WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.080 be able to give you a copy. 00:00:22.379 --> 00:00:28.640 So we're going to read this morning from chapter 8, verses 1 to 4. 00:00:28.640 --> 00:00:32.100 And then 12 to 17. 00:00:32.420 --> 00:00:33.960 So we're going to read and then I'll pray. 00:00:34.640 --> 00:00:37.000 Romans 8, starting at verse 1. 00:00:40.079 --> 00:00:46.380 Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 00:00:47.320 --> 00:00:56.620 Because through Christ Jesus, the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. 00:00:56.619 --> 00:01:01.919 For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, 00:01:02.640 --> 00:01:09.019 God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. 00:01:10.019 --> 00:01:16.179 And so he condemned sin in the flesh in order that the righteous requirement of the law 00:01:16.180 --> 00:01:21.800 might be fully met in us who do not live according to the flesh, 00:01:22.200 --> 00:01:24.460 but according to the Spirit. 00:01:26.340 --> 00:01:27.780 Down to verse 12. 00:01:27.780 --> 00:01:32.820 Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation. 00:01:33.820 --> 00:01:37.400 But it is not to the flesh to live according to it. 00:01:38.480 --> 00:01:42.219 For if you live according to the flesh, you will die. 00:01:43.420 --> 00:01:49.939 But if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live. 00:01:49.939 --> 00:01:56.459 For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. 00:01:57.340 --> 00:02:03.599 The Spirit you receive does not make you slaves so that you live in fear again. 00:02:04.379 --> 00:02:09.680 Rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. 00:02:10.539 --> 00:02:15.300 And by him we cry, Abba, Father. 00:02:15.300 --> 00:02:24.040 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. 00:02:25.100 --> 00:02:29.500 Now if we are children, then we are heirs. 00:02:30.500 --> 00:02:33.540 Heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ. 00:02:33.900 --> 00:02:36.760 If indeed we share in his sufferings, 00:02:37.120 --> 00:02:42.300 in order that we may also share in his glory. 00:02:42.300 --> 00:02:45.540 Well, let's pray together. 00:02:50.439 --> 00:02:52.560 Father, we are weak. 00:02:53.420 --> 00:02:54.780 We are helpless. 00:02:55.800 --> 00:02:59.300 And we need the power of your Holy Spirit 00:02:59.300 --> 00:03:03.820 to help us to understand your word. 00:03:03.980 --> 00:03:05.520 But more than that, 00:03:06.160 --> 00:03:10.040 we ask that by your Spirit you would shine your light 00:03:10.039 --> 00:03:12.379 upon the Lord Jesus 00:03:12.379 --> 00:03:17.120 so that we may understand all that he has done 00:03:17.120 --> 00:03:22.359 and the work that he continues to do in our life today 00:03:22.359 --> 00:03:24.500 as we live for him. 00:03:25.479 --> 00:03:30.719 So please encourage and equip us all today, we pray in Jesus' name. 00:03:31.439 --> 00:03:31.919 Amen. 00:03:31.919 --> 00:03:38.379 Well, these last few weeks we've been asking the big question, 00:03:38.599 --> 00:03:40.319 what is a Christian? 00:03:41.159 --> 00:03:42.599 Or to put it another way, 00:03:42.759 --> 00:03:45.479 what are the marks of a Christian? 00:03:46.239 --> 00:03:48.439 Well, today we're going to see that a Christian 00:03:48.439 --> 00:03:52.439 is somebody who kills off sin. 00:03:52.959 --> 00:03:55.579 In other words, we're to consciously 00:03:55.580 --> 00:04:00.640 and intentionally put sin to death. 00:04:01.640 --> 00:04:03.480 Now, as we talk about sin, 00:04:03.560 --> 00:04:05.120 it's perhaps not very popular, 00:04:05.280 --> 00:04:05.760 or you're thinking, 00:04:05.920 --> 00:04:08.820 gosh, I don't really like the look of this subject. 00:04:09.300 --> 00:04:10.820 Well, follow with me, 00:04:10.880 --> 00:04:12.500 because it's extremely important. 00:04:12.620 --> 00:04:15.439 We're going to define sin like this 00:04:15.439 --> 00:04:16.800 as we go through our talk. 00:04:16.800 --> 00:04:20.480 Sin is the desires within us 00:04:20.480 --> 00:04:23.400 that stand opposed to God 00:04:23.400 --> 00:04:26.660 and are not yet renewed by God. 00:04:27.560 --> 00:04:30.100 So it's not just the bad things we do 00:04:30.100 --> 00:04:31.759 or the good things we don't do. 00:04:32.520 --> 00:04:34.439 It are the desires within us 00:04:34.439 --> 00:04:37.019 that stand opposed to God 00:04:37.019 --> 00:04:40.019 and are not yet renewed by God. 00:04:41.280 --> 00:04:44.100 You see, if you're a Christian here this morning, 00:04:44.600 --> 00:04:45.939 you're in a battle. 00:04:46.800 --> 00:04:48.500 Let me explain. 00:04:48.639 --> 00:04:50.360 Before we became a Christian, 00:04:51.139 --> 00:04:53.639 our sinful nature ruled our hearts. 00:04:54.139 --> 00:04:56.199 So we lived and we did as we wanted. 00:04:56.720 --> 00:04:59.420 Our sinful desires were unopposed. 00:04:59.920 --> 00:05:01.860 There was no battle going on. 00:05:01.939 --> 00:05:03.460 We just did whatever we wanted. 00:05:04.660 --> 00:05:06.780 But when we became a Christian, 00:05:07.759 --> 00:05:10.699 the Spirit of God moved into our hearts 00:05:10.699 --> 00:05:13.580 and the Spirit now rules 00:05:13.579 --> 00:05:17.039 and gives us new God desires. 00:05:18.199 --> 00:05:20.800 And although we now have a new nature, 00:05:21.639 --> 00:05:25.019 the old sinful nature has not gone away. 00:05:25.899 --> 00:05:28.279 It still remains opposed to God 00:05:28.279 --> 00:05:30.620 and is fighting against what is good 00:05:30.620 --> 00:05:31.560 and what is pure. 00:05:31.919 --> 00:05:32.860 That's the battle. 00:05:33.000 --> 00:05:33.919 If you're a Christian, 00:05:34.419 --> 00:05:35.360 that's the battle, 00:05:35.459 --> 00:05:38.779 what goes on inside of us 24-7. 00:05:38.779 --> 00:05:43.519 God gives us his Spirit to live his way. 00:05:44.339 --> 00:05:46.659 But yet the old sinful nature 00:05:46.659 --> 00:05:48.619 is still there. 00:05:48.759 --> 00:05:50.199 He hasn't gone away 00:05:50.199 --> 00:05:53.439 and is fighting against all that is good 00:05:53.439 --> 00:05:54.759 and right. 00:05:54.759 --> 00:05:58.079 Paul, who writes Romans, 00:05:59.039 --> 00:06:00.519 is a Christian 00:06:00.519 --> 00:06:03.300 and he shows us what this fight looks like. 00:06:03.379 --> 00:06:04.899 You can probably relate to it. 00:06:04.980 --> 00:06:07.819 Chapter 7, verse 19. 00:06:07.980 --> 00:06:10.259 So go back to chapter 7, verse 19. 00:06:11.319 --> 00:06:13.740 Look how he describes the fight. 00:06:16.740 --> 00:06:17.779 Verse 19, 00:06:17.779 --> 00:06:21.500 For I do not do the good I want to do, 00:06:22.219 --> 00:06:25.059 but the evil I do not want to do. 00:06:25.599 --> 00:06:27.719 This I keep on doing. 00:06:29.579 --> 00:06:32.839 Now if I do what I do not want to do, 00:06:33.439 --> 00:06:35.399 it is no longer I who do it, 00:06:35.500 --> 00:06:38.319 but it is sin living within me 00:06:38.319 --> 00:06:39.719 that does it. 00:06:40.719 --> 00:06:42.739 Have you ever experienced that? 00:06:43.419 --> 00:06:45.599 You want to do the right thing, 00:06:45.600 --> 00:06:48.879 but you end up doing the wrong thing. 00:06:50.040 --> 00:06:52.200 That's our sinful desires 00:06:52.200 --> 00:06:56.280 battling against our new God desires. 00:06:56.520 --> 00:06:58.720 He explains it further, verse 22. 00:07:00.000 --> 00:07:01.640 For in my inner being, 00:07:01.740 --> 00:07:03.180 I delight in God's law. 00:07:03.240 --> 00:07:05.260 I want to do the right thing. 00:07:05.860 --> 00:07:06.939 Verse 23, 00:07:07.540 --> 00:07:10.220 But I see another law at work in me, 00:07:10.879 --> 00:07:12.580 waging war 00:07:12.579 --> 00:07:16.319 against the law of my mind 00:07:16.319 --> 00:07:17.579 and making me a prisoner 00:07:17.579 --> 00:07:20.839 of the law of sin at work within me. 00:07:23.000 --> 00:07:25.439 What a terrible, verse 24, 00:07:25.699 --> 00:07:27.740 what a wretched man I am. 00:07:28.319 --> 00:07:30.799 I can't seem to do the right thing. 00:07:30.899 --> 00:07:33.019 I keep falling and failing. 00:07:34.219 --> 00:07:35.959 Who's going to rescue me 00:07:35.959 --> 00:07:36.819 from this body 00:07:36.819 --> 00:07:38.860 that is subject to death? 00:07:38.860 --> 00:07:42.460 We fight this battle 00:07:42.460 --> 00:07:45.620 and we often feel we're losing. 00:07:46.400 --> 00:07:48.000 Are we going to get anywhere? 00:07:49.199 --> 00:07:51.379 But this morning is a message of hope. 00:07:52.300 --> 00:07:53.680 Don't despair. 00:07:54.759 --> 00:07:55.560 Verse 25, 00:07:57.139 --> 00:07:58.780 Thanks be to God 00:07:58.780 --> 00:08:01.120 who delivers me 00:08:01.120 --> 00:08:03.199 through Jesus Christ, 00:08:03.660 --> 00:08:04.420 our Lord. 00:08:04.420 --> 00:08:06.060 Jesus Christ 00:08:06.060 --> 00:08:08.280 delivers us 00:08:08.280 --> 00:08:09.819 and helps us 00:08:09.819 --> 00:08:11.340 and enables us 00:08:11.340 --> 00:08:13.520 to fight sin. 00:08:14.360 --> 00:08:15.360 So three things 00:08:15.360 --> 00:08:16.460 we're going to look at 00:08:16.460 --> 00:08:17.620 this morning 00:08:17.620 --> 00:08:19.200 from Romans chapter 8 00:08:19.200 --> 00:08:20.700 that's going to help us all 00:08:20.700 --> 00:08:22.120 kill off sin 00:08:22.120 --> 00:08:23.500 or put sin to death. 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:25.460 And if we can grasp 00:08:25.460 --> 00:08:26.740 these three things, 00:08:27.520 --> 00:08:29.259 we will see changes 00:08:29.259 --> 00:08:30.220 and transformations 00:08:30.220 --> 00:08:31.420 in our life. 00:08:31.420 --> 00:08:33.720 Maybe you've been 00:08:33.720 --> 00:08:34.420 in this battle 00:08:34.420 --> 00:08:35.320 a long time 00:08:35.320 --> 00:08:36.600 and you seem to be 00:08:36.600 --> 00:08:37.980 making no progress. 