WEBVTT

00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.379
 Yes, it's Psalm 27 and verses 1 to 5.

00:00:09.120 --> 00:00:14.280
 The Lord's my light, my Savior and my light, who will make me dismayed.

00:00:14.640 --> 00:00:18.559
 The Lord's the stronghold of my life, why should I be afraid?

00:00:19.160 --> 00:00:24.800
 When evildoers threaten me to take my life away, my adversaries and my foes will stumble

00:00:24.800 --> 00:00:26.339
 in that day.

00:00:26.339 --> 00:00:32.079
 And so on down to verse 5, for in his dwelling he will keep me safe in troubled days.

00:00:32.700 --> 00:00:37.179
 Within his tent he'll shelter me, and on a rock me raise.

00:00:37.840 --> 00:00:39.899
 The Lord's my Savior and my light.

00:00:39.920 --> 00:00:41.740
 If you could be able to stand, please stand to sing.

00:00:45.700 --> 00:00:54.000
 The Lord's my Savior and my light,

00:00:54.000 --> 00:01:01.460
 who will make me dismayed.

00:01:01.460 --> 00:01:17.159
 The Lord's the stronghold of my life, why should I be afraid?

00:01:17.159 --> 00:01:35.159
 When even you are set in me to take my life away,

00:01:35.159 --> 00:01:53.159
 my other side is on my foes, will stumble there in the day.

00:01:53.159 --> 00:02:11.460
 Although I'm heartily can't see, my heart will feel no dread.

00:02:11.460 --> 00:02:29.460
 Though war against me should arise, I will lift up my head.

00:02:29.460 --> 00:02:36.460
 One thing I need, O Lord, the Lord.

00:02:36.460 --> 00:02:38.460
 Lord, the Lord.

00:02:38.460 --> 00:02:46.460
 And bless us seek always,

00:02:46.460 --> 00:02:56.460
 that I may come within your sight,

00:02:56.460 --> 00:02:58.460
 and dwell there all my days.

00:02:58.460 --> 00:03:03.460
 And dwell there all my days.

00:03:03.460 --> 00:03:14.460
 That on the beauty of the Lord,

00:03:14.460 --> 00:03:22.460
 I constantly make his,

00:03:22.460 --> 00:03:40.460
 and in his eyes may see to your direction in his ways.

00:03:40.460 --> 00:03:46.460
 For in his way,

00:03:46.460 --> 00:03:50.460
 in me will be,

00:03:50.460 --> 00:03:57.460
 me save in trouble days.

00:03:57.460 --> 00:04:02.460
 When they may stand,

00:04:02.460 --> 00:04:19.460
 till shelterly and on a rock be raised.

00:04:19.460 --> 00:04:20.460
 Let's once more unite in prayer.

00:04:20.460 --> 00:04:22.460
 Let's call upon the Lord in prayer.

00:04:22.460 --> 00:04:29.460
 Lord, our gracious God, eternal and ever blessed,

00:04:29.459 --> 00:04:34.459
 we give thanks for the wondrous words that we have been singing in your praise.

00:04:34.459 --> 00:04:38.459
 Words that teach us of the security that belongs to your people,

00:04:38.459 --> 00:04:41.459
 of your own keeping of them,

00:04:41.459 --> 00:04:43.459
 of the way that you protect them,

00:04:43.459 --> 00:04:48.459
 of the way that they are assured victory ultimately over all their enemies.

00:04:48.459 --> 00:04:51.459
 And Lord, we thank you for the encouragement that that gives us,

00:04:51.459 --> 00:04:56.459
 in a world in which we know there is much at enmity with the gospel,

00:04:56.459 --> 00:04:58.459
 at enmity with your people,

00:04:58.459 --> 00:05:00.459
 and with their commitment to your cause,

00:05:00.459 --> 00:05:03.459
 and their profession of your ways.

00:05:03.459 --> 00:05:07.459
 And we thank you tonight that you have reminded us of these things,

00:05:07.459 --> 00:05:09.459
 so that we might praise you,

00:05:09.459 --> 00:05:14.459
 that we might seek to bring you further glory in our own lives.

00:05:14.459 --> 00:05:18.459
 And Lord, we thank you for all aspects of your word,

00:05:18.459 --> 00:05:22.459
 your word that guides us not only into these times of worship,

00:05:22.459 --> 00:05:25.459
 but also throughout all the avenues of life.

00:05:25.459 --> 00:05:30.459
 We give thanks, Lord, that we can reflect the psalmist's own conviction,

00:05:30.459 --> 00:05:36.459
 as he said, that your word was a light to his feet and a lamp to his path.

00:05:36.459 --> 00:05:40.459
 We ask, O Lord, that your light will shine upon us each day,

00:05:40.459 --> 00:05:45.459
 shine upon our path to give us the guidance that we need.

00:05:45.459 --> 00:05:50.459
 Even if we, at times, O Lord, cannot find exact answers to the questions

00:05:50.459 --> 00:05:52.459
 that may be in our hearts.

00:05:52.459 --> 00:05:55.459
 Yet we thank you, Lord, for the guidance of your word,

00:05:55.459 --> 00:05:57.459
 for the light that it brings us,

00:05:57.459 --> 00:06:00.459
 for the great principles that you call upon us through it

00:06:00.459 --> 00:06:03.459
 to follow and to apply in our own lives.

00:06:03.459 --> 00:06:09.459
 We thank you tonight, Lord, for the congregational life that we experience,

00:06:09.459 --> 00:06:12.459
 for your promises are directed to us,

00:06:12.459 --> 00:06:16.459
 not only as individuals, but also as congregations of your people,

00:06:16.459 --> 00:06:18.459
 gatherings of your people,

00:06:18.459 --> 00:06:21.459
 your church, Lord, throughout the world,

00:06:21.459 --> 00:06:23.459
 as a gathered people of God.

00:06:23.459 --> 00:06:27.459
 And we thank you tonight that there are so many benefits for us

00:06:27.459 --> 00:06:28.459
 in being gathered together.

00:06:28.459 --> 00:06:33.459
 But help us, Lord, to see that it is primarily our great duty and privilege

00:06:33.459 --> 00:06:38.459
 to gather before you to give evidence to our own hearts

00:06:38.459 --> 00:06:40.459
 and to one another and to the world around us

00:06:40.459 --> 00:06:43.459
 that you are God, that you are worthy of being worshipped,

00:06:43.459 --> 00:06:46.459
 worthy of being praised, worthy of being followed

00:06:46.459 --> 00:06:49.459
 in the way in which we seek to do daily.

00:06:49.459 --> 00:06:55.459
 We ask, O Lord, that you would bless to us this time together here under your word.

00:06:55.459 --> 00:06:58.459
 We pray that your word once again will be open to us.

00:06:58.459 --> 00:07:02.459
 We pray that our minds may be open to receive its teaching.

00:07:02.459 --> 00:07:06.459
 We acknowledge, Lord, that there is much in it that challenges us

00:07:06.459 --> 00:07:11.459
 as we come to your word and read it and take it at face value as it speaks to us.

00:07:11.459 --> 00:07:16.459
 We acknowledge, Lord, that there is much there that causes us to draw breath

00:07:16.459 --> 00:07:20.459
 and causes us to reflect deeply on our own relationship to you

00:07:20.459 --> 00:07:26.459
 and to sin and to the world in which we live and to one another as your people.

00:07:26.459 --> 00:07:31.459
 And we confess, too, O Lord, with thankfulness that these things are brought to us in your word

00:07:31.459 --> 00:07:35.459
 so that we might have our lives regulated by it.

00:07:35.459 --> 00:07:40.459
 We give thanks, too, for the many promises, for the many ways in which you assure your people

00:07:40.459 --> 00:07:46.459
 of your continuing love and of the way in which that follows them into all the circumstances of life

00:07:46.459 --> 00:07:49.459
 in which they may find themselves.

00:07:49.459 --> 00:07:53.459
 We treasure, Lord, these things for ourselves, too, as a congregation.

00:07:53.459 --> 00:07:57.459
 We thank you that as we reflect upon the life of the congregation

00:07:57.459 --> 00:08:00.459
 that we can look back over many years of your faithfulness,

00:08:00.459 --> 00:08:06.459
 many years where you have shown, O Lord, that you are indeed a God who is faithful and trustworthy,

00:08:06.459 --> 00:08:16.459
 one who is always true to his promises, one who does not withhold from his people that good that you intend to do for them,

00:08:16.459 --> 00:08:18.459
 that you have always purposed for them.

00:08:18.459 --> 00:08:24.459
 For you will withhold no good thing from those who walk uprightly, as your word tells us.

00:08:24.459 --> 00:08:30.459
 And we pray that we may be able with the psalmist also to sing in praise of your goodness,

00:08:30.459 --> 00:08:35.460
 how great is the goodness which you keep in store for those who fear you.

00:08:35.460 --> 00:08:41.460
 And we give thanks, O Lord, that that reminds us and encourages us that your goodness goes before us

00:08:41.460 --> 00:08:45.460
 into each and every day of our lives and on into eternity

00:08:45.460 --> 00:08:55.460
 when your people expect to experience yet more of your own goodness in providing for them.

00:08:55.460 --> 00:09:00.460
 We pray tonight, Lord, for all who gather in your name elsewhere,

00:09:00.460 --> 00:09:05.460
 not only in this town and locality, but throughout our land and throughout the world.

00:09:05.460 --> 00:09:13.460
 We thank you for faithful gatherings of your people in days when we know that the number of your people is relatively small

00:09:13.460 --> 00:09:17.460
 compared to the population that we are part of.

00:09:17.460 --> 00:09:26.460
 O Lord, our God, bless your word, we pray, to your people and make them living witnesses and effective witnesses in this world.

00:09:26.460 --> 00:09:29.460
 Help us, Lord, we pray, in all that we seek to do for you.

00:09:29.460 --> 00:09:40.460
 And by your grace, Lord, we ask that you would bless our efforts to make the gospel and the principles of the gospel known to our communities.

00:09:40.460 --> 00:09:46.460
 Help us as a congregation, O Lord, as we hold forth the word of life in different ways.

00:09:46.460 --> 00:09:54.460
 And we ask that you would bless your word to that end, both to those who are adults, those who are in upper years,

00:09:54.460 --> 00:10:00.460
 those who are young, those who are children, those who are even in the stage of creche.

00:10:00.460 --> 00:10:12.460
 O Lord, we ask that as we know your word in our midst, so we as families and we as a congregation may grow in the grace and in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

00:10:12.460 --> 00:10:16.460
 And we commend ourselves to you, O Lord, as a people.

00:10:16.460 --> 00:10:23.460
 We pray that you would grant your blessing to those of our number who are away at this time on holiday.

00:10:23.460 --> 00:10:25.460
 Remember them, we pray, and keep them safe.

00:10:25.460 --> 00:10:31.460
 Remember those who are ill as well of our number and can't be with us during these days.

00:10:31.460 --> 00:10:38.460
 We think, too, of those who are recovering from surgery, those who are experiencing difficulties in regard to that.

00:10:38.460 --> 00:10:43.460
 We pray for those, Lord, too, who are anticipating surgery or treatment.

00:10:43.460 --> 00:10:49.460
 We pray for them and ask that you would quieten any anxieties they may have about these things.

00:10:49.460 --> 00:10:56.460
 Enable them, O Lord, in bringing them before yourself to draw their strength and comfort and assurance from you.

00:10:56.460 --> 00:10:59.460
 Remember those who mourn the passing of loved ones.

00:10:59.460 --> 00:11:01.460
 Once again, we pray for them.

00:11:01.460 --> 00:11:10.460
 O Lord, our God, virtually every week that we meet together here, we know that there have been those who have lost loved ones as the days have gone by.

00:11:10.460 --> 00:11:13.460
 And we pray for these families once again as we know them.

00:11:13.460 --> 00:11:16.460
 We pray, O Lord, that you would comfort them.

00:11:16.460 --> 00:11:24.460
 We pray for any of them who may not know you savingly, that you would use even such difficult providences as these to speak into their hearts.

00:11:24.460 --> 00:11:39.460
 And to assure them, O Lord, that they are welcome in your presence if they come in the name of Christ and come to seek your own forgiveness and acceptance as we all must.

00:11:39.460 --> 00:11:48.460
 We pray also, O Lord, tonight for those who have the happy experience of children born into their families.

00:11:48.460 --> 00:11:51.460
 We pray for them and give thanks for them.

00:11:51.460 --> 00:11:56.460
 We pray that you would, Lord, grant your own blessing to parents and to children alike.

00:11:56.460 --> 00:12:01.460
 We pray that these infants may grow under your favor and under your protective care.

00:12:01.460 --> 00:12:04.460
 We pray for them health wise as well.

00:12:04.460 --> 00:12:12.460
 And ask that you would be pleased, O Lord, to watch over them and to grant to them your blessing as the days go by.

00:12:12.460 --> 00:12:15.460
 And we pray, too, that you would bless our land at this time.

00:12:15.460 --> 00:12:23.460
 As we extend our prayers, Lord, to cover all our people, we ask that you would bless our circumstances to us.

00:12:23.460 --> 00:12:30.460
 Even though we know that there are many difficulties attending our present circumstances, Lord, in providence,

00:12:30.460 --> 00:12:35.460
 that we pray for those who have difficulties in regard to income.

00:12:35.460 --> 00:12:39.460
 Remember those who have lost work and are searching for work.

00:12:39.460 --> 00:12:44.460
 Remember those who face poverty and experience poverty.

00:12:44.460 --> 00:12:49.460
 Remember, we pray those who use food banks, both locally and throughout the nation.

00:12:49.460 --> 00:12:52.460
 Lord, give them not to be ashamed of such.

00:12:52.460 --> 00:12:55.460
 But we thank you for that provision.

00:12:55.460 --> 00:13:01.460
 And we pray for those who administer it and manage it from day to day.

00:13:01.460 --> 00:13:11.460
 And we pray, O Lord, that we especially as a people, you would turn us away from the things that have to do with sin and ungodliness.

00:13:11.460 --> 00:13:16.460
 Those things we know from your word are unacceptable to you.

00:13:16.460 --> 00:13:20.460
 And, O Lord, be merciful to us as a people, as a nation.

00:13:20.460 --> 00:13:22.460
 Bless our leaders at this time.

00:13:22.460 --> 00:13:25.460
 Bless especially the situation in Westminster.

00:13:25.460 --> 00:13:28.460
 Lord, we pray for all who are concerned in it.

00:13:28.460 --> 00:13:31.460
 And we pray that you would bring stability out of it.

00:13:31.460 --> 00:13:35.460
 And we ask, O Lord, that whatever you have in store for us as a people,

00:13:35.460 --> 00:13:39.460
 and we know that we are undeserving of the least of your mercies.

00:13:39.460 --> 00:13:40.460
 We have spurned your laws.

00:13:40.460 --> 00:13:43.460
 We have turned aside from righteousness.

00:13:43.460 --> 00:13:44.460
 We have exalted evil.

00:13:44.460 --> 00:13:47.460
 O Lord, we have done all this in your sight.

00:13:47.460 --> 00:13:54.460
 And yet we look to your word and find evidence in it of how even then in times of great evil in the past,

00:13:54.460 --> 00:13:59.460
 you overlooked these sins in your mercy and came with days of reviving power,

00:13:59.460 --> 00:14:04.460
 days of quickening, days of gospel, precious gospel blessing.

00:14:04.460 --> 00:14:08.460
 And it is, Lord, our prayer that this would be so for our day as well.

00:14:08.460 --> 00:14:14.460
 And we ask that you would continue to bless us here with your favor now as we wait upon you.

00:14:14.460 --> 00:14:17.460
 Guide and conduct us into your word, we pray.

00:14:17.460 --> 00:14:21.460
 And all we ask is in Jesus' name and for his sake.

00:14:21.460 --> 00:14:22.460
 Amen.

00:14:24.460 --> 00:14:25.460
 Let's sing again to God's praise.

00:14:25.460 --> 00:14:28.460
 We're singing from Psalm 65.

00:14:28.460 --> 00:14:30.460
 65 and sing.

00:14:30.460 --> 00:14:32.460
 Psalms page 82.

00:14:32.460 --> 00:14:34.460
 The tune this time is done.

00:14:34.460 --> 00:14:37.460
 Firmly in singing verses 1 to 5.

