 --> 00:29:46.199
 You don't make him Lord.

00:29:46.299 --> 00:29:46.699
 You don't say,

00:29:46.779 --> 00:29:47.699
 well, I believe he's my Savior,

00:29:47.799 --> 00:29:48.599
 but I just haven't believed

00:29:48.599 --> 00:29:49.699
 he was my Lord.

00:29:50.579 --> 00:29:51.439
 You will find nothing

00:29:51.439 --> 00:29:52.500
 of the sort in the scriptures.

00:29:52.959 --> 00:29:53.799
 Not only that,

00:29:53.879 --> 00:29:55.039
 you cannot do that.

00:29:55.559 --> 00:29:56.599
 God isn't some person

00:29:56.599 --> 00:29:57.399
 you can divide up

00:29:57.399 --> 00:29:58.119
 into little pieces

00:29:58.119 --> 00:29:58.619
 and say,

00:29:58.959 --> 00:29:59.159
 oh yeah,

00:29:59.199 --> 00:29:59.859
 he's my Savior,

00:30:00.019 --> 00:30:00.619
 but I just haven't

00:30:00.619 --> 00:30:01.319
 made him my Lord.

00:30:01.319 --> 00:30:03.000
 He's always been Savior

00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:03.399
 and Lord.

00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:04.319
 He's both of those.

00:30:04.439 --> 00:30:05.279
 You don't make him that.

00:30:05.379 --> 00:30:06.039
 He is that.

00:30:06.279 --> 00:30:07.539
 You just have to believe that.

00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:08.899
 Do you believe it?

00:30:09.519 --> 00:30:10.019
 Do you believe

00:30:10.019 --> 00:30:11.059
 that he rose from the dead?

00:30:11.700 --> 00:30:12.079
 Do you believe

00:30:12.079 --> 00:30:13.220
 that this person

00:30:13.220 --> 00:30:14.460
 was not just a person,

00:30:14.579 --> 00:30:15.919
 but he was truly God as well?

00:30:16.339 --> 00:30:18.019
 And so he is Savior and Lord.

00:30:18.539 --> 00:30:19.759
 Because if he's not Lord,

00:30:19.839 --> 00:30:20.919
 then he's not your Savior.

00:30:21.079 --> 00:30:22.720
 The only way he can save you,

00:30:22.779 --> 00:30:24.059
 the only one who is mighty

00:30:24.059 --> 00:30:25.539
 to save is God himself.

00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:27.579
 The fact that he's Lord

00:30:27.579 --> 00:30:28.379
 and King and God

00:30:28.379 --> 00:30:29.139
 is what gives him

00:30:29.139 --> 00:30:30.679
 the authority to save you.

00:30:30.680 --> 00:30:31.779
 Without that,

00:30:31.840 --> 00:30:32.720
 he has no authority

00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:33.560
 to save you.

00:30:34.560 --> 00:30:36.600
 John 3, 16 to 18 says,

00:30:36.740 --> 00:30:37.680
 God so loved the world

00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:39.259
 that he gave his only son

00:30:39.259 --> 00:30:40.799
 that whoever believes in him

00:30:40.799 --> 00:30:42.019
 should not perish

00:30:42.019 --> 00:30:43.140
 but have eternal life.

00:30:43.720 --> 00:30:45.360
 For God did not send his son

00:30:45.360 --> 00:30:45.720
 into the world

00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:46.660
 to condemn the world,

00:30:47.200 --> 00:30:48.460
 but in order that the world

00:30:48.460 --> 00:30:49.680
 might be saved through him.

00:30:49.799 --> 00:30:50.880
 Whoever believes in him

00:30:50.880 --> 00:30:52.039
 is not condemned.

00:30:52.500 --> 00:30:53.560
 Whoever does not believe

00:30:53.560 --> 00:30:54.460
 is condemned already

00:30:54.460 --> 00:30:55.920
 because he has not believed

00:30:55.920 --> 00:30:56.720
 in the name

00:30:56.720 --> 00:30:57.900
 of the only son of God.

00:30:58.220 --> 00:30:59.160
 Grace through faith,

00:30:59.279 --> 00:31:00.360
 grace through believing,

00:31:00.359 --> 00:31:01.359
 in the name of God.

00:31:01.359 --> 00:31:01.659
 In fact,

00:31:01.719 --> 00:31:02.959
 John 6, 29 says,

00:31:03.459 --> 00:31:03.959
 Jesus said,

00:31:04.159 --> 00:31:05.199
 this is the work of God

00:31:05.199 --> 00:31:06.879
 that you believe in him

00:31:06.879 --> 00:31:07.539
 who he has sent.

00:31:07.959 --> 00:31:08.759
 Faith is a gift

00:31:08.759 --> 00:31:10.659
 that God gives us

00:31:10.659 --> 00:31:12.339
 that is the medium

00:31:12.339 --> 00:31:13.399
 by which grace comes.

00:31:13.539 --> 00:31:14.199
 It's through belief.

00:31:14.299 --> 00:31:15.000
 It's through faith.

00:31:15.979 --> 00:31:16.619
 Grace alone

00:31:16.619 --> 00:31:17.459
 through faith alone.

00:31:18.039 --> 00:31:18.539
 Number three,

00:31:18.699 --> 00:31:19.579
 in Christ alone.

00:31:20.339 --> 00:31:21.199
 In Christ alone.

00:31:21.339 --> 00:31:21.879
 Faith in what?

00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:22.579
 Faith in who?

00:31:22.979 --> 00:31:23.719
 Faith in Christ.

00:31:23.839 --> 00:31:24.779
 John 14, 6,

00:31:24.859 --> 00:31:25.419
 Jesus said,

00:31:25.779 --> 00:31:26.419
 I am the way,

00:31:26.699 --> 00:31:27.099
 the truth,

00:31:27.139 --> 00:31:27.539
 and the life.