00:08:39.019 --> 00:08:39.659 Well, I think 00:08:39.659 --> 00:08:40.620 if we can grasp 00:08:40.620 --> 00:08:42.000 these three things today, 00:08:42.180 --> 00:08:43.560 it's going to help us. 00:08:43.600 --> 00:08:44.080 We're going to look 00:08:44.080 --> 00:08:45.420 at the penalty of sin, 00:08:46.159 --> 00:08:47.680 the power of sin, 00:08:48.580 --> 00:08:50.600 and the presence of sin. 00:08:50.680 --> 00:08:51.259 The penalty, 00:08:51.840 --> 00:08:52.340 power, 00:08:52.659 --> 00:08:53.800 and presence. 00:08:55.080 --> 00:08:56.080 So first, 00:08:56.279 --> 00:08:57.100 good news. 00:08:57.899 --> 00:09:00.259 We have been set free 00:09:00.259 --> 00:09:02.840 from the penalty of sin. 00:09:03.299 --> 00:09:04.340 Set free 00:09:04.340 --> 00:09:05.600 from the penalty of sin. 00:09:06.139 --> 00:09:06.740 Chapter 8, 00:09:06.819 --> 00:09:07.340 verse 1. 00:09:08.759 --> 00:09:09.159 Therefore, 00:09:09.519 --> 00:09:10.480 there is now 00:09:10.480 --> 00:09:12.759 no condemnation 00:09:12.759 --> 00:09:14.259 for those 00:09:14.259 --> 00:09:15.500 who are in Christ Jesus. 00:09:16.659 --> 00:09:17.500 This week, 00:09:17.559 --> 00:09:18.679 I was reading the news 00:09:18.679 --> 00:09:20.740 about a Mrs. Bergen 00:09:20.740 --> 00:09:23.539 who is 73 years old. 00:09:24.259 --> 00:09:26.200 For the last 28 years, 00:09:26.360 --> 00:09:27.220 Mrs. Bergen 00:09:27.220 --> 00:09:28.800 has been claiming 00:09:28.800 --> 00:09:30.980 her dead father-in-law's pension. 00:09:32.200 --> 00:09:32.540 Now, 00:09:32.580 --> 00:09:33.379 when you tot up 00:09:33.379 --> 00:09:34.700 the weekly claims, 00:09:35.560 --> 00:09:36.320 Mrs. Bergen 00:09:36.320 --> 00:09:37.160 had received 00:09:37.160 --> 00:09:38.320 a tidy sum of, 00:09:38.379 --> 00:09:38.879 guess what? 00:09:40.379 --> 00:09:41.779 £270,000. 00:09:44.180 --> 00:09:45.720 Not a bad little scheme, 00:09:45.800 --> 00:09:46.240 was it? 00:09:47.300 --> 00:09:47.820 Apparently, 00:09:47.980 --> 00:09:48.560 someone came 00:09:48.560 --> 00:09:49.879 across the file 00:09:49.879 --> 00:09:50.980 of the father-in-law 00:09:50.980 --> 00:09:52.000 and discovered 00:09:52.000 --> 00:09:53.320 that if he was still alive, 00:09:53.440 --> 00:09:54.139 he was past 00:09:54.139 --> 00:09:55.740 110 years old. 00:09:56.379 --> 00:09:56.620 So, 00:09:56.699 --> 00:09:57.039 they went 00:09:57.039 --> 00:09:57.899 investigating 00:09:57.899 --> 00:09:59.659 and discovered 00:09:59.659 --> 00:10:00.620 Mrs. Bergen 00:10:00.620 --> 00:10:02.340 who was found 00:10:02.340 --> 00:10:02.939 guilty. 00:10:03.819 --> 00:10:04.500 The penalty? 00:10:05.519 --> 00:10:06.360 A fine 00:10:06.360 --> 00:10:07.480 and a sentence. 00:10:08.319 --> 00:10:09.779 All to be paid 00:10:09.779 --> 00:10:11.019 by Mrs. Bergen. 00:10:11.519 --> 00:10:12.279 She is 00:10:12.279 --> 00:10:12.879 under 00:10:12.879 --> 00:10:14.259 condemnation. 00:10:16.179 --> 00:10:16.720 Now, 00:10:16.980 --> 00:10:18.000 before we 00:10:18.000 --> 00:10:18.939 became a Christian, 00:10:19.179 --> 00:10:19.960 that's our 00:10:19.960 --> 00:10:21.080 spiritual state 00:10:21.080 --> 00:10:21.899 before God. 00:10:21.899 --> 00:10:23.019 we've broken 00:10:23.019 --> 00:10:24.240 God's law. 00:10:24.679 --> 00:10:25.419 We've desired 00:10:25.419 --> 00:10:26.240 what we want 00:10:26.240 --> 00:10:27.299 and we've been 00:10:27.299 --> 00:10:28.539 found guilty. 00:10:29.679 --> 00:10:30.559 And the penalty 00:10:30.559 --> 00:10:31.100 is 00:10:31.100 --> 00:10:32.159 death 00:10:32.159 --> 00:10:34.100 and separation 00:10:34.100 --> 00:10:34.980 from God. 00:10:35.459 --> 00:10:35.860 We are 00:10:35.860 --> 00:10:36.639 under 00:10:36.639 --> 00:10:38.220 condemnation. 00:10:39.600 --> 00:10:40.500 But look 00:10:40.500 --> 00:10:41.159 what the text 00:10:41.159 --> 00:10:42.199 is saying to us, 00:10:42.299 --> 00:10:42.899 verse 1. 00:10:44.419 --> 00:10:45.019 Therefore, 00:10:46.019 --> 00:10:47.079 there is now 00:10:47.079 --> 00:10:48.279 what? 00:10:49.500 --> 00:10:50.120 No 00:10:50.120 --> 00:10:50.899 condemnation. 00:10:50.899 --> 00:10:51.539 condemnation 00:10:51.539 --> 00:10:52.799 for those 00:10:52.799 --> 00:10:53.100 who are 00:10:53.100 --> 00:10:53.620 in Christ 00:10:53.620 --> 00:10:54.199 Jesus. 00:10:56.079 --> 00:10:56.679 Imagine 00:10:56.679 --> 00:10:57.159 that you 00:10:57.159 --> 00:10:57.439 are in 00:10:57.439 --> 00:10:58.100 the courtroom 00:10:58.100 --> 00:11:00.319 where Mrs. Bergen 00:11:00.319 --> 00:11:01.000 is facing 00:11:01.000 --> 00:11:01.699 the judge. 00:11:02.579 --> 00:11:03.579 The evidence 00:11:03.579 --> 00:11:04.259 has all been 00:11:04.259 --> 00:11:04.759 presented, 00:11:05.319 --> 00:11:06.079 the verdict 00:11:06.079 --> 00:11:06.840 is guilty, 00:11:07.639 --> 00:11:08.419 and the penalty 00:11:08.419 --> 00:11:09.620 is read out. 00:11:10.459 --> 00:11:11.360 But just as 00:11:11.360 --> 00:11:12.079 Mrs. Bergen 00:11:12.079 --> 00:11:12.840 is being led 00:11:12.840 --> 00:11:13.559 out to begin 00:11:13.559 --> 00:11:14.379 her sentence, 00:11:15.159 --> 00:11:16.019 the judge 00:11:16.019 --> 00:11:16.879 stands up 00:11:16.879 --> 00:11:17.699 representing 00:11:17.700 --> 00:11:18.600 the state 00:11:18.600 --> 00:11:20.160 and calls 00:11:20.160 --> 00:11:20.640 her back 00:11:20.640 --> 00:11:20.960 in. 00:11:22.040 --> 00:11:23.220 Mrs. Bergen, 00:11:23.960 --> 00:11:25.360 I have some 00:11:25.360 --> 00:11:25.920 good news 00:11:25.920 --> 00:11:26.340 for you. 00:11:27.620 --> 00:11:29.200 I will 00:11:29.200 --> 00:11:29.940 cover your 00:11:29.940 --> 00:11:30.480 fine, 00:11:31.480 --> 00:11:32.480 and I 00:11:32.480 --> 00:11:33.820 will take 00:11:33.820 --> 00:11:34.860 your sentence. 00:11:35.600 --> 00:11:36.680 I will 00:11:36.680 --> 00:11:37.200 pay the 00:11:37.200 --> 00:11:37.620 penalty. 00:11:38.920 --> 00:11:39.520 You are 00:11:39.520 --> 00:11:39.960 free. 00:11:41.379 --> 00:11:42.080 You can 00:11:42.080 --> 00:11:42.400 go. 00:11:42.399 --> 00:11:45.199 at that 00:11:45.199 --> 00:11:45.699 point, 00:11:45.879 --> 00:11:46.699 Mrs. Bergen 00:11:46.699 --> 00:11:47.620 is declared 00:11:47.620 --> 00:11:50.079 not guilty. 00:11:51.240 --> 00:11:51.799 No 00:11:51.799 --> 00:11:53.439 condemnation. 00:11:55.379 --> 00:11:56.000 Now, 00:11:56.079 --> 00:11:56.480 we don't 00:11:56.480 --> 00:11:56.879 have to 00:11:56.879 --> 00:11:57.340 imagine 00:11:57.340 --> 00:11:58.059 what God 00:11:58.059 --> 00:11:58.480 would do 00:11:58.480 --> 00:11:59.319 for us 00:11:59.319 --> 00:12:00.879 because he 00:12:00.879 --> 00:12:01.519 has already 00:12:01.519 --> 00:12:02.179 done it. 00:12:02.379 --> 00:12:02.899 Read again 00:12:02.899 --> 00:12:03.519 verse 1. 00:12:03.519 --> 00:12:04.539 There is 00:12:04.539 --> 00:12:05.720 now no 00:12:05.720 --> 00:12:06.779 condemnation 00:12:06.779 --> 00:12:07.379 for who? 00:12:08.539 --> 00:12:09.399 For those 00:12:09.399 --> 00:12:09.899 who are 00:12:09.899 --> 00:12:11.059 in Christ 00:12:11.059 --> 00:12:11.819 Jesus. 00:12:12.720 --> 00:12:13.340 Because 00:12:13.340 --> 00:12:14.319 through Christ 00:12:14.319 --> 00:12:14.699 Jesus, 00:12:14.860 --> 00:12:15.340 the law 00:12:15.340 --> 00:12:15.679 of the 00:12:15.679 --> 00:12:15.960 Spirit 00:12:15.960 --> 00:12:16.460 who gives 00:12:16.460 --> 00:12:16.819 life 00:12:16.819 --> 00:12:17.740 has set 00:12:17.740 --> 00:12:18.620 you free 00:12:18.620 --> 00:12:19.779 from the 00:12:19.779 --> 00:12:20.139 law of 00:12:20.139 --> 00:12:20.539 sin and 00:12:20.539 --> 00:12:20.919 death. 00:12:21.840 --> 00:12:22.379 We have 00:12:22.379 --> 00:12:23.039 been set 00:12:23.039 --> 00:12:23.779 free 00:12:23.779 --> 00:12:24.899 from the 00:12:24.899 --> 00:12:25.319 penalty 00:12:25.319 --> 00:12:25.860 of our 00:12:25.860 --> 00:12:26.419 sins. 00:12:27.480 --> 00:12:27.860 Well, 00:12:27.899 --> 00:12:28.259 how can 00:12:28.259 --> 00:12:29.000 that possibly 00:12:29.000 --> 00:12:29.419 happen? 00:12:29.819 --> 00:12:29.980 Well, 00:12:30.000 --> 00:12:30.379 look at the 00:12:30.379 --> 00:12:30.779 middle of 00:12:30.779 --> 00:12:31.379 verse 3. 00:12:31.379 --> 00:12:33.419 it tells 00:12:33.419 --> 00:12:33.960 us there, 00:12:34.559 --> 00:12:35.340 God did 00:12:35.340 --> 00:12:37.120 it by 00:12:37.120 --> 00:12:37.600 sending 00:12:37.600 --> 00:12:38.240 his own 00:12:38.240 --> 00:12:38.820 son in 00:12:38.820 --> 00:12:39.539 the likeness 00:12:39.539 --> 00:12:40.179 of sinful 00:12:40.179 --> 00:12:41.679 flesh to 00:12:41.679 --> 00:12:42.299 be a sin 00:12:42.299 --> 00:12:42.720 offering. 00:12:43.919 --> 00:12:44.259 And so 00:12:44.259 --> 00:12:45.220 he condemned 00:12:45.220 --> 00:12:47.100 sin in 00:12:47.100 --> 00:12:47.759 the flesh 00:12:47.759 --> 00:12:48.860 in Christ. 00:12:49.580 --> 00:12:50.460 God in 00:12:50.460 --> 00:12:51.000 the person 00:12:51.000 --> 00:12:51.659 of Jesus 00:12:51.659 --> 00:12:54.220 came and 00:12:54.220 --> 00:12:54.860 took on 00:12:54.860 --> 00:12:56.039 our sin 00:12:56.039 --> 00:12:57.299 and was 00:12:57.299 --> 00:12:57.940 condemned 00:12:57.940 --> 00:12:59.299 for us. 00:13:00.019 --> 00:13:00.779 On the 00:13:00.779 --> 00:13:01.299 cross, 00:13:01.379 --> 00:13:02.620 the penalty 00:13:02.620 --> 00:13:03.340 for our 00:13:03.340 --> 00:13:04.480 sins was 00:13:04.480 --> 00:13:05.299 completely 00:13:05.299 --> 00:13:06.200 and utterly 00:13:06.200 --> 00:13:07.179 paid. 00:13:08.059 --> 00:13:08.439 And in 00:13:08.439 --> 00:13:09.159 its place, 00:13:09.679 --> 00:13:10.500 God now 00:13:10.500 --> 00:13:11.039 declares 00:13:11.039 --> 00:13:13.200 us not 00:13:13.200 --> 00:13:14.439 guilty. 00:13:15.659 --> 00:13:16.019 Not 00:13:16.019 --> 00:13:16.500 guilty. 