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 Good morning, please take your copy of God's Word, which I hope that you have with you this morning, and join me in Romans chapter 8.

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 To continue our study of Romans 8, Lord willing, we will finish the chapter on Christmas Eve morning. That's the plan as it stands.

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 We will, of course, still take some time and turn our attention to the coming of Christ and all that that entails, which certainly includes what Paul's teaching us in Romans 8.

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 I want you to know that these decisions are made prayerfully and thoughtfully with the aim of best ministering to your souls.

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 So we do hope that you'll be well served, that you don't miss too much those Advent-themed sermons as we continue with chapter 8.

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 Now this morning we have further opportunity to consider the ministry of the Spirit.

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 Last week we saw in verses 5-13 that the Spirit, number one, gives us life.

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 Herein we find the doctrine of regeneration.

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 That is to say that those who are in Christ Jesus were once dead spiritually, but are now alive spiritually.

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 Those who are in Christ have been born again.

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 Secondly, we saw that the Spirit empowers us to live like Christ.

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 The third person of our Trinitarian God sets us free from bondage to sin and works in us to bring about holiness.

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 Our justification guarantees our sanctification or gradual growing in holiness.

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 Now before we press in today's text, I want to briefly address the closing phrase of it at the outset,

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 a phrase that we will consider, Lord willing, at greater length next week.

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 And that's this phrase, in order that we may also be glorified with Him.

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 You'll see that there at the end of verse 17.

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 And here we find the goal for the Christian life.

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 I think that John most succinctly sums up this idea of us being glorified with Christ

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 in 1 John chapter 3 and verse 2, where he says,

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 Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared,

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 but we know that when He appears, we shall be like Him,

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 because we shall see Him as He is.

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 When we are glorified, we will be like the perfect, sinless Son of God.

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 God accomplishes this saving work in our lives by the power of the Spirit.

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 I'm aiming us there as we're thinking about these ministries of the Spirit together.

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 Let me draw your attention just briefly to the names used for the Spirit in Romans so far.

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 Paul's doing this inspiration very carefully to help us understand something of the Spirit's work in our lives.

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 We see Him called just the Spirit in chapter 8, verse 4, verse 5, verse 6, verse 9, verse 10, verse 11, and verse 13.

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 We see Him back in chapter 1 and verse 4 called the Spirit of holiness.

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 We see Him in chapter 8 and verse 2 called the Spirit of life.

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 In chapter 8, verse 9, and in today's text, verse 14, we see Him called the Spirit of God.

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 And then we also see Him called the Spirit of Christ in chapter 8 and verse 9.

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 So the Spirit brings about life and holiness, emanates from God, is part of the triune God, and works to magnify Christ.

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 Paul says in Colossians chapter 1, verse 27,

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 Christ in you, the hope of glory.

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 The hope that we will one day be glorified.

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 Christ indwelling by the Spirit in us.

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 So with this in mind, let's look at Romans chapter 8, beginning in verse 14.

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 Let me remind you before I read it, beloved, that this is God's Word to us.

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 It was written for His glory and for our good, and so we would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises and to obey its commands.

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 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

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 For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, Abba, Father.

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 The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God.

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 And if children, then heirs.

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 Heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ.

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 Provided we suffer with Him in order that we may also be glorified with Him.

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 I want to show you from our text four ways that the Spirit ministers to us.

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 I am not suggesting that the Spirit's ministry is delimited by these four things, but I do believe that they are the primary ministries of the Spirit.

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 They are as follows.

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 Number one, because of the Spirit, we are led.

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 Number two, because of the Spirit, we are accepted.

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 Number three, because of the Spirit, we are confident.

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 And number four, because of the Spirit, we are rewarded.

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 So firstly, because of the Spirit, we are led.

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 Each of these points begins with that because, because verse 14 starts with a four.

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 Recall that when we see this word, it shows us what Paul is saying is a continuation of what he has previously said.

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 This is not a disjointed thought.

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 He is following a logical flow, and so we do well to remember the context as we consider what it means to be led by the Spirit.

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 The Spirit does give us inclinations about the everyday details of our lives, but this is not what Paul is talking about here.

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 I don't want to limit that, that there are things we think perhaps we should say that are led by the Spirit,

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 but that's not what Paul is saying in this text.

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 text.

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 So, for or because what?

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 We're immediately proceeding.

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 Verse 14 is verse 13.

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 I love how that numbering helps us.

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 Romans 8.13 says this,

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 For if you live according to the flesh, you will die.

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 But if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

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 It's just after that that he says,

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 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

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 Paul is specifically teaching that the Spirit empowers putting to death sin in our lives.

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 The Spirit leads us away from wickedness,

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 but not away from wickedness just to a position of neutrality,

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 but also toward holiness.

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 If you move up the chapter a little more to verse 4,

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 there we see,

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 In order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us,

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 who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

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 So at the beginning, do not be confused.

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 Paul is not talking about subjective inclinations here,

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 but about objective holiness.

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 If we are led by the Spirit of God,

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 we are being led to obey the good commands of God.

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 That's here what he is talking about.

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 I also want to talk a little bit about the word all.

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 It says,

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 For all who are led by the Spirit of God.

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 And this little word needs some attention.

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 I will say simply,

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 Those who belong to God are led by the Spirit.

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 If a person is in Christ Jesus,

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 then they are filled with the Spirit of Christ,

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 and the only objective observable marker of the state of their souls

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 is obedience to God's law.

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 There's a lot of confusion about that in our day.

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 If you are in Christ,

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 then you have His Spirit,

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 and it evidences itself in obedience to God's Word.

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 Don't let somebody tell you that you have to laugh uncontrollably

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 in order to be filled with the Spirit.

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 It's not in the text.

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 You can't find it in the text.

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 What are we to do?

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 We are to obey God's Word.

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 But all who are sons of God

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 are led by the Spirit of God.

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 Now we also have to spend some time on this verb,

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 led.

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 What does it mean to be led by the Spirit?

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 Perhaps you will tolerate me a little Greek nerdiness for a moment,

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 and maybe you'll even enjoy it.

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 I hope that you will.

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 The verb led is in the indicative mood,

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 which describes something as actual,

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 not theoretical or merely possible.

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 So, actually led.

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 It's in the present tense,

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 which describes something happening

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 with no reference to its completion.

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 So, it's happening and happening and happening and happening.

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 In actuality, going on all the time.

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 Not momentarily,

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 not in little spurts,

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 but all the time going on.

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 And it's in the passive voice,

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 which describes an action,

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 where the action is happening

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 to the subject of the sentence or phrase,

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 regardless of the participation of the object.

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 So, it's happening necessarily to.

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 You see, Paul is stating

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 that the leading of the Spirit

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 is a thing that necessarily

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 is always happening to the Christian.

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 If you are a son of God,

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 then you are led by the Spirit of God.

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 We don't always follow the leading of the Spirit

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 in our lives, to be clear.

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 But you are being led

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 if you are in Christ.

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 Christ is in you.

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 In fact, another way to translate

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 the Greek verb here translated,

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 led, is to take hold of.

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 If we belong to Him,

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 then by the Spirit,

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 He has taken hold of us.

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 And He is aiming us in a direction,

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 which I mentioned previously,

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 which is that final glory

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 that we await.

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 So, if we are led by the Spirit,

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 then we are sons of God.

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 Those led by the Spirit of God,

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 the Spirit was sent by God the Father

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 and God the Son

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 to show that we are sons of God.

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 The gift that God had given us

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 proves that we belong to Him.

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 Here we see the contrast

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 of two categories of people

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 and a pressing question.

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 We see that those who are part of God's family

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 and by implication,

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 those who are not.

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 You are either led by the Spirit

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 and a son of God

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 or you are not led by the Spirit

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 and not a son of God.

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 To which family do you belong this morning?

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 Most important question about you.

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 Are you led by the Spirit of God

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 to put to death sin in your life

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 and be obedient?

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 Do you hate your sin

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 and possess an innate desire

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 to obey God's good commands?

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 Or are you looking for every possible excuse,

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 any potential justification,

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 to live your life on your terms?

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 I want you to keep Romans chapter 8 marked with me

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 and turn with me to John chapter 8.

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 It is altogether possible

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 for somebody to profess faith in Jesus Christ

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 and not be in Him.

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 This is addressed all throughout the Bible

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 and I want to show you

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 where Jesus addresses it specifically.

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 John 8 beginning in verse 31.

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 Verse 31 reads,

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 So Jesus said to the Jews

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 who had believed in Him.

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 Verse 30 says that a number of Jews

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 had come to believe in Him.

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 Who had believed in Him.

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 Now listen,

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 these are people who have professed belief.

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 We read that and we go,

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 of course, they're Christians.

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 They've become Christians.

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 Jesus is addressing this very thing with them.

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 Those who have professed faith in Him.

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 He says,

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 If you abide in My Word,

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 you are truly My disciples.

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 And you will know the truth

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 and the truth will set you free.

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 Now listen to how they respond.

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 They answered Him,

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 We are offspring of Abraham

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 and have never been enslaved to anyone.

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 How is it that you say

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 you will become free?

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 Jesus answered them.

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 Verse 34,

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 Truly, truly, I say to you,

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 everyone who practices sin

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 is a slave to sin.

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 Had they been regenerate,

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 they would already be aware

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 of this reality.

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 Verse 35,

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 The slave does not remain in the house forever.

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 The son remains forever.

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 So, if the son sets you free,

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 you will be free indeed.

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 I know that you are offspring of Abraham,

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 yet you seek to kill Me

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 because My Word finds no place in you.

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 Like, full stop,

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 are these people believers in Jesus Christ?

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 Jesus says otherwise.

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 Right?

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 I speak of what I have seen with My Father,

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 and you do what you have heard

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 from your father.

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 Two different families.

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 They answered Him,

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 Abraham is our father.

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 Jesus said to them,

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 If you were Abraham's children,

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 you would be doing the works

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 Abraham did,

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 works of faith.

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 But now you seek to kill Me,

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 a man who has told you the truth

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 that I heard from God.

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 This is not what Abraham did.

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 You are doing the works

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 your father did.

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 They said to Him,

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 We were not born of sexual immorality.

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 We have one father,

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 even God.

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 Jesus said to them,

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 If God were your father,

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 you would love Me.

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 For I came from God,

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 and I am here.

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 I am not of My own accord,

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 but He sent Me.

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 Why do you not understand what I say?

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 It is because you cannot bear

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 to hear My Word.

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 You are of your father,

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 the devil,

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 and your will is to do

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 your father's desires.

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 He was a murderer

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 from the beginning

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 and does not stand in the truth

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 because there is no truth in Him.

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 When He lies,

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 He speaks out of His own character,

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 for He is a liar

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 and the father of lies.

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 But because I tell you the truth,

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 you do not believe Me.

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 Which one of you convicts Me of sin?

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 If I tell the truth,

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 why do you not believe Me?

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 Whoever is of God

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 hears the words of God.

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 The reason why you do not hear them

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 is that you are not of God.

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 So it is possible, right,

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 to profess faith

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 and not belong to God.

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 What does He say?

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 If you abide in My Word,

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 then you are truly My disciples.

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 Now, if you are in this latter category,

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 this professing,

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 but not truly being saved,

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 it is our prayer for you this morning

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 that you would repent of your sin

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 and place your hope in Christ.

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 Without Him,

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 there is no hope

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 for this life

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 or the life to come.

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 Would you respond in faith

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 to the invitation

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 of the good news

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 of Jesus' life,

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 His death and resurrection

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 on your behalf?

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 Would you be born again

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 this morning?

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 We read a statement together.

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 It's from our confession of faith,

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 which originates from

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 the New Hampshire Confession

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 of 1833.

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 We ask the question,

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 what do we believe about grace

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 in regeneration?

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 And I love this succinct

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 and well-packed answer

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 that says,

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 we believe that in order to be saved,

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 sinners must be regenerated

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 or born again.

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 That regeneration consists

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 in giving a holy disposition

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 to the mind,

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 that it is affected

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 in a manner above our comprehension

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 by the power of the Holy Spirit

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 in connection with divine truth

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 so as to secure

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 our voluntary obedience

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 to the gospel

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 and that its proper evidence

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 appears in the holy fruits

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 of repentance

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 and faith

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 and newness of life.

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 Those found in Christ

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 will be turning

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 by divine power

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 from their sin

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 by faith

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 to Christ

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 and obedience

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 to His Word.

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 If we are sons of God,

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 then we are led

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 by the Spirit.

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 And I just want to emphasize,

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 don't turn this into

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 an experiential,

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 feeling-oriented thing.

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 Are you being turned

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 from disobedience

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 to obedience

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 regularly?

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 Do you desire

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 to live in a way

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 that is pleasing

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 to our God?

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 Do you,

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 in a growing sense,

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 despise your sin?

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 Do you feel the conviction

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 of the Spirit

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 in your life

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 when you do things

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 that you ought not do?

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 If you don't,

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 I am worried

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 for your soul.

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 Repent

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 and believe.

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 Place your faith

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 in Christ.

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 Because of the Spirit,

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 we are led.

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 Secondly,

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 because of the Spirit,

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 we are accepted.

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 Paul says,

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 verse 15,

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 chapter 8,

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 for you did not receive

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 the Spirit of slavery

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 to fall back into fear,

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 but you have received

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 the Spirit of adoption

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 as sons

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 by whom we cry,

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 Abba,

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 Father.

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 I listened to

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 a sermon this week

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 by Steve Lawson.

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 If you guys know Steve Lawson,

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 you can appreciate him.

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 You know his voice.

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 You may hear his voice

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 in his head.

