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 Good morning, church family.

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 As Dave said, there's two readings.

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 The first one is from John 3, starting at verse 16,

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 which is so familiar to many of us.

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 So John chapter 3.

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 Starting at verse 16.

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 For God so loved the world that he gave his only son,

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 that whoever believes in him should not perish,

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 but have eternal life.

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 For God did not send his son into the world to condemn the world,

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 but in order that the world might be saved through him.

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 Whoever believes in him is not condemned,

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 but whoever does not believe is condemned already,

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 because he has not believed in the name of the only son of God.

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 And this is the judgment.

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 The light has come into the world,

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 and people loved the darkness rather than the light,

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 because their works were evil.

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 For everyone who does wicked things hates the light

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 and does not come to the light,

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 lest his works should be exposed.

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 But whoever does what is true comes to the light,

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 so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.

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 Now we're going to turn to our second reading,

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 which is in Colossians chapter 1, starting at verse 9.

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 Colossians 1 verse 9.

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 So this letter is Paul's prayer for the Christian believers.

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 And so from the day we heard,

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 we have not ceased to pray for you,

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 asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will

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 in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

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 so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord,

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 fully pleasing to him,

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 bearing fruit in every good work

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 and increasing in the knowledge of God,

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 being strengthened with all power,

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 according to his glorious might,

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 for all endurance and patience with joy,

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 giving thanks to the Father,

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 who has qualified you

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 to sharing the inheritance of the saints in light.

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 He has delivered us from the domain of darkness

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 and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son,

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 in whom we have redemption,

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 the forgiveness of sins.

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 So we're starting a new series today.

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 As we went through Colossians last term,

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 the elders thought there was just some key words,

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 key concepts that just carried this whole weight

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 of Bible truth in them

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 that we didn't have time

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 to pause and just look at these weighty words

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 and understand the depth of them.

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 So we're going to spend four weeks

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 going back into Colossians,

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 kind of using Colossians as a launching point

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 into four key words,

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 all about salvation.

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 So this morning we will look at how bad the problem is.

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 We're looking at the word sin

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 and Colossians talks about the domain of darkness.

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 Can I urge you to listen to the whole series?

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 Today's kind of the bad news.

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 There's good news.

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 Please come next week.

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 If you can't be here,

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 then catch up on the sermons online.

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 But next week we will look at how Jesus saves.

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 We're going to look at the ideas of redemption and forgiveness.

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 Then we're going to look at the effects of salvation,

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 justification and peace,

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 how a legal and relational standing with God is changed.

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 And then finally we're going to look at

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 what living a safe life essentially consists of,

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 being united to Christ and having communion with him.

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 So that's where we're headed.

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 Part of the goal of this series is we need to reclaim back

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 to Bible understanding how our culture uses some of these words.

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 So we use the word redemption as if someone can redeem themselves

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 by their own achievements out of any sense of shame or something.

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 They can redeem themselves if they do.

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 That's not the biblical idea.

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 We need to understand what God says redemption is.

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 Or forgiveness.

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 We talk about forgiveness today as if it's some psychological reason for doing it,

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 that I need to take back control,

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 not let the other person control me any longer.

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 It's almost lost its relational meaning today.

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 Or today's word on sin.

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 Today in our culture people might use it

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 when they buy one of those thick shakes

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 that's just covered in chocolate syrup

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 and 14 Cadbury flakes are just poking out of it every direction

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 and just like a sinful pleasure.

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 Maybe we use it like that.

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 Or the other extreme is if you call any behaviour a sin wrong,

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 you're intolerant.

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 You're bigoted.

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 It's like the only sin is calling something a sin.

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 So we need to understand what sin means

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 because we're lost in our culture today.

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 But these key words of salvation,

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 sin and redemption, forgiveness, justification, peace, union with Christ,

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 they are so crucial to knowing God.

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 They're crucial to understanding people

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 and the brokenness in our world.

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 They are crucial to possessing eternal life ourselves

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 and they're crucial for seeking life for other people.

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 So I hope you look forward to this series

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 and really this series is going to be scratching the surface as well.

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 We're always going deeper in understanding this.

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 Well first I think we need to ask the question

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 salvation from what exactly?

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 You've probably been reading the news

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 and this year is the 20th anniversary of the Bali bombings

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 that killed over 200 people, 88 Australians included.

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 And that's not to mention those who survived

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 and had painful skin grafts

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 and painful physiotherapy

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 and the pain of survivors' guilt.

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 And I was listening to the Triple J hack program

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 and a survivor named Mitch was being interviewed

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 and he was asked how he felt about one of the bombers

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 is, it looks like, about to be released on parole

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 having been rehabilitated.

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 And he was asked has justice been served?

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 He said it made his blood boil.

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 This guy who tore families apart is about to be free.

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 It made his blood boil.

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 He said it wasn't about rehabilitation.

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 He deserves punishment.

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 He even said of other bombers

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 who have been judicially executed for their crimes,

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 he said they got off lightly.

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 Others had to suffer.

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 They didn't have such a swift and humane death.

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 They got off lightly.

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 It's heavy, isn't it?

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 All the talk today of live and let live,

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 of tolerance,

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 as if there's no moral code

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 in the fabric of the universe,

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 but there's still plenty of talk of justice.

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 It isn't just justice ingrained in us as human beings.

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 I've never met anyone who doesn't care about justice.

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 A fair and unfair,

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 being proud and ashamed,

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 right and wrong.

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 We all want good to triumph over evil.

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 Even as a culture today,

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 why else would the Marvel Avengers series be so popular?

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 We want good to triumph.

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 Why do teenagers read thousands of pages of Harry Potter?

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 How do you get a teenager to read that much?

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 Because we want good to triumph over evil.

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 We care about justice.

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 And Christianity has a coherent reason

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 why we care about justice so much.

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 It's because there's a moral character

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 who created this world,

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 who created us in his image to be moral agents.

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 There's that beating heart

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 behind this world.

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 Those Bali bombers

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 will stand before their maker,

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 their moral maker,

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 one day.

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 And they will receive final,

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 eternal,

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 divine justice.

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 The Bible warns,

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 it is a dreadful thing

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 to fall into the hands of the living God.

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 I wouldn't want to be them

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 on that final day of judgment.

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 Now there's more to salvation

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 that we're going to hear about next week

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 and in particular

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 when we look at the idea of redemption.

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 But the Bible talks about

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 the main thing people need salvation from

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 is this eternal,

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 final,

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 divine justice

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 of God,

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 of our maker.

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 So who else?

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 Who else,

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 besides these Bali bombers,

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 is in danger of God's

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 final justice

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 and why?