00:13:18.240 --> 00:13:18.580 That 00:13:18.580 --> 00:13:19.379 declaration 00:13:19.379 --> 00:13:19.960 of not 00:13:19.960 --> 00:13:20.480 guilty 00:13:20.480 --> 00:13:21.600 can't be 00:13:21.600 --> 00:13:22.100 chained 00:13:22.100 --> 00:13:23.240 or revoked. 00:13:23.759 --> 00:13:24.179 It's a 00:13:24.179 --> 00:13:24.919 permanent, 00:13:25.559 --> 00:13:26.399 irreversible 00:13:26.399 --> 00:13:26.960 action. 00:13:27.659 --> 00:13:27.960 Look at 00:13:27.960 --> 00:13:28.539 verse 1. 00:13:29.019 --> 00:13:29.360 Literally 00:13:29.360 --> 00:13:30.000 it's saying, 00:13:30.000 --> 00:13:30.840 therefore there 00:13:30.840 --> 00:13:31.519 is now 00:13:31.519 --> 00:13:33.460 no more 00:13:33.460 --> 00:13:34.840 condemnation. 00:13:35.700 --> 00:13:36.519 That means 00:13:36.519 --> 00:13:37.419 all of our 00:13:37.419 --> 00:13:38.059 sins, 00:13:38.960 --> 00:13:39.779 not just 00:13:39.779 --> 00:13:40.700 our past 00:13:40.700 --> 00:13:41.399 sins, 00:13:41.820 --> 00:13:42.860 but every 00:13:42.860 --> 00:13:43.840 sin in the 00:13:43.840 --> 00:13:45.039 future has 00:13:45.039 --> 00:13:46.779 already been 00:13:46.779 --> 00:13:47.940 paid for 00:13:47.940 --> 00:13:49.139 by God. 00:13:49.139 --> 00:13:51.460 God will 00:13:51.460 --> 00:13:52.299 never ever 00:13:52.299 --> 00:13:53.299 judge you 00:13:53.299 --> 00:13:54.240 or condemn 00:13:54.240 --> 00:13:54.759 you. 00:13:54.759 --> 00:13:55.960 He's 00:13:55.960 --> 00:13:56.480 never going 00:13:56.480 --> 00:13:57.080 to punish 00:13:57.080 --> 00:13:58.039 you for 00:13:58.039 --> 00:13:58.679 any of 00:13:58.679 --> 00:13:59.539 your sins 00:13:59.539 --> 00:14:00.819 if you 00:14:00.819 --> 00:14:01.159 are a 00:14:01.159 --> 00:14:01.559 Christian. 00:14:03.559 --> 00:14:04.539 It's like 00:14:04.539 --> 00:14:04.960 we've been 00:14:04.960 --> 00:14:05.419 given a 00:14:05.419 --> 00:14:06.279 credit card 00:14:06.279 --> 00:14:07.340 from the 00:14:07.340 --> 00:14:07.879 bank of 00:14:07.879 --> 00:14:08.279 God. 00:14:09.000 --> 00:14:09.819 And every 00:14:09.819 --> 00:14:10.679 time we 00:14:10.679 --> 00:14:11.039 sin, 00:14:11.379 --> 00:14:11.840 we can 00:14:11.840 --> 00:14:12.620 present that 00:14:12.620 --> 00:14:13.220 card to 00:14:13.220 --> 00:14:13.720 God and 00:14:13.720 --> 00:14:14.039 say, 00:14:14.399 --> 00:14:15.279 thank you. 00:14:15.980 --> 00:14:16.799 Thank you 00:14:16.799 --> 00:14:17.299 for paying 00:14:17.299 --> 00:14:17.980 the penalty 00:14:17.980 --> 00:14:19.299 for my 00:14:19.299 --> 00:14:19.700 sin. 00:14:19.700 --> 00:14:21.280 You see, 00:14:21.480 --> 00:14:22.080 in our 00:14:22.080 --> 00:14:22.820 battle with 00:14:22.820 --> 00:14:23.140 sin, 00:14:24.120 --> 00:14:24.800 as we 00:14:24.800 --> 00:14:25.720 seek to 00:14:25.720 --> 00:14:26.500 kill off 00:14:26.500 --> 00:14:26.840 sin, 00:14:27.240 --> 00:14:27.879 we need 00:14:27.879 --> 00:14:28.440 to know 00:14:28.440 --> 00:14:29.820 that every 00:14:29.820 --> 00:14:30.440 one of 00:14:30.440 --> 00:14:31.200 our sins 00:14:31.200 --> 00:14:32.520 is no 00:14:32.520 --> 00:14:33.240 longer held 00:14:33.240 --> 00:14:34.060 against us. 00:14:34.220 --> 00:14:34.860 If our 00:14:34.860 --> 00:14:35.600 sins were 00:14:35.600 --> 00:14:36.379 held against 00:14:36.379 --> 00:14:36.700 us, 00:14:36.820 --> 00:14:37.400 we would 00:14:37.400 --> 00:14:37.920 just give 00:14:37.920 --> 00:14:38.220 up, 00:14:38.300 --> 00:14:38.520 wouldn't 00:14:38.520 --> 00:14:38.780 we? 00:14:39.580 --> 00:14:39.780 There 00:14:39.780 --> 00:14:40.080 would be 00:14:40.080 --> 00:14:40.820 no point 00:14:40.820 --> 00:14:41.660 fighting our 00:14:41.660 --> 00:14:42.620 sin because 00:14:42.620 --> 00:14:43.420 our sins 00:14:43.420 --> 00:14:44.580 would pile up 00:14:44.580 --> 00:14:45.680 one on top 00:14:45.680 --> 00:14:46.220 of the other 00:14:46.220 --> 00:14:46.840 and crush 00:14:46.840 --> 00:14:47.120 us. 00:14:47.120 --> 00:14:48.080 But praise 00:14:48.080 --> 00:14:48.600 God, 00:14:49.080 --> 00:14:50.539 Jesus has 00:14:50.539 --> 00:14:51.139 paid it 00:14:51.139 --> 00:14:51.440 all. 00:14:53.080 --> 00:14:53.460 We have 00:14:53.460 --> 00:14:54.279 been set 00:14:54.279 --> 00:14:56.120 free from 00:14:56.120 --> 00:14:56.840 the penalty 00:14:56.840 --> 00:14:58.220 of sin. 00:14:59.340 --> 00:14:59.799 That's the 00:14:59.799 --> 00:15:00.940 first big 00:15:00.940 --> 00:15:01.659 thing we need 00:15:01.659 --> 00:15:02.860 to know as 00:15:02.860 --> 00:15:03.460 a Christian. 00:15:04.060 --> 00:15:04.580 We've been 00:15:04.580 --> 00:15:05.480 set free from 00:15:05.480 --> 00:15:05.980 the penalty, 00:15:06.200 --> 00:15:06.980 never to face 00:15:06.980 --> 00:15:07.899 condemnation. 00:15:09.379 --> 00:15:10.060 Second, 00:15:11.440 --> 00:15:12.500 we are 00:15:12.500 --> 00:15:13.860 being set 00:15:13.860 --> 00:15:14.159 free. 00:15:14.320 --> 00:15:14.560 So the 00:15:14.560 --> 00:15:15.000 first woman 00:15:15.000 --> 00:15:15.639 was a 00:15:15.639 --> 00:15:16.620 past tense 00:15:16.620 --> 00:15:18.100 work of 00:15:18.100 --> 00:15:18.500 God. 00:15:19.120 --> 00:15:19.620 Second, 00:15:20.019 --> 00:15:20.620 we are 00:15:20.620 --> 00:15:21.100 being 00:15:21.100 --> 00:15:21.759 present, 00:15:22.480 --> 00:15:23.120 set free 00:15:23.120 --> 00:15:23.620 from the 00:15:23.620 --> 00:15:24.779 power of 00:15:24.779 --> 00:15:25.139 sin. 00:15:25.879 --> 00:15:26.480 Now having 00:15:26.480 --> 00:15:27.100 our sins 00:15:27.100 --> 00:15:28.019 paid for 00:15:28.019 --> 00:15:29.379 is wonderful 00:15:29.379 --> 00:15:29.919 news. 00:15:30.039 --> 00:15:30.519 No more 00:15:30.519 --> 00:15:31.500 condemnation. 00:15:32.419 --> 00:15:32.799 Well that 00:15:32.799 --> 00:15:33.259 must mean 00:15:33.259 --> 00:15:33.980 I can live 00:15:33.980 --> 00:15:34.879 however I 00:15:34.879 --> 00:15:35.320 like and 00:15:35.320 --> 00:15:35.840 do whatever 00:15:35.840 --> 00:15:36.500 I please 00:15:36.500 --> 00:15:37.240 and all I 00:15:37.240 --> 00:15:37.659 have to do 00:15:37.659 --> 00:15:37.980 is just 00:15:37.980 --> 00:15:38.279 go to 00:15:38.279 --> 00:15:38.560 God and 00:15:38.560 --> 00:15:38.740 say, 00:15:39.060 --> 00:15:39.279 please 00:15:39.279 --> 00:15:39.779 forgive me 00:15:39.779 --> 00:15:40.120 and he'll 00:15:40.120 --> 00:15:40.720 forgive me. 00:15:42.419 --> 00:15:42.940 No. 00:15:44.299 --> 00:15:45.019 God has 00:15:45.019 --> 00:15:45.539 given us 00:15:45.539 --> 00:15:46.019 a new 00:15:46.019 --> 00:15:46.539 nature. 00:15:46.620 --> 00:15:47.220 No 00:15:47.220 --> 00:15:48.279 condemnation, 00:15:48.500 --> 00:15:49.259 that's 00:15:49.259 --> 00:15:49.679 true, 00:15:49.919 --> 00:15:50.580 but he's 00:15:50.580 --> 00:15:51.500 moved into 00:15:51.500 --> 00:15:52.159 our life 00:15:52.159 --> 00:15:52.560 and he's 00:15:52.560 --> 00:15:53.100 given us 00:15:53.100 --> 00:15:54.500 new desires, 00:15:54.899 --> 00:15:55.340 a new 00:15:55.340 --> 00:15:55.820 way to 00:15:55.820 --> 00:15:56.159 live. 00:15:56.560 --> 00:15:56.820 Chapter 00:15:56.820 --> 00:15:57.179 8, 00:15:57.240 --> 00:15:57.960 verse 5. 00:16:00.360 --> 00:16:00.960 Those 00:16:00.960 --> 00:16:01.740 who live 00:16:01.740 --> 00:16:03.039 according to 00:16:03.039 --> 00:16:03.799 the flesh, 00:16:04.799 --> 00:16:05.440 so when you 00:16:05.440 --> 00:16:06.060 see the word 00:16:06.060 --> 00:16:06.539 flesh, 00:16:06.639 --> 00:16:07.019 you might 00:16:07.019 --> 00:16:07.419 have a 00:16:07.419 --> 00:16:08.440 note at 00:16:08.440 --> 00:16:08.879 the bottom 00:16:08.879 --> 00:16:09.299 of your 00:16:09.299 --> 00:16:09.940 Bible, 00:16:10.240 --> 00:16:10.799 underneath 00:16:10.799 --> 00:16:13.019 the notes 00:16:13.019 --> 00:16:13.360 that you 00:16:13.360 --> 00:16:13.940 have there. 00:16:13.940 --> 00:16:15.400 flesh is 00:16:15.400 --> 00:16:16.080 the sin 00:16:16.080 --> 00:16:16.820 desiring 00:16:16.820 --> 00:16:17.580 nature 00:16:17.580 --> 00:16:18.680 that's 00:16:18.680 --> 00:16:18.840 in 00:16:18.840 --> 00:16:19.440 opposition 00:16:19.440 --> 00:16:19.800 to 00:16:19.800 --> 00:16:20.240 God. 00:16:20.620 --> 00:16:20.740 The 00:16:20.740 --> 00:16:21.100 sin 00:16:21.100 --> 00:16:21.680 desiring 00:16:21.680 --> 00:16:22.320 nature 00:16:22.320 --> 00:16:23.140 in 00:16:23.140 --> 00:16:23.580 opposition 00:16:23.580 --> 00:16:23.920 to 00:16:23.920 --> 00:16:24.220 God. 00:16:24.380 --> 00:16:24.540 So, 00:16:24.540 --> 00:16:25.340 keep that 00:16:25.340 --> 00:16:25.760 in mind. 00:16:25.920 --> 00:16:26.540 Verse 5, 00:16:27.040 --> 00:16:27.660 those who 00:16:27.660 --> 00:16:28.180 live 00:16:28.180 --> 00:16:29.380 according to 00:16:29.380 --> 00:16:30.180 the flesh 00:16:30.180 --> 00:16:31.640 have their 00:16:31.640 --> 00:16:32.760 minds set 00:16:32.760 --> 00:16:33.380 on what 00:16:33.380 --> 00:16:34.080 the flesh 00:16:34.080 --> 00:16:34.760 desires. 00:16:35.760 --> 00:16:36.840 But those 00:16:36.840 --> 00:16:37.440 who live in 00:16:37.440 --> 00:16:38.180 accordance with 00:16:38.180 --> 00:16:38.940 the spirit 00:16:38.940 --> 00:16:40.860 have their 00:16:40.860 --> 00:16:41.680 minds set 00:16:41.680 --> 00:16:42.040 on what 00:16:42.040 --> 00:16:42.720 the spirit 00:16:42.720 --> 00:16:43.620 desires. 00:16:44.840 --> 00:16:45.480 Verse 9, 00:16:46.360 --> 00:16:46.680 you, 00:16:46.860 --> 00:16:47.220 however, 00:16:47.820 --> 00:16:48.620 are not 00:16:48.620 --> 00:16:49.240 in the 00:16:49.240 --> 00:16:49.760 realm of 00:16:49.760 --> 00:16:50.480 the flesh, 00:16:51.360 --> 00:16:52.280 but in 00:16:52.280 --> 00:16:52.880 the realm 00:16:52.880 --> 00:16:53.800 of the 00:16:53.800 --> 00:16:54.200 spirit. 00:16:55.300 --> 00:16:55.700 You see, 00:16:55.820 --> 00:16:56.260 God has 00:16:56.260 --> 00:16:56.920 given us 00:16:56.920 --> 00:16:57.940 a brand 00:16:57.940 --> 00:16:58.900 new life. 00:16:59.980 --> 00:17:00.460 A new 00:17:00.460 --> 00:17:01.360 ruler now 00:17:01.360 --> 00:17:01.980 reigns in 00:17:01.980 --> 00:17:02.680 our hearts. 