00:14:37.460 --> 00:14:40.460
 And Zion, praise awaits you, Lord.

00:14:40.460 --> 00:14:42.460
 To you our vows will pay.

00:14:42.460 --> 00:14:45.460
 To you all people will come near.

00:14:45.460 --> 00:14:47.460
 You hear us when we pray.

00:14:47.460 --> 00:14:50.460
 When we were overwhelmed by sins and guilt upon us lay,

00:14:50.460 --> 00:14:55.460
 you pardoned all our trespasses and washed our guilt away.

00:14:55.460 --> 00:14:58.460
 And so on to the end of verse 5.

00:14:58.460 --> 00:15:02.460
 In Zion, praise awaits you, Lord.

00:15:02.460 --> 00:15:08.460
 In Zion, praise awaits you, Lord.

00:15:08.460 --> 00:15:12.460
 In Zion, praise awaits you, Lord.

00:15:12.460 --> 00:15:18.460
 To you our vows will pay.

00:15:18.460 --> 00:15:25.460
 To you, O people, welcome near.

00:15:25.460 --> 00:15:32.460
 You hear us when we pray.

00:15:32.460 --> 00:15:47.460
 When we were overwhelmed by sins and guilt upon us lay,

00:15:47.460 --> 00:16:02.460
 You pardoned all our trespasses and washed our guilt away.

00:16:02.460 --> 00:16:09.460
 I bless our clothes you choose not bring,

00:16:09.460 --> 00:16:17.460
 Within your courts of grace.

00:16:17.460 --> 00:16:25.460
 We're filled with blessings in your hearts,

00:16:25.460 --> 00:16:32.460
 In your roles, holy place.

00:16:32.460 --> 00:16:40.460
 With awesome things of righteousness,

00:16:40.460 --> 00:16:47.460
 You have said us, O God,

00:16:47.460 --> 00:16:54.460
 Our Savior, hope of our besties,

00:16:54.460 --> 00:17:04.460
 And all the earth abroad.

00:17:04.460 --> 00:17:05.460
 Let's now read God's Word.

00:17:05.460 --> 00:17:07.460
 We're reading from Romans tonight.

00:17:07.460 --> 00:17:11.460
 A letter to the Romans, chapter 8.

00:17:11.460 --> 00:17:13.460
 Beginning at the beginning of the chapter,

00:17:13.460 --> 00:17:15.460
 And we'll read down as far as verse 17.

00:17:15.460 --> 00:17:28.460
 So Romans, chapter 8, and from the beginning.

00:17:28.460 --> 00:17:34.460
 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus.

00:17:34.460 --> 00:17:40.460
 For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.

00:17:40.460 --> 00:17:45.460
 For God has done what the law weakened by the flesh could not do.

00:17:45.460 --> 00:17:50.460
 By sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin,

00:17:50.460 --> 00:17:53.460
 He condemned sin in the flesh,

00:17:53.460 --> 00:17:58.460
 In order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us,

00:17:58.460 --> 00:18:02.460
 Who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

00:18:02.460 --> 00:18:09.460
 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh.

00:18:09.460 --> 00:18:14.460
 But those who live according to the Spirit set their mind on the things of the Spirit.

00:18:14.460 --> 00:18:17.460
 To set the mind on the flesh is death.

00:18:17.460 --> 00:18:21.460
 To set the mind on the flesh is death,

00:18:21.460 --> 00:18:25.460
 But to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.

00:18:25.460 --> 00:18:29.460
 For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God,

00:18:29.460 --> 00:18:33.460
 For it does not submit to God's law, indeed it cannot.

00:18:33.460 --> 00:18:37.460
 Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

00:18:37.460 --> 00:18:41.460
 You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit,

00:18:41.460 --> 00:18:44.460
 If in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you.

00:18:44.460 --> 00:18:49.460
 Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to Him.

00:18:49.460 --> 00:18:51.460
 But if Christ is in you,

00:18:51.460 --> 00:18:53.460
 Although the body is dead because of sin,

00:18:53.460 --> 00:18:56.460
 The Spirit is life because of righteousness.

00:18:56.460 --> 00:19:01.460
 If the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you,

00:19:01.460 --> 00:19:07.460
 He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies

00:19:07.460 --> 00:19:10.460
 Through His Spirit who dwells in you.

00:19:10.460 --> 00:19:13.460
 So then, brothers, we are debtors,

00:19:13.460 --> 00:19:16.460
 Not to the flesh to live according to the flesh,

00:19:16.460 --> 00:19:19.460
 For if you live according to the flesh you will die.

00:19:19.460 --> 00:19:24.460
 But if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

00:19:24.460 --> 00:19:29.460
 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

00:19:29.460 --> 00:19:33.460
 For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear,

00:19:33.460 --> 00:19:37.460
 But you have received the spirit of adoption as sons,

00:19:37.460 --> 00:19:40.460
 By whom we cry, Abba, Father.

00:19:40.460 --> 00:19:47.460
 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God.

00:19:47.460 --> 00:19:53.460
 And if children then heirs, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ,

00:19:53.460 --> 00:19:55.460
 Provided we suffer with Him,

00:19:55.460 --> 00:20:00.460
 In order that we may also be glorified with Him.

00:20:00.460 --> 00:20:04.460
 And so on may the Lord again follow with His blessing,

00:20:04.460 --> 00:20:06.460
 Our reading of His Word.

00:20:06.460 --> 00:20:11.460
 We are going to sing once again this time in Psalm 51 in the Scottish Psalter.

00:20:11.460 --> 00:20:14.460
 51 verses 6 to 13.

00:20:14.460 --> 00:20:16.460
 The tune this time is St. Kilda.

00:20:18.460 --> 00:20:21.460
 That is on page 281.

00:20:21.460 --> 00:20:27.460
 Behold thou in the inward parts with truth delighted art,

00:20:27.460 --> 00:20:31.460
 And wisdom thou shalt make me know within the hidden part.

00:20:31.460 --> 00:20:35.460
 Do thou with hyssop sprinkle me, I shall be cleansed so.

00:20:35.460 --> 00:20:39.460
 Yea, wash thou me, and then I shall be whiter than the snow.

00:20:40.460 --> 00:20:44.460
 Of gladness and of joyfulness make me to hear the voice,

00:20:44.460 --> 00:20:49.460
 That so these very bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

00:20:49.460 --> 00:20:52.460
 We'll sing on until the end of verse 13.

00:20:52.460 --> 00:20:54.460
 Then will I teach thy ways,

00:20:54.460 --> 00:20:56.460
 And to those that transgressors be,

00:20:56.460 --> 00:20:58.460
 And those that sinners are,

00:20:58.460 --> 00:21:01.460
 Shall then be turned unto thee.

00:21:01.460 --> 00:21:04.460
 Behold thou in the inward parts.

00:21:04.460 --> 00:21:06.460
 With truth delighted art,

00:21:06.460 --> 00:21:07.460
 And wisdom thou shalt make me know,

00:21:07.460 --> 00:21:09.460
 When the Lord is in the midst of the kingdom of God.

00:21:09.460 --> 00:21:10.460
 Behold thou in the inward parts.

00:21:10.460 --> 00:21:12.460
 Behold thou in the inward parts.

00:21:12.460 --> 00:21:14.460
 With truth delighted art.

00:21:14.460 --> 00:21:16.460
 And wisdom thou shalt make me know,

00:21:16.460 --> 00:21:17.460
 With truth delighted art.

00:21:17.460 --> 00:21:18.460
 With truth delighted art.

00:21:18.460 --> 00:21:21.460
 And wisdom thou shalt make me know,

00:21:21.460 --> 00:21:23.460
 Within the hidden part.

00:21:23.460 --> 00:21:25.460
 And wisdom thou shalt make me know,

00:21:25.460 --> 00:21:27.460
 Within the hidden part.

00:21:27.460 --> 00:21:32.460
 And wisdom thou shalt make me know,

00:21:32.460 --> 00:21:37.460
 Within the hidden part.

00:21:37.460 --> 00:21:38.460
 And wisdom thou shalt make me know,

00:21:38.460 --> 00:21:40.460
 Within the hidden part.

00:21:40.460 --> 00:21:42.460
whether art.

00:21:42.460 --> 00:21:45.460
 You'dahl with nieces of spring yel Oui,

00:21:45.460 --> 00:21:45.559
 I shall reclancen so ne-

00:21:46.460 --> 00:21:48.460
 Pull thy ways,

00:21:48.460 --> 00:21:51.460
 When the washclur be on thepai sele-

00:21:51.460 --> 00:21:54.460
 I shall be cleansed so,

00:21:54.460 --> 00:21:55.460
 Trow thou red,

00:21:55.460 --> 00:21:59.460
 You're dressed the geol,

00:21:59.460 --> 00:22:01.460
 TheYA.

00:22:01.460 --> 00:22:13.460
 And I shall be whiter than the snow.

00:22:13.460 --> 00:22:31.460
 All gladness and love, joyfulness, make me hear thy voice.

00:22:31.460 --> 00:22:49.460
 That so this very old switcher has broken, may rejoice.

00:22:49.460 --> 00:23:06.460
 All my iniquities, Lord, I, by this light, from my sin.

00:23:06.460 --> 00:23:23.460
 He is a clean heart, Lord, bring you, and my strength be with him.

00:23:23.460 --> 00:23:40.460
 Cast me not from thy side nor take thy holy strength away.

00:23:40.460 --> 00:23:57.460
 Restore me thy salvation's joy, with thy peace let me stay.

00:23:57.460 --> 00:24:14.460
 Then will I teach thy ways unto those that trespassers be.

00:24:14.460 --> 00:24:31.460
 And those that sinners are shall then be turned unto thee.

00:24:34.460 --> 00:24:42.779
 Well, let's turn now tonight to the passage we read in Romans, Romans chapter 8, especially verses 12 and 13.

00:24:44.460 --> 00:24:51.220
 Very difficult in some ways to just extract a verse or two from the whole chapter because it's so wonderfully tied together.

00:24:51.740 --> 00:25:00.299
 And the way that Paul leads us through his own argument or reasoning throughout the whole of this really wonderful chapter.

00:25:01.059 --> 00:25:02.220
 We'll read from verse 12.

00:25:02.220 --> 00:25:07.299
 So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh.

00:25:08.100 --> 00:25:10.640
 For if you live according to the flesh, you will die.

00:25:10.640 --> 00:25:17.840
 But if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

00:25:22.320 --> 00:25:33.180
 It's virtually impossible to go through life without being indebted to someone or not to find somebody that's indebted to ourselves in some way or other.

00:25:33.180 --> 00:25:43.960
 We're very frequently under obligation to others, whether it's in monetary terms or even just, as we commonly say,

00:25:44.060 --> 00:25:46.759
 well, I owe you one when they've done us a favor.

00:25:47.400 --> 00:25:52.400
 In other words, you've come to be placed under obligation to return that favor to someone.

00:25:52.400 --> 00:26:03.580
 So, all the way through life, we're very familiar with the matter of being under obligation or being indebted to people in various ways and for different things.

00:26:03.579 --> 00:26:07.980
 And that's really the kind of idea that Paul has here in a spiritual sense.

00:26:08.059 --> 00:26:11.919
 He says, verse 12 here, we are debtors.

00:26:12.699 --> 00:26:13.460
 We are debtors.

00:26:13.519 --> 00:26:15.539
 He then says, not to the flesh.

00:26:15.579 --> 00:26:21.779
 And we're going to have to explore a bit about what that means, the flesh, and what he means not being debtors to the flesh.

00:26:22.119 --> 00:26:26.240
 But he doesn't actually complete the balance, if you like, that you might expect.

00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:33.720
 You might expect him to say, we are debtors not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh, but we are debtors to something else.

00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:35.099
 And he doesn't say that.

00:26:35.579 --> 00:26:45.380
 But what he does say, it makes it fairly obvious, I think, that what he really says is that we are indeed debtors to the Spirit of God, to the Holy Spirit.

00:26:45.960 --> 00:26:49.180
 We are indebted to the Holy Spirit for what He's done.

00:26:49.180 --> 00:26:56.900
 And, of course, you need to go all the way back to chapter 6, especially for that, and we'll maybe touch on that as we go through our study this evening.

00:26:57.620 --> 00:27:00.180
 But we are indebted to the Spirit.

00:27:00.259 --> 00:27:08.360
 We are debtors to the Spirit, not to live according to the flesh, but instead to put to death the deeds of the body so that we shall live.

00:27:08.720 --> 00:27:12.980
 That's the balance, I think, in these two verses where he's emphasizing for us.

00:27:12.980 --> 00:27:16.640
 This is the one we are indebted to, the Spirit of God.

00:27:17.460 --> 00:27:24.019
 And because we're indebted to Him, how do we actually, if you like, pay back our obligation to the Spirit?

00:27:24.160 --> 00:27:27.759
 Well, we live a holy life, essentially, is what it means.

00:27:28.680 --> 00:27:35.660
 We put to death the deeds of the body rather than live according to the flesh.

00:27:36.839 --> 00:27:40.680
 So, these are the things that we've got in this passage.

00:27:40.680 --> 00:27:44.340
 What does he mean, we are debtors not to the flesh?

00:27:44.400 --> 00:27:46.380
 What does he mean by the flesh?

00:27:46.519 --> 00:27:47.420
 Who is he talking to?

00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:48.620
 Well, he's talking to Christians.

00:27:48.920 --> 00:27:51.640
 He's writing to the Christians in Rome, to the church in Rome.

00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:59.560
 And he's saying to them here, we are debtors, including himself in that, we are debtors not to the flesh.

00:28:00.340 --> 00:28:07.380
 And the flesh really essentially means our fallen humanness in itself, our sinfulness.

00:28:07.380 --> 00:28:14.180
 And even when we're conscious of the fact that God has delivered us, as chapter 6 puts it so well,

00:28:14.700 --> 00:28:19.820
 if you look at chapter 6 and verse 20 there, for example, you'll see,

00:28:20.100 --> 00:28:23.800
 when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.

00:28:23.960 --> 00:28:26.780
 In other words, he's saying, this is what we're all naturally like.

00:28:26.860 --> 00:28:28.840
 This is how we are as we come into the world.

00:28:29.280 --> 00:28:33.120
 This is how we are until God changes us and changes things for us,

00:28:33.119 --> 00:28:35.179
 until it changes the direction of our life.

00:28:35.239 --> 00:28:40.379
 We are actually under the control or the directorship, if you like, of sin.

00:28:41.299 --> 00:28:43.359
 The sin that's true of every one of us.

00:28:43.439 --> 00:28:44.779
 The sin that is in us.

00:28:45.159 --> 00:28:46.979
 Our sinful nature.

00:28:47.159 --> 00:28:49.279
 Our sinfulness.

00:28:49.399 --> 00:28:50.019
 Our fallenness.

00:28:50.099 --> 00:28:54.919
 When you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.

00:28:55.419 --> 00:28:59.299
 In other words, you did not have righteousness in your life.

00:28:59.379 --> 00:29:00.539
 You were cut off from it.

00:29:00.559 --> 00:29:01.759
 You were free from that.

00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:06.299
 But now, he says, what fruit were you getting in those times?

00:29:06.440 --> 00:29:08.519
 The end of these things is death.

00:29:08.640 --> 00:29:14.859
 But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God,

00:29:15.099 --> 00:29:21.720
 the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life.

00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:27.339
 In other words, when God saves us, when God changes us inwardly,

00:29:27.339 --> 00:29:32.279
 when He changes our hearts, when He takes us out of the dominance of sin,

00:29:33.220 --> 00:29:36.059
 when He takes us out of being controlled by sin,

00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:40.000
 of sin being the director, if you like, of our life,

00:29:40.139 --> 00:29:43.299
 He doesn't just take us out of that and leave us in our neutrality.

00:29:43.559 --> 00:29:46.220
 He takes us under the directorship of the Holy Spirit.

00:29:46.220 --> 00:29:51.339
 So, instead of the power of sin working in our life as it once was,

00:29:51.339 --> 00:29:54.240
 we have the power of the Holy Spirit in its place.

00:29:54.600 --> 00:29:55.880
 Sin has not gone away.

00:29:56.400 --> 00:30:02.160
 We're not sinless as Christians, but we have a big change taking place in our life.

