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 And it is called Romans for a very simple reason, which is that it's written to the churches in the city of Rome.

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 And this letter is about the gospel.

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 It's about the good news of Jesus' death and resurrection.

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 Last week we ended chapter 6.

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 You'll remember chapter 6 was asking this one big question, which is,

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 hey, in light of God's grace, do we actually need to obey?

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 Do we need to live lives of holiness or can we just do whatever we want?

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 And Paul gave us three main reasons, told us, no, actually, belonging to Christ, you continue to walk in his ways.

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 This morning we're continuing chapter 7.

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 Chapter 7 is related but different.

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 Chapter 7 focuses on the law of God.

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 Meaning, when we talk about the law, we're talking about God's commands to mankind.

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 And so we can think about the law in a couple ways.

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 In the Old Testament, the law is summarized in the Ten Commandments.

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 So it's more than the Ten Commandments, but that's the main summary.

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 That's the high points of the law.

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 In the New Testament, in Matthew chapter 22, Jesus summarizes the law and he says it's really two things.

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 Love God and love your neighbor as yourself.

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 So that's the law.

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 The Old Testament summarized in the Ten Commandments.

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 In the New Testament, summarizes loving God and loving neighbor.

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 So this is, again, the follow-on to chapter 6.

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 If we are supposed to obey, if we're supposed to do what God says,

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 which is what chapter 6 says,

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 how do we think about God's law?

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 What is our relationship to God's law?

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 Even more than that, how do we obey God's law?

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 Where, in fact, do we get the power?

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 Those are the questions of chapter 7, which is where we turn now.

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 I'm going to invite you to turn with me to Romans chapter 7, starting at verse 1.

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 You can turn to page 7 of your worship guide.

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 Wherever you turn, remember that this is God's word.

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 In Proverbs chapter 30, verse 5, tells us,

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 every word of God proves true.

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 He's a shield to those who take refuge in him.

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 Which is why we read now Romans chapter 7, starting at verse 1.

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 Or do you not know, brothers?

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 For I am speaking to those who know the law,

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 that the law is binding on a person only as long as he lives.

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 For a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives.

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 But if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.

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 Accordingly, she will be called an adulteress if she lives with another man

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 while her husband is alive.

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 But if her husband dies, she is free from that law.

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 And if she marries another man, she is not an adulteress.

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 Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ,

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 so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead.

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 In order that we may bear fruit for God.

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 For while we were living in the flesh,

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 our sinful passions, aroused by the law,

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 were at work in our members to bear fruit for death.

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 But now we are released from the law,

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 having died to that which held us captive,

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 so that we serve in the new way of the spirit

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 and not in the old way of the written.

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 code.

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 I invite you to pray with me as we come to this portion of God's word.

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 Our Father in heaven,

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 we thank you and we praise you again this morning

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 for sustaining us in our lives,

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 for bringing us here to worship you together.

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 Father, we thank you for your word that brings us life and truth.

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 We ask that you be at work by your Holy Spirit this morning,

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 bringing your word to us.

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 We ask that you would clear our minds,

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 you'd soften our hearts,

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 you'd open our ears and our eyes,

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 that we'd be able to see and hear and believe

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 and understand everything that's written in your word.

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 And we ask most of all that you would show us Jesus.

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 We'd grow in our love and our affection and our obedience to him.

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 We ask these things in his mighty name.

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 Amen.

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 Many of you know,

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 and I've said before,

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 that I am an East Coast boy.

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 I grew up right outside Washington, D.C.

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 and you can take the boy out of the East Coast,

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 but you can't take the East Coast out of the boy.

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 And sometimes people ask me,

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 you know,

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 what is different from the East Coast in Colorado?

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 And there's a lot of different answers I could give you.

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 My favorite one comes from someone who told me this.

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 People go to the East Coast to work

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 and they come to Colorado to play.

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 Now, there's a lot of different things you can do to play in Colorado.

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 One of them would be climbing 14ers,

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 which actually is a type of work.

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 So we're going to come around full circle.

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 And if you ask someone,

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 why is it that you climb 14ers?

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 You might hear a variety of answers.

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 I'm going to tell you one answer, though.

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 You will, at least you should, never hear.

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 If you ask someone,

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 why do you climb those tall mountains?

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 They should never say to you,

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 because it's so easy.

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 I tell you that because I have told you before

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 and I will tell you again this morning,

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 I have both bad news for you and good news.

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 The bad news is that Romans is really hard.

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 The good news is that Romans is really great and worth it.

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 I've told you many times this quote from Andrew Nassili.

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 Paul's letter to the Romans is arguably

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 the single most important piece of literature

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 in the history of the world.

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 And I'm reminding you of that again this morning

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 because we are coming to chapter 7,

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 which is especially intricate.

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 So if we're climbing up a 14er here,

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 this is a steep part of the trail.

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 So we're going to plot a little bit this morning.

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 We're going to build bit by bit,

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 layer by layer, step by step.

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 So let's jump in.

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 First, to understand chapter 7 of the book of Romans,

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 we must remember the categories

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 that Paul gave us in chapter 6.

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 In chapter 6, Paul told us

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 all people in the world fall into two buckets.

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 You are either under law or under grace.

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 And being under law and under grace

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 capture the two and only two ways

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 that you can make it to heaven.

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 If you are under law,

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 you make it to heaven by perfectly

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 obeying all of God's laws

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 and never sinning.

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 That's what it means to be under law.

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 So when you look at the Ten Commandments,

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 you perfectly keep them.

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 When it comes to loving God and loving neighbor,

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 you have always done that perfectly.

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 If you're under law,

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 you must do those perfectly.

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 And if you do, you can make it to heaven.

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 Problem is that's not a real option.

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 It's hypothetical.

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 And it's not real

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 because Paul's already told us in chapter 3,

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 they all have sinned

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 and fall short of the glory of God.

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 We saw it in our confession of faith this morning

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 that Andy read for us.

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 No mere man, since the fall,

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 is able in this life

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 perfectly to keep the commandments of God,

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 but does daily break them

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 in thought, word, and deed.