00:31:27.539 --> 00:31:28.879
 No one comes to the Father

00:31:28.879 --> 00:31:30.220
 except through me.

00:31:30.460 --> 00:31:31.579
 This flies in the face

00:31:31.579 --> 00:31:32.440
 of the universalists

00:31:32.440 --> 00:31:32.799
 that says,

00:31:32.879 --> 00:31:33.659
 oh, they're all the same.

00:31:33.940 --> 00:31:35.139
 All the religions are the same.

00:31:35.460 --> 00:31:36.420
 The only way that all the religions

00:31:36.420 --> 00:31:37.099
 are the same

00:31:37.099 --> 00:31:38.379
 is if none of them said

00:31:38.379 --> 00:31:40.119
 that one of the people

00:31:40.119 --> 00:31:40.940
 was exclusive.

00:31:42.099 --> 00:31:43.480
 Jesus said that he was exclusive.

00:31:44.139 --> 00:31:44.539
 Therefore,

00:31:44.759 --> 00:31:45.779
 they can't all be true.

00:31:46.779 --> 00:31:48.259
 There can't be multiple ways to God

00:31:48.259 --> 00:31:49.599
 if one person

00:31:49.599 --> 00:31:50.500
 who said he was God

00:31:50.500 --> 00:31:51.599
 said that there's only one way.

00:31:52.819 --> 00:31:54.000
 It flies in the face of that.

00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:55.039
 No one comes to the Father

00:31:55.039 --> 00:31:55.880
 except through me,

00:31:55.940 --> 00:31:56.539
 Jesus said.

00:31:57.240 --> 00:31:58.279
 Acts 4, 12 says,

00:31:58.680 --> 00:31:59.519
 there is salvation

00:31:59.519 --> 00:32:01.460
 in no one else.

00:32:01.859 --> 00:32:03.099
 For there is no other name

00:32:03.099 --> 00:32:03.900
 under heaven

00:32:03.900 --> 00:32:04.859
 given among men

00:32:04.859 --> 00:32:06.299
 by which we must be saved.

00:32:06.440 --> 00:32:07.519
 That's pretty unequivocal

00:32:07.519 --> 00:32:08.019
 right there.

00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:09.579
 There's salvation

00:32:09.579 --> 00:32:10.380
 in no one else.

00:32:11.279 --> 00:32:12.299
 This is why we can't say,

00:32:12.359 --> 00:32:12.500
 well,

00:32:12.579 --> 00:32:13.680
 as long as you're sincere

00:32:13.680 --> 00:32:14.240
 in your belief.

00:32:14.339 --> 00:32:14.799
 No, no, no, no.

00:32:16.079 --> 00:32:16.940
 Sincere belief

00:32:16.940 --> 00:32:17.880
 in the wrong thing

00:32:17.880 --> 00:32:19.319
 is just as foolish

00:32:19.319 --> 00:32:20.440
 as insincere belief

00:32:20.440 --> 00:32:21.220
 in the wrong thing.

00:32:21.980 --> 00:32:22.880
 Maybe even more.

00:32:23.299 --> 00:32:23.480
 Okay?

00:32:24.380 --> 00:32:25.480
 You have to believe

00:32:25.480 --> 00:32:26.279
 in the right person.

00:32:27.180 --> 00:32:28.579
 There is salvation

00:32:28.579 --> 00:32:29.579
 in no one else.

00:32:30.519 --> 00:32:31.779
 1 Timothy 2, verse 5 says,

00:32:31.940 --> 00:32:32.759
 there is one God

00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:34.420
 and there is one mediator

00:32:34.420 --> 00:32:35.500
 between God

00:32:35.500 --> 00:32:37.720
 and men,

00:32:37.940 --> 00:32:38.880
 the man Christ Jesus.

00:32:39.740 --> 00:32:40.799
 Jesus is the mediator.

00:32:41.180 --> 00:32:42.059
 Jesus is the mediator

00:32:42.059 --> 00:32:43.059
 between us and God.

00:32:43.579 --> 00:32:44.259
 You have to,

00:32:44.680 --> 00:32:45.980
 you get grace through faith

00:32:45.980 --> 00:32:46.460
 and that faith

00:32:46.460 --> 00:32:48.000
 has to be in a specific person

00:32:48.000 --> 00:32:48.900
 to get it

00:32:48.900 --> 00:32:49.920
 and that is in Jesus.

00:32:51.140 --> 00:32:52.640
 2 Corinthians 5, 21 says,

00:32:52.740 --> 00:32:53.400
 for our sake,

00:32:53.480 --> 00:32:55.039
 he made him to be sin

00:32:55.039 --> 00:32:56.019
 who knew no sin

00:32:56.019 --> 00:32:57.779
 so that in him

00:32:57.779 --> 00:32:59.059
 we might become

00:32:59.059 --> 00:33:00.160
 the righteousness of God.

00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:00.720
 In him.

00:33:01.019 --> 00:33:01.660
 In Christ.

00:33:02.720 --> 00:33:03.759
 And when that happens,

00:33:03.940 --> 00:33:05.039
 Romans 8, 1 says,

00:33:05.140 --> 00:33:06.380
 there's now no condemnation

00:33:06.380 --> 00:33:07.460
 for those who are

00:33:07.460 --> 00:33:08.720
 in Christ Jesus.

00:33:09.120 --> 00:33:10.279
 When you're in Christ Jesus,

00:33:10.400 --> 00:33:11.740
 there's no more condemnation.

00:33:12.140 --> 00:33:12.819
 The condemnation

00:33:12.819 --> 00:33:14.000
 that was justly upon us

00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:15.039
 because of our sin

00:33:15.039 --> 00:33:16.480
 is no longer on us

00:33:16.480 --> 00:33:17.860
 when we are in Christ Jesus.

00:33:17.859 --> 00:33:20.000
 when we're in Christ Jesus.

