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 Well, good morning. Let me invite you to take your copy of God's Word and join me in Romans chapter 16.

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! Romans chapter 16.

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 Romans chapter 16. Our text for today is Romans 16 verses 1 through 16 and verses 21 through 24.

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 As we begin to consider chapter 16, we find ourselves coming to the beginning of the end of this glorious letter.

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 I find in myself a bit of joy. It is always nice to complete a large task, and I am anticipating our next study.

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 And I find in myself a bit of sadness, as I have really enjoyed preaching and hearing preached and studying and preparation this wonderful text.

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 I have chose today to lead us in thinking about the first 16 verses of chapter 16 and those additional three verses,

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 four verses, 21, 22, 23, and 24, because they contain all of Paul's concluding remarks concerning Christian people.

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 He has a following warning as well as a doxology at the end, but this is all of that Christian people address found in these verses.

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 These 19 or maybe 20, if my count was wrong there, verses mention 35 people by name,

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 as well as the mention of groups of Christians in households and companions to people mentioned by name.

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 This text is the longest such list in the New Testament, and it begs the question,

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 what do we do with these kinds of verses?

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 Often we read right past them as we're coming to the close or even in the opening sometimes of epistles.

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 What do we do with them when we're given the task of preaching verse by verse through a text of Scripture?

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 When I preach before the reading of the text for the sermon, I say,

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 Beloved, this is God's Word to us, written for His glory and our good.

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 We would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises and obey its commands.

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 I do so as a means of drawing your attention to the weightiness of the task before us

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 and to remind us of what we intend to accomplish together.

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 It's no small deal to open up the Bible together and consider it each Lord's Day.

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 However, we do not see any clearly expressed promises in today's verses.

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 Neither do we see any clearly expressed commands.

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 So what do we do with it?

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 We do believe that this is an inspired text.

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 It has God as its author.

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 However, the inspiration of the Bible does not mean that God didn't use the culture and language and experience and personality of the human author of the text.

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 Today's text is the place that we see this most readily.

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 Paul was a real man, carried along by the Spirit in the writing of this letter to real people.

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 There's a real context in which he's writing.

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 That doesn't minimize the fact that it is God's Word for us today,

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 but it needs to be understood in that light.

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 Paul, in this closing chapter, who we see as giving dictation to a man named Tertius,

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 expresses his affection and the affections of his companions for the Christians in Rome.

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 I love these verses and names that are in these verses.

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 So let's read together.

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 Romans 16, verses 1-16, and then I'll jump to 21-24.

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 But before I do, let me remind you, beloved,

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 that this is God's Word to us,

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 written for His glory and our good.

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 And so we would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises

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 and obey its commands.

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 I'm going to let you know before I read

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 that the way I pronounce all of these names

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 is not the official pronunciation,

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 and you should not quote me.

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 In fact, they're probably wrong the way I pronounce them,

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 but I'm going to do my very best.

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 So here we go.

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 Romans 16, verse 1.

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 I commend to you our sister Phoebe,

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 a servant of the church at Kincrea,

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 that you may welcome her in the Lord in a way worthy of the saints

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 and help her in whatever she may need from you,

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 for she has been a patron of many and of myself as well.

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 Greet Prissa and Akilah,

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 my fellow workers in Christ Jesus,

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 who risked their necks for my life,

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 to whom not only I give thanks,

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 but all the churches of the Gentiles give thanks as well.

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 Greet also the church in their house.

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 Greet my beloved Epinetus,

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 who was the first convert to Christ in Asia.

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 Greet Mary, who has worked hard for you.

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 Greet Andernicus and Junia,

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 my kinsmen and fellow prisoners.

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 They are well known to the apostles,

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 and they were in Christ before me.

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 Greet Ampliatus,

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 my beloved in the Lord.

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 Greet Urbanus,

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 our fellow worker in Christ,

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 and my beloved Stachys.

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 Greet Appelus,

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 yep, not Apples,

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 Appellus,

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 let's try that,

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 who is approved in Christ.

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 Greet those who belong to the family of Aristobulus.

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 Greet my kinsmen,

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 Herodian.

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 Greet those in the Lord

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 who belong to the family of Narcissus.

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 Greet those workers in the Lord,

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 Trephana and Trephosa.

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 Greet the beloved Persis,

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 who has worked hard in the Lord.

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 Greet Rufus,

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 chosen in the Lord,

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 also his mother,

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 who has been a mother to me as well.

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 Greet Asencritus,

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 Phlegon,

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 Hermes,

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 Petrobus,

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 Hermas,

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 and the brothers who are with them.

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 Greet Philologus,

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 perhaps,

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 Julia,

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 Nereus,

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 and his sister,

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 and Olympus,

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 and all the saints who are with them.

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 Greet one another with a holy kiss.

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 All the churches of Christ greet you.

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 Timothy,

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 my fellow worker,

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 greets you.

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 So do Lucius,

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 and Jason,

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 and Sosipater,

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 my kinsmen.

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 I,

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 Tertius,

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 who write this letter,

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 greet you in the Lord.

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 Gaius,

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 who is host to me

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 and to the whole church,

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 greets you.

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 Erastus,

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 the city treasurer,

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 and our brother,

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 Cordus,

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 greet you.

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 Most of these people's names

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 are found only in this place,

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 and we know very little

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 about them.

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 We know Prissa,

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 or Priscilla,

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 and Achilla in verse 3.

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 We read about them in Acts 18,

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 and know that they were tent makers

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 that Paul stayed with

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 in Corinth.

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 They now find themselves

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 in Rome.

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 We can be fairly certain

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 that the Rufus of verse 13

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 is the one mentioned

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 in Mark 15 and verse 21.

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 There it says,

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 and they compelled a passerby,

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 Simon of Cyrene,

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 who was coming in from the country,

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 the father of Alexander and Rufus,

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 to carry his cross.

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 So the one who carried

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 the cross of Christ,

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 it's most probable

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 that this is his son.

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 Otherwise,

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 why would Mark have mentioned

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 him being the father

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 of Alexander and Rufus?

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 Of course,

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 we know the Timothy

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 of verse 21.

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 So Cepater,

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 whose name is also mentioned

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 in verse 21,

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 is likely the Sopater

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 of Acts 20,

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 who meets Paul at Troas

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 after he left Ephesus.

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 If so,

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 he was one of the Bereans

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 who were more noble

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 than those in Thessalonica,

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 who received the word

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 with all eagerness,

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 examining the Scriptures daily

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 to see if these things

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 were so,

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 many of whom believed.

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 That's found in Acts 17.

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 But the rest of these names

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 are unknown elsewhere.

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 So no mention anywhere else

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 in the text.

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 There is some evidence

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 based on the actual names themselves

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 that some of them

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 may have been related to Paul,

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 that some served

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 in a noble's house,

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 that others were slaves,

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 but none of this is sure.

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 It's on some level

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 just some conjecture.

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 What we can be sure of, though,

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 is that Paul loved them.

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 And that's what's so cool

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 about this list of names.

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 These 35 people

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 mentioned by name

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 plus some others

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 who were around them.

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 Paul used expensive

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 writing material

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 to send this tome

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 of theological excellence

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 to the church in Rome,

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 and he spared no expense

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 to take the space

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 to mention

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 these beloved Christians

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 by name.

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 And you might think,

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 well, he had some extra room

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 on the papyrus,

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 so he thought,

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 I might as well

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 greet some others.

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 But they used writing material

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 in this day.

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 He would have been

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 doing them a service

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 to send them

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 extra writing material

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 that he hadn't written on.

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 They could cut it up

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 and use it for something else.

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 It was extremely expensive.

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 And so Paul,

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 by the power of the Spirit,

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 thought it important

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 to take the time

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 to write down

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 these people,

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 for them to be commended

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 and greeted.

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 The Greek word

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 translated greet

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 is a good translation

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 of that word.

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 But it does mean

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 more than just say hi.

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 Somehow we use the term

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 in that way often.

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 It's so much more than that.

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 It carries with it

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 the meaning of

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 welcoming,

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 enfolding,

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 or embracing.

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 And so we can imagine

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 that Paul is saying,

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 give so and so

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 a great hug from me.

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 He is affectionate

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 for these people.

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 Why is it that he is

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 so affectionate?

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 Note what Paul mentions

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 of them.

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 He calls one a sister,

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 others brothers,

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 servants,

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 saints,

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 a patron,

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 fellow workers

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 in the Gospel,

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 the church,

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 the very people

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 that Christ died for,

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 first convert,

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 likely under his ministry,

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 kinsmen,

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 fellow prisoners,

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 beloved,

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 approved in Christ,

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 chosen,

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 and a mother

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 to me.

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 All of these people

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 are dear to Paul

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 because they are all

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 recipients of God's grace

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 and pictures of God's grace

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 as they have supported

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 and labored alongside Paul

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 for the sake

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 of the Gospel.

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 These are

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 Christocentric relationships

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 that Paul

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 is expressing to us here.

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 I think we can most

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 readily draw

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 application from today's text

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 at this point

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 in two ways.

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 He asks,

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 what do we do

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 with a text like this?

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 I think right here,

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 on the forefront,

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 let me give to you,

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 I think,

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 two applications

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 of a text like this.

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 First,

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 we,

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 like Paul,

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 ought to know

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 people

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 by name

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 and not just

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 vaguely know them,

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 right,

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 not be able to just

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 run down a list

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 or point at a person

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 and know their name,

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 but know

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 who they

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 are.

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 Know how God

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 has shown them

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 grace in Christ

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 and how God

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 is using them

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 to love

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 and serve the church

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 and share

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 the Gospel.

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 We should know people

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 and we have a limited

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 capacity for that.

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 We don't have to know

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 all people,

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 but we should

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 know people

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 and I don't think

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 we should think

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 that Paul had

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 some special gift

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 for names

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 as we read

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 a text like this.

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 But he was affectionate

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 towards these people,

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 right?

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 They were in his heart

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 and he wanted

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 the church in Rome

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 to be sure

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 that these people

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 knew

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 that he was thinking

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 about them.

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 We are a part

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 of a family

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 of faith.

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 That church

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 that is invisible,

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 that we can't see,

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 that's spread across

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 the entirety

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 of the world

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 today

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 and throughout

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 time.

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 We couldn't

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 possibly know

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 the names

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 of all those people,

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 but we do have

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 a group.

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 We're gathered

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 together this morning

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 that we could

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 start that work

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 of knowing people

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 and knowing

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 how it is

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 that God

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 has been gracious

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 to them

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 and how it is

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 that they are

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 working by His grace

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 in the world

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 in which they live.

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 This is why

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 Paul encourages

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 greet one another

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 with a holy kiss.

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 It was culturally

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 normative to greet

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 a family member

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 in this day

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 by kissing them

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 on the forehead

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 or the cheek.

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 And the early church

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 had adopted the practice

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 as many of its members

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 were estranged

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 from their families.

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 They had adopted them

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 into the life

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 of the church.

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 They were saying

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 to one another,

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 we are in Christ.

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 Because of our faith

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 in Christ,

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 we are a family.

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 And this practice

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 had become known

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 as a holy kiss.

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 I know he's talking

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 about there.

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 Treat each other

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 as family

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 is what Paul

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 is encouraging here.

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 So don't kiss me

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 on the forehead

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 or the cheek

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 next Sunday.

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 But treat me

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 as family.

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 And there are other ways

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 we do familial things

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 together,

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 are there not?

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 We ought to be

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 thankful for one another

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 and recognize

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 that when we see

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 or think of one another,

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 that we are beholding

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 some measure

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 of God's grace.

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 Consider that

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 as we gather together.

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 A way that we are served

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 when we gather

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 as a church

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 is to look around

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 at people

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 who as far as we know

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 have been saved

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 by the grace

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 and mercy

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 of our God.

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 What a wonderful thing

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 that we face to face

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 can see people

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 and shake hands

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 and give hugs

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 and be reminded

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 that God is saving

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 a people

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 for his glory.

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 Do you want

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 to be encouraged

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 that our God

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 is kind-hearted

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 toward you?

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 I need that encouragement.

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 Pay attention

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 to how gracious

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 he is

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 to his people.

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 Stop for a moment

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 and think that maybe

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 the gospel

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 isn't powerful.

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 Well,

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 think about the way

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 the gospel

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 has been powerful

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 in the life

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 of others.

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 There are manifold

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 examples of that

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 in the life

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 of a local church.

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 So we ought to know

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 people

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 and know how it is

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 that God is working

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 in them

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 and through them.

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 Secondly,

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 we,

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 like Paul,

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 ought to recognize

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 that God

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 is advancing

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 his kingdom

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 through

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 lots

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 of people.

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 Paul the apostle,

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 right?

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 the apostle

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 to the Gentiles

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 is recognizing

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 that this church

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 in Rome

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 is about this work

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 itself,

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 right?

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 And that there are

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 people who are

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 carrying it out

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 by the grace of God.

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 If you are a leader

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 in any measure,

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 this should humble you

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 as a reminder

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 that God

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 doesn't

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 need you.

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 There's a list

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 of people

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 here in Romans 16

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 that God

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 is using,

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 right,

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 on top of

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 the ministry

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 of Paul.

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 It should humble us.

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 God doesn't

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 need us.

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 He's going to

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 accomplish his task

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 with or without

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 us.

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 If you don't

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 know how to fit

00:16:51.419 --> 00:16:52.060
 into the life

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 of a church,

00:16:52.659 --> 00:16:53.180
 you don't feel

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 like you're useful,

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 this should embolden

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 you as a reminder

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 that God

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 uses people

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 of various

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 gifting

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 and means

00:17:00.940 --> 00:17:01.960
 to accomplish

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 his purposes.

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 seemingly

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 insignificant

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 people

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 doing seemingly

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 insignificant

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 things

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 is most

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 normally

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 the way

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 that God

00:17:12.480 --> 00:17:13.140
 brings about

00:17:13.140 --> 00:17:13.779
 his reign

00:17:13.779 --> 00:17:14.559
 in the hearts

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 of his people.

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 It doesn't

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 feel like a big

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 deal

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 week in

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 and week out

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 to gather

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 with the church.

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 I'll say to you

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 honestly,

00:17:23.599 --> 00:17:24.480
 it doesn't feel

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 like a big deal

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 week in

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 and week out

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 to prepare

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 and to

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 preach

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 sermons.

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 I have the

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 stage right now,

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 everything happening

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 in this church

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 in a temporal

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 sense.

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 I'm doing it

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 at the moment

00:17:37.600 --> 00:17:38.320
 and yet

00:17:38.320 --> 00:17:39.620
 I've been doing

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 it for a lot

00:17:40.320 --> 00:17:40.960
 of years.

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 This sermon

00:17:42.560 --> 00:17:44.100
 doesn't feel

00:17:44.100 --> 00:17:44.520
 to me

00:17:44.520 --> 00:17:45.400
 to be significant

00:17:45.400 --> 00:17:46.080
 in any way

00:17:46.080 --> 00:17:46.460
 whatsoever.