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 So under the law is an option.

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 That's a way to get to heaven,

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 but it's not going to work for you.

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 Under Christ, under grace,

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 that's the other option.

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 If you're under grace,

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 you trust in Jesus Christ

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 that he died the death that you deserved,

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 lived the perfect life you didn't.

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 So those are the two categories of humanity

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 from Romans chapter 6

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 that you must keep in mind

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 to make sense of seven.

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 You can be justified by your obedience,

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 or you can be justified by Jesus' obedience.

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 Those are the options.

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 Okay?

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 That was six.

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 Now, moving on to seven.

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 In seven, Paul says,

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 let's take those two ways of getting to heaven

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 and let's imagine

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 that they are two different marriages.

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 Okay?

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 Let's take those two ways of getting to heaven.

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 Imagine that there are two marriages.

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 If you are under the law,

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 you are married to the law.

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 If you are under grace,

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 you are married to Jesus Christ.

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 Two marriages,

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 under the law,

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 married to the law,

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 under grace,

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 married to Jesus Christ.

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 Here's the catch, though.

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 You can only be married

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 to one person at a time.

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 I know that's a shock.

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 You have to be able to switch

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 from one marriage

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 to the other marriage.

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 How do you do that?

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 That is simply what Paul is getting at

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 in verses 1 through 3.

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 He's saying this.

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 Marriages are binding

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 as long as both people live.

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 Of course, you know this.

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 What do you say when you take marriage vows?

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 As long as we both shall live.

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 So how are you going to get out

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 of this bad situation

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 of being under the law,

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 married to the law?

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 Well, if you're going to get out

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 of that marriage,

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 someone has to die.

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 Unless someone dies,

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 the marriage can't end.

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 That takes us to verse 4.

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 Surprise!

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 That happened.

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 You did die to the law.

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 Verse 4.

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 Likewise, my brothers,

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 you also have died to the law.

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 How did this happen?

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 Through the body of Christ.

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 So your marriage to the law ended

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 through the body of Christ,

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 which is a reference

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 to Jesus' death and resurrection.

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 When Christ died,

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 you died to the law

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 if you have faith in him.

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 You died to your performance

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 determining whether or not

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 you enter heaven.

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 Dying to the law

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 means that you died

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 to your moral performance

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 determining whether or not

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 you enter heaven.

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 So once again,

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 Paul is circling back

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 to this concept

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 we talked about multiple times

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 in chapter 6,

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 which is union with Christ.

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 That is,

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 what is true of Jesus

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 is true of you.

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 So you died to the law.

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 You're not in that marriage anymore.

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 You're in a new marriage, actually.

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 That's what verse 4 also tells us.

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 The result,

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 this is verse 4,

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 so that you may belong

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 to another,

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 to him who has been raised

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 from the dead.

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 You switched marriages.

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 You're not married

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 to the law anymore.

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 You're married to Christ.

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 When Christ died,

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 you entered a new marriage

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 if you belong to him.

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 Christ's death

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 frees you

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 from an abusive spouse

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 and brings you

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 to a loving spouse.

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 That begins to answer

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 the next question.

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 We have two marriages.

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 what were these marriages like?

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 Marriage to the law,

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 being under the law,

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 is terrible.

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 And being married to the law

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 and under the law

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 is terrible

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 because it is

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 an abusive marriage.

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 It's abusive

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 for these reasons.

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 All the law can do

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 is accuse

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 and condemn.

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 So the law is looking in on you.

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 Imagine the Ten Commandments

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 are talking to you

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 and what are the Ten Commandments

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 saying?

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 They're saying this,

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 obey me or die.

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 That's what the law is saying.

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 That's what your spouse

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 is saying to you

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 if you're married

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 to the law.

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 That's the control,

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 the rule

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 that it has over you.

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 Is that the kind of spouse

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 that you want?

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 Do you want an accusing,

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 a condemning spouse,

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 one that says,

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 obey me or die?

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 Of course not, right?

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 That's why verse 6

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 uses this strong language,

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 that which held us captive.

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 That's the sense

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 in which the law

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 is holding you captive.

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 So it's abusive

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 and terrible

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 in this sense.

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 It's also abusive

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 and terrible

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 in two other senses.

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 The second one is this,

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 the law is a command

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 to obey.

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 It does not give

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 the ability

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 to obey.

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 The law gives

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 the command

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 to obey.

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 It does not give

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 the ability

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 to obey.

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 Think about it this way.

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 The law is looking

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 in on you.

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 Imagine now

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 it's love God

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 and love neighbor.

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 So we talked about

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 the Ten Commandments

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 says keep me or die.

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 Let's say the law

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 comes to you

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 and says

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 love your neighbor

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 as yourself.

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 Do you do that?

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 Do you love

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 your neighbor

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 as much

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 as you love

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 yourself?

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 I certainly don't.

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 And I actually

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 can't.

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 I actually can't

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 do that

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 in and of myself.

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 I can't change

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 my own heart.

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 I'm not powerful

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 enough to do that.

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 The law also

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 will not change

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 my heart.

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 This is why

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 we've sung before

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 if you've been with us

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 the song Run and Run

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 which says this.

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 Run and Run

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 the law demands

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 but gives me

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 neither feet

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 nor hands.

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 Which is a way

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 of saying

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 the law can command

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 me to obey

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 it can't give me

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 the ability

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 to obey.

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 We'll talk about that

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 more in coming weeks.

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 If you thought

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 that was bad

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 actually it's going

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 to get worse.

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 So those are the

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 first two reasons

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 the law is abusive.

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 The law accuses

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 and condemns

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 number one.

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 Number two

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 the law commands

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 you to obey.

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 It doesn't give you

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 the ability

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 to obey

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 but it's actually

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 more sinister

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 than that.

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 Look at me

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 at verse five.

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 It's not just

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 that the law

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 doesn't give you

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 the ability

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 to obey.

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 The law

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 actually makes it

00:15:40.480 --> 00:15:41.039
 more likely

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 that you won't

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 obey.