00:17:03.380 --> 00:17:03.820 And God 00:17:03.820 --> 00:17:04.500 lives in 00:17:04.500 --> 00:17:05.140 us by the 00:17:05.140 --> 00:17:05.759 power of 00:17:05.759 --> 00:17:06.220 his Holy 00:17:06.220 --> 00:17:06.820 Spirit. 00:17:07.620 --> 00:17:08.320 Verse 12, 00:17:08.319 --> 00:17:09.319 therefore, 00:17:10.379 --> 00:17:11.259 brothers and 00:17:11.259 --> 00:17:11.700 sisters, 00:17:12.579 --> 00:17:13.539 we have an 00:17:13.539 --> 00:17:14.339 obligation, 00:17:15.220 --> 00:17:16.279 but it is 00:17:16.279 --> 00:17:17.500 not to the 00:17:17.500 --> 00:17:18.599 sinful desires 00:17:18.599 --> 00:17:19.939 to live 00:17:19.939 --> 00:17:20.740 according to 00:17:20.740 --> 00:17:21.119 it. 00:17:22.159 --> 00:17:22.679 You see, 00:17:22.779 --> 00:17:23.619 our obligation 00:17:23.619 --> 00:17:24.179 when we 00:17:24.179 --> 00:17:24.980 stand back 00:17:24.980 --> 00:17:25.439 and see 00:17:25.439 --> 00:17:26.019 what God 00:17:26.019 --> 00:17:26.439 has done 00:17:26.439 --> 00:17:27.039 for us 00:17:27.039 --> 00:17:27.839 through 00:17:27.839 --> 00:17:28.399 Christ, 00:17:28.700 --> 00:17:29.200 how he's 00:17:29.200 --> 00:17:29.679 given us 00:17:29.679 --> 00:17:30.139 his Holy 00:17:30.139 --> 00:17:30.839 Spirit and 00:17:30.839 --> 00:17:31.639 has given 00:17:31.639 --> 00:17:32.059 us a 00:17:32.059 --> 00:17:32.500 completely 00:17:32.500 --> 00:17:33.139 new way 00:17:33.139 --> 00:17:33.599 to live, 00:17:33.919 --> 00:17:34.439 we have 00:17:34.439 --> 00:17:35.259 an obligation. 00:17:36.159 --> 00:17:36.779 It's not 00:17:36.779 --> 00:17:37.559 to go back 00:17:37.559 --> 00:17:37.899 to the 00:17:37.900 --> 00:17:38.620 old life 00:17:38.620 --> 00:17:39.400 and to 00:17:39.400 --> 00:17:39.759 start 00:17:39.759 --> 00:17:40.240 following 00:17:40.240 --> 00:17:40.519 our 00:17:40.519 --> 00:17:40.880 sin 00:17:40.880 --> 00:17:41.720 desires. 00:17:42.500 --> 00:17:42.840 Instead, 00:17:43.120 --> 00:17:43.500 we now 00:17:43.500 --> 00:17:43.920 live as 00:17:43.920 --> 00:17:44.640 new people 00:17:44.640 --> 00:17:44.960 who've 00:17:44.960 --> 00:17:45.480 been set 00:17:45.480 --> 00:17:46.040 free. 00:17:47.580 --> 00:17:48.259 And what's 00:17:48.259 --> 00:17:48.420 our 00:17:48.420 --> 00:17:49.019 obligation? 00:17:49.480 --> 00:17:49.920 What's 00:17:49.920 --> 00:17:50.100 our 00:17:50.100 --> 00:17:50.880 response? 00:17:51.960 --> 00:17:52.960 Verse 13, 00:17:52.960 --> 00:17:55.059 verse 13, 00:17:55.059 --> 00:17:55.380 for if you 00:17:55.380 --> 00:17:56.240 live according 00:17:56.240 --> 00:17:56.779 to the 00:17:56.779 --> 00:17:57.340 flesh, 00:17:58.420 --> 00:17:59.160 you will 00:17:59.160 --> 00:17:59.720 die. 00:18:00.860 --> 00:18:01.420 But if 00:18:01.420 --> 00:18:01.960 by the 00:18:01.960 --> 00:18:02.660 Spirit you 00:18:02.660 --> 00:18:03.279 put to 00:18:03.279 --> 00:18:03.860 death the 00:18:03.860 --> 00:18:04.700 misdeeds of 00:18:04.700 --> 00:18:05.220 the body, 00:18:06.019 --> 00:18:07.059 you will 00:18:07.059 --> 00:18:08.019 live. 00:18:09.420 --> 00:18:09.980 You see, 00:18:10.039 --> 00:18:10.440 the key 00:18:10.440 --> 00:18:11.259 phrase in 00:18:11.259 --> 00:18:12.220 verse 13 00:18:12.220 --> 00:18:15.420 is this, 00:18:16.279 --> 00:18:17.620 put to 00:18:17.620 --> 00:18:18.200 death 00:18:18.200 --> 00:18:18.259 death, 00:18:18.799 --> 00:18:20.100 the 00:18:20.100 --> 00:18:20.799 misdeeds 00:18:20.799 --> 00:18:21.120 of the 00:18:21.120 --> 00:18:21.480 body. 00:18:22.420 --> 00:18:22.680 It's a 00:18:22.680 --> 00:18:23.500 call to 00:18:23.500 --> 00:18:24.000 war. 00:18:24.860 --> 00:18:25.279 It's a 00:18:25.279 --> 00:18:26.420 command to 00:18:26.420 --> 00:18:27.019 fight. 00:18:27.900 --> 00:18:28.580 If you're a 00:18:28.580 --> 00:18:28.960 Christian, 00:18:29.080 --> 00:18:29.500 he's saying, 00:18:29.960 --> 00:18:30.640 I want you 00:18:30.640 --> 00:18:31.299 now as a 00:18:31.299 --> 00:18:31.980 new person 00:18:31.980 --> 00:18:32.680 in Christ 00:18:32.680 --> 00:18:33.660 to kill 00:18:33.660 --> 00:18:34.319 off sin. 00:18:35.819 --> 00:18:36.279 Those 00:18:36.279 --> 00:18:37.200 unwanted 00:18:37.200 --> 00:18:38.240 desires that 00:18:38.240 --> 00:18:39.120 stand opposed 00:18:39.120 --> 00:18:39.700 to God, 00:18:40.220 --> 00:18:40.620 we're to 00:18:40.620 --> 00:18:41.220 put them 00:18:41.220 --> 00:18:41.840 to death. 00:18:41.839 --> 00:18:41.980 death. 00:18:44.779 --> 00:18:45.959 One past 00:18:45.959 --> 00:18:46.859 theologian 00:18:46.859 --> 00:18:47.639 summarised 00:18:47.639 --> 00:18:48.500 verse 13 00:18:48.500 --> 00:18:49.319 like this, 00:18:50.379 --> 00:18:51.299 be killing 00:18:51.299 --> 00:18:53.279 sin or 00:18:53.279 --> 00:18:53.879 sin will 00:18:53.879 --> 00:18:54.500 kill you. 00:18:55.939 --> 00:18:56.459 You see, 00:18:56.539 --> 00:18:56.939 there's no 00:18:56.939 --> 00:18:57.959 neutral ground 00:18:57.959 --> 00:18:58.359 here. 00:18:59.279 --> 00:19:00.879 Either we're 00:19:00.879 --> 00:19:01.879 being killed 00:19:01.879 --> 00:19:04.299 by sin or 00:19:04.299 --> 00:19:05.319 we are 00:19:05.319 --> 00:19:06.119 killing sin. 00:19:07.199 --> 00:19:08.000 What one 00:19:08.000 --> 00:19:08.439 is it? 00:19:09.000 --> 00:19:09.619 We're either 00:19:09.619 --> 00:19:10.919 fighting or 00:19:11.839 --> 00:19:12.179 we're 00:19:12.179 --> 00:19:13.000 surrendering. 00:19:14.159 --> 00:19:14.720 There's no 00:19:14.720 --> 00:19:15.639 neutral ground 00:19:15.639 --> 00:19:17.579 because our 00:19:17.579 --> 00:19:18.720 old sinful 00:19:18.720 --> 00:19:19.839 nature never 00:19:19.839 --> 00:19:20.679 ever gives 00:19:20.679 --> 00:19:20.959 up. 00:19:21.419 --> 00:19:22.459 It longs to 00:19:22.459 --> 00:19:23.220 come back 00:19:23.220 --> 00:19:23.879 at us. 00:19:25.399 --> 00:19:26.379 So the 00:19:26.379 --> 00:19:27.259 command is 00:19:27.259 --> 00:19:28.939 put sin 00:19:28.939 --> 00:19:29.659 to death. 00:19:30.159 --> 00:19:30.740 That's our 00:19:30.740 --> 00:19:31.359 obligation. 00:19:32.019 --> 00:19:32.619 That's our 00:19:32.619 --> 00:19:33.480 response as 00:19:33.480 --> 00:19:33.959 Christians. 00:19:35.379 --> 00:19:36.500 But how do 00:19:36.500 --> 00:19:37.319 we go about 00:19:37.319 --> 00:19:38.159 killing sin? 00:19:39.359 --> 00:19:40.139 How do we 00:19:40.139 --> 00:19:40.779 break its 00:19:40.779 --> 00:19:41.399 power? 00:19:41.839 --> 00:19:42.359 It's 00:19:42.359 --> 00:19:43.699 hold over 00:19:43.699 --> 00:19:44.240 us. 00:19:45.019 --> 00:19:45.519 Well, the 00:19:45.519 --> 00:19:46.159 message is 00:19:46.159 --> 00:19:46.980 not, I 00:19:46.980 --> 00:19:47.439 want you to 00:19:47.439 --> 00:19:48.119 go home and 00:19:48.119 --> 00:19:49.139 fight harder 00:19:49.139 --> 00:19:50.899 or I want 00:19:50.899 --> 00:19:51.319 you to 00:19:51.319 --> 00:19:51.699 battle 00:19:51.699 --> 00:19:52.519 stronger. 00:19:53.519 --> 00:19:54.559 No, we're 00:19:54.559 --> 00:19:55.379 to turn to 00:19:55.379 --> 00:19:56.279 God who 00:19:56.279 --> 00:19:57.419 empowers us 00:19:57.419 --> 00:19:58.299 and enables 00:19:58.299 --> 00:19:58.939 us to 00:19:58.939 --> 00:19:59.899 fight sin 00:19:59.899 --> 00:20:00.679 and to 00:20:00.679 --> 00:20:01.179 kill it 00:20:01.179 --> 00:20:01.559 off. 00:20:03.019 --> 00:20:04.059 So three 00:20:04.059 --> 00:20:06.399 ways we 00:20:06.399 --> 00:20:07.000 can fight 00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:07.439 sin. 00:20:07.440 --> 00:20:10.200 because we 00:20:10.200 --> 00:20:10.799 all have a 00:20:10.799 --> 00:20:11.539 sin problem. 00:20:12.820 --> 00:20:13.320 Here's the 00:20:13.320 --> 00:20:13.940 first one. 00:20:14.559 --> 00:20:15.000 In our 00:20:15.000 --> 00:20:15.620 battle with 00:20:15.620 --> 00:20:16.799 sin, look 00:20:16.799 --> 00:20:17.140 at the 00:20:17.140 --> 00:20:18.600 beauty of 00:20:18.600 --> 00:20:19.180 the sun. 00:20:19.840 --> 00:20:20.240 Look at 00:20:20.240 --> 00:20:20.759 the beauty 00:20:20.759 --> 00:20:21.480 of the 00:20:21.480 --> 00:20:21.799 sun. 00:20:22.120 --> 00:20:22.680 Not the 00:20:22.680 --> 00:20:23.559 S-U-N 00:20:23.559 --> 00:20:24.259 but the 00:20:24.259 --> 00:20:25.259 S-O-N. 00:20:25.880 --> 00:20:27.059 Verse 14. 00:20:29.120 --> 00:20:29.900 For those 00:20:29.900 --> 00:20:30.340 who are 00:20:30.340 --> 00:20:31.460 led by the 00:20:31.460 --> 00:20:32.180 spirit of 00:20:32.180 --> 00:20:33.920 God are 00:20:33.920 --> 00:20:34.620 the children 00:20:34.619 --> 00:20:35.259 of God. 00:20:36.839 --> 00:20:37.399 You know, 00:20:37.459 --> 00:20:38.079 the primary 00:20:38.079 --> 00:20:38.759 role of 00:20:38.759 --> 00:20:39.459 the spirit 00:20:39.459 --> 00:20:40.799 in 00:20:40.799 --> 00:20:41.379 scripture 00:20:41.379 --> 00:20:42.519 is to 00:20:42.519 --> 00:20:42.979 put the 00:20:42.979 --> 00:20:43.559 spotlight 00:20:43.559 --> 00:20:45.159 on Jesus. 00:20:46.199 --> 00:20:46.939 His job, 00:20:47.059 --> 00:20:47.819 the spirit's 00:20:47.819 --> 00:20:48.500 job, is to 00:20:48.500 --> 00:20:48.979 show the 00:20:48.979 --> 00:20:50.219 glory and 00:20:50.219 --> 00:20:50.979 greatness of 00:20:50.979 --> 00:20:51.559 who Jesus 00:20:51.559 --> 00:20:52.059 is. 00:20:53.059 --> 00:20:53.599 It's a 00:20:53.599 --> 00:20:53.919 little bit 00:20:53.919 --> 00:20:54.459 like going 00:20:54.459 --> 00:20:54.879 to the 00:20:54.879 --> 00:20:55.279 theatre. 00:20:56.279 --> 00:20:57.079 You watch 00:20:57.079 --> 00:20:58.779 on stage. 00:20:59.139 --> 00:20:59.659 There's many 00:20:59.659 --> 00:21:00.079 different 00:21:00.079 --> 00:21:00.659 characters, 00:21:00.839 --> 00:21:01.439 many things 00:21:01.439 --> 00:21:01.919 happening, 00:21:02.259 --> 00:21:02.679 and they're 00:21:02.679 --> 00:21:03.500 all vying 00:21:03.500 --> 00:21:04.019 for our 00:21:04.019 --> 00:21:04.500 attention. 