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 And he kept saying,

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 Abba,

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 and that may be the way

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 you pronounce it,

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 but it drove me crazy.

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 So I'm going to say,

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 Abba,

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 the rest of the morning.

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 Paul here,

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 with verse 15,

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 with another four,

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 elaborates on the idea

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 of being sons of God

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 with a denial

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 and then an affirmation.

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 He's such a good teacher.

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 He constantly says,

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 not this,

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 but this instead.

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 He first says,

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 you did not receive

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 the Spirit of slavery

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 to fall back

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 into fear.

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 You did not receive

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 condemnation.

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 You did not receive

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 the guilt

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 that accompanies

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 your sin,

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 which rightly

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 causes you to tremble

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 before God.

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 Whether it is present

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 in your conscience

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 or not,

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 if you are not in Christ,

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 you at your very core

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 know that one day

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 you will stand

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 before your Maker

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 and you will be judged

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 for your sin.

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 If you are in Christ,

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 then you did not receive

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 condemnation.

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 Chapter 8,

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 verse 1.

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 But have been delivered

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 from slavery to sin

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 and the just punishment

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 that is due it.

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 Rather,

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 you have received

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 the spirit

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 of adoption

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 as sons.

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 Now,

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 a small note

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 about the idea

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 of being adopted

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 as sons

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 for the women

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 of our church.

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 You want this

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 to be true

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 of you

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 because in Paul's day

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 it was sons

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 who received

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 the inheritance

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 of their fathers.

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 Just a little

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 historical context

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 helps us understand.

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 Today,

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 inheritances

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 are most typically

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 divided equally,

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 but not so then.

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 So,

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 just embrace the term.

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 We should all

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 want to be

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 sons in the sun.

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 This is a good thing

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 that we would be

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 adopted

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 sons

00:21:39.500 --> 00:21:40.720
 of the Most High.

00:21:41.839 --> 00:21:42.339
 So,

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 if you are

00:21:42.779 --> 00:21:44.019
 led by the Spirit

00:21:44.019 --> 00:21:44.420
 of God,

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 you are a son

00:21:45.559 --> 00:21:46.019
 of God

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 and you have

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 received the spirit

00:21:47.940 --> 00:21:48.740
 of adoption

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 as a son.

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 Paul is the only

00:21:53.160 --> 00:21:53.740
 Bible writer

00:21:53.740 --> 00:21:54.400
 that uses

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 the word

00:21:55.620 --> 00:21:56.720
 adoption.

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 He only uses it

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 five total times

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 and three of those

00:22:00.960 --> 00:22:01.940
 usages are found

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 in Romans.

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 And so,

00:22:03.759 --> 00:22:04.400
 this language

00:22:04.400 --> 00:22:06.120
 demands our attention.

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 Why adoption?

00:22:07.860 --> 00:22:08.560
 Why this

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 particular

00:22:09.180 --> 00:22:10.420
 word?

00:22:11.779 --> 00:22:12.680
 Elsewhere in the Bible,

00:22:12.820 --> 00:22:13.400
 our regeneration

00:22:13.400 --> 00:22:14.460
 has been described

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 using the metaphor

00:22:15.420 --> 00:22:17.140
 of new birth.

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 made new,

00:22:19.280 --> 00:22:20.020
 made alive

00:22:20.020 --> 00:22:20.520
 by this

00:22:20.520 --> 00:22:21.540
 new birth

00:22:21.540 --> 00:22:22.380
 which brings us

00:22:22.380 --> 00:22:23.640
 to spiritual

00:22:23.640 --> 00:22:24.600
 life.

00:22:25.220 --> 00:22:25.960
 But here,

00:22:26.660 --> 00:22:27.820
 as adoption.

00:22:28.980 --> 00:22:29.480
 And I just think

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 this is a particular

00:22:30.160 --> 00:22:30.520
 note,

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 especially

00:22:31.120 --> 00:22:32.200
 to where

00:22:32.200 --> 00:22:33.160
 Paul's case

00:22:33.160 --> 00:22:34.140
 is headed

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 as we'll see

00:22:34.820 --> 00:22:35.940
 in coming

00:22:35.940 --> 00:22:36.860
 weeks.

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 I believe

00:22:38.160 --> 00:22:38.540
 that Paul

00:22:38.540 --> 00:22:39.520
 means to highlight

00:22:39.520 --> 00:22:40.360
 the choosing

00:22:40.360 --> 00:22:41.140
 work of God

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 in saving us.

00:22:43.700 --> 00:22:44.680
 Adopted children

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 are chosen

00:22:46.160 --> 00:22:47.279
 children.

00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:49.300
 All of us

00:22:49.300 --> 00:22:49.880
 love our kids,

00:22:49.960 --> 00:22:50.900
 our biological kids.

00:22:51.140 --> 00:22:52.360
 We don't

00:22:52.360 --> 00:22:53.220
 not want them,

00:22:53.680 --> 00:22:54.440
 but they were

00:22:54.440 --> 00:22:55.420
 given to us.

00:22:55.779 --> 00:22:56.360
 They were

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 granted

00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:58.160
 to us.

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 Adopted

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 kids

00:23:00.380 --> 00:23:01.340
 are chosen.

00:23:02.980 --> 00:23:03.620
 The emphasis

00:23:03.620 --> 00:23:04.320
 here is on

00:23:04.320 --> 00:23:05.160
 compassion

00:23:05.160 --> 00:23:06.540
 and intimacy

00:23:06.540 --> 00:23:08.019
 and grace

00:23:08.019 --> 00:23:09.600
 and love.

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 We'll see this

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 through the end

00:23:11.400 --> 00:23:12.800
 of chapter

00:23:12.800 --> 00:23:13.380
 eight.

00:23:14.000 --> 00:23:14.120
 Paul

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 is saying to us

00:23:15.380 --> 00:23:16.040
 that God

00:23:16.040 --> 00:23:18.560
 is lavish

00:23:18.560 --> 00:23:19.560
 in the calling

00:23:19.560 --> 00:23:20.140
 of a people

00:23:20.140 --> 00:23:21.520
 for his praise.

00:23:22.680 --> 00:23:23.360
 Paul presses

00:23:23.360 --> 00:23:23.980
 with the word

00:23:23.980 --> 00:23:24.440
 adoption

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 that we were

00:23:25.500 --> 00:23:26.480
 once so evidently

00:23:26.480 --> 00:23:27.060
 not a part

00:23:27.060 --> 00:23:27.740
 of God's family,

00:23:27.840 --> 00:23:28.220
 but we have

00:23:28.220 --> 00:23:29.340
 now been made

00:23:29.340 --> 00:23:29.900
 a part

00:23:29.900 --> 00:23:31.380
 of his family.

00:23:32.160 --> 00:23:32.820
 It places

00:23:32.820 --> 00:23:33.380
 the work

00:23:33.380 --> 00:23:34.280
 squarely in

00:23:34.280 --> 00:23:34.860
 God's hands

00:23:34.860 --> 00:23:35.260
 and leaves

00:23:35.260 --> 00:23:36.060
 no room

00:23:36.060 --> 00:23:36.660
 for boasting

00:23:36.660 --> 00:23:37.520
 on our part,

00:23:37.840 --> 00:23:38.660
 but only

00:23:38.660 --> 00:23:39.540
 reveling

00:23:39.540 --> 00:23:40.240
 in the saving

00:23:40.240 --> 00:23:40.980
 work of God

00:23:40.980 --> 00:23:42.480
 on our behalf.

00:23:42.480 --> 00:23:44.240
 as Paul

00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:44.740
 unpacks

00:23:44.740 --> 00:23:45.200
 the ministry

00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:45.799
 of the Spirit,

00:23:46.740 --> 00:23:48.019
 perhaps he

00:23:48.019 --> 00:23:48.759
 has the words

00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:49.240
 of Jesus

00:23:49.240 --> 00:23:49.900
 in John

00:23:49.900 --> 00:23:51.099
 chapter 14

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 verse 16

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 through 18

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 on his mind.

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 There Jesus

00:23:56.799 --> 00:23:57.240
 said,

00:23:57.660 --> 00:23:59.099
 I will ask

00:23:59.099 --> 00:23:59.940
 the Father

00:23:59.940 --> 00:24:01.220
 and he will

00:24:01.220 --> 00:24:01.799
 give you another

00:24:01.799 --> 00:24:02.519
 helper to be

00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:03.180
 with you

00:24:03.180 --> 00:24:04.240
 forever.

00:24:04.779 --> 00:24:05.420
 Even the

00:24:05.420 --> 00:24:06.400
 Spirit of Truth

00:24:06.400 --> 00:24:07.500
 whom the world

00:24:07.500 --> 00:24:08.299
 cannot receive

00:24:08.299 --> 00:24:08.740
 because it

00:24:08.740 --> 00:24:09.500
 neither sees

00:24:09.500 --> 00:24:09.860
 him

00:24:09.859 --> 00:24:11.119
 nor knows

00:24:11.119 --> 00:24:11.379
 him.

00:24:12.159 --> 00:24:12.879
 You know

00:24:12.879 --> 00:24:13.399
 him for

00:24:13.399 --> 00:24:14.159
 he dwells

00:24:14.159 --> 00:24:14.740
 with you

00:24:14.740 --> 00:24:15.339
 and will

00:24:15.339 --> 00:24:16.479
 be in

00:24:16.479 --> 00:24:16.779
 you.

00:24:17.279 --> 00:24:17.639
 Then verse

00:24:17.639 --> 00:24:18.539
 18 says,

00:24:19.099 --> 00:24:19.740
 I will not

00:24:19.740 --> 00:24:20.359
 leave you

00:24:20.359 --> 00:24:21.839
 as orphans.

00:24:22.359 --> 00:24:23.500
 I will

00:24:23.500 --> 00:24:23.879
 come

00:24:23.879 --> 00:24:25.000
 to you.

00:24:25.839 --> 00:24:26.259
 There,

00:24:26.619 --> 00:24:27.699
 the acting

00:24:27.699 --> 00:24:28.259
 work

00:24:28.259 --> 00:24:29.479
 of God

00:24:29.479 --> 00:24:30.099
 the Son,

00:24:30.500 --> 00:24:31.319
 working in

00:24:31.319 --> 00:24:31.659
 conjunction

00:24:31.659 --> 00:24:32.159
 with God

00:24:32.159 --> 00:24:32.579
 the Father,

00:24:32.659 --> 00:24:33.299
 by the power

00:24:33.299 --> 00:24:34.079
 of God

00:24:34.079 --> 00:24:34.879
 the Spirit

00:24:34.879 --> 00:24:35.919
 to be with

00:24:35.919 --> 00:24:36.599
 us

00:24:36.599 --> 00:24:37.879
 forever.

00:24:37.880 --> 00:24:39.700
 The doctrine

00:24:39.700 --> 00:24:40.220
 of adoption

00:24:40.220 --> 00:24:40.980
 is a

00:24:40.980 --> 00:24:42.080
 precious,

00:24:42.420 --> 00:24:43.200
 precious

00:24:43.200 --> 00:24:44.180
 doctrine.

00:24:45.280 --> 00:24:45.840
 Paul says,

00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:46.400
 you have

00:24:46.400 --> 00:24:47.180
 received the

00:24:47.180 --> 00:24:48.360
 Spirit of

00:24:48.360 --> 00:24:48.900
 adoption

00:24:48.900 --> 00:24:50.600
 as sons

00:24:50.600 --> 00:24:52.220
 by whom

00:24:52.220 --> 00:24:53.520
 we cry,

00:24:54.440 --> 00:24:54.820
 Abba,

00:24:55.600 --> 00:24:56.100
 Father.

00:24:57.640 --> 00:24:58.120
 Now,

00:24:58.280 --> 00:24:58.820
 Abba is

00:24:58.820 --> 00:25:00.020
 the informal

00:25:00.020 --> 00:25:01.100
 Aramaic

00:25:01.100 --> 00:25:01.660
 term

00:25:01.660 --> 00:25:02.980
 for Father.

00:25:03.300 --> 00:25:04.240
 He steps

00:25:04.240 --> 00:25:04.560
 out of

00:25:04.560 --> 00:25:05.280
 Koine Greek

00:25:05.280 --> 00:25:05.820
 for a moment

00:25:05.820 --> 00:25:06.580
 and uses

00:25:06.579 --> 00:25:07.599
 an Aramaic

00:25:07.599 --> 00:25:08.619
 word.

00:25:09.619 --> 00:25:10.220
 Perhaps

00:25:10.220 --> 00:25:10.779
 a modern

00:25:10.779 --> 00:25:11.539
 English equivalent

00:25:11.539 --> 00:25:12.299
 would be

00:25:12.299 --> 00:25:13.039
 daddy.

00:25:13.359 --> 00:25:13.779
 It's a term

00:25:13.779 --> 00:25:14.599
 of affection.

00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:15.519
 It connotes

00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:16.559
 tenderness,

00:25:17.159 --> 00:25:17.599
 intimacy,

00:25:18.299 --> 00:25:18.919
 dependency,

00:25:19.319 --> 00:25:19.639
 and a

00:25:19.639 --> 00:25:20.299
 total

00:25:20.299 --> 00:25:21.419
 lack of

00:25:21.419 --> 00:25:21.679
 fear.

00:25:22.779 --> 00:25:23.480
 We can

00:25:23.480 --> 00:25:24.279
 boldly

00:25:24.279 --> 00:25:24.740
 approach

00:25:24.740 --> 00:25:25.099
 God

00:25:25.099 --> 00:25:25.460
 because

00:25:25.460 --> 00:25:26.319
 He is

00:25:26.319 --> 00:25:26.839
 our

00:25:26.839 --> 00:25:27.679
 adopted

00:25:27.679 --> 00:25:28.939
 dad.