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 It's just another

00:17:47.080 --> 00:17:48.120
 sermon in a line

00:17:48.120 --> 00:17:49.040
 of sermons,

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 but we have

00:17:49.560 --> 00:17:50.560
 seen the way

00:17:50.560 --> 00:17:51.280
 God uses

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 seemingly

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 insignificant

00:17:52.720 --> 00:17:53.420
 things to

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 accomplish

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 significant

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 things in

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 the hearts

00:17:56.240 --> 00:17:56.840
 of his people.

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 And so we

00:17:58.140 --> 00:17:58.760
 press on

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 and we do

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 the thing

00:18:00.340 --> 00:18:00.840
 that God

00:18:00.840 --> 00:18:01.260
 has given

00:18:01.259 --> 00:18:02.279
 us

00:18:02.279 --> 00:18:03.839
 to do.

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 So there's

00:18:05.680 --> 00:18:06.440
 this beautiful

00:18:06.440 --> 00:18:06.920
 thing going

00:18:06.920 --> 00:18:07.539
 on that God

00:18:07.539 --> 00:18:08.079
 is building

00:18:08.079 --> 00:18:08.599
 his kingdom

00:18:08.599 --> 00:18:08.940
 and he's

00:18:08.940 --> 00:18:09.539
 doing it

00:18:09.539 --> 00:18:10.900
 with lots

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 and lots

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 and lots

00:18:12.660 --> 00:18:13.000
 of people.

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 We see an

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 example of

00:18:13.980 --> 00:18:14.480
 that here

00:18:14.480 --> 00:18:15.279
 at the

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 beginning

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 of chapter

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 16.

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 I want you

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 to notice

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 and pay

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 special attention

00:18:22.500 --> 00:18:23.000
 to the

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 Christ-centered

00:18:24.140 --> 00:18:24.900
 nature of

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 how Paul

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 speaks

00:18:26.299 --> 00:18:27.799
 about these

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 people.

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 Here are

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 just a

00:18:30.160 --> 00:18:31.120
 handful

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 examples

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 if you

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 look at

00:18:32.460 --> 00:18:32.960
 the text.

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 In verse

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 2,

00:18:34.920 --> 00:18:35.519
 Paul says,

00:18:35.759 --> 00:18:36.779
 welcome her,

00:18:36.920 --> 00:18:37.359
 speaking of

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 Phoebe,

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 in the

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 Lord.

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 As a

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 Christian

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 sister.

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 Verse

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 3,

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 my

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 fellow

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 workers,

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 Prissa and

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 Akilah,

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 in Christ

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 Jesus.

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 Verse

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 5,

00:18:49.519 --> 00:18:49.680
 the

00:18:49.680 --> 00:18:50.720
 first

00:18:50.720 --> 00:18:51.440
 convert

00:18:51.440 --> 00:18:53.140
 to Christ

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 in the area

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 that's now

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 known as

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 Turkey.

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 Verse

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 7,

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 they were

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 in

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 Christ

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 before

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 me.

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 Verse

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 8,

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 my

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 beloved

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 in

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 the

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 Lord.

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 Verse

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 9,

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 my

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 fellow

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 workers

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 in

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 Christ.

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 Verse

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 10,

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 a palace

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 who is

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 approved

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 in

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 Christ.

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 Verse

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 11,

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 greet

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 those

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 in

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 the

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 Lord.

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 Verse

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 12,

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 greet

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 those

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 workers

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 in

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 the

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 Lord.

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 Verse

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 13,

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 Persis

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 who has

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 worked

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 hard

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 in

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 the

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 Lord.

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 Verse

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 14,

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 Rufus

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 chosen

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 in

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 the

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 Lord.

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 So we

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 see this

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 layered

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 up

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 language

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 of

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 Christ

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 sinness

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 as

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 Paul

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 speaks

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 about

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 these

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 people.

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 When

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 we feel

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 deeply

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 the

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 realities

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 of

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 the

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 gospel,

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 we

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 will

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 love

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 God's

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 people.

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 Now

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 I say

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 feel

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 deeply

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 because

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 many

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 of

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 us

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 have

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 a

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 lot

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 of

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 mental

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 knowledge.

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 We

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 can

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 carefully

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 articulate

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 the

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 doctrines

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 of

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 grace.

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 Many

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 of

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 you

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 could

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 have

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 taught

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 us

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 through

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 the

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 book

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 of

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 Romans.

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 I

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 am

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 quite

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 sure.

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 But

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 if

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 these

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 doctrines

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 don't

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 permeate

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 our

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 hearts

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 and

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 inform

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 our

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 every

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 thought

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 and

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 action

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 and

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 emotion,

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 then

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 we

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 have

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 failed

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 to

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 understand

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 them

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 rightly.

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 Jesus

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 tells

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 us,

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 in

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 John

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 13

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 and

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 verse

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 35,

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 by

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 this

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 all

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 people

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 will

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 know

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 you

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 are

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 my

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 disciples.

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 We

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 ought

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 to

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 be

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 really

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 paying

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 attention

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 to

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 what

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 Jesus

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 is

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 saying.

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 By

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 this

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 thing

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 I'm

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 about

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 to

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 tell

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 you,

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 all

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 people

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 will

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 know

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 you

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 are

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 my

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 disciples.

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 If

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 you

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 can

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 articulate

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 the

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 doctrines

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 of

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 grace,

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 it's

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 not

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 what

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 follows

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 that

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 statement.

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 It's

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 not

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 what

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 he

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 says.

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 I'm

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 not

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 saying

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 it's

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 not

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 important,

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 for

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 one

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 another.

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 So all

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 of that

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 doctrine

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 that is

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 so

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 incredibly

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 important

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 should

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 be

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 leading

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 us

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 to

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 this

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 place.

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 And I

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 love

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 chapter

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 16

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 because

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 Paul

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 expresses

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 this

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 great

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 affection

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 and

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 love

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 for

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 the

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 church

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 and

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 then

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 it

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 ends

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 with

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 the

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 doxology,

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 his

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 praise

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 of

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 God.

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 It's

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 where

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 all

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 of it

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 should

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 lead.

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 Recall

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 that Paul

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 spent

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 the first

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 11

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 chapters

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 of this

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 letter

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 carefully

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 outlining

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 how it

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 is that

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 we are

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 accepted

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 by

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 God.

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 We are

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 justified

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 by grace

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 alone

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 through

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 faith

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 alone

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 in the

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 person

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 and

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 work

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 of

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 alone.

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 And now

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 having been

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 accepted

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 by God

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 what a

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 life of

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 faith

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 looks like

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 and what

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 the

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 doctrine

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 of

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 justification

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 means

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 for the

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 nations.

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 That's

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 where we

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 end

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 chapter

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 11.

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 The

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 beginning

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 in

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 chapter

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 12

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 he gives

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 specific

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 application

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 with a

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 particular

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 emphasis

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 on

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 Christian

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 love.

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 He

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 makes

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 statements

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 like

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 Romans

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 13

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 verse

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 8

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 no

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 one

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 anything

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 except

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 to

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 love

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 each

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 other

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 for

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 the

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 one

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 who

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 loves

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 another

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 has

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 fulfilled

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 the law.

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 I

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 love

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 these

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 verses

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 chapter

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 16

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 and

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 names

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 therein

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 because

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 Paul

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 is not

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 just

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 telling

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 us

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 how

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 we

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 ought

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 to

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 feel

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 toward

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 one

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 another

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 but

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 he

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 is

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 modeling

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 it

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 for

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 us.

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 Here

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 he's

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 not

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 just

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 saying

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 you

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 ought

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 to

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 love

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 others

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 he's

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 actually

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 showing

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 us

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 that

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 he

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 loves

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 others.

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 It's

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 so

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 good

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 to see

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 it

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 on

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 display

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 in

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 this

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 way.

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 All

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 of

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 the

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 things

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 that

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 Paul

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 is

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 taught

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 in

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 this

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 letter

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 lead

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 him

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 to

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 these

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 affections

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 and

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 ought

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 to

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 do

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 the

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 very

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 same

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 for

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 us.

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 So

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 I

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 want

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 to do

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 something

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 a bit

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 different

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 at this

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 point.

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 If you're

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 interested

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 I would

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 encourage

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 you to

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 read

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 some

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 of

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 it.

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 There's

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 some

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 good

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 guesses

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 about

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 who

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 these

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 people

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 actually

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 were.

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 The

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 character

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 of each

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 of them

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 is

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 pretty

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 plain.

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 You can

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 read

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 through

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 there

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 and

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 see

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 the

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 way

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 Paul

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 is

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 showing

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 us.

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 These

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 are

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 people

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 worth

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 emulating

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 for what

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 we can

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 know

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 about

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 them.

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 We

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 could

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 spend

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 some

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 time

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 talking

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 about

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 Phoebe

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 and

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 the

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 nature

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 of

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 what

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 Paul

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 means

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 and

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 calling

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 her

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 a

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 servant

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 of

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 the

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 church.

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 But I

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 think

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 that's

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 best

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 for

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 another

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 time.

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 I

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 have

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 given

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 to

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 you

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 the

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 application.

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 First

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 we

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 ought

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 to

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 know

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 God's

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 people

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 by name

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 and be

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 thankful

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 God's

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 grace.

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 And

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 secondly

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 we

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 ought

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 to

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 recognize

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 that

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 God

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 uses

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 people

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 many

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 of

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 them

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 for

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 the

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 advance

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 of

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 his

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 kingdom.

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 So

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 what

00:23:39.279 --> 00:23:39.359
 are

00:23:39.359 --> 00:23:39.480
 we

00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:39.639
 to

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 do

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 with

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 the

00:23:41.279 --> 00:23:41.439
 rest

00:23:41.439 --> 00:23:41.559
 of

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 our

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 time?

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 I

00:23:44.259 --> 00:23:44.359
 think

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 we

00:23:44.459 --> 00:23:44.579
 could

00:23:44.579 --> 00:23:44.819
 stop

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 at

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 that

00:23:45.059 --> 00:23:45.299
 point.

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 I

00:23:45.459 --> 00:23:45.579
 think

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 the

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 text

00:23:46.139 --> 00:23:46.480
 has

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 been

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 lead

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 us

00:23:49.000 --> 00:23:49.339
 through

00:23:49.339 --> 00:23:50.259
 a

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 reading

00:23:50.559 --> 00:23:50.740
 of

00:23:50.740 --> 00:23:51.079
 Paul's

00:23:51.079 --> 00:23:51.319
 letter

00:23:51.319 --> 00:23:52.099
 to

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 the

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 Romans.

00:23:52.779 --> 00:23:52.899
 I

00:23:52.899 --> 00:23:53.000
 have

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 made

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 this

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 case

00:23:53.659 --> 00:23:53.819
 that

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 this

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 is

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 his

00:23:54.679 --> 00:23:55.299
 conclusion

00:23:55.299 --> 00:23:55.839
 how

00:23:55.839 --> 00:23:56.000
 did

00:23:56.000 --> 00:23:56.119
 he

00:23:56.119 --> 00:23:56.399
 get

00:23:56.399 --> 00:23:56.839
 here

00:23:56.839 --> 00:23:58.200
 doctrinally?

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 As

00:23:59.319 --> 00:23:59.480
 we

00:23:59.480 --> 00:23:59.899
 prepare

00:23:59.899 --> 00:24:00.359
 ourselves

00:24:00.359 --> 00:24:00.599
 to

00:24:00.599 --> 00:24:00.879
 finish

00:24:00.879 --> 00:24:01.099
 our

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 study

00:24:01.500 --> 00:24:02.079
 of

00:24:02.079 --> 00:24:02.319
 Romans

00:24:02.319 --> 00:24:02.460
 in

00:24:02.460 --> 00:24:02.599
 the

00:24:02.599 --> 00:24:02.879
 coming

00:24:02.879 --> 00:24:03.319
 weeks

00:24:03.319 --> 00:24:03.519
 let's

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 be

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 reminded

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 of

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 the

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 glories

00:24:05.359 --> 00:24:06.419
 that

00:24:06.419 --> 00:24:06.559
 it

00:24:06.559 --> 00:24:07.200
 contains.

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 Let's

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 consider

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 what

00:24:09.240 --> 00:24:09.579
 Paul

00:24:09.579 --> 00:24:12.119
 lays

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 out

00:24:12.639 --> 00:24:13.000
 that

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 builds

00:24:13.399 --> 00:24:13.619
 the

00:24:13.619 --> 00:24:14.299
 foundation

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 for

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 his

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 affectionate

00:24:16.019 --> 00:24:17.200
 closing

00:24:17.200 --> 00:24:17.819
 words.

00:24:19.099 --> 00:24:19.339
 Now

00:24:19.339 --> 00:24:19.639
 to read

00:24:19.639 --> 00:24:19.799
 this

00:24:19.799 --> 00:24:20.000
 letter

00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:20.200
 in

00:24:20.200 --> 00:24:20.359
 its

00:24:20.359 --> 00:24:20.859
 entirety

00:24:20.859 --> 00:24:21.559
 would

00:24:21.559 --> 00:24:21.879
 take

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 about

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 an

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 hour

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 and

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 we're

00:24:23.339 --> 00:24:23.559
 not

00:24:23.559 --> 00:24:23.680
 going

00:24:23.680 --> 00:24:23.759
 to

00:24:23.759 --> 00:24:23.879
 do

00:24:23.879 --> 00:24:24.200
 that.

00:24:25.299 --> 00:24:25.940
 So I

00:24:25.940 --> 00:24:26.099
 have

00:24:26.099 --> 00:24:26.839
 abridged

00:24:26.839 --> 00:24:27.000
 it

00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:27.659
 for our

00:24:27.659 --> 00:24:28.579
 remaining

00:24:28.579 --> 00:24:28.940
 time.

00:24:29.039 --> 00:24:29.099
 I

00:24:29.099 --> 00:24:29.299
 made

00:24:29.299 --> 00:24:29.779
 choices.

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 Don't

00:24:30.879 --> 00:24:31.200
 be mad

00:24:31.200 --> 00:24:31.379
 at me

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 about

00:24:31.559 --> 00:24:31.740
 my

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 choices.

00:24:32.639 --> 00:24:32.919
 Please

00:24:32.919 --> 00:24:33.079
 don't

00:24:33.079 --> 00:24:33.240
 come

00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:33.559
 ask me

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 why I

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 left

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 one

00:24:34.259 --> 00:24:34.440
 thing

00:24:34.440 --> 00:24:34.700
 out

00:24:34.700 --> 00:24:35.039
 and not

00:24:35.039 --> 00:24:35.319
 another.

00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:36.379
 I

00:24:36.379 --> 00:24:36.639
 did the

00:24:36.639 --> 00:24:36.980
 best I

00:24:36.980 --> 00:24:37.299
 could

00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:37.879
 to

00:24:37.879 --> 00:24:38.579
 work

00:24:38.579 --> 00:24:38.759
 through

00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:38.940
 the

00:24:38.940 --> 00:24:39.159
 letter

00:24:39.159 --> 00:24:39.700
 and give

00:24:39.700 --> 00:24:39.919
 the

00:24:39.919 --> 00:24:40.240
 summary

00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:40.639
 of it.