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 Verse five

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 says this

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 for while we're

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 living in the flesh

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 for while we were

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 living in the flesh

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 our sinful

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 passions

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 aroused

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 by the law

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 were at work

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 in our members

00:15:53.259 --> 00:15:54.580
 to bear fruit

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 for death.

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 Now we're not

00:15:58.100 --> 00:15:58.500
 going to dwell

00:15:58.500 --> 00:15:59.040
 on this a lot

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 because we're

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 going to talk

00:15:59.860 --> 00:16:00.800
 about it in length

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 verses seven

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 through twelve

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 but the point

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 is this

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 when we find

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 out that we

00:16:06.960 --> 00:16:07.860
 cannot do

00:16:07.860 --> 00:16:08.340
 something

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 we want

00:16:10.180 --> 00:16:10.600
 to do it

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 more.

00:16:13.000 --> 00:16:14.019
 When we find

00:16:14.019 --> 00:16:15.139
 out that we

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 cannot do

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 something

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 we decide

00:16:18.300 --> 00:16:18.899
 that actually

00:16:18.899 --> 00:16:19.960
 we're even more

00:16:19.960 --> 00:16:20.620
 interested than we

00:16:20.620 --> 00:16:21.280
 ever were before.

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 I think it's on

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 page eight of your

00:16:24.340 --> 00:16:24.759
 worship guide

00:16:24.759 --> 00:16:25.220
 there's a quote

00:16:25.220 --> 00:16:25.639
 that basically

00:16:25.639 --> 00:16:26.940
 says we hear

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 do not

00:16:27.680 --> 00:16:28.960
 and we think

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 why not?