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 Well,

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 throughout the Bible,

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 both in the Old Testament

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 and the New Testament,

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 the most common word to use

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 to describe the human problem

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 is sin.

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 And remembering that sin

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 is not some indulgent pleasure,

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 nor is it reserved

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 just for the worst criminals.

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 Sin has a meaning

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 along the lines of

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 failing to hit the mark

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 or falling short

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 of the standard.

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 I think we can all

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 easily understand

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 this concept

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 of falling short

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 of the standard.

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 Just think about

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 your own standards

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 for yourself

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 that you've made up.

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 Are you

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 the character,

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 are you the person

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 you want to be?

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 I pause there

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 because I don't think

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 we like to pause

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 and ask that question,

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 do we?

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 It's an uncomfortable

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 question.

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 Our inner lawyer

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 might quickly

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 try and justify

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 ourselves

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 by thinking

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 morality is on

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 a bell curve

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 that,

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 kind of like

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 school grades

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 where there are

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 just the worst

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 of the worst

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 like the Bali bombers

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 down one end

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 and yes,

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 there's a few

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 exceptions.

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 There's some

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 truly altruistic

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 people out there

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 but the majority

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 are shades of grey.

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 We're somewhere

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 in between.

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 As long as we're

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 in that bell curve,

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 we're good people,

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 right?

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 Maybe if we're

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 ahead of most,

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 we should be

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 pretty safe.

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 We're good people,

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 aren't we?

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 But that

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 horizontal comparison

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 isn't justice

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 and we all know it.

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 This one exam

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 at uni,

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 the majority

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 of the class

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 failed the exam

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 and I was one

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 of them

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 and all the

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 students were

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 just fuming

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 at the teacher

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 that he'd set

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 the exam

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 too hard.

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 But he didn't

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 test us on

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 anything that we

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 hadn't covered

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 in the course.

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 The test might

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 have been hard

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 but we just

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 all failed.

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 That's just

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 what happened.

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 We would rather

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 be outraged

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 at the teacher

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 than to admit

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 I failed.

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 I fell short.

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 Comparing

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 ourselves,

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 it doesn't

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 justify as much

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 as we try

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 to make it

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 justify ourselves.

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 God is just.

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 He has one

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 standard for all

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 people.

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 His character

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 is the standard.

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 Don't compare

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 yourself to

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 other people.

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 That is a

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 twisted guide

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 to whether

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 you're a good

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 person or not.

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 When God

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 is our standard,

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 we have a

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 right measure

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 of ourselves,

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 his character.

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 And this isn't

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 some arbitrary

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 standard.

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 When we don't

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 share in God's

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 character,

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 it causes real

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 damage to real

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 people.

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 It causes real

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 damage to the

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 world and animals

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 that we're meant

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 to be taken

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 care of.

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 And it robs

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 God of the

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 honour he

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 deserves.

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 It causes real

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 damage.

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 Just consider

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 our closest

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 relationships.

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 Why are

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 relationships so

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 hard to

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 maintain?

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 Why is

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 trust,

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 full trust,

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 so hard to

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 maintain and

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 it's broken

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 so quickly?

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 Why is full

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 intimacy, even

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 in our closest

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 relationships,

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 so hard to

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 keep?

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 why, if

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 we're all

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 good people?

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 And we

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 also have to

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 take into

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 account,

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 that's just the

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 horizontal

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 relationships,

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 how are we

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 relating to

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 God?

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 Our words and

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 our actions to

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 God, do our

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 lips give him

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 the praise he

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 deserves for his

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 power and his

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 goodness?

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 goodness.

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 When he speaks

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 in his word, do

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 we listen

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 carefully?

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 When we know

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 his commands, do

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 we obey

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 gladly?

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 We've got to

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 consider how we

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 relate to God

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 too.

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 So who else is

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 in danger of

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 divine justice?

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 Here's God's

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 conclusion in

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 Romans 3.

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 All have

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 sinned and

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 fall short of

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 the glory of

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 God, of the

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 character of

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 God.

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 Evil words and

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 evil acts,

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 it's universal.

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 And for

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 those who

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 misunderstand and

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 distort

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 Christianity,

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 they think

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 that the

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 religious remedy

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 is something

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 like how one

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 of my friends,

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 when we say

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 goodbye to

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 each other,

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 I'll see you

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 later, and

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 they respond,

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 make good

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 choices.

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 It's kind of

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 funny, it's a

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 nice way to

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 say goodbye,

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 but some

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 people think

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 that's what

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 Christianity is

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 about, just

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 make good

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 choices, at

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 least try to

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 make good

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 choices, and

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 God will see

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 your good

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 intentions.

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 But to

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 think that

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 God wants

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 us to work

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 harder, to

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 be just more

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 religiously

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 fervent, to

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 make better

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 choices, that

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 ignores God's

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 diagnosis of

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 the problem, of

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 where this evil

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 acts are coming

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 from.

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 If we're going

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 to understand

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 where our

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 evil acts are

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 coming from,

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 we need to

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 understand the

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 cause, and

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 we need God

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 to tell us.

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 We can't

00:15:49.360 --> 00:15:49.899
 just work it

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 out by

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 observing how

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 people behave.

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 We need God

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 to tell us, and

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 he has told us

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 what's going on.

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 When the Lord

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 scans what's

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 happening inside

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 of us as

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 human beings,

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 when he looks

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 at our mind

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 and our heart,

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 and by heart

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 the Bible

00:16:04.420 --> 00:16:05.820
 means the

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 control centre

00:16:06.920 --> 00:16:08.000
 of our being,

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 when the Lord

00:16:11.060 --> 00:16:12.240
 scans us,

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 like a medical

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 scan, the

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 radiation just

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 lights up like

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 a Christmas

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 tree.

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 The sickness

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 is so deep,

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 it has gone

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 even to our

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 heart, our

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 innermost desires

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 and our

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 thoughts.

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 I find

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 Genesis 6,

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 verse 5,

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 in the days of

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 Noah, one of

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 the most sobering

00:16:35.860 --> 00:16:37.420
 descriptions of the

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 human condition.

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 I even just

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 bent my legs

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 because I just

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 felt, it is a

00:16:43.519 --> 00:16:44.279
 weighty verse.

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 The Lord

00:16:46.879 --> 00:16:48.439
 saw that the

00:16:48.439 --> 00:16:49.079
 wickedness of

00:16:49.079 --> 00:16:50.000
 man was great

00:16:50.000 --> 00:16:50.539
 in the earth

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 and that every

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 intention of

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 the thoughts of

00:16:55.099 --> 00:16:56.979
 his heart was

00:16:56.979 --> 00:16:57.939
 only evil

00:16:57.939 --> 00:16:59.799
 continually.