00:33:20.459 --> 00:33:22.299
 This is why we can't add,

00:33:22.399 --> 00:33:22.859
 it can't be,

00:33:23.099 --> 00:33:24.240
 well, I need Jesus

00:33:24.240 --> 00:33:25.639
 but then I also have to be

00:33:25.639 --> 00:33:26.719
 a really good person.

00:33:26.879 --> 00:33:27.199
 No, no, no.

00:33:27.500 --> 00:33:28.699
 It's Jesus plus nothing

00:33:28.699 --> 00:33:29.479
 equals everything.

00:33:30.199 --> 00:33:30.919
 Jesus alone.

00:33:31.159 --> 00:33:31.719
 Christ alone.

00:33:31.839 --> 00:33:32.359
 It's not Jesus

00:33:32.359 --> 00:33:33.219
 in my good works.

00:33:33.599 --> 00:33:34.399
 It's not Jesus

00:33:34.399 --> 00:33:36.179
 in my good church attendance.

00:33:36.379 --> 00:33:37.019
 It's not Jesus

00:33:37.019 --> 00:33:37.819
 in me being better

00:33:37.819 --> 00:33:38.679
 than the other person

00:33:38.679 --> 00:33:39.719
 or better than my spouse

00:33:39.719 --> 00:33:41.159
 or better than my neighbor

00:33:41.159 --> 00:33:41.939
 or whoever it may be.

00:33:42.059 --> 00:33:43.680
 It's Jesus plus nothing

00:33:43.680 --> 00:33:44.299
 equals everything.

00:33:44.420 --> 00:33:45.180
 Jesus alone.

00:33:45.500 --> 00:33:46.440
 In Christ alone.

00:33:47.380 --> 00:33:48.680
 Like to him we sing, right?

00:33:49.420 --> 00:33:50.600
 Till on that cross

00:33:50.600 --> 00:33:51.559
 as Jesus died

00:33:51.559 --> 00:33:52.519
 the wrath of God

00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:53.279
 was satisfied.

00:33:53.860 --> 00:33:54.920
 For every sin on him

00:33:54.920 --> 00:33:55.460
 was laid.

00:33:55.900 --> 00:33:56.600
 Here in the death

00:33:56.600 --> 00:33:57.660
 of Christ I live.

00:33:58.220 --> 00:33:59.539
 And as he stands in victory

00:33:59.539 --> 00:34:00.400
 sin's curse

00:34:00.400 --> 00:34:01.900
 has lost its grip on me.

00:34:02.340 --> 00:34:03.039
 For I am his

00:34:03.039 --> 00:34:03.900
 and he is mine

00:34:03.900 --> 00:34:05.200
 bought with the precious

00:34:05.200 --> 00:34:06.080
 blood of Christ.

00:34:06.500 --> 00:34:07.420
 It's in Christ alone.

00:34:08.159 --> 00:34:09.099
 It's in Christ alone.

00:34:09.559 --> 00:34:10.619
 So it's by grace alone

00:34:10.619 --> 00:34:11.519
 through faith alone

00:34:11.519 --> 00:34:12.480
 in Christ alone

00:34:12.480 --> 00:34:13.440
 with repentance.

00:34:13.639 --> 00:34:14.119
 Number four

00:34:14.119 --> 00:34:14.980
 with repentance.

00:34:15.860 --> 00:34:17.179
 Mark 1 14 to 15

00:34:17.179 --> 00:34:18.619
 says Jesus came into Galilee

00:34:18.619 --> 00:34:20.019
 proclaiming the gospel

00:34:20.019 --> 00:34:20.759
 of God.

00:34:21.400 --> 00:34:22.320
 Jesus came in

00:34:22.320 --> 00:34:23.099
 proclaiming the gospel

00:34:23.099 --> 00:34:23.480
 of God.

00:34:23.579 --> 00:34:24.280
 Okay what did he say?

00:34:24.920 --> 00:34:26.119
 He said the time is fulfilled

00:34:26.119 --> 00:34:26.820
 the kingdom of God

00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:27.360
 is at hand.

00:34:27.880 --> 00:34:28.360
 Repent

00:34:28.360 --> 00:34:29.659
 and believe the gospel.

00:34:30.400 --> 00:34:31.099
 Repent and believe.

00:34:31.619 --> 00:34:32.380
 This is the gospel

00:34:32.380 --> 00:34:33.500
 that Jesus preached.

00:34:33.679 --> 00:34:34.820
 Repent and believe.

00:34:35.539 --> 00:34:36.480
 Luke 13 3

00:34:36.480 --> 00:34:37.500
 says now I tell you

00:34:37.500 --> 00:34:38.699
 unless you repent

00:34:38.699 --> 00:34:40.000
 you will all

00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:41.259
 likewise perish.

00:34:41.519 --> 00:34:42.759
 Unless you repent

00:34:42.759 --> 00:34:43.259
 you will all

00:34:43.259 --> 00:34:44.300
 likewise perish.

00:34:45.679 --> 00:34:46.239
 Repentance

00:34:46.239 --> 00:34:47.420
 is turning from your sin

00:34:47.420 --> 00:34:48.179
 and turning to God.

00:34:48.759 --> 00:34:49.659
 True faith

00:34:49.659 --> 00:34:51.079
 involves repentance

00:34:51.079 --> 00:34:52.079
 because you're turning

00:34:52.079 --> 00:34:52.880
 from what you were

00:34:52.880 --> 00:34:53.480
 trusting in.

00:34:53.679 --> 00:34:54.679
 Everybody has faith

00:34:54.679 --> 00:34:55.179
 in something.

00:34:55.980 --> 00:34:56.840
 There's no such thing

00:34:56.840 --> 00:34:57.659
 as someone who doesn't

00:34:57.659 --> 00:34:58.320
 have faith.

00:34:58.780 --> 00:34:59.739
 Everybody believes

00:34:59.739 --> 00:35:00.860
 and trusts in something.