00:21:04.619 --> 00:21:05.259 But then 00:21:05.259 --> 00:21:05.779 all of a 00:21:05.779 --> 00:21:06.059 sudden, 00:21:06.219 --> 00:21:07.039 the spotlight 00:21:07.039 --> 00:21:07.819 is turned 00:21:07.819 --> 00:21:08.219 on, 00:21:08.539 --> 00:21:09.019 and the 00:21:09.019 --> 00:21:10.179 light focuses 00:21:10.179 --> 00:21:10.939 down on 00:21:10.939 --> 00:21:11.359 the main 00:21:11.359 --> 00:21:11.959 character, 00:21:12.279 --> 00:21:12.799 and we're 00:21:12.799 --> 00:21:15.159 drawn to 00:21:15.159 --> 00:21:16.000 that character, 00:21:16.359 --> 00:21:17.259 and everything 00:21:17.259 --> 00:21:18.119 else on the 00:21:18.119 --> 00:21:19.659 stage fades 00:21:19.659 --> 00:21:20.719 off into 00:21:20.719 --> 00:21:21.479 the background. 00:21:23.119 --> 00:21:23.559 Well, 00:21:23.679 --> 00:21:24.459 verse 14. 00:21:24.619 --> 00:21:25.359 The spirit 00:21:25.359 --> 00:21:26.179 of God 00:21:26.179 --> 00:21:28.299 leads the 00:21:28.299 --> 00:21:29.159 children of 00:21:29.159 --> 00:21:31.019 God to 00:21:31.019 --> 00:21:31.899 gaze at the 00:21:31.899 --> 00:21:32.839 beauty of 00:21:32.839 --> 00:21:33.599 the son of 00:21:33.599 --> 00:21:33.979 God. 00:21:34.619 --> 00:21:35.239 God 00:21:35.239 --> 00:21:35.739 that's the 00:21:35.739 --> 00:21:36.319 spirit's 00:21:36.319 --> 00:21:36.739 work. 00:21:37.459 --> 00:21:38.199 He leads 00:21:38.199 --> 00:21:38.679 us as 00:21:38.679 --> 00:21:39.919 children to 00:21:39.919 --> 00:21:40.619 gaze at 00:21:40.619 --> 00:21:41.199 the beauty 00:21:41.199 --> 00:21:41.599 of the 00:21:41.599 --> 00:21:41.939 son of 00:21:41.939 --> 00:21:42.299 God. 00:21:43.199 --> 00:21:43.839 The spirit 00:21:43.839 --> 00:21:44.439 puts the 00:21:44.439 --> 00:21:45.139 focus on 00:21:45.139 --> 00:21:45.879 Jesus and 00:21:45.879 --> 00:21:46.139 says, 00:21:46.599 --> 00:21:47.239 marvel and 00:21:47.239 --> 00:21:47.919 wonder at 00:21:47.919 --> 00:21:48.379 who he 00:21:48.379 --> 00:21:49.139 is and 00:21:49.139 --> 00:21:49.559 all that 00:21:49.559 --> 00:21:49.979 he has 00:21:49.979 --> 00:21:50.619 for you. 00:21:51.479 --> 00:21:52.039 Don't 00:21:52.039 --> 00:21:52.439 look at 00:21:52.439 --> 00:21:53.539 sin and 00:21:53.539 --> 00:21:54.319 think about 00:21:54.319 --> 00:21:54.699 it and 00:21:54.699 --> 00:21:55.279 dwell on 00:21:55.279 --> 00:21:55.699 it and 00:21:55.699 --> 00:21:56.679 let it 00:21:56.679 --> 00:21:57.419 roll around 00:21:57.419 --> 00:21:57.819 in your 00:21:57.819 --> 00:21:58.319 minds. 00:21:58.759 --> 00:21:59.219 Don't look 00:21:59.219 --> 00:21:59.639 at sin, 00:21:59.640 --> 00:22:00.460 look at 00:22:00.460 --> 00:22:00.680 the 00:22:00.680 --> 00:22:01.100 son. 00:22:05.259 --> 00:22:05.900 And the 00:22:05.900 --> 00:22:06.300 way in 00:22:06.300 --> 00:22:06.680 which we 00:22:06.680 --> 00:22:07.620 see Jesus 00:22:07.620 --> 00:22:08.160 in all 00:22:08.160 --> 00:22:08.860 his glory 00:22:08.860 --> 00:22:09.759 is as 00:22:09.759 --> 00:22:10.280 we open 00:22:10.280 --> 00:22:10.660 up the 00:22:10.660 --> 00:22:11.280 pages of 00:22:11.280 --> 00:22:11.680 scripture 00:22:11.680 --> 00:22:12.580 and we 00:22:12.580 --> 00:22:13.000 pray, 00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:14.240 spirit of 00:22:14.240 --> 00:22:14.620 God, 00:22:14.759 --> 00:22:15.580 shine your 00:22:15.580 --> 00:22:16.380 light on 00:22:16.380 --> 00:22:17.580 Jesus and 00:22:17.580 --> 00:22:18.300 help me to 00:22:18.300 --> 00:22:18.940 see that he 00:22:18.940 --> 00:22:19.400 is more 00:22:19.400 --> 00:22:20.320 satisfying, 00:22:20.320 --> 00:22:21.740 more fulfilling 00:22:21.740 --> 00:22:23.220 than any 00:22:23.220 --> 00:22:23.680 of my 00:22:23.680 --> 00:22:24.000 sin. 00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:27.400 One writer 00:22:27.400 --> 00:22:27.819 put it 00:22:27.819 --> 00:22:28.519 like this, 00:22:29.579 --> 00:22:31.420 when our 00:22:31.420 --> 00:22:32.099 hearts 00:22:32.099 --> 00:22:33.700 redirect 00:22:33.700 --> 00:22:34.819 their gaze 00:22:34.819 --> 00:22:35.259 to the 00:22:35.259 --> 00:22:35.920 Jesus of 00:22:35.920 --> 00:22:36.519 the Bible 00:22:36.519 --> 00:22:37.759 in all 00:22:37.759 --> 00:22:38.619 his glorious 00:22:38.619 --> 00:22:39.500 gentleness 00:22:39.500 --> 00:22:40.460 and dazzling 00:22:40.460 --> 00:22:41.019 love, 00:22:42.299 --> 00:22:43.059 sin gets 00:22:43.059 --> 00:22:43.859 starved 00:22:43.859 --> 00:22:45.460 and begins 00:22:45.460 --> 00:22:46.079 to wilt. 00:22:47.920 --> 00:22:48.799 How do 00:22:48.799 --> 00:22:49.299 we kill 00:22:49.299 --> 00:22:49.900 off sin? 00:22:50.960 --> 00:22:51.400 Well, 00:22:51.460 --> 00:22:52.059 we look 00:22:52.059 --> 00:22:52.640 at the 00:22:52.640 --> 00:22:53.400 beauty of 00:22:53.400 --> 00:22:54.040 who Jesus 00:22:54.040 --> 00:22:55.380 is and 00:22:55.380 --> 00:22:55.880 all that 00:22:55.880 --> 00:22:56.180 he has 00:22:56.180 --> 00:22:56.680 done for 00:22:56.680 --> 00:22:58.040 you and 00:22:58.040 --> 00:22:58.519 all that 00:22:58.519 --> 00:22:59.000 he offers 00:22:59.000 --> 00:22:59.340 you. 00:23:01.440 --> 00:23:02.040 Second, 00:23:02.860 --> 00:23:05.440 live in 00:23:05.440 --> 00:23:06.400 or enjoy 00:23:06.400 --> 00:23:07.740 the 00:23:07.740 --> 00:23:08.340 intimacy 00:23:08.340 --> 00:23:09.360 of the 00:23:09.360 --> 00:23:09.820 Father. 00:23:10.300 --> 00:23:10.800 Live in 00:23:10.800 --> 00:23:11.400 the intimacy 00:23:11.400 --> 00:23:11.840 of the 00:23:11.840 --> 00:23:12.080 Father. 00:23:12.200 --> 00:23:13.000 Verse 15, 00:23:14.900 --> 00:23:15.640 the spirit 00:23:15.640 --> 00:23:16.480 you receive 00:23:16.480 --> 00:23:17.000 does not 00:23:17.000 --> 00:23:17.540 make you 00:23:17.540 --> 00:23:19.480 slaves so 00:23:19.480 --> 00:23:19.840 that you 00:23:19.840 --> 00:23:20.320 live in 00:23:20.320 --> 00:23:21.200 fear again. 00:23:21.660 --> 00:23:22.040 Rather, 00:23:22.160 --> 00:23:22.820 the spirit 00:23:22.819 --> 00:23:23.759 you received 00:23:23.759 --> 00:23:24.919 brought about 00:23:24.919 --> 00:23:25.679 your adoption 00:23:25.679 --> 00:23:26.539 to sonship 00:23:26.539 --> 00:23:27.299 and by 00:23:27.299 --> 00:23:27.799 him we 00:23:27.799 --> 00:23:28.179 cry, 00:23:28.419 --> 00:23:28.799 Abba, 00:23:29.559 --> 00:23:29.779 or 00:23:29.779 --> 00:23:30.579 Father. 00:23:31.879 --> 00:23:32.559 It's a 00:23:32.559 --> 00:23:32.960 wonderful 00:23:32.960 --> 00:23:33.500 truth. 00:23:33.599 --> 00:23:33.980 If we're 00:23:33.980 --> 00:23:34.599 Christians, 00:23:35.299 --> 00:23:35.799 God has 00:23:35.799 --> 00:23:36.759 adopted us 00:23:36.759 --> 00:23:37.240 into his 00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:37.619 family. 00:23:38.079 --> 00:23:38.519 We now 00:23:38.519 --> 00:23:38.919 have the 00:23:38.919 --> 00:23:39.639 privilege and 00:23:39.639 --> 00:23:40.220 joy of 00:23:40.220 --> 00:23:40.700 being able 00:23:40.700 --> 00:23:41.159 to run 00:23:41.159 --> 00:23:41.700 to God 00:23:41.700 --> 00:23:42.039 as our 00:23:42.039 --> 00:23:42.619 father. 00:23:45.500 --> 00:23:46.220 But yet, 00:23:46.279 --> 00:23:47.019 remember how 00:23:47.019 --> 00:23:47.659 Adam and 00:23:47.659 --> 00:23:48.659 Eve reacted to 00:23:48.659 --> 00:23:49.139 God when 00:23:49.139 --> 00:23:49.919 they sinned? 00:23:50.399 --> 00:23:50.559 Do you 00:23:50.559 --> 00:23:50.939 remember what 00:23:50.940 --> 00:23:51.420 they did? 00:23:52.620 --> 00:23:53.860 They hid. 00:23:55.700 --> 00:23:56.299 And God 00:23:56.299 --> 00:23:56.940 said, why 00:23:56.940 --> 00:23:57.220 are you 00:23:57.220 --> 00:23:57.600 hiding? 00:23:58.259 --> 00:23:59.140 Well, we're 00:23:59.140 --> 00:23:59.820 afraid. 00:24:02.180 --> 00:24:02.980 Well, because 00:24:02.980 --> 00:24:04.080 there is now 00:24:04.080 --> 00:24:05.600 no condemnation 00:24:05.600 --> 00:24:06.420 for those who 00:24:06.420 --> 00:24:07.080 are in Christ 00:24:07.080 --> 00:24:08.279 Jesus, guess 00:24:08.279 --> 00:24:08.580 what? 00:24:08.980 --> 00:24:10.000 We no longer 00:24:10.000 --> 00:24:10.600 need to 00:24:10.600 --> 00:24:11.100 hide. 00:24:12.380 --> 00:24:13.580 We no longer 00:24:13.580 --> 00:24:14.120 dread 00:24:14.120 --> 00:24:14.779 punishment. 00:24:16.299 --> 00:24:17.039 Verse 15, 00:24:17.039 --> 00:24:17.559 we've been 00:24:17.559 --> 00:24:18.480 set free 00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:19.579 from fear. 00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:21.740 We can 00:24:21.740 --> 00:24:22.339 run to 00:24:22.339 --> 00:24:22.980 the father 00:24:22.980 --> 00:24:23.899 and know 00:24:23.899 --> 00:24:24.539 that he 00:24:24.539 --> 00:24:25.359 will embrace 00:24:25.359 --> 00:24:26.039 us rather 00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:26.839 than reject 00:24:26.839 --> 00:24:27.159 us. 00:24:27.539 --> 00:24:27.899 We can 00:24:27.899 --> 00:24:28.619 enjoy 00:24:28.619 --> 00:24:29.460 intimacy 00:24:29.460 --> 00:24:29.980 with the 00:24:29.980 --> 00:24:30.339 father, 00:24:30.720 --> 00:24:31.500 even though 00:24:31.500 --> 00:24:31.879 we are 00:24:31.879 --> 00:24:32.519 coming to 00:24:32.519 --> 00:24:33.039 him with 00:24:33.039 --> 00:24:33.480 all our 00:24:33.480 --> 00:24:34.039 mess and 00:24:34.039 --> 00:24:34.680 guilt and 00:24:34.680 --> 00:24:35.079 shame. 00:24:37.980 --> 00:24:38.599 This 00:24:38.599 --> 00:24:39.279 means two 00:24:39.279 --> 00:24:39.839 things. 00:24:41.940 --> 00:24:42.539 First, 00:24:43.099 --> 00:24:45.039 because of 00:24:45.039 --> 00:24:45.539 our father 00:24:45.539 --> 00:24:46.180 God, we 00:24:46.180 --> 00:24:46.819 are free 00:24:46.819 --> 00:24:47.659 to admit 00:24:47.659 --> 00:24:48.519 our sin 00:24:48.519 --> 00:24:49.759 and ask 00:24:49.759 --> 00:24:50.460 for forgiveness. 