00:30:02.319 --> 00:30:06.700
 God has set us free from sin, from the power, from the dominance of sin,

00:30:06.700 --> 00:30:12.240
 and He's brought us under the wonderful directorship or control of the Holy Spirit.

00:30:13.200 --> 00:30:15.920
 And that essentially is what He's saying here,

00:30:16.319 --> 00:30:19.039
 you have your fruit unto holiness.

00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:22.779
 Instead of following the ways of sin,

00:30:23.660 --> 00:30:27.819
 God has turned His people into following the ways of holiness.

00:30:28.860 --> 00:30:30.180
 They're not perfect people.

00:30:30.840 --> 00:30:32.259
 They're not perfectly holy.

00:30:32.380 --> 00:30:34.120
 It's obvious from our lives we're not.

00:30:34.119 --> 00:30:37.759
 But this is the direction that our life is now in,

00:30:37.859 --> 00:30:40.819
 as we're in Christ, as we're led by the Spirit,

00:30:41.179 --> 00:30:43.279
 as we're under the directorship of the Spirit.

00:30:43.619 --> 00:30:49.000
 That is essentially the great change in someone's life

00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:53.039
 when they've gone from being directed by sin and in the ways of sin

00:30:53.039 --> 00:30:55.519
 to being directed by the Holy Spirit.

00:30:55.939 --> 00:30:57.519
 So, that's really the flesh.

00:30:57.659 --> 00:30:59.859
 He's delivered us from the flesh,

00:30:59.859 --> 00:31:03.679
 and therefore, He's saying it isn't logical,

00:31:03.839 --> 00:31:06.899
 it isn't in keeping with that deliverance,

00:31:07.179 --> 00:31:11.419
 that we should actually give our allegiance to the flesh anymore.

00:31:12.419 --> 00:31:16.339
 He says that in chapter 6 itself.

00:31:16.979 --> 00:31:18.119
 What shall we then say?

00:31:18.500 --> 00:31:20.679
 Are we continuing sin that grace may abound?

00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:21.279
 By no means.

00:31:21.599 --> 00:31:24.299
 How shall we who die to sin still live in it?

00:31:24.299 --> 00:31:29.700
 He's really arguing that sin is not now the controlling feature or principle in our life,

00:31:29.779 --> 00:31:31.139
 so we can't live for it.

00:31:31.180 --> 00:31:32.259
 We can't live after.

00:31:32.539 --> 00:31:36.339
 We can't live as we once did in a desire to please the flesh,

00:31:36.419 --> 00:31:37.200
 to please sin.

00:31:39.240 --> 00:31:41.960
 We are debtors not to the flesh.

00:31:42.839 --> 00:31:45.399
 We are not under obligation anymore to the flesh.

00:31:46.319 --> 00:31:47.799
 God has delivered us from that.

00:31:47.799 --> 00:31:51.059
 We're now under obligation to the Holy Spirit,

00:31:51.220 --> 00:31:55.859
 and that means being led by the Holy Spirit into holiness of life.

00:31:55.940 --> 00:31:57.619
 That's what He said in chapter 6, wasn't it?

00:31:57.899 --> 00:32:00.299
 You have your fruit unto holiness,

00:32:00.899 --> 00:32:03.379
 and the end of that, the terminus of that,

00:32:03.879 --> 00:32:05.759
 is eternal life.

00:32:07.139 --> 00:32:08.980
 Now, it's great to see young folks here tonight.

00:32:09.059 --> 00:32:10.079
 There's some big words here,

00:32:10.599 --> 00:32:12.759
 and I'll try and explain them if I can,

00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:15.759
 but it's wonderful to see children here at the evening service as well.

00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:21.279
 Well, as you know, sanctification is what the Bible,

00:32:21.440 --> 00:32:25.299
 a word the Bible uses for God taking our lives

00:32:25.299 --> 00:32:28.559
 and setting them apart to be for Himself,

00:32:29.539 --> 00:32:33.920
 and delivering us from sin and making us holy is part of that as well.

00:32:35.039 --> 00:32:36.879
 And that's really what these passages,

00:32:37.180 --> 00:32:39.640
 these verses here deal with as well,

00:32:39.640 --> 00:32:43.400
 because when we're delivered by God from the power of sin,

00:32:43.960 --> 00:32:45.460
 from the dominance of sin,

00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:48.140
 and placed us under the leadership,

00:32:48.379 --> 00:32:50.440
 the directorship of the Holy Spirit,

00:32:51.480 --> 00:32:55.819
 it comes to involve what we're going to call as our heading tonight,

00:32:56.519 --> 00:32:58.579
 mortification of sin.

00:32:59.319 --> 00:33:00.879
 The word mortification is not here,

00:33:01.200 --> 00:33:02.319
 but it's in the older translation,

00:33:02.480 --> 00:33:03.799
 and I think it's a good word.

00:33:04.240 --> 00:33:07.259
 It essentially means the same thing as what Paul is saying here,

00:33:07.299 --> 00:33:09.460
 you put to death the deeds of the body.

00:33:10.140 --> 00:33:13.039
 Mortification is putting something to death.

00:33:13.039 --> 00:33:15.079
 And what he's saying here, mortification,

00:33:15.379 --> 00:33:16.539
 what is it we put to death?

00:33:16.720 --> 00:33:17.779
 The deeds of the body,

00:33:18.039 --> 00:33:18.559
 the flesh,

00:33:18.720 --> 00:33:19.799
 the workings of the flesh,

00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:21.259
 the things of sin.

00:33:22.319 --> 00:33:24.559
 That's what holiness really is about, isn't it?

00:33:24.940 --> 00:33:28.099
 You follow the Holy Spirit's direction,

00:33:28.920 --> 00:33:30.940
 you're concerned to live a holy life,

00:33:31.460 --> 00:33:32.539
 to turn from sin,

00:33:32.619 --> 00:33:34.559
 to put sin more and more behind you,

00:33:34.559 --> 00:33:37.679
 so that you live a life that's pleasing to God.

00:33:39.119 --> 00:33:42.220
 And that's really what mortification here is about.

00:33:42.359 --> 00:33:46.059
 It's dealing with sin as a new creation,

00:33:46.220 --> 00:33:46.879
 as a Christian,

00:33:47.440 --> 00:33:48.759
 as someone in Christ,

00:33:49.419 --> 00:33:51.960
 so that you're actually putting sin to death.

00:33:52.599 --> 00:33:56.379
 Now, it's not an easy subject to deal with.

00:33:56.440 --> 00:33:58.679
 It's not something palatable to ourselves.

00:33:59.380 --> 00:34:01.299
 The flesh doesn't like to be killed.

00:34:02.380 --> 00:34:04.519
 The flesh doesn't like to be put to death.

00:34:04.920 --> 00:34:07.140
 That sinful aspect of our being

00:34:07.140 --> 00:34:11.380
 is very reluctant to actually be done away with.

00:34:11.740 --> 00:34:12.680
 That's why, as we'll see,

00:34:12.960 --> 00:34:14.639
 we need the strength and the energy

00:34:14.639 --> 00:34:17.119
 and the power of the Holy Spirit to do that.

00:34:19.820 --> 00:34:21.079
 But first of all,

00:34:21.079 --> 00:34:24.960
 let's try and define what mortification is.

00:34:25.920 --> 00:34:30.000
 And then we'll look at practicing mortification.

00:34:30.219 --> 00:34:32.179
 So, defining mortification.

00:34:32.319 --> 00:34:32.840
 Well, as we said,

00:34:32.880 --> 00:34:35.739
 it has to do with putting the deeds of the body,

00:34:35.880 --> 00:34:37.099
 putting the things of the flesh,

00:34:37.420 --> 00:34:38.860
 putting sin to death.

00:34:39.420 --> 00:34:40.159
 But it's interesting,

00:34:40.539 --> 00:34:43.259
 the way that Paul uses different terminology,

00:34:43.380 --> 00:34:45.380
 and here he's talking about something

00:34:45.380 --> 00:34:46.679
 that applies to us,

00:34:46.719 --> 00:34:47.940
 that we, as we'll see,

00:34:48.039 --> 00:34:50.159
 are required to do.

00:34:50.159 --> 00:34:52.759
 Now, when you think about mortification,

00:34:53.339 --> 00:34:55.319
 putting to death the deeds of the body,

00:34:55.639 --> 00:34:56.179
 the flesh,

00:34:56.799 --> 00:34:57.759
 the deeds of the body,

00:34:57.859 --> 00:34:59.379
 or different ways of describing it,

00:35:00.179 --> 00:35:03.219
 we must not begin with what is physical.

00:35:04.420 --> 00:35:08.179
 We must not begin with the physical side of our being,

00:35:08.839 --> 00:35:09.639
 our bodies.

00:35:10.299 --> 00:35:11.359
 It does here talk of,

00:35:11.799 --> 00:35:13.699
 specify the deeds of the body.

00:35:13.779 --> 00:35:14.859
 We'll come back to that in a minute.

00:35:14.860 --> 00:35:19.440
 But when you try and define what mortification is,

00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:21.740
 what it is to pursue holiness,

00:35:22.140 --> 00:35:23.680
 you don't begin with your body.

00:35:23.800 --> 00:35:24.880
 You don't begin with the physical.

00:35:25.360 --> 00:35:26.660
 You begin with your mind.

00:35:26.780 --> 00:35:28.320
 You begin with the things of the soul.

00:35:28.680 --> 00:35:30.920
 Because that's essentially what he's saying throughout this chapter,

00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:31.340
 isn't it?

00:35:31.620 --> 00:35:32.599
 At the beginning of the chapter,

00:35:32.720 --> 00:35:33.539
 we read through it,

00:35:33.920 --> 00:35:36.680
 where he talks here about those who walk not according to the flesh,

00:35:36.920 --> 00:35:38.059
 but according to the Spirit.

00:35:38.160 --> 00:35:38.920
 What does he then say?

00:35:39.340 --> 00:35:41.180
 Those who live according to the flesh,

00:35:41.280 --> 00:35:41.860
 verse 5,

00:35:42.340 --> 00:35:45.659
 set their minds on the things of the flesh.

00:35:46.059 --> 00:35:47.700
 But those who live according to the Spirit,

00:35:48.139 --> 00:35:50.300
 set their minds on the things of the Spirit.

00:35:50.639 --> 00:35:52.940
 To set the mind on the flesh is death.

00:35:53.220 --> 00:35:55.619
 To set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.

00:35:55.619 --> 00:35:59.019
 For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God.

00:36:00.480 --> 00:36:02.720
 You, however, are not in the flesh,

00:36:02.800 --> 00:36:03.700
 but in the Spirit.

00:36:03.840 --> 00:36:04.240
 So, you see,

00:36:04.720 --> 00:36:05.840
 he's taking us to the mind.

00:36:05.960 --> 00:36:07.700
 He's taking us to the depth of our being.

00:36:07.699 --> 00:36:09.899
 He's taking us to our soul.

00:36:10.019 --> 00:36:11.980
 He's taking us to the workings of our soul.

00:36:13.039 --> 00:36:16.019
 So, the flesh is really very much part of…

00:36:16.019 --> 00:36:19.339
 The flesh is very much to do with that whole complex

00:36:19.339 --> 00:36:22.419
 or combination of what you have in your soul,

00:36:22.619 --> 00:36:23.419
 your attitude,

00:36:23.879 --> 00:36:24.619
 your thoughts,

00:36:24.859 --> 00:36:25.659
 your desires,

00:36:26.099 --> 00:36:26.980
 your appetites,

00:36:27.219 --> 00:36:28.019
 your aspirations,

00:36:28.439 --> 00:36:29.079
 your motives.

00:36:29.460 --> 00:36:32.759
 Everything you could say are the motions of your soul

00:36:32.759 --> 00:36:34.659
 where the flesh is concerned,

00:36:35.079 --> 00:36:36.599
 where these are sinful appetites,

00:36:36.599 --> 00:36:37.599
 sinful motions,

00:36:37.699 --> 00:36:39.000
 sinful desires,

00:36:39.219 --> 00:36:40.239
 sinful attitudes.

00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:42.379
 That's what he's saying we have to put to death.

00:36:42.460 --> 00:36:43.259
 That's the flesh.

00:36:44.980 --> 00:36:47.960
 That's defining mortification for us.

00:36:48.899 --> 00:36:51.519
 These are the things that he's dealing with.

00:36:52.379 --> 00:36:53.319
 But, of course,

00:36:54.079 --> 00:36:55.899
 you start with what's in your soul.

00:36:56.019 --> 00:36:57.359
 You start with the mind,

00:36:57.360 --> 00:37:00.140
 but you can't leave the body out of it

00:37:00.140 --> 00:37:02.220
 because it's through our bodies,

00:37:02.220 --> 00:37:03.700
 our bodily faculties,

00:37:04.079 --> 00:37:04.660
 that sin,

00:37:04.960 --> 00:37:05.579
 the flesh,

00:37:06.180 --> 00:37:08.760
 those things that we have in us

00:37:08.760 --> 00:37:11.539
 as sinful appetites and thoughts and desires,

00:37:11.880 --> 00:37:14.500
 they actually work through our bodies,

00:37:14.620 --> 00:37:15.059
 don't they?

00:37:15.059 --> 00:37:20.199
 Because they don't just lie in our souls

00:37:20.199 --> 00:37:22.320
 and never involve our bodies.

00:37:23.619 --> 00:37:25.860
 The whole person is actually involved.

00:37:25.940 --> 00:37:29.059
 The root of our sin and our sinful behavior,

00:37:29.659 --> 00:37:32.320
 the root of our following the ways of sin,

00:37:32.460 --> 00:37:34.659
 the root of that is in our souls.

00:37:35.519 --> 00:37:38.920
 But sin in us uses our bodies,

00:37:39.519 --> 00:37:40.279
 our eyes,

00:37:40.679 --> 00:37:41.339
 our mouths,

00:37:41.799 --> 00:37:42.739
 our hands.

00:37:43.059 --> 00:37:44.219
 That's why he calls it here

00:37:44.219 --> 00:37:46.179
 the deeds of the body.

00:37:46.339 --> 00:37:46.779
 In other words,

00:37:46.819 --> 00:37:48.759
 he's saying the workings of the flesh

00:37:48.759 --> 00:37:51.839
 are essentially the deeds of the body

00:37:51.839 --> 00:37:53.899
 as the workings of the flesh,

00:37:54.259 --> 00:37:55.000
 our inner part,

00:37:55.219 --> 00:37:57.339
 our spiritual inner being

00:37:57.339 --> 00:37:59.679
 comes through in the workings of our flesh.

00:37:59.679 --> 00:38:01.639
 You remember how Jesus put it?

00:38:02.919 --> 00:38:06.319
 And this is really a definition

00:38:06.319 --> 00:38:08.419
 that Jesus gave.

00:38:08.539 --> 00:38:08.879
 Essentially,

00:38:09.019 --> 00:38:10.019
 it comes to the same thing

00:38:10.019 --> 00:38:13.279
 because you remember in Mark chapter 7,

00:38:13.419 --> 00:38:16.419
 this is people were called by Jesus to him

00:38:16.419 --> 00:38:17.440
 and he said to them,

00:38:17.919 --> 00:38:19.899
 hear me all you and understand.

00:38:20.759 --> 00:38:21.779
 And we're talking about

00:38:21.779 --> 00:38:24.079
 what is it that defiles a person?

00:38:24.519 --> 00:38:27.139
 What is it that makes a person defiled,

00:38:27.139 --> 00:38:31.000
 dirty, grubby, spiritually, morally?

00:38:31.619 --> 00:38:32.079
 He says,

00:38:32.599 --> 00:38:34.199
 there is nothing outside a person

00:38:34.199 --> 00:38:36.659
 that by going into him can defile him.

00:38:37.139 --> 00:38:39.599
 But the things that come out of a person

00:38:39.599 --> 00:38:41.299
 are what defile him.

00:38:41.920 --> 00:38:43.219
 And when he had entered the house,

00:38:43.259 --> 00:38:44.059
 he left the people.

00:38:44.139 --> 00:38:46.199
 His disciples asked him about the parable.

00:38:46.279 --> 00:38:46.599
 He said,

00:38:47.079 --> 00:38:48.920
 are you also without understanding?