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 Every

00:17:02.099 --> 00:17:04.740
 intention of

00:17:04.740 --> 00:17:05.379
 the thoughts of

00:17:05.380 --> 00:17:07.200
 his heart was

00:17:07.200 --> 00:17:08.220
 only evil

00:17:08.220 --> 00:17:09.600
 continually.

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 We see this

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 in our John

00:17:20.260 --> 00:17:21.400
 3 passage that

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 was read

00:17:21.760 --> 00:17:22.120
 today.

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 So,

00:17:24.660 --> 00:17:25.280
 starting at

00:17:25.280 --> 00:17:25.880
 verse 19,

00:17:26.080 --> 00:17:26.980
 this is God's

00:17:26.980 --> 00:17:27.380
 judgement,

00:17:27.920 --> 00:17:28.960
 the light came

00:17:28.960 --> 00:17:29.460
 into the world,

00:17:29.620 --> 00:17:30.180
 the light,

00:17:30.280 --> 00:17:31.440
 not a light,

00:17:31.620 --> 00:17:32.980
 but the light,

00:17:33.160 --> 00:17:33.760
 the son of

00:17:33.760 --> 00:17:34.360
 God, the

00:17:34.359 --> 00:17:35.219
 spotless,

00:17:36.000 --> 00:17:36.679
 perfect,

00:17:37.500 --> 00:17:38.019
 son of

00:17:38.019 --> 00:17:38.319
 God,

00:17:39.339 --> 00:17:40.519
 who's truly

00:17:40.519 --> 00:17:40.959
 innocent.

00:17:41.219 --> 00:17:41.799
 He came into

00:17:41.799 --> 00:17:42.219
 the world.

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 And we

00:17:43.559 --> 00:17:44.139
 would expect the

00:17:44.139 --> 00:17:45.099
 next bit to

00:17:45.099 --> 00:17:45.679
 say, and

00:17:45.679 --> 00:17:46.359
 people flocked

00:17:46.359 --> 00:17:46.619
 to him.

00:17:47.240 --> 00:17:47.859
 The light

00:17:47.859 --> 00:17:48.759
 came and

00:17:48.759 --> 00:17:49.539
 people came to

00:17:49.539 --> 00:17:49.879
 him for

00:17:49.879 --> 00:17:50.459
 truth.

00:17:50.759 --> 00:17:51.259
 They came to

00:17:51.259 --> 00:17:51.579
 him for

00:17:51.579 --> 00:17:52.019
 forgiveness.

00:17:52.199 --> 00:17:52.639
 They came to

00:17:52.639 --> 00:17:53.039
 him for

00:17:53.039 --> 00:17:53.699
 restored a

00:17:53.699 --> 00:17:54.019
 relationship

00:17:54.019 --> 00:17:54.479
 with God

00:17:54.479 --> 00:17:54.979
 and eternal

00:17:54.979 --> 00:17:55.339
 life.

00:17:55.519 --> 00:17:55.979
 But that's

00:17:55.979 --> 00:17:56.459
 not what the

00:17:56.459 --> 00:17:56.979
 verse says.

00:17:58.000 --> 00:17:58.559
 The light

00:17:58.559 --> 00:18:00.139
 has come into

00:18:00.139 --> 00:18:01.679
 the world and

00:18:01.679 --> 00:18:02.719
 people loved

00:18:02.719 --> 00:18:03.719
 the darkness.

00:18:04.359 --> 00:18:06.039
 loved the

00:18:06.039 --> 00:18:07.159
 darkness rather

00:18:07.159 --> 00:18:07.539
 than the

00:18:07.539 --> 00:18:08.079
 light because

00:18:08.079 --> 00:18:08.599
 their works

00:18:08.599 --> 00:18:09.079
 were evil.

00:18:09.419 --> 00:18:09.919
 For everyone

00:18:09.919 --> 00:18:10.399
 who does

00:18:10.399 --> 00:18:11.059
 wicked things

00:18:11.059 --> 00:18:11.879
 hates the

00:18:11.879 --> 00:18:13.199
 light and

00:18:13.199 --> 00:18:13.579
 does not

00:18:13.579 --> 00:18:14.219
 come to

00:18:14.219 --> 00:18:14.759
 the light

00:18:14.759 --> 00:18:16.259
 lest their

00:18:16.259 --> 00:18:16.819
 works should

00:18:16.819 --> 00:18:17.779
 be exposed.

00:18:19.039 --> 00:18:19.639
 Our very

00:18:19.639 --> 00:18:20.699
 nature is

00:18:20.699 --> 00:18:21.539
 rotten.

00:18:24.659 --> 00:18:25.539
 We love

00:18:25.539 --> 00:18:25.819
 what we

00:18:25.819 --> 00:18:26.339
 should hate

00:18:26.339 --> 00:18:26.699
 and we

00:18:26.699 --> 00:18:27.299
 hate what

00:18:27.299 --> 00:18:27.619
 we should

00:18:27.619 --> 00:18:28.059
 love.

00:18:29.519 --> 00:18:29.740
 Now,

00:18:29.939 --> 00:18:30.659
 when the

00:18:30.659 --> 00:18:31.099
 Bible says

00:18:31.099 --> 00:18:31.939
 that we're

00:18:31.939 --> 00:18:32.219
 kind of

00:18:32.219 --> 00:18:33.019
 rotten even

00:18:33.019 --> 00:18:33.400
 to our

00:18:33.400 --> 00:18:33.680
 heart,

00:18:33.779 --> 00:18:34.240
 it's not

00:18:34.240 --> 00:18:34.720
 saying we're

00:18:34.720 --> 00:18:36.079
 as bad as

00:18:36.079 --> 00:18:36.599
 we possibly

00:18:36.599 --> 00:18:37.119
 could be.

00:18:37.379 --> 00:18:37.940
 There's lots

00:18:37.940 --> 00:18:38.420
 of reasons

00:18:38.420 --> 00:18:39.759
 that we

00:18:39.759 --> 00:18:40.279
 don't follow

00:18:40.279 --> 00:18:41.059
 through with

00:18:41.059 --> 00:18:43.139
 our desires

00:18:43.139 --> 00:18:43.379
 of the

00:18:43.379 --> 00:18:43.720
 heart.

00:18:44.379 --> 00:18:44.960
 We're not

00:18:44.960 --> 00:18:45.519
 as bad as

00:18:45.519 --> 00:18:46.180
 we possibly

00:18:46.180 --> 00:18:46.779
 could be

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 and thank

00:18:47.200 --> 00:18:47.619
 God for

00:18:47.619 --> 00:18:47.940
 that.