00:24:51.559 --> 00:24:52.240 That's the 00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:53.480 wonder of 00:24:53.480 --> 00:24:54.079 knowing the 00:24:54.079 --> 00:24:55.399 father, free 00:24:55.399 --> 00:24:56.180 to admit 00:24:56.180 --> 00:24:56.839 our sin 00:24:56.839 --> 00:24:58.119 and to 00:24:58.119 --> 00:24:58.700 ask for 00:24:58.700 --> 00:24:59.180 forgiveness. 00:25:00.339 --> 00:25:00.720 You see, 00:25:00.819 --> 00:25:01.220 when we 00:25:01.220 --> 00:25:01.859 give in to 00:25:01.859 --> 00:25:02.339 our sin 00:25:02.339 --> 00:25:03.779 desires, we 00:25:03.779 --> 00:25:04.379 try to 00:25:04.379 --> 00:25:04.960 cover it 00:25:04.960 --> 00:25:05.279 up. 00:25:06.740 --> 00:25:07.819 We hide 00:25:07.819 --> 00:25:08.659 behind the 00:25:08.659 --> 00:25:09.359 good deeds 00:25:09.359 --> 00:25:09.980 that we do 00:25:09.980 --> 00:25:10.359 in our 00:25:10.359 --> 00:25:10.960 acts of 00:25:10.960 --> 00:25:11.500 service. 00:25:12.460 --> 00:25:13.059 We're 00:25:13.059 --> 00:25:14.259 afraid to 00:25:14.259 --> 00:25:14.940 come before 00:25:14.940 --> 00:25:15.519 God and 00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:16.259 be honest 00:25:16.259 --> 00:25:17.139 before him. 00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:18.759 Well, as 00:25:18.759 --> 00:25:19.839 children, we 00:25:19.839 --> 00:25:20.700 can freely 00:25:20.700 --> 00:25:21.700 admit all 00:25:21.700 --> 00:25:22.480 our sins to 00:25:22.480 --> 00:25:23.019 the father 00:25:23.019 --> 00:25:24.339 and ask him 00:25:24.339 --> 00:25:24.859 to forgive 00:25:24.859 --> 00:25:25.859 us and 00:25:25.859 --> 00:25:26.779 he will 00:25:26.779 --> 00:25:27.720 forgive. 00:25:30.299 --> 00:25:31.099 So we're 00:25:31.099 --> 00:25:31.579 free to 00:25:31.579 --> 00:25:32.200 admit our 00:25:32.200 --> 00:25:33.700 sin, but 00:25:33.700 --> 00:25:34.180 second 00:25:34.180 --> 00:25:34.920 implication, 00:25:35.519 --> 00:25:36.139 we're also 00:25:36.139 --> 00:25:36.879 free to 00:25:36.879 --> 00:25:37.519 admit our 00:25:37.519 --> 00:25:38.279 weaknesses 00:25:38.279 --> 00:25:39.339 and to 00:25:39.339 --> 00:25:39.940 ask for 00:25:39.940 --> 00:25:40.379 strength. 00:25:41.019 --> 00:25:41.720 You see, so 00:25:41.720 --> 00:25:42.480 often we live 00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:43.000 the Christian 00:25:43.000 --> 00:25:43.660 life as if 00:25:43.660 --> 00:25:44.299 it's all up 00:25:44.299 --> 00:25:44.779 to me. 00:25:44.779 --> 00:25:46.139 God saves 00:25:46.139 --> 00:25:47.059 me and 00:25:47.059 --> 00:25:47.420 now it's 00:25:47.420 --> 00:25:47.899 up to me 00:25:47.899 --> 00:25:48.379 to keep 00:25:48.379 --> 00:25:48.819 my life 00:25:48.819 --> 00:25:49.119 and I 00:25:49.119 --> 00:25:49.559 battle 00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:50.079 away and 00:25:50.079 --> 00:25:50.480 I keep 00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:51.200 falling and 00:25:51.200 --> 00:25:52.240 we think 00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:53.160 weakness or 00:25:53.160 --> 00:25:54.139 helplessness is 00:25:54.139 --> 00:25:55.299 sinful itself. 00:25:57.099 --> 00:25:58.119 No, knowing 00:25:58.119 --> 00:25:58.799 our weakness 00:25:58.799 --> 00:25:59.619 is a good 00:25:59.619 --> 00:26:00.700 thing and we 00:26:00.700 --> 00:26:01.660 come to the 00:26:01.660 --> 00:26:02.619 father and 00:26:02.619 --> 00:26:03.000 we could 00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:03.599 admit our 00:26:03.599 --> 00:26:04.119 struggle and 00:26:04.119 --> 00:26:04.379 say I 00:26:04.379 --> 00:26:05.279 find it so 00:26:05.279 --> 00:26:06.139 difficult and 00:26:06.139 --> 00:26:07.039 so hard 00:26:07.039 --> 00:26:10.039 we can 00:26:10.039 --> 00:26:10.619 ask for 00:26:10.619 --> 00:26:11.359 his power 00:26:11.359 --> 00:26:13.440 and he 00:26:13.440 --> 00:26:13.960 will help 00:26:13.960 --> 00:26:14.440 us to 00:26:14.440 --> 00:26:15.259 follow his 00:26:15.259 --> 00:26:16.319 desires. 00:26:18.159 --> 00:26:19.059 So we 00:26:19.059 --> 00:26:19.539 look at 00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:20.059 the son 00:26:20.059 --> 00:26:21.759 and we 00:26:21.759 --> 00:26:22.559 live in 00:26:22.559 --> 00:26:23.319 the intimacy 00:26:23.319 --> 00:26:24.559 of the 00:26:24.559 --> 00:26:25.039 father. 00:26:26.680 --> 00:26:27.579 The third 00:26:27.579 --> 00:26:28.039 way we 00:26:28.039 --> 00:26:28.819 battle against 00:26:28.819 --> 00:26:30.700 sin is 00:26:30.700 --> 00:26:31.399 to listen 00:26:31.399 --> 00:26:32.079 to the 00:26:32.079 --> 00:26:32.659 testimony 00:26:32.659 --> 00:26:33.819 of the 00:26:33.819 --> 00:26:34.339 spirit. 00:26:34.339 --> 00:26:35.500 look at 00:26:35.500 --> 00:26:36.339 verse 16. 00:26:38.339 --> 00:26:38.839 The 00:26:38.839 --> 00:26:39.439 spirit 00:26:39.439 --> 00:26:40.199 himself 00:26:40.199 --> 00:26:41.379 testifies 00:26:41.379 --> 00:26:42.939 with our 00:26:42.939 --> 00:26:43.619 spirit 00:26:43.619 --> 00:26:45.220 that we 00:26:45.220 --> 00:26:46.259 are God's 00:26:46.259 --> 00:26:46.720 children. 00:26:48.779 --> 00:26:50.000 When I 00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:50.359 sin 00:26:50.359 --> 00:26:52.199 or when I 00:26:52.199 --> 00:26:53.099 become conscious 00:26:53.099 --> 00:26:53.699 of sin 00:26:53.699 --> 00:26:54.619 this is 00:26:54.619 --> 00:26:55.459 the way 00:26:55.459 --> 00:26:56.240 it goes 00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:56.659 in my 00:26:56.659 --> 00:26:57.119 mind. 00:26:57.819 --> 00:26:58.179 Johnny 00:26:58.179 --> 00:26:59.459 you're a 00:26:59.459 --> 00:27:00.119 hypocrite. 00:27:00.939 --> 00:27:01.599 How can 00:27:01.599 --> 00:27:02.079 you be a 00:27:02.079 --> 00:27:02.459 Christian? 00:27:02.460 --> 00:27:04.480 I'm 00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:04.980 useless. 00:27:06.420 --> 00:27:06.700 There's 00:27:06.700 --> 00:27:07.420 no way 00:27:07.420 --> 00:27:08.100 God can 00:27:08.100 --> 00:27:09.200 still love 00:27:09.200 --> 00:27:09.759 me. 00:27:11.019 --> 00:27:11.900 How can 00:27:11.900 --> 00:27:12.819 God forgive 00:27:12.819 --> 00:27:13.940 me again 00:27:13.940 --> 00:27:15.539 for this 00:27:15.539 --> 00:27:16.319 same sin? 00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:17.720 Again and 00:27:17.720 --> 00:27:18.940 again I'm 00:27:18.940 --> 00:27:19.539 coming to 00:27:19.539 --> 00:27:19.740 him. 00:27:21.220 --> 00:27:21.600 Do you 00:27:21.600 --> 00:27:22.220 ever feel 00:27:22.220 --> 00:27:22.640 or think 00:27:22.640 --> 00:27:23.220 like that? 00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:25.100 Well when 00:27:25.100 --> 00:27:25.579 we do 00:27:25.579 --> 00:27:27.220 that we're 00:27:27.220 --> 00:27:27.940 listening to 00:27:27.940 --> 00:27:28.600 the whispering 00:27:28.600 --> 00:27:29.779 schemes of 00:27:29.779 --> 00:27:30.200 Satan. 00:27:30.200 --> 00:27:32.340 instead we're 00:27:32.340 --> 00:27:33.039 to listen to 00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:33.799 the testimony 00:27:33.799 --> 00:27:34.440 of the 00:27:34.440 --> 00:27:34.799 spirit. 00:27:35.460 --> 00:27:35.960 Hear the 00:27:35.960 --> 00:27:36.640 spirit's 00:27:36.640 --> 00:27:37.200 truth 00:27:37.200 --> 00:27:39.180 not 00:27:39.180 --> 00:27:40.000 Satan's 00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:40.559 lies. 00:27:42.519 --> 00:27:42.980 You say 00:27:42.980 --> 00:27:43.519 how can I 00:27:43.519 --> 00:27:43.920 hear the 00:27:43.920 --> 00:27:44.220 spirit? 00:27:45.220 --> 00:27:45.779 Well the 00:27:45.779 --> 00:27:46.600 spirit of 00:27:46.600 --> 00:27:47.039 God 00:27:47.039 --> 00:27:48.539 uses the 00:27:48.539 --> 00:27:49.059 word of 00:27:49.059 --> 00:27:49.500 God 00:27:49.500 --> 00:27:50.620 to do 00:27:50.620 --> 00:27:51.080 the work 00:27:51.080 --> 00:27:51.640 of God. 00:27:52.700 --> 00:27:53.259 So again 00:27:53.259 --> 00:27:54.140 as I read 00:27:54.140 --> 00:27:54.720 the Bible 00:27:54.720 --> 00:27:55.840 the spirit 00:27:55.840 --> 00:27:56.740 takes that 00:27:56.740 --> 00:27:57.519 truth as I 00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:58.180 look to him 00:27:58.180 --> 00:27:58.759 and ask for 00:27:58.759 --> 00:27:59.220 his help 00:27:59.220 --> 00:27:59.940 and he 00:27:59.940 --> 00:28:00.799 presses that 00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:02.019 truth deep 00:28:02.019 --> 00:28:02.620 into my 00:28:02.620 --> 00:28:03.700 heart giving 00:28:03.700 --> 00:28:04.319 me a 00:28:04.319 --> 00:28:05.299 reassurance 00:28:05.299 --> 00:28:06.079 and a 00:28:06.079 --> 00:28:06.480 renewed 00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:07.299 confidence 00:28:07.299 --> 00:28:08.079 Johnny 00:28:08.079 --> 00:28:09.480 you are a 00:28:09.480 --> 00:28:10.059 child of 00:28:10.059 --> 00:28:10.480 God. 00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:12.539 Yes you've 00:28:12.539 --> 00:28:13.220 messed up 00:28:13.220 --> 00:28:13.660 again 00:28:13.660 --> 00:28:15.720 but you 00:28:15.720 --> 00:28:16.380 are God's 00:28:16.380 --> 00:28:16.799 child. 00:28:19.180 --> 00:28:19.940 So 00:28:19.940 --> 00:28:20.500 Christian 00:28:20.500 --> 00:28:22.360 do you 00:28:22.360 --> 00:28:22.980 feel a 00:28:22.980 --> 00:28:23.460 defeated 00:28:23.460 --> 00:28:24.180 hypocrite 00:28:24.180 --> 00:28:24.640 today? 00:28:25.640 --> 00:28:26.660 Maybe you're 00:28:26.660 --> 00:28:27.160 here this 00:28:27.160 --> 00:28:27.759 morning and 00:28:27.759 --> 00:28:28.279 you're thinking 00:28:28.279 --> 00:28:28.940 I'm just a 00:28:28.940 --> 00:28:29.299 useless 00:28:29.299 --> 00:28:29.879 failure. 