00:38:49.099 --> 00:38:50.299
 Do you not yet see

00:38:50.299 --> 00:38:52.940
 that whatever goes into a person from outside

00:38:52.940 --> 00:38:54.719
 cannot defile him

00:38:54.719 --> 00:38:56.920
 since it does not enter his heart?

00:38:57.139 --> 00:38:59.279
 But his stomach and is expelled.

00:39:00.099 --> 00:39:00.539
 And he said,

00:39:01.099 --> 00:39:02.779
 what comes out of a person

00:39:02.779 --> 00:39:04.440
 is what defiles him.

00:39:04.980 --> 00:39:06.019
 And then he gave a list.

00:39:07.279 --> 00:39:07.719
 He said,

00:39:07.819 --> 00:39:09.480
 it's from within,

00:39:09.659 --> 00:39:10.799
 from inside a person,

00:39:10.920 --> 00:39:11.779
 from our soul,

00:39:12.139 --> 00:39:13.559
 from out of the heart of man,

00:39:13.599 --> 00:39:14.059
 as he put it,

00:39:14.119 --> 00:39:16.099
 comes evil thoughts,

00:39:16.799 --> 00:39:17.900
 sexual immorality,

00:39:18.500 --> 00:39:18.900
 theft,

00:39:19.719 --> 00:39:20.199
 murder,

00:39:20.739 --> 00:39:21.400
 adultery,

00:39:22.000 --> 00:39:22.579
 coveting,

00:39:23.119 --> 00:39:23.839
 wickedness,

00:39:24.159 --> 00:39:24.699
 deceit,

00:39:24.699 --> 00:39:26.079
 sensuality,

00:39:26.659 --> 00:39:27.239
 envy,

00:39:27.859 --> 00:39:28.439
 slander,

00:39:28.960 --> 00:39:29.659
 pride,

00:39:30.279 --> 00:39:30.919
 foolishness.

00:39:31.079 --> 00:39:32.839
 All these evil things

00:39:32.839 --> 00:39:33.879
 come from within

00:39:33.879 --> 00:39:36.019
 and they defile a person.

00:39:37.699 --> 00:39:38.439
 Where does,

00:39:39.659 --> 00:39:41.619
 where do all of these things

00:39:41.619 --> 00:39:43.279
 actually come from?

00:39:43.399 --> 00:39:43.599
 He says,

00:39:43.659 --> 00:39:44.699
 they come from the heart.

00:39:45.739 --> 00:39:46.559
 You find a person

00:39:46.559 --> 00:39:48.019
 committing adultery.

00:39:48.219 --> 00:39:49.119
 You find a person

00:39:49.119 --> 00:39:50.839
 engaged in theft.

00:39:50.840 --> 00:39:52.440
 You find a person

00:39:52.440 --> 00:39:54.579
 using really bad language.

00:39:56.380 --> 00:39:57.120
 Those things

00:39:57.120 --> 00:39:58.320
 don't come from the body,

00:39:59.220 --> 00:40:00.300
 even if the body

00:40:00.300 --> 00:40:01.280
 is used

00:40:01.280 --> 00:40:02.640
 in actually

00:40:02.640 --> 00:40:04.760
 engaging in them.

00:40:06.980 --> 00:40:08.000
 You don't find somebody

00:40:08.000 --> 00:40:09.980
 who's set on committing adultery,

00:40:10.720 --> 00:40:11.079
 blaming,

00:40:11.460 --> 00:40:12.579
 or being in a position

00:40:12.579 --> 00:40:13.660
 to blame the body

00:40:13.660 --> 00:40:14.480
 for what's happened.

00:40:15.360 --> 00:40:16.539
 The sinful appetite

00:40:16.539 --> 00:40:17.440
 behind that,

00:40:17.680 --> 00:40:18.700
 as it is of all these

00:40:18.700 --> 00:40:19.200
 other things

00:40:19.199 --> 00:40:20.339
 that Jesus mentions,

00:40:20.739 --> 00:40:22.319
 actually comes from within.

00:40:23.019 --> 00:40:24.679
 And once that sinful appetite

00:40:24.679 --> 00:40:26.619
 has reached a certain point,

00:40:26.819 --> 00:40:27.759
 and then that person

00:40:27.759 --> 00:40:28.879
 wants to follow it through,

00:40:29.199 --> 00:40:30.659
 then your body comes

00:40:30.659 --> 00:40:32.179
 to actually be the means

00:40:32.179 --> 00:40:33.839
 by which that sinful appetite

00:40:33.839 --> 00:40:35.759
 reaches accomplishment.

00:40:37.439 --> 00:40:38.599
 That's the flesh.

00:40:39.659 --> 00:40:41.619
 And mortification

00:40:41.619 --> 00:40:43.759
 is putting these things

00:40:43.759 --> 00:40:44.439
 to death.

00:40:45.539 --> 00:40:46.579
 Dealing with these

00:40:46.579 --> 00:40:48.539
 inner sinful appetites,

00:40:48.639 --> 00:40:49.119
 the flesh,

00:40:49.900 --> 00:40:50.920
 in a way that actually

00:40:50.920 --> 00:40:51.539
 puts them

00:40:51.539 --> 00:40:52.639
 to death,

00:40:52.920 --> 00:40:53.539
 killing them

00:40:53.539 --> 00:40:54.819
 at the root,

00:40:54.920 --> 00:40:55.460
 if you like.

00:40:56.299 --> 00:40:58.019
 That's one of the things

00:40:58.019 --> 00:40:58.719
 that defines

00:40:58.719 --> 00:40:59.480
 the difference

00:40:59.480 --> 00:41:01.039
 between a person

00:41:01.039 --> 00:41:01.840
 who's in Christ

00:41:01.840 --> 00:41:02.380
 and a person

00:41:02.380 --> 00:41:03.079
 who's not.

00:41:03.779 --> 00:41:04.380
 Because if you look,

00:41:04.559 --> 00:41:05.259
 if I look back

00:41:05.259 --> 00:41:06.279
 over my own life,

00:41:06.880 --> 00:41:07.980
 I can't say that

00:41:07.980 --> 00:41:08.920
 as a youngster

00:41:08.920 --> 00:41:09.819
 I wasn't taught

00:41:09.819 --> 00:41:10.840
 right and wrong.

00:41:11.159 --> 00:41:12.079
 I can't say that

00:41:12.079 --> 00:41:12.639
 I didn't know

00:41:12.639 --> 00:41:13.840
 a definition of sin

00:41:13.840 --> 00:41:14.759
 and what it was.

00:41:14.760 --> 00:41:15.980
 And I would be told

00:41:15.980 --> 00:41:17.020
 the implications

00:41:17.020 --> 00:41:19.340
 of living a sinful life.

00:41:19.680 --> 00:41:20.980
 But it didn't concern me.

00:41:21.800 --> 00:41:22.860
 I didn't want to do away

00:41:22.860 --> 00:41:23.800
 with these things.

00:41:24.400 --> 00:41:25.080
 And any time

00:41:25.080 --> 00:41:25.860
 I was in church

00:41:25.860 --> 00:41:26.380
 and any time

00:41:26.380 --> 00:41:27.340
 listening to the gospel

00:41:27.340 --> 00:41:28.700
 or listening to Christians

00:41:28.700 --> 00:41:29.880
 talking about their lives

00:41:29.880 --> 00:41:31.080
 and giving me some advice,

00:41:31.320 --> 00:41:32.400
 I didn't like that

00:41:32.400 --> 00:41:33.500
 because it asked me

00:41:33.500 --> 00:41:34.300
 to face up

00:41:34.300 --> 00:41:36.540
 to these inward appetites

00:41:36.540 --> 00:41:37.760
 that I didn't want

00:41:37.760 --> 00:41:38.380
 to get rid of,

00:41:38.540 --> 00:41:39.400
 that I didn't want

00:41:39.400 --> 00:41:40.080
 to mortify,

00:41:40.280 --> 00:41:41.020
 that I didn't want

00:41:41.020 --> 00:41:41.920
 to put to death.

00:41:42.940 --> 00:41:43.840
 But when the Lord

00:41:43.840 --> 00:41:44.760
 came into my life

00:41:44.760 --> 00:41:45.380
 and when the Lord

00:41:45.380 --> 00:41:46.320
 came into your life

00:41:46.320 --> 00:41:46.960
 as a Christian,

00:41:47.440 --> 00:41:48.460
 things changed.

00:41:49.260 --> 00:41:49.840
 The things that you

00:41:49.840 --> 00:41:51.620
 weren't once concerned with,

00:41:52.100 --> 00:41:52.579
 the things that

00:41:52.579 --> 00:41:53.700
 characterized the world

00:41:53.700 --> 00:41:54.160
 out there

00:41:54.160 --> 00:41:55.720
 to a great extent tonight,

00:41:56.220 --> 00:41:56.720
 the things that

00:41:56.720 --> 00:41:57.640
 characterized so much

00:41:57.640 --> 00:41:58.620
 of our society,

00:42:01.920 --> 00:42:02.640
 they're not things

00:42:02.640 --> 00:42:03.880
 which concern people

00:42:03.880 --> 00:42:04.579
 inwardly

00:42:04.579 --> 00:42:05.820
 to an extent

00:42:05.820 --> 00:42:06.720
 that they really think,

00:42:06.960 --> 00:42:07.360
 well, I've got to

00:42:07.360 --> 00:42:07.960
 get rid of this,

00:42:08.019 --> 00:42:08.900
 I've got to deal with this,

00:42:09.140 --> 00:42:09.980
 I've got a problem

00:42:09.980 --> 00:42:10.780
 inside me,

00:42:10.980 --> 00:42:11.660
 I've got a problem

00:42:11.660 --> 00:42:12.500
 of my mind

00:42:12.500 --> 00:42:13.360
 and my soul

00:42:13.360 --> 00:42:14.400
 and I need to have

00:42:14.400 --> 00:42:15.000
 it dealt with,

00:42:15.159 --> 00:42:15.960
 it only comes

00:42:15.960 --> 00:42:17.059
 when the Holy Spirit

00:42:17.059 --> 00:42:18.300
 takes over your life,

00:42:19.039 --> 00:42:19.639
 when your life

00:42:19.639 --> 00:42:21.019
 is in the hands

00:42:21.019 --> 00:42:21.679
 of Christ,

00:42:21.820 --> 00:42:23.039
 then things change.

00:42:24.960 --> 00:42:26.280
 And that's what defines,

00:42:26.760 --> 00:42:27.739
 one of the things

00:42:27.739 --> 00:42:28.039
 at least,

00:42:28.139 --> 00:42:29.460
 that defines the difference.

00:42:30.820 --> 00:42:31.719
 Because the person

00:42:31.719 --> 00:42:32.519
 that's now under

00:42:32.519 --> 00:42:33.440
 the directorship

00:42:33.440 --> 00:42:34.260
 of the Spirit

00:42:34.260 --> 00:42:36.159
 hates sin,

00:42:36.960 --> 00:42:37.519
 doesn't want

00:42:37.519 --> 00:42:38.599
 to live for sin,

00:42:39.500 --> 00:42:40.420
 is concerned

00:42:40.420 --> 00:42:42.119
 about any remnant

00:42:42.119 --> 00:42:42.559
 of sin

00:42:42.559 --> 00:42:43.220
 being left

00:42:43.220 --> 00:42:44.019
 in your life.

00:42:45.220 --> 00:42:46.480
 You want to put it out,

00:42:47.340 --> 00:42:48.220
 you want to kill it,

00:42:48.780 --> 00:42:49.380
 you want to put it

00:42:49.380 --> 00:42:50.220
 beneath your feet,

00:42:51.800 --> 00:42:53.460
 you pray to God,

00:42:53.920 --> 00:42:54.579
 help me Lord

00:42:54.579 --> 00:42:55.260
 to get rid of it,

00:42:55.260 --> 00:42:56.960
 you pray for the Holy Spirit's

00:42:56.960 --> 00:42:57.980
 energy to help you

00:42:57.980 --> 00:42:58.599
 deal with it,

00:42:59.280 --> 00:43:00.200
 because essentially

00:43:00.200 --> 00:43:01.420
 it makes you

00:43:01.420 --> 00:43:02.599
 unlike Jesus,

00:43:03.720 --> 00:43:04.500
 it makes you

00:43:04.500 --> 00:43:05.460
 unlike Christ,

00:43:05.559 --> 00:43:06.300
 and you know

00:43:06.300 --> 00:43:07.420
 that likeness

00:43:07.420 --> 00:43:07.960
 to Christ

00:43:07.960 --> 00:43:09.180
 is the objective

00:43:09.180 --> 00:43:10.740
 of sanctification,

00:43:11.559 --> 00:43:13.059
 of living a holy life,

00:43:13.380 --> 00:43:15.700
 because that's

00:43:15.700 --> 00:43:16.320
 the perfection

00:43:16.320 --> 00:43:17.000
 that God

00:43:17.000 --> 00:43:17.740
 is aiming at

00:43:17.740 --> 00:43:19.320
 and that you desire

00:43:19.320 --> 00:43:19.700
 as well

00:43:19.700 --> 00:43:20.619
 in your own life.

00:43:22.059 --> 00:43:22.300
 So,

00:43:22.340 --> 00:43:23.599
 defining mortification

00:43:23.599 --> 00:43:25.000
 involves

00:43:25.000 --> 00:43:25.900
 understanding

00:43:25.900 --> 00:43:26.260
 something

00:43:26.260 --> 00:43:27.240
 of what the flesh

00:43:27.240 --> 00:43:27.700
 is,

00:43:28.639 --> 00:43:29.260
 and how the flesh

00:43:29.260 --> 00:43:30.059
 is the inward

00:43:30.059 --> 00:43:30.880
 side of us,

00:43:31.159 --> 00:43:32.280
 and how the appetites

00:43:32.280 --> 00:43:33.440
 and actions

00:43:33.440 --> 00:43:34.460
 and movements

00:43:34.460 --> 00:43:35.539
 of our souls

00:43:35.539 --> 00:43:36.420
 sinfully

00:43:36.420 --> 00:43:38.679
 take our bodily

00:43:38.679 --> 00:43:39.360
 functions

00:43:39.360 --> 00:43:40.720
 and use these

00:43:40.720 --> 00:43:41.320
 in the service

00:43:41.320 --> 00:43:41.820
 of sin.

00:43:42.880 --> 00:43:43.079
 Well,

00:43:43.119 --> 00:43:43.599
 what he's saying

00:43:43.599 --> 00:43:44.019
 here is

00:43:44.019 --> 00:43:45.360
 that's not

00:43:45.360 --> 00:43:46.300
 the kind of life

00:43:46.300 --> 00:43:47.139
 you now live.

00:43:48.199 --> 00:43:49.260
 God has delivered

00:43:49.260 --> 00:43:50.059
 you from that.

00:43:50.659 --> 00:43:51.280
 He has made you

00:43:51.280 --> 00:43:52.360
 bond servants

00:43:52.360 --> 00:43:53.639
 of the Spirit,

00:43:54.480 --> 00:43:55.220
 bond servants

00:43:55.220 --> 00:43:56.220
 no longer of sin

00:43:56.220 --> 00:43:57.079
 to serve sin.

00:43:57.519 --> 00:43:58.199
 You're no longer

00:43:58.199 --> 00:43:59.599
 debtors to the flesh,

00:44:00.300 --> 00:44:02.579
 but you are debtors

00:44:02.579 --> 00:44:03.639
 to the Holy Spirit,

00:44:03.639 --> 00:44:05.500
 to follow holiness

00:44:05.500 --> 00:44:06.279
 of life.

00:44:08.539 --> 00:44:09.219
 And how then

00:44:09.219 --> 00:44:12.239
 is mortification

00:44:12.239 --> 00:44:12.779
 practiced,

00:44:12.920 --> 00:44:13.639
 if that's briefly

00:44:13.639 --> 00:44:14.980
 a definition of it?

00:44:15.039 --> 00:44:15.199
 Well,

00:44:15.739 --> 00:44:16.599
 it is indeed

00:44:16.599 --> 00:44:18.059
 we who need

00:44:18.059 --> 00:44:18.879
 to put it to death.