00:18:49.779 --> 00:18:51.720
 But if

00:18:51.720 --> 00:18:52.220
 the condition

00:18:52.220 --> 00:18:53.339
 isn't all

00:18:53.339 --> 00:18:53.940
 the way to

00:18:53.940 --> 00:18:54.480
 our heart,

00:18:54.579 --> 00:18:55.119
 then why

00:18:55.119 --> 00:18:57.519
 would things

00:18:57.519 --> 00:18:59.240
 that tempt us

00:18:59.240 --> 00:18:59.819
 to do what

00:18:59.819 --> 00:19:00.359
 we know is

00:19:00.359 --> 00:19:00.619
 wrong,

00:19:00.700 --> 00:19:01.299
 why would we

00:19:01.299 --> 00:19:01.799
 find them

00:19:01.799 --> 00:19:02.299
 tempting?

00:19:02.639 --> 00:19:03.019
 Why would

00:19:03.019 --> 00:19:03.379
 we find

00:19:03.379 --> 00:19:04.419
 them appealing

00:19:04.419 --> 00:19:05.819
 at all and

00:19:05.819 --> 00:19:06.279
 be drawn

00:19:06.279 --> 00:19:06.799
 away by

00:19:06.799 --> 00:19:06.980
 them?

00:19:08.099 --> 00:19:08.559
 If we

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 hated it,

00:19:10.019 --> 00:19:10.419
 even though

00:19:10.419 --> 00:19:10.579
 I know

00:19:10.579 --> 00:19:10.919
 it's wrong,

00:19:11.000 --> 00:19:11.240
 if we

00:19:11.240 --> 00:19:11.819
 hated it,

00:19:12.200 --> 00:19:12.899
 we would

00:19:12.899 --> 00:19:13.759
 despise it

00:19:13.759 --> 00:19:14.960
 and not

00:19:14.960 --> 00:19:15.299
 go anywhere

00:19:15.299 --> 00:19:15.879
 near it.

00:19:16.059 --> 00:19:16.279
 But we're

00:19:16.279 --> 00:19:16.500
 not,

00:19:17.220 --> 00:19:17.700
 or if you're

00:19:17.700 --> 00:19:18.099
 anything like

00:19:18.099 --> 00:19:18.460
 me, we're

00:19:18.460 --> 00:19:19.099
 drawn to

00:19:19.099 --> 00:19:19.259
 it.

00:19:20.599 --> 00:19:21.159
 Why do

00:19:21.159 --> 00:19:21.539
 we find

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 it so

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 tempting

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 and get

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 allured?

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 I've got

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 to admit

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 that something

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 in me loves

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 it.

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 even though

00:19:31.240 --> 00:19:31.460
 I know

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 it's

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 wrong.

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 Something

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 in me

00:19:32.680 --> 00:19:33.160
 loves

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 it.

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 I want

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 to give

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 an example

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 of this

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 and that's

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 always

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 dangerous,

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 but this is

00:19:41.100 --> 00:19:41.539
 just one

00:19:41.539 --> 00:19:42.100
 concrete

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 example to

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 illustrate.

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 Recently,

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 there was

00:19:48.420 --> 00:19:49.279
 this material

00:19:49.279 --> 00:19:50.200
 possession that

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 I was just

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 obsessed with

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 and I

00:19:52.160 --> 00:19:52.660
 wanted it.

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 I really

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 wanted it.

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 Emma thought

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 it was just

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 a bad idea

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 and she

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 kept telling

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 me that.

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 I didn't

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 listen to

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 her.

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 I just

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 wanted it

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 and we

00:20:02.559 --> 00:20:02.959
 went away

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 on holidays

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 even and

00:20:04.119 --> 00:20:04.619
 I was

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 researching

00:20:05.179 --> 00:20:05.779
 about it

00:20:05.779 --> 00:20:08.539
 and it

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 ruined the

00:20:09.019 --> 00:20:09.699
 holiday because

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 I just wanted

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 this thing and

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 I didn't have

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 it and my

00:20:13.500 --> 00:20:14.059
 mind just kept

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 going to it

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 instead of

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 being present

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 and just

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 relaxing.

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 It ruined

00:20:18.019 --> 00:20:18.399
 my holiday.

00:20:19.839 --> 00:20:20.419
 Not to

00:20:20.419 --> 00:20:21.740
 mention whatever

00:20:21.740 --> 00:20:23.119
 non-attention I

00:20:23.119 --> 00:20:23.619
 gave to Emma

00:20:23.619 --> 00:20:24.119
 and Sam,

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 but I was

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 just obsessed.

00:20:27.599 --> 00:20:30.939
 Now,

00:20:31.399 --> 00:20:32.919
 the problem

00:20:32.919 --> 00:20:33.919
 there wasn't

00:20:33.919 --> 00:20:34.159
 just,

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 I couldn't,

00:20:35.459 --> 00:20:35.980
 in my head I

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 was telling

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 myself choose

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 something else,

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 stop thinking

00:20:38.359 --> 00:20:38.699
 about it.

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 That didn't

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 work.

00:20:39.759 --> 00:20:40.039
 Why?

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 Because I

00:20:41.439 --> 00:20:42.019
 think my

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 heart loved

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 it.

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 I found

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 it appealing.

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 I wanted

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 it.

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 I coveted

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 it is the

00:20:46.779 --> 00:20:47.379
 biblical word

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 for it.

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 The condition

00:20:50.419 --> 00:20:51.039
 there was a

00:20:51.039 --> 00:20:52.179
 problem with

00:20:52.179 --> 00:20:53.119
 my love of

00:20:53.119 --> 00:20:53.719
 my heart.

00:20:54.719 --> 00:20:55.500
 I needed

00:20:55.500 --> 00:20:56.059
 to love

00:20:56.059 --> 00:20:56.559
 something else

00:20:56.559 --> 00:20:56.980
 more.

00:20:57.599 --> 00:21:00.799
 Now,

00:21:01.480 --> 00:21:02.079
 that description,

00:21:02.219 --> 00:21:02.639
 do you find

00:21:02.639 --> 00:21:04.259
 that evil?

00:21:04.659 --> 00:21:05.339
 Is evil

00:21:05.339 --> 00:21:05.879
 really the

00:21:05.879 --> 00:21:06.359
 right word

00:21:06.359 --> 00:21:06.879
 for that?