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 so the law

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 comes

00:16:32.199 --> 00:16:32.719
 it actually

00:16:32.719 --> 00:16:33.539
 makes us

00:16:33.539 --> 00:16:34.500
 more likely

00:16:34.500 --> 00:16:35.699
 to do

00:16:35.699 --> 00:16:36.879
 what's wrong

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 and so I tell you

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 all of these things

00:16:39.159 --> 00:16:39.779
 to drive at this

00:16:39.779 --> 00:16:40.079
 point

00:16:40.079 --> 00:16:41.360
 the law

00:16:41.360 --> 00:16:42.879
 is a terrible

00:16:42.879 --> 00:16:43.839
 spouse

00:16:43.839 --> 00:16:46.179
 that is not

00:16:46.179 --> 00:16:46.620
 a marriage

00:16:46.620 --> 00:16:47.379
 you want to be in

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 the law is a

00:16:48.459 --> 00:16:49.159
 terrible spouse

00:16:49.159 --> 00:16:49.779
 because it

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 condemns you

00:16:50.839 --> 00:16:53.719
 you're captive

00:16:53.719 --> 00:16:54.159
 to it

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 that's what

00:16:54.439 --> 00:16:54.919
 verse six

00:16:54.919 --> 00:16:55.240
 says

00:16:55.240 --> 00:16:56.459
 the law

00:16:56.459 --> 00:16:57.039
 is a terrible

00:16:57.039 --> 00:16:57.899
 spouse

00:16:57.899 --> 00:16:58.459
 because it

00:16:58.459 --> 00:16:59.139
 actually doesn't

00:16:59.139 --> 00:16:59.620
 give you any

00:16:59.620 --> 00:17:00.679
 resources to do

00:17:00.679 --> 00:17:01.320
 what it commands

00:17:01.320 --> 00:17:02.659
 the law

00:17:02.659 --> 00:17:03.299
 is a terrible

00:17:03.299 --> 00:17:03.779
 spouse

00:17:03.779 --> 00:17:04.339
 because it

00:17:04.339 --> 00:17:05.039
 makes your

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 behavior

00:17:05.839 --> 00:17:07.200
 worse

00:17:07.200 --> 00:17:09.460
 that's a rough

00:17:09.460 --> 00:17:09.799
 marriage

00:17:09.799 --> 00:17:12.180
 that's a

00:17:12.180 --> 00:17:13.140
 dysfunctional

00:17:13.140 --> 00:17:14.460
 relationship

00:17:14.460 --> 00:17:16.619
 that's the

00:17:16.619 --> 00:17:17.279
 relationship

00:17:17.279 --> 00:17:18.960
 you had

00:17:18.960 --> 00:17:19.640
 to the law

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 before

00:17:21.140 --> 00:17:22.400
 you were

00:17:22.400 --> 00:17:23.180
 in Christ

00:17:23.180 --> 00:17:27.119
 that's the

00:17:27.119 --> 00:17:27.599
 relationship

00:17:27.599 --> 00:17:28.440
 you have

00:17:28.440 --> 00:17:29.059
 to the law

00:17:29.059 --> 00:17:29.720
 right now

00:17:29.720 --> 00:17:31.419
 if you are

00:17:31.419 --> 00:17:32.059
 outside

00:17:32.059 --> 00:17:33.240
 of Christ

00:17:33.240 --> 00:17:35.099
 you have

00:17:35.099 --> 00:17:36.539
 a dysfunctional

00:17:36.539 --> 00:17:37.159
 abusive

00:17:37.159 --> 00:17:38.039
 relationship

00:17:38.039 --> 00:17:39.299
 with the law

00:17:39.299 --> 00:17:46.579
 now I want you

00:17:46.579 --> 00:17:46.980
 to feel the

00:17:46.980 --> 00:17:47.460
 weight of that

00:17:47.460 --> 00:17:48.000
 because if you

00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:48.700
 feel the weight

00:17:48.700 --> 00:17:48.940
 of it

00:17:48.940 --> 00:17:49.419
 you'll feel

00:17:49.419 --> 00:17:50.480
 the sense

00:17:50.480 --> 00:17:51.119
 of relief

00:17:51.119 --> 00:17:51.919
 and joy

00:17:51.919 --> 00:17:52.980
 that comes

00:17:52.980 --> 00:17:53.559
 for us

00:17:53.559 --> 00:17:54.279
 in verse

00:17:54.279 --> 00:17:55.379
 six

00:17:55.379 --> 00:17:56.039
 which tells

00:17:56.039 --> 00:17:56.579
 us this

00:17:56.579 --> 00:17:58.019
 but now

00:17:58.019 --> 00:17:59.019
 we are

00:17:59.019 --> 00:17:59.519
 released

00:17:59.519 --> 00:18:00.759
 from the

00:18:00.759 --> 00:18:01.099
 law

00:18:01.099 --> 00:18:03.740
 sigh of

00:18:03.740 --> 00:18:04.019
 relief

00:18:04.019 --> 00:18:05.200
 shake it

00:18:05.200 --> 00:18:05.420
 out

00:18:05.420 --> 00:18:06.579
 shake it

00:18:06.579 --> 00:18:06.740
 out

00:18:06.740 --> 00:18:07.119
 you're free

00:18:07.119 --> 00:18:07.399
 from the

00:18:07.399 --> 00:18:07.559
 law

00:18:07.559 --> 00:18:08.180
 that nightmare

00:18:08.180 --> 00:18:09.019
 is over

00:18:09.019 --> 00:18:10.079
 that terrible

00:18:10.079 --> 00:18:10.579
 marriage

00:18:10.579 --> 00:18:11.539
 has ended

00:18:11.539 --> 00:18:13.940
 die to that

00:18:13.940 --> 00:18:14.440
 which held us

00:18:14.440 --> 00:18:14.839
 captive

00:18:14.839 --> 00:18:16.359
 yeah that means

00:18:16.359 --> 00:18:17.019
 you're no longer

00:18:17.019 --> 00:18:17.619
 a prisoner

00:18:17.619 --> 00:18:18.500
 to the law

00:18:18.500 --> 00:18:19.500
 if the law

00:18:19.500 --> 00:18:20.460
 comes to you

00:18:20.460 --> 00:18:21.039
 now

00:18:21.039 --> 00:18:22.039
 the ten commandments

00:18:22.039 --> 00:18:22.819
 walk up to you

00:18:22.819 --> 00:18:23.500
 and they say

00:18:23.500 --> 00:18:24.740
 obey me

00:18:24.740 --> 00:18:25.559
 or die

00:18:25.559 --> 00:18:27.500
 what can you

00:18:27.500 --> 00:18:27.740
 do

00:18:27.740 --> 00:18:30.179
 you thumb

00:18:30.179 --> 00:18:30.539
 your nose

00:18:30.539 --> 00:18:31.119
 at it

00:18:31.119 --> 00:18:33.240
 I don't have

00:18:33.240 --> 00:18:33.559
 to obey

00:18:33.559 --> 00:18:34.220
 you or die

00:18:34.220 --> 00:18:34.879
 I'm not

00:18:34.879 --> 00:18:35.939
 captive to you

00:18:35.939 --> 00:18:36.939
 anymore

00:18:36.939 --> 00:18:38.839
 now thumbing

00:18:38.839 --> 00:18:39.240
 your nose

00:18:39.240 --> 00:18:39.720
 at the law

00:18:39.720 --> 00:18:41.259
 doesn't mean

00:18:41.259 --> 00:18:42.299
 you disobey

00:18:42.299 --> 00:18:42.700
 the law

00:18:42.700 --> 00:18:43.299
 you're thumbing

00:18:43.299 --> 00:18:44.019
 your nose

00:18:44.019 --> 00:18:44.740
 at being

00:18:44.740 --> 00:18:45.279
 captive

00:18:45.279 --> 00:18:46.079
 to the law

00:18:46.079 --> 00:18:48.379
 but actually

00:18:48.379 --> 00:18:49.980
 you are able

00:18:49.980 --> 00:18:50.639
 for the first

00:18:50.639 --> 00:18:51.799
 time to do

00:18:51.799 --> 00:18:53.299
 as I've told

00:18:53.299 --> 00:18:53.779
 you before

00:18:53.779 --> 00:18:54.419
 the right

00:18:54.419 --> 00:18:54.879
 thing

00:18:54.879 --> 00:18:55.599
 for the right

00:18:55.599 --> 00:18:56.200
 reason

00:18:56.200 --> 00:18:58.279
 being married

00:18:58.279 --> 00:18:58.700
 to the law

00:18:58.700 --> 00:18:59.180
 didn't give you

00:18:59.180 --> 00:18:59.799
 any ability

00:18:59.799 --> 00:19:00.220
 didn't give you

00:19:00.220 --> 00:19:00.759
 any power

00:19:00.759 --> 00:19:01.339
 to obey

00:19:01.339 --> 00:19:04.440
 now

00:19:04.440 --> 00:19:06.339
 you're in a good

00:19:06.339 --> 00:19:06.740
 marriage

00:19:06.740 --> 00:19:08.639
 you're in a marriage

00:19:08.639 --> 00:19:09.180
 that actually

00:19:09.180 --> 00:19:10.519
 provides motivation

00:19:10.519 --> 00:19:12.119
 and power

00:19:12.119 --> 00:19:13.220
 look with me

00:19:13.220 --> 00:19:14.259
 again at verse 5

00:19:14.259 --> 00:19:15.419
 verse 5 tells us

00:19:15.419 --> 00:19:16.079
 we were living

00:19:16.079 --> 00:19:16.819
 in the flesh

00:19:16.819 --> 00:19:17.720
 this is again

00:19:17.720 --> 00:19:18.240
 a concept

00:19:18.240 --> 00:19:18.960
 from previous

00:19:18.960 --> 00:19:19.399
 chapters

00:19:19.399 --> 00:19:20.240
 that we've discussed

00:19:20.240 --> 00:19:21.200
 if you're living

00:19:21.200 --> 00:19:21.880
 in the flesh

00:19:21.880 --> 00:19:22.880
 that's the opposite

00:19:22.880 --> 00:19:23.840
 of living by the

00:19:23.840 --> 00:19:24.460
 Holy Spirit

00:19:24.460 --> 00:19:25.519
 so if you're living

00:19:25.519 --> 00:19:26.299
 by the flesh

00:19:26.299 --> 00:19:27.019
 your heart

00:19:27.019 --> 00:19:27.720
 the center

00:19:27.720 --> 00:19:28.500
 of your heart

00:19:28.500 --> 00:19:29.460
 is still

00:19:29.460 --> 00:19:30.160