00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:40.940
 You'll

00:24:40.940 --> 00:24:41.279
 find

00:24:41.279 --> 00:24:41.859
 there

00:24:41.859 --> 00:24:41.960
 will

00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:42.099
 be

00:24:42.099 --> 00:24:42.379
 full

00:24:42.379 --> 00:24:42.779
 chapters

00:24:42.779 --> 00:24:43.099
 read

00:24:43.099 --> 00:24:43.419
 because

00:24:43.419 --> 00:24:43.680
 I

00:24:43.680 --> 00:24:44.039
 can't

00:24:44.039 --> 00:24:44.460
 not

00:24:44.460 --> 00:24:44.779
 read

00:24:44.779 --> 00:24:44.940
 some

00:24:44.940 --> 00:24:45.019
 of

00:24:45.019 --> 00:24:45.139
 these

00:24:45.139 --> 00:24:45.639
 chapters

00:24:45.639 --> 00:24:45.639


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 together

00:24:46.039 --> 00:24:46.619
 and

00:24:46.619 --> 00:24:46.799
 some

00:24:46.799 --> 00:24:47.139
 things

00:24:47.139 --> 00:24:47.599
 that

00:24:47.599 --> 00:24:47.700
 will

00:24:47.700 --> 00:24:47.980
 definitely

00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:48.200
 be

00:24:48.200 --> 00:24:48.660
 bounced

00:24:48.660 --> 00:24:49.779
 across.

00:24:49.960 --> 00:24:50.460
 But my

00:24:50.460 --> 00:24:50.819
 hope,

00:24:50.980 --> 00:24:51.900
 my prayer

00:24:51.900 --> 00:24:52.400
 for us

00:24:52.400 --> 00:24:52.819
 this morning

00:24:52.819 --> 00:24:53.180
 is that

00:24:53.180 --> 00:24:53.600
 we'll see

00:24:53.600 --> 00:24:54.100
 the beauty

00:24:54.100 --> 00:24:54.400
 of all

00:24:54.400 --> 00:24:54.580
 this

00:24:54.580 --> 00:24:54.920
 doctrine

00:24:54.920 --> 00:24:55.160
 and

00:24:55.160 --> 00:24:55.580
 where

00:24:55.580 --> 00:24:56.299
 it

00:24:56.299 --> 00:24:57.440
 leads

00:24:57.440 --> 00:24:57.779
 us.

00:24:58.580 --> 00:24:58.960
 So I'm

00:24:58.960 --> 00:24:59.100
 going to

00:24:59.100 --> 00:24:59.559
 begin

00:24:59.559 --> 00:25:00.559
 in chapter

00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:00.980
 1 and

00:25:00.980 --> 00:25:01.519
 verse 1.

00:25:01.779 --> 00:25:02.080
 So if you'll

00:25:02.080 --> 00:25:02.400
 join me

00:25:02.400 --> 00:25:02.620
 there,

00:25:02.720 --> 00:25:03.180
 chapter 1

00:25:03.180 --> 00:25:03.539
 and verse

00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:04.080
 1.

00:25:04.079 --> 00:25:06.379
 and I'm

00:25:06.379 --> 00:25:06.579
 going to

00:25:06.579 --> 00:25:07.139
 conclude

00:25:07.139 --> 00:25:08.259
 at chapter

00:25:08.259 --> 00:25:09.240
 15 and

00:25:09.240 --> 00:25:10.720
 verse 9

00:25:10.720 --> 00:25:11.199
 and I

00:25:11.199 --> 00:25:11.759
 will give

00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:11.859
 you

00:25:11.859 --> 00:25:12.299
 instruction

00:25:12.299 --> 00:25:12.679
 as I

00:25:12.679 --> 00:25:12.980
 proceed.

00:25:13.059 --> 00:25:13.240
 So be

00:25:13.240 --> 00:25:13.619
 ready to

00:25:13.619 --> 00:25:14.339
 jump and

00:25:14.339 --> 00:25:14.839
 skip with

00:25:14.839 --> 00:25:15.439
 me as

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 we move

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 through

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 this.

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 Romans

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 chapter

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 1 and

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 verse 1.

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 Paul,

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 a servant

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 of Christ

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 Jesus,

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 called to

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 be an

00:25:29.899 --> 00:25:30.240
 apostle,

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 set apart

00:25:31.539 --> 00:25:31.859
 for the

00:25:31.859 --> 00:25:32.359
 gospel of

00:25:32.359 --> 00:25:32.659
 God,

00:25:32.899 --> 00:25:33.279
 which he

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 promised

00:25:33.720 --> 00:25:34.319
 beforehand

00:25:34.319 --> 00:25:34.839
 through his

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 prophets

00:25:35.319 --> 00:25:35.620
 and the

00:25:35.620 --> 00:25:35.839
 holy

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 scriptures,

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 concerning

00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:38.180
 his son

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 who was

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 descended

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 from David

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 according to

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 the flesh

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 and was

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 declared to

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 be the

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 son of

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 God

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 in power

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 according

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 to the

00:25:44.559 --> 00:25:44.819
 spirit

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 of

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 holiness

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 by his

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 resurrection

00:25:46.400 --> 00:25:47.019
 from the

00:25:47.019 --> 00:25:47.339
 dead,

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 Jesus

00:25:48.120 --> 00:25:48.779
 Christ,

00:25:49.180 --> 00:25:49.460
 our

00:25:49.460 --> 00:25:49.839
 Lord,

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 through

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 whom we

00:25:51.259 --> 00:25:51.380
 have

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 received

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 grace

00:25:52.140 --> 00:25:52.299
 and

00:25:52.299 --> 00:25:52.860
 apostleship

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 to bring

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 about

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 the

00:25:53.640 --> 00:25:54.140
 obedience

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 of

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 faith

00:25:55.160 --> 00:25:55.980
 for the

00:25:55.980 --> 00:25:56.220
 sake

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 of his

00:25:56.500 --> 00:25:56.819
 name

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 among

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 all

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 the

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 nations,

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 including

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 you who

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 were called

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 to belong

00:26:00.420 --> 00:26:01.019
 to Jesus

00:26:01.019 --> 00:26:01.539
 Christ.

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 To all

00:26:02.839 --> 00:26:03.279
 those in

00:26:03.279 --> 00:26:03.599
 Rome,

00:26:03.799 --> 00:26:04.220
 who are

00:26:04.220 --> 00:26:04.700
 loved by

00:26:04.700 --> 00:26:04.980
 God

00:26:04.980 --> 00:26:05.399
 and called

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 to be

00:26:05.660 --> 00:26:06.039
 saints,

00:26:06.220 --> 00:26:06.700
 grace to

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 you and

00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:07.519
 peace from

00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:07.879
 God our

00:26:07.879 --> 00:26:08.899
 Father and

00:26:08.899 --> 00:26:09.339
 the Lord

00:26:09.339 --> 00:26:09.720
 Jesus

00:26:09.720 --> 00:26:10.220
 Christ.

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 First,

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 I thank my

00:26:12.379 --> 00:26:12.799
 God through

00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:13.359
 Jesus Christ

00:26:13.359 --> 00:26:13.879
 for all of

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 you,

00:26:14.319 --> 00:26:14.759
 because your

00:26:14.759 --> 00:26:15.259
 faith is

00:26:15.259 --> 00:26:15.920
 proclaimed in

00:26:15.920 --> 00:26:16.339
 all the

00:26:16.339 --> 00:26:16.700
 world.

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 For God is

00:26:17.899 --> 00:26:18.379
 my witness,

00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:19.019
 whom I serve

00:26:19.019 --> 00:26:19.299
 with my

00:26:19.299 --> 00:26:19.940
 spirit in

00:26:19.940 --> 00:26:20.399
 the gospel

00:26:20.399 --> 00:26:20.779
 of his

00:26:20.779 --> 00:26:21.059
 Son,

00:26:21.500 --> 00:26:21.920
 that without

00:26:21.920 --> 00:26:22.660
 ceasing I

00:26:22.660 --> 00:26:23.200
 mention you

00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:23.759
 always in

00:26:23.759 --> 00:26:24.339
 my prayers,

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:25.500
 asking that

00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:26.279
 somehow by

00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:26.799
 God's will

00:26:26.799 --> 00:26:27.319
 I may now

00:26:27.319 --> 00:26:27.839
 at last

00:26:27.839 --> 00:26:28.619
 succeed in

00:26:28.619 --> 00:26:29.079
 coming to

00:26:29.079 --> 00:26:29.339
 you.

00:26:29.979 --> 00:26:30.579
 For I

00:26:30.579 --> 00:26:31.179
 long to

00:26:31.179 --> 00:26:31.619
 see you,

00:26:31.899 --> 00:26:32.179
 that I

00:26:32.179 --> 00:26:32.659
 may impart

00:26:32.659 --> 00:26:33.099
 to you some

00:26:33.099 --> 00:26:34.139
 spiritual gift

00:26:34.139 --> 00:26:34.759
 to strengthen

00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:35.079
 you,

00:26:35.319 --> 00:26:35.659
 that is,

00:26:35.679 --> 00:26:35.899
 that we

00:26:35.899 --> 00:26:36.239
 may be

00:26:36.239 --> 00:26:36.659
 mutually

00:26:36.659 --> 00:26:37.519
 encouraged by

00:26:37.519 --> 00:26:38.000
 each other's

00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:38.379
 faith,

00:26:38.699 --> 00:26:39.319
 both yours

00:26:39.319 --> 00:26:40.219
 and mine.

00:26:41.019 --> 00:26:41.639
 I do not

00:26:41.639 --> 00:26:42.000
 want you to

00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:42.359
 be unaware,

00:26:42.579 --> 00:26:42.779
 brothers,

00:26:42.879 --> 00:26:43.219
 that I have

00:26:43.219 --> 00:26:43.959
 often intended

00:26:43.959 --> 00:26:44.539
 to come to

00:26:44.539 --> 00:26:44.799
 you,

00:26:45.039 --> 00:26:45.719
 but thus far

00:26:45.719 --> 00:26:45.939
 have been

00:26:45.939 --> 00:26:46.339
 prevented,

00:26:46.979 --> 00:26:47.479
 in order that

00:26:47.479 --> 00:26:48.099
 I may reap

00:26:48.099 --> 00:26:48.679
 some harvest

00:26:48.679 --> 00:26:49.399
 among you as

00:26:49.399 --> 00:26:50.119
 well as among

00:26:50.119 --> 00:26:51.099
 the rest of

00:26:51.099 --> 00:26:51.779
 the Gentiles.

00:26:52.659 --> 00:26:53.339
 I am under

00:26:53.339 --> 00:26:54.219
 obligation both

00:26:54.219 --> 00:26:54.719
 to Greeks

00:26:54.719 --> 00:26:55.159
 and to

00:26:55.159 --> 00:26:55.839
 barbarians,

00:26:56.179 --> 00:26:56.759
 both to the

00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:57.519
 wise and to

00:26:57.519 --> 00:26:58.079
 the foolish,

00:26:58.079 --> 00:26:59.039
 so I am

00:26:59.039 --> 00:26:59.559
 eager to

00:26:59.559 --> 00:27:00.059
 preach the

00:27:00.059 --> 00:27:00.579
 gospel to

00:27:00.579 --> 00:27:01.039
 you also

00:27:01.039 --> 00:27:01.579
 who are in

00:27:01.579 --> 00:27:01.859
 Rome.

00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:03.220
 For I am

00:27:03.220 --> 00:27:03.779
 not ashamed

00:27:03.779 --> 00:27:04.079
 of the

00:27:04.079 --> 00:27:04.439
 gospel,

00:27:04.919 --> 00:27:05.339
 for it is

00:27:05.339 --> 00:27:05.939
 the power

00:27:05.939 --> 00:27:06.460
 of God

00:27:06.460 --> 00:27:07.119
 for salvation

00:27:07.119 --> 00:27:07.740
 to everyone

00:27:07.740 --> 00:27:08.539
 who believes,

00:27:08.960 --> 00:27:09.500
 to the Jew

00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:10.500
 first and

00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:11.139
 also to the

00:27:11.139 --> 00:27:11.439
 Greek.

00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:12.839
 For in it

00:27:12.839 --> 00:27:13.460
 the righteousness

00:27:13.460 --> 00:27:14.059
 of God

00:27:14.059 --> 00:27:14.659
 is revealed

00:27:14.659 --> 00:27:15.679
 from faith

00:27:15.679 --> 00:27:16.619
 for faith,

00:27:16.679 --> 00:27:17.220
 as it is

00:27:17.220 --> 00:27:17.500
 written,

00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:18.539
 the righteous

00:27:18.539 --> 00:27:19.619
 shall live

00:27:19.619 --> 00:27:20.779
 by faith.

00:27:21.619 --> 00:27:22.299
 For the wrath

00:27:22.299 --> 00:27:22.619
 of God

00:27:22.619 --> 00:27:23.059
 is revealed

00:27:23.059 --> 00:27:23.559
 from heaven

00:27:23.559 --> 00:27:24.299
 against all

00:27:24.299 --> 00:27:25.039
 ungodliness

00:27:25.039 --> 00:27:26.139
 and unrighteousness

00:27:26.139 --> 00:27:26.599
 of men,

00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:27.699
 who by their

00:27:27.700 --> 00:27:28.460
 unrighteousness

00:27:28.460 --> 00:27:29.279
 suppress the

00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:29.660
 truth.

00:27:30.380 --> 00:27:30.819
 For what can

00:27:30.819 --> 00:27:31.259
 be known

00:27:31.259 --> 00:27:31.840
 about God

00:27:31.840 --> 00:27:32.460
 is plain to

00:27:32.460 --> 00:27:32.720
 them,

00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:33.660
 because God

00:27:33.660 --> 00:27:34.240
 has shown it

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:34.759
 to them.

00:27:35.580 --> 00:27:36.100
 For his

00:27:36.100 --> 00:27:37.240
 invisible attributes,

00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:38.259
 namely his

00:27:38.259 --> 00:27:39.080
 eternal power

00:27:39.080 --> 00:27:39.680
 and divine

00:27:39.680 --> 00:27:40.140
 nature,

00:27:40.500 --> 00:27:40.880
 have been

00:27:40.880 --> 00:27:41.860
 clearly perceived

00:27:41.860 --> 00:27:42.640
 ever since the

00:27:42.640 --> 00:27:43.400
 creation of the

00:27:43.400 --> 00:27:44.080
 world and the

00:27:44.080 --> 00:27:44.880
 things that have

00:27:44.880 --> 00:27:45.420
 been made.

00:27:45.920 --> 00:27:46.620
 So they are

00:27:46.620 --> 00:27:48.019
 without excuse.

00:27:48.880 --> 00:27:49.360
 For although

00:27:49.360 --> 00:27:50.059
 they knew God,

00:27:50.120 --> 00:27:50.480
 they did not

00:27:50.480 --> 00:27:51.299
 honor him as

00:27:51.299 --> 00:27:52.019
 God or give

00:27:52.019 --> 00:27:52.660
 thanks to him,

00:27:52.980 --> 00:27:53.660
 but they became

00:27:53.660 --> 00:27:54.460
 futile in their

00:27:54.460 --> 00:27:54.880
 thinking,

00:27:54.880 --> 00:27:55.580
 and their

00:27:55.580 --> 00:27:56.340
 foolish hearts

00:27:56.340 --> 00:27:57.420
 were darkened.