00:21:07.879 --> 00:21:08.439
 Darkness

00:21:08.439 --> 00:21:10.039
 that Colossians

00:21:10.039 --> 00:21:10.299
 uses,

00:21:10.419 --> 00:21:11.079
 the domain

00:21:11.079 --> 00:21:11.859
 of darkness,

00:21:12.359 --> 00:21:13.199
 the rule

00:21:13.199 --> 00:21:14.139
 of something

00:21:14.139 --> 00:21:14.980
 ruling you,

00:21:15.079 --> 00:21:15.639
 domain is

00:21:15.639 --> 00:21:16.359
 about rule,

00:21:16.500 --> 00:21:16.819
 it's about

00:21:16.819 --> 00:21:17.599
 jurisdiction,

00:21:17.919 --> 00:21:18.759
 something like

00:21:18.759 --> 00:21:20.619
 coveting some

00:21:20.619 --> 00:21:21.519
 material possession,

00:21:21.659 --> 00:21:22.459
 is that darkness?

00:21:22.460 --> 00:21:23.620
 compared to

00:21:23.620 --> 00:21:24.460
 Bali bombers,

00:21:26.160 --> 00:21:26.660
 are we going

00:21:26.660 --> 00:21:27.200
 to call that

00:21:27.200 --> 00:21:27.640
 darkness?

00:21:30.039 --> 00:21:30.559
 Well,

00:21:30.600 --> 00:21:30.860
 what is

00:21:30.860 --> 00:21:31.220
 darkness?

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 I think when

00:21:32.920 --> 00:21:33.420
 the Bible talks

00:21:33.420 --> 00:21:33.880
 about darkness,

00:21:34.160 --> 00:21:35.240
 it's not living

00:21:35.240 --> 00:21:36.000
 according to the

00:21:36.000 --> 00:21:36.360
 truth.

00:21:36.660 --> 00:21:37.380
 It's not living

00:21:37.380 --> 00:21:38.279
 in light of the

00:21:38.279 --> 00:21:38.660
 truth.

00:21:39.660 --> 00:21:40.340
 And if we just

00:21:40.340 --> 00:21:41.160
 stick with the

00:21:41.160 --> 00:21:42.000
 coveting example,

00:21:42.000 --> 00:21:42.059
 people,

00:21:43.119 --> 00:21:45.160
 it's totally at

00:21:45.160 --> 00:21:46.380
 odds with

00:21:46.380 --> 00:21:46.900
 reality.

00:21:48.059 --> 00:21:48.980
 It's as if

00:21:48.980 --> 00:21:49.900
 this thing

00:21:49.900 --> 00:21:51.160
 will give me

00:21:51.160 --> 00:21:52.059
 life and

00:21:52.059 --> 00:21:52.920
 security and

00:21:52.920 --> 00:21:53.559
 meaning and

00:21:53.559 --> 00:21:54.000
 value,

00:21:54.079 --> 00:21:54.980
 if I had it,

00:21:55.799 --> 00:21:56.380
 rather than

00:21:56.380 --> 00:21:56.700
 God.

00:21:57.700 --> 00:21:58.539
 The Bible uses

00:21:58.539 --> 00:21:58.900
 the word

00:21:58.900 --> 00:21:59.539
 idolatry.

00:22:00.539 --> 00:22:01.019
 We look to

00:22:01.019 --> 00:22:01.880
 everything else

00:22:01.880 --> 00:22:02.700
 besides God

00:22:02.700 --> 00:22:03.680
 to give us

00:22:03.680 --> 00:22:04.299
 life and

00:22:04.299 --> 00:22:04.640
 blessing.

00:22:05.980 --> 00:22:06.539
 That's just

00:22:06.539 --> 00:22:07.920
 not true.

00:22:08.840 --> 00:22:09.960
 It's not how

00:22:09.960 --> 00:22:10.480
 God created

00:22:10.480 --> 00:22:10.920
 the world.

00:22:12.700 --> 00:22:13.539
 I was

00:22:13.539 --> 00:22:14.380
 obsessing about

00:22:14.380 --> 00:22:15.080
 it as if I

00:22:15.080 --> 00:22:15.640
 could bring it

00:22:15.640 --> 00:22:15.960
 about.

00:22:16.480 --> 00:22:17.000
 That's not

00:22:17.000 --> 00:22:17.279
 true.

00:22:17.700 --> 00:22:18.580
 I'm not in

00:22:18.580 --> 00:22:18.980
 control.

00:22:20.160 --> 00:22:21.059
 God decides

00:22:21.059 --> 00:22:21.900
 what happens.

00:22:22.660 --> 00:22:23.220
 Even that's

00:22:23.220 --> 00:22:23.640
 not true.

00:22:24.420 --> 00:22:25.220
 It's not even

00:22:25.220 --> 00:22:26.140
 true to the

00:22:26.140 --> 00:22:27.100
 level of what

00:22:27.100 --> 00:22:28.039
 life is

00:22:28.039 --> 00:22:28.819
 essentially

00:22:28.819 --> 00:22:30.140
 about.

00:22:30.299 --> 00:22:30.580
 It's not

00:22:30.580 --> 00:22:31.400
 about gain.

00:22:31.400 --> 00:22:33.240
 it's about

00:22:33.240 --> 00:22:33.700
 gift.

00:22:34.259 --> 00:22:34.759
 God created

00:22:34.759 --> 00:22:35.400
 this world as

00:22:35.400 --> 00:22:37.600
 a gift for

00:22:37.600 --> 00:22:38.220
 us to know

00:22:38.220 --> 00:22:38.700
 him at the

00:22:38.700 --> 00:22:38.880
 centre.

00:22:39.780 --> 00:22:41.000
 Do you see

00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:42.380
 how that

00:22:42.380 --> 00:22:43.259
 coveting is

00:22:43.259 --> 00:22:44.100
 in darkness.

00:22:44.380 --> 00:22:44.920
 It is not

00:22:44.920 --> 00:22:45.620
 according to

00:22:45.620 --> 00:22:46.060
 truth.

00:22:47.500 --> 00:22:48.100
 God isn't at

00:22:48.100 --> 00:22:48.480
 the centre.

00:22:51.860 --> 00:22:53.040
 Our heart is

00:22:53.040 --> 00:22:53.860
 ruled by what

00:22:53.860 --> 00:22:54.420
 we think will

00:22:54.420 --> 00:22:55.100
 give us life

00:22:55.100 --> 00:22:56.620
 and if it's

00:22:56.620 --> 00:22:57.240
 anything other

00:22:57.240 --> 00:22:57.780
 than God,

00:22:58.320 --> 00:22:58.900
 then we are

00:22:58.900 --> 00:23:00.000
 ruled by

00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:00.460
 darkness.

00:23:00.900 --> 00:23:01.120
 It is

00:23:01.119 --> 00:23:02.059
 controlling our

00:23:02.059 --> 00:23:02.599
 heart and

00:23:02.599 --> 00:23:03.539
 that's why

00:23:03.539 --> 00:23:04.279
 those evil

00:23:04.279 --> 00:23:05.979
 words and

00:23:05.979 --> 00:23:07.419
 evil choices

00:23:07.419 --> 00:23:09.039
 flow out of

00:23:09.039 --> 00:23:09.539
 that heart.