00:35:01.360 --> 00:35:02.239
 Repentance is taking

00:35:02.239 --> 00:35:02.880
 that which you were

00:35:02.880 --> 00:35:03.659
 putting your faith

00:35:03.659 --> 00:35:04.340
 and trust in

00:35:04.340 --> 00:35:05.679
 that was not Christ

00:35:05.679 --> 00:35:06.940
 and turning and putting

00:35:06.940 --> 00:35:07.860
 it into Christ.

00:35:08.480 --> 00:35:09.280
 That's repentance.

00:35:09.280 --> 00:35:10.720
 You were going one way

00:35:10.720 --> 00:35:11.360
 you turn around

00:35:11.360 --> 00:35:12.120
 and go the other way.

00:35:12.880 --> 00:35:14.580
 Acts 26 19-20

00:35:14.580 --> 00:35:15.740
 Paul says

00:35:15.740 --> 00:35:17.880
 I declared first

00:35:17.880 --> 00:35:18.860
 to those in Damascus

00:35:18.860 --> 00:35:19.640
 then in Jerusalem

00:35:19.640 --> 00:35:20.580
 and throughout all

00:35:20.580 --> 00:35:21.460
 the region of Judea

00:35:21.460 --> 00:35:22.900
 and also to the Gentiles

00:35:22.900 --> 00:35:24.280
 that they should repent

00:35:24.280 --> 00:35:25.740
 and turn to God

00:35:25.740 --> 00:35:27.280
 performing deeds

00:35:27.280 --> 00:35:27.920
 in keeping

00:35:27.920 --> 00:35:28.700
 with their repentance.

00:35:29.420 --> 00:35:30.220
 There's no such thing

00:35:30.220 --> 00:35:30.620
 as belief

00:35:30.620 --> 00:35:31.300
 without repentance.

00:35:31.960 --> 00:35:32.680
 Do you hear me on that?

00:35:32.740 --> 00:35:33.300
 This is important.

00:35:33.400 --> 00:35:34.100
 There's no such thing

00:35:34.100 --> 00:35:34.460
 as belief

00:35:34.460 --> 00:35:35.019
 without repentance.

00:35:36.019 --> 00:35:36.460
 Repentance

00:35:36.460 --> 00:35:37.240
 is the evidence

00:35:37.240 --> 00:35:37.880
 of belief.

00:35:38.900 --> 00:35:39.539
 They should repent

00:35:39.539 --> 00:35:40.280
 and turn to God

00:35:40.280 --> 00:35:41.380
 performing deeds

00:35:41.380 --> 00:35:41.920
 in keeping

00:35:41.920 --> 00:35:42.699
 with their repentance.

00:35:43.380 --> 00:35:44.199
 To profess belief

00:35:44.199 --> 00:35:45.119
 that Jesus is God

00:35:45.119 --> 00:35:45.880
 without repentance

00:35:45.880 --> 00:35:47.760
 is not to believe

00:35:47.760 --> 00:35:48.900
 that Jesus is God

00:35:48.900 --> 00:35:51.260
 because the very nature

00:35:51.260 --> 00:35:52.420
 of him being God

00:35:52.420 --> 00:35:53.220
 King

00:35:53.220 --> 00:35:53.940
 Lord

00:35:53.940 --> 00:35:55.300
 requires

00:35:55.300 --> 00:35:56.480
 demands

00:35:56.480 --> 00:35:57.340
 repentance

00:35:57.340 --> 00:35:58.500
 from all things

00:35:58.500 --> 00:35:59.380
 that we've trust in

00:35:59.380 --> 00:36:00.099
 or worshipped

00:36:00.099 --> 00:36:01.159
 apart from him.

00:36:02.619 --> 00:36:03.679
 You can't say

00:36:03.679 --> 00:36:04.579
 I believe he's God

00:36:04.579 --> 00:36:05.539
 but I'll worship another.

00:36:05.840 --> 00:36:07.119
 I believe he's God

00:36:07.119 --> 00:36:08.259
 but I'll do

00:36:08.259 --> 00:36:09.059
 whatever I want.

00:36:09.279 --> 00:36:10.299
 I'll act like I'm God.

00:36:10.759 --> 00:36:11.500
 That has to be

00:36:11.500 --> 00:36:12.239
 repented of.

00:36:13.239 --> 00:36:13.659
 How have you

00:36:13.659 --> 00:36:14.199
 experienced

00:36:14.199 --> 00:36:14.980
 God's kindness

00:36:14.980 --> 00:36:16.659
 leading you to repentance?

00:36:16.900 --> 00:36:17.519
 Romans 2.4

00:36:17.519 --> 00:36:18.299
 says his kindness

00:36:18.299 --> 00:36:19.819
 leads us to repentance.

00:36:20.199 --> 00:36:20.779
 How have you

00:36:20.779 --> 00:36:21.480
 experienced that?

00:36:21.659 --> 00:36:22.139
 How can you

00:36:22.139 --> 00:36:22.960
 testify of that?

00:36:23.539 --> 00:36:24.699
 I was walking

00:36:24.699 --> 00:36:25.239
 the wrong way.

00:36:25.380 --> 00:36:25.739
 I was

00:36:25.739 --> 00:36:27.099
 this is what I trusted in.

00:36:27.360 --> 00:36:28.440
 This is what I believed in.

00:36:28.739 --> 00:36:29.360
 I believe

00:36:29.360 --> 00:36:30.119
 me personally

00:36:30.119 --> 00:36:30.880
 I believe that

00:36:30.880 --> 00:36:31.980
 my self-righteousness

00:36:31.980 --> 00:36:32.259
 was enough.