 controlled

00:19:30.160 --> 00:19:30.860
 and ruled

00:19:30.860 --> 00:19:31.620
 and governed

00:19:31.620 --> 00:19:32.660
 and dominated

00:19:32.660 --> 00:19:33.860
 by sin

00:19:33.860 --> 00:19:36.120
 that's what it

00:19:36.120 --> 00:19:36.860
 means to live

00:19:36.860 --> 00:19:38.039
 in the flesh

00:19:38.039 --> 00:19:39.440
 flesh means

00:19:39.440 --> 00:19:40.160
 multiple things

00:19:40.160 --> 00:19:40.740
 for the apostle

00:19:40.740 --> 00:19:41.080
 Paul

00:19:41.080 --> 00:19:42.180
 in this instance

00:19:42.180 --> 00:19:43.420
 the flesh means

00:19:43.420 --> 00:19:44.019
 the opposite

00:19:44.019 --> 00:19:44.900
 of the spirit

00:19:44.900 --> 00:19:46.299
 so you were

00:19:46.299 --> 00:19:47.019
 verse 5

00:19:47.019 --> 00:19:47.660
 living according

00:19:47.660 --> 00:19:48.400
 to the flesh

00:19:48.400 --> 00:19:50.040
 you are now

00:19:50.040 --> 00:19:51.200
 verse 6

00:19:51.200 --> 00:19:51.680
 living

00:19:51.680 --> 00:19:53.200
 in the new

00:19:53.200 --> 00:19:53.960
 way

00:19:53.960 --> 00:19:55.440
 of the spirit

00:19:55.440 --> 00:19:57.460
 sin doesn't

00:19:57.460 --> 00:19:57.759
 rule

00:19:57.759 --> 00:19:58.320
 control

00:19:58.320 --> 00:19:58.920
 dominate

00:19:58.920 --> 00:19:59.640
 or reign

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 in your heart

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 anymore

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 if you

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 are married

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 to Jesus Christ

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 if you are

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 under grace

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 your heart

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 is ruled

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 and controlled

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 and dominated

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 by him

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 you were

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 married

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 to a spouse

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 who condemned

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 you

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 you were

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 married to

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 the law

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 you were

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 married to

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 a spouse

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 who told

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 you to

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 do things

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 that you

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 were incapable

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 of doing

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 on your own

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 you were

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 married to

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 a spouse

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 who said

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 obey me

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 or die

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 now

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 if you're

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 in Christ

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 you're married

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 to a spouse

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 who gives

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 you

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 life

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 now

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 if you're

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 in Christ

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 you're married

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 to a spouse

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 who gives

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 you

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 life

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 you were

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 verse 5

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 bearing fruit

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 for death

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 you are

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 now

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 verse 4

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 bearing

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 fruit

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 for God

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 there's

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 a different

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 thing

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 going on

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 there's

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 a different

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 relationship

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 you now

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 the law

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 comes to

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 you

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 and says

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 love your

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 neighbor

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 as yourself

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 you think

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 oh yeah

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 God's at work

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 in my heart

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 actually I'm

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 starting to

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 want to

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 do that

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 I'm

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 realizing

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 I have

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 new

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 powers

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 and abilities

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 page 8

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 of your

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 worship guide

00:21:35.059 --> 00:21:35.720
 says this

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 the new

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 covenant

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 believer

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 never

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 looks at

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 the law

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 without

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 understanding

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 that his

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 relationship

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 to it

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 is the