00:23:14.119 --> 00:23:15.599
 There's another

00:23:15.599 --> 00:23:16.299
 level we can

00:23:16.299 --> 00:23:16.839
 go here.

00:23:17.139 --> 00:23:17.659
 We've got our

00:23:17.659 --> 00:23:19.299
 evil words and

00:23:19.299 --> 00:23:21.599
 behaviour which

00:23:21.599 --> 00:23:22.500
 is flowing out

00:23:22.500 --> 00:23:23.219
 of a heart

00:23:23.219 --> 00:23:25.000
 that isn't

00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:26.000
 looking to

00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:27.159
 God for life

00:23:27.159 --> 00:23:27.659
 or to

00:23:27.659 --> 00:23:28.479
 anything else.

00:23:28.480 --> 00:23:29.480
 sin.

00:23:29.480 --> 00:23:30.319
 There's

00:23:30.319 --> 00:23:30.519
 something

00:23:30.519 --> 00:23:31.160
 fundamental

00:23:31.160 --> 00:23:31.740
 about what

00:23:31.740 --> 00:23:32.400
 sin is.

00:23:32.500 --> 00:23:32.860
 There's a

00:23:32.860 --> 00:23:33.420
 fundamental

00:23:33.420 --> 00:23:36.019
 lie that

00:23:36.019 --> 00:23:36.819
 we have all

00:23:36.819 --> 00:23:37.279
 believed.

00:23:38.880 --> 00:23:39.640
 This lie

00:23:39.640 --> 00:23:40.039
 was at the

00:23:40.039 --> 00:23:40.380
 beginning,

00:23:40.579 --> 00:23:41.099
 the first

00:23:41.099 --> 00:23:42.599
 human beings.

00:23:44.180 --> 00:23:44.700
 It is the

00:23:44.700 --> 00:23:46.440
 lie that you

00:23:46.440 --> 00:23:47.720
 can be like

00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:48.380
 God.

00:23:48.380 --> 00:23:48.420
 God.

00:23:51.480 --> 00:23:52.360
 I'm going to

00:23:52.360 --> 00:23:53.000
 borrow from

00:23:53.000 --> 00:23:54.440
 theologian and

00:23:54.440 --> 00:23:55.340
 author J.I.

00:23:55.420 --> 00:23:55.760
 Packer.

00:23:56.740 --> 00:23:57.320
 Here's how he

00:23:57.320 --> 00:23:58.200
 defines sin.

00:23:58.360 --> 00:23:59.300
 Here's how he

00:23:59.300 --> 00:23:59.900
 defines the

00:23:59.900 --> 00:24:03.020
 root issue of

00:24:03.020 --> 00:24:03.260
 sin.

00:24:04.920 --> 00:24:06.200
 What is the

00:24:06.200 --> 00:24:06.700
 essence of

00:24:06.700 --> 00:24:06.920
 sin?

00:24:08.300 --> 00:24:08.840
 Playing

00:24:08.840 --> 00:24:12.200
 God and as a

00:24:12.200 --> 00:24:13.140
 means to this,

00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:15.220
 refusing to allow

00:24:15.220 --> 00:24:16.340
 the creator to

00:24:16.339 --> 00:24:17.639
 be God as

00:24:17.639 --> 00:24:18.199
 far as you

00:24:18.199 --> 00:24:18.799
 are concerned,

00:24:19.139 --> 00:24:20.240
 living not for

00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:20.859
 him before

00:24:20.859 --> 00:24:22.419
 yourself, loving

00:24:22.419 --> 00:24:23.359
 and serving and

00:24:23.359 --> 00:24:24.419
 pleasing yourself

00:24:24.419 --> 00:24:25.839
 without reference to

00:24:25.839 --> 00:24:26.359
 the creator,

00:24:27.019 --> 00:24:27.839
 trying to be as

00:24:27.839 --> 00:24:28.539
 far as possible

00:24:28.539 --> 00:24:29.399
 independent of

00:24:29.399 --> 00:24:30.599
 him, taking

00:24:30.599 --> 00:24:31.500
 yourself out of

00:24:31.500 --> 00:24:32.019
 his hands,

00:24:32.659 --> 00:24:33.319
 holding him at

00:24:33.319 --> 00:24:33.959
 arm's length,

00:24:34.679 --> 00:24:35.139
 keeping the

00:24:35.139 --> 00:24:36.199
 reins of life in

00:24:36.199 --> 00:24:37.019
 your own hands,

00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:38.939
 acting as if you

00:24:38.939 --> 00:24:39.899
 and your pleasure

00:24:39.899 --> 00:24:41.179
 were the end to

00:24:41.179 --> 00:24:42.179
 which all else,

00:24:42.339 --> 00:24:42.939
 God included,

00:24:43.759 --> 00:24:44.899
 must be made to

00:24:44.899 --> 00:24:45.619
 function as a

00:24:45.619 --> 00:24:46.019
 means.

00:24:46.939 --> 00:24:47.959
 That is the

00:24:47.959 --> 00:24:49.439
 attitude in

00:24:49.439 --> 00:24:50.179
 which sin

00:24:50.179 --> 00:24:51.819
 essentially

00:24:51.819 --> 00:24:52.500
 consists.

00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:55.859
 He's just

00:24:55.859 --> 00:24:56.720
 describing there

00:24:56.720 --> 00:24:59.679
 that lie we've

00:24:59.679 --> 00:25:00.519
 all taken in,

00:25:01.279 --> 00:25:02.220
 that we can be

00:25:02.220 --> 00:25:05.039
 God, that we

00:25:05.039 --> 00:25:06.439
 can control our

00:25:06.439 --> 00:25:07.740
 lives, that we

00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:08.619
 can determine what

00:25:08.619 --> 00:25:09.480
 will bless our

00:25:09.480 --> 00:25:09.939
 lives.

00:25:10.839 --> 00:25:11.980
 It's playing

00:25:11.980 --> 00:25:12.500
 God.

00:25:12.500 --> 00:25:12.559
 God.

00:25:17.440 --> 00:25:18.980
 This idea of

00:25:18.980 --> 00:25:20.220
 being in

00:25:20.220 --> 00:25:21.640
 control, of

00:25:21.640 --> 00:25:22.619
 playing God, I

00:25:22.619 --> 00:25:23.900
 think explains why

00:25:23.900 --> 00:25:25.839
 a very religious

00:25:25.839 --> 00:25:27.519
 person, very

00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:28.500
 religious person,

00:25:29.339 --> 00:25:29.920
 is still

00:25:29.920 --> 00:25:31.519
 fundamentally sick

00:25:31.519 --> 00:25:33.019
 in the heart.