00:25:29.720 --> 00:25:30.259
 Because

00:25:30.259 --> 00:25:30.619
 of the

00:25:30.619 --> 00:25:31.000
 Spirit,

00:25:31.559 --> 00:25:32.059
 we are

00:25:32.059 --> 00:25:33.259
 accepted.

00:25:33.899 --> 00:25:35.059
 We deserve

00:25:35.059 --> 00:25:35.599
 to be

00:25:35.599 --> 00:25:36.379
 God's

00:25:36.379 --> 00:25:36.679
 enemy.

00:25:37.440 --> 00:25:37.859
 But because

00:25:37.859 --> 00:25:38.079
 of our

00:25:38.079 --> 00:25:38.799
 regenerating

00:25:38.799 --> 00:25:39.259
 work in

00:25:39.259 --> 00:25:39.819
 our lives,

00:25:39.899 --> 00:25:40.099
 He has

00:25:40.099 --> 00:25:40.740
 granted to

00:25:40.740 --> 00:25:41.099
 us the

00:25:41.099 --> 00:25:41.460
 righteousness

00:25:41.460 --> 00:25:42.119
 of Christ

00:25:42.119 --> 00:25:42.659
 and now

00:25:42.659 --> 00:25:43.019
 we are

00:25:43.019 --> 00:25:43.839
 welcomed,

00:25:44.539 --> 00:25:45.419
 open-armed,

00:25:45.839 --> 00:25:45.440
!

00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:05.480
 rise out,

00:26:06.059 --> 00:26:06.419
 Abba,

00:26:06.960 --> 00:26:07.359
 Father.

00:26:07.980 --> 00:26:09.299
 This should

00:26:09.299 --> 00:26:10.079
 grab our

00:26:10.079 --> 00:26:11.059
 attention.

00:26:11.799 --> 00:26:12.460
 I'm going to

00:26:12.460 --> 00:26:12.799
 tell you,

00:26:12.839 --> 00:26:13.119
 but can you

00:26:13.119 --> 00:26:13.519
 think for a

00:26:13.519 --> 00:26:14.139
 moment where

00:26:14.139 --> 00:26:14.659
 else you

00:26:14.659 --> 00:26:15.579
 see this

00:26:15.579 --> 00:26:16.599
 combination of

00:26:16.599 --> 00:26:18.220
 Aramaic and

00:26:18.220 --> 00:26:19.119
 Greek?

00:26:19.359 --> 00:26:19.819
 Abba,

00:26:20.599 --> 00:26:21.039
 Father.

00:26:22.700 --> 00:26:23.500
 When Jesus

00:26:23.500 --> 00:26:24.379
 is in agony

00:26:24.379 --> 00:26:24.980
 in the garden

00:26:24.980 --> 00:26:25.940
 of Gethsemane,

00:26:26.639 --> 00:26:27.059
 the night

00:26:27.059 --> 00:26:27.679
 before His

00:26:27.679 --> 00:26:28.480
 crucifixion,

00:26:28.919 --> 00:26:30.359
 He prays to

00:26:30.359 --> 00:26:30.700
 God the

00:26:30.700 --> 00:26:31.899
 Father in

00:26:31.900 --> 00:26:32.640
 this way.

00:26:33.100 --> 00:26:33.880
 Mark 14

00:26:33.880 --> 00:26:34.340
 and verse

00:26:34.340 --> 00:26:35.519
 36,

00:26:35.820 --> 00:26:36.180
 He says,

00:26:36.440 --> 00:26:36.840
 Abba,

00:26:37.259 --> 00:26:38.100
 Father,

00:26:39.220 --> 00:26:39.960
 all things

00:26:39.960 --> 00:26:40.560
 are possible

00:26:40.560 --> 00:26:41.220
 for You.

00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:43.060
 Remove this

00:26:43.060 --> 00:26:43.540
 cup from

00:26:43.540 --> 00:26:43.880
 me,

00:26:44.480 --> 00:26:45.480
 yet not

00:26:45.480 --> 00:26:45.860
 what I

00:26:45.860 --> 00:26:46.200
 will,

00:26:47.200 --> 00:26:47.800
 but what

00:26:47.800 --> 00:26:49.100
 You will.

00:26:49.940 --> 00:26:50.759
 I think

00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:51.360
 that what

00:26:51.360 --> 00:26:52.000
 Paul is doing

00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:52.780
 here is he

00:26:52.780 --> 00:26:53.680
 has in mind

00:26:53.680 --> 00:26:54.900
 this text

00:26:54.900 --> 00:26:55.620
 and he

00:26:55.620 --> 00:26:56.440
 employs this

00:26:56.440 --> 00:26:57.519
 language in

00:26:57.519 --> 00:26:58.960
 chapter 8

00:26:58.960 --> 00:27:00.059
 to help us

00:27:00.059 --> 00:27:00.840
 think about

00:27:00.840 --> 00:27:02.200
 the suffering

00:27:02.200 --> 00:27:02.680
 we'll have to

00:27:02.680 --> 00:27:03.240
 share in

00:27:03.240 --> 00:27:04.360
 with Christ.

00:27:04.799 --> 00:27:05.059
 In verse

00:27:05.059 --> 00:27:05.600
 16,

00:27:05.720 --> 00:27:06.480
 he begins

00:27:06.480 --> 00:27:07.039
 introducing

00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:08.299
 this very

00:27:08.299 --> 00:27:09.220
 idea and

00:27:09.220 --> 00:27:10.039
 the waiting

00:27:10.039 --> 00:27:10.600
 for and

00:27:10.600 --> 00:27:11.279
 the longing

00:27:11.279 --> 00:27:12.759
 for glory

00:27:12.759 --> 00:27:13.620
 and the way

00:27:13.620 --> 00:27:14.340
 in which God's

00:27:14.340 --> 00:27:15.059
 working all

00:27:15.059 --> 00:27:16.500
 things for

00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:17.039
 good.

00:27:18.120 --> 00:27:18.440
 Paul is

00:27:18.440 --> 00:27:18.860
 beginning to

00:27:18.860 --> 00:27:19.480
 set us up

00:27:19.480 --> 00:27:20.039
 to understand

00:27:20.039 --> 00:27:20.500
 that because

00:27:20.500 --> 00:27:20.819
 we are

00:27:20.819 --> 00:27:21.420
 accepted by

00:27:21.420 --> 00:27:21.779
 God,

00:27:22.039 --> 00:27:22.539
 we can

00:27:22.539 --> 00:27:23.259
 endure all

00:27:23.259 --> 00:27:24.259
 things because

00:27:24.259 --> 00:27:25.400
 we have an

00:27:25.400 --> 00:27:25.900
 internal

00:27:25.900 --> 00:27:27.840
 inheritance in

00:27:27.840 --> 00:27:28.120
 Him.

00:27:28.119 --> 00:27:29.839
 come what

00:27:29.839 --> 00:27:30.099
 may,

00:27:30.819 --> 00:27:31.239
 Romans 8 is

00:27:31.239 --> 00:27:31.419
 going to

00:27:31.419 --> 00:27:31.719
 say to

00:27:31.719 --> 00:27:32.000
 us,

00:27:32.259 --> 00:27:32.619
 if God

00:27:32.619 --> 00:27:32.979
 is for

00:27:32.979 --> 00:27:33.299
 us,

00:27:34.179 --> 00:27:34.559
 who can

00:27:34.559 --> 00:27:34.959
 be against

00:27:34.959 --> 00:27:35.359
 us?

00:27:36.479 --> 00:27:37.119
 And he's

00:27:37.119 --> 00:27:37.739
 drawing our

00:27:37.739 --> 00:27:38.379
 minds back,

00:27:38.419 --> 00:27:38.799
 I think,

00:27:38.859 --> 00:27:39.139
 to these

00:27:39.139 --> 00:27:40.139
 words of

00:27:40.139 --> 00:27:41.339
 Christ on

00:27:41.339 --> 00:27:41.879
 the cross.

00:27:42.439 --> 00:27:43.019
 These

00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:44.019
 deeply

00:27:44.019 --> 00:27:44.779
 intimate

00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:45.619
 ways of

00:27:45.619 --> 00:27:46.859
 referring to

00:27:46.859 --> 00:27:48.299
 God as

00:27:48.299 --> 00:27:48.739
 our Father.

00:27:50.379 --> 00:27:51.000
 Now,

00:27:51.219 --> 00:27:51.659
 you may

00:27:51.659 --> 00:27:51.899
 have a

00:27:51.899 --> 00:27:52.500
 difficult time

00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:53.099
 thinking of

00:27:53.099 --> 00:27:53.759
 God as

00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:54.699
 your Abba

00:27:54.699 --> 00:27:55.659
 Father,

00:27:56.039 --> 00:27:57.059
 because perhaps

00:27:57.059 --> 00:27:57.519
 your earthly

00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:58.099
 father was

00:27:58.099 --> 00:27:59.379
 unkind or

00:27:59.379 --> 00:28:00.439
 harsh or

00:28:00.439 --> 00:28:01.299
 maybe only

00:28:01.299 --> 00:28:02.379
 extended love

00:28:02.379 --> 00:28:02.959
 to you

00:28:02.959 --> 00:28:04.199
 conditionally.

00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:05.959
 But this

00:28:05.959 --> 00:28:07.480
 is not so

00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:08.279
 of your

00:28:08.279 --> 00:28:08.579
 heavenly

00:28:08.579 --> 00:28:09.299
 Father.

00:28:10.619 --> 00:28:11.439
 Praise God

00:28:11.439 --> 00:28:11.919
 for fathers

00:28:11.919 --> 00:28:12.399
 that we can

00:28:12.399 --> 00:28:12.959
 look to,

00:28:13.159 --> 00:28:13.719
 that are an

00:28:13.719 --> 00:28:14.379
 example of

00:28:14.379 --> 00:28:14.619
 what our

00:28:14.619 --> 00:28:14.859
 heavenly

00:28:14.859 --> 00:28:15.399
 father is

00:28:15.399 --> 00:28:15.679
 like,

00:28:15.779 --> 00:28:16.099
 although

00:28:16.099 --> 00:28:16.939
 imperfectly.

00:28:17.819 --> 00:28:18.459
 But if

00:28:18.459 --> 00:28:18.859
 your father

00:28:18.859 --> 00:28:19.259
 was not

00:28:19.259 --> 00:28:19.699
 this,

00:28:20.279 --> 00:28:20.939
 look to

00:28:20.939 --> 00:28:21.399
 the text,

00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:21.919
 your father

00:28:21.919 --> 00:28:22.539
 is not

00:28:22.539 --> 00:28:23.359
 God.

00:28:24.159 --> 00:28:24.639
 Look to

00:28:24.639 --> 00:28:25.119
 the text,

00:28:25.199 --> 00:28:25.439
 what does

00:28:25.439 --> 00:28:26.039
 the Bible

00:28:26.039 --> 00:28:26.639
 say is

00:28:26.639 --> 00:28:27.399
 true of

00:28:27.399 --> 00:28:27.639
 our

00:28:27.639 --> 00:28:28.399
 heavenly

00:28:28.399 --> 00:28:29.779
 father.

00:28:31.399 --> 00:28:32.079
 J.I.

00:28:32.119 --> 00:28:32.420
 Packer

00:28:32.420 --> 00:28:33.259
 once wrote

00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:34.119
 in a book

00:28:34.119 --> 00:28:34.740
 called Knowing

00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:35.119
 God,

00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:35.480
 which I

00:28:35.480 --> 00:28:35.819
 commend

00:28:35.819 --> 00:28:36.519
 strongly to

00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:36.759
 you.

00:28:37.259 --> 00:28:37.579
 He said

00:28:37.579 --> 00:28:37.859
 this,

00:28:37.980 --> 00:28:38.200
 quote,

00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:39.359
 you sum up

00:28:39.359 --> 00:28:39.819
 the whole

00:28:39.819 --> 00:28:40.119
 of New

00:28:40.119 --> 00:28:40.420
 Testament

00:28:40.420 --> 00:28:41.079
 religion if

00:28:41.079 --> 00:28:41.720
 you describe

00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:42.359
 it as the

00:28:42.359 --> 00:28:43.059
 knowledge of

00:28:43.059 --> 00:28:43.639
 God as

00:28:43.639 --> 00:28:44.259
 one's

00:28:44.259 --> 00:28:44.759
 holy

00:28:44.759 --> 00:28:45.319
 father.

00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:46.700
 If you

00:28:46.700 --> 00:28:47.000
 want to

00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:47.460
 judge how

00:28:47.460 --> 00:28:47.779
 well a

00:28:47.779 --> 00:28:48.079
 person

00:28:48.079 --> 00:28:48.899
 understands

00:28:48.899 --> 00:28:49.579
 Christianity,

00:28:50.579 --> 00:28:51.220
 find out

00:28:51.220 --> 00:28:51.659
 how much

00:28:51.659 --> 00:28:52.279
 he makes

00:28:52.279 --> 00:29:04.720
 of the

00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:05.639
 thought of

00:29:05.639 --> 00:29:06.200
 being God's

00:29:06.200 --> 00:29:06.759
 child and

00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:07.519
 having God

00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:08.559
 as his

00:29:08.559 --> 00:29:08.940
 father.