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 fruit

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 of his

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 union

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 with

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 Christ

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 which is

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 a way

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 of saying

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 this

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 if you're

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 married to

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 Christ

00:21:52.280 --> 00:21:52.900
 if you're

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 under

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 grace

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 you look

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 at the

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 ten

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 commandments

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 and instead

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 of thinking

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 man that's

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 the ten

00:21:58.920 --> 00:21:59.200
 commandments

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 are condemning

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 me and

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 ruling

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 over me

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 no you

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 think

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 oh wow

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 that's the

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 type of

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 person

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 God's

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 making me

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 to be

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 those

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 are the

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 sorts of

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 actions

00:22:09.920 --> 00:22:10.240
 that are

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 going to

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 come out

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 as the

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 Holy Spirit

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 is at

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 work

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 changing

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 my

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 heart

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 that's

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 the type

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 of person

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 I'm

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 going to

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 become

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 as I

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 am

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 taken

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 away

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 from a

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 heart

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 of stone

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 and given

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 a heart

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 of flesh

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 oh you're

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 saying love

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 God and love

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 neighbors

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 what you're

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 saying is

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 the Holy

00:22:26.600 --> 00:22:27.200
 Spirit's

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 going to

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 make me

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 into the

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 type of

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 person

00:22:28.759 --> 00:22:29.140
 who loves

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 my

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 neighbor

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 as

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 myself

00:22:30.279 --> 00:22:31.740
 wow

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 what a

00:22:33.620 --> 00:22:33.900
 wonderful

00:22:33.900 --> 00:22:34.339
 thing

00:22:34.339 --> 00:22:36.000
 that's

00:22:36.000 --> 00:22:36.319
 how you

00:22:36.319 --> 00:22:36.759
 think about

00:22:36.759 --> 00:22:37.160
 the law

00:22:37.160 --> 00:22:37.559
 now

00:22:37.559 --> 00:22:38.779
 because the

00:22:38.779 --> 00:22:39.400
 law is

00:22:39.400 --> 00:22:39.980
 not a

00:22:39.980 --> 00:22:40.640
 condemning

00:22:40.640 --> 00:22:41.319
 spouse

00:22:41.319 --> 00:22:42.819
 the law

00:22:42.819 --> 00:22:43.259
 is the

00:22:43.259 --> 00:22:43.819
 fruit of

00:22:43.819 --> 00:22:44.380
 your marriage

00:22:44.380 --> 00:22:45.000
 with Christ

00:22:45.000 --> 00:22:47.640
 what the

00:22:47.640 --> 00:22:48.359
 law could

00:22:48.359 --> 00:22:48.759
 not

00:22:48.759 --> 00:22:49.559
 produce

00:22:49.559 --> 00:22:51.559
 God

00:22:51.559 --> 00:22:52.740
 by the

00:22:52.740 --> 00:22:53.140
 work of

00:22:53.140 --> 00:22:53.539
 his Holy

00:22:53.539 --> 00:22:54.019
 Spirit

00:22:54.019 --> 00:22:55.140
 given to

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 his people

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 because of

00:22:56.359 --> 00:22:56.819
 the death

00:22:56.819 --> 00:22:57.480
 and resurrection

00:22:57.480 --> 00:22:58.000
 of Jesus

00:22:58.000 --> 00:22:58.480
 Christ

00:22:58.480 --> 00:22:59.059
 now

00:22:59.059 --> 00:23:00.180
 does

00:23:00.180 --> 00:23:01.160
 in you

00:23:01.160 --> 00:23:05.340
 when you

00:23:05.340 --> 00:23:05.980
 got married

00:23:05.980 --> 00:23:08.500
 did it

00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:09.100
 change you

00:23:09.100 --> 00:23:13.100
 are you

00:23:13.100 --> 00:23:13.580
 different

00:23:13.580 --> 00:23:14.180
 now

00:23:14.180 --> 00:23:15.580
 because of

00:23:15.580 --> 00:23:16.100
 your marriage

00:23:16.100 --> 00:23:18.779
 I hope

00:23:18.779 --> 00:23:19.040
 so

00:23:19.040 --> 00:23:21.100
 and I hope

00:23:21.100 --> 00:23:21.400
 it's in

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 positive ways

00:23:22.240 --> 00:23:22.580
 although I

00:23:22.580 --> 00:23:22.860
 know that's

00:23:22.860 --> 00:23:23.180
 not always

00:23:23.180 --> 00:23:23.660
 the case

00:23:23.660 --> 00:23:26.779
 this marriage

00:23:26.779 --> 00:23:27.519
 to Christ

00:23:27.519 --> 00:23:28.920
 is changing

00:23:28.920 --> 00:23:29.259
 you

00:23:29.259 --> 00:23:31.200
 and it

00:23:31.200 --> 00:23:31.859
 is changing

00:23:31.859 --> 00:23:32.319
 you

00:23:32.319 --> 00:23:34.000
 in positive

00:23:34.000 --> 00:23:35.019
 ways

00:23:35.019 --> 00:23:37.359
 verse 4

00:23:37.359 --> 00:23:38.900
 so that you

00:23:38.900 --> 00:23:39.519
 may belong

00:23:39.519 --> 00:23:40.180
 to another