00:25:33.019 --> 00:25:33.119
 God.

00:25:35.119 --> 00:25:36.900
 Because trying to

00:25:36.900 --> 00:25:38.000
 prove yourself to

00:25:38.000 --> 00:25:39.920
 God, for him to

00:25:39.920 --> 00:25:41.039
 approve of you

00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:41.980
 based on what you

00:25:41.980 --> 00:25:43.500
 have done, is

00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:44.220
 really saying to

00:25:44.220 --> 00:25:45.980
 God, you owe me.

00:25:47.180 --> 00:25:48.220
 I jumped through

00:25:48.220 --> 00:25:50.259
 all your hoops, I

00:25:50.259 --> 00:25:52.400
 did the prayers, I

00:25:52.400 --> 00:25:53.779
 did the giving of

00:25:53.779 --> 00:25:55.759
 money, I listened to

00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:58.220
 countless sermons, I

00:25:58.220 --> 00:26:00.059
 did the pilgrimage, I

00:26:00.059 --> 00:26:02.359
 did the meditation, now

00:26:02.359 --> 00:26:03.299
 you owe me.

00:26:04.379 --> 00:26:05.859
 You can't ask any

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 more from me.

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 Give me what I

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 deserve.

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 Can you hear how

00:26:12.879 --> 00:26:14.099
 that is still trying

00:26:14.099 --> 00:26:15.599
 to keep control?

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 It's still seeking

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 blessing outside of

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 God as well.

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 Not seeing God

00:26:22.339 --> 00:26:23.519
 himself as the

00:26:23.519 --> 00:26:25.779
 blessing, but as a

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 means to the

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 blessing.

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 If I do what

00:26:30.020 --> 00:26:30.940
 you tell me to do,

00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:32.220
 God, then you

00:26:32.220 --> 00:26:32.640
 owe me.

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 It's trying to stay

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 in control.

00:26:36.220 --> 00:26:37.000
 The religious

00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:38.560
 attempt at playing

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 God is as much in

00:26:39.820 --> 00:26:40.880
 darkness as someone

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 who just brazenly is

00:26:42.280 --> 00:26:42.880
 self-centred.

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 The difference is

00:26:45.480 --> 00:26:46.420
 you're religiously

00:26:46.420 --> 00:26:47.120
 self-centred.

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 So who is in

00:26:54.440 --> 00:26:55.300
 danger of God's

00:26:55.300 --> 00:26:56.580
 divine justice and

00:26:56.579 --> 00:26:56.960
 why?

00:27:00.639 --> 00:27:02.019
 All who have a

00:27:02.019 --> 00:27:03.279
 sick heart, who

00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:04.480
 think they can

00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:05.859
 play God, stay in

00:27:05.859 --> 00:27:06.720
 control of their

00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:08.839
 lives, who then

00:27:08.839 --> 00:27:10.439
 their heart is

00:27:10.439 --> 00:27:11.679
 driven by

00:27:11.679 --> 00:27:12.720
 idolatry, seeking

00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:14.039
 blessing outside of

00:27:14.039 --> 00:27:14.879
 God rather than

00:27:14.879 --> 00:27:16.000
 seeing God himself

00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:17.039
 as the source of

00:27:17.039 --> 00:27:17.339
 life.

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 And that

00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:20.019
 expressing itself

00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:22.199
 in damaging

00:27:22.199 --> 00:27:23.220
 words and

00:27:23.220 --> 00:27:24.279
 damaging acts.

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 which is me,

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 which is you,

00:27:31.559 --> 00:27:32.539
 according to

00:27:32.539 --> 00:27:32.799
 scripture.

00:27:35.859 --> 00:27:36.639
 We need

00:27:36.639 --> 00:27:37.619
 forgiveness for

00:27:37.619 --> 00:27:38.439
 our wrong words

00:27:38.439 --> 00:27:38.960
 and behaviour,

00:27:39.539 --> 00:27:40.599
 but we also need a

00:27:40.599 --> 00:27:41.379
 heart transplant.

00:27:41.899 --> 00:27:42.539
 We need a

00:27:42.539 --> 00:27:44.220
 fundamental change.

00:27:45.639 --> 00:27:46.480
 A heart not

00:27:46.480 --> 00:27:47.419
 ruled by love of

00:27:47.419 --> 00:27:49.119
 self, but ruled by

00:27:49.119 --> 00:27:49.960
 the love of God.

00:27:49.960 --> 00:27:50.019
 God.

00:27:59.019 --> 00:28:00.160
 Despite all of

00:28:00.160 --> 00:28:00.700
 our evil,

00:28:04.700 --> 00:28:06.340
 John 3.16,

00:28:06.519 --> 00:28:07.700
 for God so

00:28:07.700 --> 00:28:09.960
 loved the

00:28:09.960 --> 00:28:10.240
 world.

00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:17.460
 God so

00:28:17.460 --> 00:28:19.059
 loved the

00:28:19.059 --> 00:28:22.980
 world that he

00:28:22.980 --> 00:28:36.000
 gave his only

00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:39.039
 son, his only

00:28:39.039 --> 00:28:40.460
 son to bear that

00:28:40.460 --> 00:28:42.279
 divine final

00:28:42.279 --> 00:28:45.659
 judgment on

00:28:45.659 --> 00:28:47.720
 himself when he

00:28:47.720 --> 00:28:48.220
 breathed his

00:28:48.220 --> 00:28:49.500
 last breath nailed

00:28:49.500 --> 00:28:50.200
 to that cross.

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 That is

00:28:54.039 --> 00:28:55.759
 extravagant love,

00:28:55.879 --> 00:28:56.279
 is it not?

00:28:57.879 --> 00:28:58.980
 That God would

00:28:58.980 --> 00:28:59.980
 love us so much.

00:28:59.980 --> 00:29:01.860
 God would

00:29:01.860 --> 00:29:02.740
 love us so much.

00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:03.720
 How will you

00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:04.779
 respond to that

00:29:04.779 --> 00:29:06.059
 light, the

00:29:06.059 --> 00:29:06.579
 light?

00:29:09.339 --> 00:29:10.000
 Because it

00:29:10.000 --> 00:29:10.720
 confronts us.

00:29:11.700 --> 00:29:13.019
 It should have two

00:29:13.019 --> 00:29:13.819
 effects on us.

00:29:13.980 --> 00:29:14.940
 I hope it has two

00:29:14.940 --> 00:29:15.700
 effects, not just

00:29:15.700 --> 00:29:16.019
 one.

00:29:17.880 --> 00:29:18.980
 Pastor Tim Keller

00:29:18.980 --> 00:29:21.380
 describes these two

00:29:21.380 --> 00:29:22.180
 effects really well.