00:44:18.960 --> 00:44:19.299
 So then,

00:44:19.379 --> 00:44:19.639
 brothers,

00:44:19.759 --> 00:44:20.480
 we are debtors

00:44:20.480 --> 00:44:21.400
 not to the flesh,

00:44:21.779 --> 00:44:22.480
 for if you live

00:44:22.480 --> 00:44:23.339
 according to the flesh

00:44:23.339 --> 00:44:24.000
 you will die,

00:44:24.059 --> 00:44:24.539
 and so on.

00:44:25.420 --> 00:44:26.719
 But if by the Spirit

00:44:26.719 --> 00:44:28.119
 you put to death

00:44:28.119 --> 00:44:29.099
 the deeds of the body,

00:44:29.179 --> 00:44:29.779
 you shall live.

00:44:29.819 --> 00:44:29.940
 Now,

00:44:29.980 --> 00:44:30.679
 notice what it's saying.

00:44:31.019 --> 00:44:31.839
 He's not saying

00:44:31.839 --> 00:44:32.799
 that this is something

00:44:32.800 --> 00:44:34.080
 that's done for us,

00:44:34.500 --> 00:44:35.180
 it's not something

00:44:35.180 --> 00:44:36.360
 that's done in us,

00:44:37.100 --> 00:44:38.039
 it's something done

00:44:38.039 --> 00:44:39.200
 by us.

00:44:39.880 --> 00:44:41.019
 If you,

00:44:42.080 --> 00:44:42.820
 by the Spirit,

00:44:43.200 --> 00:44:43.940
 put to death

00:44:43.940 --> 00:44:45.080
 the deeds of the body,

00:44:45.519 --> 00:44:46.660
 you shall live.

00:44:47.380 --> 00:44:47.660
 You see,

00:44:48.140 --> 00:44:49.260
 the Lord gives

00:44:49.260 --> 00:44:49.960
 the Holy Spirit

00:44:49.960 --> 00:44:50.740
 to His people,

00:44:51.500 --> 00:44:52.640
 and He's not saying here

00:44:52.640 --> 00:44:54.000
 that this is a salvation

00:44:54.000 --> 00:44:54.660
 by works

00:44:54.660 --> 00:44:56.100
 or you'll get some reward

00:44:56.100 --> 00:44:57.580
 if you try and attend

00:44:57.580 --> 00:44:58.200
 to the works

00:44:58.200 --> 00:44:58.800
 of the flesh

00:44:58.800 --> 00:44:59.980
 and you pray for the Spirit

00:44:59.980 --> 00:45:00.659
 to help you.

00:45:00.960 --> 00:45:01.800
 The outcome of that

00:45:01.800 --> 00:45:02.820
 will be the reward

00:45:02.820 --> 00:45:03.639
 for that will be

00:45:03.639 --> 00:45:04.219
 that you will have

00:45:04.219 --> 00:45:04.940
 eternal life.

00:45:05.139 --> 00:45:05.740
 It's not what He's saying

00:45:05.740 --> 00:45:06.059
 at all.

00:45:06.280 --> 00:45:07.000
 He's saying that

00:45:07.000 --> 00:45:08.300
 those who have come

00:45:08.300 --> 00:45:09.420
 under the directorship

00:45:09.420 --> 00:45:10.059
 of the Spirit,

00:45:10.380 --> 00:45:11.179
 those who have come

00:45:11.179 --> 00:45:12.460
 by the grace of God

00:45:12.460 --> 00:45:13.320
 to give their lives

00:45:13.320 --> 00:45:14.280
 over to Jesus,

00:45:14.679 --> 00:45:15.500
 over to Him,

00:45:16.179 --> 00:45:17.619
 they have this great benefit,

00:45:17.940 --> 00:45:19.699
 they have this amazing resource,

00:45:19.940 --> 00:45:21.059
 they have the Holy Spirit

00:45:21.059 --> 00:45:22.119
 living within them.

00:45:23.139 --> 00:45:24.139
 And the Holy Spirit

00:45:24.139 --> 00:45:25.340
 that lives within them

00:45:25.340 --> 00:45:26.559
 under His leadership

00:45:26.559 --> 00:45:27.320
 leads them

00:45:27.320 --> 00:45:28.039
 into the ways

00:45:28.039 --> 00:45:29.000
 of sanctification.

00:45:29.320 --> 00:45:30.019
 And the ways

00:45:30.019 --> 00:45:30.940
 of sanctification

00:45:30.940 --> 00:45:32.880
 involve mortification,

00:45:33.340 --> 00:45:35.340
 putting sin to death.

00:45:35.440 --> 00:45:36.360
 That's how it works.

00:45:36.440 --> 00:45:38.480
 It's not an optional extra.

00:45:38.900 --> 00:45:39.599
 It's not something

00:45:39.599 --> 00:45:40.159
 we can afford

00:45:40.159 --> 00:45:41.699
 to leave aside

00:45:41.699 --> 00:45:42.420
 in our definition

00:45:42.420 --> 00:45:43.159
 of a Christian.

00:45:44.300 --> 00:45:45.059
 It's very much

00:45:45.059 --> 00:45:45.940
 part and partial

00:45:45.940 --> 00:45:47.739
 of what the Christian life

00:45:47.739 --> 00:45:48.800
 is and is about.

00:45:49.679 --> 00:45:51.099
 That's why it's a vital thing

00:45:51.099 --> 00:45:53.139
 to understand something

00:45:53.139 --> 00:45:54.920
 about what mortification is,

00:45:55.000 --> 00:45:56.059
 but it's even more vital

00:45:56.059 --> 00:45:57.960
 that you followed through

00:45:57.960 --> 00:45:59.079
 in your life.

00:45:59.679 --> 00:46:00.420
 That is something

00:46:00.420 --> 00:46:01.820
 you are busy doing

00:46:01.820 --> 00:46:03.079
 in your life

00:46:03.079 --> 00:46:03.940
 and I with you.

00:46:04.960 --> 00:46:06.799
 Because either we

00:46:06.799 --> 00:46:08.360
 put sin to death

00:46:08.360 --> 00:46:10.360
 or else we'll come to die

00:46:10.360 --> 00:46:10.960
 as a result

00:46:10.960 --> 00:46:12.019
 of not doing that.

00:46:12.739 --> 00:46:13.639
 Die eternally.

00:46:16.880 --> 00:46:17.799
 But you see,

00:46:18.799 --> 00:46:20.799
 yes, we must kill sin.

00:46:21.799 --> 00:46:22.840
 We must kill

00:46:22.840 --> 00:46:24.000
 the works of the flesh.

00:46:24.000 --> 00:46:25.960
 We must put them to death.

00:46:26.820 --> 00:46:28.440
 But we cannot do it

00:46:28.440 --> 00:46:29.639
 by ourselves.

00:46:30.300 --> 00:46:31.159
 That's why he's saying,

00:46:31.599 --> 00:46:34.219
 if you by the Spirit

00:46:34.219 --> 00:46:35.619
 put to death

00:46:35.619 --> 00:46:36.760
 the deeds of the body,

00:46:37.460 --> 00:46:38.440
 you shall live.

00:46:39.039 --> 00:46:40.239
 I must put the deeds

00:46:40.239 --> 00:46:41.320
 of the body to death,

00:46:41.460 --> 00:46:42.679
 but if I try and do it

00:46:42.679 --> 00:46:43.239
 on my own,

00:46:43.360 --> 00:46:44.679
 I will miserably fail.

00:46:45.260 --> 00:46:46.079
 I will end up

00:46:46.079 --> 00:46:47.260
 with self-righteousness

00:46:47.260 --> 00:46:48.320
 or something like that

00:46:48.320 --> 00:46:50.039
 and I will not be saved

00:46:50.039 --> 00:46:50.880
 and I will not actually

00:46:50.880 --> 00:46:51.860
 be in the category

00:46:51.860 --> 00:46:53.140
 are in the position

00:46:53.140 --> 00:46:53.860
 of those who are

00:46:53.860 --> 00:46:55.019
 actually putting to death

00:46:55.019 --> 00:46:55.980
 the deeds of the body.

00:46:56.380 --> 00:46:56.920
 Why are you saying,

00:46:57.519 --> 00:46:58.660
 by the Spirit

00:46:58.660 --> 00:47:00.240
 you'll do it?

00:47:01.160 --> 00:47:01.860
 One of the

00:47:01.860 --> 00:47:03.680
 great theologians

00:47:03.680 --> 00:47:04.960
 of the church,

00:47:05.360 --> 00:47:05.940
 John Owen,

00:47:06.880 --> 00:47:09.680
 has a marvelous

00:47:09.680 --> 00:47:12.300
 section on mortification

00:47:12.300 --> 00:47:14.200
 in volume 7

00:47:14.200 --> 00:47:15.260
 of his complete works.

00:47:15.420 --> 00:47:15.900
 You have access,

00:47:16.039 --> 00:47:17.200
 you can get it online as well.

00:47:17.720 --> 00:47:18.519
 This is what he's saying

00:47:18.519 --> 00:47:19.579
 in terms of trying

00:47:19.579 --> 00:47:21.139
 to deal with sin,

00:47:21.300 --> 00:47:22.000
 in terms of trying

00:47:22.000 --> 00:47:23.639
 to do away with it

00:47:23.639 --> 00:47:24.219
 and deal with it

00:47:24.219 --> 00:47:25.199
 successfully yourself.

00:47:25.300 --> 00:47:25.900
 This is what he's saying.

00:47:26.980 --> 00:47:27.380
 Mortification,

00:47:28.380 --> 00:47:29.099
 this is one of the

00:47:29.099 --> 00:47:29.940
 great quotes really,

00:47:30.000 --> 00:47:30.679
 I remember when I came

00:47:30.679 --> 00:47:31.619
 across it first of all.

00:47:32.679 --> 00:47:33.119
 Mortification

00:47:33.119 --> 00:47:35.940
 from a self-strength

00:47:35.940 --> 00:47:37.659
 carried on

00:47:37.659 --> 00:47:40.019
 by ways of self-invention

00:47:40.019 --> 00:47:41.940
 unto the end

00:47:41.940 --> 00:47:43.900
 of a self-righteousness

00:47:43.900 --> 00:47:45.660
 is the soul

00:47:45.660 --> 00:47:46.519
 and substance

00:47:46.519 --> 00:47:49.019
 of all false religion

00:47:49.019 --> 00:47:49.720
 in the world.

00:47:51.940 --> 00:47:53.039
 I'll read it again.

00:47:53.660 --> 00:47:54.180
 Mortification

00:47:54.180 --> 00:47:55.720
 from a self-strength

00:47:55.720 --> 00:47:57.000
 that's by our own efforts

00:47:57.000 --> 00:47:58.160
 carried on

00:47:58.160 --> 00:47:59.960
 by ways of self-invention

00:47:59.960 --> 00:48:00.639
 other than

00:48:00.639 --> 00:48:01.619
 the way God

00:48:01.619 --> 00:48:02.920
 has actually set

00:48:02.920 --> 00:48:03.559
 before us

00:48:03.559 --> 00:48:04.340
 by His Spirit

00:48:04.340 --> 00:48:06.019
 unto the end

00:48:06.019 --> 00:48:06.780
 or for the reason

00:48:06.780 --> 00:48:08.780
 of a self-righteousness

00:48:08.780 --> 00:48:10.220
 is the soul

00:48:10.220 --> 00:48:10.840
 and substance

00:48:10.840 --> 00:48:12.119
 of all false religion

00:48:12.119 --> 00:48:12.660
 in the world.

00:48:12.659 --> 00:48:14.279
 You look at all the false religions

00:48:14.279 --> 00:48:15.000
 in the world

00:48:15.000 --> 00:48:17.139
 and that's exactly

00:48:17.139 --> 00:48:17.739
 what lies

00:48:17.739 --> 00:48:18.839
 foundationally to them

00:48:18.839 --> 00:48:20.319
 at the heart of them

00:48:20.319 --> 00:48:22.219
 because they are

00:48:22.219 --> 00:48:23.480
 ways of mortification

00:48:23.480 --> 00:48:25.359
 by self-strength,

00:48:25.619 --> 00:48:27.159
 by ways of self-appointment

00:48:27.159 --> 00:48:30.019
 or self-discovery

00:48:30.019 --> 00:48:31.319
 unto the end

00:48:31.319 --> 00:48:32.819
 of a self-righteousness.