00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:31.160 I'm a 00:28:31.160 --> 00:28:31.619 mess. 00:28:33.059 --> 00:28:33.619 You're 00:28:33.619 --> 00:28:34.119 ready to 00:28:34.119 --> 00:28:34.660 throw in 00:28:34.660 --> 00:28:35.200 the towel 00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:35.700 and say 00:28:35.700 --> 00:28:36.339 I can't 00:28:36.339 --> 00:28:36.740 fight 00:28:36.740 --> 00:28:37.259 anymore. 00:28:38.660 --> 00:28:39.200 Well 00:28:39.200 --> 00:28:39.920 listen to 00:28:39.920 --> 00:28:40.940 the spirit's 00:28:40.940 --> 00:28:41.480 testimony. 00:28:42.480 --> 00:28:43.019 Listen to 00:28:43.019 --> 00:28:43.619 what he has 00:28:43.619 --> 00:28:44.079 to tell 00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:44.339 you. 00:28:44.759 --> 00:28:45.180 What's he 00:28:45.180 --> 00:28:45.859 telling us? 00:28:46.279 --> 00:28:46.779 Well jump 00:28:46.779 --> 00:28:47.279 ahead to 00:28:47.279 --> 00:28:48.220 verse 33. 00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:51.279 Chapter 00:28:51.279 --> 00:28:51.940 8 verse 00:28:51.940 --> 00:28:52.559 33. 00:28:52.559 --> 00:28:55.139 You ready? 00:28:55.140 --> 00:28:57.360 who will 00:28:57.360 --> 00:28:58.360 bring any 00:28:58.360 --> 00:28:59.460 charge against 00:28:59.460 --> 00:29:00.220 those whom 00:29:00.220 --> 00:29:00.740 God has 00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:01.220 chosen? 00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:03.000 Who's going 00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:04.600 to push all 00:29:04.600 --> 00:29:05.380 your sins in 00:29:05.380 --> 00:29:06.000 your face 00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:06.660 and hold 00:29:06.660 --> 00:29:07.300 you guilty? 00:29:08.440 --> 00:29:09.180 It is 00:29:09.180 --> 00:29:09.940 God who 00:29:09.940 --> 00:29:10.700 justifies. 00:29:11.580 --> 00:29:12.000 Remember 00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:12.600 there's no 00:29:12.600 --> 00:29:13.460 condemnation. 00:29:13.880 --> 00:29:14.580 He's declared 00:29:14.580 --> 00:29:15.460 you not 00:29:15.460 --> 00:29:16.340 guilty. 00:29:17.340 --> 00:29:18.340 Verse 34. 00:29:18.820 --> 00:29:19.660 Who then is 00:29:19.660 --> 00:29:20.259 the one who 00:29:20.259 --> 00:29:21.040 condemns? 00:29:21.480 --> 00:29:21.980 Who's going 00:29:21.980 --> 00:29:22.720 to stand up 00:29:22.720 --> 00:29:23.140 and point 00:29:23.140 --> 00:29:23.700 the finger? 00:29:25.259 --> 00:29:26.380 No one. 00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:29.000 Christ 00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:29.880 Jesus who 00:29:29.880 --> 00:29:30.700 died more 00:29:30.700 --> 00:29:31.160 than that 00:29:31.160 --> 00:29:31.799 was raised 00:29:31.799 --> 00:29:32.319 to life 00:29:32.319 --> 00:29:32.779 is at the 00:29:32.779 --> 00:29:33.319 right hand 00:29:33.319 --> 00:29:33.860 of God 00:29:33.860 --> 00:29:34.640 and is 00:29:34.640 --> 00:29:35.480 interceding 00:29:35.480 --> 00:29:36.380 for us. 00:29:38.059 --> 00:29:38.480 Can you 00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:39.039 see it? 00:29:39.440 --> 00:29:40.440 The testimony 00:29:40.440 --> 00:29:41.000 of the 00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:41.500 spirit 00:29:41.500 --> 00:29:42.779 speaking that 00:29:42.779 --> 00:29:43.440 truth to 00:29:43.440 --> 00:29:43.960 your heart 00:29:43.960 --> 00:29:45.019 and encouraging 00:29:45.019 --> 00:29:45.839 you today 00:29:45.839 --> 00:29:46.440 to say 00:29:46.440 --> 00:29:47.220 you are 00:29:47.220 --> 00:29:47.700 God's 00:29:47.700 --> 00:29:48.140 child. 00:29:49.519 --> 00:29:50.240 Keep 00:29:50.240 --> 00:29:50.720 going. 00:29:51.240 --> 00:29:51.920 I'm with 00:29:51.920 --> 00:29:52.160 you. 00:29:52.720 --> 00:29:54.940 So third 00:29:54.940 --> 00:29:55.519 we kill 00:29:55.519 --> 00:29:56.059 off sin 00:29:56.059 --> 00:29:56.759 by listening 00:29:56.759 --> 00:29:57.279 to the 00:29:57.279 --> 00:29:57.860 testimony 00:29:57.860 --> 00:29:59.259 of the 00:29:59.259 --> 00:29:59.799 spirit. 00:30:01.180 --> 00:30:01.940 You see 00:30:01.940 --> 00:30:02.740 putting sin 00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:03.259 to death 00:30:03.259 --> 00:30:04.000 is ongoing 00:30:04.000 --> 00:30:05.500 so we 00:30:05.500 --> 00:30:06.279 must fight 00:30:06.279 --> 00:30:06.839 it to the 00:30:06.839 --> 00:30:07.279 end. 00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:08.600 Sin is 00:30:08.600 --> 00:30:09.019 like a 00:30:09.019 --> 00:30:09.559 fire 00:30:09.559 --> 00:30:10.860 and if 00:30:10.860 --> 00:30:11.319 it's not 00:30:11.319 --> 00:30:13.000 extinguished 00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:13.600 it'll 00:30:13.600 --> 00:30:14.380 spread and 00:30:14.380 --> 00:30:14.720 cause 00:30:14.720 --> 00:30:15.640 devastation 00:30:15.640 --> 00:30:15.980 in our 00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:16.319 life. 00:30:16.740 --> 00:30:17.100 And one 00:30:17.100 --> 00:30:17.579 way that 00:30:17.579 --> 00:30:18.079 you kill 00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:18.660 a fire 00:30:18.660 --> 00:30:19.460 is to 00:30:19.460 --> 00:30:20.039 starve it 00:30:20.039 --> 00:30:20.700 of oxygen. 00:30:21.420 --> 00:30:21.700 That's 00:30:21.700 --> 00:30:22.019 why you 00:30:22.019 --> 00:30:22.539 close your 00:30:22.539 --> 00:30:23.119 doors at 00:30:23.119 --> 00:30:23.680 night by 00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:24.019 the way 00:30:24.019 --> 00:30:24.400 in case 00:30:24.400 --> 00:30:24.740 there's a 00:30:24.740 --> 00:30:25.139 fire in 00:30:25.139 --> 00:30:25.460 a room. 00:30:25.819 --> 00:30:26.240 It won't 00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:26.680 spread. 00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:27.200 You keep 00:30:27.200 --> 00:30:27.799 the oxygen 00:30:27.799 --> 00:30:28.139 out. 00:30:28.660 --> 00:30:29.160 Fires 00:30:29.160 --> 00:30:29.879 need to 00:30:29.879 --> 00:30:31.319 breathe to 00:30:31.319 --> 00:30:31.599 keep 00:30:31.599 --> 00:30:32.039 burning. 00:30:34.000 --> 00:30:34.779 Well the 00:30:34.779 --> 00:30:35.500 fire of 00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:36.119 sin is 00:30:36.119 --> 00:30:37.119 suffocated 00:30:37.119 --> 00:30:38.420 as we 00:30:38.420 --> 00:30:38.940 look at 00:30:38.940 --> 00:30:39.460 the beauty 00:30:39.460 --> 00:30:39.920 of the 00:30:39.920 --> 00:30:40.279 sun, 00:30:41.099 --> 00:30:41.639 live in 00:30:41.639 --> 00:30:42.339 the intimacy 00:30:42.339 --> 00:30:42.799 of the 00:30:42.799 --> 00:30:44.379 father and 00:30:44.379 --> 00:30:44.920 listen to 00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:45.639 the testimony 00:30:45.639 --> 00:30:46.119 of the 00:30:46.119 --> 00:30:46.480 spirit. 00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:46.720 it. 00:30:48.539 --> 00:30:48.940 So 00:30:48.940 --> 00:30:49.400 second, 00:30:50.339 --> 00:30:50.960 we are 00:30:50.960 --> 00:30:51.880 being set 00:30:51.880 --> 00:30:53.500 free from 00:30:53.500 --> 00:30:54.200 the power 00:30:54.200 --> 00:30:54.779 of sin. 00:30:54.900 --> 00:30:55.299 It's an 00:30:55.299 --> 00:30:55.960 ongoing 00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:56.740 work. 00:30:58.299 --> 00:30:58.839 Third, 00:30:58.940 --> 00:30:59.220 and this 00:30:59.220 --> 00:30:59.579 is very 00:30:59.579 --> 00:31:00.120 short, 00:31:01.400 --> 00:31:01.860 we will 00:31:01.860 --> 00:31:02.559 be set 00:31:02.559 --> 00:31:03.460 free from 00:31:03.460 --> 00:31:04.160 the presence 00:31:04.160 --> 00:31:04.720 of sin. 00:31:05.079 --> 00:31:05.680 Future, 00:31:06.200 --> 00:31:07.019 we will 00:31:07.019 --> 00:31:08.299 be set 00:31:08.299 --> 00:31:08.920 free from 00:31:08.920 --> 00:31:09.500 the presence 00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:10.180 of sin. 00:31:11.360 --> 00:31:11.700 You see, 00:31:11.860 --> 00:31:12.460 when we 00:31:12.460 --> 00:31:12.920 become 00:31:12.920 --> 00:31:13.519 Christians, 00:31:14.320 --> 00:31:15.000 God gives 00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:15.460 us his 00:31:15.460 --> 00:31:16.340 Holy Spirit 00:31:16.340 --> 00:31:16.920 to live 00:31:16.920 --> 00:31:17.680 within us. 00:31:18.519 --> 00:31:18.960 And from 00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:19.620 the moment 00:31:19.620 --> 00:31:20.300 he enters 00:31:20.300 --> 00:31:21.039 our lives, 00:31:21.240 --> 00:31:22.080 he begins 00:31:22.080 --> 00:31:22.840 to renew 00:31:22.840 --> 00:31:23.759 our desires. 00:31:24.980 --> 00:31:25.440 It's like 00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:26.060 taking an 00:31:26.060 --> 00:31:26.920 old crumbled 00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:27.860 down house 00:31:27.860 --> 00:31:30.140 and you 00:31:30.140 --> 00:31:30.820 renovate 00:31:30.820 --> 00:31:31.539 each room 00:31:31.539 --> 00:31:32.160 one by 00:31:32.160 --> 00:31:32.580 one. 00:31:34.019 --> 00:31:34.460 But there's 00:31:34.460 --> 00:31:34.900 an old 00:31:34.900 --> 00:31:35.720 lodger in 00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:36.660 there who 00:31:36.660 --> 00:31:37.279 doesn't seem 00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:37.900 to want to 00:31:37.900 --> 00:31:38.500 get out. 00:31:39.980 --> 00:31:40.720 Well God 00:31:40.720 --> 00:31:41.580 moves into 00:31:41.580 --> 00:31:42.300 our house 00:31:42.299 --> 00:31:42.960 and he 00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:43.639 begins to 00:31:43.639 --> 00:31:44.740 do up 00:31:44.740 --> 00:31:45.419 each room. 00:31:45.839 --> 00:31:46.139 But the 00:31:46.139 --> 00:31:46.519 old 00:31:46.519 --> 00:31:47.079 lodger 00:31:47.079 --> 00:31:48.359 is still 00:31:48.359 --> 00:31:48.720 in the 00:31:48.720 --> 00:31:49.139 corner 00:31:49.139 --> 00:31:49.759 hiding 00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:50.759 and won't 00:31:50.759 --> 00:31:51.240 give up 00:31:51.240 --> 00:31:51.680 and won't 00:31:51.680 --> 00:31:52.359 get out. 00:31:53.619 --> 00:31:54.759 That battle 00:31:54.759 --> 00:31:55.659 will continue 00:31:55.659 --> 00:31:56.559 throughout 00:31:56.559 --> 00:31:57.659 our lives. 