00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:24.920
 When you see that

00:29:24.920 --> 00:29:27.460
 God's son died on

00:29:27.460 --> 00:29:28.900
 the cross to save

00:29:28.900 --> 00:29:29.540
 you from God's

00:29:29.540 --> 00:29:30.980
 justice, Tim

00:29:30.980 --> 00:29:31.640
 Keller says this.

00:29:32.680 --> 00:29:34.019
 It tells us, we

00:29:34.019 --> 00:29:35.019
 are more sinful

00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:36.340
 and flawed in

00:29:36.340 --> 00:29:37.580
 ourselves than we

00:29:37.580 --> 00:29:39.080
 ever dare

00:29:39.080 --> 00:29:39.860
 believe.

00:29:41.140 --> 00:29:42.120
 Yet at the very

00:29:42.120 --> 00:29:44.259
 same time, we

00:29:44.259 --> 00:29:45.180
 are more loved

00:29:45.180 --> 00:29:47.240
 and accepted in

00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:48.660
 Jesus Christ than

00:29:48.660 --> 00:29:49.400
 we ever dared

00:29:49.400 --> 00:29:49.800
 hope.

00:29:49.799 --> 00:29:58.259
 God's son's

00:29:58.259 --> 00:29:58.500
 God's son's

00:29:58.500 --> 00:29:58.919
 light.

00:30:00.319 --> 00:30:00.919
 God the

00:30:00.919 --> 00:30:02.019
 father calls you

00:30:02.019 --> 00:30:02.940
 to his son's

00:30:02.940 --> 00:30:03.359
 light.

00:30:05.339 --> 00:30:06.500
 Don't be afraid of

00:30:06.500 --> 00:30:07.279
 your deeds being

00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:07.940
 exposed.

00:30:08.159 --> 00:30:08.680
 You will be

00:30:08.680 --> 00:30:09.139
 exposed.

00:30:09.799 --> 00:30:10.619
 In the light of

00:30:10.619 --> 00:30:11.819
 the cross, we see

00:30:11.819 --> 00:30:12.839
 our sin more

00:30:12.839 --> 00:30:13.259
 clearly.

00:30:13.440 --> 00:30:13.940
 You will be

00:30:13.940 --> 00:30:14.579
 exposed, but you

00:30:14.579 --> 00:30:15.099
 don't need to be

00:30:15.099 --> 00:30:15.720
 afraid of that

00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:16.359
 because the

00:30:16.359 --> 00:30:17.159
 father has poured

00:30:17.159 --> 00:30:18.240
 all the justice

00:30:18.240 --> 00:30:19.019
 on his son.

00:30:20.500 --> 00:30:23.220
 It's not condemnation you'll receive.

00:30:23.359 --> 00:30:24.279
 It's salvation.

00:30:24.880 --> 00:30:29.299
 All he's got left to give you is the love he has for his son.

00:30:32.400 --> 00:30:37.960
 Openly confess your evil behaviour and your heart that loves everything else

00:30:37.960 --> 00:30:46.960
 besides God and come and just rejoice that the Father has poured all his

00:30:46.960 --> 00:30:51.740
 divine justice on his son and not you because he so loved you.

00:30:54.579 --> 00:30:59.720
 If you stay hiding in the darkness, whether religiously or just living

00:30:59.720 --> 00:31:05.680
 a self-centred life, it's not just the Bali bombers who should be terrified

00:31:05.680 --> 00:31:08.500
 at falling into the hands of the living God.

00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:13.279
 Come into the light of the cross.

00:31:13.279 --> 00:31:22.420
 And you'll have all the guilt and shame washed away in the embrace of a

00:31:22.420 --> 00:31:26.619
 father who just wants you to know him as an affectionate father.

00:31:27.440 --> 00:31:28.399
 Come into his light.

00:31:28.400 --> 00:31:41.860
 Can I give you a minute just to do whatever you want in your own minds

00:31:41.860 --> 00:31:45.380
 and hearts, whether that's praising God.

00:31:45.440 --> 00:31:51.380
 If you're a Christian, just praising God afresh for his extravagant love for you

00:31:51.380 --> 00:31:55.200
 or whether you've been convicted by Scripture today.

00:31:55.200 --> 00:31:59.799
 Do whatever you want in your own mind and heart and then I'll pray after a minute.

00:31:59.799 --> 00:31:59.900
 Amen.

00:31:59.900 --> 00:32:00.299
 Amen.

00:32:00.299 --> 00:32:00.400
 Amen.

00:32:00.400 --> 00:32:00.799
 Amen.

00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:00.900
 Amen.

00:32:00.900 --> 00:32:01.900
 Amen.

00:32:01.900 --> 00:32:02.900
 Amen.

00:32:02.900 --> 00:32:03.900
 Amen.

00:32:03.900 --> 00:32:03.960
 Amen.

00:32:03.960 --> 00:32:04.019
 Amen.

00:32:04.019 --> 00:32:04.100
 Amen.

00:32:04.100 --> 00:32:04.160
 Amen.

00:32:04.160 --> 00:32:04.259
 Amen.

00:32:04.259 --> 00:32:04.340
 Amen.

00:32:25.200 --> 00:32:33.700
 Speaker 5

00:32:33.700 --> 00:32:34.819
 shining 7

00:32:42.340 --> 00:32:43.259
 Yea."

00:32:43.340 --> 00:32:44.580
 Amen.

00:32:44.580 --> 00:32:45.600
 Amen.

00:32:45.600 --> 00:32:46.440
 Amen.

00:32:46.440 --> 00:32:47.140
 Amen.

00:32:47.140 --> 00:32:47.580
 Amen.

00:32:47.600 --> 00:32:48.100
 Amen.

00:32:48.100 --> 00:32:49.039
 Amen.

00:32:49.039 --> 00:32:49.840
 Amen.

00:32:49.840 --> 00:32:50.539
 Amen.

00:32:50.539 --> 00:32:51.400
 Amen.

00:32:51.400 --> 00:32:51.900
 Amen.

00:32:51.900 --> 00:32:54.299
 Amen.

00:32:54.299 --> 00:33:16.539
 Father, help each one of us to come to you as we are,

00:33:18.579 --> 00:33:23.819
 to be humbled and exposed by the light of your cross.

00:33:25.299 --> 00:33:33.139
 And then, Lord, I pray that you might fill us each with a profound sense of thankfulness

00:33:33.139 --> 00:33:39.299
 for your pure grace and love that would even give your own son

00:33:39.299 --> 00:33:44.980
 to make us wretches, your sons and daughters.

00:33:46.919 --> 00:33:48.819
 In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.