00:23:40.180 --> 00:23:41.779
 in order

00:23:41.779 --> 00:23:42.519
 that we

00:23:42.519 --> 00:23:43.500
 may bear

00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:44.519
 fruit

00:23:44.519 --> 00:23:45.900
 for God

00:23:45.900 --> 00:23:48.440
 the law

00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:48.779
 is now

00:23:48.779 --> 00:23:49.319
 a description

00:23:49.319 --> 00:23:50.839
 not of how

00:23:50.839 --> 00:23:51.259
 you fall

00:23:51.259 --> 00:23:51.660
 short

00:23:51.660 --> 00:23:53.200
 but of your

00:23:53.200 --> 00:23:53.940
 future self

00:23:53.940 --> 00:23:55.880
 what God

00:23:55.880 --> 00:23:56.580
 is making

00:23:56.580 --> 00:23:57.100
 you

00:23:57.100 --> 00:23:58.240
 to be

00:23:58.240 --> 00:24:01.759
 I've told

00:24:01.759 --> 00:24:02.200
 you before

00:24:02.200 --> 00:24:03.660
 and I'll

00:24:03.660 --> 00:24:03.940
 tell you

00:24:03.940 --> 00:24:04.259
 again

00:24:04.259 --> 00:24:06.059
 Romans

00:24:06.059 --> 00:24:06.700
 is the

00:24:06.700 --> 00:24:07.160
 fifth

00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:07.880
 gospel

00:24:07.880 --> 00:24:09.200
 and it's

00:24:09.200 --> 00:24:09.500
 the fifth

00:24:09.500 --> 00:24:09.860
 gospel

00:24:09.860 --> 00:24:10.440
 because what

00:24:10.440 --> 00:24:11.220
 Paul teaches

00:24:11.220 --> 00:24:11.640
 Jesus

00:24:11.640 --> 00:24:12.240
 taught

00:24:12.240 --> 00:24:13.039
 first

00:24:13.039 --> 00:24:14.380
 Jesus

00:24:14.380 --> 00:24:14.900
 says this

00:24:14.900 --> 00:24:15.360
 in John

00:24:15.360 --> 00:24:16.299
 chapter 15

00:24:16.299 --> 00:24:17.680
 already

00:24:17.680 --> 00:24:18.620
 you are

00:24:18.620 --> 00:24:19.220
 clean

00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:20.519
 because of

00:24:20.519 --> 00:24:20.920
 the word

00:24:20.920 --> 00:24:21.380
 that I have

00:24:21.380 --> 00:24:21.779
 spoken

00:24:21.779 --> 00:24:22.559
 to you

00:24:22.559 --> 00:24:23.879
 in other

00:24:23.879 --> 00:24:24.099
 words

00:24:24.099 --> 00:24:24.480
 your

00:24:24.480 --> 00:24:24.919
 justification

00:24:24.919 --> 00:24:25.519
 is in

00:24:25.519 --> 00:24:25.720
 my

00:24:25.720 --> 00:24:26.039
 actions

00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:26.419
 not your

00:24:26.419 --> 00:24:26.859
 actions

00:24:26.859 --> 00:24:28.319
 abide

00:24:28.319 --> 00:24:28.819
 in me

00:24:28.819 --> 00:24:29.519
 and I

00:24:29.519 --> 00:24:29.919
 in you

00:24:29.919 --> 00:24:31.460
 as the

00:24:31.460 --> 00:24:31.940
 branch

00:24:31.940 --> 00:24:32.579
 cannot bear

00:24:32.579 --> 00:24:33.019
 fruit

00:24:33.019 --> 00:24:33.940
 by itself

00:24:33.940 --> 00:24:35.319
 unless it

00:24:35.319 --> 00:24:35.740
 abides

00:24:35.740 --> 00:24:36.000
 in the

00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:36.319
 vine

00:24:36.319 --> 00:24:37.519
 neither

00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:38.259
 can you

00:24:38.259 --> 00:24:39.279
 unless you

00:24:39.279 --> 00:24:39.599
 abide

00:24:39.599 --> 00:24:39.980
 in me

00:24:39.980 --> 00:24:41.179
 if you're

00:24:41.179 --> 00:24:41.480
 married to

00:24:41.480 --> 00:24:41.779
 the law

00:24:41.779 --> 00:24:42.200
 that's not

00:24:42.200 --> 00:24:42.419
 going to

00:24:42.419 --> 00:24:42.700
 produce

00:24:42.700 --> 00:24:43.139
 good fruit

00:24:43.139 --> 00:24:43.359
 in your

00:24:43.359 --> 00:24:43.679
 life

00:24:43.679 --> 00:24:45.039
 ten

00:24:45.039 --> 00:24:45.440
 commandments

00:24:45.440 --> 00:24:45.779
 can't

00:24:45.779 --> 00:24:46.000
 change

00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:46.139
 your

00:24:46.139 --> 00:24:46.359
 heart

00:24:46.359 --> 00:24:47.399
 I

00:24:47.399 --> 00:24:47.679
 can

00:24:47.680 --> 00:24:48.920
 I

00:24:48.920 --> 00:24:49.060
 am

00:24:49.060 --> 00:24:49.200
 the

00:24:49.200 --> 00:24:49.500
 vine

00:24:49.500 --> 00:24:50.460
 you

00:24:50.460 --> 00:24:50.580
 are

00:24:50.580 --> 00:24:50.680
 the

00:24:50.680 --> 00:24:51.140
 branches

00:24:51.140 --> 00:24:52.400
 whoever

00:24:52.400 --> 00:24:53.060
 abides

00:24:53.060 --> 00:24:53.460
 in me

00:24:53.460 --> 00:24:53.840
 and I

00:24:53.840 --> 00:24:54.279
 in him

00:24:54.279 --> 00:24:55.240
 he

00:24:55.240 --> 00:24:55.779
 it is

00:24:55.779 --> 00:24:56.420
 that bears

00:24:56.420 --> 00:24:56.900
 much

00:24:56.900 --> 00:24:57.380
 fruit

00:24:57.380 --> 00:24:58.580
 for

00:24:58.580 --> 00:24:58.920
 apart

00:24:58.920 --> 00:24:59.180
 from

00:24:59.180 --> 00:24:59.480
 me

00:24:59.480 --> 00:25:00.700
 you

00:25:00.700 --> 00:25:01.519
 can

00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:01.980
 do

00:25:01.980 --> 00:25:03.220
 nothing

00:25:03.220 --> 00:25:07.039
 what

00:25:07.039 --> 00:25:07.259
 makes

00:25:07.259 --> 00:25:07.560
 all of

00:25:07.560 --> 00:25:07.700
 this

00:25:07.700 --> 00:25:08.140
 possible

00:25:08.140 --> 00:25:10.600
 Paul

00:25:10.600 --> 00:25:10.980
 tells us

00:25:10.980 --> 00:25:11.320
 that as

00:25:11.320 --> 00:25:11.519
 well

00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:11.640
 in

00:25:11.640 --> 00:25:11.799
 verse

00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:12.100
 four

00:25:12.100 --> 00:25:13.480
 you

00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:13.680
 died

00:25:13.680 --> 00:25:13.799
 to

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 the

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 law

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 so

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 you

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 may

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 belong

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 to

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 another

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 that's

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 to

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 him

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 who

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 has

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 been

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 raised

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 from

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 the

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 dead

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 it's

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 possible

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 because

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 of the

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 death

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 and

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 resurrection

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 of

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 do

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 you

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 want

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 the

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 power

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 to

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 obey

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 God

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 do

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 you

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 want

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 the

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 power

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 to

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 do

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 what's

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 right

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 for