00:29:10.099 --> 00:29:10.700
 If this

00:29:10.700 --> 00:29:10.960
 is not

00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:11.359
 the thought

00:29:11.359 --> 00:29:11.940
 that prompts

00:29:11.940 --> 00:29:12.599
 and controls

00:29:12.599 --> 00:29:13.220
 his worship

00:29:13.220 --> 00:29:14.059
 and prayers

00:29:14.059 --> 00:29:14.440
 and his

00:29:14.440 --> 00:29:15.099
 whole outlook

00:29:15.099 --> 00:29:15.680
 on life,

00:29:15.980 --> 00:29:16.599
 it means

00:29:16.599 --> 00:29:16.899
 that he

00:29:16.899 --> 00:29:17.440
 does not

00:29:17.440 --> 00:29:18.000
 understand

00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:18.639
 Christianity

00:29:18.639 --> 00:29:19.460
 very well

00:29:19.460 --> 00:29:20.000
 at all.

00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:21.160
 For

00:29:21.160 --> 00:29:21.539
 everything

00:29:21.539 --> 00:29:22.039
 that

00:29:22.039 --> 00:29:22.380
 Christ

00:29:22.380 --> 00:29:22.759
 taught,

00:29:23.119 --> 00:29:23.420
 everything

00:29:23.420 --> 00:29:23.740
 that

00:29:23.740 --> 00:29:24.039
 makes

00:29:24.039 --> 00:29:24.240
 the

00:29:24.240 --> 00:29:24.440
 New

00:29:24.440 --> 00:29:24.839
 Testament

00:29:24.839 --> 00:29:25.339
 new

00:29:25.339 --> 00:29:25.599
 and

00:29:25.599 --> 00:29:25.859
 better

00:29:25.859 --> 00:29:26.059
 than

00:29:26.059 --> 00:29:26.220
 the

00:29:26.220 --> 00:29:26.460
 old,

00:29:26.579 --> 00:29:26.839
 everything

00:29:26.839 --> 00:29:27.079
 that

00:29:27.079 --> 00:29:27.200
 is

00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:27.779
 distinctively

00:29:27.779 --> 00:29:28.259
 Christian

00:29:28.259 --> 00:29:28.779
 as opposed

00:29:28.779 --> 00:29:29.240
 to merely

00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:29.619
 Jewish,

00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:30.460
 is summed

00:29:30.460 --> 00:29:30.740
 up in

00:29:30.740 --> 00:29:30.900
 the

00:29:30.900 --> 00:29:31.319
 knowledge

00:29:31.319 --> 00:29:31.900
 of the

00:29:31.900 --> 00:29:32.579
 fatherhood

00:29:32.579 --> 00:29:33.640
 of God.

00:29:34.539 --> 00:29:35.220
 Father

00:29:35.220 --> 00:29:36.099
 is the

00:29:36.099 --> 00:29:36.440
 Christian

00:29:36.440 --> 00:29:36.980
 name

00:29:36.980 --> 00:29:38.240
 for God.

00:29:39.059 --> 00:29:39.440
 Our

00:29:39.440 --> 00:29:40.039
 understanding

00:29:40.039 --> 00:29:40.240
 of

00:29:40.240 --> 00:29:40.660
 Christianity

00:29:40.660 --> 00:29:41.160
 cannot

00:29:41.160 --> 00:29:42.180
 be better

00:29:42.180 --> 00:29:43.079
 than our

00:29:43.079 --> 00:29:43.619
 grasp

00:29:43.619 --> 00:29:44.500
 of

00:29:44.500 --> 00:29:45.000
 adoption.

00:29:46.740 --> 00:29:47.460
 So

00:29:47.460 --> 00:29:47.799
 because of

00:29:47.799 --> 00:29:47.900
 the

00:29:47.900 --> 00:29:48.140
 Spirit,

00:29:48.900 --> 00:29:49.519
 we are

00:29:49.519 --> 00:29:49.940
 led

00:29:49.940 --> 00:29:51.140
 because of

00:29:51.140 --> 00:29:51.580
 the Spirit,

00:29:52.279 --> 00:29:53.080
 we are

00:29:53.080 --> 00:29:54.400
 accepted.

00:29:54.700 --> 00:29:55.880
 We belong.

00:29:56.059 --> 00:29:56.360
 We are

00:29:56.360 --> 00:29:57.779
 rejoined

00:29:57.779 --> 00:29:58.400
 with our

00:29:58.400 --> 00:29:59.660
 Creator.

00:30:01.180 --> 00:30:01.880
 Thirdly,

00:30:02.160 --> 00:30:02.620
 because of

00:30:02.620 --> 00:30:03.000
 the Spirit,

00:30:03.460 --> 00:30:04.620
 we are

00:30:04.620 --> 00:30:05.000
 confident.

00:30:05.660 --> 00:30:06.120
 Verse 16

00:30:06.120 --> 00:30:06.440
 says,

00:30:06.820 --> 00:30:07.299
 the Spirit

00:30:07.299 --> 00:30:08.200
 himself bears

00:30:08.200 --> 00:30:08.820
 witness with

00:30:08.820 --> 00:30:09.320
 our spirit

00:30:09.320 --> 00:30:09.860
 that we

00:30:09.860 --> 00:30:10.840
 are children

00:30:10.840 --> 00:30:12.460
 of God.

00:30:13.180 --> 00:30:13.600
 Our

00:30:13.600 --> 00:30:14.080
 growing

00:30:14.080 --> 00:30:14.500
 obedience

00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:15.120
 to God's

00:30:15.120 --> 00:30:15.480
 good

00:30:15.480 --> 00:30:16.059
 commands

00:30:16.059 --> 00:30:16.620
 gives

00:30:16.620 --> 00:30:17.320
 outward

00:30:17.320 --> 00:30:17.820
 witness

00:30:17.820 --> 00:30:18.279
 that we

00:30:18.279 --> 00:30:18.759
 are children

00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:20.140
 of God.

00:30:20.140 --> 00:30:20.819
 There is

00:30:20.819 --> 00:30:22.539
 observable

00:30:22.539 --> 00:30:23.319
 obedience.

00:30:24.379 --> 00:30:24.720
 But there is

00:30:24.720 --> 00:30:25.579
 also an

00:30:25.579 --> 00:30:26.140
 inner

00:30:26.140 --> 00:30:26.759
 testimony.

00:30:27.960 --> 00:30:28.279
 But this

00:30:28.279 --> 00:30:28.539
 is not

00:30:28.539 --> 00:30:28.980
 just an

00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:29.279
 inner

00:30:29.279 --> 00:30:29.920
 small

00:30:29.920 --> 00:30:30.400
 voice.

00:30:31.279 --> 00:30:31.539
 You don't

00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:32.180
 ask yourself

00:30:32.180 --> 00:30:32.700
 the question

00:30:32.700 --> 00:30:33.740
 and the

00:30:33.740 --> 00:30:34.559
 sound out

00:30:34.559 --> 00:30:34.759
 of the

00:30:34.759 --> 00:30:35.059
 void

00:30:35.059 --> 00:30:35.480
 says,

00:30:35.660 --> 00:30:35.900
 yes,

00:30:36.019 --> 00:30:36.400
 you are

00:30:36.400 --> 00:30:36.900
 in fact

00:30:36.900 --> 00:30:38.400
 saved.

00:30:38.900 --> 00:30:39.480
 That

00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:39.700
 inner

00:30:39.700 --> 00:30:40.059
 voice

00:30:40.059 --> 00:30:40.440
 in our

00:30:40.440 --> 00:30:40.799
 heads

00:30:40.799 --> 00:30:41.700
 may be

00:30:41.700 --> 00:30:42.160
 fickle

00:30:42.160 --> 00:30:42.559
 and

00:30:42.559 --> 00:30:43.240
 easily

00:30:43.240 --> 00:30:44.019
 swayed.

00:30:44.019 --> 00:30:45.059
 It

00:30:45.059 --> 00:30:45.200
 is

00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:45.639
 rather

00:30:45.639 --> 00:30:45.960
 the

00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:46.440
 inner

00:30:46.440 --> 00:30:46.920
 work

00:30:46.920 --> 00:30:47.240
 of the

00:30:47.240 --> 00:30:47.480
 Spirit

00:30:47.480 --> 00:30:48.299
 to

00:30:48.299 --> 00:30:49.379
 illuminate

00:30:49.379 --> 00:30:49.779
 God's

00:30:49.779 --> 00:30:50.099
 Word

00:30:50.099 --> 00:30:50.799
 to us,

00:30:51.359 --> 00:30:51.720
 to

00:30:51.720 --> 00:30:52.299
 sanctify

00:30:52.299 --> 00:30:52.680
 our

00:30:52.680 --> 00:30:53.259
 thoughts

00:30:53.259 --> 00:30:53.980
 and our

00:30:53.980 --> 00:30:54.480
 passions,

00:30:55.079 --> 00:30:55.819
 and to

00:30:55.819 --> 00:30:56.480
 compel

00:30:56.480 --> 00:30:57.319
 relationship

00:30:57.319 --> 00:30:58.619
 with God.

00:30:59.160 --> 00:30:59.759
 We can

00:30:59.759 --> 00:31:00.639
 take up

00:31:00.639 --> 00:31:01.220
 and read

00:31:01.220 --> 00:31:02.299
 and God

00:31:02.299 --> 00:31:02.859
 speaks to

00:31:02.859 --> 00:31:03.180
 us by

00:31:03.180 --> 00:31:03.400
 His

00:31:03.400 --> 00:31:03.639
 Spirit

00:31:03.639 --> 00:31:03.879
 through

00:31:03.879 --> 00:31:04.160
 His

00:31:04.160 --> 00:31:04.940
 Word.

00:31:05.200 --> 00:31:05.720
 Gives

00:31:05.720 --> 00:31:05.839
 us

00:31:05.839 --> 00:31:06.299
 conviction

00:31:06.299 --> 00:31:07.059
 of our

00:31:07.059 --> 00:31:07.460
 sin,

00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:07.960
 puts

00:31:07.960 --> 00:31:08.599
 desires

00:31:08.599 --> 00:31:08.920
 in us

00:31:08.920 --> 00:31:09.559
 to change

00:31:09.559 --> 00:31:10.079
 from one

00:31:10.079 --> 00:31:10.539
 degree of

00:31:10.539 --> 00:31:10.839
 glory

00:31:10.839 --> 00:31:11.839
 to another

00:31:11.839 --> 00:31:12.279
 that we

00:31:12.279 --> 00:31:12.539
 might

00:31:12.539 --> 00:31:13.240
 have

00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:14.019
 loving

00:31:14.019 --> 00:31:14.759
 communion

00:31:14.759 --> 00:31:15.579
 with

00:31:15.579 --> 00:31:15.980
 God.

00:31:17.299 --> 00:31:17.879
 Granting

00:31:17.879 --> 00:31:18.119
 to the

00:31:18.119 --> 00:31:18.420
 believer

00:31:18.420 --> 00:31:18.920
 assurance

00:31:18.920 --> 00:31:19.639
 is a

00:31:19.639 --> 00:31:20.099
 ministry

00:31:20.099 --> 00:31:21.160
 of the

00:31:21.160 --> 00:31:21.480
 Spirit,

00:31:22.279 --> 00:31:22.740
 but some

00:31:22.740 --> 00:31:23.039
 people

00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:23.779
 really

00:31:23.779 --> 00:31:24.220
 labor

00:31:24.220 --> 00:31:24.660
 over the

00:31:24.660 --> 00:31:25.180
 assurance

00:31:25.180 --> 00:31:26.039
 of their

00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:26.500
 salvation,

00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:27.139
 and I

00:31:27.139 --> 00:31:27.440
 want you

00:31:27.440 --> 00:31:28.059
 to know

00:31:28.059 --> 00:31:29.079
 that I'm

00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:29.660
 with you

00:31:29.660 --> 00:31:30.200
 in that.

00:31:30.319 --> 00:31:31.079
 I understand

00:31:31.079 --> 00:31:32.000
 where you're

00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:32.639
 coming from.

00:31:33.559 --> 00:31:34.200
 I think

00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:35.500
 most often

00:31:35.500 --> 00:31:35.839
 though,

00:31:36.339 --> 00:31:36.859
 this is

00:31:36.859 --> 00:31:37.799
 due to

00:31:37.799 --> 00:31:38.579
 doctrinal

00:31:38.579 --> 00:31:39.680
 confusion.

00:31:40.539 --> 00:31:40.819
 Somewhere

00:31:40.819 --> 00:31:41.480
 along the

00:31:41.480 --> 00:31:41.799
 way,

00:31:41.799 --> 00:31:42.440
 you've

00:31:42.440 --> 00:31:43.039
 misread

00:31:43.039 --> 00:31:43.559
 or been

00:31:43.559 --> 00:31:45.180
 mistaught

00:31:45.180 --> 00:31:45.700
 what the

00:31:45.700 --> 00:31:45.960
 Christian

00:31:45.960 --> 00:31:46.919
 life is

00:31:46.919 --> 00:31:47.200
 to look

00:31:47.200 --> 00:31:47.559
 like.

00:31:48.339 --> 00:31:48.559
 This is

00:31:48.559 --> 00:31:48.919
 why I

00:31:48.919 --> 00:31:49.220
 will not

00:31:49.220 --> 00:31:49.639
 tire of

00:31:49.639 --> 00:31:49.940
 teaching

00:31:49.940 --> 00:31:50.639
 the

00:31:50.639 --> 00:31:51.159
 doctrines

00:31:51.159 --> 00:31:51.720
 of

00:31:51.720 --> 00:31:52.039
 grace.