00:36:32.360 --> 00:36:32.940
 I believe if I was

00:36:32.940 --> 00:36:33.579
 good enough

00:36:33.579 --> 00:36:34.940
 if I could be

00:36:34.940 --> 00:36:35.820
 better than other people

00:36:35.820 --> 00:36:37.340
 then I'd be okay

00:36:37.340 --> 00:36:38.360
 and the harder

00:36:38.360 --> 00:36:39.619
 I tried to be good enough

00:36:39.619 --> 00:36:40.880
 the more I found

00:36:40.880 --> 00:36:42.519
 I kept screwing up

00:36:42.519 --> 00:36:43.940
 and I kept

00:36:43.940 --> 00:36:44.880
 falling short

00:36:44.880 --> 00:36:46.019
 and I was

00:36:46.019 --> 00:36:46.860
 it was starting to

00:36:46.860 --> 00:36:47.960
 my foundation

00:36:47.960 --> 00:36:49.019
 was unmoored.

00:36:49.119 --> 00:36:49.780
 I started feeling

00:36:49.780 --> 00:36:50.780
 super insecure

00:36:50.780 --> 00:36:51.800
 and unsteady.

00:36:52.260 --> 00:36:52.900
 That's what led me

00:36:52.900 --> 00:36:53.380
 to Christ.

00:36:53.539 --> 00:36:54.260
 His kindness

00:36:54.260 --> 00:36:55.700
 in revealing

00:36:55.700 --> 00:36:56.619
 the ineptitude

00:36:56.619 --> 00:36:57.840
 of my own selfish

00:36:57.840 --> 00:36:59.380
 self-centered performance

00:36:59.380 --> 00:37:00.519
 and self-righteousness

00:37:00.519 --> 00:37:01.460
 the fact that I could

00:37:01.460 --> 00:37:02.320
 never measure up.

00:37:02.320 --> 00:37:03.280
 His kindness

00:37:03.280 --> 00:37:04.039
 led me to see

00:37:04.039 --> 00:37:05.140
 that that was not the way

00:37:05.140 --> 00:37:05.860
 but that Jesus

00:37:05.860 --> 00:37:06.340
 was the way

00:37:06.340 --> 00:37:06.720
 the truth

00:37:06.720 --> 00:37:07.200
 and the life

00:37:07.200 --> 00:37:08.100
 and His kindness

00:37:08.100 --> 00:37:08.980
 caused me to turn

00:37:08.980 --> 00:37:10.500
 from my trusting

00:37:10.500 --> 00:37:11.760
 in my self-righteousness

00:37:11.760 --> 00:37:12.940
 my own vain glory

00:37:12.940 --> 00:37:13.519
 and trusting

00:37:13.519 --> 00:37:14.440
 and giving glory

00:37:14.440 --> 00:37:14.960
 to God.

00:37:15.660 --> 00:37:16.440
 That's how God

00:37:16.440 --> 00:37:17.039
 saved me.

00:37:17.360 --> 00:37:18.120
 How has He saved you?

00:37:18.200 --> 00:37:18.940
 How have you experienced

00:37:18.940 --> 00:37:19.640
 God's kindness

00:37:19.640 --> 00:37:21.280
 in the midst of your sin

00:37:21.280 --> 00:37:22.580
 leading you to repentance?

00:37:24.360 --> 00:37:25.539
 By grace alone

00:37:25.539 --> 00:37:26.440
 through faith alone

00:37:26.440 --> 00:37:27.380
 in Christ alone

00:37:27.380 --> 00:37:28.260
 with repentance

00:37:28.260 --> 00:37:29.220
 and future hope

00:37:29.220 --> 00:37:29.920
 number five

00:37:29.920 --> 00:37:31.059
 Colossians 1

00:37:31.059 --> 00:37:31.700
 4-5

00:37:31.700 --> 00:37:33.539
 Since we heard

00:37:33.539 --> 00:37:34.039
 of your faith

00:37:34.039 --> 00:37:34.760
 in Christ Jesus

00:37:34.760 --> 00:37:35.400
 and of the love

00:37:35.400 --> 00:37:35.820
 that you have

00:37:35.820 --> 00:37:36.519
 for all the saints

00:37:36.519 --> 00:37:37.900
 because of the hope

00:37:37.900 --> 00:37:38.639
 laid up for you

00:37:38.639 --> 00:37:39.099
 in heaven

00:37:39.099 --> 00:37:40.599
 of this you have

00:37:40.599 --> 00:37:41.180
 heard before

00:37:41.180 --> 00:37:41.659
 in the word

00:37:41.659 --> 00:37:42.139
 of the truth

00:37:42.139 --> 00:37:42.700
 the gospel

00:37:42.700 --> 00:37:43.860
 is a future hope.

00:37:44.099 --> 00:37:45.420
 It gives us future hope.

00:37:45.500 --> 00:37:46.059
 It gives us hope

00:37:46.059 --> 00:37:46.460
 that says

00:37:46.460 --> 00:37:48.079
 this life isn't all there is.

00:37:48.420 --> 00:37:48.820
 The good news

00:37:48.820 --> 00:37:49.340
 of the gospel

00:37:49.340 --> 00:37:50.639
 says Jesus is returning

00:37:50.639 --> 00:37:53.300
 and when we see Him

00:37:53.300 --> 00:37:54.360
 we'll be like Him

00:37:54.360 --> 00:37:55.700
 and we'll be saved

00:37:55.700 --> 00:37:57.860
 from sin

00:37:57.860 --> 00:37:59.000
 ultimately

00:37:59.000 --> 00:38:00.019
 and we'll live

00:38:00.019 --> 00:38:00.880
 with Him eternally.

00:38:01.539 --> 00:38:02.280
 Galatians 5

00:38:02.280 --> 00:38:02.680
 verse 5

00:38:02.680 --> 00:38:03.420
 says through the Spirit

00:38:03.420 --> 00:38:04.079
 by faith

00:38:04.079 --> 00:38:05.280
 we ourselves

00:38:05.280 --> 00:38:06.340
 eagerly await

00:38:06.340 --> 00:38:07.400
 for the hope

00:38:07.400 --> 00:38:08.039
 of righteousness.