00:27:58.180 --> 00:27:58.760
 Claiming to be

00:27:58.760 --> 00:27:59.260
 wise,

00:27:59.840 --> 00:28:00.340
 they became

00:28:00.340 --> 00:28:00.900
 fools,

00:28:01.440 --> 00:28:02.020
 and exchanged

00:28:02.020 --> 00:28:02.700
 the glory of

00:28:02.700 --> 00:28:03.140
 the immortal

00:28:03.140 --> 00:28:04.080
 God for images

00:28:04.080 --> 00:28:04.980
 resembling mortal

00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:06.040
 man and birds

00:28:06.040 --> 00:28:06.740
 and animals

00:28:06.740 --> 00:28:07.440
 and creeping

00:28:07.440 --> 00:28:08.060
 things.

00:28:09.020 --> 00:28:09.680
 Therefore God

00:28:09.680 --> 00:28:10.240
 gave them up

00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:10.660
 in the lust

00:28:10.660 --> 00:28:11.160
 of their hearts

00:28:11.160 --> 00:28:11.860
 to impurity,

00:28:12.160 --> 00:28:13.060
 to the dishonoring

00:28:13.060 --> 00:28:13.620
 of their bodies

00:28:13.620 --> 00:28:14.540
 among themselves,

00:28:15.060 --> 00:28:15.500
 because they

00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:16.200
 exchanged the

00:28:16.200 --> 00:28:17.020
 truth about God

00:28:17.020 --> 00:28:17.660
 for a lie,

00:28:17.840 --> 00:28:18.440
 and worshipped

00:28:18.440 --> 00:28:19.220
 and served the

00:28:19.220 --> 00:28:20.200
 creature rather

00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:20.960
 than the creator,

00:28:21.340 --> 00:28:22.060
 who was blessed

00:28:22.060 --> 00:28:22.540
 forever.

00:28:23.160 --> 00:28:23.540
 Amen.

00:28:23.539 --> 00:28:25.420
 For this reason

00:28:25.420 --> 00:28:26.079
 God gave them

00:28:26.079 --> 00:28:26.940
 up to dishonorable

00:28:26.940 --> 00:28:27.399
 passions.

00:28:28.079 --> 00:28:28.740
 For their women

00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:29.759
 exchanged natural

00:28:29.759 --> 00:28:30.799
 relations for those

00:28:30.799 --> 00:28:31.480
 who were contrary

00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:32.159
 to nature,

00:28:32.539 --> 00:28:33.099
 and the men

00:28:33.099 --> 00:28:33.940
 likewise gave up

00:28:33.940 --> 00:28:34.700
 natural relations

00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:35.180
 with women

00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:35.899
 and were consumed

00:28:35.899 --> 00:28:36.519
 with passion

00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:37.240
 for one another,

00:28:37.799 --> 00:28:38.539
 men committing

00:28:38.539 --> 00:28:39.359
 shameless acts

00:28:39.359 --> 00:28:39.839
 with men

00:28:39.839 --> 00:28:40.480
 and receiving

00:28:40.480 --> 00:28:41.059
 in themselves

00:28:41.059 --> 00:28:41.819
 the due penalty

00:28:41.819 --> 00:28:42.879
 for their error.

00:28:43.579 --> 00:28:44.119
 And since they

00:28:44.119 --> 00:28:44.899
 did not see fit

00:28:44.899 --> 00:28:45.720
 to acknowledge God,

00:28:45.799 --> 00:28:46.319
 God gave them

00:28:46.319 --> 00:28:47.180
 up to a debased

00:28:47.180 --> 00:28:47.960
 mind to do

00:28:47.960 --> 00:28:48.559
 what ought not

00:28:48.559 --> 00:28:49.099
 be done.

00:28:49.960 --> 00:28:50.500
 They were filled

00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:51.259
 with all manner

00:28:51.259 --> 00:28:52.279
 of unrighteousness,

00:28:52.559 --> 00:28:52.899
 evil,

00:28:52.900 --> 00:28:54.140
 covetousness,

00:28:54.700 --> 00:28:55.180
 malice.

00:28:55.820 --> 00:28:56.500
 They are full

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:57.080
 of envy,

00:28:57.480 --> 00:28:57.840
 murder,

00:28:58.200 --> 00:28:58.720
 strife,

00:28:58.940 --> 00:28:59.460
 deceit,

00:28:59.940 --> 00:29:00.680
 maliciousness.

00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:02.180
 They are gossips,

00:29:02.560 --> 00:29:03.340
 slanderers,

00:29:03.740 --> 00:29:04.560
 haters of God,

00:29:05.100 --> 00:29:05.600
 insolent,

00:29:05.920 --> 00:29:06.340
 haughty,

00:29:06.680 --> 00:29:07.180
 boastful,

00:29:07.340 --> 00:29:08.400
 inventors of evil,

00:29:08.900 --> 00:29:10.560
 disobedient to parents,

00:29:11.200 --> 00:29:11.640
 foolish,

00:29:12.200 --> 00:29:12.800
 faithless,

00:29:13.320 --> 00:29:13.880
 heartless,

00:29:14.580 --> 00:29:14.880
 ruthless.

00:29:15.960 --> 00:29:16.620
 Though they know

00:29:16.620 --> 00:29:17.620
 God's righteous decree

00:29:17.620 --> 00:29:18.519
 that those who practice

00:29:18.519 --> 00:29:19.420
 such things deserve

00:29:19.420 --> 00:29:19.960
 to die,

00:29:19.960 --> 00:29:21.380
 they not only do them,

00:29:21.500 --> 00:29:22.279
 they give approval

00:29:22.279 --> 00:29:23.039
 to those

00:29:23.039 --> 00:29:24.579
 who practice them.

00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:26.400
 Therefore you have

00:29:26.400 --> 00:29:27.100
 no excuse,

00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:27.579
 O man,

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:28.640
 every one of you

00:29:28.640 --> 00:29:29.160
 who judges.

00:29:29.779 --> 00:29:30.819
 For in passing judgment

00:29:30.819 --> 00:29:31.360
 on another

00:29:31.360 --> 00:29:32.440
 you condemn yourself

00:29:32.440 --> 00:29:33.079
 because you,

00:29:33.200 --> 00:29:33.600
 the judge,

00:29:33.720 --> 00:29:34.680
 practice the very

00:29:34.680 --> 00:29:35.620
 same things.

00:29:36.279 --> 00:29:37.039
 We know that

00:29:37.039 --> 00:29:37.900
 the judgment of God

00:29:37.900 --> 00:29:39.039
 rightly falls on those

00:29:39.039 --> 00:29:40.240
 who practice such things.

00:29:40.700 --> 00:29:41.460
 Do you suppose,

00:29:41.680 --> 00:29:42.240
 O man,

00:29:42.640 --> 00:29:43.860
 you judge those

00:29:43.860 --> 00:29:44.860
 who practice such things

00:29:44.860 --> 00:29:46.180
 and yet do them yourself

00:29:46.180 --> 00:29:47.480
 that you will escape

00:29:47.480 --> 00:29:49.279
 the judgment of God?

00:29:50.039 --> 00:29:51.099
 Skip to verse 12.

00:29:52.200 --> 00:29:53.240
 For all who have sinned

00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:53.900
 without the law

00:29:53.900 --> 00:29:55.039
 will also perish

00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:55.779
 without the law

00:29:55.779 --> 00:29:57.120
 and all who have sinned

00:29:57.120 --> 00:29:57.880
 under the law

00:29:57.880 --> 00:29:58.660
 will be judged

00:29:58.660 --> 00:29:59.519
 by the law.

00:30:00.220 --> 00:30:01.339
 For it is not the hearers

00:30:01.339 --> 00:30:01.740
 of the law

00:30:01.740 --> 00:30:02.240
 who are righteous

00:30:02.240 --> 00:30:02.960
 before God

00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:04.279
 but the doers of the law

00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:05.599
 who will be justified.

00:30:06.420 --> 00:30:07.299
 For when Gentiles

00:30:07.299 --> 00:30:08.240
 who do not have the law

00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:08.980
 by nature do

00:30:08.980 --> 00:30:09.960
 what the law requires,

00:30:10.079 --> 00:30:10.720
 they are a law

00:30:10.720 --> 00:30:11.559
 to themselves

00:30:11.559 --> 00:30:12.779
 even though they do

00:30:12.779 --> 00:30:13.759
 not have the law.

00:30:14.380 --> 00:30:15.160
 They show that

00:30:15.160 --> 00:30:16.099
 the work of the law

00:30:16.099 --> 00:30:17.519
 is written on their hearts

00:30:17.519 --> 00:30:18.719
 while their conscience

00:30:18.719 --> 00:30:20.019
 also bears witness

00:30:20.019 --> 00:30:21.719
 and their conflicting thoughts

00:30:21.719 --> 00:30:22.299
 accuse

00:30:22.299 --> 00:30:24.099
 or even excuse them.

00:30:24.139 --> 00:30:25.000
 On that day

00:30:25.000 --> 00:30:26.779
 when according to my gospel

00:30:26.779 --> 00:30:28.139
 God judges

00:30:28.139 --> 00:30:29.599
 the secrets of men

00:30:29.599 --> 00:30:31.059
 by Christ Jesus.

00:30:31.779 --> 00:30:32.779
 Chapter 3

00:30:32.779 --> 00:30:33.619
 and verse 10.

00:30:34.779 --> 00:30:36.000
 None is righteous.

00:30:36.619 --> 00:30:37.519
 No, not one.

00:30:38.259 --> 00:30:39.459
 No one understands.

00:30:39.639 --> 00:30:40.879
 No one seeks for God.

00:30:41.159 --> 00:30:42.619
 All have turned aside.

00:30:42.779 --> 00:30:43.599
 Together they have

00:30:43.599 --> 00:30:44.459
 become worthless.

00:30:44.460 --> 00:30:45.880
 No one does good.

00:30:46.079 --> 00:30:47.740
 Not even one.

00:30:48.539 --> 00:30:49.920
 Their throat is an open grave.

00:30:50.039 --> 00:30:51.000
 They use their tongues

00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:51.620
 to deceive.

00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:53.319
 The venom of asps

00:30:53.319 --> 00:30:54.340
 is under their lips.

00:30:54.880 --> 00:30:55.799
 Their mouth is full

00:30:55.799 --> 00:30:57.019
 of curses and bitterness.

00:30:57.480 --> 00:30:58.440
 Their feet are swift

00:30:58.440 --> 00:30:59.160
 to shed blood.

00:30:59.279 --> 00:30:59.960
 In their paths

00:30:59.960 --> 00:31:01.660
 are ruin and misery.

00:31:01.799 --> 00:31:02.759
 In the way of peace

00:31:02.759 --> 00:31:04.000
 they have not known.

00:31:04.660 --> 00:31:05.980
 There is no fear of God

00:31:05.980 --> 00:31:07.120
 before their eyes.

00:31:08.059 --> 00:31:08.720
 Now we know

00:31:08.720 --> 00:31:09.980
 that whatever the law says

00:31:09.980 --> 00:31:11.140
 it speaks to those

00:31:11.140 --> 00:31:12.019
 who are under the law

00:31:12.019 --> 00:31:12.880
 so that every mouth

00:31:12.880 --> 00:31:13.680
 may be stopped

00:31:13.680 --> 00:31:14.680
 and the whole world

00:31:14.680 --> 00:31:15.680
 may be held accountable

00:31:15.680 --> 00:31:16.360
 to God.

00:31:17.039 --> 00:31:18.140
 For by works of the law

00:31:18.140 --> 00:31:19.120
 no human being

00:31:19.120 --> 00:31:19.740
 will be justified

00:31:19.740 --> 00:31:20.380
 in a sight

00:31:20.380 --> 00:31:21.400
 since through the law

00:31:21.400 --> 00:31:22.240
 comes knowledge

00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:23.180
 of sin.

00:31:24.080 --> 00:31:24.920
 But now the righteousness

00:31:24.920 --> 00:31:25.340
 of God

00:31:25.340 --> 00:31:26.160
 has been manifested

00:31:26.160 --> 00:31:27.340
 apart from the law

00:31:27.340 --> 00:31:28.460
 although the law

00:31:28.460 --> 00:31:29.120
 and the prophets

00:31:29.120 --> 00:31:30.400
 bear witness to it.

00:31:30.960 --> 00:31:32.060
 The righteousness of God

00:31:32.060 --> 00:31:33.019
 through faith

00:31:33.019 --> 00:31:34.039
 in Jesus Christ

00:31:34.039 --> 00:31:35.380
 for all who believe

00:31:35.380 --> 00:31:37.380
 for there is no distinction

00:31:37.380 --> 00:31:39.200
 for all have sinned

00:31:39.200 --> 00:31:39.980
 and fall short

00:31:39.980 --> 00:31:41.160
 of the glory of God

00:31:41.160 --> 00:31:42.580
 and are justified

00:31:42.580 --> 00:31:43.480
 by his grace

00:31:43.480 --> 00:31:44.279
 as a gift

00:31:44.279 --> 00:31:45.040
 through the redemption

00:31:45.040 --> 00:31:46.240
 that is in Christ Jesus

00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:47.960
 whom God put forward

00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:49.000
 as a perpetuation

00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:49.940
 by his blood

00:31:49.940 --> 00:31:51.040
 to be received

00:31:51.040 --> 00:31:51.840
 by faith.

00:31:52.580 --> 00:31:53.279
 This was to show

00:31:53.279 --> 00:31:54.019
 God's righteousness

00:31:54.019 --> 00:31:55.040
 because in his divine

00:31:55.040 --> 00:31:55.660
 forbearance

00:31:55.660 --> 00:31:56.540
 he had passed over

00:31:56.540 --> 00:31:57.460
 former sins.

00:31:58.019 --> 00:31:58.420
 It would show

00:31:58.420 --> 00:31:59.000
 his righteousness

00:31:59.000 --> 00:32:00.160
 at the present time

00:32:00.160 --> 00:32:01.600
 that he might be just

00:32:01.600 --> 00:32:02.660
 and the justifier

00:32:02.660 --> 00:32:03.200
 of the one

00:32:03.200 --> 00:32:04.040
 who has faith

00:32:04.040 --> 00:32:05.180
 in Jesus.

00:32:06.160 --> 00:32:07.040
 Then what becomes

00:32:07.040 --> 00:32:07.660
 of our boasting?

00:32:07.660 --> 00:32:09.279
 It is excluded.

00:32:09.980 --> 00:32:11.080
 By what kind of law?

00:32:11.200 --> 00:32:12.420
 By a law of works?

00:32:12.800 --> 00:32:13.259
 No,

00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:14.700
 but by the law

00:32:14.700 --> 00:32:15.560
 of faith.

00:32:16.180 --> 00:32:16.980
 For we hold

00:32:16.980 --> 00:32:17.460
 that one

00:32:17.460 --> 00:32:18.600
 is justified

00:32:18.600 --> 00:32:19.420
 by faith

00:32:19.420 --> 00:32:20.779
 apart from works

00:32:20.779 --> 00:32:22.340
 of the law.

00:32:22.900 --> 00:32:23.600
 Chapter 4

00:32:23.600 --> 00:32:24.380
 and verse 4.