00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:52.940
 I

00:31:52.940 --> 00:31:53.079
 will

00:31:53.079 --> 00:31:53.299
 hammer

00:31:53.299 --> 00:31:53.500
 them

00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:53.720
 until

00:31:53.720 --> 00:31:53.879
 the

00:31:53.879 --> 00:31:54.000
 day

00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:54.119
 I

00:31:54.119 --> 00:31:54.460
 die,

00:31:55.019 --> 00:31:55.240
 come

00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:55.379
 what

00:31:55.379 --> 00:31:55.619
 may,

00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:56.180
 with

00:31:56.180 --> 00:31:56.379
 all

00:31:56.379 --> 00:31:56.539
 their

00:31:56.539 --> 00:31:56.879
 beauty

00:31:56.879 --> 00:31:57.319
 and

00:31:57.319 --> 00:31:57.500
 all

00:31:57.500 --> 00:31:57.759
 their

00:31:57.759 --> 00:31:58.619
 complexity.

00:31:59.500 --> 00:31:59.859
 This is

00:31:59.859 --> 00:32:00.159
 why I

00:32:00.159 --> 00:32:00.480
 will not

00:32:00.480 --> 00:32:00.879
 tire of

00:32:00.879 --> 00:32:01.099
 teaching

00:32:01.099 --> 00:32:01.279
 the

00:32:01.279 --> 00:32:01.740
 relationship

00:32:01.740 --> 00:32:02.240
 between

00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:02.779
 the

00:32:02.779 --> 00:32:03.119
 law

00:32:03.119 --> 00:32:04.000
 and

00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:04.119
 the

00:32:04.119 --> 00:32:04.519
 gospel.

00:32:05.019 --> 00:32:05.359
 It's

00:32:05.359 --> 00:32:05.759
 important

00:32:05.759 --> 00:32:06.119
 that we

00:32:06.119 --> 00:32:06.960
 understand

00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:07.200
 the

00:32:07.200 --> 00:32:07.539
 way

00:32:07.539 --> 00:32:07.740
 in

00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:07.940
 which

00:32:07.940 --> 00:32:08.119
 the

00:32:08.119 --> 00:32:08.139
!

00:32:08.139 --> 00:32:08.379
 law

00:32:08.379 --> 00:32:08.500
 is

00:32:08.500 --> 00:32:08.639
 meant

00:32:08.639 --> 00:32:08.779
 to

00:32:08.779 --> 00:32:09.119
 convict

00:32:09.119 --> 00:32:09.259
 us

00:32:09.259 --> 00:32:09.379
 of

00:32:09.379 --> 00:32:09.579
 sin

00:32:09.579 --> 00:32:09.839
 and

00:32:09.839 --> 00:32:10.539
 drive

00:32:10.539 --> 00:32:10.740
 us

00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:10.879
 to

00:32:10.879 --> 00:32:11.039
 the

00:32:11.039 --> 00:32:11.399
 gospel

00:32:11.399 --> 00:32:11.660
 and

00:32:11.660 --> 00:32:11.799
 then

00:32:11.799 --> 00:32:12.119
 once

00:32:12.119 --> 00:32:12.539
 we've

00:32:12.539 --> 00:32:12.740
 been

00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:13.119
 set

00:32:13.119 --> 00:32:13.680
 free

00:32:13.680 --> 00:32:13.920
 from

00:32:13.920 --> 00:32:14.039
 the

00:32:14.039 --> 00:32:14.339
 bondage

00:32:14.339 --> 00:32:14.480
 of

00:32:14.480 --> 00:32:14.740
 sin

00:32:14.740 --> 00:32:15.299
 the

00:32:15.299 --> 00:32:15.460
 way

00:32:15.460 --> 00:32:15.660
 that

00:32:15.660 --> 00:32:16.180
 law

00:32:16.180 --> 00:32:16.460
 is

00:32:16.460 --> 00:32:16.599
 meant

00:32:16.599 --> 00:32:16.819
 to be

00:32:16.819 --> 00:32:17.259
 employed

00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:17.460
 in

00:32:17.460 --> 00:32:17.619
 our

00:32:17.619 --> 00:32:18.019
 lives

00:32:18.019 --> 00:32:18.180
 to

00:32:18.180 --> 00:32:18.359
 give

00:32:18.359 --> 00:32:19.160
 evidence

00:32:19.160 --> 00:32:19.899
 of

00:32:19.899 --> 00:32:20.039
 our

00:32:20.039 --> 00:32:20.399
 saving

00:32:20.399 --> 00:32:21.579
 faith.