00:38:08.740 --> 00:38:09.160
 Are you waiting

00:38:09.160 --> 00:38:09.680
 for this?

00:38:09.980 --> 00:38:10.860
 Are you eagerly waiting

00:38:10.860 --> 00:38:11.360
 for the hope

00:38:11.360 --> 00:38:11.940
 of righteousness?

00:38:12.620 --> 00:38:13.180
 That right now

00:38:13.180 --> 00:38:14.039
 God is saving you

00:38:14.039 --> 00:38:14.460
 but one day

00:38:14.460 --> 00:38:15.300
 He will save you

00:38:15.300 --> 00:38:16.480
 in the fullest sense

00:38:16.480 --> 00:38:17.440
 that He'll give you

00:38:17.440 --> 00:38:17.980
 a new body

00:38:17.980 --> 00:38:18.860
 and death will be

00:38:18.860 --> 00:38:19.760
 swallowed up in victory

00:38:19.760 --> 00:38:20.940
 and there'll be

00:38:20.940 --> 00:38:21.539
 no more presence

00:38:21.539 --> 00:38:22.460
 of sin in our life.

00:38:22.940 --> 00:38:23.519
 This is the hope

00:38:23.519 --> 00:38:24.059
 of righteousness.

00:38:24.380 --> 00:38:25.760
 All the futility

00:38:25.760 --> 00:38:26.240
 of sin

00:38:26.240 --> 00:38:26.880
 and the futility

00:38:26.880 --> 00:38:27.539
 of this life

00:38:27.539 --> 00:38:28.519
 the banging up

00:38:28.519 --> 00:38:29.179
 of our heads

00:38:29.179 --> 00:38:29.900
 against the wall

00:38:29.900 --> 00:38:30.920
 day in and day out

00:38:30.920 --> 00:38:31.940
 against all these things

00:38:31.940 --> 00:38:32.400
 that are futile

00:38:32.400 --> 00:38:33.199
 because of the sin

00:38:33.199 --> 00:38:33.980
 of all of us.

00:38:34.639 --> 00:38:34.980
 Death

00:38:34.980 --> 00:38:35.559
 and sickness

00:38:35.559 --> 00:38:36.639
 and sadness

00:38:36.639 --> 00:38:38.980
 pressing in on us

00:38:38.980 --> 00:38:40.360
 and causing us

00:38:40.360 --> 00:38:41.900
 to feel unfulfilled

00:38:41.900 --> 00:38:42.840
 in this world.

00:38:43.279 --> 00:38:44.259
 We cling to the hope

00:38:44.259 --> 00:38:44.739
 of righteousness

00:38:44.739 --> 00:38:45.519
 that one day

00:38:45.519 --> 00:38:47.179
 the King of Kings

00:38:47.179 --> 00:38:48.179
 will make all things right

00:38:48.179 --> 00:38:49.219
 and He will save us

00:38:49.219 --> 00:38:50.039
 to the uttermost

00:38:50.039 --> 00:38:52.659
 and sin will be swallowed up

00:38:52.659 --> 00:38:53.880
 death will be swallowed up

00:38:53.880 --> 00:38:54.579
 in victory.

00:38:55.380 --> 00:38:56.199
 Romans 8 23

00:38:56.199 --> 00:38:56.739
 says

00:38:56.739 --> 00:38:58.219
 not only the creation

00:38:58.219 --> 00:38:59.179
 but we ourselves

00:38:59.179 --> 00:39:00.219
 who have the first

00:39:00.219 --> 00:39:00.959
 fruits of the Spirit

00:39:00.959 --> 00:39:02.219
 groan inwardly

00:39:02.219 --> 00:39:03.439
 as we wait eagerly

00:39:03.439 --> 00:39:04.919
 for adoption as sons

00:39:04.919 --> 00:39:05.859
 the redemption

00:39:05.859 --> 00:39:06.859
 of our bodies.

00:39:07.659 --> 00:39:08.459
 We long for the day

00:39:08.459 --> 00:39:09.399
 when sin is no longer

00:39:09.399 --> 00:39:10.319
 present in our body.

00:39:10.759 --> 00:39:11.339
 What a great day

00:39:11.339 --> 00:39:11.959
 that will be.

00:39:12.819 --> 00:39:14.159
 1 Peter 1 3-4

00:39:14.159 --> 00:39:14.419
 says

00:39:14.420 --> 00:39:15.320
 blessed be the God

00:39:15.320 --> 00:39:15.700
 and Father

00:39:15.700 --> 00:39:16.980
 of our Lord Jesus Christ.

00:39:17.900 --> 00:39:19.000
 According to His great mercy

00:39:19.000 --> 00:39:19.820
 He has caused us

00:39:19.820 --> 00:39:20.659
 to be born again

00:39:20.659 --> 00:39:22.039
 to a living hope

00:39:22.039 --> 00:39:23.280
 through the resurrection

00:39:23.280 --> 00:39:24.099
 of Jesus Christ

00:39:24.099 --> 00:39:24.680
 from the dead

00:39:24.680 --> 00:39:25.559
 to an inheritance

00:39:25.559 --> 00:39:26.539
 that is imperishable

00:39:26.539 --> 00:39:27.139
 undefiled

00:39:27.139 --> 00:39:27.780
 and unfading

00:39:27.780 --> 00:39:29.059
 kept in heaven for you.

00:39:29.059 --> 00:39:30.159
 It's a living hope.

00:39:31.320 --> 00:39:32.079
 It's knowing

00:39:32.079 --> 00:39:33.119
 this is real.

00:39:33.500 --> 00:39:35.000
 We are living in hope.

00:39:35.099 --> 00:39:35.659
 There is a hope

00:39:35.659 --> 00:39:36.239
 that is real.

00:39:36.599 --> 00:39:37.039
 It's a hope

00:39:37.039 --> 00:39:37.900
 that Jesus will return

00:39:37.900 --> 00:39:38.960
 to make all things right.