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 the

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 right

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 reasons

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 do

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 you

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 want

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 the

00:25:44.119 --> 00:25:44.480
 power

00:25:44.480 --> 00:25:44.759
 to

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 love

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 God

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 and

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 love

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 neighbor

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 if

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 you're

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 in

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 Christ

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 you

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 do

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 and

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 you

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 do

00:25:54.240 --> 00:25:54.519
 because

00:25:54.519 --> 00:25:54.700
 you

00:25:54.700 --> 00:25:54.819
 are

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 married

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 to

00:25:55.399 --> 00:25:55.720
 him

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 not

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 the

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 law

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 and

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 his

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 Holy

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 Spirit

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 is

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 at

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 work

00:26:01.639 --> 00:26:02.440
 in

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 you

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 and

00:26:05.779 --> 00:26:05.899
 it's

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 been

00:26:06.059 --> 00:26:06.279
 given

00:26:06.279 --> 00:26:06.519
 to

00:26:06.519 --> 00:26:06.819
 you

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 because

00:26:08.099 --> 00:26:08.379
 of

00:26:08.379 --> 00:26:08.779
 Jesus

00:26:08.779 --> 00:26:09.919
 death

00:26:09.919 --> 00:26:10.779
 and

00:26:10.779 --> 00:26:11.319
 resurrection

00:26:11.319 --> 00:26:13.439
 and

00:26:13.439 --> 00:26:13.599
 so

00:26:13.599 --> 00:26:13.759
 you

00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:13.899
 can

00:26:13.899 --> 00:26:14.179
 sing

00:26:14.179 --> 00:26:14.460
 this

00:26:14.460 --> 00:26:14.659
 which

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 is

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 true

00:26:15.359 --> 00:26:17.179
 the

00:26:17.179 --> 00:26:17.599
 power

00:26:17.599 --> 00:26:18.019
 that

00:26:18.019 --> 00:26:18.460
 raised

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 him

00:26:18.819 --> 00:26:19.919
 from

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 the

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 grave

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 now

00:26:22.159 --> 00:26:22.639
 works

00:26:22.639 --> 00:26:22.839
 in

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 us

00:26:23.339 --> 00:26:24.200
 to

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 powerfully

00:26:25.119 --> 00:26:26.139
 save

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 he

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 frees

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 our

00:26:28.460 --> 00:26:29.019
 hearts

00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:29.819
 to

00:26:29.819 --> 00:26:30.299
 live

00:26:30.299 --> 00:26:30.619
 his

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 grace

00:26:31.240 --> 00:26:33.019
 go

00:26:33.019 --> 00:26:33.879
 tell

00:26:33.879 --> 00:26:34.819
 of

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 his

00:26:35.019 --> 00:26:35.480
 goodness

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 let's

00:26:37.159 --> 00:26:37.399
 pray

00:26:37.400 --> 00:26:40.240
 our

00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:40.519
 father

00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:40.700
 in

00:26:40.700 --> 00:26:40.960
 heaven

00:26:40.960 --> 00:26:42.300
 we

00:26:42.300 --> 00:26:42.580
 thank

00:26:42.580 --> 00:26:42.700
 you

00:26:42.700 --> 00:26:42.860
 that

00:26:42.860 --> 00:26:43.140
 you

00:26:43.140 --> 00:26:44.240
 come

00:26:44.240 --> 00:26:44.440
 to

00:26:44.440 --> 00:26:44.700
 us

00:26:44.700 --> 00:26:45.060
 not

00:26:45.060 --> 00:26:45.780
 as

00:26:45.780 --> 00:26:45.940
 the

00:26:45.940 --> 00:26:46.160
 law

00:26:46.160 --> 00:26:46.600
 comes

00:26:46.600 --> 00:26:46.800
 with

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 condemnation

00:26:47.700 --> 00:26:49.759
 with

00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:50.320
 standards

00:26:50.320 --> 00:26:50.680
 to

00:26:50.680 --> 00:26:51.080
 meet

00:26:51.080 --> 00:26:51.440
 if

00:26:51.440 --> 00:26:51.540
 we

00:26:51.540 --> 00:26:51.680
 want

00:26:51.680 --> 00:26:51.740
 to

00:26:51.740 --> 00:26:51.860
 be

00:26:51.860 --> 00:26:52.300
 accepted

00:26:52.300 --> 00:26:53.780
 no

00:26:53.780 --> 00:26:53.960
 that

00:26:53.960 --> 00:26:54.080
 you

00:26:54.080 --> 00:26:54.259
 tell

00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:54.400
 us

00:26:54.400 --> 00:26:54.560
 we're

00:26:54.560 --> 00:26:54.860
 clean

00:26:54.860 --> 00:26:55.120
 because

00:26:55.120 --> 00:26:55.259
 of

00:26:55.259 --> 00:26:55.360
 the

00:26:55.360 --> 00:26:55.560
 word

00:26:55.560 --> 00:26:55.700
 that

00:26:55.700 --> 00:26:55.860
 you've

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 spoken

00:26:56.100 --> 00:26:56.340
 to

00:26:56.340 --> 00:26:56.600
 us

00:26:56.600 --> 00:26:57.280
 and

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 we

00:26:57.420 --> 00:26:57.740
 ask

00:26:57.740 --> 00:26:57.920
 that

00:26:57.920 --> 00:26:58.080
 you

00:26:58.080 --> 00:26:58.259
 would

00:26:58.259 --> 00:26:58.420
 be

00:26:58.420 --> 00:26:58.560
 at

00:26:58.560 --> 00:26:58.880
 work

00:26:58.880 --> 00:26:59.600
 in

00:26:59.600 --> 00:26:59.800
 us

00:26:59.800 --> 00:26:59.960
 by

00:26:59.960 --> 00:27:00.100
 the

00:27:00.100 --> 00:27:00.320
 Holy

00:27:00.320 --> 00:27:00.720
 Spirit

00:27:00.720 --> 00:27:01.300
 reminding

00:27:01.300 --> 00:27:01.800
 us

00:27:01.800 --> 00:27:02.220
 of

00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:02.400
 these

00:27:02.400 --> 00:27:02.820
 truths

00:27:02.820 --> 00:27:03.019
 that

00:27:03.019 --> 00:27:03.100
 you

00:27:03.100 --> 00:27:03.620
 continue

00:27:03.620 --> 00:27:03.920
 to

00:27:03.920 --> 00:27:04.240
 turn

00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:04.460
 our

00:27:04.460 --> 00:27:04.759
 hearts

00:27:04.759 --> 00:27:04.900
 of

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 you

00:27:07.660 --> 00:27:07.800
 and

00:27:07.800 --> 00:27:08.060
 follow

00:27:08.060 --> 00:27:08.259
 you

00:27:08.259 --> 00:27:08.519
 more

00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:08.640
 and

00:27:08.640 --> 00:27:08.840
 more

00:27:08.840 --> 00:27:09.180
 we

00:27:09.180 --> 00:27:09.460
 ask

00:27:09.460 --> 00:27:09.660
 these

00:27:09.660 --> 00:27:09.980
 things

00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:10.140
 in

00:27:10.140 --> 00:27:10.360
 Jesus

00:27:10.360 --> 00:27:10.740
 name

00:27:10.740 --> 00:27:11.440
 amen