00:48:33.839 --> 00:48:35.179
 Every single religion

00:48:35.179 --> 00:48:36.139
 that relies on that

00:48:36.139 --> 00:48:37.420
 and please don't think

00:48:37.420 --> 00:48:37.879
 that it's just

00:48:37.879 --> 00:48:38.539
 every religion

00:48:38.539 --> 00:48:39.779
 apart from the Christian religion

00:48:39.779 --> 00:48:40.859
 there are people

00:48:40.860 --> 00:48:43.300
 inside the Christian religion

00:48:43.300 --> 00:48:45.440
 inside the Christian church

00:48:45.440 --> 00:48:45.980
 if you like

00:48:45.980 --> 00:48:48.360
 for whom this teaching

00:48:48.360 --> 00:48:49.740
 is simply not acceptable

00:48:49.740 --> 00:48:50.460
 sadly

00:48:50.460 --> 00:48:53.220
 because what they'll tell you

00:48:53.220 --> 00:48:53.760
 well I've

00:48:53.760 --> 00:48:55.760
 I live a good Christian life

00:48:55.760 --> 00:48:56.740
 I do my best

00:48:56.740 --> 00:48:58.519
 I've never killed anybody

00:48:58.519 --> 00:48:59.860
 as far as I know

00:48:59.860 --> 00:49:00.740
 I've not engaged

00:49:00.740 --> 00:49:02.440
 in anything wicked

00:49:02.440 --> 00:49:03.160
 or evil

00:49:03.160 --> 00:49:04.760
 that's really brought

00:49:04.760 --> 00:49:05.620
 public disgrace

00:49:05.620 --> 00:49:06.099
 in myself

00:49:06.099 --> 00:49:06.940
 or anybody else

00:49:06.940 --> 00:49:08.619
 so no

00:49:08.619 --> 00:49:09.599
 but have you ever

00:49:09.599 --> 00:49:10.720
 you have to ask them

00:49:10.720 --> 00:49:11.280
 have you ever

00:49:11.280 --> 00:49:12.039
 lusted

00:49:12.039 --> 00:49:12.900
 have you ever

00:49:12.900 --> 00:49:15.240
 had in you

00:49:15.240 --> 00:49:15.900
 any of the things

00:49:15.900 --> 00:49:16.840
 that Jesus mentions

00:49:16.840 --> 00:49:18.720
 in Mark chapter 7

00:49:18.720 --> 00:49:19.380
 have you ever

00:49:19.380 --> 00:49:20.179
 coveted

00:49:20.179 --> 00:49:21.159
 have you ever

00:49:21.159 --> 00:49:22.200
 engaged in deceit

00:49:22.200 --> 00:49:22.940
 have you ever

00:49:22.940 --> 00:49:23.659
 told lies

00:49:23.659 --> 00:49:24.440
 have you ever

00:49:24.440 --> 00:49:25.139
 been envious

00:49:25.139 --> 00:49:26.400
 have you ever

00:49:26.400 --> 00:49:27.240
 slandered anyone

00:49:27.240 --> 00:49:28.760
 have you ever

00:49:28.760 --> 00:49:29.380
 had any sense

00:49:29.380 --> 00:49:29.940
 of pride

00:49:29.940 --> 00:49:31.579
 did you have

00:49:31.579 --> 00:49:32.320
 any element

00:49:32.320 --> 00:49:33.340
 of sensuality

00:49:33.340 --> 00:49:35.380
 did you act

00:49:35.380 --> 00:49:35.840
 in any way

00:49:35.840 --> 00:49:37.099
 foolishly

00:49:37.099 --> 00:49:38.800
 see these are the things

00:49:38.800 --> 00:49:39.920
 that we tend

00:49:39.920 --> 00:49:40.500
 to neglect

00:49:40.500 --> 00:49:41.000
 as being

00:49:41.000 --> 00:49:41.760
 really not

00:49:41.760 --> 00:49:43.059
 all that sinful

00:49:43.059 --> 00:49:43.599
 if you like

00:49:43.599 --> 00:49:44.099
 or the world

00:49:44.099 --> 00:49:45.360
 certainly would

00:49:45.360 --> 00:49:46.500
 but Jesus is not

00:49:46.500 --> 00:49:47.900
 Jesus is not

00:49:47.900 --> 00:49:48.320
 in the business

00:49:48.320 --> 00:49:49.079
 of leaving out

00:49:49.079 --> 00:49:49.720
 any sins

00:49:49.720 --> 00:49:50.440
 whatever we might

00:49:50.440 --> 00:49:51.079
 think of them

00:49:51.079 --> 00:49:52.280
 the flesh

00:49:52.280 --> 00:49:53.000
 is the flesh

00:49:53.000 --> 00:49:54.740
 and the flesh

00:49:54.740 --> 00:49:55.280
 the works

00:49:55.280 --> 00:49:56.260
 of the flesh

00:49:56.260 --> 00:49:56.720
 the works

00:49:56.720 --> 00:49:57.320
 of the body

00:49:57.320 --> 00:49:58.099
 the deeds

00:49:58.099 --> 00:49:58.680
 of the body

00:49:58.680 --> 00:49:59.740
 have to be

00:49:59.740 --> 00:50:00.599
 mortified

00:50:00.599 --> 00:50:01.840
 Paul is saying

00:50:01.840 --> 00:50:03.640
 it's perfectly

00:50:03.640 --> 00:50:04.160
 in line

00:50:04.159 --> 00:50:05.339
 with that

00:50:05.339 --> 00:50:05.980
 so he's given

00:50:05.980 --> 00:50:07.119
 us his spirit

00:50:07.119 --> 00:50:08.399
 if you by the spirit

00:50:08.399 --> 00:50:09.179
 put to death

00:50:09.179 --> 00:50:09.559
 the deeds

00:50:09.559 --> 00:50:10.119
 of the body

00:50:10.119 --> 00:50:11.579
 you shall live

00:50:11.579 --> 00:50:11.819
 you see

00:50:11.819 --> 00:50:12.879
 it's by the Holy Spirit

00:50:12.879 --> 00:50:14.239
 you really come

00:50:14.239 --> 00:50:15.619
 to appreciate

00:50:15.619 --> 00:50:16.379
 at least to some

00:50:16.379 --> 00:50:16.659
 extent

00:50:16.659 --> 00:50:18.199
 what sin is

00:50:18.199 --> 00:50:19.440
 how do you come

00:50:19.440 --> 00:50:20.440
 to actually appreciate

00:50:20.440 --> 00:50:21.279
 that sin

00:50:21.279 --> 00:50:22.119
 is evil

00:50:22.119 --> 00:50:22.920
 in its workings

00:50:22.920 --> 00:50:23.799
 that sin

00:50:23.799 --> 00:50:24.719
 is as it puts

00:50:24.719 --> 00:50:24.920
 there

00:50:24.920 --> 00:50:26.460
 enmity against God

00:50:26.460 --> 00:50:26.960
 that the sinful

00:50:26.960 --> 00:50:27.920
 mind is enmity

00:50:27.920 --> 00:50:28.739
 against God

00:50:28.739 --> 00:50:29.960
 because many people

00:50:29.960 --> 00:50:30.819
 in the church

00:50:30.819 --> 00:50:31.119
 would say

00:50:31.119 --> 00:50:31.659
 well I wouldn't

00:50:31.659 --> 00:50:32.339
 go that far

00:50:32.340 --> 00:50:33.960
 I wouldn't say

00:50:33.960 --> 00:50:35.039
 that I've ever had

00:50:35.039 --> 00:50:36.559
 I've ever been

00:50:36.559 --> 00:50:37.500
 in the situation

00:50:37.500 --> 00:50:38.320
 or in the category

00:50:38.320 --> 00:50:39.180
 where you could

00:50:39.180 --> 00:50:39.980
 class me as an

00:50:39.980 --> 00:50:41.039
 enemy of God

00:50:41.039 --> 00:50:42.940
 but this is what

00:50:42.940 --> 00:50:44.059
 the Bible is telling us

00:50:44.059 --> 00:50:46.559
 we are inwardly

00:50:46.559 --> 00:50:48.200
 natively

00:50:48.200 --> 00:50:49.180
 as we are in

00:50:49.180 --> 00:50:49.660
 ourselves

00:50:49.660 --> 00:50:50.820
 we are in the

00:50:50.820 --> 00:50:51.880
 workings of the flesh

00:50:51.880 --> 00:50:52.700
 in the workings

00:50:52.700 --> 00:50:53.180
 of sin

00:50:53.180 --> 00:50:55.120
 we are at enmity

00:50:55.120 --> 00:50:55.680
 with God

00:50:55.680 --> 00:50:57.320
 that sinful mind

00:50:57.320 --> 00:50:59.079
 that mind

00:50:59.079 --> 00:50:59.819
 of the flesh

00:50:59.819 --> 00:51:02.460
 is hostile

00:51:02.460 --> 00:51:03.319
 to God

00:51:03.319 --> 00:51:04.799
 it does not

00:51:04.799 --> 00:51:05.739
 submit to God's

00:51:05.739 --> 00:51:06.099
 law

00:51:06.099 --> 00:51:08.079
 we need to

00:51:08.079 --> 00:51:08.759
 deal with it

00:51:08.759 --> 00:51:10.079
 we need to

00:51:10.079 --> 00:51:10.659
 mortify

00:51:10.659 --> 00:51:11.699
 the deeds

00:51:11.699 --> 00:51:12.199
 of the body

00:51:12.199 --> 00:51:13.940
 and not only

00:51:13.940 --> 00:51:15.059
 does the Lord

00:51:15.059 --> 00:51:15.920
 give us his Holy

00:51:15.920 --> 00:51:17.099
 Spirit to show

00:51:17.099 --> 00:51:17.900
 us what sin

00:51:17.900 --> 00:51:18.519
 is like

00:51:18.519 --> 00:51:19.940
 to enable us

00:51:19.940 --> 00:51:20.539
 to hate it

00:51:20.539 --> 00:51:21.519
 and to detest it

00:51:21.519 --> 00:51:22.960
 but more so

00:51:22.960 --> 00:51:23.440
 than that

00:51:23.440 --> 00:51:24.619
 he gives us

00:51:24.619 --> 00:51:25.679
 the Holy Spirit

00:51:25.679 --> 00:51:26.880
 to deal with it

00:51:26.880 --> 00:51:28.559
 we deal with it

00:51:28.559 --> 00:51:29.940
 by the Holy Spirit

00:51:29.940 --> 00:51:31.180
 we seek to

00:51:31.180 --> 00:51:32.460
 mortify the deeds

00:51:32.460 --> 00:51:33.000
 of the body

00:51:33.000 --> 00:51:34.400
 by the Holy Spirit

00:51:34.400 --> 00:51:35.460
 we seek to put

00:51:35.460 --> 00:51:36.280
 sin to death

00:51:36.280 --> 00:51:37.579
 by the Holy Spirit

00:51:37.579 --> 00:51:39.059
 we rely on the Holy Spirit

00:51:39.059 --> 00:51:40.300
 though we are required

00:51:40.300 --> 00:51:41.099
 to do the killing

00:51:41.099 --> 00:51:43.760
 that's the relationship

00:51:43.760 --> 00:51:44.900
 that Paul

00:51:44.900 --> 00:51:46.200
 has in mind here

00:51:46.200 --> 00:51:46.900
 and in fact

00:51:46.900 --> 00:51:47.940
 that's really no different

00:51:47.940 --> 00:51:49.460
 essentially

00:51:49.460 --> 00:51:51.320
 to what Jesus said

00:51:51.320 --> 00:51:52.640
 in chapter 8

00:51:52.640 --> 00:51:53.160
 of Mark

00:51:53.160 --> 00:51:54.260
 and in the other

00:51:54.260 --> 00:51:55.200
 Gospels as well

00:51:55.200 --> 00:51:56.640
 you know yourselves

00:51:56.639 --> 00:51:57.259
 the definition

00:51:57.259 --> 00:51:57.739
 he gave

00:51:57.739 --> 00:51:59.179
 of following him

00:51:59.179 --> 00:52:01.059
 and what following him

00:52:01.059 --> 00:52:01.980
 actually entailed

00:52:01.980 --> 00:52:03.659
 he called him

00:52:03.659 --> 00:52:04.099
 the crowd

00:52:04.099 --> 00:52:04.980
 and with his disciples

00:52:04.980 --> 00:52:05.679
 he said to them

00:52:05.679 --> 00:52:06.920
 if anyone would

00:52:06.920 --> 00:52:07.819
 come after me

00:52:07.819 --> 00:52:08.440
 that's to say

00:52:08.440 --> 00:52:08.980
 follow me

00:52:08.980 --> 00:52:10.279
 let him deny himself

00:52:10.279 --> 00:52:11.559
 let him take up

00:52:11.559 --> 00:52:12.139
 his cross

00:52:12.139 --> 00:52:13.039
 and follow me

00:52:13.039 --> 00:52:14.239
 for whoever would

00:52:14.239 --> 00:52:15.259
 save his life

00:52:15.259 --> 00:52:16.039
 will lose it

00:52:16.039 --> 00:52:17.179
 whoever loses

00:52:17.179 --> 00:52:18.319
 his life for my sake

00:52:18.319 --> 00:52:19.500
 and the Gospels

00:52:19.500 --> 00:52:20.599
 will save it

00:52:20.599 --> 00:52:21.199
 for what does it

00:52:21.199 --> 00:52:21.779
 profit a man

00:52:21.779 --> 00:52:22.819
 to gain the whole world

00:52:22.819 --> 00:52:23.980
 and forfeit

00:52:23.980 --> 00:52:24.759
 his soul

00:52:24.759 --> 00:52:25.199
 in other words

00:52:25.199 --> 00:52:26.059
 Jesus is saying

00:52:26.059 --> 00:52:28.920
 if you don't

00:52:28.920 --> 00:52:29.619
 give your life

00:52:29.619 --> 00:52:30.699
 over to God

00:52:30.699 --> 00:52:31.940
 and seek to save it

00:52:31.940 --> 00:52:32.519
 some other way

00:52:32.519 --> 00:52:33.639
 you're going to lose it

00:52:33.639 --> 00:52:35.259
 and if you give it

00:52:35.259 --> 00:52:36.079
 over to God

00:52:36.079 --> 00:52:37.380
 for you to be saved

00:52:37.380 --> 00:52:39.460
 then what accompanies

00:52:39.460 --> 00:52:40.360
 that is

00:52:40.360 --> 00:52:41.539
 crucifixion

00:52:41.539 --> 00:52:42.820
 mortification

00:52:42.820 --> 00:52:44.199
 you take up

00:52:44.199 --> 00:52:44.820
 your cross

00:52:44.820 --> 00:52:45.340
 daily

00:52:45.340 --> 00:52:46.880
 and you follow

00:52:46.880 --> 00:52:47.500
 Jesus

00:52:47.500 --> 00:52:53.300
 we didn't make up

00:52:53.300 --> 00:52:54.099
 these terms

00:52:54.099 --> 00:52:55.659
 the church

00:52:55.659 --> 00:52:56.659
 didn't invent them

00:52:56.659 --> 00:52:58.719
 the church

00:52:58.719 --> 00:52:59.559
 didn't discover

00:52:59.559 --> 00:53:00.260
 all of a sudden

00:53:00.260 --> 00:53:01.099
 or invent

00:53:01.099 --> 00:53:02.719
 this kind of ideology

00:53:02.719 --> 00:53:03.360
 that says

00:53:03.360 --> 00:53:03.619
 you know

00:53:03.619 --> 00:53:04.500
 as a Christian

00:53:04.500 --> 00:53:05.519
 we're now saying

00:53:05.519 --> 00:53:06.380
 we're now saying

00:53:06.380 --> 00:53:06.639
 to you

00:53:06.639 --> 00:53:07.619
 you have to actually

00:53:07.619 --> 00:53:08.579
 put sin to death

00:53:08.579 --> 00:53:09.199
 if you really want

00:53:09.199 --> 00:53:09.860
 to be a Christian

00:53:09.860 --> 00:53:10.780
 if you want to

00:53:10.780 --> 00:53:12.900
 enter into eternal life

00:53:12.900 --> 00:53:14.460
 no this is the Lord's teaching

00:53:14.460 --> 00:53:16.619
 the Lord was really saying

00:53:16.619 --> 00:53:17.240
 to the disciples

00:53:17.240 --> 00:53:18.699
 when you see somebody

00:53:18.699 --> 00:53:19.840
 bearing a cross

00:53:19.840 --> 00:53:22.320
 or the horizontal part

00:53:22.320 --> 00:53:22.800
 of a cross

00:53:22.800 --> 00:53:23.599
 as it was often

00:53:23.599 --> 00:53:24.179
 in those days

00:53:24.179 --> 00:53:24.619
 you had to

00:53:24.619 --> 00:53:25.300
 if you were going

00:53:25.300 --> 00:53:25.840
 to be crucified

00:53:25.840 --> 00:53:26.720
 you carried that

00:53:26.720 --> 00:53:27.240
 to the place

00:53:27.240 --> 00:53:28.220
 of your crucifixion

00:53:28.220 --> 00:53:28.960
 and everybody

00:53:28.960 --> 00:53:29.679
 who saw you

00:53:29.679 --> 00:53:30.599
 walking with that

00:53:30.599 --> 00:53:31.679
 on your shoulder

00:53:31.679 --> 00:53:32.860
 were able to say

00:53:32.860 --> 00:53:33.539
 instantly

00:53:33.539 --> 00:53:34.139