00:39:39.279 --> 00:39:40.039
 We live in that.

00:39:40.139 --> 00:39:41.000
 Are you experiencing

00:39:41.000 --> 00:39:41.759
 a living hope?

00:39:41.880 --> 00:39:42.940
 Is it alive in you?

00:39:44.099 --> 00:39:44.699
 Where you're not

00:39:44.699 --> 00:39:47.199
 a comer under

00:39:47.199 --> 00:39:48.099
 but an overcomer.

00:39:48.219 --> 00:39:48.739
 You're not coming

00:39:48.739 --> 00:39:49.679
 under your circumstances

00:39:49.679 --> 00:39:50.139
 because you have

00:39:50.139 --> 00:39:50.699
 a living hope

00:39:50.699 --> 00:39:51.820
 that these circumstances

00:39:51.820 --> 00:39:53.299
 are not the final word.

00:39:53.659 --> 00:39:55.079
 They're not the final outcome.

00:39:55.320 --> 00:39:56.380
 When it looks like death

00:39:56.380 --> 00:39:56.780
 had won.

00:39:56.840 --> 00:39:57.519
 When it looks like

00:39:57.519 --> 00:39:58.360
 sickness had won.

00:39:58.440 --> 00:39:59.180
 When it looks like

00:39:59.180 --> 00:40:00.720
 sadness and futility

00:40:00.720 --> 00:40:01.240
 had won.

00:40:01.420 --> 00:40:02.519
 We always know

00:40:02.519 --> 00:40:04.700
 that the death, burial

00:40:04.700 --> 00:40:06.000
 and resurrection of Jesus

00:40:06.000 --> 00:40:07.400
 points us to a better way

00:40:07.400 --> 00:40:08.099
 and says,

00:40:08.240 --> 00:40:08.559
 uh-uh.

00:40:09.360 --> 00:40:10.320
 There's coming a day

00:40:10.320 --> 00:40:11.160
 when all the wrong things

00:40:11.160 --> 00:40:11.800
 will be made right.

00:40:12.039 --> 00:40:13.000
 It's a living hope.

00:40:13.599 --> 00:40:14.660
 And we experience that

00:40:14.660 --> 00:40:15.579
 day in and day out

00:40:15.579 --> 00:40:16.579
 and we can testify

00:40:16.579 --> 00:40:17.980
 of the power of the gospel in this.

00:40:18.320 --> 00:40:19.880
 It's what Fanny Crosby

00:40:19.880 --> 00:40:21.200
 called blessed assurance.

00:40:21.960 --> 00:40:22.980
 Blessed assurance,

00:40:23.160 --> 00:40:24.059
 Jesus is mine.

00:40:24.500 --> 00:40:25.460
 Oh, what a foretaste

00:40:25.460 --> 00:40:26.440
 of glory divine.

00:40:26.920 --> 00:40:27.820
 Heir of salvation,

00:40:28.039 --> 00:40:28.960
 purchase of blood,

00:40:29.440 --> 00:40:30.440
 born of his spirit,

00:40:30.940 --> 00:40:32.119
 washed in his blood.

00:40:33.360 --> 00:40:34.220
 Or like to him,

00:40:34.320 --> 00:40:34.960
 it is well,

00:40:35.460 --> 00:40:36.519
 though Satan should buffet,

00:40:36.940 --> 00:40:38.079
 though trials should come,

00:40:38.500 --> 00:40:40.480
 let this blessed assurance control

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 that Christ has regarded

00:40:42.240 --> 00:40:43.539
 my helpless estate

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 and has shed his own blood

00:40:46.000 --> 00:40:47.199
 for my soul.

00:40:47.920 --> 00:40:48.559
 My sin,

00:40:48.619 --> 00:40:49.179
 oh, the bliss

00:40:49.179 --> 00:40:50.300
 of this glorious thought,

00:40:50.400 --> 00:40:51.500
 my sin not in part,

00:40:51.579 --> 00:40:52.159
 but the whole,

00:40:52.480 --> 00:40:53.699
 is nailed to the cross

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 and I bear it no more.

00:40:54.840 --> 00:40:55.880
 Praise the Lord,

00:40:56.019 --> 00:40:56.800
 praise the Lord,

00:40:57.200 --> 00:40:58.160
 oh my soul.

00:41:00.500 --> 00:41:01.640
 And also Fanny Crosby

00:41:01.640 --> 00:41:02.079
 in the hymn,

00:41:02.180 --> 00:41:02.920
 To God Be The Glory,

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 says,

00:41:03.320 --> 00:41:04.260
 Oh, perfect redemption,

00:41:04.900 --> 00:41:05.960
 the purchase of blood,

00:41:06.340 --> 00:41:07.340
 to every believer,

00:41:07.480 --> 00:41:08.559
 the promise of God,

00:41:09.059 --> 00:41:10.240
 the vilest offender

00:41:10.240 --> 00:41:11.460
 who truly believes

00:41:11.460 --> 00:41:13.019
 that moment from Jesus

00:41:13.019 --> 00:41:14.360
 a pardon receives.

00:41:15.000 --> 00:41:16.380
 Great things he hath taught us,

00:41:16.460 --> 00:41:17.680
 great things he hath done,

00:41:18.000 --> 00:41:19.340
 and great are rejoicing

00:41:19.340 --> 00:41:20.680
 through Jesus the Son,

00:41:21.059 --> 00:41:22.280
 but pure and higher

00:41:22.280 --> 00:41:23.380
 and greater will be

00:41:23.380 --> 00:41:24.300
 our wonder,

00:41:24.480 --> 00:41:25.180
 our transport,

00:41:25.620 --> 00:41:27.560
 when Jesus we see.