00:31:58.919 --> 00:31:59.859 Our desires 00:31:59.859 --> 00:32:00.879 may weaken, 00:32:01.299 --> 00:32:02.059 our rebellious 00:32:02.059 --> 00:32:02.779 hearts will 00:32:02.779 --> 00:32:03.899 slowly change, 00:32:04.279 --> 00:32:04.740 but the 00:32:04.740 --> 00:32:05.559 presence of 00:32:05.559 --> 00:32:06.799 sin will 00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:07.500 remain 00:32:07.500 --> 00:32:08.619 until the 00:32:08.619 --> 00:32:09.079 day we 00:32:09.079 --> 00:32:09.480 die. 00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:12.559 but one 00:32:12.559 --> 00:32:14.140 day when 00:32:14.140 --> 00:32:14.660 we enter 00:32:14.660 --> 00:32:15.140 God's 00:32:15.140 --> 00:32:16.839 glory we 00:32:16.839 --> 00:32:17.299 will be 00:32:17.299 --> 00:32:18.099 free from 00:32:18.099 --> 00:32:18.819 sin's 00:32:18.819 --> 00:32:19.220 struggle. 00:32:20.180 --> 00:32:20.960 Verse 17 00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:23.279 Now if we 00:32:23.279 --> 00:32:23.960 are children 00:32:23.960 --> 00:32:26.000 then we 00:32:26.000 --> 00:32:26.960 are heirs, 00:32:28.099 --> 00:32:28.700 heirs of 00:32:28.700 --> 00:32:29.360 God and 00:32:29.360 --> 00:32:30.160 co-heirs with 00:32:30.160 --> 00:32:31.220 Christ if 00:32:31.220 --> 00:32:31.940 indeed we 00:32:31.940 --> 00:32:32.599 share in 00:32:32.599 --> 00:32:33.500 his sufferings 00:32:33.500 --> 00:32:34.500 in order 00:32:34.500 --> 00:32:35.559 that we 00:32:35.559 --> 00:32:37.019 may also 00:32:37.019 --> 00:32:37.819 share in 00:32:37.819 --> 00:32:38.619 his glory. 00:32:39.519 --> 00:32:39.919 We're 00:32:39.919 --> 00:32:40.659 children of 00:32:40.659 --> 00:32:41.079 God, 00:32:42.179 --> 00:32:43.079 that makes 00:32:43.079 --> 00:32:44.079 us heirs 00:32:44.079 --> 00:32:45.059 or co-heirs 00:32:45.059 --> 00:32:45.859 with Christ, 00:32:46.200 --> 00:32:47.220 that is we 00:32:47.220 --> 00:32:48.000 will receive 00:32:48.000 --> 00:32:48.939 the inheritance 00:32:48.939 --> 00:32:50.799 of God's 00:32:50.799 --> 00:32:51.220 glory. 00:32:51.980 --> 00:32:53.179 The presence 00:32:53.179 --> 00:32:54.099 of sin is 00:32:54.099 --> 00:32:55.039 very real 00:32:55.039 --> 00:32:55.419 in our 00:32:55.419 --> 00:32:56.279 life now, 00:32:57.159 --> 00:32:58.059 but the 00:32:58.059 --> 00:32:58.519 day is 00:32:58.519 --> 00:32:59.039 coming 00:32:59.039 --> 00:33:00.599 when you 00:33:00.599 --> 00:33:01.119 and I 00:33:01.119 --> 00:33:02.000 will not 00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:03.259 only think 00:33:03.259 --> 00:33:03.939 about the 00:33:03.939 --> 00:33:04.259 sun, 00:33:04.619 --> 00:33:05.220 but we 00:33:05.220 --> 00:33:06.579 will see 00:33:06.579 --> 00:33:07.879 the sun 00:33:07.879 --> 00:33:08.339 with our 00:33:08.339 --> 00:33:09.179 own eyes 00:33:09.179 --> 00:33:10.460 and we 00:33:10.460 --> 00:33:11.000 will be 00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:12.179 like him 00:33:12.179 --> 00:33:13.559 and we 00:33:13.559 --> 00:33:14.460 will enjoy 00:33:14.460 --> 00:33:15.220 the father 00:33:15.220 --> 00:33:16.359 without any 00:33:16.359 --> 00:33:17.399 guilt or 00:33:17.399 --> 00:33:18.159 any shame 00:33:18.159 --> 00:33:18.799 and we 00:33:18.799 --> 00:33:19.639 will delight 00:33:19.639 --> 00:33:20.039 in the 00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:20.819 spirit's work 00:33:20.819 --> 00:33:21.439 as he 00:33:21.439 --> 00:33:22.019 leads us 00:33:22.019 --> 00:33:22.720 again to 00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:23.879 glory and 00:33:23.879 --> 00:33:24.460 worship 00:33:24.460 --> 00:33:25.099 God. 00:33:26.220 --> 00:33:27.019 One day 00:33:27.019 --> 00:33:28.359 you and 00:33:28.359 --> 00:33:29.419 I will 00:33:29.419 --> 00:33:30.899 be transformed 00:33:30.899 --> 00:33:32.460 into 00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:33.119 sinless 00:33:33.119 --> 00:33:33.639 beauty. 00:33:33.640 --> 00:33:37.620 but until 00:33:37.620 --> 00:33:38.300 that day 00:33:38.300 --> 00:33:40.220 the fight 00:33:40.220 --> 00:33:41.700 goes on. 00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:43.440 But remember 00:33:43.440 --> 00:33:44.020 this, 00:33:44.720 --> 00:33:45.680 we have 00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:46.440 been freed 00:33:46.440 --> 00:33:46.960 from the 00:33:46.960 --> 00:33:47.720 penalty of 00:33:47.720 --> 00:33:48.000 sin. 00:33:48.780 --> 00:33:49.220 There is 00:33:49.220 --> 00:33:50.560 no condemnation, 00:33:51.259 --> 00:33:52.080 no judgment 00:33:52.080 --> 00:33:52.540 you will 00:33:52.540 --> 00:33:53.259 ever face. 00:33:54.420 --> 00:33:55.200 We are 00:33:55.200 --> 00:33:56.220 being freed 00:33:56.220 --> 00:33:56.720 by the 00:33:56.720 --> 00:33:57.300 power of 00:33:57.300 --> 00:33:58.000 sin as 00:33:58.000 --> 00:33:58.800 God works 00:33:58.800 --> 00:33:59.340 within us 00:33:59.340 --> 00:34:00.060 and one 00:34:00.060 --> 00:34:01.220 day we 00:34:01.220 --> 00:34:01.759 will be 00:34:01.759 --> 00:34:03.359 free from 00:34:03.359 --> 00:34:03.579 the 00:34:03.579 --> 00:34:04.019 presence 00:34:04.019 --> 00:34:04.559 of sin. 00:34:06.720 --> 00:34:07.319 Let's 00:34:07.319 --> 00:34:07.640 pray 00:34:07.640 --> 00:34:08.360 together. 00:34:08.360 --> 00:34:25.960 Our 00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:26.220 father 00:34:26.220 --> 00:34:26.640 God, 00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:27.880 we know 00:34:27.880 --> 00:34:28.920 that you 00:34:28.920 --> 00:34:31.340 look into 00:34:31.340 --> 00:34:32.200 our hearts 00:34:32.200 --> 00:34:33.860 and you 00:34:33.860 --> 00:34:34.940 know exactly 00:34:34.940 --> 00:34:36.900 the fight 00:34:36.900 --> 00:34:37.599 and the 00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:38.220 struggle 00:34:38.219 --> 00:34:39.799 each one 00:34:39.799 --> 00:34:40.139 of us 00:34:40.139 --> 00:34:40.500 have. 00:34:43.699 --> 00:34:44.679 We thank 00:34:44.679 --> 00:34:44.859 you, 00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:45.159 father 00:34:45.159 --> 00:34:45.579 God, 00:34:45.679 --> 00:34:46.279 that even 00:34:46.279 --> 00:34:46.779 now, 00:34:47.659 --> 00:34:48.699 as we 00:34:48.699 --> 00:34:49.359 trust in 00:34:49.359 --> 00:34:49.799 Christ, 00:34:50.619 --> 00:34:51.679 there is 00:34:51.679 --> 00:34:52.259 now no 00:34:52.259 --> 00:34:52.599 more 00:34:52.599 --> 00:34:53.500 condemnation. 00:34:54.980 --> 00:34:55.759 Thank you 00:34:55.759 --> 00:34:56.199 for your 00:34:56.199 --> 00:34:56.699 forgiveness. 00:34:58.039 --> 00:34:58.799 Thank you 00:34:58.799 --> 00:34:59.199 for the 00:34:59.199 --> 00:34:59.699 gift of 00:34:59.699 --> 00:35:00.219 your Holy 00:35:00.219 --> 00:35:01.480 Spirit at 00:35:01.480 --> 00:35:02.039 work in 00:35:02.039 --> 00:35:02.659 our life, 00:35:03.179 --> 00:35:05.059 helping us 00:35:05.059 --> 00:35:06.339 to look 00:35:06.339 --> 00:35:06.759 to the 00:35:06.759 --> 00:35:07.079 Son, 00:35:07.079 --> 00:35:08.739 to enjoy 00:35:08.739 --> 00:35:08.980 the 00:35:08.980 --> 00:35:09.380 Father. 00:35:10.840 --> 00:35:11.699 Help us 00:35:11.699 --> 00:35:12.019 that we 00:35:12.019 --> 00:35:12.659 would listen 00:35:12.659 --> 00:35:13.179 to the 00:35:13.179 --> 00:35:13.819 Spirit 00:35:13.819 --> 00:35:15.639 reminding us 00:35:15.639 --> 00:35:16.380 of truth 00:35:16.380 --> 00:35:16.980 of all 00:35:16.980 --> 00:35:17.319 that you 00:35:17.319 --> 00:35:17.840 have done. 00:35:19.579 --> 00:35:20.179 Father, 00:35:20.299 --> 00:35:20.739 help us 00:35:20.739 --> 00:35:21.199 to go 00:35:21.199 --> 00:35:21.799 into this 00:35:21.799 --> 00:35:23.219 week with 00:35:23.219 --> 00:35:24.039 a renewed 00:35:24.039 --> 00:35:24.880 confidence 00:35:24.880 --> 00:35:26.199 and assurance 00:35:26.199 --> 00:35:28.919 that we 00:35:28.919 --> 00:35:29.579 can live 00:35:29.579 --> 00:35:30.319 your way 00:35:30.319 --> 00:35:32.279 with your 00:35:32.279 --> 00:35:32.719 help. 00:35:34.719 --> 00:35:35.619 Help us 00:35:35.619 --> 00:35:36.199 to say 00:35:36.199 --> 00:35:37.019 no to 00:35:37.019 --> 00:35:37.339 sin 00:35:37.339 --> 00:35:39.639 and yes 00:35:39.639 --> 00:35:40.899 to God 00:35:40.899 --> 00:35:41.659 desires. 00:35:42.659 --> 00:35:43.500 We pray 00:35:43.500 --> 00:35:43.980 this in 00:35:43.980 --> 00:35:44.739 Jesus' name. 00:35:45.659 --> 00:35:46.079 Amen. 00:35:46.079 --> 00:35:51.179 Well, 00:35:51.219 --> 00:35:51.480 we're going 00:35:51.480 --> 00:35:51.840 to sing 00:35:51.840 --> 00:35:52.519 together a 00:35:52.519 --> 00:35:53.159 song which 00:35:53.159 --> 00:35:54.099 reminds us 00:35:54.099 --> 00:35:55.079 of, in 00:35:55.079 --> 00:35:55.559 the light 00:35:55.559 --> 00:35:56.199 of who 00:35:56.199 --> 00:35:56.819 we are, 00:35:58.019 --> 00:35:58.679 how great 00:35:58.679 --> 00:35:59.179 and awesome 00:35:59.179 --> 00:36:00.500 God's love 00:36:00.500 --> 00:36:01.199 is and his 00:36:01.199 --> 00:36:02.779 mercy towards 00:36:02.779 --> 00:36:03.639 his children. 00:36:04.599 --> 00:36:05.259 And as we 00:36:05.259 --> 00:36:05.940 sing this, 00:36:06.619 --> 00:36:07.239 use these 00:36:07.239 --> 00:36:08.039 words to 00:36:08.039 --> 00:36:09.039 prepare us 00:36:09.039 --> 00:36:34.659 and 00:36:34.659 --> 00:36:35.000 enjoy