 as they saw you

00:53:34.139 --> 00:53:35.059
 that man is going

00:53:35.059 --> 00:53:35.840
 to his death

00:53:35.840 --> 00:53:37.720
 or that woman

00:53:37.720 --> 00:53:38.800
 is going to her death

00:53:38.800 --> 00:53:40.900
 they're going

00:53:40.900 --> 00:53:41.440
 to the cross

00:53:41.440 --> 00:53:41.740
 they're going

00:53:41.740 --> 00:53:42.420
 to be crucified

00:53:42.420 --> 00:53:44.579
 and that's the language

00:53:44.579 --> 00:53:45.579
 Jesus used

00:53:45.579 --> 00:53:47.880
 of the terms

00:53:47.880 --> 00:53:48.300
 he said

00:53:48.300 --> 00:53:49.200
 for discipleship

00:53:49.200 --> 00:53:49.960
 of following him

00:53:49.960 --> 00:53:51.539
 of what it meant

00:53:51.539 --> 00:53:52.820
 to really follow Christ

00:53:52.820 --> 00:53:53.480
 as we should

00:53:53.480 --> 00:53:55.599
 you must take up

00:53:55.599 --> 00:53:56.139
 your cross

00:53:56.139 --> 00:53:56.880
 you must say

00:53:56.880 --> 00:53:57.980
 to the works

00:53:57.980 --> 00:53:58.680
 of the flesh

00:53:58.680 --> 00:53:59.460
 every day

00:53:59.460 --> 00:54:01.500
 I have to crucify you

00:54:01.500 --> 00:54:01.900
 today

00:54:01.900 --> 00:54:04.440
 I have to put you

00:54:04.440 --> 00:54:05.400
 to death today

00:54:05.400 --> 00:54:08.019
 I have to deal

00:54:08.019 --> 00:54:08.400
 with you

00:54:08.400 --> 00:54:08.960
 or else you're

00:54:08.960 --> 00:54:09.740
 going to kill me

00:54:09.739 --> 00:54:12.899
 that's the balance

00:54:12.899 --> 00:54:13.379
 that's what

00:54:13.379 --> 00:54:14.759
 Paul is actually

00:54:14.759 --> 00:54:15.319
 saying here

00:54:15.319 --> 00:54:16.019
 and in fact

00:54:16.019 --> 00:54:16.539
 you remember

00:54:16.539 --> 00:54:18.359
 also how he

00:54:18.359 --> 00:54:19.559
 wrote very similarly

00:54:19.559 --> 00:54:21.739
 to the Galatian church

00:54:21.739 --> 00:54:22.979
 in Galatians

00:54:22.979 --> 00:54:23.819
 where he talks there

00:54:23.819 --> 00:54:25.679
 so much about the law

00:54:25.679 --> 00:54:26.239
 and that we're not

00:54:26.239 --> 00:54:27.259
 saved by the works

00:54:27.259 --> 00:54:27.659
 of the law

00:54:27.659 --> 00:54:28.659
 but by faith

00:54:28.659 --> 00:54:30.299
 in Jesus Christ

00:54:30.299 --> 00:54:32.259
 in Galatians chapter 5

00:54:32.259 --> 00:54:33.659
 he says

00:54:33.659 --> 00:54:34.479
 as follows

00:54:34.479 --> 00:54:35.319
 in verse 24

00:54:35.319 --> 00:54:35.859
 especially

00:54:35.859 --> 00:54:37.119
 those who belong

00:54:37.119 --> 00:54:38.279
 to Christ Jesus

00:54:38.279 --> 00:54:40.259
 have crucified

00:54:40.259 --> 00:54:41.159
 the flesh

00:54:41.159 --> 00:54:42.599
 with its passions

00:54:42.599 --> 00:54:44.279
 and desires

00:54:44.279 --> 00:54:45.559
 if we live

00:54:45.559 --> 00:54:46.199
 by the Spirit

00:54:46.199 --> 00:54:47.359
 let us also walk

00:54:47.359 --> 00:54:48.500
 by the Spirit

00:54:48.500 --> 00:54:49.199
 those who belong

00:54:49.199 --> 00:54:50.039
 to Christ Jesus

00:54:50.039 --> 00:54:51.079
 have crucified

00:54:51.079 --> 00:54:51.659
 the flesh

00:54:51.659 --> 00:54:52.420
 with its passions

00:54:52.420 --> 00:54:53.199
 and desires

00:54:53.199 --> 00:54:54.039
 now there are many

00:54:54.039 --> 00:54:54.739
 Christians that find

00:54:54.739 --> 00:54:55.819
 a problem with that

00:54:55.819 --> 00:54:57.199
 because sometimes

00:54:57.199 --> 00:54:57.839
 you'll find people

00:54:57.839 --> 00:54:58.239
 saying well

00:54:58.239 --> 00:54:59.679
 I don't find myself

00:54:59.679 --> 00:55:00.819
 yet having actually

00:55:00.819 --> 00:55:01.779
 completely put

00:55:01.779 --> 00:55:02.980
 the workings of the flesh

00:55:02.980 --> 00:55:04.019
 and sinned to death

00:55:04.019 --> 00:55:05.159
 so I can't be a Christian

00:55:05.159 --> 00:55:07.000
 that's not what Paul is saying

00:55:07.000 --> 00:55:08.859
 Paul is saying

00:55:08.859 --> 00:55:09.799
 this is something

00:55:09.799 --> 00:55:10.879
 you're engaged in

00:55:10.879 --> 00:55:12.019
 every day

00:55:12.019 --> 00:55:13.279
 something you're engaged in

00:55:13.279 --> 00:55:14.379
 as your life goes on

00:55:14.379 --> 00:55:15.879
 something you're engaged in

00:55:15.879 --> 00:55:16.639
 as you come to know

00:55:16.639 --> 00:55:17.199
 more and more

00:55:17.199 --> 00:55:18.199
 of the truth of God

00:55:18.199 --> 00:55:19.139
 and of fellowship

00:55:19.139 --> 00:55:19.839
 with Christ

00:55:19.839 --> 00:55:21.039
 and your fellow Christians

00:55:21.039 --> 00:55:22.299
 it's something

00:55:22.299 --> 00:55:23.179
 that you're engaged in

00:55:23.179 --> 00:55:24.279
 and you want to be engaged

00:55:24.279 --> 00:55:25.000
 in more and more

00:55:25.000 --> 00:55:25.739
 it's something

00:55:25.739 --> 00:55:26.420
 that you're engaged in

00:55:26.420 --> 00:55:27.219
 the more you find out

00:55:27.219 --> 00:55:27.759
 about sin

00:55:27.759 --> 00:55:28.859
 and what sin is like

00:55:28.859 --> 00:55:29.679
 and what sin is like

00:55:29.679 --> 00:55:30.619
 in God's sight

00:55:30.619 --> 00:55:32.440
 you pray Lord

00:55:32.440 --> 00:55:33.879
 by your Spirit

00:55:33.879 --> 00:55:35.019
 help me today

00:55:35.019 --> 00:55:37.239
 to crucify the flesh

00:55:37.239 --> 00:55:39.400
 to put to death

00:55:39.400 --> 00:55:40.619
 the works of the flesh

00:55:40.619 --> 00:55:42.699
 to deal with this

00:55:42.699 --> 00:55:45.239
 inward motion of my heart

00:55:45.239 --> 00:55:46.219
 even though

00:55:46.219 --> 00:55:48.239
 I am one of yours

00:55:48.239 --> 00:55:49.500
 even though you've saved me

00:55:49.500 --> 00:55:51.360
 or perhaps you might say

00:55:51.360 --> 00:55:52.599
 because you've saved me

00:55:52.599 --> 00:55:54.800
 I need to deal with this

00:55:54.800 --> 00:55:56.759
 I need to live a life

00:55:56.759 --> 00:55:58.380
 that's honoring to you

00:55:58.380 --> 00:56:00.079
 a life that will

00:56:00.079 --> 00:56:01.159
 more and more

00:56:01.159 --> 00:56:01.980
 lead me into

00:56:01.980 --> 00:56:04.300
 the ways of sanctification

00:56:04.300 --> 00:56:05.019
 what he's saying is

00:56:05.019 --> 00:56:05.840
 if you do this

00:56:05.840 --> 00:56:06.680
 you will live

00:56:06.680 --> 00:56:08.460
 if you by the Spirit

00:56:08.460 --> 00:56:09.060
 put to death

00:56:09.060 --> 00:56:09.960
 the deeds of the body

00:56:09.960 --> 00:56:11.600
 you will live

00:56:11.600 --> 00:56:15.140
 and it doesn't just mean

00:56:15.140 --> 00:56:16.080
 that you will live

00:56:16.080 --> 00:56:17.860
 after you've left this world

00:56:17.860 --> 00:56:18.960
 and the life of heaven

00:56:18.960 --> 00:56:20.220
 by no means

00:56:20.220 --> 00:56:21.380
 is that left out of it

00:56:21.380 --> 00:56:22.900
 but it's not confined

00:56:22.900 --> 00:56:23.440
 to that

00:56:23.440 --> 00:56:24.460
 I think the thought

00:56:24.460 --> 00:56:25.360
 of the apostle is

00:56:25.360 --> 00:56:26.500
 if you do this

00:56:26.500 --> 00:56:28.120
 then your ongoing

00:56:28.120 --> 00:56:29.880
 Christian believing life

00:56:29.880 --> 00:56:31.519
 will be life

00:56:31.519 --> 00:56:33.280
 you will have life

00:56:33.280 --> 00:56:34.460
 in terms of

00:56:34.460 --> 00:56:36.679
 all the benefits

00:56:36.679 --> 00:56:37.559
 that God gives

00:56:37.559 --> 00:56:38.239
 to his people

00:56:38.239 --> 00:56:39.940
 the rich and full

00:56:39.940 --> 00:56:41.559
 and satisfying life

00:56:41.559 --> 00:56:43.119
 of fellowship with Christ

00:56:43.119 --> 00:56:45.480
 of the Lord's favor

00:56:45.480 --> 00:56:46.900
 in your soul

00:56:46.900 --> 00:56:48.280
 of comfort from him

00:56:48.280 --> 00:56:48.900
 of assurance

00:56:48.900 --> 00:56:50.039
 of peace

00:56:50.039 --> 00:56:52.039
 of all of these things

00:56:52.039 --> 00:56:53.199
 to do with God's presence

00:56:53.199 --> 00:56:54.559
 and you could add to that

00:56:54.559 --> 00:56:55.179
 all the other things

00:56:55.179 --> 00:56:56.139
 the Bible tells you

00:56:56.139 --> 00:56:57.779
 that's the life

00:56:57.779 --> 00:56:58.639
 that's the rich

00:56:58.639 --> 00:57:00.239
 the full life

00:57:00.239 --> 00:57:02.039
 that we can have

00:57:02.039 --> 00:57:02.699
 and should have

00:57:02.699 --> 00:57:03.480
 in Christ

00:57:03.480 --> 00:57:06.400
 John Owen again

00:57:06.400 --> 00:57:07.119
 if I can quote him

00:57:07.119 --> 00:57:07.799
 puts it this way

00:57:07.799 --> 00:57:10.500
 the vigor

00:57:10.500 --> 00:57:11.879
 and power

00:57:11.879 --> 00:57:13.159
 and comfort

00:57:13.159 --> 00:57:15.440
 of our spiritual life

00:57:15.440 --> 00:57:18.079
 depends on the mortification

00:57:18.079 --> 00:57:19.719
 of the deeds

00:57:19.719 --> 00:57:20.579
 of the flesh

00:57:20.579 --> 00:57:23.819
 that's how he put it

00:57:23.819 --> 00:57:24.679
 the vigor

00:57:24.679 --> 00:57:25.659
 the power

00:57:25.659 --> 00:57:26.599
 and comfort

00:57:26.599 --> 00:57:27.879
 of your spiritual life

00:57:27.879 --> 00:57:29.039
 depends on

00:57:29.039 --> 00:57:30.059
 the mortification

00:57:30.059 --> 00:57:30.879
 of the deeds

00:57:30.879 --> 00:57:31.859
 of the flesh

00:57:31.859 --> 00:57:33.019
 so one of the questions

00:57:33.019 --> 00:57:34.299
 we've got to ask ourselves

00:57:34.299 --> 00:57:35.440
 if we don't have

00:57:35.440 --> 00:57:36.019
 that sense

00:57:36.019 --> 00:57:36.960
 of God's nearness

00:57:36.960 --> 00:57:38.239
 of God's favor

00:57:38.239 --> 00:57:39.179
 of God's comfort

00:57:39.179 --> 00:57:39.940
 in our souls

00:57:39.940 --> 00:57:41.339
 we have to ask ourselves

00:57:41.339 --> 00:57:43.099
 is it in any way possible

00:57:43.099 --> 00:57:43.719
 that it's because

00:57:43.719 --> 00:57:44.699
 I'm not mortifying

00:57:44.699 --> 00:57:45.279
 the flesh

00:57:45.279 --> 00:57:47.719
 is it because

00:57:47.719 --> 00:57:48.460
 I'm not dealing

00:57:48.460 --> 00:57:50.259
 with my sinful

00:57:50.259 --> 00:57:50.819
 appetites

00:57:50.819 --> 00:57:51.779
 the way I should

00:57:51.779 --> 00:57:54.599
 is this

00:57:54.599 --> 00:57:55.420
 the reason

00:57:55.420 --> 00:57:56.420
 I'm not enjoying

00:57:56.420 --> 00:57:57.079
 God

00:57:57.079 --> 00:57:59.559
 the end

00:57:59.559 --> 00:58:00.839
 for which I was created

00:58:00.839 --> 00:58:01.679
 remember that's what

00:58:01.679 --> 00:58:02.599
 the catechism says

00:58:02.599 --> 00:58:03.920
 the very first one

00:58:03.920 --> 00:58:06.420
 what is the chief end

00:58:06.420 --> 00:58:06.920
 of man

00:58:06.920 --> 00:58:08.219
 you could translate that

00:58:08.219 --> 00:58:09.639
 for what reason

00:58:09.639 --> 00:58:10.719
 was man created

00:58:10.719 --> 00:58:11.599
 by God

00:58:11.599 --> 00:58:13.619
 man's chief end

00:58:13.619 --> 00:58:16.019
 is to glorify God

00:58:16.019 --> 00:58:16.920
 yeah

00:58:16.920 --> 00:58:17.940
 but there's more than that

00:58:17.940 --> 00:58:20.980
 and to enjoy him

00:58:20.980 --> 00:58:22.059
 forever

00:58:22.059 --> 00:58:25.320
 and for me to enjoy

00:58:25.320 --> 00:58:26.139
 my God

00:58:26.139 --> 00:58:29.220
 I need to crucify

00:58:29.220 --> 00:58:30.619
 I need to mortify

00:58:30.619 --> 00:58:32.320
 the deeds of the body

00:58:32.320 --> 00:58:34.119
 I cannot expect

00:58:34.119 --> 00:58:34.619
 to have

00:58:34.619 --> 00:58:36.000
 the favor of God

00:58:36.000 --> 00:58:37.380
 enjoyed in my soul

00:58:37.380 --> 00:58:39.579
 if I'm not engaged

00:58:39.579 --> 00:58:39.900
 in

00:58:39.900 --> 00:58:42.000
 what Paul is telling me here

00:58:42.000 --> 00:58:43.700
 putting to death

00:58:43.700 --> 00:58:44.260
 the deeds

00:58:44.260 --> 00:58:45.460
 of the body

00:58:45.460 --> 00:58:46.519
 and if I am

00:58:46.519 --> 00:58:47.139
 doing that

00:58:47.139 --> 00:58:48.460
 I'm assured

00:58:48.460 --> 00:58:49.440
 that I will live

00:58:49.440 --> 00:58:51.460
 I will live

00:58:51.460 --> 00:58:51.920
 because

00:58:51.920 --> 00:58:53.320
 it will be for me

00:58:53.320 --> 00:58:53.980
 part of

00:58:53.980 --> 00:58:55.099
 the process

00:58:55.099 --> 00:58:56.720
 of my sanctification

00:58:56.720 --> 00:58:57.679
 under God

00:58:57.679 --> 00:58:59.240
 under the directorship

00:58:59.240 --> 00:59:00.039
 of the spirit

00:59:00.039 --> 00:59:01.639
 more and more

00:59:01.639 --> 00:59:02.720
 leading me to become

00:59:02.720 --> 00:59:04.840
 like Christ himself

00:59:04.840 --> 00:59:07.360
 two questions

00:59:07.360 --> 00:59:12.820
 are you in Christ

00:59:12.820 --> 00:59:16.940
 are you saved

00:59:16.940 --> 00:59:19.320
 are you under

00:59:19.320 --> 00:59:20.100
 the directorship

00:59:20.100 --> 00:59:21.200
 of the Holy Spirit

00:59:21.200 --> 00:59:23.539
 is your life

00:59:23.539 --> 00:59:24.760
 the way it's always been

00:59:24.760 --> 00:59:25.440
 since you came

00:59:25.440 --> 00:59:26.200
 into the world