00:32:22.579 --> 00:32:23.079
 Now

00:32:23.079 --> 00:32:23.319
 when I

00:32:23.319 --> 00:32:23.660
 was a

00:32:23.660 --> 00:32:24.879
 young

00:32:24.879 --> 00:32:25.379
 teenager

00:32:25.379 --> 00:32:26.420
 I

00:32:26.420 --> 00:32:26.579
 believe

00:32:26.579 --> 00:32:26.680
 I

00:32:26.680 --> 00:32:26.799
 was

00:32:26.799 --> 00:32:27.099
 converted

00:32:27.099 --> 00:32:27.359
 at a

00:32:27.359 --> 00:32:27.519
 very

00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:27.819
 young

00:32:27.819 --> 00:32:28.240
 age

00:32:28.240 --> 00:32:28.680
 and

00:32:28.680 --> 00:32:29.480
 I

00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:30.899
 when

00:32:30.899 --> 00:32:31.000
 we

00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:31.160
 moved

00:32:31.160 --> 00:32:31.279
 to

00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:31.559
 Georgia

00:32:31.559 --> 00:32:31.759
 I

00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:31.899
 went

00:32:31.899 --> 00:32:32.019
 to

00:32:32.019 --> 00:32:32.180
 a

00:32:32.180 --> 00:32:32.460
 church

00:32:32.460 --> 00:32:32.579
 that

00:32:32.579 --> 00:32:32.660
 was

00:32:32.660 --> 00:32:32.779
 a

00:32:32.779 --> 00:32:32.940
 rather

00:32:32.940 --> 00:32:32.940


00:32:32.940 --> 00:32:33.080
 a

00:32:33.080 --> 00:32:33.440
 large

00:32:33.440 --> 00:32:33.820
 church

00:32:33.820 --> 00:32:34.140
 that

00:32:34.140 --> 00:32:34.320
 in

00:32:34.320 --> 00:32:34.539
 many

00:32:34.539 --> 00:32:35.200
 ways

00:32:35.200 --> 00:32:35.920
 was

00:32:35.920 --> 00:32:36.259
 trying

00:32:36.259 --> 00:32:36.640
 to

00:32:36.640 --> 00:32:37.620
 manufacture

00:32:37.620 --> 00:32:38.980
 revival

00:32:38.980 --> 00:32:40.440
 many

00:32:40.440 --> 00:32:40.700
 years

00:32:40.700 --> 00:32:40.960
 later

00:32:40.960 --> 00:32:41.120
 I

00:32:41.120 --> 00:32:41.259
 can

00:32:41.259 --> 00:32:41.460
 look

00:32:41.460 --> 00:32:42.120
 back

00:32:42.120 --> 00:32:42.279
 on

00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:42.360
 it

00:32:42.360 --> 00:32:42.480
 with

00:32:42.480 --> 00:32:42.640
 some

00:32:42.640 --> 00:32:42.960
 clear

00:32:42.960 --> 00:32:43.799
 minded

00:32:43.799 --> 00:32:44.360
 scrutiny

00:32:44.360 --> 00:32:45.380
 but

00:32:45.380 --> 00:32:45.480
 there

00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:45.580
 were

00:32:45.580 --> 00:32:45.940
 times

00:32:45.940 --> 00:32:46.100
 I

00:32:46.100 --> 00:32:46.460
 sat

00:32:46.460 --> 00:32:46.680
 and

00:32:46.680 --> 00:32:46.840
 I

00:32:46.840 --> 00:32:47.299
 just

00:32:47.299 --> 00:32:48.019
 wasn't

00:32:48.019 --> 00:32:48.559
 sure

00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:49.120
 am

00:32:49.120 --> 00:32:49.580
 I

00:32:49.580 --> 00:32:49.960
 a

00:32:49.960 --> 00:32:50.320
 Christian

00:32:50.320 --> 00:32:50.980
 I

00:32:50.980 --> 00:32:51.580
 didn't

00:32:51.580 --> 00:32:52.100
 have

00:32:52.100 --> 00:32:52.799
 assurance

00:32:52.799 --> 00:32:53.740
 in

00:32:53.740 --> 00:32:54.120
 those

00:32:54.120 --> 00:32:55.120
 days

00:32:55.120 --> 00:32:56.480
 and

00:32:56.480 --> 00:32:56.580
 what

00:32:56.580 --> 00:32:56.720
 was

00:32:56.720 --> 00:32:57.000
 often

00:32:57.000 --> 00:32:57.259
 told

00:32:57.259 --> 00:32:57.420
 to

00:32:57.420 --> 00:32:57.580
 me

00:32:57.580 --> 00:32:57.980
 you

00:32:57.980 --> 00:32:58.140
 all

00:32:58.140 --> 00:32:58.259
 have

00:32:58.259 --> 00:32:58.420
 heard

00:32:58.420 --> 00:32:58.840
 this

00:32:58.840 --> 00:32:59.420
 the

00:32:59.420 --> 00:32:59.680
 pastor

00:32:59.680 --> 00:32:59.880
 there

00:32:59.880 --> 00:33:00.019
 would

00:33:00.019 --> 00:33:00.320
 say

00:33:00.320 --> 00:33:00.460
 if

00:33:00.460 --> 00:33:00.559
 you

00:33:00.559 --> 00:33:00.980
 ever

00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:01.360
 doubt

00:33:01.360 --> 00:33:01.539
 that

00:33:01.539 --> 00:33:01.680
 you're

00:33:01.680 --> 00:33:01.820
 a

00:33:01.820 --> 00:33:02.080
 Christian

00:33:02.940 --> 00:33:07.500
 he

00:33:07.500 --> 00:33:07.640
 would

00:33:07.640 --> 00:33:07.940
 say

00:33:07.940 --> 00:33:08.700
 turn

00:33:08.700 --> 00:33:08.840
 to

00:33:08.840 --> 00:33:08.940
 the

00:33:08.940 --> 00:33:09.080
 front

00:33:09.080 --> 00:33:09.180
 of

00:33:09.180 --> 00:33:09.279
 your

00:33:09.279 --> 00:33:09.620
 Bible

00:33:09.620 --> 00:33:10.299
 to

00:33:10.299 --> 00:33:10.440
 the

00:33:10.440 --> 00:33:10.700
 place

00:33:10.700 --> 00:33:10.840
 where

00:33:10.840 --> 00:33:10.980
 you

00:33:10.980 --> 00:33:11.279
 wrote

00:33:11.279 --> 00:33:11.559
 down

00:33:11.559 --> 00:33:11.920
 the

00:33:11.920 --> 00:33:12.180
 date

00:33:12.180 --> 00:33:12.340
 that

00:33:12.340 --> 00:33:12.460
 you

00:33:12.460 --> 00:33:12.740
 walked

00:33:12.740 --> 00:33:12.920
 the

00:33:12.920 --> 00:33:13.240
 aisle

00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:14.000
 and

00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:14.259
 have

00:33:14.259 --> 00:33:14.779
 assurance

00:33:14.779 --> 00:33:18.160
 this

00:33:18.160 --> 00:33:18.320
 was

00:33:18.320 --> 00:33:18.500
 really

00:33:18.500 --> 00:33:18.920
 problematic

00:33:18.920 --> 00:33:19.299
 for me

00:33:19.299 --> 00:33:19.519
 because

00:33:19.519 --> 00:33:19.700
 I

00:33:19.700 --> 00:33:19.940
 hadn't

00:33:19.940 --> 00:33:20.140
 written

00:33:20.140 --> 00:33:20.259
 a

00:33:20.259 --> 00:33:20.380
 date

00:33:20.380 --> 00:33:20.559
 down

00:33:20.559 --> 00:33:20.660
 in

00:33:20.660 --> 00:33:20.720
 the

00:33:20.720 --> 00:33:20.840
 front

00:33:20.840 --> 00:33:20.920
 of

00:33:20.920 --> 00:33:21.039
 my

00:33:21.039 --> 00:33:21.360
 Bible

00:33:21.360 --> 00:33:22.480
 I

00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:23.320
 turned

00:33:23.320 --> 00:33:23.460
 to

00:33:23.460 --> 00:33:23.559
 the

00:33:23.559 --> 00:33:23.700
 front

00:33:23.700 --> 00:33:23.799
 of

00:33:23.799 --> 00:33:23.920
 it

00:33:23.920 --> 00:33:24.220
 and

00:33:24.220 --> 00:33:25.000
 there

00:33:25.000 --> 00:33:25.200
 was

00:33:25.200 --> 00:33:25.500
 no

00:33:25.500 --> 00:33:26.460
 my

00:33:26.460 --> 00:33:26.920
 handwriting

00:33:26.920 --> 00:33:27.100
 in

00:33:27.100 --> 00:33:27.200
 the

00:33:27.200 --> 00:33:27.420
 front

00:33:27.420 --> 00:33:28.200
 of

00:33:28.200 --> 00:33:28.380
 my

00:33:28.380 --> 00:33:28.700
 Bible

00:33:28.700 --> 00:33:28.980
 and

00:33:28.980 --> 00:33:29.900
 frankly

00:33:29.900 --> 00:33:30.140
 I'm

00:33:30.140 --> 00:33:30.320
 glad

00:33:30.320 --> 00:33:30.500
 there

00:33:30.500 --> 00:33:30.900
 wasn't

00:33:30.900 --> 00:33:30.900


00:33:30.900 --> 00:33:31.100
 because

00:33:31.099 --> 00:33:31.199
 it

00:33:31.199 --> 00:33:31.299
 would

00:33:31.299 --> 00:33:31.379
 have

00:33:31.379 --> 00:33:31.480
 been

00:33:31.480 --> 00:33:31.619
 a

00:33:31.619 --> 00:33:31.859
 very

00:33:31.859 --> 00:33:32.459
 paltry

00:33:32.459 --> 00:33:32.939
 place

00:33:32.939 --> 00:33:33.159
 to

00:33:33.159 --> 00:33:33.419
 put

00:33:33.419 --> 00:33:33.659
 my

00:33:33.659 --> 00:33:34.039
 assurance

00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:36.119
 I

00:33:36.119 --> 00:33:36.399
 didn't

00:33:36.399 --> 00:33:36.899
 need

00:33:36.899 --> 00:33:37.980
 pragmatic

00:33:37.980 --> 00:33:38.819
 decisionism

00:33:38.819 --> 00:33:40.119
 I

00:33:40.119 --> 00:33:40.299
 didn't

00:33:40.299 --> 00:33:40.500
 need

00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:40.619
 him

00:33:40.619 --> 00:33:40.759
 to

00:33:40.759 --> 00:33:41.059
 say

00:33:41.059 --> 00:33:41.579
 you

00:33:41.579 --> 00:33:41.779
 did

00:33:41.779 --> 00:33:41.959
 this

00:33:41.959 --> 00:33:42.159
 one

00:33:42.159 --> 00:33:42.399
 thing

00:33:42.399 --> 00:33:42.659
 one

00:33:42.659 --> 00:33:43.240
 time

00:33:43.240 --> 00:33:43.719
 therefore

00:33:43.719 --> 00:33:45.059
 you're

00:33:45.059 --> 00:33:45.179
 a

00:33:45.179 --> 00:33:45.500
 Christian

00:33:45.500 --> 00:33:46.980
 I

00:33:46.980 --> 00:33:47.380
 needed

00:33:47.380 --> 00:33:48.079
 biblical

00:33:48.079 --> 00:33:49.119
 instruction

00:33:49.119 --> 00:33:49.900
 in

00:33:49.900 --> 00:33:50.720
 assurance

00:33:50.720 --> 00:33:52.039
 I

00:33:52.039 --> 00:33:52.319
 needed

00:33:52.319 --> 00:33:52.480
 him

00:33:52.480 --> 00:33:52.599
 to

00:33:52.599 --> 00:33:52.819
 say

00:33:52.819 --> 00:33:53.000
 have

00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:53.079
 you

00:33:53.079 --> 00:33:53.240
 ever

00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:53.640
 doubted

00:33:53.640 --> 00:33:53.759
 that

00:33:53.759 --> 00:33:53.880
 you're

00:33:53.880 --> 00:33:54.000
 a

00:33:54.000 --> 00:33:54.259
 Christian

00:33:54.259 --> 00:33:54.819
 let

00:33:54.819 --> 00:33:54.980
 me

00:33:54.980 --> 00:33:55.319
 take

00:33:55.319 --> 00:33:55.440
 you

00:33:55.440 --> 00:33:55.619
 to

00:33:55.619 --> 00:33:55.839
 the

00:33:55.839 --> 00:33:56.240
 word

00:33:56.240 --> 00:33:56.779
 let

00:33:56.779 --> 00:33:56.880
 me

00:33:56.880 --> 00:33:57.259
 show

00:33:57.259 --> 00:33:57.519
 you

00:33:57.519 --> 00:33:58.079
 how

00:33:58.079 --> 00:33:58.500
 you

00:33:58.500 --> 00:33:58.960
 can

00:33:58.960 --> 00:33:59.400
 know

00:33:59.400 --> 00:33:59.660
 that

00:33:59.660 --> 00:33:59.960
 you're

00:33:59.960 --> 00:34:00.359
 in

00:34:00.359 --> 00:34:01.500
 Christ

00:34:01.500 --> 00:34:02.920
 just

00:34:02.920 --> 00:34:03.119
 one

00:34:03.119 --> 00:34:03.500
 example

00:34:03.500 --> 00:34:03.799
 and

00:34:03.799 --> 00:34:03.940
 I

00:34:03.940 --> 00:34:04.359
 want

00:34:04.359 --> 00:34:04.480
 to

00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:04.779
 exposit

00:34:04.779 --> 00:34:04.960
 this

00:34:04.960 --> 00:34:05.079
 whole

00:34:05.079 --> 00:34:05.259
 thing

00:34:05.259 --> 00:34:05.359
 but

00:34:05.359 --> 00:34:05.420
 I

00:34:05.420 --> 00:34:05.519
 don't

00:34:05.519 --> 00:34:05.660
 have

00:34:05.660 --> 00:34:05.900
 time

00:34:05.900 --> 00:34:06.119
 for

00:34:06.119 --> 00:34:06.299
 it

00:34:06.299 --> 00:34:06.819
 I

00:34:06.819 --> 00:34:07.019
 wish

00:34:07.019 --> 00:34:07.019


00:34:07.019 --> 00:34:07.119
 he

00:34:07.119 --> 00:34:07.220
 had

00:34:07.220 --> 00:34:07.420
 taken

00:34:07.420 --> 00:34:07.559
 me

00:34:07.559 --> 00:34:07.680
 to

00:34:07.680 --> 00:34:07.799
 a

00:34:07.799 --> 00:34:08.000
 text

00:34:08.000 --> 00:34:08.179
 like

00:34:08.179 --> 00:34:08.440
 1

00:34:08.440 --> 00:34:08.679
 John

00:34:08.679 --> 00:34:08.960
 chapter

00:34:08.960 --> 00:34:09.340
 5

00:34:09.340 --> 00:34:09.539
 verses

00:34:09.539 --> 00:34:09.900
 1

00:34:09.900 --> 00:34:10.739
 through

00:34:10.739 --> 00:34:11.119
 5

00:34:11.119 --> 00:34:12.559
 there

00:34:12.559 --> 00:34:12.719
 the

00:34:12.719 --> 00:34:13.019
 apostle

00:34:13.019 --> 00:34:13.300
 John

00:34:13.300 --> 00:34:13.779
 writes

00:34:13.779 --> 00:34:14.860
 everyone

00:34:14.860 --> 00:34:15.119
 who

00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:15.539
 believes

00:34:15.539 --> 00:34:15.719
 that

00:34:15.719 --> 00:34:16.019
 Jesus

00:34:16.019 --> 00:34:16.219
 is

00:34:16.219 --> 00:34:16.360
 the

00:34:16.360 --> 00:34:16.739
 Christ

00:34:16.739 --> 00:34:16.960
 has

00:34:16.960 --> 00:34:17.139
 been

00:34:17.139 --> 00:34:17.420
 born

00:34:17.420 --> 00:34:17.579
 of

00:34:17.579 --> 00:34:17.960
 God

00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:18.699
 and

00:34:18.699 --> 00:34:18.920
 everyone

00:34:18.920 --> 00:34:19.119
 who

00:34:19.119 --> 00:34:19.519
 loves

00:34:19.519 --> 00:34:19.699
 the

00:34:19.699 --> 00:34:20.019
 father

00:34:20.019 --> 00:34:20.579
 loves

00:34:20.579 --> 00:34:20.960
 whoever

00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:21.300
 has

00:34:21.300 --> 00:34:21.480
 been

00:34:21.480 --> 00:34:21.800
 born

00:34:21.800 --> 00:34:22.480
 of

00:34:22.480 --> 00:34:22.779
 him

00:34:22.779 --> 00:34:23.860
 right

00:34:23.860 --> 00:34:24.340
 I'm

00:34:24.340 --> 00:34:24.519
 sitting

00:34:24.519 --> 00:34:24.679
 there

00:34:24.679 --> 00:34:24.900
 going

00:34:24.900 --> 00:34:25.259
 I

00:34:25.259 --> 00:34:25.519
 believe

00:34:25.519 --> 00:34:25.659
 that

00:34:25.659 --> 00:34:25.880
 Jesus

00:34:25.880 --> 00:34:26.079
 is

00:34:26.079 --> 00:34:26.219
 the

00:34:26.219 --> 00:34:26.619
 Christ

00:34:26.619 --> 00:34:27.420
 and

00:34:27.420 --> 00:34:27.599
 what

00:34:27.599 --> 00:34:27.699
 am

00:34:27.699 --> 00:34:27.800
 I

00:34:27.800 --> 00:34:27.980
 supposed

00:34:27.980 --> 00:34:28.139
 to

00:34:28.139 --> 00:34:28.239
 do

00:34:28.239 --> 00:34:28.360
 with

00:34:28.360 --> 00:34:28.480
 that

00:34:28.480 --> 00:34:28.900
 information

00:34:28.900 --> 00:34:29.619
 love

00:34:29.619 --> 00:34:29.820
 the

00:34:29.820 --> 00:34:30.059
 church

00:34:30.059 --> 00:34:30.259
 I

00:34:30.259 --> 00:34:30.500
 do

00:34:30.500 --> 00:34:30.759
 love

00:34:30.759 --> 00:34:30.940
 the

00:34:30.940 --> 00:34:31.259
 church

00:34:31.259 --> 00:34:31.480
 I

00:34:31.480 --> 00:34:31.659
 love

00:34:31.659 --> 00:34:31.940
!