00:41:27.559 --> 00:41:29.900
 In conclusion,

00:41:30.059 --> 00:41:30.579
 the gospel

00:41:30.579 --> 00:41:32.259
 is the good news

00:41:32.259 --> 00:41:32.980
 of salvation

00:41:32.980 --> 00:41:34.000
 by grace alone,

00:41:34.119 --> 00:41:35.039
 through faith alone,

00:41:35.159 --> 00:41:36.099
 in Christ alone,

00:41:36.299 --> 00:41:37.039
 with repentance

00:41:37.039 --> 00:41:38.099
 and future hope.

00:41:38.659 --> 00:41:39.719
 And I wrap it up here

00:41:39.719 --> 00:41:42.039
 with 25 quick reasons.

00:41:42.139 --> 00:41:42.679
 I'm just going to read

00:41:42.679 --> 00:41:43.139
 through these.

00:41:43.279 --> 00:41:44.199
 I'm not going to talk about them.

00:41:44.579 --> 00:41:46.099
 25 reasons the gospel

00:41:46.099 --> 00:41:46.840
 is good news.

00:41:46.900 --> 00:41:47.420
 To wrap it up,

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 I just want you to

00:41:48.059 --> 00:41:49.000
 listen to these,

00:41:49.119 --> 00:41:49.719
 receive these,

00:41:49.799 --> 00:41:50.539
 think about these.

00:41:50.880 --> 00:41:51.960
 This is 25 reasons

00:41:51.960 --> 00:41:53.179
 the gospel is good news.

00:41:53.739 --> 00:41:54.320
 Number one,

00:41:54.820 --> 00:41:55.579
 you are alienated,

00:41:55.739 --> 00:41:56.079
 hostile,

00:41:56.079 --> 00:41:57.319
 and enemies in your minds,

00:41:57.440 --> 00:41:58.819
 and he reconciled you.

00:41:59.679 --> 00:42:00.900
 You were held hostage,

00:42:01.119 --> 00:42:01.940
 he paid your ransom.

00:42:02.460 --> 00:42:03.279
 You were cursed,

00:42:03.559 --> 00:42:04.319
 he redeemed you.

00:42:04.759 --> 00:42:05.460
 You were a sinner,

00:42:05.619 --> 00:42:06.420
 he forgave you.

00:42:06.699 --> 00:42:07.360
 You were in darkness,

00:42:07.599 --> 00:42:08.739
 he brought you into light.

00:42:09.119 --> 00:42:09.739
 You were an orphan

00:42:09.739 --> 00:42:10.319
 and a slave,

00:42:10.500 --> 00:42:11.299
 and he adopted you

00:42:11.299 --> 00:42:11.980
 as his child.

00:42:12.539 --> 00:42:13.219
 You were wicked,

00:42:13.480 --> 00:42:14.519
 he justified you.

00:42:14.940 --> 00:42:15.880
 You were unrighteous,

00:42:15.960 --> 00:42:16.759
 he made you righteous.

00:42:17.340 --> 00:42:18.360
 You were enslaved to sin,

00:42:18.440 --> 00:42:19.299
 he set you free.

00:42:19.779 --> 00:42:20.420
 You were guilty,

00:42:20.579 --> 00:42:21.319
 he made you innocent.

00:42:21.900 --> 00:42:22.920
 You were full of shame,

00:42:22.920 --> 00:42:24.099
 he took your shame.

00:42:24.579 --> 00:42:25.340
 You were empty,

00:42:25.340 --> 00:42:26.260
 he filled you up.

00:42:26.519 --> 00:42:27.180
 You were dead,

00:42:27.280 --> 00:42:28.200
 he made you alive.

00:42:28.539 --> 00:42:29.500
 You were in debt,

00:42:29.840 --> 00:42:30.920
 he canceled your debt.

00:42:31.440 --> 00:42:32.340
 You were far off,

00:42:32.400 --> 00:42:33.200
 he brought you near.

00:42:33.320 --> 00:42:34.000
 You were rejected,

00:42:34.480 --> 00:42:35.400
 he accepted you.

00:42:35.660 --> 00:42:36.360
 You were lost,

00:42:36.440 --> 00:42:36.980
 he found you.

00:42:37.039 --> 00:42:38.059
 You were born into sin,

00:42:38.340 --> 00:42:39.400
 he rebirthed you

00:42:39.400 --> 00:42:40.480
 and made you anew.

00:42:41.380 --> 00:42:42.180
 You were blind,

00:42:42.500 --> 00:42:43.240
 he gave you sight.

00:42:43.340 --> 00:42:44.019
 You were poor,

00:42:44.360 --> 00:42:45.100
 he made you rich.

00:42:45.160 --> 00:42:45.960
 You were condemned,

00:42:46.340 --> 00:42:47.660
 he removed your condemnation.

00:42:48.000 --> 00:42:49.039
 You were under wrath,

00:42:49.320 --> 00:42:50.620
 he saved you from his wrath.

00:42:50.620 --> 00:42:52.220
 You were weary and heavy laden,

00:42:52.519 --> 00:42:53.980
 he gave you a light and easy yoke.

00:42:53.980 --> 00:42:55.019
 You were flawed,

00:42:55.360 --> 00:42:56.179
 he made you perfect

00:42:56.179 --> 00:42:57.199
 and you were dirty

00:42:57.199 --> 00:42:58.840
 and he washed you clean.

00:43:00.179 --> 00:43:01.639
 Jesus paid it all,

00:43:02.019 --> 00:43:03.079
 all to him I owe.

00:43:03.579 --> 00:43:05.420
 Sin had left a crimson stain,

00:43:05.840 --> 00:43:07.300
 he washed it white as snow.

00:43:07.760 --> 00:43:09.880
 And when before the throne I stand,

00:43:10.260 --> 00:43:11.079
 in him complete,

00:43:11.599 --> 00:43:13.579
 Jesus died my soul to save,

00:43:13.960 --> 00:43:16.039
 my lips shall still repeat.

00:43:16.619 --> 00:43:16.920
 Amen?

00:43:17.539 --> 00:43:18.139
 Amen.