00:32:24.800 --> 00:32:25.420
 Now to the one

00:32:25.420 --> 00:32:25.960
 who works

00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:26.480
 his wages

00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:27.120
 are not counted

00:32:27.120 --> 00:32:27.800
 as a gift

00:32:27.800 --> 00:32:29.200
 but as his due.

00:32:29.600 --> 00:32:29.960
 And to the one

00:32:29.960 --> 00:32:30.880
 who does not work

00:32:30.880 --> 00:32:31.620
 but believes

00:32:31.620 --> 00:32:32.080
 in him

00:32:32.080 --> 00:32:32.880
 who justifies

00:32:32.880 --> 00:32:33.779
 the ungodly

00:32:33.779 --> 00:32:34.940
 his faith

00:32:34.940 --> 00:32:35.940
 is counted

00:32:35.940 --> 00:32:37.320
 as righteousness.

00:32:38.279 --> 00:32:39.000
 Chapter 5

00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:39.600
 verse 1.

00:32:40.860 --> 00:32:41.440
 Therefore since

00:32:41.440 --> 00:32:42.140
 we have been justified

00:32:42.140 --> 00:32:42.700
 by faith

00:32:42.700 --> 00:32:43.340
 we have peace

00:32:43.340 --> 00:32:43.840
 with God

00:32:43.840 --> 00:32:44.480
 through our Lord

00:32:44.480 --> 00:32:45.420
 Jesus Christ.

00:32:46.279 --> 00:32:46.820
 Through him

00:32:46.820 --> 00:32:47.700
 we have also obtained

00:32:47.700 --> 00:32:48.820
 access by faith

00:32:48.820 --> 00:32:49.620
 into this grace

00:32:49.620 --> 00:32:50.560
 in which we stand

00:32:50.560 --> 00:32:51.620
 and we rejoice

00:32:51.620 --> 00:32:52.420
 in hope

00:32:52.420 --> 00:32:53.460
 of the glory of God.

00:32:54.080 --> 00:32:54.620
 Not only that

00:32:54.620 --> 00:32:55.160
 but we rejoice

00:32:55.160 --> 00:32:56.040
 in our sufferings

00:32:56.040 --> 00:32:56.820
 knowing that

00:32:56.820 --> 00:32:57.640
 suffering produces

00:32:57.640 --> 00:32:58.240
 endurance

00:32:58.240 --> 00:32:58.860
 and endurance

00:32:58.860 --> 00:32:59.980
 produces character

00:32:59.980 --> 00:33:01.000
 and character

00:33:01.000 --> 00:33:01.980
 produces hope

00:33:01.980 --> 00:33:02.800
 and hope

00:33:02.800 --> 00:33:03.660
 does not put us

00:33:03.660 --> 00:33:04.220
 to shame

00:33:04.220 --> 00:33:05.540
 because God's love

00:33:05.540 --> 00:33:06.120
 has been poured

00:33:06.120 --> 00:33:07.340
 into our hearts

00:33:07.339 --> 00:33:08.619
 through the Holy Spirit

00:33:08.619 --> 00:33:09.559
 who has been given

00:33:09.559 --> 00:33:10.199
 to us.

00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:11.519
 For while we were

00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:12.220
 still weak

00:33:12.220 --> 00:33:13.299
 at the right time

00:33:13.299 --> 00:33:14.179
 Christ died

00:33:14.179 --> 00:33:15.119
 for the ungodly.

00:33:15.720 --> 00:33:16.459
 For one would scarcely

00:33:16.459 --> 00:33:17.759
 die for a righteous person

00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:18.559
 though perhaps

00:33:18.559 --> 00:33:19.459
 for a good person

00:33:19.459 --> 00:33:20.139
 one would dare

00:33:20.139 --> 00:33:20.980
 even to die.

00:33:21.500 --> 00:33:22.399
 But God shows

00:33:22.399 --> 00:33:23.279
 his love for us

00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:24.099
 and that while we

00:33:24.099 --> 00:33:25.059
 were still sinners

00:33:25.059 --> 00:33:26.099
 Christ died

00:33:26.099 --> 00:33:27.139
 for us.

00:33:27.919 --> 00:33:28.539
 Since therefore

00:33:28.539 --> 00:33:29.599
 we have been justified

00:33:29.599 --> 00:33:30.220
 by his blood

00:33:30.220 --> 00:33:30.720
 much more

00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:31.759
 shall we be saved

00:33:31.759 --> 00:33:32.339
 by him

00:33:32.339 --> 00:33:32.939
 from the wrath

00:33:32.939 --> 00:33:33.459
 of God.

00:33:34.019 --> 00:33:34.779
 For while we were

00:33:34.779 --> 00:33:35.259
 enemies

00:33:35.259 --> 00:33:36.279
 we were reconciled

00:33:36.279 --> 00:33:36.640
 to God

00:33:36.640 --> 00:33:37.119
 by the death

00:33:37.119 --> 00:33:37.680
 of his son

00:33:37.680 --> 00:33:38.640
 much more

00:33:38.640 --> 00:33:39.539
 now that we

00:33:39.539 --> 00:33:40.339
 are reconciled

00:33:40.339 --> 00:33:41.319
 shall we be saved

00:33:41.319 --> 00:33:42.519
 by his life.

00:33:43.160 --> 00:33:43.879
 More than that

00:33:43.879 --> 00:33:44.700
 we also rejoice

00:33:44.700 --> 00:33:45.160
 in God

00:33:45.160 --> 00:33:45.619
 through our Lord

00:33:45.619 --> 00:33:46.339
 Jesus Christ

00:33:46.339 --> 00:33:47.039
 through whom

00:33:47.039 --> 00:33:47.619
 we have now

00:33:47.619 --> 00:33:48.259
 received

00:33:48.259 --> 00:33:49.119
 reconciliation.

00:33:50.379 --> 00:33:50.579
 Therefore

00:33:50.579 --> 00:33:51.400
 just as sin

00:33:51.400 --> 00:33:52.359
 came into the world

00:33:52.359 --> 00:33:53.200
 through one man

00:33:53.200 --> 00:33:53.740
 and death

00:33:53.740 --> 00:33:54.319
 through sin

00:33:54.319 --> 00:33:55.240
 so death

00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:56.339
 spread to all men

00:33:56.339 --> 00:33:57.879
 because all sinned.

00:33:58.000 --> 00:33:58.740
 For sin indeed

00:33:58.740 --> 00:33:59.420
 was in the world

00:33:59.420 --> 00:34:00.000
 before the law

00:34:00.000 --> 00:34:00.460
 was given

00:34:00.460 --> 00:34:01.599
 but sin is not

00:34:01.599 --> 00:34:02.059
 counted

00:34:02.059 --> 00:34:02.779
 where there is

00:34:02.779 --> 00:34:03.539
 no law.

00:34:03.539 --> 00:34:04.440
 Yet death

00:34:04.440 --> 00:34:04.960
 reigned

00:34:04.960 --> 00:34:05.359
 from Adam

00:34:05.359 --> 00:34:05.759
 to Moses

00:34:05.759 --> 00:34:06.839
 even over those

00:34:06.839 --> 00:34:07.339
 whose sinning

00:34:07.339 --> 00:34:07.940
 was not like

00:34:07.940 --> 00:34:08.619
 the transgression

00:34:08.619 --> 00:34:09.099
 of Adam

00:34:09.099 --> 00:34:10.279
 who was a type

00:34:10.279 --> 00:34:10.840
 of the one

00:34:10.840 --> 00:34:11.779
 who was to come.

00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:13.619
 But the free gift

00:34:13.619 --> 00:34:14.340
 is not like

00:34:14.340 --> 00:34:15.099
 the trespass.

00:34:15.699 --> 00:34:16.179
 For if many

00:34:16.179 --> 00:34:16.840
 died through

00:34:16.840 --> 00:34:18.039
 one man's trespass

00:34:18.039 --> 00:34:18.699
 much more

00:34:18.699 --> 00:34:19.420
 have the grace

00:34:19.420 --> 00:34:19.840
 of God

00:34:19.840 --> 00:34:20.659
 and the free gift

00:34:20.659 --> 00:34:21.239
 by the grace

00:34:21.239 --> 00:34:22.119
 of that one man

00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:22.840
 Jesus Christ

00:34:22.840 --> 00:34:23.480
 abounded

00:34:23.480 --> 00:34:24.639
 for many.

00:34:25.239 --> 00:34:26.099
 And the free gift

00:34:26.099 --> 00:34:26.619
 is not like

00:34:26.619 --> 00:34:27.119
 the result

00:34:27.119 --> 00:34:28.420
 of that one man's sin.

00:34:28.900 --> 00:34:29.480
 For the judgment

00:34:29.480 --> 00:34:30.340
 following one

00:34:30.340 --> 00:34:30.940
 trespass

00:34:30.940 --> 00:34:31.940
 brought condemnation

00:34:31.940 --> 00:34:32.900
 but the free gift

00:34:32.900 --> 00:34:33.740
 following many

00:34:33.740 --> 00:34:34.519
 trespasses

00:34:34.519 --> 00:34:35.800
 brought justification.

00:34:36.960 --> 00:34:37.579
 For if

00:34:37.579 --> 00:34:38.059
 because of

00:34:38.059 --> 00:34:38.619
 one man's

00:34:38.619 --> 00:34:39.240
 trespass

00:34:39.240 --> 00:34:39.599
 death

00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:40.099
 reigned

00:34:40.099 --> 00:34:40.460
 through that

00:34:40.460 --> 00:34:41.059
 one man

00:34:41.059 --> 00:34:41.980
 much more

00:34:41.980 --> 00:34:42.460
 will those

00:34:42.460 --> 00:34:42.920
 who receive

00:34:42.920 --> 00:34:43.519
 the abundance

00:34:43.519 --> 00:34:44.220
 of grace

00:34:44.220 --> 00:34:44.860
 and the free

00:34:44.860 --> 00:34:45.679
 gift of righteousness

00:34:45.679 --> 00:34:46.940
 reign in life

00:34:46.940 --> 00:34:47.860
 through the one man

00:34:47.860 --> 00:34:49.099
 Jesus Christ.

00:34:49.860 --> 00:34:50.260
 Therefore

00:34:50.260 --> 00:34:51.159
 as one trespass

00:34:51.159 --> 00:34:52.320
 led to condemnation

00:34:52.320 --> 00:34:53.000
 for all men

00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:54.119
 so one act

00:34:54.119 --> 00:34:54.659
 of righteousness

00:34:54.659 --> 00:34:55.720
 leads to justification

00:34:55.720 --> 00:34:56.619
 and life

00:34:56.619 --> 00:34:57.420
 for all men.

00:34:58.159 --> 00:34:58.659
 For as by the

00:34:58.659 --> 00:34:59.300
 one man's

00:34:59.300 --> 00:35:00.000
 disobedience

00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:00.400
 the many

00:35:00.400 --> 00:35:00.780
 were made

00:35:00.780 --> 00:35:01.119
 sinners

00:35:01.119 --> 00:35:02.139
 so by the

00:35:02.139 --> 00:35:02.820
 one man's

00:35:02.820 --> 00:35:03.239
 obedience

00:35:03.239 --> 00:35:03.800
 the many

00:35:03.800 --> 00:35:04.119
 will be

00:35:04.119 --> 00:35:04.340
 made

00:35:04.340 --> 00:35:04.719
 righteous.

00:35:05.880 --> 00:35:06.460
 Now the law

00:35:06.460 --> 00:35:06.960
 came in

00:35:06.960 --> 00:35:07.480
 to increase

00:35:07.480 --> 00:35:08.260
 the trespass

00:35:08.260 --> 00:35:09.380
 but where sin

00:35:09.380 --> 00:35:10.000
 increased

00:35:10.000 --> 00:35:10.880
 grace abounded

00:35:10.880 --> 00:35:11.920
 all the more

00:35:11.920 --> 00:35:12.519
 so that

00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:13.219
 as sin

00:35:13.219 --> 00:35:14.079
 reigned in death

00:35:14.079 --> 00:35:14.860
 grace also

00:35:14.860 --> 00:35:15.460
 might reign

00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:16.179
 through righteousness

00:35:16.179 --> 00:35:16.980
 leading to

00:35:16.980 --> 00:35:17.739
 eternal life

00:35:17.739 --> 00:35:18.420
 through Jesus

00:35:18.420 --> 00:35:18.920
 Christ

00:35:18.920 --> 00:35:19.599
 our Lord.

00:35:20.559 --> 00:35:21.059
 What shall

00:35:21.059 --> 00:35:21.719
 we say then?

00:35:22.280 --> 00:35:22.760
 Are we to

00:35:22.760 --> 00:35:23.639
 continue in sin

00:35:23.639 --> 00:35:24.079
 that grace

00:35:24.079 --> 00:35:24.760
 may abound?

00:35:25.099 --> 00:35:26.659
 By no means.

00:35:27.300 --> 00:35:27.840
 How can we

00:35:27.840 --> 00:35:28.860
 who died to sin

00:35:28.860 --> 00:35:29.880
 still live in it?

00:35:30.579 --> 00:35:30.960
 Do you not

00:35:30.960 --> 00:35:31.639
 know that all

00:35:31.639 --> 00:35:32.019
 of us have

00:35:32.019 --> 00:35:32.539
 been baptized

00:35:32.539 --> 00:35:33.219
 into Christ

00:35:33.219 --> 00:35:33.420
 Jesus

00:35:33.420 --> 00:35:33.960
 were baptized

00:35:33.960 --> 00:35:34.780
 into his

00:35:34.780 --> 00:35:35.159
 death?

00:35:35.699 --> 00:35:36.239
 We were

00:35:36.239 --> 00:35:36.840
 buried therefore

00:35:36.840 --> 00:35:37.340
 with him

00:35:37.340 --> 00:35:37.960
 by baptism

00:35:37.960 --> 00:35:38.480
 into death

00:35:38.480 --> 00:35:39.119
 in order that

00:35:39.119 --> 00:35:40.000
 just as Christ

00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:40.599
 was raised

00:35:40.599 --> 00:35:41.079
 from the dead

00:35:41.079 --> 00:35:41.579
 by the glory

00:35:41.579 --> 00:35:42.119
 of the Father

00:35:42.119 --> 00:35:43.280
 we too might

00:35:43.280 --> 00:35:44.199
 walk in

00:35:44.199 --> 00:35:44.719
 newness of

00:35:44.719 --> 00:35:45.099
 life.

00:35:45.820 --> 00:35:46.280
 For if we

00:35:46.280 --> 00:35:46.539
 have been

00:35:46.539 --> 00:35:47.099
 united with

00:35:47.099 --> 00:35:47.460
 him in a

00:35:47.460 --> 00:35:47.900
 death like

00:35:47.900 --> 00:35:48.780
 his we

00:35:48.780 --> 00:35:49.320
 shall certainly

00:35:49.320 --> 00:35:49.739
 be united

00:35:49.739 --> 00:35:50.239
 with him

00:35:50.239 --> 00:35:50.539
 in a

00:35:50.539 --> 00:35:50.880
 resurrection

00:35:50.880 --> 00:35:51.780
 like his.