00:34:31.940 --> 00:34:31.940


00:34:31.940 --> 00:34:32.159
 these

00:34:32.159 --> 00:34:32.420
 people

00:34:32.420 --> 00:34:32.539
 who

00:34:32.539 --> 00:34:32.639
 are

00:34:32.639 --> 00:34:33.119
 professing

00:34:33.119 --> 00:34:33.900
 faith

00:34:33.900 --> 00:34:34.480
 in

00:34:34.480 --> 00:34:34.920
 Christ

00:34:34.920 --> 00:34:35.779
 verse

00:34:35.779 --> 00:34:36.019
 2

00:34:36.019 --> 00:34:36.199
 by

00:34:36.199 --> 00:34:36.440
 this

00:34:36.440 --> 00:34:36.619
 we

00:34:36.619 --> 00:34:36.940
 know

00:34:36.940 --> 00:34:37.440
 that

00:34:37.440 --> 00:34:37.559
 we

00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:38.000
 love

00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:38.339
 the

00:34:38.339 --> 00:34:38.639
 children

00:34:38.639 --> 00:34:39.059
 of

00:34:39.059 --> 00:34:39.420
 God

00:34:39.420 --> 00:34:39.599
 when

00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:39.719
 we

00:34:39.719 --> 00:34:40.059
 love

00:34:40.059 --> 00:34:40.519
 God

00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:40.960
 and

00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:41.099
 we

00:34:41.099 --> 00:34:41.599
 obey

00:34:41.599 --> 00:34:42.500
 his

00:34:42.500 --> 00:34:42.880
 commandments

00:34:42.880 --> 00:34:42.880


00:34:43.940 --> 00:34:44.420
 I

00:34:44.420 --> 00:34:44.579
 don't

00:34:44.579 --> 00:34:45.019
 obey

00:34:45.019 --> 00:34:45.139
 his

00:34:45.139 --> 00:34:45.420
 commandments

00:34:45.420 --> 00:34:46.159
 perfectly

00:34:46.159 --> 00:34:46.679
 but

00:34:46.679 --> 00:34:46.779
 I

00:34:46.779 --> 00:34:47.119
 want

00:34:47.119 --> 00:34:47.279
 to

00:34:47.279 --> 00:34:47.480
 obey

00:34:47.480 --> 00:34:47.639
 his

00:34:47.639 --> 00:34:47.980
 commandments

00:34:47.980 --> 00:34:48.239
 I

00:34:48.239 --> 00:34:48.699
 find

00:34:48.699 --> 00:34:48.940
 in

00:34:48.940 --> 00:34:49.279
 me

00:34:49.279 --> 00:34:49.759
 that

00:34:49.759 --> 00:34:49.859
 I

00:34:49.859 --> 00:34:50.000
 am

00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:50.539
 obeying

00:34:50.539 --> 00:34:51.719
 imperfectly

00:34:51.719 --> 00:34:51.880
 but

00:34:51.880 --> 00:34:52.199
 some

00:34:52.199 --> 00:34:52.339
 of

00:34:52.339 --> 00:34:52.519
 those

00:34:52.519 --> 00:34:52.980
 commandments

00:34:52.980 --> 00:34:53.299
 I

00:34:53.299 --> 00:34:53.900
 see

00:34:53.900 --> 00:34:54.099
 a

00:34:54.099 --> 00:34:54.539
 desire

00:34:54.539 --> 00:34:54.799
 and

00:34:54.799 --> 00:34:54.960
 a

00:34:54.960 --> 00:34:55.359
 growing

00:34:55.359 --> 00:34:55.940
 ability

00:34:55.940 --> 00:34:56.199
 to

00:34:56.199 --> 00:34:56.420
 do

00:34:56.420 --> 00:34:56.859
 so

00:34:56.859 --> 00:34:58.079
 verse

00:34:58.079 --> 00:34:58.279
 3

00:34:58.279 --> 00:34:58.440
 for

00:34:58.440 --> 00:34:58.619
 this

00:34:58.619 --> 00:34:58.719
 is

00:34:58.719 --> 00:34:58.839
 the

00:34:58.839 --> 00:34:59.000
 love

00:34:59.000 --> 00:34:59.119
 of

00:34:59.119 --> 00:34:59.339
 God

00:35:03.119 --> 00:35:03.980
 are

00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:04.219
 not

00:35:04.219 --> 00:35:04.960
 burdensome

00:35:04.960 --> 00:35:06.480
 for

00:35:06.480 --> 00:35:06.779
 everyone

00:35:06.779 --> 00:35:06.980
 who's

00:35:06.980 --> 00:35:07.099
 been

00:35:07.099 --> 00:35:07.279
 born

00:35:07.279 --> 00:35:07.440
 of

00:35:07.440 --> 00:35:07.659
 God

00:35:07.659 --> 00:35:08.319
 overcomes

00:35:08.319 --> 00:35:08.559
 the

00:35:08.559 --> 00:35:08.880
 world

00:35:08.880 --> 00:35:09.079
 and

00:35:09.079 --> 00:35:09.279
 this

00:35:09.279 --> 00:35:09.400
 is

00:35:09.400 --> 00:35:09.559
 the

00:35:09.559 --> 00:35:09.960
 victory

00:35:09.960 --> 00:35:10.179
 that

00:35:10.179 --> 00:35:10.319
 has

00:35:10.319 --> 00:35:10.619
 overcome

00:35:10.619 --> 00:35:11.019
 the

00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:11.420
 world

00:35:11.420 --> 00:35:12.219
 our

00:35:12.219 --> 00:35:12.859
 faith

00:35:12.859 --> 00:35:14.000
 who

00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:14.159
 is

00:35:14.159 --> 00:35:14.219
 it

00:35:14.219 --> 00:35:14.319
 that

00:35:14.319 --> 00:35:14.699
 overcomes

00:35:14.699 --> 00:35:14.859
 the

00:35:14.859 --> 00:35:15.059
 world

00:35:15.059 --> 00:35:15.319
 except

00:35:15.319 --> 00:35:15.539
 the

00:35:15.539 --> 00:35:15.880
 one

00:35:15.880 --> 00:35:16.519
 who

00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:17.099
 believes

00:35:17.099 --> 00:35:17.719
 that

00:35:17.719 --> 00:35:18.079
 Jesus

00:35:18.079 --> 00:35:19.259
 is

00:35:19.259 --> 00:35:19.420
 the

00:35:19.420 --> 00:35:19.559
 Son

00:35:19.559 --> 00:35:19.699
 of

00:35:19.699 --> 00:35:20.039
 God

00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:21.099
 man

00:35:21.099 --> 00:35:21.239
 I

00:35:21.239 --> 00:35:21.440
 needed

00:35:21.440 --> 00:35:21.639
 to

00:35:21.639 --> 00:35:21.920
 sit

00:35:21.920 --> 00:35:22.159
 on

00:35:22.159 --> 00:35:22.420
 this

00:35:22.420 --> 00:35:22.719
 and

00:35:22.719 --> 00:35:22.980
 think

00:35:22.980 --> 00:35:23.279
 about

00:35:23.279 --> 00:35:23.480
 it

00:35:23.480 --> 00:35:23.819
 and

00:35:23.819 --> 00:35:23.920
 he

00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:24.119
 wouldn't

00:35:24.119 --> 00:35:24.219
 have

00:35:24.219 --> 00:35:24.339
 read

00:35:24.339 --> 00:35:24.440
 it

00:35:24.440 --> 00:35:24.539
 to

00:35:24.539 --> 00:35:24.659
 me

00:35:24.659 --> 00:35:24.799
 and

00:35:24.799 --> 00:35:24.880
 I

00:35:24.880 --> 00:35:25.019
 wouldn't

00:35:25.019 --> 00:35:25.139
 have

00:35:25.139 --> 00:35:25.319
 gone

00:35:25.319 --> 00:35:25.799
 hey

00:35:25.799 --> 00:35:26.480
 assurance

00:35:26.480 --> 00:35:27.259
 but

00:35:27.259 --> 00:35:27.639
 I

00:35:33.119 --> 00:35:39.519
 need

00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:39.880
 help

00:35:39.880 --> 00:35:40.099
 in

00:35:40.099 --> 00:35:40.359
 this

00:35:40.359 --> 00:35:41.519
 process

00:35:41.519 --> 00:35:42.639
 I

00:35:42.639 --> 00:35:42.779
 need

00:35:42.779 --> 00:35:42.880
 to

00:35:42.880 --> 00:35:43.019
 be

00:35:43.019 --> 00:35:43.539
 reminded

00:35:43.539 --> 00:35:43.739
 that

00:35:43.739 --> 00:35:43.839
 if

00:35:43.839 --> 00:35:43.940
 I

00:35:43.940 --> 00:35:44.519
 belonged

00:35:44.519 --> 00:35:44.779
 to

00:35:44.779 --> 00:35:45.219
 Christ

00:35:45.219 --> 00:35:46.059
 then

00:35:46.059 --> 00:35:46.179
 there

00:35:46.179 --> 00:35:46.299
 was

00:35:46.299 --> 00:35:46.839
 nothing

00:35:46.839 --> 00:35:47.079
 I

00:35:47.079 --> 00:35:47.219
 could

00:35:47.219 --> 00:35:47.539
 do

00:35:47.539 --> 00:35:48.179
 to

00:35:48.179 --> 00:35:48.519
 stop

00:35:48.519 --> 00:35:48.819
 that

00:35:48.819 --> 00:35:50.099
 if

00:35:50.099 --> 00:35:50.219
 he

00:35:50.219 --> 00:35:50.639
 justified

00:35:50.639 --> 00:35:51.079
 me

00:35:51.079 --> 00:35:52.159
 he

00:35:52.159 --> 00:35:52.599
 would

00:35:52.599 --> 00:35:53.900
 sanctify

00:35:53.900 --> 00:35:54.259
 me

00:35:54.259 --> 00:35:56.199
 Thomas

00:35:56.199 --> 00:35:56.480
 Brooks

00:35:56.480 --> 00:35:56.739
 once

00:35:56.739 --> 00:35:57.039
 said

00:35:57.039 --> 00:35:58.139
 Puritan

00:35:58.139 --> 00:35:58.500
 pastor

00:35:58.500 --> 00:35:58.759
 this

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 is

00:35:58.880 --> 00:35:59.079
 on

00:35:59.079 --> 00:35:59.299
 the

00:35:59.299 --> 00:35:59.480
 back

00:35:59.480 --> 00:35:59.559
 of

00:35:59.559 --> 00:35:59.639
 your

00:35:59.639 --> 00:36:00.039
 bulletin

00:36:00.039 --> 00:36:01.000
 Christ

00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:01.440
 is

00:36:01.440 --> 00:36:01.559
 to

00:36:01.559 --> 00:36:01.739
 be

00:36:01.739 --> 00:36:02.460
 answerable

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 for

00:36:02.720 --> 00:36:03.420
 all

00:36:03.420 --> 00:36:04.039
 those

00:36:04.039 --> 00:36:04.220
 that

00:36:04.220 --> 00:36:04.320
 are

00:36:04.320 --> 00:36:04.619
 given

00:36:04.619 --> 00:36:04.900
 to

00:36:04.900 --> 00:36:05.240
 him

00:36:05.240 --> 00:36:06.079
 at

00:36:06.079 --> 00:36:06.240
 the

00:36:06.240 --> 00:36:06.559
 last

00:36:06.559 --> 00:36:06.820
 day

00:36:06.820 --> 00:36:06.980
 and

00:36:06.980 --> 00:36:07.260
 therefore

00:36:07.260 --> 00:36:07.519
 we

00:36:07.519 --> 00:36:07.820
 need

00:36:07.820 --> 00:36:08.199
 not

00:36:08.199 --> 00:36:08.559
 doubt

00:36:08.559 --> 00:36:09.280
 but

00:36:09.280 --> 00:36:09.400
 that

00:36:09.400 --> 00:36:09.519
 he

00:36:09.519 --> 00:36:09.659
 will

00:36:09.659 --> 00:36:10.139
 certainly

00:36:10.139 --> 00:36:10.599
 employ

00:36:10.599 --> 00:36:11.099
 all

00:36:11.099 --> 00:36:11.340
 the

00:36:11.340 --> 00:36:11.740
 power

00:36:11.740 --> 00:36:11.960
 of

00:36:11.960 --> 00:36:12.099
 his

00:36:12.099 --> 00:36:12.519
 Godhead

00:36:12.519 --> 00:36:12.720
 to

00:36:12.720 --> 00:36:13.320
 secure

00:36:13.320 --> 00:36:13.699
 and

00:36:13.699 --> 00:36:14.240
 save

00:36:14.240 --> 00:36:14.940
 all

00:36:14.940 --> 00:36:15.420
 those

00:36:15.420 --> 00:36:15.860
 that

00:36:15.860 --> 00:36:15.960
 he

00:36:15.960 --> 00:36:16.220
 must

00:36:16.220 --> 00:36:16.519
 be

00:36:16.519 --> 00:36:17.159
 accountable

00:36:17.159 --> 00:36:18.260
 for

00:36:18.260 --> 00:36:19.199
 if

00:36:19.199 --> 00:36:19.260
 you

00:36:19.260 --> 00:36:19.519
 belong

00:36:19.519 --> 00:36:19.699
 to

00:36:19.699 --> 00:36:20.099
 Christ

00:36:20.099 --> 00:36:20.880
 he

00:36:20.880 --> 00:36:21.019
 will

00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:21.380
 see

00:36:21.380 --> 00:36:21.659
 you

00:36:21.659 --> 00:36:21.940
 to

00:36:21.940 --> 00:36:22.340
 the

00:36:22.340 --> 00:36:23.619
 end

00:36:23.619 --> 00:36:24.220
 that

00:36:24.220 --> 00:36:24.500
 is

00:36:24.500 --> 00:36:25.019
 the

00:36:25.019 --> 00:36:25.500
 instruction

00:36:25.500 --> 00:36:26.579
 that

00:36:26.579 --> 00:36:26.679
 I

00:36:26.679 --> 00:36:26.980
 needed

00:36:26.980 --> 00:36:27.760
 because

00:36:27.760 --> 00:36:28.079
 of the

00:36:28.079 --> 00:36:28.360
 spirit

00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:28.579
 I

00:36:28.579 --> 00:36:28.740
 want

00:36:28.740 --> 00:36:28.840
 you

00:36:28.840 --> 00:36:28.920
 to

00:36:28.920 --> 00:36:29.139
 know

00:36:29.139 --> 00:36:29.380
 this

00:36:29.380 --> 00:36:29.599
 morning

00:36:29.599 --> 00:36:29.960
 beloved

00:36:29.960 --> 00:36:31.280
 we

00:36:31.280 --> 00:36:31.400
 are

00:36:31.400 --> 00:36:31.800
 confident

00:36:31.800 --> 00:36:32.160
 we

00:36:32.160 --> 00:36:32.480
 can

00:36:32.480 --> 00:36:32.660
 be

00:36:32.660 --> 00:36:33.040
 confident

00:36:33.040 --> 00:36:34.060
 you

00:36:34.060 --> 00:36:34.200
 need