00:59:26.200 --> 00:59:28.400
 has it changed

00:59:28.400 --> 00:59:28.940
 at all

00:59:28.940 --> 00:59:31.240
 are you still

00:59:31.240 --> 00:59:32.960
 led by sin

00:59:32.960 --> 00:59:34.840
 even quietly

00:59:34.840 --> 00:59:37.300
 even in a way

00:59:37.300 --> 00:59:37.880
 that perhaps

00:59:37.880 --> 00:59:38.660
 isn't obvious

00:59:38.660 --> 00:59:39.800
 but is known

00:59:39.800 --> 00:59:40.539
 to yourself

00:59:40.539 --> 00:59:42.099
 friend

00:59:42.099 --> 00:59:43.880
 here again

00:59:43.880 --> 00:59:44.559
 God is saying

00:59:44.559 --> 00:59:44.920
 to you

00:59:44.920 --> 00:59:46.659
 to be found

00:59:46.659 --> 00:59:47.340
 in Christ

00:59:47.340 --> 00:59:49.759
 to give your life

00:59:49.759 --> 00:59:50.579
 over to him

00:59:50.579 --> 00:59:52.960
 so that he

00:59:52.960 --> 00:59:53.920
 will take control

00:59:53.920 --> 00:59:55.739
 and give you

00:59:55.739 --> 00:59:56.639
 all that you

00:59:56.639 --> 00:59:57.239
 were designed

00:59:57.239 --> 00:59:57.719
 to have

00:59:57.719 --> 00:59:58.500
 and to enjoy

00:59:58.500 --> 01:00:00.139
 as one of

01:00:00.139 --> 01:00:00.920
 God's creatures

01:00:00.920 --> 01:00:03.619
 second question

01:00:03.619 --> 01:00:04.599
 Christian

01:00:04.599 --> 01:00:06.440
 myself included

01:00:06.440 --> 01:00:07.400
 after all

01:00:07.400 --> 01:00:08.079
 Paul included

01:00:08.079 --> 01:00:08.900
 himself in this

01:00:08.900 --> 01:00:10.880
 we are debtors

01:00:10.880 --> 01:00:12.760
 he didn't exempt

01:00:12.760 --> 01:00:13.480
 himself from

01:00:13.480 --> 01:00:14.420
 what he was saying

01:00:14.420 --> 01:00:15.039
 to the Romans

01:00:15.039 --> 01:00:16.400
 Christian

01:00:16.400 --> 01:00:17.240
 myself

01:00:17.240 --> 01:00:18.680
 are we

01:00:18.680 --> 01:00:19.220
 tonight

01:00:19.220 --> 01:00:20.780
 engaged in

01:00:20.780 --> 01:00:22.119
 killing our sins

01:00:22.119 --> 01:00:22.880
 daily

01:00:22.880 --> 01:00:24.920
 is it our concern

01:00:24.920 --> 01:00:25.940
 to put to death

01:00:25.940 --> 01:00:27.559
 the deeds

01:00:27.559 --> 01:00:28.579
 of the body

01:00:28.579 --> 01:00:30.019
 the workings

01:00:30.019 --> 01:00:31.139
 of the flesh

01:00:31.139 --> 01:00:32.900
 if so

01:00:32.900 --> 01:00:34.180
 we are assured

01:00:34.180 --> 01:00:35.079
 we shall live

01:00:35.079 --> 01:00:37.200
 God will give us

01:00:37.200 --> 01:00:37.740
 his assurance

01:00:37.739 --> 01:00:38.419
 and comfort

01:00:38.419 --> 01:00:39.599
 that we are

01:00:39.599 --> 01:00:40.000
 his

01:00:40.000 --> 01:00:40.859
 that we are

01:00:40.859 --> 01:00:41.339
 his adopted

01:00:41.339 --> 01:00:41.839
 children

01:00:41.839 --> 01:00:43.379
 that we have

01:00:43.379 --> 01:00:43.699
 heaven

01:00:43.699 --> 01:00:44.899
 to expect

01:00:44.899 --> 01:00:46.399
 at the end

01:00:46.399 --> 01:00:47.079
 of our journey

01:00:47.079 --> 01:00:47.979
 let's pray

01:00:47.980 --> 01:00:51.920
 almighty God

01:00:51.920 --> 01:00:52.659
 we thank you

01:00:52.659 --> 01:00:53.820
 for the extensive

01:00:53.820 --> 01:00:54.639
 teaching of your

01:00:54.639 --> 01:00:54.980
 word

01:00:54.980 --> 01:00:56.639
 on the life

01:00:56.639 --> 01:00:57.099
 that you have

01:00:57.099 --> 01:00:57.619
 given to your

01:00:57.619 --> 01:00:58.460
 people to follow

01:00:58.460 --> 01:01:00.260
 and to see

01:01:00.260 --> 01:01:00.880
 through to the

01:01:00.880 --> 01:01:01.320
 end of their

01:01:01.320 --> 01:01:02.019
 course in this

01:01:02.019 --> 01:01:02.420
 life

01:01:02.420 --> 01:01:04.260
 we thank you

01:01:04.260 --> 01:01:04.780
 Lord for your

01:01:04.780 --> 01:01:05.500
 Holy Spirit

01:01:05.500 --> 01:01:07.000
 we thank you

01:01:07.000 --> 01:01:07.559
 for the power

01:01:07.559 --> 01:01:08.139
 of your Holy

01:01:08.139 --> 01:01:08.539
 Spirit

01:01:08.539 --> 01:01:09.980
 power greater

01:01:09.980 --> 01:01:10.559
 than the power

01:01:10.559 --> 01:01:10.980
 of sin

01:01:10.980 --> 01:01:11.559
 itself

01:01:11.559 --> 01:01:13.059
 a power

01:01:13.059 --> 01:01:13.659
 that has brought

01:01:13.659 --> 01:01:14.139
 all things

01:01:14.139 --> 01:01:14.699
 into being

01:01:14.699 --> 01:01:15.280
 that exist

01:01:15.280 --> 01:01:16.760
 in the creation

01:01:16.760 --> 01:01:17.220
 that we are

01:01:17.220 --> 01:01:17.880
 part of

01:01:17.880 --> 01:01:19.180
 a power

01:01:19.180 --> 01:01:19.519
 that has

01:01:19.519 --> 01:01:20.140
 raised us

01:01:20.140 --> 01:01:20.740
 to life

01:01:20.740 --> 01:01:21.740
 from the

01:01:21.740 --> 01:01:22.180
 deadness

01:01:22.180 --> 01:01:22.540
 of our

01:01:22.540 --> 01:01:22.820
 sin

01:01:22.820 --> 01:01:24.300
 a power

01:01:24.300 --> 01:01:24.900
 that enables

01:01:24.900 --> 01:01:25.640
 us to face

01:01:25.640 --> 01:01:26.240
 our sin

01:01:26.240 --> 01:01:27.560
 and to seek

01:01:27.560 --> 01:01:28.160
 Lord to

01:01:28.160 --> 01:01:29.300
 mortify it

01:01:29.300 --> 01:01:29.780
 and put it

01:01:29.780 --> 01:01:30.200
 to death

01:01:30.200 --> 01:01:31.019
 day by day

01:01:31.019 --> 01:01:32.420
 help us

01:01:32.420 --> 01:01:32.800
 we pray

01:01:32.800 --> 01:01:33.480
 to do so

01:01:33.480 --> 01:01:34.720
 help us

01:01:34.720 --> 01:01:35.120
 by your

01:01:35.120 --> 01:01:35.660
 Holy Spirit

01:01:35.660 --> 01:01:36.900
 to follow

01:01:36.900 --> 01:01:37.260
 through

01:01:37.260 --> 01:01:37.620
 with the

01:01:37.620 --> 01:01:37.920
 teaching

01:01:37.920 --> 01:01:38.260
 of your

01:01:38.260 --> 01:01:38.560
 word

01:01:38.560 --> 01:01:38.920
 and these

01:01:38.920 --> 01:01:39.220
 great

01:01:39.220 --> 01:01:39.600
 issues

01:01:39.599 --> 01:01:40.739
 that are

01:01:40.739 --> 01:01:41.119
 so much

01:01:41.119 --> 01:01:41.559
 a part

01:01:41.559 --> 01:01:41.839
 of your

01:01:41.839 --> 01:01:42.219
 people's

01:01:42.219 --> 01:01:42.779
 experience

01:01:42.779 --> 01:01:44.199
 and grant

01:01:44.199 --> 01:01:44.619
 your blessing

01:01:44.619 --> 01:01:45.219
 Lord today

01:01:45.219 --> 01:01:46.199
 to the

01:01:46.199 --> 01:01:46.539
 gospel

01:01:46.539 --> 01:01:47.079
 wherever it

01:01:47.079 --> 01:01:47.380
 has been

01:01:47.380 --> 01:01:47.860
 proclaimed

01:01:47.860 --> 01:01:48.940
 and in

01:01:48.940 --> 01:01:49.259
 our own

01:01:49.259 --> 01:01:49.940
 midst as well

01:01:49.940 --> 01:01:50.400
 we ask

01:01:50.400 --> 01:01:50.759
 that may

01:01:50.759 --> 01:01:51.559
 bear fruit

01:01:51.559 --> 01:01:52.539
 that will

01:01:52.539 --> 01:01:53.000
 be unto

01:01:53.000 --> 01:01:53.860
 eternal

01:01:53.860 --> 01:01:54.380
 life

01:01:54.380 --> 01:01:55.139
 and to

01:01:55.139 --> 01:01:55.619
 the praise

01:01:55.619 --> 01:01:56.159
 and glory

01:01:56.159 --> 01:01:57.019
 of your

01:01:57.019 --> 01:01:57.619
 great name

01:01:57.619 --> 01:01:58.539
 we pray

01:01:58.539 --> 01:01:59.039
 in Jesus

01:01:59.039 --> 01:01:59.440
 name

01:01:59.440 --> 01:02:00.319
 Amen

01:02:00.319 --> 01:02:03.440
 let's sing

01:02:03.440 --> 01:02:04.199
 a conclusion

01:02:04.199 --> 01:02:04.659
 now from

01:02:04.659 --> 01:02:05.880
 Psalm 119

01:02:05.880 --> 01:02:07.819
 page 157

01:02:07.820 --> 01:02:10.039
 to tune

01:02:10.039 --> 01:02:10.600
 before the

01:02:10.600 --> 01:02:10.960
 throne

01:02:10.960 --> 01:02:13.080
 Psalm 119

01:02:13.080 --> 01:02:13.780
 verses 1

01:02:13.780 --> 01:02:14.360
 to 8

01:02:14.360 --> 01:02:16.519
 blessed

01:02:16.519 --> 01:02:17.720
 are those

01:02:17.720 --> 01:02:18.380
 of blameless

01:02:18.380 --> 01:02:18.820
 ways

01:02:18.820 --> 01:02:19.220
 who live

01:02:19.220 --> 01:02:19.600
 according

01:02:19.600 --> 01:02:20.200
 to God's

01:02:20.200 --> 01:02:20.559
 word

01:02:20.559 --> 01:02:21.720
 blessed

01:02:21.720 --> 01:02:22.200
 are those

01:02:22.200 --> 01:02:22.660
 who keep

01:02:22.660 --> 01:02:23.260
 his laws

01:02:23.260 --> 01:02:24.240
 who with

01:02:24.240 --> 01:02:24.680
 their whole

01:02:24.680 --> 01:02:25.039
 heart

01:02:25.039 --> 01:02:25.580
 seek the

01:02:25.580 --> 01:02:25.900
 Lord

01:02:25.900 --> 01:02:26.980
 they keep

01:02:26.980 --> 01:02:27.460
 themselves

01:02:27.460 --> 01:02:28.080
 from doing

01:02:28.080 --> 01:02:28.500
 wrong

01:02:28.500 --> 01:02:29.440
 by walking

01:02:29.440 --> 01:02:29.880
 in his

01:02:29.880 --> 01:02:30.800
 perfect ways

01:02:30.800 --> 01:02:31.800
 you have

01:02:31.800 --> 01:02:32.260
 established

01:02:32.260 --> 01:02:33.100
 laws for

01:02:33.100 --> 01:02:33.460
 us

01:02:33.460 --> 01:02:34.400
 that are

01:02:34.400 --> 01:02:34.880
 to be

01:02:34.880 --> 01:02:35.620
 obeyed

01:02:35.620 --> 01:02:36.780
 always

01:02:36.780 --> 01:02:37.800
 that opening

01:02:37.800 --> 01:02:38.220
 section

01:02:38.220 --> 01:02:38.840
 verses 1

01:02:38.840 --> 01:02:39.300
 to 8

01:02:39.300 --> 01:02:40.320
 to God's

01:02:40.320 --> 01:02:40.700
 praise

01:02:40.699 --> 01:02:41.699
 verse 1

01:02:41.699 --> 01:02:46.239
 blessed

01:02:46.239 --> 01:02:47.980
 are those

01:02:47.980 --> 01:02:49.980
 of blameless

01:02:49.980 --> 01:02:51.419
 ways

01:02:51.419 --> 01:02:52.639
 who live

01:02:52.639 --> 01:02:54.259
 according

01:02:54.259 --> 01:02:56.219
 to God's

01:02:56.219 --> 01:02:57.539
 word

01:02:57.539 --> 01:02:58.639
 blessed

01:02:58.639 --> 01:03:00.639
 are those

01:03:00.639 --> 01:03:02.099
 who leave

01:03:02.099 --> 01:03:03.699
 his laws

01:03:03.699 --> 01:03:05.119
 who with

01:03:05.119 --> 01:03:06.099
 their whole

01:03:06.099 --> 01:03:06.599
 heart

01:03:06.599 --> 01:03:07.719
 seek the

01:03:07.719 --> 01:03:08.699
 Lord

01:03:08.699 --> 01:03:09.699
 Lord

01:03:09.699 --> 01:03:11.799
 they keep

01:03:11.799 --> 01:03:12.699
 themselves

01:03:12.699 --> 01:03:13.699
 from

01:03:14.239 --> 01:03:14.699
 doing

01:03:14.699 --> 01:03:16.599
 wrong

01:03:16.599 --> 01:03:18.339
 by walking

01:03:18.339 --> 01:03:20.480
 in his

01:03:20.480 --> 01:03:22.960
 perfect ways

01:03:22.960 --> 01:03:24.419
 you have

01:03:24.419 --> 01:03:25.419
 established

01:03:25.419 --> 01:03:27.919
 laws for

01:03:27.919 --> 01:03:28.419
 us

01:03:29.059 --> 01:03:30.419
 that are

01:03:30.419 --> 01:03:31.519
 to be

01:03:31.519 --> 01:03:32.919
 obeyed

01:03:32.919 --> 01:03:34.079
 always

01:03:34.079 --> 01:03:36.079
 that

01:03:36.079 --> 01:03:36.539
 are

01:03:36.539 --> 01:03:37.539
 to be

01:03:37.539 --> 01:03:39.019
 obeyed

01:03:39.019 --> 01:03:40.079
 always

01:03:40.079 --> 01:03:41.079
 that

01:03:41.079 --> 01:03:43.079
 are

01:03:43.079 --> 01:03:45.079
 to be

01:03:45.079 --> 01:03:46.079
 obeyed

01:03:46.079 --> 01:03:47.079
 always

01:03:47.079 --> 01:03:48.079
 that

01:03:48.079 --> 01:03:49.079
 are

01:03:49.079 --> 01:03:50.079
 to be

01:03:50.079 --> 01:03:51.079
 obeyed

01:03:51.079 --> 01:03:52.079
 always

01:03:52.079 --> 01:03:54.079
 oh

01:03:54.079 --> 01:03:55.079
 that

01:03:55.079 --> 01:03:56.079
 thy ways

01:03:56.079 --> 01:03:57.079
 were

01:03:57.079 --> 01:03:58.079
 steadfast

01:03:58.079 --> 01:03:59.079
 Lord

01:03:59.079 --> 01:04:01.079
 our

01:04:01.079 --> 01:04:02.079
 commands

01:04:02.079 --> 01:04:03.079
 I

01:04:03.079 --> 01:04:04.079
 would

01:04:04.079 --> 01:04:05.079
 not feel

01:04:05.079 --> 01:04:06.079
 disgrace

01:04:06.079 --> 01:04:07.079
 or shame

01:04:07.079 --> 01:04:08.079
 I

01:04:08.079 --> 01:04:09.079
 praise

01:04:09.079 --> 01:04:10.079
 you

01:04:10.079 --> 01:04:11.079
 with

01:04:11.079 --> 01:04:12.079
 an upright

01:04:12.079 --> 01:04:13.079
 heart

01:04:13.079 --> 01:04:14.079
 as

01:04:14.079 --> 01:04:15.079
 you're

01:04:15.079 --> 01:04:16.079
 just

01:04:16.079 --> 01:04:17.079
 all

01:04:17.079 --> 01:04:18.079
 suffered

01:04:18.079 --> 01:04:19.079
 by me

01:04:19.079 --> 01:04:20.079
 all

01:04:20.079 --> 01:04:21.079
 your

01:04:21.079 --> 01:04:22.079
 defeats

01:04:22.079 --> 01:04:24.079
 I

01:04:24.079 --> 01:04:25.079
 will

01:04:25.079 --> 01:04:26.079
 obey

01:04:26.079 --> 01:04:27.079
 do

01:04:27.079 --> 01:04:28.079
 not

01:04:28.079 --> 01:04:29.079
 forsake

01:04:29.079 --> 01:04:30.079
 me

01:04:30.079 --> 01:04:31.079
 after

01:04:31.079 --> 01:04:32.079
 me

01:04:32.079 --> 01:04:33.079
 do

01:04:33.079 --> 01:04:34.079
 not

01:04:34.079 --> 01:04:35.079
 forsake

01:04:35.079 --> 01:04:36.079
 me

01:04:36.079 --> 01:04:37.079
 after

01:04:37.079 --> 01:04:38.079
 me

01:04:38.079 --> 01:04:39.079
 I'll

01:04:39.079 --> 01:04:40.079
 go to

01:04:40.079 --> 01:04:41.079
 the door

01:04:41.079 --> 01:04:42.079
 to my right

01:04:42.079 --> 01:04:43.079
 this evening

01:04:43.079 --> 01:04:51.079
 now may the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ the love of God the Father and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you now and always

01:04:51.079 --> 01:04:53.079
 Amen