00:35:52.380 --> 00:35:52.840
 We know

00:35:52.840 --> 00:35:53.099
 that our

00:35:53.099 --> 00:35:53.739
 old self

00:35:53.739 --> 00:35:54.400
 was crucified

00:35:54.400 --> 00:35:54.980
 with him

00:35:54.980 --> 00:35:56.679
 in order that

00:35:56.679 --> 00:35:57.059
 the body

00:35:57.059 --> 00:35:57.380
 of sin

00:35:57.380 --> 00:35:57.659
 might be

00:35:57.659 --> 00:35:58.059
 brought to

00:35:58.059 --> 00:35:58.400
 nothing

00:35:58.400 --> 00:35:59.160
 so we

00:35:59.160 --> 00:35:59.480
 would no

00:35:59.480 --> 00:36:00.059
 longer be

00:36:00.059 --> 00:36:00.720
 enslaved to

00:36:00.720 --> 00:36:01.019
 sin.

00:36:01.860 --> 00:36:02.360
 For one who

00:36:02.360 --> 00:36:02.760
 has died

00:36:02.760 --> 00:36:02.980
 has been

00:36:02.980 --> 00:36:03.400
 set free

00:36:03.400 --> 00:36:03.900
 from sin.

00:36:04.559 --> 00:36:04.900
 Now if we

00:36:04.900 --> 00:36:05.340
 have died

00:36:05.340 --> 00:36:05.860
 with Christ

00:36:05.860 --> 00:36:06.280
 we believe

00:36:06.280 --> 00:36:06.480
 that we

00:36:06.480 --> 00:36:06.920
 will also

00:36:06.920 --> 00:36:07.440
 live with

00:36:07.440 --> 00:36:07.660
 him.

00:36:08.160 --> 00:36:08.559
 We know

00:36:08.559 --> 00:36:09.139
 that Christ

00:36:09.139 --> 00:36:09.920
 being raised

00:36:09.920 --> 00:36:10.380
 from the dead

00:36:10.380 --> 00:36:10.840
 will never

00:36:10.840 --> 00:36:11.559
 die again.

00:36:11.559 --> 00:36:12.259
 death no

00:36:12.259 --> 00:36:13.380
 has dominion

00:36:13.380 --> 00:36:14.440
 over him.

00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:15.360
 For the

00:36:15.360 --> 00:36:15.699
 death he

00:36:15.699 --> 00:36:16.500
 died to

00:36:16.500 --> 00:36:17.719
 sin once

00:36:17.719 --> 00:36:18.219
 for all

00:36:18.219 --> 00:36:18.799
 but the

00:36:18.799 --> 00:36:19.219
 life he

00:36:19.219 --> 00:36:19.699
 lives he

00:36:19.699 --> 00:36:20.139
 lives to

00:36:20.139 --> 00:36:20.500
 God.

00:36:20.880 --> 00:36:21.259
 So you

00:36:21.259 --> 00:36:21.940
 also must

00:36:21.940 --> 00:36:22.299
 consider

00:36:22.299 --> 00:36:22.699
 yourselves

00:36:22.699 --> 00:36:23.219
 dead to

00:36:23.219 --> 00:36:23.739
 sin and

00:36:23.739 --> 00:36:24.420
 alive to

00:36:24.420 --> 00:36:25.480
 God in

00:36:25.480 --> 00:36:25.799
 Christ

00:36:25.799 --> 00:36:26.279
 Jesus.

00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:27.400
 Chapter

00:36:27.400 --> 00:36:27.960
 6

00:36:27.960 --> 00:36:29.320
 verse 20

00:36:29.320 --> 00:36:31.139
 When you

00:36:31.139 --> 00:36:31.920
 were slaves

00:36:31.920 --> 00:36:32.400
 of sin

00:36:32.400 --> 00:36:33.380
 you were

00:36:33.380 --> 00:36:34.000
 free in

00:36:34.000 --> 00:36:34.440
 regard to

00:36:34.440 --> 00:36:34.840
 righteousness.

00:36:35.500 --> 00:36:36.119
 But what

00:36:36.119 --> 00:36:36.639
 fruit were

00:36:36.639 --> 00:36:37.019
 you getting

00:36:37.019 --> 00:36:37.340
 at that

00:36:37.340 --> 00:36:37.779
 time from

00:36:37.779 --> 00:36:38.259
 the things

00:36:38.259 --> 00:36:38.619
 of which

00:36:38.619 --> 00:36:38.900
 you are

00:36:38.900 --> 00:36:39.980
 now ashamed

00:36:39.980 --> 00:36:40.779
 for the

00:36:40.779 --> 00:36:41.299
 end of

00:36:41.299 --> 00:36:42.179
 those things

00:36:42.179 --> 00:36:43.139
 is death.

00:36:43.739 --> 00:36:44.099
 But now

00:36:44.099 --> 00:36:44.339
 that you

00:36:44.339 --> 00:36:44.579
 have been

00:36:44.579 --> 00:36:45.099
 set free

00:36:45.099 --> 00:36:45.599
 from sin

00:36:45.599 --> 00:36:45.839
 and have

00:36:45.839 --> 00:36:46.159
 become

00:36:46.159 --> 00:36:46.779
 slaves of

00:36:46.779 --> 00:36:47.059
 God

00:36:47.059 --> 00:36:47.559
 the fruit

00:36:47.559 --> 00:36:48.000
 you get

00:36:48.000 --> 00:36:48.500
 leads to

00:36:48.500 --> 00:36:49.380
 sanctification

00:36:49.380 --> 00:36:49.980
 and its

00:36:49.980 --> 00:36:50.579
 end

00:36:50.579 --> 00:36:51.539
 eternal

00:36:51.539 --> 00:36:52.039
 life.

00:36:52.599 --> 00:36:53.000
 For the

00:36:53.000 --> 00:36:53.420
 wages of

00:36:53.420 --> 00:36:53.799
 sin

00:36:53.799 --> 00:36:54.619
 is death

00:36:54.619 --> 00:36:55.460
 but the

00:36:55.460 --> 00:36:56.000
 free gift

00:36:56.000 --> 00:36:56.500
 of God

00:36:56.500 --> 00:36:56.940
 is eternal

00:36:56.940 --> 00:36:57.579
 life in

00:36:57.579 --> 00:36:57.859
 Christ

00:36:57.859 --> 00:36:58.359
 Jesus

00:36:58.359 --> 00:36:59.639
 our Lord.

00:37:00.420 --> 00:37:00.960
 Chapter

00:37:00.960 --> 00:37:01.400
 7

00:37:01.400 --> 00:37:02.400
 verse 15

00:37:02.400 --> 00:37:03.719
 I do

00:37:03.719 --> 00:37:03.880
 not

00:37:03.880 --> 00:37:04.299
 understand

00:37:04.299 --> 00:37:04.880
 my own

00:37:04.880 --> 00:37:05.339
 actions

00:37:05.339 --> 00:37:05.619
 for I

00:37:05.619 --> 00:37:05.980
 do not

00:37:05.980 --> 00:37:06.480
 do what

00:37:06.480 --> 00:37:07.099
 I want

00:37:07.099 --> 00:37:07.779
 but I

00:37:07.779 --> 00:37:08.019
 do the

00:37:08.019 --> 00:37:08.780
 very thing

00:37:08.780 --> 00:37:09.659
 I hate.

00:37:10.500 --> 00:37:10.800
 If I

00:37:10.800 --> 00:37:11.079
 do what

00:37:11.079 --> 00:37:11.360
 I do

00:37:11.360 --> 00:37:11.900
 not want

00:37:11.900 --> 00:37:12.480
 I agree

00:37:12.480 --> 00:37:12.840
 with the

00:37:12.840 --> 00:37:13.219
 law that

00:37:13.219 --> 00:37:13.480
 it is

00:37:13.480 --> 00:37:13.920
 good.

00:37:14.639 --> 00:37:15.079
 So now

00:37:15.079 --> 00:37:15.420
 it is no

00:37:15.420 --> 00:37:16.000
 longer I

00:37:16.000 --> 00:37:16.400
 who do

00:37:16.400 --> 00:37:16.679
 it but

00:37:16.679 --> 00:37:17.139
 sin that

00:37:17.139 --> 00:37:17.500
 dwells

00:37:17.500 --> 00:37:18.039
 within me.

00:37:18.579 --> 00:37:18.820
 For I

00:37:18.820 --> 00:37:19.039
 know that

00:37:19.039 --> 00:37:19.699
 nothing good

00:37:19.699 --> 00:37:20.099
 dwells in

00:37:20.099 --> 00:37:20.340
 me that

00:37:20.340 --> 00:37:20.739
 is in

00:37:20.739 --> 00:37:21.559
 my flesh.

00:37:22.059 --> 00:37:22.300
 For I

00:37:22.300 --> 00:37:22.460
 have the

00:37:22.460 --> 00:37:23.059
 desire to

00:37:23.059 --> 00:37:23.360
 do what

00:37:23.360 --> 00:37:23.759
 is right

00:37:23.759 --> 00:37:24.059
 but not

00:37:24.059 --> 00:37:24.579
 the ability

00:37:24.579 --> 00:37:25.039
 to carry

00:37:25.039 --> 00:37:25.539
 it out.

00:37:26.219 --> 00:37:26.480
 For I

00:37:26.480 --> 00:37:26.759
 do not

00:37:26.759 --> 00:37:27.199
 do the

00:37:27.199 --> 00:37:27.500
 good I

00:37:27.500 --> 00:37:27.880
 want but

00:37:27.880 --> 00:37:28.239
 the evil

00:37:28.239 --> 00:37:28.599
 I do

00:37:28.599 --> 00:37:29.039
 not want

00:37:29.039 --> 00:37:29.300
 is what

00:37:29.300 --> 00:37:29.619
 I keep

00:37:29.619 --> 00:37:30.139
 on doing.

00:37:30.840 --> 00:37:31.079
 If I

00:37:31.079 --> 00:37:32.119
 do what

00:37:32.119 --> 00:37:32.420
 I do

00:37:32.420 --> 00:37:32.900
 not want

00:37:32.900 --> 00:37:33.219
 it is no

00:37:33.219 --> 00:37:33.699
 longer I

00:37:33.699 --> 00:37:34.079
 who do

00:37:34.079 --> 00:37:34.360
 it but

00:37:34.360 --> 00:37:34.779
 sin that

00:37:34.779 --> 00:37:35.360
 dwells

00:37:35.360 --> 00:37:36.259
 within me.

00:37:36.819 --> 00:37:37.219
 So I

00:37:37.219 --> 00:37:37.639
 find it to

00:37:37.639 --> 00:37:38.059
 be a law

00:37:38.059 --> 00:37:38.440
 that when I

00:37:38.440 --> 00:37:38.880
 want to

00:37:38.880 --> 00:37:39.299
 do right

00:37:39.299 --> 00:37:39.900
 evil lies

00:37:39.900 --> 00:37:40.319
 close at

00:37:40.319 --> 00:37:40.799
 hand.

00:37:41.219 --> 00:37:41.480
 For I

00:37:41.480 --> 00:37:41.960
 delight in

00:37:41.960 --> 00:37:42.199
 the law

00:37:42.199 --> 00:37:42.579
 of God

00:37:42.579 --> 00:37:42.920
 in my

00:37:42.920 --> 00:37:43.179
 inner

00:37:43.179 --> 00:37:43.539
 being

00:37:43.539 --> 00:37:44.119
 but I

00:37:44.119 --> 00:37:44.360
 see in

00:37:44.360 --> 00:37:44.500
 my

00:37:44.500 --> 00:37:44.980
 members

00:37:44.980 --> 00:37:45.500
 another

00:37:45.500 --> 00:37:45.920
 law

00:37:45.920 --> 00:37:46.679
 waging war

00:37:46.679 --> 00:37:46.960
 against

00:37:46.960 --> 00:37:47.319
 the law

00:37:47.319 --> 00:37:47.599
 of my

00:37:47.599 --> 00:37:47.940
 mind

00:37:47.940 --> 00:37:48.340
 and making

00:37:48.340 --> 00:37:48.539
 me

00:37:48.539 --> 00:37:48.960
 captive

00:37:48.960 --> 00:37:49.340
 to the

00:37:49.340 --> 00:37:49.500
 law

00:37:49.500 --> 00:37:49.900
 of sin

00:37:49.900 --> 00:37:50.079
 that

00:37:50.079 --> 00:37:50.699
 dwells

00:37:50.699 --> 00:37:51.319
 in

00:37:51.319 --> 00:37:51.480
 my

00:37:51.480 --> 00:37:51.980
 members.

00:37:52.940 --> 00:37:53.199
 Wretched

00:37:53.199 --> 00:37:53.679
 man

00:37:53.679 --> 00:37:54.340
 that I

00:37:54.340 --> 00:37:54.719
 am

00:37:54.719 --> 00:37:55.719
 who will

00:37:55.719 --> 00:37:56.380
 deliver me

00:37:56.380 --> 00:37:57.159
 from this

00:37:57.159 --> 00:37:57.619
 body of

00:37:57.619 --> 00:37:57.980
 death?

00:37:58.779 --> 00:37:59.299
 Thanks be

00:37:59.299 --> 00:37:59.719
 to God

00:37:59.719 --> 00:37:59.920
 through

00:37:59.920 --> 00:38:00.159
 Jesus

00:38:00.159 --> 00:38:00.739
 Christ

00:38:00.739 --> 00:38:01.579
 our

00:38:01.579 --> 00:38:01.960
 Lord.

00:38:02.759 --> 00:38:02.880
 So

00:38:02.880 --> 00:38:03.140
 then I

00:38:03.140 --> 00:38:03.500
 myself

00:38:03.500 --> 00:38:03.820
 serve

00:38:03.820 --> 00:38:04.000
 the

00:38:04.000 --> 00:38:04.160
 law

00:38:04.160 --> 00:38:04.260
 of

00:38:04.260 --> 00:38:04.420
 God

00:38:04.420 --> 00:38:04.559
 with

00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:04.700
 my

00:38:04.700 --> 00:38:04.980
 mind

00:38:04.980 --> 00:38:05.119
 but

00:38:05.119 --> 00:38:05.260
 with

00:38:05.260 --> 00:38:05.460
 my

00:38:05.460 --> 00:38:05.840
 flesh

00:38:05.840 --> 00:38:06.099
 I

00:38:06.099 --> 00:38:06.539
 serve

00:38:06.539 --> 00:38:07.140
 the

00:38:07.140 --> 00:38:07.500
 law

00:38:07.500 --> 00:38:08.079
 of

00:38:08.079 --> 00:38:08.480
 sin.

00:38:09.519 --> 00:38:09.820
 There

00:38:09.820 --> 00:38:09.960
 is

00:38:09.960 --> 00:38:10.440
 therefore

00:38:10.440 --> 00:38:11.280
 now

00:38:11.280 --> 00:38:11.660
 no

00:38:11.660 --> 00:38:12.420
 condemnation

00:38:12.420 --> 00:38:12.900
 for those

00:38:12.900 --> 00:38:13.140
 who are

00:38:13.140 --> 00:38:13.320
 in

00:38:13.320 --> 00:38:13.680
 Christ

00:38:13.680 --> 00:38:14.039
 Jesus.