00:36:34.200 --> 00:36:34.260
 to

00:36:34.260 --> 00:36:34.380
 be

00:36:34.380 --> 00:36:34.620
 taught

00:36:34.620 --> 00:36:35.000
 how

00:36:35.000 --> 00:36:35.140
 to

00:36:35.140 --> 00:36:35.260
 be

00:36:35.260 --> 00:36:35.600
 confident

00:36:35.600 --> 00:36:35.780
 how

00:36:35.780 --> 00:36:35.860
 to

00:36:35.860 --> 00:36:35.980
 be

00:36:35.980 --> 00:36:36.480
 assured

00:36:36.480 --> 00:36:37.220
 in

00:36:37.220 --> 00:36:38.720
 Christ

00:36:38.720 --> 00:36:40.720
 so

00:36:40.720 --> 00:36:40.840
 we

00:36:40.840 --> 00:36:40.940
 are

00:36:40.940 --> 00:36:41.180
 led

00:36:41.180 --> 00:36:41.320
 we

00:36:41.320 --> 00:36:41.420
 are

00:36:41.420 --> 00:36:41.820
 accepted

00:36:41.820 --> 00:36:42.019
 we

00:36:42.019 --> 00:36:42.120
 are

00:36:42.120 --> 00:36:42.560
 confident

00:36:42.560 --> 00:36:42.920
 and

00:36:42.920 --> 00:36:43.300
 lastly

00:36:43.300 --> 00:36:43.620
 and

00:36:43.620 --> 00:36:43.920
 briefly

00:36:43.920 --> 00:36:44.800
 we

00:36:44.800 --> 00:36:45.060
 are

00:36:45.060 --> 00:36:46.160
 rewarded

00:36:46.160 --> 00:36:46.620
 and

00:36:46.620 --> 00:36:47.100
 if

00:36:47.100 --> 00:36:47.519
 children

00:36:47.519 --> 00:36:48.860
 then

00:36:48.860 --> 00:36:49.200
 heirs

00:36:49.200 --> 00:36:49.519
 heirs

00:36:49.519 --> 00:36:49.660
 of

00:36:49.660 --> 00:36:49.880
 God

00:36:49.880 --> 00:36:50.019
 and

00:36:50.019 --> 00:36:50.340
 fellow

00:36:50.340 --> 00:36:50.820
 heirs

00:36:50.820 --> 00:36:51.780
 with

00:36:51.780 --> 00:36:52.180
 Christ

00:36:52.180 --> 00:36:52.600
 provided

00:36:52.600 --> 00:36:52.800
 we

00:36:52.800 --> 00:36:53.080
 suffer

00:36:53.080 --> 00:36:53.380
 with

00:36:53.380 --> 00:36:53.540
 him

00:36:53.540 --> 00:36:53.740
 in

00:36:53.740 --> 00:36:53.900
 order

00:36:53.900 --> 00:36:54.080
 that

00:36:54.080 --> 00:36:54.220
 we

00:36:54.220 --> 00:36:54.320
 may

00:36:54.320 --> 00:36:54.660
 also

00:36:54.660 --> 00:36:54.880
 be

00:36:54.880 --> 00:36:55.480
 glorified

00:36:55.480 --> 00:36:56.420
 with

00:36:56.420 --> 00:36:56.600
 him

00:36:56.600 --> 00:36:57.019
 so

00:36:57.019 --> 00:36:58.100
 briefly

00:36:58.100 --> 00:36:58.380
 as

00:36:58.380 --> 00:36:58.519
 we

00:36:58.519 --> 00:36:58.660
 will

00:36:58.660 --> 00:36:58.880
 pick

00:36:58.880 --> 00:36:59.099
 this

00:36:59.099 --> 00:36:59.360
 up

00:36:59.360 --> 00:36:59.880
 Lord

00:36:59.880 --> 00:37:00.220
 willing

00:37:00.220 --> 00:37:00.760
 again

00:37:00.760 --> 00:37:01.660
 next

00:37:01.660 --> 00:37:02.400
 week

00:37:02.400 --> 00:37:03.119
 if

00:37:03.119 --> 00:37:03.660
 we

00:37:03.660 --> 00:37:03.820
 are

00:37:03.820 --> 00:37:04.260
 children

00:37:04.260 --> 00:37:05.180
 then

00:37:05.180 --> 00:37:05.360
 we

00:37:05.360 --> 00:37:05.619
 are

00:37:05.619 --> 00:37:06.320
 heirs

00:37:06.320 --> 00:37:07.200
 heirs

00:37:07.200 --> 00:37:08.160
 of

00:37:08.160 --> 00:37:09.380
 God

00:37:09.380 --> 00:37:11.000
 we

00:37:11.000 --> 00:37:11.280
 have

00:37:11.280 --> 00:37:11.420
 an

00:37:11.420 --> 00:37:11.760
 inheritance

00:37:11.760 --> 00:37:12.200
 that

00:37:12.200 --> 00:37:12.559
 awaits

00:37:12.559 --> 00:37:12.920
 us

00:37:12.920 --> 00:37:13.140
 and

00:37:13.140 --> 00:37:13.240
 it

00:37:13.240 --> 00:37:13.320
 is

00:37:13.320 --> 00:37:13.460
 a

00:37:13.460 --> 00:37:13.920
 great

00:37:13.920 --> 00:37:14.480
 inheritance

00:37:14.480 --> 00:37:15.460
 because

00:37:15.460 --> 00:37:15.940
 that

00:37:15.940 --> 00:37:16.539
 inheritance

00:37:16.539 --> 00:37:17.420
 is

00:37:17.420 --> 00:37:18.119
 God

00:37:18.119 --> 00:37:19.059
 himself

00:37:19.059 --> 00:37:20.640
 if

00:37:20.640 --> 00:37:20.940
 your

00:37:20.940 --> 00:37:21.380
 eternal

00:37:21.380 --> 00:37:21.880
 mindset

00:37:21.880 --> 00:37:22.660
 stops

00:37:22.660 --> 00:37:22.900
 at

00:37:22.900 --> 00:37:23.260
 streets

00:37:23.260 --> 00:37:23.440
 of

00:37:23.440 --> 00:37:23.800
 gold

00:37:23.800 --> 00:37:24.180
 and

00:37:24.180 --> 00:37:24.880
 mansions

00:37:24.880 --> 00:37:26.099
 then

00:37:26.099 --> 00:37:26.240
 it

00:37:26.240 --> 00:37:26.700
 stops

00:37:26.700 --> 00:37:27.559
 too

00:37:27.559 --> 00:37:27.840
 low

00:37:27.840 --> 00:37:29.200
 we

00:37:29.200 --> 00:37:29.380
 will

00:37:29.380 --> 00:37:29.619
 have

00:37:29.619 --> 00:37:30.000
 God

00:37:30.000 --> 00:37:30.740
 and

00:37:30.740 --> 00:37:31.039
 we

00:37:31.039 --> 00:37:31.460
 will

00:37:31.460 --> 00:37:31.640
 have

00:37:31.640 --> 00:37:32.099
 God

00:37:32.099 --> 00:37:33.180
 forever

00:37:33.180 --> 00:37:33.960
 and

00:37:33.960 --> 00:37:34.099
 there

00:37:34.099 --> 00:37:34.240
 is

00:37:34.240 --> 00:37:34.619
 no

00:37:34.619 --> 00:37:35.000
 greater

00:37:35.000 --> 00:37:35.460
 inheritance

00:37:35.460 --> 00:37:35.900
 that

00:37:35.900 --> 00:37:36.019
 he

00:37:36.019 --> 00:37:36.200
 can

00:37:36.200 --> 00:37:36.500
 grant

00:37:36.500 --> 00:37:36.920
 us

00:37:36.920 --> 00:37:37.660
 than

00:37:37.660 --> 00:37:38.260
 himself

00:37:38.260 --> 00:37:40.059
 just

00:37:40.059 --> 00:37:40.320
 listen

00:37:40.320 --> 00:37:40.579
 briefly

00:37:40.579 --> 00:37:40.760
 to

00:37:40.760 --> 00:37:40.900
 the

00:37:40.900 --> 00:37:41.320
 testimony

00:37:41.320 --> 00:37:42.500
 of

00:37:42.500 --> 00:37:42.599
 a

00:37:42.599 --> 00:37:42.820
 number

00:37:42.820 --> 00:37:43.160
 of

00:37:43.160 --> 00:37:44.099
 Bible

00:37:44.099 --> 00:37:44.619
 writers

00:37:44.619 --> 00:37:45.000
 the

00:37:45.000 --> 00:37:45.320
 testimony

00:37:45.320 --> 00:37:45.559
 of

00:37:45.559 --> 00:37:46.340
 Asaph

00:37:46.340 --> 00:37:46.559
 in

00:37:46.559 --> 00:37:46.980
 Psalm

00:37:46.980 --> 00:37:47.720
 73

00:37:47.720 --> 00:37:48.079
 and

00:37:48.079 --> 00:37:48.380
 verse

00:37:48.380 --> 00:37:49.440
 25

00:37:49.440 --> 00:37:50.440
 there

00:37:50.440 --> 00:37:50.599
 he

00:37:50.599 --> 00:37:50.820
 says

00:37:50.820 --> 00:37:50.980
 to

00:37:50.980 --> 00:37:51.280
 God

00:37:51.280 --> 00:37:51.780
 whom

00:37:51.780 --> 00:37:52.360
 have

00:37:52.360 --> 00:37:52.519
 I

00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:52.680
 in

00:37:52.680 --> 00:37:52.940
 heaven

00:37:52.940 --> 00:37:53.180
 but

00:37:53.180 --> 00:37:53.599
 you

00:37:53.599 --> 00:37:54.319
 and

00:37:54.319 --> 00:37:54.460
 there

00:37:54.460 --> 00:37:54.599
 is

00:37:54.599 --> 00:37:55.159
 nothing

00:37:55.159 --> 00:37:55.380
 on

00:37:55.380 --> 00:37:55.599
 earth

00:37:55.599 --> 00:37:55.759
 that

00:37:55.759 --> 00:37:55.880
 I

00:37:55.880 --> 00:37:56.299
 desire

00:37:56.299 --> 00:37:57.380
 besides

00:37:57.380 --> 00:37:57.759
 you

00:37:57.759 --> 00:37:58.960
 and

00:37:58.960 --> 00:37:59.299
 Jeremiah

00:37:59.299 --> 00:37:59.699
 and

00:37:59.699 --> 00:38:00.319
 lamentations

00:38:00.319 --> 00:38:00.619
 chapter

00:38:00.619 --> 00:38:01.000
 3

00:38:01.000 --> 00:38:01.159
 and

00:38:01.159 --> 00:38:01.420
 verse

00:38:01.420 --> 00:38:02.239
 24

00:38:02.239 --> 00:38:02.619
 he

00:38:02.619 --> 00:38:02.920
 says

00:38:02.920 --> 00:38:03.159
 the

00:38:03.159 --> 00:38:03.599
 Lord

00:38:03.599 --> 00:38:04.000
 is

00:38:04.000 --> 00:38:04.420
 my

00:38:04.420 --> 00:38:05.619
 portion

00:38:05.619 --> 00:38:06.199
 which

00:38:06.199 --> 00:38:06.380
 means

00:38:06.380 --> 00:38:07.259
 satisfaction

00:38:07.259 --> 00:38:08.839
 therefore

00:38:08.839 --> 00:38:09.559
 I

00:38:09.559 --> 00:38:09.739
 will

00:38:09.739 --> 00:38:10.159
 hope

00:38:10.159 --> 00:38:10.980
 in

00:38:10.980 --> 00:38:11.339
 him

00:38:11.339 --> 00:38:12.699
 and

00:38:12.699 --> 00:38:12.799
 the

00:38:12.799 --> 00:38:13.079
 apostle

00:38:13.079 --> 00:38:13.400
 John

00:38:13.400 --> 00:38:13.539
 in

00:38:13.539 --> 00:38:13.940
 Revelation

00:38:13.940 --> 00:38:14.460
 chapter

00:38:14.460 --> 00:38:15.480
 21

00:38:15.480 --> 00:38:16.239
 and

00:38:16.239 --> 00:38:16.440
 verse

00:38:16.440 --> 00:38:16.699
 3

00:38:16.699 --> 00:38:17.159
 records

00:38:17.159 --> 00:38:17.360
 for

00:38:17.360 --> 00:38:17.719
 us

00:38:17.719 --> 00:38:18.259
 that

00:38:18.259 --> 00:38:18.319
 he

00:38:18.319 --> 00:38:18.480
 heard

00:38:18.480 --> 00:38:18.639
 a

00:38:18.639 --> 00:38:18.940
 loud

00:38:18.940 --> 00:38:19.440
 voice

00:38:19.440 --> 00:38:19.819
 from

00:38:19.819 --> 00:38:20.019
 the

00:38:20.019 --> 00:38:20.420
 throne

00:38:20.420 --> 00:38:21.119
 saying

00:38:21.119 --> 00:38:22.480
 behold

00:38:22.480 --> 00:38:23.260
 the

00:38:23.260 --> 00:38:23.659
 dwelling

00:38:23.659 --> 00:38:24.099
 place

00:38:24.099 --> 00:38:24.340
 of

00:38:24.340 --> 00:38:24.800
 God

00:38:24.800 --> 00:38:25.179
 is

00:38:25.179 --> 00:38:25.400
 with

00:38:25.400 --> 00:38:25.840
 man

00:38:25.840 --> 00:38:26.699
 he

00:38:26.699 --> 00:38:26.860
 will

00:38:26.860 --> 00:38:27.039
 dwell

00:38:27.039 --> 00:38:27.260
 with

00:38:27.260 --> 00:38:27.519
 them

00:38:27.519 --> 00:38:28.159
 and

00:38:28.159 --> 00:38:28.300
 they

00:38:28.300 --> 00:38:28.420
 will

00:38:28.420 --> 00:38:28.539
 be

00:38:28.539 --> 00:38:28.699
 his

00:38:28.699 --> 00:38:29.079
 people

00:38:29.079 --> 00:38:29.880
 and

00:38:29.880 --> 00:38:30.240
 God

00:38:30.240 --> 00:38:30.820
 himself

00:38:30.820 --> 00:38:31.199
 will

00:38:31.199 --> 00:38:31.340
 be

00:38:31.340 --> 00:38:31.639
 with

00:38:31.639 --> 00:38:32.000
 them

00:38:32.000 --> 00:38:32.579
 as

00:38:32.579 --> 00:38:33.480
 their

00:38:33.480 --> 00:38:34.699
 God

00:38:34.699 --> 00:38:36.380
 God

00:38:36.380 --> 00:38:36.740
 himself

00:38:36.740 --> 00:38:37.079
 is the

00:38:37.079 --> 00:38:37.460
 greatest

00:38:37.460 --> 00:38:38.260
 and highest

00:38:38.260 --> 00:38:38.599
 good

00:38:38.599 --> 00:38:39.280
 and our

00:38:39.280 --> 00:38:40.240
 restoration

00:38:40.240 --> 00:38:41.039
 to him

00:38:41.039 --> 00:38:41.500
 forever

00:38:41.500 --> 00:38:42.440
 is the

00:38:42.440 --> 00:38:43.179
 very point

00:38:43.179 --> 00:38:43.480
 of the

00:38:43.480 --> 00:38:43.860
 gospel

00:38:43.860 --> 00:38:44.840
 and the

00:38:44.840 --> 00:38:45.260
 ministry

00:38:45.260 --> 00:38:46.460
 of the

00:38:46.460 --> 00:38:46.760
 spirit

00:38:46.760 --> 00:38:48.480
 so because

00:38:48.480 --> 00:38:48.699
 of the

00:38:48.699 --> 00:38:48.940
 spirit

00:38:48.940 --> 00:38:50.119
 we are

00:38:50.119 --> 00:38:50.559
 led

00:38:50.559 --> 00:38:51.739
 we are

00:38:51.739 --> 00:38:52.259
 accepted

00:38:52.259 --> 00:38:53.559
 we are

00:38:53.559 --> 00:38:54.059
 confident

00:38:54.059 --> 00:38:55.400
 and we

00:38:55.400 --> 00:38:55.599
 are

00:38:55.599 --> 00:38:56.059
 rewarded

00:38:56.059 --> 00:38:57.079
 let's

00:38:57.079 --> 00:38:57.219
 pray

00:38:57.219 --> 00:38:57.539
 together