00:38:14.760 --> 00:38:15.079
 For

00:38:15.079 --> 00:38:15.200
 the

00:38:15.200 --> 00:38:15.420
 law

00:38:15.420 --> 00:38:15.519
 of

00:38:15.519 --> 00:38:15.619
 the

00:38:15.619 --> 00:38:15.800
 spirit

00:38:15.800 --> 00:38:15.940
 of

00:38:15.940 --> 00:38:16.140
 life

00:38:16.140 --> 00:38:16.320
 has

00:38:16.320 --> 00:38:16.480
 set

00:38:16.480 --> 00:38:16.619
 you

00:38:16.619 --> 00:38:16.920
 free

00:38:16.920 --> 00:38:17.180
 in

00:38:17.180 --> 00:38:17.500
 Christ

00:38:17.500 --> 00:38:17.680
 Jesus

00:38:17.680 --> 00:38:17.860
 from

00:38:17.860 --> 00:38:17.980
 the

00:38:17.980 --> 00:38:18.220
 law

00:38:18.220 --> 00:38:18.420
 of

00:38:18.420 --> 00:38:18.740
 sin

00:38:18.740 --> 00:38:19.079
 and

00:38:19.079 --> 00:38:19.440
 death.

00:38:19.980 --> 00:38:20.180
 For

00:38:20.180 --> 00:38:20.380
 God

00:38:20.380 --> 00:38:20.519
 has

00:38:20.519 --> 00:38:20.680
 done

00:38:20.680 --> 00:38:20.820
 what

00:38:20.820 --> 00:38:20.960
 the

00:38:20.960 --> 00:38:21.280
 law

00:38:21.280 --> 00:38:21.660
 weakened

00:38:21.660 --> 00:38:21.880
 by

00:38:21.880 --> 00:38:22.059
 the

00:38:22.059 --> 00:38:22.320
 flesh

00:38:22.320 --> 00:38:22.320


00:38:32.880 --> 00:38:46.140
 in

00:38:46.140 --> 00:38:46.920
 the

00:38:46.920 --> 00:38:46.920


00:38:46.920 --> 00:38:47.079
 is

00:38:47.079 --> 00:38:47.500
 death

00:38:47.500 --> 00:38:48.119
 but

00:38:48.119 --> 00:38:48.380
 the

00:38:48.380 --> 00:38:48.640
 mind

00:38:48.640 --> 00:38:48.760
 on

00:38:48.760 --> 00:38:48.880
 the

00:38:48.880 --> 00:38:49.200
 spirit

00:38:49.200 --> 00:38:49.360
 is

00:38:49.360 --> 00:38:49.800
 life

00:38:49.800 --> 00:38:50.380
 and

00:38:50.380 --> 00:38:50.860
 peace

00:38:50.860 --> 00:38:51.700
 for

00:38:51.700 --> 00:38:51.800
 the

00:38:51.800 --> 00:38:52.000
 mind

00:38:52.000 --> 00:38:52.140
 that

00:38:52.140 --> 00:38:52.240
 is

00:38:52.240 --> 00:38:52.360
 set

00:38:52.360 --> 00:38:52.460
 on

00:38:52.460 --> 00:38:52.579
 the

00:38:52.579 --> 00:38:52.860
 flesh

00:38:52.860 --> 00:38:53.039
 is

00:38:53.039 --> 00:38:53.440
 hostile

00:38:53.440 --> 00:38:53.660
 to

00:38:53.660 --> 00:38:53.980
 God

00:38:53.980 --> 00:38:54.380
 for

00:38:54.380 --> 00:38:54.500
 it

00:38:54.500 --> 00:38:54.680
 does

00:38:54.680 --> 00:38:54.900
 not

00:38:54.900 --> 00:38:55.220
 submit

00:38:55.220 --> 00:38:55.400
 to

00:38:55.400 --> 00:38:55.640
 God

00:38:55.640 --> 00:38:55.900
 law

00:38:55.900 --> 00:38:56.420
 indeed

00:38:56.420 --> 00:38:56.880
 it

00:38:56.880 --> 00:38:57.260
 cannot

00:38:57.260 --> 00:38:58.579
 those

00:38:58.579 --> 00:38:58.800
 who are

00:38:58.800 --> 00:38:58.900
 in

00:38:58.900 --> 00:38:59.019
 the

00:38:59.019 --> 00:38:59.420
 flesh

00:38:59.420 --> 00:39:00.079
 cannot

00:39:00.079 --> 00:39:00.420
 please

00:39:00.420 --> 00:39:00.800
 God

00:39:01.660 --> 00:39:03.880
 You, however, are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit,

00:39:03.920 --> 00:39:05.980
 if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you.

00:39:06.500 --> 00:39:10.360
 Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to Him.

00:39:10.980 --> 00:39:14.039
 But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin,

00:39:14.100 --> 00:39:16.200
 the Spirit is life because of righteousness.

00:39:17.080 --> 00:39:19.740
 If the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you,

00:39:19.820 --> 00:39:21.600
 He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead

00:39:21.600 --> 00:39:25.640
 will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.

00:39:26.120 --> 00:39:30.580
 So then, brothers, we are debtors not to the flesh to live according to the flesh,

00:39:31.080 --> 00:39:33.460
 for if you live according to the flesh, you will die.

00:39:33.900 --> 00:39:37.920
 But if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

00:39:38.519 --> 00:39:41.960
 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

00:39:42.500 --> 00:39:45.320
 For you do not receive the Spirit of slavery to fall back into fear,

00:39:45.360 --> 00:39:47.980
 but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons,

00:39:48.060 --> 00:39:50.700
 by whom we cry, Abba, Father.

00:39:51.539 --> 00:39:55.380
 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God.

00:39:55.380 --> 00:39:59.340
 And if children, then heirs, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ,

00:39:59.340 --> 00:40:03.640
 provided we suffer with Him in order that we also may be glorified with Him.

00:40:04.420 --> 00:40:06.820
 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time

00:40:06.820 --> 00:40:10.079
 are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us,

00:40:10.800 --> 00:40:15.100
 objected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it,

00:40:15.440 --> 00:40:19.220
 in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption

00:40:19.220 --> 00:40:22.539
 and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God.

00:40:22.539 --> 00:40:29.199
 For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in pains of childbirth until now.

00:40:29.719 --> 00:40:32.219
 And not only the creation, but we ourselves,

00:40:32.759 --> 00:40:34.179
 who are the first fruits of the Spirit,

00:40:34.279 --> 00:40:37.579
 groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons,

00:40:38.039 --> 00:40:40.039
 the redemption of our bodies.

00:40:41.039 --> 00:40:42.800
 For in this hope we were saved.

00:40:43.400 --> 00:40:46.480
 Now hope that is seen is not hope, for who hopes for what he sees?

00:40:46.480 --> 00:40:50.800
 But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

00:40:51.659 --> 00:40:53.740
 Likewise, the Spirit helps us in our weakness.

00:40:54.300 --> 00:40:56.440
 For we do not know what to pray for as we ought,

00:40:56.519 --> 00:41:00.579
 but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.

00:41:01.320 --> 00:41:04.360
 And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit,

00:41:04.420 --> 00:41:08.260
 because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

00:41:08.940 --> 00:41:11.539
 And we know that for those who love God,

00:41:11.539 --> 00:41:13.659
 all things work together for good,

00:41:13.739 --> 00:41:16.539
 for those who are called according to His purpose.

00:41:17.199 --> 00:41:18.239
 For those whom He foreknew,

00:41:18.320 --> 00:41:20.840
 He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son,

00:41:20.900 --> 00:41:24.119
 in order that He might be the firstborn among many brothers.

00:41:24.820 --> 00:41:26.860
 And those whom He predestined, He also called.

00:41:27.320 --> 00:41:29.239
 And those whom He called, He also justified.

00:41:29.779 --> 00:41:32.300
 And those whom He justified, He also glorified.

00:41:33.199 --> 00:41:35.000
 What then shall we say to these things?

00:41:35.559 --> 00:41:38.199
 If God is for us, who can be against us?

00:41:38.500 --> 00:41:41.400
 He did not spare His own Son, but gave Him up for us all.

00:41:41.400 --> 00:41:44.720
 For how will we not also with Him graciously give us all things?

00:41:45.619 --> 00:41:47.800
 Who shall bring any charge against God's elect?

00:41:48.320 --> 00:41:49.680
 It is God who justifies.

00:41:50.360 --> 00:41:51.420
 Who is to condemn?

00:41:51.920 --> 00:41:53.340
 Christ Jesus is the one who died.

00:41:53.400 --> 00:41:55.900
 More than that, who was raised, who is at the right hand of God,

00:41:55.960 --> 00:41:58.160
 who indeed is interceding for us.

00:41:59.019 --> 00:42:01.220
 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?

00:42:01.900 --> 00:42:04.700
 Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine,

00:42:04.800 --> 00:42:06.700
 or nakedness, or danger, or sword?

00:42:07.139 --> 00:42:08.059
 As it is written,

00:42:08.660 --> 00:42:10.820
 For your sake were you being killed all the day long,

00:42:10.820 --> 00:42:13.519
 we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.

00:42:14.360 --> 00:42:17.280
 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors

00:42:17.280 --> 00:42:19.059
 through Him who loved us.

00:42:19.680 --> 00:42:21.480
 For I am sure that neither death, nor life,

00:42:21.559 --> 00:42:22.760
 nor angels, nor rulers,

00:42:22.880 --> 00:42:24.760
 nor things present, nor things to come,

00:42:25.140 --> 00:42:27.340
 nor powers, nor height, nor depth,

00:42:27.400 --> 00:42:29.140
 nor anything else in all creation

00:42:29.140 --> 00:42:31.280
 will be able to separate us from the love of God

00:42:31.280 --> 00:42:33.740
 in Christ Jesus, our Lord.

00:42:33.739 --> 00:42:36.779
 I am speaking the truth in Christ.

00:42:37.279 --> 00:42:38.299
 I am not lying.

00:42:38.359 --> 00:42:40.539
 My conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit

00:42:40.539 --> 00:42:44.479
 that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.

00:42:45.079 --> 00:42:47.479
 For I could wish that I myself were accursed

00:42:47.479 --> 00:42:49.659
 and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers,

00:42:50.039 --> 00:42:52.179
 my kinsmen, according to the flesh.

00:42:52.179 --> 00:42:53.779
 They are Israelites,

00:42:54.139 --> 00:42:55.480
 and to them belong the adoption,

00:42:55.779 --> 00:42:57.079
 the glory, the covenants,

00:42:57.179 --> 00:42:58.099
 the giving of the law,

00:42:58.199 --> 00:42:59.719
 the worship, and the promises.

00:43:00.539 --> 00:43:02.019
 To them belong the patriarchs,

00:43:02.019 --> 00:43:02.879
 and from their race,

00:43:02.960 --> 00:43:03.980
 according to the flesh,

00:43:04.119 --> 00:43:05.039
 is the Christ,

00:43:05.279 --> 00:43:06.679
 who is God over all,

00:43:06.799 --> 00:43:08.019
 blessed forever.

00:43:08.759 --> 00:43:09.179
 Amen.

00:43:10.239 --> 00:43:11.500
 But it is not as though

00:43:11.500 --> 00:43:12.919
 the word of God has failed,

00:43:13.480 --> 00:43:15.779
 for not all who are descended from Israel

00:43:15.779 --> 00:43:18.199
 belong to Israel.

00:43:18.819 --> 00:43:19.679
 Verse 16.

00:43:20.159 --> 00:43:23.079
 It depends not on human will or exertion,

00:43:23.259 --> 00:43:26.039
 but on God who has mercy.

00:43:26.519 --> 00:43:28.399
 Chapter 10 and verse 1.

00:43:29.699 --> 00:43:32.159
 Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for them

00:43:32.159 --> 00:43:34.239
 is that they may be saved.

00:43:34.759 --> 00:43:37.199
 For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God,

00:43:37.460 --> 00:43:39.419
 but not according to knowledge.

00:43:39.939 --> 00:43:42.119
 For being ignorant of the righteousness of God

00:43:42.119 --> 00:43:43.899
 and seeking to establish their own,

00:43:43.899 --> 00:43:47.279
 they did not submit to God's righteousness.

00:43:48.120 --> 00:43:50.840
 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness

00:43:50.840 --> 00:43:53.420
 to everyone who believes.

00:43:54.040 --> 00:43:54.660
 In verse 11.

00:43:55.180 --> 00:43:56.080
 For the scripture says,

00:43:56.240 --> 00:43:57.400
 Everyone who believes in Him

00:43:57.400 --> 00:43:58.920
 will not be put to shame.

00:43:59.340 --> 00:44:01.320
 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek.

00:44:01.380 --> 00:44:03.000
 For the same Lord is Lord of all,

00:44:03.100 --> 00:44:06.560
 bestowing His riches on all who call on Him.

00:44:07.180 --> 00:44:09.840
 For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord

00:44:09.840 --> 00:44:11.220
 will be saved.

00:44:12.220 --> 00:44:14.040
 How then will they call on Him

00:44:14.040 --> 00:44:15.519
 in whom they have not believed?

00:44:15.519 --> 00:44:17.059
 And how are they to believe in Him

00:44:17.059 --> 00:44:18.639
 of whom they have not heard?

00:44:18.719 --> 00:44:21.300
 And how are they to hear without someone preaching?

00:44:21.699 --> 00:44:24.179
 And how are they to preach unless they are sent?

00:44:24.759 --> 00:44:25.460
 As it is written,

00:44:25.559 --> 00:44:28.880
 How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news.

00:44:29.579 --> 00:44:31.239
 But they have not all obeyed the gospel.

00:44:31.360 --> 00:44:32.239
 For Isaiah says,

00:44:32.360 --> 00:44:36.059
 Lord, who has believed what He has heard from us?

00:44:36.059 --> 00:44:38.279
 So faith comes from hearing,

00:44:38.719 --> 00:44:41.320
 and hearing through the word of Christ.

00:44:41.980 --> 00:44:43.259
 Chapter 11, verse 1.

00:44:43.299 --> 00:44:44.019
 I ask then,

00:44:44.360 --> 00:44:45.739
 Has God rejected His people?

00:44:45.840 --> 00:44:47.500
 By no means.

00:44:47.980 --> 00:44:49.480
 For I myself am an Israelite,

00:44:49.539 --> 00:44:50.559
 a descendant of Abraham,

00:44:50.679 --> 00:44:52.360
 a member of the tribe of Benjamin.

00:44:53.119 --> 00:44:55.539
 God has not rejected His people whom He foreknew.

00:44:56.179 --> 00:44:58.159
 Do you not know what the scripture says of Elijah,

00:44:58.259 --> 00:45:00.400
 how he appeals to God against Israel?

00:45:00.400 --> 00:45:02.079
 Lord, they have killed your prophets,

00:45:02.200 --> 00:45:03.460
 they have demolished your altars,

00:45:03.559 --> 00:45:05.039
 and I alone am left,

00:45:05.180 --> 00:45:06.420
 and they seek my life.

00:45:07.320 --> 00:45:08.579
 But what is God's reply to him?

00:45:09.160 --> 00:45:11.079
 I have kept for myself 7,000 men

00:45:11.079 --> 00:45:13.980
 who have not bowed the knee to Baal.

00:45:14.760 --> 00:45:16.059
 So too at the present time,

00:45:16.160 --> 00:45:18.579
 there is a remnant chosen by grace.

00:45:19.079 --> 00:45:20.119
 But if it is by grace,

00:45:20.160 --> 00:45:21.720
 it is no longer on the basis of works.

00:45:21.860 --> 00:45:25.220
 Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace.

00:45:25.920 --> 00:45:26.680
 What then?

00:45:27.059 --> 00:45:28.840
 Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking.

00:45:28.840 --> 00:45:29.880
 The elect obtained it,

00:45:29.900 --> 00:45:31.600
 but the rest were hardened.

00:45:32.079 --> 00:45:32.840
 As it is written,

00:45:32.980 --> 00:45:34.860
 God gave them a spirit of stupor,

00:45:35.280 --> 00:45:36.660
 eyes that would not see,

00:45:36.800 --> 00:45:38.160
 and ears that would not hear,

00:45:38.519 --> 00:45:40.579
 down to this very day.

00:45:41.220 --> 00:45:42.840
 Chapter 11 and verse 19.

00:45:42.960 --> 00:45:43.860
 Then you will say,

00:45:44.320 --> 00:45:45.440
 Branches were broken off

00:45:45.440 --> 00:45:47.039
 so that I might be grafted in.

00:45:47.740 --> 00:45:49.900
 They were broken off because of their unbelief.

00:45:50.340 --> 00:45:52.059
 But you stand fast through faith,

00:45:52.140 --> 00:45:53.600
 so do not become proud,

00:45:54.240 --> 00:45:55.000
 but fear.

00:45:55.620 --> 00:45:57.920
 For if God did not spare the natural branches,

00:45:57.920 --> 00:45:59.460
 neither will he spare you.

00:46:00.260 --> 00:46:03.019
 Note then the kindness and the severity of God,

00:46:03.119 --> 00:46:04.780
 severity toward those who have fallen,

00:46:04.980 --> 00:46:06.740
 but God's kindness to you,

00:46:07.180 --> 00:46:09.579
 provided you continue in his kindness.

00:46:10.159 --> 00:46:12.800
 Otherwise, you too will be cut off.

00:46:13.340 --> 00:46:15.780
 And even if they do not continue in their unbelief,

00:46:15.840 --> 00:46:16.659
 will be grafted in,

00:46:16.700 --> 00:46:19.200
 for God has the power to graft them in again.

00:46:19.199 --> 00:46:20.779
 For if you were cut,

00:46:21.000 --> 00:46:24.679
 for if you were cut from what is by nature

00:46:24.679 --> 00:46:25.719
 a wild olive tree,

00:46:25.839 --> 00:46:27.399
 and grafted contrary to nature

00:46:27.399 --> 00:46:29.000
 into a cultivated olive tree,

00:46:29.559 --> 00:46:30.960
 how much more will these,

00:46:31.039 --> 00:46:31.980
 the natural branches,

00:46:32.119 --> 00:46:34.679
 be grafted back into their own olive tree?

00:46:35.480 --> 00:46:36.919
 Lest you be wise in your own sight,

00:46:36.980 --> 00:46:38.919
 I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery,

00:46:39.019 --> 00:46:39.279
 brothers.

00:46:39.639 --> 00:46:41.539
 A partial hardening has come upon Israel

00:46:41.539 --> 00:46:43.839
 until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.

00:46:44.139 --> 00:46:44.939
 And in this way,

00:46:45.039 --> 00:46:46.079
 all Israel will be saved.

00:46:46.079 --> 00:46:46.799
 As it is written,

00:46:47.019 --> 00:46:48.980
 the Deliverer will come from Zion,

00:46:49.440 --> 00:46:51.440
 he will banish ungodliness from Jacob.

00:46:51.920 --> 00:46:53.440
 And this will be my covenant with them

00:46:53.440 --> 00:46:55.480
 when I take away their sins.

00:46:56.139 --> 00:46:57.159
 As regards the gospel,

00:46:57.719 --> 00:46:58.960
 they are enemies for your sake.

00:46:59.420 --> 00:47:00.460
 But as regards election,

00:47:00.599 --> 00:47:02.480
 they are beloved for the sake of their forefathers.

00:47:03.039 --> 00:47:04.900
 For the gifts and the calling of God

00:47:04.900 --> 00:47:06.199
 are irrevocable.

00:47:06.860 --> 00:47:09.219
 For just as you were at one time disobedient to God,

00:47:09.219 --> 00:47:10.579
 but now have received mercy

00:47:10.579 --> 00:47:12.039
 because of their disobedience,

00:47:12.440 --> 00:47:14.679
 so they too have now been disobedient

00:47:14.679 --> 00:47:16.500
 in order that by the mercy shown to you,

00:47:16.579 --> 00:47:18.839
 they also may now receive mercy.

00:47:19.519 --> 00:47:21.919
 For God has consigned all to disobedience,

00:47:22.319 --> 00:47:24.099
 that he may have mercy on all.

00:47:24.799 --> 00:47:27.259
 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom

00:47:27.259 --> 00:47:28.679
 and knowledge of God!

00:47:29.119 --> 00:47:30.859
 How unsearchable are his judgments,

00:47:31.039 --> 00:47:33.379
 and how inscrutable his ways!

00:47:33.799 --> 00:47:35.980
 For who has known the mind of the Lord,

00:47:36.039 --> 00:47:38.159
 or who has been his counselor,

00:47:38.159 --> 00:47:40.399
 or who has given a gift to him

00:47:40.400 --> 00:47:42.780
 that he might be repaid?

00:47:43.260 --> 00:47:45.260
 For from him, and through him,

00:47:45.559 --> 00:47:47.900
 and to him are all things.

00:47:48.019 --> 00:47:50.400
 To him be glory forever.

00:47:51.220 --> 00:47:51.720
 Amen.

00:47:52.599 --> 00:47:54.420
 Justification by grace, through faith,

00:47:54.559 --> 00:47:57.180
 and the personal work of Jesus Christ alone.

00:47:57.300 --> 00:47:58.480
 Chapter 12, verse 1.

00:47:58.740 --> 00:48:00.320
 I appeal to you, therefore, brothers,

00:48:00.740 --> 00:48:01.940
 by the mercies of God,

00:48:01.980 --> 00:48:04.200
 to present your bodies as a living sacrifice,

00:48:04.360 --> 00:48:05.960
 holy and acceptable to God,

00:48:06.260 --> 00:48:08.099
 which is your spiritual worship.

00:48:08.759 --> 00:48:10.239
 Do not be conformed to this world,

00:48:10.299 --> 00:48:12.559
 but be transformed by the renewal of your mind,

00:48:12.599 --> 00:48:13.940
 that by testing you may discern

00:48:13.940 --> 00:48:14.880
 what is the will of God,

00:48:14.940 --> 00:48:17.739
 what is good and acceptable and perfect.

00:48:18.619 --> 00:48:19.779
 For by the grace given to me,

00:48:19.799 --> 00:48:20.960
 I say to everyone among you,

00:48:21.000 --> 00:48:22.539
 not to think of himself more highly

00:48:22.539 --> 00:48:23.539
 than he ought to think,

00:48:23.819 --> 00:48:25.380
 but to think with sober judgment,

00:48:25.519 --> 00:48:27.139
 each according to the measure of faith

00:48:27.139 --> 00:48:28.119
 that God has assigned.

00:48:28.860 --> 00:48:30.699
 For as in one body we have many members,

00:48:30.699 --> 00:48:32.900
 and the members do not all have the same function,

00:48:33.079 --> 00:48:34.619
 so we, though many,

00:48:34.739 --> 00:48:36.339
 are one body in Christ,

00:48:36.340 --> 00:48:39.480
 and individually members one of another.

00:48:40.000 --> 00:48:40.880
 Having gifts that differ

00:48:40.880 --> 00:48:42.200
 according to the grace given to us,

00:48:42.260 --> 00:48:43.200
 let us use them,

00:48:43.500 --> 00:48:45.280
 if prophecy in proportion to our faith,

00:48:45.720 --> 00:48:46.900
 if service in our serving,

00:48:46.960 --> 00:48:48.420
 the one who teaches in his teaching,

00:48:48.780 --> 00:48:50.600
 the one who exhorts in his exhortation,

00:48:50.660 --> 00:48:52.240
 the one who contributes in generosity,

00:48:52.720 --> 00:48:54.240
 the one who leads with zeal,

00:48:54.519 --> 00:48:55.460
 the one who does evil,

00:48:55.600 --> 00:48:57.220
 hold fast to what is good.

00:48:58.000 --> 00:49:00.000
 Love one another with brotherly affection,

00:49:00.160 --> 00:49:02.360
 outdo one another in showing honor.

00:49:03.039 --> 00:49:04.579
 Do not be slothful in zeal,

00:49:04.579 --> 00:49:05.880
 though be fervent in spirit,

00:49:06.119 --> 00:49:07.559
 serve the Lord.

00:49:08.199 --> 00:49:09.099
 Rejoice in hope,

00:49:09.360 --> 00:49:10.659
 be patient in tribulation,

00:49:11.039 --> 00:49:12.699
 be constant in prayer.

00:49:13.500 --> 00:49:14.880
 Contribute to the needs of the saints

00:49:14.880 --> 00:49:16.279
 and seek to show hospitality.

00:49:17.219 --> 00:49:18.500
 Bless those who persecute you,

00:49:18.599 --> 00:49:20.059
 bless and do not curse them.

00:49:20.659 --> 00:49:22.119
 Rejoice with those who rejoice,

00:49:22.659 --> 00:49:24.099
 weep with those who weep.

00:49:24.599 --> 00:49:26.219
 Live in harmony with one another.

00:49:26.619 --> 00:49:27.559
 Do not be haughty,

00:49:27.719 --> 00:49:29.179
 but associate with the lowly.

00:49:29.639 --> 00:49:31.880
 Never be wise in your own sight.

00:49:31.880 --> 00:49:34.240
 Repay no one evil for evil,

00:49:34.420 --> 00:49:36.059
 but give thought to do what is honorable

00:49:36.059 --> 00:49:37.000
 in the sight of all.

00:49:37.700 --> 00:49:38.400
 If possible,

00:49:38.519 --> 00:49:39.800
 so far as it depends on you,

00:49:40.039 --> 00:49:41.579
 live peaceably with all.

00:49:42.360 --> 00:49:42.619
 Beloved,

00:49:42.680 --> 00:49:43.820
 never avenge yourselves,

00:49:43.900 --> 00:49:45.240
 but leave it to the wrath of God,

00:49:45.320 --> 00:49:45.960
 for it is written,

00:49:46.119 --> 00:49:47.140
 vengeance is mine,

00:49:47.220 --> 00:49:48.119
 I will repay,

00:49:48.720 --> 00:49:49.380
 says the Lord.

00:49:50.220 --> 00:49:51.019
 To the contrary,

00:49:51.660 --> 00:49:52.599
 if your enemy is hungry,

00:49:52.780 --> 00:49:53.220
 feed him.

00:49:53.720 --> 00:49:54.340
 If he is thirsty,

00:49:54.460 --> 00:49:55.440
 give him something to drink,

00:49:55.519 --> 00:49:56.500
 for so by doing,

00:49:56.740 --> 00:49:59.220
 you will heap burning coals on his head.

00:49:59.839 --> 00:50:02.019
 Do not be overcome by evil,

00:50:02.179 --> 00:50:04.619
 but overcome evil with good.

00:50:05.379 --> 00:50:06.619
 Chapter 13, verse 1,

00:50:06.679 --> 00:50:07.879
 Let every person be subject

00:50:07.879 --> 00:50:09.699
 to the governing authorities,

00:50:09.799 --> 00:50:10.619
 for there is no authority

00:50:10.619 --> 00:50:11.439
 except from God,

00:50:11.619 --> 00:50:12.779
 and those that exist

00:50:12.779 --> 00:50:15.139
 have been instituted by God.

00:50:15.579 --> 00:50:16.480
 And verse 8,

00:50:16.859 --> 00:50:17.719
 O no one anything

00:50:17.719 --> 00:50:19.199
 except to love each other,

00:50:19.519 --> 00:50:20.699
 for the one who loves another

00:50:20.699 --> 00:50:22.159
 has fulfilled the law.

00:50:22.399 --> 00:50:23.000
 For the commandments,

00:50:23.099 --> 00:50:24.179
 you shall not commit adultery,

00:50:24.179 --> 00:50:25.000
 you shall not murder,

00:50:25.099 --> 00:50:25.799
 you shall not steal,

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 you shall not covet,

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 and any other commandment

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 are summed up in this word,

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 you shall love your neighbor

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 as yourself.

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 Love does no wrong to a neighbor,

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 therefore love is fulfilling the law.

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 Besides this,

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 you know the time

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 that the hour has come

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 for you to wake from sleep,

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 for salvation is nearer to us now

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 than when we first believed.

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 The night is far gone,

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 the day is at hand,

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 so then let us cast off

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 the works of darkness

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 and put on the armor of light.

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 Chapter 14, verse 1,

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 As for the one who is weak in faith,

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 welcome him,

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 but not to quarrel over opinions.

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 And verse 7,

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 For none of us lives to himself

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 and none of us dies to himself.

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 For if we live,

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 we live to the Lord,

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 and if we die,

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 we die to the Lord.

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 So that whether we live

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 or whether we die,

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 we are the Lord's.

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 For to this end,

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 Christ died and lived again,

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 that he might be Lord

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 both of the dead

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 and of the living.

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 Why do you pass judgment

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 on your brother?

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 Or why do you despise your brother?

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 For we will all stand

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 before the judgment seat of God.

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 For it is written,

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 As I live, says the Lord,

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 every knee shall bow to me

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 and every tongue shall confess to God.

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 So then each of us

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 will give an account of himself to God.

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 Therefore, let us not pass judgment

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 on one another any longer,

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 but rather decide never to put

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 a stumbling block or hindrance

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 in the way of a brother.

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 Chapter 15, and verse 1.

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 We who are strong

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 have an obligation

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 to bear with the failings

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 of the weak

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 and not to please ourselves.

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 Let each of us please his neighbor

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 for his good

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 to build him up.

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 For Christ did not please himself,

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 but as it is written,

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 the reproaches of those

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 who reproached you

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 fell on me.

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 For whatever was written

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 in former days

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 was written for our instruction

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 that through endurance

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 and through the encouragement

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 of the scriptures

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 we might have hope.

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 May the God of endurance

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 and encouragement

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 grant you to live

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 in such harmony

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 with one another

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 in accord with Christ Jesus,

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 that together you may

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 with one voice glorify

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 the God and Father

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 of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Therefore, welcome one another

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 as Christ has welcomed you

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 for the glory of God.

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 For I tell you

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 that Christ became

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 a servant to the circumcised

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 to show God's truthfulness

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 in order to confirm

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 the promises given

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 to the patriarchs

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 and in order that the Gentiles

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 might glorify God

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 for his mercy.

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 Right?

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 I hope some measure

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 that serves you

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 to see the arc

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 of where Paul is going.

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 Justification by grace alone

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 through faith alone

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 in Christ alone.

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 We're not saved as individuals.

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 We're saved as a people.

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 He means for us

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 to be a people

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 who love one another

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 for our good

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 and for his glory.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Thank you.

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